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John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on 'Last Week Tonight'

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Re: John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on 'Last Week Tonight'

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Post by igorgue » Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 7:42 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #272

igorgue wrote: post #204

You went all aspie on it and missed the point.

Personal attacks and name-calling are not allowed here. Please (re)-read the site guidelines and follow them. That means posting civil, substantive comments, or not posting. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11846818 and marked it off-topic.

Kindof ironic it's allowed everywhere like this presidential race.

Re: John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on 'Last Week Tonight'

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Post by dtornabene » Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 6:47 AM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #246

sethbannon wrote: post #18

I'm not aware of any other show that so seamlessly combines rip-roaringly funny comedy with essential insight into the way our society and system of government is deeply flawed. And on top of that, he even manages to direct action to fix the issues he draws attention to -- taking down the FCC website being one example[1]. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/03/john-oliv...

If you like John Oliver, check out Sam Bee's _Full Frontal_ on TBS. I like both shows, but Bee's is the better of the two.

The Bugle, a podcast he did with his old partner in the UK, is truly solid as well. Andys pun runs end up being so epic. Super sad the output has stopped now that Oliver has his new show (which is awesome!).

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