The Young Turks, August 12, 2014

The Young Turks: August 12, 2014

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Cenk hosting. A Texas court ruled that homeschooling parents that believed Jesus was returning soon could not continue to simply not teach them school subjects. Colorado State Senator Baumgardner defended fracking by claiming the methane found in the water is natural and was usefully used by Indians. Mignon Clyburn, the commissioner of the FCC is being honored at an event by Comcast and Time Warner. Its coincidental that these cable companies are currently vying for control over who carries content or internet service in customer areas, which will be decided by the FCC. The President of Turkey has a complicated agenda that has created even more power for him as president, but has also bolstered the country’s GDP on a large scale. He accomplished this by putting money to the country’s infrastructure. Argentina has reached a restructured agreement with their debt holders. When the country was about to pay $539 million, a U.S. judge stopped it and demanded that the 8% of holders that didn’t agree with the deal be paid in full, immediately. These Vulture Capitalists saw an opportunity to make even more money off of the debt with outstandingly high rates due to Argentina’s known recent past of defaulting on those debts. They bought these debts from original loaners with the intention of extorting the country. Sean Hannity had the chairman of a Yezidi organization on his radio show about how ISIS is going after his people. When the chairman thanked Obama for his quick decision to take action, Hannity interrupted and disputed the positive comments. Eric Bolling conducted a scripted rant against radical Islam, calling for us to accommodate them in their Holy War. He wrapped up his tough talk with a fist bump from his producer as a sign off. Cenk remembers Fox News’ E.D. Hill calling the fist bump a “terrorist fist jab” when President Obama did it with Michelle. Show notes by Jayar Jackson Hour 1 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD Eric Bolling to Radical Muslims: ‘You Want a Holy War? We’ll Give You One’ http://goo.gl/XNfxy2 Hannity Argues with Yazidi Who Thanked Obama for ‘Quick Decision’ on Iraq http://goo.gl/DZvAaf Paul Singer Will Make Argentina Pay http://goo.gl/ErtokK Erdogan wins Turkey's presidential election http://goo.gl/BcGVQQ

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Ana joins Cenk for SCS. Ferguson Missouri police have yet to interview the young man that was with Michael Brown when the police confronted them and murdered Brown. Protests continued on Monday night when more violence erupted between police and residents. The NHS in the UK released some anti-rape posters that seemed to blame the victim for drinking in some rape cases. Cenk gives results to the TYT Tony Stewart poll on his accident with a fellow driver. Robin Williams’ death has been reported in odd ways by personalities on Fox News. Shep Smith spoke about it and called him a coward. An MMA fighter named War Machine is on the run after brutally beating his girlfriend. Keith Ablow was on Fox discussing about how he is against Michelle Obama’s program for reducing obesity in America and mentions that Michelle Obama “needs to drop a few.” Show notes by Jayar Jackson Hour 2 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD Fox News Used a Fake Mrs. Doubtfire in Their Robin Williams Coverage http://goo.gl/DFi9HW War Machine Former GF Says Beaten Near Death 18 Broken Bones, Ruptured Liver http://goo.gl/Wwn3za Fox’s Keith Ablow: Michelle Obama Could Stand to ‘Drop a Few’ Pounds http://goo.gl/WMBtk5 Police Fire Rubber Bullets and Tear Gas on Ferguson, Mo. Protestors http://goo.gl/ZqFQAD Lawyer: Police Haven't Talked To Michael Brown Shooting Witness http://goo.gl/7pxOA9

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Bonus Episode, August 12, 2014

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Cenk talks about people in his life who committed suicide and how it affected his view on the subject matter.

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