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388 – Guest: Salim Mansur

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Feb 192015

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00:07 Seeking coherence on Islamist incoherence: Bill C-51, Canada’s role in Iraq, ISIS, Operation Impact, understanding the middle-east, transformation of Europe, 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, Just Right provides the proper discussion, are we at war, scales of war in history, a rational response with a rational explanation, armies and ideas in conflict, ISIS is a state in formation, containment
18:00 This is their fight: Who is winning the war, containment means that this is their fight, religion or governance, Is Bill C-51 a War Measures Act, conflicting cultures, science vs politics, 20th century Chinese revolution, emergence of democratic institutions, Islam in a massive theocratic upheaval, values of liberal democracy
32:00 Shifting attitudes: High-speed internet current events news, court decision on face coverings during citizenship oaths, public ahead of the government, confusing religion with cultural customs, Sharia law, Indian Supreme Court decision, protecting belief but not practice, white man’s guilt and self-loathing
43:40 Elitist disconnect: Charlie Hebdo, Muslims not in agreement with terrorist actions, sleeper cells and fifth columns, some unknown facts about the Charlie Hebdo killings, French colonial guilt, distorted the view of liberal, back to the collective, away from reason, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, Koran says no compulsion in religion, selling arms to Saudi Arabia 56:58 END

383 – Charlie Hebdo and the New Vichy France / Bill Cosby – fact check

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Jan 152015

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00:07 Misplaced empathy for Charlie Hebdo: Islamist atrocities are commonplace, Charlie Hebdo socialists, Nigerian slaughter by Islamists, public reaction, capitulation of the West to soldiers of Islam, French hypocrisy on freedom of speech, media fear of Islamists, democracy vs Sharia law, Pope Francis on Charlie Hebdo shootings, French denial, Canadian Muslims, Muslims facing tomorrow, at war with Sharia law
17:15 The media is the anti-Cosby message: feminist agenda to destroy truth and normal relationships between men and women, re-definition of consent, call to abolish presumption of innocence, good reasons for statute of limitations, media is the message, exaggerating protest numbers, media sexism against Cosby
30:25 For the cause against the ‘Cos: Cosby’s reason for not speaking to media on allegations, Cosby pleads for fact-check, behind the allegations, Phylicia Rashad says Cosby allegations orchestrated, feminist agenda against Cosby, a sorry list of allegers against Cosby, Lachele Covington, hanky-panky, one alleger with three contradictory allegations
46:30 Disturbing facts about Cosby’s accusers: Shawn Brown aka Shawn Upshaw, Autumn Jackson, Carla Ferrigno, Joyce Emmons, political attacks against Cosby, allegations and extortion, tabloid media agenda against Cosby, allegation sources from gossip magazines, attorney Gloria Allred, why Cosby was right not to speak out 58:33 END

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

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Sep 252014

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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

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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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