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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Music Labels Won’t Share Pirate Bay Loot With Artists http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-loot-with-artists-120728/
• 2:35 – Rock Stars Say Google Supports Music Piracy http://www.dailygossip.org/rock-stars-say-google-supports-music-piracy-4096
  • Music piracy – who’s on the moral high ground? http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18892655
• 4:55 – Kansas’ evolution debate just keeps evolving http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-kansas-schools-evolution-debate-20120729,0,6048606.story
  • Evolution big issue in Kansas school board races http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Evolution-big-issue-in-Kansas-school-board-races-3744571.php
  • Next Generation Science Standards http://www.nextgenscience.org

7:40 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Chick-fil-A http://i.imgur.com/zpmeA.jpg

• Chick-Fil-A Recalling Jim Henson Kids’ Meal Toys As Partnership Severed Over Anti-Gay Donations http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/24/chick-fil-a-jim-henson-toy-recall-gay_n_1699597.html

10:50 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Boston Mayor Thomas Menino http://consumerist.com/2012/07/heres-the-letter-where-boston-mayor-tells-chick-fil-a-to-stay-the-cluck-out-of-his-town.html

• Legal eagles cry fowl over politicians’ plans to block Chick-fil-A http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/26/politician-plan-to-block-chick-fil-is-unconstitutional-legal-experts-say/

This Week’s Quote: ”As long as they’re homophobic behind closed doors, and don’t hurt anyone, I’m fine with it.” —Eddie Izzard

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Clearwater, Florida May Ban Sitting on Sidewalks http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/crime/clearwater-florida-may-ban-sitting-sidewalks
  • Clearwater considers ‘sitting’ ban to curb homeless http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2012/jul/16/2/clearwater-considers-sitting-ban-to-curb-homeless-ar-433351/
  • Clearwater says homeless should go to shelters, but most have no space http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/clearwater-says-homeless-should-go-to-shelters-but-most-have-no-space/1236931
• 4:14 – What may be the world’s first cybernetic hate crime unfolds in French McDonald’s http://io9.com/5926587/what-may-be-the-worlds-first-cybernetic-hate-crime-unfolds-in-french-mcdonalds
• 6:07 – Pirate Bay block effectiveness short-lived, data suggests http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18833060
  • Pirate Bay bans not working http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/17/pirate-bay-bans-not-working/
  • Pirate Bay Crackdown Fails to Halt File-Sharing http://www.infopackets.com/news/piracy/2012/20120717_pirate_bay_crackdown_fails_to_halt_file_sharing.htm
• 8:47 – Confidence in TV News at New Low http://ivn.us/2012/07/18/confidence-in-tv-news-at-new-low/
  • Americans’ Confidence in Television News Drops to New Low http://www.gallup.com/poll/155585/Americans-Confidence-Television-News-Drops-New-Low.aspx

11:20 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Barack Obama http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/07/13/remarks-president-campaign-event-roanoke-virginia

• President Obama Campaigns on Two-Day Tour of Virginia http://www.c-span.org/Events/President-Obama-Campaigns-on-Two-Day-Tour-of-Virginia/10737432307/
• Federal Income Taxes on Middle-Income Families Remain Near Historic Lows http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3151
• I, Pencil http://www.fee.org/library/books/i-pencil-2/

28:50 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Diana Carew http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJzBGNQbHwc

This Week’s quote: “I believe that school makes complete fools of our young men, because they see and hear nothing of ordinary life there.” —Petronius

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• 0:26 – Evangelical radio host: ‘Tax the atheists who don’t go to church’ http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/06/evangelical-radio-host-tax-the-atheists-who-dont-go-to-church/
• 4:00 – Woman Sues FDA Over Sperm Donation Rules http://www.openmarket.org/2012/07/09/woman-sues-fda-over-sperm-donation-rules/
  • What You Should Know – Reproductive Tissue Donation http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/SafetyAvailability/TissueSafety/ucm232876.htm
• 7:08 – University sues student who ‘studied too fast’ http://www.thelocal.de/education/20120703-43517.html
  • University sues over early graduation http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/07/03/University-sues-over-early-graduation/UPI-72791341335821/
• 8:50 – Government-Sponsored Study Destroys DEA’s Classification of Marijuana http://libertycrier.com/government/government-sponsored-study-destroys-deas-classification-of-marijuana/
  • Medical Marijuana: Clearing Away the Smoke http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358713/

11:50 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Texas GOP http://truth-out.org/news/item/10144-texas-gop-declares-no-more-teaching-of-critical-thinking-skills-in-texas-public-schools

• 2012 Texas GOP Platform http://s3.amazonaws.com/texasgop_pre/assets/original/2012Platform_Final.pdf

14:55 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Scientologists http://www.businessinsider.com/read-the-panicked-email-the-church-of-scientology-is-circulating-to-censor-the-tomkat-break-up-2012-7

• Scientologists Think Tom Cruise Has Telekinetic, Telepathic Powers http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/scientologists-think-tom-cruise-has-telekinetic-telepathic-powers-2012107

This week’s quote: “If you give a good politician the power to do good things, you automatically give a bad politician the power to do bad things.” —Harry Browne

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ObamaCare Special

This Week’s Co-hosts:

• Jonathan Loesche (FSBlueApocalypse) http://www.loesche4fl.org/
• Tim Dyson (Lord T Hawkeye) http://www.youtube.com/lordthawkeye

References:

• The actual, honest-to-FSM Supreme Court ruling: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/11-393c3a2.pdf
• The actual, honest-to-FSM full text of Obamacare: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ148/pdf/PLAW-111publ148.pdf
• Efforts to implement ObamaCare law raise concerns of massive government expansion http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/03/efforts-to-implement-obamacare-law-raise-concerns-massive-government-expansion/
• US Debt Clock http://www.usdebtclock.org/

This Week’s Quote: “There was a time when health insurance was available to everyone at a modest price. But after 40 years of government intervention, insurance companies have had to restrict their policies and charge far more—which has led Congress to pass bills forcing insurance companies to do what they once did gladly.” —Harry Browne

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – $9 Billion in ‘Stimulus’ for Solar, Wind Projects Made 910 Final Jobs–$9.8 Million Per Job http://cnsnews.com/news/article/9-billion-stimulus-solar-wind-projects-made-910-final-jobs-98-million-job
• 2:08 – Utah girl jailed and strip searched for hair-cutting prank http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/23/utah-girl-jailed-and-strip-searched-for-hair-cutting-prank/
• 5:45 – Children taken from mom in pot raid inflame Butte County ballot debate http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/30/4524455/kids-taken-from-mom-in-pot-raid.html
  • Oroville mom’s hearing opens with testimony about husband’s pot plant production http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/12/4554873/oroville-moms-hearing-opens-with.html#storylink=cpy
• 8:40 – Top doctor’s chilling claim: The NHS kills off 130,000 elderly patients every year http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2161869/Top-doctors-chilling-claim-The-NHS-kills-130-000-elderly-patients-year.html
  • Elderly patients ‘helped to die to free up beds’, warns doctor http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/9343428/Elderly-patients-helped-to-die-to-free-up-beds-warns-doctor.html
  • NHS must come clean over use of ‘death pathway’ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8930951/NHS-must-come-clean-over-use-of-death-pathway.html
  • NHS “Heading for an Iceberg” Warn Hhealth Officials http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/327772/NHS-heading-for-an-iceberg-warn-health-officials
  • A group of experts who care for the terminally ill claim that some patients are being wrongly judged as close to death http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/6133157/Dying-patients.html

15:05 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Paul Krugman (two in a row! Nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/a-mythical-anniversary/

18:25 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Accelerated Christian Education (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/education/how-american-fundamentalist-schools-are-using-nessie-to-disprove-evolution.17918511

This Week’s Quote: “It does not matter who you are, or how smart you are, or what title you have, or how many of you there are, and certainly not how many papers your side has published, if your prediction is wrong then your hypothesis is wrong. Period.” —Richard Feynman

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Newspaper that helps homeless is thriving http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2011/dec/24/4/paper-that-helps-homeless-is-thriving-ar-340169/
  • Tampa Epoch homeless newspaper to keep publishing http://www.examiner.com/article/tampa-epoch-homeless-newspaper-to-keep-publishing
• 4:30 – In 8-0 Ruling, U.S. Supreme Court Allows Immunity Protections for Secret Service, Law Enforcement to Trump Free Speech Rights of Americans https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/on_the_front_lines/us_supreme_court_allows_immunity_protections_for_secret_service_to_trump_fr
• 7:20 – Scores in N.C. are legally ‘innocent,’ yet still imprisoned http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-06-13/innocent-incarcerated-prisoners/55585176/1

12:10 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Paul Krugman (again!) http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/estonian-rhapsdoy/

• President Of Estonia Slams Paul Krugman: ‘Smug, Overbearing & Patronizing’ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/06/estonia-krugman-toomas-hendrik-ilves_n_1575937.html

21:15 – Idiot Extraordinare: Rachel Maddow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta7kLhnx_Uc

• Gender Wage Gap Final Report https://archive.org/details/GenderWageGapFinalReport
• What Do Wage Differentials Tell Us about Labor Market Discrimination? http://www.nber.org/papers/w11240.pdf

This Week’s Quote: “There is no reason to believe that bureaucrats and politicians, no matter how well meaning, are better at solving problems than people on the spot, who have the strongest incentive to get the solution right.” —Elinor Ostrom

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – School Nurse Denies Inhaler, Watches Student Lose Consciousness http://news.yahoo.com/school-nurse-denies-inhaler-watches-student-lose-consciousness-183100040.html
  • School Nurse Refuses To Give Inhaler To Student Having Asthma Attack http://www.dreamindemon.com/2012/05/23/school-nurse-refuses-give-boy-inhaler-asthma-attack/
  • Some Schools Don’t Let Kids Carry Asthma Inhalers: Policies run counter to law, place children at risk, experts say http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_124582.html
• 4:45 – Nine-year-old’s lunch blog shames school into making changes http://grist.org/list/nine-year-olds-lunch-blog-shames-school-into-making-changes/
• 6:00 – LimeWire Being Sued for $75 TRILLION! http://uber-facts.com/2012/05/20/limewire-being-sued-for-75-trillion/
• 8:25 – Occupy livestreamers detained at gunpoint by twelve Chicago police cars http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/20/livestreamers-detained-at-gunpoint-by-twelve-chicago-police-cars/

12:25 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: National Center for Homeopathy http://www.nationalcenterforhomeopathy.org/content/homeopathy-its-not-just-vodoo

• What’s the harm in homeopathy? http://whatstheharm.net/homeopathy.html

21:00 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Unnamed Fort Worth police officer http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/05/28/3991473/owners-of-dog-killed-by-officer.html

• Family dog shot and killed after Fort Worth police officer responds to the wrong house http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-family-dog-shot-and-killed-after-fort-worth-poice-officer-responds-to-the-wrong-address-20120527,0,2162589.story

This Week’s Quote: ”I’m sorry if you’re into homeopathy—it’s water! How often does it need to be said? It’s just water…’Herbal medicine’s been around for thousands of years.’ Indeed it has, and then we tested it all, and the stuff that worked became ‘medicine,’ and the rest of it is just a nice bowl of soup and some potpourri. So knock yourselves out!” —Dara Ó Briain

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – Feds threaten to disrupt summer concerts http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/washington-secrets/2012/05/feds-threaten-disrupt-summer-concerts/626621
• 2:10 – Post-It Note Prank At Cascade High School Leaves Students Suspended, Janitor Fired http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/post-it-note-prank-cascade-high-school_n_1521649.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
• 4:15 – Republicans block Rep. Norton from testifying on anti-abortion bill for her own district http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/16/republicans-block-rep-norton-from-testifying-on-anti-abortion-bill-for-her-own-district/
• 6:10 – Congress could kill rocket builders’ new space race http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20120513/COLUMNISTS0405/305130045/John-Kelly-Congress-could-kill-rocket-builders-new-space-race
• 9:10 – Federal judge: Terror law violates 1st Amendment http://news.yahoo.com/federal-judge-terror-law-violates-1st-amendment-233222966.html
  Federal court enjoins NDAA http://www.salon.com/2012/05/16/federal_court_enjoins_ndaa/singleton/

11:50 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Maryland Court of Appeals http://marylandreporter.com/2012/05/22/appeals-court-rejects-ballot-access-petitions-for-libertarians-greens/

16:00 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Tanya Dixon-Neely http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjpWaESn_9g

• NC Teacher Screams at Student: It’s Criminal to Criticize Obama http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/20/NC-teacher-screams-student-Obama
• Classroom debate over Obama goes viral; teacher suspended  http://salisbury.wbtv.com/news/politics/73239-classroom-debate-over-obama-goes-viral-teacher-suspended

This Week’s Quote: “Politicians and ‘people of god’ are useless, stupid creatures that need to get real jobs and contribute to society like everyone else.” —Abbie Smith http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2012/05/15/why-ask-scientists-for-ideas-w/

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – 16-year-old diabetic blames TSA for breaking her insulin pump http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/08/11604317-16-year-old-diabetic-blames-tsa-for-breaking-her-insulin-pump
  • Opting-out of Advanced Imaging Technology and the Pat-down Doesn’t Fly http://blog.tsa.gov/2010/11/opting-out-of-advanced-imaging.html
• 2:25 – Cop Kicks Pregnant Woman In Stomach, Dept. Says He Was Within Policy http://loop21.com/life/cop-kicks-pregnant-woman-stomach
• 4:45 – Austin Government Officials Seize Man’s Home because he had a Bunker http://offgridsurvival.com/governmentofficialsseizebunkerhome/
  • Man sues city over seizure of house with underground shelter http://www.statesman.com/news/local/man-sues-city-over-seizure-of-house-with-2345041.html
• 7:35 – Bullied student faces expulsion, fired stun gun mom gave him http://www.indystar.com/article/20120502/LOCAL/205020317/Does-he-deserve-to-be-punished
• 11:20 – San Diego student’s 5-day ordeal in DEA jail sparks outrage, anger http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/04/4464320/san-diego-students-5-day-ordeal.html

13:05 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/05/06/michigan-secretary-of-state-says-she-wont-print-gary-johnsons-name-on-the-november-ballot-as-a-libertarian/

18:20 – Idiot Extraordinaire: David Ellerman (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://www.abolishhumanrentals.org/human-rentals/labor-theory-of-property/

This Week’s Quote: “The great virtue of a free market system is that it does not care what color people are; it does not care what their religion is; it only cares whether they can produce something you want to buy. It is the most effective system we have discovered to enable people who hate one another to deal with one another and help one another.” —Milton Friedman

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Egan-Jones Downgrades U.S. to AA From AA+ http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/2012/04/05/egan-jones-downgrades-us-to-aa-from-aa/
  • Egan-Jones Cuts US Credit Rating to ‘AA,’ Citing Debt http://www.cnbc.com/id/46970602
  • SEC takes action against rater Egan-Jones http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/20/us-eganjones-sec-idUSBRE83I1BQ20120420
  • Egan-Jones’ Lawyer Accuses SEC Of Bias Against Independent Firms http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2012/04/24/egan-jones-lawyer-accuses-sec-of-bias-against-independent-firms/
• 3:10 – Police officer shoots mans dog after responding to the wrong address http://libertarianreview.us/2012/04/16/police-officer-shoots-mans-dog-after-responding-to-the-wrong-address/
  • Austin Police Chief Apologizes for Shooting of Cisco the Dog http://abcnews.go.com/US/austin-police-chief-apologizes-michael-paxton-dog-shooting/story?id=16163996
• 6:15 – Police handcuff Ga. kindergartner for tantrum http://news.yahoo.com/police-handcuff-ga-kindergartner-tantrum-112459850.html
• 7:20 – Economists: Cybercrime Estimates Are Wildly, Ridiculously Overblown http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/04/economists-cybercrime-estimates-are-wildly-ridiculously-overblown/255960/
  • Wired Opinion: Cyberwar Is the New Yellowcake http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/02/yellowcake-and-cyberwar/
  • Moving too fast on cybersecurity http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/222783-moving-too-fast-on-cybersecurity
• 11:10 – Kids Say Fresno Cops Tasered & Drowned Dad http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/10/45478.htm
  • Death of Fresno Man After Police Use Taser Spurs Lawsuit http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/death-of-fresno-man-after-police-use-taser-spurs-lawsuit-54335247.html
• 13:15 – Long Range Acoustic Devices to be Used on Chicago Protesters http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/12-3

14:35 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: News Media http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/woman-coca-cola-habit-cited-death-161323721.html

• New Zealand woman’s Coca-Cola habit cited in death http://news.yahoo.com/zealand-womans-coca-cola-habit-cited-death-061953874–finance.html

17:10 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The Vatican  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/us/vatican-reprimands-us-nuns-group.html

This Week’s Quote: “I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.” —William S. Burroughs

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