ORly Radio Show 65 - Independence Day Rantings

ORly Radio Show 65 - Independence Day Rantings

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 65 for Friday July 3rd, 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 suspect Michael!

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RANT Segments QUICK Headlines:

• Asteroid Day seeks to find a way to protect our planet  June 30th, in case you missed it and want to hit it for next year. http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/23/nasa-nukes-asteroid-day/

• Astronomers Say There May Be Other Universes That Are Better for Life http://gizmodo.com/astronomers-say-there-may-be-other-universes-that-are-b-1713973728

• New Preliminary Evidence Points To A Universe-Ending Big Rip http://www.theskepticsguide.org/new-preliminary-evidence-points-to-a-universe-ending-big-rip

• 5 Huge Resume Mistakes Google’s Head of HR Sees All the Time https://www.themuse.com/advice/5-huge-resume-mistakes-googles-head-of-hr-sees-all-the-time

• Rick Wiles Renounces His American Citizenship In Response To Marriage Equality Ruling http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rick-wiles-renounces-his-american-citizenship-response-marriage-equality-ruling http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/legal-considerations/us-citizenship-laws-policies/renunciation-of-citizenship.html

• Federal Judge Orders Alabama Judges To Issue Marriage Licenses To Same-Sex Couples http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/federal_judge_orders_alabama_judges_to_issue_marriage_licenses_to_same_sex_couples

• Engineers Just Broke the Capacity Limit For Fiber Optic Transmission http://gizmodo.com/engineers-just-broke-the-capacity-limit-for-fiber-optic-1714070706

• Blackberry is not dead yet, BlackBerry's 'Venice' Android slider is coming to AT&T http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/02/blackberry-venice-slider-leak/

• Google's 'GG1' teases a new version of Glass http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/03/google-gg1-fcc/

• Dr. Dre will debut Beats 1 radio show on Apple Music on July 4th http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/03/dr-dre-the-pharmacy-beats-1-apple-music/

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The Good:

1. Abortion Drone Is the Best Drone http://gizmodo.com/abortion-drone-is-the-best-drone-1713388194 A small drone carrying the abortion-inducing pills mifepristone and misoprostol will fly from Germany to a border town in Poland in a drone aid mission

2. A condom that changes colour when it comes into contact with STIs invented by a group of school pupils http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/a-condom-that-changes-colour-when-it-comes-into-contact-with-stis-has-been-invented-by-a-group-of-school-pupils-10339578.html

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Logical Fallacy: Strawman by AmyPastoor.com

The Bad:

1. Realdoll invests in AI for future sexbots that move, and talk dirty - Tired of your $10,000 anatomically-correct sex doll just lying there? Well, now RealDoll, purveyors of alarmingly lifelike silicone sex partners plans to give them personalities http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/12/realdoll-robots-ai-realbotix/

2. Gresham Bakery Must Pay $135,000 for Discriminating Against Lesbian Couple http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-33419-gresham_bakery_must_pay_%24135000_for_discriminating_against_lesbian_couple.html

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The Ugly:

1. SCOTUS Says Power Plants Have a Right to Pollute http://www.politicususa.com/2015/06/29/scotus-power-plants-pollute.html http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-46_10n2.pdf

   1. BRIGHT SIDE: Netherlands ordered to cut greenhouse gas emissions - Sued by their own citizens. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33253772

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s:  PTSD Awareness during holidays celebrated with fireworks. be as respectful as possible...
http://qz.com/443913/us-veterans-with-ptsd-ask-for-courteous-july-4-fireworks/ 

Acknowledgements:

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