Jon Stewart Signs Off From 'The Daily Show'

 I was already a borderline leftist radical long before Jon Stewart took over "The Daily Show." But I am forever indebted to him for teaching me to be a smarter journalist and a better person. Enjoy your new life, Jon. You deserve it.

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Trevor Noah Learns Twitter Just Can’t Take a Joke

Some interesting insight about the fallout from old tweets by the new host of "The Daily Show" and the world of comedy by Guy Branum, whom you might recognize from his time on "Chelsea Lately":

Twitter is a river of content quickly flowing past. It feels like a safe place to toss out an idea, see if it succeeds or fails, then move along. In that way, it feels very much like an open mike. Forums where people can try out jokes and ideas are key to development as a stand-up. No comic is good at the beginning, no joke begins perfectly polished, and our art form is unique in that it cannot be practiced in private. For stand-up to get good, it requires a fair amount of public failure. Traditionally, that failure was ephemeral, but in a world of camera phones, blogs and Twitter, comedians’ growing pains can now be well documented.

Read HERE.

I, for one, am exhausted by people's insatiable desire to be offended, but what do I know?

P.S. Patton Oswalt had, um, feelings about the subject too. Read HERE.

Suppressing the Vote

By now you've surely heard about the so-disgusting-it's-almost-not-even-funny report from last night's "Daily Show" during which a Republican precinct chairman in North Carolina didn't even try to pretend like his state's new voter ID laws weren't designed to harm Democratic candidates. The racist pig -- who has a friend who is black! -- ended up losing his job today. But the fallout from the Supreme Court's destruction of the Voting Rights Act is anything but a laughing matter, which inspired these celebrity PSAs that might help even the score!

Get Shortey

In one of the best non-Jon Stewart segments I've seen on "The Daily Show" in years, Al Madrigal reports on a proposed amendment to Oklahoma's anti-women "personhood" bill that would effectively outlaw male masturbation. Naturally, state Sen. Ralph Shortey has no problem with the state telling women what to do with their bodies, but takes umbrage with such government intrusion on men.