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Guest Host: Tim Dyson http://www.youtube.com/LordTHawkeye

News of the Bogus:

• CFTC Charges Ireland-based “Prediction Market” Proprietors Intrade and TEN with Violating the CFTC’s Off-Exchange Options Trading Ban and Filing False Forms with the CFTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6423-12
  • 2008 Presidential Election: Actual results and forecast http://electoralmap.net/2012/2008_election.php
• Walmart Workers Revolt! (Workers Decline to Participate) http://reason.com/blog/2012/11/23/walmart-workers-revolt-workers-decline-t
  • Wal-Mart protests draw hundreds nationwide http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/23/news/companies/walmart-protests/index.html
  • Walmart walkout: Protesters arrested at Paramount location http://www.dailynews.com/ci_22054148/walkmart-walkout-protestors-planning-arrests-at-paramount-location
  • Wal-Mart Black Friday walkout: How bad will it be? http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2012/1119/Wal-Mart-Black-Friday-walkout-How-bad-will-it-be-video
• Empty Embrace… Hurricane Sandy Victim Upset After Being Played By Obama http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/11/empty-embrace-hurricane-sandy-victim-upset-after-being-played-by-obama-video/
  • http://reason.com/blog/2012/11/19/no-country-on-earth-would-tolerate-missi

Biggest Bogon Emitter: The Moraga (California) school district http://www.alternet.org/12-year-old-rape-victim-called-negligent-and-careless-school-district-legal-papers

Idiot Extraordinaire: Lori Phillips http://www.wbtv.com/story/20189948/mom-young-daughter-got-disturbing-book-from-elementary-school

This Week’s Quote: “As long as I was in Washington I never met anybody that I thought was good enough, who knew enough, or who loved enough to make sexual decisions for anybody else.” —Joycelyn Elders

No podcast this week due to the Thanksgiving holidays.

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – “Coca-Cola” Model for Delivering Malaria Meds is a Success, Should be Continued, Say Public Health Expert http://www.princeton.edu/research/news/features/a/?id=8912
  • “From Financing to Fevers: Lessons of an Antimalarial Subsidy Program,” Science 338(6107):615-616, DOI: 10.1126/science.1231010 http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6107/615
• 2:45 – Man tasered by police while trying to save burning home http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/article/282664/4/Man-tasered-by-police-while-trying-to-save-burning-home
• 5:00 – Woman ‘denied a termination’ dies in hospital http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/1114/1224326575203.html

7:20 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Jillian Berman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/13/papa-johns-obamacare_n_2123207.html

• Breaking Down Centi-Millionaire ‘Papa’ John Schnatter’s Obamacare Math http://www.forbes.com/sites/calebmelby/2012/11/12/breaking-down-centi-millionaire-papa-john-schnatters-obamacare-math/

12:00 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324556304578122632560842670.html

• Hostess to Liquidate, Lay Off 18,500 After Crushing Union Fight http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2012/11/16/hostess-brands-moves-to-wind-down-operations-sell-assets
• Hostess Brands closing for good http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/16/news/companies/hostess-closing/

This Week’s Quote: “Given the results of the War on Poverty and the War on Drugs, if the government starts a War on Abortion, in five years men will be having abortions.” —Harry Browne

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News of the Bogus:

• Italian scientists guilty of manslaughter in 2009 earthquake http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/10/22/italy-earthquake-scientists-trial.html
• Quarter-billion-dollar stimulus grant creates just 400 jobs http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/29/hiring-stats-elusive-in-latest-energy-failure/
• Portugal drug law show results ten years on, experts say http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g9C6×99EnFVdFuXw_B8pvDRzLqcA?docId=CNG.e740b6d0077ba8c28f6d1dd931c6f679.5e1
• Publisher Thomas Nelson decides to pull David Barton’s controversial book on Thomas Jefferson’s faith http://www.worldmag.com/2012/08/lost_confidence
• Electronic nicotine delivery systems, including electronic cigarettes http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/75811/1/FCTC_COP5_13-en.pdf
  • World Health Organization Urges Countries to Ban Electronic Cigarettes Because They “Normalize” Smoking http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2012/10/world-health-organization-urges.html
• Cop Tasers Little Boy http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/10/30/51809.htm

Biggest Bogon Emitter: Peter Morici http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/economic-impact-hurricane-sandy-not-bad-news-150458002.html

Silver Cluon Award: Julie Borowski http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAkdHzpXXo0

Idiot Extraordinaire: Chris Matthews http://www.mediaite.com/tv/chris-matthews-goes-on-obnoxious-rant-against-idiots-who-vote-third-party-or-stay-home/

This Week’s Quote: “As the growing emphasis on feelings crowds out reason, facts will play a smaller role in public discourse.” —Paul Craig Roberts

Sorry, I’ve had a lot of computer problems I’ve been unable to resolve, which means no podcast this week.

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Election Special:

Guest: Jonathan Loesche (FSBlueApocalypse)

Free & Equal Presidential Debate: http://freeandequal.org/updates/rt-presents-final-us-presidential-debate/
The next debate: http://freeandequal.org/updates/winners-of-october-23-presidential-debate/

Candidates:

5:00 – Virgil Goode: http://www.goodeforpresident2012.com/

15:10 – Jill Stein: http://www.jillstein.org/

• Contributing supporter: Thomas Ricks https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kind-of-a-talk-show/id387824096

25:30 – Gary Johnson: http://garyjohnson2012.com

• Contributing supporter: Chiyen Chendra http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFz6eouUHNpjgHcbr5jqRlw

33:30 – Mitt Romney: http://www.mittromney.com/

40:00 – Barack Obama: http://www.barackobama.com/

• Contributing supporters: iluvatar003, 216trixie http://www.youtube.com/user/216trixie
• I.C.E.’s “How to Steal an American Job” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1d4xjU8DpQ

This Week’s Quote: “Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.” —H.L. Mencken

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News of the Bogus:

• Study finds pirates spend 30% more on music than non-sharers http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/17/study-finds-pirates-spend-30-more-on-music-than-non-sharers/
• Nutrition Board Casts Net Far Beyond Paleo-Diet Blogger http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/display_exclusive.html?id=9589
• Amtrak snack bars lost $84.5 million last year; $833 million in 10 years http://washingtonexaminer.com/amtrak-snack-bars-lost-84.5-million-last-year-833-million-in-10-years/article/2510864
  • Federal Spending by the Numbers – 2012 http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/10/federal-spending-by-the-numbers-2012
• Texas schools punish students who refuse to be tracked with microchips http://rt.com/usa/news/texas-school-id-hernandez-033/

Biggest Bogon Emitter: the Nobel Peace Prize Committee http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19921072

Idiot Extraordinaire: Robert Wright http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/why-i-refuse-to-refuse-to-vote-for-obama/263116/

This week’s quote: “Remember, the lesser of two evils is still evil, and the enemy of my enemy is not my friend.” —Penn Jillette

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 Lunch lady slammed for food that is ‘too good’ http://m.thelocal.se/43656/20121006/
• 2:45 Video shows naked student before he’s shot http://www.chron.com/news/article/Video-shows-naked-student-before-he-s-shot-3940349.php
• 6:30 Cops tase man for having seizure http://rt.com/usa/news/man-seizure-police-sheeley-049/
• 8:45 Official: Pakistani teen blogger’s shooting a ‘wake-up call’ to ‘clear … danger’ http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/11/world/asia/pakistan-teen-activist-attack/index.html

Biggest Bogon Emitter: 11:00 Bonnie Kavoussi http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/08/lies-about-the-federal-reserve_n_1948346.html

• M1 money stock graph: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/M1?cid=25
• ”Money. Whence It Came, Where It Went” by John Kenneth Galbraith http://www.scribd.com/doc/102379402/Money-Whence-It-Came-Where-It-Went-John-Kenneth-Galbraith
• Source for gas prices: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/facts/2012_fotw741.html
• Source for gold prices: http://www.kitco.com/charts/historicalgold.html
• ”Has the Fed Been a Failure?” http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/42040177
• HuffPo’s 11 Myths About the Fed, Refuted http://www.libertyclassroom.com/huffpos-11-myths-about-the-fed-refuted/

Idiot Extraordinaire: 26:00 Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) http://www.mediaite.com/online/gop-house-science-committee-member-evolution-big-bang-%E2%80%98lies-straight-from-the-pit-of-hell%E2%80%99/

This Week’s Quote: ”But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.” —Job 13:4

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News of the Bogus:

• Law coalition says it’s busted ring moving $6 million in cocaine monthly http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_21644868/ring-moving-6-million-cocaine-colorado-other-states
  • Marijuana Prohibition Turns 75, Feds Continue Attacks on Medical Marijuana http://safeaccessnow.org/blog/blog/2012/10/01/marijuana-prohibition-turns-75-feds-continue-attacks-on-medical-marijuana/
• Whoops-a-daisy: ‘Significant’ outdoor bust in Lethbridge history wasn’t weed http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/10/02/whoops-a-daisy-significant-outdoor-bust-in-lethbridge-history-wasnt-weed
• Kim Dotcom: Inquiry ordered into ‘unlawful spying http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19699196
• Medicare fines over hospitals’ readmitted patients http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20121001/us-medicare-penalties/

Biggest Bogon Emitter: Harvey Scott School Principal Verenice Gutierrez  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/11/is-peanut-butter-and-jelly-racist_n_1874905.html

• ‘White privilege’? Portland principal claims PB&J sandwiches could hold racist connotations http://www.theblaze.com/stories/white-privilege-portland-principal-claims-pbj-sandwiches-could-hold-racist-connotations/

Idiot Extraordinaire: Ke$ha http://news.discovery.com/human/pop-star-claims-sex-with-ghost-120928.html

This Week’s Quote: “I really believe that our quarrel is not with the Republicans, it’s not with the Democrats, it’s not with George Bush, it’s not with this program or that program. Our quarrel is with the use of force. Our enemy is force—the idea that force can solve problems, because force doesn’t solve problems.” —Harry Browne

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News of the Bogus:

• New Hampshire Jury Nullifies Major Felony Marijuana Case http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/12892-new-hampshire-jury-nullifies-major-felony-marijuana-case
  • Jury clears NH man of felony pot charge, use was part of Rastafarian religion http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120919/NEWS03/709199941
• Parent-child events banned in Cranston http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/west_bay/parent-child-events-banned-in-cranston
  • ACLU Prompts Cranston To Cancel Father-Daughter Dances http://bristol-warren.patch.com/articles/aclu-prompts-cranston-to-cancel-father-daughter-dances
  • Cranston schools ban ”father-daughter” dance after ACLU complaint http://630wpro.com/Article.asp?id=2535273&spid=37719
• Dramatic moustache causes man to flee hometown http://tribune.com.pk/story/435247/dramatic-moustache-causes-man-to-flee-hometown/

Biggest Bogon Emitter: Ben ”Bubbles” Bernanke http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomcpresconf20120913.htm

Idiot Extraordinaire: Barack Obama http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-administration-fights-for-the-ndaa-2012-9

This Week’s Quote: ”We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” —Abraham Lincoln