Month: December 2016

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Opening Arguments - OA29: Cognitive Dissonance

It's a two-episode week!  In this week's Wednesday episode, we are joined by Tom & Cecil of the Cognitive Dissonance podcast for a discussion about freedom of speech and whether online platforms such as Facebook and Twitter ought to be considered "public spaces."

We begin with some announcements about the schedule, including Thomas Takes the Bar Exam, which will remain a weekly feature once we move to our twice-per-week format in January.  So no new question today, but you will have a few extra days to answer TTTBE #3.

Then we take a look at the new Texas law requiring funereal services for aborted embryos and miscarriages, and Thomas takes a shot at analyzing the issue.  Is all his hard work studying for the Bar Exam paying off?  Listen and find out!

Finally, the show concludes with a discussion of the 1994 McDonalds "Hot Coffee" lawsuit, Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants, as an example of legal myths gone awry.  What exactly happened in that case, and what does it say about whether we should have caps on punitive damages or other forms of "tort reform" in the U.S.?

After that, we look at the abortion-related question of the lawsuit ostensibly brought by Sofia Vergara's frozen embryos.  Is this a meritorious lawsuit or a publicity stunt orchestrated by a goofball anti-abortion columnist?

Show Notes & Links

  1. Check out the Cognitive Dissonance podcast!
  2. Here are the actual fetal tissue rules promulgated by the Texas Health Services that require "interment" of "the products of spontaneous or induced human abortion."
  3. A federal judge in the Western District of Texas recently issued a temporary restraining order blocking the implementation of the rules pending a preliminary injunction hearing to be held on January 3.
  4. Whole Women's Health v. Hellerstedt, 136 S.Ct. 2292 (2016), provides some guidance as to how the Supreme Court might treat the Texas abortion rules.
  5. Here's the CollegeHumor video on the McDonald's "Hot Coffee" lawsuit.

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Money Girl - 478 MG The 8 Cheapest Ways to Pay Off Your Student Loans

Laura gives 7 tips to pay off your student loans the cheapest ways possible. She also interviews a couple who graduated with $600,000 of student loan debt after graduating from dental and law school. Find out their experiences, missteps, and tips for dealing with loans, having a repayment plan, and getting a great education for less. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2hHGM3S Get the Money Girl book at http://MoneyGirlBook.com.

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The Gist - We’re Going Into Labor

Have blue-collar workers fallen for a Republican bait-and-switch? On The Gist, journalist Steven Greenhouse sets aside globalization and turns to the domestic forces suppressing wages and hammering workers: Republican-backed anti-union laws, a feeble response from Democrats, and cultural amnesia around the labor movement’s achievements. Greenhouse is working on a follow-up to his 2008 book, The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker.

For the Spiel, the photos of the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey.

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African Tech Roundup - Olivier Laouchez Of TRACE on evolving in the digital media space

Olivier Laouchez, who hails from Martinique (French West Indies), is the charismatic co-founder and CEO of Trace, one of the world's leading urban entertainment platforms which reaches over 200 million multicultural and multiethnic youth in 140 countries around the world. Initially a print magazine published in New York and London, Trace was relaunched as a multimedia group in 2003, and now operates 20 TV channels under several sub-brands and formats: TRACE Urban, TRACE Tropical, TRACE Toca, TRACE Gospel and TRACE Sports Stars. More recently, Trace has continued to invest aggressively in on-demand digital video, mobile services, content production and event production.
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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #121 – “Holiday Spectacular 2016” with Monika Scott & Luke Jensen

In this episode of the podcast, the Goods from the Woods Boys welcome a whole mess-o-guests to celebrate the Holiday Season. We've got some GREAT Christmas tales from the What Did You learn Podcast's Luke Jensen and Monika Scott. We also talk about some awful Christmas songs PLUS we hear from our old buddy in Chicken Hut, TN Lester Hill! Follow our guests @LukeFJensen and @MightyMonika! Follow the show @TheGoodsPod  Rivers is @RiversLangley  Dr. Pat is @PM_Reilly  Mr. Goodnight is @SepulvedaCowboy  Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod

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PHPUgly - 41:The Boys

Show notes: https://github.com/PHPUgly/podcast/blob/master/shows/ep41.mdreco recorded December 16th, 2016 Topics Let’s Kill the Password Private Packagist Laravel 5.5 will require PHP 7 Encrypt form data without SSL in PHP pds skeleton Laravel Collections Partition Method New Ransomware The hosts Eric Van Johnson Twitter / Github / Blog / About.me Tom Rideout Twitter / Github / About.me John Congdon Twitter / Github Follow us on Twitter @PHPUgly Email us at Podcast@phpugly.com Sponsor of this show: The DiegoDev Group

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The Gist - Thank God for Hedonists

There is virtue in delight! We chanced upon new building materials, better computer software, and a global economy by frittering away our time. On The Gist, author Steven Johnson says our flights of fancy may have driven most of human progress. Johnson’s new book is Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World.

For the Spiel, the passings of 2016. 

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