lets* sorry

Thanks!

so much better than last week's train wreck

No need for an apostrophe on lets, but I agree.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson is one of my favorite people!!!

Trump quote of the day: "We love the under educated."

Well now the GOP can see what creating a nation of uneducated Sheeple brings to the forefront... Trump. But lack of education is everywhere. Both sides. But one side embraces it.

Matt Welch is a libertarian, member of the LP. Works at Reason magazine, which if you've ever read it is hardly a republican publication. But I can forgive you for your under-education.

+vick3d debunked? ok maybe in the bubble you live in lol

+vick3d FYI, Donald Trump retweets of false crime statistics from a white supremacist group is not even close to debunking anything

agreed!

He's not an economist, none of what he said made any sense and has been proven to be wrong numerous times, both in practice and in theory.

Yes, simple men happen to be his strongest audience

fucking hilarious

ouch, that was mean.

Thank you !

Dr Neil DeGrassi Tyson is a treasure!

I never get tired of listening to him either. I love watching the gears work in his head. The look in his eyes when he processes or recalls something. He is an amazingly brilliant man with an uncanny sense of humor as well.

true jackie,what a very smart guy

One of the great minds in our world today.

thats what you get when there isnt a trump supporter

-___-

Bearkat210 You mean team reason?

seoulmn23 Die Elf vom Niederrhein. Auch wenn ich ein Knappe bin, die Pfohlen find ich auch gut.

seoulmn23 Jupp. Die Mannschaft aus Mönchengladbach wird auch Pfohlen genannt und Schalker sind halt die Knappen.

ghbn+Mario Quade dfcvc

A "national" union? Way too general. You have to have specific unions for it to work properly.

RIGHT. See, I can do it too. But it doesn't do much in the way of support an argument, does it? Explain why it is too general? I think all unskilled/uneducated laborers that are competing with the kind of people who dont even speak english could unite over that kind of common interest.

We have that in Norway and yes, it works. The main organization works on national questions. While sub groups with their own structure and names and such work for different occupations. Its basically works like a giant military alliance. Of course people on the far right dont like it because they would have wanted the "UK alone to face off with Hitler". Because that is how you really win a war... /sarcasm

hi caillou

I was gonna reply with a Trump joke, but I digress.

bill saw this comming a mile away and capitalized on it instinctively

It would kill us all 10 different ways. GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE!! lol

We need some ppl to live on the moon just in case.

You must be the one with a gram of grey matter

***** I didn't notice him doing that. In fact, even though the cuckservative agreed with him on Trump, we got a howl from Bill whenever he objected to reducing the right to a pile of sharted condoms.

Amen. So much truth there if more would just listen.

No Feminist,no misogynist,all in all no uninformed propaganda basher....

Amen !

It was fukn great wasn't it.

yup. well said. best panel on for ages. just intelligent people talking and no bullshit to derail them.

Haha yes. F off regressives

Only if you don't count his audience.

Larely, even Maher has been getting down on his audience!

Yep, that's why maybe every three months or so I'll check out Alex Jones, or TV Preachers

nick was awesome too

They all seem very fact and experience oriented rather than just theorizing. Makes for good discussion.

Frfr! It's ALWAYS good when he is on!

yeah, even Bill didn't interject at all .. he let the discussion flow because it was that good ...

And boy is he good at it ;o)

Agreed

You know I thought you might be exaggerating but then I saw it and you're right, I cant remember ever seeing a panel on his show with such good synergy despite coming from different angles. Even the more comedic guest, Eddie, Was able to chime in with good comments here and there without dumbing the conversation down or pulling it in a different direction like the comedic guests tend to do. Grade A panel for sure.

exactly!

I know not a single woman, fantastic

That's exactly what I thought after the episode. Maher had to bring some rational thought back to the show after last weeks 5.27.16 episode with that libertarian Trump supporter, he was a fucking idiot!

Wouldn't that be great? 'Long overdue for a scientist in the oval office.

I'd love for him to become president. And push for 50 billion dollars to be taken out of defense and put into our space program.

I'd be happy to have him as Secretary of Energy, which is where scientists usually end up in Democratic administrations. He might be better as Director of NASA, except that's a position for engineers, not scientists.

With VP Nick Hanauer.

He is too smart to even run for president.

They were laughing at Maher choosing to end the show on that horrifying note with, "Have a great weekend!"

one of the things I noticed that Bill was kind of off his usually smoother delivery. He misread, mispronounced, clumsy with words.. I was afraid he is either hung over/high or he has had some sort of aneurysm.

He seemed way off, even introducing Eddie Huang's book. Kind of embarrassing.

+Sam Sochet Yeah, that was just awful and he never got it right... I really wondered if something was wrong with him. He was really weird and awkward with Degrasse Tyson and I know they're friends. He messed up during his monologue as well. I hope he is alright.

You get brain washed? Freudian slip

And it feels so nice.

All aboard to lalaland

His Kardashian index is over the roof m8.

these are some smart fuckers

+Jaun Keem Bro their IQ combined is greater than all of those who support Trump and Hillary combined.

+High Grumpy Cat hahaha seriously it's insane. I bet it would be super intimidating to be at that table

A successful capitalist that realizes it took astoundingly good fortune to get what he has. Maybe secretary of treasury would be better, money clearly hasn't corrupted him, so he'd fit well in that seat.

i thought the same thing. was a great mix

Exactly. I feel Neil's logical oand seemingly apolitical manner of speaking help guide the panelists away from their usual ideological speechifying into something resembling more of a dialogue, or discussion of interrelated topics around a subject from various viewpoints. All of them to be recognizing the same monster: which is power and how to deal with it.

Then overtime wouldn't get viewers. Overtime is when the real fun begins.

They can put the fun joking around stuff on them. I'm sure folks would still tune in.

T`hing is he is a billionaire venture capitalist. He was the one who challenged the notion that the rich are the 'job creators' instead he said consumers are the job creators. The rich spend less of their income on goods than a person making minimum wage.

1) Your mentality does not address the issue of small businesses. If you tell smaller restaurant owners they have to double the pay of their workers in a sudden shocking pace, they definitely aren't going to be able to handle it as well as a corporation. 2) Another important issue that people of your opinion neglect to address is the issue of how skilled pay will affect the pace and standards of hiring. You all just assume companies and business owners are going to willingly give up the extra pay without swapping or compromising on something else. Corporations aren't dumb. Raising min. wage at THAT PACE will only encourage corporations and business owners to hire extremely experienced people, which means shutting teenagers and college students, and others with little work experience from min. wage jobs. Little ironic, don't cha think? The very same people wanting the raise will now hardly get hired. They'll now be hiring the guy who's been stocking shelves for 8 yrs. or the lady who's been handing out orders for 7 yrs. They won't just pay anybody $15/hr. Additionally the jobs will be nearly sweatshop work. One worker will be expected to do the work of 4 or 5 positions. Corporations aren't dumb. 3) Hedge fund managers work in the securities industry and have nothing to do with any industry or corporations paying minimum wage. 4) I have to admit this was and still is one of the issues I am not in lock-step and totally agreeing with Bernie Sanders on. I think everybody agrees that the min. wage needs to be raised, but to raise it at a pace where it's doubled in 3 yrs. is dangerous for small businesses across America and would probably send this country right back into recession. We need a REASONABLY PACED rise in min. wage. Maybe $15/hr. in 6 yrs. OR $12/hr. in 3 yrs., but not doubling it in 3 yrs. That's disastrous.

Dathotness4ya Why? If minimum wage since 30s had kept with rising productivity, it would now be about 22 dollars an hour. Or are you arguing that even its original size was too big? www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/18/elizabeth-warren-minimum-wage_n_2900984.html

So you are saying that the less money people have, the more they will spend? My wife was second in command of a small business, She was paid very very well, as were teh employees. The business thrived. If a business is so small that the only way they can stay in business is by paying minimum wage, then the invisible hand of the free market will take over, and weed out the inefficient small business. And tell me this threat that teh job creators pose every time about how people will lose their jobs because of getting a raise? Well, dear sir, people are not getting raises, and they are STILL losing their jobs. Your ideas simply do not work. Trickle down economics, give the job creators most of the money, and they shall provide for the common man. GIve it a break. The economic equation has two sides, producers and consumers. Your producer only model is old, worn out, doesn't work. Could you give the cited numbers on how increases in the minimum wage have been directly tied to recessions/depressions?

I need your money so I can create jobs.

I agree, but on one condition: When Neil is scripted he is fantastic. But unfortunately, the price of him becoming such a good astrophysicist is that he does not seem to have the best of social skills. If you watch this whole episode, Neil very nearly ruined the whole show. Partially it was bills fault for being a little too jokingly dismissive and using the word nerd too much. But Neil was just bad at chilling the fuck out and laughing a bit. Also, I hope he felt like an ass, because while Bill did rib him a little bit, he actually was nicer and more accommodating and even protective on the whole to him than I have I think EVER seen him be to anyone on his show. He clearly knew that given the very politicized atmosphere in america right now that Neil would have nothing to talk about, so he prepared ahead of time to set up a bunch of opportunities to include him. Bill doesnt do that for anybody, but he went out of his way to do it for Neil. At the same time, I can see how someone who probably grew up a nerd and saw the cool kids like Bill making jokes as being derisive of him, kind of reverting a bit when he feels attacked. What also made me sad is how much of a know it all apparently he is. I had never noticed before, but once he got offended for a bit he kept trying to argue and pick a fight with Bill seemingly just to get back at him. That's some insecure petty nerd shit right there (trust me I've been one). Meanwhile, the entire time Bill was just trying to have a good time and take care of everybody (except that stupid heckler). I know Bill apologized afterwards for any part he played and probably smoothed things over, but I really hope Neil did too. Because Bill SHOULD have been more careful about Neil's feelings, but at the same time, it's a comedy show. Neil should know where he is and chill out and just enjoy the jokes. If you didn't get much of what I'm saying and you haven't seen the full show, its just because you haven't seen the full show. By the time Overtime came around Bill had already figured out how to fix the situation and show, and Neil I think kind of realized what he was doing and definitely got better. But there were some hints of it. But in the full show it got so awkward at one point that Eddie kind of alluded to Bill having really bad luck.

wow us evolved primates are strange creatures lol. I saw it completely differently.

He has the Morgan Freeman voice over gig.

+Matt Bacon It was Bill's fault, not only is he dismissive he is also not funny and a chronic interrupter. Every time I watch Bill Maher I regret it, his jokes leave me flatly deflated. What Bill passes off as humor, is a mix of 80% stupid and offensive, 20% clever, 0% funny. By the time the clip was over I was frowning intensely, I just don't like Bill. As many times as I tried to laugh, his style makes me irritated. I don't think he is very kind, or bright.

The voice of reason

and from people all across the spectrum.

You must have been watching a very different show than I was.

actually, it makes it kinda fun sometimes. don't be so negative! look on the bright side! (pun intended);-)

You said it Cameron - Best show in a long time - Did not miss the usual suspects!

I largely dislike crazy SJW's and small minded conservatives. but I also thinks it's bad to constantly surround yourself with people of the same opinion and listen to every point there is as much as you disagree with it

Because there's nothing like a echo chamber with the same opinions

He's got a great sense of fashion

Neil must get a ton of tail.makes science and intelligence look cool

ROCK STAR!

Can I see evidence of this? Not that I don't believe the Putin thing is prob real (I'm not familiar) or the plot in the 20's America, or that it's happening again now. But, I would be interested to read some of your sources for this train of thought.

Naw you're wrong. Fox News just told me Obama is Hitler. Sure he's been in power 7 years and hasnt done any of that...but this is just step 1 of his master plan.

Haha

so you agree with Chuck U?

His passion is inspiring

+John Davila...Yes, but his follow up to it was mind-blowing. He's a very gifted cross-over scientist and the best since Carl Sagan...

Yep a lot of them. They should use sacks of onions to get equal pay, by beating the CEO of McDonalds to a bloody pulp with them.

Yeah with no pay raise, and they make you cry.

Exactly, that was the tragic hidden message in my comment.