The Young Turks, August 16, 2013

The Young Turks: August 16, 2013

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Cenk, Ben, and John hosting.  Violence in Egypt between the military/police and Morsi’s supporters and protesters. Videos of unarmed protesters in Egypt being shot by the military opponents.  The NSA broke tons and tons of privacy rules over the past several years, including circumventing the FISA Court, prompting some Congressional Democrats to finally react. Rush Limbaugh claimed that a person cannot believe in God and believe in climate change.  http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/14/2469341/limbaugh-christians-global-warming/ Underwater avalanches, which cause tsunamis, is another horrific effect of the melting ice caps, due to global warming. http://news.yahoo.com/underwater-avalanche-melting-ice-caps-could-trigger-tsunamis-164936466.html A Creationist’s radio ad tries to explain that the existence of God and the validity of the Bible.

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Ana joins Cenk, Ben, and Brian Unger.  Katie Couric and Kim Kardashian beef. Couric sent them a colorful congratulatory card right before talking trash about their fame.  A Romanian princess was busted for her involvement in a cockfighting ring in Oregon with her husband.  A Russian TV news anchor came out of the closet on air, and was immediately fired.http://www.mediaite.com/tv/russian-tv-anchor-fired-after-coming-out-as-a-gay-man/ A creationist spoke about the existence of dragons.  Discussion of how men can still have sex with a woman that has racist or discriminatory beliefs, but women can’t do it with men like that.  Study about the correlation between religion and intelligence. http://rt.com/news/atheists-more-intelligent-religious-433/ Lancaster police raided the wrong home in search of a parolee, and shot the man and his pregnant wife multiple times, causing him to lose his leg. http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Lancaster-Couple-Awarded-4M-in-Deputies-Raid-Shooting-219859461.html  Texas police raided an organic farm under the suspicion that it had marijuana growing there. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/15/texas-swat-team-conducts-_n_3764951.html  

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