ORLY-EP0138 - 2016 in Review

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #138 recorded Friday December 30th, 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, Stephen Griffith, and Daniel Atherton.

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1. 2016 In Review

2. FBI, DHS release report on Russia hacking http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/312132-fbi-dhs-release-report-on-russia-hacking

3. House passes bill targeting ‘midnight’ Obama regs http://thehill.com/regulation/306564-house-passes-bill-targeting-midnight-obama-regs

ORLY-EP0138B - Good Ideas:

Good Ideas:

1. California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) says California is “ready to fight” President-elect Donald Trump on climate change. http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/310512-california-gov-were-ready-to-fight-trump-on-climate-change

2. Mylan Launching Half-Price Version of the Epipen http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/16/505851637/mylan-to-sell-generic-epipen-at-half-the-price-of-original

3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/16/now-you-can-fact-check-trumps-tweets-in-the-tweets-themselves/

4. Scientists race to preserve climate change data before Trump takes office
   http://www.npr.org/2016/12/14/505592206/scientists-race-to-preserve-climate-change-data-before-trump-takes-office

5. China to ban all ivory by end of 2017: http://www.sciencealert.com/china-just-announced-it-will-ban-all-ivory-trade-by-the-end-of-2017

ORLY-EP0138C - Bad Ideas:

Bad Ideas:

1. Florida court says iPhone passcode must be revealed http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38303977

2. China seizes unmanned US underwater vehicle in international waters
   http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/16/505850933/china-seizes-unmanned-u-s-underwater-vehicle-in-international-waters

3. Sky reaches agreement for 21st Century Fox takeover. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/sky-21st-century-fox-sale-takeover-agreement-reached-rupert-murdoch-a7477011.html

4. Texas moves to Defund Planned Parenthood http://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/texas-makes-new-move-cut-planned-parenthood-n698656

ORLY-EP0138D - Picks:

Personal Picks:

• Andy’s: Synology Disk Station 12-Bay Network Attached Storage (DS2415+) http://amzn.to/2iQx9Mn

• Stephen’s: Everything you wanted to know about languages:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMk_WSPy3EE16aK5HLzCJzw

        Also, Star Wars A New Hope, in just over 90 seconds: http://io9.gizmodo.com/star-wars-episode-iv-sped-up-every-time-a-laser-is-shot-1790592930

• Daniel’s: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/

• David’s: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EY9Z91C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

• http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/alex-jones-maybe-aliens-really-do-run-the-world/

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