364 – Policing the police / Animal emotions / Nick Hanauer – Anti-Capitalist

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Aug 212014
 

Robin Williams and Koko

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:07 Police policing: militarised police forces, abuse of authority by police, realistic perspective on police violence, transparent quick and just process for dealing with corrupt police officers, local police service boards, judicial process essential, technological solutions, body cameras
13:00 Puppy love: happiness in animals, Ayn Rand on happiness, rational vs irrational man, anthropomorphising, emotions in animals are self-evident, Robin Williams and Coco the gorilla, human vs animal happiness, future expectations and happiness
21:39 Muddled minimum middle thinking: Nick Hanauer, plutocrat, capitalist, riches, luck, risk, rate of economic inequality rising, uprisings, police state, Henry Ford, minimum wages, perpetual motion machine
44:55 Adam Smith’s Invisible Hanauer: Nick Hanauer, capitalist case for minimum wage, risk taking and capital, missing capitalist concepts, equality vs freedom, prices, supply and demand 54:26 END

363 – Anti-Semitism / Green Party principles / Legally unborn / Blood Suckers / Happiness

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Aug 142014
 

Israel Flag

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:07 Jew-ish: anti-Semitism, ancient roots of tribalism, roots of hatred, the Christ, World War 2 anti-Semitism, strange beliefs, taking sides on Hamas vs Israel, left sides with Hamas, Gaza and Israel – contrasting cultures, anti-capitalism, media taking sides, Canadians siding with Hamas, Israel in the right
17:55 Relatively Green Party: Green Party of Canada, Elizabeth May, anti-Semitism, moral relativism, party of principles, Hamas vs Israel, Green Party’s six global values, Paul Estrin resignation from Green Party
29:30 Blood suckers / Legally unborn: Ontario blood supply, banning of payments to blood donors, tragedy at Costco, legally unborn, personhood, when rights begin and accrue, London grieves Addison Hall and Rhiannon, grief’s dilemma
43:30 Happiness is a warm sum: happiness, sadness, depression, a measure of happiness, measuring happiness, expectations, stimulus and response, Britain’s Great Brain Experiment, happy studies make happy policymakers 53:45 END

360 – First notions about First Nations / Told you so: Pot-Putin-Pan Am

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Jul 242014
 

Gary McHale at Caledonia

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:07 First Notions: Caledonia, First Nations, hate crimes, racial policing, Ted Harlson, Oneida, equality before the law, white man’s law, determinism, free choice
17:27 McHale’s Savy: Gary McHale, citizen’s arrest of OPP police officer, Cayuga OPP, racial policing, Douglas Creek Estates, I told you so, Prince of Pot Marc Emery, changing cannabis laws, pot-related headlines
30:03 Told you so: Vladimir Putin, Putin’s popularity in Russia, Malaysia Airlines
Flight 17, Igor Strelkov aka Igor Girkin, Harper’s sanctions against Russia, compensation for Canadian space agency, Russia steel production flooding US market with low prices, 2015 Pan Am Games
42:55 Pan Am Scam Plan: 2015 Pan Am Games, David Menzies commentary, hidden costs, David Peterson, infrastructure projects, toxic political culture 58:32 END

Jun 122014
 

Income Tax

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:07 Just taxation buys justice: Proper taxation in a free society, feedback on taxation, Ayn Rand on taxation, Objectivism on taxation, voluntary government financing, arresting principle, initiation of force
15:06 An arresting argument: Justice is arresting, Proper government, jails, errors in due process, imposition of a tax on sales, nature of proper government, necessary conditions and institutions for a free society, indirect way to the general welfare, tax injustices, income tax is a bad tax
31:07 No tax freedom any day: Tax Freedom Day June 9 2014, value for tax dollar, war, crime, law and order, early Roman empire, brief history of Roman taxation, ‘voluntary’ taxes are sales taxes, King Louis XIV, worst form of tax
45:45 Is taxation slavery? economic slavery, debt, slave trade in ancient civilizations, definitions of slavery, Greek slavery, Roman slavery, tax slavery 56:18 END

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

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Jun 052014
 

Ontario Political Leaders

 
 
 
 

Topics:
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

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

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