When the Sun Doesn't Shine

While Voter Fraud seems to be a real problem over at FOX, Stephen did not show us any examples of Voter Fraud because it is virtually nonexistent. However there is an arrest linked to Voter Registration that Stephen told us about. It seems Colin Small has been charged with destruction of voter registration applications. It's very interesting reading. I wonder if this is the big October surprise some people are talking about.

To continue with the voting theme, Stephen talked about more voting issues. (Oh, great. Now my phone is ringing. Hold on. ...... Okay, I'm back but I missed what Stephen was talking about.)

Here is voting information that you can check out yourself. I apologize for not getting exactly what Stephen said, but this should be helpful. Here's more info if you need it.

Yet more about elections, but this this time with a "who's the boss" flavor to it. It seems the boss is encouraging employees who to vote for in that they are saying things like, "Vote for Romney. I'm not saying you'll lose your job is you vote for Obama, but I am saying you should vote for Romney, wink wink nod nod." Stephen had the example of David Siegel, but there are others also. And while some may call it CEO black mail, Stephen prefers to use the term "Efficient Use of Resources."

In a related development, Stephen nailed his intern Jay into a crate to be mailed off to Ohio to knock on doors for Romney. Stephen all but ignored Jay's declaration that he will be voting for Obama. Luckily for Jay, there are air holes in the crate. Unluckily, there is no food. The only solution was, of course, for Stephen to sprinkle Cheerios into the air holes. Good luck, Jay!

Finally, in something political and yet somewhat pharmaceutical, Stephen explained the situation in New York where Governor Andrew Cuomo has or had plans to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. This was turning into an interesting segment with Stephen making valid points until he "messed" up. (Please substitute a word of your choice for "messed.") Get your act together Stephen!

Stephen got his act together in time for the guest, Donald Sadoway, Professor of Materials Chemistry at MIT. After finding out what Materials Chemistry and Modern Material Science is, Stephen especially wanted to know how to remove that sticky residue left from price tags and labels on the products we buy. But what Donald Sadoway really wanted to talk about was a liquid metal battery. He had a photo of a prototype. Stephen could tell it looked like a sandwich. He was instructed that it is not edible.

In the question and answer part, Stephen got into the guts of this science with great questions.

"Why do we need a new battery?"
-- "Batteries of today are too expensive and they don't last long enough."

"Is this going to replace what we're using now?"
-- "Yes."

Stephen thinks two nails in a lemon is a perfectly fine battery and said as much when he asked,
"So, you built a better lemon?"

(What can you say to a question like that? Obviously the guy thinks he built something great, but if he admits to building a better lemon, well, that doesn't sound that great.)

Best question:
"If this thing works, are you a Gajillionaire?"
-- "Maybe."

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Update/Apology/Mea Culpa - After saying that Stephen should get his act together, it took me two days to remember that Andrew Cuomo is Governor of New York, not Mayor of New York City. What was my brain thinking????

Fraud

Don't get alarmed. I am not calling Stephen Colbert a Fraud.

It was Stephen who was throwing the word Fraud all over the place tonight. It's about voting and voter registration and innocence lost and civics.

Dawn Quarles is a teacher. She teaches in Florida. She teaches politics. All that is good. What is not so good is that she could be fined for $1000 for turning kids into responsible, upstanding, patriotic citizens. What?

She registered her students to vote. Just like she's been doing since 2008. This doesn't seem to be a good idea. All these people in Washington D.C. with a flag pin on their lapel and yet when someone tries to get kids to be upstanding, patriotic citizens, we put up barriers. It's almost as if we don't really want young people to vote.What's wrong with us? Who turned Rock the Vote into Block the Vote?

Okay, time for a little humor. While watching the show tonight, I wondered if Stephen is descended from Babylonia. An ancient tablet (3,500 years old!) from Babylon was recently translated by experts. You know what? Jokes. It has a bunch of jokes on it. I wouldn't call them funny, but Stephen did enjoy them, so perhaps that kind of humor is in his genes.

Claire Danes was the guest tonight. She and Stephen talked about the Showtime hit Homeland. They both enjoyed themselves, but it would have been a much better interview if Stephen would have given her a gift of a green pen.