The Young Turks, August 3, 2012

The Young Turks: August 03, 2012

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Hour 2 Segment 1 Ana joins Cenk and Ben. A man in VT was arrested for marijuana possession, so he later took his tractor and ran over police cars. Ultra wealthy people in China are hiring body doubles to serve their time in prison for serious crimes they get convicted of. The story of taxing Olympians for their winnings. Prizes other countries give their medal winning athletes. For N. Korea, if their athletes dont place, they’re sent to labor camps. Segment 2 A CFO of a company went to Chik-Fil-A and lambasted one of the employees at the drive-thru. The founder of Is Anyone Up had a pissing contest for his twitter followers. One follower peed on an order of nachos at Taco Bell and won the contest. He was later fired. A female Prime Minister’s old internet sexy talk tape was discovered and revealed. Video of it. She was fired for the tape. TYT is against her being fired. Pentagon has to tell its employees to stop watching porn while at work, as it opens the door for viruses and breaches of internet security. A new reality show follows mothers and daughters pregnant at the same time.

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Hour 1 Segment 1 Cenk and Ben hosting today. Jenna Jameson has endorsed Romney, pointing out that if you’re rich, you want a Republican in office. Updates on Tampa adult entertainment industry preparing for the RNC. Rep Pete Sessions warned his Republican colleagues to be careful while in town having “a late night cup of coffee” because ppl could be watching and trying to catch them in compromising positions. Steven Baldwin talks about his Christianity and how it hurt his acting career. Kurk Cameron’s career. Glenn Beck talked about how US sovereignty is under assault from the UN’s Agenda 21. Segment 2 National Pew poll shows Obama leading Romney by 10 points, 51-41. Cenk takes this as proof that his tactic to tear Romney apart on taxes and Bain works. More on Harry Reid’s assertion that Romney hasn’t paid taxes in 10 years. Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh tried espousing ridiculous points about Obama being born in Kenya and his college transcripts to illustrate how wrong Reid is for saying Romney hasn’t paid taxes. Video of Mitt Romney from ‘04 saying that people recognize the problems with job growth are not Bush’s fault, that its poppycock.

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