There is no Young Turks show Thursday or Friday (10/21 & 10/22). Also, there is no What The Flick?! Show Friday October 22nd. We'll be back Monday at 6pm ET.
For years I have lived happily in ignorance of the upheaval that is taking place all around me. Amidst all the chaos of wars being fought for no apparent reason other than greed and provocation, administrators in power trying to dictate or discriminate against people for their faith or lack thereof, recessions, inflations, bubbles, I was an island just staying happily afloat in deliberate naiveté. My only concerns related to taking care of my family, running my business, taking art lessons and going to galleries and museums wherever I may be. I didn't read the newspapers or listen to the news, my only exception was listening every once in a while to my brother's show, The Young Turks, on the internet but that was for pure entertainment. The reason for my self-imposed illiteracy was because I felt powerless and insignificant in face of all that was happening in the world; although this was my lifelong belief, the 'second Bush' era, I believe, cemented the fact of an individual's inconsequentiality. I only had one vote and that was the extent of my power, the current administration could do whatever pleased them or the interests they were supporting without being held accountable. The world would keep on turning, young people dying for no logical, humane reasons, some people going bankrupt while others' endowments swelled to incomprehensible proportions whether I took notice or not...
--Cenk revisits the story of the Koch Brothers' secret rich person's meeting to control the country --Cenk outlines his "Sleeper Cell" plan to infiltrate the super rich and see how they live! --Why does Cenk keep failing at blending in with his rich targets? --What has he learned about the behavior of airplane passengers in business class? --Jayar asks Ana & Cenk what the 1st thing they would do if they were the opposite sex for one day!
I knew back in 2007 when I began working for a show called The Young Turks, it would stir the pot with the Armenian community. Even though the show itself has nothing to do with Turks, or Armenians, or anything even close to that nature, people would misunderstand and explode with fury. Even though the ONLY Turkish individual at TYT acknowledged the Armenian Genocide, I knew people would ignore it. After all, not many people seem to know that "Turk" has an alternative meaning.
In the past, corporations and rich donors were savvy enough to split their giving to both political parties so that both sides would have a financial incentive to protect them. Yes, they might lean more to the Republican side, but they gave enough to the Democrats to get them properly motivated to look out for corporate interests.
