Wow. this was by and far, the most calm guest panel Bill has ever had. Able to calmly debate and explain counter points without raising voices or resorting to rhetoric. In the modern world where everyone else seems to argue by shouting louder sound bites, this was so refreshing damn near brought a tear to my eye.
+Mistress Morrigan It was a good panel. All good people. A calm Brit, a democratic black guy, grandma Leslie Stahl, and a pretty mild mannered comedian. Leads to good discussion, and then you've got Lawrence Wright. Makes for a great panel and a nice lower key week where a good amount of topics is discussed CALMLY.
+Mistress Morrigan Well Barney Frank wasn't their to shout down anyone and repeatedly interrupting them before they can make their point; only to then ask them what their point is.
I'm a Brit and I'm really pleased Obama is offering his opinion, which is that Britain should stay in the European Union. He's not threatening anyone in the way that Charles Cooke said, he merely said that if the UK wanted its own separate trade deal with the US it would take a lot longer to sort out than people think. The real reason why rightwingers like Charles Cooke want the UK to leave the EU is they hate the social policy rules we implement from the European Union, which are designed to prevent exploitation of workers (like the Working Time directive, which states that no-one is forced to work more than 48 hours a week, except police, paramedics, doctors etc). They'd love to have a UK where they can work people into the ground and take any rights off them they can.
+Marky Mark That's not the case at all. President Obama wants the UK in because the US wants a powerful pro-American, free market anti-Russian voice within the EU. Also, the UK is perfectly capable of instituting workers rights without the EU. Jeremy Corbyn would love the UK to get out and he's no right winger, the EU has devastated Greece and at one stage dismissed their elected government, it subsidises farmers who dump their produce on poor African countries, and it sends large trawlers to fish their oceans dry.
+Sarfaraz Hussein Merchant I agree with you about Greece, but the EU would've done that with or without the UK being part of it. The UK probably gets about 50% benefit from being a EU member - all you can do is take the best parts of it (the social benefits, workers protections) and try to help improve the rest. Outside of that oversight, the Conservatives would slash and burn all of our social rights.
+Marky Mark The Conservative government's official position is to stay IN the EU, not to persuade the electorate to vote out. They've spent quite a large sum of taxpayer money sending leaflets to campaign for an in-vote. Besides, there are plenty of left-wing critiques and cases for leaving the EU, so I don't think that's a fair appraisal of the "leave campaign." If leaving the EU was a corporate plot, I wonder why all the big corporations, banks, the loan shark IMF and the international political class all are opting to support the in campaign. Also, considering how much sway special interest groups and corporations have over Brussels, it's hardly a body wishing for a workers paradise. There are legions of lobbyists, so don't tell us how great and pure EU institutions are lol. If America could get a trade deal with Australia in ten months, it is not unreasonable that America could work out a deal with the worlds 5th largest economy in a similar span of time.
The "grandmother theory" sounds fascinating. Generational knowledge continually transferred down through the ages, from those who know better (from experience), to those who will then benefit from this experience themselves.
it is interesting..but dont forget all grand mothers arent good people..some warp the minds of young children with negativity, racism, and the like.....so it not always a good thing to have the older generation passing on their "knowledge" to impressionable children
+v griffith True, but in the aggregate life must possess a critical mass of positive, liberal, and supportive adherents if it is to remain sustainable. It's not that what you describe can not and does not happen, it's that this is not the majority case. Knowledge passed down through the "bad grandmother" path does not impart any life-skills that can be considered 'adaptive ' and will eventually die-out due to attrition/dilution.
Carter was also the last president to raise interest rates effectively killing inflation, getting rid of bad debt, and giving people who save small amounts of money (poor people) a meaningful return on their savings. He also was the last president to put the country on a path of increasing tax revenue and shrinking deficits. He walked, in the open, from his inauguration to the white house up pennsylvania avenue out in the open without any cover. That is the definition of ballsy.
+Keith Buckson Yhea. Obama did nothing for Gay Rights (except repeal DADT), Healthcare (except have the first national healthcare law in decades). He has been useless.
+psdfjsbpisdbf I don't consider his foreign policy isolationist. He made some inroads with Israel, Egypt, and other countries in the middle east. He was just against the use of force as the first option. Maybe he read Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" and understood it.
+osp80 His emphasis was on the fact that true happiness and contentment come from the accumulation of competencies and accomplishment, not from the accumulation of material possessions and consumption. This is the exact opposite of what corporatists want the public to believe.
My cousin moved into Jimmy Carter's neighborhood in Georgia. One day she got a knock at the door, it was President Carter with a gift basket welcoming her to the neighborhood! True story... What a guy.
Van is wrong, my grandmother was Nana and my grandfather, Gramps.They remain the sweetest terms of endearment, of my soul. Both were amazing loving Grands from South Carolina. We NEVER thought to call her, "big," anything.
I love how Americans take full credit for the release of the Iranian hostages. Even in Ben Affleck' s movie about it, the story was told incorrectly. Everyone knows the Canadians masterminded the plan.
Bert, I agree with you about carter. As a Canadian, I have heard that story told so many time son tv without mentioning Canadian I involvement. I find it arrogant and annoying. For some reason, Americans never mention us for example on national and world news a few years ago regarding vaccine shortage. US had a shortage. Several European countries shared with them and also Canada. The difference was Canada supplied three times as much as all those countries put together. On news, they thanked everyone of those countries but not Canada. I see this stuff all the time. It just doesn't make sense. We are the only other country on the same continent.
C.C. Ryder shut up fool. Van Jones has done more work to help people in this country than you can imagine. Ten's of millions of dollars he distributed to help people. He worked with Prince on alot of positive charities
I thought twitter was dumb at first then I found out my favorite fighter was on twitter. Now I'm on twitter and I follow all my favorite comedians, athletes, politicians, etc.. I don't tweet much but at least I'm up on all the news relevant to all my favorite people.
has anyone noticed that real time has become a megaphone for the political establishment? they never talk about important grassroots issues or bring on people to talk about grassroots issues. it's always people from the establishment.
bill is a joke and if you haven't realized that by now you need to play catch up and inform yourself. start with not getting ur main source of news from the mainstream media. Matt drudge does a great job. I think you be surprised when you cut the cord. but yeah right on man. we need to let em kno were occupied from within.
+MaskinJunior I just hope Senator Sanders realizes that with that much crowdfunding power he might as well *be* the President. The amazing good he could do with that.....
+susiq1121 It is like you are not allowed to address the opiate epidemic of today because we didn't deal with the crack epidemic from the 80's & 90's in the best way. You're right, the drugs and the baggage that comes with them is like day and night.
+Austin Zappas A true Humanitarian he and his wife have never stopped in many different endeavors involving third world countries. His foundation alone has completely wiped out several childhood diseases in very impoverish countries. Even at the age of 90 something and recovering from a recent bout with brain cancer he still teaches Sunday school at his church.
Iron Fist Every President is faced with unsavory situations the job ages men like crazy. Or did you not notice? Bush 43 was not phased by his move to kill hundreds of thousands in the ME and spark a uprising to one of the most viral wars against humanity. Crater and his trade offs seem pretty tame in comparison.
My boss on 1990 knew the guy that was ordered to go take the sand filters off the helicopters that failed when they went to extract the hostages. Of course, as always, all military officers were Republican. Then Readan made a deal that the contras could sell cocaine to the Iranians in exchange for small arms, and as part of the deal Reagan sold the latest fighter jets to Iran. No one talks about this except the movie “The Endkess Summer”, where they went and surfed where the cocaine and guns were exchanged. And they called it Alis’ bay. They said everyone knew except the American people. And now Reagan’s a hero and Carter is a disgrace…
+Kay Omholt-Montague My great grandfather died when I was 17. His wife had died a year earlier. Funny thing, regarding what the lady said: Everyone called my great grandfather "Big Daddy". My great grandmother was just "Granny". Big Daddy died in 1971.
My mother passed away when I was 11 months. My father kinda lost it after she passed. My grand parents lived only a few houses apart, and I was raised my both sets of my grand parents. Many will say "oh sad you lost your mother so young"... I know no difference... It's all I knew. However I was so lucky to have all my grandparents as my parents. I never felt un loved and I received the wisdom of my grandparents. Sure I wish everyday I knew my mother, but many also haven't. I'm a lucky man none the less. She gave me my life. They gave me a the wisdom to understand why. I may have lost my mother, but I also have a unique point of view because I did. It's called life. Enjoy the day. Treat everyone with respect, especially when they don't deserve it. Like Bill I am an Atheist, so I have no belief I'll meet my mother in heaven. I'm just grateful I had the coolest grandparents a guy could hope for. Although... I'm still waiting for the baby elephant my grandfather said was a birthday present when I was five... That's ok, the Home Owners Association where I live probably wouldn't allow it.
Slave2thedrago You read like a damaged human. None of us asked to be placed in the families we were born into - When it comes to situations we have no control over It is not what you are handed in life it is what you do with it that makes a difference. No I did not learn that from my grandmother.
We elect people to the European Parliament as well, its not like we have no say in what goes on at the EU. Lawrence's points did not make this clear to anyone who may not be familiar with how the EU works
Charles Cooke is dead wrong. The parliament does not give away to unelected people. Everyone who makes decision and laws in EU are elected. There no unelected people in EU that makes laws, it is ether the European counsel (made of ministers) or the European parliament, elected people from all countries.
+Lasse Larsson While I disagree with a lot of his policy ideas, I believe he meant that those councils and ministers can override local laws. It is the fear too many conservatives have regarding civilization in general.
+Jim Myers Like all democratic institutions in a higher level they can set laws for a lower level. The same is for parliament that can decided laws over local government. The EU today needs to decided laws in both the councils of ministers and the parliament, both elected people. UK has been part of most of the decisions that they are now complaining about, they are very much involved it it.
Lasse Larsson Believe me, I get how it works. The problem is that such subtleties escape people like that. He really believes that his objection to the EU making decisions that affect him doesn't conflict, in his mind, with his parliament doing the same, overriding local ordinances.
+HansDelbruck53 She's very pretty for an old lady. Sometimes young people mass together everyone over 40 or 45--but they will fin d out there is a huge difference between the wrinkles you start to get betwqeen 40 and 50, and the complete change in your body in youe late 50s, 60s, 70s, when the musculature supporting your face, neck, chest, arms and legs just disappears because the youth hormones are simple gone. Literally we are skin and bones and some fat depending on heredity! It's where people get frail and delicate, and try getting those awful cheekbones to hold the skin out there--but look at their profile--from the side--for a shocker! We need to appreciate the aging because the alternative is losing them altogether. And we can't replace these people who lived through historical events--the Stock Market Crash and Depression kids are all but gone now, and WWII fighters as well. Vietnam vets are committing suicide at very high rates like 1 per day? Learn all you can from the oldsters you know, because they will take all that knowledge with them and you can't get their personal experience in books. And don't worry about their appearance--it's the most difficult thing imaginable to see an old person staring at you from your mirror in this visual age. You may look just like them in 2 or 3 decades! Learn to love those boney chins and cheeks, the age spots where the sun hits your forehead. Your nose and ears keep growing.....to match your waist, while your chest sags (guys worse than women) and your butt just disappears completely, leaving you sitting on your hip bones! And don't even think of the skinny legs that are epidemic......there is nothing you can do about that.
+cyninbend I've been watching her since the 60s or 70s when she first showed up on CBS and I've noticed that she hasn't aged naturally over the decades. In her younger years (pre-face lift and nose job), she looked much more natural, especially her nose. I prefer to see women age gracefully rather than try to regain a youthful appearance through artificial means.
What Stahl said about animals not having grandmothers is untrue. Elephants, whales, some types of birds and fish, and primates (non-human) do have grandmothers that help care for offspring.
Van please stop trying to be the black ambassador to white liberals. I like u but stop making things up, most black people don't call their grandmothers " big momma" 🙄
I can't believe that Bill or any of his guests didn't mention the passing of Prince during the main show and just kind of barely alluded to it during Overtime. At least Van Jones wore a purple shirt in honor.
+TheWaffenSS7 Because it couldn't be because Trump is constantly in the media or anything. It couldn't be because this is a political show... and there is a presidential race going on right now so naturally they talk about the two front runners. It's not like Trump just won one of the largest states in the union. No it couldn't be all that. You're right, Bill is obsessed with his dick. That sounds more rational. Fucking idiot.
I have had not one, but two, five generation pictures taken in my life. When I was 8 I traveled to California from Oregon with my dad to take a picture with his great grandmother. Then when I became a young father at 19, I had a picture taken with my son, and my great grandmother. As you can see, we have a bit of an "issue" in my family having children at a young age. But we have also been lucky at the same time.
It is funny, but I do not remember any English conservatives getting outraged over Obama's statement regarding Scottish independence. He said: "We obviously have a deep interest in making sure that one of the closest allies that we will ever have remains strong, robust, united, and an effective partner." It seems that the term "sovereignty" did not apply in that case! According to the text of the Declaration of Independence, the USA declared its independence from an illegitimate, tyrannical and unelected Hanoverian monarch and, therefore, there is no real irony in Obama's statements. Charles Cooke is clearly someone who has made a career for himself by convincing people in certain circles that smugness wrapped in a transatlantic-Oxbridge accent can somehow pass for sophistication and wit.
+John Frame Plus they all seem to have forgotten that the US *does* share sovereignty, much more than countries in the EU do, they are after all a federation with a single currency and a whole bunch of integration the little englanders are petrified of. If Obama thought like Boris he would be president of Hawaii!
Interesting comment from the Brit about Brexit being an issue of giving up sovereignty, considering that the UK is a very willing participant with the USA in the negotiations on the TTIP (US-EU trade agreement). That has the very real potential of countries ceding their national sovereignty to a global trade tribunal appointed by transnational corporate interests.
Uh Bill, did you forget about the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis TOMORROW?! 'cause I have a ticket and I'm planning on showing up. I hope you are too!
Van Jones, I never heard the term "Big Mama" till that Martin Lawrence movie. I had a Grandma. So that idea of that term being in black families is not correct.
Philip wanted to know what my grandmother's were like. My father's mother was a Rosie the riveter in WWII. her husband (my grandfather) is cast in bronze in DC. He was one of the men who raised the flag on Ewo. My grandmother on my mom's side was Howard Hughes's secretary during WWII, and her husband was a fire control operator on the Midway.
9:27 "And everybody else is playing by the old rules" Um...have you ever heard of a person named uh...Bernie Sanders? I hear he's quite famous on the internet now......
+Bernadette Kerr Did I touch a nerve? Seriously how big is your GDP and where does it rank in the world? As for making us that's a huge joke. We were the people you didn't want and wouldn't give a voice in governing ourselves. If the British Empire had actually cared enough to treat people equally you might still HAVE an empire. Don't forget everyone you used to rule rebelled for legitimate reasons. And if it weren't for the US Germany might have invaded England. No I didn't say we won the war single-handedly but without the supplies and war material it would have been far worse for England. But some of you are still butthurt we chose to rebel. Get over it and remember a good British accent counts for a lot in the US. It fools people into thinking your are well-educated and high-class even if you aren't.
***** You don't pay much attention to anything do you? Plenty of Scottish actors and comedians have done very well. Sean Connery and (one of my favorites) Craig Ferguson to name just two. Yes the RAF did a hell of a job but without the oil, bullets, food, parts, etc etc etc it would have been a lot harder. Did you really think all those resources were made in England? I know a bit about history so believe me I'm not saying we "Saved your Asses" just we provided a hell of a lot of help. It didn't hurt that we basically took over the Pacific Campaign and fought the Japanese almost single-handed. If the Germans had been more serious about their rockets and jets it might have gone much differently. Oh and you don't have ridiculously dumb people in power? One of the biggest problems we have comes from those Puritans you guys booted out. And also we are a young nation so yeah sometimes we do dumb things but there are those of us who fight against the stupidity. I could name quite a few stupid things the UK has done. Neville Chamberlain comes to mind. Or the Falklands.
+Gamesman01 This all started because a Brit called Britain "England" which is tantamount to calling the entire of the US "Texas", let's not forget that either. The Falklands wasn't stupid that was an invasion that we repelled. Yes, the US was a huge help in the fight against the Nazis but that's because it was a WORLD war, everyone had skin in the game, don't think you're the only ones who helped. There's more that unites our two nations than divides us and yet we can't get past this petty argument of who helped who during the war. We were each part of a huge worldwide coalition against facism, let's not forget that. I have great love for my American cousins, why must we fight like bickering children when we agree on basically everything? Also, RSA for life, I miss Craigy Ferg.
A few years before my father died, one of his grandchildren (by an earlier wife than my mom) visited him, and showed him pictures of *her* grandchildren!
...and the heroin Where were the parents at? And look where it's at Middle America, now it's a tragedy Now it's so sad to see, an upper class city Having this happening. -Eminem (2000)
Was it just me, or was Bill exceptionally high this episode? I realize he's more than likely high every episode, but fuck... he seemed out there this night. Or am I just seeing things from being so sleep deprived? I can't tell right now. Just an observation I probably could have kept to myself, but what the hell lets change the conversation for a moment. Happy commenting! :) P.S. I've got nothing but love for you and your show Bill.
''Fuck that, what's your grandmother like?'' - This is why I will always and ever love Bill.
agreed
who gives a shit about grandmothers
+john doe Climate change, socioeconomic stability, ISIS, presidential race, and half the video is about grandmothers.
+john doe Now who's crying about somebody in the Internet?
+Cody Wirth You're a dipshit, do us all a favor and stfu.
Wow. this was by and far, the most calm guest panel Bill has ever had. Able to calmly debate and explain counter points without raising voices or resorting to rhetoric. In the modern world where everyone else seems to argue by shouting louder sound bites, this was so refreshing damn near brought a tear to my eye.
+Mistress Morrigan It was a good panel. All good people. A calm Brit, a democratic black guy, grandma Leslie Stahl, and a pretty mild mannered comedian. Leads to good discussion, and then you've got Lawrence Wright. Makes for a great panel and a nice lower key week where a good amount of topics is discussed CALMLY.
+Mistress Morrigan Well Barney Frank wasn't their to shout down anyone and repeatedly interrupting them before they can make their point; only to then ask them what their point is.
lol, did anyone notice the "Sounds like a pussy" comment? I lmfao at that...
Maher's got it right about Jimmy Carter. One could also mention Carter's courageous stance against the junta in Argentina.
I'm a Brit and I'm really pleased Obama is offering his opinion, which is that Britain should stay in the European Union. He's not threatening anyone in the way that Charles Cooke said, he merely said that if the UK wanted its own separate trade deal with the US it would take a lot longer to sort out than people think. The real reason why rightwingers like Charles Cooke want the UK to leave the EU is they hate the social policy rules we implement from the European Union, which are designed to prevent exploitation of workers (like the Working Time directive, which states that no-one is forced to work more than 48 hours a week, except police, paramedics, doctors etc). They'd love to have a UK where they can work people into the ground and take any rights off them they can.
+Marky Mark That's not the case at all. President Obama wants the UK in because the US wants a powerful pro-American, free market anti-Russian voice within the EU. Also, the UK is perfectly capable of instituting workers rights without the EU. Jeremy Corbyn would love the UK to get out and he's no right winger, the EU has devastated Greece and at one stage dismissed their elected government, it subsidises farmers who dump their produce on poor African countries, and it sends large trawlers to fish their oceans dry.
+Sarfaraz Hussein Merchant I agree with you about Greece, but the EU would've done that with or without the UK being part of it. The UK probably gets about 50% benefit from being a EU member - all you can do is take the best parts of it (the social benefits, workers protections) and try to help improve the rest. Outside of that oversight, the Conservatives would slash and burn all of our social rights.
+Marky Mark The Conservative government's official position is to stay IN the EU, not to persuade the electorate to vote out. They've spent quite a large sum of taxpayer money sending leaflets to campaign for an in-vote. Besides, there are plenty of left-wing critiques and cases for leaving the EU, so I don't think that's a fair appraisal of the "leave campaign." If leaving the EU was a corporate plot, I wonder why all the big corporations, banks, the loan shark IMF and the international political class all are opting to support the in campaign. Also, considering how much sway special interest groups and corporations have over Brussels, it's hardly a body wishing for a workers paradise. There are legions of lobbyists, so don't tell us how great and pure EU institutions are lol. If America could get a trade deal with Australia in ten months, it is not unreasonable that America could work out a deal with the worlds 5th largest economy in a similar span of time.
The "grandmother theory" sounds fascinating. Generational knowledge
continually transferred down through the ages, from those who know
better (from experience), to those who will then benefit from this
experience themselves.
+Kenneth Meyerson It's basically based on Elephants. Where the oldest female is the Matriarch, and leads the herd on their migrations.
+Kenneth Meyerson It's more than a "theory". That practice has been happening in many families for generations, mine included.
it is interesting..but dont forget all grand mothers arent good people..some warp the minds of young children with negativity, racism, and the like.....so it not always a good thing to have the older generation passing on their "knowledge" to impressionable children
+v griffith True, but in the aggregate life must possess a critical mass of positive, liberal, and supportive adherents if it is to remain sustainable. It's not that what you describe can not and does not happen, it's that this is not the majority case. Knowledge passed down through the "bad grandmother" path does not impart any life-skills that can be considered 'adaptive ' and will eventually die-out due to attrition/dilution.
Carter was also the last president to raise interest rates effectively killing inflation, getting rid of bad debt, and giving people who save small amounts of money (poor people) a meaningful return on their savings. He also was the last president to put the country on a path of increasing tax revenue and shrinking deficits. He walked, in the open, from his inauguration to the white house up pennsylvania avenue out in the open without any cover. That is the definition of ballsy.
+psdfjsbpisdbf Carter was and isolationist? yea arming brutal dictator in the 70s was very isolationist of him.... Just saying!!!
+Iron Fist Any God fearing 'Murican not on the verge of a mass-genocide is an isolationist.
+Keith Buckson Yhea. Obama did nothing for Gay Rights (except repeal DADT), Healthcare (except have the first national healthcare law in decades). He has been useless.
+psdfjsbpisdbf
I don't consider his foreign policy isolationist. He made some inroads with Israel, Egypt, and other countries in the middle east. He was just against the use of force as the first option. Maybe he read Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" and understood it.
+osp80
His emphasis was on the fact that true happiness and contentment come from the accumulation of competencies and accomplishment, not from the accumulation of material possessions and consumption. This is the exact opposite of what corporatists want the public to believe.
Bill Maher rocks! I love Bill Maher! He’s so funny!
Very astute observation by Van Jones about Trump pulling politics into his world of entertainment.
+Argumemnon yes, agree, van jones is a very sharp guy!
john smith And he's a snappy dresser, too. And who can resist that smile?
I think it was more witty than astute
ninearthify In what way? I think a lot of people didn't catch that and it describes the situation very well.
+Argumemnon Isan't that what bill maher and john oliver are doing?
My cousin moved into Jimmy Carter's neighborhood in Georgia. One day she got a knock at the door, it was President Carter with a gift basket welcoming her to the neighborhood! True story... What a guy.
Van Jones' comment at 9:06 is the best explanation I've heard regarding Trump's rise and appeal.
I like how Bill is poking fun at the Grandmother hypothesis, because Stahl is talking like it's accepted science.
my grandma made great enchilladas. once she made me 12...6 on the bottom row, 4 on the second row, and 2 on top. I miss my grandma.
+Ric Ancira You mean your big mama, right?
Argumemnon OK
I loved it when my Gammy (Cajun grandma) used to cook for me. Her dish was gumbo. Love enchiladas too.
+Ric Ancira my grandma was always making bread and rolls.
+Ric Ancira Did she ever give Charlie chaplin a hand job?
I see a lot of Richard in Thomas. The cringey ackwardness is real. Love this guy
+Stelio Kontos
ugh I really hate Richard sometimes
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"You just need people with political courage ", so f🚛ING true. But don't forget morality, and intelligence, and empathy.
Great panel. Bill was on fire
bill was on fire like he was in auswitsch
Hats off to Carter!
Leslie Stahl looks darn good for a 74 year old woman.
uh oh..i see a new term? gilf? LOLOLOL
..not a new term
Van is wrong, my grandmother was Nana and my grandfather, Gramps.They remain the sweetest terms of endearment, of my soul. Both were amazing loving Grands from South Carolina. We NEVER thought to call her, "big," anything.
Thomas Middleditch looks lost the whole time, just waiting for an opportunity for a poo joke.
Fucking doobs
+Jeff Maehre Jesus now I have to wipe away the memory of that useless unfunny guy.
+TheVincentLoo that's Penis Anthony Dooblier to you sir
+diegosam2010 He's actually changed it just now to Penis Scarlet Johanssen Anal. Make fun of that!
Not fair and not true. Tom is a really bright guy, you could see that in the actual episode.
Van Jones is a great man.
+Hateful Oucho " I'm glad we're finally able to have a conversation " Is a beautiful statement from one person to another.
+valgehiir I don't think you know what you're talking about.
Van Jones is a whiny race card playing piece of shit.
Charles Cooke is my favorite conservative on the show. Honest about his positions, and ready to debate. Love it
+Football Pharaoh I will definitely take that into account, but still.
i like watching overtime before i watch the episode, its a fun order
Poor Lesley, I don't think this is the right forum for her (on her grandma book lol).... good laughs though.
Yeah, some of the laughs were a bit cheap at her expense.
I love how Americans take full credit for the release of the Iranian hostages. Even in Ben Affleck' s movie about it, the story was told incorrectly. Everyone knows the Canadians masterminded the plan.
Bert, I agree with you about carter. As a Canadian, I have heard that story told so many time son tv without mentioning Canadian I involvement. I find it arrogant and annoying. For some reason, Americans never mention us for example on national and world news a few years ago regarding vaccine shortage. US had a shortage. Several European countries shared with them and also Canada. The difference was Canada supplied three times as much as all those countries put together. On news, they thanked everyone of those countries but not Canada. I see this stuff all the time. It just doesn't make sense. We are the only other country on the same continent.
yaaaay thomas middleditch!!!!!!! he rocks
absolutely great panel this week, one of my favorites
Mine too
I LOVE Van Jones!! A real inspiration!!
+Suzanne Sheets yup smart guy
billy pilgrim
Indeed!! Wise, well spoken and caring about what really matters.
+Cam D. Nesbitt ~And you're a fucking troll loser~ . That needs to get educated on what a "Commie" is.
*****
LOL
C.C. Ryder shut up fool. Van Jones has done more work to help people in this country than you can imagine. Ten's of millions of dollars he distributed to help people. He worked with Prince on alot of positive charities
I thought twitter was dumb at first then I found out my favorite fighter was on twitter. Now I'm on twitter and I follow all my favorite comedians, athletes, politicians, etc.. I don't tweet much but at least I'm up on all the news relevant to all my favorite people.
has anyone noticed that real time has become a megaphone for the political establishment? they never talk about important grassroots issues or bring on people to talk about grassroots issues. it's always people from the establishment.
so true. van Jones is an idiot and disgrace
+AnnabonLhaw Thank you for your complex and well-thought out response.
Bill Maher like main stream media will never risk their access to the corrupt.
bill is a joke and if you haven't realized that by now you need to play catch up and inform yourself. start with not getting ur main source of news from the mainstream media. Matt drudge does a great job. I think you be surprised when you cut the cord. but yeah right on man. we need to let em kno were occupied from within.
+sam biermann but you still watch
Bernie Sanders understood Kickstarter - and dominated it...
+MaskinJunior I just hope Senator Sanders realizes that with that much crowdfunding power he might as well *be* the President. The amazing good he could do with that.....
Really? That makes him qualified to be President?
Thank you Vann for crack comment. Need more public figures like you in the black community.
HUGE difference between the crack epidemic vs heroin epidemic treatment and reaction
+susiq1121 It is like you are not allowed to address the opiate epidemic of today because we didn't deal with the crack epidemic from the 80's & 90's in the best way. You're right, the drugs and the baggage that comes with them is like day and night.
Props to President Carter. He is impressive amongst a select few.
+Austin Zappas
A true Humanitarian he and his wife have never stopped in many different endeavors involving third world countries. His foundation alone has completely wiped out several childhood diseases in very impoverish countries. Even at the age of 90 something and recovering from a recent bout with brain cancer he still teaches Sunday school at his church.
+Austin Zappas Impressive how? The man was responsible for the deaths of thousands in East Timor by arming evil dictatorship in Indonesia..
Iron Fist Every President is faced with unsavory situations the job ages men like crazy. Or did you not notice? Bush 43 was not phased by his move to kill hundreds of thousands in the ME and spark a uprising to one of the most viral wars against humanity. Crater and his trade offs seem pretty tame in comparison.
My boss on 1990 knew the guy that was ordered to go take the sand filters off the helicopters that failed when they went to extract the hostages. Of course, as always, all military officers were Republican. Then Readan made a deal that the contras could sell cocaine to the Iranians in exchange for small arms, and as part of the deal Reagan sold the latest fighter jets to Iran. No one talks about this except the movie “The Endkess Summer”, where they went and surfed where the cocaine and guns were exchanged. And they called it Alis’ bay. They said everyone knew except the American people. And now Reagan’s a hero and Carter is a disgrace…
6:23 - "We call it thwagger."
I love Van, he is very intelligent.
Love Van Jones. Disagree with him on many things, but he's still the type of person I'd vote into office. Collaboration, not conflict! He's the dude.
Van made a great point about our politicians' response to the current pain killer epidemic versus the crack epidemic of the 80's
the orange guy running for president.....good one....
+Deborah Gallant Don't bring color into this...LOL
I had a great-great grandmother until the age of 7-years-old!
+Kay Omholt-Montague My great grandfather died when I was 17. His wife had died a year earlier. Funny thing, regarding what the lady said: Everyone called my great grandfather "Big Daddy". My great grandmother was just "Granny". Big Daddy died in 1971.
I remember my great grandmother.
Her first name was America.
She shook her remaining fingers at me and told me, "Life is no bed of Roses".
old rules don't work that's the point
My mother passed away when I was 11 months. My father kinda lost it after she passed. My grand parents lived only a few houses apart, and I was raised my both sets of my grand parents. Many will say "oh sad you lost your mother so young"... I know no difference... It's all I knew. However I was so lucky to have all my grandparents as my parents. I never felt un loved and I received the wisdom of my grandparents. Sure I wish everyday I knew my mother, but many also haven't. I'm a lucky man none the less. She gave me my life. They gave me a the wisdom to understand why. I may have lost my mother, but I also have a unique point of view because I did. It's called life. Enjoy the day. Treat everyone with respect, especially when they don't deserve it. Like Bill I am an Atheist, so I have no belief I'll meet my mother in heaven. I'm just grateful I had the coolest grandparents a guy could hope for. Although... I'm still waiting for the baby elephant my grandfather said was a birthday present when I was five... That's ok, the Home Owners Association where I live probably wouldn't allow it.
Beautiful story, one day you'll be telling your 5 year old grandchild to look out for a baby elephant that you lost xxx
:-) I will. :-)
God bless every Grandmother.
+Austin Zappas
The great grandma's too. I knew mine when I was young, she died when I was 6. She use to smash spiders with her hand!
Slave2thedrago You read like a damaged human. None of us asked to be placed in the families we were born into - When it comes to situations we have no control over It is not what you are handed in life it is what you do with it that makes a difference. No I did not learn that from my grandmother.
Slave2thedrago
yep sounds like you have moved on...s/
van jones saying swagger with a lisp haha 6:20
+Jared Wildberger Strange but appreciated observation.
+Jared Wildberger He went Sylvester the Cat
We elect people to the European Parliament as well, its not like we have no say in what goes on at the EU. Lawrence's points did not make this clear to anyone who may not be familiar with how the EU works
+Rangda Rangda It drives me mad. All laws that come from the EU are voted on by our representatives.
hes a right wing cock sucker,
distorting facts is how they stay alive.
I had my great grandmother until I was in my 20s.
Bill Maher rocks!
Lesley...Dam right I would! She has looked the same for the last 50 years, there's something about an older woman that can satisfy all the Odeipi!
"Handicapped on the moon"? They might be treated better than they are by some here on earth!
Bert Turbaville - Sigh! My comment was meant to be sarcastic with an indirect slam directed at O'Reilly!
Love your show
I lost it with grandmother country, right on cue
He saw the nail and he nailed it!
Charles Cooke is dead wrong. The parliament does not give away to unelected people. Everyone who makes decision and laws in EU are elected. There no unelected people in EU that makes laws, it is ether the European counsel (made of ministers) or the European parliament, elected people from all countries.
+Lasse Larsson While I disagree with a lot of his policy ideas, I believe he meant that those councils and ministers can override local laws. It is the fear too many conservatives have regarding civilization in general.
+Jim Myers Like all democratic institutions in a higher level they can set laws for a lower level. The same is for parliament that can decided laws over local government. The EU today needs to decided laws in both the councils of ministers and the parliament, both elected people. UK has been part of most of the decisions that they are now complaining about, they are very much involved it it.
Lasse Larsson
Believe me, I get how it works. The problem is that such subtleties escape people like that. He really believes that his objection to the EU making decisions that affect him doesn't conflict, in his mind, with his parliament doing the same, overriding local ordinances.
Lesley Stahl: SHUT UP!
Here's an idea, when you tell a story... have point! don't just blather words together into a gross nonsense soup.
👏 😅
Lesley Stahl has become the poster child for the horrible effects of excessive face-lifting.
Really? She looks like an old white lady
+HansDelbruck53 She's very pretty for an old lady. Sometimes young people mass together everyone over 40 or 45--but they will fin d out there is a huge difference between the wrinkles you start to get betwqeen 40 and 50, and the complete change in your body in youe late 50s, 60s, 70s, when the musculature supporting your face, neck, chest, arms and legs just disappears because the youth hormones are simple gone.
Literally we are skin and bones and some fat depending on heredity! It's where people get frail and delicate, and try getting those awful cheekbones to hold the skin out there--but look at their profile--from the side--for a shocker! We need to appreciate the aging because the alternative is losing them altogether.
And we can't replace these people who lived through historical events--the Stock Market Crash and Depression kids are all but gone now, and WWII fighters as well. Vietnam vets are committing suicide at very high rates like 1 per day? Learn all you can from the oldsters you know, because they will take all that knowledge with them and you can't get their personal experience in books. And don't worry about their appearance--it's the most difficult thing imaginable to see an old person staring at you from your mirror in this visual age. You may look just like them in 2 or 3 decades! Learn to love those boney chins and cheeks, the age spots where the sun hits your forehead. Your nose and ears keep growing.....to match your waist, while your chest sags (guys worse than women) and your butt just disappears completely, leaving you sitting on your hip bones! And don't even think of the skinny legs that are epidemic......there is nothing you can do about that.
+cyninbend I've been watching her since the 60s or 70s when she first showed up on CBS and I've noticed that she hasn't aged naturally over the decades. In her younger years (pre-face lift and nose job), she looked much more natural, especially her nose. I prefer to see women age gracefully rather than try to regain a youthful appearance through artificial means.
Did Martin Lawrence play your grandparents too? Lmao
Bill Maher couldn't care less about grandmothering. He was referring to GILFs. He wanted to know if Leslie Stahl was up for some weed and chill.
glad to see stahl being gently mocked for her silly book. 1:09
I love Bill Mahr for many easons but mostly because he loves what he does and cracks himsefl up all the time.
Come on Bill, let her talk about her book!
What Stahl said about animals not having grandmothers is untrue.
Elephants, whales, some types of birds and fish, and primates (non-human) do have grandmothers that help care for offspring.
Bill can be so rude to his guests. He interrupts and won't let them talk!
Elephants have grandmothers, great aunts and they and the entire family take care of the young elephants.
Van please stop trying to be the black ambassador to white liberals. I like u but stop making things up, most black people don't call their grandmothers " big momma" 🙄
+emanuel lain He knows it's a stereotype and I think he's just joking about it by confirming the stereotype.
It was a joke...
emanuel lain ikr! I'm half black but raised mostly by the black side, NONE of us EVER called our grandmothers "big momma" 😂
I can't believe that Bill or any of his guests didn't mention the passing of Prince during the main show and just kind of barely alluded to it during Overtime. At least Van Jones wore a purple shirt in honor.
+CZcams-tied worse things have happened
+nflhester3 You are living proof of that.
+CZcams-tied don't know you but hope you're happy, buddy!
+TheWaffenSS7 Because it couldn't be because Trump is constantly in the media or anything. It couldn't be because this is a political show... and there is a presidential race going on right now so naturally they talk about the two front runners. It's not like Trump just won one of the largest states in the union. No it couldn't be all that. You're right, Bill is obsessed with his dick. That sounds more rational. Fucking idiot.
I can tell that Bill is having residual high from 4/20
LOL
I have had not one, but two, five generation pictures taken in my life. When I was 8 I traveled to California from Oregon with my dad to take a picture with his great grandmother. Then when I became a young father at 19, I had a picture taken with my son, and my great grandmother.
As you can see, we have a bit of an "issue" in my family having children at a young age. But we have also been lucky at the same time.
I'm surprised the British guy would refer to the whole UK as England. He should know better.
(I'm British and English).
It is funny, but I do not remember any English conservatives getting outraged over Obama's statement regarding Scottish independence. He said: "We obviously have a deep interest in making sure that one of the closest allies that we will ever have remains strong, robust, united, and an effective partner." It seems that the term "sovereignty" did not apply in that case! According to the text of the Declaration of Independence, the USA declared its independence from an illegitimate, tyrannical and unelected Hanoverian monarch and, therefore, there is no real irony in Obama's statements. Charles Cooke is clearly someone who has made a career for himself by convincing people in certain circles that smugness wrapped in a transatlantic-Oxbridge accent can somehow pass for sophistication and wit.
+John Frame Plus they all seem to have forgotten that the US *does* share sovereignty, much more than countries in the EU do, they are after all a federation with a single currency and a whole bunch of integration the little englanders are petrified of. If Obama thought like Boris he would be president of Hawaii!
Interesting comment from the Brit about Brexit being an issue of giving up sovereignty, considering that the UK is a very willing participant with the USA in the negotiations on the TTIP (US-EU trade agreement). That has the very real potential of countries ceding their national sovereignty to a global trade tribunal appointed by transnational corporate interests.
Exactly! I think that's what some of our leaders want without saying it...but they know it'll be full scale revolution like they've never seen.
+Richard Archer Well, you just hit the nail on the head.
Uh Bill, did you forget about the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis TOMORROW?! 'cause I have a ticket and I'm planning on showing up. I hope you are too!
Not sure what's so surprising. I had my daughter when I was 18, she had hers when she was 20, making me a 38 year old (now 45 year old) grandfather.
Van Jones, I never heard the term "Big Mama" till that Martin Lawrence movie. I had a Grandma. So that idea of that term being in black families is not correct.
Philip wanted to know what my grandmother's were like. My father's mother was a Rosie the riveter in WWII. her husband (my grandfather) is cast in bronze in DC. He was one of the men who raised the flag on Ewo. My grandmother on my mom's side was Howard Hughes's secretary during WWII, and her husband was a fire control operator on the Midway.
Spot on 9:07 👏👏👌
Some people have a great great grand father- they call him Mick Jagger.
9:10 van jones is smart af.
+Oscar Ulises It's not an original theory.
He always impresses me. Dude is sharp.
On point, Van Jones's comment about mastery of the coming media.
9:27 "And everybody else is playing by the old rules"
Um...have you ever heard of a person named uh...Bernie Sanders? I hear he's quite famous on the internet now......
doesn't grandma know this is a comedy show?
Sorry, Tory Boy, what is "England"? Not any member of the EU that I've heard of.
+20thCenturyPox A non-entity these days, unfortunately. Happy St George's Day.
+20thCenturyPox A sad shadow of the former British Empire still expecting people to kiss it's tiny ass.
+Bernadette Kerr Did I touch a nerve? Seriously how big is your GDP and where does it
rank in the world? As for making us that's a huge joke. We were the
people you didn't want and wouldn't give a voice in governing ourselves.
If the British Empire had actually cared enough to treat people equally
you might still HAVE an empire. Don't forget everyone you used to rule
rebelled for legitimate reasons. And if it weren't for the US Germany
might have invaded England. No I didn't say we won the war
single-handedly but without the supplies and war material it would have
been far worse for England. But some of you are still butthurt we chose
to rebel. Get over it and remember a good British accent counts for a
lot in the US. It fools people into thinking your are well-educated and
high-class even if you aren't.
*****
You don't pay much attention to anything do you? Plenty of Scottish actors and comedians have done very well. Sean Connery and (one of my favorites) Craig Ferguson to name just two. Yes the RAF did a hell of a job but without the oil, bullets, food, parts, etc etc etc it would have been a lot harder. Did you really think all those resources were made in England? I know a bit about history so believe me I'm not saying we "Saved your Asses" just we provided a hell of a lot of help. It didn't hurt that we basically took over the Pacific Campaign and fought the Japanese almost single-handed. If the Germans had been more serious about their rockets and jets it might have gone much differently. Oh and you don't have ridiculously dumb people in power? One of the biggest problems we have comes from those Puritans you guys booted out. And also we are a young nation so yeah sometimes we do dumb things but there are those of us who fight against the stupidity. I could name quite a few stupid things the UK has done. Neville Chamberlain comes to mind. Or the Falklands.
+Gamesman01 This all started because a Brit called Britain "England" which is tantamount to calling the entire of the US "Texas", let's not forget that either.
The Falklands wasn't stupid that was an invasion that we repelled.
Yes, the US was a huge help in the fight against the Nazis but that's because it was a WORLD war, everyone had skin in the game, don't think you're the only ones who helped.
There's more that unites our two nations than divides us and yet we can't get past this petty argument of who helped who during the war. We were each part of a huge worldwide coalition against facism, let's not forget that.
I have great love for my American cousins, why must we fight like bickering children when we agree on basically everything?
Also, RSA for life, I miss Craigy Ferg.
A few years before my father died, one of his grandchildren (by an earlier wife than my mom) visited him, and showed him pictures of *her* grandchildren!
author attempts to make a most important point on the importance of grandmothers...
Van Jones did make an excellent point....the history of Presidents using the latest developments in media.
Actually the Canadians got the hostages out, but Carter was still a great president.
+John Matthias
No, Canadians helped a few escape the Embassy takeover, and hide them until they escaped out of Iran.
+John Matthias They were talking about the 60+ hostages in the American embassy, not the six you saw rescued in the movie _Argo_.
haha, Middleditch at 11:04
Watching Bill talk about the Brexit is so sad.
Some of these guys acted like jackasses when all she wanted to talk about was, what it is like to be a grandmother.
Overtime was better than the actual episode. Maher needs to tweak the show a little.
Van Jones is truly a great American.
I'm white, raised in Jim Crow Texas in the '50's of the last century. We called my mother's parents Gran'daddy and Big Mama.
a british accent really does give credibility to whatever it is youre saying...
Thomas is so adorable =^)
He's not funny and needs a shower
...and the heroin
Where were the parents at? And look where it's at
Middle America, now it's a tragedy
Now it's so sad to see, an upper class city
Having this happening.
-Eminem (2000)
Live Love Bill Maher
The anti medical science and pro establishment Bill Maher.
Great comment!
my great grandfather died when after me completing my graduation. he was my mothers maternal grandfather .
Charles Cooke is a real life Hans Gruber
Um, Bill...Angola?
Poor lady looks bad from all the plastic surgeries
Was it just me, or was Bill exceptionally high this episode? I realize he's more than likely high every episode, but fuck... he seemed out there this night. Or am I just seeing things from being so sleep deprived? I can't tell right now. Just an observation I probably could have kept to myself, but what the hell lets change the conversation for a moment. Happy commenting! :)
P.S. I've got nothing but love for you and your show Bill.
+Garrett Johnson get Ariana Huffington's book, so you can learn how to sleep properly
*read sarcasm*