ORly Radio Show 98 - Flint's Cost of Negligence

ORly Radio Show 98 - Flint's Cost of Negligence

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 98 for Friday February 26th, 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 and Fred!

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. Two National Parks Preserved, 10 years apart - Grand Canyon in 1919 and Grand Tetons in 1929

    2. Hitler Organizes Luftwaffe (airforce)  in direct violation of Versailles treaty that ended WWI - 1935

    3. World Trade Center bombed - 1993

    4. Florida Teen Trayvon Martin is Shot and Killed - 2012            

  2. Oklahoma votes to ban AP History classes (OLD NEWS) (Damn It! That’s My Bad)   http://bluenationreview.com/oklahoma-ranked-48th-education-votes-ban-ap-history-classes/

  3. http://www.snopes.com/zika-microcephaly-outbreak-pesticide/ No Monsanto is not to blame for Zika or Microcephaly.

  4. Illinois Bill to Deny Single Moms Birth certificates and aid? http://www.scarymommy.com/illinois-bill-would-deny-birth-certificates-to-some-single-moms/

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Science Bitches!

1) Fighting diseases is always important, and it's good to see progress being made on a particularly deadly one. Also this is a look into how vaccines really work and why they're FUCKING SAFE YOU MORONS; we're taking advantage of Mother Nature's already highly advanced mechanisms to throw a curveball at a particularly nasty bug. http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/antibodies-ebola-survivor-found-cure-infected-monkeys

2) Really good explanation with visual aids and a scale model of the sensing equipment involved. If you didn't understand the discovery before, you ABSOLUTELY will after this. http://www.iflscience.com/space/watch-physicist-brian-greene-explain-gravitational-waves-stephen-colbert

3) Just an interesting look at how the calendar is developed to make sure the months stay in the seasons the way we know them. http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/science-behind-leap-years-and-how-they-work

4) A win against cancer - what's not to like? http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/hpv-rates-fall-teenage-girls-following-vaccine

5) The ocean covers so much of our world, contains so many resources, and we understand so little of it. Space is easy by comparison; it's empty. The ocean is hiding so many weird things down there, and it's awesome and terrifying. http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/mysterious-deep-hum-found-within-oceans-twilight-zone

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The Good:

  1. Donald Trump surges in the polls, Canada is trying to make it even easier for anyone, even a horrified American, to obtain Canadian citizenship—a total coincidence, I’m sure. http://gawker.com/canada-coincidentally-makes-it-easier-to-apply-for-citi-1761304479

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

The Bad:

  1. Tennessee has a new state rifle! https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/26/tennessees-new-official-state-rifle-is-so-powerful-it-can-destroy-commercial-aircraft/?postshare=5511456523404647&tid=ss_fb

  2. http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/26/technology/irs-data-theft/ Taxpayer data theft, be aware.

The Ugly:

  1. Flint Michigan

    1. http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/ted-cruz-flint-aid-219787?cmpid=sf#ixzz41DFl55Mu

    2. http://www.hngn.com/articles/182698/20160226/ted-cruz-allows-flint-aid-deal-move-forward.htm Update

    3. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/west-virginia-chemical-spill-sentencing_us_56cf3ecbe4b0bf0dab311a4b

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

David’s: Google Fi is awwwwwwwsooooooooome.

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 26 - Cavalcade of Calamities

ORly Radio Show 26 for Friday October 3rd, 2014 - Cavalcade of Calamities

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

Science / Technology / Politics

Item: ComputerCOP: The Dubious 'Internet Safety Software' That Hundreds of Police Agencies Have Distributed to Families
URLs: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/09/computercop-dangerous-internet-safety-software-hundreds-police-agencies
Item: The viral epidemic that should really terrify Americans
URLs: http://qz.com/274230/forget-ebola-this-is-the-viral-epidemic-that-should-really-terrify-americans/
Item: Antarctica’s lost so much ice it’s changed Earth’s gravity (in the area)

URLs: http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20140210-26272.html

Humanities / Religion/ Politics

Item: Ave Maria - A Town Without a Vote: Now and forever (Old News Rehashed)
URLs: http://www.naplesnews.com/news/local-news/town-without-vote-now-and-forever
Item: Jessa Duggar blames the Holocaust on the theory of evolution
URLs: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/reality-tv-star-jessa-duggar-blames-the-holocaust-on-the-theory-of-evolution/ 

Politics / Humanities / Politics

Item: Unemployment Rate Falls To 5.9%
URLs: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/03/september-jobs-report-unemployment-rate_n_5922146.html
Item: Treat health advice on TV in the same vein as expert testimony, which already has established guidelines for truthfulness.
URLs: http://www.vox.com/2014/7/12/5891451/meet-the-medical-student-who-wants-to-bring-down-dr-oz-quackery

Potpourri / Politics / Flotsam & Jetsam

Item: Half the world's wildlife gone over last 40 years
URLs: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/world-wildlife-fund-wwf-half-the-worlds-biodiversity-gone-over-last-40-years/
Item: Military Can't Come Up With A Name For Its War Against ISIS. We're Here To Help
URLs: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/03/pentagon-operation-inherent-resolve_n_5928388.html

Item:  Central Colombia woman grows potato in vagina in ill-advised contraception attempt

URLs: http://colombiareports.co/22-year-old-women-uses-potato-contraceptive-device-tolima/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: Stay tuned for more Podcasts from this network
Mike’s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhk7-5eBCrs
David’s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSReSGe200A
Don’s: Ender’s Game (The Movie)

ORly Radio Show 18 - Postponing the Inevitable

ORly Radio Show 18 for Friday August 8th, 2014 - Postponing the Inevitable

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

Science / Technology / Politics

Item 1:Nano Water Chip Could Make Desalination Affordable for Everyone
URLs: http://inhabitat.com/nano-water-chip-could-make-desalination-affordable-for-everyone/

Item 2: Power Generating Jewelry
URLs: http://www.ecouterre.com/naomi-kizhners-invasive-jewelry-turns-body-movement-into-electricity/

Humanities / Politics

Item 1: U.S. Jets and Drones Attack Militants in Iraq, Hoping to Stop Advance.
URLs: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/09/world/middleeast/iraq.html
Item 2: Rick Wiles Links Obama To Ebola Outbreak (Ebola Discussion Thread)

URLs: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rick-wiles-links-obama-ebola-outbreak
Ebola Fact Sheet http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/

Politics / Politics

Item 1:Rand Paul is against foreign aid. No exceptions.
URLs: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2014/08/07/rand-paul-ending-foriegn-aid-for-israel-was-good-for-it/

Item 2: David Barton Roundup
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/david-barton-pro-choice-candidates-will-take-away-your-property-and-guns
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/david-barton-how-can-you-be-christian-and-be-gay-or-have-abortion  
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/david-barton-repeats-debunked-claim-chaplains-are-forced-perform-same-sex-weddings

Potpourri

Item 1: Hawaii weather and quakes.
URLs: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/weather/hurricane/chi-hawaii-braces-for-hurricane-iselle-with-julio-right-behind-20140806,0,3582407.story

Item 2: Hitchhiking Robot Treks Across Canada
URLs: http://www.iflscience.com/technology/hitchhiking-robot-treks-across-canada

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: RigidBot 3D printer AND printing houses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYqBxEAtXZA
David’s: Guardians of the Galaxy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crIaEzXgqto

ORly Radio Show 12 - Masturbation Waterboarding Boehner

ORly Radio Episode 12 for Friday June 27th, 2014

Hosts: Andy, David, Michael, Don, and Ann!
Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

Science / Technology

Item 1: Widespread impacts of neonicotinoids 'impossible to deny'
URL: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27980344
Item1.5 http://www.salon.com/2014/06/26/bee_friendly_plants_sold_at_wal_mart_home_depot_actually_contain_bee_killing_pesticides/

Item 2: New York City, parents do not have the right to send their unvaccinated kids to school if another student has a vaccine-preventable illness, according to a Brooklyn Federal District Court
URL: http://www.vox.com/2014/6/24/5837968/court-ruling-parents-dont-have-the-right-to-send-their-unvaccinated

ITEM 3: Ice sheets may have already passed point of no return
URL: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229752.600-ice-sheets-may-have-already-passed-point-of-no-return.html

Humanities

Item 1: GUESS WHICH COUNTRY DOES THE MOST GOOD FOR THE PLANET?
URL:  http://ideas.ted.com/2014/06/23/guess-which-country-does-the-most-good-for-the-planet/

Item 2: Obama says US should have paid maternity leave
URL:  http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/25841932/obama-says-us-should-have-paid-maternity-leave

Politics

Item 1: Nigeria atheist Bala 'deemed mentally ill in Kano state'
URL: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28010234

Item 2: Reid, White House warn GOP not to shut down the government (again)
URL: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/reid-white-house-warn-gop-not-shut-down-the-government-again

Item 3: Another brick in the impeachment wall
URL: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/another-brick-the-impeachment-wall

Item 3: John Boehner Says His Plan To Sue Obama Is 'Not About Impeachment'
URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/john-boehner-obama-impeach_n_5529923.html
URL2 Video: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/neil-cavuto-michele-bachmann_n_5531279.html
Audio Response from President Obama.

Potpourri

Item 1: Comedian Bill Cosby's remarks form the basis of a 'We Can't Blame White People' essay.
URL: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/cosby.asp

Item 2: Ebola epidemic in West Africa 'out of control' There have been 567 cases and 350 deaths since the epidemic began in March
URL: http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/23/health/ebola-virus-outbreak-west-africa/index.html

Entertainment/Reviews/Picks

Andy: Encyclopedias, OLD encyclopedias
David: Learn something you don’t know how to do. Get an idiots guide. Learn!
Michael: House M.D. 
Don & Ann: The IT Crowd