The Bogosity Podcast

News of the Bogus:

• 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

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I'm at the Atlanta Libertarian Party Convention this weekend, so there will be no podcast. See you next week!

News of the Bogus:

• 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

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Sorry, no podcast this week due to personal commitments.

News of the Bogus:

• 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

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News of the Bogus:

• 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

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State of the Union Commentary

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

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News of the Bogus:

• 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

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News of the Bogus:

• 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

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News of the Bogus:

• 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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