The Bogosity Podcast

News of the Bogus:

• 16-year-old diabetic blames TSA for breaking her insulin pump http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/08/11604317-16-year-old-diabetic-blames-tsa-for-breaking-her-insulin-pump
  • Opting-out of Advanced Imaging Technology and the Pat-down Doesn’t Fly http://blog.tsa.gov/2010/11/opting-out-of-advanced-imaging.html
• Cop Kicks Pregnant Woman In Stomach, Dept. Says He Was Within Policy http://loop21.com/life/cop-kicks-pregnant-woman-stomach
• Austin Government Officials Seize Man's Home because he had a Bunker http://offgridsurvival.com/governmentofficialsseizebunkerhome/
  • Man sues city over seizure of house with underground shelter http://www.statesman.com/news/local/man-sues-city-over-seizure-of-house-with-2345041.html
• Bullied student faces expulsion, fired stun gun mom gave him http://www.indystar.com/article/20120502/LOCAL/205020317/Does-he-deserve-to-be-punished
• San Diego student's 5-day ordeal in DEA jail sparks outrage, anger http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/04/4464320/san-diego-students-5-day-ordeal.html

Biggest Bogon Emitter: Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/05/06/michigan-secretary-of-state-says-she-wont-print-gary-johnsons-name-on-the-november-ballot-as-a-libertarian/

Idiot Extraordinaire: David Ellerman (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://www.abolishhumanrentals.org/human-rentals/labor-theory-of-property/

This Week’s Quote: “The great virtue of a free market system is that it does not care what color people are; it does not care what their religion is; it only cares whether they can produce something you want to buy. It is the most effective system we have discovered to enable people who hate one another to deal with one another and help one another.” —Milton Friedman

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I'm at the Libertarian National Convention in Las Vegas, so no podcast for this week.

News of the Bogus:

• Egan-Jones Downgrades U.S. to AA From AA+ http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/2012/04/05/egan-jones-downgrades-us-to-aa-from-aa/
  • Egan-Jones Cuts US Credit Rating to 'AA,' Citing Debt http://www.cnbc.com/id/46970602
  • SEC takes action against rater Egan-Jones http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/20/us-eganjones-sec-idUSBRE83I1BQ20120420
  • Egan-Jones' Lawyer Accuses SEC Of Bias Against Independent Firms http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2012/04/24/egan-jones-lawyer-accuses-sec-of-bias-against-independent-firms/
• Police officer shoots mans dog after responding to the wrong address http://libertarianreview.us/2012/04/16/police-officer-shoots-mans-dog-after-responding-to-the-wrong-address/
  • Austin Police Chief Apologizes for Shooting of Cisco the Dog http://abcnews.go.com/US/austin-police-chief-apologizes-michael-paxton-dog-shooting/story?id=16163996
• Police handcuff Ga. kindergartner for tantrum http://news.yahoo.com/police-handcuff-ga-kindergartner-tantrum-112459850.html
• Economists: Cybercrime Estimates Are Wildly, Ridiculously Overblown http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/04/economists-cybercrime-estimates-are-wildly-ridiculously-overblown/255960/
  • Wired Opinion: Cyberwar Is the New Yellowcake http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/02/yellowcake-and-cyberwar/
  • Moving too fast on cybersecurity http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/222783-moving-too-fast-on-cybersecurity
• Kids Say Fresno Cops Tasered & Drowned Dad http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/10/45478.htm
  • Death of Fresno Man After Police Use Taser Spurs Lawsuit http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/death-of-fresno-man-after-police-use-taser-spurs-lawsuit-54335247.html
• Long Range Acoustic Devices to be Used on Chicago Protesters http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/12-3

Biggest Bogon Emitter: News Media http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/woman-coca-cola-habit-cited-death-161323721.html

• New Zealand woman's Coca-Cola habit cited in death http://news.yahoo.com/zealand-womans-coca-cola-habit-cited-death-061953874--finance.html

Idiot Extraordinaire: The Vatican  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/us/vatican-reprimands-us-nuns-group.html

This Week’s Quote: “I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.” —William S. Burroughs

Discuss at Bogosity.TV: http://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=1433

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Sorry, no podcast this week due to personal commitments.

Co-host: Jonathan Loesche

Libertarian candidate special:

Debates:

• South Carolina http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exep0tHbQ18
• Florida http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRsr0VCb8wU
• Georgia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nreumAId020
• Texas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg7ryvUh9oo

Roger Gary http://rvgary2012.com/

Scott Keller http://www.keller2012.com/

Leroy Saunders http://saunders2012.org/Home_Page.php

James Ogle http://usparliament.org/google2012.php

Carl Person http://carlperson2012.com/

Gary Johnson http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/

• Appearance on Stephen Colbert: http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/mon-april-2-2012-gary-johnson

R. Lee Wrights http://wrights2012.com/

• 30-second spot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agu1mGhaJB0
• Million Vote March: http://www.millionvotemarch.com/

This Week's Quote: “The two-party system has given this country the war of Lyndon Johnson, the Watergate of Nixon, and the incompetence of Carter. Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was a success because a few people survived on life-rafts.” —Eugene McCarthy

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News of the Bogus:

• Man whose WMD lies led to 100,000 deaths confesses all http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/man-whose-wmd-lies-led-to-100000-deaths-confesses-all-7606236.html
  • Truth About War http://truthaboutwar.org/
• Report slams denied ambulance call death http://www.thelocal.se/39930/20120327/
  • Heart attack victim dies after ambulance denied http://www.thelocal.se/39656/20120314/
  • Boy's call about fatal fire dismissed as 'prank' http://www.thelocal.se/39494/20120305/
  • 17-year-old dies after ambulance no-show http://www.thelocal.se/39022/20120209/
  • Man dies after ambulance call went unanswered http://www.thelocal.se/38842/20120201/
• Trolling Could Get You 25 Years in Jail in Arizona http://gizmodo.com/5898585/itll-soon-be-illegal-to-troll-in-arizona

Biggest Bogon Emitter: C0nc0rdance (nominated by Neil Purcell) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oygQVhu30s

• Butt-tax blowback http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/butt_tax_blowback_QC2Bti6DW6m4Fe9mmF4iVI
• The Political Interests Paradox http://www.downsizedcfoundation.org/blog/the-political-interests-paradox

Idiot Extraordinaire: NYC Department of Education http://io9.com/5896836/nyc-dept-of-education-wants-to-ban-the-word-dinosaur-from-standardized-tests

This Week's Quote: “Nothing that you will learn in the course of your studies will be of the slightest possible use to you in after life, save only this, that if you work hard and intelligently you should be able to detect when a man is talking rot, and that, in my view, is the main, if not the sole, purpose of education.” —John Alexander Smith

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News of the Bogus:

• Bloomberg Strikes Again: NYC Bans Food Donations To The Homeless http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/19/bloomberg-strikes-again-nyc-bans-food-donations-to-the-homeless/
• Facebook says it may launch legal action against employers who ask for user passwords http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2012/03/23/facebook-says-it-may-launch-legal-action-against-employers-who-ask-for-user-passwords/
  • Protecting Your Passwords and Your Privacy https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-and-privacy/protecting-your-passwords-and-your-privacy/326598317390057
• ICANN Confirms That It's Going To Make It Easier For Governments To Seize Domains Around The Globe http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120320/17474318177/icann-confirms-that-its-going-to-make-it-easier-governments-to-seize-domains-around-globe.shtml
  • ICANN Ethical Conflicts Are Worse Than They Seem http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=1072&doc_id=240923
• Scopes Monkey Trial Revisited: Tennessee Is Still Officially Anti-Evolution As Science Education Bill Passes (VIDEO) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/20/tennessee-evolution-scopes-education_n_1368636.html
  • Evolution 'debate' bill is religion, poorly disguised http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120321/OPINION01/303210097/Evolution-debate-bill-religion-poorly-disguised
• Mexican Drug Lord Officially Thanks American Lawmakers for Keeping Drugs Illegal (satire) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-henry-sterry/mexican-drug-lord-officia_b_179596.html
  • Joaquin Guzman Loera: Net Worth $1 B As of March 2012 http://www.forbes.com/profile/joaquin-guzman-loera/

Biggest Bogon Emitter: Wisconsin State Sen. Glenn Grothman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/02/glenn-grothman-wisconsin-law-single-parenthood-child-abuse_n_1316834.html

• Bill: Blame single parenting for child abuse http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/bill-blame-single-parenting-for-child-abuse/article_4b3e6d74-6718-11e1-a1e0-001871e3ce6c.html

Idiot Extraordinaire: Wisconsin State Rep. Don Pridemore http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/142161793.html

This Week's Quote: “I do not mean to suggest that scientific differences should be settled by universal suffrage, but I do conceive that solid proofs must be met by something more than empty and unsupported assertions.” —Thomas Huxley

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I'm at the North Carolina Libertarian Party Convention this weekend, so no podcast this week.

Update: Ban on father seeing daughter alone is lifted http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-17354975

News of the Bogus:

• Marine says he won't follow 'unlawful orders' from Obama http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/03/marine-says-he-wont-follow-unlawful-orders-from-obama/1
• ‘Homeless hotspots’ program at South by Southwest slammed by critics, but marketing firm BBH Labs defends idea http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/homeless-hotspots-program-south-southwest-slammed-critics-marketing-firm-bbh-labs-defends-idea-article-1.1037475?localLinksEnabled=false
  • The Damning Backstory Behind ‘Homeless Hotspots’ at SXSW http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/03/the-damning-backstory-behind-homeless-hotspots-at-sxswi/
  • Critics of South by Southwest's Homeless Hotspots Haven't Met Jonathan Hill http://www.good.is/post/the-critics-of-south-by-southwest-s-homeless-hotspots-haven-t-met-jonathan-hill/
• Study Confirms The Government Produces The Buggiest Software http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/03/13/study-confirms-governments-produce-the-buggiest-software/

Biggest Bogon Emitter: North Carolina State Government http://www.ncsbe.gov/GetDocument.aspx?id=2525

Idiot Extraordinaire: Joseph A. Califano Jr. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/why-pat-robertsons-pot-plan-is-a-bong-pipe-dream/2012/03/09/gIQAroRr1R_blog.html

This Week's Quote: “Make the most of the Indian hemp seed, and sow it everywhere!” —George Washington

Discuss at Bogosity.TV: http://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=1390

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News of the Bogus:

• Man banned from seeing daughter alone after downloading child porn instead of Slash album http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/62483 Council bans daughter contact over child images http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-17274848
• Colleges and Employers Now Requiring Applicants' Facebook Passwords http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/116209-Colleges-and-Employers-Now-Requiring-Applicants-Facebook-Passwords
• Gasoline Prices Are Not Rising, the Dollar Is Falling http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiswoodhill/2012/02/22/gasoline-prices-are-not-rising-the-dollar-is-falling/
  • Gas Prices Explained http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40hNSJEKUgo

Biggest Bogon Emitter: Leon Panetta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkDyKHYPO7g

Silver Cluon Award: Jonathan Corbett http://tsaoutofourpants.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/1b-of-nude-body-scanners-made-worthless-by-blog-how-anyone-can-get-anything-past-the-tsas-nude-body-scanners/

• The TSA Blog: Viral Video About Body Scanners http://blog.tsa.gov/2012/03/viral-video-about-body-scanners.html

Idiot Extraordinaire: Joe Arpaio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikaajbOEWpk

• PROOF!!! Alex Jones's "Experts" Are Incompetent Boobs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arBLUCO8_gM

This Week's Quote: “If we are uncritical we shall always find what we want: we shall look for, and find, confirmations, and we shall look away from, and not see, whatever might be dangerous to our pet theories.” —Karl Popper

Discuss at Bogosity.TV: http://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=1383

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