ORly Radio Show 21 - Headless Meat Rockets in Ferguson

ORly Radio Show 21 for Friday August 29th, 2014 - Headless Meat Rockets in Ferguson

Hosts: Andy & the Usual Suspects: David, Mike, Don, Ann, and Spiv!!!

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

 

Science / Technology / Politics

Item 1: World's Most Powerful Deep Space Rocket Set To Launch In 2018

URLs: http://www.iflscience.com/space/worlds-most-powerful-deep-space-rocket-set-launch-2018#8V7YoZkbh8r42ykd.99

Item 2: Students develop nail polish to detect date-rape drugs
URLs: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/26/students-develop-nail-polish-to-detect-date-rape-drugs/

Humanities / Politics

Item 1: Uzis for cool kids(Sarcasm)

URLs: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-giving-an-uzi-to-a-child-20140828-story.html

Politics / Politics

Item 1: In 2013, Ferguson gave out 10,000 more arrest warrants than people in Ferguson…...

URLs:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/28/1325453/-In-2013-Ferguson-gave-out-10-000-more-arrest-warrants-than-people-in-Ferguson

Potpourri

Item 1: The Chairless Chair That You Can Wear!

URLs: http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/20/tech/innovation/the-chairless-chair/

Item 2:  A new king of Kickstarter is crowned! The Coolest Cooler
URLs: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101948741

Item 3: Disturbing Headless Chicken Solution Aims to Raise Poultry Birds Without Suffering

http://inhabitat.com/disturbing-headless-chicken-solution-aims-to-raise-poultry-birds-without-suffering/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: Kobo Reader Aura H20 http://www.kobo.com/koboaurah2o#overview

David’s: The Practice Effect: http://www.amazon.com/Practice-Effect-Bantam-Spectra-Book-ebook/dp/B0031W1DZ0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1409363476&sr=8-1&keywords=the+practice+effect

Spiv: Nikkor 55mm F1.2 lens

Homework: http://lesterland.lessig.org  and see Guardians of the Galaxy!

ORly Radio Show 19 - Post Office, Robin Williams, and Ferguson SNAFU

ORly Radio Show 19 for Friday August 15th, 2014 - Post Office, Robin Williams, and Ferguson SNAFU

Hosts: Andy & the Usual Suspects: David, Mike, Don & Ann!!

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

Science / Technology / Politics

Item 1: Could the US Postal Service improve its financial position by becoming a bank?

URLs: http://www.vox.com/2014/8/14/5989767/postal-banking-questions

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ohio-postal-worker-caught-throwing-mail-article-1.1896885

Humanities / Politics

Robin Williams and the reaction to his suicide.: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2014/08/christians-report-robin-williams-is-in-hell/
Viewer submitted on bullying/depression - http://www.jaredstory.com/you_never_know.html

Politics / Politics

Item 1:Ferguson. WTF...
The timeline http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/14/michael-brown-ferguson-missouri-timeline/14051827/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/15/ferguson-missouri-police-michael-brown-shooting/14098369/

international reaction: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/08/14/its-gotten-so-bad-in-ferguson-palestinians-have-begun-giving-advice-to-protesters-photos/
the incident report http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/15/michael-brown-police-report_n_5682033.html
Sorta related - police IQ’s - http://politicalblindspot.com/police-officially-refuse-to-hire-applicants-with-high-iq-scores/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: Neal Stevenson - Anathem

David’s: Piers Anthony - On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality, Bk. 1) http://www.amazon.com/Pale-Horse-Incarnations-Immortality-ebook/dp/B006XWYDXY/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408156220&sr=1-1&keywords=on+a+pale+horse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckypaper

Don’s:Hemp Super Capacitors

http://inhabitat.com/hemp-supercapacitor-is-as-good-as-graphene-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost/

Mike’s: Civilization Beyond Earth Coming soon!!! Civ in SPACE!!!! https://www.civilization.com/en/games/civilization-beyond-earth/