Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Televangelists (HBO)

It's been a (long) while since we've watched those televangelists on tv. They still exist? Apparently so. In this latest segment of LastWeekTonight, John Oliver really gives it to those televangelists who exploit people's faith for money, mocking their belief that “wealth is a sign of God’s favor.” 

More people are donating “seed money” than they can afford. “At this point, I think it’s clear that seed faith is the most disgusting seed-based concept since whatever the f— chia seed pudding is,” Oliver said...

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Sex Education (HBO)

"Only 22 states mandate that kids receive" sex education, says Oliver. "And only 13 require that the information presented be medically accurate — which is crazy. You wouldn't accept a history class not being historically accurate." Then he makes fun by saying, "'Prince started the American Revolution in 1984, and his Purple Rain lasts until the present day. Class dismissed!'"

Sex education for middle-schoolers is always a highly debated and heated topic for parents - both in the US and here in Canada, but this vid by the ever enlightening John Oliver, covers what some schools are too embarrassed to teach...

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: FIFA II (HBO)

"Despite being almost the dictionary definition of corruption, they've escaped any significant prosecution for decades, but that all ended on Wednesday," says John Oliver as he gives his follow up on the recent FIFA fiasco... 

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Government Surveillance (HBO)

In Europe, many consider Edward Snowden a hero, but we think John Oliver's interview with the American computer professional who leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) to the mainstream media, starting in June 2013, took many by surprise.
Check out the vid, with almost 4M views, of John Oliver as he traveled to Russia to square off with Edward Snowden about the NSA, the balance between privacy and security, and... dick-pics... 

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: The NCAA (HBO)

"Pretty soon, the only thing left to sponsor will be the sponsorships themselves," states John. It's NCAA's "March Madness" month and John Oliver has some beef to make with the National Collegiate Athletic Association who still won't pay their athletes because they're considered amateurs - even though this March Madness has brought in over a billion dollars in TV ad revenues which John states is more than the Super Bowl and almost more than the entire NFL post-season combined...

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Tobacco (HBO)

"Tobacco. It used to be a cornerstone of American life. It was how we knew sex was over before the female orgasm was invented...", John Oliver humorously states in his opening line of the vid but he later gets serious and brings up some amazing fact about how tobacco companies are keeping their business strong overseas in light of smoking rates dropping significantly in the U.S. ..

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: The Lottery (HBO)

"Americans spend more money on the lottery than on America," says John, but does the U.S. lottery corporation really provide additional funding for education like it's suppose to? Well watch the vid and let John Oliver explain...

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Sugar (HBO)

"This Halloween, Americans will spend $2.2 billion on candy this year." That's a lot of candy folks! John Oliver talks about that evil substance we all love so much - SUGAR -being it's Halloween and all, and how it is in EVERYTHING and how the sugar industry seems to think it's good for us....






 

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Civil Forfeiture (HBO)

John Oliver is back with another eye-opening viral vid as he speaks about civil forfeiture where police can take your stuff if they suspect it's involved in a crime. This vid has over 2M views already!...