The Young Turks, June 12, 2013

The Young Turks: June 12, 2013

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After James Clapper lying, or being "least untruthful".  Peter King defended Clapper.  The NSA Director testified about how the program thwarted many terrorist plots.  In reality, the plots that were disrupted were not via the phone taps the way it was described.  More obvious lies from the NSA Director.  Peter King continued his defense of the NSA by going after reporters and specifically Glenn Greenwald for even reporting leaked information. The full switch up of Conservatives who are suddenly against the NSA and Liberals who are for it.  Bill O’Reilly and Juan Williams play these roles.  Video of John Bolton speculating that Snowden isn’t working alone since he had such great access to highly classified material.  Sen Jon Tester pointed out that Snowden hasn’t actually compromise national security.  Shia Labeouf spoke years ago with Jay Leno about an odd conversation he had with an FBI consultant about how they recorded an old conversation he had.  Edward Snowden spoke with a Chinese news source said he’s neither a hero or traitor.  He also revealed that we’ve been spying on Chinese information, too.  Republican Congressman Mike Pompeo criticized the “silence” of Islamic leaders when terrorist attacks occur, calling them complicit.  The main problem is that Islamic leaders weren’t silent when Muslim radicals executed terrorist plots.  In arguing against a Democratic amendment to allow women that are victims of rape or incest to have an abortion after 20 weeks, he said that instances of pregnancies from rapes are very low.  EW Jackson, candidate for Lt. Governor for Virginia wrote about book about the 10 Commandments for an Extraordinary Life, and misspelled Commandments.

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A woman sexually harassed by the judge in her divorce case who wanted her to show up with a dress and no underwear.  A woman taped her rants and ravings at a local Dunkin Donuts for not giving her a receipt with her previous purchase.  Abercrombie and Fitch is launching an anti-bullying campaign.  An app called “Lets Date” allows users to trade pictures, and when  one woman received a penis picture from a guy, she forwarded it to his mother. A man was bragging about how he cheats on his wife with his friends while riding on a train.  A woman overheard the conversation, took a picture of him, and posted about him online to shame him, hoping to reach his wife.  George Clooney told Esquire Magazine that he gets his balls unwrinkled by doing “ball ironing.”  Scrotum rejuvenation is a real thing.  A Slate article claims that wedding gifts are antiquated and shouldn’t happen anymore.

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