Pop Trigger, December 17, 2012

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Teen mom is adamant about not getting a prenup Hunger Games-ish reality show coming to CW Group of scientists at Washington University researching whether or not we live in virtual reality Matt Damon gets naked in the new Liberace movie MTV's partial censorship of Mean Girls Do you believe in soul mates? "Best Funeral Ever" reality show Host: Samantha Schacher Co-Hosts: Bree Essrig Brett Erlich Shanna Malcolm

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Bonus Episode, December 17, 2012

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Cenk and Ana on Twitter. Ana’s new YouTube channel and dkinla channel.

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The Young Turks, December 17, 2012

The Young Turks: December 17, 2012

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Hour 2 Segment 1 Cenk and Ana hosting. While Obama was speaking, NBC cut out of the football game and went to Obama, and people wrote terrible things about the President. Racist tweets. Liza Long, author of the blog “I am Adam Lanza’s Mother”. Adam Lanza’s mother took her 9 year old mentally ill son out to shoot guns. New laws allow you to have concealed guns on campus in Wisconsin. Segment 2 Westboro Baptist Church considering protests at the CT funerals. The KKK is considering a counter-protest against Westboro Baptist Church. Rupert Murdoch says Obama didn’t do enough for gun control, but his network Fox News forbid the hosts from discussing gun control over the weekend. VIDEO montage of Fox saying guns were not the problem. Celebrities who gave to Obama call for gun control; Obama doesn’t listen to them. Cenk predicts that Obama will not fight for a ban on assault weapons. He will do tracking and other measures. He might try to control magazine sizes. Ana says the rhetoric on gun control has changed, so maybe something will be done. Cenk gets cynical about Joe Scarborough’s change of heart on gun control; he thinks it’s a play to be on Bloomberg’s ticket as VP. Jamie Foxx interview with AP about CT shooting, about violent movies and video games. Segment 3 Hillbilly porn. What is gonzo porn? Tentacle rape. Unidentified woman in Australia has won workers compensation for injuries incurred while having sex during a work trip.

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Hour 1 Segment 1 Cenk hosting. Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, CT. What are we going to do about it? Shootings since the Sandy Hook massacre. Other countries have movies and video games, but the US still has more violent assaults. VIDEO of Louie Gohmert defending gun rights. VIDEO of Mike Huckabee says that we removed God from our schools, leading to this shooting. Cenk rants against Huckabee’s comments. Comparing gun deaths in Japan and Australia and the US. Australia passed a sweeping and very restrictive gun control law after a massacre. Segment 2 VIDEO of Tom Ridge blaming culture and video games. Gov. Hickenlooper of CO also blames video games VIDEO. Compilation by Roland Woerner of Obama speaking and the kids who died. Attempts to pass gun control legislation in the past have been killed. When Holder suggested reinstituting the assault weapons ban, Rahm Emmanuel cursed him. VIDEO of Obama’s speech on the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy. He has been absent on the issue for his entire Presidency. Obama VIDEO compilation of his empty words after past shooters. Obama says he can do things, but he actually has made gun control laws LESS restrictive. Obama wrote an editorial that he expanded gun rights, allowing guns in National Parks and on Amtrak. Brady Center gave him an F on gun control in 2009. Segment 3 How easily does the NRA buy our politicians? They only paid $600,000 to politicians, and $5 million. Fiscal Cliff negotiations. Washington Post article says that Obama is giving in to Boehner. This reporting indicates that Obama will agree to cut social security. And that Obama will only raise taxes on those who earn more than $1,000,000. Obama has given up on the $250,000 limit that he ran his campaign on.

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