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353 – Election 2014 / Some leaders debate / OPPA State / May the force be governed

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Jun 052014

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00:07 Some leaders debate: Why Freedom Party is excluded from debates, St. Thomas Times Journal coverage of FPO, the hostile fourth estate, Hudak’s missing budget
16:28 Basically true lies: Jeff Bennett, How to identify a Conservative, know your party history, pulling the plug on ‘green energy,’ we have seen the enemy and thine name is Alan, you gotta have heart, Ernie Eves’ legacy
32:12 Police state political view: OPPA states their position, the police state your preference for you, the questionable history of the OPP, conflict of interest? Liberal ‘brown shirts?’ Canadian military as exemplar, Paul Copeland’s view of the legality of the OPPA’s ads, the big blue line, targeting Tories, force is what is governed
41:32 May the force be governed: Salim Mansur calls out Rip van Winkle, communists awake! PCs lead the left, the Conservative legacy of OHIP, the left has no compassion, Fascist? Communist? Who cares? When persuasion fails use force
55:58 END

350 – Guest: Paul McKeever – Leader, Freedom Party of Ontario

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May 152014

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00:07 Pulling the plug to avoid the shock: Freedom Party Candidates in London, Paul McKeever, Salim Mansur, Clare Maloney, Al Gretzky, pulling the plug on wind turbine and solar contracts, history of Ontario’s electricity price woes, Trillium vs Ontario, no penalty to cancel green-energy contracts, gas plant move penalties, Lawrence Solomon’s view on cancelling contracts, the environmental penalty
14:39 Jobs Jobs Jobs – Tim Hudak’s 1,000,000 – 100,000 Jobs Plan: 100,000 job losses equals 100,000 severance packages or 100,000 lawsuits, the other side of the job cut promise, TTC expansion costs, nuclear reactor replacement costs, Hudak getting back at the teachers’ unions, lack of trust, corporate welfare
28:49 Trust Me, I’m A Politician: John Robson – Hudak vs an empty suit, purple Tory, Progressive Conservative history of tax and spend, 1 million jobs for half a million people, Freedom Party stealing votes?, who owns your vote?
45:00 Stealing votes – owning votes – earning votes: Erin Goodwin for the Freedom gang, Al Gretzky earning votes or stealing votes? can you waste a vote? earning a vote without fraud or misrepresentation, trusting liars, the Freedom Party strategy in London, the 5% solution, I’m voting for Freedom Party, London is the spearhead, FPO’s social media success 60:00 END

346 – Ontario College of Trade barriers… Guild fascism

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Apr 172014

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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

335 – Guest: Salim Mansur – Stephen Harper gets it right about Israel

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Jan 302014

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00:07 : Not harping on Harper: Israel: It’s about survival, Salim Mansur, small ‘l’ liberal, Stephen Harper currying favour with Jews?, the bureaucracy’s involvement in foreign policy, 57 to 1, Canada’s balanced approach to Israel, Western Democratic Group of States, Organization of Islamic States, Harper’s speech to the Knesset
18:03 : Stephen Harper in Israel: Because it is right:Warren Kinsella, to be anti-Israel is to be anti-semitic?, spinning the speech, Israel as an apartheid state?, the left’s hypocrisy on Israel, pulverizing history, re-writing the narrative, blaming the Belgians, fire and water – Harper and Shakespeare, United Nations – anti-Zionism, continuity in government, support for a Palestinian state, people are complex, Jack Layton presses Harper on inconsistency
31:42 : Foreign policy is foreign to domestic politics: foreign policy has little domestic traction, pocket book issues drive elections, Justin Trudeau’s firing Senators and Harper’s response, non-partisan politics?, Harper’s failure domestically, Canada emerging as a great power, Canada is respected abroad, USA no example to follow, Canada not an empire builder
43:50 : In praise of Canada’s values and virtues: Canadians shy about praising our virtues, educating Canadians about our values, Lester Pearson and peace keeping, Pierre Trudeau’s sacking of the military, Canada land of the bland, hot a Hollywood history, punching above our weight, the Edmund Burke model of revolution, making your mark as a Prime Minister 58:28 END

333 – Michael Chong’s a party pooper / Minimum wage – maximum damage

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Jan 162014

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00:07 Chong’s deformed Reform Act: white lies, Michael Chongs’ Reform Act, hyperdemocracy, majority rule, nonconfidence leadership review, government control of political parties, media misinformation and debate,
23:20 For democracy’s sake, party on! leadership, democracy without voting, voting without democracy, democratic participation vs voting, political parties
33:58 Minimum thinking Conservatives: minimum wages, wage and price controls, economics and principles, a Conservative record of socialism and high taxes, taxation
53:00 Got a job? Laissez nous thankful: real job creation vs government job creation, state rationing, capitalism, government intervention in commerce, laissez nous faire 58:59 END

327 – Rob Ford and pussy politics: The media is the message

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Nov 212013

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00:07 Robbed Ford: significance of the Rob Ford controversy, false media rumours, the ‘other’ Rob Ford, informed voters need the facts, defending Ford on principle not ideology, politics is personal, why Rob Ford has enemies, waving the red flag, overriding voters’ authority, news reports on Rob Ford
15:20 The ‘P’ Word: bully politics, Ford ‘needs help’ = crocodile altruism, drug use, drug prohibition, Sherlock Holmes in pre-prohibition times
27:24 Media Is The Message: Ted Harlson’s report from Toronto city hall, Toronto police files on Rob Ford, majority Ford support not reported by media, media objectivity, collapse of moral and intellectual standards in media reporting, conversation with a ‘journalist’
45:27 Beyond Democracy: PC Randy Hillier’s recall bill, the democratic illusion of recall legislation, perpetual political class vs voters, why Ford will win in Toronto’s next election 56:17 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