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• 0:25 – NATO Admits Missile Hit a Civilian Home in Tripoli http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/world/middleeast/20libya.html?_r=1
  • Eisenhower’s Farewell Address to the Nation http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/ike.htm
• 3:00 – Scientists Discover That Antimicrobial Wipes and Soaps May Be Making You (and Society) Sick http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=scientists-discover-that-antimicrob-2011-07-05
• 6:00 – 401(k) Law Suppresses Saving for Retirement http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303365804576430153643522780.html

7:15 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Dr. Cynthia Boaz http://www.truth-out.org/14-propaganda-techniques-fox-news-uses-brainwash-americans/1309612678

10:25 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Millions of Americans http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/us/06casey.html

• The Innocence Project http://www.innocenceproject.org/

This Week’s Quote: “She’s cold, materialistic, unlikable, and it might bring you all pleasure to see her go to jail. But as for evidence to establish that she committed a murder beyond all reasonable doubt? It just isn’t there. The only possible route to a guilty verdict here is Schadenfreude.” —Alan Shore, from Boston Legal

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• 1:15 – Too Much FDA Intervention, Too Few Drugs http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-21/too-much-fda-intervention-equals-too-few-drugs-ramesh-ponnuru.html
• 5:20 – Target Field guard scolded lesbian Twins fans for kissing http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2011/06/target_field_gay_kiss.php
• 8:00 – High court strikes down California video game ban http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43548265/ns/technology_and_science-games/?ocid=twitter
  • The decision: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/08-1448.pdf
• 10:50 – What do you get when you put a terrorist inside of a brain scanner? http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2011/06/27/what-do-you-get-when-you-put-a-terrorist-inside-of-a-brain-scanner/
  • Archive of the Washington Times article http://anti-state.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=printpage;threadid=4357

13:50 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Robert Reich http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb6Q2J5XqiM

18:00 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Pat Robertson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZnPYfpp4gI

This Week’s Quote: “If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” —Samuel Adams

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• Chicago State’s Attorney Lets Bad Cops Slide, Prosecutes Citizens Who Record Them http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/08/chicago-district-attorney-recording-bad-cops_n_872921.html?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl3|sec1_lnk3|69598
• Tong Ren Therapy – NBC 7 NEWS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I4r3FrzFBc
• Report: Students don’t know much about US history http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110614/ap_on_re_us/us_history_test

Biggest Bogon Emitter: Stella Morabito http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/2011/06/why-libertarian-drive-repeal-doma-will-grow-leviathan

Idiot Extraordinaire: President Barack Obama http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/43391550#43391550

• Bastiat’s petition: http://bastiat.org/en/petition.html

This Week’s Quote: “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” —F.A. Hayek

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• 0:26 – Albemarle Road church fined $100 per branch for excessive tree pruning http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/05/28/2333197/church-fined-for-improper-tree.html
  • Charlotte Crime Data http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/nc/charlotte/crime/
  • Mobility Project – State-by-State Analysis of Future Congestion and Capacity Needs – North Carolina http://reason.org/news/show/126781.html
• 3:00 – Park Police investigates dancing arrests http://www.wtop.com/?nid=41&sid=2403007
  • Video of the event http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jUU3yCy3uI
  • Dance Off: Court rules against birthday dance at Jefferson Memorial http://www.wtop.com/?nid=41&sid=2386097
  • Federal regulations on parks: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2004/julqtr/36cfr7.96.htm
• 6:45 – Italian Seismologists Charged With Manslaughter for Not Predicting 2009 Quake http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/05/27/italian-scientist-charged-manslaughter-failing-predict-earthquake/

8:55 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: World Health Organization http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2011/pdfs/pr208_E.pdf

• WHO: Cell phone use can increase possible cancer risk http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/31/who.cell.phones/
• Brain tumour risk in relation to mobile telephone use: results of the INTERPHONE international case–control study http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/ije/press_releases/freepdf/dyq079.pdf

13:05 – Idiot Extraordinare: Sen. Rand Paul http://www.ronpaul2012podcast.com//2011/05/26/sen-rand-paul-on-sean-hannity-show-5262011/

• Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969) http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=395&invol=444

This Week’s Quote: “There is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong.” —H.L. Mencken

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• 0:25 – Supreme Court OKs Warrantless Searches http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015072154_scotus17.html Full ruling http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/09-1272.pdf
• 4:40 – Doctors warn parents to keep newborns at home as whooping cough epidemic escalates http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/doctors-warn-parents-to-keep-newborns-at-home-as-whooping-cough-epidemic-escalates/story-e6freuy9-1226055946293
  • Desperate plea by grieving parents http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/desperate-plea-by-grieving-parents/story-fn6e0s1g-1226055829326
• 8:40 – Treasury using federal pension funds opens up move to take 401K’s http://www.examiner.com/finance-examiner-in-national/treasury-using-federal-pension-funds-opens-up-move-to-take-401k-s
• 10:10 – Council of Europe Seeks to BAN WiFi Wireless Networks and Mobiles in Schools http://www.ministryoftruth.me.uk/2011/05/15/bad-science-at-the-council-of-europe/
  • Bad Science at the Council of Europe http://www.ministryoftruth.me.uk/2011/05/15/bad-science-at-the-council-of-europe/
  • The Committee’s working paper http://assembly.coe.int/main.asp?Link=/documents/workingdocs/doc11/edoc12608.htm
  • Dr. Bob Park on cancer and cell phones http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/WN08/wn072508.html
• 12:10 – Cell phone + sperm = disaster http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20064779-501465.html
  • Cellphones may harm male sperm quality http://m.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/conditions/sexual-health/cellphones-may-harm-male-sperm-quality/article2028775/?service=mobile
  • Gupta: Cell phones, brain tumors and a wired earpiece http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/20/gupta-cell-phones-brain-tumors-and-a-wired-earpiece/
• 15:25 – NHS Waiting times on the rise http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=23&storycode=4129557&c=2
  • Alternate link if above doesn’t work: http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/newsarticle-content/-/article_display_list/12202663/waiting-times-on-the-rise
  • Patients denied key treatments due to NHS cost-cutting, surgeons warn http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/apr/18/nhs-cost-cutting-surgeon-warning
  • Open letter from the Federation of Surgical Specialty Associations http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/apr/18/open-letter-federation-surgical

18:30 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2011-05-24-Dont-believe-national-debt-hype_n.htm

24:00 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Justice Keith http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8532833/Mercy-for-witchcraft-girl-told-to-stab-mother.html

This Week’s Quote: “One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.” —Thomas Brackett Reed

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• 0:25 – Jesus Returning To Earth On May 21, 2011 http://www.flashnews.com/news/wfn05100730fn12605.html
  • End of Days in May? Believers enter final stretch http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40885541/m/videos/
  • Science explains the end of the world http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/post/science-explains-the-end-of-the-world/2011/05/10/AFaLvBiG_blog.html
• 1:40 – Rajaratnam case puts big chill on insider trading http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11135/1146449-28-0.stm
  • Is insider trading really a crime? http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Mises-Economics-Blog/2011/0516/Is-insider-trading-really-a-crime
• 7:12 – Indiana Supreme Court dispenses with Magna Carta, Constitution http://www.sovereignman.com/expat/indiana-supreme-court-dispenses-with-magna-carta-constitution
  • Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_ec169697-a19e-525f-a532-81b3df229697.html
  • Lacey v. State of Indiana http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=In%20INCO%2020110510196.xml&docbase=CSLWAR3-2007-CURR
  • Barnes v. State of Indiana http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=In%20INCO%2020110512237.xml&docbase=CSLWAR3-2007-CURR

12:03 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The TSA http://blog.tsa.gov/2011/05/texas-house-of-representatives-seeking.html

• #w00tstock Seattle: Adam Savage says ”WTF, TSA?” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3yaqq9Jjb4&t=01m06s

16:50 – Idiot Extraordinaire: President Barack Obama http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/05/17/statement-press-secretary-s-940

• Gasoline Taxes Vs. Exxon Profit, Per Gallon http://www.dailymarkets.com/economy/2011/04/27/gasoline-taxes-vs-exxon-profit-per-gallon/
• Current gas tax data: http://www.api.org/statistics/fueltaxes/upload/GASOLINE_TAX_MAP_MAY2011.pdf
• US gasoline consumption per year: http://www.eia.doe.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=23&t=10

This Week’s Quote: “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” —Niels Bohr

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• 0:26 – Pwnage Olympics winner: edenscancer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sheM1XwGarY
• 2:05 – Mozilla stands up to U.S. government takedown request http://www.techspot.com/news/43674-mozilla-stands-up-to-us-government-takedown-request.html
  • Mozilla general counsel Harvey Anderson’s comments http://lockshot.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/homeland-security-request-to-take-down-mafiaafire-add-on/
  • The response from MAFIAAfire http://www.mafiaafire.com/quick_note2.txt
• 6:20 – Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half, Study Shows http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070417193338.htm
  • Medical marijuana patients top 30,000, number of pot providers drops in wake of raids http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/ec38126df019456295a8147e2bd10c6e/MT–Medical-Marijuana/
• 8:05 – Chile’s Private Social Security System Turns 30 http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/570629/201104291742/Chiles-Private-Social-Security-System-Turns-30.aspx
  • Chile’s Privatized Social Security Program is 30 Years Old, and Prospering http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/south-america-mainmenu-37/7344-chiles-privatized-social-security-program-is-30-years-old-and-prospering
  • Report: Chile Ranks as Top Latin American Destination Among Pension Managers http://www.ai-cio.com/channel/GENERAL_SURVEYS/Report__Chile_Ranks_as_Top_Latin_American_Destination_Among_Pension_Managers.html
• 11:40 – US prisoners refused all books except Bible http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/may/10/us-prisoners-refused-books-bible
  • ACLU asks judge to block jail’s book-banning policy http://www.thestate.com/2011/05/05/1806095/aclu-asks-judge-to-block-jails.html#ixzz1MFFM4M4x
  • Galveston County Doesn’t Want Prison Legal News In Its Jail http://www.texascivilrightsproject.org/?p=2341

14:30 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Washington Post Express http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2011/05/alternate-course-learning-practicing-homeopathy.php

16:35 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Kerry [last name redacted] http://abcnews.go.com/Health/mom-year-daughter-botox-young-young/story?id=13580804

• Botox Mom Who Injected Daughter, 8, Under Investigation http://abcnews.go.com/Health/mom-gave-daughter-botox-investigated/story?id=13595955

This Week’s Quote: “Nothing ruins a perfectly good ‘Drugs Kill’ campaign faster than a pothead who can win the Triathlon.” —Tim Slagle

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• Pwnage Olympics winner, Best Educational Pwnage: GrapplingIgnorance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TONWyYK8F1k
• Labor Board Tells Boeing New Factory Breaks Law http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/business/21boeing.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=dreamliner&st=cse
• False pretense for war in Libya? http://articles.boston.com/2011-04-14/bostonglobe/29418371_1_rebel-stronghold-civilians-rebel-positions

Biggest Bogon Emitter: Power Balance, LLC http://bogosity.tv/files/StatementPowerBalance.jpg

• Richard Saunders demonstrating how Applied Kinesiology is done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Piu75P8sxTo
• Placebo Band: http://skepticbros.com/store/

Idiot Extraordinaire: Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/17/jesse-jackson-jr-ipad-unemployment_n_850227.html

• The Economy Needs a ”Deregulatory Stimulus” http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=13030

This Week’s Quote: “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.” —Groucho Marx

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• Another Air Traffic Controller Caught Sleeping on the Job: http://abcnews.go.com/US/air-traffic-controller-caught-sleeping-job/story?id=13317134
• Double Standard for Doctors? http://www.webmd.com/news/20110411/double-standard-doctors
• Fight stokes Planned Parenthood: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/52962.html
• Jesus crucifixion nails discovered, claims film-maker: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/apr/12/jesus-crucifixion-nails-discovery
• After Fundamentalist Church Expose, One Pastor Is Unrepentant http://ca.jezebel.com/5791364/after-fundamentalist-church-expose-one-pastor-is-unrepentant

Biggest Bogon Emitter: Rachel Maddow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yepI1Jz3OAE

• The Tenth Amendment Center’s response: http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2011/04/14/toys-in-the-attic-strikes-again/
• South Carolina Secession Declaration: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=432

Idiot Extraordinaire: Bill Donahue http://www.catholicleague.org/nytstraighttalk.php

• Vatican served with court papers naming pope, 2 others in decades-old Wisconsin abuse case: http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5icsvx0mcrbR3n3_u9KDl33BZ_iBw?docId=6546589
• Richard Dawkins calls for arrest of Pope Benedict XVI: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7094310.ece

This Week’s Quote: ”I find it quite ironic that some Christians would like to ban the Harry Potter books, in case their children turn to witchcraft and away from Jesus, as opposed to turning to Christianity, and even further away from Jesus.” —Pat Condell

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