For episode 264, Sunday, August 11, 2019... The Regressive Left Files... The Democratic Socialists of America had their national convention and showed why they aren't fit to run a lemonade stand, let alone a nation state... http://tiny.cc/i200az Serial HRC complainant Jessica Yaniv is in hot water following a YouTube debate with Blair White (also trans)... http://tiny.cc/m400az http://tiny.cc/2400az http://tiny.cc/a500az Vancouver Pride bars the Public Library for merely being the venue for speaker Meghan Murphy, who the Coalition Against Trans Antagonism alleges promotes "hateful views". http://tiny.cc/l800az We discuss an Aero piece by Melissa Chen titled "Why postcolonial theory is not helping Hong Kong". http://tiny.cc/6b10az Quack Tracts... The retrial of David and Collet Stephan continues, but the bickering over whether the the testimony of medical examiner Bamidele Adegabo should be admitted into evidence as expert testimony (seriously?) in voir dire sessions means we have nothing to report. Things may get spicy when a former medical examiner testifies that she disagrees with Dr. Adegabo on his conclusions. Sorry, Justice Clarkson... No vacation for you! http://tiny.cc/0d10az http://tiny.cc/uk10az Eye on Islam.... The Barbaric Kingdom of Saudi Arabia now allows women to travel without requiring the permission of their male guardian. Imams are in an uproar over this loss of patriarchal control. http://tiny.cc/0p10az Lincolnshire school girls are being asked to wear a hijab for a day because that will show them the hijab means - how did Ilhan Omar put it? - "power, liberation, beauty, and resistance". Yeesh. http://tiny.cc/hq10az Religion Watch... Vancouver doctor Ellen Wiebe has been cleared of wrongdoing after she disobeyed the edict of an Orthodox Jewish care facility that no assisted death take place on the premises. The question is, will care givers who force their own religious nonsense on those they purport to care for? http://tiny.cc/8u10az Meanwhile, in New Jersey, Bishop James Chechio says medical assistance in dying is an utter failure of the government to protect the vulnerable. And if there's one thing the Catholic Church knows, it's how to fail to protect the vulnerable! http://tiny.cc/0410az Two Red Deer candidates for Maxime Bernier's NeoCon spin off People's Party of Canada propose a wedge bill which would prohibit abortions past 24 weeks, and treat violators as criminals with up to five years imprisonment. El Salvador, here we come! http://tiny.cc/h910az We discuss a Global News piece on how a proposed ban on conversion 'therapy' is mobilizing the Canadian religious right. http://tiny.cc/3a20az
For episode 264, Sunday, August 11, 2019...
The Regressive Left Files...
The Democratic Socialists of America had their national convention and showed why they aren't fit to run a lemonade stand, let alone a nation state...
http://tiny.cc/i200az
Serial HRC complainant Jessica Yaniv is in hot water following a YouTube debate with Blair White (also trans)...
http://tiny.cc/m400az
http://tiny.cc/2400az
http://tiny.cc/a500az
Vancouver Pride bars the Public Library for merely being the venue for speaker Meghan Murphy, who the Coalition Against Trans Antagonism alleges promotes "hateful views".
http://tiny.cc/l800az
We discuss an Aero piece by Melissa Chen titled "Why postcolonial theory is not helping Hong Kong".
http://tiny.cc/6b10az
Quack Tracts...
The retrial of David and Collet Stephan continues, but the bickering over whether the the testimony of medical examiner Bamidele Adegabo should be admitted into evidence as expert testimony (seriously?) in voir dire sessions means we have nothing to report. Things may get spicy when a former medical examiner testifies that she disagrees with Dr. Adegabo on his conclusions. Sorry, Justice Clarkson... No vacation for you!
http://tiny.cc/0d10az
http://tiny.cc/uk10az
Eye on Islam....
The Barbaric Kingdom of Saudi Arabia now allows women to travel without requiring the permission of their male guardian. Imams are in an uproar over this loss of patriarchal control.
http://tiny.cc/0p10az
Lincolnshire school girls are being asked to wear a hijab for a day because that will show them the hijab means - how did Ilhan Omar put it? - "power, liberation, beauty, and resistance". Yeesh.
http://tiny.cc/hq10az
Religion Watch...
Vancouver doctor Ellen Wiebe has been cleared of wrongdoing after she disobeyed the edict of an Orthodox Jewish care facility that no assisted death take place on the premises. The question is, will care givers who force their own religious nonsense on those they purport to care for?
http://tiny.cc/8u10az
Meanwhile, in New Jersey, Bishop James Chechio says medical assistance in dying is an utter failure of the government to protect the vulnerable. And if there's one thing the Catholic Church knows, it's how to fail to protect the vulnerable!
http://tiny.cc/0410az
Two Red Deer candidates for Maxime Bernier's NeoCon spin off People's Party of Canada propose a wedge bill which would prohibit abortions past 24 weeks, and treat violators as criminals with up to five years imprisonment. El Salvador, here we come!
http://tiny.cc/h910az
We discuss a Global News piece on how a proposed ban on conversion 'therapy' is mobilizing the Canadian religious right.
http://tiny.cc/3a20az