ORly Radio Show 16 - Difficulties and Diatribes

July 26, 2014

ORly Radio Show 16 for Friday July 25th, 2014 - Difficulties and Diatribes

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

Science / Technology / Politics

Item 1: Google, the EU, and your right to be forgotten.
URLs: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/25/us-google-eu-privacy-idUSKBN0FU1UZ20140725

Item 2: Coronal Mass Ejections, why we no prepared?!

URLs: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/entertainment/26-Jul-2014/solar-storm-that-could-have-ended-life-narrowly-missed-earth-in-2012

Item 3: Falcon 9 performs another perfect soft landing – SpaceX now confident it can land back at the launch pad

URLs: http://mobile.extremetech.com/latest/221722-falcon-9-performs-another-perfect-soft-landing-spacex-now-confident-it-can-land-back-at-the-launch-pad-video

Humanities / Politics

Item 1: 5 Infuriating Examples of Facts Making People Dumberer.

URLs: http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/03/brendan-nyhan-backfire-effects-facts

Item 2: Stephen King Criticizes Christian, Tea Party Reaction to Border Crisis on Twitter

URLs: http://www.christianpost.com/news/stephen-king-criticizes-christian-tea-party-reaction-to-border-crisis-on-twitter-and-gets-owned-by-conservatives-123759/

Politics / Politics

Item 1: Gerrymandering, backlash in the courts. Not to be seen on mainstream news… Like Fox.

URLs: http://www.bradenton.com/2014/07/10/5249926/judge-rules-florida-gop-illlegally.html

Item 2: Obamacare: Still Not Dead Yet: bad news, good news, and then the news that has Republicans weeping into his scotch.
URLs: http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2014/7/22/obamacare-still-not-dead-yet

Item 3: Medical Perspective on the death of Eric Garner during an arrest in NYC

URLs: http://roguemedic.com/2014/07/was-the-in-custody-death-of-eric-garner-due-to-police-and-ems-abuse-part-i/

Potpourri

Item 1: Noah: One of the Most Moral Stories Ever Told….REALLY????

URLs: http://www.dennisprager.com/noah-one-moral-stories-ever-told/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublethink :-)

Item 2: Propagating non factual or twisted gun tales has…… Consequences.

URLs: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/official-hospital-gunman-intended-kill-24720008

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: Daemon and its sequel Freedom (TM)

David’s: The White Mountains (The Tripods). How your Alien civilization CAN take the earth - 101.

ORly Radio Show 8 - Pulling out... all the stops.

May 31, 2014

ORly Radio Show 8 for Friday, May 30th, 2014

Hosts: Andy, David, Mike, Don, and Ann!
Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Science / Technology

Item 1: Google: Data center optimization through machine learning, and they have a D-Wave Quantum computer of their own. And new cute little innovative self driving cars.
URL1: http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/28/how-google-uses-machine-learning-and-neural-networks-to-optimize-data-centers/
URL2: http://googleblog.blogspot.ca/2014/05/better-data-centers-through-machine.html
URL3: http://www.wired.com/2014/05/quantum-computing/
URL: “Gar”: http://recode.net/2014/05/27/googles-new-self-driving-car-ditches-the-steering-wheel/
URL2: “Gar” http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/28/google-self-driving-car-how-does-it-work?CMP=fb_gu
Item 2: White House Science Fair turns 4 years old.
URL1: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/05/27/meet-exhibitors-2014-white-house-science-fair
URL2: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/us/politics/talents-on-display-at-white-house-science-fair.html
URL3: 12 year old Peyton Robertson has 3 pending patents too!

Humanities

Item 1: Future of pot usage discussion. Colorado MJ Distributor busted by Feds (DEA) for Colombian Cartel connection. State Rights/Fed Laws (Supremacy Clause http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_Clause )
URL: VIDEO: http://ow.ly/xlBau
More future of pot, New house law blocks Fed from going after marijuana in states that have legalized it:
http://www.boston.com/health/2014/05/30/gop-house-backs-state-medical-marijuana-laws/SgCsPcA0UYH9TVFfbZUY9L/story.html

Item 2: European High Court ruled that a person has a "right to be forgotten."
URL1: http://us.cnn.com/2014/05/14/opinion/randazza-google-right-to-privacy/index.html
URL1.5: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/05/14/people-have-the-right-to-be-e-forgotten-eu-court-rules-against-google/
URL2: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/05/30/google-unenthusiastically-launches-right-to-be-forgotten-request-form/

Politics

Item 1: The House Science Committee Has Held More Hearings on Aliens Than on Climate Change
URL: http://ow.ly/xlAEL

Item 2: Term Limits? Maybe, maybe not. Discussion item more than news.
Rep. Ralph Hall, the 91-year-old Texas Republican who is the oldest-ever member of the U.S. House, has been ousted in a primary runoff. Last WWII Veteran on roles
URL: http://ow.ly/xlAS0

Potpourri

PSA: Retirement: Welcome to the Not-So-Golden Years

The average retirement age is now 62, giving Americans, whose life expectancy is 78, a few golden years to enjoy. That is, if they have a retirement plan. According to a national survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, 73 percent of individuals who don’t have an IRA or a 401(k) have less than $1,000 in savings. What’s our not-so-secure safety net? Social Security. Nine out of 10 people 65 years or older receive benefits averaging a meager $1,294 a month.

URLs: www.personalcapital.com www.mint.com www.fidelity.com www.bankrate.com

Entertainment/Reviews/Picks

Item 1: (Andy) Dracula: Radu Florescu, Scholar Who Linked Dracula and Vlad the Impaler, Dies at 88

URL: http://ow.ly/xlB17

Item 2: (David) Cold Allies by Patricia Anthony (Apr 1, 1994)

URL:http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Allies-Patricia-Anthony/dp/0441000185/ref=la_B000APOU8S_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1401499179&sr=1-5

Item 3: (Mike & Don) Sprizting - wicked fast (and AWESOME) reading

URL: http://www.spritzinc.com/

ORly Radio Show 6 - American Spring Edition

May 17, 2014

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/