Bonus Episode, April 8, 2015

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Cenk is hungry for a cheese steak sandwich from a story today.The topic of basketball buffoonery is started by Ana from her attendance of a game. Cenk gives his views on basketball buffoonery.  

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The Young Turks, April 8, 2015

The Young Turks: April 08, 2015

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Cenk and John Iadarola. Sen.Tom Cotton is pushing for war against Iran, but Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Gen Anthony Zinni are critics against that push, commenting on the social and economics ramifications. Sen. Rand Paul appeared on the Today Show with Samantha Guffery, a testy exchange resulted with Samantha asking Rand on some of his changes in foreign policy from eight years ago. Since announcing his candidacy for President, Ted Cruz has accrued campaign cash that will reach up to 31 million dollars by Friday, with the aid of Super Pac “Keep The Promise”. The murder of Walter Scott puts Fox News and Friends in a frenzy with video released clearly showing wrongdoing by law enforcement, but Judge Napolitano defends Darren Wilson, because there was a struggle with Michael Brown and no one was shot in the back like Walter Scott. President Obama reflects on Easter with concerns of Christians not giving loving remarks to him, but holds back on his commentary, but Megyn Kelly from Fox News thinks Obama should have identified Christians who are victims of terrorism around the world. Hour 1 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD Cops Planting Evidence Standard Operating Procedure? http://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-legal-analyst-planting-weapons-on-victims-used-to-be-standard-operating-procedure/ Rand Paul Gets Pissy With Female Reporter About Flip-Flops http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/08/rand-paul-abortion-foreign-policy-interviews Tom Cotton Has Dumbass Iran Warmongering Comments http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/08/politics/tom-cotton-bombing-iran-several-days/ Obama Easter Speech Upsets Fox News' Megyn Kelly http://www.mediaite.com/tv/megyn-kelly-is-obama-damaging-christian-morale/  

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Cenk and Ana. Video showing more detail from the murder of Walter Scott by AJ Plus clearly showing Scott unarmed and shot in the back, by the policer officer Michael Slager, while running away from a traffic stop. The officer has been charged with murder even though the officer states that there was a struggle with Scott from his taser. Go Fund Me has turned down defenders of Officer Michael Slager who are in pursuit of raising funds for his legal defense, but Inde A Go Go has accepted the campaign for defenders of Slager with harsh criticism and has received only $66.00 so far. Los Angeles Times is reporting that 11 teachers from the Atlanta area, have been caught for racketeering, by giving answers to their students on standardized tests, for in fear of losing their jobs on poor test scores. Ana highlights a Go Fund Me page on the legal defense for the teachers who could serve between 5-20 years in prison. Racist chants from soccer hooligans against a Amsterdam team and have been put on notice by the Dutch government. Kate Upton is upset from a video that was released years ago by Terry Richardson of her doing the “Catdaddy”. Researchers from Stanford University have developed a prototype, to make cell phone battery charge in one minute. Hour 2 Source Articles: Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD Kate Upton: I Was Pissed Cat Daddy Went Public http://www.tmz.com/2015/04/08/kate-upton-cat-daddy-terry-richardson-upset-pissed-dance/ South Carolina Officer Is Charged With Murder of Walter Scott http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/08/us/south-carolina-officer-is-charged-with-murder-in-black-mans-death.html?_r=0 Prayer rally denounces teacher convictions in Atlanta cheating scandal http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-atlanta-teachers-20150407-story.html GoFundMe Rejects Campaign To Support South Carolina Officer Charged With Murder http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/04/08/3644461/gofundme-rejects-campaign-support-south-carolina-officer-charged-murder/  

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