Legendary film director, screenwriter, and producer Oliver Stone returns to TYT, talking about his Untold History of the United States. Stone joins Cenk Uygur to reexamine key points in American history, including WWII and the effects of banking and the economic climate, coups for the purposes of business interests, and the place (and lack of) progressive legislation in U.S. …
The Young Turks YouTube Playlist October 30, 2013
Hosted by Dave Rubin, Jimmy Dore, Michael Shure, Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, featuring Jayar Jackson, David Koller, Jesus Godoy and Steve Oh from YouTube Space LA.
Solving Obesity By Giving Fat Kids Letters Instead Of Candy On Halloween
“A Fargo, N.D., woman says she will give trick-or-treaters that she deems “moderately obese” a letter instead of candy this Halloween. “I just want to send a message to the parents of kids that are really overweight. … I think it’s just really irresponsible of parents to send them out looking for free candy just ’cause all the other …
Selfies At Funerals – Have Teens Finally Gone Too Far?
“We’ve seen selfies taken at the Anne Frank Memorial, and selfies at Chernobyl. Now, the creator of “Selfies at Serious Places” brings you ‘Selfies at Funerals’; the newest volume in an ever-expanding collection of people who shamelessly pout their lips in the name of Instagram validation. Not surprisingly, the selfies seem to all be taken by teenagers, many of …
Man Scores BIG With Forgotten Bitcoin Investment
The meteoric rise in bitcoin has meant that within the space of four years, one Norwegian man’s $27 investment turned into a forgotten $886,000 windfall. Kristoffer Koch invested 150 kroner ($26.60) in 5,000 bitcoins in 2009, after discovering them during the course of writing a thesis on encryption. He promptly forgot about them until widespread media coverage of the …
Obama Said You Could Keep Your Insurance Plan But…
President Obama frequently said ‘if you like your plan you can keep it’ when talking about health insurance plans before the Affordable Care Act (ACA) legislation was passed. Was he telling the truth, and in a practical sense, does it matter? Cenk Uygur, comedian Dave Rubin (The Rubin Report), comedian Jimmy Dore (TYT Comedy) and Michael Shure break it …
McCain Fires Back At Congressman Gohmert
“Last weekend at the Values Voters Summit, Republican congressman Louie Gohmert took a swipe at John McCain as someone who’s “supported al-Qaeda,” and during an appearance on NBC Nightly News Wednesday night, McCain responded to the remark by dismissing Gohmert as someone of “no intelligence.” Brian Williams spoke with McCain about the polarization in Washington, bringing up Gohmert’s comment…”.* …