Bonus Episode, August 14, 2012

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The Young Turks, August 14, 2012

The Young Turks: August 14, 2012

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Hour 2 Segment 1 Ana joins Cenk for SCS. Update on the young Black man shot in the head in the back of a police car with handcuffs on. Of the 3 guys that were arrested, he was the only one that was Black. The police created a reenactment video to show how it was possible for someone to commit suicide while handcuffed. A comedian is putting Progressive Insurance on blast after his sister was killed in a car accident and was covered by Progressive. The company represented the uninsured man that killed her in a lawsuit from her family so that they won’t have to pay her family the full amount to cover an uninsured driver. TSA officials at Boston’s airport have blown the whistle on their racial profiling system targeting Blacks people, Latinos, and Middle Easterners. Cenk gives his routine he goes through when passing TSA. Ana gets nervous and weird when approaching TSA. Segment 2 A Palestinian prisoner in Israel smuggled his sperm to his wife so that she could get pregnant since he’s serving multiple life sentences. George Zimmerman’s atty claims that he’s almost out of his legal defense, that George is indigent, and needs his case paid for by taxpayers. Anyone else that is broke would simply get a public defender to represent them. Lauren Hill is in trouble with the IRS. Michael Nutter of Philadelphia has tried to ban citizens from giving homeless people food and money. A federal judge stopped his illegal ban. Segment 3 Member Thanks. A Las Vegas chimp has escaped his owner’s custody for the 2nd time. Police end up shooting and killing the animal when they found it destroying cars and property. Ana thinks Vegas’ law that allows people to own exotic animals is stupid. The owner thinks that someone keeps letting her chimp out so that it will be taken away from her. TYT remembers the woman whose face was ripped off by a chimp. Video of people getting anal tattoos at a tattoo expo.

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Hour 1 Segment 1 Cenk hosting today. A hugely anti-Semitic politician in Hungary has just found out that he is Jewish. Republican activist/fundraiser/rapist has been busted for raping and sexually assaulting numerous women. The program Trapwire through the U.S. government. More on Ayn Rand’s insanity that the Conservatives praised. Paul Ryan is backpeddling from his praiseworthy stance on Rand. Republican establishment aren’t very impressed with the choice of Paul Ryan as VP. Segment 2 If Paul Ryan’s plan goes through, seniors’ costs out of their pocket will go up from 25% to 68% by 2030. Video of Romney pointing out that his budget is different than Ryan’s, but they are on the same page. Videos of John Sununu trying to distance Romney’s plan from Ryan’s plan, but failing. Videos of Republicans running with the $700 billion talking point on Obama’s Medicare plan. Video of the extremely angry tone Republicans are taking in the election. Cenk outlines how Democrats are also on track to take away Medicare as soon as they are reelected. Segment 3 Video of Joe Biden talking to the Southerners by claiming Romney wants to “put y’all back in chains.” Video of Romney responding to the latest mass shooting at Texas A&M. He still denies we need gun control, but only thoughtful consideration. American Bridge ad went after Romney, portraying him daydreaming about his tax shelters. Video of Paul Ryan’s townhall from 2011 where he made fun of an elderly heckler in his district. Cenk reads the President’s prepared remarks about the moon landing in case things went badly and the astronauts died.

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