We’ll discuss the proposed repeal of Michigan’s motorcycle helmet law, police unions giving payouts for officers involved in shootings, the story of Esther Bejarano a holocaust survivor who now makes hip hop music, we’ll also talk about Anonymous’ threats to ‘take down the internet’, the boycott Modern Warfare 3 day and Xfinity launches on the Xbox 360. Oh and we check out the bill for the Soundset 2012 fest.

Music

• KnowMads – Grow (feat La & Smoke DZA) Official iTunes
• Twin Peaks – Heavy D Official Bandcamp
• Thaddeus David – Black Lincoln feat Onry Ozzborn Official Bandcamp
• Wiz Khalifa – My Favorite Song Official Datpiff Download
• Lushlife – Still I Hear The Word Progress Official Bandcamp
• Doomtree – Little Mercy Official Website
• Soul Khan – Khangregation Official Website
• Grynch – Final Bow feat Thing Nat Official Bandcamp

News

• S.T.D.W. TMichigan Father Killed in Marijuana Child Removal Incident
• MLIVE Repeal of Michigan’s motorcycle helmet law now awaits Gov. Rick Snyder’s signature
• RT Arkansas legalized teacher-student sex
• PRESS HERALD Police union gives payments to officers involved in shootings
• NY DAILY NEWS Iraqi mother dies days after being viciously beaten with tire iron
• NY DAILY NEWS Teens set kid on fire for being ‘white boy’
• HUFFPOST Esther Bejarano, Auschwitz Survivor, Teams Up With German Rap Group
• HUFFPOST Shelley Lynn Claims McDonald’s Low Wages Played Role In Her Turning To Prostitution
• MERCURY NEWS Best Buy plans to close 50 big-box stores, focus on smaller, mobile stores
• DESTRUCTIOD Protesters plan day-long blackout of Modern Warfare 3
• GAME POLITICS Report: Anonymous Promises to ‘Shut Down the Internet’ March 31
• ARS TECHNICA Entertainment apps now more popular than multiplayer gaming on Xbox Live
• ARS TECHNICA US Congressmen expand call for violence warning label on nearly all video games
• GAME POLITICS Comcast Defends Xfinity on Xbox Live Against Net Neutrality Concerns
• BETA BEAT A Telecom-Independent Internet, Tested at Occupy Wall Street, for Just $2,000
• TIME How a Far-Right Icon Came to Embrace Marijuana Legalization

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We spend some time talking about the most important story in American right now: the shooting death of teenager Treyvon Martin at the hands of George Zimmerman. We also see why Anonymous says “religion sucks lol”, go over 10 Occupy friendly candidates for public office, and Rick Santorum’s war on teh pr0nz. All this, plus SO much more on the 20th episode of Re:Fresh!

Music

• Bambu & Fatgums – Peddlin’ Music Official Bandcamp
• La – Alfonso Rawls Official Bandcamp
• Aquil & Yahzilla – American Dream feat Tom Hardy Aquil Bandcamp/Yahzilla Bandcamp
• Wiz Khalifa – Never Been Part II (feat Amber Rose & Rick Ross) Official Datpiff Download
• Kyzer Ricoy – Hydro City Fire Official Soundcloud
• Nacho Picasso & Blue Sky Black Death – Maintain Official Bandcamp
• Flatbush ZOMBiES – S.C.O.S.A Official Video
• NyceGuyz – Red Got That Jazz Official Bandcamp
• Clear Soul Forces – Welcome To The Show Official Bandcamp
• P.O.S. – Never Better Official Website

News

• HUFFPOST Trayvon Martin Case: 911 Audio Released Of Teen Shot By Neighborhood Watch Captain (911 AUDIO)
• MEDIAITE Did George Zimmerman Complain About ‘F*cking C**ns’ In 911 Call Before Killing Trayvon Martin?
• IB TIMES Anonymous Hackers Attack Religious Websites, Declare ‘Religion Sucks LOL’
• RAW STORY Riot gear police arrest 31 silent protesters in Virginia
• MOTHER JONES 10 “Occupy” Candidates Running for Congress
• CBS Police Investigate Domestic Assault With Pineapple
• DAILY CALLER Vigorous’ Santorum crackdown may catch Internet porn viewers with pants down
• C-NET RIAA chief: ISPs to start policing copyright by July 1
• KOTAKU Elder Scrolls MMO to be Unveiled in May?
• GAME POLITICS Report: Glitch Causes Xbox Achievements and Gamerscore to Disappear for Some Users
• GAME POLITICS Connecticut Senate Bill Aims to Tax Your Video Games and More
• FORBES Meet The Hackers Who Sell Spies The Tools To Crack Your PC (And Get Paid Six-Figure Fees)
• GAME POLITICS Dan Houser Buys Truman Capote’s Brooklyn Estate
• CBS Mass. clinic offers free pizza for vasectomy during March Madness
• HUFFPOST Jamie Waylett Sentenced To Two Years In Prison: ‘Harry Potter’ Star Jailed
• HUFFPOST Radio Shack Receipt Describes Woman As ‘Ugly Itch’ From ‘Ghettohood, USA’
• TOKE OF THE TOWN Brit Police Claim Odor Of Cannabis Plants Causes Cancer
• ABC NEWS Man Pleads Not Guilty in Conn. Brain-Eating Case
• HUFFPOST Man Allegedly Tattoos Insane Clown Posse Reference On Teen: George Doyle Arrested For Inking ‘Juggallo’
• HUFFPOST Megan Piper, Porn Star, Can’t Attend Prom With Mike Stone, School Says

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Meth heads burn down a tree older then the Jesus, a crapload of stories about Anonymous and their exploits (lulz), somebody’s selling whale meat and you might be shocked to know who it is, and the Girl-Scouts attract the rage of the right. We talk about the mobile game HoboHunt, see how the PlayStation Vita is doing, talk about more stoner shit and Archer gets a 4th season.

Music

• KnowMads – FareWell (feat La) Official Bandcamp
• NyceGuyz – Revolution Official Bandcamp
• Lushlife – Big Sur Official Bandcamp
• Grynch – I’m Good feat Sol Official Bandcamp
• Tahaj The 1st & Gammaray – Progression feat Equipto & Mike Marshall Official Bandcamp
• Jean Grae – U & Me & Everyone We Know Official Website

News

• AJC Meth user burns 5th oldest tree in the world
• TECHDIRT NSA: ‘Anonymous Might One Day Hack Power Grids!’ Anonymous: ‘Huh?!?’
• SLASHGEAR Anonymous reveals Cybersecurity Act of 2012
• SOFTPEDIA International Monetary Fund and Military Site Defaced by Anonymous
• THE GAURDIAN Interpol website suffers ‘Anonymous cyber-attack’
• DIGITAL TRENDS Anonymous, Occupy launch ‘Our Polls’ campaign against SOPA, PIPA, NDAA supporters in Congress
• IT PRO PORTAL Amazon Stops Selling Whale Meat
• MOTHER JONES Komen Isn’t the Only Do-Gooder Group Conservatives Targeted for Planned Parenthood Ties
• GAME POLITICS HBO Go Finally Coming to Xbox Live
• GAME POLITICS Sony Sells 1.2 Million PS Vita’s, Two Million Software Units
• THE STAR Google glasses to stream Internet straight to eyeballs: report
• VICE Hobo Hunt Is Appalling
• WIRED Google Busted With Hand in Safari-Browser Cookie Jar
• YOUTUBE Kid Believes He’s From Dragonball Z And Tries To Go Super-Saiyan On Camera

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We look at the Greece fires…and rioting….and looting, how Virginia wants to get all up in you, ladies…literally, news about the LHC, creepo TSA agents, plus resistance to ACTA in Europe, Metal Gear Online is going buh-bye and new tech to keep your data secure. We also read your suggestions for names for our pipe and pin a name down. Oh and we pay “tribute” to Whitney Houston.

Music

• Thaddeus David – Less Is More Official Bandcamp
• Digital Martyrs – The Underdog Official Download
• Kyzer Ricoy – Paradigm Shift / Harbinger Official Soundcloud
• Sol – Paint Official Soundcloud
• Doomtree – Bolt Cutter Official Website
• Sidewalk Chalk – Water Song Official Website

News

• YOUTUBE Occupy Oakland mass arrest attempt caught on video at 19th St. (Jan 30, 2012)
• HUFFPOST Greece Debt Crisis: Strikers Scuffle With Police As Eurozone Rejects Bailout Deal
• HUFFPOST Greece Riots Photos: Athens Burns Following Mass Protests
• WASHPOST Va House set to enact mandatory invasive ultrasound probe for women who seek abortions
• COLOROFCHANGE Bolling tells Rep. Waters: “Step away from the crack pipe”
• ARS TECHNICA LHC set to up collision rate, energy in attempt to pin down Higgs boson
• SFGATE Venezuelans stage protest following oil spill
• CBS Female Passengers Say They’re Targeted By TSA
• GAME POLITICS Police: download a file, go to jail for 10 years and pay an “unlimited” fine
• GAME POLITICS European Parliament President Criticizes ACTA
• DESTRUCTOID Console version of Guild Wars 2 is progressing
• ARS TECHNICA Should games even bother trying to tell a meaningful story?
• ARS TECHNICA From encryption to darknets: As governments snoop, activists fight back
• GIANT BOMB Bethesda Concept Artist Adam Adamowicz Passes Away
• ESCAPIST Todd Howard Explains Morrowind in Skyrim

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Pelosi v Colbert, teens are having just as much sex but having fewer babies, a FL Judge ordered a man to take his wife to Red Lobster after he threatened and choked he, stupid Marines, and more crooked cops. We take a look at a review for one of the most messed up video games we’ve ever heard of: Katawa Shoujo, talk about stoner superstitions, and Joe encounters a Ghost Pepper.

Music

• RA Scion – Borrow Official Website
• Grynch – So Far feat Brother Ali & Shaprece Official Download
• Bambu & Sabzi – Box’d Up Official Download
• Dyme Def – Mega Man Official Soundcloud
• Kyzer Ricoy – Pulp Friction Official Soundcloud
• Nacho Picasso & Blue Sky Black Death – Phantom of the Opera Official Bandcamp
• Lateef The Truthspeaker – Hardship Enterprises Official iTunes

News

• HUFFPOST Nancy Pelosi Launches ‘Stop Colbert’ Campaign In Favor Of DISCLOSE Act
• HUFFPOST LeRoy Mystery Illness Symptoms May Be Spreading Through Social Media
• RAWSTORY Contraceptive use drives teen pregnancy rate to 30-year low: study
• MSNBC Potentially tainted wipes destroyed as embattled firm moves forward
• RAWSTORY AJudge orders husband to take abused wife to Red Lobster
• MSNBC Marines posed with flag resembling Nazi SS logo in Afghanistan
• THE DAILY BEAST She Dialed 911. The Cop Who Came to Help Raped Her
• VICE Katawa Shoujo
• GAME POLITICS Double Fine Rakes in over $500k from Kickstarter Funding
• GAME POLITICS Apple Consumers Demand iPhone 5 Be Built Under Ethical Working Conditions
• DESTRUCTOID Square Enix would really like you to buy some DLC
• HUFFPOST Naked Man Covered In Chocolate, Peanut Butter At Kentucky Store; Andrew Toothman Arrested
• HUFFPOST Sasha Grey Filmmaker To Donate ‘Anal Artists’ Proceeds To Read Across America, NEA Declines
• HUFFPOST IMysterious Russia Power Station Explosion Triggers Speculation Of Martians, Nuke Bomb, Conspiracy Theories

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Demi Moore’s 911 call, Susan G Komen gets bitchy with Planned Parenthood, Anonymous uncovers Ron Paul white supremacist connection, video games get blamed for another shooting, and religious people get upset about gay marriage in Star Wars: The Old Republic, plus much more.

Music

• Mikey Manifest – Smoke Break Official Bandcamp
• Shawn Lov – Livernoche Official Bandcamp
• Otayo Dubb – Oh Oh Yeah ft Tahaj the 1st & Prometheus Brown Official Bandcamp
• Khingz – Monsters Lib Official Bandcamp
• Twin Peaks – Bang Bang Bar Official Bandcamp
• Unknown Prophets – What You Make It Official iTunes

News

• YOUTUBE A$AP Rocky Stops Show, Saves Fan
• YOUTUBE Demi Moore 911 Call
• NYTIMES Officer Fatally Shoots Teenager in Bronx
• CARE2 Anonymous Hacks Neo-Nazis, Finds Ron Paul
• MEDIAITE The Susan G. Komen Site Got Hacked Following Defunding Of Planned Parenthood
• THE ATLANTIC WIRE As Komen Loses Leaders, Donations to Planned Parenthood Skyrocket
• HUFFPOST Susan G. Komen Top Officials Resign As Backlash Gains Steam
• GAME POLITICS Family Research Council Attacks Star Wars: The Old Republic for Same-Sex Relationships
• MSNBC Xbox games may have spurred synagogue attacks, lawyer says
• KOTAKU Gamer Dies in Taipei Internet Cafe, Nine Hours Later Someone Notices
• GAME POLITICS EFF Promises Lawsuits if MegaUpload Customer Data is not Retained
• LA TIMES Don Cornelius dies at 75; creator of ‘Soul Train’
• CNN Coroner: ‘Soul Train’ founder dead of gunshot wound
• REUTERS Don Cornelius son says dad called before suicide
• CNN Investigating the death of Don Cornelius
• HUFFPOST Anonymous Hacks Boston Police Department Website Over December Occupy Eviction
• BOING BOING Anon releases FBI conference call
• MSNBC Mystery teen illness: Brokovich team meets resistance
• HUFFPOST Trent Arsenault, “Donorsexual” Virgin Father Of 14 Kids, Answers Your Questions
• HUFFPOST Man Allegedly Knifes Brother Over Fast-Food Brownie: Erik Cain Arrested
• HUFFPOST Intelligence Study Links Low I.Q. To Prejudice, Racism, Conservatism

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This week on Re:Fresh: we talk about Rick Santorum, a new drug called ‘Roflcoptr’, Nazi boardgames, rumors about the X-Box720, the good & bad sides of Microsoft, and tell you about the latest threat to internet free speech and expression: ACTA. We also examine the case of Megaupload, their founder Kim Dotcom, and an idiot by the name of Aaron Barr whose been trying to “infiltrate” Occupy by dying his hair blue. Oh, did I mention a dead guy got trailer trash pregnant? I couldn’t make this up if I wanted to…

Music

• Sol – Stakes Still High Official Bandcamp
• P.O.S. – Drumroll (We’re All Thirsty) Official Website
• Lushlife – Everything is Working (ft Dice Raw) Official Bandcamp
• Nacho Picasso x Blue Sky Black Death – Naked Lunch Official Bandcamp Music Video
• RA Scion – Steal Official Website Music Video
• Chev – Black Orpheus (feat Jus Moni) Official Bandcamp
• After The Smoke – One In A Million Official Download

News

• DAILYMAIL.CO.UK Rick Santorum says rape victims should ‘make the best of a bad situation’ if they get pregnant and give birth to the ‘gift from God’
• REUTERS “Magic mushroom” trips point to new depression drugs
• NME Users of club drug ‘Roflcoptr’ warned about unknown long term effects
• VICE Nazis Suck at Making Board Games
• DEAD SERIOUS NEWSDead man in mortuary impregnates woman
• KOTAKU Rumor: Next Xbox Out In Oct/Nov 2013, Chips Already Being Made
• HUFFINGTON POST Microsoft Endorses Gay Marriage In Washington State
• HUFFINGTON POST Microsoft ‘Avoid Ghetto’ App Sparks Controversy
• GAME POLITICS Move Over PIPA and SOPA, Here Comes ACTA
• YOUR ANON NEWSACTA in a Nutshell
• BUSINESS INSIDER The Feds Just Shut Down A Huge File Sharing Site And Charged Its Founder With Piracy
• RAWSTORY ‘Anonymous’ allegedly crashes Justice.gov after FBI shuts down MegaUpload
• THENEXTWEB Anonymous hacks into the FTC online security site, warns of more protest action
• HUFFINGTON POST Is Clicking A Link A Crime? Anonymous Attack On DOJ Tricked Internet Users Into Participating
• HUFFINGTON POST Aaron Barr, Cybersecurity Analyst Who Was Hacked By Anonymous And Infiltrated Occupy Wall Street, Gets Fired
• MSNBC Megaupload chief had wild ride before arrest
• VICE Universal Music Group Stole Our Music

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Founder of Pinkberry beats homeless man with tire iron, bizarre & disturbing stories from cruises, a really really bad Dad, SOPA’s public outcry and subsequent death, plus a lady with 2 vaginas, David Lynch eating panties, and we ask you to stop with the “Sh*t _____ say/do not say” videos.

Music

• Doomtree – Bangarang Official Website Music Video
• The Physics – After Effect feat Grynch Official Website
• State of the Artist X Ski Team – Firework Official Bandcamp
• Ardaplus – Penultimate Party People Official Bandcamp
• Mikey Manifest – Things We Can Do Official Bandcamp
• DNG – oNe Official Bandcamp

News

• GAWKER Why Did the Founder of Pinkberry Beat a Homeless Man with a Tire Iron?
• VICE Cruising for a Bruising
• WESH ORLANDO Police: Dad Gave Kids Fake Pot, Insulin
• MSNBC Railroad companies fight safety rules, with help from GOP and Obama
• TRUTHDIG The Day the Internet Roared
• YOUTUBE The Day The LOLcats Died – #SOPA #PIPA Protest Song
• GAME POLITICS SOPA Protest Aftermath
• GAME POLITICS AIAS Award Nominees Announced
• YOUTUBE Archer Viral Video
• YOUTUBE Not a David Lynch iPhone commercial
• YOUTUBE David Lynch Remix: Panties in my Mouth
• WXYZ DETROIT Detroit ranked among America’s top 10 downtowns
• YOUTUBE Sh*t Guys Don’t Say
• YOUTUBE Sh*t Nobody Says
• YOUTUBE Sh*t Asian Dads Say
• YOUTUBE Sh*t Girls Don’t Say
• HUFFINGTON POST Sh*t Girls Don’t Say
• HUFFINGTON POST Woman With Two Vaginas: Hazel Jones Talks About Her Rare Condition
• NEWSER Kim Jong Il’s Body to Be Put on Display—Forever
• MSNBC Man with two hearts survives double-sized attack

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Our 13th episode which was recorded on Friday Jan 13th 2012. On the show: Ubisoft apes Occupy by making them the antagonist in the new Rainbow Six game, Rick Santorum’s racist comment about “not wanting to give black people money”, weed doesn’t impair lung function, and the author of SOPA is a copyright violator. Shocking. C’mon honey boo-boo child, you know you wanna listen.

Music

• Sol – 2020 Yours Truly Kickstarter
• Gabriel Teodros – Blossoms of Fire Official Bandcamp
• Nacho Picasso x Blue Sky Black Death – Tree Tops Official Bandcamp
• Kyzer Ricoy – Nerdcore Official Soundcloud
• Dj Cutman x MC Chris – Solo PUNCH (Han Solo vs F-Zero) Official Soundcloud
• Jean Grae – U & ME & Everyone, We Know Official Soundcloud
• P.O.S. – Low Light, Low Life Official Website
• Chev – The Dreamer Official Bandcamp
• G-Side – Cinematic Official Bandcamp
• Nyce Guyz X Manner – Fly Love Official Bandcamp

News

• THINK PROGRESS Santorum’s Racist Welfare Rant: ‘I Don’t Want To Make Black People’s Lives Better’ With Taxpayer Money
• YAHOO Marijuana doesn’t harm lung function, study found
• KOMO NEWS Seattle sues attorney over public records request
• THE FRISKY Introducing Alana, Our New “Toddlers & Tiaras” Muse
• NATURAL NEWS New Clancy ‘Rainbow Six’ vid game labels OWS protesters as the new domestic terror threat
• SOFTPEDIA Rainbow Six: Patriots Gets Disturbing Terrorist Trailer
• GAME POLITICS Free-to-Play EverQuest II Sees 300 Percent Increase in New User Registrations
• VICE The Author of SOPA Is a Copyright Violator
• GAME POLITICS Foxconn Workers at Wuhan Plant Threaten Mass Suicide
• SOMETHING AWFUL Brit facing extradition to America for creating a TV show link site.
• ABC NEWS Video Shows Michigan Pharmacist Shooting Gun at Robbers
• CLICK ON DETROIT Thieves steal electrical wiring from 6 homes in Shelby Township
• WILX Uncertainty On Federal Funding Of The FRIB
• YOUTUBE Skyrim: 2012

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Hello, let us welcome you to 2012. What will happen this year? A Mayan apocalypse? Will be be turned to tang in Third Impact? Will the US provoke Iran into a conflict and end everything in a thermonuclear war? Will we consume all the earths resources and watch modern technology decay and become useless? All of these are possible. But, who cares? Cause it’s time for Re:Fresh! We have our favorite picks of 2011, news about SOPA, nativity scenes in California, crooked cops, and Occupy is building a social network for the 99%. We all might not live to see 2013, but at least you have Re:Fresh.

Music

• Bambu and Josh The Goon – None Left Official Download
• Prometheus Brown and Bambu – Fuck Dog The Bounty Hunter Official Bandcamp
• P.O.S. – Purexed Official Website
• Sol – Stage Dive Yours Truly Kickstarter
• Doomtree – Team The Best Team Official Website
• Otayo Dubb – A Lil More ft Bambu Official Bandcamp
• La – Rock Lo x Stay High Official Bandcamp
• Twin Peaks – For You Official Bandcamp
• NyceGuyz – Lord Knows Official Bandcamp
• Nacho Picasso – Bad Guy Official Bandcamp

News

• LRC BLOG We Killed Your Daughter; You’re Under Arrest
• LA TIMES Teen drinking, smoking continue to decline, but pot use is up
• TUSCOLA TODAY Repeal of marijuana prohibition in Michigan
• GAME POLITICS Epic Fail: Lawmakers Support SOPA While Staffers Download Illegal Files
• CNN On California coast, atheists nudge out Nativity scenes
• YOUTUBE Stanhope On….Why Atheists Have Better Morals
• GAME POLITICS Nintendo, Sony, EA Drop SOPA Support
• WIRED Nintendo, Sony, EA Drop SOPA Support
• HUFFINGTON POST Verizon Fee: Mobile Network Operator Scraps Convenience Fee After Customer Uproar
• GAME POLITICS Consumer Satisfaction Declines for Netflix, Rises for Amazon

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