- Craft Your Python Like Poetry
- The Fedora Python Classroom Lab
- How a VC-funded company is undermining the open-source community
- Newspaper Python Package
- IEEE Spectrum: The Top Programming Languages 2017
- SciPy 2017 videos are out
- Extras
- Joke
Opening Arguments - OA90: Pardon Me? Yes, Donald Trump Can Pardon Himself
- We first discussed AIG's Ark Encounter land sale in Opening Arguments episode #88.
- This is the press release from Answers in Genesis regarding their Ark Encounter fraud, and here is one news account of how the City suspended the tax breaks for the Ark Encounter and the subsequent revocation of the sale.
- This is the Tribe/Painter/Eisen article in the Washington Post arguing that Trump doesn't have the power to pardon himself.
- Here is a link to the 1974 Lawton memo.
- This is a link to the Autobiography of Charles Biddle; you'll want to turn to page 306-08 for the Aaron Burr story.
- This is "The Law as King and the King as Law" from the Hastings Law Quarterly 20:7.
- Schick v. Reed, 419 U.S. 256 (1974).
- Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 U.S. 419 (1793).
- Here is a link to Gov. Stevens's self-pardon in 1856.
- This is a link to Mayor James G. Woodward's self-pardon for public drunkenness in 1901.
- Finally, this is the Newsweek article referenced on the show that discusses self-pardons.
African Tech Roundup - Barbro Ciakudia on how Invest Africa is stoking enthusiasm for African investment in London
The Gist - They Called Him Son of Sam
Tom Jennings dug through hours of archival media footage to tell the story of Son of Sam, the serial killer who terrorized New York City in 1976 and 1977. The resulting documentary is part of the Smithsonian Channel’s Lost Tapes series. The Lost Tapes: Son of Sam airs Sunday on the Smithsonian Channel.
Also, a breakdown of the Boy Scouts’ apology for Donald Trump’s jamboree speech.
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Cato Daily Podcast - How to End Warrantless Surveillance
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Pod Save America - “This is like a car crash.”
The Mooch has a meltdown, Trump bullies Sessions, and tweets out a ban on transgender Americans serving in the military. Then Jon and Dan get a Trumpcare update from Senator Chris Murphy, and talk with John Podesta about Russian interference in our election.
Bay Curious - The Mesmerizing Machine That Makes Your Golden Gate Bridge Drive Less Terrifying
Two years ago, a big steel and concrete median barrier went in on the Golden Gate Bridge, and two yellow machines appeared that move it several times a day. Bridge commuters have some questions.
Reported by Kelly O'Mara. Bay Curious is Olivia Allen-Price, Vinnee Tong, Paul Lancour, Julia McEvoy, Penny Nelson and Suzie Racho. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller.
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The History of Rome - The Storm Before The Storm: Chapter 1- The Beasts of Italy
Audio excerpt from The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic by Mike Duncan. Forthcoming Oct. 24, 2017. Pre-order a copy today!
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Serious Inquiries Only - SIO62: Trans and in the Military with Sarah
The Gist - How Democrats Condescend to the White Working Class
According to Joan C. Williams, about a third of the country feels talked down to. These are the white working class folks, the people who went for Trump, the people who feel that terms like disruption just mean more hassle and pain. “We can’t expect people to have elite values if we don’t give them elite lives,” says Williams. She’s the author of the book White Working Class.
For the Spiel, why does everyone sound like Goodfellas while doing an Anthony Scaramucci impression?
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