Apr
02
2017
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Co-Host: Charles Thomas
News of the Bogus:
21:10 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: David Robert Grimes (nominated by BlameThe1st) https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/aug/29/libertarian-ideology-natural-enemy-science
34:45 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Nicolás Maduro http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-idUSKBN16U1UL
This Week’s Quote: “Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to its being done at all…It is as if the socialists were to accuse us of not wanting persons to eat because we do not want the state to raise grain.” —Frédéric Bastiat
Mar
05
2017
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News of the Bogus:
10:50 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: CNBC http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/20/venezuelas-crisis-cause-its-people-to-cut-meals-and-lose-weight.html
14:35 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Brianna Wu http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/28/brianna-wu-claims-companies-could-destroy-cities-b/
This Week’s Quote: “He that voluntarily continues ignorant is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces.” —Samuel Johnson
Tags: Cops Behaving Badly, discrimination, Elon Musk, Heinlein, privacy, security, socialism, space travel, SpaceX, Trump, Venezuela
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Jan
01
2017
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2016 Wrap-Up:
0:40 – Year in review
Idiot of the Year nominations:
This Week’s Quote: “Venezuela reaches the final stages of socialism: No toilet paper…Venezuela has demonstrated that ‘Socialism of the 21st Century’ is pretty much like socialism in the 20th century.” —David Boaz
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, Bitcoin, election, feminism, libertarian, libertarianism, Nicolas Maduro, Paul Krugman, SJW, socialism, Trump
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Nov
06
2016
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Co-Hosts: Jakob Morris and Daniel Wilcox
1:09 – Election Special:
34:53 – News of the Bogus:
39:58 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The MPAA and RIAA https://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-and-riaas-anti-piracy-plans-harm-the-internet-161027/
44:55 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Egyptian President Abd el-Fattah al-Sisi (nominated by Ibrahim Zallum) http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2016/10/29/sisi-criticized-saying-fridge-nothing-water-ten-years/
This Week’s Quote: “We’d all like to vote for the best man, but he’s never a candidate.” —Kin Hubbard
Tags: 2016, censorship, copyright, Democrat, DMCA, election, First Amendment, Gary Johnson, green, Hillary, Jill Stein, libertarian, Republican, security, socialism, Trump
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Sep
11
2016
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News of the Bogus:
16:07 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Nebraska and Kansas police deputies https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160828/23232235375/court-to-cops-residing-state-where-marijuana-is-legal-does-not-automatically-make-motorist-suspicious.shtml
25:21 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Warner Bros https://torrentfreak.com/warner-bros-flags-website-piracy-portal-160904/
This Week’s Quote: “The police aren’t hired to protect you. They’re hired to keep an eye on you to see what you did that was wrong so that they can book you. That’s their function. They are not protectors. They are not hired to be protectors. They are hired to keep an eye on all of us as potential criminals. Now, do you think they’re going to make you safe? They weren’t hired to make you safe.” —Robert LeFevre
Tags: ad blockers, capitalism, censorship, Cops Behaving Badly, copyright, economics, Fourth Amendment, free markets, health care, marijuana, NHS, piracy, police, privacy, socialism, The Pirate Bay, UHC, war on drugs
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May
22
2016
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Co-Host: Charles Thomas
News of the Bogus:
29:20 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Gizmodo or John McAfee http://gizmodo.com/john-mcafee-apparently-tried-to-trick-reporters-into-th-1776765480
38:07 – Idiot Extraordinaire: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/9/nyc-de-blasio-forces-bars-serve-pregnant-women/
This Week’s Quote: “If the government were to take over the Sahara Desert, in five years there would be a shortage of sand.” —Milton Friedman
Apr
17
2016
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Co-Host: Travis Retriever
News of the Bogus:
23:41 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Brian Bergstein https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601145/what-if-apple-is-wrong/
31:06 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The RIAA https://torrentfreak.com/riaa-says-youtube-is-running-a-dmca-protection-racket-160412/
This Week’s Quote: “Our trend in copyright law has been to enclose as much as we can; the consequence of this enclosure is a stifling of creativity and innovation. If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they’re free for people to build upon as they see fit.” —Lawrence Lessig
Tags: Apple, Chavez, copyright, DMCA, education, encryption, iPhone, justice, Maduro, RIAA, security, Snowden, socialism, YouTube
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Apr
03
2016
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Co-Host: Chris Hangartner
News of the Bogus:
23:07 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: New York http://www.coindesk.com/months-bitlicense-bitcoin-still-startups-await-approval-new-york/
28:31 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Judge Amanda Sammons http://www.knoxnews.com/news/crime-courts/defendants-barred-from-entering-court-arrested-for-being-late-records-show-2d7ac08e-4a20-4080-e053-0-371336111.html
This Week’s Quote: “The similarity of arguments against the abolition of slavery and arguments against the abolition of government (as we know it) should shake the faith of all Americans who still labor under the misconception that ours is a ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people.’ From where I stand, it looks distressingly like an institutional complex that rests on the same shaky intellectual foundations as slavery.” —Robert Higgs
Mar
06
2016
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Co-Host: Travis Retriever
0:58 – News of the Bogus: iPhone Special #NoBackdoors
19:33 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Venezuela https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/inflation-poverty-food-shortages-venezuela-heads-toward-disaster/2016/02/11/10aad5b4-d035-11e5-88cd-753e80cd29ad_story.html
27:43 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Greenpeace http://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jul/27/food.foodanddrink
This Week’s Quote: “Genetically modified organism (GMO) foods are feared and hated by environmentalists and the public alike. Yet the scientific assessment of GMOs is remarkably different. Every major scientific evaluation of GMO technology has concluded that GMOs are safe for human consumption and are a benefit to the environment.” —Ramez Naam
Tags: Apple, Edward Snowden, encryption, environmentalism, FBI, GMOs, inflation, iPhone, Snowden, socialism, Venezuela
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Feb
28
2016
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Co-Host Takeover 2: Electric Boogaloo
With Dave Turcotte, Jakob Morris, and Charles Thomas