Podcast for 7 July 2014

[MrBogosity]

[mp3]http://podcast.bogosity.tv/mp3s/BogosityPodcast-2014-07-07.mp3[/mp3]


Co-Hosts: Jonathan Loesche and Charles Thomas

News of the Bogus:

• 0:52 - Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., et al. http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-354_olp1.pdf
• 18:17 - EPIC says Facebook 'messed with people's minds,' seeks FTC sanctions - Computerworld
  http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249553/EPIC_says_Facebook_messed_with_people_s_minds_seeks_FTC_sanctions
• 22:17 - Pirate Bay Founders' File-Hosting Site Wiped From Google http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-founders-file-hosting-site-wiped-from-google-140628/

26:35 - Biggest Bogon Emitter: Connecticut Regional School District 14 http://reason.com/blog/2014/06/30/ct-school-district-apologizes-for-blocki

36:16 - Silver Cluon Award: The Electronic Frontier Foundation http://www.dailydot.com/politics/blimp-nsa-utah-eff-mass-surveillance/

42:16 - Idiot Extraordinaire: PayPal http://www.zdnet.com/paypal-freezes-out-protonmail-asks-if-startup-has-government-permission-to-encrypt-email-7000031116/

This Week's Quote: "We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government." —William O. Douglas

[AnCap Dave]

I was originally supposed to be on this episode, but due to scheduling issues, I couldn't make it.

That being said, I've decided to post my opinions on these stories:

Hobby Lobby: The one thing we should REALLY take away from this whole thing is that religion absolutely doesn't matter. In fact, the reason why Hobby Lobby doesn't want to pay for these particular birth controls is absolutely irrelevant. Hobby Lobby could even go as far as to say, "We don't want to pay for these birth controls because we find women to be icky and have cooties." It doesn't matter. The fact is, it is their decision what they want to pay for, and no one has the right to draw a gun and say, "You will pay for this for me." Now, if you believe Hobby Lobby are assholes for not covering this stuff, that's one thing, but as I've always said, "You don't solve the problem of an asshole by acting like a BIGGER asshole, thus turning the original into a mere rectum."

Facebook: Much ado about nothing. I really don't have anything for this.

The Pirate Bay/Google: Yeah, sounds like more cowardly lawsuit avoiding. Again, not much to say here.

Connecticut: Not a shock AT ALL! Connecticut is such a blue state that sitting in Connecticut for a long enough period of time may result in drowning. Thankfully I have my libertarian inner tube to keep me afloat. All kidding aside, this is the same state that takes any chance it can to rub Sandy Hook in anyone's face that may even remotely suggest you should have a right to own a gun. Lefty ideas were always praised whereas non-lefty ideas were shunned. That's how it was when I was in school, and I'm sure it hasn't changed a bit since.

Silver Cluon: Ballsy as hell. I like it!

Idiot Extraordinaire - Hey Paypal...fuck off.

[Dallas Wildman]

Actually we're not the only country that requires a prescription for some forms of contraceptives
http://www.contraceptionjournal.org/article/S0010-7824%2812%2901029-3/abstract

[MrBogosity]

Actually we're not the only country that requires a prescription for some forms of contraceptives
http://www.contraceptionjournal.org/article/S0010-7824%2812%2901029-3/abstract

Okay, still a minority, though.