The Young Turks, March 19, 2013

The Young Turks: March 19, 2013

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The Senate is going to drop assault weapons ban and ban on high capacity magazines.  Video of Harry Reid. Cenk is furious at Democrats, Republicans, Reid and Obama.  Video of the suckers who believed things were going in the right direction.  Harry Reid also hinted that we might not even get a universal background check even though 92% favor it.  The only provision left would be armed guards in schools, which was proposed by the NRA, and would lead to more guns not less.  Now that it’s been 10 years in Iraq, a clear majority of Americans don't think it was worth getting into.  David Frum has revealed inner-Administration conversations that show the invasion was about oil Some Republicans are admitting that the idea to go into Iraq was a disaster.  Video of Grover Norquist telling TYT’s Lauren Windsor that our involvement in two disastrous wars has cost us too much money.  The GOP’s Autopsy Report was delivered yesterday.  They acknowledged that they’ve been pissing off and ignoring huge segments of the country, but their answer is to change how its perceived rather than change what they’re doing.  They plan to have education seminars to teach about what makes minorities tick. Video of some of the heinous things said by attendees of CPAC.  Videos of Rush Limbaugh disagreeing with the RNC’s Autopsy report, saying that the Party wasn’t Conservative. CNN’s sympathetic coverage of the Steubenville rapists being convicted.

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Sam Schacher and David Rubin join Cenk.  Lena Dunham was interviewed by Playboy said she wouldn't want a Victoria's Secret type of body.  Instagram is now the cool social networking site for teenagers.  Parents are unaware of the things their kids are getting into through new sites.  New Nair ads for men’s pubic hair. Talk about pubic hair preferences in partners.  David talks about what kind of gay man Cenk would be. Folk Singer Michelle Shocked anti-gay tirade.  A process to cut out salt from seawater is being developed, which would reduce drinking water shortages around the world.  A new tablet in the Middle East directed for women comes preloaded with apps that women would use.  Sam admitted that she was given a vacuum cleaner for Valentine’s Day. Marriage age is at its highest.  Cenk talks about how he’s happy he got married and started a family later on.  Cenk thinks that since people are more open with sexuality, men are trying men and finding it easier, which will pressure women to be easier.

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Bonus Episode, March 19, 2013

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Cenk talks to David Rubin about his life, where he grew up, and how he ended up in Los Angeles.

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