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Co-Host: John Petersen

News of the Bogus:

• 1:25 – A Bunch Of Politicians Who Complain About Trump’s Authoritarian Tendencies Just Gave Him 6 Years To Warrantlessly Spy On Americans https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180118/15202839033/bunch-politicians-who-complain-about-trumps-authoritarian-tendencies-just-gave-him-6-years-to-warrantlessly-spy-americans.shtml
• 8:17 – Savannah’s abandoned shopping cart ordinance going up for vote http://savannahnow.com/news/2018-01-15/savannah-s-abandoned-shopping-cart-ordinance-going-vote
• 11:05 – Uber hit with criticism of “useless” two-factor authentication https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/01/22/uber-hit-with-criticism-of-useless-two-factor-authentication/

15:25 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: US Government http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/seized-assets-returned-to-kim-dotcom-by-us-government-in-rotten-state/news-story/3b7b8613f8996dd1148d8a7565fded2a

17:35 – Silver Cluon Award: Richard Schenkman https://torrentfreak.com/the-man-from-earth-sequel-pirated-on-the-pirate-bay-by-its-creators-180116/

• Jerome Bixby’s The Man From Earth http://manfromearth.com/

22:33 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Intel https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/22/intel_spectre_fix_linux/

• LKML: Linus Torvalds: Re: [RFC 09/10] x86/enter: Create macros to restrict/unrestrict Indirect Branch Speculation https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/21/192

This Week’s Quote: “Programming is a race between software engineers, who strive to produce idiot-proof programs, and the universe which strives to produce bigger idiots. So far the Universe is winning.” —Rick Cook

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Co-Host: Daniel Wilcox

News of the Bogus:

• 0:50 – Nevada Bundy Prosecution Collapses https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/01/roger-roots/nevada-bundy-prosecution-collapses-the-federal-government-spent-a-quarter-billion-dollars-but-couldnt-convict-the-bundys-of-a-single-crime/
• 5:28 – Federal judges rule NC electoral map unconstitutional http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/368194-federal-judges-rule-nc-congressional-district-maps-unconstitutional
  • North Carolina’s congressional districts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_congressional_districts
• 8:55 – James Damore complaint against Google https://www.scribd.com/document/368688363/James-Damore-vs-Google-Class-Action-Lawsuit

27:54 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Rep. Steve Alford (nominated by BlameThe1st) http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/367987-kansas-state-rep-black-people-respond-to-marijuana-worst-off-because-of

• The black/white marijuana arrest gap, in nine charts https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/06/04/the-blackwhite-marijuana-arrest-gap-in-nine-charts/
• Report: Aide says Nixon’s war on drugs targeted blacks, hippies http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-richard-nixon-drug-war-blacks-hippie/index.html
• Key Figures In CIA-Crack Cocaine Scandal Begin To Come Forward https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/10/gary-webb-dark-alliance_n_5961748.html

32:10 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The IRS https://www.dailywire.com/news/25738/irs-paid-20-million-collect-67-million-tax-debts-joseph-curl

This Week’s Quote: “Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors—and miss.” —Robert Heinlein

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Co-Host: John Petersen

News of the Bogus:

• 0:52 – White noise video on YouTube hit by five copyright claims http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42580523
• 7:05 – German hate speech law tested as Twitter blocks satire account https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-hatecrime/german-hate-speech-law-tested-as-twitter-blocks-satire-account-idUSKBN1ES1AT
• 10:55 – Shocked, Shocked To Learn The Patent Office Is Structurally Designed To Approve Sh*t Patents https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20171228/17052738897/shocked-shocked-to-learn-patent-office-is-structurally-designed-to-approve-shit-patents.shtml

15:37 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Jeff Sessions https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/jeff-sessions-marijuana-reversal-brings-swift-bipartisan-condemnation-w514983

18:50 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The European Commission https://torrentfreak.com/tech-companies-meet-ec-to-discuss-removal-of-pirate-illegal-content-180109/

This Week’s Quote: “Beware the Four Horsemen of the Information Apocalypse: terrorists, drug dealers, kidnappers, and child pornographers. Seems like you can scare any public into allowing the government to do anything with those four.” —Bruce Schneier

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Last-Minute Bogosity:

• 0:42 – Bitcoin ‘Ought to Be Outlawed,’ Nobel Prize Winner Stiglitz Says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-29/bitcoin-ought-to-be-outlawed-nobel-prize-winner-stiglitz-says-jal10hxd
• 4:50 – Apple apologizes for iPhone slowdown drama, will offer $29 battery replacements for a year https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/28/16827248/apple-iphone-battery-replacement-price-slow-down-apology

8:00 – 2017 Silver Cluon Winners

10:27 – Idiot of the Year 2017

• 14:42 – Chris Hangartner: Hollywood
• 16:57 – John Petersen: The US Justice System
  • Father of Boy Killed By Illegal Immigrant: Steinle Jury Full of ‘Left-Wing Nutjobs’ http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/12/02/jamiel-shaw-son-killed-illegal-immigrant-says-kate-steinle-jury-full-left-wing-nutjob
• 19:41 – Tim Dyson: The News Media

This Week’s Quote: “The press is owned by an oligarchic corporate elite which makes sure that any critique of them is never broadcast over the airwaves.” —Chris Hedges

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