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Co-Host: Charles Thomas

News of the Bogus:

• 0:30 – The Pirate Bay’s new network is making ISP blocks useless http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/18/pirate-bay-ISP-blocks-useless/
• 7:02 – What ever it is, CISA isn’t cybersecurity http://blog.erratasec.com/2015/03/what-ever-it-is-cisa-isnt-cybersecurity.html
• 15:25 – White House office to delete its FOIA regulations http://www.kens5.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/16/white-house-foia-regulations-deleted/24844253/
  • White House defends transparency after FOIA rule repeal http://www.wcsh6.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/17/white-house-foia-rule-change/24900303/

22:48 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Matt Boyle http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/03/16/honeymoon-over-scott-walker-under-fire-for-new-open-borders-amnesty-advocate-staffer-who-mocks-iowa/

• The culture of outrage and the end of the Liz Mair affair http://hotair.com/archives/2015/03/18/the-culture-of-outrage-and-the-end-of-the-liz-mair-affair/

31:59 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Jim Humble http://www.vice.com/read/parents-are-giving-their-children-bleach-enemas-to-cure-them-of-autism-311

This Week’s Quote: “If by some magic, autism had been eradicated from the face of the earth, then men would still be socializing in front of a wood fire at the entrance to a cave.” —Temple Grandin

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – uTorrent Quietly Installs Cryptocurrency Miner, Users Complain http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-quietly-installs-riskware-bitcoin-miner-users-report-150306/
• 5:06 – Senators Unveil Bill To Legalize Federal Medical Marijuana http://dailycaller.com/2015/03/10/senators-unveil-bill-to-legalize-federal-medical-marijuana/
  • North Carolina Bill to Legalize Medical Cannabis Approved by House of Representatives http://thejointblog.com/north-carolina-bill-to-legalize-medical-cannabis-approved-by-house-of-representatives/
• 9:23 – Large Study Concludes Homeopathy Does Not Effectively Treat Any Health Condition http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/homeopathy-ineffective-study-concludes
• 13:16 – Wikipedia Is Suing the NSA http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/wikipedia-is-suing-the-nsa-20150310

18:00 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Tamil Film Producer’s Council http://torrentfreak.com/movie-group-to-kill-piracy-by-not-releasing-movies-for-months-150309/

21:30 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Andrew Hennells https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/03/10/armed-robber-caught-after-boasting-about-planned-stick-up-on-facebook/

This Week’s Quote: “I don’t want to live in a world where everything that I say, everything I do, everyone I talk to, every expression of creativity or love or friendship is recorded.” —Edward Snowden

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Co-Host: Jonathan Loesche

News of the Bogus:

• 0:28 – Attack of the week: FREAK (or ‘factoring the NSA for fun and profit’) http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2015/03/attack-of-week-freak-or-factoring-nsa.html
  • Stop the presses: HTTPS-crippling “FREAK” bug affects Windows after all http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/03/stop-the-presses-https-crippling-freak-bug-affects-windows-after-all/
  • FREAK Attack: Client Check https://freakattack.com/clienttest.html
• 10:41 – Bill Nye says science changed his anti-GMO views http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/2015/02/bill-nye-says-science-changed-his-anti-gmo-views/
• 12:24 – ISP Categorically Refuses to Block Pirate Bay – Trial Set For October http://torrentfreak.com/isp-categorically-refuses-to-block-pirate-bay-trial-set-for-october-150304/
• 17:01 – How the flawed ‘science’ of bite mark analysis has sent innocent people to prison http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/02/13/how-the-flawed-science-of-bite-mark-analysis-has-sent-innocent-people-to-jail/

28:36 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Judge Liam O’Grady https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150227/18171630168/us-court-rules-that-kim-dotcom-is-fugitive-thus-doj-can-take-his-money.shtml

35:04 – Idiot Extraordinaire: PayPal http://torrentfreak.com/under-u-s-pressure-paypal-nukes-mega-for-encrypting-files-150227/

This Week’s Quote: “It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.” —Bruce Schneier

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Co-Host: Charles Thomas

News of the Bogus:

• 0:29 – Did Williams Lie? http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/did-williams-lie/
• 9:37 – Drone Rules Cheered, but Not by All http://www.wsj.com/articles/drone-rules-cheered-but-not-by-all-1424135687
• 15:49 – Stoned drivers are a lot safer than drunk ones, new federal data show http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/02/09/stoned-drivers-are-a-lot-safer-than-drunk-ones-new-federal-data-show/
  • Results of the 2013–2014 National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers file:///V:/Downloads/812118-Roadside_Survey_2014.pdf
• 21:00 – NSA Spy Program So Secret Judge Can’t Explain Why It Can’t Be Challenged http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/02/11/nsa-spy-program-so-secret-judge-cant-explain-why-it-cant-be-challenged

23:55 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Eric Posner http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/view_from_chicago/2015/02/university_speech_codes_students_are_children_who_must_be_protected.single.html

30:23 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Ford Motor Company https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2015/01/23/mustang-common-password.html

• “123456” Maintains the Top Spot on SplashData’s Annual “Worst Passwords” List http://splashdata.com/press/worst-passwords-of-2014.htm
• Ford Proud that “Mustang” Is a Common Password https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/02/ford_proud_that.html

This Week’s Quote: “Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about.” —Ben Carson

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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

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:32 – Ferguson police fire teargas and rubber bullets at Michael Brown protesters http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/14/ferguson-police-teargas-rubber-bullets-michael-brown
  • In Ferguson, Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery gives account of his arrest http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-ferguson-washington-post-reporter-wesley-lowery-gives-account-of-his-arrest/2014/08/13/0fe25c0e-2359-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html
  • ‘Overkill’: Images from Ferguson protest show cops treating city like a war zone http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/13/overkill-images-from-ferguson-protest-show-cops-treating-city-like-a-war-zone/
• 10:51 – New leaker disclosing U.S. secrets, government concludes http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/05/politics/u-s-new-leaker/index.html
• 13:47 – South Carolina Mom Calls Cops On 15-Year-Old Son After Finding Porn http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/07/mom-finds-porn-on-tv_n_5659487.html
• 17:23 – Burger Robot Poised To Disrupt Fast Food Industry http://singularityhub.com/2014/08/10/burger-robot-poised-to-disrupt-fast-food-industry/
• 22:08 – For Obama, Iraq Move Is a Policy Reversal http://online.wsj.com/articles/for-obama-iraq-move-is-a-policy-reversal-1407470613
  • Obama Vows ‘Long-Term’ War in Iraq http://news.antiwar.com/2014/08/09/obama-vows-long-term-war-in-iraq/
• 27:15 – Tempe City Council Bans E-Cigarettes In Public Places http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2014/08/05/tempe-city-council-bans-e-cigarettes-in-public-places/

33:56 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Michael Yaki http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=5810

38:11 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Michael Mulgrew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYU6fLz7Fgg

• The Next Generation Science Standards http://www.nextgenscience.org/implementation

This Week’s Quote: “Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.” —Bertrand Russell

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Co-Hosts: Tim Dyson and Jonathan Loesche

News of the Bogus:

• 0:33 – In NSA-intercepted data, those not targeted far outnumber the foreigners who are http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-nsa-intercepted-data-those-not-targeted-far-outnumber-the-foreigners-who-are/2014/07/05/8139adf8-045a-11e4-8572-4b1b969b6322_story.html
  • Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/07/09/under-surveillance/
• 9:29 – In ‘sexting’ case Manassas City police want to photograph teen in sexually explicit manner, lawyers say http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/local/wp/2014/07/09/in-sexting-case-manassas-city-police-want-to-photograph-teen-in-sexually-explicit-manner-lawyers-say/
• 17:39 – Man who shot at cops acquitted http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Man-who-shot-at-cops-acquitted-5608077.php

22:30 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland http://www.avclub.com/article/insane-clown-posses-fbi-lawsuit-thrown-out-juggalo-206657

29:32 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The FDA http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/08/health/smallpox-virus-found/index.html

This Week’s Quote: “The real danger is the gradual erosion of individual liberties through automation, integration, and interconnection of many small, separate record-keeping systems, each of which alone may seem innocuous, even benevolent, and wholly justifiable.” —1977 U.S. Privacy Study Commission

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Co-Hosts: Jonathan Loesche and Charles Thomas

News of the Bogus:

• 0:52 – Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., et al. http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-354_olp1.pdf
• 18:17 – EPIC says Facebook ‘messed with people’s minds,’ seeks FTC sanctions – Computerworld
  http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249553/EPIC_says_Facebook_messed_with_people_s_minds_seeks_FTC_sanctions
• 22:17 – Pirate Bay Founders’ File-Hosting Site Wiped From Google http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-founders-file-hosting-site-wiped-from-google-140628/

26:35 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Connecticut Regional School District 14 http://reason.com/blog/2014/06/30/ct-school-district-apologizes-for-blocki

36:16 – Silver Cluon Award: The Electronic Frontier Foundation http://www.dailydot.com/politics/blimp-nsa-utah-eff-mass-surveillance/

42:16 – Idiot Extraordinaire: PayPal http://www.zdnet.com/paypal-freezes-out-protonmail-asks-if-startup-has-government-permission-to-encrypt-email-7000031116/

This Week’s Quote: “We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government.” —William O. Douglas

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Data Pirates of the Caribbean: The NSA Is Recording Every Cell Phone Call in the Bahamas https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/05/19/data-pirates-caribbean-nsa-recording-every-cell-phone-call-bahamas/
  • ‘Country X’: WikiLeaks reveals NSA recording ‘nearly all’ phone calls in Afghanistan http://rt.com/news/160988-wikileaks-nsa-phone-afghanistan/
• 7:18 – Secrets, lies and Snowden’s email: why I was forced to shut down Lavabit http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/20/why-did-lavabit-shut-down-snowden-email
• 12:37 – White House vows CIA will not stage fake vaccine programs https://news.yahoo.com/white-house-vows-cia-not-stage-fake-vaccine-220506787.html

15:21 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Anton Purisima http://www.loweringthebar.net/2014/05/2-undecillion-dollar-demand.html

• $2 Undecillion Lawsuit https://what-if.xkcd.com/96/

17:58 – Silver Cluon Award: Tyler Vigen http://www.tylervigen.com/

21:47 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Being Liberal https://www.facebook.com/592589870775439/photos/a.592592887441804.1073741828.592589870775439/795910880443336/?type=1

• Original graphic: http://www.dailymayo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rights.jpg

This Week’s Quote: “The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge.” —Carl Sagan

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Co-Host: Jonathan Loesche

News of the Bogus:

• 2:31 – On the UK’s Equating of Journalism With Terrorism https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/19/uks-equating-journalism-terrorism-designed-conceal-gchq/
• 4:10 – Clapper Reads From the Bush/Cheney/Nixon Playbook to Fear-Monger Over Transparency https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/12/james-clapper-says-transparency-helps-terrorists-like/
• 10:55 – Why Reddit moderators are “censoring” Glenn Greenwald’s latest bombshell  http://www.salon.com/2014/02/28/why_reddit_moderators_are_censoring_glenn_greenwalds_latest_bombshell_partner/
• 15:10 – Snowden Documents Reveal Covert Surveillance and Pressure Tactics Aimed at WikiLeaks and Its Supporters https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/02/18/snowden-docs-reveal-covert-surveillance-and-pressure-tactics-aimed-at-wikileaks-and-its-supporters/
  • WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Has Cost The Met Police £5.3m During Ecuador Embassy Stay http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/02/25/julian-assange-policing-cost_n_4853130.html
• 20:46 – Whistleblower Edward Snowden elected as new rector of Glasgow University http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/whistleblower-edward-snowden-elected-new-3161134
• 22:17 – Government Monitors in Newsrooms? http://aclj.org/free-speech-2/why-is-obama-administration-putting-government-monitors-in-newsrooms
• 24:23 – New Jersey slaps MIT Bitcoin hackers with subpoena — and they’re fighting back http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/12/new-jersey-slaps-mit-bitcoin-hackers-with-subpoena-and-theyre-fighting-back/

28:10 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) http://www.businessinsider.com/senator-calls-for-bitcoin-ban-2014-2

34:51 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Jesse Jackson http://www.examiner.com/article/jesse-jackson-claims-semi-automatic-rifles-can-blow-up-railroads

40:17 – Twitch Plays Pokemon conquers Elite Four, beating game after 390 hours http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57619740-93/twitch-plays-pokemon-conquers-elite-four-beating-game-after-390-hours/

This Week’s Quote: “At the end fiat money returns to its inner value—zero.” —Voltaire