ORly Radio Show 80 - Bang Bang Students and Musical Office Chairs

ORly Radio Show 80 - Bang Bang Students and Musical Office Chairs

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 80 for Friday October 9th, 2015 - where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen with my usual suspect Ophelia Falls.

You can find Ophelia here: http://opheliainthedark.tumblr.com/

Errata From Last Week: We make mistakes. Please, if you find one, pause the podcast, and send us a note. orlyradiopodcast@gmail.com or phone it in 470-222-6759  

RANT Segments & Headlines:

1. GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz has to show his naturalization papers to keep his US Senate seat http://www.examiner.com/article/ted-cruz-must-show-naturalization-papers-to-keep-his-us-senate-seat

2. http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/29/9411049/tesla-model-x-suv-release-price-video-elon-musk

3. http://qz.com/516136/what-nasas-discovery-of-liquid-water-on-mars-really-means-in-the-words-of-nasa-scientists/

4. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/10/experian-breach-affects-15-million-consumers/

5. https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/09/28/facebook-unfriending-was-the-last-straw-in-workplace-bullying-case/

6. http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/ion-drive-mars-mission/

7. http://www.newsweek.com/anti-vaxxers-accidentally-fund-study-showing-theres-no-link-between-autism-and-379245

8. http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/10/02/farmer-finds-woolly-mammoth-bones-draining-field/73212446/

9. http://www.avclub.com/article/terry-gilliam-says-hes-working-time-bandits-tv-ser-226596

10. http://usuncut.com/politics/congress-to-eliminate-billions-in-wall-street-subsidies-to-fund-repair-of-nations-highways/

11. http://ringoffireradio.com/2015/10/09/people-magazine-enters-gun-fight-publishes-emails-for-all-535-members-of-congress-says-email-the/

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The Good:

1. Benghazi was a fraud and the Planned Parenthood thing was also made up.  

   1. http://ringoffireradio.com/2015/10/09/gop-committee-investigation-into-planned-parenthood-found-nothing-wron/

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The Bad:

1. The House is divided. Kevin McCarthy withdrew himself from the Speaker roll before the vote could take place. Now there is no clear person for the seat. The best choice, would be Paul Ryan, but he has seen the writing on the wall and declined nomination. Now the “Republican Freedom Caucus” is making rumblings of shutting down the government in November unless they get their way in a bid to defund medicare and Social Security.

   1. http://www.vox.com/2015/9/25/9397895/paul-ryan-speaker-house-boehner

   2. http://www.occupydemocrats.com/tea-party-we-will-wreck-economy-unless-next-speaker-agrees-to-slash-social-security-medicare/

   3. http://www.vox.com/2015/10/9/9488835/house-freedom-caucus-explained

2. An then… The strangest of all, Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) is suggesting that the way House Republicans will defeat the extremists in their party is to give Democrats power by forming a coalition to elect a bipartisan Speaker of the House.

   1. http://www.politicususa.com/2015/10/08/democrats-gain-power-house-republican-congressman-suggests-bipartisan-coalition-speaker.html

-BREAK- Fallacy https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/middle-ground

The Ugly:

1. Not one, but two school shootings TODAY…

   1. http://www.occupydemocrats.com/more-bloodshed-two-school-shootings-in-one-day-six-students-shot/

2. The President has been making noises loud enough for congress to hear that he may take executive action on enforcing some gun control in the wake of the incident in Oregon last week.

   1. http://ringoffireradio.com/2015/10/09/obama-considering-executive-orders-to-help-control-gun-sales-since-congress-not-actin/

   2. http://www.occupydemocrats.com/republicans-nra-panic-as-obama-set-to-use-executive-powers-to-pass-gun-safety-reforms/

3. The Guardian put out a lovely little infographic, that tallies up 994 mass shootings in 1,004 days, not including the 2 from today… It’s depressing…

   1. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/oct/02/mass-shootings-america-gun-violence

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: Register to vote!!!

Ophelia’s: Hamlet - in Regal Theaters.October 15th encore to follow on about the 22nd.

Acknowledgements:

Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

PSA: Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia - GSoW https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject

ORly Radio Show 77 - Christian Privilege

ORly Radio Show 77 - Christian Privilege

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 77 for Friday September 11th, 2015 - where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen with my usual suspect Michael and an unusual suspect Ophelia Falls.

You can find Ophelia here: http://opheliainthedark.tumblr.com/
Michael is over here: http://fathergrigorivonklaussen.tumblr.com/

Errata From Last Week: We make mistakes. Please, if you find one, pause the podcast, and send us a note. orlyradiopodcast@gmail.com or phone it in 470-222-6759  

RANT Segments & Headlines:

• GOP Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush accidentally picked a fight with Stephen Colbert. For the Premiere of the Late Show… https://www.facebook.com/msnbc/videos/1005862942843291/

• Someone made a really expensive Record Player, with lasers. http://www.magic925.com/rdub/new-laser-turntable-plays-your-records-without-even-touching-them/

• Deputy Clerk Brian Mason hung a sign saying his new title was “Marriage License Deputy” indicating he will be following the law, not that crazy woman who is the Clerk of Rowan County. Good on him! http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/deputy-clerk-vows-to-defy-kim-davis-and-continue-issuing-marriage-licenses-to-gay-couples/

• “Science” has apparently created a blood test that will tell you when you will die. http://www.brobible.com/life/article/science-blood-test-when-die/

• http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/texas-lawyer-exposes-religious-hiring-test-for-peace-officers-county-only-wanted-baptist-constables/

• Obama signs 'Blue Alert' law to protect police (-back in May but it was not widely publicized.) The law will require instant nationwide "Blue Alerts" to warn about threats to police officers and help track down the suspects who carry them out. The Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015 is named for the two New York Police Department officers killed in an ambush attack last December. It was so uncontroversial that it passed both the House and the Senate by voice vote. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/05/19/obama-blue-alert-law-bill-signing/27578911/

• Long story short: Miller’s going to sue her again, because apparently being criticized for lying to people on the internet is illegal in Miller’s mind.  There are wonderful and horrible videos… http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wwjtd/2015/09/adam-miller-is-filing-another-lawsuit-against-the-youtuber-who-exposed-him-please-share-this/

• The frontman for the classic rock band Survivor isn't seeing eye to eye with Mike Huckabee or newly freed Kentucky clerk Kim Davis after they used one of the group's signature songs without permission. Frankie Sullivan slammed the pair on his Facebook page on Tuesday for blaring the band's Oscar-nominated 1982 hit, "Eye of the Tiger," during Davis' release.

• GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz was cock blocked by GOP Presidential looney Mike Huckabee when he was blocked from getting into the limelight of the Kim Davis martyr “event”.  http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/huckabee-cruz-kim-davis

• John McAfee Is Starting a New Political Party For His Presidential Run. McAfee, a man who made his fortune selling anti-virus software and is more recently known for antics like playing Russian roulette in front of journalists and being hunted down for questioning in the murder of his neighbor in Belize, his entry into the race somehow doesn’t feel like the b-movie plot that it should be. http://gizmodo.com/john-mcafee-is-starting-a-new-political-party-for-his-p-1729425078

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The Good:

1. Rick Perry drops out, but with a warning for the GOP RNC. "First, the answer to a president nominated for soaring rhetoric and no record is not to nominate a candidate whose rhetoric speaks louder than his record," Perry's prepared remarks said, warning conservatives against "falling for the cult of personality."Perry continued, "My second warning is this: we cannot indulge nativist appeals that divide the nation further. The answer to our current divider-in-chief is not to elect a Republican divider-in-chief." http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rick-perry-drops-out-of-2016-presidential-race/

Carolina Secular Conference Promo
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The Bad:

1. KENTUCKY: Heavily Armed “Christian Patriot” Militia Vows To Stop Future Arrests Of Kim Davis [AUDIO] Oath Keepers http://www.joemygod.com/2015/09/10/kentucky-heavily-armed-christian-patriot-militia-vows-to-stop-future-arrests-of-kim-davis-audio/

2. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/kim-davis-supporters-gather-outside-judges-home-to-hold-him-in-contempt-of-gods-court/

-BREAK- Fallacy https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/special-pleading

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The Ugly:

1. Refugee Ceiling. The Refugee crisis and why america only takes in 1,500 (for this crisis) while Germany has taken in over 800,000. The US claims that is helps enough with military relief efforts and aid dollars of around $4Billion.

2. https://www.facebook.com/HuffingtonPost/videos/10153347280451130/

3. http://www.rcusa.org/refugee-admission-levels

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s:  Crown Royal Regal Apple - SO GOOD and Beer Pick - Due South Cafe Ole Espresso Porter
Mike’s:  Surge Cola is back.
Ophelia’s:  Also Surge.

Acknowledgements:

Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

PSA: Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia - GSoW https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject

ORly Radio Show 76 - Tucker Drake

ORly Radio Show 76 - Tucker Drake

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 76 for Friday September 4th, 2015 - where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen with my usual suspect Michael and an unusual guest suspect Tucker Drake.

You can find Tucker here:

Atheist in the Trailer Park http://trailerparkatheist.libsyn.com/  http://tparkatheist.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/trailerparkatheist

Bootstrapping the Planet http://bootstrap.libsyn.com/  and http://bootstrappingtheplanet.blogspot.com/  http://www.facebook.com/bootstrapplanet

Errata From Last Week: We make mistakes. Please, if you find one, pause the podcast, and send us a note. orlyradiopodcast@gmail.com or phone it in 470-222-6759  

RANT Segments & Headlines:

• Womb Tanks are a thing. http://www.sciencegymnasium.com/2013/12/the-artificial-womb-is-born-and-world.html

• Bernie Sanders took some heat over spouting facts yet again. Politifact stepped in to clarify. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/aug/30/bernie-s/bernie-sanders-saudi-arabia-has-third-largest-mili/

• Speaking of military spending,  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/03/world/asia/beijing-turns-into-ghost-town-as-it-gears-up-for-military-parade.html?_r=0

• GOP Presidential contestant Donald Trump Signed the no compete pledge, making the GOP do a collective sigh of relief. At least until they realize he is still their best chance at the White House. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34144850

• The latest poll by Monmouth University puts Mr Trump way ahead with support from 30% of Republicans, and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson running a distant second with 18%. The rest of the Republican pack is trailing far behind, with Jeb Bush currently tied with Texas senator Ted Cruz at 8%

• GOP Presidential contestant Ted Cruz instructs thousands of pastors to violate federal law by reading Sunday sermon he wrote http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/ted-cruz-instructs-thousands-of-pastors-to-violate-federal-law-by-reading-sunday-sermon-he-wrote/

• Rowan County Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis has been dominating the news with her bigotry. She was denied her 3rd appeal to the supreme court, refused yet again and has been jailed, since then the county has been issuing same sex wedding licenses, specifically to James Yates and Will Smith Jr. this morning. Let’s hope that she fades into the margins of history.

• And in a surprise twist, well not that surprising, in Hamilton County Tennessee, Chancellor Jeffery Atherton denied a divorce request citing the supreme court's gay marriage ruling. Atherton said the Supreme Court must clarify "when a marriage is no longer a marriage." Otherwise, he contended, state courts are impaired from addressing marriage and divorce litigation altogether. He wrote "The conclusion reached by this Court is that Tennesseans have been deemed by the U.S. Supreme Court to be incompetent to define and address such keystone/central institutions such as marriage, and, thereby, at minimum, contested divorces."

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The Good:

1. Peaceful measures. China continues to reduce its standing military. In 1997 they cut 500,000 from their ranks. Then in 2000 another 200,000 and as we touched on in the headlines, their president announced another reduction of 300,000 is in progress, which will bring their standing army to 2 million, the lowest numbers since the cold war ended, China has the second largest military in the world next to the United States http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/03/world/asia/beijing-turns-into-ghost-town-as-it-gears-up-for-military-parade.html

The Bad:

1. So.. Ted Cruz wrote a sermon, not unlike his father’s dominionist sermons. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/ted-cruz-instructs-thousands-of-pastors-to-violate-federal-law-by-reading-sunday-sermon-he-wrote/

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The Ugly:

1. Hungary’s nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has claimed Europe is in the grip of madness over immigration and refugees, and argued that he was defending European Christianity against a Muslim influx. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/03/migration-crisis-hungary-pm-victor-orban-europe-response-madness

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s:  Google Maps / Google Earth

Mike’s: NCIS

Tucker’s:  Other than his podcasts, he mentioned some interesting things. Murdoch Mysteries, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer  http://amzn.to/1hJbZic  and Rick and Morty

Acknowledgements:

Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

PSA: Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia - GSoW https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject

ORly Radio Show 61 - Dr. Daniel Fincke - Camels with Hammers

ORly Radio Show 61 for Friday June 5th, 2015 - Dan Fincke - Camels with Hammers

Welcome to ORly Radio listeners to the show where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen.

Errata From Last Week: We make mistakes. Please, if you find one, pause the podcast, and send us a note. orlyradiopodcast@gmail.com or phone it in 470-222-6759

This is a very different show. More of a fireside chat. Andy spends a hour and a half getting to know an actual philosopher and a hell of a nice guy. This will not be the last time they talk.

It was pretty freewheeling, but we discussed how he got into philosophy and how that led him to teach (which to him are permanently linked). We touch on how the current climate of higher education is in reference to liberalism, feminism, and so much more. His love of doritos and his new love that is taking him overseas where he will still be teaching to those that would sign up with him in small educational groups. It is proving successful and serves a valuable niche in the continuing education space.  There was too much to fit into one show with the time we had, so there may be more at a later time. We both had a great time, and we hope you do too.

You can find him on the internet at the following places. Tell him we sent ya.

• http://danielfincke.com/ 
• For more on how his classes work in general, read the FAQ or contact him at camelswithhammers@gmail.com
  
• http://www.patheos.com/blogs/camelswithhammers/
  
• https://plus.google.com/108016842008325960638/posts 

Acknowledgements:
Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)