Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Segment 1
Cenk hosting today. Habemus Papam!! The new Pope is Francis I. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/13/pope-francisco-cardinal-jorge-mario-bergoglio-_n_2855101.html Cenk digs deeper into the new leader’s opposition to gay marriage and adoption. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/13/pope-francis-gay-marriage-anti_n_2869221.html On the other hand, he’s against the horrible ways the poor are treated. Jesus is against this Pope because he didn’t win the Pope office pool. Videos of the ridiculous media coverage of the unveiling of the Pope.
Segment 2
Mary Jo White is up for the head of the SEC, to punish and regulate the banks. In her confirmation hearing, she openly spoke about how they avoid prosecuting the large institutions if they believe it will hurt the economy. While they allow banks to break the law, the government has decided to use the banks to go after regular citizens. According to Reuters, plans to give full access to database of financial information of all American citizens they’re interested in. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/13/obama-spy-agencies_n_2868389.html?utm_hp_ref=politics List of the 5 corporate enemies of the internet have been identified. They are the groups that use people’s information and hands it over to the government for surveillance purposes. Finspy is the program that accesses users’ computers to control everything, including the mic and camera to see what people are doing. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/13/finspy-spyware-activists_n_2864579.html Some Democratic Constitutional heroes have sent a letter to the President to address more concerns on the drone program. http://www.mediaite.com/online/not-just-senate-republicans-8-house-democrats-blast-obama-for-secretive-drone-policy/ John Podesta also stepped out and spoke strongly against the Obama Admin’s policy of withholding information on their justifications for killing American citizens.http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/john-podesta-obama-should-lift-secrecy-on-drones/2013/03/13/7e98d7ca-8a9b-11e2-8d72-dc76641cb8d4_story.html