Episode 37 - When Founders Attack

 FootNote News Episode 37 - When Founders Attack
FootNote News is a netcast where a libertarian, the most free corner of the Nolan Political Spectrum, discusses a range of topics, especially topics not covered by the major media, with an occasional debate with a liberal, a conservative, or both.

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Introductions
Chris Meacham and James Boyd

Site News
-We show a preview of our next episode, updated live, at footnotenews.com. Go there and click the "Next Time on FootNote News" link in the menu at the top.

Coin Flip

We Be Learnèd
Apparent evidence that "European Warming" was global

Topics
Chris:
TSA taking a plan that caused the NY Draft Riots of 1863
TSA catches 3 year old, wheelchair bound terrorist ... or commit an obvious, egregious act of terrorism
Cop tells reporters he has the right to suspend the First Amendment
FAA to review gadget policies
EPA Restricted from Regulating Water Use on Private Property
TSA asks for removal of independent security researcher from hearing, Congress concedes

James:
Zimmerman shooting..
Hispanic is a Cracker now?
Racist for Ratings? The DELIBERATE manipulation to support their own bias, NOT the truth.
Prejudice at MSNBC? Pre-judgeing (prejudice) before all the facts are known. BIAS in convicting a man and (some people) wanting him dead. Justice? Fairness? Not found here!
Will the Justice Dept get involved now?
Chris:
Trayvon's former classmates stage a walkout
Former NAACP Director attacking Sharpton and Jackson over Trayvon case

Chris:
Accurate Painting of President Obama Burning the US Constitution Claimed to Be Outside the Realm of Political Commentary
President Obama revives decades old Martial Law Executive Order
President Obama updates decades old Martial Law Executive Order
Obama 2012 campaign ignores privacy requirements that are being levied on Facebook and Google

James:
New legalization of disappearances in China

Chris:
RIAA Chief brags about Policing deals with ISPs... forgets that ISPs are beholden to their customers, not the RIAA
Australian copyright summit censored as National Security Risk
"Cybersecurity" Bill Aimed at Pirate Bay and Wikileaks
Kim Dotcom gets his stuff back

The Meltdown
Movement to bring back the 40 hour work week

Russia going to moon by 2030

Atheist group attacks Christians rather than religion in general
Drudge Joins CBS in Trying to Make Out Mental Breakdown to Be About Evolution

More book burning in Public Schools... time to look into home schooling

Protest by Academics Intends to Force Open Access to Research

Wisconsin Feeling Underground Booms ... This Libertarian Believes It's Fracking

Chocolate consumption directly correlates, slightly, with weight

Disturbing level of racist reaction to Hunger Games movie

Some neurologists have a new theory for how the brain works

NJ Middle School Principal bans Hugging

Congressional Insider Trading still Okay

A small victory for photographic liberty

Prediction Theater
Chris: FootNote News Sabbatical Soon
James: A long hot summer

FootNote News Episode 37 - When Founders Attack

Episode 36 - The New Shortness

FootNote News Episode 36
FootNote News is a netcast where a libertarian, the most free corner of the Nolan Political Spectrum, discusses a range of topics, especially topics not covered by the major media, with an occasional debate with a liberal, a conservative, or both.

Live Stream at http://optimus.is-a-geek.net/footnotenews
(Any music contained in this stream has been confirmed to be cc-by-sa or other open or public domain licensed, with all due diligence, and has most likely been obtained from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sound/list or No Agenda)

Introductions
Chris Meacham

Site News
-We show a preview of our next episode, updated live, at footnotenews.com. Go there and click the "Next Time on FootNote News" link in the menu at the top.

Coin Flip

We Be Learnèd

Topics
I'm disappointed in the citizens of Alabama... Gingrich!?! Really!?!
We Alabamians get to choose our delegates this time

TSA allegedly threatening reporters--who report about scanner failures

Obama congratulates Putin on his stealing of an election

Hmm... Kony 2012?

Humans are close to simulating our own brain
There is an argument that we may exist as part of a simulation

The 6 things rich people should stop saying, themselves, are accurate

Feds encrypted contempt of court defendant's laptop without her input

Verizon decides it can break the spectrum purchase rules because unlocked phones supposedly "endanger" the network

Violent crime decreased during Occupy Movements

The Meltdown

Prediction Theater

FootNote News Episode 36

Episode 35 - The Smooooth Sounds of Classical

FootNote News Episode 35
FootNote News is a netcast where a libertarian, the most free corner of the Nolan Political Spectrum, discusses a range of topics, especially topics not covered by the major media, with an occasional debate with a liberal, a conservative, or both.

Live Stream at http://optimus.is-a-geek.net/footnotenews every other Wednesday at 8:45!
(Any music contained in this stream has been confirmed to be cc-by-sa or other open or public domain licensed, with all due diligence, and has most likely been obtained from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sound/list or No Agenda)

Introductions
Chris Meacham

Site News
-We show a preview of our next episode, updated live, at footnotenews.com. Go there and click the "Next Time on FootNote News" link in the menu at the top.

Coin Flip

We Be Learnèd

Topics
Freedom Crushing Governments (UN) to attempt takeover of Internet Governance...
Evil Corporations in the US try to prevent the UN from Governing the Internet
Evil Regulators trying to give control of Internet to the UN
Moron Son of SOPA
Web Businesses exiting the United States... Nice Going Congress...
EFF starting a new fight against patent abuse
Euro Parliament conspiring to block free software with FRAND agreements

Surveillance of students by the NYPD
New City App helps you anonymously report those who violate city ordinances... No... we're not a police state...
Don't allow a search by police unless they have a warrant
DHS social network search words
Obama Administration using Espionage Act to suppress reporters in the Homeland
TSA Sexually Harrasses Passengers

Unemployment up to 36% ... 3% higher than the Great Depression
Baby Boomers Now Expecting to Never Be Able to Retire
Obama's Budget Director Admits Medicare Mandate Is Not a Tax, While the AG Argues Before the SCOTUS That It Is a Tax
Obama considering reacting to Iran to prevent Israel from doing so?
A Romney/Paul ticket?

The Meltdown
Good News on the Research Works Act

Violent Crime on the rise in DC
Violent crime down during the height of the Occupy Movements... if you discount Police brutality, that is...

Ohio Judge Rejecting His Own Death Penalty Law

Could some of us live to 150 years?
No...

Monsanto finally being brought to task for Hostile Takeovers of Farms

SEC requiring AT&T to allow shareholders to vote on net neutrality policy

Prediction Theater
We may be closing up shop if nobody is listening... footnotenews@gmail.com

FootNote News Episode 35 - The Smooooth Sounds of Classical

Episode 34 - Mena Mena on (Crunchy) Ice

FootNote News Episode 34
FootNote News is a netcast where a libertarian, the most free corner of the Nolan Political Spectrum, discusses a range of topics, especially topics not covered by the major media, with an occasional debate with a liberal, a conservative, or both.

Introductions
Chris Meacham

Site News
-We're now showing a live preview to replace our previous use of Google Wave. Go to footnotenews.com and click the "Next Time on FootNote News" link in the menu at the top.

Coin Flip

We Be Learnèd
How the GOP helped kill SOPA

Topics
Want some evidence that the USA has become a dictatorship?
FBI considers you a terrorist if you like online privacy
Photographers have more rights than most Policemen are willing to allow
School children being arrested at the drop of a hat
FDA using interstate commerce law to regulate YOUR stem cells
US Dept of Education is forcing state schools to buy lunches for students whose parents didn't pack "enough" veggies...

Reid introduces Son of SOPA bill
More Son of SOPA news
Lies about the impact of Piracy on the Entertainment industry
Piracy is dead! Long live Piracy!
Google requesting that court force the RIAA to decide: license or copy?
Honeywell sues Silicon Valley start up for "stealing" their thermostat Imaginary Property

Here's what you're saying by voting for someone other than Ron Paul
Nevada Primary voting fraud has now been officially documented

The Meltdown
Irrefutable proof that Han Solo shot first ... from George Lucas himself...

No ice melting in the Himalayas... Why don't we just bomb them? We seem to be good at that.

3500 year old tree burns

Web Bandwidth Caps are for protecting Cable TV

The Entertainment Industry has always cried wolf about new technology

Prediction Theater
Romney/Paul - 2012

FootNote News Episode 34

Episode 33 - The Magic Number

FootNote News Episode 33
FootNote News is a netcast where we take a liberal, a conservative, and a libertarian, the 3 free corners of the Nolan Political Spectrum, and let them debate a range of topics, especially topics not covered by the major media.

Live Stream at https://optimus.is-a-geek.net/footnotenews on February 1st, 2012, at 8:45!
(Any music contained in this stream has been confirmed to be cc-by-sa or other open or public domain licensed, with all due diligence, and has most likely been obtained from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sound/list or No Agenda)

Introductions
Terry Meacham, Chris Meacham, <Conservative>(?)

Site News
-We're now showing a live preview to replace our previous use of Google Wave. Go to footnotenews.com and click the "Next Time on FootNote News" link in the menu at the top.

Coin Flip

We Be Learnèd
The idea that sun spots are causing global warming is stupid... but that wasn't my argument.
Sun Spots!
Latest Temperature Measurements Released ... Interestingly they match Solar Activity... again
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2093264/Forget-global-warming--Cycle-25-need-worry-NASA-scientists-right-Thames-freezing-again.html
More Scientists jumping ship from Global Warming
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204301404577171531838421366.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop
An argument against IPCC
http://mclean.ch/climate/IPCC.htm
Link from skeptical science showing the new numbers:
http://www.skepticalscience.com/graphics.php?g=47

The Companion Bill to the NDAA 2012: The Terrorist Expatriation Act
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/may/11/joe-lieberman/lieberman-says-president-can-approve-killing-us-ci/

Topics
Chris:
Rand Paul was reported by the TSA as irate when he was detained, but security cameras show otherwise
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/72013.html
TSA claims railroad track switches were hacked, Railroad companies call them out for lying
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/railroad-memo/
TSA: "Insulin pump, Gun, what's the difference?"
http://consumerist.com/2012/01/tsa-cant-tell-the-difference-between-a-gun-an-insulin-pump.html
DHS sends Brits home for using British Slang "Destroy" to describe a good time
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093796/Emily-Bunting-Leigh-Van-Bryan-UK-tourists-arrested-destroy-America-Twitter-jokes.html
UK Man downloaded bomb recipe and is now facing jailtime for possession of information
http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/9498382.Man_who_downloaded_recipes_on_how_to_make_explosive_devices_jailed/
Bill to require independent study of Nude Scanners
http://www.propublica.org/article/bill-would-require-independent-study-of-x-ray-body-scanners

Chris:
The Chinese are now claiming that by trying to censor the internet, we have admitted that they were right all along
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2012/01/the-chinese-view-of-sopa.html#ixzz1k0b0YPtq
EU ACTA Chief resigns in disgust
http://activepolitic.com:82/News/2012-01-26d/EU_ACTA_chief_resigns_in_disgust_over_disrespect_at_citizens.html
ACTA Protests
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6270/125/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aQdMtSmkVBs
http://bambuser.com/channel/Bastille
How to respond to ACTA
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6269/125/
EFF reapplies for device hacking exemptions from DMCA, Needs your help
https://www.eff.org/pages/jailbreaking-not-crime-tell-copyright-office-free-your-devices
If the EFF fails to get the exemption, it will be illegal to hack the iPhone
http://www.gizmocrazed.com/2012/01/jailbreaking-could-soon-become-illegal-again/
Piracy isn't killing the entertainment industry
http://reason.com/blog/2012/01/30/piracy-its-not-killing-the-entertainment
Angry Birds creator, Rovio, says benevolent piracy is good
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2012/jan/30/angry-birds-music-midem

Chris:
Romney uses fair use defense of Campaign Ad ...
Probably not the best idea for a candidate that has lots of campaign funding from the MAFIAA (RIAA/MPAA)
http://online.wsj.com/article/APec2ac55c37c94a88bb7fac4c0a00a45d.html
Ron Paul wins Snoop Dog Endorsement
http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/ron-paul-wins-snoop-dogg-endorsement
Gingrich stealing Ron Paul's campaign platform in an effort to seem less like a Democrat
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/01/30/conservatives-oppose-gingrich/

The Meltdown
Graph of daily temperature
http://discover.itsc.uah.edu/amsutemps/

Really? Obama rehashing his previous State of the Union speeches? Speech writers bail out?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDDRiGIUYQo
Obama skips highest voted question to discuss late night snacks and dancing
http://copssaylegalize.blogspot.com/2012/01/youtube-ignores-cops-first-place.html
Obama out of touch with US Job Market
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/01/30/obama_tells_woman_her_husband_shouldnt_be_unemployed_according_to_him.html
Obama is in the manufacturing outsourcers' (like Apple) back pockets
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/01/apple-and-obama.html
Apple taking a hit on manufacturing outsourcing
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/29/apple-faces-boycott-worker-abuses
Apple giving governments back doors into iOS
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/01/08/069204/leaked-memo-says-apple-provides-backdoor-to-governments

Congresswoman who voted for the PATRIOT Act complains of being wiretapped
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFn4JXkcwLs&feature=share
Congress finally closing own loopholes on something
http://consumerist.com/2012/01/senate-inches-closer-to-ending-insider-trading-by-lawmakers.html

Principal sent home for not telling kids to stop eating cinammon
http://www.newhavenregister.com/articles/2012/01/31/news/new_haven/doc4f274f17a82c1032011094.txt
Tazer used on man walking dog without a leash in state park
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/30/MN921N0LQT.DTL

Success! No More Super Bug Antibiotic Use in Farm Animals!
http://consumerist.com/2012/01/fda-bans-use-of-some-antibiotics-in-farm-animals.html

Cancer Kill Rate Is Falling
http://consumerist.com/2012/01/cancer-is-afflicting-and-killing-fewer-americans.html
AIDS Vaccine Promising
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-05/j-j-aids-vaccine-helps-protect-monkeys-from-virus-in-study.html

Tucson School District banning ethnic classes as racist
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/11/tucson-school-district-to_0_n_1198897.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=2324974,b=facebook

Physicists have tightened up Heisenberg's theories of uncertainty
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/48378

Cystic Fibrosis treatment developed ... for 4% of patients... at $264,000 per year
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/02/01/166236/cystic-fibrosis-gene-correction-drug-approved-by-the-fda

Prediction Theater
Possible Ending to FootNote News

FootNote News Episode 33