ORly Radio Show 96 - No Religion Required Returns!

ORly Radio Show 96 - No Religion Required Returns!

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 96 for Friday February 12th, 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 Fred Sims, and the hosts of No Religion Required.

Errata:

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

Welcome back, No Religion Required!
http://noreligionrequired.com/ 

RANT Segments & Headlines:

  1. On this Day in History: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

    1. Abraham Lincoln born - 1809

    2. Charles Darwin Born - 1809

    3. Garnet preaches to House on slavery and Civil War - 1865

      1. -The Rev. Dr. Henry Highland Garnet, former slave and first African American to address the US House of Rep

    4. Release of US P.O.W’s from Vietnam begins - 1973

    5. President Clinton acquitted on both articles of impeachment: perjury and obstruction of justice - 1999

    6. GM records record loss, offers to buyout all 74,000 US hourly workers - 2008

  2. http://www.occupydemocrats.com/2016/02/08/racist-florida-republicans-attempt-to-ban-abortion-in-order-to-save-white-culture/

  3. Bernie Sanders wins 2095 write in votes in New Hampshire Republican primary  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/02/11/bernie-sanders-won-2095-votes-in-the-new-hampshire-republican-primary/

  4. Wikipedia may be building search engine afterall http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/wikipedia-may-be-building-a-search-engine-after-all-1

  5. Congress skeptical of increased Saudi commitment to ISIS fight in Syria https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/02/12/congress-skeptical-of-increased-saudi-commitment-to-isis-fight-in-syria/

-BREAK- GSoW - PSA

Science Bitches!

  1. NASA wants you to become a 'telenaut' who explores Mars with virtual reality http://www.techinsider.io/nasa-telenauts-vr-2016-2?utm_content=buffer27810&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-ti

  2. The End of Science as We Know It? http://the-daily.buzz/the-end-of-science/3/ , http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/was-i-wrong-about-8220-the-end-of-science-8221/

  3. Gravity comes in WAVES now? http://www.iflscience.com/space/gravitational-waves-observed-first-time

The Good:

  1. The final occupier of a remote federal property in Oregon surrendered to law enforcement Thursday, ending a nearly six-week standoff that tore apart a rural community, captivated a national audience and left one militant dead. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/oregon-standoff-ends-david-fry_us_56bcd753e4b0c3c550506be6
    But they left presents, because of course they did. http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/militants-warn-authorities-about-booby-traps-left-behind-at-oregon-reserve/

  2. http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2016/02/12/want-viagra-not-without-note-wife/80294772/

The Bad:

  1. http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/02/11/conservative-pastor-preaches-that-women-should-be-banned-from-voting-and-confined-to-their-home-video/

The Ugly:

  1. http://www.occupydemocrats.com/2016/02/08/racist-florida-republicans-attempt-to-ban-abortion-in-order-to-save-white-culture/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Fred’s: http://www.lg.com/us/mobile-phones/v10#capture-the-in-between-moments

ORly Radio Show 45 - VD & Friday the 13th

ORly Radio Show 45 for Friday February 13th, 2015 - VD & Friday the 13th

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

Errata From Last Week: POEd.  Scientists pledge to increase interference with the Church in the Guardian - Satire. Darn. Should have known by “Hugh Briss”, spokesperson for FFS http://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2015/feb/04/scientists-pledge-to-increase-interference-with-the-church
“FFS then went on to reassure any people alarmed by their intentions that none of them are likely to occur because FFS is entirely fictional, so don’t actually exist. “Not that that’s ever made much difference in this context,” Dr Briss admitted.”

Science / Technology / Politics

Item: The universe may have existed forever, according to a new model that applies quantum correction terms to complement Einstein's theory of general relativity.
URLs: http://phys.org/news/2015-02-big-quantum-equation-universe.html
URLs: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269314009381
Item: To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This
URLs:http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/fashion/modern-love-to-fall-in-love-with-anyone-do-this.html
Item: HPV vaccine highly effective against multiple cancer-causing strains
URLs: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-02-hpv-vaccine-highly-effective-multiple.html

Humanities / Religion/ Politics

Item: Federal judge will consider whether marijuana is wrongly classified as non-medical drug
URLs: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/federal-judge-will-consider-whether-marijuana-is-wrongly-classified-as-non-medical-drug/
Item: Woman Gets Prison For Scrotum Attack
URLs: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/revolting/woman-sentenced-for-brutal-scrotum-attack-342091
URLs: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/scrotum-sentence

Politics / Humanities / Politics

Item: Bush releases hundreds of thousands of emails from his Governorship. Chaos ensues.
URLs: http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/13/politics/bush-emails-redacted-secretary-of-state/
Item: South Carolina Republican State Senator Thomas Corbin: Women are 'a lesser cut of meat'
URLs: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/13/1364254/-South-Carolina-Republican-Women-are-a-lesser-cut-of-meat
Item: New York City, once notorious for high crime, broke a record on Thursday with no murders reported for 10 straight days - "Everybody is behaving," said Sergeant Daniel Doody
URLs: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/12/new-york-city-no-murders-10-days_n_6669524.html |
Item: People have sex in a box. Talk about it in front of a live studio audience. Because REALITY TV.
URLs: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/08/21/sex-box-a-reality-show-where-people-have-sex-in-a-box-on-tv-is-a-real-thing-for-2015/

Potpourri / Politics / Flotsam & Jetsam

Item: Woman Makes Yogurt From Her Vagina, Says It Tastes “Sour, Tangy, and Tingly”
URLs: http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2015/02/vagina-yogurt
URLs: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-to-make-breakfast-with-your-vagina
Item: 17-Year-Old Receives World’s First Penis Reduction Because His Football-Shaped Penis Stopped Him from Having Sex
URLs:http://www.lovebscott.com/news/say-what-now-17-year-old-receives-worlds-first-reduction-because-his-football-shaped-stopped-him-from-having-photos

Oh, Florida...

Item: Police: Man arrested with weed in his butt, crack in his mouth.
URLs:  http://www.alligator.org/news/crime/article_3228e58c-b344-11e4-93bc-c7064b2952d6.html
Item: Some Floridians are keeping windows rolled up at DUI checkpoints
URLs: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/02/11/florida-dui-warren-redlich/23236797/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: No Religion Required (http://noreligionrequired.com/) moving to Secular Media Group (http://secularmediagroup.com/)
David’s: http://www.gosunstove.com/
Jess’s: #blackcosplay for super awesome black history month


ORly Radio Show 40 - No Religion Required

ORly Radio Show 40 for Friday January 9th, 2015 - No Religion Required

Hosts: Andy & the Usual Suspects: David and Don!!! Special Guest - No Religion Required
Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

Science / Technology / Politics

Item: World’s Largest Solar Thermal Power Project Achieved Commercial Operation and State and federal regulators are overseeing a two-year study of the facility's effects on birds.
URLs: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=121544&p=irol-newsArticleNRG&ID=1899656
URLs:http://gizmodo.com/the-worlds-largest-solar-plant-started-creating-electr-1521998493 URLs:http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304703804579379230641329484

Item:Segway Inventor Dean Kamen Thinks His New Stirling Engine Will Get You Off The Grid For Under $10K
URLs:http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2014/07/02/dean-kamen-thinks-his-new-stirling-engine-could-power-the-world/

Item: Drones : Too many missions and too few pilots are threatening the ‘readiness and combat capability’ of America’s unmanned Air Force, according to an internal memo.
URLs: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/04/exclusive-u-s-drone-fleet-at-breaking-point-air-force-says.html

Humanities / Religion/ Politics

Item: Broke Guy Offers Nikes in Lieu of Bail, Chill Judge Says "OK"

URLs: http://gawker.com/broke-guy-offers-nikes-in-lieu-of-bail-chill-judge-say-1677405562
Item: Bohner wins third Speaker of the House position - Makes dissenters pay.
URLs: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/boehner-allies-out-for-revenge-114007.html

Item: Masked gunmen wielding Kalashnikovs and a rocket launcher killed at least 12 people and injured 10 more at the Paris offices of satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday before escaping.
URLs: http://gawker.com/gunmen-kill-12-in-shooting-at-paris-satirical-newspaper-1677943812
URLs:http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/07/charlie-hebdo-satire-intimidation-analysis
URLS: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/09/charlie-hebdo-suspects-killed_n_6439396.html

Politics / Humanities / Politics

Item: At 11:50 a.m. ET on Jan. 2, the dollar index was trading at 90.94. To make a long story short for those of us who don’t have a degree in economics, this is the highest level the dollar has traded at since March 2006. THANKS OBAMA!!
URLs: http://reverbpress.com/politics/u-s-dollar-reaches-highest-value-in-9-years/

Item: 4 Things That Were Supposed To Happen By 2015 Because Obama Was Reelected
URLs: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/01/01/3607416/4-things-2015-obama-reelected/

Potpourri / Politics / Flotsam & Jetsam

Item: New Bill Would Make Wearing Hoodies A Crime
URLs: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/01/03/3607687/oklahoma-hoodie-ban/
Item: The oldest time capsule discovered in the country (1795) was opened Tuesday in Boston
URLs: http://abcnews.go.com/US/oldest-us-time-capsule-opened-today/story?id=28025479
URLs: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/after-220-years-secrets-of-paul-revere-and-sam-adams-time-capsule-revealed/

Oh, Florida...

ITEM: Phoebe Jonchuck Killed by her father John Jonchuck Jr.
He pulled her from his car and tossed her off a bridge 62’ to Tampa Bay.. .
URLS: http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/27793264/deputies-john-jonchuck-had-history-of-domestic-issuesd
URLS:http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/ex-man-accused-throwing-child-bridge-says-hes-jeky/njj5w/

Item: A Florida dad taught parents in the state last week that it's fine to spank your kids, as long as you call the cops to oversee it
URLs: http://gawker.com/dad-calls-cops-to-watch-him-spank-12-year-old-daughter-1677493594

Item: Disney cruise officials say 4-month-old was too young, forced family off ship
URLs: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-family-forced-off-disney-cruise-ship-story.html

Item: Guy Trashes "Spiritual" Girlfriend's Car After Granny Dildo Sex Prophecy
URLs: http://gawker.com/guy-trashes-spiritual-girlfriends-car-after-granny-di-1677076809

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: https://www.readingrainbow.com/
David’s: Misfit Flash Activity Tracker - http://www.amazon.com/Misfit-Flash-Fitness-Sleep-Monitor/dp/B00NIU9YG0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420857068&sr=8-1&keywords=misfit+flash
Don’s: http://www.businessinsider.com/wind-turbines-that-look-like-trees-2015-1

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