ORLY-EP0109B - SCOTUS Stuff, Universal Basic Income, 30 Hour Week, More HB2, And Picks!

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #109B for Friday MAY 13th, 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, Stephen Griffith, and Daniel Atherton.

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Second Half:

SCOTUS Stuff

This week the Court was in conference to determine a number of petitions. A few interesting ones:
Moore v. Texas 15-797 Issue: (1) Whether it violates the Eighth Amendment and this Court’s decisions in Hall v. Florida and Atkins v. Virginia to prohibit the use of current medical standards on intellectual disability, and require the use of outdated medical standards, in determining whether an individual may be executed; and (2) whether execution of a condemned individual more than three-and-one-half decades after the imposition of a death sentence violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Bible 15-861 Issue: (1) Whether Auer v. Robbins and Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co. should be overruled; and (2) whether, in affording deference to an agency’s interpretation of its own regulation that conflicts with the governing statute, regulations adopted through rulemaking, and decades of prior agency guidance, the Seventh Circuit’s decision conflicts with this Court’s decisions in Auer and Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.
Stormans, Inc. v. Wiesman 15-862 Issue: Whether a law prohibiting religiously motivated conduct violates the Free Exercise Clause when it exempts the same conduct when done for a host of secular reasons, has been enforced only against religious conduct, and has a history showing an intent to target religion. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160208/NEWS/160209870

Good Ideas:

President Obama signed the National Bison Legacy Act into law Monday, two weeks after both houses of Congress approved the bill by what appeared to be unanimous voice votes. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/theoval/2016/05/09/president-obama-signs-bill-declaring-bison-national-mammal/84147012/
Universal Basic Income (UBI) trials,tests and debates in Europe. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/switzerland-universal-basic-income-ubi-national-vote-first-country-june-5-poverty-welfare-a7025801.html , http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2015/12/06/finally-someone-does-something-sensible-finland-to-bring-in-a-universal-basic-income/#50c8b2bb76f6 http://freakonomics.com/podcast/mincome/
The 30 hour work week. http://smallbiztrends.com/2015/04/30-hour-work-week.html http://positivesharing.com/2016/01/toyota-gothenburg-30-hour-work-week/ https://overland.org.au/2016/02/the-case-for-a-30-hour-working-week/

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Bad Ideas:

NC, feds sue each other over HB2 affectionately called HateBill 2 (Video) while it is in court, there will be no removal of funding. http://www.wcnc.com/news/politics/national-politics/doj-sues-nc-over-hb2-bathroom-provision/182880692

Personal Picks:

Stephen’s: Monster Strike: http://us.monster-strike.com/

Fred’s: A Skeleton and his pet Dino? https://www.facebook.com/AdamNSteveComic/?fref=ts http://highburn.com/adamsteve1.asp

Daniel’s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmetropolitan

Acknowledgements:

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

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

ORLY-EP0105 - Death and Poop, With Dignity

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #105 for Friday April 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 my usual suspects, Fred Sims, Stephen Griffith and new blood Daniel Atherton.

Reviews!?Errata:

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This Week in History:
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/on-this-day
Http://history-world.org/ontd.htm

1846 April 14th - Donner Party Sets Out on Ill-Fated Journey from Illinois to California 36 of the 81 in the wagon train perished due to starvation, exposure, disease, and trauma. Some were later eaten to keep the others alive.
1862 April 16 - Slavery abolished in Washington DC.
1865 April 15th - 151 years ago President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth while watching a play “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater and died the following day.
1902 April 14th - JC Penny opened his first store in Kemmerer Wyoming.
1903 April 14th - Dr Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid (NYC)
1912, April 14th- Titanic sunk after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic
1945 April 12th - Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Ga., at age 63. Vice President Harry S. Truman became president (7th Vice President to become President following the death of a current president).
1961 April 12th - Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space
1968 April 11 - Civil Rights Act signed a landmark part of legislation in the United States that provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, creed, or national origin and made it a federal crime to “by force or by threat of force, injure, intimidate, or interfere with anyone … by reason of their race, color, religion, or national origin). Signed into law by Lyndon B Johnson
1970 April 13th - Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst. 7th manned mission in the Apollo space program and the 3rd that was supposed to land on the moon. Commander James A. Lovell, John L. "Jack" Swigert, and Fred W. Haise who replaced Ken Mattingly after his exposure to german measles

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Science Bitches!

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The Good:

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Fallacy http://www.logicalfallacies.info/presumption/complex-question/

Explanation

The complex question fallacy is committed when a question is asked (a) that rests on a questionable assumption, and (b) to which all answers appear to endorse that assumption.
Examples

“Have you stopped beating your wife?”

This is a complex question because it presupposes that you used to beat your wife, a presupposition that either answer to the question appears to endorse.

“Are you going to admit that you’re wrong?”

Answering yes to this question is an admission of guilt. Answering no to the question implies that the accused accepts that he is in the wrong, but will not admit it. No room is left to protest one’s innocence. This is therefore a complex question, and a subtle false dilemma.

What Evil Lurks...:

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: 3D Printed Bic Lighter Branding Iron - http://www.shapeways.com/product/ZDGR9ND9X/bic-lighter-branding-iron-1-1-2-inch-square?li=shop-results&optionId=58047189

Stephen’s: The most awesome gift for lovers of the best ground attack jet ever! http://luckyshotusa.com/products/a-10-thunderbolt-ii-warthog-30mm-collectors-inert-cannon-round-in-black

Fred’s: Saving New York one rapid fire burst at a time! http://tomclancy-thedivision.ubi.com/game/en-us/home/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_The_Division

Daniel’s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jKsj345Jjw

Acknowledgements:

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