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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Preservationists decry alteration, sale of UCLA Japanese garden http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2012/01/ucla-japanese-garden-sale.html
• 2:00 – Bankrupt Solyndra Caught Destroying Brand New Parts http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/01/19/bankrupt-solyndra-caught-destroying-brand-new-parts/
• 7:15 – Judge: Americans can be forced to decrypt their laptops http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57364330-281/judge-americans-can-be-forced-to-decrypt-their-laptops/
• 9:25 – Supreme Court rules cops need warrant for GPS tracking http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-police-gpstre80m1e1-20120123,0,2630523.story

11:10 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: OK Sen. Ralph Shortey (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/oklahoma_goper_proposes_bill_to_outlaw_aborted_hum.php?ref=fpb

15:10 – Idiot Extraordinaire: East Haven, CT Mayor Joseph Maturo (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfeyg9G5Ov4

• After East Haven arrests, rights group seeks stronger Penn Act http://www.ctmirror.org/story/15175/after-east-haven-arrests-rights-group-seeks-stronger-penn-act

This Week’s Quote: “The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.” —Lord Acton

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0:52 – State of the Union Commentary

News of the Bogus:

• 9:26 – Popular file-sharing website Megaupload shut down http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-01-19/megaupload-feds-shutdown/52678528/1
• 12:15 – Wikipedia traffic surged during SOPA blackout http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/19/10185978-wikipedia-traffic-surged-during-sopa-blackout
  • The Pirate Bay: PIPA/SOPA Won’t Stop Us! http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-pipasopa-wont-stop-us120117/
  • SOPA & PIPA: The Pirate Bay Worried About The Internet, Not Itself http://www.webpronews.com/sopapipa-the-pirate-bay-worried-about-the-internet-not-itself-2012-01
• 15:08 – German courts are bucking the trend, ruling that ISPs shouldn’t block illegal websites http://thenextweb.com/eu/2012/01/14/german-courts-are-bucking-the-trend-ruling-that-isps-shouldnt-block-illegal-websites/
• 16:10 – Plymouth-Canton school district banning books http://michiganradio.org/post/plymouth-canton-school-district-banning-books

18:30 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The MPAA (nominated by Dave Turcotte)

• SOPA lives—and MPAA calls protests an ”abuse of power” http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/sopa-livesand-mpaa-calls-protests-an-abuse-of-power.ars
• SOPA and PIPA – Learn more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more

20:55 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Matthew Yglesias http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2012/01/what_is_austrian_economics_and_why_is_ron_paul_keep_obsessed_with_it_.html

This Week’s Quote: “Many of the greatest things man has achieved are not the result of consciously directed thought, and still less the product of a deliberately coordinated effort of many individuals, but of a process in which the individual plays a part which he can never fully understand.” —F. A. Hayek

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – The Pirate Bay Shows Futility of Domain and DNS Blocks http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-shows-futility-of-domain-and-dns-blocks-120109/
• 2:35 – Hackers plan space satellites to combat censorship http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16367042
• 4:50 – WTF?! Filesharing Religion ‘Kopimism’ Recognized by Sweden http://www.craveonline.com/music/articles/180849-wtf-filesharing-religion-kopimism-recognized-by-sweden-
• 6:40 – Wrongfully jailed: Records detail more than 500 mistaken-identity arrests in Denver in seven years http://www.denverpost.com/investigations/ci_19697991
• 10:15 – N.H. voters had dozens of choices http://www.eagletribune.com/newhampshire/x594872259/N-H-voters-had-dozens-of-choices

11:40 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Lamar Smith http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinion/sopa-sponsor-rep-lamar-smith-to-sopa-opponents-you-dont-matter/

13:40 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Pope Benedict XVI http://atheistuniverse.net/forum/topics/pope-same-sex-marriage-threatens-humanity-itself

This Week’s Quote: “I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” —Galileo Galilei

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95836
• 2:15 – Why Accused Baby Killer Costs Taxpayers http://www2.wjtv.com/news/2011/dec/09/why-accused-baby-killer-costs-taxpayers-ar-2838089/
• 3:50 – US Threatened To Blacklist Spain For Not Implementing Site Blocking Law https://torrentfreak.com/us-threatened-to-blacklist-spain-for-not-implementing-site-blocking-law-120105/

6:35 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The News Media (Iowa Caucus coverage)

• Iowa caucus results: Where does Ron Paul go from here? http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2012/0104/Iowa-caucus-results-Where-does-Ron-Paul-go-from-here-Video
• Iowa Caucus Epilogue: The Paulbots 15 minutes are up http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/tygrrrr-express/2012/jan/6/iowa-caucus-epilogue-paulbots-15-minutes-are/
• Iowa Caucus Results: Ron Paul Vows ‘We Will Go On’ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/03/ron-paul-iowa-caucus-results-2012_n_1182348.html
• Why Eric Dondero, Former Aid, is Smearing Ron Paul: He is a Rabid Islamophobe and Sharia Conspiracy Theory Nut http://www.loonwatch.com/2012/01/why-eric-dondero-former-aid-is-smearing-ron-paul-he-is-a-rabid-islamophobe-and-sharia-conspiracy-theory-nut/

12:20 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Pierre Dukan http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-slim-kids-markstre8051n1-20120106,0,3915996.story

• The skinny on the Body Mass Index (BMI) http://www.dbskeptic.com/2009/02/08/the-skinny-on-the-body-mass-index-bmi/
• Bogosity.TV discussion on this issue: http://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=1282

This Week’s Quote: “Yes, there are incompetents in this world—just as there are evil-doers and frauds. That’s why we must reduce government to a fraction of its current size—to take away the power that enables incompetents, evil-doers, and frauds to run our lives.” —Harry Browne

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News of the Bogus:

• US government urges scientists to censor findings on new strain of bird flu http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/21/bird-flu-mutation-nationa-security
• Outrage in Oildale after crash http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x1836507341/Names-of-pedestrians-struck-and-killed-by-patrol-vehicle-released
  • Deputy in fatal crash was responding to stolen vehicle call http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x1836507401/Deputy-in-fatal-crash-was-responding-to-stolen-vehicle-call
• Saudi Woman Beheaded for ‘Witchcraft’ http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/saudi-woman-beheaded-witchcraft/story?id=15145041
• NDAA’s CIA, military targeted killings of innocent Americans http://www.examiner.com/human-rights-in-national/ndaa-s-cia-military-targeted-killings-of-innocent-americans

2011 Year in Review

Idiot of the Year: Bill O’Reilly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb3AFMe2OQY

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyHzhtARf8M
• Bill O’Reilly: tidal bore http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/31/bill-oreilly-tidal-bore/s)

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