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I usually watch the Youtube channel Cenk Uygur and The Young Turks because of their different slant on the news and politics in general but I do occasionally watch their sports sub-channel called tytsports because like most guys I'm a sports guy. Here is something a little unexpected. Cenk takes on Lucas Lilieholm, a producer for the show in an epic arm wrestling match. Who do you think will win? Obviously the smart money would be on Cenk in this matchup but Lucas does pretty good. It looks like Jayar (you see him in the background after the bout) is likely to be the overall favorite and eventual grand champion, but I see a dark horse in this race. I don't know about you but Ana "Mighty Mite" Kasparian just could be the spoiler. It looks like there will be more of these posted on the tytsports channel along with other sports-related news so you might want to see who eventually comes out on top.

If you are on Youtube you most likely have stumbled across a video by TheYoungTurks . The channel is primarily hosted by Cenk Uygur and their bread and butter is coverage of political news events of the day but they also take a look at other news stories that are sure to catch you attention. And before all you 18 and under folks allow your eyes to glaze over at the thought of "politics" and news coverage, you should watch at least some of their videos. Personally I love the way they absolutely skewer and deflate the falsehoods and rhetoric that are foisted on the public by those trying to bamboozle people - which includes politicians of every political stripe. They are not afraid to call a liar out and regularly pull those trying to shape major stories to their own ends onto the carpet demanding an explanation. But they also delve into stuff that is fun. It seems like the set of The Young Turks would be a great place to work as even with the worst stories, humor is allowed ...

Here Cenk Uygur gets the chance to crow a little bit about MSNBC actually beating Fox News in the ratings. Love it. The Young Turks is huge on Youtube and the show with Cenk and Ana Kasparian is a great source for non-biased reporting, unlike Fox News with their well-known right wing slant. Actually it's more of an overhang than a simple "slant". Uygur has been a regular guest on The Dylan Ratigan Show on MSNBC and this past October the network announced he had been hired as a substitute anchor, which is what he was discussing with Ana in the clip above. Apparently the ratings for a portion of the time Cenk was hosting the show bested Fox News which is hard to do at the best of times. It shows the viewers and listeners of The Young Turks are willing to come out in force to listen to a balanced reporting of the days news events and intelligent dialogue rather than hammering away at their ideological talking points and right-wing hobby horses as their competitors se...

I usually watch the YouTube channel TheYoungTurks which features Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian pointing out the ludicrous statements made by politicians and others, but this story caught my eye. You looking to make money online? Try selling virtual real estate. First off, have you ever even heard of this game called Entropia? The website is entropiauniverse.com and I took a quick tour around the site. There's also almost 5,000 "Entropia" videos on Youtube, so if you want a closer look, check Entropia on Youtube . All this sounds like that other virtual world game called Second Life which you don't really hear much about any more, or maybe I'm just not moving in the right circles. That was also a virtual world where you could make money in a virtual world and somehow transfer it into the real one. And of course there's the whole World of Warcraft genre that I won't go into here. Still, you probably laugh about the guy buying that virtual real esta...

What do you really think Ana? Lol. Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks raises some legitimate gripes about Kim Kardashian once again being upset about pictures of the tele-celeb getting published. Sure, Kimmy, sure. "Wow, those must be some hot pictures of a naked Kim Kardashian!" people will no doubt be whispering.

Wow, there is definitely something wrong with THAT picture. Mike Sorrentino aka "The Situation" is gettin' PAID! According to TheYoungTurks he's supposedly going to earn up to $5,000,000 this year because of this idiotic show on MTV show called Jersey Shore. Personally I've never watched the show. Wait, let me correct that. The night the first episode aired I saw the first 10 minutes or so of the this really lame excuse for a television series as all the girls and guys were introduced and were hootin' and a hollarin' about the fact they were heading for "The Jersey Shore" and they were gonna meet hot ginos and hot girls etc. At that point I switched the channel. But it is apparently a big hit in the ratings. And The Young Turks are saying that Sorrentino is making some big bucks out of this and there's another story that he might be asked to appear on Dancing With The Stars. See this article: 'The Situation' adds 'Dancing Wit...

This is without a doubt one of Ana Kasparian's epic comments during this video from TheYoungTurks . They start with a quote from Republican Sarah Palin, but after Ana and Cenk Uygur start talking about Palin, Ana sorta, well, "misspeaks herself." You'll have to watch the video on this one, but it is well worth it. TheYoungTurks usually cover heady political topics and love to point out faulty logic and outright misleading statements made by the powers that be in Washington and elsewhere. They also give their two cents worth on general interest stuff too and even if you have no deep interest in politics, it is a good choice to sub to their channel.