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314 – Hatred of Ayn Rand / Envy / Citizen Marc

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Aug 222013

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00:07 How Much Was That Doggie In The Window? hating capitalism, self interest as evil, ban on the sale of dogs and cats, puppy mills, altruism as a moral code, animal welfare, Judy Foster, London Humane Society, Mark Beatty, Pets Paradise, animal sales vs adoptions 15:58: Ayn Rand Nation, Gary Weiss, Ayn Rand, truth winning, Ayn Rand as electoral candidate – not
20:12 Hatred Of The Rand For Being Ayn: Gary Weiss, Ayn Rand Nation, free tuition and chaos, government above morality, no fan of Ayn Rand, ideas, controlling capitalism, who wants to control socialism?, government as the good, kill the messenger, messenger’s dead but message lives
33:30 Enviously Not Obviously: Peter Foster on peddlers of envy, Chrystia Freeland, Linda McQuaig, emotional primitives, envy is politically useful, Communist Manifesto, Galt’s speech, the selfless zero, conspiracy against the mind, the age of envy, hatred of the good for being the good
43:04 Citizen Marc, Citizen Marked: Citizen Marc, Roger Larry, Montreal Film Festival, Marc Emery, Paul McKeever, Principle of Pot, Chris Doty, Messing Up The System, Citizen Kane, documentaries, megalomaniac narcissist, Roger Larry despises Ayn Rand, demonizing mom 57:50 END

313 – Any Ayn daRn Rand Nation notiaN / Ayn Rand: from Aristotle to Charlie’s Angels

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Aug 152013

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00:07 Any Ayn daRn Rand Nation notiaN: Ayn Rand, Gary Weiss, Ayn Rand Nation, disturbing and disturbed, an Objectivist America, capitalism, free market, fanatical about reality
22:35 What’s The ‘Matter’ With Ayn Rand? Why Ayn Rand Matters, moral component, selfishness, greed, Ayn Rand an extremist, individualism, Objectivism, Tea Party, inconsistent stands, William F Buckley Jr, Whittaker Chambers, gas chambers, Atlas Shrugged, Virtue of Selfishness most popular book, caricature of the caricature
33:38 Government Above The Law Of Man: The Virtue of Selfishness, Ayn Rand, Tea Party, Gary Weiss, government financing in a free society, taxation, Taxpayer Protection Act, political systems and ethics, morality not applicable to society, outside the moral law, individual rights, moral code, legal code, when right is might, internal corruption as the means to destroy individual rights, social benefits as rights, turning political rights into economic rights, “Freedom means responsibility. That’s why most men fear it.”
54:07 What’s The Matter With Gary Weiss? art, reality, unreality, romanticism, Gary Weiss, Ayn Rand, publish, Ayn Rand Nation 57:45 END

312 – Sophism’s choices: war, slavery, theocracy, monopoly

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Aug 082013

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00:07 We’re All Effed: feedback, capitalism, socialism, ideal, communism works, ideal is that which is achievable, not perfect, force, fraud, pure capitalism, profit and loss, business
15:28 There Are Capitalists And Then There Is Capitalism: race to the bottom, capitalists, capitalism, business, labour, plunder, no alternatives no solutions, your cure for corporate radio, public radio, CHRW, corporate radio, effed, Frederic Bastiat
33:15 Sophism’s Choices – War, Slavery, Theocracy, Monopoly: Frederic Bastiat, Economic Sophisms, the physiology of plunder, production vs plunder, at another’s expense, legal system, moral code, war, slavery, theocracy, monopoly, fraud, when reason is taboo, government services are restrictions, negotiated price, opening their eyes to the evil, the only remedy is enlightened public opinion, the nature of plunder, wealth destruction
51:36 Honestly! honest people, economic fallacies, abundance vs scarcity, theory of scarcity 58:37 END

311 – Capitalism / Censorship / No pasta for you!

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Aug 012013

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00:07 Capitalism: If It Ain’t Broke, Fix It: capitalism under attack, fixing capitalism, social good, prosperity, a different capitalism, Delaware, B-corp, Benefit Corporation, market need vs societal need, distributing the benefits of progress, don’t maximize shareholder value, not capitalism, who benefits?, social benefit, two types of capitalists, unknown ideal, retool and tool, economic sophism, Adam Smith’s invisible hand, win-win, communism, fascism, value, losing enterprises, profit
19:57 Economic Fables, Political Realities: economic fables, war is good for business, cart before horse, heart before course, ends and means, process vs future end, classless society, SEIU, healthcare for people not profit, profit vs rationing, concierge medicine
35:17 No Pasta For You – Quebec’s New Soup Nazis: Quebec language policing, french fascism, language insecurity, English endures, no laughing matter, censorship is the road to violence, freedom of speech, International Free Press Society, interests vs rights
50:10 Freedom’s Pillars: Freedom Of Speech And The Truth: freedom of speech, rule of law, civil unrest, truth, censorship is a useful tool, David Cameron and pornography ban, thin edge of the wedge 60:32 END

310 – London West by-election / London Fringe Press / Bankrupt Detroit

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Jul 252013

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00:07 The London West Lie-Election: my adventure in politics, absent Al Gretzky, personal account of the first London West all candidates debate, Who is Al Gretzky?, media gap, Al Where Art Thou?, London Free Press, no tweet, Paul McKeever, Ontario Budget
24:45 The London Fringe Press? London Free Press, avoiding Al Gretzky, reader reaction to Free Press, erosion of the fourth estate, public record, many consequences of biased news reporting, the written word, if it isn’t written it didn’t happen
30:54 Bankrupt Philosophy – Bankrupt Detroit: Detroit bankruptcy, story of Detroit, Windsor, Motown music and CKLW Radio, Ayn Rand’s Starnesville, a tale of two motor cities
41:53 Capitalism Builds Cities, Socialism Destroys Them: unfunded pension liabilities, OMERS, fragile civilization, capitalism builds cities, socialism destroys cities, big city tribalism, fiscal mismanagement, Laissez-nous faire! – from 1680 France to 2013 Detroit, functions of municipal government, where the jobs are, London parallel, municipal government in entertainment, traffic calming curbs, basic services, mass transit 57:21 END

309 – Rolling Stone / Light bulb ban / Cell phone grab / Stellar dialogue zone

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Jul 182013

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03:25 Un The Cover Of Rolling Stone: Rolling Stone Cover, Boston Bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, musician’s lament, David Michael Draiman, glorifying violence, polarization, low voter turnout, civility in politics, what we decide matters, voting reform, voting on line, disagreement is part of politics, party politicians, killing the debate through unity, democracy vs majority rule
18:28 No IncandeSense: 2014 federal incandescent bulb ban, stockpiling light bulbs, Green Energy Act, rationing electricity, London Free Press a disservice to readers, the public record, London West byelection, Al Gretzky, London Free Press poll, a brief history of Toronto’s Casa Loma, Sir Henry Pellatt, federal NDP, Thomas Mulcair, Quebec train disaster, Lac Megantic, regulating in the public interest, no tragedy should go to waste
32:10 A Phone-y Issue: emergency phone system – 999, phones are a distraction, distracted drivers, cell phone bans, Stephen Orser, Ali Chahbar, object of distraction: electronic communication or entertainment device, subject of behaviour: drivers, no due process of law, statutory misbehaviour, more police powers no answer
47:10 Exoplanets: Any Life Signs? earth-like planets, Gliese 667 Cc, exoplanets, knowledge is existence, a discovery happens only once, Pluto is still a planet, planet types: rocky gas dwarf, only 22 light years from earth, interstellar communication, ESI Earth similarity index, alien life signs, Robert’s Dialogue Zone, stellar communication zone is 30 light years 58:32 END

308 – Snowden job / London Free of Press about Gretzky

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Jul 112013

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03:05 Snowden Job: feedback from Matthew: a hellish story; guilt; [06:10] Edward Snowden affair, state secrets, rights violations, violations of law, whistle blower, which whistle to blow?
14:14 London Free Of Press About Gretzky: London West by-election, media coverage, London Free Press election handicap, media contrasts, Gretzky election commercial, Al Gretzky, Freedom Party, voting for change, different parties with same ideas, Patrick Maloney, disservice to voters, chance of winning
29:56 What’s The Point Of Running… …A Free Press Editorial? political spectrum, Greg Van Moorsel, wannabe politicians, corrupt but electable vs principled but rejectable,
41:30 Hard(ly) Right Progressive Conservatives: right left out, Progressive Conservatives brought us: health insurance monopoly, income tax, retail sales tax, rent controls, LCBO monopoly, electricity monopoly, 100kph speed limits, and support: Green Energy Act, deficits till 2017-18 or whenever 56:41 END