The Young Turks, May 9, 2014

The Young Turks: May 09, 2014

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Ana joins Cenk for SCS.  A Turkish dating show hit a snag when a potential bachelor admitted to killing a former girlfriend and a former mistress.  Since he was convicted and did his time behind bars, he figures it's ok to talk about.  A woman lost tons of weight and submitted her success story to Shape Magazine.  The magazine asked her to resend her “after” picture with a shirt on instead of the one with a bikini top due to the extra skin hanging over her stomach.  TYT Supreme Court over whether or not the magazine should’ve done this to her.  Guilty 3-1.  Cenk talks about how he likes to look at himself when he’s working out.  This morning he thought, “are my arms getting too big?” More stories of vanity at the gym.  A group of pickup artists wanted to raise awareness on female genital mutilation, so they charged men to watch women ride a Sybian machine in public.  The mutilation group turned down the money after they found out how it was raised.  Authors are raising awareness about politicians that want to take books that have gay friendly themes out of colleges in South Carolina.  Elizabeth Warren is pushing for legislation that would allow students to refinance their student loan debt when rates drop.  In every other loan situation, people can do this, but students are shackled. Hour 2 Source Articles Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD Turkish Man On Dating Show Was Ax Murderer; He Also Killed Wife http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/05/09/311107088/turkish-man-on-dating-show-was-ax-murderer-he-also-killed-wife 'Simple Pickup' Films Women On Sex Toy For Female Circumcision Awareness, Undermines Issue http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09/simple-pickup-artists-sex_n_5296096.html Woman whose weight-loss bikini pic went viral gets Shape magazine shoot http://www.today.com/health/woman-whose-weight-loss-bikini-pic-went-viral-gets-shape-2D79644325 Student loans next on Dems’ ‘Fair Shot’ agenda http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/student-loans-next-on-dems-fair-shot-agenda-106345.html

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Cenk hosting today.  People are outraged by Kim Jong Un’s racist comments directed at president Obama.  The official Korean Central News agency found a “factory worker” that said Obama has the shape of a monkey that should be living in Africa waiting for tourists to throw bread crumbs at him.  The Pope is speaking out again in favor of redistribution of wealth at a high level. The FCC, which is planning to side against Net Neutrality, has had its internet hacked and severely slowed down by a group that is showing them 1st hand what it feels like to be limited.  Now that the NRCC is fundraising off of the Republicans’ fake fight to politicize Benghazi, Rep Boehner was asked about this insensitive move, but he refused to answer whether or not this should be done.  Since WalMart likes to brag about how they’ve become more green with their energy, President Obama used the company as a backdrop and example of a good company that uses green energy well.  Labor groups and Liberals are pissed at Obama for giving credibility and cover to the company that barely even uses green energy. Anderson Cooper addressed how he’s confused with Dr. Drew and he told a man on the street “fuck you.” Cenk wonders if CNN pulled this move after he got a bunch of attention for flicking off the camera in a ranting rage last week.  Latest rising escalation from the Bundy militia standoff in Nevada.  A BLM agent was cut off while patrolling and two hooded men jumped out and threatened him with his life.  This came just a week after the militia had an armed standoff with the BLM, trapping the local sheriffs in the middle.  A new Conservative group’s march on Washington by Operation American Spring is planned for later this month.  The chief of staff went on a radio show to talk about how they have to be safe and look out for Obama sending drones to bomb them at the capitol.  Geraldo tried to show how regular Americans at a random diner feel about a lazy EPA employee that watched porn while at work.  The piece featured two Fox Business hosts in the diner to prove their point. Hour 1 Source Articles Sign up for The Young Turks daily source articles email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/PLlqD U.S. criticizes racist North Korean screed against Obama http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-korean-screed-against-obama-illustrates-race-based-worldview/2014/05/08/9bc7a68f-7b71-4110-b4f1-85ae05c92777_story.html?hpid=z3 Web hosting company puts FCC in the 'slow lane' in net neutrality protest http://www.theverge.com/policy/2014/5/9/5699510/web-hosting-company-puts-fcc-in-slow-lane Anderson Cooper Says ‘F*ck You,’ Flips Off Person Who Confused Him for Dr. Drew http://www.mediaite.com/tv/anderson-cooper-says-fck-you-flips-off-person-who-confused-him-for-dr-drew/ Robert Reich Trashes White House 'Numbskull' For Walmart Event http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09/robert-reich-walmart_n_5295343.html

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