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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – Amazon patents the milkman http://www.geekwire.com/2013/amazon-patents-milkman-recurring-deliveries/
  • Amazon’s patent http://www.google.com/patents/US8370271
  • Patent on PB&J with the crust cut off http://www.google.com/patents/US6004596
  • Patent on swinging on a swing sideways http://www.google.com/patents/US6368227
  • Patent on fixing a hole with plaster 6994809
  • Patent on carrying a towel around your neck 6718554
  • Patent on “exercising” cats using a laser pointer http://www.google.com/patents/US5443036
• 3:45 – CMPD review panel rules against citizens — every time http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/02/16/3860400/cmpd-review-panel-rules-against.html
• 6:15 – The Deadly Opposition to Genetically Modified Food http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/project_syndicate0/2013/02/gm_food_golden_rice_will_save_millions_of_people_from_vitamin_a_deficiency.html
• 9:30 – Crime soared with Mass. gun law http://bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/02/17/the-nation-toughest-gun-control-law-made-massachusetts-less-safe/3845k7xHzkwTrBWy4KpkEM/story.html
  • The Black Market for Firearms http://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=1718.0

13:35 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Steven Mufson http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/gas-prices-are-on-a-mysterious-climb/2013/02/19/26298f84-7ade-11e2-82e8-61a46c2cde3d_story.html

15:45 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Ken Ham http://blogs.answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2013/02/02/a-tiny-feathered-dino/

This Week’s Quote: “If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today’s ideas were invented, and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete standstill today.” —Bill Gates