351 – Lies, damn lies, and socialists / The wasted vote – garbage in, garbage out

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May 222014
 

Wasted Vote

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:07 Lies my politician told me: A chicken in every pot, promises or lies?, Dalton McGuinty, Tim Hudak, Andrea Horwath, 1 million jobs, hospital wait times
15:00 Lies, damn lies, and socialists: Rogers Cablecast candidates debates, Deb Mathews tells the truth!, jobs for taxes,
30:00 Green Blues – a real vote splitter: Jim Harris, Greg Vezina, splitting the vote, the blue roots of the Green Party
45:00 The wasted vote – Garbage in, Garbage out: Simon O’Riordan, the economy and violations, the many ways to waste a vote
60:00 END

350 – Guest: Paul McKeever – Leader, Freedom Party of Ontario

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May 152014
 

Freedom Party of Ontario

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:07 Pulling the plug to avoid the shock: Freedom Party Candidates in London, Paul McKeever, Salim Mansur, Clare Maloney, Al Gretzky, pulling the plug on wind turbine and solar contracts, history of Ontario’s electricity price woes, Trillium vs Ontario, no penalty to cancel green-energy contracts, gas plant move penalties, Lawrence Solomon’s view on cancelling contracts, the environmental penalty
14:39 Jobs Jobs Jobs – Tim Hudak’s 1,000,000 – 100,000 Jobs Plan: 100,000 job losses equals 100,000 severance packages or 100,000 lawsuits, the other side of the job cut promise, TTC expansion costs, nuclear reactor replacement costs, Hudak getting back at the teachers’ unions, lack of trust, corporate welfare
28:49 Trust Me, I’m A Politician: John Robson – Hudak vs an empty suit, purple Tory, Progressive Conservative history of tax and spend, 1 million jobs for half a million people, Freedom Party stealing votes?, who owns your vote?
45:00 Stealing votes – owning votes – earning votes: Erin Goodwin for the Freedom gang, Al Gretzky earning votes or stealing votes? can you waste a vote? earning a vote without fraud or misrepresentation, trusting liars, the Freedom Party strategy in London, the 5% solution, I’m voting for Freedom Party, London is the spearhead, FPO’s social media success 60:00 END

349 – The gender gap trap / Game of Thrones vs Vikings

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May 082014
 

We Can Do It

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:00 Just Right updates and write-them-down dates: Election call, Freedom Party candidates in London, Lars Hedegaard attempted assassination suspect arrested in Turkey, Muslims Facing Tomorrow, Raheel Raza, The Honor Diaries, CAIR, Paul McKeever, Andrew Lawton, Raheel Raza, Boko Haram, Islam accommodation
13:44 Gender gap trap: Robert Reich, Charles B Rangel, Batman, Robin, Batgirl, equal pay, federal equal pay law, The Misandry Bubble, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Warren Farrell, Why Men Earn More, pay gap, pay paradox, Equal Pay Day, women in the White House, girls do better than boys in school, hypocritical feminists, male gender vilification
29:40 Batty ideas about gender differences: Claire Shipman, The Confidence Gap, glass ceiling, difference between men and women, women more intimate, men effective policy makers, ego, No Country For Burly Men, beta male politicians, force in feminism, the feminist mystique
42:15 Throne Wars: Vikings vs Game of Thrones:Vikings, Game of Thrones, fingers or tongue, fail compilations, the allure of sex and violence, no plot just gore and sex, vile characters, the saga of Ragnar Lothbrok, characterization, violence should advance the plot, the capricious King Joffrey, everybody loves a gore fest
58:50 END

May 012014
 

Paul Weston

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:07 Winston Churchill’s arresting words: Paul Weston arrested in UK for quoting Winston Churchill, Churchill’s quote, Guest: Paul Weston, Paul’s arresting story, charged with racism, victim perceptions, has Britain surrendered?, Islam, fear of Islam, denial of Islam’s political goals, freedom of speech, Islamophobia, police submission to Islam
13:20 Paul Weston’s arresting action: Guest: Paul Weston, Britain’s Bill of Rights (1689), First Amendment rights, Britain failing democracy and freedom of speech, two year sentence possible, court appearance, immunity from prosecution in court, public fear of speaking out
28:40 Torrent Terror? Copyright enforcement goes private: internet freedom, turning your personal computer (PC) into a public computer (PC), copyright process expensive, Robinson Crusoe, copyright trolls, using litigation to coerce payments, fines lowered for on-line copyright violations, Bill S-4 (Digital Privacy Act), no judicial oversight
41:50 Family Spam Plan: Canada’s anti-spam bill comes into effect July 1, fines for individuals: $1 million, fines for business/groups/associations: $10 million, family plan for spending spam, Enforcers: CRTC – Competition Bureau – Privacy Commissioner, obtaining consent to send ‘spam’ 53:34 END

347 – The middle has no class / Political snake oil / Toronto 4/20

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Apr 242014
 

The Middle Class

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:07 The middle has no class: the middle class, government protecting the middle class, free enterprise, success, lowering standard of living, government spending cuts, protecting the middle class – from government, classless society, College of Trades, Obama’s reign of error, job creation, inflation, money supply
17:35 Reign of error? government mistakes, gold, Sparta, inflation, tripling of US money supply, cut in wages, standard of living, government pensions, snake oil, nice people
30:35 Kathleen Wynne’s leadersh*t leadership: Kathleen Wynne vs NDP and PC, unions, labour, College of Trades, Wynne’s proposed partnership – government-business – government-labour, Ontario budget and election, technology and the internet, economic history of the automobile, creation of wealth and high wages
48:10 Catch A Fire: Toronto 4/20: Toronto 4/20, Vapor Central, London 4/20, policing pot events 55:53 END

346 – Ontario College of Trade barriers… Guild fascism

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Apr 172014
 

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Topics:
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

345 – Party’s over, Québécois / Simon says / Star Trek Continues

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Apr 102014
 

Star Trek Continues

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:07 Party’s over, Québécois:
Partie Québécois lose Quebec election, Canada – better off without Quebec?, Napoleonic Code, political tribalism, “blame it on the ethnics…”, Quebec minority separatists, cultural and language barriers, Crimea and Russia, terms of succession, Canada’s value to Quebec?, constitutional protections
13:47 Principle – People – Party – Politics – Power: Feedback: Simon O’Riordan, avoiding the mass movement phenomenon, pragmatism and compromise vs principle, political parties, Freedom Party, voting, setting out party positions in advance
25:35 Where man has gone before… Star Trek Continues: two thumbs up for Star Trek Continues, Michael Forrest as Apollo, Vic Mignogna as William Shatner as Captain Kirk, Pilgrim of Eternity, sacrifice as benefit, acts of kindness, Classic Star Trek connections – actors old and new, Lolani
52:08 Fanning the Star Trek passion: fans re-creating Star Trek episodes, embracing humanity and human kindness, fans and actors, entertainment professionals, Vic Mignogna, raising funds to produce Star Trek fan episodes, Star Trek Renegades 57:53 END