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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – Naked-Image Scanners to Be Removed From U.S. Airports http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-18/naked-image-scanners-to-be-removed-from-u-s-airports.html
• 1:55 – Attorney: Girl, 5, in trouble for chatting about shooting bubble gun http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/01/girl_5_in_trouble_over_bubble.html
  • Philadelphia girl scolded, searched for pulling out paper gun at school, mom says http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/23/philadelphia-girl-scolded-searched-after-pulling-out-paper-gun-at-school/
  • Fifth-grader searched, berated for paper gun in South Philly http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/24/fifth-grader-searched-berated-paper-gun/
• 5:50 – Manning denied a whistleblower defense http://www.salon.com/2013/01/18/manning_denied_a_whistleblower_defense/
• 9:35 – Marijuana Legalization Struggles: The Ridiculous Rule That’s Preventing It From Happening http://www.policymic.com/articles/24146/marijuana-legalization-struggles-the-ridiculous-rule-that-s-preventing-it-from-happening
  • The Ruling http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/12CBD2B55C34FBF585257AFB00554299/$file/11-1265-1416392.pdf
  • Quality and value: The true purpose of peer review http://www.nature.com/nature/peerreview/debate/nature05032.html
  • Meta-analysis of cannabis based treatments for neuropathic and multiple sclerosis-related pain http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1185/030079906×158066
  • Therapeutic use of Cannabis sativa on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting among cancer patients: systematic review and meta-analysis http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2354.2008.00917.x/abstract

14:45 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Alex Seitz-Wald et al http://www.salon.com/2013/01/11/stop_talking_about_hitler/

21:40 – Silver Cluon Award: Laci Green http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6xuW_xhPn4

24:45 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Stefan Molyneux https://www.facebook.com/stefan.molyneux/posts/10151611301626679

• Screenshot of quoted posts http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanedk/8417342985/

This Week’s Quote: “I can assure you that vows of abstinence will break more easily than condoms.” —Joycelyn Elders

Holiday weekend with the kids. No podcast this week. But plenty of sentence fragments.

Let’s take some time to remember this great man this holiday reveres:

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News of the Bogus:

• Gun rights activists turn up heat on New York newspaper http://www.examiner.com/article/gun-rights-activists-turn-up-heat-on-new-york-newspaper
• FHP trooper: Illegal police searches led to her fear for her safety http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-deputy-watts-lawsuit-20121224,0,5669599.story
• Kansas demands that sperm donor pay child support http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/30/16254404-kansas-demands-that-sperm-donor-pay-child-support
• ACLU condemns court for keeping details of Obama’s assassination program secret http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/02/aclu-condemns-court-for-keeping-details-of-obamas-assassination-program-secret/

Biggest Bogon Emitter: Paul Krugman http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/barbarous-relics/

Idiot Extraordinaire: Piers Morgan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ror9v2LwHoY

• Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-v1UXFMzl0

This Week’s Quote: “People should never be prosecuted for what they own, for what they think, for what they eat, drink, or smoke, or for what they believe. They should be prosecuted only for the physical harm they do to others. And people who do harm others should be prosecuted—whether or not a gun is involved, and whether or not there is hate in one’s heart or liquor on one’s breath.” —Harry Browne

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:31 – Piers Morgan debating GOA Larry Pratt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FVQgLkbLjQ
  • Piers Morgan gun control debate, re Connecticut massacre. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SlfRCkZt1A
  • Deporting Piers Morgan: The Battle Of the Petitions http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/12/27/deporting-piers-morgan-the-battle-of-the-petitions/
  • Piers Morgan threatens to deport himself if gun laws don’t change http://now.msn.com/piers-morgan-threatens-to-deport-himself-if-gun-laws-dont-change
  • Nicole Lapin on The Wendy Williams Show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06Lw7xa6lHU
• 13:05 – Bikers show up to protect mourners from Westboro Baptist protest http://www.cochranetimes.com/2012/12/19/bikers-show-up-to-protect-mourners-from-westboro-baptist-protest
• 14:10 – North Carolina: Driving While Nervous is Not a Crime http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/39/3983.asp

16:35 – 2012 Year In Review

24:05 – Idiot of the Year: Mike Huckabee (et al) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/14/mike-huckabee-school-shooting_n_2303792.html

• The T-shirt: http://www.supernaturaltruth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/god-is-not-allowed-in-school-247×300.jpg

I’m recovering from an illness; I’ll get the 2012 end-of-year podcast up as soon as I get my voice back. Thanks for your patience.

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – BPI court order sees legal Pirate Bay site blocked by some ISPs http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/bpi-court-order-sees-legal-pirate-bay-site-blocked-by-some-isps-1116867
  • Pirate Bay Launches Dedicated “Promo Bay” Website to Plug Artists http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-launches-dedicated-promo-bay-to-help-artists-121129/
• 4:05 – Food Trucks Still Not Free of Restaurant Ties http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/display_exclusive.html?id=9715
• 7:05 – Bigfoot DNA Tests Prove Hairy Creature Exists, Genetic Researcher Says http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/bigfoot-dna-proves-creature-exists-genetic_n_2199984.html
  • ‘Bigfoot’ is Part Human, DNA Study Claims http://news.discovery.com/human/bigfoot-genetic-test-121127.html
  • DNA Diagnostics Better Business Bureau Review http://www.bbb.org/east-texas/business-reviews/laboratories-medical/dna-diagnostics-in-timpson-tx-24003140

11:45 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2012/11/30/democratic-rep-amend-constitution-to-allow-control-of-speech/

19:05 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Melody Hensley (nominated by Neil Purcell) http://flic.kr/p/dzzKqo

• TruthAndOblivion’s video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Ob0AKW8Bs

This Week’s Quote: “I think the only real difference between a riot and a revolution is the latter is better organized.” —Will Dayble

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Guest Host: Tim Dyson http://www.youtube.com/LordTHawkeye

News of the Bogus:

• CFTC Charges Ireland-based “Prediction Market” Proprietors Intrade and TEN with Violating the CFTC’s Off-Exchange Options Trading Ban and Filing False Forms with the CFTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6423-12
  • 2008 Presidential Election: Actual results and forecast http://electoralmap.net/2012/2008_election.php
• Walmart Workers Revolt! (Workers Decline to Participate) http://reason.com/blog/2012/11/23/walmart-workers-revolt-workers-decline-t
  • Wal-Mart protests draw hundreds nationwide http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/23/news/companies/walmart-protests/index.html
  • Walmart walkout: Protesters arrested at Paramount location http://www.dailynews.com/ci_22054148/walkmart-walkout-protestors-planning-arrests-at-paramount-location
  • Wal-Mart Black Friday walkout: How bad will it be? http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2012/1119/Wal-Mart-Black-Friday-walkout-How-bad-will-it-be-video
• Empty Embrace… Hurricane Sandy Victim Upset After Being Played By Obama http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/11/empty-embrace-hurricane-sandy-victim-upset-after-being-played-by-obama-video/
  • http://reason.com/blog/2012/11/19/no-country-on-earth-would-tolerate-missi

Biggest Bogon Emitter: The Moraga (California) school district http://www.alternet.org/12-year-old-rape-victim-called-negligent-and-careless-school-district-legal-papers

Idiot Extraordinaire: Lori Phillips http://www.wbtv.com/story/20189948/mom-young-daughter-got-disturbing-book-from-elementary-school

This Week’s Quote: “As long as I was in Washington I never met anybody that I thought was good enough, who knew enough, or who loved enough to make sexual decisions for anybody else.” —Joycelyn Elders

No podcast this week due to the Thanksgiving holidays.

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – “Coca-Cola” Model for Delivering Malaria Meds is a Success, Should be Continued, Say Public Health Expert http://www.princeton.edu/research/news/features/a/?id=8912
  • “From Financing to Fevers: Lessons of an Antimalarial Subsidy Program,” Science 338(6107):615-616, DOI: 10.1126/science.1231010 http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6107/615
• 2:45 – Man tasered by police while trying to save burning home http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/article/282664/4/Man-tasered-by-police-while-trying-to-save-burning-home
• 5:00 – Woman ‘denied a termination’ dies in hospital http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/1114/1224326575203.html

7:20 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Jillian Berman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/13/papa-johns-obamacare_n_2123207.html

• Breaking Down Centi-Millionaire ‘Papa’ John Schnatter’s Obamacare Math http://www.forbes.com/sites/calebmelby/2012/11/12/breaking-down-centi-millionaire-papa-john-schnatters-obamacare-math/

12:00 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324556304578122632560842670.html

• Hostess to Liquidate, Lay Off 18,500 After Crushing Union Fight http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2012/11/16/hostess-brands-moves-to-wind-down-operations-sell-assets
• Hostess Brands closing for good http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/16/news/companies/hostess-closing/

This Week’s Quote: “Given the results of the War on Poverty and the War on Drugs, if the government starts a War on Abortion, in five years men will be having abortions.” —Harry Browne

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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