On this edition of Media Roots Radio, Abby and Robbie Martin discuss the US government shut down’s partisan dog and pony show as a result of hypocritical ‘Obamacare’ woes. They talk about Obama’s use of extraordinary rendition to kidnap people who pose no threat to the US, self-immolations on the rise, negative reactions to talking about the clitoris and Noam Chomsky vs. neo-con mastermind Richard Pearle in a 1988 debate.

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