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Co-Host: Tim Dyson

News of the Bogus:

• 0:34 – Innovative move on e-voting from Estonia http://www.markpack.org.uk/44337/innovative-move-on-e-voting-from-estonia/
• 4:10 – Royal Mail privatization pushes the envelope http://www.timesdispatch.com/business/local/biz-to-go-royal-mail-privatization-pushes-the-envelope/article_296de09d-d608-546b-928f-7d2087509280.html
• 8:35 – Argentina orders wheat industry to supply local market http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/05/argentina-wheat-idUSL2N0FB0IU20130705
  • Argentina CPI rise more-than-expected By Investing.com
    http://www.investing.com/news/economic-indicators/argentina-cpi-rise-more-than-expected-250204
  • President Announces Price Control Programme http://www.argentinaindependent.com/currentaffairs/newsfromargentina/president-announces-price-control-programme/
• 13:40 – Is flashing your car’s headlights protected by the First Amendment? http://news.yahoo.com/flashing-car-headlights-protected-first-amendment-103216345.html
• 17:00 – Justice Department To Review George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin Case
  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/14/justice-department-george-zimmerman_n_3595835.html?1373832613&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
• 19:45 – DHS warns employees not to read leaked NSA information http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/07/15/dhs-warns-employees-not-to-read-leaked-nsa-information/
  • The NSA slide you haven’t seen http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-nsa-slide-you-havent-seen/2013/07/10/32801426-e8e6-11e2-aa9f-c03a72e2d342_story.html

Oops, DHS workers—you weren’t supposed to see this! Sorry, your computer’s classified now.

24:40 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Melissa Harris Perry (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://youngcons.com/msnbc-political-analyst-detroit-is-what-happens-when-government-is-too-small/

29:25 – Idiot Extraordinaire: KTVU http://gawker.com/ktvu-reports-asiana-air-pilots-were-sum-ting-wong-and-759185714

This Week’s Quote: “Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.” —Robert Heinlein