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Co-Host: Jonathan Loesche

News of the Bogus:

• 0:29 – Internet cafe reopens, pays out cash http://www.news4jax.com/news/internet-cafe-reopens-pays-out-cash/-/475880/21230090/-/knm4yr/-/index.html
• 3:10 – Bradley Manning verdict http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-bradley-manning-verdict-20130730,0,5272878.story
  • Bradley Manning leak did not result in deaths by enemy forces, court hears http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/bradley-manning-sentencing-hearing-pentagon
• 7:50 – Feds put heat on Web firms for master encryption keys http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57595202-38/feds-put-heat-on-web-firms-for-master-encryption-keys/
  • Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57595529-38/feds-tell-web-firms-to-turn-over-user-account-passwords/

15:00 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/25/uk-usa-security-congress-idUKBRE96O17W20130725

• DownsizeDC.org’s “One Subject at a Time Act” (OSTA) https://secure.downsizedc.org/etp/one-subject/

18:25 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Bernie of Planck’s Constant http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2013/07/electronic_cigarettes_should_be_banned_as_well.html

This Week’s Quote: “So if you smoke or dip or chew / You’d better get your fill / ‘Cause if tobacco don’t get you / An anti-smoker will” —Mike Cross

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Co-Host: Tim Dyson

News of the Bogus:

• 0:34 – Innovative move on e-voting from Estonia http://www.markpack.org.uk/44337/innovative-move-on-e-voting-from-estonia/
• 4:10 – Royal Mail privatization pushes the envelope http://www.timesdispatch.com/business/local/biz-to-go-royal-mail-privatization-pushes-the-envelope/article_296de09d-d608-546b-928f-7d2087509280.html
• 8:35 – Argentina orders wheat industry to supply local market http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/05/argentina-wheat-idUSL2N0FB0IU20130705
  • Argentina CPI rise more-than-expected By Investing.com
    http://www.investing.com/news/economic-indicators/argentina-cpi-rise-more-than-expected-250204
  • President Announces Price Control Programme http://www.argentinaindependent.com/currentaffairs/newsfromargentina/president-announces-price-control-programme/
• 13:40 – Is flashing your car’s headlights protected by the First Amendment? http://news.yahoo.com/flashing-car-headlights-protected-first-amendment-103216345.html
• 17:00 – Justice Department To Review George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin Case
  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/14/justice-department-george-zimmerman_n_3595835.html?1373832613&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
• 19:45 – DHS warns employees not to read leaked NSA information http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/07/15/dhs-warns-employees-not-to-read-leaked-nsa-information/
  • The NSA slide you haven’t seen http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-nsa-slide-you-havent-seen/2013/07/10/32801426-e8e6-11e2-aa9f-c03a72e2d342_story.html

Oops, DHS workers—you weren’t supposed to see this! Sorry, your computer’s classified now.

24:40 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Melissa Harris Perry (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://youngcons.com/msnbc-political-analyst-detroit-is-what-happens-when-government-is-too-small/

29:25 – Idiot Extraordinaire: KTVU http://gawker.com/ktvu-reports-asiana-air-pilots-were-sum-ting-wong-and-759185714

This Week’s Quote: “Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.” —Robert Heinlein

Sorry, no podcast this week due to personal commitments.

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Oops: IRS publishes tens of thousands of SSNs to online database http://www.dailydot.com/news/irs-public-resource-social-security-numbers-publish-database/
  • Why We Asked the I.R.S. to Temporarily Turn the Lights Off on Section 527 Data https://bulk.resource.org/irs.gov/eo/doc/irs.gov.20130707.html
• 3:25 – US agency baffled by modern technology, destroys mice to get rid of viruses http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/us-agency-baffled-by-modern-technology-destroys-mice-to-get-rid-of-viruses/
• 6:25 – Female inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval http://www.sacbee.com/2013/07/07/5549696/female-inmates-sterilized-in-california.html
• 9:05 – US Drones Bomb Civilian Rescuers – Business Insider
  http://www.businessinsider.com/us-drones-bomb-civilian-rescuers-2013-7

12:26 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: T. Steelman http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/07/06/have-we-all-been-fooled-by-edward-snowden/

16:10 – Idiot Extraordinaire: State of Florida http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2013/07/florida_may_have_accidentally.php

• Law 3037/2002 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_3037/2002

This Week’s Quote: “The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere / The ceremony of innocence is drowned; / The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity.” —William Butler Yeats

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – Stardust owner cited for selling product with ties to…
  http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/stardust-owner-cited-selling-product-ties-brookhav/nYQ87/
• 2:25 – “It must have been your fault. C’mon. You are a biker.”
  http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/19284/it-must-have-been-your-fault-cmon-you-are-a-biker/
• 7:30 – Measles sufferer Gareth Colfer-Williams died from pneumonia
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23135464

10:20 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Sherwin Smith (nominated by Daniel Wilcox)
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20130621/NEWS02/306210110/Official-Water-complaints-could-act-terrorism-

14:20 – Silver Cluon Award: Edward Snowden (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://wikileaks.org/Statement-from-Edward-Snowden-in.html

17:00 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Mike Adams (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://www.infowars.com/illiterate-rambling-defense-witness-rachel-jeantel-is-a-victim-of-brain-damaging-mass-fluoridation-vaccines-and-nutrient-depleted-foods/

This Week’s Quote: “Their purpose is to frighten, not me, but those who would come after me.” —Edward Snowden

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Co-Hosts: Tim Dyson and Jonathan Loesche

Supreme Court Special:

• 1:58 – Vance v. Ball State University http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/11-556_11o2.pdf
• 6:10 – Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-399_8mj8.pdf
• 12:30 – Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/11-1447_4e46.pdf
• 17:20 – Shelby County v. Holder http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-96_6k47.pdf
• 25:00 – Hollingsworth v. Perry http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-144_8ok0.pdf
• 29:30 – United States v. Windsor http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-307_6j37.pdf
• 34:05 – Conclusion

This Week’s Quote: “It is not a Justice System. It is just a system.” —Bob Enyart

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – Supreme Court Ruling On Gene Patenting May Be A Boon For Biotech Startups http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/17/supreme-court-ruling-on-gene-patenting-may-be-a-boon-for-biotech-startups/
• 2:20 – The Supreme Court Decided Your Silence Can Be Used Against You http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/06/supreme-court-salinas-v-texas-ruling-explained/66309/

• 7:55 – ‘The worst case of scientific censorship since the Catholic Church banned the works of Galileo’: Scientists call for drugs to be legalised to allow proper study of their properties http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-worst-case-of-scientific-censorship-since-the-catholic-church-banned-the-works-of-galileo-scientists-call-for-drugs-to-be-legalised-to-allow-proper-study-of-their-properties-8654514.html
  • A clear danger from cannabis http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/29/cannabis-schizophrenia-classification

12:15 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: San Francisco International Airport http://news.yahoo.com/rental-car-co-run-teenagers-undercuts-hertz-avis-142119464.html

15:25 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Rep. John Larson (D-CT) http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/06/13/democrat-not-fair-to-subject-congress-to-obamacare-just-like-everyone-else/

This Week’s Quote: “If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free.” —P.J. O’Rourke

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Co-host: Tim Dyson http://www.youtube.com/lordthawkeye

News of the Bogus:

• 0:36 – Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillance
  • PRISM (surveillance program) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)
• 7:25 – Chuck E. Cheese Busted For Gambling? New Florida Law Prohibits Gaming Machines For Prizes http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/27805/20130515/chuck-e-cheese-gambling-games-florida.htm

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• 11:35 – Analysis: Once a beacon, Obama under fire over civil liberties http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/15/us-usa-obama-liberties-analysis-idUSBRE94E06I20130515
• 16:35 – Cop Shot Litter of Kittens in Front of Screaming Children http://www.alternet.org/cop-shot-litter-kittens-front-screaming-children

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Biggest Bogon Emitter: Surprise, AZ Police Department http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_west_valley/surprise/surprise-man-charged-with-dui–documents-show-a-drug-recognition-experts-said-no-impairment-present

Idiot Extraordinaire: City of Hartford, CT (nominated by Daniel Wilcox) http://news.yahoo.com/barber-paid-hugs-kicked-conn-park-170423520.html

• Anthony Cymerys, Barber Evicted From Park After Giving Haircuts To Homeless For Hugs, Allowed Back http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/14/anthony-cymerys-free-haircuts_n_3441536.html

This Week’s Quote: “A scandal is when you find out how a State agency or bureau really works. Firings and reform are the minimalist tools to salve your anger. Then, it’s time to get back to scandalous behavior, this time more shrewdly disguised from you.” —Jim Babka