ORLY-EP0161B - The Secret Service at Trump Tower

ORLY-EP0161B - The Secret Service at Trump Tower

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #161 recorded Friday, August 4th, 2017 - 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, Daniel Atherton.

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Facts Matter: Foundation for further discussion.

What happened this week:

1 Robert Mueller moves for a Grand Jury http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/know-dont-muellers-grand-jury

2 The American President’s phone follies https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/you-cannot-say-that-to-the-press-trump-urged-mexican-president-to-end-his-public-defiance-on-border-wall-transcript-reveals/2017/08/03/0c2c0a4e-7610-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html

3 US Department of Justice looks to go after journalists and their sources. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-sessions-leaks-idUSKBN1AK1UR

A look at the First Amendment of the US Constitution https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/first_amendment

4 Phamra Bro found guilty of securities fraud. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/08/04/martin-shkreli-jury-enters-fifth-day-of-deliberations/

5 Trump tower and the Secret Service cannot come to a lease agreement.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/08/trump-tower-secret-service
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/08/03/by-end-of-august-trump-will-have-spent-three-times-as-many-days-at-leisure-as-obama/

6 Benjamin Netanyahu suspected of bribery and fraud. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/benjamin-netanyahu-suspected-bribery-fraud-israel-police/

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ORLY-EP0135C - Law & Order: Pharma in the UK, VW Emissions in EU, and LGBT Clubs in Schools

ORLY-EP0135C - Law & Order: Pharma in the UK, VW Emissions in EU, and LGBT Clubs in Schools

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #135c recorded Friday December 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, Stephen Griffith, and Daniel Atherton.

Audience Feedback From Previous Shows:

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Law & Order:

1. Pfizer fined for overcharging British NHS http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/pfizer-flynn-pharma-fined-prices-drugs-nhs-cma-a7460266.html

2. EU sues UK over VW emissions scandal http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/eu-sues-germany-and-britain-over-volkswagen-emissions-scandal-a7462936.html

3. Federal Court Rules in Favor of Middle Schoolers http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/12/07/federal-court-allows-students-to-form-gay-straight-clubs-after-florida-school-board-blocked-them

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ORLY-EP0128D - Good Ideas-Sanders V Pharma, Cases of Havanas

ORLY-EP0128D - Good Ideas-Sanders V Pharma, Cases of Havanas

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #128 recorded Friday October 14th, 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

Good Ideas:

1. Sen. Bernie Sanders calls out pharmaceutical company Ariad for price gouging, stock drops: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-14/sanders-tweet-on-drugmaker-ariad-s-greed-sends-stock-plunging #Leukemia

2. Cuba is now open for business!   http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/10/14/obama-cuba-regulations-expands-trade-travel-rum-cigars/92042662/

3. Politics Tangent: Trumpian fallout speculation and pseudo-trumps.

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https://youtu.be/_ERoxFPvmu4

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/

-BREAK- Voicemail

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/

-BREAK- GSoW - PSA

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:

• Andy’s: The Build Team Trio from Mythbusters is getting their own show on Netflix! http://nerdist.com/the-build-team-from-mythbusters-are-coming-back-with-a-netflix-show/

• Daniel’s:  https://wyrmwoodgaming.com/products/box-of-hope/

• Stephen’s:  Best fidgeting device invented!  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2015098713/fidget-cube-a-vinyl-desk-toy

• David’s: Belleville Tactical Research Range Runner Boot 6" https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007RN6Z2A/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

• Fred’s: Luke Cage starts on Netflix on Sept. 30th http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3322314/

Acknowledgements:

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