ORly Radio Show 95 - How US Elections Wonk PT2 News, Delegates & Primaries

ORly Radio Show 95 - How US Elections Wonk PT2 News, Delegates & Primaries

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Welcome to ORly Radio Show 95 for Friday February 5th, 2016 - 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 David O’Connor, Michael Robinson, Fred Sims, Stephen Griffith, and Ren Cowen.

Errata:

From Previous Shows: 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. http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/jailed-oregon-militants-have-extensive-criminal-histories-many-arent-even-allowed-to-carry-guns/

2. http://www.clickorlando.com/education/florida-house-passes-bill-to-allow-guns-on-college-campuses

3. On this Day in History:

   1. The Southern Pacific Railroad completes its transcontinental “Sunset Route” from New Orleans to California - 1883

   2. Immigration Act passed by 2/3rds vote despite President Woodrow Wilson’s veto - 1917

   3. United Artists Created by Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks, and Mary Pickford - 1919

   4. Hitler urges Mussolini to fight harder in face of British press into Libya -1941

   5. General Manuel Noriega indicted on U.S. drug charges - 1988

4. Twitter Ups efforts to thwart terrorist tweets: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/technology/twitter-account-suspensions-terrorism.html

5. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/03/465404486/army-marine-corps-generals-say-women-should-have-to-register-for-the-draft

6. http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/us-make-rape-legal-group-plans-worldwide-anti-woman-event-in-43-countries/ http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/roosh-mens-rights-activsts-meetups/?fb=dd

7. Transgender Girlscout stands up to bully who wouldn’t buy cookies from “boy in dress” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/02/transgender-girl-scout-stands-up-to-bully-who-wouldnt-buy-cookies-from-a-boy-in-a-dress/?tid=a_inl

8. https://www.facebook.com/quartznews/videos/1103849949648706/ (autoplay)

9. http://www.mediaite.com/online/man-ejected-from-hole-in-plane-was-actually-the-bomber-who-made-the-hole/

10. http://jezebel.com/senator-wants-women-to-take-pregnancy-tests-before-drin-1551823948

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Science Bitches!

1. http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/guinea-worm-track-become-only-second-disease-history-be-globally-eradicated

2. http://www.iflscience.com/space/nasa-release-awesome-360-degree-interactive-video-mars

3. http://phys.org/news/2016-02-leiden-physicists-entangle-rotating-photons.html

4. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/02/trees-regardless-size-all-break-same-wind-speed-here-s-why https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_allometry

5. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/02/04/an-ant-species-that-never-gets-old/

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The Good:

1. http://www.armytimes.com/story/entertainment/2016/02/04/lieutenant-creates-military-themed-game-rival-cards-against-humanity/79783394/ http://kck.st/1o1OlAY

2. https://www.facebook.com/gary.yourofsky/videos/938772706177978/   http://fortune.com/2016/02/02/lab-grown-memphis-meats/

-BREAK- Fallacy https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/burden-of-proof

The Bad:

1. Coin Tosses?! Seriously? Yeah.

2. Dan Fincke’s take on the last few decades of American Politics. https://www.facebook.com/danfincke/posts/10153903154734764  

3. http://deadstate.org/ben-carson-people-who-advocate-for-separation-of-church-and-state-have-schizophrenia/

4. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/powell-rice-received-sensitive-info-through-private-emails

The Ugly:

1. http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/02/verizons-mobile-video-wont-count-against-data-caps-but-netflix-will/ Because profit margins.

2. http://www.usapoliticstoday.com/breaking-john-kerry-almost-beaten-up-in-rome-for-fostering-the-expansion-of-isis/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: http://paracosmpress.com/npc/ Noisy Person Cards is a party game designed to help you develop new character voices.

Fred’s: Deadpool PSA’s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZEP6glW4AQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0T8dLAyT6I

David’s: Diet and exercise/http://doom.com/en-us/

Mike’s: Samsung Level U Bluetooth Headset http://amzn.to/1PZ28hY

Stephen’s:  Jonathon Young Music:  https://www.youtube.com/user/jonathanyoungmusic

Ren’s: http://www.disruptorbeam.com/games/star-trek-timelines Android/iTunes game - Star Trek Timelines

Acknowledgements:

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

Danger Zone (from Top Gun) // Jonathan Young POWER METAL COVER

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

ORly Radio Show 88 - Just a Glitch In the DNC Matrix

ORly Radio Show 88 - Just a Glitch In the DNC Matrix

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 88 for Friday December 18th, 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 David O'Connor!

Errata: 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. Cookie dough… http://butthatsnoneofmybusiness.com/cookie-dough-can-explodes-in-womans-vagina-during-shoplifting-incident/

2. Phrama Bro Martin Shkreli was arrested by the FBI over the price gouging, but mostly over securities fraud. Today he resigned as the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals. No word on his one of a kind WuTang album. http://www.mediaite.com/online/price-gouging-pharma-bro-shkreli-arrested-by-fbi-for-securities-fraud/ http://gawker.com/martin-shkreli-resigns-from-his-horrible-drug-company-1748725014

3. House Passes $1.1 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill - The legislation is a compromise no one liked but both parties could live with. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-passes-omnibus_5674073fe4b06fa6887cecc3

4. Congress mandated that NASA go to Europa, and gave them more money to boot. Obama requested 18.5 billion, congress slated 19.3 billion. The main motivation for the commercial crew budget increase seems to be ending NASA's reliance on Russia as soon as possible. http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/12/congress-nasa-must-not-only-go-to-europa-it-must-land/ http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/16/10289030/nasa-budget-increase-2016-congress-funding

5. China has leaped into science fiction land in a couple ways this week.

   1. The Chinese government launched Wukong (translates to Monkey King) which is way catchier than the official dark Matter Particle Explorer, or DAMPE. Wukong will use its large surface area to observe high volumes of cosmic rays, as well as where they come from. It will survey the sky at energies much higher than that of existing detectors such as the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), which is currently attached to the International Space Station. “We don’t know if this is a better way to search for dark matter, because dark matter has not yet been found,” says Mike Capell, an AMS physicist at CERN, Europe’s particle-physics laboratory. http://www.nature.com/news/china-s-dark-matter-satellite-launches-era-of-space-science-1.19059

   2. Thanks to a Canadian Company Vitality Air, the Chinese people are living the Spaceballs way and breathing cleaner Perri-air. The brisk Alberta air is sold for $14 in a 3 liter compressed container complete with breathing mask and hose. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/12051354/Chinese-buy-up-bottles-of-fresh-air-from-Canada.html http://www.geek.com/news/spaceballs-becomes-reality-canadian-company-is-selling-bottled-air-to-the-chinese-1642442/

6. In related news, Mel Brooks has confirmed that development of a Spaceballs sequel is underway. http://www.blastr.com/2015-2-6/mel-brooks-confirms-development-spaceballs-sequel-hopefully-original-cast

7. Putin endorses Donald Trump… Donald Trump defends Putin’s “Murder of Journalists” saying “Our Country does plenty of killing also”. The bromance continues.  http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/12/17/vladimir-putin-praises-donald-trump-sealing-a-long-distance-bromance/?_r=0  http://www.mediaite.com/tv/donald-trump-defends-putins-murder-of-journalists-our-country-does-plenty-of-killing-also/

8. And politics…

9. The GOP had their 5th debate on CNN. It was largely identical to the previous 4 but with less people in the clown car. I watched it for you, and really, genuinely, they want a holy war with radical islam, but they don’t know what that actually is and will go to war with any country in the middle east, especially if it has oil and citizens wearing ethnic attire. I wish I was kidding. Here listen to this extracted audio, all from the CNN GOP Debate. https://www.facebook.com/FusionNetwork/videos/1045722228800622/

10. And finally, There is a feud going on at the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The chair, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, has not had much to say in regards to Bernie Sanders, and in many cases has evaded the set up to at least compliment his achievements this race.

    1. UPDATE as I am posting, http://usuncut.com/politics/breaking-dnc-to-restore-voter-database-to-sanders-campaign/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: Doing what it takes to make your life more complete and less stressful all the time. Like matching dishes and silverware.

David’s: Audio-Technica BPHS1 Broadcast Stereo Headset with Dynamic Boom Mic http://amzn.to/1UMx4qv

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 84 - Ben Carson’s Pyramid Scheme

ORly Radio Show 84 - Ben Carson’s Pyramid Scheme

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 84 for Friday November 6th, 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 Robinson and Ophelia Falls.

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

Michael is over here: http://fathergrigorivonklaussen.tumblr.com/

Errata: 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  http://www.people.com/article/robin-williams-widow-susan-williams-people Susan Williams shared with PEOPLE the details of the debilitating brain disease called Diffuse Lewy Body Dementia or Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) that took hold of Williams and the couple's harrowing ordeal to fight it.  

"It was not depression that killed Robin," Susan says, speaking to the public perception of what drove Williams to commit suicide. "Depression was one of let's call it 50 symptoms and it was a small one."

From LBDA.org http://www.lbda.org/category/3437/what-is-lbd.htm

RANT Segments & Headlines:

1. http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/2/9661556/amazon-books-first-physical-bookstore-opening-seattle

2. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/fos--bco102615.php

3. http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/lawrence-lessig-drops-democratic-presidential-bid

4. http://thescienceexplorer.com/universe/scientists-can-build-molecules-made-pure-light

5. http://blog.cosmosmagazine.com/blog/2015/10/28/sonic-tractor-beam-brings-star-trek-closer-to-reality

6. Video - http://futurism.com/videos/this-touchable-hologram-lets-you-feel-3d-shapes-in-midair/ These 3D objects are rendered using focused ultrasound and can move and rotate in real time

7. GOP Presidential Contestant, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has been caught lying about things in his autobiography, and thinks that the pyramids were the grain storehouses of Joseph from the bible. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/ben-carson-campaign-politico-story-saying-westpoint-scholarship-is-a-lie-is-itself-a-lie/ and http://news.groopspeak.com/ben-carson-admits-he-lied-about-getting-scholarship-to-west-point/  and http://www.buzzfeed.com/natemcdermott/ben-carson-egyptian-pyramids-built-for-grain-storage-not-by#.cs3yvWzvdN

8. http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/5/9678040/google-android-chip-design-smartphones

9. http://www.blastr.com/2015-11-4/nasa-just-saw-something-come-out-black-hole-first-time-ever

10. http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2015/11/5/nasa_says_sun_stripp.html

11. http://www.nature.com/news/canada-creates-science-minister-post-1.18739

12. http://www.buzzfeed.com/fionarutherford/doctors-remove-live-tapeworm-from-brain-of-student-who-thoug#.dj8XQemQ3Z

13. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-summoned-to-appear-for-senate-grilling-over-price-gouging-scheme/

14. http://www.examiner.com/article/republicans-silent-as-obama-orders-pay-raise-for-the-military

15. http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/3/9666258/tesla-is-going-to-lock-down-autopilot-so-its-harder-to-do-stupid

-BREAK- GSoW - PSA

The Good:

1. http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/11/breaking-obama-will-reject-keystone-xl-pipeline "The State Department has decided that the Keystone XL pipeline would not serve the national interests of the United States. I agree with that decision," Obama said.

2. Bernie Sanders Introduced a bill to lift the federal ban on Marijuana removing it from the schedule 1 narcotics list. http://www.buzzfeed.com/cjciaramella/sanders-introduces-bill-to-lift-federal-ban-on-marijuana#.osee7zl7Nv

3. http://usuncut.com/black-lives-matter/anonymous-official-release-alleged-kkk-members-names/

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The Bad:

1. http://reverbpress.com/business/rupert-murdoch-national-geographic-layoffs/

2. and http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/4/9668272/google-eu-antitrust-response

-BREAK- Fallacy https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/personal-incredulity

Personal Incredulity
Because you found something difficult to understand, or are unaware of how it works, you made out like it's probably not true.
Complex subjects like biological evolution through natural selection require some amount of understanding before one is able to make an informed judgement about the subject at hand; this fallacy is usually used in place of that understanding.
Example: Kirk drew a picture of a fish and a human and with effusive disdain asked Richard if he really thought we were stupid enough to believe that a fish somehow turned into a human through just, like, random things happening over time.

The Ugly:

1. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mormon-church-bars-children-same-sex-couples-baptism-blessings-n458416

2. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/617245/Children-no-God-more-generous-tolerant

3. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/young-americans-are-becoming-less-religious-and-anti-science-anti-gay-rhetoric-may-be-a-factor-pew/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: The Complete Heretic's Guide to Western Religion, Volume 1 The Mormons http://amzn.to/1iIZWBH
Ophelia’s:  Galavant on Hulu
Michael’s: Nuka Cola!

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

-BREAK- GSoW - PSA

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
http://www.carolinassecularassociation.org/product/2015-carolinas-secular-conference-tickets/

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