ORly Radio Show 75 - New Blood

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 75 for Friday August 28th, 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 without my usual suspects who are away on assignment, tonight I have with me, Bill Hunsicker of the Creating a New World show. http://tocreateanewworld.blogspot.com/! cnwshow@gmail.com

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RANT Segments & Headlines:

• GOP Presidential bid demander and chief Donald Trump has been in the news a lot this week. Bill O’Reily warns the GOP that Trump will turn them into the party of “racist brutalizers.” http://www.salon.com/2015/08/21/bill_oreilly_warns_gop_that_donald_trump_will_turn_them_into_the_party_of_racist_brutalizers/

• The Donald also had his immigration plan torn to shreds in about 2 minutes. https://www.facebook.com/thinkprogress/videos/1086125734732229/

• Donald Trump also had some racist remarks about asian peoples as well. Not like super racist, but clearly insensitive. http://ringoffireradio.com/2015/08/trump-mocks-asian-people-there-is-no-end-to-his-racism/

• But Donald was also endorsed by the Daily Stormer (a blistering anti-semitic “news” website published by Andrew Anglin and has statements like “There is an ongoing war being waged against the Daily Stormer by our Jew enemy.” on its page). and has the neo nazi vote in the bag as was shown at a rally in Alabama where supporters were chanting “white power.” http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/27/okay-this-trump-thing-isn-t-funny-anymore.html

• Not to be outdone, GOP Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz was hailed as God’s top choice for president at Iowa religious rally by his State campaign chairman, Matt Schultz.  http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20150821-cruz-hailed-as-gods-top-choice-for-president-at-iowa-religious-rally.ece

• And chiming in on the xenophobia and riding the coat tails of the Donald’s racial insensitivity, KOCH Bros GOP Presidential hopeful Scott Walker urged that the visit by China’s President next month be scrapped and attacked the nation for cyber attacks and economic turmoil. This marks a major flip flop moment for Walker as he had high hopes of Wisconsin trade and cultural promotion. http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/24/politics/scott-walker-china-xi-jinping-2016/index.html

• Democratic Senator from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren has been cited as not yet seeking a second term. Could she be weighing options as a running mate for Bernie Sanders? Or maybe Joe Biden, who it looks like still hasn’t completely committed on not running. We may hear more about that next month. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/251778-warren-wont-commit-to-senate-reelection-bid

• Bernie Sanders has been on the bandwagon for ending the for profit prison system we have allowed to prosper in the USA and now President Obama has jumped aboard that train as well. http://www.occupydemocrats.com/bernie-sanders-announces-bill-to-abolish-for-profit-prison-industrial-complex/
  https://www.facebook.com/NowThisNews/videos/866333923456733/ (Video)

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The Good:

1. The President of the United States is an interesting man. He’s an excellent politician, as we have seen by how productive he has been in spite of the really productive actions the Democratic party has put though being systematically stonewalled by the GOP, he’s still guided dramatic changes. Now, seeing as how he can’t be re-elected due to term limits, he’s calling a spade a spade.  At a Democratic Conference in Nevada, he said,
   “It’s hard for me to express how much I love Harry Reid, but it’s easier to do it in a room of people who love Harry Reid. Harry and I drove over here together and we were doing a little reminiscing, and then figuring out how we’re going to deal with the crazies in terms of managing some problems. And then we talked about riding off into the sunset together. Everything I’ve accomplished, I’ve accomplished because Harry Reid was there by my side. And I am forever grateful for his friendship and his strength, because the thing about Harry is he’s a great politician but he’s also a man with a lot of backbone and is willing to do hard things when it’s required, and that’s what you want out of a political leader.“ He hasn’t apologized, and I don’t think he should. The numbers are on his side. http://www.politicususa.com/2015/08/25/obama-speaks-mind-calls-mitch-senate-republicans-crazies.html

-BREAK- Fallacy https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/appeal-to-nature

The Bad:

1. John Oliver, and his show Last Week Tonight, has been a powerful force for putting a spotlight on the horrible and ridiculous things that are going on right under our noses. Lately he has taken on the prosperity gospel televangelists. He formed his own church, and this was all to highlight how stupidly easy it is to take advantage of the tax laws around religious exemptions, and went ahead and registered his own church with the IRS, called Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption. The IRS was apparently watching the show, or was like a dog that had its nose shoved in a pile of it’s own doo after take a crap on your oriental rug. Let’s see if anything happens. http://uproxx.com/tv/2015/08/last-week-tonight-irs-televangelists/

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The Ugly:

1. First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/08/23/republicans-just-endorsed-a-jim-crow-law-for-gays/
   http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/marriage-and-family/marriage/promotion-and-defense-of-marriage/upload/Backgrounder-FADA.pdf
   http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/07/28/the-so-called-first-amendment-defense-act-is-th/204627

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s:  Peter F. Hamilton's next book after the Abyss Beyond Dreams just went to the publisher :-)

Acknowledgements:

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