Wicked Tuna: Weekend Warriors When hobbyists get a little to close too his boat, Ralph is never afraid to let the expletives fly. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About Wicked Tuna: Wicked Tuna follows a group of salty fishermen from the nation’s oldest seaport, Gloucester, Massachusetts, as they make their living the …
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World’s Loudest Animals: Howler Monkeys | National Geographic
Don’t tell these howler monkeys to pipe down — they’re considered to be among the loudest animals on Earth. They won’t quiet down unless they’re sleeping, which they do about 15 hours a day. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, …
Read More »Blackwater Contractors Driving Over Iraqi Woman
Cenk Uygur discusses a video recently released by Harper’s Magazine that shows private contractors from Blackwater in Iraq hitting cars in traffic and running over a woman then fleeing the scene. Blackwater is the mercenary firm founded as Blackwater USA in 1996 by former Navy SEAL and fundamentalist Christian Erik …
Read More »Day of Epic Republican Fails
Rick Santorum’s “Time Out” before Pennsylvania, Newt Gingrich’s Healthcare Think Tank going out of business, and Mitt Romney’s hypocritical comments on President Obama and Harvard are discussed by Cenk Uygur. Today proved to be a day of epic Republican fails. Subscribe to The Young Turks: http://bit.ly/eWuu5i The Largest Online New …
Read More »Bankers Form Super PAC
via Christian Science Monitor: “”It would be nice to sit on the sidelines or sit on our hands and say, ‘Oh we don’t get involved in that stuff,’ but that just means you get run over,”Don Childears, the president and CEO of the Colorado Bankers Association told American Banker. “We …
Read More »Fox Guest Wants Pepper Sprayed Students Expelled
via Mediaite: “”This is mob rule. This is a mob and all these students should be put on probation or expelled for their behavior. The Board of Trustees had a plan, it was aired. There’s a way to complain about a plan. Barging into a Trustees meeting as a mob …
Read More »Corporations Pulling Out of ALEC
via Reuters: “(Reuters) – Coca-Cola Co is dropping its membership in a conservative national advocacy group that supports “Stand Your Ground” laws such as the one being used as a defense in the Florida killing of an unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin.” Cenk Uygur discusses some of the other well …
Read More »Arsenic and Prozac In Our Chickens
via NY Times: “It turns out that arsenic has routinely been fed to poultry (and sometimes hogs) because it reduces infections and makes flesh an appetizing shade of pink. There’s no evidence that such low levels of arsenic harm either chickens or the people eating them, but still…” Cenk Uygur …
Read More »Romney: “We Gave Our Schools Over To The Teacher’s Unions”
via Think Progress “Mitt Romney said that America’s schools have gotten worse because “we’ve basically given our school system to the teachers unions.” As an example, he pointed to California, noting, “it used to have some of the best schools in the country, and now it’s ranked near the very …
Read More »Francis Grady Admits To Planned Parenthood Bombing
via Fox 11: “A Grand Chute man charged with setting fire to a Planned Parenthood building in his hometown admits to his crime. During his initial federal court appearance Wednesday afternoon he asked the judge if he could plead guilty. “Why? Because I’m guilty,” Francis Grady, 50, told FOX 11’s …
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