. >> back to the beauty shop where she's just had her head tarred and feathered here is miss phyllisect. >> most people consider a broken mirror bad luck. for me it's great. >> osgood: she set the stage for funny ladies to come. >> i've been declared a fire hazard my hair is so dry. they named a television show after my skin, raw hide. >> osgood: phyllis diller was in a word: wild. >> nights and days and in and out of weeks that almost every year to where the wild things are are. >> osgood: the heroes of author illustrator maurice sendak books often behaved in real beast leeways just like real little boys. ♪ you have to fight for your rights ♪ >> osgood: okay now. time to shift tempo a bit. beastie boy adam left us this year. he left behind a few cracks to keep us on our toes. ♪ anybody knocking ♪ let me get some action from the back section ♪ >> osgood: davey jones is gone too. the mop topped monkey had all the right moves. so did richard dawson. let's not for get sherman helmseley's fancy foot work. and who could keep up with moves like these? >> hello and welcome aboard. you're of

. >> phyllis diller. >> they were key makers. >> and rose to fame in the same era, i am very sorry touston. we're going to be back with more of our last word holiday show. ♪ ♪ ♪ phyllis, phyll . >>> welcome back to "the last word," holiday party. our new category is the biggest surprise of 2012. karen finney, what was the biggest surprise of 2012. >> that we were able to call the election around 11:00. >> i actually thought it would happen, by the time we got to california, closing time we would know. >> i really thought it would be a much bigger mess, and i didn't think the president would be able to win without us having a debacle in florida, and thankfully we didn't. >> joy reed, what was the big surprise? >> the big surprise was that mitt romney chose paul ryan as his running mate. he is the right guy? but as a democrat, secretly, i was like oh please, pick paul ryan, i didn't think he would do it. >> there were so many reasons not to pick him. >> but he was like ideological, and they crystallized all the things they didn't like about mitt romney, the 47%, voucherizing medicare, a

government is to open the to make them public to to me phyllis public and their open in a sense that it sample is. endless amount of people can be added to those lists and we can face the it. spencer or battle of the lists and the geographic expansion of the list the u.s. congress also. or other countries to introduce their own versions of more than scalars. but why do americans need special legislation to prevent when somebody entering the country because the state department can count a little oh he should be he's authorized to give or not to give these are so can we say that the magnitsky act is just a political gesture some bollix you know it's a political game a political show why would you. and i think this show is very a lame duck congress we should up to this law actually. there was a unintended consequence of banning the jackson very commandment which in fact was spoiling the economic relationship. actually at this point was more harmful to for the united states and american businesses than for the russian federation there was a strong business pressure to eliminate jackson

of the kremlin said to have the team to be phyllis's say they are anxious to avoid more mess. between oligarchs and the was the war in the case of. if it is resolved it's good news for anyone who holds. management stability would mean a probable write in the share price now one of the champions of europe. reportedly on the brink of pulling out of the project. revealed it's and talks to sell it to fellow consortium number three now this has raised further doubts about the pipeline originally intended to bring gas from central asia directly to europe more or less less joined nick poor business desk so nick does this effectively mean that the project is dead. although. germany second biggest utility and with it putting it out it's very tempting to say you know the end is knowing especially when you consider earlier this year the project was already sort of scaled back. enormously from its original conception now on w e has told the likes of reuters and the f.t. that it is in talks with. the australia's largest energy for also another part in. its statement however this will make

palestinians to a non member observer state step towards recognizing statehood political analyst phyllis bennis says the israeli government is using the settlements for its own political game. they don't need them for security they don't need them for what they like to call natural growth the settlements are a political point that will be condemned perhaps by the security council criticised even by the obama administration but without any serious repercussions for israel which will largely be allowed to get away with it and as long as the israelis can count on uncritical support from the united states which so far they can there will be mild criticism but there will not be a hint of what real accountability would look like that would mean for example the u.s. saying to israel your settlement policy is illegal all the settlements are illegal and you need to stop them now when israel says no the answer would be ok you're an independent country you can do what you want but you know that thirty billion dollars that we've pledged over these ten years you know the four point one billion dollar

there another conflict oh it's because gaza fired rockets from israel you had a guest on the show phyllis bennis who has actually made a very very good point. which is that history historical account begins when you start the clock so if you are going to start talking about the palestinian conflict based on rockets being fired from gaza and not look back at the days before the days leading up to this event where there were i.d.f. soldiers israeli defense forces actually in the in the in gaza there were tanks that were bulldozers that actually kind of change that you want to go back decades which is of course the occupation and how far back it goes and i really just really quickly want to mention all over stone actually just came out a person that we just had on the show a couple days ago who said the jewish control of the media and the lobby the jewish lobby in this country i mean it's really something that no one addresses and it really does influence media and influence hollywood and the government so that's you know that's something that all over soon actually came out pretty controver

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phyllis boy the law story not philosophically there is nothing wrong with what they did but philosophically of course there is you shouldn't be encouraging an alcoholic to drink you shouldn't be you know it's done kind of philosophy that's been lost in finance generally we've gone beyond this idea of well i should encourage an alcoholic to drink because now h.s.b.c. has admitted that they were in bed and financing terrorism full stop therefore they were involved in nine eleven full stop there bob the money laundering for mexican drug cartels full stop but they don't go to jail for that because after all it was for fear of money not gold if they took their payment from the extortionist in a terrorist and gold then they would have been guilty of some crime but because they got feet up money therefore they're innocent is that what we're saying. more or less it is it is it's a big it's a big problem i think yeah it's a big problem i would think because it leaves institutionalized legitimize in monitise terrorism as a mode of operetta business model you could argue you could argue that indeed yo

status with nine leading the us voting against and forty one abstaining a little political analyst phyllis bennis says the palestinians could now take action against israel through global institutions. this gives one more indication that for israel the settlement construction process is thoroughly political it's this in this case it was designed explicitly to punish the palestinians for having the audacity to go to the united nations something that ironically the israelis call a unilateral act when of course going to the un is the ultimate act of multilateralism but i think that what we're looking at is really a continuation of what we've seen all along the settlement construction that has gone on for many many years in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem there are now over six hundred thousand illegal israeli settlers living on occupied territory which means they are they are breaking the law every morning simply by waking up that hasn't changed this is going to make it worse what this does i think is two things one we heard earlier it will give the palestinians the possibility of g

the kremlin says they have the team to be phyllis's say they are anxious to avoid more messy litigation between oligarchs as the world saw in the case of. if it is resolved it's good news for anyone who holds. management stability would mean a probable rise in the share price now one of the champions of europe's gas pipeline is reportedly on the brink of pulling out of the project german company. has revealed that some talks to sell its stake to fellow consortium member. this has raised further doubts about the pipeline originally intended to bring gas from central asia directly to europe from all that. pool from the business desk next does this effectively mean that the the bigger project is that. well i think the fact that. germany's second biggest utility was a major force in this project it bailing out well it's very much like the end is nigh. it's especially when you consider the project was scaled down quite radically earlier this year it's already much less than its original conception now is in toolbox with the to sell it sixteen point five percent stake in the which is already

state it's a step towards recognizing its statehood when i discuss this now with political analyst phyllis bennis who joins me now live from washington so israel is looking at a total of six thousand homes in. east jerusalem why did they need these homes on this land. they don't need them they don't need them for security they don't need them for what they like to call natural growth the settlements are a political point and the timing makes that very clear in this particular case this particular illegal group of settlement houses is being announced just in the wake of the united nations decision to acknowledge palestine as a nonmember state in the united nations not as a member but as a state and that's critical because among other things it gives the palestinians the right if their leadership pursues it to join the international criminal court and at least begin a process of trying to hold israel accountable for these violations so this is very much a political move one that will be condemned perhaps by the security council criticised even by the obama administration but without any seri

you and you say that precious metals equities have been a widowmaker if i lasted a year or so why phyllis. i got an argument with one a wall street financed one he said he said. he said i think precious metals are overpriced so i said i can one up you on that i haven't a clue how to price but what i can do is i can evaluate the competence of central bankers and i think this is a fact. if you're all i want to know they're there doing things that would make romans blush right this is bad is bad momentary policy month and so you continue to be bullish based on the hallways of central bankers there are only that they're going to keep printing i'm going to keep holding ok we're going to get a break when we come back there's so much more i want to get into more on the year in review with professor david color of cornell university also still ahead we are seeing some strong responses to our car to go c.e.o. interview this week i'll respond to your comments both good and bad today's viewer feedback but first your closing market numbers. eleven. defined in action. it's good business for us it's ki

phyllis whalen president lugo chavez has spoken publicly for the first time about his successor after announcing he's suffering from cancer again the leaders to return to cuba of further treatment and surgery in the coming days during a speech from state t.v. named vice president nicolas maduro now as his replacement should anything happen to him the news comes just two months after travis was reelected in the title for. more world headlines right now police a ruling party activists have clashed with armed protesters in the bank with the capital dhaka these two people being killed there nearly two hundred injured in the thirty's fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowds just as blocked roads and torched vehicles demanded constitutional changes ahead of next year's election. north korea now saying it may to spoken its controversial rocket test that showed you later this month has given a reason for the delay but it's thought to be because of heavy snow around the launch site this included state insists it's only launching a satellite but the u.s. japan and south korea ar

the world said goodbye to andy griffith, phyllis diller, whitney houston, donna summer, and dick clark to name a few. from the sad and into the realm of crazy, plenty of celebrity drama. lindsay lohan still in hot water and might be heading to the slammer again, violating probation by lying to cops and a charge for allegedly hitting a woman. amanda bynes was asked to stay off the road after a series of accidents. randy travis with two duis. and the royals had a year. prince harry showing off crown rules in las vegas and kate middleton catching sun with the paparazzi catching it. justin bieber turns off his audience by puking on stage. and gangnam style, the most viewed video on youtube. ♪ gang ma'am style ♪ and honey boo-boo gets her own hit show, even endorsing president obama. >> just the other day honey boo- boo endorsed me. so that's a big relief. >> the celebrity cycle starts over for yet another year, with more hookups, break-ups, marriages and melt downs and kids. the first baby for the royal couple, and a second bundle of joy for

. >> phyllis diller. trail blazing comedian. >> i have two.nt men, their losses will be felt in different worlds. >> but they rose to fame in the same era, and i'm very sorry to see go whitney houston. we're going to be back with more of our last word holiday show. ♪ mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. ♪ >>> welcome back to "the last word," holiday party. our new category is the biggest surprise of 2012. karen finney, what was the biggest surprise of 2012. >> that we were able to call the election around 11:00. >> you know, i wasn't surprised by that. >> i actually thought that that would happen. by the time we got to california, closing time we would know. >> i really thought it woul

. >> phyllis diller. >> they were key makers. >> and rose to fame in the same era, i am very sorry towhitney houston. we're going to be back with more of our last word holiday show. ♪ [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicken... and a creamy broth mmm i can still see you. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. ♪ >>> welcome back to "the last word," holiday party. our new category is the biggest surprise of 2012. karen finney, what was the biggest surprise of 2012. >> that we were able to call the election around 11:00. >> i actually thought it would happen, by the time we got to california, closing time we would know. >> i really thought it would be a much bigger mess, and i didn't think the president would be able to win without us having a debacle in florida, and thankfully we didn't. >> joy reed, what was the big surprise? >> the big surprise was that mitt romney chose paul ryan as his running mate. he i

phyllis dill ler. whitney houston, donna summer and dick clark just to name a few.d into the realm of crazy. 2012 culminated with plenty of drama. local is lindsay lohan is still in hot water and may be headed to the slammer again. lying to the cops. tack on another charge for allegedly hitting a woman at a new york city nightclub. amanda bines following in her foot step the actress was asked to stay off 00 road all together after a series of car accidents. country singer randy travis hit the drunk tank twice for dui. george clooney protest iting embassy. british royals had eye poppingly bear ear prince dutches kate middleton catches sun in not so private riveria. what's tupac coming back to live for one last appearance. the rapper's hole game while justin biebers turns off his audience puking on stage. >> gangnam style. >> singer psy most sung video on union. >> and honey boo boo leaves behind toddlers and terras to get her own hit show even endorsing president obama. >> just the other day honey boo boo endorsed me. [ laughter ] >> that's a big relief. >> celebrity

phyllis from new york. >>caller: hello i got the kindle a cannot wait to get it. for books because i have a hard time reading. >>host: the books pay for it. but is it not going to be fun to have the tablet computer that does all this for this price? >>caller: oh yes. i have a laptop now but this, (...) >>host: i think you will be like me.you know i have got it all. think you will find you use this more and candidly i think you will enjoy it more because it only weighs 14 ounces. my laptop does not. >>caller: you cannot carry it with you. the doctor's office or something. >>host: have fun with it. thank you for stopping by hsn. >>host: have a great night. we are moving along and this was just a preview show. the main act is coming up at 9:00 p.m.. has a lot more things we will see. >>guest: absolutely. >>host: we do have a cell-phone coming up as well,3 here is your spotlight. [♪ music ♪] >>host: thank you welcome to the spotlight. i want to be sure you know holiday time is a great time to sign up for the hsn card or hsn mastercard. your first purchase of $20 or mo

phyllis shafley, and foster freeze. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: it also warns of possiblet has called for $1.4 trillion worth of revenue. that cannot pass the house or senate. >> it is not going to pass. i'm going to make sure it's not going to pass. >> stephanie: here it is. it's not new. there are cheato fingers on this letter. i see it. we're all going to go down to the foster freeze as we continue on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ v [♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: wow, jacki schechner, i get called the c word more times before 6:00 am that most people do in their whole life. [ laughter ] >> can they get a little more creative with their use of derogatory names? or do they just use that word over and over again. >> stephanie: i know. >> disappointed. >> stephanie: on behalf of jacki schechner, we are -- >> disappointed! >> stephanie: we have many names to call jacki schechner -- [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: and news goddess is what we're calling her now. >> oh. good morning. today a new poll out from nbc and the "wall street journal" shows that 59% of repu