like fleas on a dog

The Daily Show was all over Foley like fleas on a manky dog. The two video clips are after the cut. He also had republican senator Trent Lott on, and really gave him a tough interview. I'm guessing Lott really wasn't happy about the timing...

If you can't view the clips, there's a partial transcript here - but it's worth watching. Probably some of the funniest stuff since the infamous "Cheney shot an old man in the face" episode, which is hands-down the best ever single episode they've broadcast.

( video clips )

phrases you won't find

John "Maggie and Ronnie R The Greatest" Howard spoke at Quadrant Magazine's 50th anniversary. The Australian, of course, reprinted his speech.

Phrases you won't find in the speech:

"Established by the CIA-funded Congress for Cultural Freedom"
"Edited by appallingly vile hack PP McGuiness"

Instead we get the speech titled "Standard bearer in liberal culture".

Could he please stop fucking the corpse of irony?