ORLY-EP0127 - Their title entitles them to their entitlements

ORLY-EP0127 - Their title entitles them to their entitlements

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #127 recorded Friday September 23rd, 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 suspect(s), Daniel Atherton and Stephen Griffith.

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Potpourri: Guests/Rants/Etc:

  1. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/donald-trump-first-day-in-office

  2. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/297264-trump-calls-for-police-to-take-guns-away-during-stop-and

  3. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/czechia-czech-republic-new-name-english-speakers-a7323596.html

  4. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/19/just-three-percent-of-adults-own-half-of-americas-guns/

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Science Bitches!  

  1. http://futurism.com/astronomers-discover-biggest-structure-known-universe/

  2. The warp drive http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0264-9381/11/5/001/meta;jsessionid=ECA116ACA726D7D9AE3F31F806CD5A82.c5.iopscience.cld.iop.org

  3. Fungus in humans identified for first time as key factor in Crohn's disease https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160920151435.htm

  4. https://www.inverse.com/article/21211-nasa-didn-t-change-zodiac-signs-astrology-versus-astronomy

  5. http://futurism.com/physcists-are-close-to-producing-metallic-hydrogen-and-it-could-change-everything/

  6. Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting and storage from motions of the heart, lung, and diaphragm http://www.pnas.org/content/111/5/1927.abstract https://www.facebook.com/ScienceNaturePage/videos/901678539964405/

Law & Order:

  1. http://www.vice.com/read/what-we-know-so-far-about-the-bahamas-leaks-876

  2. http://samuel-warde.com/2016/09/mass-supreme-court-says-black-men-may-legitimate-reason-flee-police/

  3. http://www.snopes.com/2016/09/19/aclu-police-recorded-charges/

-BREAK- Voicemail

Good Ideas:

  1. http://mentalfloss.com/us/go/86358 Sweden Introduces a Tax Break for Repairing Goods Instead of Tossing

Bad Ideas:

  1. Charlotte congressman sorry for Newsnight race comments http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37453672

  2. Trudeau aides sorry for 'unreasonable' moving expenses http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37453677

Personal Picks:

Dan:  Keith Olberman is back!: http://video.gq.com/series/the-closer-with-keith-olbermann

Acknowledgements:

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

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

ORLY-EP0126A - Gypsy Cops, Snowden, & Climate Change Finds Ship

ORLY-EP0126A - Gypsy Cops, Snowden, & Climate Change Finds Ship

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #126A recorded Friday September 16th, 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 suspect(s), Daniel Atherton.

Audience Feedback 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

Potpourri: Guests/Rants/Etc:

Quick Bites:

  1. NASA analysis finds August 2016 another record month http://climate.nasa.gov/news/2490/nasa-analysis-finds-august-2016-another-record-month/

  2. New evidence is forcing scientists to reconsider how the Moon was formed http://www.sciencealert.com/new-evidence-is-forcing-scientists-to-reconsider-how-the-moon-was-formed

  3. Employer of Pulse nightclub killer fined $151,400 for false psychological forms http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/fl-orlando-shooting-fine-20160909-story.html

  4. House Intel Panel: Edward Snowden 'Was No Whistleblower' as they published the summary findings of a two-year investigation. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/15/494157921/house-intel-panel-edward-snowden-was-no-whistleblower
    http://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hpsci_snowden_review_-_unclass_summary_-_final.pdf

  5. Cast-Out Police Officers Are Often Hired in Other Cities - The ‘Gypsy’ Cop Shuffle http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/us/whereabouts-of-cast-out-police-officers-other-cities-often-hire-them.html

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This Week in History:

Sources: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

  1. Second Vessel From Doomed Franklin Expedition Found In The Arctic http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/12/493676137/second-vessel-from-doomed-franklin-expedition-found-in-the-arctic

  2. American Playwright Passes http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/arts/edward-albee-playwright-of-a-desperate-generation-dies-at-88.html

  3. Anniversary of Vote to Allow Women Ministers in the Episcopal Church http://www.episcopalchurch.org/library/glossary/ordination-women  http://arc.episcopalchurch.org/women/two/chronology.htm  

-BREAK- Logical Fallacy

http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/anon.htm

Changing the Subject: Anonymous Authorities

Definition:

The authority in question is not named. This is a type of appeal to authority because when an authority is not named it is impossible to confirm that the authority is an expert. However the fallacy is so common it deserves special mention.
A variation on this fallacy is the appeal to rumour. Because the source of a rumour is typically not known, it is not possible to determine whether to believe the rumour. Very often false and harmful rumours are deliberately started in order to discredit an opponent.

Examples:
A government official said today that the new gun law will be proposed tomorrow.
Experts agree that the best way to prevent nuclear war is to prepare for it.
It is held that there are more than two million needless operations conducted every year.
Rumour has it that the Prime Minister will declare another holiday in October.
Proof:
Argue that because we don't know the source of the information we have no way to evaluate the reliability of the information.

ORLY-EP0125B - Unintended, Illegal, & Annoying Consequences

ORLY-EP0125B - Unintended, Illegal, & Annoying Consequences

Welcome back to ORLYRADIO #125b recorded Friday September 9th, 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 O’Connor, Stephen Griffith, and Daniel Atherton.

Science Bitches!  

  1. Global Wilderness Loss https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/09/08/the-world-has-lost-a-10th-of-all-its-wilderness-in-the-past-two-decades/

  2. From this point forward, all Intel and AMD CPUs are Windows 10-only http://www.extremetech.com/computing/234881-from-this-point-forward-all-intel-and-amd-cpus-are-windows-10-only

  3. The EM Drive that shouldn’t work by the current model of physics will be tested for real by NASA. http://www.sciencealert.com/the-impossible-em-drive-is-about-to-be-tested-in-space

Law & Order:

  1. Native Americans and Oil don’t mix:

    1. Justice Down the Pipe https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/joint-statement-department-justice-department-army-and-department-interior-regarding-standing

    2. http://usuncut.com/news/federal-agency-busted-elaborate-scheme-sell-native-american-land-corporations/

    3. http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/295223-obama-administration-orders-nd-pipeline-construction-to-stop  and  http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/09/the-obama-administration-temporarily-blocks-the-dakota-access-pipeline/499454/

  2. https://www.thenation.com/article/this-week-may-see-the-largest-prison-strike-in-us-history/

        http://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-prisoners-nationwide-are-striking/

  1. Clinton’s boring email “scandal” http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/tracking-the-clinton-controversies-from-whitewater-to-benghazi/396182/

-BREAK- Voicemail

Good Ideas:

  1. Tesla Model 3 http://www.theweek.co.uk/tesla-model-3/70320/tesla-model-3-price-specs-and-everything-we-know

  2. Mexico is to consider a proposal to revoke its treaties with the US, including the 1848 agreement that transferred half its territory to Washington if Donald Trump is elected and tries to make the US’s southern neighbour pay for a border wall. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/mexico-senator-proposes-taking-back-land-from-the-us-if-donald-trump-becomes-president-a7228596.html

  3. ITT Technical Institute shuts down after 50 years. http://www.wftv.com/news/local/after-nearly-50-years-of-classes-itt-tech-shutters-campuses-across-florida-nation/437920043

  4. Super powerful solar panels: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/3d-solar-panels-can-produce-20-times-more-energy-than-flat-panels/

-BREAK- GSoW - PSA

Bad Ideas:

  1. No Pension. No Peeps.  http://www.bctgm.org/2016/09/local-6-peeps-workers-strike-in-pennsylvania/

  2. Poor Incentives http://www.businessinsider.com/wells-fargos-scandal-is-a-cautionary-tale-about-incentive-pay-2016-9

  3. Follow the Pharma Money. http://www.alternet.org/drugs/maker-deadly-fentanyl-kicks-half-million-dollars-defeat-pot-legalization-arizona#.V9L0i5NqTA4.facebook

  4. British Gun Politics. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/arms-sales-saudi-arabia-theresa-may-staunch-defence-keep-people-streets-britain-safe-a7230836.html

    Britan now worlds 2nd largest arms dealer:  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britain-is-now-the-second-biggest-arms-dealer-in-the-world-a7225351.html

Personal Picks:

Acknowledgements:

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

ORLY-EP0125A - Racist Climate Change & Hate Groups Vote Too

ORLY-EP0125A - Racist Climate Change & Hate Groups Vote Too  

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #125A recorded Friday September 9th, 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 O’Connor, Stephen Griffith, Daniel Atherton, and Fred Sims.

Audience Feedback 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

From Daniel: “...I just want you to know that your show means a lot to me. It's one of the few ways I stay up to date on current events, especially given that I am abstaining from Facebook. Thank you for putting it on.”

Potpourri: Guests/Rants/Etc:

  1. http://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/2015544/serious-antivenom-shortage-face-global-snakebite-crisis

  2. North Korea tested its 5th nuclear warhead, this time a 10 kt yield. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37314927

    1. The world is not happy about it, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37317782

  3. Click Bait: Black Lives Matter UK says climate change is racist.  http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-09-06/black-lives-matter-uk-says-climate-change-racist

  4. Syrian Conflict: U.S. and Russia Agree. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37324872

  5. Campaigns in Contrast. http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/johnwright/trump_pence_to_speak_at_annual_values_voters_summit_hosted_by_anti_lgbt_hate_group

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This Week in History:

Sources: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

  1. 1776 - On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress formally declares the name of the new nation to be the “United States” of America. This replaced the term “United Colonies,” which had been in general use.

  2. 1893 - Frances Folsom Cleveland, the wife of President Grover Cleveland, gives birth to a daughter, Esther, in the White House

  3. 1971 - Prisoners riot and seize control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York. Later that day, state police retook most of the prison, but 1,281 convicts occupied an exercise field called D Yard, where they held 39 prison guards and employees hostage for four days. After negotiations stalled, state police and prison officers launched a disastrous raid on September 13, in which 10 hostages and 29 inmates were killed in an indiscriminate hail of gunfire. Eighty-nine others were seriously injured.

Top Hi-story: 1919 - The infamous Boston Police Strike of 1919 begins, causing an uproar around the nation and confirming the growing influence of unions on American life. Using the situation to their advantage, criminals took the opportunity to loot the city.

As society changed in the 20th century, police were expected to act more professionally. Some of their previous practices were no longer countenanced. Explanations such as that later given by the Dallas chief of police in defense of their unorthodox tactics–“Illegality is necessary to preserve legality”–was no longer acceptable to the public. Police forces were brought within the civil service framework and even received training for the first time. Soon, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) began to create local police unions.

When the Boston Police went on strike on September 9, the country’s leading newspapers sounded the alarm bells. Some falsely reported that gangs were running wild and attacking women throughout the city. Others saw it as evidence of the spread of communism. In actuality, the strike prompted a lot of property damage but did not seriously endanger the safety of the community-partly due to the quick response of the government.

Calvin Coolidge, governor of Massachusetts at the time, called out the militia to assist Harvard students and faculty who were acting as a volunteer force. (He later used the incident to boost himself to the presidency.) While the Boston Police Strike proved disastrous for unions in the short term, police were eventually allowed to form unions. However, it is illegal for police to go on strike, and even informal work actions such as the “Blue Flu,” whereby large numbers of police officers call in sick at the same time, are seriously discouraged.