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News of the Bogus:

• 0:48 – WikiLeaks Reveals ‘Marble’ Source Code that CIA Used to Frame Russia and China http://thehackernews.com/2017/03/cia-marble-framework.html
  • Wikileaks releases code that could unmask CIA hacking operations https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/04/wikileaks-releases-code-that-could-unmask-cia-hacking-operations/
  • WikiLeaks spills source code files for CIA’s Marble Framework https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/04/05/wikileaks-spills-source-code-files-for-cias-marble-framework/
• 5:05 – European Commission Pushing For Encryption Backdoors http://www.darknet.org.uk/2017/03/european-commission-pushing-for-encryption-backdoors/
• 8:18 – CVS selling homeopathic remedies: It gets personal https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/cvs-selling-homeopathic-remedies-it-gets-personal/

14:36 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: NeonNettle http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/apr/04/blog-posting/doctors-deaths-were-not-connected-fake-news-websit/

• Controversial autism researcher, Jeff Bradstreet, commits suicide after FDA raid in Buford, authorities say http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/archive/controversial-autism-researcher-jeff-bradstreet-commits-suicide-after-fda-raid/article_f5192b34-9d05-504f-973a-4778728ede09.html

18:35 – Idiot Extraordinaire: SJW snowflakes https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/insane-political-correctness-snowflakes-urge-destruction-of-emmett-till-painting/

This Week’s Quote: “There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches. Every minority…feels it has the will, the right, the duty to douse the kerosene, light the fuse…Fire-Captain Beatty, in my novel Fahrenheit 451, described how the books were burned first by minorities, each ripping a page or paragraph from this book, then that, until the day came when the books were empty and the minds shut and the libraries closed forever.” —Ray Bradbury

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Co-Host: Chris Hangartner

News of the Bogus:

• 0:54 – Man critically wounded during UW protest; ‘person of interest’ in custody http://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/man-critically-wounded-during-uw-protest-person-of-interest-in-custody
• 8:30 – Obama’s Cyber Legacy: He Did (Almost) Everything Right and It Still Turned Out Wrong http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2017/01/obamas-cyber-legacy-he-did-almost-everything-right-and-it-still-turned-out-wrong/134612/
• 15:05 – Proposal to ban Vietnamese communist flag on San Jose property draws opposition http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/23/san-jose-proposal-to-oppose-displaying-flag-of-vietnam-draws-opposition/

21:20 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: “Concerned LastPass User” https://hackernoon.com/psa-lastpass-does-not-encrypt-everything-in-your-vault-8722d69b2032

27:45 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The FDA http://gizmodo.com/the-fdas-newly-proposed-gmo-rules-are-nonsense-1791519749

• FDA proposal to regulate gene edited animals is ‘nonsensical’ https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/01/23/is-the-fda-being-nonsensical-uc-davis-animal-geneticist-criticizes-new-guidance-genetically-altered-animals/

This Week’s Quote: All the food we eat—every grain of rice and kernel of corn—has been genetically modified. None of it was here before mankind learned to cultivate crops.” —Michael Specter

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Co-Hosts: Jakob Morris and Daniel Wilcox

1:09 – Election Special:

• Election Betting Odds by Maxim Lott and John Stossel https://electionbettingodds.com/
• PredictIt | Election 2016 https://www.predictit.org/Home/Election2016
• BlameThe1st: http://blamethe1st.blogspot.com/2016/11/i-voted-for-gary-johnson.html
• Jonathan Loesche: http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2016-sep-the-case-for-gary-johnson
• Doug Casey’s Top Five Reasons Not to Vote http://www.internationalman.com/articles/doug-caseys-top-five-reasons-not-to-vote
• Triangulation 271: Election Security https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_to6XbkdJI

34:53 – News of the Bogus:

• You Can Legally Hack Your Own Car, Pacemaker, or Smartphone Now https://www.wired.com/2016/10/hacking-car-pacemaker-toaster-just-became-legal/
  • Crypto guru Matt Green asks courts for DMCA force field so he can safely write a textbook http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/30/green_asks_protection_from_dmca_lawsuits/

39:58 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The MPAA and RIAA https://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-and-riaas-anti-piracy-plans-harm-the-internet-161027/

• uBlock Origin – An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

44:55 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Egyptian President Abd el-Fattah al-Sisi (nominated by Ibrahim Zallum) http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2016/10/29/sisi-criticized-saying-fridge-nothing-water-ten-years/

• After Saudi Minister, Bahraini Official Mocks #Al-Sisi’s Fridge http://bhmirror.myftp.biz/en/news/34464.html
• #Al-Sisi_Fridge Rating No. 1 on Twitter Trend Chart https://www.middleeastobserver.org/archives/25759

This Week’s Quote: “We’d all like to vote for the best man, but he’s never a candidate.” —Kin Hubbard

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Co-Host: Charles Thomas

News of the Bogus:

• 1:19 – WhatsApp is now most widely used end-to-end crypto tool on the planet http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/04/whatsapp-is-now-most-widely-used-end-to-end-crypto-tool-on-the-planet/
  • Forget Apple vs. the FBI: WhatsApp Just Switched on Encryption for a Billion People http://www.wired.com/2016/04/forget-apple-vs-fbi-whatsapp-just-switched-encryption-billion-people/
• 12:23 – Reddit’s Warrant Canary just died https://boingboing.net/2016/03/31/reddits-warrant-canary-just.html
  • We are ACLU lawyers and Nick Merrill of Calyx Institute. We’re here to talk about National Security Letters and warrant canaries, because Reddit can’t. AUA. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4dcm55/we_are_aclu_lawyers_and_nick_merrill_of_calyx/
• 21:51 – 5th Circuit Denies Prosecutor’s Appeal of Misconduct Finding, and throws out Forfeiture Because of Prosecutorial Vindictiveness http://www.prosecutorialaccountability.com/2016/03/25/tx-5th-circuit-denies-prosecutors-appeal-of-misconduct-finding-and-throws-out-forfeiture-because-of-prosecutorial-vindictiveness/

28:58 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The FBI https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160401/06514734076/fbi-doesnt-want-to-share-details-exploit-it-deployed-while-running-child-porn-site.shtml

34:41 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Barack Obama https://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: “All loans, in the eyes of honest borrowers, must eventually he repaid. All credit is debt. Proposals for an increased volume of credit, therefore, are merely another name for proposals for an increased burden of debt. They would seem considerably less inviting if they were habitually referred to by the second name instead of by the first.” —Henry Hazlitt

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2015 Wrap-up:

• Was 2015 a Bad Year for Campus Free Speech? Let’s Ask the Experts https://reason.com/blog/2015/12/28/was-2015-a-bad-year-for-campus-free-spee
• 191 million voters’ personal info exposed by misconfigured database http://www.databreaches.net/191-million-voters-personal-info-exposed-by-misconfigured-database/
• ‘Chicken pox party’ anti-vaccination mom: ‘Illness is meant to eliminate the weak’ http://deadstate.org/chicken-pox-party-anti-vaccination-mom-illness-is-meant-to-eliminate-the-weak/
• TSA to Stop Accepting Driver’s Licenses from 9 U.S. States http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2015-12-30/tsa-to-stop-accepting-drivers-licenses-from-9-us-states
• Future or Ruin: The Argument for Eugenics | Augustus Sol Invictus https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/future-ruin-argument-eugenics-augustus-sol
  • Invictus for United States Senate https://imgur.com/ssgSQn7
• 11 ways to test if libertarians are hypocrites http://www.salon.com/2015/11/30/11_ways_to_test_if_libertarians_are_hypocrites/
• Rand Paul is just this desperate: Why his pathetic lies about the safety net are so destructive http://www.salon.com/2015/10/26/rand_paul_is_just_this_desperate_why_his_pathetic_lies_about_the_safety_net_are_so_destructive/
• Charles Koch’s brazen lie: I’m not powerful, I’m just a humble “classical liberal”! http://www.salon.com/2015/08/05/charles_kochs_brazen_lie_im_not_powerful_im_just_a_humble_classical_liberal/
• I gave up Ayn Rand for Bernie Sanders: How I grew up and traded libertarianism for a progressive “socialist” http://www.salon.com/2015/07/20/why_libertarians_should_love_bernie_sanders/
• Rand Paul, dorm room philosopher: Why his “slavery” nonsense is so outrageous http://www.salon.com/2015/07/07/rand_paul_dorm_room_philosopher_why_his_slavery_nonsense_is_so_outrageous/
• Libertarianism is for white men: The ugly truth about the right’s favorite movement http://www.salon.com/2015/06/10/why_libertarianism_is_so_popular_on_the_right_its_the_last_bastion_of_white_male_dominance/
• Elon Musk will not save us: Why libertarians waiting for a superman are wasting everyone’s time http://www.salon.com/2015/05/28/elon_musk_will_not_save_us_why_libertarians_waiting_for_a_superman_are_wasting_everyones_time/
• Rise of the techno-Libertarians: The 5 most socially destructive aspects of Silicon Valley http://www.salon.com/2015/04/12/rise_of_the_techno_libertarians_the_5_most_socially_destructive_aspects_of_silicon_valley_partner/

“You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom. You can only be free if I am free.” —Clarence Darrow

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Co-Host: Dave Turcotte

News of the Bogus:

• 0:31 – Libertarian and Green parties sue the Commission on Presidential Debates for a spot on the stage http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/sep/29/libertarian-and-green-parties-sue-commission-presi/
• 8:47 – New Jersey High Court Rolls Back State Standard for Warrantless Car Searches http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/09/25/new-jersey-high-court-rolls-back-state-standard-for-warrantless-car-searches/
• 15:03 – Zuckerberg reassures Merkel on hate speech http://www.thelocal.de/20150928/zuckerberg-promises-merkel-hell-fight-hate-comments
  • Anita Sarkeesian, Zoe Quinn and more take aim at cyber harassment against women in new report http://www.polygon.com/2015/9/25/9399169/united-nations-women-cyber-violence-anita-sarkeesian-zoe-quinn
  • Woman Falsely Accuses Man of Rape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2zQAnIpdvs
  • Biurny Gonzalez Pleads Guilty to Perjury in Rape Charge http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/nyregion/08freed.html
  • Black policeman protects KKK members https://kindnessblogdotcom1.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/1983-e28093-austin-texas-this-policeman-protects-kkk-members-during-a-rally-as-protestors-were-closing-in-on-them.jpg

25:25 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The Toronto Sun https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150925/11322732361/toronto-sun-we-value-criticism-voice-reader-so-much-were-killing-both.shtml

34:43 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Laurent Fabius http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/apocalypse-watch-504-days-and-no-climate-chaos/

This Week’s Quote: “In religion and politics, people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue, but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing.” —Mark Twain

43:10 – Tag: The Superplex Bros http://superplexbros.com/review-super-mario-bros-nintendo-entertainment-system/

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Co-Host: Chris Hangartner

News of the Bogus:

• 0:40 – After Five Years, Dodd-Frank Is a Failure http://www.wsj.com/articles/after-five-years-dodd-frank-is-a-failure-1437342607
• 11:46 – Experian Hit With Class Action Over ID Theft Service — Krebs on Security http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/experian-hit-with-class-action-over-id-theft-service/
• 19:45 – Researcher Receives Copyright Threat After Exposing Security Hole https://torrentfreak.com/researcher-receives-copyright-threat-after-exposing-security-hole-150715/
• 27:50 – Errata Security: My BIS/Wassenaar comment http://blog.erratasec.com/2015/07/my-biswassenaar-comment.html
  • Wassenaar Arrangement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassenaar_Arrangement

36:42 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: University Of Toronto http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/university-toronto-teaches-students-cancer-good

46:48 – Idiot Extraordinaire: U.S. National Institutes of Health http://freebeacon.com/issues/taxpayers-have-now-spent-3-5-million-to-find-out-why-lesbians-are-obese/

• Feds Spend $1.5 Million to Study Why Lesbians Are Fat http://dev.cnsnews.com/news/article/feds-spend-15-million-study-why-lesbians-are-fat

This Week’s Quote: “Of all debts men are least willing to pay the taxes. What a satire is this on government! Everywhere they think they get their money’s worth, except for these.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Co-Host: Jonathan Loesche

News of the Bogus:

• 0:57 – MPAA Wants to Kill Domain Name Privacy, For Some https://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-wants-to-kill-domain-name-privacy-for-some-150709/
  • CloudFlare Forced to Censor Anti-Censorship Site https://torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-forced-to-censor-anti-censorship-site-150710/
• 9:45 – Bogus “Copyright Trademark” Complaint Fails to Censor the BBC https://torrentfreak.com/bogus-copyright-trademark-complaint-fails-to-censor-the-bbc-150712/
• 15:51 – Hacking Team Shows the World How Not to Stockpile Exploits http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hacking-team-shows-world-not-stockpile-exploits/
  • Hacking Team Emails Expose Proposed Death Squad Deal, Secret U.K. Sales Push and Much More https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/07/08/hacking-team-emails-exposed-death-squad-uk-spying/
  • Hacking Team Email Jokes About Killing ACLU’s Chris Soghoian https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/07/09/hacking-team-employee-jokes-assassinating-aclu-technologist-christopher-soghoian/
  • Hacking Team used shockingly bad passwords http://www.zdnet.com/article/no-wonder-hacking-team-got-hacked/

26:26 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The US Energy Information Administration http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/07/study-wind-farms-even-more-expensive-and-pointless-than-you-thought/

34:50 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The TSA https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/27/revealed-tsas-closely-held-behavior-checklist-spot-terrorists/

This Week’s Quote: “We can’t keep weapons out of prisons; we can’t possibly expect to keep them out of airports.” —Bruce Schneier

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Co-Host: Daniel Wilcox

News of the Bogus:

• 0:31 – Dept. Of Defense Defends Strong Encryption While Its Impetuous Child — The NSA — Continues To Lament The Coming Darkness https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150703/14441931535/dept-defense-defends-strong-encryption-while-impetuous-child-nsa-continues-to-lament-coming-darkness.shtml
  • Computer Security Experts Release Report Slamming Proposals To Backdoor Encryption, As FBI Makes Latest Push https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150707/16415031577/computer-security-experts-release-report-slamming-proposals-to-backdoor-encryption-as-fbi-makes-latest-push.shtml
• 14:05 – FBI & Homeland Security Now 0 For 41 In Predicting Imminent Terrorist Attacks On The US https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150706/23473631567/fbi-homeland-security-now-0-41-predicting-imminent-terrorist-attacks-us.shtml
• 21:08 – What the 2004 Athens Olympics venues look like today http://www.businessinsider.com/2004-athens-olympics-venues-today-2015-7
  • 2022 Olympics Host Cities Dropping Out http://www.businessinsider.com/2022-olympics-host-cities-2014-5

28:00 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) http://mediatrackers.org/wisconsin/2015/07/02/sen-baldwin-1st-amendment-doesnt-apply-individuals

35:54 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Si Robertson http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/duck-dynasty-star-si-robertson-atheists-dont-exist-because-they-use-calendars/

This Week’s Quote: “Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.” —John Perry Barlow

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Co-Host: Chris Hangartner

News of the Bogus:

• 0:56 – 15 Supreme Court Decisions that Shredded the Constitution http://fee.org/anythingpeaceful/detail/15-supreme-court-decisions-that-shredded-the-constitution
  • The Avalon Project : Federalist No 41 http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed41.asp
• 29:38 – Police can access phone location data without a warrant, court rules https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/05/07/police-can-access-phone-location-data-without-a-warrant-us-court-rules/
• 34:17 – Anti-Piracy Measures Putting Internet Users at Risk http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-measures-putting-internet-users-at-risk-150503/
• 40:41 – Abolish the Family? Or Just Hobble Parents So They Don’t Give Kids ‘Unfair’ Advantages? http://reason.com/blog/2015/05/06/abolish-the-family-or-just-hobble-parent

47:13 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Mother Jones http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2015/05/james-franco-mcdonalds

53:48 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The FBI http://vault.fbi.gov/louie-louie-the-song

This Week’s Quote: “Now there’s no more oak oppression / For they passed a noble law / And the trees are all kept equal / By hatchet, axe, and saw.” —Neil Peart (Rush)