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Co-Host: Dave Turcotte https://www.facebook.com/TheSuperplexBros

News of the Bogus:

• 1:02 – King of Copyright: On the 50th anniversary of ‘I have a dream’, Martin Luther King’s estate limits use of landmark speech http://www.thedrum.com/news/2013/08/26/king-copyright-50th-anniversary-i-have-dream-martin-luther-kings-estate-limits-use
  • Estate of Martin Luther King v. CBS, Inc. http://www.leagle.com/decision/19991405194F3d1211_11278
• 4:05 – In historic vote, New Zealand bans software patents http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/in-historic-vote-new-zealand-bans-software-patents/
  • U.S. GAO – Intellectual Property: Assessing Factors That Affect Patent Infringement Litigation Could Help Improve Patent Quality http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-465
• 8:42 – Microsoft and Google to sue over US surveillance requests http://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/aug/31/microsoft-google-sue-us-fisa
• 10:45 – Nonprofit says it was threatened with arrest for feeding Raleigh homeless http://www.wral.com/nonprofit-says-it-was-threatened-with-arrest-for-feeding-raleigh-homeless/12815894/
• 15:05 – Does law allow city’s huddle on Panthers? http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/08/27/4268208/does-law-allow-citys-huddle-on.html
• 16:55 – Documents Still Show No Evidence of Excrement at Abortion Debate http://www.texastribune.org/2013/08/26/dps-documents-show-no-proof-excrements/
• 19:35 – Russia Raids Gay People’s Homes http://www.advocate.com/news/world-news/2013/08/28/russia-raids-gay-peoples-homes

21:55 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Allison Benedikt (nominated by BlameThe1st) http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/08/private_school_vs_public_school_only_bad_people_send_their_kids_to_private.html

27:20 – Idiot Extraordinaire: David Miranda http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/partner-of-nsa-leaks-reporter-carried-paper-with-password-says-uk/

This Week’s Quote: “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” —John F. Kennedy

Sorry, no podcast this week due to personal commitments.

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/judge-to-sentence-bradley-manning-today/2013/08/20/85bee184-09d0-11e3-b87c-476db8ac34cd_story.html
  • Prison Sentences and Time Served for Violence http://bjsdata.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/PSATSFV.PDF
  • Lengthy prison term for Bradley Manning http://en.rsf.org/united-states-lengthy-prison-term-for-bradley-21-08-2013,45087.html
• 4:05 – Glenn Greenwald’s partner detained at Heathrow airport for nine hours http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/18/glenn-greenwald-guardian-partner-detained-heathrow
  • Glenn Greenwald: detaining my partner was a failed attempt at intimidation http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/18/david-miranda-detained-uk-nsa
• 8:20 – Britain forced Guardian to destroy copy of Snowden material http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/19/us-usa-security-snowden-guardian-idUSBRE97I10E20130819
• 9:10 – Lavabit.com owner: ‘I could be arrested’ for resisting surveillance order http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/13/20008036-lavabitcom-owner-i-could-be-arrested-for-resisting-surveillance-order
• 12:20 – Laws That Target Homeless Imperil Programs That Feed Them Outdoors http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/07/30/156328035/philadelphia-bans-serving-food-to-the-homeless-in-public
• 14:35 – Raped and Impregnated at 14, Girl Must Now Share Parental Rights with Her Attacker http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/raped-and-impregnated-14-girl-must-now-share-parental-rights-her-attacker?paging=off

18:30 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Republican and Democratic State Lawmakers (nominated by BlameThe1st) http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/nightline-fix-abc-news/why-texas-bans-sale-tesla-cars-140842349.html

22:05 – Idiot Extraordinaire:Lu Ann Ballew (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://www.wbir.com/news/article/283997/2/Judge-orders-babys-name-be-changed-from-Messiah

This Week’s Quote: “I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.” —Calvin Coolidge

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – Private citizens pick up the slack as Detroit cuts public services http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/18/private-citizens-pick-up-the-slack-as-public-services-cut/
• 1:55 – Bradley Manning’s maximum sentence reduced to a possible 90 years http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/06/bradley-manning-sentence-reduced-90-years
• 4:32 – Father of foster child who died speaks to KVUE http://www.kvue.com/news/Father-of-murdered-foster-child-speaks-to-KVUE-218037541.html
• 6:25 – Exclusive – U.S. directs agents to cover up programme used to investigate Americans http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/08/05/uk-dea-sod-idUKBRE9740HP20130805

10:10 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Barack Obama (nominated by BlameThe1st) http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-we-don-t-have-domestic-spying-program_745680.html

12:00 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Jillian Berman (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/07/rich-americans-hoarding-cash_n_3720941.html

• FRB: Interest on Required Balances and Excess Balances http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/reqresbalances.htm

This Week’s Quote: “Investors are not necessarily competing with one another, as though the investment markets were a ‘zero sum game.’ If they were, they’d have died out years ago—replaced by casinos that offered free drinks as you gamble.” —Harry Browne

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Sorry folks, way too much going on this weekend to get the podcast out. See you next week!

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Co-Host: Jonathan Loesche

News of the Bogus:

• 0:29 – Internet cafe reopens, pays out cash http://www.news4jax.com/news/internet-cafe-reopens-pays-out-cash/-/475880/21230090/-/knm4yr/-/index.html
• 3:10 – Bradley Manning verdict http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-bradley-manning-verdict-20130730,0,5272878.story
  • Bradley Manning leak did not result in deaths by enemy forces, court hears http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/bradley-manning-sentencing-hearing-pentagon
• 7:50 – Feds put heat on Web firms for master encryption keys http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57595202-38/feds-put-heat-on-web-firms-for-master-encryption-keys/
  • Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57595529-38/feds-tell-web-firms-to-turn-over-user-account-passwords/

15:00 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/25/uk-usa-security-congress-idUKBRE96O17W20130725

• DownsizeDC.org’s “One Subject at a Time Act” (OSTA) https://secure.downsizedc.org/etp/one-subject/

18:25 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Bernie of Planck’s Constant http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2013/07/electronic_cigarettes_should_be_banned_as_well.html

This Week’s Quote: “So if you smoke or dip or chew / You’d better get your fill / ‘Cause if tobacco don’t get you / An anti-smoker will” —Mike Cross

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Co-Host: Tim Dyson

News of the Bogus:

• 0:34 – Innovative move on e-voting from Estonia http://www.markpack.org.uk/44337/innovative-move-on-e-voting-from-estonia/
• 4:10 – Royal Mail privatization pushes the envelope http://www.timesdispatch.com/business/local/biz-to-go-royal-mail-privatization-pushes-the-envelope/article_296de09d-d608-546b-928f-7d2087509280.html
• 8:35 – Argentina orders wheat industry to supply local market http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/05/argentina-wheat-idUSL2N0FB0IU20130705
  • Argentina CPI rise more-than-expected By Investing.com
    http://www.investing.com/news/economic-indicators/argentina-cpi-rise-more-than-expected-250204
  • President Announces Price Control Programme http://www.argentinaindependent.com/currentaffairs/newsfromargentina/president-announces-price-control-programme/
• 13:40 – Is flashing your car’s headlights protected by the First Amendment? http://news.yahoo.com/flashing-car-headlights-protected-first-amendment-103216345.html
• 17:00 – Justice Department To Review George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin Case
  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/14/justice-department-george-zimmerman_n_3595835.html?1373832613&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
• 19:45 – DHS warns employees not to read leaked NSA information http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/07/15/dhs-warns-employees-not-to-read-leaked-nsa-information/
  • The NSA slide you haven’t seen http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-nsa-slide-you-havent-seen/2013/07/10/32801426-e8e6-11e2-aa9f-c03a72e2d342_story.html

Oops, DHS workers—you weren’t supposed to see this! Sorry, your computer’s classified now.

24:40 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Melissa Harris Perry (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://youngcons.com/msnbc-political-analyst-detroit-is-what-happens-when-government-is-too-small/

29:25 – Idiot Extraordinaire: KTVU http://gawker.com/ktvu-reports-asiana-air-pilots-were-sum-ting-wong-and-759185714

This Week’s Quote: “Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.” —Robert Heinlein

Sorry, no podcast this week due to personal commitments.

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Oops: IRS publishes tens of thousands of SSNs to online database http://www.dailydot.com/news/irs-public-resource-social-security-numbers-publish-database/
  • Why We Asked the I.R.S. to Temporarily Turn the Lights Off on Section 527 Data https://bulk.resource.org/irs.gov/eo/doc/irs.gov.20130707.html
• 3:25 – US agency baffled by modern technology, destroys mice to get rid of viruses http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/us-agency-baffled-by-modern-technology-destroys-mice-to-get-rid-of-viruses/
• 6:25 – Female inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval http://www.sacbee.com/2013/07/07/5549696/female-inmates-sterilized-in-california.html
• 9:05 – US Drones Bomb Civilian Rescuers – Business Insider
  http://www.businessinsider.com/us-drones-bomb-civilian-rescuers-2013-7

12:26 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: T. Steelman http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/07/06/have-we-all-been-fooled-by-edward-snowden/

16:10 – Idiot Extraordinaire: State of Florida http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2013/07/florida_may_have_accidentally.php

• Law 3037/2002 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_3037/2002

This Week’s Quote: “The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere / The ceremony of innocence is drowned; / The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity.” —William Butler Yeats