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393 – The militant atheist? / The choice: Objectivism vs the status quo

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Mar 262015

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00:07 The militant atheist? Conrad Black vs the militant atheist, using logic to justify faith, God as creator, God as standard of good, H.L. Mencken vs the militant theist, time and infinity, atheism is not a philosophy
14:15 Capital’s real Isms: capital is not an ism, claiming victims of capitalism, conservatism’s impotent defense of capitalism or freedom, misrepresenting capitalism as slavery
31:55 The choice: Paul McKeever, Ayn Rand or status quo, ad hominim attacks against Ayn Rand, Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism, rationality as the highest virtue
40:55 Just plain silly: right or wrong vs good or evil, silly assertion, arbitrary claims, insanity label is a judgement, Progressive Conservative moral and political record, Freedom Party moral standard, immoral Christian influences on the law, philosophy requires effort, faith is effortless, Objectivism unjustly vilified 57:17 END

392 – Political correctness / Capitalism? / Hydro monopoly

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Mar 192015

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00:07 Ignorance is strength: redefining terms of the debate, political debate, redefining words, Orwellian tactics, progressive goal is ignorance, freedom, general welfare, niggardly slur, from rape to sexual assault, progressive language agenda, prostitute, whore, gypsy, exclusion of man, fisherman to fisher, actress to actor, womyn, changing public mind set and attitudes, gay, homosexual
12:55 Watch your language! changing language standards, retarded to slow to challenged to gifted, crippled to handicapped to special needs, beyond Orwellian, hidden insults in political correctness, fear of offending, Oriental to Asian, Merry Christmas to Seasons Greetings, spelling of words, center and centre, Webster’s political spelling, language sovereignty, plow vs plough, alternative spelling system, ignorance is strength
30:20 Crook-ed thinking about capitalism: keeping capitalism unknown, Glen Pearson, Mark Carney, World Economic Summit, inequality in world’s wealth, economic capital vs social capital, economic inequity – good and bad, collective ownership is communism, market fundamental
45:00 Hydro just One: Ontario’s electricity monopoly, from Ontario Hydro to Hydro One, private monopoly vs public monopoly, profit motive, power at cost, profit is production, peak electricity rates to rise, saving money through price increases, illusion of monopolized choice
59:31 END

391 – The allure of the irrational / Contradiction / Superstition

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Mar 122015

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Topics: 00:07 Out of focus – the allure of the irrational: thinking about thinking, paradoxes, focus on the meaning, contradiction means a nothing, meaninglessness, stands to reason, logic and reason, thinking requires effort and focus, being out of focus, laziness, immorality, rationality is morality, faith vs trust, concept formation
12:50 Ill logic: contradiction, irrationality in theoretical physics, irrational politics, irrational climate change theories, from the innocent to the criminal, processes of reason, scientific process, ele-mental logic
27:00 Contradiction’s contradictions: contradictions in fiction, real contradictions, Star Trek’s Odo and changelings, the impossibility of rock-ness, feedback from Doug, Star Trek contradictions
41:55 Very superstitious: Green Acres – contradiction as humour, H.L. Mencken’s rational superstitions, fabricating meanings to avoid understanding, contradictory capitalisms, concepts and civilizations, H.L. Mencken’s guardians of civilization 56:45 END

387 – Bode’s flaw / Vacuous notions on vaccinations / Capitalism: the moral system

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Feb 122015

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00:07 Astro-logic about life on other worlds: imagining a galaxy teeming with life, Bode’s law, exo-planet systems, habitable planets in the millions, not necessarily earth-like, Bode’s flaws, stable planetary systems, habitable zones around red and yellow dwarf stars, lack of metalicity, the Goldilock’s principle
12:50 Vacuous notions on vaccinations: the anti-vaccine controversy, role of the internet, fears of vaccines as a cause of autism are unfounded, finding conspiracies in the face of contrary evidence, fallibility of science, science is self-skeptical, Kant and Plato, government and medical business
29:15 Capital schisms on capitalism: science and capitalism, conference – Capitalism in today’s society, only one form of capitalism, socialism, the mixed-economy myth, why capitalism is losing the political war against it, Adam Smith and the invisible hand
44:40 Discovery, not invention: Conrad Black’s pragmatic defense of capitalism, concealing capitalism’s definition, socialists in capitalist clothing, discovering capitalism, capitalism is a moral system – not an economic system 56:52 END

386 – Affirmative offense / Affirmative conspiracy / Who is Ayn Rand?

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Feb 052015

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00:07 Affirmatively offensive: feminist boycott of Fifty Shades, affirmative consent, Kathleen wynne’s sexual education curriculum for Ontario, media updates on affirmative consent, negative consequences to affirmative consent
14:42 Affirmative conspiracy: Ontario Human Rights tribunal, allegations proved false when conspiracy uncovered, Katherine McKee’s allegation against Bill Cosby, redefining rape, obliterating the concept of consent
29:35 Who is Ayn Rand?: Ayn Rand under attack, personal vs principle, philosophy is an unknown field, ridiculing Rand, hating the good for being good, rejecting the discipline of being objective, many philosophers to ridicule – only one ridiculed
46:45 The Ayn Rand haters: videos featuring Ayn Rand, lack of reputable criticisms against Rand, critics ignorant of philosophy, rational self-interest as the moral standard, the Rand haters, capitalism vs force, a philosophy for living life on this earth 57:30 END

385 – The case for sport hunting / Just say know to ‘affirmative consent’ with Guest: Paul McKeever

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Jan 292015

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00:07 The ethics of hunting for sport: status of animals, recreational hunting, sports hunting, ethics of hunting, spectrum of animal life, private and government jurisdiction, animals in the wild, predator and prey, nature of the beast
GUEST: Paul McKeever – leader, Freedom Party of Ontario
12:10 Negative to affirmative consent: re-defining concepts, the issue is consent, history of affirmative consent concept, verbal not conduct, absence of coercion a moot point, reversal of onus, Wynne government to teach consent in schools, when yes does not mean yes, college and university standards, effect of the law, creating distrust, cultural Marxist agenda and the rape culture
34:25 Know about no: a revolutionary step – affirmative consent, reversal of onus – guilty until proven innocent, allegations of sexual assault against famous people, Cidra Ladd’s allegation against Cosby, focus on creating distrust in the trustworthy, allegations are all you need to destroy critical thought, changing the language, social alienation
45:40 Dinosaur concept: Womyn of Antioch, making consent a dinosaur concept, looking into the collectivist future, concept of date rape, allegers without cases, selling consent to the public, affirmative consent a legal minefield 59:37 END

384 – Bill Cosby vs the tabloid press / Do animals have rights?

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Jan 222015

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00:07 UFOs vs Bill Cosby: continuing allegations against Bill Cosby, critical mass, playing the numbers against Cosby, UFO sighting comparison, unidentified feminist objectives behind the Cosby controversy
10:45 Consider the source – tabloid trash: Cosby allegations are not new, checking the facts, feminism, Megan Walker, London Abused Women’s Centre is a feminist centre, Cosby performance in Denver, Chloe Goins’ toe-sucking allegation, guilty until proven innocent, Goins’ allegation demonstrated false, Beth Ferrier allegation bought by National Enquirer for exclusive story
29:50 Animals – rights, status, or property: animal welfare, animal rights, torture of animals, giving animals status in law, Ayn Rand’s theory of rights, Craig Biddle of the Objective Standard, God – government – nature, inalienable rights, observation-based morality, process of life
41:55 Don’t ask Alice: Why Alice the chicken doesn’t have rights, volition vs instinct, reason and rights, social context, the nature of the object, animate vs inanimate objects, status for animals, status for humans, sentient, custody of animals, gradation of ownership principles, humane treatment of animals 57:54 END