(Teller Talks Sort of ) Penn and Teller on late night with David Letterman,Sawing Teller in half very cool trick :) but be warned not for the faint hearted (remember its a trick lol)
http://youtu.be/z4iVAcYyWN0
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Real Time with Bill Maher: Sen. Elizabeth Warren – Million Dollar Offer (HBO)
Bill Maher discusses money in politics with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and attempts to lure her into the 2016 presidental race.
https://youtu.be/wwu5RK_yVTM
https://youtu.be/wwu5RK_yVTM
Darcy Oake's jaw-dropping dove illusions | Britain's Got Talent 2014
Not only can illusionist Darcy make doves appear out of nowhere, he also has an even bigger trick up his sleeve.
https://youtu.be/gO_KyTtJg10
https://youtu.be/gO_KyTtJg10
Christopher Hitchens-Gods of Our Fathers: The United States of Enlightenment
A review of Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers, by Brooke Allen. From the late great Christopher Hitchens, which was called Gods of Our Fathers: The United States of Enlightenment. It was published in his book Arguably: Essays, a collection comprising of 107 essays on a variety of political and cultural topics.
http://youtu.be/HZGksBJ9wMg
http://youtu.be/HZGksBJ9wMg
Real Time with Bill Maher: Fighting Fundamentalism (HBO)
In his editorial New Rule, Bill Maher addresses Indiana’s new “religious freedom” law and calls on moderates of all religions to come out against fundamentalism.
https://youtu.be/N1OBnGuJw6k?t=35s
https://youtu.be/N1OBnGuJw6k?t=35s
Real Time with Bill Maher: Tsarnaev and Islam – April 10, 2015 (HBO)
Bill Maher and panelists Fareed Zakaria, Ross Douthat and Christina Bellantoni discuss the Tsarnaev conviction and the Muslim faith.
https://youtu.be/3y4tXROzQe4
https://youtu.be/3y4tXROzQe4
Jindal: Hollywood And Corporate America Are 'Assaulting' Christians (VIDEO)
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said on Thursday that Hollywood and corporations are working in cahoots to destroy freedom for Christians, not just in... Read more
Seattle Restaurant Data Demolishes Conservative Argument Against $15 Minimum Wage
It was embarrassing enough when conservatives claimed that Seattle restaurant owners were closing because of the $15 minimum ... Read more
The Human Consequences Of Refusing To Implement Obamacare
State-level resistance to health care reform is preventing the law from achieving its main coverage goals. ... Read more
In The Midst Of Toxic Oil Spill, Vancouver Announces It Will Go 100 Percent Renewable
Good news: Vancouver committed to 100 percent renewable energy. Bad news: It's also dealing with a toxic oil spill in its ... Read more
One Year Later, Cliven Bundy and His Right-Wing Militia Are Still Trying to Seize Public Lands
Nevada's "Bundy Bill" would authorize the state to seize U.S. public lands within its borders. ... Read more
Public School Teacher Told Students Islam Is Founded On An ‘Ideology Of War” In Hand-Out
"You will either give into their demands recognizing Islam's 'noble' rule, you will become a Muslim yourself, or you will die," ... Read more
Helicopter Video Captures Extreme Police Brutality In California
"Thirteen of those blows were to his head," according to the local NBC affiliate. ... Read more
Friday, April 10, 2015
Where Government Excels (New York Times)
"...You might be tempted to say that if workers save too little and invest badly, it’s their own fault. But people have jobs and children, and they must cope with all the crises of life. It’s unfair to expect them to be expert investors, too. In any case, the economy is supposed to work for real people leading real lives; it shouldn’t be an obstacle course only a few can navigate..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/10/opinion/paul-krugman-where-government-excels.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/10/opinion/paul-krugman-where-government-excels.html
Remains from Lincoln’s Last Day (New York Times)
"...But you can say this with certainty: what unites the Republican Party, on this 150th anniversary of the murder of Lincoln, is that they are against the type of progressive legislation that gave rise to their party. Lincoln is an oil painting in the parlor, to be dusted off while Republican leaders plot new ways to kill things that he would have approved of..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/10/opinion/remains-from-lincolns-last-
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/10/opinion/remains-from-lincolns-last-
Week In The News: North Charleston Shooting, Marathon Verdict, Rand Paul 2016 (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)
South Carolina video, the sad, break-out star this week. Dash cam video. Brave, handheld video. An officer shooting. A black man running. Dying. A policeman charged with murder. In Boston, a Marathon bombing verdict. Guilty. In Iran, pushback, argument, on the terms of a nuclear deal. We’ve got Rand Paul running for president, to “take back” America. Russian hackers deep in the White House. Rolling Stone fully retracting its UVA gang rape story. President Obama, in Panama. And Ferguson’s city council, now half black. This hour On Point: our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines. / Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/04/10/bombing-verdict-south-carolina-shooting-rand-paul
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/04/10/bombing-verdict-south-carolina-shooting-rand-paul
Friday News Roundup – Domestic (Diane Rehm Show)
A dashboard camera video and new witness emerge in the police killing of an unarmed black man in South Carolina. Bostonians react to the conviction of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and calls by The Boston Globe to spare him from the death penalty. A Texas judge refuses to lift an injunction on President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration. Rand Paul faces tough questions in his first week as a presidential candidate. Hillary Clinton is expected to launch her presidential bid this weekend. And CBS announces the retirement of veteran journalist Bob Schieffer. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week’s top national news stories.
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-04-10/friday-news-roundup-domestic
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-04-10/friday-news-roundup-domestic
Friday News Roundup – International (Diane Rehm Show)
Iran says it will not agree to a nuclear deal unless sanctions are lifted the day the agreement is implemented. Secretary of State John Kerry warns Iran about supporting Houthi rebels in Yemen. Iran’s supreme leader calls the Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen “genocide.” President Barack Obama and other Western leaders – including Cuba’s president – gather in Panama today for the Summit of the Americas. And Kenya bombs al-Shabaab camps in Somalia, but says the airstrikes are not in response to the extremist group’s massacre at a Kenyan university. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week’s top international news stories.
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-04-10/friday-news-roundup-international
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-04-10/friday-news-roundup-international
I'm an Angry Atheist (The Thinking Atheist)
Quite often, religious people declare that all atheists are "angry atheists." Is this an accurate statement, and what place does anger have in the battle against superstition? What are the stories behind those who have been genuinely hurt by religion, and how does anger help and/or harm our ability to persuade others to embrace an evidence-based, dogma-free life? This podcast is about the angry atheist.
http://www.thethinkingatheist.com/podcast/im-an-angry-atheist
http://www.thethinkingatheist.com/podcast/im-an-angry-atheist
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Municipal Violations (HBO)
If you have money, committing a municipal violation may pose you a minor inconvenience. If you don’t, it can ruin your life.
https://youtu.be/0UjpmT5noto
https://youtu.be/0UjpmT5noto
How Orwell's 'Animal Farm' Led A Radical Muslim To Moderation
"I began to join the dots and think, 'My God, if these guys that I'm here with ever came to power, they would be the Islamist equivalent of Animal Farm," Nawaz says...
Interview:
http://www.npr.org/2015/01/15/377442344/how-orwells-animal-farm-led-a-radical-muslim-to-moderation
Interview:
http://www.npr.org/2015/01/15/377442344/how-orwells-animal-farm-led-a-radical-muslim-to-moderation
The Try Guys Shoot Guns For The First Time
The Try Guys explosively investigate gun control, assault rifles, and masculinity.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/LBtWosxIqJE
Interview:
https://youtu.be/LBtWosxIqJE
RWW News: LaPierre: Clinton Will Bring Permanent Darkness, Despair To America
Wayne LaPierre acts as a doomsday prophet while railing against Hillary Clinton.
https://youtu.be/UEWfvK0Oxe0
https://youtu.be/UEWfvK0Oxe0
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: The NCAA (HBO)
The NCAA doesn’t pay athletes because they consider them amateurs. The NCAA considers them amateurs because they don’t get paid.
https://youtu.be/pX8BXH3SJn0
https://youtu.be/pX8BXH3SJn0
Doomsday Dobson: Religious Right Figure Claims Marriage Equality Will Spark ‘Civil War’
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Massachusetts for 11 years, and somehow America has not descended into chaos. As others have joined the Bay State over time, it has not brought us any closer to internecine armed conflict.
... Read more
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Walker's War On Academia Causes Preemptive Brain Drain
When Scott Walker came out with his presidential campaign state budget, one of the things that caused the biggest and longest outrage was his War on A... Read more
Ted Cruz Says Factchecking Him Is The 'Yellow Journalism' Of 'Politi-fact'
Sen. Ted Cruz spoke to John Harwood of CNBC and answered ten questions with very interesting results. I chose one such Q&A, but there's more there to ... Read more
Ex-Rep. Allen West On Walter Scott Killing: 'The Justice System Clearly Worked'
In the aftermath of a white cop shooting unarmed black South Carolina man Walter Scott, former Rep. Allen West (R-GA) wrote that people of color should not embrace "the victim mentality" in this case since "the justice system clearly worked."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/allen-west-walter-scott-slager-milk-it?
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/allen-west-walter-scott-slager-milk-it?
How To Destroy A Black Life: A Step-By-Step Guide
"Michael Thomas Slager did everything by the book. The South Carolina police officer’s only mistake was being filmed. But his approach in killing Walter Scott, seeming to plant evidence, and initiating a cover-up was a classic scenario of how cops get away with murder. Given what we know about police shootings, it wouldn't surprise me if Slager was coached after he shot and killed Walter Scott. But judging by his dispatch call following the shooting, he was already pretty skilled at using the system to his advantage..."
... Read more
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S.C. Defends Gay Marriage Ban By Noting Discrimination Against Women
The state of South Carolina argued in an amicus brief filed to the Supreme Court that the framers of the Constitution did not intend to force states t... Read more
Conservative Groups Attempting To Kill ABC Show With Dan Savage
NEW YORK (AP) — Conservative groups are trying to kill in the cradle a prospective ABC sitcom about a family upended when a teenage son comes out as gay because sex columnist and gay rights activist Dan Savage is involved in the production...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dan-savage-abc-show-conservatives
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dan-savage-abc-show-conservatives
Republicans Are Saying Environmentalists Caused California’s Drought. Here’s Why They’re Wrong
As the state prepares for first-time mandatory water restrictions, some prefer to blame "liberal environmentalists" rather than ... Read more
U.S. Power Sector In 2015: More Renewable Energy, Less Carbon Emissions
More renewable energy and natural gas and fewer coal plants will combine to make 2015 the lowest year for CO2 emissions from ... Read more
Rand Paul And The Nasty Campaign To Turn Pro-Choice Women Into Monsters
Focusing on late-term abortions provokes emotions, but it misses some fundamental realities about how abortion restrictions ... Read more
How Debt-Obsessed Republicans in Congress are Helping Tax Cheats Swindle Everybody
Cutting your nose off to spite your face is one thing. Undermining your country's ability to enforce tax laws so that wealthy ... Read more
Florida House Overwhelmingly Passes Religious ‘License To Discriminate’ Adoption Bill
It probably won't become law, but the Florida House voted Thursday to allow adoption agencies to discriminate on the basis of ... Read more
Cop Admits to Quotas, Falsifying Charges, & Extorting the Poor
"...The video starts out with the officer proclaiming how stopping these teenagers on the last day of the month, just helped him reach his quota..."
Read more
https://youtu.be/dqTelihgPnM
Read more
https://youtu.be/dqTelihgPnM
How Do the Republican Candidates Score on Science?
To be a good president, you have to be able to evaluate data to make good decisions. Here, therefore, is a roundup of how the leading Republican presidential primary contenders have come down on various science policy issues...
http://www.newsweek.com/how-do-republican-candidates-score-science-321020?piano_d=1
http://www.newsweek.com/how-do-republican-candidates-score-science-321020?piano_d=1
RWW News: Rick Santorum Boasts Of Record Defending Gay Sex Bans
Rick Santorum speaks to members of the Iowa state legislature about his record opposing LGBT rights.
http://youtu.be/MI6s2uH2-54
http://youtu.be/MI6s2uH2-54
Violence and genocide in biblical and recent times
It shocks me that many Christians do not know how violent the Bible and the god of the Bible are. This video gives a quick overview of violence in the Bible.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/god_cana.htm
https://youtu.be/VHQoxeIdg4w
http://www.religioustolerance.org/god_cana.htm
https://youtu.be/VHQoxeIdg4w
Watch: Jon Stewart Mocks 'F**ked Up' Right-Wingers Trying to Justify Indiana Law
Stewart mocked all the usual suspects, like Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum, for defending an indefensible law. ... Read more
Taxpayer-Funded School Fires Teacher For Being Gay, Citing "Awesome God" As Inspiration
When the teacher confirmed that she had a girlfriend, the director told her that she was living a life of sin. ... Read more
Robert Reich: Colleges, Churches and Non-Profits Doing the Wealthy's Dirty Work
It's bad enough that they've bought our politicians. Now the wealthy have bought off the only institutions that can counter their influence. ... Read more
Fox Guest: Keep Discrimination Legal Because Bible Tells Businesses Not to Hire Atheists
Ex-DOJ official criticized an atheist group that spearheaded a Wisconsin ordinance over discrimination towards atheists. ... Read more
Thursday, April 9, 2015
What Has Free Trade Done for Mexico? Create an Obesity and Diabetes Epidemic
Junk food companies seeking growth markets are flooding poor countries with cheap, unhealthy food. ... Read more
In 2008, Rand Paul Said We Should Slash Taxes on the Rich Because That's What the Church "Asked For” for itself
Of all excuses to cut taxes on the rich, using the church as an argument is certainly novel.
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The Same Right-Wing Bozos Who Lied the U.S. into Iraq Are Peddling Nonsense About Obama's Iran Deal
Inside the Cushy, Fabulously Compensated Life of an Ex-Congressman
Former representatives reap bountiful harvests from their Capitol Hill experience and old-fashioned cronyism. ... Read more
Aid-in-dying bill is killed in committee due to Catholic bishops
"...The Connecticut Catholic Conference's $100,000 campaign against aid-in-dying legislation seems to have worked -- the Democratic leaders of the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday decided not to bring the proposal to a committee vote..."
http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Aid-in-dying-bill-is-killed-in-committee-6187872.php
http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Aid-in-dying-bill-is-killed-in-committee-6187872.php
Bill in R.I. General Assembly would let terminally ill control own death
The bill introduced earlier this year would allow terminally ill patients — those suffering from a disease that would result in death within six months — to have access to a lethal prescription provided that they meet several standards. A doctor would have to determine the patient is capable of making an informed decision. The legislation is modeled on the practices of the handful of states, including Vermont, that allow it...
http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20150408/NEWS/150409326/13809
http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20150408/NEWS/150409326/13809
Jesus went to hell: The Christian history churches would rather not acknowledge
Prior to his resurrection, Christ descended to the underworld -- a paradox most churches would rather not confront...
http://www.salon.com/2015/04/09/jesus_went_to_hell_the_christian_history_churches_would_rather_not_acknowledge_partner/
http://www.salon.com/2015/04/09/jesus_went_to_hell_the_christian_history_churches_would_rather_not_acknowledge_partner/
‘Christian’ School Rescinds Job Offer Because Applicant Didn’t Lie About Being Gay (VIDEO)
Bishop Richard Pates said that McCubbin wasn't denied the job because he's gay, but due to the openness of his sexual ... Read more
Republican Legislator Laughingly Cuts Off 10-Year-Old Testifying Against Anti-Gay Adoption Bill (VIDEO)
Republicans don't want to hear what this little boy is saying about their anti-gay adoption bill. Read more
Religious Nut Thinks Christians Shouldn’t Have To Love Anyone They Don’t Want To
A religious nut took issue with Obama's speech at last Sunday's Easter breakfast, going so far as to call his words "pure evil." Read more
Rand Paul wants the government to do much, much less for the poor
In his announcement speech, Ted Cruz asked Americans to imagine a different country. But Rand Paul has done Cruz one better: he's actually budgeted fo... Read more
Politicking Problems: Iowa Pastors Are Campaigning For Presidential Candidates
Thanks to the Iowa Straw Poll, the state is a sort of electoral crucible for candidates hoping to capture the Religious Right’s votes. Local pastoral support is key to success in the straw poll – and, the reasoning goes, an eventual primary victory.
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'Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran' McCain Has The Nerve To Call Obama's Foreign Policy 'Immoral'
I have a lot of disagreements with the Obama administration's policies, like the fact that they've basically continued President Bush's so-called "war... Read more
Megyn Kelly And Tony Perkins Accuse Obama Of Sending Anti-Christian Messages To Our Enemies
Megyn Kelly got together with her favorite homophobe, Tony Perkins, and the two discussed just how much damage Obama is doing to Christians and Christ... Read more
Cheney: Obama Looks Like He Wants To 'Take America Down' From The Inside
Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday floated one of the "theories" he's heard about Barack Obama — that the president may just be intentionall... Read more
Notorious Islamophobe Who Wants To Ban The Qur’an To Address Members Of Congress
Wilders has called for a ban on the Qur'an, the construction of new mosques, and Muslim headscarves. ... Read more
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