ORly Radio Episode 12 for Friday June 27th, 2014

Hosts: Andy, David, Michael, Don, and Ann!
Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

Science / Technology

Item 1: Widespread impacts of neonicotinoids 'impossible to deny'
URL: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27980344
Item1.5 http://www.salon.com/2014/06/26/bee_friendly_plants_sold_at_wal_mart_home_depot_actually_contain_bee_killing_pesticides/

Item 2: New York City, parents do not have the right to send their unvaccinated kids to school if another student has a vaccine-preventable illness, according to a Brooklyn Federal District Court
URL: http://www.vox.com/2014/6/24/5837968/court-ruling-parents-dont-have-the-right-to-send-their-unvaccinated

ITEM 3: Ice sheets may have already passed point of no return
URL: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229752.600-ice-sheets-may-have-already-passed-point-of-no-return.html

Humanities

Item 1: GUESS WHICH COUNTRY DOES THE MOST GOOD FOR THE PLANET?
URL: http://ideas.ted.com/2014/06/23/guess-which-country-does-the-most-good-for-the-planet/

Item 2: Obama says US should have paid maternity leave
URL: http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/25841932/obama-says-us-should-have-paid-maternity-leave

Politics

Item 1: Nigeria atheist Bala 'deemed mentally ill in Kano state'
URL: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28010234

Item 2: Reid, White House warn GOP not to shut down the government (again)
URL: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/reid-white-house-warn-gop-not-shut-down-the-government-again

Item 3: Another brick in the impeachment wall
URL: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/another-brick-the-impeachment-wall

Item 3: John Boehner Says His Plan To Sue Obama Is 'Not About Impeachment'
URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/john-boehner-obama-impeach_n_5529923.html
URL2 Video: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/neil-cavuto-michele-bachmann_n_5531279.html
Audio Response from President Obama.

Potpourri

Item 1: Comedian Bill Cosby's remarks form the basis of a 'We Can't Blame White People' essay.
URL: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/cosby.asp

Item 2: Ebola epidemic in West Africa 'out of control' There have been 567 cases and 350 deaths since the epidemic began in March
URL: http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/23/health/ebola-virus-outbreak-west-africa/index.html

Entertainment/Reviews/Picks

Andy: Encyclopedias, OLD encyclopedias
David: Learn something you don’t know how to do. Get an idiots guide. Learn!
Michael: House M.D.
Don & Ann: The IT Crowd