John Hodgeman and his great lecture at TED

John Hodgeman just published a new book, which he announced at The Daily Show. Kind of. You could call it an meta-introduction of the book: he mocked every book-introducing by Jon Stewart, especially his "fascination" by every book he is presenting.

John Oliver travels again! Interview with Iraqi UN ambassador

I love John's interviews. They are so offensive and terrible, you can't but laugh, laught at him, at the interviewee and at the media in whole. I wonder whether they are somehow staged or not. Or if it's mostly creative aftercut? Anyway, this interview with ambassador of Quatar is probably even better, the principle is similar, though.

Barack Hussein Obama - attack someone by his name i lame

This is supposed to be a serious journalism, but it sounds like a lame joke to me:



The Daily Show mocks this perfectly:

Obama's been laid in with name which causes all kinda problems. Al Qaeda? Who's sayin' Al Qaeda?

First Debate summed up by Daily Show

If you don't have time to see the full debates, Jon is nice enough to summ it up for us.


Perception analyzer, you say? Jon keeps one of these in his skull. And so should we.
What about the debates: almost no solutions, only words. McCain apparently kept repeating that "senator Obama doesn't understand" blank. And Obama, on the other hand, kept repeating that his oponent is right. Of course, this is somewht "biased summ-up", but probably no more biased than anything else :-)

And some reactions?

Finest moment of Bush's presidency?

Bush:I don't see America having problems.
Jon Stewart: I think that might be our biggest problem.

See the various luxurious hotels before you travel

It is quite cheap and very easy to book theese hotels... But if you're just considering some destination, you can learn more about them before you book your room and fly there. Art Of Travel.eu recently started publishing videos of the hotels they offer.
Even if you don't travel a lot, you will enjoy these.

Greek hotels



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McCain: motorbike roaring i Sound of Freedom

I understand that presidential candidates have it tough now. But still, some of the gestures they do seem very dumb to me. Or shortsighted, at least. Like McCain encouraging the crowd of Harley Davidson motorbikes owners to greet him with roaring of oil-consuming machines. Like Stewart said: "That is not freedom, that is pointless sending money to Saudi Arabia."



I'm with Obama on this - inflate your tires!

Best -ing politic team ever - The Daily Show

I just love their parodies. Their overexaggerated clips show us how other media "only" exaggerate.

How to decide whom to vote if you don't care?

Obama or McCain? Who will it be? If you are an American citizen, it is up to you. Sort of. Kinda. Anyway, you are often asked to give opinion on that, aren't you. If you don't have one and you couldn't care less about politics, The Onion will help you:



Dan Carlyle and his advice - Political Non-Opinions

• At this point, there's hardly a difference between the two parties anyway.
• Politics today has too many labels.
• We take voting for granted. A lot of the world doesn't even get to pick their leaders.
• I'm an independent.

Or you can try to become member of this group: No values voters or even Citizen for Bleaker America

As always, The Onion is hilarious.

How to stop smoking? Move to Japan

Apparently in Japan it is forbidden to smoke on the street. But not because of second-hand smoking or health-related issues. No. It's because they are so crowded people would get burned. So they banned it. David Sedaris talks with Jon about how to stop smoking by moving to Japan, and has some interesting facts about Japanese policies on smoking.