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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

339 – Guest: Rituparna Basu – Analyst, Ayn Rand Institute

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Feb 272014

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00:07: What’s killing American health care? Guest: Rituparna Basu (Ayn Rand Institute), health care contrasts: Canada and United States, American health insurance, no health care free market in America, Obamacare (Affordable Care Act), WWII wage and price controls, tax advantage through employer health insurance, disease killing American health care, single-payer health care, Canadians using American health care system, Canada Health Act, universal health care
13:34: What’s killing Canadian health care? Conservative Party history of socialized medicine in Canada, fear of defending free market health care, individual right to not be his ‘brother’s keeper’, ethics of socialized health care, universal health care vs helping the poor, affording expensive health care, getting real value for your health care dollars, long history of controlling health care in America, fascism or socialism, confusing health care with its financing, socialized medicine ok for ‘health care’ not for sick care
28:12: From socialized medicine to socialism: Canada already socialized, freedom needed to improve health care, stifling innovation through government control, all progress made possible by human minds working to succeed, health care insurance or just free health care?, free market rewards the right behaviours, Americans and Canadians: foreign perceptions of each other’s health care system, a doctor ‘brain drain’?
44:02: Personal pain – Universal sufferage: Tommy Douglas, public resistance to private health care options, United Kingdom’s National Health Service set as Canada’s ideal, suffering together – no dignity in suffering, state rationing in health care 54:51 END

331- No monopoly on hating capitalism / The ethics of terraforming / Mitigating Marxism in the classroom

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Dec 192013

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00:07 No Monopoly On Hating Capitalism: Parker Brothers board game Monopoly, capitalism and monopoly, capitalism and ethics, “Capitalism is like an unfair game of monopoly”, Goldwin Emerson, free enterprise, the Game of monopoly
15:20 Boards Of Ethics: Monopoly’s vs Capitalism’s: socialist-minded ethics, equality vs justice, parenting, emotional indulgence, profit and loss, socialist system, monopolies created by governments, outlawing capitalism in space, Communist China lands a rover on the moon, homestead principle, no sovereignty in space?
27:30 The Ethics of Terraforming: terraforming Mars, no life on Mars, bio-centrists, David Suzuki says he is no different than a slug, UN outer space treaties, prohibiting terraforming, hatred of man and life itself is the motivation, altering nature is Man’s nature, private space ventures, asteroid mining, China’s lunar rover, United Nations vs space exploration
44:49 Mitigating Marxism In The Classroom: feedback Public education system, Emily Noble – Canadian Teachers’ Federation president and executive on council of Canadian Labour Congress, Communist Party of Canada labour activists, communist roots of the Teachers’ Federation, Marxist agenda of public school system, feedback from teacher, social studies and science studies are ‘disturbing’, teacher’s dilemma, mitigating the damage, personal happiness first 55:51 END

329 – Pope Francis frank about capitalism / Being frank about Francis / $hocking profits / Up front about back-room politics

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Dec 052013

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02:48 Francis Frank About Capitalism: Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Francis’ ‘Joyful News’ on politics and the economy, attack on capitalism and Western values, calls for sacrifice and government intervention, Mother Theresa and suffering, consumerism, blaming capitalism for poverty
09:53 Frank About Francis: unfettered capitalism, mixed economy, distribution of income, quoting Pope Francis, prosperity breeds generosity – not the reverse, faith against capitalism, idolatry of money, reality’s dominion, medium of exchange – currency, the pope advocates violence and theft, ‘not sharing is stealing’, philosophy of the arbitrary
29:57 $hocking Profit$: London hydro bill breakdown, profit and price, electricity pricing, electricity billing, Heinz ketchup and profit, price of labour
42:01 Up-Front Back-Room Politics: municipal council meetings, Ontario ombudsman, Billy T’s, ethics and democracy, group diversity requirement, blocking voting blocs, Andre Marin, complaint system replaces rule of law, complaints or complainants?, transparent process, assuming the role of the voter, ‘open government’ 58:06 END

328 – Russell’s Brand of socialism / Teacher bashing

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Nov 282013

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00:07 A Pathetic Viewpoint: Glen Pearson on Rob Ford, apathy, democracy, public virtue, sacrifice for better future, Abraham Lincoln, compassion before ethics, Bruce Tallman on Rob Ford, Jesus Christ, passing judgment, ethics in politics, Rob Ford littering, taxes up in Toronto
19:05 Russell’s Brand Of Socialism: Jeremy Paxman interviews Russell Brand, not voting, not apathy, the political class, socialism, Brand’s socialism is the oldest brand of totalitarianism, Russell Brand’s humour
34:24 Parens Patriae Bashing: teacher bashing, public education, facilitators of public education’s destructive, disintegration of knowledge in public education, gun drawn, in loco parentis = “in place of the parent”, teaching and discipline, lunch supplements, parens patriae = “parent of the nation”, no touching policies, sexual touching policies
46:10 Dsinitgertaion Of Knowledge: school bans, blame the teachers, public education is propaganda machine of the left, destruction of the family, knowledge is hierarchical, public schools abandon knowledge, no education standards, whole language, poor literacy skills 56:56 END

320 – Capitalism’s floating distractions / Tyranny is not normal / Fabian socialism

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Oct 032013

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00:07 Capitalism’s Floating Distractions: US budgetary crisis, Tom McInerney, socialism, capitalism, socialized medicine, health insurance, insurance premiums, Ponzi Scheme, currency inflation, economic markets, Obamacare, morality, argument from intimidation, ideology
24:53 The Price Is Metaphysically Right: Kevin Williamson, prices, central planning, socialism, price transparency, federally chartered cartel, credit-rating agencies, inflation
32:50 Tyranny Is Not Normal: Obamacare, Bill Clinton, socialism as reality, accepting one’s fate, complacency under tyranny, Adolf Hitler, tyranny as normal, the frog in the pot, Fabianism, history’s lesson, Soviet Union, complacency under tyranny, Douglas-Coldwell Foundation, Tommy Douglas, M J Coldwell, ominous parallels between NDP and socialist Nazi Germany and socialist Russia, normalcy is progressive, progressive conservative parties, greed and security, Sunday shopping, collective slavery
45:32 A Real Ass Hat: Was Hitler evil?, passing moral judgment on character, parameters of judgment, ad hominem attacks, Obama an evil ass hat 57:41 END

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