The Young Turks, October 25, 2013

The Young Turks: October 25, 2013

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Earthquake off the coast of Japan near Fukushima. Fortunately there was no tsunami, but radiation leak fears from the spent fuel rods are an ongoing concern. Senator Harry Reid says he will not seek to make a “grand bargain” with insane and unreasonable Republicans in a radio interview in Nevada. Senator Reid also regrets the concessions Democrats have already made to Republicans over the last budget showdown and refuses to make the same mistake again. He added that the prospect of a grand bargain “happy talk”, seeming to totally rule out any possibility of an agreement. The Senator went on to exclude reforms to Social Security and Medicare in this round of negotiations. However, he left future reforms to those social programs on the table for future talks, but not without serious reciprocation from Republicans. At a Tea Party rally in Texas earlier this week, Senator Ted Cruz joked that the same people behind the Nigerian email scams were behind the new Obamacare website. As a result, Cruz has landed in hot water with the Nigerian ambassador who wrote a scathing rebuttal to the Senator’s remarks. While riding on an Amtrak train, phone calls with former NSA chief, Gen. Michael Hayden, were overheard by a fellow passenger who Tweeted insights about the conversations. The eavesdropper later took a picture with Hayden himself which he also tweeted. After a priceless interview with Aasif Mandvi on The Daily Show in which Don Yelton called black people and college students lazy, the North Carolina county precinct GOP chair had to resign. In a catfight between Piers Morgan and Sarah Palin, the Tea Party darling sent Piers a snarky refusal to appear on Morgan’s show along with a creepy picture of a dead bear after a hunt. A neighbor of Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder trademarks the name “Washington Bravehearts” apparently with the hope of profiting off of a future change in the NFL team’s name. Snyder denied a connection with the neighbor’s trademark application. The owner also denied a plan to change of the team’s name altogether.  Help TYT Build a new studio by supporting our Indiegogo Campaign!  CLICK here: http://igg.me/at/TYTNetwork/.  Thank you!  #IamTYT  

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University of Colorado Boulder issues a warning to students to consider other people when making a Halloween costume choice. An Ohio high school football player gets suspended for four days over writing a poem in his english class where he bad-mouths his coach and a fellow team mate. Absurd news alert! Shreddies, a new underwear product line with carbon infused cloth called Zorflex, is designed to filter out the smell of farts. Colombian women from a small remote town are refusing to have sex until the only road running through the town is repaired. Under current conditions, a trip to the nearest hospital can take up to 14 hours, making pregnancy a matter of life and death. GiveDirectly, a charity designed to aid poor people, is giving money to Kenyans with no strings attached. An MIT study based on self-reporting suggests that the people are not wasting the money on alcohol or tobacco, but rather investing in education, healthcare, and more nutritious food. The money is also being spent on startup businesses and other means of economic sustainability. After years of self discovery in Thailand, a courageous blogger publicly admits to being attracted to transgender women, challenging the predominant heteronormative culture.

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