ORLY-EP0133A - Honorary Electoral College Degrees

ORLY-EP0133A - Honorary Electoral College Degrees

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #133 recorded Friday November 18th, 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, Fred Sims, Daniel Atherton, and Stephen Griffith.

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  1. Want to keep fake news out of your newsfeed? College professor creates list of sites to avoid - UPDATE: Nov. 17, 5:52 p.m.: The professor who created the list has taken down the Google doc. She said it was a safety measure in response to threats and harassment she and her students and colleagues had received.
    http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-want-to-keep-fake-news-out-of-your-1479260297-htmlstory.html

  2. The Electoral College… Let’s take a look. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

    1. The 12th Amendment was proposed by the Congress on December 9, 1803, and was ratified by the requisite three-fourths of state legislatures on June 15, 1804.

      1. The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate.

        The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted.

        The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.
        The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

    2. It replaced the procedure provided in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3, by which the Electoral College originally functioned.

      1. Clause 3: Electors
        The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse [sic] by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse [sic] the President. But in chusing [sic] the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse [sic] from them by Ballot the Vice President.

Acknowledgements:

Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

 

ORLY-EP0115 - Assault (on) Weapons

ORLY-EP0115 - Assault (on) Weapons

The Buzzfeed Video Below was played at hour 1:13:30 of the show, it had to be clipped out due to copyright. I damn well want you to see it so here it is. Thank you, Eugene Lee Yang.

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #115 recorded Friday JUNE 24th, 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, Fred Sims, Stephen Griffith, and Daniel Atherton.

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https://www.buzzfeed.com/eugeneyang/stop-mass-shootings
http://orlyradio.com/orly-radio-podcast/2014/6/14/orly-radio-show-10-gun-special

And some BREXIT:
http://www.economist.com/blogs/bagehot/2016/06/prime-minister-resigns 
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/24/world/europe/how-britain-voted-brexit-referendum.html

Acknowledgements:

Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

 

ORly Radio Show 90 - Welcome to 2016!

ORly Radio Show 90 - Welcome to 2016!

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 90 for Friday January 1st, 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 Fred Sims, Stephen Griffith.

Errata From Previous Shows: We make mistakes. Please, if you find one, pause the podcast, and send us a note. orlyradiopodcast@gmail.com or phone it in 470-222-6759  

On Show 19, August 15th 2014, We mentioned and had quite a discussion on how some Police Agencies will not hire applicants whose mental capabilities, their IQ, is too high. This seemed a bit dubious at the time as being completely counter intuitive, given they were trying to claim it was to maintain job satisfaction levels and other such things. Well, today we have a first hand account of this policy in action. Fred, tell us what you went through.

-BREAK- Voicemail

RANT Segments & Headlines:

  1. http://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-george-lucas-disney-white-slavers-1201669959/

    1. http://variety.com/2015/film/news/george-lucas-rolls-back-complaints-that-star-wars-successors-are-white-slavers-1201670406/

  2. http://www.wesh.com/politics/obama-to-announce-new-executive-action-on-guns/37210592

  3. http://interestingengineering.com/teslas-gigafactory-is-going-to-be-a-production-giant/

  4. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/gone-viral/os-florida-woman-arrested-at-lecanto-walmart-20151228-post.html (Auto Play Video.)

  5. http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2015/12/27/detroit-job-hunting-felons-we-can-help/77563096/-

  6. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/family-values-republican-men-should-be-allowed-to-grab-breastfeeding-womens-nipples-in-public/

  7. http://www.livescience.com/32851-do-not-post-why-does-a-permit-to-climb-mt-everest-cost-70000.html

  8. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/12/19/christian-leader-its-troubling-that-mayor-took-oath-of-office-on-constitution-instead-of-bible/

  9. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/creationism-evangelist-god-put-contradictions-in-the-bible-to-weed-out-the-atheists/

-BREAK- GSoW - PSA

The Good:

  1. http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/28/10674634/linknyc-new-york-public-wifi-installation-photos-gigabit  

  2. H.Res.569 -

    1. The Freak out. http://rightwingnews.com/top-news/no-house-dems-strike-to-implement-first-sharia-law/

    2. The Fact https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-resolution/569/text?q={%22search%22%3A[%22\%22hres569\%22%22]}&resultIndex=1

    3. http://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/initiatives_awards/students_in_action/debate_hate.html

-BREAK- Fallacy https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/no-true-scotsman

 

The Bad:

  1. http://www.occupydemocrats.com/new-princeton-study-confirms-u-s-is-no-longer-a-democracy-is-now-an-oligarchy/

  2. http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/7-things-you-might-not-know-about-the-u-s-supreme-court

  3. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/singer-natalie-cole-dead-65-article-1.2482580 Of Congestive heart failure.

The Ugly:

  1. http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-spy-net-on-israel-snares-congress-1451425210

  2. http://www.occupydemocrats.com/treason-leaked-wiretaps-reveals-netanyahu-bribed-republicans-to-sabotage-obamas-iran-peace-deal-2/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Fred’s: http://godawfulmovies.libsyn.com/

Acknowledgements:

Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

PSA: Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia - GSoW https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject