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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Clearwater, Florida May Ban Sitting on Sidewalks http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/crime/clearwater-florida-may-ban-sitting-sidewalks
  • Clearwater considers ‘sitting’ ban to curb homeless http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2012/jul/16/2/clearwater-considers-sitting-ban-to-curb-homeless-ar-433351/
  • Clearwater says homeless should go to shelters, but most have no space http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/clearwater-says-homeless-should-go-to-shelters-but-most-have-no-space/1236931
• 4:14 – What may be the world’s first cybernetic hate crime unfolds in French McDonald’s http://io9.com/5926587/what-may-be-the-worlds-first-cybernetic-hate-crime-unfolds-in-french-mcdonalds
• 6:07 – Pirate Bay block effectiveness short-lived, data suggests http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18833060
  • Pirate Bay bans not working http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/17/pirate-bay-bans-not-working/
  • Pirate Bay Crackdown Fails to Halt File-Sharing http://www.infopackets.com/news/piracy/2012/20120717_pirate_bay_crackdown_fails_to_halt_file_sharing.htm
• 8:47 – Confidence in TV News at New Low http://ivn.us/2012/07/18/confidence-in-tv-news-at-new-low/
  • Americans’ Confidence in Television News Drops to New Low http://www.gallup.com/poll/155585/Americans-Confidence-Television-News-Drops-New-Low.aspx

11:20 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Barack Obama http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/07/13/remarks-president-campaign-event-roanoke-virginia

• President Obama Campaigns on Two-Day Tour of Virginia http://www.c-span.org/Events/President-Obama-Campaigns-on-Two-Day-Tour-of-Virginia/10737432307/
• Federal Income Taxes on Middle-Income Families Remain Near Historic Lows http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3151
• I, Pencil http://www.fee.org/library/books/i-pencil-2/

28:50 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Diana Carew http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJzBGNQbHwc

This Week’s quote: “I believe that school makes complete fools of our young men, because they see and hear nothing of ordinary life there.” —Petronius

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Evangelical radio host: ‘Tax the atheists who don’t go to church’ http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/06/evangelical-radio-host-tax-the-atheists-who-dont-go-to-church/
• 4:00 – Woman Sues FDA Over Sperm Donation Rules http://www.openmarket.org/2012/07/09/woman-sues-fda-over-sperm-donation-rules/
  • What You Should Know – Reproductive Tissue Donation http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/SafetyAvailability/TissueSafety/ucm232876.htm
• 7:08 – University sues student who ‘studied too fast’ http://www.thelocal.de/education/20120703-43517.html
  • University sues over early graduation http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/07/03/University-sues-over-early-graduation/UPI-72791341335821/
• 8:50 – Government-Sponsored Study Destroys DEA’s Classification of Marijuana http://libertycrier.com/government/government-sponsored-study-destroys-deas-classification-of-marijuana/
  • Medical Marijuana: Clearing Away the Smoke http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358713/

11:50 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Texas GOP http://truth-out.org/news/item/10144-texas-gop-declares-no-more-teaching-of-critical-thinking-skills-in-texas-public-schools

• 2012 Texas GOP Platform http://s3.amazonaws.com/texasgop_pre/assets/original/2012Platform_Final.pdf

14:55 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Scientologists http://www.businessinsider.com/read-the-panicked-email-the-church-of-scientology-is-circulating-to-censor-the-tomkat-break-up-2012-7

• Scientologists Think Tom Cruise Has Telekinetic, Telepathic Powers http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/scientologists-think-tom-cruise-has-telekinetic-telepathic-powers-2012107

This week’s quote: “If you give a good politician the power to do good things, you automatically give a bad politician the power to do bad things.” —Harry Browne

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ObamaCare Special

This Week’s Co-hosts:

• Jonathan Loesche (FSBlueApocalypse) http://www.loesche4fl.org/
• Tim Dyson (Lord T Hawkeye) http://www.youtube.com/lordthawkeye

References:

• The actual, honest-to-FSM Supreme Court ruling: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/11-393c3a2.pdf
• The actual, honest-to-FSM full text of Obamacare: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ148/pdf/PLAW-111publ148.pdf
• Efforts to implement ObamaCare law raise concerns of massive government expansion http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/03/efforts-to-implement-obamacare-law-raise-concerns-massive-government-expansion/
• US Debt Clock http://www.usdebtclock.org/

This Week’s Quote: “There was a time when health insurance was available to everyone at a modest price. But after 40 years of government intervention, insurance companies have had to restrict their policies and charge far more—which has led Congress to pass bills forcing insurance companies to do what they once did gladly.” —Harry Browne

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – $9 Billion in ‘Stimulus’ for Solar, Wind Projects Made 910 Final Jobs–$9.8 Million Per Job http://cnsnews.com/news/article/9-billion-stimulus-solar-wind-projects-made-910-final-jobs-98-million-job
• 2:08 – Utah girl jailed and strip searched for hair-cutting prank http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/23/utah-girl-jailed-and-strip-searched-for-hair-cutting-prank/
• 5:45 – Children taken from mom in pot raid inflame Butte County ballot debate http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/30/4524455/kids-taken-from-mom-in-pot-raid.html
  • Oroville mom’s hearing opens with testimony about husband’s pot plant production http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/12/4554873/oroville-moms-hearing-opens-with.html#storylink=cpy
• 8:40 – Top doctor’s chilling claim: The NHS kills off 130,000 elderly patients every year http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2161869/Top-doctors-chilling-claim-The-NHS-kills-130-000-elderly-patients-year.html
  • Elderly patients ‘helped to die to free up beds’, warns doctor http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/9343428/Elderly-patients-helped-to-die-to-free-up-beds-warns-doctor.html
  • NHS must come clean over use of ‘death pathway’ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8930951/NHS-must-come-clean-over-use-of-death-pathway.html
  • NHS “Heading for an Iceberg” Warn Hhealth Officials http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/327772/NHS-heading-for-an-iceberg-warn-health-officials
  • A group of experts who care for the terminally ill claim that some patients are being wrongly judged as close to death http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/6133157/Dying-patients.html

15:05 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Paul Krugman (two in a row! Nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/a-mythical-anniversary/

18:25 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Accelerated Christian Education (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/education/how-american-fundamentalist-schools-are-using-nessie-to-disprove-evolution.17918511

This Week’s Quote: “It does not matter who you are, or how smart you are, or what title you have, or how many of you there are, and certainly not how many papers your side has published, if your prediction is wrong then your hypothesis is wrong. Period.” —Richard Feynman