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Co-Host: Jakob Morris

News of the Bogus:

• 1:19 – Adherents of Junk Campus Rape Science Are Retaliating Against Critics https://reason.com/reasontv/2016/02/09/adherents-of-junk-campus-rape-science-ar
• 8:41 – India introduces net neutrality rules barring Facebook’s free Internet http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0VH162
• 13:16 – Homeless stripped of free Wi-Fi due to illegal downloaders https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/02/05/homeless-stripped-of-free-wi-fi-due-to-illegal-downloaders/

17:54 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: NaturalNews http://www.naturalnews.com/052863_Zika_virus_Tdap_vaccine_GMO_mosquitoes.html

• How mosquitoes with ‘self-destruct’ genes could save us from Zika virus https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/01/29/heres-how-gm-mosquitos-with-self-destruct-genes-could-save-us-from-zika-virus/
• Zika HOAX exposed by South American doctors: Brain deformations caused by larvicide chemical linked to Monsanto; GM mosquitoes a ‘total failure’ http://www.naturalnews.com/052943_Zika_virus_hoax_larvacide_chemical_GM_mosquitoes.html

24:25 – Idiot Extraordinaire: PayPal https://torrentfreak.com/paypal-starts-banning-vpn-and-smartdns-services-160205/

This Week’s Quote: “Give yourself more security than you need today. When the unexpected happens, you’ll be glad you did.” —Bruce Schneier

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Co-Host: Dave Turcotte https://www.facebook.com/TheSuperplexBros

News of the Bogus:

• 1:02 – King of Copyright: On the 50th anniversary of ‘I have a dream’, Martin Luther King’s estate limits use of landmark speech http://www.thedrum.com/news/2013/08/26/king-copyright-50th-anniversary-i-have-dream-martin-luther-kings-estate-limits-use
  • Estate of Martin Luther King v. CBS, Inc. http://www.leagle.com/decision/19991405194F3d1211_11278
• 4:05 – In historic vote, New Zealand bans software patents http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/in-historic-vote-new-zealand-bans-software-patents/
  • U.S. GAO – Intellectual Property: Assessing Factors That Affect Patent Infringement Litigation Could Help Improve Patent Quality http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-465
• 8:42 – Microsoft and Google to sue over US surveillance requests http://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/aug/31/microsoft-google-sue-us-fisa
• 10:45 – Nonprofit says it was threatened with arrest for feeding Raleigh homeless http://www.wral.com/nonprofit-says-it-was-threatened-with-arrest-for-feeding-raleigh-homeless/12815894/
• 15:05 – Does law allow city’s huddle on Panthers? http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/08/27/4268208/does-law-allow-citys-huddle-on.html
• 16:55 – Documents Still Show No Evidence of Excrement at Abortion Debate http://www.texastribune.org/2013/08/26/dps-documents-show-no-proof-excrements/
• 19:35 – Russia Raids Gay People’s Homes http://www.advocate.com/news/world-news/2013/08/28/russia-raids-gay-peoples-homes

21:55 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Allison Benedikt (nominated by BlameThe1st) http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/08/private_school_vs_public_school_only_bad_people_send_their_kids_to_private.html

27:20 – Idiot Extraordinaire: David Miranda http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/08/partner-of-nsa-leaks-reporter-carried-paper-with-password-says-uk/

This Week’s Quote: “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” —John F. Kennedy

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/judge-to-sentence-bradley-manning-today/2013/08/20/85bee184-09d0-11e3-b87c-476db8ac34cd_story.html
  • Prison Sentences and Time Served for Violence http://bjsdata.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/PSATSFV.PDF
  • Lengthy prison term for Bradley Manning http://en.rsf.org/united-states-lengthy-prison-term-for-bradley-21-08-2013,45087.html
• 4:05 – Glenn Greenwald’s partner detained at Heathrow airport for nine hours http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/18/glenn-greenwald-guardian-partner-detained-heathrow
  • Glenn Greenwald: detaining my partner was a failed attempt at intimidation http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/18/david-miranda-detained-uk-nsa
• 8:20 – Britain forced Guardian to destroy copy of Snowden material http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/19/us-usa-security-snowden-guardian-idUSBRE97I10E20130819
• 9:10 – Lavabit.com owner: ‘I could be arrested’ for resisting surveillance order http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/13/20008036-lavabitcom-owner-i-could-be-arrested-for-resisting-surveillance-order
• 12:20 – Laws That Target Homeless Imperil Programs That Feed Them Outdoors http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/07/30/156328035/philadelphia-bans-serving-food-to-the-homeless-in-public
• 14:35 – Raped and Impregnated at 14, Girl Must Now Share Parental Rights with Her Attacker http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/raped-and-impregnated-14-girl-must-now-share-parental-rights-her-attacker?paging=off

18:30 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Republican and Democratic State Lawmakers (nominated by BlameThe1st) http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/nightline-fix-abc-news/why-texas-bans-sale-tesla-cars-140842349.html

22:05 – Idiot Extraordinaire:Lu Ann Ballew (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://www.wbir.com/news/article/283997/2/Judge-orders-babys-name-be-changed-from-Messiah

This Week’s Quote: “I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.” —Calvin Coolidge

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Newspaper that helps homeless is thriving http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2011/dec/24/4/paper-that-helps-homeless-is-thriving-ar-340169/
  • Tampa Epoch homeless newspaper to keep publishing http://www.examiner.com/article/tampa-epoch-homeless-newspaper-to-keep-publishing
• 4:30 – In 8-0 Ruling, U.S. Supreme Court Allows Immunity Protections for Secret Service, Law Enforcement to Trump Free Speech Rights of Americans https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/on_the_front_lines/us_supreme_court_allows_immunity_protections_for_secret_service_to_trump_fr
• 7:20 – Scores in N.C. are legally ‘innocent,’ yet still imprisoned http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-06-13/innocent-incarcerated-prisoners/55585176/1

12:10 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Paul Krugman (again!) http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/estonian-rhapsdoy/

• President Of Estonia Slams Paul Krugman: ‘Smug, Overbearing & Patronizing’ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/06/estonia-krugman-toomas-hendrik-ilves_n_1575937.html

21:15 – Idiot Extraordinare: Rachel Maddow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta7kLhnx_Uc

• Gender Wage Gap Final Report https://archive.org/details/GenderWageGapFinalReport
• What Do Wage Differentials Tell Us about Labor Market Discrimination? http://www.nber.org/papers/w11240.pdf

This Week’s Quote: “There is no reason to believe that bureaucrats and politicians, no matter how well meaning, are better at solving problems than people on the spot, who have the strongest incentive to get the solution right.” —Elinor Ostrom