ORly Radio Show 92 - Follow the Money

ORly Radio Show 92 - Follow the Money

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 92 for Friday January 15th, 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 Michael Robinson and Fred Sims.

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

RANT Segments & Headlines:

  1. On this Day in History:

    1. 1913 The first telephone line between Berlin and New York is inaugurated.

    2. 1919 Peasants in Central Russia rise against the Bolsheviks.

    3. 1936 In London, Japan quits all naval disarmament talks after being denied equality.

    4. 1976 Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life in prison for her failed attempt to assassinate US President Gerald Ford.

    5. 1992 Slovenia and Croatia’s independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is recognized by the international community.

    6. 2001 Wikipedia goes online.

  2. -BREAK- GSoW - PSA

  3. We have lost David Bowie and Alan Rickman this week to cancer, they were both 69.

  4. Since he wasn’t invited to the GOP debate, rand Paul went on the Daily Show and drank bourbon http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rand-paul-appears-on-the-daily-show-to-debate-and-drink-bourbon/

  5. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/13/462940239/al-jazeera-will-shutdown-its-american-network-in-april

  6. http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/robot-wars-rebooted-bbc-two-7171002

  7. http://www.sciencealert.com/human-trials-will-test-freeze-dried-poop-pills-as-a-weight-loss-treatment

  8. Manatees are off the endangered species list.

  9. http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/weird/2016/01/11/police-woman-bites-off-part-walmart-workers-finger/78660194/

  10. http://www.nature.com/news/scientists-bust-myth-that-our-bodies-have-more-bacteria-than-human-cells-1.19136

  11. http://www.iflscience.com/space/nasas-juno-spacecraft-sets-solar-power-distance-record

 

-BREAK- Voicemail

 

The Good:

 

 

  1. http://www.wftv.com/news/ap/business/wal-mart-to-shutter-269-stores-154-of-them-in-the-/np5pf/

  2. http://www.occupydemocrats.com/300000-low-income-louisianians-gained-healthcare-today-as-bobby-jindal-is-replaced-by-democratic-governor/

-BREAK- Fallacy https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/strawman

 

The Bad:

 

  1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/12098469/Oil-price-crash-means-petrol-could-become-cheaper-than-bottled-water.html Russian oil output hit a post-Soviet era high in 2015, according to the International Energy Agency. Saudi Arabia has urged Moscow - which is not a member of Opec - to pare back on production to help rebalance the world’s oversupplied market.

The Ugly:

 

 

  1. http://fusion.net/story/255458/donald-trump-campaign-jam-pensacola/

  2. Let’s talk about #yallqaeda Burns, Oregon.

  3. http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/01/heavily_armed_security_detail.html

  4. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/1/15/1470464/-Oregon-standoff-protestor-arrested-after-driving-federal-vehicle-into-the-town-of-Burns

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

 

Andy’s: Topic Tuesday http://www.orlyradio.com/canwefixitorg/

Fred’s: The Flicker Men by Ted Kosmatka. http://www.amazon.com/Ted-Kosmatka/e/B00638I7RG

Acknowledgements:

 

 

 

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

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

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Hosts: Andy & the Usual Suspects: Mike, David, and Jess!!!
Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

 

Science / Technology / Politics

Item: Scientists Discover Brightest Quasar Ever Powered by Black Hole, Dating to Dawn of Time
URLs: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/scientists-discover-brightest-quasar-powered-black-hole-dating/story?id=29242737
URLs:  http://gizmodo.com/astronomers-discover-mysterious-black-hole-as-massive-a-1688077087
Item: Two-Father Babies Could Soon Be Possible, With No Egg Donor Required
URLs: http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/two-father-babies-could-soon-be-possible-no-egg-donor-required
Item: Scientists use tissue engineering to grow leg muscle|
URLs: http://www.embo.org/news/research-news/research-news-2015/scientists-use-tissue-engineering-to-grow-leg-muscle

Humanities / Religion/ Politics

Item: ISIL Destroys priceless history because they are dicks and raging assholes.
URLs: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2970270/Islamic-State-fighters-destroy-antiquities-Iraq-video.html
Item: When even the soulless corporate behemoth Wal-Mart disagrees with the state on human rights, you may be a member of the religious right.
URLs: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/25/walmart-lgbt-discrimination-proposal_n_6751626.html

Politics / Humanities / Politics

Item: Net Neutrality WIN
URLs: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/fcc-votes-net-neutrality-big-win
Cute Video Reminder of What Net Neutrality is all about. http://vihart.com/net-neutrality-in-the-us-now-what/
Item: Jon Stewart takes the gloves off. Really, he did.
URLs: http://www.forwardprogressives.com/jon-stewart-destroys-fox-news-exposes-50-lies-6-seconds-video/
The Vine he created. https://vine.co/v/O2qFXmwW9uz
Item: Congress OKs 1-week bill to keep Homeland Security open
URLs: http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-prepare-pass-homeland-security-funding-080933043--politics.html

Potpourri / Politics / Flotsam & Jetsam

Item: That damn dress…. Yes it was an optical illusion and was actually Blue and Black. YAY Cognitive Neuroscience!
URLs: ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET.
Item: The largest airplane in history, a 385-foot (117-meter) wingspan beast designed to carry and launch a giant rocket to space, with a combined weight of 1,200,000 pounds (540,000 kg)!
URLs: http://sploid.gizmodo.com/first-photos-of-the-largest-airplane-ever-now-in-manufa-1688085252

Oh, Florida...

Item: Florida mom accused of sending beaten daughter to school in shaming shirt
URLs: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/gone-viral/os-florida-woman-beats-girl-humiliating-shirt-20150224-post.html
Item: Man tries to steal plane at Ocala International Airport.
URLs: http://www.wesh.com/news/pd-man-tries-to-steal-plane-at-ocala-international-airport/31497410

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: MotoX version 2 and www.RepublicWireless.com  
David’s: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/ Star Citizen!
Mike’s: Red Mars Novel by Kim Stanley Robinson
Jess’s: http://www.startalkradio.net/