bill maher has been very outspoken about islam. it was bill maher who came out and said islam is the problem. but he said all religions, because he is an atheist, are a problem, but he said he went on to outline the problems with islam. it's a very different message than we see coming from the administration, which you hear is a shared history of tolerance between islam and christianity, trying to compare the two. what maher is right on target. as greg said, we spent how many weeks talking about ferguson? which was a tragedy. but how many weeks and hours did we obsess on cable news over that thing and you didn't even hear about the story about the boy in new jersey. >> dana, your thoughts? >> i don't have too much to add to that, except for listening to bill maher, i think it reminded me of three basic tennants that i fry to think about in terms of christianity, which is forgiveness, grace and being nonjudgmental. those are three things that inform and drive christians for the most part. and in the muslim world, i do think there ar

bill maher is here, he's a comedian host of real time with bill maher.litico described him as a pugnacious debarrett with an ascerbic wit now in it's 12th season. here's a look at his trademark new rules segment. >> new rules. americans must take the rest of the summer to contemplate the fact that we get far less vacation time than any other civilized country which is maybe why on the world happiness index we're down at number 17. have you ever wondered for example where every australian you meet is 20 times happier than you've ever been? i have never met a

. ♪ >> bill maher is here. he's a comedian. he hosts hbo's "real time with bill maher."ll perform his 10th solo standup special for hbo this friday, live from washington, d.c., immediately following a special edition of "real time." here's a look at his trademark statement. >> americans must take the rest of the summer to contemplate we get far less vacation time than any other civilized country which is maybe why on the world happiness index we are down and at 17. have you ever wondered why every australian your meet is 20 times happier than you've ever been? [laughter] i've never met a single aussie who is not the life of the party. i think i figured out why. they don't have jobs. [laughter] [applause] they just travel, drink, and try to steal your girlfriend. i think australia is just one big pyramid scheme -- wait. i need a vacation, too. i'm not really here to talk about australia. i want to talk about america and why our balance of working and living is so off. what is up with these people who win the lottery and proudly announced they are not going to quit your jo

i think that bill maher's point is that these aren't extremists.talk about extremists and that we should crack down onists and why aren't muslims speaking out about extremists. in saudi arabia when women can't vote and can't drive and need permission from their husband, that's not extremists. why aren't we talking more about -- that's commonplace. why don't we talk more about the commonplace roles happening in these countries? >> it's extremist when compared to the rights and responsibilities of women, muslim women around the world. it's an extremist way of dealing -- >> but it's not extremist in that country in saudi arabia. it's the norm. >> oh, no, it's not. i mean, look, saudi arabia is one of the most if not the most extremist muslim country in the world. in the month that we've been talking about isis and their terrible actions in iraq and syria saudi arabia, our closest ally, has beheaded 19 people. nobody seems to care about that because saudi arabia sort of preserves our national interests. you know, this is the problem, is that these kind

give us one day. >> all the rest of the media -- >> isn't bill maher polarizing himself? >> oh, no.ou think that? >> a ridiculous comment coming from him. >> a big fan of polls for sure. >> poll aarity rates. >> i meant stripper poles. >>> and front and center, the nfl. could that ruin america's favorite pastime? that debate, next. [ breathing deeply ] [ inhales deeply ] [ sighs ] [ inhales ] [ male announcer ] at cvs health, we took a deep breath... [ inhales, exhales ] [ male announcer ] and made the decision to quit selling cigarettes in our cvs pharmacies. now we invite smokers to quit, too, with our comprehensive program. we just want to help everyone, everywhere, breathe a little easier. introducing cvs health. because health is everything. time for a little -- ♪ speedy minutes one spry host, a lot of video to get to. quick thoughts on all of these. please, first up, the nfl has been all over the news media, prin and cable, not for the right reason. not for play on the field. unfortunately covering the national felon leagues criminal woes but rush has thoughts on the media cul

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i want you to listen to what bill maher tweeted in his response to the recent isis beheading videos.ere's what he says. he says, "isis, one of thousands of islamic militant groups," addressing "the new york times," beheads another. but by all means let's keep pretending all religions are alike. what's your response to that? >> well, islam isn't a violent religion or a peaceful religion. it's just a religion. and like all religions it is absolutely dependent on the interpretation of whomever follows it. >> but i think it's interesting you say it's not a peaceful religion because i think most muslims will say it's a peaceful religion. >> i completely understand why most people of faith regardless of the faith think the radicals and extremists within their faith are not really jews, are not really christians, are not really muslims. but the fact of the matter is a muslim is whoever says he's a muslim. a jew is whoever says he's a jew. the problem, however, is when we take the actions of an infinitesimal group and make it somehow predictive of the actions of everyone else, 1.6 billion mu

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being a comedian, bill maher is like that. there is always one person in the front row and they won't laugh. every comic i know you focus on the one guy. fox news is the guy in the front. >> great point. i'm stealing that. >> have at it. here is where i want to make a point. the reason his approval was solo was that republicans are willing to go against the president and democrats or not, they still -- democrats support obama. they won't say he is doing anything wrong even though there is a lot of anti-war people and he is not their friend. they continue to support him. >> the only reason his approval rating was so low is democrats always hated him. 20% of republicans are like i'm sick of him too. >> i have a minute left here, joan, if that's your name. >> i can. i absolutely can. i would like to hear what other people have to say. >> i'm sorry i said joan because -- >> listen, we should be talking about his approval rating just for the mere fact that he hasn't dirtied his hands in so many scandals this year that it is fascina

every time i suggest we spend more money on troop, colbert, stewart and bill maher go on the attack.have our priorities backwards thanks to the liberal gone . ashley: and hello, everyone. i'm ashley webster in tonight for gerri willis. coming up on the show, a mixed bag for consumers as the cost of everything seems to be going up except petrol, gas. it's being called apple's worst product launch ever. we'll have the latest on the glitches and fixes. and did disney rip off a woman's life story for the movie "frozen"? one plaintiff says yes, and our legal panel weighs in. "the willis report," where consumers are our business, starts right now. and we begin tonight with the middle class squeeze. americans are getting left behind in this recovery. and despite the upbeat jobs and gdp reports from the federal

we're back with bill maher. cheney keeps acting like he is the new kid on the block. he is the guy that put our troops on the streets of mecca. he is the guy that debaathicized. he took us into iraq. now he acts like this whole messing up of the middle east, all this fragmentation and craziness he had nothing to do with. >> it reminds me of what he said about benghazi. it was on the anniversary of 9/11 and he said obama let that ham. we were always on our guard on the anniversary of 9/11. there wouldn't have been an anniversary if you hadn't -- >> if obama had been president, would the american people lost 3,000 lives in new york city, would he have been blamed by the right? >> of course. constantly. they would never stop talking about it. >> he would have lost new york. right? >> right. that would be the catch phrase. he lost new york. >> why is politics so asymmetric? why is it the right is so much tougher that the left these days? not the. the left wasn't tough before. >> it is in their dna, i think. look at polling. democrats are afraid of polls. republicans aren'

-bill maher... -brilliant. -joan rivers. -okay. -garry shandling... -brilliant. -jon stewart.smart. -ben stiller. -eh...lucky. -and lily tomlin. -brilliant. ladies and gentlemen, george carlin! all right, folks, what's happening? [joan speaking indistinctly] tomlin: ...the smothers brothers in "laugh-in," and it was just a great time to be in comedy. [applause] richard belzer: few people are always funny, but certainly one of the chosen people is our next presenter, the fabulous joan rivers, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] [fanfare plays] we used to play these terrible clubs. literally, we didn't get paid. you passed the hat, and some nights the hat would come back with a severed head, some nights... [laughter] they asked me to say a couple of words about george, and i kept thinking, that is so unfair. you cannot sum george carlin up in two words. give me at least seven. and... [applause] [ben e. king singing in background] maher: you were so funny. joan: i think today went very well. i think i did not embarrass myself at all. i think i was fine. i think i was funnier than a

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every time i suggest we spend more money on troop, colbert, stewart and bill maher go on the attack.ve our priorities backwards thanks to the liberal gone squasquagoo goonsquad, the mo, curly and larry of the left. have a good weekend, everybody. >>> in moore, oklahoma, local police and the fbi investigating why a man recently fired from a food processing plant did the unthinkable. beheading one co-worker and stabbing another. is this a horrific act of home grown terrorism? or an angry employee seeking revenge? we're learning new details on how this gruesome attack unfolded from the 911 call from terrified employees. >> he went through our front office, went to the shipping office. he stabbed a woman in our customer service department. 4. >>> now that the brits are finally on board, they're joining with air strikes over

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chris matthews could be more hawkish than rachel or democrat necessary -- or bill maher but this is adisjoined way the administration has defined the threat. >> many of the people and there are others we could show, on the left and ordinarily would be supporters of president obama. >> they are torn. they are not in favor of jumping into the middle east again with a reflection of war wirery but getting more hawkish as we see the horrors of isis and a reflection the president is reporting contradictions because there are major contradictions how the administration explains it and where they draw a line that is something we should discuss. >> many of the conservatives favor the direction which president obama is moving, toward military action but they are piling on the criticism it is not enough and he is not aggressive enough. >> and as a republican congress person said, we like the way the strategy goes but if it doesn't go line we can blame him or if it goes good we can say, what took so long? one of the thread it was, you said there were be no boots on the backgrounds and there are.

stewart and bill maher go on the attack. we have our priorities backwards thanks to the liberal gone . ashley: and hello, everyone. i'm ashley webster in tonight for gerri willis. coming up on the show, a mixed bag for consumers as the cost of everything seems to be going up except petrol, gas. it's being called apple's worst product launch ever. we'll have the latest on the glitches and fixes. and did disney rip off a woman's life story for the movie "frozen"? one plaintiff says yes, and our legal panel weighs in. "the willis report," where consumers are our business, starts right now. and we begin tonight with the middle class squeeze. americans are getting left behind in this recovery. and despite the upbeat jobs and gdp reports from the federal government, many middle class americans say their bottom lines are not improving. so why the disconnect, and when will all americans start feeling the recovery? let's bring in steve moore, and fox news contributor, steve, thanks for being here. the middle class squeeze. the latest

obama too soft on islam in general in some americans say yes, including left wing bomb thrower bill maher, we will take a hard look at it. >> the good news is, that you have an unprecedented international coalition that is serious about this. >> serious about what? most of the coalition agents will not even bomb isis inside syria. we'll have a no-spin report on what's really happening in the war on terror. >> do you think america deserves being attacked by terrorists? >> how else are they going to get our attention? >> also ahead the crazy aclu getting even nuttier. we sent watters out to document that. >> do you believe in the war on terror? >> i think it's way too broad. >> caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. by president obama and congress are are not not protecting us effectively. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. if you are not troubled about how the u.s.a. is being run, you are not paying attention it. the threat from islamic killers killers is growing and o

stewart and bill maher go on the attack. we have our priorities backwards thanks to the liberal gone squasquagoo goonsquad, the mo, curly and larry of the left. have a good weekend, everybody. >>> in moore, oklahoma, local police and the fbi investigating why a man recently fired from a food processing plant did the unthinkable. beheading one co-worker and stabbing another. is this a horrific act of home grown terrorism? or an angry employee seeking revenge? we're learning new details on how this gruesome attack unfolded from the 911 call from terrified employees. >> he went through our front office, went to the shipping office. he stabbed a woman in our customer service department. 4. >>> now that the brits are finally on board, they're joining with air strikes over iraq to degrade isis targets there. we're also learning those air strikes are hitting near the turkish border for the first time even though turkey repains on the sidelines. while the u.s. continues to rally international partners, is it enough to really make a

and joan, you were on realtime with bill maher this weekend. want to play part of what he said. >> when you're dealing with terrorists whose aim is to bait us into overreaction and you oblige them, aren't you the eampt peaser? get a grip. would we be this terrified if isis didn't make videos and wear black and have a scary name. isis, sounds like they should be fighting the x-men. isis. it's simultaneously cool sounding and stands for pure evil, like monsanto. >> i mean, does everyone need to take a breath here, joan and not be blinded by the grisly images that we've seen from isis? >> i think so. you know, i think bill made another great point on the show. he really asked why journalists are sort of helping isis by broadcasting propaganda like the videos. yes, they're out there, but they are designed -- [ inaudible ] -- however many americans, or europeans, westerners are killed and don't care when hundreds of thousands of people in the region are killed. that's not a good thing either. and i also think, you know, the president knows this, but

bill maher, said even though two days ago i thought khorasan was a restaurant in brentwood.rts that the khorasan group is developing toothpaste bombs that could make it through airport security, today you're tweeting that confusion over who we're bombing and why is no laughing matter. now to an equally serious matter, ferguson, ferguson police chief tom jackson's video apology to the parents of michael brown, more specifically, here's part of the roughly two-minute statement posted online today. >> i want to say this to the brown family, i'm truly sorry for the loss of your son. i'm also sorry that it took so long to remove michael from the street. it was just too long and i'm truly sorry for that. >> chief jackson also apologized for the fact that brown's body as you heard was left on the body for hours citing the need for investigation. and some of you, like ferguson committee woman patricia bynes spo supported the chief. the chief's apology helps, it's not perfect but needed first step. but to many, jackson's words are too little and six weeks too late. you're calling for

. >> rose: bill maher was in the other night and talked about it.id well gee clearly -- >> what was the objection. >> rose: there are no moderate -- >> well i don't take that view. >> rose: that was my point. >> through there is a strain. >> rose: yes. >> and now we have, we should be back to square one with the united states having to get in bed with some unsavory regimes. egypt. troops on the ground. >> rose: -- my friend. >> i think in the new situation in northern iraq we can't really separate out humanitarian aid and military action. they are very closely together when you put a band in such blood thirsty. >> rose: those people in britain who are opposed to the iraqi war are not opposed to taking on isis. >> we'll filed a -- find a lot of opposition. >> rose: on what basis. >> look what happened last time. came into it wedge. >> rose: into the wedge. >> yes. i mean i think it's a quite a situation where you're damned if you do or damned in you don't. >> rose: we know that for sure. >> it's going to be american troops and allies on the ground so

bill maher. now the politicians are doing the same thing. they refer to the mainstream media, don't believe fox or msnbc. we are playing into the notion of cynicism. something else is happening. there's so much money in politics to put nice sheen on politicians. the media maybe legitimately feels it's their job to tear it off. what do you have? you have basically they're in the business of trying to show things are not as good as they should be. that might be their job but the problem is it's generally in this ethos now that i think a lot of people have when they talk to me about being in the media. they're like i trust you even less than i did when you were in congress which wasn't a lot. >> really? but isn't there a sheen that needs to be torn off? isn't there a dirty reality we need to see beneath the surface? >> i guess but it really is, and this is a critique i have of your business and now it's kind of mine, is that that can't be the sum and substance of what reporter thinks their job is. they ran a glitzy tv commercial, we have to sho

obama too soft on islam in general in some americans say yes, including left wing bomb thrower bill maherlook at it. >> the good news is, that you have an unprecedented international coalition that is serious about this. >> serious about what? most of the coalition agents will not even bomb isis inside syria. we'll have a no-spin report on what's really happening in the war on terror. >> do you think america deserves being attacked by

obama too soft on islam in general in some americans say yes, including left wing bomb thrower bill maherard look at it. >> the good news is, that you have an unprecedented international coalition that is serious about this. >> serious about what? most of the coalition agents will not even bomb isis inside syria. we'll have a no-spin report on what's really happening in the war on terror. >> do you think america deserves being attacked by

the comedian bill maher, editor's name is, he had a piece on real clear politics where he talks abouthat. he absolutely got it. were doing it -- everyone thinks they are radical. they are not radical. there is no such thing as moderate islam necessary as there is moderate economies him. this won't go away. people are living in a fantasy world. just the idea, delegitimize that idea. spoke moredent obama about this yesterday, the u.s. strategy against isis, during his weekly address. [video clip] >> our intelligence community has not checked and specific plots, but the leaders have specifically gone against the united states. they could pose a continuing threat. so, we are staying vigilant and moving ahead with our strategy to degrade and ultimately destroy this terrorist organization. to meet a threat like this, we have to be smart and use our power wisely, avoiding the mistakes of the past. american military power is unmatched, but this can't be america's fight alone. a ground war in the heart of the middle east would not serve our interests and would only risk fueling extremism. what