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

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Jul 242014

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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

Honor Diaries | Raheel Raza & Salim Mansur

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May 292014

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00:07 Dishonoring “Honor”: Salim Mansur, Honor Diaries, violence against women, Pakistan horror, hick tribes or national tribalism, the pervasiveness of honor killings, murder in the name of Islam, history of arranged marriage, the sociological perspective, cross-cultural honor killings, honor vs morality, sex-based judgement, where does love come into this?
17:56 Spare the brick: Raheel Raza, interpreting Islam, spiritual journey or road to violence, turning a blind eye to honor killings, institutionalized hate, Sharia law, “honor” or “macho”, Boko Haram, patriarchy, open society vs closed society, the long struggle to freedom, individual vs the tribe
31:27 Does CAIR care?: Does CAIR care? criticism of Honor Diaries, support for misogyny and honor killings, knee jerks, where are the feminists? Islamophobia – the new scarlet letter
44:18 The deafening silence: The role of women in honor killings, non-Muslim examples of honor killings, sati, the West is becoming a closed society, brainwashing women to participate in honor killings, Mohammed was a feminist 60:00 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

303 – From Aesop to Captain Kirk: Boldly moralizing / TV shows that deserved to be cancelled / Mars: from fiction to reality

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Jun 062013

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00:07 The Story Of The Moral: stories, fairy tales, morality, pinnacle of thought, need for arts and entertainment, culture’s focal point, sense of life, Star Trek, Rob Ford, sacrifice, Aesop, fables, moral of the story, The Dog And The Wolf
14:45 From Aesop To Star Trek – The Moral Of The Stories: The Coyote And The Jackrabbit, Rocky And Bullwinkle, Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s sayings, favourite stories, Star Trek’s moral messages
26:28 Still Seeing Red – From TV Frustrations To Martian Distractions The Forgetful King, cancelled TV shows, Caller Scott: An Aesop Fable, needs of the few vs needs of the many, TV story endings, TV stories – good and bad, TV shows that killed themselves: Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, Mars Attracts – Martian Books and Movies – a history, Jules Verne
50:15 Once Upon A Tale – At Least Ten Stories Tall: [An Original Rob Ford Fairy Tale] 55:51 END

302 – My, Me, Mine: The virtue of selfishness

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May 302013

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00:07 Journey Into Selfishness: Dr. Yaron Brook, capitalism most moral system, sacrifice, individual pursuit of happiness, rational self interest, socialism, morality, Ayn Rand, cronyism
09:26 Capitalism Works – So Socialists Lie: capitalism in decline, from poverty to plenty, socialism, fascism, self evident truth that capitalism works, Paul Krugman lies, salt-water economists, government and economy, lying as a weapon, lying philosophy, socialists lie, sharing for sharing’s sake, conditioned for slavery, Montessori instruction, lying is the tool of the left, selfishness
28:25 Just Sad: A Society Built On Sacrifice: JP Morgan, 1907 financial crisis, banking, selfishness, federal reserve, Alan Greenspan, selflessness, elevator regulations, disinterested bureaucrats, robber ethics, altruism, sacrifice, self interest, degrees of fascism, reason, good, evil, thought, productive work, the good, first paycheque
41:45 Saints Alive! Bill Gates Or Heaven’s Gate? moral revolution, group behaviour, morality of service to others, best of both, trading societies, moral credit, Saint Bill Gates, the benevolent society, forced benevolence, cultural revolution through stories, stories of sacrifice, stories of heroes, selfishness is love of humanity, examples of positive stories, work 56:02 END

294 – Perception: Reality’s affirmation / Feeling all right?

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Apr 042013

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00:07 Sensory Perception – Reality’s Affirmation feelings, perceptions, the senses are valid, concepts, language, senselessness, Helen Keller, knowledge, reality, Ayn Rand, existence exists
17:47 Sensory Deception – Validity Vs Reliability Helen Keller, symbols, validity of the senses, reliability of the senses, deception, magic tricks, illusion, reality, vision and knowledge, tactual perception
28:52 Feelin’ All Right? Or All Wrong? feelings and trust, [Caller Scott, on perception], emotions, legislating emotions, John Macmurray, rationality, values, reality, ’emotional
reason’, morality, proper vs improper feelings
42:00 Happiness Is A Gross Measurement unhappiness, the French are les miserables, measuring happiness, public schools, Claudia Senik, achieving values, sensitivity, pain vs pleasure 53:53 END

292 – “Islam” or “Islamism?” | Salim Mansur, Lars Hedegaard

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Mar 212013

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00:07 Iraq – 10 Years Later: Success Or Disaster? GUEST Salim Mansur, 10th anniversary of Iraq regime change, Arab spring, United Nations resolutions, League of Nations, forgotten consensus, weapons of mass destruction, Saddam Hussein, no wars fought to decisive conclusion, Muslim immigration, Islam’s compatibility with Western values, multiculturalism,
17:55 Islam: One Religion Or Many? Muslim immigration, Islamic culture, multiculturalism, the Koran, GUEST Salim Mansur, politics and religion, Muslim struggles, different times, Islam: one religion or many, polemics in argument, Islam vs Islamism,
31:39 From The Personal Struggle To The Struggle Of Reformation book-burning, censorship, GUEST Salim Mansur, warrior religion or peaceful religion, the Muslim world’s struggle, human narrative, from personal struggle to the struggle of reformation
49:21 GUEST: Different Countries, Same Problems – Violence By The Few GUEST Lars Hedegaard, Muslim immigration in Denmark, low integration, violence by the few, enforce cultural values, Dispatch International 59:21 END