April 11, 2014 New Rule: Square Stance
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Behind the Screens: April 11, 2014
/Check out what went on behind the scenes of the latest Real Time:
Overtime: April 11, 2014
/Pussy Riot, Ana Marie Cox, Rep. Duncan Hunter, Rob Low and Matt Taibbi answer fan questions from the latest show.
Guest List: April 11, 2014
/The Interview:
Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alekhina are members of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot and were featured in the HBO documentary, Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer. After being imprisoned in Russia for nearly two years,they founded “Law Zone,” a prisoners’ rights organization. Nadya’s husband, Petya Verzilov is a member of Voina, a Russian artists group, and will serve as translator.
Read MoreOut with a Bang
/As it turns out, we do have assisted suicide in all 50 states. It’s called a gun. According to The Atlantic:
Read MoreNet Zeros
/A new study says that, when it comes to digital downloads, America is not so exceptional. The US ranks 34th in the world in average download speeds, behind countries like Estonia, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria. Our upload speeds are even worse for some reason – we rank 43rd behind Romania, Belarus, and Tajikistan. Makes you wonder why Al Gore invented the Internet, along with global warming, in the first place.
Read MoreBehind the Screens: April 4, 2014
/Check out what went on behind the scenes of the latest Real Time:
Flip a District: Tweet 16 – Week 2
/It’s time to add two more flip-worthy candidates to the Flip a District “Tweet 16” bracket: Rep. Kerry Bentivolio of Michigan’s 11th and Rep. Scott Garrett from Bill’s hometown, New Jersey’s 5th!
Keep those nominations coming on social media using #flipadistrict!
Submit Your 'Overtime' Questions
/Bill and his roundtable guests - Masha Alekhina, Nadya Tolokonnikova and Petya Verzilov, Matt Taibbi, Ana Marie Cox, Rep. Duncan Hunter and Rob Lowe - answer fan questions after Friday's show.
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Overtime: April 4, 2014
/Captain Paul Watson, Alex Wagner, Carrie Sheffield, Representative Tom Davis and Nas answer fan questions from the latest show.
Loose Change
/Remember the Fresh Air Fund, where you could send a poor city kid to the boonies somewhere to get bitten by chiggers for pennies a day? What would you guessit’ll cost to keep an American soldier in Afghanistan in 2014? According to the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, $2.1 million. That’s just half a million pennies a day!
Read MoreMerck of the Devil
/Americans are so dosed out on prescription drugs we should change that motto on our currency from “E Pluribus Unum” to “Push Down and Turn.” A study from the Mayo Clinic reveals seven out of every ten Americans are currently on at least one prescription medication and one out of every five of us is currently on at least five prescription drugs.
Read MoreGrover and Out
/Grover Norquist and the Koch brothers and their goons are waging a pitched battle against the overly-liberal, tax-and-spend government...of Tennessee.
Read MoreGuest List: April 4, 2014
/The Panel:
Alex Wagner is the host of “Now with Alex Wagner”, weekdays at noon on MSNBC. Her political analysis can frequently be seen on The Last Word, Hardball, and elsewhere.
Read MoreFast Money
/We all know that when the President presents a defense budget, it’s just the opening move in a game where both sides are playing for Boeing. So the President proposes the continued funding of almost everything that spits lead, but picks a few items that he knows Congress will never cut, and they twist his rubber arm, and those items stay in, too. It’s like going to the Piggly Wiggly with Honey Boo Boo and Mama June. If one forgets to put Mountain Dew in the cart, the other will run back and get it.
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