ORly Radio Show 49 for Wednesday March 11h, 2015 - A Play On Nerds
Hosts: Andy & the Usual Suspects: Mike, David, and Jessica !!!
Music: "Rocket & Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)
Special Guests: Jarman Day-Bohn and Steve Bauman from A Play On Nerds Podcast
We’ll talk about the origin of their show and the evolution of their hilarious segments over 35 episodes. Then we will get them to step into our world of outrage politics.
Muppets, Copycat Cinema, Trivia, Brooklyn Band or Smut Search, Movie Trailer Reviews (Patent Pending all Rights Reserved), What’s the Deal with Star Trek?
Science / Technology / Politics
Item: VOX: 7 Scary Facts About Antibiotic Resistant “Superbugs” - We could be doomed and that’s not hyperbole.
URLs: http://www.vox.com/2015/3/10/8178879/what-is-antibiotic-resistance
Item: Google wants to rank websites based on facts not links
URLs: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530102.600-google-wants-to-rank-websites-based-on-facts-not-links.html
Humanities / Religion/ Politics
Item: NY elementary school bans homework, tells students to spend time on other pursuits
URLs: http://kdvr.com/2015/03/05/parents-outraged-after-school-bans-homework-tells-students-to-spend-time-on-other-pursuits/
Item: Isis: Muslim preacher calls for demolition of pyramids and the Sphinx of Giza
URLs: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/isis-muslim-preacher-calls-demolition-pyramids-sphinx-giza-1491363
Politics / Humanities / Politics
Item: Conservatives Now Say They Hate Spock After Obama Praises Character
URLs: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03/06/cant-make-this-up-conservatives-now-say-they-hate-spock-after-obama-praises-character/
Item: 47 of 54 US Senators play a dangerous game of chicken with Iran and the POTUS with a condescending letter and tweets to the Iranian leadership.
McCain's breathtaking defense of signing the Iran letter: "I sign lots of letters"
URLs: http://www.vox.com/2015/3/10/8182063/tom-cottons-controversial-letter-to-iran-explained
http://news.yahoo.com/150-000-sign-treason-petition-us-republican-letter-195011270.html
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/republican-unity-shatters-after-backlash-to-iran-letter/
Just being Cheeky?
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/gop-scrambles-the-wake-sabotage-fiasco
Potpourri / Politics / Flotsam & Jetsam
Item: Play Cards Against Humanity Online With Anyone For Free
URLs: http://toyland.gizmodo.com/you-can-now-play-cards-against-humanity-online-with-any-1690772752
Item: Georgia trash man gets 30 days in jail for 5 a.m. pick up
URLs: http://news.yahoo.com/let-sleep-georgia-trash-man-gets-30-days-213758415.html
Oh, Florida...
Item: Florida, officials ban term 'climate change' - “Deputy General Counsel Larry Morgan was giving us a briefing on what to expect with the new secretary,” Byrd recalled. Morgan gave them “a warning to beware of the words global warming, climate change and sea-level rise, and advised us not to use those words in particular.” In a February press conference, Scott unveiled $106 million in his proposed budget to deal with the effects of rising oceans. But $50 million of that is for a sewage plant in the Keys, and $25 million is for beach restoration, which critics say is hardly a comprehensive plan to protect homes, roads and infrastructure.|
URLs: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article12983720.html
http://fcir.org/2015/03/08/in-florida-officials-ban-term-climate-change/
Item: An apartment complex near Disney has voided its renter lease agreement that called for tenants to pay $10,000 fines for posting negative reviews on social media.
URLs: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-apartment-reviews-negative-20150310-story.html
Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks
Andy’s: Kickstarter: Rubber Band Machine Gun! It Arrived. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/11447722/rubber-band-machine-gun-0
Mike’s: Sid Meier’s Starships http://store.steampowered.com/app/282210/
Jess: #HeForShe / heforshe.org / Emma Watson is a goddess
Jarman: Audio Book: Storm on the Horizon: The Zone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Glitzy Gamers Twitch Channel - A Play On Nerds - Skill Focus: Burlesque