• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• FDA’s New Claim: “Your Body Is a Drug—and We Have the Authority to Regulate It!” http://www.anh-usa.org/fda-new-claim-body-is-a-drug/
  • Reply brief in support of plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.hpm.com/pdf/blog/GovernmentSupportforSummaryJudgmentMotion.pdf&pli=1
• Weinstein Co. considers leaving MPAA over “Bully” rating http://news.doddleme.com/news-room/weinstein-co-considers-leaving-mpaa-over-bully-rating/
  • Change.org petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/mpaa-dont-let-the-bullies-win-give-bully-a-pg-13-instead-of-an-r-rating
• Inflation: Not as low as you think http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505144_162-57387655/inflation-not-as-low-as-you-think/
  • Shadow Government Statistics http://www.shadowstats.com/
• Virginia House Passes NDAA Nullification 96-4 http://chrisinmaryville.net/virginia-house-passes-ndaa-nullification-96-4.html
  • HB 1160 Unlawful detention of U.S. citizens; prevents any agency, etc., from assisting in investigation. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?121+sum+HB1160
  • Toolkit: State and Local Resolutions Opposing the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) http://www.aclu.org/national-security/toolkit-state-and-local-resolutions-opposing-2012-national-defense-authorization

Biggest Bogon Emitter: Robert Parry http://consortiumnews.com/2012/02/13/the-rights-inside-out-constitution/

• Virginia Resolutions of 1798 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Virginia_Resolutions_of_1798
• Report of 1800 http://www.constitution.org/rf/vr_1799.htm
• Madison’s 1811 veto http://www.constitution.org/jm/jm_estab.htm
• Veto of federal public works bill http://www.constitution.org/jm/18170303_veto.htm

Idiot Extraordinaire: Bob Morris http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/20/bob-morris-indiana-law-ma_n_1289489.html

This Week’s Quote: “I am rather disturbed by the fact that so many people—who are neither medical professionals nor trans themselves…feel that they have any right to ask us about the state of our genitals.” —Julia Serano

Discuss at Bogosity.TV: http://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=1376

• Feds shut down Amish farm for selling fresh milk http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/13/feds-shut-down-amish-farm-selling-fresh-milk/print/
  • FDA and CDC Remind Consumers of the Dangers of Drinking Raw Milk http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2007/ucm108856.htm
• U.S. v. Pakistan on transparency and accountability http://www.salon.com/2012/02/13/u_s_v_pakistan_on_transparency_and_accountability/singleton/
• Maine GOP to consider counting late caucus votes http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/13/maine-gop-to-consider-allowing-late-caucus-votes-to-count/
  • Waldo County GOP Votes for Censure of State Chairman http://www.wabi.tv/news/27694/waldo-county-gop-votes-for-censure-of-state-chairman
• Nanny state report: NC school officials confiscate preschooler’s homemade lunch http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/14/nanny-state-report-nc-school-officials-confiscate-preschoolers-homemade-lunch/

Biggest Bogon Emitter: Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/02/13/technology-lawful-access-toews-pornographers.html

• Should police have access to ISP customer data without a warrant? http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2012/02/should-police-have-access-to-isp-customer-data-without-a-warrant.html

Idiot Extraordinaire: Liz Trotta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFGcF1id1PM

This Week’s Quote: “The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that’s out always looks the best.” —Will Rogers

• Active duty cop: ‘The war on drugs is a war on people’ http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/27/active-duty-cop-the-war-on-drugs-is-a-war-on-people/
  • Law Enforcement Against Prohibition http://www.leap.cc/
• Barack Obama Dodges Online Marijuana Questions http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/290934/20120201/president-barack-obama-fails-questions-marijuana-legislation.htm
• FBI Uses Chainsaw In Raid On Wrong Fitchburg Apartment http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/01/31/fbi-uses-chainsaw-in-raid-on-wrong-fitchburg-apartment/

Biggest Bogon Emitter: Javier Martinez (nominated by Jonas Betzendahl) http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/aehnliche/archiv_article/ARTICLE98503-Spanish-bishop-legitimates-rape

Idiot Extraordinaire: Tony Perkins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-dX2Q4kdOU

This Week’s Quote: “No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.” —P.J. O’Rourke

Discuss at Bogosity.TV: http://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=1343

• Preservationists decry alteration, sale of UCLA Japanese garden http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2012/01/ucla-japanese-garden-sale.html
• Bankrupt Solyndra Caught Destroying Brand New Parts http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/01/19/bankrupt-solyndra-caught-destroying-brand-new-parts/
• Judge: Americans can be forced to decrypt their laptops http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57364330-281/judge-americans-can-be-forced-to-decrypt-their-laptops/
• Supreme Court rules cops need warrant for GPS tracking http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-police-gpstre80m1e1-20120123,0,2630523.story

Biggest Bogon Emitter: OK Sen. Ralph Shortey (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/oklahoma_goper_proposes_bill_to_outlaw_aborted_hum.php?ref=fpb

Idiot Extraordinaire: East Haven, CT Mayor Joseph Maturo (nominated by Dave Turcotte) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfeyg9G5Ov4

• After East Haven arrests, rights group seeks stronger Penn Act http://www.ctmirror.org/story/15175/after-east-haven-arrests-rights-group-seeks-stronger-penn-act

This Week’s Quote: “The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.” —Lord Acton

Discuss at Bogosity.TV: http://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=1330

News of the Bogus:

• Popular file-sharing website Megaupload shut down http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-01-19/megaupload-feds-shutdown/52678528/1
• Wikipedia traffic surged during SOPA blackout http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/19/10185978-wikipedia-traffic-surged-during-sopa-blackout
  • The Pirate Bay: PIPA/SOPA Won’t Stop Us! http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-pipasopa-wont-stop-us120117/
  • SOPA & PIPA: The Pirate Bay Worried About The Internet, Not Itself http://www.webpronews.com/sopapipa-the-pirate-bay-worried-about-the-internet-not-itself-2012-01
• German courts are bucking the trend, ruling that ISPs shouldn’t block illegal websites http://thenextweb.com/eu/2012/01/14/german-courts-are-bucking-the-trend-ruling-that-isps-shouldnt-block-illegal-websites/
• Plymouth-Canton school district banning books http://michiganradio.org/post/plymouth-canton-school-district-banning-books

Biggest Bogon Emitter: The MPAA (nominated by Dave Turcotte)

• SOPA lives—and MPAA calls protests an “abuse of power” http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/sopa-livesand-mpaa-calls-protests-an-abuse-of-power.ars
• SOPA and PIPA - Learn more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more

Idiot Extraordinaire: Matthew Yglesias http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2012/01/what_is_austrian_economics_and_why_is_ron_paul_keep_obsessed_with_it_.html

This Week’s Quote: “Many of the greatest things man has achieved are not the result of consciously directed thought, and still less the product of a deliberately coordinated effort of many individuals, but of a process in which the individual plays a part which he can never fully understand.” —F. A. Hayek

Discuss at Bogosity.TV: http://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=1314

• The Pirate Bay Shows Futility of Domain and DNS Blocks http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-shows-futility-of-domain-and-dns-blocks-120109/
• Hackers plan space satellites to combat censorship http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16367042
• WTF?! Filesharing Religion ‘Kopimism’ Recognized by Sweden http://www.craveonline.com/music/articles/180849-wtf-filesharing-religion-kopimism-recognized-by-sweden-
• Wrongfully jailed: Records detail more than 500 mistaken-identity arrests in Denver in seven years http://www.denverpost.com/investigations/ci_19697991
• N.H. voters had dozens of choices http://www.eagletribune.com/newhampshire/x594872259/N-H-voters-had-dozens-of-choices

Biggest Bogon Emitter: Lamar Smith http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinion/sopa-sponsor-rep-lamar-smith-to-sopa-opponents-you-dont-matter/

Idiot Extraordinaire: Pope Benedict XVI http://atheistuniverse.net/forum/topics/pope-same-sex-marriage-threatens-humanity-itself

This Week’s Quote: “I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” —Galileo Galilei

Discuss at Bogosity.TV: http://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=1307

• Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95836
• Why Accused Baby Killer Costs Taxpayers http://www2.wjtv.com/news/2011/dec/09/why-accused-baby-killer-costs-taxpayers-ar-2838089/
• US Threatened To Blacklist Spain For Not Implementing Site Blocking Law https://torrentfreak.com/us-threatened-to-blacklist-spain-for-not-implementing-site-blocking-law-120105/

Biggest Bogon Emitter: The News Media (Iowa Caucus coverage)

• Iowa caucus results: Where does Ron Paul go from here? http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2012/0104/Iowa-caucus-results-Where-does-Ron-Paul-go-from-here-Video
• Iowa Caucus Epilogue: The Paulbots 15 minutes are up http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/tygrrrr-express/2012/jan/6/iowa-caucus-epilogue-paulbots-15-minutes-are/
• Iowa Caucus Results: Ron Paul Vows ‘We Will Go On’ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/03/ron-paul-iowa-caucus-results-2012_n_1182348.html
• Why Eric Dondero, Former Aid, is Smearing Ron Paul: He is a Rabid Islamophobe and Sharia Conspiracy Theory Nut http://www.loonwatch.com/2012/01/why-eric-dondero-former-aid-is-smearing-ron-paul-he-is-a-rabid-islamophobe-and-sharia-conspiracy-theory-nut/

Idiot Extraordinaire: Pierre Dukan http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-slim-kids-markstre8051n1-20120106,0,3915996.story

• The skinny on the Body Mass Index (BMI) http://www.dbskeptic.com/2009/02/08/the-skinny-on-the-body-mass-index-bmi/
• Bogosity.TV discussion on this issue: http://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=1282

This Week’s Quote: “Yes, there are incompetents in this world—just as there are evil-doers and frauds. That’s why we must reduce government to a fraction of its current size—to take away the power that enables incompetents, evil-doers, and frauds to run our lives.” —Harry Browne

Discuss at Bogosity.TV: http://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=1287

• US government urges scientists to censor findings on new strain of bird flu http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/21/bird-flu-mutation-nationa-security
• Outrage in Oildale after crash http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x1836507341/Names-of-pedestrians-struck-and-killed-by-patrol-vehicle-released
  • Deputy in fatal crash was responding to stolen vehicle call http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x1836507401/Deputy-in-fatal-crash-was-responding-to-stolen-vehicle-call
• Saudi Woman Beheaded for ‘Witchcraft’ http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/saudi-woman-beheaded-witchcraft/story?id=15145041
• NDAA’s CIA, military targeted killings of innocent Americans http://www.examiner.com/human-rights-in-national/ndaa-s-cia-military-targeted-killings-of-innocent-americans

2011 Year in Review

Idiot of the Year: Bill O’Reilly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb3AFMe2OQY

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyHzhtARf8M
• Bill O’Reilly: tidal bore http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/31/bill-oreilly-tidal-bore/s)

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