What the Flick?!, October 29, 2013

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Homeland Season 3, Episode 4: "The Yoga Play" marks the return of a badass Carrie...or does it? Are the reasons for her emotional distress well portrayed? What did you think of her interaction with the mysterious man who crossed into the U.S. through the Canadian border? Exactly how much of this season was part of a ploy concocted by Carrie and Saul? Ben Mankiewicz (host of Turner Classic Movies) and his cousin John Mankiewicz (Writer, House of Cards) discuss season 3 episode 4 of Homeland: The Yoga Play. Join in the discussion in the comments below, and tweet Ben! http://twitter.com/BenMank77 Don't miss a single What The Flick review by subscribing! Subscribe to What the Flick: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Support What The Flick?! for FREE by doing your Amazon shopping through this link (bookmark it!) http://www.amazon.com/?tag=whatthefli...

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The Young Turks, October 29, 2013

The Young Turks: October 29, 2013

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Cenk Uygur hosting from YouTube Space LA.  Hearings are being held on Capitol hill to put a human face on those considered by some to be “collateral damage” after the Obama administration finally admitted to civilian deaths in the targeted drone strike program. Momina Bibi, a 67 year old midwife and grandmother living in Waziristan, was a victim of a targeted drone strike in October of 2012. The surviving family members including Bibi’s son and two grandchildren appeared before Congress to testify. Rafiq ur Rehman, Bibi’s son, as well as Nabeela and Zubair, her two grandchildren, gave their accounts of the attack through an interpreter. The attack appears to have been a “double tap” strike. The gallery of the hearing chamber was nearly empty. A promising bipartisan effort called the USA Freedom Act is being drafted in order to address the illegal NSA mass spying and surveillance program. The NRA is in favor of the measure, creating some very strange bed-fellows. Senator Dianne Feinstein, the intelligence committee chair and long time cheerleader of the NSA, is also surprisingly on board. However, she is trying to water down the language of the initial bill. Cenk gives an Indiegogo campaign update. Jim Wheeler, a Nevada assemblyman, lands in hot water by saying he would vote to reinstate slavery if that’s what his constituents insisted. The stance was taken in response to an extreme and absurd rhetorical question at a Republican gathering. Wheeler has had to aggressively backpedal to contain the political damage in the aftermath. The TYT Supreme Court  adjudicates. In a fun catfight, Senator Coburn of Oklahoma calls Senator Harry Reid, “...an absolute asshole.” In 2011 debt ceiling negotiations, Senator Mitch McConnell proposed a rule that would empower the President to unilaterally raise the debt ceiling without approval from Congress. Senator Schumer has recently sponsored a new bill with similar language. Mitch McConnell is now re-characterizing his former position as the “Schumer-Obama Plan.” Senator Rand Paul is being accused of plagiarism after a section of his speech in support of the Republican gubernatorial candidate of Virginia was taken from Wikipedia. Ambassador Jenny joins Cenk for her last live Twitter Storm before moving to Chicago. Jenny will be hosting TYT Meetups on her way to Illinois. Visit tytnetwork.com/meetups for more info.  Help TYT Build a new studio by supporting our Indiegogo Campaign!  CLICK here: http://igg.me/at/TYTNetwork/.  Thank you!  #IamTYT

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Ana joins Cenk for the second hour. Cenk reads #TYTLive tweets. A portion of the anti-abortion law passed by the Texas legislature after the epic filibuster effort by state representative  Wendy Davis has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge. The legislation was ruled to be an “undue burden” on women seeking reproductive health care. Some members of the US military are resorting to liposuction to pass the defense department’s “tape test” which compares waist and neck measurements. Troops in all branches of the military are finding it increasingly difficult to meet fitness and weight standards. Cenk reads #TYTLive tweets. Tracy Vaillancourt, a psychology professor at the University of Ottawa in Canada, has written a paper hypothesizing what may be evolutionarily adaptive behavior. Women utilize passive aggressive behaviors in order to secure access to desirable mates. Men behave both aggressively and passive aggressively to reach similar ends. The paper is an opinion piece and should be taken with a grain of salt. An MTA bus driver in NYC bans a 10 year old from the bus when the boy recited Islamic prayer while looking for his lost metrocard. The driver also called the boy a “terrorist” during the incident. Gloria De Piero, the shadow equalities minister from Ashfield in Nottinghamshire in the UK, has had to make a plea for privacy to a news agency after learning that topless pictures of the MP were taken when she was 15 years old. Thousands of pounds have been offered for the photos. According to a recent report from McKinsey on Society, “Nearly half of graduates from four-year colleges are in jobs that don’t require a four-year degree.” Cenk doesn’t think underemployment is a real thing. Cenk agrees that there are legally codified economic injustices being perpetrated, he just doesn’t like the word “underemployment.” Help TYT Build a new studio by supporting our Indiegogo Campaign!  CLICK here: http://igg.me/at/TYTNetwork/.  Thank you!  #IamTYT  

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Bonus Episode, October 29, 2013

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TYT Sports host, Rick Strom, joins Cenk for a post game show. Are there any playoff contenders in the NFC East? A man from Janesville, Wisconsin, vying for the title of worlds dumbest racist, attacked two hebrew-speaking men because he thought they were speaking spanish. Rick tells a story about making Ben the intern choose his favorite Persian, Ali or Amir? Help TYT Build a new studio by supporting our Indiegogo Campaign!  CLICK here: http://igg.me/at/TYTNetwork/.  Thank you!  #IamTYT  

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