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• 0:25 – Supreme Court OKs Warrantless Searches http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015072154_scotus17.html Full ruling http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/09-1272.pdf
• 4:40 – Doctors warn parents to keep newborns at home as whooping cough epidemic escalates http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/doctors-warn-parents-to-keep-newborns-at-home-as-whooping-cough-epidemic-escalates/story-e6freuy9-1226055946293
  • Desperate plea by grieving parents http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/desperate-plea-by-grieving-parents/story-fn6e0s1g-1226055829326
• 8:40 – Treasury using federal pension funds opens up move to take 401K’s http://www.examiner.com/finance-examiner-in-national/treasury-using-federal-pension-funds-opens-up-move-to-take-401k-s
• 10:10 – Council of Europe Seeks to BAN WiFi Wireless Networks and Mobiles in Schools http://www.ministryoftruth.me.uk/2011/05/15/bad-science-at-the-council-of-europe/
  • Bad Science at the Council of Europe http://www.ministryoftruth.me.uk/2011/05/15/bad-science-at-the-council-of-europe/
  • The Committee’s working paper http://assembly.coe.int/main.asp?Link=/documents/workingdocs/doc11/edoc12608.htm
  • Dr. Bob Park on cancer and cell phones http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/WN08/wn072508.html
• 12:10 – Cell phone + sperm = disaster http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20064779-501465.html
  • Cellphones may harm male sperm quality http://m.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/conditions/sexual-health/cellphones-may-harm-male-sperm-quality/article2028775/?service=mobile
  • Gupta: Cell phones, brain tumors and a wired earpiece http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/20/gupta-cell-phones-brain-tumors-and-a-wired-earpiece/
• 15:25 – NHS Waiting times on the rise http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=23&storycode=4129557&c=2
  • Alternate link if above doesn’t work: http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/newsarticle-content/-/article_display_list/12202663/waiting-times-on-the-rise
  • Patients denied key treatments due to NHS cost-cutting, surgeons warn http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/apr/18/nhs-cost-cutting-surgeon-warning
  • Open letter from the Federation of Surgical Specialty Associations http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/apr/18/open-letter-federation-surgical

18:30 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2011-05-24-Dont-believe-national-debt-hype_n.htm

24:00 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Justice Keith http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8532833/Mercy-for-witchcraft-girl-told-to-stab-mother.html

This Week’s Quote: “One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.” —Thomas Brackett Reed

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – Jesus Returning To Earth On May 21, 2011 http://www.flashnews.com/news/wfn05100730fn12605.html
  • End of Days in May? Believers enter final stretch http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40885541/m/videos/
  • Science explains the end of the world http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/post/science-explains-the-end-of-the-world/2011/05/10/AFaLvBiG_blog.html
• 1:40 – Rajaratnam case puts big chill on insider trading http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11135/1146449-28-0.stm
  • Is insider trading really a crime? http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Mises-Economics-Blog/2011/0516/Is-insider-trading-really-a-crime
• 7:12 – Indiana Supreme Court dispenses with Magna Carta, Constitution http://www.sovereignman.com/expat/indiana-supreme-court-dispenses-with-magna-carta-constitution
  • Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_ec169697-a19e-525f-a532-81b3df229697.html
  • Lacey v. State of Indiana http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=In%20INCO%2020110510196.xml&docbase=CSLWAR3-2007-CURR
  • Barnes v. State of Indiana http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=In%20INCO%2020110512237.xml&docbase=CSLWAR3-2007-CURR

12:03 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The TSA http://blog.tsa.gov/2011/05/texas-house-of-representatives-seeking.html

• #w00tstock Seattle: Adam Savage says ”WTF, TSA?” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3yaqq9Jjb4&t=01m06s

16:50 – Idiot Extraordinaire: President Barack Obama http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/05/17/statement-press-secretary-s-940

• Gasoline Taxes Vs. Exxon Profit, Per Gallon http://www.dailymarkets.com/economy/2011/04/27/gasoline-taxes-vs-exxon-profit-per-gallon/
• Current gas tax data: http://www.api.org/statistics/fueltaxes/upload/GASOLINE_TAX_MAP_MAY2011.pdf
• US gasoline consumption per year: http://www.eia.doe.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=23&t=10

This Week’s Quote: “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” —Niels Bohr

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• 0:26 – Pwnage Olympics winner: edenscancer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sheM1XwGarY
• 2:05 – Mozilla stands up to U.S. government takedown request http://www.techspot.com/news/43674-mozilla-stands-up-to-us-government-takedown-request.html
  • Mozilla general counsel Harvey Anderson’s comments http://lockshot.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/homeland-security-request-to-take-down-mafiaafire-add-on/
  • The response from MAFIAAfire http://www.mafiaafire.com/quick_note2.txt
• 6:20 – Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half, Study Shows http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070417193338.htm
  • Medical marijuana patients top 30,000, number of pot providers drops in wake of raids http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/ec38126df019456295a8147e2bd10c6e/MT–Medical-Marijuana/
• 8:05 – Chile’s Private Social Security System Turns 30 http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/570629/201104291742/Chiles-Private-Social-Security-System-Turns-30.aspx
  • Chile’s Privatized Social Security Program is 30 Years Old, and Prospering http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/south-america-mainmenu-37/7344-chiles-privatized-social-security-program-is-30-years-old-and-prospering
  • Report: Chile Ranks as Top Latin American Destination Among Pension Managers http://www.ai-cio.com/channel/GENERAL_SURVEYS/Report__Chile_Ranks_as_Top_Latin_American_Destination_Among_Pension_Managers.html
• 11:40 – US prisoners refused all books except Bible http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/may/10/us-prisoners-refused-books-bible
  • ACLU asks judge to block jail’s book-banning policy http://www.thestate.com/2011/05/05/1806095/aclu-asks-judge-to-block-jails.html#ixzz1MFFM4M4x
  • Galveston County Doesn’t Want Prison Legal News In Its Jail http://www.texascivilrightsproject.org/?p=2341

14:30 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Washington Post Express http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2011/05/alternate-course-learning-practicing-homeopathy.php

16:35 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Kerry [last name redacted] http://abcnews.go.com/Health/mom-year-daughter-botox-young-young/story?id=13580804

• Botox Mom Who Injected Daughter, 8, Under Investigation http://abcnews.go.com/Health/mom-gave-daughter-botox-investigated/story?id=13595955

This Week’s Quote: “Nothing ruins a perfectly good ‘Drugs Kill’ campaign faster than a pothead who can win the Triathlon.” —Tim Slagle

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News of the Bogus:

• Pwnage Olympics winner, Best Educational Pwnage: GrapplingIgnorance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TONWyYK8F1k
• Labor Board Tells Boeing New Factory Breaks Law http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/business/21boeing.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=dreamliner&st=cse
• False pretense for war in Libya? http://articles.boston.com/2011-04-14/bostonglobe/29418371_1_rebel-stronghold-civilians-rebel-positions

Biggest Bogon Emitter: Power Balance, LLC http://bogosity.tv/files/StatementPowerBalance.jpg

• Richard Saunders demonstrating how Applied Kinesiology is done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Piu75P8sxTo
• Placebo Band: http://skepticbros.com/store/

Idiot Extraordinaire: Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/17/jesse-jackson-jr-ipad-unemployment_n_850227.html

• The Economy Needs a ”Deregulatory Stimulus” http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=13030

This Week’s Quote: “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.” —Groucho Marx

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