ORLY-EP0159 - Cascade Climate Collapse

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #159 recorded Friday, July 7th, 2017 - 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.

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Global Pulse:

http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/

This Week: Dow up 223.4, Nasdaq 159.39, S&P up $34.09

Last Week:

 

International Monetary Fund (IMF) XDR/SDR Basket Currencies

Five most-traded currencies in the foreign exchange market referenced against the US Dollar.

THIS WEEK: $1 USD  =  €0.87 Eur = ¥6.78 CNY = ¥112.54 JPY = 0.76 GBP

$1 USD  = 0.00045 Bitcoin

LAST WEEK: $1 USD  =  €0.88 Eur = ¥6.81 CNY = ¥113.89 JPY = 0.78 GBP

$1 USD  = 0.00040 Bitcoin

Over a barrel = http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/crude-oil.aspx

WTI (NYMEX) Price

THIS WEEK: $46.54USD per barrel up $2.32USD

LAST WEEK: $44.23USD per barrel

 

Watch that puppy grow!

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock/reg1/

 

Facts Matter: Foundation for further discussion.

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ORLY-EP0158 - What is the G20?

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #158 recorded Friday, July 7th, 2017 - 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.

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International Monetary Fund (IMF) XDR/SDR Basket Currencies

Five most-traded currencies in the foreign exchange market referenced against the US Dollar.

$1 USD  =  €0.88 Eur = ¥6.81 CNY = ¥113.89 JPY = 0.78 GBP

$1 USD  = 0.00040 Bitcoin

{As of the 2015 decision by the IMF: U.S. dollar 41.73%, Euro 30.93%, Renminbi (Chinese yuan) 10.92%, Japanese yen 8.33%, British pound 8.09%}

Over a barrel = http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/crude-oil.aspx

$44.23USD per barrel

Watch that puppy grow!

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http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock/reg1/

 

Facts Matter: Foundation for further discussion.

What is the G20?

The Group of Twenty (G20) is an international forum that brings together the world's 20 leading industrialised and emerging economies. The group accounts for 85 per cent of world GDP and two-thirds of its population.

Much of the important business takes place on the sidelines and in informal meetings.

Initially attendance at G20 summits was limited to the finance ministers and central bank governors of members when it was established 17 years ago.

But since an inaugural meeting between G20 leaders in Washington DC following the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, summits between G20 leaders themselves have become an annual event.

The first G20 summit occurred in Berlin, in December 1999, and was hosted by the German and Canadian finance ministers.

Since then there have been 20 G20 meetings between finance ministers and central bank governors, and 11 summits between heads of state or government of G20 economies.

After the last summit in China, Germany assumed the G20 presidency in December 2016. Although Berlin hosted ministerial-level G20 meetings in 1999 and 2004, the Hamburg event will be the first time Germany has hosted G20 heads of government.

The G20 is made up of:
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
France
Germany
India
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Russia
Saudi Arabia
South Korea
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States of America
China
South Africa
The final member is the European Union, represented by the European Commission, rotating Council presidency and the European Central Bank (ECB). Spain as a permanent non-member invitee also attends leader summits.

Other countries also attend summits at the invitation of the host country, while it  has become customary for the Chair of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and representatives of the African Union and NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa’s Development) to be present at leader summits.

How often do they meet?

Meetings tend to occur on an annual basis; however leaders met twice a year in 2009 and 2010, when the global economy was in crisis.

Next year, Buenos Aires will host the gathering as Argentina becomes the first South American nation to host a G20.

How does the G20 differ from the G8?

The Group of Eight (G8), established as the G7 in 1976 but renamed after the admission of Russia in 1998, is an international forum for the eight major industrial economies. It comprises: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

However, since 2014 Russian membership has been suspended following the country’s annexation of Crimea.

The G8 seeks cooperation on economic issues facing the major industrial economies, while the G20 reflects the wider interests of both developed and emerging economies.

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ORLY-EP0142 - 2nd Week Damage Report - How Bad Could It Be?

ORLY-EP0142 - 2nd Week Damage Report - How Bad Could It Be?  

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #142 recorded Friday February 3rd, 2017 - 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, Stephen Griffith, Amber Bieseker, Fred Sims, and David O’connor.

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  1. Federal judge blocked the Muslim Ban, and then enforcement continued causing a possible constitutional crisis as the Judicial and the Executive clash. - Canada says they will take those we cast aside.

  2. Trump puts Bannon on security council, dropping joint chiefs. The reshuffling of the National Security Council downgrades the military chiefs and gives a regular seat to his chief strategist Steve Bannon. The director of national intelligence and the joint chiefs will attend when discussions pertain to their areas. (BBC)

  3. Bannon is making sure there’s no White House paper trail. The Trump administration’s chief strategist has already taken control of both policy and process on national security. (Foreign Policy)

  4. At this point Trump CNN, WaPo, and New York Times as FAKE NEWS, and urges FOX as a source. (Politico) White House ices out CNN. Trump administration refuses to put officials on air on the network the president called “fake news.” (Politico)

  5. White House statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day didn’t mention Jews or anti-Semitism because “others were killed too.” (CNN)

  6. Trump fires acting attorney general Sally Yates, after she defiantly refused to defend his immigration executive order. (NY Times)

  7. Senate altered rules to approve Steve Mnunchin, Trump's nominee for treasury secretary, and Tom Price, the nominee for health secretary push Jeff Sessions as the Attorney General.Republicans suspend committee rules, advance Mnuchin, Price nominations after confronting a boycott from Democrats. Senate Committee rules normally require at least one Democratic senator present to have a vote. But when Democrats refused to show, the committee’s chairman suspended those rules. (CNN)

  8. Trump signs executive order requiring that for every one new regulation, two must be revoked. (Politico)

  9. Trump Picks Neil Gorsuch, A Scalia Clone, For The Supreme Court. Ideologically, Gorsuch would almost certainly represent a reliably conservative vote and voice. Gorsuch would be the most conservative justice save for the silent stalwart Justice Clarence Thomas and would sit somewhere just to the right of the ideological space occupied by Scalia. (FiveThirtyEight)

  10. Rex Tillerson is confirmed as Secretary of State amid record opposition. The votes against Mr. Tillerson’s confirmation were the most in Senate history (NY Times)

  11. Bannon thinks there will be war with China in the next few years. Comments on his radio show are re-surfacing as the “special counsellor” assumes unprecedented power in the White House. (The Independent)

  12. Trump to Mexico: Take care of “bad hombres” or US might. Trump threatened in a phone call with his Mexican counterpart to send U.S. troops to stop “bad hombres down there” unless the Mexican military does more to control them itself. (Associated Press)

  13. Trump badgered, bragged and abruptly ended phone call with Australian leader. Trump blasted Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over a refu­gee agreement and boasted about the magnitude of his electoral college win. Trump called it “this was the worst call by far.” (Washington Post)

  14. Trump to focus counter-extremism program solely on Islam. (Reuters)

  15. Trump administration “officially putting Iran on notice.” National security adviser, Michael Flynn, issued a statement in reaction to an Iranian missile test and an attack on a Saudi warship by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. “It’s either an empty threat or a clear statement of intent to go to war with Iran.” (The Guardian)

  16. Trump tells Israel to hold off on building new settlements, saying new settlements “may not help” achieve Middle East peace. (NY Times)

  17. Trump Putin Call - Off the record. https://twitter.com/WashingtonPoint/status/826826543779479557/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

  18. Spicer falsely accuses Iran of attacking U.S. Navy vessel, calling it an act of war. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn said he was “officially putting Iran on notice” following the country’s ballistic missile test and an attack on a Saudi naval vessel – Iran did not attack a U.S. Navy vessel. (The Intercept)

  19. House rolls back rule restricting gun sales to severely mentally ill. Republicans are using the Congressional Review Act to roll back all manner of regulations. Rep. Kevin Brady said the Social Security Administration “overstepped its mission.” The vote was 235-180. (CNN)

  20. Trump vows to “totally destroy” law restricting political speech by tax-exempt churches, a potentially huge victory for the religious right and a gesture to his political base. Repealing the law would require approval by Congress. (NY Times)

  21. Trump at national prayer breakfast: “Pray for Arnold… for those ratings”. Trump veered off script at the start of the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday when he asked a room full of lawmakers, foreign dignitaries and religious leaders to pray for Arnold Schwarzenegger so that ratings of his show – NBC’s “The Apprentice” – would go up. (CNN)

  22. Schwarzenegger to Trump: “Why Don’t We Switch Jobs?” (NY Times)

  23. Leaked draft of Trump’s religious freedom order reveals sweeping plans to legalize discrimination. If signed, the order would create wholesale exemptions for people and organizations who claim religious objections to same-sex marriage, premarital sex, abortion, and trans identity. (The Nation)

  24. The G.O.P. campaign to repeal Obamacare hits a wall. Republicans are struggling to come up with a replacement and a key senator has declared that the effort is more a repair job than a demolition. (NY Times)

  25. Why Congress just killed a rule restricting coal companies from dumping waste in streams. (Vox)

  26. Kellyanne Conway cites “Bowling Green massacre” that never happened to defend travel ban. Kellyanne Conway has taken “alternative facts” to a new level. During a Thursday interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, the counselor to the president defended President Trump’s travel ban related to seven majority-Muslim countries. At one point, Conway made a reference to two Iraqi refugees whom she described as the masterminds behind “the Bowling Green massacre.” (Washington Post) (CNN)

  27. Government reveals over 100,000 visas revoked due to travel ban. (Washington Post)

  28. Trump will order a sweeping review of the Dodd-Frank Act rules enacted in response to the 2008 financial crisis. Trump also will halt regulations that requires advisers on retirement accounts to work in the best interests of their clients. (Bloomberg)

  29. http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/02/politics/house-vote-guns-mental-illnesses/

  30. Black History Month Fuckery http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/a-full-transcript-of-donald-trumps-black-history-month-1791871370

  31. http://www.epicprogress.com/daily-trump-damage-report-2317/

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