ORLY-EP0122B - DOJ, Texas LEO, OSHA, Death with Dignity, Aetna's Issues

ORLY-EP0122B - DOJ, Texas LEO, OSHA, Death with Dignity, Aetna's Issues

Welcome back to ORLYRADIO #122b recorded Friday August 12, 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, David O’Connor, Fred Sims, Daniel Atherton, and Stephen Griffith

Law & Order:

  1. http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/latinos-and-democrats-hide-in-safe-houses-as-right-wing-sheriff-uses-mob-rule-to-take-over-texas-town/*

  1. http://www.opencarrytexas.org/home-1.html

  1. https://news.vice.com/article/the-us-government-will-track-killings-by-police-for-the-first-time-ever

  2. http://lawnewz.com/video/doj-blocked-fbi-investigation-into-potential-public-corruption-at-clinton-foundation/

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Good Ideas:

  1. http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/reading-a-book-for-a-few-hours-a-week-can-add-two-years-to-your-life--ZJgpbzix4Pb

  2. https://www.manufacturing.net/news/2016/08/osha-proposes-105k-penalty-following-missouri-workers-death

  3. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3735194/California-woman-holds-party-killing-herself.html

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Bad Ideas:

  1. http://www.courant.com/business/hc-aetna-second-quarter-earnings-20160802-story.html

  2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/04/business-groups-are-suing-over-rules-to-stop-tax-dodging-mergers/

Personal Picks:

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 99 - Super Tuesday

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 99 for Friday March 4th, 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, my usual suspects are on assignment.

Reviews!? New review that I missed, Monkeroo gave us a five star review, “Andy has some good opinions and has pretty cool cohosts. Keep up to date on what they’re doing. Great Stuff!”

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:

Pharmaceuticals and health insurance RANT.

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

    1. 1789 Government under the U.S. Constitution begins

    2. 1861 Lincoln inaugurated

    3. 1933 FDR inaugurated went on to a 12 year term and the 22nd amendment limiting the office to two consecutive terms.

    4. 1952 Ernest Hemingway finishes The Old Man and the Sea

    5. 1995 John Candy dies

  2. http://www.wftv.com/news/local/shacking-up-fla-moves-to-repeal-prohibition-on-cohabitation/144467442

  3. http://www.realtor.com/news/real-estate-news/tax-breaks-for-renters/

  4. https://www.inverse.com/article/11905-paramount-must-explain-star-trek-in-court-or-lose-ownership

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Science Bitches!

  1. http://www.iflscience.com/technology/mans-antenna-allows-him-hear-color

  2. http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/new-immunotherapy-discovery-could-give-rise-new-cancer-treatments

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The Good:

  1. http://www.iflscience.com/environment/oregon-becomes-first-us-state-pass-law-phase-out-coal

-BREAK- Fallacy https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ambiguity

The Bad:

  1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/can-a-3-year-old-represent-herself-in-immigration-court-this-judge-thinks-so/2016/03/03/5be59a32-db25-11e5-925f-1d10062cc82d_story.html

The Ugly:

  1. http://fusion.net/video/271750/real-future-episode-8-hack-attack/

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 67 - Deconstructing the VA

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:

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The Good:

  1. IRAN Nuclear Deal http://www.vox.com/2015/4/2/8336219/iran-nuclear-deal-plain-english

  2. 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

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The Bad:

  1. Pluto Truthers Insist NASA Images Are Fake http://gizmodo.com/these-pluto-truthers-insist-nasa-images-are-fake-1717828679

  2. 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/
     

  3. 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:

  1. Alexander (R-TN)

  2. Barrasso (R-WY)

  3. Blunt (R-MO)

  4. Boozman (R-AR)

  5. Burr (R-NC)

  6. Capito (R-WV)

  7. Cassidy (R-LA)

  8. Coats (R-IN)

  9. Cochran (R-MS)

  10. Corker (R-TN)

  11. Cornyn (R-TX)

  12. Cotton (R-AR)

  13. Crapo (R-ID)

  14. Cruz (R-TX)

  15. Daines (R-MT)    

  16. Enzi (R-WY)

  17. Ernst (R-IA)

  18. Fischer (R-NE)

  19. Flake (R-AZ)

  20. Gardner (R-CO)

  21. Grassley (R-IA)

  22. Hatch (R-UT)

  23. Hoeven (R-ND)

  24. Inhofe (R-OK)

  25. Isakson (R-GA)

  26. Lankford (R-OK)

  27. Lee (R-UT)

  28. McCain (R-AZ)

  29. McConnell (R-KY)

  30. Moran (R-KS)    

  31. Paul (R-KY)

  32. Perdue (R-GA)

  33. Risch (R-ID)

  34. Roberts (R-KS)

  35. Rounds (R-SD)

  36. Sasse (R-NE)

  37. Scott (R-SC)

  38. Sessions (R-AL)

  39. Shelby (R-AL)

  40. Sullivan (R-AK)

  41. Thune (R-SD)

  42. Tillis (R-NC)

  43. Toomey (R-PA)

  44. Vitter (R-LA)

  45. Wicker (R-MS)

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The Ugly:

  1. 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

ORly Radio Show 51 - A Lesson in Political Science

ORly Radio Show 51 for Friday March 27th, 2015 - A Lesson in Political Science

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

Science / Technology / Politics

Item: Scientists managed to cut out the HIV virus using a DNS snipping enzyme called CAS9
URLs: http://guff.com/glt-scientists-delete-hiv/20
Item: Why Are So Many People Nearsighted?
URLs: http://www.popsci.com/why-are-so-many-people-nearsighted

Humanities / Religion/ Politics

Item: Not even Tatooine is off limits to Islamic State
URLs: http://www.dailydot.com/politics/star-wars-tatooine-isis-tunisia/
Item: Growing Numbers Seek Faith Based alternatives to the Affordable Care Act. What is that about?
URLs: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/03/18/growing-numbers-seek-faith-based-alternative-to-obamacare/

Politics / Humanities / Politics

Item: Drive from London, England to New York, New York by way of… Moscow, Russia and Nome, Alaska?  
URLs: http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/24/travel/trans-siberian-road/index.html
Item: Oregon will be the first state to automatically register voters
URLs: http://www.vox.com/2015/3/17/8231387/oregon-voter-registration-automatic

Potpourri / Politics / Flotsam & Jetsam

Item: Super Troopers 2, it’s going to be a thing, and it’s crowdsourced.
URLs: http://uproxx.com/filmdrunk/2015/03/super-troopers-2-has-met-its-crowdfunding-goal-in-one-day/
Item: Ted Cruz compares himself to Galileo much to the chagrin of his history teachers, who likely failed him.
URLs: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2015/0327/Ted-Cruz-compares-himself-to-Galileo-new-language-for-climate-change-skeptics

Oh, Florida...

Item: Enterprising pilot draws 20-mile penis over Florida on Flightradar
URLs: http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/3/13/8207583/pilot-draws-giant-penis-flight-radar-florida
Item: Florida man let’s girlfriend drive patrol car to hooters causing questions about validity of maximum IQ for police.
URLs: http://www.news4jax.com/news/jso-officer-let-woman-drive-patrol-car-hooters/31935882
URLs: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/court-police-departments-refuse-hire-smart/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: Winbook TW700 Tablet - Windows 8.1 with full-size USB port, IPS Display, and one year of FREE Microsoft Office 365 http://ow.ly/KUgRU
David’s: Freedom From Religion Foundation. Let’s face it, it’s the guys thumping bibles who are being total dicks these day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7INIhD9P0Pw 800-335-4021 www.ffrf.org

Mike’s: www.stanleyparable.com http://store.steampowered.com/app/221910/