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Bill Maher stories: 54 news summaries

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Opinion

 Moore: How to Lose the Election

Filmmaker has some tongue-in-cheek advice for Obama

Aug 19, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The public mostly agrees with the Democratic agenda—it’s overwhelmingly pro-choice, anti-war and pro-environment. Yet those amazing Democrats find ways to lose elections. In an excerpt from his new book, Mike’s Election Guide, filmmaker Michael Moore explains how Barack Obama can repeat this incredible feat in six... More »

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Barack Obama • Michael Moore • Obama 2008 • Bill Maher

Mexican Cartels Growing Pot in US National Park

Plants worth hundreds of millions thriving
amid Sequoias

Aug 9, 08 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican drug cartels are growing hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of marijuana in the thick of California’s Sequoia National Forest, CNN reports. Hours on foot from the nearest road, pot gardens flourish with as many as 10,000 plants, irrigation systems created by daming mountain creeks, and their... More »

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California • drugs • Mexico • marijuana • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Bill Maher • Sequoia National Forest

Let's Legalize Drug Use: Argentine Prez

In US, Rep. Barney Frank leads lawmakers on marijuana crusade

Aug 3, 08 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Argentina's president is seeking to legalize drug use and a crack down on dealing and trafficking, CNN reports. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's plan follows similar moves by European and Latin American nations, where decriminalization has not increased drug use, one expert said. Mexico proposed such a law several years... More »

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drug addiction • medical marijuana • Argentina • Cristina Fernandez • marijuana • drug possession • drug dealing • marijuana legalization • drug abuse • Barney Frank • Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner • Bill Maher • Cristina Kirchner

Moore's $20M for Fahrenheit 9/11 Sequel Is Mainly Profit

Studios banking on maverick's popularity  with film, budgeted to cost $7M

May 15, 08 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who says documentary filmmaking isn’t profitable? Sources tell the New York Post that Michael Moore will receive $20 million in advance to produce the sequel to Fahrenheit 9/11, even though production costs are estimated at only $7 million. Studio Paramount Vantage may be willing to give Moore a $13... More »

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film • September 11 • Michael Moore • documentary • Bill Maher • Iraq war • Iraq war movies

Moore Preps 'Searing'
Fahrenheit 9/11 Sequel

Will be out after presidential election

May 14, 08 3:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rabble-rousing filmmaker Michael Moore is working on a sequel to his documentary Fahrenheit 9/11. The follow-up to his 2004 savaging of President Bush—the biggest-selling political documentary ever—will be "searing and provocative," he vowed, but gave few other details. The new film won't be released until after... More »

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film • Michael Moore • documentary • film director • Bill Maher • Iraq war movies

 Pundit's Pontificating Draws Fire 

Maher sorry for Nazi jibe, but Catholics want scalp over cult remarks

Apr 21, 08 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Not for the first time, people are calling for Bill Maher's head—in this case for taking pot shots at Pope Benedict XVI on his HBO show. "If you have a few hundred followers and you let some of them molest children, they call you a cult leader,"... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Hitler youth • sexual abuse • Catholicism • Bill Maher • Pope Benedict's US visit • Bill Maher Grid

book review

It's No Joke: Colbert Boosts Democracy

New book blasts talk shows but hails
political satire

Apr 5, 08 6:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Political satire that "means it" is missing from late-night TV, Russell L. Peterson argues in his new book, Strange Bedfellows: How Late-Night Comedy Turns Democracy Into a Joke. In Salon, Louis Bayard applauds Bedfellows for advancing a "decidedly moral argument," even if it undervalues Conan O'Brien and... More »

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television • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Jon Stewart • Stephen Colbert • David Letterman • Bill Maher • Bill Maher Grid

 Mass. Rep Vows to Legalize Pot 

Barney Frank says public is ready for change

Mar 23, 08 4:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Barney Frank will move to legalize “small amounts” of marijuana, Politico reports, citing Americans who think use of the drug is no big deal. “It's time for the politicians to catch up to the public,” said the Massachusetts Democrat on "Real Time with Bill Maher.... More »

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Congress • drugs • medical marijuana • Massachusetts • marijuana • marijuana legalization • late night talk show • Barney Frank • Bill Maher • decriminalization • Bill Maher Grid

Major US Doctors' Group Backs Medical Marijuana

Medical association calls for law change to reclassify pot

Feb 15, 08 3:15 AM CST
(Newser) - The second-largest physicians' organization in the nation is taking a stand supporting medical marijuana, declaring that science has proven the drug has therapeutic value. The American College of Physicians is asking federal lawmakers to drop marijuana from a category of drugs considered to have no medicinal value, the Los Angeles ... More »

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drugs • medical marijuana • marijuana • marijuana legalization • Bill Maher • American College of Physicians

Coulter Picks Clinton Over McCain

Right-wing icon calls Democratic hopeful 'more conservative'

Feb 1, 08 3:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Conservative shock pundit Ann Coulter endorsed Hillary Clinton over John McCain today, adding to the right-wing furor over McCain's ascent by saying New York's junior senator is “more conservative than he is.” If McCain gets the GOP nod, Coulter says she's not only ready to vote for a... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John McCain • torture • Ann Coulter • Bill Maher • endorsement

Ron Paul Is
Not Alone

Libertarians are on
the rise, aiming to
get government
out of private life

Nov 25, 07 11:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Maverick Texas congressman Ron Paul is riding a surge of Americans on both sides of the political spectrum now calling themselves libertarians. They tend to be fiscally conservative but socially liberal voters turned off by government intrusions, from warrantless wiretapping to broadcast censorship. And their numbers are up to 9%... More »

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Ron Paul • Drew Carey • Markos Moulitsas • Bill Maher • fiscal conservatives • Republican candidate • libertarians • social liberals • Election 2008 • Bill Maher Grid

Coulter: Jews Need to Be 'Perfected'

She's flamed again, this time for calling 'dream' nation Christian

Oct 12, 07 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - After drawing fire last week for wishing women weren't allowed to vote, conservative provocateur Ann Coulter has struck a new nerve, saying that the nation should be Christian and Jews need to be "perfected." She made the comments on CNBC's "The Big Idea" with Donny Deutsch, who... More »

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Ann Coulter • Republican • Christianity • Jews • CNBC • Judaism • Christians • Bill Maher • Donny Deutsch • The Big Idea

Gurus Rack Up Ratings With Love and Hate

Who is America's most-watched pundit? Not the politico that most might think

Sep 25, 07 7:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pundits—political and cultural commentators with big opinions—are today's media darlings and Nielsen lightning rods.  Forbes picks the loudest, most volatile and incendiary, i.e.: the ones we love to watch:
  1. Roger Ebert
  2. Bill Maher
  3. Bill O'Reilly
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Bill O'Reilly • Rosie O'Donnell • list • Roger Ebert • Al Franken • Bill Maher • Geraldo Riviera • pundits • Bill Maher Grid

Richardson
Backs Medical Marijuana Law

Presidential
contender downplays political costs

Mar 18, 07 10:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, who's been pushing for a law to legalize marijuana for medical use since he took office in 2002, will finally get a chance sign one. And he's not going to sweat the political consequences, he says. The bill that passed the New Mexico legislature Wednesday,... More »

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Bill Richardson • health • New Mexico • medical marijuana • Bill Maher • Election 2008 • Bill Maher Grid

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