ORLY-EP0123 - European Focus And Plenty To EpiPen Home About

ORLY-EP0123 - European Focus And Plenty To EpiPen Home About

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #123 recorded Friday August 26, 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, Daniel Atherton and Stephen Griffith

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The theme tonight is global. The world seems to be on fire over the usual things, money and religion.

  1. Japan: https://www.rt.com/business/357310-biggest-pension-fund-billions-loss/

  2. IRAN

    1. Iranian military ships charge with weapons out at US Navy destroyer http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/iranian-military-ships-charge-at-us-navy-destroyer-with-weapons-out/

    2. Just one day after video emerged of Iranian ships swarming and harassing the USS Nitze, Business Insider has confirmed a separate incident on Wednesday involving the USS Squall http://www.businessinsider.com/uss-squall-fired-shots-after-incident-iranian-navy-ship-2016-8

    3. http://news.sky.com/story/iran-arrests-hundreds-of-instagram-and-whatsapp-users-10549124  

  3. Germany

    1. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/540859/Assassination-Angela-Merkel-Motorcade-Prague-Czech-Republic-Police-Armed-4x4-Mercedes

    2. https://www.rt.com/news/357246-austrian-minister-merkel-migrants-deportation/

  4. Auxit? Austria may leave the EU?

    1. Austrian far-right Hofer wants to suspend naturalization of Turks, says ‘Auxit’ still possible http://on.rt.com/7mmo

  5. France… The Burkini. France burkini: Highest court suspends ban

    1. The Nice law reads: “Access to public beaches is forbidden to ‘any person not properly dressed, respectful of morality and secularism, respecting the rules of hygiene and safety.’” http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37198479

    2. Then the police got offended. http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/25/12637964/france-burkini-ban-photo-nice-social-media

  6. US, where do we begin? How about the Epipen...

    1. http://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/epipen-price-hike-has-parents-kids-allergies-scrambling-ahead-school-n633071

    2. http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/no-epipen-did-not-lower-their-drug-price-they-pulled-a-sneaky-pharma-bro-trick-instead/

    3. http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/why-mylans-alleged-solution-its-epipen-price-gouging-scandal-scam

    4. http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-08-24/the-senator-s-daughter-who-raised-prices-on-anti-allergy-epipen Dem Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, top be specific.

    5. http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/revealed-american-taxpayers-funded-100-of-research-used-to-develop-big-pharmas-epipen/

    6. And lastly, people are resorting to manual injection rather than epipen auto injectors. https://www.statnews.com/2016/07/06/epipen-prices-allergies/

  7. Canada: multiple homicide with a crossbow http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/3-dead-after-crossbow-attack-in-toronto-1.3044118?autoPlay=false

  8. Trump Campaign - A 12-year-old boy is running Donald Trump’s presidential campaign office in one of Colorado’s most vital counties, according to a new report. Weston Imer runs operations for the Republican presidential nominee’s camp in Jefferson County, KDVR News said Sunday. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/292180-12-year-old-running-trump-campaign-office-in-colo VIDEO

Science Bitches!  

  1. Latest SpaceX Dragon Capsule returns with 3,000 lbs of cargo after delivering what is a preparatory step for commercial crew delivery to the ISS. https://www.facebook.com/SpaceX/posts/10157871546605131:0

  2. http://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-stereo-b-spacecraft-resumes-contact-2016-8

  3. http://www.iflscience.com/space/you-can-now-access-all-of-nasas-research-online-for-free/

  4. NASA's operation of the International Space Station is scheduled to end in 2024. Now, officials say instead of letting it fall out of orbit, they're looking to pass the outpost on to someone with the resources to keep it running. http://www.wftv.com/news/trending-now/nasa-hopes-to-sell-international-space-station/426892665

Law & Order:

  1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/08/18/justice-department-says-it-will-end-use-of-private-prisons/?utm_term=.0a955c0d82df

  2. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/justice-department-says-poor-can-t-be-held-when-they-n634676

  3. http://bust.com/living/16586-another-feminist-win-from-the-supreme-court.html

Good Ideas:

  1. https://expatriate.pl/polish-electric-bus-ousts-mercedes-become-bus-year-2017/

  2. Japan for the first time to come to the rescue for other nations http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/japan/japan-s-military-begins-training-for-new-overseas-missions-1.425744

Bad Ideas:

  1. British Companies Are Selling Advanced Spy Tech to Authoritarian Regimes http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-uk-companies-exporting-interception-tech-around-the-world

  2. UK Government has confirmed the Human Rights Act will be scrapped in order to separate the UK from the European courts http://www.theweek.co.uk/63635/human-rights-act-will-be-scrapped-government-confirms

Personal Picks:

Acknowledgements:

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

ORLY-EP0117B - Offers You Can't Refuse

ORLY-EP0117B - Offers You Can't Refuse

Welcome back to ORLYRADIO #117b recorded Friday July 9th, 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, David O’Connor, Stephen griffith and Daniel Atherton.

Science Bitches!  

  1. http://gizmodo.com/the-worlds-largest-vertical-farm-is-being-built-in-new-1783152722

  2. http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/07/welcome-to-jupiter/489641/

  3. http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/4/12093384/china-world-largest-radio-telescope-complete

  4. https://cosmosmagazine.com/technology/meet-the-x-57-nasa-s-electric-aircraft-powered-by-sunlight

  5. http://news.psu.edu/story/415808/2016/06/27/research/3d-printing-produces-cartilage-strands-bioink

  6. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/alps-new-viper/?WT.mc_id=SA_FB_ENGYSUS_BLOG

Law & Order:

  1. http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/06/court-to-hear-major-new-controversies-next-term/

  2. http://deadstate.org/here-are-the-disturbing-texts-from-michelle-carter-pressuring-her-boyfriend-to-commit-suicide/

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Good Ideas:

  1. http://www.fastcoexist.com/3060167/this-new-neighborhood-will-grow-its-own-food-power-itself-and-handle-its-own-waste

  2. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36725885

  3. http://www.newsweek.com/route-66-solar-roadways-panel-highway-477984

  4. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/08/jill-stein-bernie-sanders-green-party

Bad Ideas:

  1. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/driver-killed-in-self-driving-car-accident-for-first-time/

  2. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36719060

Personal Picks:

ORLY-EP0111A - Hail Hydra and Rocket Science!

ORLY-EP0111A - Hail Hydra and Rocket Science!

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #111A for Friday MAY 27th, 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.

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Potpourri: Guests/Rants/Etc:

  1. A speech, but from whom?

This Week in History:

  1. Special presentation from Fred Sims.

Science Bitches!

    The theme of today’s segment is transportation!

  1. Aaaaaand… STUCK the landing! SpaceX’s recent test flight, that is: http://www.space.com/33004-spacex-thaicom8-launch-rocket-landing.html

  2. Speaking of test flights - it’s long been a maxim of space programs that every flight is a test flight. It’s simply too expensive to launch enough missions to collect big, juicy data sets. Jeff Bezos over at Blue Origin wants to change that with his relatively inexpensive and autonomous New Shepard design. The more data we get, the safer space travel gets: http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/05/jeff-bezos-is-trying-to-destroy-his-own-spacecraft-and-thats-a-good-thing/

  3. Speaking of making spaceflight cheaper, India has unveiled a small reusable craft that only cost 14 million to make its flight - for reference, each NASA shuttle cost 450 million per mission. Now, this craft is unmanned and mostly a test platform, but it’s a proof of concept showing how affordable space programs can be: http://www.iflscience.com/space/india-has-launched-low-cost-space-shuttle

  4. Also in the field of space innovation - inflatable spaceships?! It’s more likely than you think. So likely, in fact, it’s being tested on the International Space Station: http://www.iflscience.com/space/watch-live-nasa-inflates-first-expandable-room-iss

  5. And finally, just as every space mission must one day come back to earth, so too must this segment - but only because we get to cover a cool superbus which can literally drive OVER other cars: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-05/25/c_135387633.htm

  6. If there is time, http://gizmodo.com/new-evidence-suggests-a-fifth-fundamental-force-of-natu-1778881644

ORLY-EP0104 - No Starbucks for Rick Scott

ORLY-EP0104 - No Starbucks for Rick Scott

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 104 for Friday April 8th, 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, Fred Sims, Stephen Griffith, and David O’Connor.

Reviews!?Errata:

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Bernie wasn’t the only late filed registration in Washington D.C.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Bernie-Sanders-Faces-Ballot-Trouble-in-DC-After-Registration-Snafu-374042381.html

  1. On this Day in History: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

    1. 1935 - FDR SIgns Emergency Relief Appropriation Act: hoping to lift the country out of the midst of the Great Depression, FDR authorized almost $5 million to implement work relief programs. Congress allowed the president to use the funds at his discretion. The act was unprecedented and remains the largest system of public-assistance relief programs in the nation’s history. Its programs were extremely popular, though, and contributed significantly to Roosevelt’s landslide reelection in 1936.

    2. 1974 - Hank Aaron becomes baseball’s new home run king with 715th career home run: Broke the previous mark of 714 held by Babe Ruth. Home run hit in the 4th inning of a game against the LA Dodgers. Bittersweet moment as despite being a beloved player in Atlanta his pursuit of the record was met with racist hate mail and death threats

    3. 1994 - Kurt Cobain is found dead: famed frontman of the band Nirvana found dead with fresh injection marks in his arms and a fatal wound to the head from the 20-gauge shotgun found between his knees

    4. 2005 - Olympic Park Bomber Eric Rudolph agrees to plead guilty: plead guilty to avoid the death penalty. Responsible for 1996 Olympic bombing in Atlanta. Born in Merritt Island, FL, Rudolph was also responsible for 3 other bombings motivated by his anti abortion and anti- homosexual views.

    5. 2013 - Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister dies: Only female prime minister of Britain, served from 1979 to 1990  as the longest serving  British PM of the 20th century

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Panama!

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/04/08/panama-papers-leak-law-firm/82787358/

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/panama-papers-could-add-to-outrage-in-presidential-race/ar-BBrpsQs

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4/5/1510760/-Panama-Papers-Hillary-connection-to-Deutche-Bank

Science Bitches!

  1. http://www.iflscience.com/brain/20-cognitive-biases-which-make-you-form-bad-decisions

  2. http://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/kitchen-science-everything-you-eat-made-chemicals

  3. http://www.iflscience.com/physics/physicists-observe-new-state-matter

  4. http://www.iflscience.com/technology/triton-artificial-gills-company-refunds-all-supporters-relaunching-funding-campaign

  5. http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/ancient-viral-remnant-could-determine-whether-babies-are-male-or-female

  6. SpaceX landed on the barge!!! http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/spacex-launches-first-space-station-re-supply-accident-n553241

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The Good:

  1. http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/metal-foam-armor-disintegrates-bullets-160408.htm “That’s some armor…”

  2. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebooks-f8-conference-chat-bots-expected-center-stage/story?id=38253302

-BREAK- Fallacy http://www.logicalfallacies.info/relevance/appeals/appeal-to-pity/

What Evil Lurks...:

  1. http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/want-cut-government-waste-8-5-trillion-pentagon-142321339.html

  2. http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/04/08/leaked-senate-encryption-bill-called-ludicrous-dangerous-by-security-experts Security or Freedom.

  3. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-florida-abortion-idUSKCN0WR1HB Rick Scott signs anti-Planned Parenthood Bill

    1. http://gawker.com/florida-governor-rick-scott-cant-even-get-a-cup-of-coff-1769294087

    2. http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/04/08/new-political-ad-for-rick-scott-attacks-latte-liberal-who-yelled-at-him

  4. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/indiana-has-now-charged-two-asian-american-women-feticide-n332761

  5. http://www.mediaite.com/online/women-protest-indiana-abortion-law-by-calling-the-governor-about-their-periods/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s:  http://futurism.com/nasa-releases-3-million-images-earth-top-20/
Stephen’s:  http://www.celestialseasonings.com/products/black/fast-lane-caffeinated-black-tea Celestial Seasonings Fast Lane Tea
David’s:  http://www.razerzone.com/comms Voice comms for gaming.

Acknowledgements:

Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)
PSA: Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia - GSoW https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject