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

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

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Mar 272014
 

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Topics:
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

327 – Rob Ford and pussy politics: The media is the message

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Nov 212013
 

Pussy Politics

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:07 Robbed Ford: significance of the Rob Ford controversy, false media rumours, the ‘other’ Rob Ford, informed voters need the facts, defending Ford on principle not ideology, politics is personal, why Rob Ford has enemies, waving the red flag, overriding voters’ authority, news reports on Rob Ford
15:20 The ‘P’ Word: bully politics, Ford ‘needs help’ = crocodile altruism, drug use, drug prohibition, Sherlock Holmes in pre-prohibition times
27:24 Media Is The Message: Ted Harlson’s report from Toronto city hall, Toronto police files on Rob Ford, majority Ford support not reported by media, media objectivity, collapse of moral and intellectual standards in media reporting, conversation with a ‘journalist’
45:27 Beyond Democracy: PC Randy Hillier’s recall bill, the democratic illusion of recall legislation, perpetual political class vs voters, why Ford will win in Toronto’s next election 56:17 END

 

325 – Ford nation or resig-nation? / Ontario ‘No-Go’ zones

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Nov 072013
 

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:07 No Go Zones – From EMDC To Caledonia: murder at Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre, crime vs punishment, Chocolate-Gate In London West, Gold-Gate in Germany, wiretaps, Fort Knox, GUEST: Gary McHale, Victory In The No-Go Zone, two-tier policing in Caledonia, book-signing, Rob Ford’s trials, who Rob Ford wasn’t
15:20 Ford Nation Or Resig-Nation? Rob Ford on crack, CALLER: Scott – Andy Oudman on Rob Ford, threat to democracy, drug use as a disease, slave to ideology, double standards
30:50 Politically-Altering Substances: fear of drugs, mind-altering, mood-altering, why smokers smoke, addiction, choice, not disease but condition, tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, drug possession, drug consumption, drug trade, Marc Emery, Stephen Harper vs Justin Trudeau on marijuana, honesty and drugs
49:47 Lying To State – A Truth: denial and deceit, self-incrimination, punished for speaking truth, confluence of interests, democracy 59:39 END

315 – Full disclosure / Just say YES! to cannabis

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Aug 292013
 

Marijuana

 
 
 
 

Topics:
04:10 Full Disclosure: Who Dat Who Say ‘Who Dere’ When I Say Who Dat? full disclosure, informed choice, positive plus negative, cooking with wood, pipelines, personal disclosure, climate change, pollution, oil sands, mother nature and father time, apart or separate from nature?, a society of sound bytes, being right, truth vs consensus, Alex’s adventure in wondering which service, information shortage, green energy, vested interest, industry expertise vs industry interest, lose-lose green energy future, coal plants in Germany, special interests affecting the news and public perception
20:43 Green With Energy: price of electricity, accepting disclosure, accepting the financial loss, full disclosure in green energy, tar sands project, corporate responsibility accepted, oil leak, no devastating catastrophe, industry reputation, well intentioned well written but uninformed, environment never better, future generations, environmentalists, industrial revolution, Silent Spring, DDT, malaria, population bomb, ice age, anti-industrial revolution, motivated by destruction
31:40 Just Say Yes! To Cannabis: cannabis users, cannabis prohibition, marijuana, politicians, drug culture, hyPOTcrisy video, Justin Trudeau pot admissions, Marc Emery clears up misunderstanding between himself and Trudeau, coming out of the cannabis closet, trust and credibility issue, Rob Ford and pot
44:22 In Pot We Trust: majority want pot legalized, oath to Queen and country, oath to the Crown, swearing as a Canadian citizen, upholding the law vs changing the law, sovereignty, symbolic not literal, lying vs obeying the law, the trust dilemma, Marc Emery trusts Trudeau, polls justify, integrity, law breaking as the means of law changing 56:41 END

314 – Hatred of Ayn Rand / Envy / Citizen Marc

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Aug 222013
 

Pet Shop

 
 
 
 

Topics:
00:07 How Much Was That Doggie In The Window? hating capitalism, self interest as evil, ban on the sale of dogs and cats, puppy mills, altruism as a moral code, animal welfare, Judy Foster, London Humane Society, Mark Beatty, Pets Paradise, animal sales vs adoptions 15:58: Ayn Rand Nation, Gary Weiss, Ayn Rand, truth winning, Ayn Rand as electoral candidate – not
20:12 Hatred Of The Rand For Being Ayn: Gary Weiss, Ayn Rand Nation, free tuition and chaos, government above morality, no fan of Ayn Rand, ideas, controlling capitalism, who wants to control socialism?, government as the good, kill the messenger, messenger’s dead but message lives
33:30 Enviously Not Obviously: Peter Foster on peddlers of envy, Chrystia Freeland, Linda McQuaig, emotional primitives, envy is politically useful, Communist Manifesto, Galt’s speech, the selfless zero, conspiracy against the mind, the age of envy, hatred of the good for being the good
43:04 Citizen Marc, Citizen Marked: Citizen Marc, Roger Larry, Montreal Film Festival, Marc Emery, Paul McKeever, Principle of Pot, Chris Doty, Messing Up The System, Citizen Kane, documentaries, megalomaniac narcissist, Roger Larry despises Ayn Rand, demonizing mom 57:50 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