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424 – Left and right – A comparison / Our political culture of corruption

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Oct 292015

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00:03 Left and Right – A comparison: characteristics of the left, media reaction to Canadian federal election results, leftists vs rightists, contrast in print – Toronto Star vs National Post
15:25 Star of the Left: Toronto Star editorial on Harper’s electoral loss, assertions of ‘misgovernance’, the left’s expressions of revulsion against Harper, characterizing the left as petty and vindictive, the left has no class
32:30 Our political culture of corruption: the West’s crisis of corruption, Ontario’s Kathleen Wynne and the teachers’ unions, forms of corruption, consequences of corruption, against what standard, examples of systemic corruption in political practice
48:30 Voting for corruption by corrupting the vote: the ideology of the non-ideological, contradiction as corruption, ‘war of ideology’, solving the problem of Canadian democracy, majority rule as an end rather than means, pragmatism, ideology matters, choosing between right and wrong, the contradiction of ‘non-partisanship’ and proportional representation 1:04:58 END

423 – Election 2015 – First impressions / Freedom culture / Putting Uber unter

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Oct 222015

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00:04 No electoral shock: better a Liberal majority than minority, implications of proportional representation
08:35 Cultural MisAppropriation: defining Canada’s culture, quantifying the common social traits of Canadians, common ways of life, national diversions, transitory cultures, multicultures as evidence of freedom of choice, freedom is what defines Canada’s culture, England’s seeds of freedom, a freedom culture, Magna Carta
26:00 Freedom culture: principles independent of space and time, CBC as a vital part of Canadian culture, sect 27 of Charter of Rights and Freedoms, multiculturalism vs a single culture shared by all, cultural change at Playboy Magazine
47:35 Putting Uber Unter: taxi monopolies threatened, London England’s Uber equalization plan, nature of literal equality, public interest, why the sharing economy isn’t about sharing
1:00:23 END

422 – Cultural appropriation / All that’s left of Western Civilization

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Oct 152015

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00:07 Dreadlocked out: voting, casting a losing vote, Elections Canada’s prohibition of ‘ballot selfies’ made public, last chance for democracy, irrational political manifestations, political Islam, sinister left, group identity, Western University’s O-week ban on cultural appropriation, dreaded dreadlocks, keeping cultures segregated
21:50 Inappropriate appropriation: cultural appropriation ban, mental health challenges of foreign students, Western University soph guide dress code
30:00 All that’s Left of Western Civilization: Naomi Klein’s Leap Manifesto, anti-capitalism, conservative failure to defend capitalism, government intervention in the marketplace, the left is winning the war on ideas, the right has turned left
44:10 Who’s left for the right? Nazis are on the left, being for vs being against, why the left prefers force, the challenge of persuasion, cooperation – forced or real, repressing the totalitarian urge, Quebec’s Bill 59, Islam and Muslims, what the left is winning, ISIL, evil uncomprehended, understanding irrationality, pronouncing moral judgement, freedom and capitalism as the standard of good 1:02:20 END

421 – Focus on pornography

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Oct 082015

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00:07 Pornography – Toronto’s location dislocation: pornography news updates, porn debate heats up again, prostitution, Bill C-36, Canadian content porn requirements, money for sex, porn industry avoids Toronto, regulation vs prohibition, Montreal as Canada’s porn center, Brazzers
20:32 PornNO: children and on-line pornography, parenting, addiction to porn, re-defining porn as violence, porn as infidelity, anti-porn activists, the missing discussion
39:00 PROnography: more pornography news updates, Western University porn study, attitudes towards women, myths about porn
47:26 Don’t just blame porn: right-leaning states lean to porn, Archives of Sexual Behavior, top porn search terms – teen – ebony – pov, socially conservative beliefs, teens and moms, MILFs, consistencies in sexual behaviours, erectile dysfunction and porn
57:39 END

420 – Voting in good conscience / The lesser of evils / Uber – The taxi wars

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Oct 012015

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00:07 Voting in good conscience: voting dilemmas, voting on principle, feedback on voting dilemma, voting preferences and priorities, power of a moral argument, moral leadership, Marc Emery Prince of Pot, effecting democratic change
18:35 The lesser of evils: political legacies, weakening one’s own position through compromise, dangers of a single issue focus, the voter’s real choice, justifying your vote
39:10 Questionable motives: motives reconsidered, Ontario Bill 53 Protecting Passenger Safety Act, feedback on Uber, chaos vs freedom, good law vs bad law
54:25 Uber – Same tale of two cities: feedback on Uber, Toronto-London comparison, taxi licence rental, taxi plate ownership, Section 232 of Municipal Act, taxi monopoly costs to drivers, influx of drivers and riders, pricing as market mechanism 1:01:26 END

419 – Conservatively speaking / I’m migrant / Crony capitalist pigs

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Sep 242015

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00:07 Conservatively speaking: Conservatives, war on drugs, Liberals indistinguishable from Conservatives, immigration is the distinguishing issue for Conservatives, cultural clashes with Western values, Pew Research Center, closing borders to Muslims as a security measure, reported numbers adhering to Islamist roots and Sharia law
16:05 I’m migrant: immigrants not refugees, staged photo op on Syrian crisis, mainstream media knee-jerk reactions, welfare shopping in Europe, the good and bad of Stephen Harper’s Conservatives
30:15 Will the real capitalist pigs please stand up? capitalist pigs vs capitalists, political pigs at the trough, crony capitalism, the Uber controversy in France
46:00 Pigging out on capitalism: the Uber controversy in London Ontario, denying the monopoly while defending it, the fixed pie theory, the fixed trough theory, a list of pigopolies, the private interests behind every government monopoly, 58:13 END

418 – Guest: Salim Mansur – Associate Professor of Political Science – UWO / Iran nuclear deal / Trump deal

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Sep 172015

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00:07 Many voices, not one: signing of Iran deal today, 14th anniversary of 9/11, Muslims Facing Tomorrow – National Post ad, differing voices within the Muslim community
07:04 Iran deal – releasing the nuclear demon: pushing Iran towards nuclear power, Obama’s legacy deal and disengagement strategy, the nuclear question, history of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (1968) (NPT), Obama’s end-run on Congress, releasing the demon of nuclear proliferation in Middle East, Iran’s history of exporting terrorism, nuclear weapons for sale, prospects for nuclear war, deal not binding
30:45 Trump deal – why Donald Trump is a true phenomenon: lack of trust for elected politicians, Iran deal causing more voter distrust, reversing the Constitutional process through the Corker Bill, the anti-politics politician, policy vs leadership and attitude
44:10 Cause and defect: Trump as the symbol of political incorrectness, illegal immigration, the welfare state vs immigration, Trump challenging the establishment, Trump’s call for national sovereignty, borders vs barriers, anti-free trade attitudes
55:47 END