ORly Radio Show 44 - The Magnum SCOTUS

February 7, 2015

ORly Radio Show 44 for Friday February 6th, 2015 - The Magnum SCOTUS

Hosts: Andy & the Usual Suspects: Mike, Don, and Jess!!!
Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

Science / Technology / Politics

Item: Scientists pledge to increase interference with the Church
URLs: http://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2015/feb/04/scientists-pledge-to-increase-interference-with-the-church
Item: Houston Anthropologist Reveals Irrefutable Proof that Recorded History Is Wrong
URLs: http://consciouslifenews.com/houston-anthropologist-reveals-irrefutable-proof-recorded-history-wrong/1167705/

Humanities / Religion/ Politics

Item: At prayer breakfast, Obama condemns use of religion as "a weapon"
URLs: http://www.dailydot.com/politics/obama-inflames-christian-right-with-crusades-comments/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/at-prayer-breakfast-obama-condemns-use-of-religion-as-a-weapon/
Item: '4,000-Strong' Christian Militia Formed to Fight ISIS in Northern Iraq
URLs: http://www.newsweek.com/4000-strong-christian-militia-formed-fight-isis-northern-iraq-304371

Politics / Humanities / Politics

Item: Canadians Have A Right To Assisted Suicide, High Court Says
URLs: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/02/06/384292996/canadians-have-a-right-to-assisted-suicide-high-court-says
Item: Supreme Court Rules that Cops DO NOT Need a Warrant to Search Your Home
URLs: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/supreme-court-rules-cops-warrant-search-home/

Potpourri / Politics / Flotsam & Jetsam

Item: Glenn Beck: The Measles Outbreak Is A 'Hoax' Meant To Convince People To 'Obey The Government'
URLs: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/glenn-beck-measles-outbreak-hoax-meant-convince-people-obey-government
Item: NBC launches investigation of Brian Williams
URLs: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/02/06/brian-williams-katrina-coverage-in-question/22980005/

Oh, Florida...

Item: Rep. Alcee Hastings Says Old Texas Dildo Law Shows The State Is 'Crazy'
URLs: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/05/alcee-hastings-dildo-laws_n_6627174.html
Item: Florida Supreme Court asked to define 'sexual intercourse' in HIV case
URLs: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/2/4/florida-supreme-court-to-define-sex-in-hiv-case.html

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: http://www.collectorz.com/

Jessica’s: Isabella Bennett's Paetron: www.paetron.com/bunnybennett

Mike’s: Markiplier https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_YxT-KID8kRbqZo7MyscQ

ORly Radio Show 43 - Winter is Coming, Eventually

January 31, 2015

ORly Radio Show 43 for Friday January 30th, 2015 - Winter is Coming, Eventually

Hosts: Andy & the Usual Suspects: David and Don!!!
Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

Science / Technology / Politics

Item: Survey Says: Study reveals wide gaps in opinion between scientists and general public
URLs: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/study-reveals-wide-opinion-differences-scientists-general-public/
http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/01/29/public-and-scientists-views-on-science-and-society/
Item: FCC more than quintuples the legal definition of 'broadband'
URLs: http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/29/fcc-redefines-broadband-speed/
Item: Delta Pilot gets locked out of cockpit mid flight.
Audio Clip & URLs: https://gma.yahoo.com/delta-plane-makes-emergency-landing-pilot-locked-cockpit-055600464--abc-news-topstories.html

Humanities / Religion/ Politics

Item: American Family Association fired the Religious Right's most notorious bigot, Bryan Fischer.
URLs: http://www.righwingwatch.org/content/afa-cannot-wash-its-hands-bryan-fischers-bigotry-easily
URLs: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/12/08/american-pastor-who-helped-uganda-create-kill-the-gays-law-will-be-tried-for-crimes-against-humanity/
Item: Chuck Norris wants to engage young people in democracy, by insulting us.
URLs: http://samuel-warde.com/2015/01/young-voters-unpatriotic-according-chuck-norris/
Item: Chuck Norris makes sounds instead of kicking people.
URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ud3pK5Wa90

Politics / Humanities / Politics

Item: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer, basically threw Speaker Boehner (R-OH) under the bus.
URLs: http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/30/israeli-ambassador-throws-speaker-boehner-netanyahu-speech-bus.html
Item: Romney will not make a third bid for the White House.
URLs: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/third-time-wont-be-the-charm-romney

Potpourri / Politics / Flotsam & Jetsam

Item: The Winds of Winter, the sixth book in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, won't be released in 2015
URLs http://www.dailydot.com/geek/grrm-publisher-winds-of-winter-2015/

Oh, Florida…

Item: Biotech company to release millions of genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida
URLs:http://www.geek.com/science/biotech-company-to-release-millions-of-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-in-florida-1614727/
Item: Radio contest has grand prize of foursome sex between one lucky winner and three porn stars. Because Florida.
URLs: http://www.barstoolsports.com/nyc/super-page/radio-station-running-a-porn-star-for-a-day-contest-where-the-winner-has-a-foursome-with-three-porn-stars/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: Steam Lego Series Games on sale this weekend. https://store.steampowered.com/search/?snr=1_60_4__12&term=lego

Orly Radio Show 42 - 42, the Meaning of Life, or about how many senators believe in climate change.

January 24, 2015

ORly Radio Show 42 for Friday January 23rd, 2015 - 42, the Meaning of Life, or about how many senators believe in climate change. Science is still true even if you don’t believe in it...

Hosts: Andy & the Usual Suspects: Mike, David, and Don!!!
Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

Narrator: There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

Why 42 for the meaning of life, the universe and everything?

According to Douglas Adams himself:

What is the most ordinary, workaday number you can find? I don’t want fractions on the end of it. I don’t even want it to be a prime number. And I guess it mustn’t even be an odd number. There is something slightly more reassuring about even numbers. So I just wanted an ordinary, workaday number, and chose 42.

In another interview:

The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat at my desk, stared into the garden and thought '42 will do'. I typed it out. End of story.

http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/310/why-did-douglas-adams-pick-42-as-the-ultimate-answer

Science / Technology / Politics

Item: 3 Minutes to midnight.
"The clock ticks now at just three minutes to midnight because international leaders are failing to perform their most important duty—ensuring and preserving the health and vitality of human civilization."
URLs: http://thebulletin.org/clock/2015
Item: The King is Dead - King Abdullah has passed on. Now what?
URLs: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-22/oil-surges-after-saudi-media-reports-king-abdullah-s-death.html
URLs: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/01/breaking-saudi-arabias-king-abdullah-dead

Item: Senate agrees climate change is real, but not on its cause, in Keystone amendments
"To express the sense of the Senate that climate change is real; and human activity significantly contributes to climate change."
In the end, just 50 senators voted "yes" on this question.* But 49 senators voted "no." The amendment failed to pick up the 60 votes necessary to overcome a filibuster and was rejected.
In conclusion, the Senate is pretty clearly a hoax.
URLs:http://cir.ca/news/keystone-pipelines-status
URLs: http://www.vox.com/2015/1/21/7868677/senate-climate-vote

Humanities / Religion/ Politics

Item: Israeli PM Netanyahu and Speaker Boehner conspire to make life difficult...|
URLs: http://www.vox.com/2015/1/21/7866089/netanyahu-boehner-congress
URLs: http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/22/obama-meet-netanyahu-trip-washington.html
Item: GOP lawmakers declare ‘all-out assault’ on marriage for same-sex and atheist couples in Oklahoma
URLs: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/gop-lawmakers-declare-all-out-assault-on-marriage-for-same-sex-and-atheist-couples-in-oklahoma/

Politics / Humanities / Politics

Item: Illinois cop caught dozing in patrol car tells student ‘it’s now illegal’ to record officers (Which it is not…)
URLs: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/illinois-cop-caught-dozing-in-patrol-car-tells-student-its-now-illegal-to-record-officers/
Item: It's over: Why the Palestinians are finally giving up on Obama and the US peace process
URLs: http://www.vox.com/2015/1/22/7324107/palestinian-abbas-peace-process

Potpourri / Politics / Flotsam & Jetsam

Item: House Republican leaders withdrew a controversial anti-abortion bill late Wednesday night after a contentious dispute arose over a rape reporting requirement in the measure.
URLs: http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/22/bickering-gop-aborts-anti-abortion-bill-rape-reporting-provision.html

Oh, Florida...

Item: Bear hunting may return to Florida - Proposal comes after recent rash of attacks in Orlando area
URLs: http://www.clickorlando.com/news/bear-hunting-may-return-to-florida/30878646
Item: A Teenage Boy Impersonated A Doctor For A Month In A Florida Hospital
URLs: http://www.buzzfeed.com/rossalynwarren/a-teenage-boy-impersonated-a-doctor-for-a-month-in-a-florida
URLs: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/doogie-howser-wannabe-busted-786450