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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Courageous Illinois Man Faces 75 Years In Prison For Recording Cops http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNlJYSIzjoU
• 6:50 – U.S. Moves to Block AT&T Merger with T-Mobile https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/u-s-moves-to-block-att-merger-with-t-mobile/
  • Scripted opposition to wireless merger raises credibility questions http://dailycaller.com/2011/07/25/scripted-opposition-to-wireless-merger-raises-credibility-questions
  • AT&T’s Exaflood Acquisition Good for Mobile Consumers, Internet Growth http://www.forbes.com/sites/bretswanson/2011/03/22/atts-exaflood-acquisition-good-for-mobile-consumers-internet-growth/
  • CWA Press Release http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_will_return_5000_jobs_to_u.s._on_completion_of_attt-mobile_merger
• 12:00 – Dutch judge slaps ban on Samsung smartphones http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-dutch-sale-samsung-galaxy.html
  • Apple Says Samsung Plays Dirty http://www.mobiledia.com/news/105586.html

15:00 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Warren Buffett http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/15/opinion/stop-coddling-the-super-rich.html?_r=2

• SOI Tax Stats – Individual Statistical Tables by Tax Rate and Income Percentile http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/indtaxstats/article/0,,id=133521,00.html
• Large changes in fiscal policy: taxes versus spending http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/alesina/files/Large%2Bchanges%2Bin%2Bfiscal%2Bpolicy_October_2009.pdf

22:25 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Pastor Michael Stahl http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2011/08/atheist_national_registry_prop.php

This Week’s Quote: “If I am right, then religious fundamentalists will not go to Heaven, because there is no Heaven. If they are right, then they will not go to Heaven, because they are hypocrites.” —Isaac Asimov