ORLY-EP0165A - Money: Nuclear Bargain and Equifax Breach

ORLY-EP0165A - Money: Nuclear Bargain and Equifax Breach

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #165 recorded Friday, September 22nd, 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 the usual suspects, Daniel Atherton, Amber Biesecker, and Stephen Griffith.

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Global Economic Pulse:

http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EDJI/history/

Follow The Markets, August Friday Closing changes week to week.

Week 1 - 9/01/17: https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/274341/stock-market-news-for-sep-1-2017
Dow closed at 21,987.56 UP
Nasdaq closed at 6,435.33 UP
S&P closed at 2,476.55 UP

Week 2 - 9/08/17: https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/275142/stock-market-news-for-sep-8-2017
Dow closed at 21,797.79 DOWN
Nasdaq closed at 6,360.19 DOWN
S&P closed at 2461.43 DOWN

Week 3 - 9/15/17: https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/275973/stock-market-news-for-sep-15-2017
Dow closed at 22,268.34 UP  
Nasdaq closed at 6,454.28 UP
S&P closed at 2,495.62 UP

Week 4 - 9/22/17: https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/276767/stock-market-news-for-sep-22-2017
Dow closed at 22,359.23 UP
Nasdaq closed at 6,422.69 DOWN
S&P closed at 2,500.60 UP

Compared to last month
Week 4 - 8/25/17:
Dow closed at 21,813.67
Nasdaq closed at 6,265.64
S&P closed at 2,443.05

International Monetary Fund (IMF) XDR/SDR Basket Currencies

Five most-traded currencies in the foreign exchange market referenced against the US Dollar.

September
Week 1: $1 USD  =  €0.84 Eur = ¥6.57 CNY = ¥109.85 JPY = 0.77 GBP = 0.00022 Bitcoin
Week 2: $1 USD  =  €0.83 Eur = ¥6.48 CNY = ¥107.84 JPY = 0.76 GBP = 0.00023 Bitcoin
Week 4: $1 USD  =  €0.84 Eur = ¥6.59 CNY = ¥111.99 JPY = 0.74 GBP = 0.00028 Bitcoin

Over a barrel = http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/crude-oil.aspx

WTI (NYMEX) Price

July:
Week 4: $49.71 USD  UP $3.94 From last week, UP $5.48 from the top of the month.

August:
Week 4: $47.87 USD DOWN $0.27 From last week, DOWN $1.81 from July.

September:
Week 1: $47.29 USD DOWN $0.58
Week 2: $47.48 USD UP $0.19  
Week 3: $49.95 USD UP $2.47
Week 4: $50.66 USD UP $0.71

National Debt

Watch that puppy grow! http://www.usdebtclock.org/

July 28: $19,967,603,583,206

August 25: $19,974,087,991,615 UP $68,048,025

September 8: $19,977,678,783,784 UP $3,590,792,169

September 22: $20,172,750,316,773

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ORLY-EP0151A - Courting WWIII

ORLY-EP0151A - Courting WWIII

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #151 recorded Friday, April 14th, 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, Stephen Griffith, Amber Biesecker and Daniel Atherton.

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1. Trump Gives States Okay to Defund Planned Parenthood.
   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-states-defund-planned-parenthood_us_58e2ac55e4b03a26a3652d3a

2. Trump used MOAB first time in combat, and receives accolaids http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-president-trump-s-decision-to-drop-moab-1492186222-htmlstory.html

   1. Thermobaric Weapons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermobaric_weapon

3. China urges US and North Korea to avoid ‘irreversible route’ to war. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/kim-jong-un-kim-jong-il-atomic-bomb-test-missile-firing-launch-weapon-trump-a7683401.html

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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:

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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

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/148/175/b88.gif

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.