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316 – Chemical warfear/ Unions vs. capitalism / Fasces faeces

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Sep 052013

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00:07 Chemical WarFear: chemical attack in Syria, US military action planned in Syria, why Syria?, Syrian rebels worse than Assad, no official or moral rationale for banning of chemical weapons, sarin gas, American use of sarin gas, irrational fear of chemical weapons, fear of death without blood, preference for conventional weapons
15:00 Unions Vs Capitalism: misrepresentation of capitalism, work hard and prosper, crony forms of capitalism, celebrating Labour Day, Sid Ryan, capitalism not working any more, cost of labour politics on business, share the profit but not the losses, minimum wage laws, Patti Dalton, neo-liberal policies, greedyism, exploitation
32:40 Greed Is Eternally Exploitable: greed and self-interest, concern with welfare of others, group greed vs individual greed, negotiation, exploitation, employment, management organizes labour, unions organize violence, civilized culture vs socialism
44:52 Fasces faeces: capitalism, rational self interest, moral is the practical, socialism, morality of death, mystics of spirit, mystics of muscle, Solidarity Forever, lyrics of strength through unity, fasces, Italian fascism, feeble strength of one, employer as greedy parasite, power of one, no collective mind, unions advocate fascism 57:56 END

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

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

302 – My, Me, Mine: The virtue of selfishness

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May 302013

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00:07 Journey Into Selfishness: Dr. Yaron Brook, capitalism most moral system, sacrifice, individual pursuit of happiness, rational self interest, socialism, morality, Ayn Rand, cronyism
09:26 Capitalism Works – So Socialists Lie: capitalism in decline, from poverty to plenty, socialism, fascism, self evident truth that capitalism works, Paul Krugman lies, salt-water economists, government and economy, lying as a weapon, lying philosophy, socialists lie, sharing for sharing’s sake, conditioned for slavery, Montessori instruction, lying is the tool of the left, selfishness
28:25 Just Sad: A Society Built On Sacrifice: JP Morgan, 1907 financial crisis, banking, selfishness, federal reserve, Alan Greenspan, selflessness, elevator regulations, disinterested bureaucrats, robber ethics, altruism, sacrifice, self interest, degrees of fascism, reason, good, evil, thought, productive work, the good, first paycheque
41:45 Saints Alive! Bill Gates Or Heaven’s Gate? moral revolution, group behaviour, morality of service to others, best of both, trading societies, moral credit, Saint Bill Gates, the benevolent society, forced benevolence, cultural revolution through stories, stories of sacrifice, stories of heroes, selfishness is love of humanity, examples of positive stories, work 56:02 END

301 – Political philosophy and the many shades of red

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May 232013

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00:07 Insufficient Philosophy: technology, science, political knowledge, social knowledge, capitalism, moral foundation, Yaron Brook, Ted Harlson, reality, reason, self, consent, neo-conservatives, Ayn Rand, collectivism, socialism, fascism, communism
20:26 What’s Black And White And Red All Over? left wing, right wing, left and right, political spectrum, TV news media, capitalism, polarization, Adam Smith, pursuing self-interest, nobility, virtue, philanthropy
32:10 Just Grin And Polar Bear It: Why ‘Socialism’ Really Is A Dirty Word: polarization, media, medicare, socialism, politics, force, left, right, choice
47:00 Creating Interest In Self Interest: capitalism works, Hong Kong, ethics, morality, the good, sacrifice, selflessness, self interest, Saint Bill Gates, suffering with socialism, self interest is virtuous, Dr Yaron Brook, economist, philosopher, selfishness, arrested moral development, capitalism 57:32 END

298 – Guest: Dr. Yaron Brook – Executive Director of the Ayn Rand Institute

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May 022013

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00:07 Ideas In Conflict – Left And Right Vs Right finance, GUEST: Dr Yaron Brook, Ayn Rand Institute, morality of capitalism, Free Market Revolution, schools, promoting ideas, left ideas winning, right is left in US, ideas to action, self interest
12:46 A Free Market Revolution – Re-teaching America Its Own Principles market relationship, trade relationship, GUEST: Dr Yaron Brook, negative portrayal of capitalists in art and literature, Other People’s Money, self interest seen as vice, businessman, capitalism about self-interest, socialist capitalists, Free Market Revolution, banking, faith in the invisible hand vs visible hand of government, there is no free market, economic stability board, central bankers, revolution vs baby steps, saving the enlightenment, individualism, re-teach America its own principles, art and reality on our side,
left and right are wrong
29:17 Self Interest As The Moral Ideal trading game, faith in the material continuum, GUEST: Dr Yaron Brook, Ayn Rand Institute, invisible hand, self interest as a moral ideal, happiness and success, voluntary trade is win-win, Tea Party, fear of falling behind, decline of the middle class, political courage required, quick fix with political will, punishing the taxpayers for tax cuts, sequestering, media misunderstanding and propaganda
47:35 Foreign Policy? Or Foreign To Reason? GUEST: Dr Yaron Brook, foreign policy, United Nations, Israel, club for savage nations, UN a moral travesty, Canadian foreign policy, Keystone XL pipeline, private business under dictatorships, foreign policy failures, Israel is committing suicide 58:21 END