ORly Radio Show 47 - RIP Leonard Nimoy

February 28, 2015

ORly Radio Show 47 for Friday February 27th, 2015 - RIP Leonard Nimoy

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

Science / Technology / Politics

Item: Scientists Discover Brightest Quasar Ever Powered by Black Hole, Dating to Dawn of Time
URLs: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/scientists-discover-brightest-quasar-powered-black-hole-dating/story?id=29242737
URLs: http://gizmodo.com/astronomers-discover-mysterious-black-hole-as-massive-a-1688077087
Item: Two-Father Babies Could Soon Be Possible, With No Egg Donor Required
URLs: http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/two-father-babies-could-soon-be-possible-no-egg-donor-required
Item: Scientists use tissue engineering to grow leg muscle|
URLs: http://www.embo.org/news/research-news/research-news-2015/scientists-use-tissue-engineering-to-grow-leg-muscle

Humanities / Religion/ Politics

Item: ISIL Destroys priceless history because they are dicks and raging assholes.
URLs: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2970270/Islamic-State-fighters-destroy-antiquities-Iraq-video.html
Item: When even the soulless corporate behemoth Wal-Mart disagrees with the state on human rights, you may be a member of the religious right.
URLs: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/25/walmart-lgbt-discrimination-proposal_n_6751626.html

Politics / Humanities / Politics

Item: Net Neutrality WIN
URLs: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/fcc-votes-net-neutrality-big-win
Cute Video Reminder of What Net Neutrality is all about. http://vihart.com/net-neutrality-in-the-us-now-what/
Item: Jon Stewart takes the gloves off. Really, he did.
URLs: http://www.forwardprogressives.com/jon-stewart-destroys-fox-news-exposes-50-lies-6-seconds-video/
The Vine he created. https://vine.co/v/O2qFXmwW9uz
Item: Congress OKs 1-week bill to keep Homeland Security open
URLs: http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-prepare-pass-homeland-security-funding-080933043--politics.html

Potpourri / Politics / Flotsam & Jetsam

Item: That damn dress…. Yes it was an optical illusion and was actually Blue and Black. YAY Cognitive Neuroscience!
URLs: ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET.
Item: The largest airplane in history, a 385-foot (117-meter) wingspan beast designed to carry and launch a giant rocket to space, with a combined weight of 1,200,000 pounds (540,000 kg)!
URLs: http://sploid.gizmodo.com/first-photos-of-the-largest-airplane-ever-now-in-manufa-1688085252

Oh, Florida...

Item: Florida mom accused of sending beaten daughter to school in shaming shirt
URLs: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/gone-viral/os-florida-woman-beats-girl-humiliating-shirt-20150224-post.html
Item: Man tries to steal plane at Ocala International Airport.
URLs: http://www.wesh.com/news/pd-man-tries-to-steal-plane-at-ocala-international-airport/31497410

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: MotoX version 2 and www.RepublicWireless.com
David’s: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/ Star Citizen!
Mike’s: Red Mars Novel by Kim Stanley Robinson
Jess’s: http://www.startalkradio.net/

ORly Radio Show 46 - 2 guys - 1 internet.

February 21, 2015

ORly Radio Show 46 for Friday February 20th, 2015 - 2 guys - 1 internet.

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

Science / Technology / Politics

Item: Remember back on Show 40 when we talked about birds flying into the worlds largest Solar Thermal Power Project residing in california was turned on February 13th 2014? Well then this NEW story should sound really familiar.
“110-megawatt Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project in Nevada resulted in some 130 birds catching fire, when they flew into an area of highly concentrated solar energy.”
URLs: http://www.kcet.org/news/redefine/rewire/solar/concentrating-solar/scores-of-birds-killed-during-test-of-solar-project-in-nevada.html
http://www.orlyradio.com/orly-radio-podcast/2015/1/9/orly-radio-show-40-no-religion-required
Item: Unwanted tattoos may soon be wiped away with a new and inexpensive cream.
URLs: http://www.dal.ca/news/2015/02/11/when--forever--fades-but-the-ink-stays--dal-phd-student-develops.html
Item: HIV Vaccine tests go live in South Africa Sponsored by NIH
URLs: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2015/Pages/HVTN100.aspx

Humanities / Religion/ Politics

Item: Oklahoma takes separation of Church and State in it’s school and breaks it over their legislative knee.
URLs: http://guff.com/ap-us-history-course-may-be-replaced-by-christian-propaganda/20?ts_pid=2
URLs: http://thinkprogress.org/education/2015/02/18/3624062/oklahoma-bill-banning-ap-us-history-make-students-study-ten-commandments-3-speeches-reagan/
Item: Churches bemoan lack of freedom to deny freedom of choice to parishioners regarding birth control.
URLs: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/court-mandated-birth-control-religion

Politics / Humanities / Politics

Item: Republicans aim to rig game amid fears that the filibuster they abused for six years will soon be used on them.
URLs: http://www.politicususa.com/2015/02/12/years-obstructing-obama-republicans-outlaw-senate-filibusters.html
URLs: http://www.politicususa.com/2014/05/17/senate-republicans-hit-time-blocking-bill-unanimously-supported.html
Item: Texas is bigger in every way except when it comes to Freedom to Marry. MERCA!
URLs: http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/breaking_texas_attorney_general_says_same_sex_couple_s_marriage_is_void
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/texas_county_judge_strikes_down_same_sex_marriage_ban_in_heartbreaking_case

Potpourri / Politics / Flotsam & Jetsam

Item: Oklahoma Bill Banning AP US History Would Make Students Study Ten Commandments, 3 Speeches By Reagan
URLs: http://thinkprogress.org/education/2015/02/18/3624062/oklahoma-bill-banning-ap-us-history-make-students-study-ten-commandments-3-speeches-reagan/
Item: Florida Minister Wants To Convert Robots To Christianity
URLs: http://www.liberalamerica.org/2015/02/14/florida-minister-wants-to-convert-robots-to-christianity/

Oh, Florida...

Item: Florida Passes Plan For Racially-Based Academic Goals (Old story, but making the rounds)
URLs: http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2012/10/12/florida-passes-plan-for-racially-based-academic-goals/
Item: Florida woman leaves 3 year old in liquor store to help boyfriend who had shot himself.
URLs: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20150219/APN/302199807

ORly Radio Show 45 - VD & Friday the 13th

February 13, 2015

ORly Radio Show 45 for Friday February 13th, 2015 - VD & Friday the 13th

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

Errata From Last Week: POEd. Scientists pledge to increase interference with the Church in the Guardian - Satire. Darn. Should have known by “Hugh Briss”, spokesperson for FFS http://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2015/feb/04/scientists-pledge-to-increase-interference-with-the-church
“FFS then went on to reassure any people alarmed by their intentions that none of them are likely to occur because FFS is entirely fictional, so don’t actually exist. “Not that that’s ever made much difference in this context,” Dr Briss admitted.”

Science / Technology / Politics

Item: The universe may have existed forever, according to a new model that applies quantum correction terms to complement Einstein's theory of general relativity.
URLs: http://phys.org/news/2015-02-big-quantum-equation-universe.html
URLs: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269314009381
Item: To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This
URLs:http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/fashion/modern-love-to-fall-in-love-with-anyone-do-this.html
Item: HPV vaccine highly effective against multiple cancer-causing strains
URLs: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-02-hpv-vaccine-highly-effective-multiple.html

Humanities / Religion/ Politics

Item: Federal judge will consider whether marijuana is wrongly classified as non-medical drug
URLs: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/federal-judge-will-consider-whether-marijuana-is-wrongly-classified-as-non-medical-drug/
Item: Woman Gets Prison For Scrotum Attack
URLs: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/revolting/woman-sentenced-for-brutal-scrotum-attack-342091
URLs: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/scrotum-sentence

Politics / Humanities / Politics

Item: Bush releases hundreds of thousands of emails from his Governorship. Chaos ensues.
URLs: http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/13/politics/bush-emails-redacted-secretary-of-state/
Item: South Carolina Republican State Senator Thomas Corbin: Women are 'a lesser cut of meat'
URLs: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/13/1364254/-South-Carolina-Republican-Women-are-a-lesser-cut-of-meat
Item: New York City, once notorious for high crime, broke a record on Thursday with no murders reported for 10 straight days - "Everybody is behaving," said Sergeant Daniel Doody
URLs: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/12/new-york-city-no-murders-10-days_n_6669524.html |
Item: People have sex in a box. Talk about it in front of a live studio audience. Because REALITY TV.
URLs: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/08/21/sex-box-a-reality-show-where-people-have-sex-in-a-box-on-tv-is-a-real-thing-for-2015/

Potpourri / Politics / Flotsam & Jetsam

Item: Woman Makes Yogurt From Her Vagina, Says It Tastes “Sour, Tangy, and Tingly”
URLs: http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2015/02/vagina-yogurt
URLs: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-to-make-breakfast-with-your-vagina
Item: 17-Year-Old Receives World’s First Penis Reduction Because His Football-Shaped Penis Stopped Him from Having Sex
URLs:http://www.lovebscott.com/news/say-what-now-17-year-old-receives-worlds-first-reduction-because-his-football-shaped-stopped-him-from-having-photos

Oh, Florida...

Item: Police: Man arrested with weed in his butt, crack in his mouth.
URLs: http://www.alligator.org/news/crime/article_3228e58c-b344-11e4-93bc-c7064b2952d6.html
Item: Some Floridians are keeping windows rolled up at DUI checkpoints
URLs: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/02/11/florida-dui-warren-redlich/23236797/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: No Religion Required (http://noreligionrequired.com/) moving to Secular Media Group (http://secularmediagroup.com/)
David’s: http://www.gosunstove.com/
Jess’s: #blackcosplay for super awesome black history month