The Young Turks, August 9, 2012

The Young Turks: August 09, 2012

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Hour 1 Segment 1 Cenk hosting today. The Justice Dept won't press criminal charges against Goldman Sachs over the corrupt deal where they fraudulently took their customers for tons of money. Romney is still hurting from the tax return body blows and Cenk doesn’t think Romney will release them no matter what. After the ad about a laid off man’s wife dying of cancer hit Romney again, his spokeswoman said that the woman would’ve been saved under RomneyCare. Conservatives lost their minds and feel that this reality could lose Romney the election and want her fired. Video of Rep Blackburn evading the question on this spokesperson’s response. Video of a Democratic ad that depicts Allen West punching an elderly woman in the face. Malkin complained about Romney not turning the tables and calling the White House murderers. She was also upset that they’re being portrayed as heartless murderers. Video of Conservatives accusing Dems of being killers. Video of Conservatives actually being blood thirsty for death. Segment 2 Video of Jerome Kersey speculating that Obama has a gay Pakistani lover. NYC’s new idea to install surveillance on the entire city. What Republicans assess to be voter ID fraud happens the most in one of the most Red states in the country, Utah. Segment 3 Republicans ran an ad claiming that Obama has a war on religion. Transformation of religious people to atheists.

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Hour 2 Segment 1 Prop 100 in Arizona prevents immigrants from posting bail if they commit a serious crime. One woman was wrongfully arrested and held for 4 months in jail for being an undocumented immigrant when she proved to them that she is an American. A group of female punk rockers that oppose Vladimir Putin in Russia are called Pussy Riot and 3 members started a punk prayer inside of a Russian Orthodox Church. They now up against 3 years in prison for the move. Segment 2 A couple of rich brothers were caught breaking into someone’s yacht. A father waterboarded his 11 year old daughter and was arrested. Cenk and Ana wonder why he got arrested since we as a country concluded that when we do it, it's not torture. The victim of the cannibal attack speaks out for the first time. He doesn’t seem bitter or angry. An American cop went up to Canada and were approached by a couple of guys that asked a couple of times if they’ve been to the stampede yet. The American cop reached for his gun, but realized he can’t have it and shoot someone there. He later wrote a complaint to officials there about their strict gun laws.

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