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Co-Host: Chris Hangartner

News of the Bogus:

• 0:30 – Cosplay Goes to the Supreme Court https://www.publicknowledge.org/news-blog/blogs/cosplay-goes-to-the-supreme-court/
  • Is it illegal for Firefly fans to make and sell Jayne hats? http://grenacia.livejournal.com/167895.html
• 9:11 – Prosecutors Say Cops Don’t Need Warrants For Stingrays Because ‘Everyone Knows’ Cell Phones Generate Location Data https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160116/09085933354/prosecutors-say-cops-dont-need-warrants-stingrays-because-everyone-knows-cell-phones-generate-location-data.shtml
• 16:12 – U.S. Air Force Veteran, Smeared as “an ISIS Fighter,” Just Returned to the U.S. https://theintercept.com/2016/01/25/u-s-air-force-veteran-saadiq-long-smeared-as-an-isis-fighter-just-returned-to-the-u-s/

22:48 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Flint, MI (nominated by Blake Pettys)

• Flint’s water crisis reveals government failures at every level https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/flints-water-crisis-reveals-government-failures-at-every-level/2016/01/23/03705f0c-c11e-11e5-bcda-62a36b394160_story.html
• Flint residents told that their children could be taken away if they don’t pay for city’s poison water http://www.sott.net/article/310897-Flint-residents-told-that-their-children-could-be-taken-away-if-they-dont-pay-for-citys-poison-water
• Flint water victims can’t sue the government. That’s another crime. http://theweek.com/articles/601521/flint-water-victims-cant-sue-government-thats-another-crime
• Amid denials, state workers in Flint got clean water http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/01/28/amid-denials-state-workers-flint-got-clean-water/79470650/

37:55 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Lenovo http://thehackernews.com/2016/01/shareit-file-sharing.html

This Week’s Quote: “At some point, during every stage show I do, I take a sip of water and ask the audience, ‘How’s the water here?’ I haven’t gotten a positive response yet. Not one. Nobody trusts their water supply. Nobody. And that amuses me. Because it means the system is beginning to collapse…I’m glad the water sucks.” —George Carlin

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Co-Host: Charles Thomas

0:40 – News of the Bogus: Bitcoin Special

• The resolution of the Bitcoin experiment https://medium.com/@octskyward/the-resolution-of-the-bitcoin-experiment-dabb30201f7
• Community Disagrees with Mike Hearn, as He Sparks Bitcoin Classic Adoption http://www.newsbtc.com/2016/01/16/mike-hearn-wrong-bitcoin-classic-now/
• Gavin Andresen on Twitter: “@binarybits @OctSkyward Yes, Mike is too pessimistic.” https://twitter.com/gavinandresen/status/687900588210663424
• Austin Hill on Twitter: “Bitcoin is not dead,we are going through a similar process that early IETF & ICANN went through” https://twitter.com/austinhill/status/688446351105916929
• Bitcoin Blocksize and The Future http://belshe.com/2016/01/18/bitcoin-blocksize-and-the-future/

29:55 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Joseph I. Cassilly https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160104/07032833235/state-prosecutor-says-forfeiture-reform-is-legislators-funding-drug-dealers.shtml

• COLD SHOCK: Warming up your car illegal! http://www.wnd.com/2014/01/cold-shock-warming-up-your-car-illegal/
• Kansas Police Ticketing People For ‘Illegally’ Warming Up Their Cars http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=49634

39:21 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Facebook https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160106/06042833250/facebook-nixes-picture-bronze-mermaid-statue-showing-too-much-skin.shtml

• An Illustrated History of American Money Design http://gizmodo.com/an-illustrated-history-of-american-money-design-1743743361

This Week’s Quote: “The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen.” —Tommy Smothers

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Co-Host: Chris Hangartner

News of the Bogus:

• 0:33 – In Silk Road Appeal, Ross Ulbricht’s Defense Focuses on Corrupt Feds http://www.wired.com/2016/01/ross-ulbrichts-defense-focuses-on-corrupt-feds-in-silk-road-appeal/
• 13:18 – Banning GM Salmon Is a Terrible Idea http://fee.org/anythingpeaceful/banning-gm-salmon-is-a-terrible-idea/
• 23:37 – Price Tag of Bernie Sanders’s Proposals: $18 Trillion http://www.wsj.com/articles/price-tag-of-bernie-sanders-proposals-18-trillion-1442271511

28:30 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Jeb Bush http://www.businessinsider.com/jeb-bush-cybersecurity-2016-1

37:12 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The Department of Justice http://www.justice.gov/usao-mdtn/pr/former-drug-kingpin-serving-multiple-life-sentences-receives-additional-20-year

This Week’s Quote: “Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.” —Kenneth Boulding

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Co-Host: Jonathan Loesche

0:31 – News of the Bogus: The Oregon Protests

• Militia occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_occupation_of_the_Malheur_National_Wildlife_Refuge
• Eastern Oregon Ranchers Convicted of Arson Resentenced to Five Years in Prison http://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/eastern-oregon-ranchers-convicted-arson-resentenced-five-years-prison
• Bundy Ranch: NOTICE: Redress of Grievance http://bundyranch.blogspot.com/2015/12/notice-redress-of-grievance-action.html
• Report opposes firing workers for Los Alamos blaze http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/june01/2001-06-12-los-alamos.htm
• Oregon Farm Bureau Petition http://www.oregonfb.org/2015/10/05/sign-petition-savethehammonds/
• Abbott to BLM: ‘End This Unconscionable Land Grab’ in Texas http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/17/abbott-blm-end-unconscionable-land-grab-texas/

26:07 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Microsoft http://thehackernews.com/2016/01/microsoft-windows-7.html

33:24 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Hillary Clinton http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3383221/Hillary-Clinton-vows-reveal-truth-UFOs-Area-51-president-Bill-admits-aliens-visited-Earth.html

This Week’s Quote: “My experience is that journalists report on the nearest-cliché algorithm, which is extremely uninformative because there aren’t many clichés, the truth is often quite distant from any cliché, and the only thing you can infer about the actual event was that this was the closest cliché….It is simply not possible to appreciate the sheer awfulness of mainstream media reporting until someone has actually reported on you. It is so much worse than you think.” —Eliezer Yudkowsky

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2015 Wrap-up:

• Was 2015 a Bad Year for Campus Free Speech? Let’s Ask the Experts https://reason.com/blog/2015/12/28/was-2015-a-bad-year-for-campus-free-spee
• 191 million voters’ personal info exposed by misconfigured database http://www.databreaches.net/191-million-voters-personal-info-exposed-by-misconfigured-database/
• ‘Chicken pox party’ anti-vaccination mom: ‘Illness is meant to eliminate the weak’ http://deadstate.org/chicken-pox-party-anti-vaccination-mom-illness-is-meant-to-eliminate-the-weak/
• TSA to Stop Accepting Driver’s Licenses from 9 U.S. States http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2015-12-30/tsa-to-stop-accepting-drivers-licenses-from-9-us-states
• Future or Ruin: The Argument for Eugenics | Augustus Sol Invictus https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/future-ruin-argument-eugenics-augustus-sol
  • Invictus for United States Senate https://imgur.com/ssgSQn7
• 11 ways to test if libertarians are hypocrites http://www.salon.com/2015/11/30/11_ways_to_test_if_libertarians_are_hypocrites/
• Rand Paul is just this desperate: Why his pathetic lies about the safety net are so destructive http://www.salon.com/2015/10/26/rand_paul_is_just_this_desperate_why_his_pathetic_lies_about_the_safety_net_are_so_destructive/
• Charles Koch’s brazen lie: I’m not powerful, I’m just a humble “classical liberal”! http://www.salon.com/2015/08/05/charles_kochs_brazen_lie_im_not_powerful_im_just_a_humble_classical_liberal/
• I gave up Ayn Rand for Bernie Sanders: How I grew up and traded libertarianism for a progressive “socialist” http://www.salon.com/2015/07/20/why_libertarians_should_love_bernie_sanders/
• Rand Paul, dorm room philosopher: Why his “slavery” nonsense is so outrageous http://www.salon.com/2015/07/07/rand_paul_dorm_room_philosopher_why_his_slavery_nonsense_is_so_outrageous/
• Libertarianism is for white men: The ugly truth about the right’s favorite movement http://www.salon.com/2015/06/10/why_libertarianism_is_so_popular_on_the_right_its_the_last_bastion_of_white_male_dominance/
• Elon Musk will not save us: Why libertarians waiting for a superman are wasting everyone’s time http://www.salon.com/2015/05/28/elon_musk_will_not_save_us_why_libertarians_waiting_for_a_superman_are_wasting_everyones_time/
• Rise of the techno-Libertarians: The 5 most socially destructive aspects of Silicon Valley http://www.salon.com/2015/04/12/rise_of_the_techno_libertarians_the_5_most_socially_destructive_aspects_of_silicon_valley_partner/

“You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom. You can only be free if I am free.” —Clarence Darrow

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Co-Host: Charles Thomas

News of the Bogus:

• 0:34 – The No Fly List Isn’t Just Broken, It’s Insane. You Must Read This Before You Talk About Gun Control. http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2015/12/07/42000/
  • Dem governor moves to ban no-fly list gun sales http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/262797-dem-governor-moves-to-ban-no-fly-list-gun-sales
• 8:06 – France is considering a ban on Tor and public WiFi http://www.businessinsider.com/france-is-considering-a-ban-on-tor-and-public-wifi-2015-12
• 12:06 – Venezuela’s opposition wins legislative majority http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/12/07/venezuela-opposition-victory/76909468/

16:03 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Robert Reich http://robertreich.org/post/134670682190

26:47 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Vandana Shiva, Ronnie Cummins, et al http://www.forbes.com/sites/kavinsenapathy/2015/12/07/no-monsanto-is-not-going-on-trial-for-crimes-against-humanity/

This Week’s Quote: “Submitting to censorship is to enter the seductive world of ‘The Giver’: the world where there are no bad words and no bad deeds. But it is also the world where choice has been taken away and reality distorted. And that is the most dangerous world of all.” —Lois Lowry

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Co-Host: Travis Retriever

News of the Bogus:

• 0:31 – Italy’s earthquake scientists have been cleared for good http://www.sciencealert.com/italy-s-earthquake-scientists-have-been-cleared-for-good
• 4:13 – “New York Is A City Of No”: Why One Bakery Is Trading Brooklyn For Baltimore http://gothamist.com/2015/11/20/robicelli_bakery_nyc_struggle.php
• 12:44 – Drone Strikes Fuel the Hatred that Led to Paris Attacks, Ex-Drone Pilots Say http://motherboard.vice.com/read/drone-strikes-fuel-the-hatred-that-led-to-paris-attacks-ex-drone-pilots-say

21:39 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Manhattan District Attorney http://manhattanda.org/sites/default/files/11.18.15%20Report%20on%20Smartphone%20Encryption%20and%20Public%20Safety.pdf

33:25 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Clare Foges http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/12008689/Why-is-Silicon-Valley-helping-the-tech-savvy-jihadists.html

This Week’s Quote: “The people who are speaking best to this are the psychologists who look at what it is like to live under constant gaze, or under the threat of constant gaze…it makes you different. It makes you more conformist. It makes you less willing to think new thoughts, to try new ideas. It stagnates society…Any social change you look at, whether it’s civil rights or marijuana legalization, whatever your issue is, it starts by people at this end where it is socially unacceptable doing it and having it be okay. And then it spreads slowly. Ubiquitous surveillance at this end stops that process cold.” —Bruce Schneier

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Co-Host: Charles Thomas

News of the Bogus:

• 0:31 – Here is ISIS’s statement claiming responsibility for the Paris attacks http://www.vox.com/2015/11/14/9734794/isis-claim-paris-statement
  • French oppose military intervention in Syria and don’t trust Francois Hollande to carry it out http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/10278076/French-oppose-military-intervention-in-Syria-and-dont-trust-Francois-Hollande-to-carry-it-out.html
  • NOP Poll of British Muslims http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/291
  • As Predicted: Encryption Haters Are Already Blaming Snowden (?!?) For The Paris Attacks https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151115/23360632822/as-predicted-encryption-haters-are-already-blaming-snowden-paris-attacks.shtml
  • Paris Terrorists Use Double ROT-13 Encryption https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/11/paris_terrorist.html
  • Paris attacks: CIA’s John Brennan says there had been ‘strategic warning’ of Paris attack http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/paris-attack-warning-cia-john-brennan-215922
  • In a crisis, people will believe the worst about Uber http://qz.com/550415/in-a-crisis-people-will-believe-the-worst-about-uber/
  • What’s Going On With The Protests At The University Of Missouri?
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/protests-university-of-missouri_56401af5e4b0307f2cade647
  • Black Activists Double Down on Hate with #F***Paris Hashtag – Breitbart http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/15/black-activist-double-white-hate-fparis-hashtag/
  • Black Son of a MULTIMILLIONAIRE, STILL the SJW victim! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phA_mGxR4-A
  • CNN New Day Saturday – Tom Fuentes https://iqmediacorp.com/ClipPlayer/?ClipID=0d0e5a03-1bd4-450f-9834-8b8099d98d78
• 31:29 – A decade into a project to digitize U.S. immigration forms, just 1 is online  https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-decade-into-a-project-to-digitize-us-immigration-forms-just-1-is-online/2015/11/08/f63360fc-830e-11e5-a7ca-6ab6ec20f839_story.html
• 35:00 – Martel Police Body Camera Virus Found Embedded into Camera http://www.goipower.com/?pageId=40

38:39 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Anne Frank Fonds https://torrentfreak.com/anne-frank-scandal-an-underreported-copyright-monopoly-abuse-151115/

• Copyfraud: Anne Frank Foundation claims father was “co-author,” extends copyright by decades http://boingboing.net/2015/11/14/copyfraud-anne-frank-foundati.html
• Anne Frank gets co-author to extend copyright http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Anne-Frank-gets-co-author-to-extend-copyright-434409
• Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality | Petunia married a professor, and Harry grew up reading science and science fiction. http://hpmor.com/
• BlameThe1st | FanFiction https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6244873/BlameThe1st

49:41 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Klein Collins High School http://www.houstonpress.com/news/drug-test-proves-high-school-girl-wasnt-high-school-suspends-her-anyway-7926436

This Week’s Quote: “Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property. Notwithstanding the fact that the most innovative and progressive space we’ve seen—the Internet—has been the place where intellectual property has been least respected. You know, facts don’t get in the way of this ideology.” —Lawrence Lessig

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Co-Host: Chris Hangartner

News of the Bogus:

• 2:46 – Leaked Comcast Docs Confirm What Everybody Knew: Broadband Usage Caps Are About Profit, Not Congestion https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151108/11154432757/leaked-comcast-docs-confirm-what-everybody-knew-broadband-usage-caps-are-about-profit-not-congestion.shtml
• 9:03 – Classified Report on the C.I.A.’s Secret Prisons Is Caught in Limbo http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/10/us/politics/classified-report-on-the-cias-secret-prisons-is-caught-in-limbo.html
• 14:00 – FBI admits flaws in hair analysis over decades https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/fbi-overstated-forensic-hair-matches-in-nearly-all-criminal-trials-for-decades/2015/04/18/39c8d8c6-e515-11e4-b510-962fcfabc310_story.html

27:53 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Hillary Clinton https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/11/08/hillary-clinton-most-charter-schools-dont-take-the-hardest-to-teach-kids-or-if-they-do-they-dont-keep-them/

• National Alliance Releases Statement in Response to Secretary Clinton’s Comments About Charter Schools http://www.publiccharters.org/press/national-alliance-releases-statement-response-secretary-clintons-comments-charter-schools/

40:36 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The TSA http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article44080464.html

This Week’s Quote: “More people are killed every year by pigs than by sharks, which shows you how good we are at evaluating risk.” —Bruce Schneier

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Co-Host: Travis Retriever

News of the Bogus:

• 0:33 – Kim Dotcom Finally Launches Extradition Defense https://torrentfreak.com/kim-dotcom-finally-launches-extradition-defense-151102/
• 8:37 – Internet firms to be banned from offering unbreakable encryption under new laws http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11970391/Internet-firms-to-be-banned-from-offering-out-of-reach-communications-under-new-laws.html
  • ‘Govt will not pass laws to ban encryption’ – Baroness Shields http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/28/government_will_not_pass_laws_to_ban_encryption_says_baroness_shields/
  • X-Ray Scans Expose an Ingenious Chip-and-Pin Card Hack http://www.wired.com/2015/10/x-ray-scans-expose-an-ingenious-chip-and-pin-card-hack/
• 22:23 – DOD’S Compressed Natural Gas Filling Station In Afghanistan: An Ill-Conceived $43 Million Project https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/special%20projects/SIGAR-16-2-SP.pdf

29:02 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Environmentalists http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/canadian-researcher-targeted-by-hate-campaign-over-fukushima-findings/article27060613/

34:12 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Simon Maloy http://www.salon.com/2015/11/03/charles_kochs_power_trip_billionaire_libertarian_sees_no_problem_in_buying_the_sort_of_government_he_prefers/

This Week’s Quote: “The energy potentially available to us is for all practical purposes unlimited; but access to it is blocked. It is blocked, above all, by anti-technology sentiment, environmental paranoia, and interference in natural markets. Beyond these obstacles, there is little that science and technology cannot eventually overcome. We further believe that pollution and destruction of the environment is not an essential by product of technology; on the contrary, more science and better technology are needed to keep the environment clean.” —Petr Beckmann