Sorry, family functions this weekend so I won’t be able to get the podcast out. Here’s a new video to tide you over:

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Co-Hosts: Jonathan Loesche and Tim Dyson

News of the Bogus:

• 0:50 – How the Boston Marathon tragedy revealed the best side of social media http://io9.com/why-the-boston-marathon-bomb-gives-us-hope-for-the-futu-473037383
  • The 5 Worst Media Reactions to the Boston Marathon Bombing http://blog.skepticallibertarian.com/2013/04/15/the-5-worst-media-reactions-to-the-boston-marathon-bombing/
  • Harvard atheists shocked at exclusion from Boston bombing memorial service http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/18/harvard-atheists-shocked-at-exclusion-from-boston-bombing-memorial-service/
• 13:10 – Internet cafe employees protest loss of jobs http://www.news4jax.com/news/Internet-cafe-employees-protest-loss-of-jobs/-/475880/19781336/-/13dnh7mz/-/index.html
  • Veteran at risk of homelessness after house provided by Allied Veterans could be seized http://jaxairnews.jacksonville.com/news/premium-news/2013-03-28/story/veteran-risk-homelessness-after-house-provided-allied-veterans

• 20:00 – Guantanamo Hunger Strike: Guards Fire Four Non-Lethal Shots, Force Detainees Into Single Cells http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/13/guantanamo-hunger-strike_n_3076689.html
  • Hunger Striking at Guantánamo Bay http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/opinion/hunger-striking-at-guantanamo-bay.html
• 24:25 – Suicide Note Shows Parolee ‘Ruined’ by Solitary, Bent on Revenge http://coloradoindependent.com/127520/ebel-friend-suicide-note-shows-parolee-%E2%80%98ruined%E2%80%99-by-solitary-bent-on-revenge

30:55 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Andrew Wakefield and The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/full-statement-by-mmr-scare-doctor-andrew-wakefield-the-government-has-tried-to-cover-up-putting-price-before-childrens-health-8570596.html?origin=internalSearch

• ‘Balderdash’ – expert’s damning verdict on the latest claims of discredited MMR scaremonger Andrew Wakefield http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/balderdash–experts-damning-verdict-on-the-latest-claims-of-discredited-mmr-scaremonger-andrew-wakefield-8570594.html
• Vaccine and autism: UK measles outbreaks and Andrew Wakefield http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/04/14/vaccine_and_autism_uk_measles_outbreaks_and_andrew_wakefield.html
• Letter from the Editor: Wakefield’s MMR rant was read out of context http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/letter-from-the-editor-wakefields-mmr-rant-was-read-out-of-context-8580906.html?origin=internalSearch

36:55 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Saudi Arabia http://gawker.com/5994825/men-deemed-too-handsome-deported-from-saudi-arabia-for-fear-they-would-be-irresistible-to-women

This Week’s Quote: “The terrorists don’t hate America because of its freedoms. The Republicans and Democrats hate America because of its freedom. The terrorists hate America because of the Republicans and Democrats.” —John Shuey

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – 7 Year Old Nabbed On Felony BB Gun Charges http://janmorganmedia.com/2013/04/7-year-old-nabbed-on-felony-bb-gun-charges/
• 2:10 – Fox Sending Cease & Desist To Firefly Fans For Jayne Hat http://www.themarysue.com/jayne-hats-fox/
  • Dear Big Damn Heroes http://www.wearwithstyle.com/Jayneletter.html
• 5:30 – Maryland Governor Taxes Rain http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/04/10/Maryland-governor-taxes-rain

• 8:25 – Guantanamo pretrial hearing delayed as legal files vanish http://news.yahoo.com/guantanamo-pretrial-hearing-delayed-legal-files-vanish-153644319.html
• 10:25 – Obama’s drone war kills ‘others,’ not just al Qaida leaders http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/04/09/188062/obamas-drone-war-kills-others.html

12:55 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Bill Maher (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://www.mediaite.com/tv/no-the-actual-libertarian-movement-didnt-go-nuts-its-just-the-one-inside-bill-mahers-head/

• Is Bill Maher a libertarian? http://www.salon.com/2001/08/01/maher_4/

18:45 – Idiot Extrarodinaire: Paul Krugman http://web.archive.org/web/19980610100009/www.redherring.com/mag/issue55/economics.html

This Week’s Quote: “The invention of firearms equalized the vassal and the noble on the field of battle; the art of printing opened the same resources to the minds of all classes; the post brought knowledge alike to the door of the cottage and to the gate of the palace.” —Alexis de Tocqueville

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – Ex-Atlanta Schools Chief Charged in Cheating Scandal – NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/us/former-school-chief-in-atlanta-indicted-in-cheating-scandal.html
• 4:10 – Florida Passes Plan For Racially-Based Academic Goals http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2012/10/12/florida-passes-plan-for-racially-based-academic-goals/

• 6:30 – N.Y. Dad’s Pistol License Suspended Over Something His 10-Year-Old Son Said — and It Could Be 8 Years Before He Gets It Back http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/04/n-y-dads-pistol-license-suspended-over-something-his-10-year-old-son-said-and-it-could-be-8-years-before-he-gets-it-back/
• 10:05 – Special Report: How the Fed Fueled an Explosion in Subprime Auto Loans https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-qe3-subprimeauto-special-report-idUSBRE9320ES20130403

13:30 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Gian Paolo Vanoli http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/vaccines-produce-homosexuality-gay-gian-paolo-vanoli_n_2992953.html

18:10 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Barack Obama http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/obama-administration-pushes-banks-to-make-home-loans-to-people-with-weaker-credit/2013/04/02/a8b4370c-9aef-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html

This Week’s Quote: “Don’t need to change the system. Change your minds, System will change by itself.” —Malala Yousafzai

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – Disruptions: F.A.A. May Loosen Curbs on Fliers’ Use of Electronics http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/disruptions-f-a-a-may-loosen-curbs-on-fliers-use-of-electronics/
  • Cell Phones on Airplanes http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4014
• 3:10 – The Obamacare Revolt: Physicians Fight Back Against the Bureaucratization of Health Care http://reason.com/archives/2013/03/13/the-obamacare-revolt-physician-fight-bac
• 6:30 – Tennessee Asset Forfeiture Bill Seeks To Abolish Abusive Police Practice http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/tennessee-asset-forfeiture_n_2933246.html
• 8:45 – A Drug Dog at Your Door is a Search, Supreme Court Says http://reason.com/blog/2013/03/26/a-drug-dog-at-your-door-is-a-search-supr

12:50 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Marc5Solas http://marc5solas.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/top-10-reasons-our-kids-leave-church/

• Iron Chariots Wiki: http://wiki.ironchariots.org
• The Atheist Experience: http://atheist-experience.com/

21:45 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Senator Elizabeth Warren http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/18/elizabeth-warren-minimum-wage_n_2900984.html

• The wedges between productivity and median compensation growth http://www.epi.org/publication/ib330-productivity-vs-compensation/

This Week’s Quote: “The truth, indeed, is something that mankind, for some mysterious reason, instinctively dislikes. Every man who tries to tell it is unpopular, and even when, by the sheer strength of his case, he prevails, he is put down as a scoundrel.” —H.L. Mencken

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0:20 – Guest: Jim Babka http://www.downsizedc.org/

• Coal Beds, Creationism, and Mount St. Helens http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/mtsthelens.html
• Young-Earth Creationist ‘Dating’ of a Mt. St. Helens Dacite: The Failure of Austin and Swenson to Recognize Obviously Ancient Minerals http://www.noanswersingenesis.org.au/mt_st_helens_dacite_kh.htm
• How Old Is the Mount St. Helens Lava Dome? http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4146

News of the Bogus:

• 9:15 – Judge Halts New York City Soda Ban http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323826704578354543929974394.html
  • Soda ban ruling a devastating defeat for Mayor Bloomberg http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/11/soda-ban-ruling-a-devastating-defeat-for-mayor-bloomberg/
• 13:15 – Man left in solitary confinement for 2 years gets $15.5 million settlement http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/06/17212442-man-left-in-solitary-confinement-for-2-years-gets-155-million-settlement
• 16:05 – Over 100 Guantanamo inmates “on hunger strike,” possibly in grave condition http://rt.com/news/guantanamo-massive-hunger-strike-142/

17:50 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Bernie Sanders http://www.politicususa.com/bernie-sanders-files-constitutional-amendment-undo-citizens-united.html

• The Democracy is for People Amendment http://www.sanders.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/031213-CUAmendmentFactSheet1.pdf

33:10 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Ed Orcutt (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://www.examiner.com/article/wash-state-politician-says-bicycles-bad-for-environment-need-to-be-taxed

• The Seattle Department of Transportation Annual Report 2009 http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/docs/2009AnnualReport.pdf

This Week’s Quote: “But can you PRINT ‘Fire’ in a crowded theatre?” —Michael Cloud

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – Louisiana Forces Homeless Shelter To Destroy $8,000 Worth Of Deer Meat http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/02/25/louisiana-forces-homeless-shelter-to-destroy-8000-worth-of-deer-meat/
• 5:00 – Bill would require NC schools to teach cursive handwriting http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/02/24/3872044/bill-would-require-nc-schools.html
• 8:35 – H.R.748 – To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 25 to perform national service http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/748/titles
  • Selective Draft Law Cases – 245 U.S. 366 (1918) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/245/366/case.html

15:05 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Tabatha Coffey https://www.facebook.com/officialtabatha

• Why Is It So Hard to Become a Cosmetologist in America? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-16/why-is-it-so-hard-to-become-a-cosmetologist-in-america-.html
• Hairbraider to Utah Legislature: Don’t Put Me Out of Work Again http://www.ij.org/utah-hairbraiding-release-10-22-2012

20:35 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Ben Bernanke and Barack Obama

• Bernanke warns $85B spending cuts to slow economic recovery http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/budget/284873-bernanke-warns-sequester-will-slow-economy
• Is President Obama telling the truth about sequestration? http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/obamas-sequester-talk-a-readers-guide-88066.html
• President Obama Speaks on the Sequester http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2qKuMjQvR0
• Remember when President Obama supported the sequester cuts? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj1y3q92sog

This Week’s Quote: “I think the government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem and very often makes the problem worse.” —Milton Friedman

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – Amazon patents the milkman http://www.geekwire.com/2013/amazon-patents-milkman-recurring-deliveries/
  • Amazon’s patent http://www.google.com/patents/US8370271
  • Patent on PB&J with the crust cut off http://www.google.com/patents/US6004596
  • Patent on swinging on a swing sideways http://www.google.com/patents/US6368227
  • Patent on fixing a hole with plaster 6994809
  • Patent on carrying a towel around your neck 6718554
  • Patent on “exercising” cats using a laser pointer http://www.google.com/patents/US5443036
• 3:45 – CMPD review panel rules against citizens — every time http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/02/16/3860400/cmpd-review-panel-rules-against.html
• 6:15 – The Deadly Opposition to Genetically Modified Food http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/project_syndicate0/2013/02/gm_food_golden_rice_will_save_millions_of_people_from_vitamin_a_deficiency.html
• 9:30 – Crime soared with Mass. gun law http://bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/02/17/the-nation-toughest-gun-control-law-made-massachusetts-less-safe/3845k7xHzkwTrBWy4KpkEM/story.html
  • The Black Market for Firearms http://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=1718.0

13:35 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Steven Mufson http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/gas-prices-are-on-a-mysterious-climb/2013/02/19/26298f84-7ade-11e2-82e8-61a46c2cde3d_story.html

15:45 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Ken Ham http://blogs.answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2013/02/02/a-tiny-feathered-dino/

This Week’s Quote: “If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today’s ideas were invented, and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete standstill today.” —Bill Gates

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:20 – Cops Nab 5-Year-Old for Wearing Wrong Color Shoes to School http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/01/18/cops-nab-five-year-old-wearing-wrong-color-shoes-school
• 3:10 – Seven million will lose insurance under Obama health law http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/feb/5/obama-health-law-will-cost-7-million/
• 4:45 – Justice Department memo reveals legal case for drone strikes on Americans http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/04/16843014-exclusive-justice-department-memo-reveals-legal-case-for-drone-strikes-on-americans
  • http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/justice-departments-white-paper-targeted-killing

9:45 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Paul Krugman http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/opinion/krugman-rubio-and-the-zombies.html

• Austrian predictions/Housing bubble http://wiki.mises.org/wiki/Austrian_predictions/Housing_bubble

17:15 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Melba Ketchum http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2013/02/a_texas_geneticist_apparently.php

• WHOIS search results for: DENOVOJOURNAL.COM http://who.godaddy.com/whoischeck.aspx?domain=DENOVOJOURNAL.COM

This Week’s Quote: “The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.” —Carl Sagan

Sorry, no podcast this week, but check out my appearance on the Ed and Ethan podcast! http://edandethan.com/