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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/judge-to-sentence-bradley-manning-today/2013/08/20/85bee184-09d0-11e3-b87c-476db8ac34cd_story.html
  • Prison Sentences and Time Served for Violence http://bjsdata.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/PSATSFV.PDF
  • Lengthy prison term for Bradley Manning http://en.rsf.org/united-states-lengthy-prison-term-for-bradley-21-08-2013,45087.html
• 4:05 – Glenn Greenwald’s partner detained at Heathrow airport for nine hours http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/18/glenn-greenwald-guardian-partner-detained-heathrow
  • Glenn Greenwald: detaining my partner was a failed attempt at intimidation http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/18/david-miranda-detained-uk-nsa
• 8:20 – Britain forced Guardian to destroy copy of Snowden material http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/19/us-usa-security-snowden-guardian-idUSBRE97I10E20130819
• 9:10 – Lavabit.com owner: ‘I could be arrested’ for resisting surveillance order http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/13/20008036-lavabitcom-owner-i-could-be-arrested-for-resisting-surveillance-order
• 12:20 – Laws That Target Homeless Imperil Programs That Feed Them Outdoors http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/07/30/156328035/philadelphia-bans-serving-food-to-the-homeless-in-public
• 14:35 – Raped and Impregnated at 14, Girl Must Now Share Parental Rights with Her Attacker http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/raped-and-impregnated-14-girl-must-now-share-parental-rights-her-attacker?paging=off

18:30 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Republican and Democratic State Lawmakers (nominated by BlameThe1st) http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/nightline-fix-abc-news/why-texas-bans-sale-tesla-cars-140842349.html

22:05 – Idiot Extraordinaire:Lu Ann Ballew (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://www.wbir.com/news/article/283997/2/Judge-orders-babys-name-be-changed-from-Messiah

This Week’s Quote: “I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.” —Calvin Coolidge