Bonus Episode, December 19, 2012

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The Young Turks, December 19, 2012

The Young Turks: December 19, 2012

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Hour 2 Segment 1 VIDEO of police woman groping some female car occupants. Tea Party in NC did a semi-automatic rifle raffle. Discussion about whether gun control is effective or not. Mother in Utah armed her 11 year old son to go to school. Fight at Little Caesar’s pizza between a guy whose pizza was taking too long and a guy who had a gun. Segment 2 Ireland strict abortion laws. Woman in New Delhi was gang raped on a bus and her male friend was almost beaten to death. Politicizing tragedy. Republicans politicized 9/11 and Bush won on that issue, due to Democrat’s weakness. Gender expectations and the Easy Bake Oven. Hasbro coming out with a male version of Easy Bake Oven in black, silver and blue. McDonald’s staying open on Christmas Day but not paying its employees overtime. Cenk sarcastically encourages Bill O’Reilly to attack McD’s for the War on Christmas. Viral video of Eagle snatching up baby.

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Hour 1 Segment 1 Cenk hosting. President Obama’s terrible Grand Bargain negotiations. Earlier in the year Obama said that if he won, the Republicans would come around and work with him. They aren’t doing so. VIDEO of Obama saying the Republicans keep finding ways to say “no” and that perhaps they just don’t want to say “yes” to him. Obama’s weakness is hurting the negotiations. VIDEO of Obama conceding that he moved his proposal to “the middle” and the Republicans still didn’t accept. VIDEO of Obama talking about Boehner’s caucus. Obama saying people are looking for a balanced approach (VIDEO) but that is not true; people are not looking for drastic cuts in medicare and SS. Graph of people’s preference. Raising taxes on people who make more than $250,000 is the number one preference, and Obama has given this away. Markos made the point that Obama’s approval ratings go down when he gives in to the Republicans. Cenk says that the Republicans have no leverage, but they make up leverage issues (like the debt ceiling and unemployment insurance) and Obama falls for it. Example: Jim Bunning’s position to stop unemployment insurance. Segment 2 2nd Amendment history. The 2nd amendment was not intended to give individuals the right to bear arms. NRA. Orrin Hatch. Warren Burger. Antonin Scalia. Brilliant and successful propaganda campaign to make the gun manufacturers more money. Tim Scott. Wanted to build a monument to aborted fetuses. He talks in a VIDEO about mental health, but that is a distraction to make people not talk about guns. VIDEO of Rick Scott with Soledad O’Brien. Cenk predicts there will be legislation limiting bullets in magazines and tightening up reporting requirements, but there will be no assault weapons ban. Segment 3 Comparing the Newtown CT massacre to the killing children in drone strikes.

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