The toxicology report on Michael Hastings’ death has come out revealing some traces of marijuana and amphetamines in his system. Some articles that have been written about it made it seem like Hastings was on marijuana and meth the night of the crash. These kinds of stories seem to be going out of their way to dispute all of the …
August 20, 2013 Hour 1
A Mexican Congresswoman is catching heat for her comments about gay sex, deeming it unworthy of marriage since both partners can’t look each other in the eyes. More on the possibility of Janet Yellin getting the Fed job over Larry Summers. Neil Irwin of the Washington Post outlined some very positive characteristics of Yellin, claiming that they are negatives in …
August 19, 2013 Hour 2
Update on the murdered 19 year old man in Toronto, by the police. The officer that shot him has turned himself in and will face 2nd degree murder charges. 2 female Russian track athletes kissed on the podium while accepting their medals to protest the anti-gay laws in the country. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/russian-gold-medalists-kiss-medal-stand-world-championships-132337366.html Chris Christie will sign a law that bans gay …
August 19, 2013 Hour 1
Glenn Greenwald’s partner David Miranda was detained for 9 hours in London’s Heathrow airport while returning from a trip where he met with Laura Poitras about the NSA spying program. Cenk points out that this move was obviously vindictive for Greenwald’s reporting. Greenwald promised to continue to report things even more vigorously. Michael Grunwald of TIME Magazine tweeted that he …
August 16, 2013 Hour 2
Ana joins Cenk, Ben, and Brian Unger. Katie Couric and Kim Kardashian beef. Couric sent them a colorful congratulatory card right before talking trash about their fame. A Romanian princess was busted for her involvement in a cockfighting ring in Oregon with her husband. A Russian TV news anchor came out of the closet on air, and was immediately fired.http://www.mediaite.com/tv/russian-tv-anchor-fired-after-coming-out-as-a-gay-man/ …
August 16, 2013 Hour 1
Cenk, Ben, and John hosting. Violence in Egypt between the military/police and Morsi’s supporters and protesters. Videos of unarmed protesters in Egypt being shot by the military opponents. The NSA broke tons and tons of privacy rules over the past several years, including circumventing the FISA Court, prompting some Congressional Democrats to finally react. Rush Limbaugh claimed that a person …
August 15, 2013 Hour 2
Ana joins Cenk for SCS. Russell Simmons is apologizing for a Harriet Tubman sex tape skit he put on his new YouTube channel. http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/08/15/russell-simmons-apologizes-for-controversial-video/2658879/ WWE Superstar Darren Young came out of the closet to a TMZ paparazzi. Wrestling has evolved. The depiction of gays was always stereotypical in the past. The admission that wrestling was fake ruined the illusion for …