Bonus Episode, September 26, 2014

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On this special Friday post game, Cenk is live (sort of) from Dublin, Ireland! Cenk shows off his lovely Irish accent. You're welcome. Attorney General Eric Holder announces his resignation. If he makes it to December, while waiting for his replacement, he will have served the third longest term in US history. With his resignation, the usual right-wing conspiracy theorists come out of the woodwork. Cenk reiterates the fair and unfair criticisms of the outgoing Attorney General throughout his tenure. Cenk gives his final assessment on the effectiveness of the Attorney General's actions while in office. A man was caught on a flight from Boston to LA, on Virgin airlines, furiously masturbating. The man was presumably outside of the bathroom since there were witnesses. The man also attempted to pry the hatches of the plane open mid-flight. A 25 year old Floridian was caught masturbating on another flight, was asked to stop, and later began masturbating once more. Apparently these are the emergencies we have on planes now. Fox News covers the story of the first female pilot in the UAE. After covering the story in a positive manner, Greg Gutfeld of The Five couldn't help himself from making a tasteless sexist joke. Eric Bolling joined in. Fox News tears in to Obama for saluting soldiers while holding a coffee cup, calling it the "latte salute". Cenk speculates about the motivations behind why Fox News makes such superficial criticisms. Amazing Fact of the Day: There are now 471 billionaires in the US and they have already contributed $113.7 million toward the midterm elections. Any ideas as to how to go about solving this problem? Cenk will give you three guesses, but you will only need one. Wolf-PAC.com! Some members may remember the story of John Crawford III who was shot inside of a Walmart in Ohio while holding a bb gun. Video of the altercation has been released and the police officers who shot him were never indicted. The video indisputably shows the the police reacted way too quickly. ESPN has suspended Bill Simmons from his podcast for saying that Commissioner Roger Goodell was lying when he said he was not aware what happened in the first Ray Rice tape. ESPN claimed that Simmons didn't meet their "journalistic standards". Cenk breaks the situation down. Cenk revisits an old article from CNN regarding Saddam Hussein's lighting of the Kuwaiti oil fields upon his army's retreat during Desert Storm. Cenk compares this article with one that was just written about the US bombing of ISIS within Syria. Cenk explains how both are examples of propaganda. Show notes by Ben Tannen

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The Young Turks, September 26, 2014

The Young Turks: September 26, 2014

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Hasan joins the panel to talk about this week’s SquareSpace winner and drinking game. A Local news anchor was caught on an open mic railing on parents that don’t walk their kids to school. He also went on to claim that people shouldn’t keep living off government assistance while imitating a Black woman. Story of the Washington Redskins practice of serving old beer from the World Cup and peanuts at the games. Italian Catholic clergy are extremely upset at an Argentinian artist that used Ken and Barbie dolls to depict The Virgin Mary and Jesus in his exhibit. Jimmy rails on the uselessness of these religious leaders. Brian points out that these would sell well here in the U.S. to the Christian population. A Christian bodybuilding couple is openly pushing their swingers lifestyle, claiming that God would be ok with that they’re doing. Ben talks about his experience at a swingers club in Vegas. A mother of a 2nd grader made vagina shaped cookies for her kid’s class, and was outraged that the teacher didn’t serve them. Her plan was to teach the kids about a woman’s nether regions. A Mississippi rabbi was kicked out of a sandwich shop after getting into an argument with the shop owner after he asked if he wanted the “Jewish size” sandwich. Show notes by Jayar Jackson Hour 2 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD The Washington Football Team Is Selling Its Fans Expired, World Cup–Branded Beer http://goo.gl/e9PVQF These Christian swingers like sharing Bible verses, sex partners http://goo.gl/QDQi5C Art Show With Barbie And Ken As The Virgin Mary And Jesus Outrages Bishops http://goo.gl/FN2uJd Mom Bakes Batch Of Vagina Cookies For Second Graders, Acts The Complete Fool When Teacher Refuses To Serve Them http://goo.gl/eThLsg

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Ben, Iadarola, Jimmy, and Brian Unger hosting TYT. Conservatives convened today at the Values Voter Summit. Video of some of the crazy moments at past summits is shown. Videos of Michele Bachmann’s speech this morning that focused on Obama’s approach to dealing with terrorists and specifically ISIS is also played. Ben asks who’s dumber, Bachmann or Sarah Palin. John reads through some of Bachmann’s dumber moments, while Ben remembers the video of her talking about 3% of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Videos of Texas Lt Governor claiming that prayer rugs have been found on the Texas side of the Mexican border due to the terrorists crossing are shown. He also used scare tactics to tell the audience that these killers will be in their backyard, tomorrow! Ben tells the depressing story of peeing next to a younger guy during the break. Video of a Freedom to Marry ad that compares the limited rights of gay Americans to everyone else is played. John wonders if Ben likes this ad as much as the Conservative one from yesterday. Americans for Prosperity, a Koch Brothers Group, has sent out mailers to potential voters in North Carolina filled with misinformation and blatantly wrong info on how to register and when to vote. The objective is to frustrate these citizens to the point of making them give up on registering. Show notes by Jayar Jackson Hour 1 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD Bachmann Rouses Values Voters Crowd with Calls to ‘Kill’ ISIS Until They Surrender http://goo.gl/rzfwZD Group With Ties To Kochs Mails Out Incorrect Voter Registration Info To... A Cat? http://goo.gl/4E1673 A Study in Contrasts for Rand Paul and Ted Cruz http://goo.gl/tBQ1BN Grand Jury Finds Officers' Actions Justified In Fatal Shooting Of Man Holding Air Rifle At Wal-Mart http://goo.gl/E1CoC0 ESPN Suspends Bill Simmons 3 Weeks for Goodell Rant http://goo.gl/LdgP0v

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