Rhiannon12866
Rhiannon12866's JournalStephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 10/10/17
Stephen Found Trump's IQ Test ResultsDonald Trump claims his IQ is higher than his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's. Well, Mr. President, it's time to put your ability to calculate mathematic equations involving money where your mouth is!
Stephen's Analysis Of The New 'Star Wars' Trailer
A chunk of Stephen's Tuesday monologue addresses something that aired during Monday Night Football. Hint: it's not the football game.
Stephen Colbert's Cyborgasm: Artificial Intelligence
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are having a nerd-off about whether or not machines are going to kill us all.
BB-8 Is Feeling Left Out
The high-tech ball of joy, who stole the show in 'Star Wars: Episode XII,' is down in the dumps following the mass adoration of the newly introduced character named Porg.
Stephen Colbert: Guest Journalist Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer Knows U.S. Presidents, Says This One's 'Different'&t=21s
'Overload: Finding the Truth in Today's Deluge of News' author Bob Schieffer says while some see the 24-hour news cycle as fast-paced, the President perceives it as more of a one-hour news cycle.
Seth Meyers: Guest Senator Cory Booker
Senator Cory Booker Is Very Concerned About TrumpSenator Cory Booker talks to Seth about the worst-kept secret in Washington D.C.: both sides of the aisle are very concerned about President Trump.
Senator Cory Booker Wants to Close Gun Sale Loopholes
Senator Cory Booker breaks down how Americans have to pressure their elected officials if they want gun control.
Seth Meyers: Pence Walks Out of a Football Game, BlackBerry Motion - Monologue - 10/9/17
Amber Responds to Mike Ditka
Late Night writer Amber Ruffin responds to former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka's comments on the recent national anthem protests.
Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - Guest Jon Stewart - 10/9/17
Bob Corker Gives Trump A Taste Of His Own Medicine: A Twitter InsultThe President lashed out at Tennessee Republican Senator Bob Corker with a trilogy of tweets over the weekend. Corker only needed one for his rebuttal.
Jon Stewart Grants Trump's Request For Equal Time On Late-Night
The President called for 'anti-Trump' late night host(s) to give him 'equal time' on their show. Stephen can only think of one person to help play, excuse the phrase, devil's advocate.
Harvey Weinstein Is A Bad Person
Stephen addresses the elephant in the room (no offense to elephants), Harvey Weinstein, and the allegations that led to his firing from the Weinstein Company.
Piano 1-0 Fun: New Orleans
Late Show bandleader Jon Batiste and Stay Human give a tour of the Big Easy, Jon's hometown.
Stephen Goes One-On-One With 'President Jump Shot'
Stephen Colbert scores an exclusive interview with the Commander in Chief.
Seth Meyers - Pence's NFL stunt, Trump vs. Bob Corker and Puerto Rico: A Closer Look
Seth takes a closer look at how President Trump whips up racial tensions with transparent political stunts, while the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico continues.
Women of Late Night React to Harvey Weinstein's Apology
The women of Late Night respond to the allegations that Harvey Weinstein has been sexually harassing women and paying them to keep quiet about it.
White House to order health care alternatives
Source: ABC News
The White House is finalizing an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states, a unilateral move that follows failed efforts by Congress to overhaul the health care system.
President Donald Trump has long asserted that selling insurance across state lines would trigger competition that brings down premiums for people buying their own policies. Experts say that's not guaranteed, partly because health insurance reflects local medical costs, which vary widely around the country.
Moreover, White House actions may come too late to have much impact on premiums for 2018.
Trump was expected to sign the executive order this week, likely on Thursday, a senior administration official said Sunday.
Under the president's executive action, membership groups could sponsor insurance plans that cost less because — for example — they wouldn't have to offer the full menu of benefits required under the Affordable Care Act, also called "Obamacare." It's unclear how the White House plans to overcome opposition from state insurance regulators, who see that as an end-run to avoid standards.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/white-house-order-expansion-health-care-option-50358996
Trump Loves Coal So Much It's Starting to Annoy the Oil and Gas Industry
Donald Trump's love for coal is hardly secret. As a candidate, he promised to make coal great again and end a supposed "war on coal" from Obama-era regulations that favored natural gas and renewables.
At first, electric utilities and the oil and gas industry were supportive, seeing the deregulation as an opportunity for them too.
But in recent weeks concern has grown that the Trump Administration may be going too far with two proposals: a rule propping up coal suggested by the Department of Energy last week and the proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan without a replacement which leaked to press this week.
At the heart of the dispute is the reality that the Trump Administration can't simply bring back the coal industry by undoing regulations.
"The coal industry has been sick for awhile," says Brendan Collins, an environmental lawyer at the firm Ballard Spahr. "The thermal coal industry is much closer to needing Dr. Frankenstein's services than a general practitioner's services."
Much more (Includes video): http://time.com/4966430/clean-power-plan-coal-oil-gas-regulations/
Trump pick no stranger to EPA air office
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's pick to head the EPA's air office is an experienced environmental lawyer who opposed calls to regulate carbon as a pollutant while formerly at the EPA and would have direct responsibility over a greenhouse-gas emissions program for automobiles if confirmed by the Senate.
Environmental groups and Senate Democrats are fighting William Wehrum's nomination to be assistant administrator of Air and Radiation, saying he undermined clean-air rules throughout his career and has represented big polluters in the coal, oil, gas and utility industries. Some automakers have been clients.
<snip>
Environmentalists accuse Wehrum of discounting the health impacts of air pollution, ignoring scientific findings, distorting scientific analysis on toxic mercury emissions and substituting industry positions for the clear intent of Congress, noting that courts repeatedly blocked EPA actions for violating clean-air laws.
Wehrum "was largely responsible for the Bush EPA's record of violating the Clean Air Act more often, and allowing more illegal emissions of harmful air pollution, than any EPA administration before or since," John Walke, director of the National Resources Defense Council's climate and clean air program, said in a blog post.
More: http://www.autonews.com/article/20171009/OEM11/171009802/trump-pick-no-stranger-to-epa-air-office
The Daily Show: Reassessing the Same Old Debate on Gun Control
&t=15sIn the aftermath of a mass shooting in Las Vegas, Neal Brennan explains why the debate over gun control in the U.S. needs to change.
Profile Information
Gender: FemaleHometown: NE New York
Home country: USA
Current location: Serious Snow Country :(
Member since: 2003 before July 6th
Number of posts: 205,074