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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