ORLY-EP0127 - Their title entitles them to their entitlements

ORLY-EP0127 - Their title entitles them to their entitlements

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #127 recorded Friday September 23rd, 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(s), Daniel Atherton and Stephen Griffith.

Audience Feedback 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

Potpourri: Guests/Rants/Etc:

  1. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/donald-trump-first-day-in-office

  2. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/297264-trump-calls-for-police-to-take-guns-away-during-stop-and

  3. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/czechia-czech-republic-new-name-english-speakers-a7323596.html

  4. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/19/just-three-percent-of-adults-own-half-of-americas-guns/

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Science Bitches!  

  1. http://futurism.com/astronomers-discover-biggest-structure-known-universe/

  2. The warp drive http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0264-9381/11/5/001/meta;jsessionid=ECA116ACA726D7D9AE3F31F806CD5A82.c5.iopscience.cld.iop.org

  3. Fungus in humans identified for first time as key factor in Crohn's disease https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160920151435.htm

  4. https://www.inverse.com/article/21211-nasa-didn-t-change-zodiac-signs-astrology-versus-astronomy

  5. http://futurism.com/physcists-are-close-to-producing-metallic-hydrogen-and-it-could-change-everything/

  6. Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting and storage from motions of the heart, lung, and diaphragm http://www.pnas.org/content/111/5/1927.abstract https://www.facebook.com/ScienceNaturePage/videos/901678539964405/

Law & Order:

  1. http://www.vice.com/read/what-we-know-so-far-about-the-bahamas-leaks-876

  2. http://samuel-warde.com/2016/09/mass-supreme-court-says-black-men-may-legitimate-reason-flee-police/

  3. http://www.snopes.com/2016/09/19/aclu-police-recorded-charges/

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Good Ideas:

  1. http://mentalfloss.com/us/go/86358 Sweden Introduces a Tax Break for Repairing Goods Instead of Tossing

Bad Ideas:

  1. Charlotte congressman sorry for Newsnight race comments http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37453672

  2. Trudeau aides sorry for 'unreasonable' moving expenses http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37453677

Personal Picks:

Dan:  Keith Olberman is back!: http://video.gq.com/series/the-closer-with-keith-olbermann

Acknowledgements:

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

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

ORLY-EP0126B - Basic Transactional Dating Income

ORLY-EP0126B - Basic Transactional Dating Income

Welcome back to ORLYRADIO #126b recorded Friday September 16th, 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(s), Daniel Atherton.

Science Bitches!  

  1. Despite a complete absence of light and a poisonous atmosphere, the Romanian Movile Cave is crawling with life, that hasn’t seen sunlight for at least 5.5 million years.

    1. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150904-the-bizarre-beasts-living-in-romanias-poison-cave

    2. http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/prehistoric-cave-still-holds-some-worlds-weirdest-creatures/

    3. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/272/5270/1953

  2. Male Birth Control Pill is comming soonish (2018-2020) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/11646385/Contraception-Male-Pill-is-coming-and-its-going-to-change-everything.html

  3. White House, NASA to Discuss Asteroid Redirect Mission’s Importance for Journey to Mars, Planetary Defense http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/white-house-nasa-to-discuss-asteroid-redirect-mission-s-importance-for-journey-to-mars

Law & Order:

  1. Trial Begins For Armed Occupiers In Oregon Refuge Standoff https://www.buzzfeed.com/salvadorhernandez/trial-begins-for-armed-occupiers-in-oregon-refuge-standoff

  2. Jim Bridenstine Conservative Republican running for US Congress - Oklahoma District 1.

    1. One Subject at a Time Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4335

    2. Read the Bill Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4328

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Good Ideas:

  1. House Passes Bill Outlawing “Gag Clauses” That Try To Punish Customers For Writing Negative Reviews https://consumerist.com/2016/09/12/house-passes-bill-outlawing-gag-clauses-that-try-to-punish-customers-for-writing-negative-reviews/

  2. http://www.politicususa.com/2016/09/13/stroke-pen-president-obama-permanently-protects-planned-parenthood.html
    Title X Family Planning Program - “Since 2011, 13 states have taken actions to restrict participation by certain types of providers as subrecipients in the Title X program based on factors unrelated to the provider's’ ability to provide the services required under Title X effectively. In at least several instances, this has led to disruption of services or reduction of services where a public entity, such as a state health department, holds a Title X grant and makes 21 subawards to subrecipients for the provision of services. In response to these actions, this proposed rule requires that any Title X recipient sub-awarding funds for the provision of Title X services not prohibit a potential subrecipient from participating for reasons unrelated to its ability to provide services effectively.” Planned Parenthood receives roughly $70 million annually in Title X grants for contraceptives and cancer and sexually transmitted infection screenings, none of that can be used for abortion services by law.
    TL:DR Title X Guarantees access and funding and this proposed rule lays the smack down on anything that tries to get in the way.
    New Department of Health and Human Services Rule
    https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-21359.pdf

  3. NCAA Pulls 7 Championship Events from North Carolina http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2016/09/12/ncaa-to-relocate-championship-events-north-carolina-house-bill-2/90284584/  

  4. France to Ban Disposable Diningware https://munchies.vice.com/en/articles/france-just-banned-plastic-cups-and-cutlery

  5. Basic Income a UK Possibility http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/14/jeremy-corbyn-to-launch-review-into-universal-basic-income

Bad Ideas:

  1. Basic Income: A Sellout of the American Dream? https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601499/basic-income-a-sellout-of-the-american-dream/

  2. Bleak look at USA’s low income teens https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/12/teens-america-hunger-food-poverty

  3. Trump’s Tax Plan http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2016/09/15/donald_trump_explains_his_economic_plan.html

Personal Picks:

Daniel’s:  Warhammer 40k RPG’s https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/#/universe/warhammer-40000

ORLY-EP0126A - Gypsy Cops, Snowden, & Climate Change Finds Ship

ORLY-EP0126A - Gypsy Cops, Snowden, & Climate Change Finds Ship

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #126A recorded Friday September 16th, 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(s), Daniel Atherton.

Audience Feedback 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

Potpourri: Guests/Rants/Etc:

Quick Bites:

  1. NASA analysis finds August 2016 another record month http://climate.nasa.gov/news/2490/nasa-analysis-finds-august-2016-another-record-month/

  2. New evidence is forcing scientists to reconsider how the Moon was formed http://www.sciencealert.com/new-evidence-is-forcing-scientists-to-reconsider-how-the-moon-was-formed

  3. Employer of Pulse nightclub killer fined $151,400 for false psychological forms http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/fl-orlando-shooting-fine-20160909-story.html

  4. House Intel Panel: Edward Snowden 'Was No Whistleblower' as they published the summary findings of a two-year investigation. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/15/494157921/house-intel-panel-edward-snowden-was-no-whistleblower
    http://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hpsci_snowden_review_-_unclass_summary_-_final.pdf

  5. Cast-Out Police Officers Are Often Hired in Other Cities - The ‘Gypsy’ Cop Shuffle http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/us/whereabouts-of-cast-out-police-officers-other-cities-often-hire-them.html

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This Week in History:

Sources: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

  1. Second Vessel From Doomed Franklin Expedition Found In The Arctic http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/12/493676137/second-vessel-from-doomed-franklin-expedition-found-in-the-arctic

  2. American Playwright Passes http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/arts/edward-albee-playwright-of-a-desperate-generation-dies-at-88.html

  3. Anniversary of Vote to Allow Women Ministers in the Episcopal Church http://www.episcopalchurch.org/library/glossary/ordination-women  http://arc.episcopalchurch.org/women/two/chronology.htm  

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http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/anon.htm

Changing the Subject: Anonymous Authorities

Definition:

The authority in question is not named. This is a type of appeal to authority because when an authority is not named it is impossible to confirm that the authority is an expert. However the fallacy is so common it deserves special mention.
A variation on this fallacy is the appeal to rumour. Because the source of a rumour is typically not known, it is not possible to determine whether to believe the rumour. Very often false and harmful rumours are deliberately started in order to discredit an opponent.

Examples:
A government official said today that the new gun law will be proposed tomorrow.
Experts agree that the best way to prevent nuclear war is to prepare for it.
It is held that there are more than two million needless operations conducted every year.
Rumour has it that the Prime Minister will declare another holiday in October.
Proof:
Argue that because we don't know the source of the information we have no way to evaluate the reliability of the information.

ORLY-EP0125B - Unintended, Illegal, & Annoying Consequences

ORLY-EP0125B - Unintended, Illegal, & Annoying Consequences

Welcome back to ORLYRADIO #125b recorded Friday September 9th, 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, David O’Connor, Stephen Griffith, and Daniel Atherton.

Science Bitches!  

  1. Global Wilderness Loss https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/09/08/the-world-has-lost-a-10th-of-all-its-wilderness-in-the-past-two-decades/

  2. From this point forward, all Intel and AMD CPUs are Windows 10-only http://www.extremetech.com/computing/234881-from-this-point-forward-all-intel-and-amd-cpus-are-windows-10-only

  3. The EM Drive that shouldn’t work by the current model of physics will be tested for real by NASA. http://www.sciencealert.com/the-impossible-em-drive-is-about-to-be-tested-in-space

Law & Order:

  1. Native Americans and Oil don’t mix:

    1. Justice Down the Pipe https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/joint-statement-department-justice-department-army-and-department-interior-regarding-standing

    2. http://usuncut.com/news/federal-agency-busted-elaborate-scheme-sell-native-american-land-corporations/

    3. http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/295223-obama-administration-orders-nd-pipeline-construction-to-stop  and  http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/09/the-obama-administration-temporarily-blocks-the-dakota-access-pipeline/499454/

  2. https://www.thenation.com/article/this-week-may-see-the-largest-prison-strike-in-us-history/

        http://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-prisoners-nationwide-are-striking/

  1. Clinton’s boring email “scandal” http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/tracking-the-clinton-controversies-from-whitewater-to-benghazi/396182/

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Good Ideas:

  1. Tesla Model 3 http://www.theweek.co.uk/tesla-model-3/70320/tesla-model-3-price-specs-and-everything-we-know

  2. Mexico is to consider a proposal to revoke its treaties with the US, including the 1848 agreement that transferred half its territory to Washington if Donald Trump is elected and tries to make the US’s southern neighbour pay for a border wall. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/mexico-senator-proposes-taking-back-land-from-the-us-if-donald-trump-becomes-president-a7228596.html

  3. ITT Technical Institute shuts down after 50 years. http://www.wftv.com/news/local/after-nearly-50-years-of-classes-itt-tech-shutters-campuses-across-florida-nation/437920043

  4. Super powerful solar panels: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/3d-solar-panels-can-produce-20-times-more-energy-than-flat-panels/

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Bad Ideas:

  1. No Pension. No Peeps.  http://www.bctgm.org/2016/09/local-6-peeps-workers-strike-in-pennsylvania/

  2. Poor Incentives http://www.businessinsider.com/wells-fargos-scandal-is-a-cautionary-tale-about-incentive-pay-2016-9

  3. Follow the Pharma Money. http://www.alternet.org/drugs/maker-deadly-fentanyl-kicks-half-million-dollars-defeat-pot-legalization-arizona#.V9L0i5NqTA4.facebook

  4. British Gun Politics. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/arms-sales-saudi-arabia-theresa-may-staunch-defence-keep-people-streets-britain-safe-a7230836.html

    Britan now worlds 2nd largest arms dealer:  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britain-is-now-the-second-biggest-arms-dealer-in-the-world-a7225351.html

Personal Picks:

Acknowledgements:

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