The Young Turks, December 18, 2014

The Young Turks: December 18, 2014

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Cenk hosting. Wolfpac news:The New Jersey state senate passed the resolution to amend the constitution to get money out of politics 22 to 10, with it on its way to the house. Martha Maccallum of Fox News found the real culprit on the Sony Hack saying its President Obama’s fault for not acting quickly on the hack attack. 140 people killed, mostly children, from a terrorist attack in a school in Peshawar with school teacher Asha Amead taking her own life in protecting some of the children. George Stinney has been exonerated from crime he did not commit when he was 14 years old in 1944. His trial at the time lasted for up to 2 hours with the jury, in 10 minutes, giving him the death penalty in South Carolina. He required a booster seat on the electric chair in order to complete his execution. ThinkProgress has conducted a poll on how Christians react to torture, with Christians mostly in favor with how the CIA treated prisoners from the torture report. The income gap in America has become wider according to the Pew Research Center, with upper income families becoming up to 70 times wealthier than lower income families. President Obama has announced the United States will restore full diplomatic relations with Cuba, with former president Jimmy Carter giving praise for President Obama in doing so with the hope of democracy in Cuba from normalizing relationships. Rand Paul has also agreed with the move of normalizing relationships with Cuba mentioning that the trade embargo has not worked. A 3 hour press conference by Vladimir Putin revealed the state of the Russian economy with a bear analogy and a 81 percent approval rating. Florida is pursuing a resolution to require that all 11th graders watch Dinesh D'Souza’s documentary “America Imagine The World Without Her” Hour 1 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD South Carolina Judge Vacates Conviction of George Stinney in 1944 Execution http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/us/judge-vacates-conviction-in-1944-execution.html Pakistan mourns after Taliban Peshawar school massacre http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30507836 Fox Host Rips Obama for Staying Silent on Sony Threat Hours After He Spoke Out http://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-host-rips-obama-for-staying-silent-on-sony-threat-hours-after-he-spoke-out/ Putin Gave A Surreal End-Of-Year News Conference http://www.businessinsider.com/putin-press-conference-2014-12

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Ana & Cenk hosting. New Regency has pulled the plug on the movie “Pyongyang” starring Steve Carell with 20th Century Fox pulling out its distribution agreement over the movie’s setting in North Korea. President Obama reacts on ABC News to theaters pulling “The Interview” saying that “My recommendation is that people should go to the movies”. Jordan James Park of Britain has claimed to spent up to $150,000 to look like Kim Kardashian. In Texas, charges has been filed on two teenage boys in the #Jadapose rape case. President Obama has granted clemency to 8 people who committed non-violent drug offences, the offenders had no ties to violent crime or gang affiliation. A new drug is being pursued by pharmaceutical companies for a female version of viagra called flibanserin that works on the chemicals in a woman’s brain. Pat Robertson answers another question on how the congregation are not able to pursue sexual relationships in the church and also ties in a commentary on the LGBT community saying that homosexuals will die out because they cannot reproduce. Hour 2 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD New Regency Quietly Cancels Steve Carell's Upcoming North Korea Movie http://gawker.com/new-regency-quietly-cancels-steve-carells-upcoming-nort-1672588056 Kim Kardashian fan Jordan James Parke spent $150,000 on more than FIFTY cosmetic procedures to transform into idol http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2878560/Kim-Kardashian-fan-Jordan-James-Parke-spent-150-000-FIFTY-cosmetic-procedures-transform-idol.html#ixzz3MJLRu51A TWO CHARGED IN #JADAPOSE “VIRAL” GANG RAPE OF 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL http://www.thefrisky.com/2014-12-18/two-charged-in-jadapose-viral-gang-rape-of-16-year-old-girl/ Obama Grants Clemency For Drug Offenders, Including Four Who Were Set To Die Behind Bars http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/17/obama-clemency-drug-defendants_n_6343722.html  

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Bonus Episode, December 18, 2014

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Ana comments on the male confidence in the pursuit of women. Cenk and Ana does role play on how Cenk would be like if he was single. Cenk is graded by Mike,Bart and Jesus.  

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