The Young Turks, December 9, 2015

The Young Turks: December 09, 2015

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Ana joins Cenk for SCS. The terrorist that attacked a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs had his day in court where he exclaimed he did it as a warrior for the babies. A California woman was angered by a group of Muslim people praying and attacked one of them. Video of her fight and anger. An experiment was conducted by Greenpeace that exposed 2 prominent climate change skeptics/scientists that were paid off to write scathing articles on the subject. Angela Merkel was named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. Ana’s main thought is, who cares about Time Person of the Year. Video of a hoverboard catching fire at a mall. Ana is vehemently against the use of these. A elderly man receiving a human rights award in Croatia lost his pants while the photos were being taken. Ana feels for him as he reminds her of an old family member that is so cute. Cenk tells the story of mouthing off to a teacher that caught him cheating, only to be told his fly was down. Ana tells her story of being called Caca Girl. Researchers found that when people finish a text message with a period, the recipients take it as insincere. When ended with an exclamation mark or no punctuation at all, it is taken as sincere.

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Chicago police murder. Rahm Emanuel. Fox News teaching kids how to fight against a shooter. Trump's Muslim comments. Cenk and Iadarola hosting. In the wake of the latest Chicago police murder to gain national attention, protests have formed to force Rahm Emanuel out at mayor. Video of Emanuel speaking to a crowded room, apologizing and calling for change. Although his words seemed sincere and thoughtful, Cenk isn’t buying his sincerity due to his history as a politician. Video of Emanuel getting emotional at the story of a Black kid asking him if the cops treat him the way they treat Black citizens. Fox and Friends had Krav Maga trainers on the show to teach people and their kids how to fight gunmen in an active shooter situation. Video of the demonstration. Discussion about how horrible of an idea this is to attack an active shooter, especially as kids. World leaders are lining up against Donald Trump after his proposal for a Muslim ban. Leaders of the UK and Israel are out in front looking denying him access to their countries. Video of a Trump Spokeswoman arguing with SE Cupp over Trumps plan. In defending the proposal, she pointed out, “so what, they’re Muslim!” An analysis of suicide attacks show that the motivation behind these terror acts are not actually religion, but a response to a military operation where the eventual attackers were occupied by a larger country’s force. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have issues with free speech on the internet due to ISIS’ use of it to recruit. Video of Trump saying we have to close the internet up in some way. Video of Hillary Clinton warning an audience that if we are truly in a war on terrorism, we need to shut off their means of communication despite the calls for free speech.

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Bonus Episode, December 9, 2015

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Cenk talks about the “Bruford Story” in relationship on how he would react in a fight with Sean Hannity.

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TYT Old School, December 9, 2015

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TYT Old School December 9, 2015.

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