Bonus Episode, October 21, 2014

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Cenk and Ana. He tells a followup story of having a serious deja vu. Cenk brings up a pet peeve of his about not wanting lemon in his water at a restaurant. If he asks for it, humans tend to do it simply because he mentioned it. Jayar uses this as another reason to hate on restaurants. Ana’s pet peeve is when people say “I could care less.” Ana tells the story of being pulled over by an aggressive cop that threatened and harassed her until he found out she does a well known politically based show.

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The Young Turks, October 21, 2014

The Young Turks: October 21, 2014

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Cenk hosts TYT. RNC co-chair campaigned for Scott Walker in Wisconsin and while trying to understand why he’s in so much trouble, she told the crowd that Wisconsin may not have very smart voters. Ohio Gov Kasich is also in trouble, so he’s embracing Medicaid expansion, a key portion of ObamaCare, which got him in trouble with the GOP, so he’s trying to tell everyone that the healthcare reform had nothing to do with the expansion. The GOP’s nightmare that ObamaCare is working is coming true, because they have to accept it while bashing it. Videos of Bill O’Reilly claiming that the reason Americans are still in favor of Democratic candidates is because of emotion, that the Dems have promised to selfish constituents are played. New York Times story about the conflicting Republican ads on immigration for this election are examined. In states with a low Hispanic population, the ads are vehemently angry, but in states with high populations of Latinos, the ads are catering to them. Video mashups of the contradictory ads are shown. Sarah Palin’s PAC has raised $2.7 million with the promise to promote Republican candidates, but only gave $150K to candidates, only 5.5% of the money. During this election cycle, the PAC has $1.4 million on hand, and only gave $45K. The rest, and majority of the money went to her consultants, her book publisher, hotel stays, SUV rentals, and travel. Palin’s personal lifetime political donations total $628. Lawrence Lessig’s PAC, MayDay is looking to raise money to go after the elected officials that have benefitted and gone corrupt due to money in politics. GOP Rep. Fred Upton, head of the Energy and Commerce Committee isn’t very happy with this idea, so his staff is threatening the CEOs of companies that have contributed to MayDay by disregarding any of their interests that come across his table while he’s in charge. Upton proves the point of MayDay by illustrating the level of corruption he’s involved in. In America’s efforts to combine the war on terror with the war on drugs, we’ve spent $7.6 billion to fight opium in Afghanistan, but in that span, it has grown exponentially in the country. A poll on how disaffected people are with their government showed that the nations with the worst approval had the most perceived government corruption. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spoke about how the inequality in the U.S. greatly concerns her, but didn’t hint that she may actually come after the banks that have exacerbated this problem. Show notes by Jayar Jackson Hour 1 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD Bill O’Reilly thinks poor people are greedier than rich people http://goo.gl/GL9TJ1 Nigeria and Boko Haram 'agree ceasefire and girls' release' http://goo.gl/WZKpDr Silicon Valley CEOs Get A Warm Washington Welcome To Politics http://goo.gl/MD2Bo7 In Raising Immigration, G.O.P. Risks Backlash After Election http://goo.gl/5pwU2x Gov. John Kasich: Repeal Obamacare, but not all of it http://goo.gl/zXmOzb

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Ana joins Cenk for SCS. A comedian went after Bill Cosby on stage, accusing him of being a known sexual abuser of women. Rwanda has decided to start screening all travelers from Spain and the U.S. over the Ebola cases. They have also banned travel from West African countries that have been heavily affected. Rapper Cam’ron has started selling ebola masks that have his face on them. One Canadian customer bought $100 of them. An Ohio man made an Ebola joke in reference to his ex-wife while in a casino, so people around him reported him to the police. The part of the casino where he was gambling was quarantined and he was later arrested at his home and bond was set at $10K. A survey of 1000 people showed that 28% admit to being online trolls. Another 23% have admitted to maliciously arguing online with a stranger. The reality of revenge porn scandals have taken a curious turn. More and more women are being busted for posting nude pictures or videos of other women in compromising positions. These women are usually exes of men that are dating the newly exposed one. More of these pictures posted are mistresses of men by their girlfriend or wife. Ana talks about how unrecognizable Renee Zellweger is after all of her plastic surgery. Ana talks about her biggest fear of getting old, and Jayar agrees. A study showed the best cities to live in as a Liberal and Conservative. After seeing both lists of the top 10 for each group, Cenk determines that the Lib cities are so much more enjoyable than the middle-of-nowhere Conservative ones. Show notes by Jayar Jackson Hour 2 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD Now Women Are Getting Arrested For Revenge Porn http://goo.gl/YdgKDf Hannibal Buress Says Bill Cosby Is a Rapist: A History of Sexual Assault Allegations http://goo.gl/R2whaX Rapper Cam'ron issues Ebola surgical masks as merchandise http://goo.gl/U7Y6Bu Cleveland man accused of joking about Ebola charged with felony inducing panic http://goo.gl/WOBRHS

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