The Young Turks, December 22, 2014

The Young Turks: December 22, 2014

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Cenk hosting today. More hackers and professionals are coming out claiming that they don’t believe N. Korea was responsible for the Sony hack, as the U.S. government claims. Cenk officially doesn’t believe it was N. Korea, either. The hacking group, The Guardians of Peace mocked the FBI after they announced it was N. Korea. The country itself also denied responsibility, and followed up with threatening the U.S. if we don’t join them in disproving the claim. In response to the conclusion the FBI came up with, Obama called it an act of vandalism, while Sens McCain and Graham called it an act of cyber warfare. Videos of the disagreement. Talk about Lindsey Graham’s framing of the argument to progress his bad point. The NJ Senate has passed the resolution to take money out of politics. Video of the vote. Cenk lists the players that made it happen. Fallout and response to the 2 murdered cops in NY on Saturday. The killer drove up from Baltimore after shooting his girlfriend. Cenk reads into the backgrounds of each cop and the heartfelt letter one of their sons wrote in tribute. Politicians against justice for murdered citizens by police are now blaming DeBlasio and Obama for calling out police misconduct. Video mashup of these voices. Cenk also reads other quotes from Conservatives that are using the killings to blame Obama and DeBlasio. A local Baltimore Fox station reported that anti-cop protesters were chanting about killing cops. Video of the skewed report and the raw chant that actually called for killer cops to be arrested. While cop supporters and Fox News are blaming Obama and DeBlasio for cop killing, these same hypocrites completely ignore cop killers like the White couple in Las Vegas that supported Cliven Bundy and RW grievances. After they killed 2 unsuspecting cops, they threw a “Dont Tread on Me” flag over their bodies. Cenk runs through several other similar cases.  

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The NY Yankees have responded to the murder of 2 NYPD officers by offering to pay for the schooling of Officer Ramos’ kids. A woman is trying to trademark the phrase #ICantBreathe. A man put up Christmas decorations that have annoyed neighbors due to the decapitated choir, hanging Mickey Mouse, and pissing Santa Claus. It turns out that his decorations/eyesores are a form of strikeback for the township making him take down his decorations years ago, to the request of neighbors. A minister was arrested after grabbing a man’s genitals and running away. Officers found gay adult material in his car when they apprehended him. An orangutan was given freedom in Buenos Aires from the zoo she was held in. TYT Supreme Court on whether or not the orangutan is human, the way the Argentine court ruled. Researchers hypothesized that the availability of online porn has contributed to the drop in committed marriages.  

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Bonus Episode, December 22, 2014

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Cenk talks about how he is overworked and likes to have beer at home, and wonders if he has a problem. He’s now looking forward to a Christmas break where he can veg out and have some drinks. Cenk talks about how his household had scary mannequins around because his mother used them to put her clothing creations on for fittings. Ana talks about being pranked by her boyfriend with a mannequin at her front door. Cenk talks about how he and Jayar are against some imagery being shown to their young kids. Imagery that doesn’t include nudity that most parents are worried about.  

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