EpicProgress.com - Damage Report February 13th, 2017

EpicProgress.com - Damage Report February 13th, 2017

Nuclear launch codes and other hotel amenities, Canadian handshakes, grammar for Nazis, and high on a hill was a lonely diplomat – layeeodleayy-ee-hoo. Brace for impact, it’s the Daily Trump Damage Report for February 13th, 2017.

• Mediaite reports a random guest at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort has had his picture taken with the man responsible for carrying the “football” of America’s nuclear launch codes. This is not the Onion, this is not satire.

• Canada’s Prime Minister and former Disney Prince Justin Trudeau demonstrates precisely how to shake Donald Trump’s hand.  In his efforts, he utilizes several strategies Epic Progress has detailed in the guide recently published “How to Shake Trump’s Hand”.  We strongly recommend other world leaders emulate Canada in this regard, or suffer at the tiny hands of Twitler.

• America’s treasury securities, which are considered by the global market as the most solvent and stable financial trust assets available for purchase – so much so as to warrant founding nearly two-thirds of the Earth’s currencies on the US dollar – are being sold off in bulk by international creditors terrified by Trump’s actions.  A sell-off is currently underway and foreign investors are pulling out of U.S. debt.

• The people most responsible for being aware of and acting on threats of national security and foreign policy, the U.S. National Security Council, is reportedly in chaos thanks to Trump’s bumbling mismanagement and appointment of Russian plaything, Michael Flynn. Leaders of ISIS, already grateful for the recruiting opportunities presented by Trump’s “Blessed” Muslim Ban, could be heard purring “Oh, really? You don’t say. Neat.”

• High Priestess of Apate, the ancient Greek personification of deceit and current White House Spokes-shrew Kellyanne Conway assures America and the media that Michael Flynn has the full confidence of Trump, despite all the lies and frequent communication with Russians about lifting sanctions.

• John Oliver hopes to teach Trump what reality is using the power of television. He is dedicating a portion of his show to teaching Trump how to ask things he may not know.

• To be an ambassador in the Trump administration, at most it takes being obsessed with a movie that takes place in the country in which you wish to be appointed.  In the case of hopeful new ambassador to Austria from the US, Patrick Park, he has seen The Sound of Music 75 times. Do, a thing, America had, before we bought a wall. Fa, a long long way to fall. Ti, a party that votes with Donald Trump.

• Trump lies about Bernie Sanders having his mic cut off during an interview with CNN.  Trump casually lies as frequently as normal people use the restroom, and with similar purpose.

• North Korea conducts missile tests in an effort to get a rise from Trump, and determine what Trump’s policy position will be towards the country.  So far, Trump has not made any indication as to how he will fail the international community on this front.

• Trump no good with spellings. He inauguration poster haves major typos. Misspells the word “too”.  Maybe could ask Zillionaire Amway Heiress now in charge of edukayshun if could do learns to write good.

• Bloomberg has put together a list of the 11 likeliest next targets of Trump’s war on international trade. Sneak Preview: In an interesting twist of fate from the last 8 years, it may be worthwhile investing in those apocalypse garden seeds and gold coins after all.

• The New York Times reports in-depth on the subject of how very much Trump’s own party hates him.Though they feel they’ve made a deal with the devil, and they are desperately willing to overlook the horrors and shame he has, is, and will bring down upon them – provided he continues to push their agenda.

 

ORly Radio Show 97 - Ghost Voting? Seriously?

ORly Radio Show 97 - Ghost Voting? Seriously?

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 97 for Friday February 19th, 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 suspect Stephen Griffith

Reviews!?
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: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

    1. 1847    Donner Party rescued

    2. 1807     Aaron Burr arrested for treason

    3. 1878     Thomas Alva Edison patents the phonograph

    4. 1945     Marines invade Iwo Jima 

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Science Bitches!

  1. Scientists Have "Reversed" Autism In Mice http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/switching-1-gene-adult-mice-reverses-autism-behaviors

  2. Eternal 5D Data Chip Can Record All Of Human History http://www.iflscience.com/technology/eternal-5d-data-chip-can-record-all-human-history

  3. Scientists 3D Print Human-Scale, Living Tissues http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/scientists-3d-print-human-scale-living-tissues

  4. There's Absolutely No Evidence That Pesticides Are To Blame For The Rise In Microcephaly http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/report-claims-pesticides-are-blame-rise-microcephaly

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The Good:

  1. http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/02/fcc-votes-to-unlock-the-cable-box-over-republican-opposition/

  2. http://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article61254902.html

  3. http://arstechnica.co.uk/the-multiverse/2016/02/original-1977-star-wars-35mm-print-has-been-restored-and-released-online/

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

The Bad:

  1. http://plunderbund.com/2012/07/18/record-ohio-lottery-profits-bypass-schools-appear-in-kasichs-rainy-day-fund-instead/

    1. http://cbiftrumpwins.com/faq/

  2. http://ilyke.co/u842p409/prostitute-avoids-jail-time-after-being-diagnosed-as-spermaholic/75841

The Ugly:

  1. Ghost Voting? WTF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHFOwlMCdto

    1. http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/12/boo_ghosts_make_a_return_to_th.html

 

 

 

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: https://www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight

Stephen’s: Brighthouse Lightning amazing deal!

Acknowledgements:

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

ORly Radio Show 75 - New Blood

ORly Radio Show 75 - New Blood

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 75 for Friday August 28th, 2015 - 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 without my usual suspects who are away on assignment, tonight I have with me, Bill Hunsicker of the Creating a New World show. http://tocreateanewworld.blogspot.com/! cnwshow@gmail.com


Errata From Last Week: 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:

-BREAK- GSoW - PSA

The Good:

  1. The President of the United States is an interesting man. He’s an excellent politician, as we have seen by how productive he has been in spite of the really productive actions the Democratic party has put though being systematically stonewalled by the GOP, he’s still guided dramatic changes. Now, seeing as how he can’t be re-elected due to term limits, he’s calling a spade a spade.  At a Democratic Conference in Nevada, he said,
    It’s hard for me to express how much I love Harry Reid, but it’s easier to do it in a room of people who love Harry Reid. Harry and I drove over here together and we were doing a little reminiscing, and then figuring out how we’re going to deal with the crazies in terms of managing some problems. And then we talked about riding off into the sunset together. Everything I’ve accomplished, I’ve accomplished because Harry Reid was there by my side. And I am forever grateful for his friendship and his strength, because the thing about Harry is he’s a great politician but he’s also a man with a lot of backbone and is willing to do hard things when it’s required, and that’s what you want out of a political leader.“ He hasn’t apologized, and I don’t think he should. The numbers are on his side. http://www.politicususa.com/2015/08/25/obama-speaks-mind-calls-mitch-senate-republicans-crazies.html

-BREAK- Fallacy https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/appeal-to-nature

The Bad:

  1. John Oliver, and his show Last Week Tonight, has been a powerful force for putting a spotlight on the horrible and ridiculous things that are going on right under our noses. Lately he has taken on the prosperity gospel televangelists. He formed his own church, and this was all to highlight how stupidly easy it is to take advantage of the tax laws around religious exemptions, and went ahead and registered his own church with the IRS, called Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption. The IRS was apparently watching the show, or was like a dog that had its nose shoved in a pile of it’s own doo after take a crap on your oriental rug. Let’s see if anything happens. http://uproxx.com/tv/2015/08/last-week-tonight-irs-televangelists/

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The Ugly:

  1. First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/08/23/republicans-just-endorsed-a-jim-crow-law-for-gays/
    http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/marriage-and-family/marriage/promotion-and-defense-of-marriage/upload/Backgrounder-FADA.pdf
    http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/07/28/the-so-called-first-amendment-defense-act-is-th/204627

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s:  Peter F. Hamilton's next book after the Abyss Beyond Dreams just went to the publisher :-)

Acknowledgements:

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