ORly Radio Show 37 for Friday December 19th, 2014 - #Hack the planet!

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

Errata From Last Week: The 525-page report chock full of bureaucratic language, was the redacted version of a 6,200+ page report. So if rectal feeding is what they are willing to divulge… imagine what the didn’t want you to see.
Pope Francis did not actually say anything nice about dogs going to heaven, though we suspect he still believes it. The story was made up and mismashed together from different blogger stories covering his speech.

Science / Technology / Politics

Item: Sony Hacks

URLs: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/12/19/sony-the-interview-hackers-gop/20635449/

URLs: http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/12/20/us-sony-cybersecurity-usa-idINKBN0JX1MH20141220
Item: ICANN HACKED: Intruders poke around global DNS innards.
URLs: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/17/icann_hacked_admin_access_to_zone_files/

Item: Google News Spain to close in response to story links 'tax'

URLs: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/11/google-news-spain-to-close-in-response-to-tax-on-story-links
Item: Curiosity Rover Finds Methane on Mars: What It Could Mean for Life
Another study published in Science today also details another exciting Curiosity find on Mars. Using a sample of clay, scientists have measured the hydrogen in the Martian atmosphere about 3 billion to 3.7 billion years ago. The new finding could help pin down when the Red Planet lost its liquid surface water.

URLs: http://m.space.com/28019-mars-methane-disovery-curiosity-rover.html
Item: Les Baugh made history at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) this summer when he became the first bilateral shoulder-level amputee to wear and simultaneously control two of the Laboratory’s Modular Prosthetic Limbs.
URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NOncx2jU0Q&feature=youtu.be

Humanities / Religion/ Politics

Item: CLINICALLY BRAIN-DEAD PREGNANT WOMAN BEING KEPT ALIVE TO SAVE THE BABY -- AGAINST PARENTS' WISHES

URLs: http://abc7chicago.com/442621/

Politics / Humanities / Politics

Item: CUBA

URLs: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/obama-announces-dramatic-shift-uscuba-policy
Item: Russia Economy in freefall - Western sanctions, coupled with falling global oil prices, have hurt Russia's economy.
URLs: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30547775

Oh, Florida...

Item: Florida man wanders around setting cars and dumpsters on FIRE!

URLs: http://www.wesh.com/news/deputies-man-set-fire-to-cars-dumpsters-marion-county/30315192

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: Bill Nye Explains evolution using Emoji http://gizmodo.com/bill-nye-uses-emoji-to-perfectly-explain-evolution-1670690085

Mike’s: Phantom of the Opera and the NEW http://www.drphillipscenter.org/ : http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com/ustour/people/creative/cameron-mackintosh/

ORly Radio Show 6 for Friday May 16th, 2014

Hosted by Andy, David, and Don!
Music: "Rocket" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

We would also like to thank the 2 people that have the show in their Stitcher playlist. I dedicate tonights show to you. Thanks for listening!

Operation American Spring, http://patriotsforamerica.ning.com/

Science / Technology

Item 1: IBM Solar Collector Magnifies Sun By 2000X – These Could Provide Power To The Entire Planet
URL: http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/02/21/up-for-grabs-ibm-solar-collector-magnifies-sun-2000x/

Item 2: Russia puts international space station on table over Ukraine sanctions Moscow says it will reject US request to prolong life of ISS beyond 2020 in retaliation for Washington's sanctions
URL: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/13/russia-international-space-station-doubt-ukraine-sanctions

Humanities

Item 1: US Headline: Christian woman in Sudan sentenced to death for her faith
URL: http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/15/world/africa/sudan-christian-woman-apostasy/index.html
Item 1: UK Headline: Sudanese woman, 27, who is a doctor and eight months PREGNANT to be flogged to death for the 'crime' of marrying a Christian man
URL:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2628895/Sudanese-woman-eight-months-pregnant-flogged-death-unless-she.html
Item 2: Florida town’s choice: Violate Supreme Court ruling or open meeting with Satanic prayer
URL: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/09/florida-towns-choice-violate-supreme-court-ruling-or-open-meeting-with-satanic-prayer/

Politics

Item 1: Roy Moore's twisted history: Islam and Buddhism don't have First Amendment protection
URL: http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/05/roy_moores_twisted_hisotry_isl.html
Item 2: Boko Haram: Nigeria President Optimistic Over Finding Abducted Schoolgirls
URL: http://www.newsweek.com/nigeria-president-optimistic-over-finding-abducted-schoolgirls-250638

Potpourri

Item 1: Nature adapts to Chernobyl
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/06/science/nature-adapts-to-chernobyl.html
Item 2: Biggest NSA Leaks are yet to come, Glenn Greenwald Interview
URL: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/14/greenwald-nsa-snowden.html
Item 3: David: Hurtful levels of stupidity lead to shooting death of man by teen.
URL: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/15/sc-woman-fires-shot-at-friend-to-test-his-bulletproof-vest-but-she-misses-and-hes-dead/

Entertainment/Reviews/Picks

Item 1: Andy: Peter F. Hamilton’s Commonwealth series. Pandora’s Star and Judas Unchained.
Link: Pandora's Star (The Commonwealth Saga) & Judas Unchained (The Commonwealth Saga)
Item 2: David: Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1)
Link: Storm Front (Dresden Files)
Item 3: David: The Conqueror - John Wayne as Genghis Khan
Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049092/