Quote Unquote: Newt Gingrich, the Last Samurai

Mother Jones writer Tim Murphy asks a startling question about the current GOP frontrunner…

"What if Gingrich is so outside our comprehension that only if you understand Japanese, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together his behavior?"

I hope this means that, as president, he'll be a katana control opponent.

Tags: Japan, Newt Gingrich, Primaries, Republicans

Stephen Colbert on the Over-Reactors to the Nuclear Reactors

Are people over-reacting about the dangers of nuclear power in the wake of Japan's crisis? Probably. I believe that irritability is a side-effect of radiation poisoning…

The Colbert Report airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30/10:30c.

If you'd like to help, you can text REDCROSS to 90999 to send $10 to relief efforts in Japan.

Tags: Energy & Oil, Environment, Japan, Natural Disasters, Nuclear, Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, Video

Tworld News: Week of March 23, 2011

140 characters: Just the right amount to consume the news, way too many for your performers to effectively portray in a two-man avant-garde staged version of the Libyan uprisings.

Speaking of complicated yet mildly funny Libya-related activities…

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Tags: Ann Coulter, Haiti, House of Representatives, Japan, Libya, Military, New York Times, NPR, Nuclear, Science & Technology, Twitter, Tworld News, Wyclef Jean

Jon Stewart on the War (Between CNN and Fox News) in Libya

Warning: Someone of the footage shown here may not by suitable for children… with discerning taste in media coverage.

Coverage continues after the jump.

The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11/10c.

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Tags: CNN, Fox, Japan, Jason Jones, John Oliver, Libya, Muammar Qaddafi, Nancy Grace, Natural Disasters, Nuclear, Science & Technology

Stephen Colbert on the Disaster in Japan and the Libyan Disaster

One day, you'll be able to tell your grandkids that you remember a time when the world wasn't falling to pieces from every possible direction.

That is, assuming you can have grandkids by next Thursday. Odds aren't great that there'll be a next Friday…

The Colbert Report airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30/10:30c.

Tags: Barack Obama, France, Japan, Libya, Mike Mullen, Military, Muammar Qaddafi, Natural Disasters, Ronald Reagan, Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, United Kingdom, United Nations