Podcast for 10-22-2012

[MrBogosity]

[mp3]https://bogosity.podbean.com/mf/web/yy389w/BogosityPodcast-2012-10-22.mp3[/mp3]


News of the Bogus:

• Study finds pirates spend 30% more on music than non-sharers http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/17/study-finds-pirates-spend-30-more-on-music-than-non-sharers/
• Nutrition Board Casts Net Far Beyond Paleo-Diet Blogger http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/display_exclusive.html?id=9589
• Amtrak snack bars lost $84.5 million last year; $833 million in 10 years http://washingtonexaminer.com/amtrak-snack-bars-lost-84.5-million-last-year-833-million-in-10-years/article/2510864
  
  
  
  • Federal Spending by the Numbers - 2012 http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/10/federal-spending-by-the-numbers-2012
• Texas schools punish students who refuse to be tracked with microchips http://rt.com/usa/news/texas-school-id-hernandez-033/

Biggest Bogon Emitter: the Nobel Peace Prize Committee http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19921072

Idiot Extraordinaire: Robert Wright http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/why-i-refuse-to-refuse-to-vote-for-obama/263116/

This week's quote: "Remember, the lesser of two evils is still evil, and the enemy of my enemy is not my friend." —Penn Jillette

[AnCap Dave]

It's no shock that schools don't give two shits about the civil liberties of students. Back when I was in high school, we were told straight up that civil liberties pretty much don't apply to us and that the school handbook pretty much nullified any Bill of Rights argument. I wish I was kidding.

[MrBogosity]

They told us the same thing.

[R.E.H.W.R.]

They told us the same thing.

Thank the nonexistent God, My mom pulled me out at 8th grade.
Learned more in six months of G.E.D. class (I wanted to be through) than, I did in eight years of school.