Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Floods (HBO)

[Rhiannon12866]

John Oliver explains why our federal system for financing flood recovery perpetuates a pattern of destruction and why you should never offer a tortilla chip to a seagull.

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1. serious journalism disguised as comedy

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2. True. You think any thick-headed Repugs are listening?

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6. No, prolly not.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. I agree, he learned well from The Daily Show

Wish he was on more than once a week...

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3. Got any Tostitos?

[Rhiannon12866]

4. That really was the funniest part!

I was prepared to feel sorry for the addict bird, but he didn't look remotely bird like!

[trusty elf]

5. That takes a lot of gull !

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Oh, I love that video!

Now that's a bird worth rooting for!

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11. .....

[Rhiannon12866]

12. Does that idiot even like any living thing??

I have never seen the slightest evidence of it - he'd just as soon all of us died, by illness or an uninhabitable planet.

Though I do know that was meant to be humorous!

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8. He does such a good job

Thanks for posting.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. He really is excellent - informative, but still very funny!