There's been lots about religion (or not) on the show and Stephen highlighted recent events by various organizations. Some groups want a plaque, others just want to scratch and burp.
But most of the show on Monday was all about Neil deGrasse Tyson. To prove what goes around, comes around, but in a very nice way, we found out that Neil deGrasse Tyson actually met Carl Sagan. Now Neil deGrasse Tyson is hosting Cosmos, A Spacetime Odyssey, just like Carl Sagan also hosted Cosmos.
This was the tenth time Neil deGrasse Tyson has been on The Colbert Report. (And yet there was no cake, no balloons, no award? Oh well.) The first part of the interview was background information about Neil deGrasse Tyson. By the age of 11, when people would ask him what he wanted to be when he grew up, Neil deGrasse Tyson would tell them astrophysicist. And then they would just walk away.
The second part of the interview was about science. Stephen wanted to start some controversy, but Neil deGrasse Tyson was, dare I say it, too smart for Stephen. Neil deGrasse threw out the ideas of a multiverse and dark energy. Stephen thought that there should always be two sides to any discussion of science, sort of a fair and balanced approach. For example, if you have discussion about the earth being round, it only makes sense to bring on someone to talk about the earth being flat.
While Stephen wondered if science is legitimate, that is, is the science in on science, Neil told him that once science has spoken, that's it. Here's what their discussion boiled down to as Neil told Stephen,"You get to say the world is flat because we live in a country that guarantees your free speech, but it's not a country that guarantees that anything you say is correct."
When Stephen appeared dumbfounded, Neil added, "I'm just saying."
Showing posts with label Free Speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Free Speech. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
South Carolina Serious Classy Republican Debate
Trump is off. Stephen is on. As you may know, Donald Trump (The Donald) planned on hosting a Republican Debate. Unfortunately, no one was interested. Well, not no one. Two people were interested, but that would be somewhat, if not downright, boring. Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum were planning on attending. So, Donald called it off saying it might be inappropriate just in case he ran for President as an Independent.
Don't you cry. Don't you weep. Stephen is still planning on hosting the:
"Stephen Colbert's South Carolina Serious, Classy Republican Debate"
sometime in January. Plans are for it to be on the Animal Planet.
Stephen reported on the high cost of Free Speech tonight. He threw around numbers like $7.5 million and $270,000. Of course, he got those numbers from Wisconsin back when there were protests at the Wisconsin Capitol. There would not have been such a discrepancy in those numbers if the math teachers had not been fired. But, with the high cost of Free Speech, the answer to paying for it is, yes, Corporate Sponsorship. Problem solved.
Anderson Cooper, of CNN, honored Stephen Colbert recently. Stephen returned the favor tonight and honored Anderson Cooper.
Stephen's guest tonight was Mark Whitaker, Managing Editor of CNN. This seems a little bit suspicious to have him on the show right after a story about Anderson Cooper. Mark explained what a magazine is and Stephen clarified for us by explaining that it is a printed iPad.
As is the case with many of Stephen's guests, Mark Whitaker has a new book out. Mark Whitaker's book has a catchy title: "Mark Whitaker - My Long Trip Home." It is a memoir, so I'm assuming he wrote it from memory. Stephen had some kind words of encouragement for his own children for the day that they write a book about their own family experiences.
Like so many stories, this is a book about his family, but he said it is also a book about our country. Perhaps some of you would like to buy the book as a gift. That is just an idea, something for you to think about, but you would not have to worry about getting the wrong size for someone if you buy them a book.
Don't you cry. Don't you weep. Stephen is still planning on hosting the:
"Stephen Colbert's South Carolina Serious, Classy Republican Debate"
sometime in January. Plans are for it to be on the Animal Planet.
Stephen reported on the high cost of Free Speech tonight. He threw around numbers like $7.5 million and $270,000. Of course, he got those numbers from Wisconsin back when there were protests at the Wisconsin Capitol. There would not have been such a discrepancy in those numbers if the math teachers had not been fired. But, with the high cost of Free Speech, the answer to paying for it is, yes, Corporate Sponsorship. Problem solved.
Anderson Cooper, of CNN, honored Stephen Colbert recently. Stephen returned the favor tonight and honored Anderson Cooper.
Stephen's guest tonight was Mark Whitaker, Managing Editor of CNN. This seems a little bit suspicious to have him on the show right after a story about Anderson Cooper. Mark explained what a magazine is and Stephen clarified for us by explaining that it is a printed iPad.
As is the case with many of Stephen's guests, Mark Whitaker has a new book out. Mark Whitaker's book has a catchy title: "Mark Whitaker - My Long Trip Home." It is a memoir, so I'm assuming he wrote it from memory. Stephen had some kind words of encouragement for his own children for the day that they write a book about their own family experiences.
Like so many stories, this is a book about his family, but he said it is also a book about our country. Perhaps some of you would like to buy the book as a gift. That is just an idea, something for you to think about, but you would not have to worry about getting the wrong size for someone if you buy them a book.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Food or Soap
So, I've been thinking about Thursday's show. Of course Coldplay was on and so if you didn't watch The Colbert Report then, go watch it online, you know, at Colbert Nation. If you did watch, you learned that since Coldplay has 7 Grammys and Stephen has 1 Grammy, they each have an average of 4 Grammys. Way to go Stephen Colbert!
Then there was the Tip of the Hat Wag of the Finger. You decide which was the tip and which the hat. It seems that Tea Party Nation, a For Profit grass roots group, emailed all 30,000 of its members asking them to take the following pledge:
"I, an American small business owner, part of the class that produces the vast majority of real, wealth producing jobs in the country, hereby resolve that I will not hire a single person until this war against business and my country is stopped."
October 18, 2011
Well, isn't that special? It kind of reminds me of the logic of that bumper sticker you often see around town: The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Yeah, wait - no, that doesn't make sense. If you choose to stagnate your own business, well, that's kind of stupid, isn't it? How can you expect anything to improve? Oh, maybe that's the plan. Run everything into the ground and then point to it and say look how bad it is.
Stephen expressed it best when he said, "Something must be done. That something ... nothing."
And then Bill O'Reilly, Papa Bear as he is known, has a new book out, "Pinheads and Patriots." I don't know much about football teams and at first I mistakenly thought it was a sports book. But never mind about that. It seems there's a deal to send his book over to the troops serving in Afghanistan. And it seems like some got burned. And someone posted a photo of it with this comment:
"Some jerk sent us two boxes of this awful book instead of anything soldiers at a remote outpost in Afghanistan might need, like, say food or soap."
Well, there you go. The very people who are over fighting for our Constitutional Right to Free Speech practiced that very same Free Speech over in Afghanistan. Yea for those brave Patriots saying what they think. Bill O'Reilly must be very proud of them.
Then there was the Tip of the Hat Wag of the Finger. You decide which was the tip and which the hat. It seems that Tea Party Nation, a For Profit grass roots group, emailed all 30,000 of its members asking them to take the following pledge:
"I, an American small business owner, part of the class that produces the vast majority of real, wealth producing jobs in the country, hereby resolve that I will not hire a single person until this war against business and my country is stopped."
October 18, 2011
Well, isn't that special? It kind of reminds me of the logic of that bumper sticker you often see around town: The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Yeah, wait - no, that doesn't make sense. If you choose to stagnate your own business, well, that's kind of stupid, isn't it? How can you expect anything to improve? Oh, maybe that's the plan. Run everything into the ground and then point to it and say look how bad it is.
Stephen expressed it best when he said, "Something must be done. That something ... nothing."
And then Bill O'Reilly, Papa Bear as he is known, has a new book out, "Pinheads and Patriots." I don't know much about football teams and at first I mistakenly thought it was a sports book. But never mind about that. It seems there's a deal to send his book over to the troops serving in Afghanistan. And it seems like some got burned. And someone posted a photo of it with this comment:
"Some jerk sent us two boxes of this awful book instead of anything soldiers at a remote outpost in Afghanistan might need, like, say food or soap."
Well, there you go. The very people who are over fighting for our Constitutional Right to Free Speech practiced that very same Free Speech over in Afghanistan. Yea for those brave Patriots saying what they think. Bill O'Reilly must be very proud of them.
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