399 – Cash flow / Fiddling with tradition

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May 072015
 

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Topics:
00:07 Prescription for description: symbolism and abstractions, market mechanism, water flow as a market analogy, prescriptive vs descriptive laws, law of supply and demand, law of gravity, natural gravitation, social gravitation, profit and loss, natural vs unnatural
18:55 Smart economy – smart phone: rationing, artificial pricing, economy as best deal for lowest price, technology, smart economy, smart phones, flow of capital and cash
30:25 Traditional Harmonies: social harmony, family, social bonds, fellowship, voluntary co-operation, common culture, changing tradition, force strains social bonds, discomfort and upheaval of change
39:40 Trading Traditions: John Macmurray on traditions, religion as organized shared world views, family, fellowship, capacity for reflection, religion and the fellowship of communion, continuity of culture through time, nature worship and intentionality, shared rituals, common intentions through representation, creating a persistent vision of community, breaking with tradition, traditions maintained by mutual consent, loss of tradition accompanied by loss of knowledge, when traditions fail 57:30 END

381 – Enoch Powell was right / The Islam virus / God of the machine / Poverty of the machine

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Dec 182014
 

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Topics:
00:07 Condolences: Enoch Powell was right, far right, opposition to open immigration, BBC socialist broadcasters, racist label, socialist pyramid schemes, de-population bomb, social safety net, opening immigration to fund socialism, cultural clashes, failure by design, a history of British immigration, 1969 Enoch Powell’s Rivers of Blood speech, domination over assimilation
14:35 Taboo: resisting the racist label, taboo topics, the ghost of Enoch Powell, Muslims in isolation, Muslim ghettos in London England, Islam as a social virus, Islamist record of violence, unfathomable ignorance of left wing media, a call for no immigration from Muslim countries, absolute values and judgements, death cults
26:58 God of the machine: something for nothing, studying poverty, not studying wealth, psychology of self-destruction, unearned power, politicians and the lust for power, robbing Peter to pay Paul, capitalism, the god of the machine
51:30 Poverty of the machine: municipal social housing plans, Vancouver Downtown Eastside, poverty dominated by social services, wealth is a process 59:50 END

380 – White guilt / Male guilt / Sex sells / Spam sells

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Dec 112014
 

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Topics:
00:07 White guilt: collective guilt, being white a transgression, white guilt a political construction, Western ideals under attack, liberal abandonment of intellectual argument, spread of Western culture, attributing achievement to colour, official multiculturalism
13:10 Male guilt: race on television comedy and drama, comply or explain, bending corporate gender rules, consequences not defined, criteria not defined, chess rules, means and ends for more women on company boards, male guilt
28:28 Sex sells: Bill C-36 now law in Canada, sex workers, demanding no demand, prostitution, consent, Kathleen Wynne to investigate Bill C36, using sex to sell cars, female models as sex, political correctness, sexualization of products, rejection of sexuality, gender egalitarianism, sex appeal
45:40 Spam sells: Canadian anti-spam legislation, expected Charter challenges, Oakes test, follow the money on spam and prostitution laws 56:16 END

378 – Bill Cosby – Separating the artist from the art / Objectivism’s Catch-22

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Nov 272014
 

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Topics:
00:07 Bill Cosby – art vs artist: boycotting Bill Cosby, confusing the art with the artist, personal lives of actors, boycott injustice
14:30 Just beCos: allegations against Bill Cosby, Spanish fly, taking allegations seriously, victim responsibility, court of public opinion, the court of due process
34:30 CULT-ivating a rational philosophy: cult vs philosophy, Objectivism as a cult, Ayn Rand, followers
40:03 Objection to Objectivism?: Simon O’Riordan commentary, Federal Aviation Authority, Ayn Rand Institute, philosophy of Objectivism, Leonard Peikoff, cultish view, Catch-22s, truth and bromide, Randroids, cults that aren’t, Who is John Galt? 58:16 END

369 – Guest: Salim Mansur – Associate Professor of Political Science UWO / ISIS Crisis

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Sep 252014
 

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Topics:
00:07 State of obedience: Guest: Salim Mansur, ISIS – Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, sources of political legitimacy, fragmentation of the Middle-East, the Great War (WW1), the Fertile Crescent, historical perspective, living memories, Christianity and Islam, Scottish identity, Ottoman Empire, source of obedience, why do people obey, the two constitutions, from five empires to Britain and France, Japan’s imposed constitution, a good life, sense of shame, sense of pride and achievement, India as a product of the British empire
15:00 Modern Muslims in crISIS: Bill Warner, people vs beliefs, history lesson, Palestine was the Jews, Jesus Christ, Roman empire, message of personal ethics, there is one God, multiculturalism, sinews of liberal democracy now corrupt, theocracy and politics, the historical struggle and the coming of the new sciences, Martin Luther, ISIS and Islam, role of religion, Islamic theocrats, religion must be personal, collapse of the Ottoman empire, modern Muslims are the first victims, a question of authority
31:52 ISIS – Mere anarchy let loose upon the world: The West’s obligation to intervene in the mid-east, values or utilitarianism, collapse of liberal democracy, freedom as the history of the West, cultural identity, anarchy let loose, Chinese revolutions, India the Crown Jewel, India as the world’s largest democracy, political structure, secular authoritarians, Western powers helping theocrats instead of secular leaders, ISIS is the second coming of Saudi Arabia, Muslims Facing Tomorrow, fear in a free country, the Mosque is theocracy, multiculturalism and political correctness
46:07 Transformation crISIS: The West’s role in the mid-east, imposing a constitution, Japan transformed, the West transformed, Rome transformed, we have degraded ourselves, Western world has lost its identity, multiculturalism must be refuted, a call for liberal democracy, our globalized world, quarantine the middle east, containment policy, West embraces the theocrats, tipping point was not 9/11 but Iran in 1979, the world of nation states 57:59 END

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

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Jul 312014
 

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Topics:
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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Topics:
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

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

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Jul 242014
 

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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

Honor Diaries | Raheel Raza & Salim Mansur

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May 292014
 

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Topics:
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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Topics:
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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Topics:
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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Topics:
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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Topics:
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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Topics:
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

271 – Guest: Christine Williams – Journalist, TV Host, Columnist

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Oct 112012
 

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GUEST: Christine Williams, Journalist, Columnist, Reporter,
Producer/Host Of World Report/Inside World Report – CTS TV
Journalism At A Crossroads – News Reporting Or News Making?
Muslims Facing The Truth – Examining The Evidence
Multicultural Impasse – When Cultures Collide
Christianity Under Attack – Is Blasphemy The Best Defence?

253 – How Could This Happen In Canada? | Kristin Kaye, Stuart Laughton, Mary Lou Ambrogio

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Jun 072012
 

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GUESTS: Mary Lou Ambrogio (International Free Press Society)
Kristin Kaye (Regional News This Week)
Stuart Laughton (Never Again Group)
THE CALEDONIA SITUATION – MORE THAN A CRISIS, IT’S A DISGRACE!
Front Line Testimonials – An Arresting Situation
Avoiding The Issue – How Liberalism Silences The Debate
How Could This Happen In Canada? Organized Anarchy Gets Police Protection
“You Will Be Persecuted” – The Price Of Speaking Out

242 – Guest: Lord Christopher Monckton in conversation with Robert Vaughan

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Mar 222012
 

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GUEST: The Rt Hon Christopher Monckton, Autodidactic Mathematician, Game Designer, Architect, Journalist, Politician, Skeptic – On The Ideas Of Lord Christopher Monckton
Swimming Against The Tide – ‘A Seeker After Truth’
“It’s My Natural Genius And Ability. And Luck.”
Incorporating Catholicism With The Pursuit Of Knowledge – A Moral Purpose, Not A Crusade
Reason: The Central Power Of The Soul And The Key To Morality


238 – Guest: Paul Weston – Chairman – British Freedom Party

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Feb 232012
 

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A Brief History And Policy Overview Of The British Freedom Party
How Saying ‘Yuck To Curry’ Has Become A Reportable Racial Incident
Double Jeopardy – Retro Activism By The Multi-Cultured
Multi-Racial? Yes. Multi-Cultural? No.

232 – Guest: Bosch Fawstin – Graphic Novelist

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Jan 122012
 

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GUEST: Bosch Fawstin: Graphic Artist, Critic Of Islam
Graphic Novels About A Graphic Subject: Islam
From Comic Books To Graphic Novels – Dealing With The Resistance
Ron Paul’s Foreign Policy: Foreign To Reason?
Culture’s Catalysts For Change – Truth, Emotion, Art

195 – Guest: Salim Mansur – the Arab winter, Islam, democracy, and Stephen Harper

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Apr 142011
 

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GUEST: Salim Mansur, Toronto Sun Columnist,
Professor of Political Science, University of Western Ontario
Mid-east Revolutions – An Arab Spring Or A Coming Winter?
Can Islam And Democracy Be Compatible?
Multiculturalism Vs The Freedom Culture
A Harper Majority – A Victory For English Canada And Good For Quebec

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