The Young Turks, May 6, 2013

The Young Turks: May 06, 2013

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Obama spoke at Ohio State’s commencement ceremony, daring the graduates to dream bigger.  Cenk is annoyed that he wants the younger generation to do better and try when he won’t.   As he continues to go along with Republican plans and getting screwed by the result, Cenk’s blood pressure rises.  Bangladesh is on fire due to the dispute over passing a law that would make it illegal to take part in blasphemy.  It has been revealed that the fertilizer plant in West, TX only had $1 million of liability insurance, leaving the bill to the taxpayers.  A man in Minnesota was busted before he could carry out a terrorist plot on citizens of the community.  Cenk points out that if he weren’t a White man named Buford Rogers, there would be another Muslim terrorist scare permeating through the country. NRA Convention over the weekend provided a lot of crazed talk, headlined by Glenn Beck.  Zombie Industries, a gun target company, made a zombie target that looks like President Obama.  Video of their demonstration shooting the target named “Barry” to pieces.  Ted Cruz spoke to the NRA convention about how much the Constitution matters.  He also went on to challenge Joe Biden to a debate on guns and safety.  Cenk predicts that Ted Cruz will cause a huge national problem.  Harry Reid is planning on re-introducing background check legislation after seeing how negatively Senators that voted no were affected.  A 13 year old Florida boy shot his 6 year old sister while they were unattended.  Video of a Crickett ad marketing guns for kids. The man in charge of the US Air Force sexual assault prevention program has been charged with sexual assault.  Confusion over chemical weapons in Syria.  A commission reported that the rebels may have used sarin gas.

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The Tsarnaev family is having a hard time finding a funeral home to bury Tamerlan’s body.  An offensive greeting card features a Muslim doll with terrorist themed puns.  Former football player Leroy Butler tweeted Congrats to Jason Collins before speaking at a church event.  The pastor caught wind of the tweet and canceled his appearance over the sentiments.  A study showed that 30% of all data transferred across the internet is porn. A Japanese woman has done extensive plastic surgery to look like a French doll.  Lindsay Lohan was interviewed by Piers Morgan and claimed she is completely straight, despite her relationship with a woman.  Gina talks about her podcast partner’s serious exploration into being gay for one summer where he slept with guys and dated others before determining that he isn’t gay.  Honey Boo Boo’s mother got married yesterday in a disastrous wedding gown with camouflage print.  Cenk is convinced that reality TV is completely unreal.  Fish have been discovered that breathe out of water.

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Bonus Episode, May 6, 2013

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Cenk talks about playing “Pitch & Putt” over the weekend.  He discovers most of the crew don’t know what that is.  Cenk is horrible at golf, discovering that the “Cenk Hammer” doesn’t work for many situations.  Gina admits that she goes shooting all the time and owns a gun.  She explains why she bought it.  

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TYT Sports, May 6, 2013

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What the Flick?!, May 6, 2013

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