Real Time with Bill Maher: Overtime - April 10, 2015 (HBO)

[@rosiesacks3513]

Fareed is such a charismatic speaker...he doesn't agree with Bill Maher on many subjects...I hope he will continue to be invited to be part of the panel...

[@JimPPaschal]

Totally agree. Very interesting when two very smart and informed people take opposite sides of an argument and have at it. Informative and entertaining.

[@joeberg3317]

JPaschal Enjoyed the back and forth about Islam earlier in the show, could understand the point they both were making.

[@nomarsenrab]

***** I agree. Btw, I've been arguing Fareed's point during the show that Bill kinda does himself a disservice if he believes that mocking religious people will bring them around to being atheist or without at least without religion.

[@joeberg3317]

Raphael deLaghetto Maher isn't always the best diplomat; his brand is mocking scornful satire and spitball-ing. Generally though, I would counter that forceful and often "disrespectful" arguments regarding Christianity from both Christian moderates and non-theists has been a net positive for the west (this ties into tonight's New Rules segment). Even in the cases where countries or people didn't turn atheistic, it made religions have to answer for their actions and beliefs. This is very hard to do "respectfully". Religion is an idea; concepts within specific religions are ideas (don't give me this "anti-Islam is racism" bullshit). Fight them with other, better ideas in whatever format you think works. I think this is what Bill means when he says 'honesty'.

[@nokturnalronin2988]

***** I agree. I think Mr. Fareed won their exchange. Bill was able to sneak in a barb or two after the subject was ready to change.

[@joeberg3317]

Really enjoyed the panel. Zakaria and Maher had a good dialogue about Islam where I could understand both their points, way better than Batman yelling about shit. I'm a liberal but Douthat is one of the better conservative reads out there. More shows like this.

[@jimtodd9715]

Joe Berg Douthat is pretty good at deflecting the question. He smoothly moved a question about inflicting abusive therapy on captive patients, to one of interference with the Dr.-patient relationship, and no one challenged him. .

[@joeberg3317]

Jim Todd Yeah, don't disagree on that specific one and I'm not saying he's perfect (I disagree with him on a lot of stuff). But, say, his point on police tactic justification in the early 90s vs. now was an interesting perspective, and he tends to be a worthwhile read.

[@avedic]

Joe Berg *Christina Bellantoni:* "That's _not_ how I would put it." *Bill Maher:* "Of _course_ not..." And _that_ sums up why these days I find Bill to be damn near the only progressive out there who's actually willing to call out bullshit without deference to _politically correct_(wasn't that show's title just perfectly apt?) pandering. I'm quintessentially a full-blown progressive liberal. Which is *_precisely WHY_* I think Christianity(by way of the Bible itself) and Islam(by way of the Koran itself) are absurdly immoral empirically-untrue oppressive *_ideologies_*. Faith is *_not_* a virtue; it's a vice. Thankfully Bill has a platform where he stands up for honesty and liberal ethics...which, sadly, is something of a rarity these days with liberals. I don't get it...the conservatives are more than happy to force their worldview into dominance. But so many of my fellow progressive liberals are cowards when it comes to certain unquestionable taboos. I'm a feminist(and a 32yo guy)...which is precisely WHY I find Islam, the ideology, to be so noxious. Thankfully, Christianity is waning in the West. So.....it's *_important_* for us liberals to embrace ourr values and stand-up for the _very real people suffering_ under theocratic male-dominance hierarchies based on untrue immoral *_ideas_* and the "morality" they invariably espouse. We did it with Christianity...which is dying in the West, to the good fortune of those of us lucky enough to have been born *_after_* the Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution...and the ideas, ethics, and truths they bore us. Why should people born, by no fault of their own, into immoral untrue cults...be forced to bear the burden all that entails? Liberals should be leading on this issue. Let the conservatives who _are_ racist...be racist. Fuck them...and call them out whenever you can. But...let's *_also_* concentrate on our principles and values and ethics and ideas....and win minds. Now. And let's stop tearing down the few of us(like Maher or Sam Harris) who have the balls to actually practice what we preach.

[@joeberg3317]

Dr. Dhoom Respectfully disagree.

[@LakiniR9]

Lol @ "young guy hair old guy face"!

[@kirabarsmith9353]

LakiniR9 Totally cracked me up too, this show can be so funny as well as intellectual.

[@amadeus2499]

Kira Barsmith can be??? the whole premise is to be intellectual and funny. that's like saying, "snow, it can be cold as well as white..."

[@kirabarsmith9353]

Peter Waldman I'm complementing the show, yet you found a way to interject yourself and be a douche, congrats.

[@amadeus2499]

Kira Barsmith pretty impressive, huh?? :)

[@stevenp8237]

Peter Waldman except for it's not intellectual. It panders to uninformed voters.

[@OtherM112594]

Civics and the humanities should be at the forefront of public school education and collegiate core curriculum designs. An educated society is a free society!

[@OtherM112594]

***** Exactly!

[@0mnicide]

"Jubans, they parted the Caribbean.." I've never heard of this guy but that was hilarious.

[@Gene-b6b]

Real time with Bill Maher is without question the best program on evening TV.

[@LarryPhischman]

The problem is that too many people are studying liberal arts, and more oft then not dropping out. I agree that civics, English, and basic humanities, should be required in public schools.

[@edwardbernayse6665]

Larry Phischman also they should start teaching high school kids the basics of how international diplomacy and relations works but as georger carlin once said about the ones who run america "they don't want it." if people understood how international relations and diplomacy was supposed to work then the people would be informed about how, for example, the deal with iran is ok and its important to meet with iranian diplomats and discuss ways to prevent them from developing nukes and that this is how civilized countries do things. they don't play games of trying to antagonize other countries and sabotage deals that make real progress towards accomplishing what they want.

[@edwardbernayse6665]

***** i would want basic logic taught in schools. the kids would find it boring but it would be a big help to them in helping them to not only prepare for college but life as well. it will help them not to get scammed by charlatans no matter who they are or in what capacity that they have to deal with them.

[@Relbl]

Larry Phischman That's fine for *high* *school* but as a major in university? Dafuq? Too many people go to university and there is not enough genuine necessity for it...

[@Ioganstone]

Larry Phischman maybe they should become a freemason

[@EHCBunny4real]

Do you really believe that a person who has an English degree is least likely to make millions? (LOL)

[@angelmujahid2233]

I love Fareed Zakaria. I'm pleased that he was on the show.

[@StaceKarussos]

"Young guy hair/old guy face". LMAO

[@andymacedo5821]

The girls little baby boy was trying to get at her on the news program ! That's so adorable ! The transplant little girl raised over 175K on lemonade with her buddies that's adorable ! For the children's hospital ! She's a soldier ! Little angel !

[@prod5429]

I'm an athiest & as I get older & learn more from other sources, I find myself disagreeing with Bill Maher more often. I think what Fareed was saying was that, Bill isn't using his assets wisely. He tends simplifies everything and not everything is simple. Yes religious fundamentalism is a problem but there are other social contingencies that play a part also. Education, tribalism, form of government and state of mind. If he was more well versed in middle eastern society, he would know that there are secular Muslims who reside in nations that allow them. They have just been driven out of nations where there are fundamentalist dictatorships. & I'm certainly not taking it easy on religion, I certainly think it plays a major factor but I also think its important to be objective. Though Bill says he thinks all religion is silly and dangerous (and I agree) he subscribes to the same philosophy as neo cons. The problem with that is that you give clout for the military industrial complex. However if you mention Christian terrorism, you get blow back. Or if you mention Buddhists who are beheading ppl in Srilanka, that doesnt get any press either.. As long as we segment Muslims in society and subscribe to the idea that they're inherently worse than any other human beings in the world, well politically you can justify any action against them. For instance Israel bombing Gaza and killing innocent Muslim civilians and annexing additional Palestinian territory. But we don't say anything bc they're our allies. & let's be honest, we've killed far more of them in the last decade than they've killed Americans or Israelis.. Death in the name of religious fundamentalism is bad but death in the nationalism is just as bad.. Its okay to disagree with religion but you have to be able to distinguish that and foreign policy. Because it effects actual people.

[@avedic]

Prentice Sherrod *Christina Bellantoni:* "That's _not_ how I would put it." *Bill Maher:* "Of _course_ not..." And _that_ sums up why these days I find Bill to be damn near the only progressive out there who's actually willing to call out bullshit without deference to _politically correct_(wasn't that show's title just perfectly apt?) pandering. I'm quintessentially a full-blown progressive liberal. Which is *_precisely WHY_* I think Christianity(by way of the Bible itself) and Islam(by way of the Koran itself) are absurdly immoral empirically-untrue oppressive *_ideologies_*. Faith is *_not_* a virtue; it's a vice. Thankfully Bill has a platform where he stands up for honesty and liberal ethics...which, sadly, is something of a rarity these days with liberals. I don't get it...the conservatives are more than happy to force their worldview into dominance. But so many of my fellow progressive liberals are cowards when it comes to certain unquestionable taboos. I'm a feminist(and a 32yo guy)...which is precisely WHY I find Islam, the ideology, to be so noxious. Thankfully, Christianity is waning in the West. So.....it's *_important_* for us liberals to embrace ourr values and stand-up for the _very real people suffering_ under theocratic male-dominance hierarchies based on untrue immoral *_ideas_* and the "morality" they invariably espouse. We did it with Christianity...which is dying in the West, to the good fortune of those of us lucky enough to have been born *_after_* the Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution...and the ideas, ethics, and truths they bore us. Why should people born, by no fault of their own, into immoral untrue cults...be forced to bear the burden all that entails? Liberals should be leading on this issue. Let the conservatives who _are_ racist...be racist. Fuck them...and call them out whenever you can. But...let's *_also_* concentrate on our principles and values and ethics and ideas....and win minds. Now. And let's stop tearing down the few of us(like Maher or Sam Harris) who have the balls to actually practice what we preach.

[@prod5429]

avedic I'm also a progressive liberal. I don't disagree with Maher's premise, I disagree with some of his positions. He tends to overstate some things and ignore other variables.

[@jet-fury]

You speak the truth sherrod. We must always remain skeptical of people who push an agenda. Specially ones that come at the cost of blood and treasure.

[@williamwalker936]

Prentice Sherrod if what you say is true it would be all over the anti-chrsitian media.. problem is as of today there is nothing that it can compare to radical islamist terrorism this guys simply take the throne

[@williamwalker936]

Prentice Sherrod didnt even made it to AL-Jazeera lol thats how much of a bull shit news it was....like i said as of today there is nothing that can be compared to radical islamist terrorism except nazism the inquisition and the crusades but that was long ego lol

[@route99]

On the issue of rape I don't understand the problem some men have with "Yes, means Yes" in other words getting a clear affirmative from the woman before sex. If you have to get your date or hookup drunk or if you have to put pressure on her to have sex that's sexual assault.

[@blazedandconfused477]

Great episode! The explaining jokes to idiots bit was really funny.

[@DaveEricksonDaemonDave]

Vietnam has converted to capitalism faster than Cuba. And you dropped napalm on Vietnam.

[@DONNALANDS]

Do you think Hillary will say, 'I did not have textual relations with that server'?

[@preest_nz]

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha That made my day, take a bow!

[@nokturnalronin2988]

Donna Lands Well played ma'am

[@criipier]

Donna Lands Welp, I spilled my coffee.

[@daxdadog]

Donna Lands Oh, I wish I had come up with that! Good one.

[@vincentfisher1603]

Donna Lands Please define "textual relations".

[@elchacal535]

It's actually a great thing that the rolling stone decided to publish it in the first place. This really brought the awareness of the "False rape accusation culture" we have in this country. These sort of events should help change laws to protect the innocents. as it is now, a girl need to say "rape" and that is good enough to destroy an innocent mans life. we need fairness and equality.

[@MintBullet]

EL Chacal Studies show that 3% of reported rape claims are false. Many women don't report the rape, as the reporting of it can be as traumatic as the event itself. In fact, in some places in the U.K. (I don't know about the US), rape accusations are often not even followed upon because the police knows it's too difficult to get a conviction. The fear that men have of being falsely convicted of rape does not properly reflect what actually happens.

[@ishashah9510]

"They didn't come on rafts, they parted the sea" !!! LOL!!

[@iamtherealzombie]

Just throwing this out there, but there's a reason why people taking STEM at post secondary typically need to take arts electives...

[@FRC0711]

Ross Douthat is a smart guy - seems pretty balanced and considered.

[@KimberlyFluellen404]

They have limited the impact of Liberal Arts because they are training people to be workers not thinkers. That is why the STEM cores are pushed so hard.

[@bobjones4469]

I haven't used anything I learned in English class either. Sure I use English and I write, but I did not need an English degree or anything beyond basic English class to do any of that. Speaking and writing is relevant to all fields but they are also already taught in all fields. In science classes, you will be taught and tested on how to write scientific thesis, reports, proposals, presentations or whatever, you don't need some advance English class to do any of that. None of this requires anything beyond knowing words and basic grammar. In fact, English classes often don't teach you about real world writing anyways; why in the hell do I need to know how to write about the symbolism of some book?

[@jelloman1950]

Smartest man who can get things done with a joke. But cares about our America and all Americans

[@RobertRevan]

Bill Maher for President!

[@frankmaitland1254]

Douthat culture warrior.

[@tastysandwhich]

I am a STEM student and I have taken philosophy and English and foreign language and history and psychology classes to satisfy my "non-major" requirements for graduation. It's a shame we can't study an even more diverse study plan, but the idea that STEM degrees are devoid of any other education is just ignorant bullshit.

[@andychang2739]

Ross Douthat is so smart

[@wealthychef]

My understanding is that Cuba is not poor because of US embargo. Poor because of bad economic policies. Europeans can openly do business with Cuba, so they should be doing fine.

[@DavidVeal]

This is why I love Fareed. If you want to nag about a problem the way Bill does, okay, but your a negative influence on it because a bunch of viewers believe you Bill. You are pulling a Rush Limbaugh leg on an audience with generalities that do not reflect an entire people. Fareed, knows his stats, knows the culture, and I love how he schools Bill here, Absolutely schools him. Will Bill listen, no. Bill made a movie. Bill is set in his ways. And what fun could an ounce of respect be anyway? No fun at all.

[@donmckechnie9858]

And they don’t take ethics.

[@jodonald233]

Who even cares about that anymore with all the new problems we have

[@celesteharvey978]

I hope we get another democrat president. Please

[@dannyfrog]

celeste harvey If we don't, then a full blown investigation needs to happen in the Republican party and its donors. I would start with the Koch brothers and Sheldon Addelson.

[@dannyfrog]

***** Obama could've ran on $100 and still would've won the election due to everyone was tired of the Republicans. Now, whether you like Obama or not, the Democrat donors are nowhere near mired in the controversy that the Koch's and Addelson alone have attracted. What you fail to realize is that there are rich Democrat donors and the money they donated, Bill Maher donated $1 million to Obama's 2nd term campaign run, is probably a drop in the bucket compared to what Republicans donated and was willing to spend to steal the election again. Nothing like letting political hatred get in the way of facts. So your rant and rave is dumb.

[@Sweence]

Christina's vocal fry detracts from her message.

[@BillyJoeJimBob8]

Amen to that!!! I am so sick of hearing women of all ages talking like that now days. It is a learned behavior that shows how much women are influenced by the cult of personality. Vocal frying in women really took off when Brittany Spears came on the scene. In essence, its that they think that if they talk that way, they will be "cool " as the person they perceive to be cool by talking this way. Reminds me of the "Valley Speak" of years past.

[@ricky5369]

I thought Bill was a history major?

[@MelissaOrtega-u4h]

Good morning!!! ❤❤❤

[@charlesdarwin9830]

Their discussion about the Rolling Stones article reminds me of an incident back in January where a woman who performs adult films under the name "Cytherea" had her house broken into by five armed men and they robbed and raped her. And the mainstream media and even many self-described feminists were completely silent. They ignored the heinous atrocity that happened to this poor woman. For any magazine to print a false rape story and no one gets punished for it while everyone ignores a woman getting raped by five armed men who broke into her home is completely unacceptable.

[@crush3095]

"you grew up with a distant father and a domineering mother and so you're gay" i feel attacked

[@adage3256]

I think the lady panelist likes Fareed, she looks at him adoringly.

[@JustMe-]

What news were they talking about- at the start about journalism? Sorry, I'm not as updated with American news :)

[@pavanpyda]

Yes it is a freak of nature

[@aagold76]

Conversion therapy is when parents drag a child to therapy- which can use shock therapy, bullying them into being straight- it's not really about prayer at all.

[@singforyoursanity1]

I love how they are talking as if America is not a Corporate Dictatorship. Wealthy people don't get that - even the "liberal ones."

[@lisahorton131]

Idaho State Journal once had main headline on front page as "Gay Mine Workers Receive Pink Slips."

[@DONNALANDS]

Billy, On your new rules, your shirt looked close to the Wall Street shirts...Would you agree?

[@delacaravanio]

It's the white collar and cuffs that make it douchey, not the stripes.

[@DONNALANDS]

C Reid I just thought it was a bit ironic considering in the show he compared the nobody dude to the Boston bomber. Billy is alright in my book for the most part. I like him 'well enough'. He needs to not act cuntly and call women cunts. When you call a lady a cunt, You should man up and apologize as a matter of respect and honor...

[@bobjones4469]

The reason why we put so much emphasis on the STEM fields is because they contribute the most to economic growth and progress in technology, medicine, and civilization in general. Whether or not its outsourceable is irrelevant to its importance, in fact it shows how important the field is and other countries are putting a lot of their resources into it as well. I do agree that we have too many STEM majors, making the system corrupted. What this means is that there are too many people competing for jobs, allowing companies to lower the salary as they please and leaving a lot of people jobless. However, I hear people of other majors are having problems finding jobs in their fields as well. What exactly are you gonna do with a Art degree? There can't be a lot of jobs that you can do with that degree alone. And Maher has an English degree but you don't really need an English degree to do his job, you don't.

[@remccrossan]

IT IS A FREAK OF NATURE! HAHAHA

[@MegaSpooney]

The whole discussion about Cuba was ridiculous, pro-capitalist, jingoistic propaganda that paid no attention to inconvenient facts about US terrorism against Cuba and the genuine history of Cuba since Castro. Castro overthrew the U.S. supported Batista dictatorship and the U.S. has been committed to undermining Cuba ever since to punish it for its "successful defiance", as it was called in internal US documents

[@gequitz]

***** Jingoism: Favoring war/ extreme patriotism.No one said war should be on the table, and Bill said it was like the 100th worst dictatorship we have supported (or will, anyways). BTW, terrorism against Cuba stopped like 40 years ago. Since then, Cuba has fought wars for dictatorships in Africa much more deadly than the civil wars in Latin America (in Angola, Ethiopia, among others), despite having so little money and freedom, which have pushed around a million have to flee the island (that has half the population of Florida).

[@chrishallock1164]

gequitz Cuba also helped end apartheid in South Africa by supporting the troops fighting against it. And Nelson Mandela thanked Fidel Castro for this action.

[@chrishallock1164]

***** This still puts Cuba on the right side of history in this situation. And I think it is important, especially at this moment in time, to think about Cuba realistically. They have a large amount of problems including, in my opinion, authoritarian control over their people. But we should not view this country by only it's negatives.

[@chrishallock1164]

***** Lmao, I would agree

[@coronaflo]

***** I think you need to differentiate from the government and its citizens. There were many people in the United States who did not agree with the South African Apartheid system.

[@BottleConcreteBlond]

Freud changed his views on homosexuality and its cause. Conservatives should do that too.

[@trainmonrovia1912]

I'm pretty liberal but I see myself as a pragmatist, a common sense kind of person, as well. I've always wondered about the "liberal education" concept (I'm surprised nobody in this video challenged Fareed's statement). On the one hand it sounds like a lovely idea to groom our kids to become well-rounded individuals. But, to me, the stronger argument is that we should urge our kids to start their lives as specialists in a field, not as generalists. Only after you earn your BA should you be able to broaden your education. That's the way I think. Meat and potatoes. It has always struck me as sort of silly, at best, that college life starts off with two years of general education, then you're allowed to fully immerse yourself in your chosen major for your final two years. Why do we need to shell out 20-50 thousand dollars to colleges for two years of general ed when we've already been learning general ed for our previous 13 years--kindergarten through high school? Imagine if college was only 3 years, but 90 percent of your curriculum was in your specialization. You'd still be more qualified to go into the work force after graduation than the kid who did four years. Your employer wouldn't care that you never read Shakespeare or took Latin. We train all of our kids to become creative thinkers as if they're all going to be CEO's and entrepreneurs. But what happens to the 98 percent of them who don't attain those titles? They decide to go back to school and become a lawyer, nurse, real estate agent, chef, or K-12 teacher. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

[@gilanin]

Fareed Zakaria makes the points that make the most sense to me. Just because China is still communist doesn't mean that every other country would react the same way and take the same path when their doors are opened to the world. China is an incredibly powerful country, Cuba is not.

[@jasmineeeee433]

What is a gender neutral restroom?

[@tiamat2009yt]

It's funny that the guy knows nothing about what freud said... look at him stalling trying to explain it.

[@daxdadog]

tiamat2009yt Seemed pretty obvious that he was pretending to know more about the subject than he really does...glad I never do that! Hey, is my nose growing?

[@i8noodles2day97]

I don't think, by any stretch of the imagination, that there is a shortage of people getting a liberal education. It's actually the polar opposite. Oh, and STEM 100% teaches you how to think-and probably more rationally/effectively. Besides, almost all majors require you to take business communications, an English course or two etc.

[@gregstrand6700]

I agree with Bill Maher and think marijuana is lees addicting than cigarettes or alcohol and should be legalized. I smoked plenty of it when I was in the Army and it never did any lasting damage except give me the "munchies."

[@ToxicallyMasculinelol]

rape is down 76% from 1994. so no, rape is not a "crisis" right now. the reason the rolling stone thing happened is because rape is not common. it's not because she somehow managed to find the one rape story that wasn't true. it's because she went looking for something that is relatively uncommon...

[@jimtodd9715]

Am I the only one that saw two guys ignoring each other, while trying to make separate points? Maher is coming from the atheistic perspective that what he/we are watching is two psychotics fighting for supremacy of the ward. Zakaria is maintaining that, while he himself is immune, the extinct of the affliction requires that we not discuss it directly. We have 500 years more experience with Christianity than with Islam, and that experience provides strong support for Maher's slay the beast argument.

[@zyxwut321]

In terms of Dave Barry's hair I wonder if he's part Native American. He has interesting facial features that don't quite look entirely Caucasian and many Native American groups simply don't bald at all throughout their lives.

[@ivantuma7969]

Bill and Fareed - There are already too many Renaissance Men who can't change a simple spare tire! Most liberal arts degree programs *should recommend students interleave an apprenticeship in some common trade (electrician, plumber, accountant, culinary manager, dental assistant, barber/beautician, mechanic, etc.). Student's need something to fall back on if their career as "the worlds greatest attorney", writer or philosopher doesn't "pan out". This should be common sense. Students then don't have to live in their parent's house until they're in your 30s. If you can afford it however (or borrow for it), go for the degree you want - just please don't ask tax payers to subsidize a glut of Communications Majors (through in-state tuition assistance) when this country is in dire need of computer programmers, registered nurses, teachers ....and *welders.

[@MintBullet]

Ivan Tuma That's actually inaccurate. At least in my university, a large majority of literature, history and philosophy are hired right after graduations for a myriad jobs (law, marketing & publicity, low-level management, and even banking). The course gives less reliable and replicable core skills, but accounts for personal growth and general understanding which is judged through applications and interviews. One of the problems is that humanities majors are told they are doing a professionally unambitious degree, which naturally stems their professional ambition. Most humanities students are not aiming for an academic or independant creative job.

[@ivantuma7969]

MintBullet certainly, but who tells "humanities majors they are doing a professionally unambitious degree"? parents? probably (but who at that age listens to their parents? :-)... The college admissions counselor isn't going to offer them any options or suggestions - all they see is the money flooding into their University with little concern over the student's future career opportunities. I'm not saying it's completely right, but in countries like Germany, the number of graduates based on "major of study" is regulated to eliminate redundancy and underemployment (that's why I suggest the interleaving of a trade). The book Aspiring Adults revealed "Two years after graduation, 24 percent of graduates have been forced to move back home with their parents, 74 percent of college graduates "are receiving financial support from their families.", 23 percent of graduates who are "in the labor market are unemployed or underemployed," ... 71 percent of students who graduated last year "had student loan debt."". In fairness, the study was conducted after the 2007/2008 financial crash, but I will BET the majority of those statistics didn't include STEM program graduates - since even THEN, US companies started hiring H1B visa candidates in earnest - since US graduates to fill those jobs did not exist: redbus2us.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/H1B-Visa-Cap-reach-dates-History-by-USCIS-Data.png

[@andrewwayne5275]

1out of every 2.4 people

[@tiamat2009yt]

Gender neutral toilets? You mean unisex toilets.

[@JonathanMartin884]

I don't get this about leftists. Everyone piles on Cuba and wants it open to capitalism, yet they don't want capitalists running rampant. You can't have both, capitalism will always lead to "too big to fail." When you regulate it, its not capitalism anymore, so let's just go with the regulated version and cut out the dangerous middleman. I could say more, but I have to go to work and support myself on a minimum wage job while also being in grad school.

[@PabloIzurieta]

Fareed is right. Capitalism and economic prosperity will eventually bring down dictatorships. China is progressively getting freer, and we have evidence that economic freedom leads to political and social freedom. One example is Chile. Pinochet was removed from power after robust free market policies were put in place.

[@tha1ne]

"We both know Obama is really an atheist." Response:.......................

[@maciej214]

Awesome assortment of people. Thank you Bill for not having any irritating republican simpletons on this week. They really bring down the quality of the show for me partly because Bill always tries to engage them, when everyone knows they're just not that smart and can't articulate their views without resorting to talking points unlike Douthat. I know he feels the need to have people of differing viewpoints on but I like listening to people who have well thought out opinions on things and I could say the same thing for democrat mouthpieces who irritate me as well like Chris Matthews. Anyway good show this week.

[@tylerhill9510]

Castro is one of the greatest men of all time. Cubans are literate now, they have free and very good health care, they've nearly eliminated poverty. They would look like Haiti or Guatemala if it wasn't for Castro. Judas Priest they have a lower infant mortality rate then we do in Detroit!

[@andrewwayne5275]

10 million

[@andrewwayne5275]

We recently reached 7 billion people in the world 14 % is left

[@SoloDallasII]

Gender neutral bathroom in the white house? Maybe work on getting transgender politicians first...

[@CyeOutsider]

I agree with the bald guy about gay converstion therapy. Its crock of shit basically, but if ADULTS want to put themselves through that psychodrama, that should be up the them. But it shouldn't be allowed to be pushed onto children. That should be illegal. And hopefully a blanket ban on gay "therapy" will one day be instituted.

[@MuneerAlrabadi-lq5oq]

And stup guns can u stup powder I seen people woking in street with old style caboy cegare

[@andrewwayne5275]

980 million

[@SuperHahahaha123]

How is an English, Business, or Psychology major going to fix global warming? They can't. The future is sciences. Economic natural selection.

[@MintBullet]

Paul Smith Scientists agree on issues of global warming, for cultural and political reasons (as well as mass psychology), the population's opinion doesn't reflect the scientific consensus. Perhaps a greater humanism and awareness of our cultural progress over the past centuries, as well as a strong philosophical grounding, would help. In fifty or a hundred years, computers will do all the science for us. Perhaps a better business sense in managing our resources will allow for more science. Today, we have more research scientists than we can fund, and naturally, many are finding jobs in finance simply because they couldn't succeed in making competitive applications for grants.

[@SuperHahahaha123]

Key word "looking" not "creating." More efficient if it's scientific minds only.

[@GreaserCentral]

I believe in God and proud to say it and I do agree with gay marriage, but I don't agree on prayer to turn someone straight, that kind of mentality is used by hardcore Christians, we have people like that in every group, there's hardcore Jewish people, Atheists, Republicans E.T.C. so generalizing is always wrong.

[@MrLando41]

I really wish Bill would just lighten up on the religion thing, WE get it, you are an atheist and feel morally and intellectually superior to the rest of the world, some where around 97% of the population that believes in some sort of deity. Keep smoking pot and talking politics and let go of the bitterness toward others that don't believe as you do. You keep bashing religion and complain how they are intolerant of other views, try being tolerant of other views before bashing religious people. Stop thinking everyone who has a spiritual side to their life is some sort of idiot. It is possible to be spiritual and believe in science. Why not give it break for awhile?

[@BrinkCraven]

The law is only for children, not adults. This dude is so misinformed. And it's not mostly Freudian therapy. It's mostly religious based.

[@MuneerAlrabadi-lq5oq]

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[@jackdenihan5333]

the gender neutral restroom-isnt new, its not like he made a new restroom, he just changed the name to a single person bathroom; stop giving credit where none is due; and im not against obama as a president but come on

[@dealerovski82]

His hair.. Oh but its not on TV, its only youtube. And no one cares haha help me I don't want to lose my hair.

[@andrewwayne5275]

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[@haukegebhardt6045]

my problem with maher is that he doesent realize hes just another religiouse fanatic he belives that god doesent exist, and he prozelytes his belive with all his power yet he got no scientific prove that god doesen t exist

[@MintBullet]

hauke gebhardt there's no need to prove a negative. I don't believe that invisible pink unicorns exist. I have no proof for that statement.

[@gilanin]

11:32 "Mao died and China is still..." OMFG I hate that smug face so much. 11:35 "China is the most successful economic development in human history, Cuba is not" BAMMMMM in your face! Even if it isn't factually correct, cause I don't know, China is still a very powerful country. Isn't it unbelievable that more powerful countries are more difficult to persuade than a less powerful one to do what you want? Who'd haf thunk?

[@Dan-friend.of.the.forest]

Douthat tries to deflect responsibility for the horrible act of reparative therapy from religion onto Freud. A tiny bit of research yields us understanding that Freud did not believe sexual attraction could be changed. Reparative therapy is not a hold out idea from Freud, it is solely the idea of religious fanatics who have caused children to commit suicide by destroying their spirits.

[@InspirationIsFree]

The problem with a liberal education is that unless you have a good understanding of mathematics and science, you are not adequately equipped to discuss issues of philosophy.

[@gosaders00]

"There are gay Americans who want to talk to a therapist about becoming straight" - absolute horseshit, Ross. In other words, homosexuality is a choice, because a gay man can just choose one day that he wants to be straight now and he only needs to talk to someone about his choice. Douthat is putting gay conversion therapy on the same level as legitimate therapy between a trained professional and someone who needs to work through issues (the fact that one is homosexual not being an issue in and of itself, but perhaps the abuse he/she has experienced because of being gay). Douthat, Brooks, and the like are so irritating, because underneath all their long-winded explanations are the same bigoted views that a more overt right winger would have, but dressed up and disguised to be reasonable.

[@goldktgal]

"Pray the gay away therapy" is NOT just for consenting adults. Kids are sent to these and broken down and abused by scared parents and churches.

[@ethanz3837]

Jewban..lol

[@andrewwayne5275]

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[@manguy2000]

Can someone give me concrete examples in the Western World of "overt discrimination" against gays? Remember, we are not talking about Arab countries...

[@MuneerAlrabadi-lq5oq]

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