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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – Naked-Image Scanners to Be Removed From U.S. Airports http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-18/naked-image-scanners-to-be-removed-from-u-s-airports.html
• 1:55 – Attorney: Girl, 5, in trouble for chatting about shooting bubble gun http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/01/girl_5_in_trouble_over_bubble.html
  • Philadelphia girl scolded, searched for pulling out paper gun at school, mom says http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/23/philadelphia-girl-scolded-searched-after-pulling-out-paper-gun-at-school/
  • Fifth-grader searched, berated for paper gun in South Philly http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/24/fifth-grader-searched-berated-paper-gun/
• 5:50 – Manning denied a whistleblower defense http://www.salon.com/2013/01/18/manning_denied_a_whistleblower_defense/
• 9:35 – Marijuana Legalization Struggles: The Ridiculous Rule That’s Preventing It From Happening http://www.policymic.com/articles/24146/marijuana-legalization-struggles-the-ridiculous-rule-that-s-preventing-it-from-happening
  • The Ruling http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/12CBD2B55C34FBF585257AFB00554299/$file/11-1265-1416392.pdf
  • Quality and value: The true purpose of peer review http://www.nature.com/nature/peerreview/debate/nature05032.html
  • Meta-analysis of cannabis based treatments for neuropathic and multiple sclerosis-related pain http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1185/030079906×158066
  • Therapeutic use of Cannabis sativa on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting among cancer patients: systematic review and meta-analysis http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2354.2008.00917.x/abstract

14:45 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Alex Seitz-Wald et al http://www.salon.com/2013/01/11/stop_talking_about_hitler/

21:40 – Silver Cluon Award: Laci Green http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6xuW_xhPn4

24:45 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Stefan Molyneux https://www.facebook.com/stefan.molyneux/posts/10151611301626679

• Screenshot of quoted posts http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanedk/8417342985/

This Week’s Quote: “I can assure you that vows of abstinence will break more easily than condoms.” —Joycelyn Elders

Holiday weekend with the kids. No podcast this week. But plenty of sentence fragments.

Let’s take some time to remember this great man this holiday reveres:

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News of the Bogus:

• Gun rights activists turn up heat on New York newspaper http://www.examiner.com/article/gun-rights-activists-turn-up-heat-on-new-york-newspaper
• FHP trooper: Illegal police searches led to her fear for her safety http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-deputy-watts-lawsuit-20121224,0,5669599.story
• Kansas demands that sperm donor pay child support http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/30/16254404-kansas-demands-that-sperm-donor-pay-child-support
• ACLU condemns court for keeping details of Obama’s assassination program secret http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/02/aclu-condemns-court-for-keeping-details-of-obamas-assassination-program-secret/

Biggest Bogon Emitter: Paul Krugman http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/barbarous-relics/

Idiot Extraordinaire: Piers Morgan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ror9v2LwHoY

• Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-v1UXFMzl0

This Week’s Quote: “People should never be prosecuted for what they own, for what they think, for what they eat, drink, or smoke, or for what they believe. They should be prosecuted only for the physical harm they do to others. And people who do harm others should be prosecuted—whether or not a gun is involved, and whether or not there is hate in one’s heart or liquor on one’s breath.” —Harry Browne

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:31 – Piers Morgan debating GOA Larry Pratt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FVQgLkbLjQ
  • Piers Morgan gun control debate, re Connecticut massacre. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SlfRCkZt1A
  • Deporting Piers Morgan: The Battle Of the Petitions http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/12/27/deporting-piers-morgan-the-battle-of-the-petitions/
  • Piers Morgan threatens to deport himself if gun laws don’t change http://now.msn.com/piers-morgan-threatens-to-deport-himself-if-gun-laws-dont-change
  • Nicole Lapin on The Wendy Williams Show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06Lw7xa6lHU
• 13:05 – Bikers show up to protect mourners from Westboro Baptist protest http://www.cochranetimes.com/2012/12/19/bikers-show-up-to-protect-mourners-from-westboro-baptist-protest
• 14:10 – North Carolina: Driving While Nervous is Not a Crime http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/39/3983.asp

16:35 – 2012 Year In Review

24:05 – Idiot of the Year: Mike Huckabee (et al) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/14/mike-huckabee-school-shooting_n_2303792.html

• The T-shirt: http://www.supernaturaltruth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/god-is-not-allowed-in-school-247×300.jpg