dimland radio 4-7-18 show notes

Mom: Another Update

Well, Mom went back into the hospital for a few more days, but she home again. This time she has on oxygen as her heart needs some help. She'll be seeing her cardiologist soon.

Some Talk About The Ten Commandments

I don't mean the actual Ten Commandments, although I do talk about them briefly. No, I go on about the 1956 Cecil B DeMille classic film. I go through the some of the story and focus on Moses' girlfriend and how she can't think of a lie at a point at which a lie would have avoided so much. And later she talks sense to her boyfriend, but...

 

Well, you'll have to listen to get he rest.

Pedantic Moment: The Pyramids Weren't Always In Rough Shape

The Exodus, which likely didn't actually happen, took place in 1440BCE or 1290BCE. The last pyramids in Egypt were completed in 1700BCE. But the quick shot of them in the film had them looking the way they do now. I would have thought they would be in better shape.

 

And Then There Are These Two Assholes

 

On November 25, 2017, a gunman killed 26 people and wounded an additional 20 in the First Baptist Church. Included in the dead is one of the daughters of the church's Pastor. Along come two delusional shit stains who believe the mass shooting never happened, and they make it their mission in life to expose the truth by harassing the father of a dead girl.

 

It's infuriating.

 

You can find the Vice video here.

 

WatchMojo For Shame

 

I end the show ranting about a video put out by YouTuber WatchMojo. They do daily Top Ten list videos that deal with pop culture. Well, one list was about the Top Ten most electrifying live bands. I still haven't been able to get through it for two reasons.

 

One: The greatest rock band ever, The Who, got ranked at #10. 10?! Any position lower than the top three is an incredible insult. Of course, I would put them at #1.

 

Two: The youngster who does the voice can't even pronounce Pete Townshend's name correctly!

 

For shame, WatchMojo! For shame!

 

Here's the video, see if you can get through it.

Music heard on the show...

Dimland Radio opening theme song: 'Ram' by The Yoleus 
First ad break bumpers: 'All Those Years Ago' by George Harrison & 'Watching The Clothes' by Pretenders

Second ad break bumpers: 'I Would Die 4 U' by Prince & 'Nobody Told Me' by John Lennon

Closing song: 'Angler's Treble Hook' by $5 Fiddle

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dimland radio 4-16-11 show notes

I've Been Accused Of Thinking I'm Smart

This is a book.

Well, that's what a former employee of the company I work for thought. He didn't care for me because he got the impression that because I read books I think I'm smarter than everyone else. I do read books, but there are quite a few people smarter than me am. I ain't no genius.

Skeptical News Items

No night vision here.

The first item was about Penn & Teller's upcoming series for the Discovery Channel.

In the dark in more ways than one.

The second item came from the satirical paper, The Onion, that made a good point about the Ghost Hunters program.

Comparing Apples And Oranges

Comparing these items

Starting with a brief mention about the "birther" conspiracy movement, I then took on the idiom of comparing apples and oranges. Turns out they are very similar. Perhaps it's time to retire the phrase.

Learn more here.

Logical Fallacies: Special Pleading

Inspired by the skeptical podcasts, Skeptoid and Skeptic's Guide to the Universe, I'm doing a series defining logical fallacies. This week's logical fallacy is "special pleading". I'm continuing to use those two sites so that we might learn how to recognize those mistakes made by all of us.

You can learn more from Skeptoid and the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe.

Top Ten Conspiracy Theories

This one gets it right, even if I didn't draw it.

I did a quick run through of Benjamin Radford's list which appears here. Then I segued into Jesse Ventura's comment on finding the actual events of 9/11 less believable than the "truthers'" ideas of what happened that horrible day. But what the "truthers" believe needs a good going over by Occam's Razor.

You can read more here.

Music heard on the show...

Dimland Radio opening theme song: 'Ahead' by Wire
First ad break bumpers: 'Electric Lash' by The Church & 'Music For Boys' by The Suburbs
Second ad break bumpers: 'Walking On Your Hands' by Red Lorry Yellow Lorry & 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' by U2
Closing song: 'Angler's Treble Hook' by $5 Fiddle

That's it! See you next Saturday night for Dimland Radio 11 Central, midnight Eastern on www.ztalkradio.com you can also download my show from the z talk show archives page. You can email your questions and comments to drdim@dimland.com