🎙️Bogosity Podcast for 12 January 2020

News of the Bogus:

0:50 - All DMCA Notices Filed Against TorrentFreak in 2019 Were Bogus https://torrentfreak.com/all-dmca-notices-filed-against-torrentfreak-in-2019-were-bogus-191231/

4:48 - Mountain View's controversial head tax, meant to alleviate Google's impact on traffic and social services, now in effect https://abc7news.com/politics/controversial-head-tax-goes-into-effect-in-mountain-view/5805822/
- Mountain View’s employee head tax goes into effect, Google to pay $3.3 million a year https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/01/01/mountain-views-employee-head-tax-goes-into-effect-google-to-pay-3-3-million-a-year/

8:56 - Cornerstone Academy parents try to keep school from closing https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/01/05/parents-school-leaders-fight-to-keep-san-jose-charter-from-closing/

12:25 - Biggest Bogon Emitter: Fearmongering Environmental Activists
- The disastrous fires in Australia are man-caused, but they're not climate change https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/the_disastrous_fires_in_australia_are_man_caused_but_theyre_not_climate_change.html
- Australia fires: Misleading maps and pictures go viral https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-51020564

18:25 - Idiot Extraordinaire: Lindsey Graham https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-encryption-facebook/u-s-senators-threaten-facebook-apple-with-encryption-regulation-idUSKBN1YE2CK

This Week's Quote: "Power bases are very dangerous because they attract people who are truly insane, people who seek power only for the sake of power." —Frank Herbert