tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86551610378705889722024-03-14T00:28:22.996-04:00MOpodThe blog of the weekly Modus Operandi Podcast. Alan Miller and Dr. David Overbey are fairly intelligent men who get together once a week and talk about stuff 'n' things, for you. Lots of politics and culture, a bit of sports, Dave's cats. It's time to hang out with the ogres!Dr. David Overbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06593908118357607624noreply@blogger.comBlogger426125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655161037870588972.post-13692327194755258802016-12-08T10:49:00.002-05:002016-12-08T10:49:52.422-05:00Greetings Pod People!My apologies for the long stretch of silence here. The IFPR studios underwent a bit of a technology collapse this year with far too many pieces of equipment malfunctioning or completely breaking (like the OS hard drive in the studio computer, the sound card, a main microphone, and the best mic preamp). We are slowly pulling things back together and as you can see from your RSS feed new episodes are still trickling up for your enjoyment. There will be some missing and/or late episodes because of these technical problems (including the one after the election for which a third of the audio is corrupted) but we're back up to date with last week's episode uploading tonight and a new episode recording tonight. Please stick with us and <a href="mailto:mopod@psychicreform.com" target="_blank">e-mail us</a> with any questions or comments. - AAlan (Evil) Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06821184480809016110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655161037870588972.post-6187955915076449302016-04-04T18:07:00.000-04:002016-04-04T22:30:48.002-04:00Continuing Discussion of Anti-intellectualism<div style="text-align: center;">
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More people should not go to college and should be able to find meaningful employment without a 4 year degree. <b><a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/im-telling-students-go-college/" target="_blank">From PBS</a> <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2014/03/college_isn_t_for_everyone_let_s_stop_pretending_it_is.html" target="_blank">From Slate</a></b><br />
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<b><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/texas-gop-rejects-critical-thinking-skills-really/2012/07/08/gJQAHNpFXW_blog.html" target="_blank">From the Washington Post:</a></b><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span></span> <span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>Knowledge-Based
Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills
(HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar
programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE)
(mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the
purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining
parental authority.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: blue;"><i> </i> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">Yes, you read that
right. The party opposes the teaching of “higher order thinking skills”
because it believes the purpose is to challenge a student’s “fixed
beliefs” and undermine “parental authority.”</span></span><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.kentucky.com/latest-news/article69519602.html" target="_blank">Beshear on Bevin's cuts to higher education.</a></b> <br />
<b><a href="http://www.kentucky.com/latest-news/article69429257.html" target="_blank">Stumbo on Bevin's cuts to higher education.</a></b><br />
<br />Alan (Evil) Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06821184480809016110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655161037870588972.post-21955964918176865652016-03-23T23:14:00.001-04:002016-03-23T23:22:05.114-04:00PODS!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Alan (Evil) Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06821184480809016110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655161037870588972.post-14430456576198557172016-03-05T01:23:00.001-05:002016-03-05T01:23:59.145-05:00Get yer podcasts!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Alan (Evil) Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06821184480809016110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655161037870588972.post-91676732329040587302016-02-24T22:50:00.001-05:002016-02-24T22:50:49.083-05:00OK, we're up to <a href="http://psychicreform.com/pods/160222-171-MOpod.mp3" target="_blank">episode 171</a> and I'm not going to fill in all the links to the episodes that have come since the last one I posted way back whenever that was. Please find us on iTunes and subscribe or go to <a href="http://www.psychicreform.com/mopod">www.psychicreform.com/mopod</a> to download individual episodes if you hate iTunes. You can also put <a href="http://psychicreform.com/pods/MOpod.xml" target="_blank">this RSS feed</a> in whatever alternative podcast catcher you use.Alan (Evil) Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06821184480809016110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655161037870588972.post-58064510575900342392015-12-04T00:03:00.001-05:002015-12-04T00:03:14.357-05:00Here Comes Santa so Look Back to Thanksgiving and HalloweenThe IFPR Studios went down in spectacular fashion after recording <a href="http://psychicreform.com/pods/151114-163-MOpod.2.mp3" target="_blank">episode 163</a>. A power surge or something killed half the memory in the computer and fried one of the two pairs of outputs from the sound card. Needless to say, we need a new one. <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/7ncyxxmk?pc=fb_u_g" target="_blank">Please go here and help us out</a> with $20 or more and get a free thing or things. <br />
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<a href="http://psychicreform.com/pods/151114-163-MOpod.2.mp3" target="_blank">episode 163 from 11-14-2015 was mostly about the Paris attacks and college (mostly UofL and UK) basketball and football</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://psychicreform.com/pods/151106-162-MOpod.2.mp3" target="_blank">Modus Operandi Podcast 162 11/6/2015 17.3% wins?Bevin's inexplicable win as Kentucky governor, the world series and how it's Dave's fault, UK football, FIFA, Olympics, Tarantino, and how the system is rigged.</a></span></b></div>
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Alan (Evil) Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06821184480809016110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655161037870588972.post-62883936314895645982015-10-15T15:56:00.002-04:002015-10-15T15:56:42.025-04:00Episode 159 - The Technical Issues, Baseball, and Deeper Exploration of Paranoiac Delusion Show<div style="text-align: center;">
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As soon as Dr. Overbey gets his old account working on Facebook the MOpod page will rise again. In the meantime this and the audio is it. Love ya!Alan (Evil) Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06821184480809016110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655161037870588972.post-80648427782540034432013-07-13T19:02:00.003-04:002013-07-13T19:02:30.288-04:00Reins Have Been PassedHi, Alan here. Dr. Overbey is now the administrator of this blog and I remain as a writer. It does not appear that the podcast is going to continue so I'm going to assume the blog will die as well but hopefully I am wrong. Nobody seems to know what is going on with Dr. Overbey and his communications are sparse and confusing with those he is continuing to talk to. Hopefully he is not losing his mind (I mean, what is left to lose). The Ogrefest continues to surge.Alan (Evil) Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06821184480809016110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655161037870588972.post-9771620255738915322013-05-30T00:00:00.001-04:002013-05-30T00:00:14.421-04:00MOpod 141 <div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/report-tip-to-toronto-police-links-rob-ford" target="_blank">Toronto mayor Rob Ford possibly caught on video smoking crack. As of Monday there are reports that the original owner of the video may have been killed by the person currently in possession</a>.<br /><br />Turns out Faux Noise knew about e-mail records subpeona in 2010 but has decided it's time to be OUTRAGED™!<br /><br /><a href="http://t.co/kBEWqgTaiF" target="_blank">David Kokesh calls for July 4 armed march on Washington D.C. then changes mind.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/29/us/new-york-bloomberg-ricin/index.html" target="_blank">Bloomberg and director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns receive ricin filled letters.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/06/16/246618/bachmann-craziest-quotes/" target="_blank">Sadly Michelle Bachmann says she won't run for House again.</a><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q-nV4AGV50I" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />McConnell tries to link Obama to IRS scandal AND compares him to Nixon in ad:<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VV-0WcPGml0" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://metalkbignoise.blogspot.com/2013/01/chemtrails-silliest-conspiracy-theory.html" target="_blank">Overbey still believes in chemtrails.</a><br /><br />Some science about snows: <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/news/sea-ice-loss-20130326">http://www.wunderground.com/news/sea-ice-loss-20130326</a><br />
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Ray Manzarek of the Doors dead of cancer, tornado in Oklahoma, more on the IRS "scandal," and Alan's weekend in Paducah, Kentucky with his artcar.Alan (Evil) Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06821184480809016110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655161037870588972.post-358639340824849982013-05-22T22:22:00.001-04:002013-05-22T22:22:20.648-04:00Link to A 2-step plan to end the failed War on Drugs: Expand Medicaid and end marijuana prohibition<a href="http://www.eclectablog.com/2013/05/a-2-step-plan-to-end-the-failed-war-on-drugs-expand-medicaid-and-end-marijuana-prohibition.html">http://www.eclectablog.com/2013/05/a-2-step-plan-to-end-the-failed-war-on-drugs-expand-medicaid-and-end-marijuana-prohibition.html</a>Alan (Evil) Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06821184480809016110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655161037870588972.post-84016637008463150132013-05-21T12:14:00.002-04:002013-05-21T12:14:37.436-04:00IRS "Scandal"1. It would appear that once word of the practice of targeting new tax free organizations containing words associated with the "Tea Party" "movement" became known by the higher ups the practice was ended. System worked?<br />
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Oh no! SARS again?!? <br /><a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/france-new-case-of-sars-related-virus.php?ref=fpb">http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/france-new-case-of-sars-related-virus.php?ref=fpb</a><br /><br />California poised to legalize marijuana for any use. <br /><a href="http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/colorado-poised-to-enact-historic-marijuana-regulations">http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/colorado-poised-to-enact-historic-marijuana-regulations</a><br /><br />Gay marriage<br /><br />IED? What the fuck is wrong with the word "bomb"?<br /><br />IRS "controversy" another moment of utter hypocrisy <br /><a href="http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/reid-charges-gop-with-hypocrisy-over-irs-outrage?ref=fpb">http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/reid-charges-gop-with-hypocrisy-over-irs-outrage?ref=fpb</a></div>
Alan (Evil) Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06821184480809016110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655161037870588972.post-57530008989674984732013-05-15T12:50:00.001-04:002013-05-15T12:50:45.663-04:00Things Change and They Stay the Same and They Revert to the PastHey there, MOpodders! It's your best buddy Alan (I refuse to use the rhyming "Pal Al" because A. it was used by a fellow DJ at the station I worked at in the 80's and B. It's fucking stupid). For reasons that don't make any sense to me I have been permanently banned from America's Yearbook (aka Facebook). The initial reason for being suspended was a picture of a naked girl on a bicycle (see bottom of this post) I posted to a <i>private</i> group, but that suddenly became permanent and all of my pages, groups, photos, and posts have vanished. Luckily MOpod's page remains thanks to Dr. Overbey being an administrator but I am no longer able to post there and Dr. Overbey can't even be relied on to listen to his voice mail or call in when it's time to record the podcast so we'll see if he will ever update the MOpod Facebook page again. In the meantime, every Thursday I will post the link to the latest episode here and <a href="https://twitter.com/AlanEvil" target="_blank">on my Twitter feed</a> so put us in your RSS feed or <a href="https://twitter.com/AlanEvil" target="_blank">follow me on Twitter</a>. Here are all the links that haven't been posted here because I've been relying on Facebook to notify you. But you really should be subscribed to us on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/modus-operandi-podcast" target="_blank">iTunes</a> so that the show just arrives in your podcast folder as soon as it's up there. What the hell is wrong with you? <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/modus-operandi-podcast" target="_blank">Go subscribe <i>right now</i>!</a> <br />
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