If you swear in public in Middleborough Massachusetts you can expect to be fined. Is cussing protected under free speech? Should the ACLU get involved? Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss this bullshit on The Young Turks. Read more here: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-06-12/middleborough-swearing-fine/55542416/1 Watch – A Town Called ‘Fucking’: http://youtu.be/bQ9S7ugTJ_E?t=33m36s Support The …
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Drones Over America
“A majority of Americans support some civilian uses of unmanned drone aircraft but routine policing, such as watching for speeders, isn’t among them, a new poll shows. The Monmouth University poll asked survey participants about four potential law enforcement uses of drones. Some 30,000 drones are expected to be in …
Read More »Democrats’ Gay Marriage Excuse
“Headlines transmit information in its rawest form — and the best of headlines crystallize indelible truths. Such was the case this week when the New York Daily News blared this simple but iconic headline: “Cuomo: Minimum Wage Harder to Get Than Gay Marriage.” The story quoted New York Gov. Andrew …
Read More »2012: Who Should You Vote For?
Who should you vote for in 2012? President Obama, Mitt Romney, Rocky Anderson, or someone else? Does it matter if a Republican or Democrat wins? Does a third party candidate stand a chance? Cenk Uygur, Michael Shure, and comedian Jimmy Dore discuss on The Young Turks. Is government secrecy killing …
Read More »Inappropriate Wedding Cake Toppers
Are these wedding cake toppers funny? Is a wife really ‘the old ball and chain’? Are men really scared of marriage, and if so, why do they generally propose? Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks. Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://bit.ly/TYTonYouTube Like Us on Facebook: …
Read More »New Marijuana Crackdown Tactic By Obama Admin
Rhode Island has decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Meanwhile in California, Los Angeles federal prosecutors are filing asset-forfeiture lawsuits in a backdoor attempt to close medical cannabis dispensaries. Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss President Obama’s crackdown on The Young Turks. Sources: http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2012/06/ri-gov-chafee-s-6.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/14/medical-marijuana-crackdown-landlords_n_1595849.html Do most Americans …
Read More »What We Can Learn From Iceland
“For all the fearmongering we hear out of our politicians on the right about how heaven forbid we’re going to turn into Greece, the one country you never hear them talk about any more is Iceland. The reason they don’t is, as Cenk Uygur explained on his show this Tuesday, …
Read More »HIV Cure?
“Top AIDS scientists are scratching their heads about new data from the most famous HIV patient in the world — at least to people in the AIDS community. Timothy Ray Brown, known as the Berlin patient, is thought to be the first patient ever to be cured of HIV infection. …
Read More »CNN Hopes Robot Wolf Blitzer Will Increase Ratings
In an effort to boost sinking ratings (which are at a 20-year low), CNN has replaced John King with Wolf Blitzer. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur explains why the move is irrelevant. Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://bit.ly/TYTonYouTube Like Us on Facebook: Follow Us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/theyoungturks
Read More »Screwed: Food & Beverage Workers
“Legally, tips should cover the difference between that and the federal minimum wage, now a whopping $7.25. If they don’t, employers are obligated to make up the difference. But that doesn’t always happen, leaving millions of servers — 70 percent of whom are women — taking home far less than …
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