“…The MEK, which fiercely opposes the current regime in Iran, has mounted a high-priced lobbying and legal battle to get off the terrorist list in recent years. The group was placed on the list in 1997 by the Clinton Administration, which cited its record of attacks against Iranian targets. The …
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GOP Hypocrisy On Obamacare’s Young Adult Insurance Provision
“…Congressional Republicans may not have been happy about the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act, but many of their children probably are. According to an analysis by The Huffington Post, dozens of Republicans who want to repeal Obamacare have adult children who are allowed to stay on their …
Read More »Heat Waves, Wildfires, & Global Warming
“Climate scientists suggest that if you want a glimpse of some of the worst of global warming, take a look at U.S. weather in recent weeks. Horrendous wildfires. Oppressive heat waves. Devastating droughts. Flooding from giant deluges. And a powerful freak wind storm called a derecho. These are the kinds …
Read More »Channing Tatum Stripping To YMCA
Long before starring in Magic Mike, actor Channing Tatum had a brief stint as a stripper. A video of him stripping to YMCA is discussed on The Young Turks. Would Ana Kasparian date a stripper? Would Cenk? Watch more from TMZ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkG1jfUr3hQ Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://bit.ly/TYTonYouTube Like …
Read More »Foie Gras Ban In California
“It’s the first hours of California’s ban on the sale of foie gras, and already opponents of the legislation have been on the phone with their lawyers. They’re confused, angry and looking for loopholes. In the days leading up to the ban that took effect Sunday, sales of the duck …
Read More »Dr. Drew Wellbutrin Orgasm Scandal
“…pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline agreed to pay a $3 billion fine in a fraud settlement for illegally marketing drugs and withholding safety information. But Celebrity Rehab fans may be more interested in another aspect of the case against the company — the claim that TV personality Dr. Drew was paid $275,000 …
Read More »Wrongly Convicted: LaMonte Armstrong Freed After 17 Years In Prison
“A man who spent nearly 17 years in prison for murder walked free on Friday after authorities discovered evidence that law officers and prosecutors hid key details from defense lawyers during his trial. Superior Court Judge Joe Turner ordered that LaMonte Armstrong, 62, be released from prison where he was …
Read More »Microsoft’s lost decade, Sony’s Music Unlimited, and more – 90 Seconds on The Verge: July 3rd, 2012
David Pierce discusses the EU Court of Justice’s ruling on selling ‘used’ software licenses, Vanity Fair’s article on Microsoft’s ‘lost’ decade, and Sony’s new streaming music service. More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit our playlists: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/playlists Like The Verge on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/verge …
Read More »TYT Interviews At VidCon 2012
Check out interviews from VidCon 2012: FreddieW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1zaYmicBwg EpicMealTime: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGt-a99eT68 Timothy De La Ghetto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkEeGzu1BCw Olga Kay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZDRPw7Xxk4 The Will Of DC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7uF-hdHeOU Laci Green: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsToVzJ6ZTY Katers17 & SMPFilms: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtlRv9dRA5Y MondoMedia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxBL2A3mG0A http://www.youtube.com/tytinterviews
Read More »2012 Steve Nash Showdown
SB Nation’s Matt Ufford visits Steve Nash’s charity celebrity soccer event in New York City to catch up with a myriad of athletes from both the soccer and basketball worlds.
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