ORLY-EP0111B - Tucker Drake, SCOTUS Stuff, TSA & Trump's Worker's Party

ORLY-EP0111B - Tucker Drake, SCOTUS Stuff, TSA & Trump's Worker's Party

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #111B recorded Friday MAY 27th, 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 special guest podcaster, Tucker Drake!

SCOTUS Stuff

1. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/05/supreme-court-foster-chatman

2. http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/05/opinion-analysis-racial-gerrymandering-case-ends/

   1. http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/11/22/squaresville_usa_how_to_fix_american_politics_one_right_angle_at_a_time/

   2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Wolves:_Iraq

Good Ideas:

1. http://gizmodo.com/the-tsa-is-so-bad-that-delta-has-installed-its-own-ultr-1779118856

Bad Ideas:

1. http://www.ifyouonlynews.com/politics/trump-announces-hes-rebranding-the-gop-as-the-workers-party-a-name-he-stole-from-adolf-hitler/

Personal Picks:

Andy’s:   http://io9.gizmodo.com/comixology-launches-all-you-can-eat-unlimited-subscri-1778407797

Tucker Drake’s: The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood by Irving Finkel http://amzn.to/27WWWaT

           The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery by Captain Witold Pilecki http://amzn.to/1XXwPME

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 66 - Alexa, When will the GOP Eat Itself?

ORly Radio Show 66 - Alexa, When will the GOP Eat Itself?  

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 66 for Friday July 10th, 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 suspect David!

Errata From Last Week: The Oklahoma bakers (Sweet Cakes By Melissa) that were fined $135,000 for damages by the court were actually fined for sharing their address on Facebook to encourage harassment, not for discrimination. http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/07/10/persecuted-anti-gay-bakers-lied-forced-to-pay-135000-for-sharing-lesbian-couples-address/

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  QUICK Headlines:

• Modified mosquitoes begin blitz on dengue in Brazilian city http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27844-modified-mosquitoes-begin-blitz-on-dengue-in-brazilian-city.html

• Latest numbers show at least 5 metres sea-level rise locked in http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630253.300-latest-numbers-show-at-least-5-metres-sealevel-rise-locked-in.html

• Earth’s shrinking crust could leave us living on a water world https://www.newscientistbeta.com/article/dn27875-earths-shrinking-crust-could-leave-us-living-on-a-water-world/

• The Central Florida Freethought Community SUE BREVARD COUNTY BOARD FOR RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION http://www.wmfe.org/atheists-sue-brevard-county-board-for-religious-discrimination/

• Man poses as armored truck employee, walks out of Walmart with $75,000 http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/national/man-poses-armored-truck-employee-walks-out-walmart/nmrnw/

• Former Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal dies http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/09/former-saudi-foreign-minister-prince-saud-al-faisal-dies

• Magic: the Gathering gets its own version of Netflix http://www.dailydot.com/esports/magic-card-rental-sparedeck/

• Japan accepts U.S. robot duel challenge http://nerdist.com/japan-accepts-americas-giant-robot-duel/

-BREAK- GSoW - PSA

The Good:

1. Florida Supreme Court rejects gerrymandered congressional districts http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2015/07/10/florida-supreme-court-rejects-gerrymandered-congressional-districts http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/09/us-usa-florida-redistricting-idUSKCN0PJ22820150709

-BREAK- Logical Fallacy: Special Pleading

The Bad:

1. US jets intercepted Russian bombers off the California and Alaska coasts on July 4 http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-jets-intercepted-russian-bombers-off-the-california-and-alaska-coasts-on-july-4/ar-AAcDwdA

-BREAK- Voicemail

The Ugly:

1. Donald Trump… After being a giant racist douchebag and becoming completely unelectable by polite society, is polling at 16% of the GOP primary. This is actually great news politically, but terrible news to know we live with these people…

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s:  Amazon Echo. http://amzn.to/1NZYntZ