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The Young Turks: March 12, 2013

Random and fascinating facts on Hugo Chavez.  Ahmadinejad attended Chavez’ funeral and unknowingly created controversy when he hugged and consoled Chavez’ grieving mother.  Some back in Iran accused him of Haram, or a sin for touching a woman that is not of his family.  One said that he had lost control!  CostCo came out in favor of raising the minimum wage to $10.10.  The avg CostCo worker made $45K in 2011 compared to the $17K the avg Sam’s Club worker made.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/12/costco-profit_n_2859250.html Chuck Hagel isn’t buying the honorable medal for controlling a drone that kills enemies.  George P. Bush, the son of Jeb is running for Texas Land Commissioner.  The drone industry group did a study that concludes the drone program creates 70K jobs.  The Daily Courant falsely reported that Krugman went on an extravagant shopping spree and planned to pay for the credit card bill by hoping he’d get a piece of NY Times.  Boston.com and Breitbart picked up on the story, proving that they truly are fools.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/11/paul-krugman-bankrupt-reports-false_n_2852538.html?utm_hp_ref=media Audio of Bradley Manning's testimony. Ashley Judd is being targeted by Republicans afraid of her potential candidacy against McConnell.  Their negative points against her illustrate her normalcy.  When asked if she could handle Mitch McConnell, she responded by saying, “I have been raped twice, so I think I can handle Mitch McConnell.”  Paul Ryan’s budget has been released with more bad ideas and flip flops once again on Medicare. Cost to win a Senate seat in 2012 - roughly $10 million.  For a House seat, the cost is roughly $1.6 million.  An unidentified, high ranking Democrat said that the reason they don’t destroy Republicans with stronger stances and elections, is because they’d get less money from the same donors they are beholden to. Joe Lieberman is now working for AEI.  Scott Brown has taken a job with Goldman Sachs.
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Ana apologizes for the fat joke on Cenk while he was gone yesterday.  Researchers at Cambridge determined what type of people on Facebook “Like” certain things.  They were very accurate in distinguishing race, gender, and religion.  They also differentiated between “high intelligence” likes vs. “low intelligence” likes.  NYC soda ban has been overturned by a judge.  Mayor Bloomberg has vowed to fight the decision.  A vigil held in Brooklyn over a 16 year old boy being shot to death by NYPD was called a riot by some.  Details about what really happened are not clear, but police are saying he pulled a gun on them, while opponents are upset that the police were undercover and not identified as police.  Miss Teen Delaware, who was stripped of her title after being discovered in a porn, brought up the discussion of whether or not women shouldn’t be allowed in porn until they’re 18 years old. TYT Live comments.  Absurd News Alert.  A Cardinal has very negative things to say about homosexuality. Ironically, he lives in an apartment complex that houses the largest gay bath house in Europe.  Another Cardinal purchased 20 apts in this building so that religious leaders can stay there and take advantage of the amenities.  A 22 year old tattooed a skull over his face and burglarized storage lockers.  An 8 year old boy got married to a 61 year old woman b/c the boy claimed his grandfather never had a White Wedding and asked him to carry out the wish on his behalf.  12 poster boards with pictures of vaginas was put up all over the University of Cincinnati.  The group Students for Life is offended by the explicit nature of the message despite their own radical campaign.
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