The Young Turks, March 26, 2013

The Young Turks: March 26, 2013

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Discussion of the SCOTUS oral arguments regarding same sex marriage.  Justice Scalia’s ridiculous arguments get torn apart.   Flashback of Scalia’s most homophobic quotes.  One of the attorneys fighting for equal rights pointed out that no one argued for the constitutionality of Prop 8, but begged for states to decide.  The attorney that defended Prop 8 simply proved the opposition’s point with his weak rationale.  The CEO of Starbucks came out completely in favor of same sex marriage, causing Tea Partiers to start a petition to boycott the coffee company. Jim Carrey’s anti-gun song on Funny or Die has caused conservatives on Fox News to lose their minds. Video of the song.   Reaction mashup created by TYT. After Rand Paul’s filibuster to discuss drones, he is threatening a new filibuster to oppose the gun control bill that includes background checks.  This time, he plans to conduct the cowardly silent filibuster instead of the real one he conducted a couple of weeks ago.  Rand Paul’s position on pot is actually spot on, though.  After the back and forth between agreeing with and disagreeing with Paul, Cenk figures that he’d rather have him in office, with only 20% that he agrees with, rather than a corporatist Democrat that does nothing in office. Story of a man that accidentally shot and killed his son while he was cleaning his gun.  501(c)(4) are popping up more, which allows political groups to be formed and funded at large amounts without tracing where the money is being spent politically.  This “Dark Money” is now being investigated in California and several groups have been exposed in this illegal activity.  One of the groups involved is a Koch Brothers group formed to defeat ObamaCare.

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A 17 year old kid made millions from selling an app to Yahoo.  When interviewed, he gave advice to people that have an idea...”just launch it.” Discussion over whether or not this kid is unbearable with his advice.  TYT Supreme Court.  North Dakota has just passed a law that outlaws abortion after 6 weeks.  This, along with several other laws, ND has the most strict abortion laws in the country.  A California man wants to start a trial that would force scientists to disprove the literal interpretation of Genesis in the Bible. The incredible wealth growth the Koch Brothers experienced last year coupled with their political  bribery tactics to make more and the real poverty situations many Americans go through.  Story of the Alameda County Planner that fixed the numbers to inflate her already $300K income.  Ana thinks that she wouldn’t take the $8,000 car allowance, while Cenk thinks he would.  Vera Wang is charging customers $500 to try on her clothes.  Cenk and Ana speculate her reasoning.  Another store owner charges patrons $5 to enter the store b/c too many people come in and compare prices.  A Game of Thrones actor had his ear bitten off by another hotel patron after he complained about excessive noise.  

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Bonus Episode, March 26, 2013

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Truck stops have been monitored more since 9-11 and authorities have discovered that there is a huge prostitution problem at truck stops.  When they arrested the women, the costs to do nothing for them were astronomical. In reaction, they actually set up a rehab program for their drug use.

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