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News of the Bogus:

1:25 – Ann Coulter says radiation is good for you: http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=11636

6:45 – DoJ says bartering with silver is counterfeiting: http://charlotte.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel11/ce031811.htm An account of the trial: http://www.liberty4free.com/Liberty%20Dollar%20Trial.htm

12:35 – Blogger must pay $60,000 to fired community leader http://www.startribune.com/local/117805398.html
Johnny Northside: ”Damn right we’re appealing” http://adventuresofjohnnynorthside.blogspot.com/2011/03/damn-right-were-appealing-all-way-to-us.html

14:00 – Air traffic controller asleep on the job: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-naw-ronald-reagan-airport-20110324,0,2903141.story IATA Eagle Awards: http://www.iata.org/pressroom/pr/Pages/2010-06-07-03.aspx

15:20 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Pat Robertson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0nAq7BEnZY

18:30 – Silver Cluon Award: Randall Munroe http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/03/19/radiation-chart/

19:20 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Russell Blaylock

The Skeptic’s Dictionary on Russell Blaylock: http://www.skepdic.com/blaylock.html Blaylock blaming vaccines for obesity: http://www.newsmaxhealth.com/headline_health/Blaylock_Obesity_Causes/2011/02/18/376561.html Blaylock being an idiot about radiation: http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/blaylock-radiation-us-japan/2011/03/15/id/389474

This week’s quote: ”The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don’t alter their views to fit the facts; they alter the facts to fit their views. Which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.” —Doctor Who (”The Face of Evil” by Chris Boucher)

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News of the Bogus:

Japanese nuclear disaster:

• Snopes article on the bogus fallout graphic: http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/fallout.asp
• New York Times report on the USS Ronald Reagan: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world/asia/14plume.html?_r=2
• Phil Plait’s coverage of the event: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/03/14/the-japanese-nuclear-reactor-overreaction/
• Scientific American article about the radiation from coal plants: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste

12-year-old suspended for being sick:

• 12-year-old suspended for failing a sobriety test: http://galvestondailynews.com/story/218002
• The suspension is dropped: http://galvestondailynews.com/story/218202

UK libel reform:

• UK libel reform: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12749302
• Simon Singh and the BCA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Singh#Chiropractic_lawsuit_and_backlash

Biggest Bogon Emitter: The Corn Refiners Association: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEbRxTOyGf0

Idiot Extraordinaire: VenomFangX http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4RWeLfL2J0

This week’s quote: ”I say you cannot administer a wicked law impartially. You can only punish, only destroy. And I warn you: a wicked law, like cholera, destroys everyone that it touches–its upholders as well as its defiers.” –Inherit the Wind</p><p>Discuss at Bogosity.TV: <a href=”http://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=663” target=”_self”>http://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=663 </a></p>