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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – $9 Billion in ‘Stimulus’ for Solar, Wind Projects Made 910 Final Jobs–$9.8 Million Per Job http://cnsnews.com/news/article/9-billion-stimulus-solar-wind-projects-made-910-final-jobs-98-million-job
• 2:08 – Utah girl jailed and strip searched for hair-cutting prank http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/23/utah-girl-jailed-and-strip-searched-for-hair-cutting-prank/
• 5:45 – Children taken from mom in pot raid inflame Butte County ballot debate http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/30/4524455/kids-taken-from-mom-in-pot-raid.html
  • Oroville mom’s hearing opens with testimony about husband’s pot plant production http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/12/4554873/oroville-moms-hearing-opens-with.html#storylink=cpy
• 8:40 – Top doctor’s chilling claim: The NHS kills off 130,000 elderly patients every year http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2161869/Top-doctors-chilling-claim-The-NHS-kills-130-000-elderly-patients-year.html
  • Elderly patients ‘helped to die to free up beds’, warns doctor http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/9343428/Elderly-patients-helped-to-die-to-free-up-beds-warns-doctor.html
  • NHS must come clean over use of ‘death pathway’ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8930951/NHS-must-come-clean-over-use-of-death-pathway.html
  • NHS “Heading for an Iceberg” Warn Hhealth Officials http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/327772/NHS-heading-for-an-iceberg-warn-health-officials
  • A group of experts who care for the terminally ill claim that some patients are being wrongly judged as close to death http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/6133157/Dying-patients.html

15:05 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Paul Krugman (two in a row! Nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/a-mythical-anniversary/

18:25 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Accelerated Christian Education (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/education/how-american-fundamentalist-schools-are-using-nessie-to-disprove-evolution.17918511

This Week’s Quote: “It does not matter who you are, or how smart you are, or what title you have, or how many of you there are, and certainly not how many papers your side has published, if your prediction is wrong then your hypothesis is wrong. Period.” —Richard Feynman

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Newspaper that helps homeless is thriving http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2011/dec/24/4/paper-that-helps-homeless-is-thriving-ar-340169/
  • Tampa Epoch homeless newspaper to keep publishing http://www.examiner.com/article/tampa-epoch-homeless-newspaper-to-keep-publishing
• 4:30 – In 8-0 Ruling, U.S. Supreme Court Allows Immunity Protections for Secret Service, Law Enforcement to Trump Free Speech Rights of Americans https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/on_the_front_lines/us_supreme_court_allows_immunity_protections_for_secret_service_to_trump_fr
• 7:20 – Scores in N.C. are legally ‘innocent,’ yet still imprisoned http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-06-13/innocent-incarcerated-prisoners/55585176/1

12:10 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Paul Krugman (again!) http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/estonian-rhapsdoy/

• President Of Estonia Slams Paul Krugman: ‘Smug, Overbearing & Patronizing’ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/06/estonia-krugman-toomas-hendrik-ilves_n_1575937.html

21:15 – Idiot Extraordinare: Rachel Maddow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta7kLhnx_Uc

• Gender Wage Gap Final Report https://archive.org/details/GenderWageGapFinalReport
• What Do Wage Differentials Tell Us about Labor Market Discrimination? http://www.nber.org/papers/w11240.pdf

This Week’s Quote: “There is no reason to believe that bureaucrats and politicians, no matter how well meaning, are better at solving problems than people on the spot, who have the strongest incentive to get the solution right.” —Elinor Ostrom

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – School Nurse Denies Inhaler, Watches Student Lose Consciousness http://news.yahoo.com/school-nurse-denies-inhaler-watches-student-lose-consciousness-183100040.html
  • School Nurse Refuses To Give Inhaler To Student Having Asthma Attack http://www.dreamindemon.com/2012/05/23/school-nurse-refuses-give-boy-inhaler-asthma-attack/
  • Some Schools Don’t Let Kids Carry Asthma Inhalers: Policies run counter to law, place children at risk, experts say http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_124582.html
• 4:45 – Nine-year-old’s lunch blog shames school into making changes http://grist.org/list/nine-year-olds-lunch-blog-shames-school-into-making-changes/
• 6:00 – LimeWire Being Sued for $75 TRILLION! http://uber-facts.com/2012/05/20/limewire-being-sued-for-75-trillion/
• 8:25 – Occupy livestreamers detained at gunpoint by twelve Chicago police cars http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/20/livestreamers-detained-at-gunpoint-by-twelve-chicago-police-cars/

12:25 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: National Center for Homeopathy http://www.nationalcenterforhomeopathy.org/content/homeopathy-its-not-just-vodoo

• What’s the harm in homeopathy? http://whatstheharm.net/homeopathy.html

21:00 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Unnamed Fort Worth police officer http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/05/28/3991473/owners-of-dog-killed-by-officer.html

• Family dog shot and killed after Fort Worth police officer responds to the wrong house http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-family-dog-shot-and-killed-after-fort-worth-poice-officer-responds-to-the-wrong-address-20120527,0,2162589.story

This Week’s Quote: ”I’m sorry if you’re into homeopathy—it’s water! How often does it need to be said? It’s just water…’Herbal medicine’s been around for thousands of years.’ Indeed it has, and then we tested it all, and the stuff that worked became ‘medicine,’ and the rest of it is just a nice bowl of soup and some potpourri. So knock yourselves out!” —Dara Ó Briain

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – Feds threaten to disrupt summer concerts http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/washington-secrets/2012/05/feds-threaten-disrupt-summer-concerts/626621
• 2:10 – Post-It Note Prank At Cascade High School Leaves Students Suspended, Janitor Fired http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/post-it-note-prank-cascade-high-school_n_1521649.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
• 4:15 – Republicans block Rep. Norton from testifying on anti-abortion bill for her own district http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/16/republicans-block-rep-norton-from-testifying-on-anti-abortion-bill-for-her-own-district/
• 6:10 – Congress could kill rocket builders’ new space race http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20120513/COLUMNISTS0405/305130045/John-Kelly-Congress-could-kill-rocket-builders-new-space-race
• 9:10 – Federal judge: Terror law violates 1st Amendment http://news.yahoo.com/federal-judge-terror-law-violates-1st-amendment-233222966.html
  Federal court enjoins NDAA http://www.salon.com/2012/05/16/federal_court_enjoins_ndaa/singleton/

11:50 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Maryland Court of Appeals http://marylandreporter.com/2012/05/22/appeals-court-rejects-ballot-access-petitions-for-libertarians-greens/

16:00 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Tanya Dixon-Neely http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjpWaESn_9g

• NC Teacher Screams at Student: It’s Criminal to Criticize Obama http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/20/NC-teacher-screams-student-Obama
• Classroom debate over Obama goes viral; teacher suspended  http://salisbury.wbtv.com/news/politics/73239-classroom-debate-over-obama-goes-viral-teacher-suspended

This Week’s Quote: “Politicians and ‘people of god’ are useless, stupid creatures that need to get real jobs and contribute to society like everyone else.” —Abbie Smith http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2012/05/15/why-ask-scientists-for-ideas-w/

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – 16-year-old diabetic blames TSA for breaking her insulin pump http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/08/11604317-16-year-old-diabetic-blames-tsa-for-breaking-her-insulin-pump
  • Opting-out of Advanced Imaging Technology and the Pat-down Doesn’t Fly http://blog.tsa.gov/2010/11/opting-out-of-advanced-imaging.html
• 2:25 – Cop Kicks Pregnant Woman In Stomach, Dept. Says He Was Within Policy http://loop21.com/life/cop-kicks-pregnant-woman-stomach
• 4:45 – Austin Government Officials Seize Man’s Home because he had a Bunker http://offgridsurvival.com/governmentofficialsseizebunkerhome/
  • Man sues city over seizure of house with underground shelter http://www.statesman.com/news/local/man-sues-city-over-seizure-of-house-with-2345041.html
• 7:35 – Bullied student faces expulsion, fired stun gun mom gave him http://www.indystar.com/article/20120502/LOCAL/205020317/Does-he-deserve-to-be-punished
• 11:20 – San Diego student’s 5-day ordeal in DEA jail sparks outrage, anger http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/04/4464320/san-diego-students-5-day-ordeal.html

13:05 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/05/06/michigan-secretary-of-state-says-she-wont-print-gary-johnsons-name-on-the-november-ballot-as-a-libertarian/

18:20 – Idiot Extraordinaire: David Ellerman (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://www.abolishhumanrentals.org/human-rentals/labor-theory-of-property/

This Week’s Quote: “The great virtue of a free market system is that it does not care what color people are; it does not care what their religion is; it only cares whether they can produce something you want to buy. It is the most effective system we have discovered to enable people who hate one another to deal with one another and help one another.” —Milton Friedman

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Egan-Jones Downgrades U.S. to AA From AA+ http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/2012/04/05/egan-jones-downgrades-us-to-aa-from-aa/
  • Egan-Jones Cuts US Credit Rating to ‘AA,’ Citing Debt http://www.cnbc.com/id/46970602
  • SEC takes action against rater Egan-Jones http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/20/us-eganjones-sec-idUSBRE83I1BQ20120420
  • Egan-Jones’ Lawyer Accuses SEC Of Bias Against Independent Firms http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2012/04/24/egan-jones-lawyer-accuses-sec-of-bias-against-independent-firms/
• 3:10 – Police officer shoots mans dog after responding to the wrong address http://libertarianreview.us/2012/04/16/police-officer-shoots-mans-dog-after-responding-to-the-wrong-address/
  • Austin Police Chief Apologizes for Shooting of Cisco the Dog http://abcnews.go.com/US/austin-police-chief-apologizes-michael-paxton-dog-shooting/story?id=16163996
• 6:15 – Police handcuff Ga. kindergartner for tantrum http://news.yahoo.com/police-handcuff-ga-kindergartner-tantrum-112459850.html
• 7:20 – Economists: Cybercrime Estimates Are Wildly, Ridiculously Overblown http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/04/economists-cybercrime-estimates-are-wildly-ridiculously-overblown/255960/
  • Wired Opinion: Cyberwar Is the New Yellowcake http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/02/yellowcake-and-cyberwar/
  • Moving too fast on cybersecurity http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/222783-moving-too-fast-on-cybersecurity
• 11:10 – Kids Say Fresno Cops Tasered & Drowned Dad http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/10/45478.htm
  • Death of Fresno Man After Police Use Taser Spurs Lawsuit http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/death-of-fresno-man-after-police-use-taser-spurs-lawsuit-54335247.html
• 13:15 – Long Range Acoustic Devices to be Used on Chicago Protesters http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/12-3

14:35 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: News Media http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/woman-coca-cola-habit-cited-death-161323721.html

• New Zealand woman’s Coca-Cola habit cited in death http://news.yahoo.com/zealand-womans-coca-cola-habit-cited-death-061953874–finance.html

17:10 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The Vatican  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/us/vatican-reprimands-us-nuns-group.html

This Week’s Quote: “I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.” —William S. Burroughs

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Libertarian candidate special:

Debates:

• South Carolina http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exep0tHbQ18
• Florida http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRsr0VCb8wU
• Georgia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nreumAId020
• Texas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg7ryvUh9oo

Roger Gary http://rvgary2012.com/

Scott Keller http://www.keller2012.com/

Leroy Saunders http://saunders2012.org/Home_Page.php

James Ogle http://usparliament.org/google2012.php

Carl Person http://carlperson2012.com/

Gary Johnson http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/

• Appearance on Stephen Colbert: http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/mon-april-2-2012-gary-johnson

R. Lee Wrights http://wrights2012.com/

• 30-second spot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agu1mGhaJB0
• Million Vote March: http://www.millionvotemarch.com/

This Week’s Quote: “The two-party system has given this country the war of Lyndon Johnson, the Watergate of Nixon, and the incompetence of Carter. Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was a success because a few people survived on life-rafts.” —Eugene McCarthy

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Man whose WMD lies led to 100,000 deaths confesses all http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/man-whose-wmd-lies-led-to-100000-deaths-confesses-all-7606236.html
  • Truth About War http://truthaboutwar.org/
• 2:35 – Report slams denied ambulance call death http://www.thelocal.se/39930/20120327/
  • Heart attack victim dies after ambulance denied http://www.thelocal.se/39656/20120314/
  • Boy’s call about fatal fire dismissed as ‘prank’ http://www.thelocal.se/39494/20120305/
  • 17-year-old dies after ambulance no-show http://www.thelocal.se/39022/20120209/
  • Man dies after ambulance call went unanswered http://www.thelocal.se/38842/20120201/
• 7:15 – Trolling Could Get You 25 Years in Jail in Arizona http://gizmodo.com/5898585/itll-soon-be-illegal-to-troll-in-arizona

8:45 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: C0nc0rdance (nominated by Neil Purcell) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oygQVhu30s

• Butt-tax blowback http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/butt_tax_blowback_QC2Bti6DW6m4Fe9mmF4iVI
• The Political Interests Paradox http://www.downsizedcfoundation.org/blog/the-political-interests-paradox

23:30 – Idiot Extraordinaire: NYC Department of Education http://io9.com/5896836/nyc-dept-of-education-wants-to-ban-the-word-dinosaur-from-standardized-tests

This Week’s Quote: “Nothing that you will learn in the course of your studies will be of the slightest possible use to you in after life, save only this, that if you work hard and intelligently you should be able to detect when a man is talking rot, and that, in my view, is the main, if not the sole, purpose of education.” —John Alexander Smith

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Bloomberg Strikes Again: NYC Bans Food Donations To The Homeless http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/19/bloomberg-strikes-again-nyc-bans-food-donations-to-the-homeless/
• 2:35 – Facebook says it may launch legal action against employers who ask for user passwords http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2012/03/23/facebook-says-it-may-launch-legal-action-against-employers-who-ask-for-user-passwords/
  • Protecting Your Passwords and Your Privacy https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-and-privacy/protecting-your-passwords-and-your-privacy/326598317390057
• 4:32 – ICANN Confirms That It’s Going To Make It Easier For Governments To Seize Domains Around The Globe http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120320/17474318177/icann-confirms-that-its-going-to-make-it-easier-governments-to-seize-domains-around-globe.shtml
  • ICANN Ethical Conflicts Are Worse Than They Seem http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=1072&doc_id=240923
• 7:35 – Scopes Monkey Trial Revisited: Tennessee Is Still Officially Anti-Evolution As Science Education Bill Passes (VIDEO) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/20/tennessee-evolution-scopes-education_n_1368636.html
  • Evolution ‘debate’ bill is religion, poorly disguised http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120321/OPINION01/303210097/Evolution-debate-bill-religion-poorly-disguised
• 12:18 – Mexican Drug Lord Officially Thanks American Lawmakers for Keeping Drugs Illegal (satire) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-henry-sterry/mexican-drug-lord-officia_b_179596.html
  • Joaquin Guzman Loera: Net Worth $1 B As of March 2012 http://www.forbes.com/profile/joaquin-guzman-loera/

15:35 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Wisconsin State Sen. Glenn Grothman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/02/glenn-grothman-wisconsin-law-single-parenthood-child-abuse_n_1316834.html

• Bill: Blame single parenting for child abuse http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/bill-blame-single-parenting-for-child-abuse/article_4b3e6d74-6718-11e1-a1e0-001871e3ce6c.html

18:50 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Wisconsin State Rep. Don Pridemore http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/142161793.html

This Week’s Quote: “I do not mean to suggest that scientific differences should be settled by universal suffrage, but I do conceive that solid proofs must be met by something more than empty and unsupported assertions.” —Thomas Huxley

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0:23 – Update: Ban on father seeing daughter alone is lifted http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-17354975

News of the Bogus:

• 1:33 – Marine says he won’t follow ‘unlawful orders’ from Obama http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/03/marine-says-he-wont-follow-unlawful-orders-from-obama/1
• 4:02 – ‘Homeless hotspots’ program at South by Southwest slammed by critics, but marketing firm BBH Labs defends idea http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/homeless-hotspots-program-south-southwest-slammed-critics-marketing-firm-bbh-labs-defends-idea-article-1.1037475?localLinksEnabled=false
  • The Damning Backstory Behind ‘Homeless Hotspots’ at SXSW http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/03/the-damning-backstory-behind-homeless-hotspots-at-sxswi/
  • Critics of South by Southwest’s Homeless Hotspots Haven’t Met Jonathan Hill http://www.good.is/post/the-critics-of-south-by-southwest-s-homeless-hotspots-haven-t-met-jonathan-hill/
• 8:25 – Study Confirms The Government Produces The Buggiest Software http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/03/13/study-confirms-governments-produce-the-buggiest-software/

11:50 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: North Carolina State Government http://www.ncsbe.gov/GetDocument.aspx?id=2525

16:20 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Joseph A. Califano Jr. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/why-pat-robertsons-pot-plan-is-a-bong-pipe-dream/2012/03/09/gIQAroRr1R_blog.html

This Week’s Quote: “Make the most of the Indian hemp seed, and sow it everywhere!” —George Washington