Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 48:02 — 22.0MB)

Subscribe: RSS

Co-Host: Charles Thomas

News of the Bogus:

• 0:30 – Senate Bill Prohibits Government-Mandated Backdoors http://www.informationweek.com/government/cybersecurity/senate-bill-prohibits-government-mandated-backdoors/d/d-id/1317926
• 4:20 – In the ‘global struggle for Internet freedom,’ the Internet is losing, report finds http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/12/04/in-the-global-struggle-for-internet-freedom-the-internet-is-losing-report-finds/
• 9:02 – Did Rep. Moran Read 1,648-Page Defense Bill? ‘Are You Kidding?’ http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/lauretta-brown/did-rep-moran-read-1648-page-defense-bill-are-you-kidding
  • The Read the Bills Act (RTBA) https://downsizedc.org/etp/rtba/
• 17:02 – Another reason to avoid reading the comments http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-another-reason-to-avoid-reading-the-comments/2014/11/28/b37a9f30-7722-11e4-a755-e32227229e7b_story.html
  • Vinegar valentines: An old tradition of sending mean cards anonymously http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/02/13/vinegar_valentines_an_old_tradition_of_sending_mean_cards_anonymously.html
• 24:34 – A long list of sex acts just got banned in UK porn http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/a-long-list-of-sex-acts-just-got-banned-in-uk-porn-9897174.html

31:06 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: US Government http://torrentfreak.com/kim-dotcom-is-not-a-fugitive-court-hears-141209/

38:13 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Kevin Sabet http://redalertpolitics.com/2014/12/10/new-anti-pot-argument-dont-legalize-monsanto-gmos/

This Week’s Quote: “I think that marijuana should not only be legal, I think it should be a cottage industry. It would be wonderful for the state of Maine. There’s some pretty good homegrown dope. I’m sure it would be even better if you could grow it with fertilizers and have greenhouses.” —Stephen King

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 42:17 — 19.4MB)

Subscribe: RSS

Co-Host: Dave Turcotte

Side Project Live #143 http://sideproject.radiofubar.com/?p=324

News of the Bogus:

• 0:42 – Secret Malware in European Union Attack Linked to U.S. and British Intelligence https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/11/24/secret-regin-malware-belgacom-nsa-gchq/
  • Regin: Top-tier espionage tool enables stealthy surveillance http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/regin-top-tier-espionage-tool-enables-stealthy-surveillance
  • The Regin Platform: Nation-State Ownage of GSM Networks https://securelist.com/files/2014/11/Kaspersky_Lab_whitepaper_Regin_platform_eng.pdf
• 4:18 – Under Pressure From Uber, Taxi Medallion Prices Are Plummeting http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/28/upshot/under-pressure-from-uber-taxi-medallion-prices-are-plummeting.html
• 8:52 – U.S. states’ pot legalization not in line with international law: U.N. agency http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/12/us-usa-drugs-un-idUSKCN0IW1GV20141112
  • Uruguayan Presidential Election Result Safeguards Marijuana Legalization http://www.enewspf.com/latest-news/latest-national/latest-national-news/57234-uruguayan-presidential-election-result-safeguards-marijuana-legalization.html

12:29 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/week-sen-kirsten-gillibrand-interview-20916422

24:32 – Silver Cluon Award: David Mazières, Eddie Kohler, and Peter Vamplew http://www.vox.com/2014/11/21/7259207/scientific-paper-scam

30:55 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Matt Bruenig http://gawker.com/actually-riots-are-good-the-economic-case-for-riots-i-1663629918

This Week’s Quote: “The people on the ground today, protesting in Ferguson, have legitimate grievances that long predated Michael Brown’s death. But…Threatening lives and property of innocent third parties creates enemies out of would-be friends and supporters, while plays into the hands of those who value the protestors as political tools, dependable votes, and nothing more.” —Christopher Westley

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:15 — 23.9MB)

Subscribe: RSS

Co-Host: Charles Thomas

2014 Election Special:

• 0:27 – With a Big GOP Wave, Americans Voted for More Gridlock—And They Knew What They Wanted http://reason.com/blog/2014/11/05/americans-voted-to-end-gridlock-with-big
• 2:05 – North Carolina Senate Elections – 2014 Midterm Elections News & Results http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/2014/NC/senate/exitpoll
• 7:13 – Virginia Senate Elections – 2014 Midterm Elections News & Results http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/2014/VA/senate/exitpoll
• 8:40 – Voters Approve Marijuana Legalization in Two States and D.C. http://reason.com/blog/2014/11/05/voters-approve-marijuana-legalization-in
• 12:23 – Anti-GMO Initiatives in Oregon and Colorado: Science Wins in Centennial State – Science wins in Beaver State Too! http://reason.com/blog/2014/11/05/anti-gmo-initiatives-in-oregon-and-color
• 18:26 – Arizona Voters Approve Prop 122 to Reject Federal Acts https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2014/11/05/arizona-voters-approve-proposition-to-reject-federal-acts/
• 24:45 – Arizona Terminal Patients’ Right to Try Referendum, Proposition 303 (2014) https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_Terminal_Patients'_Right_to_Try_Referendum,_Proposition_303_(2014))

News of the Bogus:

• 26:41 – Police can demand fingerprints but not passcodes to unlock phones, rules judge http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/11/03/police-can-demand-fingerprints-but-not-passcodes-to-unlock-phones-rules-judge/
• 28:53 – A Selfie in the Voting Booth? We’ve Got a Felony For That http://reason.com/blog/2014/11/04/a-selfie-in-the-voting-booth-weve-got-a
• 32:26 – AP Exclusive: Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media https://apnews.com/article/674886091e344ffa95e92eb482e02be1

36:33 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Newington, Connecticut Elementary Schools http://rare.us/story/this-town-just-canceled-halloween-to-appease-the-pc-police/

40:08 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Ezekiel J. Emanuel http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/09/why-i-hope-to-die-at-75/379329/

This Week’s Quote: “I long to believe in immortality. I shall never be able to bid you an entire farewell. If I am destined to be happy with you here — how short is the longest life. I wish to believe in immortality — I wish to live with you forever.” —John Keats

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 38:37 — 17.7MB)

Subscribe: RSS

Co-Host: Jakob Morris

News of the Bogus:

• 0:30 – Support is Ending for Windows XP http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-support-help
  • Windows XP support will be available after April 8—just not for you http://www.pcworld.com/article/2139929/windows-xp-support-will-be-available-after-april-8-just-not-for-you.html
  • Setup Limited Users in Windows XP http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1838566,00.asp
• 7:40 – The IRS has called bitcoin property, but the Financial Crimes Enforcment Network calls it money
  http://upstart.bizjournals.com/news/technology/2014/03/28/irs-calls-bitcoin-property.html?page=all
  • IRS Virtual Currency FAQ http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-14-21.pdf
  • FIN-2013-G001 http://fincen.gov/statutes_regs/guidance/html/FIN-2013-G001.html
• 11:21 – Lawsuit: Man Arrested, Searched For Marijuana Solely For Having Colorado License Plate http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2014/03/28/lawsuit-man-arrested-searched-for-marijuana-solely-for-having-colorado-license-plate/
• 16:54 – McCutcheon v. FEC http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/12-536_e1pf.pdf
  • Here’s a Plain-English Explanation of the Huge Supreme Court Decision That Was Made Today http://www.policymic.com/articles/86763/here-s-a-plain-english-explanation-of-the-huge-supreme-court-decision-that-was-made-today

21:00 – Silver Cluon Award: James Wilson and Perry Willis https://secure.downsizedc.org/blog/the-untold-truth-about-the-mccutcheon-decision

25:04 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Adam Weinstein http://gawker.com/arrest-climate-change-deniers-1553719888

32:18 – Idiot Extraordinaire: San Francisco Google Protesters http://mashable.com/2014/04/06/google-ventures-kevin-rose-san-francisco-protesters/

This Week’s Quote: “I fear that in every assembly, members will obtain an influence by noise, not sense. By meanness, not greatness. By ignorance, not learning. By contracted hearts, not large souls.” —John Adams

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:22 — 18.9MB)

Subscribe: RSS

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

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:29 — 17.2MB)

Subscribe: RSS

Co-Host: Tim Dyson

News of the Bogus:

• 0:33 – Security mishandled pipe bomb, dumped its contents http://www.torontosun.com/2014/01/24/security-mishandled-pipe-bomb-dumped-its-contents
• 2:53 – NSA reforms are little more than window dressing http://offnow.org/2014/01/17/nsa-reforms-window-dressing/
  • Rating Obama’s NSA Reform Plan: EFF Scorecard Explained https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/rating-obamas-nsa-reform-plan-eff-scorecard-explained
• 9:20 – Marijuana Legalization Scares Us, Panicked DEA Official Tells Senators http://reason.com/blog/2014/01/17/marijuana-legalization-scares-us-panicke
• 13:06 – Top 10 Most Dangerous Jobs in the Country: Police Officer is NOT on the List http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-top-10-dangerous-jobs-country-tanks/

18:14 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The Air Force http://gizmodo.com/5978125/air-force-uses-martin-luther-king-junior-to-promote-nuclear-warfare

• Archive of the Air Force’s post http://web.archive.org/web/20130216164341/http://www.afgsc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123333051

20:59 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The Economic Policy Institute http://www.epi.org/minimum-wage-statement/

• Minimum Wages and Employment http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~dneumark/min_wage_review.pdf

This Week’s Quote: “It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.” —Murray Rothbard

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:28 — 23.1MB)

Subscribe: RSS

Co-Host: Charles Thomas

News of the Bogus:

• 0:28 – Exclusive: Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pioneer http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/us-usa-security-rsa-idUSBRE9BJ1C220131220
  • RSA Response To Media Claims Regarding NSA Relationship https://blogs.rsa.com/news-media-2/rsa-response/
  • At least eight security experts boycott prominent security conference over NSA ties http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/01/07/at-least-six-security-experts-boycott-prominent-security-conference-over-nsa-ties/
• 6:28 – E-Cigarettes Packed With Marijuana Oil Set To Boom In Colorado http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pot-boom-e-cigs-sales-set-soar-colo-article-1.1567304
• 13:40 – The UK “Porn” Filter Blocks Kids’ Access To Tech, Civil Liberties Websites http://bsdly.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-uk-porn-filter-blocks-kids-access.html
  • BBC News – Porn filters block sex education websites http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25430582
  • Porn filter blocks website of MP who campaigned for it http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/porn-filter-blocks-website-of-mp-who-campaigned-for-it-50013120/
• 21:10 – Little Support For Snowden Amnesty http://today.yougov.com/news/2014/01/02/little-support-snowden-amnesty/

29:00 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Sherri Tenpenny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QraJJp6A7Eo

34:47 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The Young Turks (nominated by Nicholas Henson) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaxCMsdYwcg

This Week’s Quote: “The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern; every class is unfit to govern.” —Lord Acton

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:18 — 8.4MB)

Subscribe: RSS

News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – Supreme Court Ruling On Gene Patenting May Be A Boon For Biotech Startups http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/17/supreme-court-ruling-on-gene-patenting-may-be-a-boon-for-biotech-startups/
• 2:20 – The Supreme Court Decided Your Silence Can Be Used Against You http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/06/supreme-court-salinas-v-texas-ruling-explained/66309/

• 7:55 – ‘The worst case of scientific censorship since the Catholic Church banned the works of Galileo’: Scientists call for drugs to be legalised to allow proper study of their properties http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-worst-case-of-scientific-censorship-since-the-catholic-church-banned-the-works-of-galileo-scientists-call-for-drugs-to-be-legalised-to-allow-proper-study-of-their-properties-8654514.html
  • A clear danger from cannabis http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/29/cannabis-schizophrenia-classification

12:15 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: San Francisco International Airport http://news.yahoo.com/rental-car-co-run-teenagers-undercuts-hertz-avis-142119464.html

15:25 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Rep. John Larson (D-CT) http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/06/13/democrat-not-fair-to-subject-congress-to-obamacare-just-like-everyone-else/

This Week’s Quote: “If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free.” —P.J. O’Rourke