ORly Radio Show 47 for Friday February 27th, 2015 - RIP Leonard Nimoy

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/

ORly Radio Show 43 for Friday January 30th, 2015 - Winter is Coming, Eventually

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

Science / Technology / Politics

Item: Survey Says: Study reveals wide gaps in opinion between scientists and general public
URLs: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/study-reveals-wide-opinion-differences-scientists-general-public/
http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/01/29/public-and-scientists-views-on-science-and-society/
Item: FCC more than quintuples the legal definition of 'broadband'
URLs: http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/29/fcc-redefines-broadband-speed/
Item: Delta Pilot gets locked out of cockpit mid flight.
Audio Clip & URLs: https://gma.yahoo.com/delta-plane-makes-emergency-landing-pilot-locked-cockpit-055600464--abc-news-topstories.html

Humanities / Religion/ Politics

Item: American Family Association fired the Religious Right's most notorious bigot, Bryan Fischer.
URLs: http://www.righwingwatch.org/content/afa-cannot-wash-its-hands-bryan-fischers-bigotry-easily
URLs: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/12/08/american-pastor-who-helped-uganda-create-kill-the-gays-law-will-be-tried-for-crimes-against-humanity/
Item: Chuck Norris wants to engage young people in democracy, by insulting us.
URLs: http://samuel-warde.com/2015/01/young-voters-unpatriotic-according-chuck-norris/
Item: Chuck Norris makes sounds instead of kicking people.
URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ud3pK5Wa90

Politics / Humanities / Politics

Item: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer, basically threw Speaker Boehner (R-OH) under the bus.
URLs: http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/30/israeli-ambassador-throws-speaker-boehner-netanyahu-speech-bus.html
Item: Romney will not make a third bid for the White House.
URLs: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/third-time-wont-be-the-charm-romney

Potpourri / Politics / Flotsam & Jetsam

Item: The Winds of Winter, the sixth book in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, won't be released in 2015
URLs http://www.dailydot.com/geek/grrm-publisher-winds-of-winter-2015/

Oh, Florida…

Item: Biotech company to release millions of genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida
URLs:http://www.geek.com/science/biotech-company-to-release-millions-of-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-in-florida-1614727/
Item: Radio contest has grand prize of foursome sex between one lucky winner and three porn stars. Because Florida.
URLs: http://www.barstoolsports.com/nyc/super-page/radio-station-running-a-porn-star-for-a-day-contest-where-the-winner-has-a-foursome-with-three-porn-stars/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: Steam Lego Series Games on sale this weekend. https://store.steampowered.com/search/?snr=1_60_4__12&term=lego