Bogosity Podcast for 16 June 2014
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Co-Host: Tim Dyson
News of the Bogus:
- 0:27 – Atheism explodes in Saudi Arabia, despite state-enforced ban http://www.salon.com/2014/06/12/atheism_explodes_in_saudi_arabia_where_just_talking_about_atheism_is_illegal_partner/
- 5:23 – Election laws that prevent elections http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/06/10/election-laws-that-prevent-elections/
- 9:17 – Islington council refuses to allow shoebox ‘studio flat’ to be rented out http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/jun/05/tiny-apartment-taken-off-the-market-by-islington-borough-council
16:04 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Paul Ingrisano http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2014/06/artist-trademarks-pi-symbol-enrages-the-web.html
24:15 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Dr. Michael J. Roberts https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140606/08401527494/high-school-principal-cancels-entire-reading-program-to-stop-students-reading-cory-doctorows-little-brother.shtml
This Week’s Quote: “Don’t join the book burners. Don’t think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.” —Dwight D. Eisenhower