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374 – Party politics – parting politicians / Russell Brand goes mental / Just right copyright

Oct 302014

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00:07 Party politics – parting politicians: London municipal election results, the Fontana Ate, Fontana’s council not dysfunctional, socialists are dysfunctional, zero percent tax increase promise, the power of a repeated lie, legal theft vs illegal theft, election signs, door-knocking, voter turnover between elections, the media agenda, defacto political party, party politics in municipal elections, predicting a boring council
16:30 Change please: London municipal election results, change but little difference, Toronto election, right and left, consensus and debate, Ontario Ombudsman says democracy unfolding, forcing people to vote, voting as a duty or a right, freedom of religion
30:05 Islamists Branded mental: Russell Brand’s tirade against Stephen Harper, Ottawa terrorist link to ISIS inescapable, religious motivation or mental illness, insensitivity of Russell Brand, Russell Brand’s brand of politics, Brand promotes destruction and anarchy, True News is distorted news
49:05 Just right copyright: Political parties and news copyright, Conservative government’s omnibus bill, CTV News protests, no copyright in news, radio and TV advertising, democratic freedom 56:30 END

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

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Aug 142014

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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

361 – Power grab / Forget me ought / None sum / Polar expedition

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Jul 312014

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00:07 Power grab: Ontario Ombudsman, London city council, Billy Ts, open meeting laws, power grab, hydro rate increase, flat rate hydro, smart meters, supply and demand for electricity
13:40 Forget me ought: anti-spam legislation, Canadian business reacts to spam laws, CASL, crony favouritism, spam law beneficiaries, European Court of Justice, internet search providers, suppressing offending links, on line reputation, deleting the past
29:01 None sum: Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, the nones, religious demographics, religious choices, belief in God, social issues, religious and secular
40:55 Polar expedition: superstition, Pope Francis, exorcism, bible, allegory, the devil, literalism, traditional world view, modern world view, postmodern world view, polarization, reason, principle and politics 53:07 END

361 – Power grab / Forget me ought / None sum / Polar expedition

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Jul 312014

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356 – Commentary comments / Hudak / Political climate change / Yada, yada, yada…

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Jun 262014

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00:07 A tough weak for Tim Hudak: feedback, Hudak’s tough reality is a weak approach, representing interests – not the public, Liberals are the mob, compromising identity reduces voter choices, distinguishing oneself, PCs already are Liberals, Liberals moved into PC territory – not PCs who abandoned it, compromising principles to get elected, Peter Hudak and Tim Keating
12:16 Rugged collectivists: giving the public what it wants, attracting rugged individualists, political reality is left wing, Coyne’s advice – move toward a winning policy not a right one, radicalism vs extremism, radical is extreme, extreme is radical, temperament, muddled thinking towards muddled action
28:20 Adapting to political climate change: Consider the source – Michael Warren, climate change fear mongering, weather events – like rain and clouds, stopping the weather, global warming, no data to support view, Michael Warren’s gas emissions
45:45 Nothing to talk about: Glen Pearson has nothing to say, yada yada yada 56:39 END

356 – Commentary comments / Hudak / Political climate change / Yada, yada, yada…

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Jun 262014

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355 – Election 2014 reactions reaction / Ayn Rand’s Party ‘X’

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Jun 192014

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00:07 Election 2014 Reactions Reaction: Ontario election 2014, winners and losers, Freedom Party, voter dissatisfaction, Green Party, Greg Vezina, None Of The Above Party, declining ballots
16:45 Beating Progressives with progressive strategies: Progressives moving further left, Progressive Conservatives, Tim Hudak, culture of liberal democracy
31:15 Suffering the Red blues about Ontario politics: Million Jobs Plan, Jeff Bennett, contradict-Tories – not practicing what they preach, repugnant politicians, poll trends during election, Ontario is Left, socialism’s various brands, youth leaving Ontario, what doesn’t matter to voters, declined ballots, Freedom Party vote totals significantly increase
47:25 Ayn Rand’s Party ‘X’: Aug 12 1962 – LA Times – Ayn Rand’s imagined party ‘X’, Party ‘X’ is Ontario’s Freedom Party 57:26 END