Friday, August 31, 2012

Episode 073: Sings it's way through summery news

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00:04:15 Birthdays: friend of the show Richard and Roger Scott Jackson
00:08:55 WOT's all this, then, of the week:
skepticon.org should get a good rating
00:10:15 Blue moon is Friday 31August
(Correction: Buzz Aldrin's book is "Men From Earth")
00:13:40 Neil Armstrong dies
00:19:00 Another WOT's all this, then this one a rate down
www.amberartisans.com
00:31:00 Older dads have greater chance of having autistic children
00:39:55 American Academy of Pediatrics says circumcision has benefits
00:52:55 Smart meters causing problems with some home owners
01:07:00 August Song Challenge: Summer Anthem
01:08:16 Gary's Song "Summertime Is Here"
01:12:00 Song Discussion
01:17:36 Greg's Song "Its Summertime"
01:21:45 Song Discussion

And Harpo pokes her nose where it shouldn't go while training for the next olympics.

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No Big Board, but here are the lyrics for the songs:

Gary's Song "Summertime is here"

Buzzin round in the summer time
Sun is shining and the feeling's right
Hanging out until the sun gets low
Dusk to dawn, get to the party, and go go go

Synchronicity an angel's wings beat in time with me
That sacred nectar's good for guys but for the ladies, they phlebotomize

Hanging out with Anopheles 1 of 3 known to spread nasty cruel disease
Add in Culex and Aedes every one can cause encephalitis
And when we're looking for a good time we're searching out the sweet smell of carbon dioxide
Those drinking by the fire side can be sure to attract a female's hungry compound eyes

Synchronicity an angel's wings beat in time with me
That sacred nectar's good for guys but for the ladies, they phlebotomize

Summer time is here
Dengue, yellow, west nile virus, malaria(-er)
Summer time is here
Off we go your summer foe is near

Flitting 'round all those summer shirts
beating wings at three hundred plus hertz
Applying DEET keeps all the girls at bay
And picaridin works just as well they say
Black light protection doesn't do as good
even when surrounded by stagnant pools and wood
Ultra-sonics are just a joke
and won't do much to stop my girls proboscis poke

It’s Summertime!
If one thing doesn’t kill you
Then another thing will.

The top’s down, your helmet’s off
Weaving, racing down the lane
Cause when the sun is shining
Crashing’s not on your brain
The sky dive won’t be what kills you
It’s the beers while driving your boat.
One of these sunny dog days
The odds are gonna get your goat.

It’s Summertime!
If an engine doesn’t kill you
Then water sports will.

Wait an hour like mom told you
But you're still cramping in the pool
Or a shark bites your ass
While you chumming for the school
You’re the life of the party
Diving’ drunk from the platform.
As you fall on your head
The risks don’t take a brainstorm

(‘Cause) It’s Summertime!
If the water doesn’t kill you
Then fire will

Baking all day in the sun
You come down dizzy and sick.
Fooling ‘round with rockets
Of course you blew off your prick.
You’re toasted at the barbeque
To bad you pass out in the fire
I don’t think those just desserts
Were the stakes that you desired.

(For this) Summertime!

SOLO  (VERSE X2)

It’s Summertime!
If the fire doesn’t kill you
Then statistics will.

Cause the odds are against you
Our brains can’t do the math
‘Bout those risks you take
That put you in fate’s path.
So take it from the skeptics
Be careful around this summer
You might not make it to winter
Your funeral would be a bummer.

It’s Summertime!
If the summer doesn’t kill you
Then the wintertime will.



Friday, August 24, 2012

Episode 072 is all up in it, breaking it down and being indignant and stuff

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00:02:40 Birthdays Ray Bradbury, Perry DeAngelis
00:05:55 Osteopathy clarification
00:19:10 Akin, politics, rape, science, and religion in politics
00:54:50 Dan Savage vs Brian Brown
01:02:45 WOT
www.christianliferesources.com
01:07:40 Lightning Round

Be aware that West Nile is going around Texas so use that bug repellent.
Lots of conventions coming up many with skeptical tracks. Go 2.

And the dogs jingle their collars and wonder how much money they could make if they danced around in robes at an airport.

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The Big Board





Friday, August 17, 2012

Episode 071 is all up in your grill burning your cheerios

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00:02:30 Donna Does Vegas
00:07:45 Birthday Usai Mikao
00:14:00 Dr. Tenpenny dislikes vaccines
WOT:
GOOD: http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/vaccinenewsdaily.com 

BAD:  http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/vaccineresearchlibrary.com
UGLY:  http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/drtenpenny.com


00:23:20 Religious people vs doctors in end of life decisions
00:38:50 GM fiery protestor has heart attack
00:42:15 The Air Conditioning kicks on
00:43:05 New human species
01:00:20 Lightning Round

And Harpo gets really upset about osteopathy while Calli and Maese have the week off.

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No Big Board this week so here is a picture of a polar bear in white out conditions surrounded by white wolves, a the White Witch, Steve Jobs' iphone, and Eric Estrada's teeth.

Friday, August 10, 2012

Episode 070 gets sleepy after getting vaccinated and dreams of dowsing for water on red planets

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00:02:30 Birthday Paul Dirac
00:07:15 Curiosity (Mars Science Laboratory) lands on Mars
00:19:17 More violence
00:23:40 Weekly WOT Weccomendation
www.dowsers.org
00:26:30 Thai army using ST200 dowser bomb detectors
00:41:43 Dr. Ali on sleep and vaccines
01:04:45 Lightning Round

And the dogs pretend they are the batmobile entering and exiting the batcave (from the old series with the fold-down bushes, not the

new ones)

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Friday, August 3, 2012

Episode 069 slowly reveals itself using shadows to enhance the moment

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00:04:48 Birthday
00:12:45 Curiosity gets to Mars on Sunday at 10:30PM Pacific Daylight Time
Seven Minutes of Terror http://youtu.be/Ki_Af_o9Q9s
Watch it on NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
00:16:45 WOT Website of the Week:
get the plugin here: http://www.mywot.com/
rate as you see it (we dislike this one): http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/saynotovaccines.org
00:21:28 Gore Vidal dies
00:24:00 Olympic athlete sexual objectification
Zoe Smith, weightlifter, calls out the trolls
00:32:00 People view men as whole and women as parts
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120725150215.htm
00:39:28 Ancient sex in Africa
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2018783144_humans27.html
00:51:05 Sex before sports does not hurt sports performance
00:59:35 Lightning Round
01:09:00 Algebra should not be taught in school
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/opinion/sunday/is-algebra-necessary.html
CDC Vaccine link
http://www.cdc.gov/Features/AdultVaccines/

And the dogs do their best to match feats of past canine Olympiads, but are unable to match the record for Times Gone Through the Dog Door While Recording. Maybe next week.

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