The Young Turks, October 5, 2012

The Young Turks: October 05, 2012

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Hour 2 Segment 1 Ana joins Cenk and Ben for SCS. Why women and children are more valuable in situations of death. Ana thanks TYT Nation for fan art based on Romney’s funny picture at a Chipotle in Denver. Citizens of Milwaukee are looking for the police chief to step down after a man died in the back of a police car, complaining of not being able to breathe due to a condition. Segment 2 A 17 year old was denied his Eagle Scout award because he’s gay. Conservatives are suing California for banning gay conversion therapy. Daryl Hannah has been arrested again for protesting the Keystone XL pipeline. Segment 3 Sex scandal at a school between teachers and female students that was covered up by the principal. Video of a boy’s videotape punching a homeless man in the genitals. He turned out to be the son of one of the cast members of The Real Housewives. The Republican GOP in Maine is criticizing their Dem opponent b/c she plays World of Warcraft.

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Hour 1 Segment 1 Cenk and Ben hosting. Job numbers have grown and the unemployment rate dropped below 8%, causing Republicans to claim that the Bureau of Labor & Statistics cooked the numbers to favor Obama. Jack Welsh and nearly all of Fox News jumped on this conspiracy theory. Poll numbers say that Obama gained independent voters after being weaksauce in the debate. Segment 2 Ben’s updates on the talking point that the BLS cooked the unemployment numbers. The media can’t wait to paint Obama’s statements as false, but are quick to ignore Romney’s obvious lies. Videos of CNN calling Obama’s $5 trillion tax cut claim false based on Romney’s promise not to do so. Video of Romney telling Hannity that his 47% remark was wrong and that he cares about the 100%. The NYT’s hypothesis behind why Obama performed badly at the debate based on what Obama’s advisors leaked to them. When Obama let Romney off the hook with social security, the Romney campaign celebrated. Segment 3 New conspiracy theory of whether or not Romney snuck notes into the debate.

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Bonus Episode, October 5, 2012

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Many Republicans scoffed at “Seward’s folly,” although their criticism appears to have been based less on the merits of the purchase than on their hostility to Johnson and to Seward as Johnson’s political ally.

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