ORly Radio Show 62 - Fukushima, NAACP, Cuba, Wind, Longevity, Corruption, NRA, McKinney

ORly Radio Show 62 for Friday June 12th, 2015 - Fukushima, NAACP, Cuba, Wind, Longevity, Corruption, NRA, McKinney

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 62 for Friday June 12th, 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 with my usual suspects Michael Robinson and David O’Connor.

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

QUICK Headlines by Circa:

I Just Don’t Know

  1. Japan set to restart first nuclear plant since Fukushima disaster  http://circanews.com/s/cjJ

Weird  

  1. NAACP head considers herself black, is called out by her white parents, the internet explodes. NAACP stands by #RachelDolezal, "Race is not a qualifying criteria" for #NAACP leadership - Twitter reacts.

    1. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/spokane-naacp-head-considers-herself-black-rips-parents-i-dont-give-two-shts-what-you-guys-think/

    2. http://www.mediaite.com/online/twitter-trolls-the-hell-out-of-dolezal-with-askrachel-trend/

The Good

  1. Cuba again:  

    1. US formally drops Cuba from state sponsors of terrorism list  http://circanews.com/s/pUU

    2. US tourism to Cuba up 36% since last year  http://circanews.com/s/lhs

  2. David Yanez is part of a team inspired by the motion that collapsed the bridge to create a bladeless “whirlpool wind turbine” - an inverted-cone-shaped structure half the cost of a conventional machine.

    1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a0eJ7eMrhY

    2. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/vortex-bladeless-a-wind-generator-without-blades--3#/story

  3. Rat limb grown in lab http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630243.300-worlds-first-biolimb-rat-forelimb-grown-in-the-lab.html#.VXteQTBVhBc

Logical Fallacy - Black or White

The Bad:

  1. On October 12, 2011, Orange County experienced the deadliest mass killing in its modern history. Scott Dekraai killed 8 people, including his ex-wife, in a Seal Beach beauty salon. He was arrested wearing full body armor just a few blocks away. Without a doubt, Dekraai was the perpetrator. A dozen surviving witnesses saw him. He admitted to the shooting early on. Yet, nearly four years later, the case against him has all but fallen apart.
    It turns out that prosecutors and police officers committed an egregious violation of Dekraai's rights—so much so that Superior Court Judge Thomas Goethals shocked everyone and removed the Orange County District Attorney's Office, and all 250 prosecutors, from having anything more to do with the case.
    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/29/1388819/-Judge-disqualifies-all-250-prosecutors-in-Orange-County-CA-because-of-widespread-corruption

  2. Aurora Mass Shooter's Diary Debunk a Favorite NRA Talking Point "ETA response [approximately] 3 mins," he noted. In his list of possible methods of attack, where he checked off mass murder using firearms as his choice, he also wrote "being caught 99% certain." http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/05/james-holmes-diary-aurora-gun-free-zones-debunked

The Ugly:

  1. McKinney Pool Party goes off the rails and blows up the internet with #blacklivesmatter But what really happened? http://news.yahoo.com/mckinney-police-officer-apologies--blames-aggression-at-pool-party-on-emotional-stress-190534788.html

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks (5 Minutes per)

Andy’s:  Living Revocable Trusts http://www.aarp.org/money/estate-planning/info-09-2010/ten_things_you_should_know_about_living_trusts.html  

Mike’s:   Fallout 4!!! http://bethsoft.com/

David’s:   XCOM2 - http://xcom.com/

Acknowledgements:

ORly Radio Show 56 - SCOTUS-Science-Tesla-Politics-Baltimore

ORly Radio Show 56 for Friday May 1st, 2015 -  SCOTUS, Science, Tesla, Politics, Baltimore

Welcome to ORly Radio 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 joined by my Usual Suspects: David, Michael, Don, and Jessica.

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

The I Just Don’t Know

  1. SCOTUS Obergefell v. Hodges, Oral Argument, April 28, 2015

    1. http://www.scotusblog.com/2015/04/super-cuts-from-same-sex-marriage-arguments/

    2. https://soundcloud.com/hrcmedia/obergefell-v-hodges-oral-argument-april-28-2015-part-1

    3. https://soundcloud.com/hrcmedia/obergefell-v-hodges-oral-argument-april-28-2015-part-2

    4. 14th Amendment ‘Equal Protection’ Clause: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/equal_protection

The Weird

  1. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/27/artist-penis-potholes-wanksy_n_7149810.html

The Good

  1. http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/scientist-turn-pancreatic-cancer-cells-normal-cells

  2. http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/new-drugs-may-show-promise-reversing-multiple-sclerosis-damage

  3. http://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/audi-make-diesel-water-and-carbon-dioxide

  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57q3_aRiUXs NASA’s EM Drive Working

  5. Tesla Energy (The battery unveiled today)

    1. http://gizmodo.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-teslas-new-household-1701282649

    2. http://www.teslamotors.com/powerwall

  6. Richard Branson may build an electric car for consumers http://money.cnn.com/2015/03/20/autos/branson-electric-car/index.html

The Bad

  1. http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-runs-red-light-forces-drivers-road-ticket-fire-chief-responding-actual-emergency/

  2. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/27/jeb-bush-planned-parenthood_n_7152524.html

  3. http://time.com/14887/paul-ryan-free-school-lunch-empty-soul/

The Ugly

  1. Baltimore

    1. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/04/how-baltimore-riots-began-mondawmin-purge

    2. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/04/29/freddie_gray_arrest_video_closeup_seems_to_show_evidence_of_injury.html

    3. http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/30/us/freddie-gray-arrest-timeline/

    4. Don’t go to InfoWars. They are douche. - and their stupidity is legion

    5. http://www.newslo.com/child-protective-services-launch-investigation-on-baltimore-mom-who-hit-son/

  2. Silver Lining:

    1. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/politics/right-to-record-bill-addresses-citizens-right-to-film-law-enforcement

    2. http://bgr.com/2015/05/01/aclu-mobile-justice-ios-android-app-download/

    3. http://www.ted.com/talks/alice_goffman_college_or_prison_two_destinies_one_blatant_injustice

Last gasp: plug away, and say goodbye.

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: https://plex.tv/ Now with better music

David’s: http://www.twitch.tv/letsrobot / http://www.twitch.tv/aylobot / http://www.twitch.tv/ninabot

Jessica: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microaggression_theory

Mike’s: Pillars of Eternity! http://eternity.obsidian.net/ Shameless self plug:  https://www.youtube.com/user/Vonklaussen

Don’s: Http://www.shure.com/americas/stories/motiv-digital-microphones

 

Acknowledgements:

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

 

Orly Radio Show 42 - 42, the Meaning of Life, or about how many senators believe in climate change.

ORly Radio Show 42 for Friday January 23rd, 2015 - 42, the Meaning of Life, or about how many senators believe in climate change. Science is still true even if you don’t believe in it...

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

Narrator: There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

Why 42 for the meaning of life, the universe and everything?

According to Douglas Adams himself:

What is the most ordinary, workaday number you can find? I don’t want fractions on the end of it. I don’t even want it to be a prime number. And I guess it mustn’t even be an odd number. There is something slightly more reassuring about even numbers. So I just wanted an ordinary, workaday number, and chose 42.

In another interview:

The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat at my desk, stared into the garden and thought '42 will do'. I typed it out. End of story.

http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/310/why-did-douglas-adams-pick-42-as-the-ultimate-answer

Science / Technology / Politics

Item: 3 Minutes to midnight.
"The clock ticks now at just three minutes to midnight because international leaders are failing to perform their most important duty—ensuring and preserving the health and vitality of human civilization."
URLs: http://thebulletin.org/clock/2015
Item: The King is Dead - King Abdullah has passed on. Now what?
URLs: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-22/oil-surges-after-saudi-media-reports-king-abdullah-s-death.html
URLs: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/01/breaking-saudi-arabias-king-abdullah-dead

Item: Senate agrees climate change is real, but not on its cause, in Keystone amendments
"To express the sense of the Senate that climate change is real; and human activity significantly contributes to climate change."
In the end, just 50 senators voted "yes" on this question.* But 49 senators voted "no." The amendment failed to pick up the 60 votes necessary to overcome a filibuster and was rejected.
In conclusion, the Senate is pretty clearly a hoax.
URLs:http://cir.ca/news/keystone-pipelines-status
URLs: http://www.vox.com/2015/1/21/7868677/senate-climate-vote

Humanities / Religion/ Politics

Item: Israeli PM Netanyahu and Speaker Boehner conspire to make life difficult...|
URLs: http://www.vox.com/2015/1/21/7866089/netanyahu-boehner-congress
URLs:  http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/22/obama-meet-netanyahu-trip-washington.html
Item: GOP lawmakers declare ‘all-out assault’ on marriage for same-sex and atheist couples in Oklahoma
URLs: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/gop-lawmakers-declare-all-out-assault-on-marriage-for-same-sex-and-atheist-couples-in-oklahoma/

Politics / Humanities / Politics

Item: Illinois cop caught dozing in patrol car tells student ‘it’s now illegal’ to record officers (Which it is not…)
URLs: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/illinois-cop-caught-dozing-in-patrol-car-tells-student-its-now-illegal-to-record-officers/  
Item: It's over: Why the Palestinians are finally giving up on Obama and the US peace process
URLs: http://www.vox.com/2015/1/22/7324107/palestinian-abbas-peace-process

Potpourri / Politics / Flotsam & Jetsam

Item: House Republican leaders withdrew a controversial anti-abortion bill late Wednesday night after a contentious dispute arose over a rape reporting requirement in the measure.
URLs: http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/22/bickering-gop-aborts-anti-abortion-bill-rape-reporting-provision.html 

Oh, Florida...

Item:  Bear hunting may return to Florida - Proposal comes after recent rash of attacks in Orlando area
URLs:  http://www.clickorlando.com/news/bear-hunting-may-return-to-florida/30878646
Item: A Teenage Boy Impersonated A Doctor For A Month In A Florida Hospital    
URLs: http://www.buzzfeed.com/rossalynwarren/a-teenage-boy-impersonated-a-doctor-for-a-month-in-a-florida
URLs: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/doogie-howser-wannabe-busted-786450

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: Douglas Adams. There. I said it.
David’s: http://www.gotenna.com/
Don’s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_Frequency_Allocations_Chart_2011_-_The_Radio_Spectrum.pdf 
Mike’s: Friends on Netflix

 

ORly Radio Show 38 - The ER wasn’t bad on Christmas

ORly Radio Show 38 for Friday December 26th, 2014 - The ER wasn’t bad on Christmas.

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

Youtube: http://youtu.be/KQlVFXdeslM

Errata From Last Week:  The High Court has ruled that doctors can switch off life support to a brain dead mother of two who is 18 weeks pregnant.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/my-daughter-is-dead-i-just-want-her-to-be-put-to-rest-30860624.html

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/doctors-told-they-can-withdraw-life-support-for-clinically-dead-pregnant-woman-30863340.html

Science / Technology / Politics

Item:  Today a group claiming affiliation with the loose hacker collective Anonymous released a document containing approximately 13,000 username-and-password combinations along with credit card numbers and expiration dates. Xbox Live, the Sony Playstation Network, Origin, Dell, Twitch.tv, Walmart, Amazon, Shutterstock, and Hulu Plus accounts Should all be wary and lots of porn sites. URLs: http://www.dailydot.com/politics/anonymous-lulzxmas-passwords-credit-cards/
Item: We Found a New and Cheaper Way to Get to Mars - Mathematicians Francesco Topputo and Edward Belbruno have calculated a path that actually takes advantage of the Mars' own motion. The strategy is called ballistic capture, as opposed to what we now use, the Hohmann transfer. Downside: The journey will take longer, adding several months to the already six-month haul. For human space travelers, that would take a toll
URLs: http://gizmodo.com/we-found-a-new-and-cheaper-way-to-get-to-mars-1674591160

Humanities / Religion/ Politics

Item: “Put Wings On Pigs” Facebook quote lands Massachusetts’ Charlie Dirosa in jail after two NYPD officers were killed Saturday afternoon. Chicopee police is comparing the post to yelling fire in a crowded theater and claiming the post “scared a lot of the guys.” The police have filed a criminal complaint and Dirosa will have to appear in court for “threatening to commit a crime.”

URLs: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/begins-massachusetts-man-charged-word-facebook-post/
Item: Court Rules Orangutan “Sandra” Held In Argentina Zoo Is 'Non-Human Person' And Can Be Freed Interesting note, Orangutan is a word from the Malay and Indonesian languages that means "forest man."
URLs:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/21/orangutan-argentina_n_6363582.html

Politics / Humanities / Politics

Item: A white man who pleaded guilty to six robberies in Ohio used a black mask so lifelike that police initially arrested a black man for one of the crimes. He faces up to 35 years in prison at his January 7 sentencing. He was turned in by his girlfriend.

URLs: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1334726/Conrad-Zdzierak-white-man-pleads-guilty-wearing-black-man-disguise-robberies.html
Item: The United States helped a Cuban spy imprisoned in California artificially inseminate his wife back in Cuba, a goodwill gesture while Washington and Havana were engaged in secret talks on restoring diplomatic ties, U.S. officials said on Monday. Now Gerardo Hernandez and his wife, Adriana Perez, are expecting his baby in two weeks, even though he was locked up for 16 years without conjugal visits. It will be a girl called Gema, Cuban official media said.
URLs:https://www.tytnetwork.com/2014/12/23/imprisoned-cuban-spy-impregnates-his-wife-with-u-s-help/

Potpourri / Politics / Flotsam & Jetsam

Item: Couple near death after being trapped in keyless car, didn't think to open it manually.
New Zealand couple Mollieanne and Brian Smith, who nearly fell prey to their cold, unfeeling Mazda 3 hatchback.

The couple found themselves inside their new "keyless" car in their garage on November 5th, and without their transponder, believed there was no way to get themselves out.  the car's victims were discovered by neighbors at 7:45 am, 13 hours since they first were trapped, Mrs. Smith had become unconscious, and Mr. Smith was struggling for air. The wife spent three days in a hospital recovering from her robotic attack. Doctors said if they had spent even another 30 minutes inside that car, they would have died.

They are both fine now, though definitely changed from the experience. And they have learned that "the manual lock was the same as the inside door handle on many other vehicles."

URLs: http://happyplace.someecards.com/trapped/couple-near-death-after-being-trapped-in-keyless-car-didnt-think-to-open-it-manually/
Item: Judge Phyllis Hamilton ruled in an Oakland, California court on Tuesday that Facebook must face a class action lawsuit for violating its users’ privacy by scanning private messages so that it could gather data for targeted advertising. The suit seeks damages of up to $10,000 to be paid out per user, and also for Facebook to stop scanning messages from here on out.

URLs: http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2014/12/26/facebook-hit-class-action-lawsuit-private-message-scanning/