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Last Year Tonight

Feb 23, 2016
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As John Oliver is on the way with a new season of Last Week Tonight, I think it's a good time to catch up with some of his most outstanding pieces from last year.



This is a devastating piece he did on the tobacco industry that, despite effective laws and regulations in the U.S., is thriving monumentally around the world -- helped in part by strong-armed lawsuits against small countries.



​The segment is infuriating, yet often quite funny...but around the 15-minute mark it becomes pure-brilliant.  I shall say no more.



Oh, okay, I'll say one thing -- Jeff...!!!



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