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Co-Host: Ibrahim Zallum

News of the Bogus:

• 0:54 – Kim Dotcom Extradition to Go Ahead, But Not on Copyright Grounds https://torrentfreak.com/kim-dotcom-extradition-to-go-ahead-but-not-on-copyright-grounds-170220/
• 7:09 – Pirate Site With No Traffic Attracts 49m Mainly Bogus DMCA Notices https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-site-with-no-traffic-attracts-49m-mainly-bogus-dmca-notices-170219/
• 13:32 – Travelers cut, remove tree blocking Highway 17 http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/20/travelers-cut-remove-tree-blocking-highway-17/

19:57 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs http://reason.com/blog/2017/02/22/when-even-prosecutors-cant-be-informed-a

26:58 – Idiot Extraordinaire: U.S. Customs and Border Protection https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/02/22/border-agents-could-be-forced-to-get-a-warrant-before-searching-devices/

This Week’s Quote: “Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.” —H.L. Mencken

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Co-Host: Chris Hangartner

News of the Bogus:

• 0:56 – BitTorrent Expert Report Slams Movie Piracy Evidence https://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-expert-report-slams-movie-piracy-evidence-170210/
  • Malibu Media loses porn piracy case vs Doe after no downloaded materials found on Doe’s computer http://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/510663313-malibu-media-loses-porn-piracy-case-vs-doe-after-no-downloaded-materials-found-on-doe-s-computer
• 6:58 – A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until he unlocked his phone http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/12/14583124/nasa-sidd-bikkannavar-detained-cbp-phone-search-trump-travel-ban
• 13:12 – Confirmed: TSA’s Behavioral Detection Program Is Useless, Biased, And Based On Junk Science https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170209/10331936675/confirmed-tsas-behavioral-detection-program-is-useless-biased-based-junk-science.shtml

19:12 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: CBS11 (Dallas/Ft. Worth) http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/02/03/study-id-fraud-up-since-security-chips-put-into-play/

25:18 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Robert Reich http://www.dailycal.org/2017/02/09/robert-reich-publishes-controversial-theory-regarding-yiannopoulos-demonstration/

• Robert Reich (A Yiannopoulos, Bannon, Trump Plot to Control American Universities?) http://robertreich.org/post/156777888615
• Violence as self-defense http://www.dailycal.org/2017/02/07/violence-self-defense/

This Week’s Quote: “Beware of Identity politics. I’ll rephrase that: have nothing to do with identity politics.” —Christopher Hitchens

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:50 – Bad Idea Or The Worst Idea? Having The FTC Regulate ‘Fake News’ https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170201/23481336610/bad-idea-worst-idea-having-ftc-regulate-fake-news.shtml
• 6:00 – House Votes To Overturn Obama Rule Restricting Gun Sales To The Severely Mentally Ill http://www.npr.org/2017/02/02/513126985/house-votes-to-overturn-obama-rule-restricting-gun-sales-to-mentally-ill
  • Mental Health Myths and Facts https://www.mentalhealth.gov/basics/myths-facts
• 9:25 – A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/a-hacker-just-pwned-over-150-000-printers-left-exposed-online/

15:07 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The FBI http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/fbi-foia-records-requests-email-fax/

18:48 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The News Media http://www.snopes.com/neil-gorsuchs-fascism-forever-club/

This Week’s Quote: “Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.” —Thomas Jefferson

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Co-Host: Blake Pettys

News of the Bogus:

• 2:23 – Koch network condemns Trump ban on refugees and immigrants https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/29/koch-network-condemns-trump-ban-on-refugees-and-immigrants/
• 6:25 – Uber was right to disable surge pricing at JFK http://blog.erratasec.com/2017/01/uber-was-right-to-disable-surge-pricing.html
• 14:58 – Obama Killed a 16-Year-Old American in Yemen. Trump Just Killed His 8-Year-Old Sister. https://theintercept.com/2017/01/30/obama-killed-a-16-year-old-american-in-yemen-trump-just-killed-his-8-year-old-sister/

21:25 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Cockrell Hill Police Department https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170131/07340236595/police-say-no-evidence-value-was-lost-ransomware-attack-except-maybe-some-stuff-defense-lawyers-might-find-useful.shtml

27:35 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Nicholas Berthaume https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/02/01/federal-reserve-staffer-caught-mining-bitcoins-at-work-fined-5000/

This Week’s Quote: “Killing innocent people in retaliation for the sins of other people isn’t justice—it is terrorism. The terrorists were wrong to kill Americans to satisfy their grievances against American foreign policy. And to react to them by killing innocent foreigners would also be terrorism.” —Harry Browne