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410 – Plutonian reactions / Mars attracts!

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Jul 232015

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00:07 Simply astronomical! astronomical events and anniversaries, moon landings, the moon as a planet, supermoon, Einsteinian oddity, same supernova observed repeatedly, lost generation of monster stars, Asteroid day warning, threats to civilization
23:10 Plutonian reactions: New Horizons spacecraft arrives at Pluto, fastest speeds, a light comparison, significant and unexpected discoveries on Pluto, dwarf planet, universal patterns
34:22 Mars attracts! Mars One Mission to Mars, one-way mission, psychological challenges of living on Mars, space isolation and depression, mission unto death, ‘lie to fly’ culture, entertaining a two-way mission to Mars, looking ahead on human space travel
46:45 Dwarfed by significance: planetary debate about Pluto, discovery of Aires, International Astronomical Union, defining ‘planet’, dwarf planet, the sun as a planet, planetary properties, astronomically defined by the company you keep, making the definitions relevant, re-thinking ‘planet’, Pluto still a planet
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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

357 – When the sh*t hits the spam – Digital Canada 150 / Agenda 21- Sustainable Communism

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Jul 032014

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00:07 When the sh*t hits the spam: CASL – Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation, by permission only, violations and enforcements, commercial electronic message, prior consent, exemptions, voice-messaging, e-mail, text messaging, social media, Four Horsemen of the Internet, Industry Canada, CRTC, Competition Bureau, Privacy Bureau, Harper delivers on the prostitution principle, spam definition
23:55 Digital Canada 150 years to lose our freedom: CRTC, Digital Canada 150, over half a billion dollars already committed, heritage, culture, official languages, emissions tests for your digital equipment, selective policing and enforcement, private lawsuits, passive vs active consent
32:15 Agenda 21 – Sustainable Communism: Lord Christopher Monckton, Agenda 21, an open conspiracy, United Nations’ environmental agenda for the 21st century, Earth Summit 1992, sustainable development, communism, fear of words, ignorance of history returning us to a totalitarian state, environmentalists of today are the communists of yesterday, same difference – communism and socialism, voting for servitude, Green Cross International, redistribute the wealth
46:26 Green Double-Cross International: evidence clear on side of free market, Agenda 21’s implicit goal is destruction, process of Agenda 21 – from international to local, making driving unattractive, mass transit schemes, Aboriginal status, environmental movement destroys environment, successfully destroying the West 59:09 END

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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343 – Universal truths vs the multiverse / Breaking the recreational pot myth

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Mar 272014

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00:07 : Parallel Contradictions – Science’s quantum dilemma: gravitational waves, big bang theory, multiverses, sloppy language of science, fundamental truths of science, quantum physics, theoretical models vs reality, computer models, mathematical models, no validation of evidence, membrane theory, theories that defy reason, universe concepts at odds with reality, time and dimensions
15:44 : Universal strings of theories that lead to the dumb hypothesis: great sci-fi theories and TV shows, uncertainty principle, probability, Dr. Leonard Peikoff, The DIM Hypothesis on the Uncertainty Principle, Disintegration-Integration-Misintegration, perversion of language in science, intentions and science, looking back into time, imagination and creativity in science serves a purpose but…
31:22 : From Prohibition to Monopoly – Pot Laws going to pot: Canada’s drug law strategy, drug prohibition, drug monopoly, medicinal pot, Medical Marijuana Access Program (MMAP), Health Canada, Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR), unintended consequences, black market, looser pot laws on horizon, medical marijuana court injunction, commercial pot grow-ops, Cheech and Chong
48:26 :Breaking the ‘recreational’ pot myth: quantum politics?, recreational vs medicinal cannabis, caffeine-nicotine-alcohol as recreational drugs, government monopolies on vice, real intentions, regulated drugs, organized crime 59:27 END

309 – Rolling Stone / Light bulb ban / Cell phone grab / Stellar dialogue zone

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Jul 182013

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03:25 Un The Cover Of Rolling Stone: Rolling Stone Cover, Boston Bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, musician’s lament, David Michael Draiman, glorifying violence, polarization, low voter turnout, civility in politics, what we decide matters, voting reform, voting on line, disagreement is part of politics, party politicians, killing the debate through unity, democracy vs majority rule
18:28 No IncandeSense: 2014 federal incandescent bulb ban, stockpiling light bulbs, Green Energy Act, rationing electricity, London Free Press a disservice to readers, the public record, London West byelection, Al Gretzky, London Free Press poll, a brief history of Toronto’s Casa Loma, Sir Henry Pellatt, federal NDP, Thomas Mulcair, Quebec train disaster, Lac Megantic, regulating in the public interest, no tragedy should go to waste
32:10 A Phone-y Issue: emergency phone system – 999, phones are a distraction, distracted drivers, cell phone bans, Stephen Orser, Ali Chahbar, object of distraction: electronic communication or entertainment device, subject of behaviour: drivers, no due process of law, statutory misbehaviour, more police powers no answer
47:10 Exoplanets: Any Life Signs? earth-like planets, Gliese 667 Cc, exoplanets, knowledge is existence, a discovery happens only once, Pluto is still a planet, planet types: rocky gas dwarf, only 22 light years from earth, interstellar communication, ESI Earth similarity index, alien life signs, Robert’s Dialogue Zone, stellar communication zone is 30 light years 58:32 END