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Co-host: Jonathan Loesche

News of the Bogus:

• 0:30 – Ross Ulbricht trial Day One http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/14/ross_ulbricht_trial_day_1/
  • The Most Important Trial in America http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/14/the-most-important-trial-in-america.html
  • Silk Road Defense Says Ulbricht Was Framed by the ‘Real’ Dread Pirate Roberts http://www.wired.com/2015/01/isilk-road-trial-opening-statements/
  • Undercover Agent Reveals How He Helped the FBI Trap Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht http://www.wired.com/2015/01/silk-road-trial-undercover-dhs-fbi-trap-ross-ulbricht/
  • Ross Ulbricht’s Lawyers Attempt to Poke Holes in Government’s Case http://www.wsj.com/articles/ross-ulbrichts-lawyers-attempt-to-poke-holes-in-governments-case-1421366899
• 16:30 – Gluten Sensitivity And Study Replication http://www.businessinsider.com/gluten-sensitivity-and-study-replication-2014-5
• 21:36 – To Catch a Non-Predator, Try Entrapment http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/12/to-catch-a-non-predator-try-entrapment
• 29:39 – NCAA to restore wins to Penn State’s Paterno after Sandusky sex scandal http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/16/us-usa-pennstate-idUSKBN0KP25O20150116
  • Penn State child sex abuse scandal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_State_child_sex_abuse_scandal

36:16 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Prime Minister David Cameron http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/whatsapp-and-snapchat-could-be-banned-under-new-surveillance-plans-9973035.html

• What David Cameron just proposed would endanger every Briton and destroy the IT industry http://boingboing.net/2015/01/13/what-david-cameron-just-propos.html

44:26 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The NYPD http://theantimedia.org/nypd-vacations/

• What Dallas’s historically low murder rate can teach us about policing http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/01/12/what-dallass-historically-low-murder-rate-can-teach-us-about-policing/

This Week’s Quote: “Beware the Four Horsemen of the Information Apocalypse: terrorists, drug dealers, kidnappers, and child pornographers. Seems like you can scare any public into allowing the government to do anything with those four.” —Bruce Schneier