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Co-Host: Charles Thomas

News of the Bogus:

• 0:34 – Don’t gloat about the Ashley Madison leak. It’s about way more than infidelity. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/19/dont-gloat-about-the-ashley-madison-leak-its-about-way-more-than-infidelity/
  • The Day Someone Signed Me Up For An Ashley Madison Account (That Day Would Be Yesterday) https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150820/16523632021/day-someone-signed-me-up-ashley-madison-account-that-day-would-be-yesterday.shtml
• 7:56 – EU ‘spends £500m a year promoting itself’ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/11795146/EU-spends-500m-a-year-promoting-itself.html
• 16:48 – Spanish woman fined for posting picture of police parked in disabled bay http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/16/spanish-woman-fined-gagging-law-photographing-police
• 23:24 – Why Is Chelsea Manning Prohibited From Having Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair Issue & The Senate Torture Report? https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/why-chelsea-manning-prohibited-having-caitlyn-jenners-vanity-fair-issue-senate

30:58 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights http://www.blazingcatfur.ca/2015/07/21/sweden-democrats-plan-gay-pride-parade-through-muslim-areas-leftists-and-gay-rights-groups-decry-the-parade-as-racist/

37:13 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Richard Blech http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/08/how-not-to-start-an-encryption-company/

This Week’s Quote: “Anyone, from the most clueless amateur to the best cryptographer, can create an algorithm that he himself can’t break.” —Bruce Schneier

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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

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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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Co-Host: Jonathan Loesche

News of the Bogus:

• 0:29 – Internet cafe reopens, pays out cash http://www.news4jax.com/news/internet-cafe-reopens-pays-out-cash/-/475880/21230090/-/knm4yr/-/index.html
• 3:10 – Bradley Manning verdict http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-bradley-manning-verdict-20130730,0,5272878.story
  • Bradley Manning leak did not result in deaths by enemy forces, court hears http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/bradley-manning-sentencing-hearing-pentagon
• 7:50 – Feds put heat on Web firms for master encryption keys http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57595202-38/feds-put-heat-on-web-firms-for-master-encryption-keys/
  • Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57595529-38/feds-tell-web-firms-to-turn-over-user-account-passwords/

15:00 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/25/uk-usa-security-congress-idUKBRE96O17W20130725

• DownsizeDC.org’s “One Subject at a Time Act” (OSTA) https://secure.downsizedc.org/etp/one-subject/

18:25 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Bernie of Planck’s Constant http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2013/07/electronic_cigarettes_should_be_banned_as_well.html

This Week’s Quote: “So if you smoke or dip or chew / You’d better get your fill / ‘Cause if tobacco don’t get you / An anti-smoker will” —Mike Cross