ORLY-EP0150 - They All Float Down Here

ORLY-EP0150 - They All Float Down Here

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #150 recorded Friday, April 7th, 2017 - 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, Fred Sims, David O’Connor, Amber Biesecker, Stephen Griffith, and Daniel Atherton.

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ORLY-EP0116B - Getting Control: Abortion, Birth, Guns, Flesh Eating Algea, & More

ORLY-EP0116B - Getting Control:  Abortion, Birth, Guns, Flesh Eating Algea, & More

Welcome back to ORLYRADIO #116b recorded Friday July 1st, 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 usual suspect Daniel Atherton.

Law & Order:

1. The Texas Supreme Court has sided with a family accused of not teaching its children anything while waiting “to be raptured.” Laura and Michael McIntyre began homeschooling their nine children inside the family’s El Paso motorcycle dealership more than a decade ago. The couple argued that school district officials violated their 14th Amendment rights by attempting to verify that their children were learning. The case then headed to the state’s Supreme Court, where the justices made a 6-3 ruling on technical grounds in favor of the McIntyres. But it didn’t answer larger constitutional questions about whether home-schooled children must be properly taught. Justices remanded the case to lower courts, saying its constitutional questions weren’t educational policy matters. But they didn’t issue an opinion on the overall constitutionality. http://kfor.com/2016/06/24/supreme-court-sides-with-family-accused-of-not-teaching-kids-while-waiting-to-be-raptured/

2. Supreme Court refuses to hear another case on contraceptives: The Supreme Court disposed of a case testing religious objections to contraception in May. On Tuesday, the justices refused to hear another one.
   The justices said they will not review a Washington state rule requiring pharmacies to fill prescriptions regardless of religious objections, while allowing exemptions for other reasons such as a patient's safety or ability to pay.
   Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented from the refusal to hear the case. "If this is a sign of how religious liberty claims will be treated in the years ahead, those who value religious freedom have cause for great concern," Alito wrote. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/28/supreme-court-religion-contraception-abortion-pharmacies/85055602/

3. In a 5-3 decision Monday, the Supreme Court struck down two abortion restrictions in a Texas law, known as HB 2, that would have shut down dozens of clinics across the state. It mandated that abortions take place in ambulatory surgical centers, or mini hospitals, instead of regular clinics.
   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wendy-davis-abortion-filibuster_us_5771371de4b017b379f677a2

-BREAK- Voicemail

Good Ideas:

1. http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/06/30/family-of-pulse-victim-plans-to-sue-gunmakers-sig-sauer-and-glock

2. http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/06/29/petition-for-stricter-gun-control-in-orlando-reaches-38k-signatures

3. http://www.dw.com/en/us-lifts-military-ban-on-transgender-troops/a-19370182

-BREAK- GSoW - PSA

Bad Ideas:

1. http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1529399/why-cinemark-is-seeking-a-huge-amount-of-money-from-aurora-theater-shooting-victims

2. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/215204-guacamole-thick-algae-causes-crisis-florida-coastline

3. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/06/somalia-roadside-bomb-kills-18-bus-160630070545072.html

Personal Picks:

• Andy’s: The Reality Dysfunction (The Night's Dawn trilogy) by Peter F. Hamilton  http://amzn.to/29nbQjs

• Daniel’s: http://store.steampowered.com/app/346940/  

Acknowledgements:

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

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

ORLY-EP0108B - The DOJ says jump, NC says not now...

Second Half: ORLY-EP0108B - The DOJ says jump, NC says not now...

This week in SCOTUS

1. AC http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/supreme-court-to-hear-copyright-fight-over-cheerleader-uniforms/

Good Ideas:

1. AC - http://gizmodo.com/fda-officially-regulates-e-cigarettes-like-tobacco-ban-1774903371 - Unicorn Puke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_age#Americas

2. DA - http://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/hacking-planned-obsolescence-through-the-art-of-repairing-not-replacing/

3. DA - http://mashable.com/2016/05/06/sadiq-khan-labour-mayor-london-elections/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#MdG4BqH07GqN

Bad Ideas:

1. http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/nc-republicans-vow-to-defy-obama-order-to-fix-anti-lgbt-law-were-not-going-to-get-bullied/

2. http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/breaking_gop_house_speaker_says_north_carolina_has_no_intention_of_meeting_doj_s_hb2_deadline

Personal Picks:

Andy’s:   http://gizmodo.com/when-your-internet-goes-out-this-smart-plug-resets-you-1774424411

Stephen’s:  Epic Rap Battles of History https://www.youtube.com/user/ERB

Fred’s:  Free Comic Book May http://www.facebook.com/FFFComics

Daniel’s: http://upperdeckstore.com/games-collectibles/legendary.html  http://www.getyourfunonshop.com/catalog/card_games/661?page=16&sort_by_price=0

Michael’s:  The IT Crowd, the music of Harold Arlen

Acknowledgements:

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

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

ORLY-EP0106B - Just the TTIP

ORLY-EP0106B - Just the TTIP

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #106 for Friday April 22nd, 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, Michael Robinson, Fred Sims, Stephen Griffith, and Daniel Atherton.

Audience Feedback From Previous Shows:

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This week in SCOTUS

1. http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/04/19/treason-texas-republicans-just-voted-consider-seceding-union/

2. http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/04/politics/supreme-court-scalia-eight-justices/

Good Ideas:

1. Criminal Charges in Flint over Water Crisis http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/criminal-charges-in-flint-water-crisis-raise-stakes/ar-BBs5bB7

   1. http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2016/04/woman_in_bellwether_flint_wate.html

   2. http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/04/22/woman-in-leading-flint-water-crisis-lawsuit-found-shot-dead-in-her-home/    

-BREAK- Logical Fallacy Appeal to Popularity

http://www.logicalfallacies.info/relevance/appeals/appeal-to-popularity/

      Bad Ideas:

1. President Obama exhorts Britain not to leave the EU    http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/obama-exhorts-britain-to-stay-in-eu-warns-on-trade-if-it-leaves/ar-BBs7Nkk 

   1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_Trade_and_Investment_Partnership

2. Voter purge in Brooklyn kept over 100,000 people from voting in the Democratic Primary http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/04/new-york-primary-voter-purge

Personal Picks:

Andy’s:  http://nunainnovations.com/concrete_cloth.html

Stephen’s:  Killing Floor - Zombie Survival FPS http://www.killingfloorthegame.com/

Fred’s: The Sounds of Silence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZDqVdGGrjE

Daniel’s: http://privateerpress.com

Michael’s: ‘Enchanted Insiders’ on Facebook/Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLmRnMbZNh76J6incYiyv1A

Acknowledgements:

Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)
PSA: Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia - GSoW https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject