“…last week Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo spoke out in favor of gay marriage. That raised the ire of Maryland politician Emmet C. Burns, who wrote a strongly-worded letter to the owner of the Baltimore Ravens, insisting that Ayanbadejo be prohibited from speaking his views. That didn’t sit well with …
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Wife Beating Advice from Pat Robertson
“During The 700 Club’s “Bring It On” segment, Pat Robertson sought to advise a man who sent in a question about how to approach marital problems with his wife. Robertson remarked that “he can’t let her get away with this stuff,” also noting that although we don’t “condone wife-beating these …
Read More »‘Lifeguard Style,’ Gangnam Spoof Video Leads To Firings
“A group of red swimsuit-clad lifeguards thought they were having some innocent summer fun when they made a spoof video of a Korean pop singer’s dance moves. Instead, all fourteen lifeguards were fired Wednesday. In the YouTube video above, young lifeguards who worked at a city pool in El Monte, …
Read More »Mitt Romney Loves God
“Mitt Romney put God at center stage of his stump speech during a campaign stop in Virginia Beach Saturday. Alongside televangelist Pat Robertson, Romney made it clear, in case you were wondering, that he has no intention of taking the word “God” out of his party’s platform or off the …
Read More »Lindsay Lohan: Obama Should Cut Taxes On Millionaires
Actress Lindsay Lohan took to Twitter to suggest that President Obama should lower taxes for some of the rich people listed in Forbes. Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur break it down on The Young Turks. Read more here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/07/lindsay-lohan-obama-taxes-tweet_n_1864790.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://bit.ly/TYTonYouTube Like Us on Facebook: …
Read More »Dick Morris Twitter Fail(s)
Fox News analyst Dick Morris had some interesting predictions and proclamations on Twitter regarding President Obama and 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Cenk Uygur and Ben Mankiewicz (host of What The Flick?!) break it down on The Young Turks. Share this with Dick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DickMorrisTweet Support The Young …
Read More »Chicago Teachers Strike
“On Monday, Chicago’s public school students won’t have any classes to go to. After weeks of negotiations, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s team and the Chicago Teacher’s Union failed to agree on a contract. On Sunday night, CTU officially announced it was going to strike for the first time in a quarter …
Read More »Romney Can’t Say Which Tax Loopholes He’d Cut
“Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), stressed in interviews on Sunday that they would offset tax cuts for the wealthy by closing tax loopholes. But pressed on which loopholes they would close, both of them dodged the question…When Stephanopoulos asked him why he …
Read More »Does Romney Know An Unemployed Person?
Mitt and Ann Romney were on Meet The Press Sunday where David Gregory asked the 2012 Republican Presidential candidate knew any unemployed people. Cenk Uygur and Ben Mankiewicz (host of What The Flick?!) break it down on The Young Turks. Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://bit.ly/TYTonYouTube Like Us on …
Read More »2012 Men’s U.S. Open: Andy Murray Wins First Grand Slam in Epic Five-Set Win Over Djokovic
After numerous disappointments in Grand Slam finals — most recently and notably at this year’s Wimbledon when he wept following a devastating Finals loss to Roger Federer — Andy Murray can now take his name off the list of ‘best players to have never won a major. It took nearly …
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