Bonus Episode, February 23, 2015

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Cenk and Ana. She talks about her Vegas trip over the weekend to celebrate her father’s 70th birthday. She had an issue with having to pay for her father’s wish to see the show Jubilee that no one liked except him. Cenk talks about the misery of going to a magic show over the weekend.

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The Young Turks, February 23, 2015

The Young Turks: February 23, 2015

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Ana joins Cenk for SCS. One of the best speeches at the Academy Awards last night was by Graham Moore about bullying and suicide. More controversy erupted when Sean Penn made a green card joke when giving the Oscar to the Mexican director. After the film about Edward Snowden won an award, Neil Patrick Harris made a joke about Snowden, mentioning treason. Glenn Greenwald responded negatively. Cenk was annoyed by the joke, too. Ana disagrees with Cenk. One of the biggest outrages from the Oscars was Patricia Arquette’s words about equal rights for women. After her speech, she went on to say that gays and people of color that we’ve fought for should start fighting for women. Thousands of Muslims in Norway formed a Ring of Peace around a synagogue to promote unity and peace among the religions. A group of Turkish men are wearing skirts to show solidarity for women’s rights after a woman was brutally raped and her attire were blamed. Show notes by Jayar Jackson Hour 2 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD Sean Penn's 'Green Card' Comment May Have Ruined The Entire Oscars http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/23/sean-penn-green-card_n_6733238.html Oscars 2015: Patricia Arquette stirs controversy with equal-pay remarks http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscars-patricia-arquette-speech-equal-pay-20150223-story.html Edward Snowden Documentary Wins the Oscar, Neil Patrick Harris Makes 'Treason' Joke http://reason.com/blog/2015/02/22/edward-snowden-documentary-wins-the-osca More Than A Thousand Muslims Form Human Shield Around Norwegian Synagogue After Copenhagen Attacks http://thinkprogress.org/world/2015/02/22/3625630/norway-muslim-synagogue-peace-ring/

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Cenk hosting. Talk about the controversies and complains surrounding the Oscars last night. A Breitbart editor tweeted all night that the Academy Awards kept showing Black people on camera in order to avoid being seen as racist. Cenk agrees that the broadcast did purposefully show as many Black people as possible, but for other reasons. Charles C. Johnson also tweeted about his displeasure with the Latino director winning the big prize. Still, other Conservatives lamented the lack of awards given to American Sniper in Lib Hollywood. Stacey Dash, Hannity, and other random Conservatives’ tweets about their disappointment and conspiracies. Scott Walker dodged a question about whether or not Obama is a Christian. He avoided answering to stay clear of “gotcha” questions. Bill O’Reilly’s battle over Mother Jones’ story about his exaggerated war coverage has escalated. After bashing David Corn’s story on Friday, other CBS reporters that were in Argentina with him in 1982 are refuting his bombastic defense. Videos of O’Reilly’s defense and name calling and videos of CBS’ Eric Engberg giving his side of the story, including Bill getting kicked off the war coverage. Multiple other CBS veterans spoke out about how O’Reilly’s accounts were untrue. A huge leak of secret files has been released from multiple countries, including Israel and USA. One showed that Netanyahu’s 2012 speech about how Iran is like a bomb ready to blow was acknowledged as completely inaccurate. The Clinton Global Initiative has lifted its ban on accepting donations from foreign nations since Hillary is no longer working with it. Now that its changed, the UAE and Saudi Arabia are giving serious cash to the Initiative, which could be a way to gain her good graces if she runs for and wins the presidency. Show notes by Jayar Jackson Hour 1 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD Bill O’Reilly responds to accusations of his ‘Brian Williams problem,’ saying Buenos Aires, not the Falklands, was his ‘war zone’ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/02/22/bill-oreilly-responds-to-accusations-of-his-brian-williams-problem-saying-buenos-aires-not-the-falklands-was-his-war-zone/ Sean Hannity and others are freaking out about “American Sniper’s” Oscar loss http://www.salon.com/2015/02/23/sean_hannity_and_others_freaking_out_about_american_snipers_oscar_loss/ Conservatives complain there were too many black people at the ‘racist’ Oscars http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/conservatives-complain-there-were-too-many-black-people-at-the-racist-oscars/ Leaked cables show Netanyahu’s Iran bomb claim contradicted by Mossad http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/23/leaked-spy-cables-netanyahu-iran-bomb-mossad

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