The Young Turks, September 11, 2013

The Young Turks: September 11, 2013

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President Obama’s speech on the situation in Syria.  He went back and forth on America’s role as the world’s police.  Cenk actually defends Obama’s speech and the outcome while many Republicans and Conservative talkers found many ways to call every action he decides as disastrous. Bill DeBlasio has won the Democratic primary in the NYC mayoral race.  Cenk took the opportunity to gloat about his prediction before DeBlasio was the frontrunner.  Cenk also talks about how Eliot Spitzer lost the race for NYC Comptroller despite his excitement for the race when Sptizer was winning.  Anthony Weiner placed 5th in the primary for NYC mayor, with less than 5% of the vote.  As he was leaving last night, Weiner flipped off reporters.  His sexting partner, Sydney Leathers, also showed up with her new set of boobs and other plastic surgery, to get some camera time.  Cat Fight between kittens and Joe Lhota.  When a couple of kittens held up a NYC subway for hours to be rescued, Lhota was the only one to speak out against saving them. A recall election in Colorado for officials that created laws for more regulations on firearms succeeded in taking out the 2 state senators responsible.  Prison phone rates are so high and prisoners’ ability to make enough money is so low that many can’t even afford to talk to family.  Tina Brown, editor at the Daily Beast, is out.

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Ana joins Cenk for SCS.  A$AP Rocky was on stage with Jason Collins and Macklemore at the VMAs as Collins spoke about gay equality, with his facial expressions that conveyed his disgust.  He later apologized for how it looked, confirming that he has no problem with gay rights. http://www.thestashed.com/exclusive-aap-rocky-apologizes-to-jason-collins-video/  A Texas woman busted for drunk driving was handcuffed by police, escaped them, and was subsequently beaten badly by the officers. http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20130910/NEWS/130910009/-Very-disturbing-TPD-arrest-prompts-concern-from-prosecutors?gcheck=1  Video of George Zimmerman destroying his wife’s iPad during their altercation confirms that he did it.  She was using the iPad to record his abusive behavior. http://www.tmz.com/2013/09/11/george-zimmerman-home-security-footage/ #tytlive comments.  One shout out to Irina from Romania.  A court in China has created a law that will imprison people that tweet harmful things about the government. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/china/130910/china-too-many-retweets-could-land-you-prison  An education chief in Indonesia wants to do virginity tests on school aged girls to make sure they’re chaste and will be able to continue on in their schooling. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/130820/indonesian-city-require-female-students-pass-virginity  A comedy duo created a music video called, “What Does the Fox Say?” and it has gone viral. A study showed a correlation between testicular size and bad parenting. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/09/men-big-testicles-caring-fathers-study_n_3895615.html  The UN released its world’s happiest report with Denmark topping the list and a lot of Western European countries in the top 10.  The United States comes in at #17, right after Mexico at #16.  The least happy countries were Madagascar, Senegal, and Syria.  Politicians are thinking of legislation to regulate the tattoo industry.  One aspect is to give a 24 hour waiting period between deciding to get something done and actually going under the needle.  TYT Supreme Court decides  

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