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News of the Bogus:

• Suspected terrorist attacks in New York, New Jersey and Minnesota stir political debate http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-new-york-bomb-20160918-snap-story.html
  • If You Don’t Vote Democrat This November, Then Fuck You http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christian-gabriel/if-you-dont-vote-democrat_b_10425968.html
• 12 officers injured, fires set, as protests break out in Charlotte after police fatally shoot man https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/09/21/protests-break-out-in-charlotte-after-police-fatally-shoot-man-they-say-wielded-firearm/
  • Texas Town Experiences 61% Drop in Crime After Firing Their Police Department http://thefreethoughtproject.com/texas-town-sees-61-drop-crime-firing-cops-hiring-private-firm/
• Biofuels and the Law of Unintended Consequences http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/biofuels-and-the-law-of-unintended-consequences/
• The House Intelligence Committee’s Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Snowden Report
  https://tcf.org/content/commentary/house-intelligence-committees-terrible-horrible-bad-snowden-report/

Biggest Bogon Emitter: The Richest (nominated by Chris Hangartner) http://www.therichest.com/video/evil-people-who-should-be-banned-from-the-internet/

Idiot Extraordinaire: Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/09/17/people-are-justifiably-infuriated-with-how-jimmy-fallon-handled/

This Week’s Quote: “Each individual possesses a conscience which to a greater or lesser degree serves to restrain the unimpeded flow of impulses destructive to others. But when he merges his person into an organizational structure, a new creature replaces autonomous man, unhindered by the limitations of individual morality, freed of humane inhibition, mindful only of the sanctions of authority.” —Stanley Milgram

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Co-Host: Chris Hangartner

News of the Bogus:

• 1:38 – The ACLU Is About to Launch a Campaign Asking Obama to Pardon Edward Snowden https://motherboard.vice.com/read/edward-snowden-presidential-pardon-campaign
• 8:40 – Chimpanzees choose cooperation over competition: Study challenges distinctiveness of human cooperation https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160822155920.htm
  • How chimpanzees cooperate in a competitive world http://www.pnas.org/content/113/36/10215.abstract
• 16:30 – More Details On How Corporate Sovereignty Provisions, Like Those In TPP & TTIP, Are Dangerous https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160909/22583035479/more-details-how-corporate-sovereignty-provisions-like-those-tpp-ttip-are-dangerous.shtml

26:15 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Weirton, WV Police Department and the Los Angeles Police Protective League

• Cop Who Didn’t Shoot Black Man Fired for ‘Failing to Eliminate Threat’ http://reason.com/blog/2016/09/13/cop-who-didnt-shoot-black-man-fired-for
• LAPD Honors Officers Who Didn’t Use Deadly Force, Much to the Police Union’s Dismay http://reason.com/blog/2016/09/12/lapd-awards-officers-who-didnt-deadly

36:45 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Vermont Bern Victims https://morningconsult.com/2016/09/13/bernie-sanders-popular-ever/

This Week’s Quote: “There have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. Sometimes to do the right thing you have to break the law.” —Edward Snowden

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:45 – Obese patients and smokers banned from routine surgery in ‘most severe ever’ rationing in the NHS http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/02/obese-patients-and-smokers-banned-from-all-routine-operations-by/
• 4:58 – Markets Are Breaking Down India’s Caste System, Turning Untouchables into Millionaires http://thinkaboutnow.com/2016/09/1008/
• 12:44 – Why I’ve Paused My Blogging at Forbes http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2016/08/why-ive-paused-my-blogging-at-forbes.htm

16:07 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Nebraska and Kansas police deputies https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160828/23232235375/court-to-cops-residing-state-where-marijuana-is-legal-does-not-automatically-make-motorist-suspicious.shtml

25:21 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Warner Bros https://torrentfreak.com/warner-bros-flags-website-piracy-portal-160904/

This Week’s Quote: “The police aren’t hired to protect you. They’re hired to keep an eye on you to see what you did that was wrong so that they can book you. That’s their function. They are not protectors. They are not hired to be protectors. They are hired to keep an eye on all of us as potential criminals. Now, do you think they’re going to make you safe? They weren’t hired to make you safe.” —Robert LeFevre

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Co-Host: Travis Retriever

News of the Bogus:

• 0:50 – Don’t Blame Capitalism for Your Pricey EpiPen https://fee.org/articles/don-t-blame-capitalism-for-your-pricey-epipen/
  • Adamis Pharmaceuticals Receives Complete Response Letter From FDA For Its Epinephrine Pre-Filled Syringe NDA http://ir.adamispharmaceuticals.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=99350&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2175190
  • Lobbying Spending Database – Mylan Inc, 2016 | OpenSecrets https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000027765
• 11:30 – The reasons why Colin Kaepernick should stand during the national anthem, ranked. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/08/29/the_reasons_why_colin_kaepernick_shouldn_t_stand_during_the_national_anthem.html
• 25:17 – Libertarianism Has Been Refuted http://tomwoods.com/blog/libertarianism-has-been-refuted/

31:03 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The ATF http://www.ammoland.com/2016/08/atf-reclassifies-wetted-nitrocellulose-as-explosive-materials-under-federal-laws/

39:05 – Silver Cluon Award: Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160828/22071335374/head-anti-counterfeiting-lobbying-group-says-hes-going-to-make-counterfeit-techdirt-t-shirts.shtml

42:50 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The European Union https://fee.org/articles/european-ruling-against-apple-and-ireland-vindicates-brexit/

This Week’s Quote: “The European Union is very popular with politicians, because it’s very good to politicians. It was created for their benefit. It’s not so good to voters, because it denies them a voice—another reason it’s popular with politicians.” —Pat Condell