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News of the Bogus:

• Italian scientists guilty of manslaughter in 2009 earthquake http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/10/22/italy-earthquake-scientists-trial.html
• Quarter-billion-dollar stimulus grant creates just 400 jobs http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/29/hiring-stats-elusive-in-latest-energy-failure/
• Portugal drug law show results ten years on, experts say http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g9C6×99EnFVdFuXw_B8pvDRzLqcA?docId=CNG.e740b6d0077ba8c28f6d1dd931c6f679.5e1
• Publisher Thomas Nelson decides to pull David Barton’s controversial book on Thomas Jefferson’s faith http://www.worldmag.com/2012/08/lost_confidence
• Electronic nicotine delivery systems, including electronic cigarettes http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/75811/1/FCTC_COP5_13-en.pdf
  • World Health Organization Urges Countries to Ban Electronic Cigarettes Because They “Normalize” Smoking http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2012/10/world-health-organization-urges.html
• Cop Tasers Little Boy http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/10/30/51809.htm

Biggest Bogon Emitter: Peter Morici http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/economic-impact-hurricane-sandy-not-bad-news-150458002.html

Silver Cluon Award: Julie Borowski http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAkdHzpXXo0

Idiot Extraordinaire: Chris Matthews http://www.mediaite.com/tv/chris-matthews-goes-on-obnoxious-rant-against-idiots-who-vote-third-party-or-stay-home/

This Week’s Quote: “As the growing emphasis on feelings crowds out reason, facts will play a smaller role in public discourse.” —Paul Craig Roberts