349 – The gender gap trap / Game of Thrones vs Vikings

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May 082014
 

We Can Do It

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:00 Just Right updates and write-them-down dates: Election call, Freedom Party candidates in London, Lars Hedegaard attempted assassination suspect arrested in Turkey, Muslims Facing Tomorrow, Raheel Raza, The Honor Diaries, CAIR, Paul McKeever, Andrew Lawton, Raheel Raza, Boko Haram, Islam accommodation
13:44 Gender gap trap: Robert Reich, Charles B Rangel, Batman, Robin, Batgirl, equal pay, federal equal pay law, The Misandry Bubble, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Warren Farrell, Why Men Earn More, pay gap, pay paradox, Equal Pay Day, women in the White House, girls do better than boys in school, hypocritical feminists, male gender vilification
29:40 Batty ideas about gender differences: Claire Shipman, The Confidence Gap, glass ceiling, difference between men and women, women more intimate, men effective policy makers, ego, No Country For Burly Men, beta male politicians, force in feminism, the feminist mystique
42:15 Throne Wars: Vikings vs Game of Thrones:Vikings, Game of Thrones, fingers or tongue, fail compilations, the allure of sex and violence, no plot just gore and sex, vile characters, the saga of Ragnar Lothbrok, characterization, violence should advance the plot, the capricious King Joffrey, everybody loves a gore fest
58:50 END

May 012014
 

Paul Weston

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:07 Winston Churchill’s arresting words: Paul Weston arrested in UK for quoting Winston Churchill, Churchill’s quote, Guest: Paul Weston, Paul’s arresting story, charged with racism, victim perceptions, has Britain surrendered?, Islam, fear of Islam, denial of Islam’s political goals, freedom of speech, Islamophobia, police submission to Islam
13:20 Paul Weston’s arresting action: Guest: Paul Weston, Britain’s Bill of Rights (1689), First Amendment rights, Britain failing democracy and freedom of speech, two year sentence possible, court appearance, immunity from prosecution in court, public fear of speaking out
28:40 Torrent Terror? Copyright enforcement goes private: internet freedom, turning your personal computer (PC) into a public computer (PC), copyright process expensive, Robinson Crusoe, copyright trolls, using litigation to coerce payments, fines lowered for on-line copyright violations, Bill S-4 (Digital Privacy Act), no judicial oversight
41:50 Family Spam Plan: Canada’s anti-spam bill comes into effect July 1, fines for individuals: $1 million, fines for business/groups/associations: $10 million, family plan for spending spam, Enforcers: CRTC – Competition Bureau – Privacy Commissioner, obtaining consent to send ‘spam’ 53:34 END

347 – The middle has no class / Political snake oil / Toronto 4/20

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Apr 242014
 

The Middle Class

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:07 The middle has no class: the middle class, government protecting the middle class, free enterprise, success, lowering standard of living, government spending cuts, protecting the middle class – from government, classless society, College of Trades, Obama’s reign of error, job creation, inflation, money supply
17:35 Reign of error? government mistakes, gold, Sparta, inflation, tripling of US money supply, cut in wages, standard of living, government pensions, snake oil, nice people
30:35 Kathleen Wynne’s leadersh*t leadership: Kathleen Wynne vs NDP and PC, unions, labour, College of Trades, Wynne’s proposed partnership – government-business – government-labour, Ontario budget and election, technology and the internet, economic history of the automobile, creation of wealth and high wages
48:10 Catch A Fire: Toronto 4/20: Toronto 4/20, Vapor Central, London 4/20, policing pot events 55:53 END

346 – Ontario College of Trade barriers… Guild fascism

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Apr 172014
 

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Topics:
00:07 Ontario’s College of Trade Barriers: Ontario College of Trades, Jeff Yurek, Tim Hudak’s promise to scrap Ontario College of Trades, Trade barrier horror stories: Peter’s story, Doug’s story, Don’s story, Rich’s story, Brian’s story, Pete’s story, victims of trade barriers
16:45 Tory Story – Can you believe it? PC David Tsubouchi – Head of Ontario College of Trades, socialism-communism-fascism, PC Garfield Dunlop supports grandfathering College of Trades in, College of Teachers brought in by PCs
27:30 College discipline – We’re fine if you’re fined: Ontario College of Trades – from the horse’s mouth, ‘joining’ the college, fines and penalties apply to non-‘members’ as well, complaints and discipline, the public interest
40:35 Ontario College of Trades: Guild fascism: guilds, guild socialism, guild fascism, Ontario College of Trades, implied contract with public, medieval origins of guilds, tax-grab, not a ‘mistake’ but a crime 54:58 END

345 – Party’s over, Québécois / Simon says / Star Trek Continues

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Apr 102014
 

Star Trek Continues

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:07 Party’s over, Québécois:
Partie Québécois lose Quebec election, Canada – better off without Quebec?, Napoleonic Code, political tribalism, “blame it on the ethnics…”, Quebec minority separatists, cultural and language barriers, Crimea and Russia, terms of succession, Canada’s value to Quebec?, constitutional protections
13:47 Principle – People – Party – Politics – Power: Feedback: Simon O’Riordan, avoiding the mass movement phenomenon, pragmatism and compromise vs principle, political parties, Freedom Party, voting, setting out party positions in advance
25:35 Where man has gone before… Star Trek Continues: two thumbs up for Star Trek Continues, Michael Forrest as Apollo, Vic Mignogna as William Shatner as Captain Kirk, Pilgrim of Eternity, sacrifice as benefit, acts of kindness, Classic Star Trek connections – actors old and new, Lolani
52:08 Fanning the Star Trek passion: fans re-creating Star Trek episodes, embracing humanity and human kindness, fans and actors, entertainment professionals, Vic Mignogna, raising funds to produce Star Trek fan episodes, Star Trek Renegades 57:53 END

Apr 032014
 

Child Voting

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:07 Ontario’s unholy trinity of destruction: Ontario election?, trinity of progressives, Ontario’s Liberal-Progressive Conservative-New Democratic Party of sameness, electoral disconnect between voters and politicians, Freedom Party, lazy voters – giving up on voting, blame the intellectuals in our universities and colleges, disintegrated education models
14:25 Demographic democracy – our polarized voting future: GUEST: Paul McKeever, “drama” in the Ontario legislature, Pierre Trudeau, Generation ‘X’ vs Generation ‘Y’, the majority doesn’t vote, Ontario’s changing demographics – from the ‘making’ age to the ‘taking’ age, an expensive future – if you don’t vote to protect yourself, voting schisms, when you’re 64, hard times ahead in Ontario
29:46 Minority Report: the few rule the many: GUEST: Paul McKeever, independent candidates vs party candidates, political parties, the non-voting majority has the power, having courage to be the first, the neighbour who’s robbing you, government is about governing – not wealth redistribution, agent of un-civility, political representation is a two-way street
43:07 The purpose of government is…: GUEST: Paul McKeever, official brain dead policy, Progressive Conservative Ernie Eves: “the purpose of government is to redistribute wealth”, Ernie Eves’ legacy in the current gas plant scandal, electricity price cap, creating an affordable demand for electricity in Ontario, Toronto vs Ontario, brief history of Progressive Conservative Party, big issues – small issues, incandescent light bulb ban, getting off the hydro grid 57:25 END

343 – Universal truths vs the multiverse / Breaking the recreational pot myth

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Mar 272014
 

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Topics:
00:07 : Parallel Contradictions – Science’s quantum dilemma: gravitational waves, big bang theory, multiverses, sloppy language of science, fundamental truths of science, quantum physics, theoretical models vs reality, computer models, mathematical models, no validation of evidence, membrane theory, theories that defy reason, universe concepts at odds with reality, time and dimensions
15:44 : Universal strings of theories that lead to the dumb hypothesis: great sci-fi theories and TV shows, uncertainty principle, probability, Dr. Leonard Peikoff, The DIM Hypothesis on the Uncertainty Principle, Disintegration-Integration-Misintegration, perversion of language in science, intentions and science, looking back into time, imagination and creativity in science serves a purpose but…
31:22 : From Prohibition to Monopoly – Pot Laws going to pot: Canada’s drug law strategy, drug prohibition, drug monopoly, medicinal pot, Medical Marijuana Access Program (MMAP), Health Canada, Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR), unintended consequences, black market, looser pot laws on horizon, medical marijuana court injunction, commercial pot grow-ops, Cheech and Chong
48:26 :Breaking the ‘recreational’ pot myth: quantum politics?, recreational vs medicinal cannabis, caffeine-nicotine-alcohol as recreational drugs, government monopolies on vice, real intentions, regulated drugs, organized crime 59:27 END