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0:52 – State of the Union Commentary

News of the Bogus:

• 9:26 – Popular file-sharing website Megaupload shut down http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-01-19/megaupload-feds-shutdown/52678528/1
• 12:15 – Wikipedia traffic surged during SOPA blackout http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/19/10185978-wikipedia-traffic-surged-during-sopa-blackout
  • The Pirate Bay: PIPA/SOPA Won’t Stop Us! http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-pipasopa-wont-stop-us120117/
  • SOPA & PIPA: The Pirate Bay Worried About The Internet, Not Itself http://www.webpronews.com/sopapipa-the-pirate-bay-worried-about-the-internet-not-itself-2012-01
• 15:08 – German courts are bucking the trend, ruling that ISPs shouldn’t block illegal websites http://thenextweb.com/eu/2012/01/14/german-courts-are-bucking-the-trend-ruling-that-isps-shouldnt-block-illegal-websites/
• 16:10 – Plymouth-Canton school district banning books http://michiganradio.org/post/plymouth-canton-school-district-banning-books

18:30 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The MPAA (nominated by Dave Turcotte)

• SOPA lives—and MPAA calls protests an ”abuse of power” http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/sopa-livesand-mpaa-calls-protests-an-abuse-of-power.ars
• SOPA and PIPA – Learn more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more

20:55 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Matthew Yglesias http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2012/01/what_is_austrian_economics_and_why_is_ron_paul_keep_obsessed_with_it_.html

This Week’s Quote: “Many of the greatest things man has achieved are not the result of consciously directed thought, and still less the product of a deliberately coordinated effort of many individuals, but of a process in which the individual plays a part which he can never fully understand.” —F. A. Hayek

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – ABC News reporter presses White House on Al-Awlaki assassination http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/312199
  • Al Awlaki Dead — Terrorists May Run But They Cannot Hide http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/09/30/al-awlaki-dead-terrorists-may-run-but-cannot-hide/
  • US warns of revenge attacks after hits on Al-Qaeda http://news.yahoo.com/us-issues-travel-warning-hits-al-qaeda-192352850.html
• 3:15 – Feds to Gibson: Hand over more wood http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2011/09/28/feds-to-gibson-give-us-more-wood.html
• 5:05 – The Pirate Bay Adds Domain to Bypass Court Order http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-adds-domain-to-bypass-court-order-111005/
• 7:15 – France: Copyright Is More Important Than Human Rights http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110902/15025715798/france-copyright-is-more-important-than-human-rights.shtml
• 9:05 – Part of the PATRIOT Act ruled to be unconstitutional http://www.unitedliberty.org/articles/8858-part-of-the-patriot-act-ruled-to-be-unconstitutional

10:40 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Judson Phillips http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/30/denying-vote-propertyless-makes-lot-sense-tea-party-nation-pres/

14:00 – Idiot Extraordinaire: NC Governor Bev Perdue http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/27/north-carolina-governor-suggests-suspending-elections-to-spur-economic/

This Week’s Quote: “In the eyes of anyone who has read history, disobedience is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made.” —Oscar Wilde.

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