Greatest addition to The Daily Show evar.

I was thinking about this all day:

Jon Stewart: The way you’ve explained the tax codes it really doesn’t seem very fair.

John Hodgman: Well, fairness isn’t the point- they don’t call economics The Dismal Science because it’s fair.

Jon: Well, I suppose not…

John: No, no, they call it that after Sir Eustace Dismal - the 18th century English economist who proposed making smokestacks out of children. It was a very interesting proposal but ultimately flawed. I mean, if you make the smokestacks out of children who will you force to clean them?

It’s referred to as Dismal’s Paradox.

Comedy Central’s got the video.

Okay- so… maybe it’s because it’s St. Patrick’s day and I’m stinkin’ drunk just a couple hours into it… but here’s something I thought was worth posting from last night’s Daily Show with the Jon Stewart-

Defending Your Strife:

Includes a report from Daily Show Senior Military Anniversary Correspondent Ed Helms.

Note: The Daily Show has been incredible the last couple of months. The only reason I haven’t been posting video is because of my own time constraints. Those constraints have eased ever so slightly in recent days. In addition, getting drunk makes me think that I gots all the time in the world, bitch! I’m off to drunk-play Battlefield 2!!! Woohoo! Happy St. Patty’s Day boys! I’m waaaaaasted!!!

So there’s that.

Here’s some of The Daily Show’s continuing coverage of the fake war on Christmas:

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sad.

Here’s The Daily Show’s coverage of Chalabi’s visit:

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The Daily Show takes on Bush’s despicable performance on Veteran’s Day- includes a special report from Senior Defense Policy Analyst Rob Corddry.

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The Daily Show’s coverage of Senator Harry Reid’s heroic stand-

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The Daily Show covers our easily distracted media:

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Great segment covering Lawrence Wilkerson’s recent decision to finally tell the awful truth (which we all knew) about the Bush administration. It’s a new segment they’re calling- “The Less You Knew”

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Can’t help but notice how silent the Malkins and Insta-whatsit types are about Wilkerson… cowards.

Here’s The Daily Show’s coverage of Bush’s “unscripted” chat with the troops and Scott McClellan’s press briefing meltdown which followed. Includes brilliant commentary by Daily Show Senior Political Analyst Rob Corddry.

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So I finally got off my lazy ass and done posted a clip from last Thursday’s Daily Show-

When Bush’s numbers are sliding he knows to call 9/11.

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Bush bullshits us about what his Generals are telling him days after the the Generals told Congress the exact opposite.

Surprised? Yeah, me neither.

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Bush blows the budget, and Daily Show Senior Fiscal Policy Analyst Rob Corddry gives us some brilliant- and I do mean brilliant, I mean fo’ reals, ya’ll, analysis.

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On second look… Yeah… Bush definitely misbuttoned his shirt. And here I was thinking it was just the bullet proof jacket that makes all his clothes hang wrong… silly me.

The Daily Show explores the environmental impact of Katrina:

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Hannity is such a tool.

Daily Show coverage of Hurricane Rita with Daily Show Senior Meteorologist Rob Corddry:

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From tonight’s Daily Show with Jon Stewart:

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Here are some clips from last night’s (9/6) Daily Show with Jon Stewart:

Clip 1- Opening comments from Jon covering the failure of leadership and the media stepping up to the challenge of covering the story:

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Clip 2- Senior Correspondent Ed Helms reports live from Giants Stadium on the federal government’s efforts to save the president:

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Clip 3- Bush’s Katrina Timeline:

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My TiVo rebooted itself right in the middle of a really great episode of The Daily Show… I’ll post clips after the rebroadcast (more than likely tomorrow evening) if the good folks at C&L don’t beat me to it…

Here’s a great piece from the Daily Show on the junk news CNN is giving us in the wake of Bob Costas’s refusal to host a show dedicated to a missing white girl.

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CNN boss Jonathan Klein is saying the right stuff- it’d sure be nice if he followed that big talk with some actual news…

Daily Show Coverage of Pat Robertson’s call to assassinate a foreign leader and half-assed attempt at a cover-up:

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Catching up on some Daily Show video-

Daily Show Senior Drug Dealer Rob Corddry reports on the recent multi-million dollar judgement against drug company Merck.

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Alls I know is I’d be a complete mess without my Fagajiz.

From the August 16th episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart- topics covered include the missed Iraqi constitution deadline, an enormous list of false assumptions about Iraq invasion, “process,” extensive coverage of the new White House Executive Chef, “Hehe… that’s edible praise…” as well as a full report from Senior Presidential Gastronomist Stephen Colbert who reports on the documents the White House refuses to hand over for the Chef’s confirmation hearings.

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Here’s the Daily Show’s coverage of Cindy Sheehan’s protest- includes live report from Senior Western White House Correspondent Ed Helms.

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Just a beautifully done Greta Van Aruba take-down buried in there too…