Show Notes for October 20, 2010
Did you miss our October 20th show? If so, then you missed a very special guest who traveled 2000 miles just to be in studio with us!
Check out the replay!
- Breaking news: Homer Simpson is… Catholic? http://www.11alive.com/news/watercooler/story.aspx?storyid=158852&catid=186
- …or maybe not! http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/10/20/homer-simpson-isnt-catholic-eats-meats-fridays/
- 11 year old girl kicked off cheerleading squad for not wanting to “shake her booty” http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/national/Nebraska-Girl-11-Kicked-Off-Cheerleading-Team-for-Not-Shaking-Booty_72543620
- Lil Wayne tops album charts from behind bars http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpps/entertainment/lil-wayne-tops-billboard-200-from-behind-bars-dpgonc-20101020-gc_10200818
- US to sell $60B in arms to Saudis http://www.wsbtv.com/nationalnews/25445601/detail.html
- Terror suspect pleads guilty in threat against ‘South Park’ creators http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/10/20/us.south.park.terror.threat/index.html?hpt=T2
- US government using Facebook narcissism against you http://www.switched.com/2010/10/14/u-s-government-uses-facebook-narcissism-against-you/
- Texting Kills thumb bands http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=13345291&hpt=T2
- Pilot refuses full body scan, pat down http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/10/20/pilot.refuses.body.scan/index.html
- Research shows that smartphones are dirtier than toilets http://www.news4jax.com/news/25446936/detail.html
- “Rent is Too Damn High” party takes over NY governors’ debate: http://tv.gawker.com/5667182/crazy-rent-is-too-damn-high-candidate-steals-the-show-at-ny-gov-debate?ref=nf
- Are courts jailing people to collect debts? http://www.lockergnome.com/reflections/2010/10/04/are-some-courts-jailing-people-to-collect-debts/
- Georgia among states charging the poor for public defenders http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=156964&provider=top
- Clown voted to Congress in Brazil http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6934GE20101004
- PA federal inmate sues over discarded sandwiches http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ODD_GARBAGE_OR_GRUB?SITE=KYB66&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Tech
- Smartphones are our society’s new “drug” of choice http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/10/20/addicted-to-bits-smartphones-are-our-new-drug-of-choice/
- Google Maps in trouble over privacy violations in Canada http://www.wsbtv.com/technology/25442032/detail.html
- (Lego) robots taking over the Earth! http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/10/legobot/
- Toshiba unveils 3D TV that does not require ridiculous glasses http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/10/05/toshiba.3dtv.no.glasses.cnet/index.html
- Google TV shaping up to be a pretty spiffy device http://www.google.com/tv/
- T-Mobile G2 reinstalls stock Android if you attempt to root http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/10/06/t-mobile-g2-auto-reinstalls-stock-android-if-you-attempt-to-root/