Just Right

Just Right is a weekly shortwave radio show. Hosts, Bob Metz and Robert Vaughan analyze issues from a viewpoint of individual rights, freedom, and capitalism.

380 – White guilt / Male guilt / Sex sells / Spam sells

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Dec 112014
 

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Topics:
00:07 White guilt: collective guilt, being white a transgression, white guilt a political construction, Western ideals under attack, liberal abandonment of intellectual argument, spread of Western culture, attributing achievement to colour, official multiculturalism
13:10 Male guilt: race on television comedy and drama, comply or explain, bending corporate gender rules, consequences not defined, criteria not defined, chess rules, means and ends for more women on company boards, male guilt
28:28 Sex sells: Bill C-36 now law in Canada, sex workers, demanding no demand, prostitution, consent, Kathleen Wynne to investigate Bill C36, using sex to sell cars, female models as sex, political correctness, sexualization of products, rejection of sexuality, gender egalitarianism, sex appeal
45:40 Spam sells: Canadian anti-spam legislation, expected Charter challenges, Oakes test, follow the money on spam and prostitution laws 56:16 END

379 – Ferguson: It’s black & white / Knowledge: Who knew?

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Dec 042014
 

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Topics:
00:07 Black and white in Ferguson: right and wrong in Ferguson, police shooting of Michael Brown, racist liberal solutions, interracial violence crime in the US, grand jury verdict on Brown-Wilson, security cameras, eye witnesses, deep distrust of American justice system, color not character
15:40 From victim culture to culture victims: civil unrest, protest, riot, victims as martyrs, rule of law rules, media coverage of Ferguson riots, black vs white violence
21:50 Knowledge test: facts vs knowledge, absolute knowledge, knowledge requires a knower, God and the law of causality, purpose and knowledge, four dimensions, facts, theories, knowledge as personal, unknowable, knowledge of non-existents, facts and fiction
44:30 Change due: changing what is to what might be, no change change, London municipal council, London Plan, no ideological rift, revenue problem or spending problem 56:47 END

378 – Bill Cosby – Separating the artist from the art / Objectivism’s Catch-22

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Nov 272014
 

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Topics:
00:07 Bill Cosby – art vs artist: boycotting Bill Cosby, confusing the art with the artist, personal lives of actors, boycott injustice
14:30 Just beCos: allegations against Bill Cosby, Spanish fly, taking allegations seriously, victim responsibility, court of public opinion, the court of due process
34:30 CULT-ivating a rational philosophy: cult vs philosophy, Objectivism as a cult, Ayn Rand, followers
40:03 Objection to Objectivism?: Simon O’Riordan commentary, Federal Aviation Authority, Ayn Rand Institute, philosophy of Objectivism, Leonard Peikoff, cultish view, Catch-22s, truth and bromide, Randroids, cults that aren’t, Who is John Galt? 58:16 END

377 – Politics is personal

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Nov 202014
 

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Topics:
00:07 Politics is personal: Me myself and I – the trinity of the individual, object-subject-agent, inclusion and exclusion, the self, life liberty and property
18:20 Interested in running – away from politics: political candidate selection process, no qualifications necessary, public life vs private life
30:40 Depersonalization of politics: a public personal protest, impersonal political process, citizen as political, committee decisions, group decisions, recording votes, passing the buck, referenda
45:00 Freudian slippage: government is a gun, Sigmund Freud, sovereign individual, super ego, ego, id, self-made individual, freedom of choice and sovereignty 53:49 END

376 – On Objectivism | Ted Harlson & Conrad Lagowski

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Nov 132014
 

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Topics:
00:07 ‘A is A’ is Affected: GUESTS: Ted Harlson, Conrad Lagowski, affected by Ayn Rand, personal paths to Objectivism, theory and practice, purpose of life, self-interest vs altruism, material and spiritual, promoting values, search for truth
15:55 ‘A is A’ is Aristotle: Ayn Rand’s critics, objections to Objectivism, confronting the critics, consistency of reason, dogma vs proof of truth, activating the mind
30:55 ‘A is A’ is Ayn Rand: taking the right action, from religion to reason, the unknown ideal, rational selfishness more strict than religious rules, lifeboat ethics, altruism as a philosophy, selflessness
47:15 ‘A is A’ is Activism: political and social activities, provincial Freedom Party candidate, municipal campaigning, Caledonia protestor, Undercurrent, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, promoting full potential for life, maximizing the life in our years 53:42 END

375 – Guest: Keith Weiner – Founder: Gold Standard Institute USA

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Nov 062014
 

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Topics:
GUEST: Keith Weiner – Gold Standard Institute USA
00:07 Fools about gold? challenging assumptions about gold, returning to the gold standard, a moral issue, printing fiat money, legal tender laws, capital gains tax, forced to hoard gold and silver, prohibition of gold ownership, 1929-1933 history
15:15 Not just a marginal issue: marginal utility – what makes gold different, the value of gold, cornering the silver market, human inventory of gold and silver, money supply and prices, observation vs theory, Gold Standard movement’s tragic mistake – focusing on prices, wealthy at risk
32:25 Militantly indifferent: price of gold, gold standard, Coinage Act 1792, no price of gold before 1971, extinguishing debt, why debt accumulates, resistance to the gold standard, what is really wrong with the dollar,
45:00 From paper to gold: Ludwig von Mises, Milton Friedman, central planning of money, from ending slavery to ending prohibition, the destruction of capital, falling rate of interest, fiat victims – retirees and unemployed 57:38 END

374 – Party politics – parting politicians / Russell Brand goes mental / Just right copyright

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Oct 302014
 

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Topics:
00:07 Party politics – parting politicians: London municipal election results, the Fontana Ate, Fontana’s council not dysfunctional, socialists are dysfunctional, zero percent tax increase promise, the power of a repeated lie, legal theft vs illegal theft, election signs, door-knocking, voter turnover between elections, the media agenda, defacto political party, party politics in municipal elections, predicting a boring council
16:30 Change please: London municipal election results, change but little difference, Toronto election, right and left, consensus and debate, Ontario Ombudsman says democracy unfolding, forcing people to vote, voting as a duty or a right, freedom of religion
30:05 Islamists Branded mental: Russell Brand’s tirade against Stephen Harper, Ottawa terrorist link to ISIS inescapable, religious motivation or mental illness, insensitivity of Russell Brand, Russell Brand’s brand of politics, Brand promotes destruction and anarchy, True News is distorted news
49:05 Just right copyright: Political parties and news copyright, Conservative government’s omnibus bill, CTV News protests, no copyright in news, radio and TV advertising, democratic freedom 56:30 END

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