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Co-Host: Jonathan Loesche

News of the Bogus:

• 0:31 – Cops Aren’t Stopping the Looting in Ferguson, So the Protesters Are http://thefreethoughtproject.com/protestors-stop-looters-ferguson-police/
• 7:20 – Rules prevent solar panels in many states with abundant sunlight http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-no-solar-20140810-story.html
  • A PETITION From the Manufacturers of Candles, Tapers, Lanterns, sticks, Street Lamps, Snuffers, and Extinguishers, and from Producers of Tallow, Oil, Resin, Alcohol, and Generally of Everything Connected with Lighting. http://bastiat.org/en/petition.html
• 14:33 – Georgia county won’t pay medical bills for toddler burned by grenade in botched drug raid http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/19/georgia-county-wont-pay-medical-bills-for-toddler-burned-by-grenade-in-botched-drug-raid/

19:20 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: San Francisco http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/san-francisco-bans-sale-plastic-water-bottles-climate-change

• Bottled Water Companies Could Be Contributing to California’s Drought http://www.sfweekly.com/foodie/2014/08/14/bottled-water-companies-could-be-contributing-to-californias-drought

Idiot Extraordinaire: Summerville (SC) High School & Summerville Police http://www.nbc12.com/story/26319685/cops-summerville-high-school-student-arrested-after-writing-threatening-message-on-assignment

This Week’s Quote: “It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” —Ben Franklin

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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