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March 29, 2021 88 mins

In 1971 a book was published, titled "The Anarchist's Cookbook", which contained instructions for the creation of explosive devices, drugs, and anything that could be used to fight the government during the counterculture era.  The book came under review by federal authorities, who determined that it was mostly useless and was protected by the 1st amendment, and the book fell out of publication 20 years later.  But thanks to magic of the internet, the book saw a resurgence in the 90's via text files being passed around on BBS message boards, with sections added for hacking, phreaking, burglary, and general criminal activities.  This became known as the "Jolly Roger's Cookbook", as many of the new sections were written by someone named "The Jolly Roger".  Having dozens of different versions and revisions, it thus began it's urban legend as the internet's guide to terrorism in a pre-9/11 world.  How does it hold up today?  Is it valuable information, or just general ridiculousness?  We go through parts of (one of the versions of) the cookbook, and what we determine may surprise you.

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