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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

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Co-Host: Jonathan Loesche

News of the Bogus:

• 0:30 – Dutch Court Rules That IP Blocks Are Ineffective Against Piracy http://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/01/28/dutch-court-rules-ip-blocks-ineffective-piracy-unblocks-pirate-bay/
• 5:13 – US oversight panel: Gov’t should stop collecting phone records; program illegal, ineffective http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/01/23/us-oversight-panel-govt-should-stop-collecting-phone-records-program-illegal/
• 10:00 – Fired red light camera exec says bribery widespread at Redflex http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-01-23/news/ct-redflex-red-light-bribery-20140123_1_redflex-holdings-ltd-company-policy-camera-company
  • Jacksonville’s red-light cameras http://jacksonville.com/slideshow/2014-01-29/jacksonvilles-red-light-cameras
• 14:19 – Man in jail for marijuana is allowed to leave once a month to smoke marijuana http://txcann.com/2014/01/26/man-in-jail-for-marijuana-is-allowed-to-leave-once-a-month-to-smoke-marijuana/
• 16:04 – Amanda Knox Verdict: Italian Court Finds American Student Guilty Of Murder http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/30/amanda-knox-verdict_n_4689258.html

21:03 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The Daily Show http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/29/the-daily-show-minimum-wage_n_4688134.html

• Workers with Disabilities http://www.dol.gov/elaws/esa/flsa/docs/sec14.asp
• TV tricks of the trade — Quotes and cutaways http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07NMglQX6gE
• Richard Dawkins stumped by creationists’ question (RAW FTGE)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaKryi3605g

29:45 – Idiot Extraordinaire: China http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-01-23/news/46514138_1_internet-qihoo-sina-com

This Week’s Quote: “Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won’t have as much censorship because we won’t have as much fear.” —Judy Blum

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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

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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

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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

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Judge sentences Bradley Manning to 35 years http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/judge-to-sentence-bradley-manning-today/2013/08/20/85bee184-09d0-11e3-b87c-476db8ac34cd_story.html
  • Prison Sentences and Time Served for Violence http://bjsdata.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/PSATSFV.PDF
  • Lengthy prison term for Bradley Manning http://en.rsf.org/united-states-lengthy-prison-term-for-bradley-21-08-2013,45087.html
• 4:05 – Glenn Greenwald’s partner detained at Heathrow airport for nine hours http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/18/glenn-greenwald-guardian-partner-detained-heathrow
  • Glenn Greenwald: detaining my partner was a failed attempt at intimidation http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/18/david-miranda-detained-uk-nsa
• 8:20 – Britain forced Guardian to destroy copy of Snowden material http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/19/us-usa-security-snowden-guardian-idUSBRE97I10E20130819
• 9:10 – Lavabit.com owner: ‘I could be arrested’ for resisting surveillance order http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/13/20008036-lavabitcom-owner-i-could-be-arrested-for-resisting-surveillance-order
• 12:20 – Laws That Target Homeless Imperil Programs That Feed Them Outdoors http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/07/30/156328035/philadelphia-bans-serving-food-to-the-homeless-in-public
• 14:35 – Raped and Impregnated at 14, Girl Must Now Share Parental Rights with Her Attacker http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/raped-and-impregnated-14-girl-must-now-share-parental-rights-her-attacker?paging=off

18:30 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Republican and Democratic State Lawmakers (nominated by BlameThe1st) http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/nightline-fix-abc-news/why-texas-bans-sale-tesla-cars-140842349.html

22:05 – Idiot Extraordinaire:Lu Ann Ballew (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://www.wbir.com/news/article/283997/2/Judge-orders-babys-name-be-changed-from-Messiah

This Week’s Quote: “I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.” —Calvin Coolidge

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:26 – Oops: IRS publishes tens of thousands of SSNs to online database http://www.dailydot.com/news/irs-public-resource-social-security-numbers-publish-database/
  • Why We Asked the I.R.S. to Temporarily Turn the Lights Off on Section 527 Data https://bulk.resource.org/irs.gov/eo/doc/irs.gov.20130707.html
• 3:25 – US agency baffled by modern technology, destroys mice to get rid of viruses http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/us-agency-baffled-by-modern-technology-destroys-mice-to-get-rid-of-viruses/
• 6:25 – Female inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval http://www.sacbee.com/2013/07/07/5549696/female-inmates-sterilized-in-california.html
• 9:05 – US Drones Bomb Civilian Rescuers – Business Insider
  http://www.businessinsider.com/us-drones-bomb-civilian-rescuers-2013-7

12:26 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: T. Steelman http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/07/06/have-we-all-been-fooled-by-edward-snowden/

16:10 – Idiot Extraordinaire: State of Florida http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2013/07/florida_may_have_accidentally.php

• Law 3037/2002 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_3037/2002

This Week’s Quote: “The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere / The ceremony of innocence is drowned; / The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity.” —William Butler Yeats

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 – ABC News reporter presses White House on Al-Awlaki assassination http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/312199
  • Al Awlaki Dead — Terrorists May Run But They Cannot Hide http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/09/30/al-awlaki-dead-terrorists-may-run-but-cannot-hide/
  • US warns of revenge attacks after hits on Al-Qaeda http://news.yahoo.com/us-issues-travel-warning-hits-al-qaeda-192352850.html
• 3:15 – Feds to Gibson: Hand over more wood http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2011/09/28/feds-to-gibson-give-us-more-wood.html
• 5:05 – The Pirate Bay Adds Domain to Bypass Court Order http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-adds-domain-to-bypass-court-order-111005/
• 7:15 – France: Copyright Is More Important Than Human Rights http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110902/15025715798/france-copyright-is-more-important-than-human-rights.shtml
• 9:05 – Part of the PATRIOT Act ruled to be unconstitutional http://www.unitedliberty.org/articles/8858-part-of-the-patriot-act-ruled-to-be-unconstitutional

10:40 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Judson Phillips http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/30/denying-vote-propertyless-makes-lot-sense-tea-party-nation-pres/

14:00 – Idiot Extraordinaire: NC Governor Bev Perdue http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/27/north-carolina-governor-suggests-suspending-elections-to-spur-economic/

This Week’s Quote: “In the eyes of anyone who has read history, disobedience is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made.” —Oscar Wilde.

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