“Rather than being taken to jail, sex workers apprehended on the streets of Phoenix, Arizona are being handcuffed and brought to a church, where they can decide if they would rather be incarcerated by the state or undergo diversion therapy. The policy, known as Project ROSE, is a Phoenix program …
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Marvel experiments with audio in comics | SXSW 2014
After a year, Marvel has finally unveiled its adaptive audio technology, available on the Captain America: The Winter Soldier storyline sold through the Marvel Unlimited app. 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 Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/verge Follow …
Read More »Hard Double | National Geographic
Hard Merchandise hooks two fish and tries to land them both without crossing lines. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Watch all clips of Wicked Tuna here: http://bit.ly/WatchWickedTuna 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 …
Read More »Pastor To Women: Lose The Panties, God Can’t Get In
“A local pastor has ordered all women who attend service at Lord’s Propeller Redemption Church to refrain from wearing undergarments while attending so that they can more easily receive the spirit of Jesus Christ. The Kenyan Daily Post is reporting that a pastor identified only as “Reverend Njohi” claimed bras …
Read More »Poisoned Rivalry | National Geographic
TJ from the Hot Tuna is out with an injury and Dot Com aims to take advantage. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Watch all clips of Wicked Tuna here: http://bit.ly/WatchWickedTuna About Wicked Tuna: Wicked Tuna follows a group of salty fishermen from the nation’s oldest seaport, Gloucester, Massachusetts, as they make …
Read More »Civil Liberties Special Expert Interview Series with Cenk Uygur
Cenk Uygur has been busy at TYT Interviews (youtube.com/TYTInterviews, and now we proudly present his special interview series focused on our civil liberties and NSA spying, with top expert guests including Kirk Weibe, the decorated NSA employee who whistleblew on the organization and paid dearly for it. Cenk also talked …
Read More »Is This Republican Secretly Interested In ‘Verifying’ Gays?
“Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is disappointed that Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed SB 1062, which would have allowed businesses to use their religious beliefs to justify discrimination against LGBT people. That’s because he believes that homosexuality is defined as “self-professed behavior,” which shouldn’t be protected under the law, as he …
Read More »Did You Hate That Fracking Disaster? Locals Don’t & Maybe They’re Right
“Critics are raging after an energy giant offered pizza coupons to a community near a natural gas well that exploded last month, killing a worker. News stories, TV shows and blogs — many sarcastic or outright scornful — spread the word far and wide. “Shame on you,” one person wrote …
Read More »First Ever Marijuana TV Ad – Did They Nail It Or Creepfest?
“A company called MarijuanaDoctors.com says it made history Monday when one of its commercials was aired by the biggest cable TV provider in the United States. The TV spot began airing in New Jersey only and it will be played 800 times over the next two weeks. One of the …
Read More »Drug Dealing Legalized; They’re Called Pharmaceutical Companies
“Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway criticized the Food and Drug Administration’s cozy relationship with pharmaceutical companies, saying that the agency has at times allowed its drug approval process to be “hijacked.” Conway’s comments came during a Wednesday HuffPost Live interview, during which he was asked whether the FDA is too …
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