ORLY-EP0107B - Judge Cruz, Smart Guns, Contested Convention, and Bigotry

April 30, 2016

ORLY-EP0107B - Judge Cruz, Smart Guns, Contested Convention, and Bigotry

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #107b for Friday April 29th, 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 my usual suspects, Michael Robinson, Stephen Griffith, and Daniel Atherton.

Audience Feedback From Previous Shows:

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Second Half:

This week in SCOTUS

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/277650-top-republican-floats-cruz-as-supreme-court-pick

Good Ideas:

Bad Ideas:

Personal Picks:

Andy’s: BlueStacks Desktop Android Emulator http://www.bluestacks.com/

Stephen’s: The Court and The Cross: The Religious Right’s Crusade to Reshape the Supreme Court http://www.amazon.com/The-Court-Cross-Religious-Crusade/dp/0807044253

Daniel’s: http://blog.timesunion.com/boardgames/2016/04/27/international-tabletop-day-2016/

Acknowledgements:

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

ORly Radio Show 67 - Deconstructing the VA

July 18, 2015

ORly Radio Show 67 - Deconstructing the VA

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 67 for Friday July 17th, 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 suspects, Mike and David!

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 QUICK Headlines:

The Senate voted 81-17 Thursday to replace No Child Left Behind, the landmark federal education law that's now long overdue for an overhaul. http://www.vox.com/2015/7/15/8970605/every-child-achieves-act-no-child-left-behind
“[A]llegations of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation necessarily state a claim of discrimination on the basis of sex” barred by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled in a groundbreaking decision this week. http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/sexual-orientation-discrimination-is-barred-by-existing-law#.sf7r0MRvk
Our Star Trek-Style Skin-Healing Technology Could Be The End Of Chronic Wounds http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/our-star-trek-style-skin-healing-technology-could-be-end-chronic-wounds
Scientists create strain of dulse seaweed that is packed with antioxidants but tastes of bacon. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3162044/The-superfood-tastes-BACON-Scientists-create-strain-dulse-seaweed-packed-antioxidants-tastes-pork.html
A group of researchers in Japan have tested a new “dissolving needle”, called MicroHyala,that is basically a painless patch that you stick to your arm. And it works. http://gizmodo.com/new-biotech-discovery-means-youll-never-need-a-painful-1718096049
Florida Republican: Donald Trump is a Democratic plot to make GOP look stupid http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/florida-republican-donald-trump-is-a-democratic-plot-to-make-gop-look-stupid/
Police video shows a bunch of shirtless guys stealing guns from the Central Florida Fairgrounds before a gun show http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2015/07/14/police-video-shows-a-bunch-of-shirtless-guys-stealing-guns-from-the-central-florida-fairgrounds-before-a-gun-show
Well how about that Pluto? Andy did a write up on the New Horizons mission to Pluto in his Topic Tuesday post, and you can check it out here: http://www.orlyradio.com/canwefixitorg/2015/7/14/topic-tuesday-156-20150714-pictures-of-pluto
Donald Trump, stacks of money, the White House, an American flag ... and, apparently, Nazi soldiers: is this the face of the new Republican frontrunner for president of the United States? The Nazis were obviously a mistake, but the stacks of cash? Dude… BTW, he’s leading the pack at 17% vs Jeb Bush at 14%. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/14/donald-trump-nazi-soldiers-tweet-top-republican-polls
San Francisco officials brush off Fox: ‘You’re not a reporter. Fox News is not real news.’ VIDEO http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/san-francisco-officials-brush-off-fox-youre-not-a-reporter-fox-news-is-not-real-news/

-BREAK- GSoW - PSA

The Good:

IRAN Nuclear Deal http://www.vox.com/2015/4/2/8336219/iran-nuclear-deal-plain-english
Obama effectively neutered the Hobby Lobby ruling and ensured that all women, even those employed by ‘religious corporations,’ will have access to birth control covered at no cost to them; even if their evangelical employers object and refuse to provide it. “Under the new rule, a closely held for-profit company that objects to covering contraception in its health plan can write a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services stating its objection. HHS will then notify a third-party insurer of the company's objection, and the insurer will provide birth control coverage to the company's female employees at no additional cost to the company.”
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/13/president-obama-renders-hobby-lobby-ruling-obsolete-rule.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/10/white-house-birth-control_n_7771004.html

-BREAK- Logical Fallacy: False Cause by Michael

The Bad:

Pluto Truthers Insist NASA Images Are Fake http://gizmodo.com/these-pluto-truthers-insist-nasa-images-are-fake-1717828679
Candace Petterson said she started attending the Greater Mount Moriah Primitive Baptist Church about six months ago after moving to a new home in the Tampa area, but she received a troubling letter last week from the church, a delinquency notice asking her to contribute $50 a month, along with other assorted fees, to remain a member in good standing and vote on church matters. The letter, from assistant administrator Ladreda Spencer and Pastor B.R. Fulton Jr., also reminded Petterson that children – including her 11-year-old daughter – were expected to pay $5 a month to the church in addition to two annual $15 fees. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/florida-church-sends-1000-collection-notice-to-single-mother-because-she-didnt-tithe/
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/did_your_us_senator_just_vote_to_allow_lgbt_students_to_be_bullied_here_s_the_list
Here's the list of all 45 U.S. Senators who this afternoon voted to allow our nation's LGBTQ youth to continue to be bullied – these are the NAY's. You'll notice that each NAY is from a Republican Senator, headed by Sen. Alexander:

Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Coats (R-IN)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Enzi (R-WY)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Flake (R-AZ)
Gardner (R-CO)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Perdue (R-GA)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rounds (R-SD)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-SC)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)

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The Ugly:

Rachel Maddow breaks down the right-wing push to privatize the Department of Veteran’s Affairs effectively turning the health and wellbeing of our veterans into a for profit business. VIDEO http://www.occupydemocrats.com/watch-rachel-maddow-blows-lid-off-republican-scheme-to-privatize-the-va/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: Ubiquity WiFi and Security Gateways. Reviews to follow.

Michael’s: Star Craft: Legacy of the Void pre-order