Bonus Episode, December 11, 2012

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Ana likes eating beans. Not those beans. Get your mind out of the gutter!

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The Young Turks, December 11, 2012

The Young Turks: December 11, 2012

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Hour 2 Segment 1 Ana joins Cenk for SCS. A rising number of military members are obese, too fat to be in the service. A White tennis player stuffed her pants and bra with tissues to impersonate Serena Williams. Controversy of whether or not this was racist. A woman in Argentina that has been searching for her missing daughter as a sex trafficking slave has freed about 900 women held in the sex trafficking trade. Due to her work, she’s set to win a Nobel Peace Prize. Segment 2 A 16 year old girl was molested at a party by 2 other teenagers when she was drunk and passed out. The boys got a slap on the wrist, and the girl was banned from talking about the case, but she violated that ban. The boys’ attorney came after her at first, until the details of how easily they got off got out, then they backpedaled. A woman was shot and killed by an off duty police officer serving as security at a WalMart when they were caught shoplifting. At least 7 NFL players have turned their guns in since the Jovan Belcher murder/suicide. Cenk tells the story of stealing a pink bra as a senior in high school, while on a treasure hunt. Segment 3 Cenk reads live viewers’ comments. Urban Outfitters has their Vintage section for super-high prices. It turns out that their one of a kind vintage collection is straight from 2nd hand stores like Goodwill. An elementary school in Arkansas was invited to see a play of Charlie Brown Christmas at a local church, but the entire trip was shut down when a mother interjected and took her kid out of the trip. Charlie Sheen gave Lindsay Lohan $100K to help her pay off her IRS debt, but she didn't thank him or use it for the debt. He also gave $75K to a police officer whose daughter is suffering from cancer.

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Hour 1 Segment 1 Cenk hosting today. The latest on the Michigan Right to Work battle to diminish the power of the unions. Video of comedian and Fox News contributor going in and riling up the protestors, only to get punched. Cenk points out how it was obvious that Gov Snyder was duping Michiganders the whole time. Video of Weider explaining in the past the Republicans’ entire plan to get rid of the unions. Videos of Gov Snyder claiming that bringing about Right to Work is good for workers and unions. The last leg of the plan by the corporate big wigs is to pit the workers against each other. Video of workers doing just that. It has just been discovered that the executives already raided the workers’ pensions at Hostess. Segment 2 A new movie that depicts the manhunt for Osama bin Laden shows torture, which prompted Joe Scarborough to claim that torture led to the killing of bin Laden. The makers of the movie and John McCain gave differing opinions. The woman that was an intricate part in tracking down Bin Laden wasn’t given a promotion for complaining about not being recognized. Video of Hannity being offended by Jamie Foxx’s comedy about the new movie he’s in where he kills all the White people that did him wrong. Jayar talks about why “reverse racism” doesn’t make any sense. Segment 3 A poll conducted about Santa Claus. The homeless rate has fallen by 17%, which sparked a comparison of how much it would cost to end homelessness. It would be less than how much we spend on Christmas decorations. Dick Morris would send out newsletters to paid supporters, including his prediction that Romney would win. The organization NewsMax gave tons of the $1.7 million from Super PACs to Dick Morris for his bogus thoughts. Republican campaign professional Scott Trantor admitted that they think Voter ID laws and longer lines help them out. Justice Scalia openly declared that having moral feelings against homosexuality is the same as having moral feelings against murder.

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