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Co-Hosts: Jonathan Loesche and (briefly) Dave Turcotte

Update: SunRail ridership lags, system to rehire ambassadors http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/traffic/os-sunrail-ridership-ambassadors-20141003-story.html

News of the Bogus:

• 3:06 – Entrepreneur’s private toll road welcomes 100,000th vehicle http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/11149220/Entrepreneurs-private-toll-road-welcomes-100000th-vehicle.html
  • Google Maps https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3960066,-2.4196838,356m/data=!3m1!1e3
  • Kelston Toll Road (@KelstonTollRoad) | Twitter https://twitter.com/KelstonTollRoad
  • What is the cost of constructing a mile of highway? http://www.railstotrails.org/resources/documents/whatwedo/policy/07-29-2008%20Generic%20Response%20to%20Cost%20per%20Lane%20Mile%20for%20widening%20and%20new%20construction.pdf
  • Ask a Paving / Asphalt Superintendent anything http://jobstr.com/threads/show/4514-paving-asphalt-superintendent
  • Asphalt Facts http://www.alasphalt.com/asphalt%20facts.htm
• 15:26 – Why Did the Supreme Court Sidestep Sentencing Dispute http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202673758615/Why-Did-the-Supreme-Court-Sidestep-Sentencing-Dispute
  • Supreme Court Considers Two Drug Dog Cases | Radley Balko http://www.huffingtonpost.com/radley-balko/supreme-court-considers-t_1_b_2063820.html
• 18:43 – Anime fan convicted over illegal pictures of imaginary children http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/anime-fan-convicted-over-illegal-7958896

24:51 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Wendy Gittleson http://samuel-warde.com/2014/01/10-reasons-free-market-just-big-fat-blob-stupid/

51:32 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Tracie Harris and Matt Dillahunty (nominated by pretty much everybody) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SXBre5woMw&start=1897

• Does the Internet Prove the Need for Government Investment? http://fee.org/the_freeman/detail/does-the-internet-prove-the-need-for-government-investment

This Week’s Quote: “All the perplexities, confusion, and distress in America arise, not from the defects in their constitution or confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.” —John Quincy Adams

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News of the Bogus:

• 1:46 – ‘Six Californias’ plan may make 2016 ballot http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/07/15/six-californias-tim-draper/12661161/
• 7:06 – The curious grammar of police shootings http://m.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/07/14/the-curious-grammar-of-police-shootings/
  Right to a Gun vs. Right to Health Care https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1ggkimWfFk
• 15:38 – Anarchist Protestors Blocked Uber Cars in the Streets of Seattle http://valleywag.gawker.com/anarchist-protestors-blocked-uber-cars-in-the-streets-o-1568739346

22:02 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Damon Linker http://theweek.com/article/index/264546/how-liberalism-became-an-intolerant-dogma

30:15 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Mike Dawson http://mikedawwwson.tumblr.com/post/91854168921/santrevl-hound-actual-armedplatypus

• https://twitter.com/mike_daws/status/489084575885570048
• https://twitter.com/mike_daws/status/489084892979142656

This Week’s Quote: “Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right—a right which we hope and believe is to liberate the world. Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people of an existing government may choose to exercise it. Any portion of such people that can may revolutionize and make their own of so much of the territory as they inhabit. More than this, a majority of any portion of such people may revolutionize, putting down a minority, intermingled with or near about them, who may oppose this movement.” —Abraham Lincoln

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Co-Host: Jakob Morris

Ed and Ethan 97: http://edandethan.com/podcast/ed-ethan-97-the-michael-w-dean-variety-hour-volume-ii/

News of the Bogus:

• 0:39 – Texas grand jury refuses to indict homeowner who shot deputy during marijuana raid http://txcann.com/2014/02/06/texas-grand-jury-refuses-to-indict-homeowner-who-shot-deputy-during-marijuana-raid/
• 2:55 – Canadians Won’t Be Able To Afford Medical Marijuana Anymore http://www.leafscience.com/2014/02/07/canadians-wont-able-afford-medical-marijuana-anymore/
• 4:57 – Rand Paul Files Suit Against Obama Over NSA Surveillance http://reason.com/24-7/2014/02/12/rand-paul-files-suit-against-obama-over
• 8:58 – Why you’re wrong about communism: 7 huge misconceptions about it (and capitalism) http://www.salon.com/2014/02/02/why_youre_wrong_about_communism_7_huge_misconceptions_about_it_and_capitalism/
  • Christianity Debate – YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSLkQnCurgs

31:37 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The Isocracy Network http://isocracy.org/node/107

36:26 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Iraqi Suicide Bomb Instructor http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/world/middleeast/suicide-bomb-instructor-accidentally-kills-iraqi-pupils.html

This Week’s Quote: “Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.” —Robert Heinlein

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News of the Bogus:

• 4:06 – Why You Might Want to Rethink Going Gluten-Free http://gizmodo.com/why-you-might-want-to-rethink-going-gluten-free-1475646469
• 7:07 – Protesters block Google bus in S.F. Mission http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2013/12/09/protesters-block-google-bus-in-s-f-mission/
  • UPDATE: Union organizer shouts down protesters as they block private Google shuttle http://www.sfbg.com/googleshoutdown
• 17:39 – Michigan ‘Rape Insurance’ Bill Passes Into Law http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/11/michigan-rape-insurance_n_4428432.html
• 20:37 – ATF uses rogue tactics in storefront stings across nation http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/atf-uses-rogue-tactics-in-storefront-stings-across-the-nation-b99146765z1-234916641.html

26:40 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Jim Edwards http://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-libertarian-paradise-would-be-hell-on-earth-2013-12

• List of businesses that accept Bitcoin https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Trade

41:53 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Judge Jean Boyd http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/11/ethan-couch-sentenced_n_4426722.html

This Week’s Quote: “Responsibility is the price of freedom.” —Elbert Hubbard

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Co-Host: Tim Dyson

News of the Bogus:

• 3:54 – Climate change report: “extremely likely” sure humans are responsible http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/27/world/climate-change-report/index.html
• 11:27 – Close the N.S.A.’s Back Doors http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/opinion/sunday/close-the-nsas-back-doors.html
  • RSA Tells Its Developer Customers: Stop Using NSA-Linked Algorithm http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/09/rsa-advisory-nsa-algorithm/
• 15:50 – Has zero tolerance gone too far http://www.wavy.com/news/local/va-beach/has-zero-tolerance-gone-too-far

21:55 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Jason Linkins and Sean O’Neal http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/24/altas-shrugged-kickstarter_n_3982081.html

27:34 – Silver Cluon Award: Don Lemon (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-host-don-lemon-ive-read-the-cdc-study-on-guns-and-it-made-me-rethink-my-views-2013-9/

33:25 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Nancy Pelosi (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1309/22/sotu.01.html

• DownsizeDC.org’s “One Subject at a Time Act” (OSTA) https://secure.downsizedc.org/etp/one-subject/

This Week’s Quote: “We need to understand that the more government spends, the more freedom is lost. Instead of simply debating spending levels, we ought to be debating whether the departments, agencies, and programs funded by the budget should exist at all.” —Ron Paul

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Co-Hosts: Jonathan Loesche, Tim Dyson, and Dave Turcotte

News of the Bogus:

• 1:43 – Obama tells nation he’s pursuing diplomacy with Syria http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/09/10/obama-syria-prime-time-speech-russia-france-congress/2791373/
• 4:48 – Google rejects music industry request to remove Pirate Bay homepage http://rt.com/news/google-pirate-bay-removal-704/
  • Netflix Uses Pirate Sites to Determine What Shows to Buy http://torrentfreak.com/netflix-uses-pirate-sites-to-determine-what-shows-to-buy-130914/
• 12:15 – State judge rules Indiana’s right-to-work law unconstitutional http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hammond/state-judge-rules-indiana-s-right-to-work-law-unconstitutional/article_100077d0-6ee9-5d33-88bf-0bc261c9ae3e.html
  • Lake Superior Court Ruling on Right To Work http://www.scribd.com/doc/166888508/Lake-Superior-Court-Ruling-on-Right-To-Work
• 14:46 – Iowa grants gun permits to the blind http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/08/iowa-grants-gun-permits-to-the-blind/2780303/

25:50 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: David Rose http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2415191/Global-cooling-Arctic-ice-caps-grows-60-global-warming-predictions.html

• Climate change: Sea ice, global cooling, and other nonsense http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/09/10/climate_change_sea_ice_global_cooling_and_other_nonsense.html

35:34 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Nick Hanauer & Eric Liu (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-05/libertarians-are-the-new-communists.html

This Week’s Quote: “Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” —Ernest Hemingway