Daily Topics - Tuesday April 10th, 2012

Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE at our new time, 3-6pm Eastern!

Hour One: Zimmerman had the rules of engagement wrong...

Hour Two: Will the Courts declare DOMA unconstitutional? Maggie Gallgher, National Organization for Marriage

Hour Three: Should corporations be able to buy other planets? Rand Simberg, Competitive Enterprise Institute

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mathboy 14 years 16 weeks ago
#1

So I guess Romney will clean up now that Santorum has gotten out. Ha ha.

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mathboy 14 years 16 weeks ago
#2

I believe Thom has recently claimed that the Canadian Supreme Court cannot strike down laws.

This is incorrect. They can: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_constitutional_law

And in fact they ruled on same-sex marriage in 2004: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_re_Same-Sex_Marriage

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mathboy 14 years 16 weeks ago
#3

Weren't some libertarians already trying to have an artificial island all to themselves?

As for NASA handing things over to private companies, that will mostly happen eventually (I doubt by 2018, though). NASA will shift toward being a regulatory agency rather than trying to run the missions. Currently, no private company's craft are rated for human transportation, and it's going to be a slow process to make private space passage standard.

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mathboy 14 years 16 weeks ago
#4

I thought I heard "auxoray-valentously ugly". Maybe the beginning is "uxor-", which means wife, but I'm totally stumped.

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