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News of the Bogus:

• 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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• 0:25 – 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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News of the Bogus:

1:25 – Ann Coulter says radiation is good for you: http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=11636

6:45 – DoJ says bartering with silver is counterfeiting: http://charlotte.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel11/ce031811.htm An account of the trial: http://www.liberty4free.com/Liberty%20Dollar%20Trial.htm

12:35 – Blogger must pay $60,000 to fired community leader http://www.startribune.com/local/117805398.html
Johnny Northside: ”Damn right we’re appealing” http://adventuresofjohnnynorthside.blogspot.com/2011/03/damn-right-were-appealing-all-way-to-us.html

14:00 – Air traffic controller asleep on the job: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-naw-ronald-reagan-airport-20110324,0,2903141.story IATA Eagle Awards: http://www.iata.org/pressroom/pr/Pages/2010-06-07-03.aspx

15:20 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Pat Robertson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0nAq7BEnZY

18:30 – Silver Cluon Award: Randall Munroe http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/03/19/radiation-chart/

19:20 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Russell Blaylock

The Skeptic’s Dictionary on Russell Blaylock: http://www.skepdic.com/blaylock.html Blaylock blaming vaccines for obesity: http://www.newsmaxhealth.com/headline_health/Blaylock_Obesity_Causes/2011/02/18/376561.html Blaylock being an idiot about radiation: http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/blaylock-radiation-us-japan/2011/03/15/id/389474

This week’s quote: ”The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don’t alter their views to fit the facts; they alter the facts to fit their views. Which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.” —Doctor Who (”The Face of Evil” by Chris Boucher)

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News of the Bogus:

Japanese nuclear disaster:

• Snopes article on the bogus fallout graphic: http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/fallout.asp
• New York Times report on the USS Ronald Reagan: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world/asia/14plume.html?_r=2
• Phil Plait’s coverage of the event: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/03/14/the-japanese-nuclear-reactor-overreaction/
• Scientific American article about the radiation from coal plants: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste

12-year-old suspended for being sick:

• 12-year-old suspended for failing a sobriety test: http://galvestondailynews.com/story/218002
• The suspension is dropped: http://galvestondailynews.com/story/218202

UK libel reform:

• UK libel reform: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12749302
• Simon Singh and the BCA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Singh#Chiropractic_lawsuit_and_backlash

Biggest Bogon Emitter: The Corn Refiners Association: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEbRxTOyGf0

Idiot Extraordinaire: VenomFangX http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4RWeLfL2J0

This week’s quote: ”I say you cannot administer a wicked law impartially. You can only punish, only destroy. And I warn you: a wicked law, like cholera, destroys everyone that it touches–its upholders as well as its defiers.” –Inherit the Wind</p><p>Discuss at Bogosity.TV: <a href=”http://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=663” target=”_self”>http://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=663 </a></p>