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Co-Hosts: Charles Thomas and Chris Hangartner

News of the Bogus:

• Japan knife attack: At least 19 dead http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/25/world/japan-knife-attack-deaths/
• Obama signs bill requiring labeling of GMO foods https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/obama-signs-bill-requiring-labeling-of-gmo-foods/2016/07/29/1f071d66-55d2-11e6-b652-315ae5d4d4dd_story.html
• The KickassTorrents Case Could Be Huge https://www.wired.com/2016/07/kickasstorrents-piracy-case/
  • Kim Dotcom’s lawyer will also represent alleged KickassTorrents founder http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/07/kim-dotcoms-lawyer-will-also-represent-alleged-kickasstorrents-founder/
  • Top Torrent Sites Respect Copyright Takedowns, Just Like Google https://torrentfreak.com/top-torrent-sites-respect-copyright-takedowns-just-like-google-120604/
  • The Pirate Bay vs KickassTorrents: TPB Ignores DMCA Takedown as KAT Deletes 2400 Torrents in Minutes http://en.yibada.com/articles/128214/20160601/the-pirate-bay-vs-kickasstorrents-tpb-ignores-dmca-takedown-as-kat-deletes-2400-torrents-in-minutes.htm
  • Content Removal Regulations https://web.archive.org/web/20160710224701/https://kat.cr/dmca/

Biggest Bogon Emitter: Salon.com (nominated by Neil Purcell) http://www.salon.com/2016/07/31/the_moral_case_for_hillary_clinton_even_if_you_might_dislike_her_this_isnt_the_year_to_back_a_third_party_candidate/

Idiot Extraordinaire: Jill Stein http://www.patheos.com/blogs/accordingtomatthew/2016/08/jill-stein-thinks-wi-fi-could-be-dangerous-for-our-brains/

This Week’s Quote: “Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.” —E.O. Wilson

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Co-Host: Ibrahim Zallum

(Apologies for the audio quality. There were issues with Ibrahim’s microphone that hopefully will be sorted out before his next appearance.)

News of the Bogus:

• 1:28 – 2016 Nice attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Nice_attack
  • Death Toll From Terrorist Attack in Nice, France, Rises to 84 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/16/world/europe/attack-nice-bastille-day.html
• 7:32 – Turkey’s Weekend of the Long Knives http://observer.com/2016/07/turkeys-weekend-of-the-long-knives/
  • Military coup was well planned and very nearly succeeded, say Turkish officials https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/18/military-coup-was-well-planned-and-very-nearly-succeeded-say-turkish-officials
  • Why Turkey’s latest attempted coup was different. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/interrogation/2016/07/why_turkey_s_latest_attempted_coup_was_different.html
  • Turkish President Returns to Istanbul in Sign Military Coup Is Faltering http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/16/world/europe/military-attempts-coup-in-turkey-prime-minister-says.html
  • Was Turkey’s coup attempt just an elaborate hoax by Erdogan? http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/07/turkey-military-coup-attempt-more-questions-than-answers.html
• 22:17 – Microsoft Wins! Govt Can’t Force Tech Companies to Hand Over Data Stored Overseas http://thehackernews.com/2016/07/user-data-spying.html

27:03 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Environmentalists http://www.smh.com.au/business/innovation/green-cars-in-spotlight-as-lithium-demand-causes-flamingo-flocks-to-shrink-20160710-gq2eef.html

33:33 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/17/politics/cleveland-police-baton-rouge-security-open-carry/

This Week’s Quote: “The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it’s good-bye to the Bill of Rights.” —H.L. Mencken

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Co-Host: Chris Hangartner

News of the Bogus:

• 2:04 – The U.S. commitment to the Persian Gulf is outdated http://www.reuters.com/article/us-persian-gulf-commentary-idUSKCN0ZN2DB
• 10:00 – NSA Labels Tor and Tails Users as Extremists http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/nsa-labels-linux-tails-users-extremists/
• 14:38 – South Dakota cops collect urine samples through forced catheterization; is it constitutional? http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/south_dakota_cops_collect_urine_samples_through_forced_catheterization_is_i/

17:59 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Barack Obama  http://thefederalist.com/2016/07/12/no-president-obama-its-not-easier-to-buy-a-glock-than-a-book/

27:39 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Vladimir Putin https://meduza.io/en/news/2016/07/07/putin-gives-federal-security-agents-two-weeks-to-produce-encryption-keys-for-the-internet

• VPN provider cuts off service to Russia after servers seized http://www.pcworld.com/article/3094370/vpn-provider-cuts-of-service-to-russia-after-servers-seized.html

This Week’s Quote: “There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.” —Sun Tzu

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Co-Host: Jakob Morris

News of the Bogus:

• 0:49 – New Zealand town with ‘too many jobs’ offering packages of land and homes for $165k http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/New-Zealand-town-with-too-many-jobs-is-offering-8337340.php
• 4:28 – Georgia publisher jailed after filing open records request https://www.ajc.com/news/local/north-georgia-newspaper-publisher-jailed-over-open-records-request/CFPXD1Mcgk0lqXOvOf9rHK/
• 12:33 – Homeschoolers Creaming Other Students on the SAT https://fee.org/articles/homeschoolers-creaming-other-students-on-the-sat/
• 17:26 – Disabled St. Jude patient sues airport and TSA after bloody scuffle with Airport Police http://wreg.com/2016/06/30/disabled-st-jude-patient-sues-airport-and-tsa-after-bloody-scuffle-with-airport-police/

21:27 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The News Media http://www.ocala.com/news/20160630/nations-first-known-self-driving-car-fatality-happened-in-williston

27:34 – Idiot Extraordinaire: James Comey http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/06/us/politics/hillary-clinton-fbi-email-comey.html

• 18 U.S. Code § 793 – Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/793#f
• Washington Has Been Obsessed With Punishing Secrecy Violations https://theintercept.com/2016/07/05/washington-has-been-obsessed-with-punishing-secrecy-violations-until-hillary-clinton/

This Week’s Quote: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” —Desmond Tutu

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Co-Host: Charles Thomas

News of the Bogus:

• 0:49 – Brexit ‘2nd Referendum Petition’ A 4 Chan Prank: BBC Report It As Real https://heatst.com/uk/exclusive-brexit-2nd-referendum-petition-a-4-chan-prank-bbc-report-it-as-real/
• 7:19 – Judge Dismisses Movie Piracy Case, IP-Address Doesn’t Prove Anything https://torrentfreak.com/judge-dismisses-movie-piracy-case-ip-address-doesnt-prove-anything-160627/
• 11:46 – Court Rules the FBI Does Not Need a Warrant to Hack a Computer http://motherboard.vice.com/read/court-rules-the-fbi-does-not-need-a-warrant-to-hack-a-computer
  • Federal Court: The Fourth Amendment Does Not Protect Your Home Computer https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/06/federal-court-fourth-amendment-does-not-protect-your-home-computer

19:12 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Hillary Clinton https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160628/05570734838/hillary-clintons-tech-policy-plan-includes-some-empty-broadband-promises-continued-war-encryption.shtml

• Top Donors data for Hillary Clinton, 2016 Cycle https://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/contrib.php?id=N00000019&cycle=2016&type=f&src=c

26:51 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Comodo Group, Inc. https://letsencrypt.org/2016/06/23/defending-our-brand.html

This Week’s Quote: “Before September 11, the idea that Americans would voluntarily agree to live their lives under the gaze of a network of biometric surveillance cameras…would have seemed unthinkable, a dystopian fantasy of a society that had surrendered privacy and anonymity.” —Jeffrey Rosen

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Co-Host: Travis Retriever

News of the Bogus:

• 0:49 – David Cameron announces resignation as UK votes to leave EU http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/24/europe/uk-eu-referendum-results/
  • What will happen now that Britain has voted to leave the E.U. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/23/what-actually-happens-if-britain-votes-to-leave-the-e-u/
  • Will Boris Johnson become U.K. prime minister in 2016? https://www.predictit.org/Contract/2467/Will-Boris-Johnson-become-UK-prime-minister-in-2016
• 11:43 – ‘We Will Be Back’: Democrats Vow to Continue Gun Control Protests as House Adjourns http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/back-house-vows-continue-gun-control-protests-house/story?id=40045649
  • Justin Amash on Twitter: “Democrats are staging a sit-in on the House floor. They…” https://twitter.com/justinamash/status/745679387450871808
• 17:53 – Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action Program at University of Texas http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/24/us/politics/supreme-court-affirmative-action-university-of-texas.html
  • FISHER v. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN ET AL. http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/15pdf/14-981_4g15.pdf
• 25:38 – Non-US encryption is ‘theoretical,’ claims CIA chief in backdoor debate http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/17/non_us_encryption_is_theoretical_claims_cia/

30:42 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Glenn Stone http://pages.wustl.edu/files/pages/imce/stone/stone_glover_2016_golden_rice.pdf

• Activists played ‘no role’ in delaying Golden Rice’? Evidence challenges anti-GMO claim https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2016/06/15/activists-played-no-role-delaying-golden-rice-evidence-challenges-glenn-stones-claim/

37:50 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Gersh Kuntzman http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/15/gersh-kuntzman-ny-daily-news-writer-firing-ar-15-g/

This Week’s Quote: “Governments, by their nature, are instruments of privilege.” —Robert LeFevre

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Co-Hosts: Daniel Wilcox and Sarah Fin

News of the Bogus:

• 2:14 – 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Orlando_nightclub_shooting
  • Top 10 Myths About Mass Shootings http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2012/12/18/top-10-myths-about-mass-shootings/
  • Do citizens (not police officers) with guns ever stop mass shootings? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/10/03/do-civilians-with-guns-ever-stop-mass-shootings/
  • Mizzou race activist hijacks Orlando vigil as gay community rebukes her http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/27839/
• 22:21 – Nation-State Routing http://ransom.cs.princeton.edu/
• 29:14 – Senate Votes for Equal Slavery for Women https://fee.org/articles/senate-votes-for-equal-slavery-for-women/

35:26 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Myriad Genetics https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160527/08591934566/myriad-genetics-refuses-to-accept-that-people-have-right-to-access-their-own-dna-sequences.shtml

41:20 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Wayne State University http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2016/06/12/wayne-state-drops-math-general-ed-requirement/85648592/

This Week’s Quote: “The people terrorists kill are not the targets; they are collateral damage. And blowing up planes, trains, markets or buses is not the goal; those are just tactics. The real targets of terrorism are the rest of us: the billions of us who are not killed but are terrorized because of the killing. The real point of terrorism is not the act itself, but our reaction to the act. And we’re doing exactly what the terrorists want.” —Bruce Schneier

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Co-Host: Jim Goebel

News of the Bogus:

• 0:50 – Norway to ‘completely ban petrol powered cars by 2025’ http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/norway-to-ban-the-sale-of-all-fossil-fuel-based-cars-by-2025-and-replace-with-electric-vehicles-a7065616.html
• 7:12 – EU countries refuse to back new license for glyphosate weed-killer http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-eu-glyphosate-idUSKCN0YS0Y0
  • EU stance on glyphosate leaves farmers ‘frustrated’ http://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/farming/eu-stance-on-glyphosate-leaves-farmers-frustrated-1-4147826
• 14:29 – Copyright Office’s Proposed Notice and Staydown System Would Force the Internet Archive and Other Platforms to Censor the Web https://blog.archive.org/2016/06/02/copyright-offices-proposed-notice-and-staydown-system-would-force-the-internet-archive-and-other-platforms-to-censor-the-web/

22:00 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The NSA https://news.vice.com/article/edward-snowden-leaks-tried-to-tell-nsa-about-surveillance-concerns-exclusive

• Ask your elected representatives to pass DownsizeDC.org’s “Write the Laws Act” (WTLA) https://downsizedc.org/etp/write-the-laws/

Silver Cluon Award: Gilbert Arap Bor (see next story)

32:08 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The European Green Party https://risk-monger.com/2016/06/08/how-to-starve-africa-ask-the-european-green-party/

• Open Letter to the EU Parliament from a Kenyan Farmer: “Leave Africa Alone” by Gilbert Arap Bor http://globalfarmernetwork.org/2016/06/open-letter-to-the-eu-parliament-from-a-kenyan-farmer-leave-africa-alone/

This Week’s Quote: “The world faces a choice, by spending a relatively little amount of money on proven solutions, we can help poor farmers feed themselves and their families and continue writing the story of a steadily more equitable world. Or we can decide to tolerate a very different world in which one in seven people needlessly lives on the edge of starvation.” —Bill Gates

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:46 – Advocacy groups criticize proposed security change at Albany airport http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Advocacy-groups-criticize-proposed-security-7941060.php
• 5:11 – “Game-Changing” Study Links Cellphone Radiation to Cancer http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/05/federal-study-links-cell-phone-radiation-cancer
  • Report of Partial Findings from the National Toxicology Program Carcinogenesis Studies of Cell Phone Radiofrequency Radiation in Hsd: Sprague Dawley® SD rats (Whole Body Exposures) http://biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2016/05/26/055699.full.pdf
• 13:45 – NHS: Why isn’t the chickenpox vaccination part of the routine childhood immunisation schedule? http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vaccinations/Pages/chickenpox-vaccine-questions-answers.aspx#routineschedule
  • Chickenpox Vaccine Not Responsible for Rise in Shingles, Study Says http://www.webmd.com/children/vaccines/news/20131202/chickenpox-vaccine-not-responsible-for-rise-in-shingles-study-says

20:16 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: DePaul University http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/university-admins-surrender-to-violent-protesters-shutter_us_57454738e4b00853ae7b5ae3

• DePaul’s president expresses discontent following Yiannopoulos controversy http://depauliaonline.com/2016/05/25/depaul-president-holtschneider-letter/
• Milo Yiannopoulos at DePaul University 5-24-2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw-MnRyIoQY&feature=youtu.be&t=46m18s

29:10 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Hillary Clinton http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/05/did-the-clinton-email-server-have-an-internet-based-printer/

This Week’s Quote: “When someone gets something everyone is due by right, they are not privileged because others did not get that something. Racism or some other form of discriminatory bias may well be at work, but it’s not a ‘privilege’ to be treated civilly. Let’s see to it everyone is so regarded.” —Jim Babka

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Co-Host: Travis Retriever

News of the Bogus:

• 0:50 – The Oracle-Google Case Will Decide the Future of Software http://www.wired.com/2016/05/oracle-google-case-will-decide-future-software/
  • Ep. 3: Early Copyright History – Copy-me http://copy-me.org/2014/10/copy-me-webseries-early-copyright-history-episode-3/
  • Google beats Oracle—Android makes “fair use” of Java APIs http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/google-wins-trial-against-oracle-as-jury-finds-android-is-fair-use/
• 14:41 – Elders way better at password security than millennials https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/05/25/elders-way-better-at-password-security-than-millennials/
• 23:36 – Should You Be Allowed to Prevent Drones From Flying Over Your Property? http://www.wsj.com/articles/should-you-be-allowed-to-prevent-drones-from-flying-over-your-property-1463968981

37:53 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The W3C https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/save-firefox

46:02 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The FBI (double-hit!)

• FBI Agent Testifies That The Agency’s Tor-Exploiting Malware Isn’t Actually Malware https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160522/16420734519/fbi-agent-testifies-that-agencys-tor-exploiting-malware-isnt-actually-malware.shtml
• Congrats, FBI, You’ve Now Convinced Silicon Valley To Encrypt And Dump Log Files https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160525/00574034542/congrats-fbi-youve-now-convinced-silicon-valley-to-encrypt-dump-log-files.shtml

This Week’s Quote: “It’s impossible to overstate how bonkers the idea of sabotaging cryptography is to people who understand information security…Use deliberately compromised cryptography, that has a back door that only the ‘good guys’ are supposed to have the keys to, and you have effectively no security. You might as well skywrite it as encrypt it with pre-broken, sabotaged encryption.” —Cory Doctorow