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Wednesday, October 4, 2006
The Word - Must-Not-See TV
Sen. Arlen Specter has introduced a bill to put TV cameras in the Supreme Court. Some justices are against the bill, and they're right -- often far right. (2:48)
Tonight: TV cameras in the Supreme Court, the Nobel Prize Patrol coming to a scientist's door with a giant check and North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan's anti-outsourcing book. (0:36)
Sen. Arlen Specter has introduced a bill to put TV cameras in the Supreme Court. Some justices are against the bill, and they're right -- often far right. (2:48)
With only a week left to go in the Green Screen Challenge, Stephen shows Brian Pope's D&D-themed entry about the death of Farynieth the 21st-level paladin. (1:40)
When Stephen found out Senator Byron Dorgan was coming he thought he'd do a North Dakota-themed show, until he couldn't think of anything else from North Dakota. (6:49)
Congress approved $20 million to pay for a day-long party in Washington celebrating victory in Afghanistan and Iraq. Regrettably, that money wasn't spent. (1:29)
Bush has got a tough hard slog with Harriet Miers, but pussying out now would send a signal of weakness to the homegrown insurgency trying to derail the process. (1:48)
Foreign tourists have more trouble entering the United States than any other country, so the U.S. Government is turning to Disney to re-imagineer the customs process. (3:37)
The Bush administration is thinking of closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay and moving it elsewhere. Stephen figures they'll move it to Mars, and he knows exactly why. (4:17)
Stephen doesn't like the idea of fining people who don't vote, since it punishes the poor. He'd prefer to pay the poor not to vote and empower them with lottery tickets. (3:17)
With James Baker and Robert Gates moving into the Bush 43 ranks, it looks as though Bush 41 is trying to wrestle control from his son -- and Stephen doesn't approve. (2:21)