Podcast for 14 April 2014

[MrBogosity]

[mp3]http://podcast.bogosity.tv/mp3s/BogosityPodcast-2014-04-14.mp3[/mp3]


Co-Host: Jakob Morris

News of the Bogus:

• 0:30 - Support is Ending for Windows XP http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-support-help
  
  
  
  • Windows XP support will be available after April 8—just not for you http://www.pcworld.com/article/2139929/windows-xp-support-will-be-available-after-april-8-just-not-for-you.html
  • Setup Limited Users in Windows XP http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1838566,00.asp
• 7:40 - The IRS has called bitcoin property, but the Financial Crimes Enforcment Network calls it money
  http://upstart.bizjournals.com/news/technology/2014/03/28/irs-calls-bitcoin-property.html?page=all
  
  
  
  • IRS Virtual Currency FAQ http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-14-21.pdf
  • FIN-2013-G001 http://fincen.gov/statutes_regs/guidance/html/FIN-2013-G001.html
• 11:21 - Lawsuit: Man Arrested, Searched For Marijuana Solely For Having Colorado License Plate http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2014/03/28/lawsuit-man-arrested-searched-for-marijuana-solely-for-having-colorado-license-plate/
• 16:54 - McCutcheon v. FEC http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/12-536_e1pf.pdf
  
  
  
  • Here's a Plain-English Explanation of the Huge Supreme Court Decision That Was Made Today http://www.policymic.com/articles/86763/here-s-a-plain-english-explanation-of-the-huge-supreme-court-decision-that-was-made-today

21:00 - Silver Cluon Award: James Wilson and Perry Willis https://secure.downsizedc.org/blog/the-untold-truth-about-the-mccutcheon-decision

25:04 - Biggest Bogon Emitter: Adam Weinstein http://gawker.com/arrest-climate-change-deniers-1553719888

32:18 - Idiot Extraordinaire: San Francisco Google Protesters http://mashable.com/2014/04/06/google-ventures-kevin-rose-san-francisco-protesters/

This Week's Quote: "I fear that in every assembly, members will obtain an influence by noise, not sense. By meanness, not greatness. By ignorance, not learning. By contracted hearts, not large souls." —John Adams

[Dallas Wildman]

How come no one commented on my nomination for BBE?

[MrBogosity]

How come no one commented on my nomination for BBE?

What was your nomination?

[Dallas Wildman]

What was your nomination?

Right here:
https://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=2453.0

Everyone seemed to glaze over it though :p

[evensgrey]

Right here:
https://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=2453.0

Everyone seemed to glaze over it though :p

There's nothing special about it, just more of the same demands for more tax money (which, incidentally, there's no way to get, taxes hit a high point as a percentage of total productivity under the second Bush at 19.6% and have fallen sharply since then) for bigger government programs.  Been there, seen that, paid for the t-shirt I didn't want or get.