ORly Radio Show 68 - KKK, Hacking, SETI, and more

ORly Radio Show 68 - KKK, Hacking, SETI, and more.

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 68 for Friday July 24th, 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, Mike!

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  

RANT Segments  / QUICK Headlines:

• Returning humans to the moon could cost 90 percent less than expected, bringing estimated costs down from $100 billion to $10 billion. That's something that NASA could afford on its current deep space human spaceflight budget. - http://www.popsci.com/colonizing-moon-may-be-90-percent-cheaper-we-thought

• STEPHEN HAWKING AND RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE LAUNCH $100 MILLION SEARCH FOR ALIEN LIFE CALLED “Breakthrough Listen.” - http://nerdist.com/stephen-hawking-and-russian-billionaire-launch-100-million-search-for-alien-life/

• U.S. & Cuba Restore Full Diplomatic Ties After 5 Decades - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/us-cuba-diplomatic-relations_55ac7645e4b065dfe89ea12a

• The 7-day work week comes to Wisconsin - http://mashable.com/2015/07/13/scott-walker-wisconsin-7-day-week/

• New technology ends finger pricking for people with diabetes - http://www.rtoz.org/2015/07/18/new-technology-ends-finger-pricking-for-people-with-diabetes/

• Rick Perry Loses As Court Rules That He Must Face Felony Abuse Of Power Charge - http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/24/rick-perry-loses-court-rules-face-felony-abuse-power-charges.html

• Jade Helm Watchdog Leader Says He ‘Can’t Wait to Kill’ Useless Americans, Offers Absurd Excuse Why (Video) - http://www.forwardprogressives.com/jade-helm-watchdog-leader-cant-wait-useless-americans-video/

• Hubble imagery helped find a Neptune sized gas giant, called GJ436b orbiting a red dwarf star and appears like comet with a long tail. .Bizarre Cometlike Alien Planet Is First of Its Kind - http://www.space.com/29752-cometlike-planet-first-of-its-kind.html

• Chrysler recalls 1.4 million vehicles after hackers show they're flawed http://www.vox.com/2015/7/24/9034325/chrysler-jeep-recall-hackers

• Cheating site Ashley Madison breached by hackers, Krebs Security writes that the published samples, appear to include information on the site's 37 million users, company financial data such as salary figures, and even maps of the company's internal network. -  https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/07/20/cheating-site-ashley-madison-breached-by-hackers-threatening-to-expose-users/

• El Niño intensifying, could rival strongest in recorded history - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/07/20/el-nino-intensifying-could-rival-strongest-in-history/

• Christian Parents Demand School Ban Book About Taliban Banning Books, Somehow Miss The Irony - http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/07/20/christian-parents-demand-school-ban-book-about-taliban-banning-books-somehow-miss-the-irony/

• GOP Lawmakers Want to Kill America's Single Largest Conservation Funding by breaking a 50-year-old promise to use revenues from offshore drilling to conserve the nation's land, water and wildlife. - http://www.alternet.org/environment/gop-lawmakers-want-kill-americas-single-largest-conservation-funding-source

• Fla. Mobile Home Park Threatens Poor Elderly Residents With Eviction For Accepting Food Donations (VIDEO) -http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/07/20/fla-mobile-home-park-threatens-poor-elderly-residents-with-eviction-for-accepting-food-donations-video/

• Republicans In Full Melt Down As Trump Refuses To Quit Race, And May Run As An Independent - http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/19/republicans-full-melt-trump-refuses-quit-race-run-independent.html

• Fox News host Brian Kilmeade suggested on Monday that beach officials should be “clearing the waters” of sharks to prevent the predators from coming in contact with humans. - http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/foxs-brian-kilmeade-why-arent-we-clearing-the-waters-of-sharks-so-ocean-swimming-is-safe/

• Republican Lawmaker Calls KKK Grand Wizard ‘One Of The South’s First Civil Rights Leaders’ - http://www.itakelibertywithmycoffee.com/2015/07/republican-lawmaker-calls-kkk-grand-wizard-one-of-the-souths-first-civil-rights-leaders/

• Priest Refuses Communion To Married Gay Man Attending His Mother's Funeral - http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/uncucumbered/priest_refuses_married_gay_man_communion_at_his_mother_s_funeral

• Gay pastor’s removal brings sadness, defiance: Rev. Benjamin David Hutchison started last week with his forced resignation from his supportive United Methodist congregation. His removal came after his district superintendent received a complaint that Hutchison was openly gay and in a relationship. - http://www.umc.org/news-and-media/gay-pastors-removal-brings-sadness-defiance

-BREAK- GSoW - PSA

The Good:

1. STEPHEN HAWKING AND RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE LAUNCH $100 MILLION SEARCH FOR ALIEN LIFE CALLED “Breakthrough Listen.” - http://nerdist.com/stephen-hawking-and-russian-billionaire-launch-100-million-search-for-alien-life/

-BREAK- Logical Fallacy: Fallacy Fallacy by Amy Pastoor, amypastoor.com

The Bad:

1. Cheating site Ashley Madison breached by hackers, Krebs Security writes that the published samples, appear to include information on the site's 37 million users, company financial data such as salary figures, and even maps of the company's internal network. -  https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/07/20/cheating-site-ashley-madison-breached-by-hackers-threatening-to-expose-users/

-BREAK- Voicemail

The Ugly:

1. Republican Lawmaker Calls KKK Grand Wizard ‘One Of The South’s First Civil Rights Leaders’ - http://www.itakelibertywithmycoffee.com/2015/07/republican-lawmaker-calls-kkk-grand-wizard-one-of-the-souths-first-civil-rights-leaders/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: 7 Questions To Ask Your Parents Before They Die - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/7-questions-to-ask-your-parents-before-they-die_559c1f63e4b05d7587e24612

Acknowledgements:

Music by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

PSA: Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia - GSoW https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject

ORly Radio Show 6 - American Spring Edition

ORly Radio Show 6 for Friday May 16th, 2014

Hosted by Andy, David, and Don!
Music: "Rocket" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

We would also like to thank the 2 people that have the show in their Stitcher playlist. I dedicate tonights show to you. Thanks for listening!

Operation American Spring, http://patriotsforamerica.ning.com/ 

Science / Technology

Item 1:  IBM Solar Collector Magnifies Sun By 2000X – These Could Provide Power To The Entire Planet
URL: http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/02/21/up-for-grabs-ibm-solar-collector-magnifies-sun-2000x/

Item 2: Russia puts international space station on table over Ukraine sanctions Moscow says it will reject US request to prolong life of ISS beyond 2020 in retaliation for Washington's sanctions
URL: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/13/russia-international-space-station-doubt-ukraine-sanctions

Humanities

Item 1: US Headline: Christian woman in Sudan sentenced to death for her faith
URL: http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/15/world/africa/sudan-christian-woman-apostasy/index.html
Item 1: UK Headline: Sudanese woman, 27, who is a doctor and eight months PREGNANT to be flogged to death for the 'crime' of marrying a Christian man
URL:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2628895/Sudanese-woman-eight-months-pregnant-flogged-death-unless-she.html
Item 2: Florida town’s choice: Violate Supreme Court ruling or open meeting with Satanic prayer
URL: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/09/florida-towns-choice-violate-supreme-court-ruling-or-open-meeting-with-satanic-prayer/

Politics

Item 1: Roy Moore's twisted history: Islam and Buddhism don't have First Amendment protection
URL: http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/05/roy_moores_twisted_hisotry_isl.html
Item 2: Boko Haram: Nigeria President Optimistic Over Finding Abducted Schoolgirls
URL: http://www.newsweek.com/nigeria-president-optimistic-over-finding-abducted-schoolgirls-250638

Potpourri

Item 1: Nature adapts to Chernobyl
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/06/science/nature-adapts-to-chernobyl.html
Item 2: Biggest NSA Leaks are yet to come, Glenn Greenwald Interview
URL: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/14/greenwald-nsa-snowden.html
Item 3: David: Hurtful levels of stupidity lead to shooting death of man by teen.
URL: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/15/sc-woman-fires-shot-at-friend-to-test-his-bulletproof-vest-but-she-misses-and-hes-dead/

Entertainment/Reviews/Picks

Item 1: Andy: Peter F. Hamilton’s Commonwealth series. Pandora’s Star and Judas Unchained.
Link: Pandora's Star (The Commonwealth Saga) & Judas Unchained (The Commonwealth Saga)
Item 2: David: Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1)
Link: Storm Front (Dresden Files)
Item 3: David: The Conqueror - John Wayne as Genghis Khan
Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049092/

ORly Radio Show 5 - Soylent Neutrality

ORly Radio Episode 5

Hosted by Andy, Mike, and Don!
Music: "Rocket" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Science / Technology

Headline 1: THE END OF FOOD - Soylent
URL: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/05/12/140512fa_fact_widdicombe?currentPage=all&mobify=0

Headline 2: Coalition led by Amazon, Microsoft, and others take a stand against FCC on net neutrality
URL: http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/7/5692578/tech-coalition-challenges-fcc

Humanities

Headline 1: Real Fox News Question: 'Are Female Breadwinners A Problem?'
URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/05/fox-news-female-breadwinners-problem_n_5266335.html

Headline 2: California Sikh Man, Gursant Singh, Barred From Jury Duty For Carrying Religious Dagger
URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/01/gursant-singh-jury-duty-dagger-kirpan_n_5246955.html

Politics

Headline 1: US attorney general says banks may face criminal cases soon "No individual or company," he says, "is above the law.
URL: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101633128

Headline 2: Supreme Court Upholds Prayer At Government Meetings
URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/05/supreme-court-prayer_n_5266930.html

Entertainment

Reviews and such!
Andy: Bill Bryson - A short history of nearly everything.
Andy: Lawrence Krauss - The Physics of Star trek.
Mike: Grave Encounters http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1703199/
Mike: Apartment 143 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1757742/
Don: Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz

Potpourri

Headline 1: Arizona Abortion Bill: Legislators Pass Three Bills, Redefines When Life Begins
URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/10/az-abortion-bills-arizona-gestational-age_n_1415715.html

Headline 2: Biggest Day in History for U.S. Solar Energy Community
President Obama’s solar announcements:
• Support for the solar workforce. The SunShot Initiative will build on our Solar Instructor Training  Network, an initiative intended to support community college programs that train people to enter the  solar industry. The program aims to help 50,000 people enter the solar workforce by 2020.
• More solar on U.S. businesses. 300+ public- and private-sector business leaders will increase  solar use, including Home Depot, Ikea, Yahoo, Google, Lennar Homes and Goldman Sachs.
• More solar for affordable housing. The largest manager of affordable multifamily housing in the  nation will install an additional 4 megawatts (MW) of solar power by 2020, and the non-profit  Hispanic  Housing Development Corporation to add 530 kilowatts (kw) of solar by the end of 2015.

Headline 3: Education vote that took place today that would allow for expanded charter schools.
URL: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr10/text