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Topics include:
NSW Leadership Thoughts
Gladys Excused and ICAC Vilified
Federal ICAC
New leader Dominic Perrottet
From Crikey
From The Spectator
Is Religious Belief Relevant?
The Perfect Example- Perrottet and Cemeteries
Perrotte’s Neo-Liberalism is the biggest worry
NSW VAD Update
Dan Andrews is The Man
Banknote artwork
Goodbye Facebook
‘Missing’
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In this episode, we hear from Dr. Craig Glasby about how “Dying With Dignity” successfully lobbied to get VAD laws passed in Queensland.
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In this episode, we talk about the recent decision by the High Court of Australia that ruled that the owners of Facebook pages are potentially liable for defamatory comments made by commentators in a post. We then explored briefly what is defamatory and the potential defences. We also looked at whether members of the public who are owners or administrators of Facebook pages for community groups should think about their liability and consider resigning or consider changing the legal ownership of the Facebook pages.
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In this episode, I speak with Cam Reilly about psychopaths.
Find out more about Cam at https://cameronreilly.com/
Listen to his podcasts at https://thepodcastnetwork.com/
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In this episode we discuss:
Vale Peter Toy
Hosting A Black Mass is against Workplace Health and Safety rules
Robin’s Petition re Prayers
Billionaires in a Space race
VAD in QLD
VAD Hearing in Qld
Lockdowns this week
Opposite day
Queensland electrician admits removing genitals of two men at their request
The Drum has a right wing bias
Sexual Harassment training
Remember – “It is existing law”?
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In this episode, Rachel describes her decision as a young person in Sydney to get the Astrazeneca vaccine and Paul Wayper discusses the merits of Dark Emu and we get into the weeds with the Uluru Statement and Critical Race Theory.
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In this episode we discuss:
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With Brisbane in lockdown, Trevor and Joe covered some Covid topics and then teleconferenced with James and Tom to lament about the state of democracy.
The Show Notes cover much more than what was discussed on the podcast.
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This episode is a book review of “Justice” by Michael Sandel.
Three Different Approaches
Case Studies
Price gouging after disasters
He gives –
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In this episode we discuss:
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VAD Law in QLD
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In this episode we discuss:
Shae and the Labor Party Preselection Vetting Process
Costs Update
NSL Donations
Anzac Day
Patrons
VAD in Qld
The Budget
Labor Could not have got away with it
Just remember
Comedians Nail it … again
Direct investment vs trickle-down approach
What Labor Said
What Albanese Should Have Said
Spending on eating out
Public Opinion on Closing the borders
India
UK Politics
Stand up and be ashamed
Jarryd Hayne
Unit Citation
Pig Iron Scomo
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In this episode we discuss
Scott Morrison – Overtly Religious?
From Watley
The Shovel found Bible References
Catholic Church Vs WA
John Howard calls for religious schools to have anti-discrimination exemption
New patrons
China – Ep 297
Prince Philip
The Chaser’s war on News Corp has cost the media giant hundreds of thousands of dollars
The Tyranny of Merit
Gutenberg
Do people in Britain resent the rich?
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In this episode, I repeat episode 250 from 2020 and present to you a secular Anzac Day ceremony for you to enjoy in the comfort of your own driveway.
The image you may see with this post is of my father Robert Bell QX 16402
The fall of Singapore,
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In this episode we discuss:
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In this episode we discuss:
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In this episode we discuss:
There is a Wanker in the House
Sam Dastyari told Morrison in Jan 2019
The Chaser Nails it
The AFP Commissioner Backflipped
Leigh Sales
Amanda Stoker is in charge!
Council Prayers are Illegal
How about that Rain?
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Christian Porter has cleverly sidestepped a well-resourced independent inquiry to take on the ABC in a defamation action where the onus is not on him. An inquiry was likely to be inconclusive whereas a defamation action will possibly find in his favour.
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In this episode we discuss:
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Shae joins the team to discuss:
Christian Porter
Brittany Higgins
Historical Rape Allegations on an un-named Cabinet Minister
What do we know?
Case Closed
From her lawyer
It’s Tricky
Essential Poll
Facebook
Luckily Murdoch editors don’t do much influencing
Why Facebook defied the government’s wishes while Google buckled
Texas
Those Crazy Texans
Peta Credlin forced to apologise to Kevin Rudd over false data harvesting claims
Alcohol Regulation
Victorian Emergency Powers
Clive Palmer v Western Australia: border ban justified by risks of Covid-19,
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In this episode we discuss:
We’ve Been Zucked
Brittany Higgins
Who is Celia Hammond?
Morrisons reliance on Jen
Texas
Tennis Boos
Gough Whitlam
Public Opinion
Thousands of anti-vaxxers hit Brisbane streets to protest jab
Exponential Growth
Australian businesses can require customers to prove they’ve had Covid jab,
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Facebook has deemed us to be an Australian News page and has restricted our Facebook page. Basically, the page is still there but old posts are deleted and we can’t create new posts.
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Cheers
Trevor
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In this episode we discuss:
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In this episode, we give an update on Satanic religious instruction in Qld State Schools and then discuss Taiwan, the scrapping of the fairness doctrine, the Magna Carta, and the role of the harm principle in limiting free speech.
Now 4 schools and 1 in NSW
I’ve renewed my practising certificate
Complaint lodged with HRC re Grace Grace
French report finds no campus free speech crisis,
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It sounds very woke to say it but it is true. Most countries celebrate the removal of colonialists rather than their arrival.
Noosa Temple Update
Australia Day … again
Australia Day debate is exhausting and data tells us it could last another generation
The Debate
Polls
Welcome to Country – Indigenous fight
Australia Day Awards
Cam Reilly Facebook Problems
Quarantine for Tennis Players
Big Tech Vs Newspapers
Sky News is a Socal Media play
Pete Evans
The Spectator has found God
We’re podcasting on Australia Day
Because we are old white men with nothing better to do.
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In this episode we discuss:
Trump and the Insurrection
The long list of Republicans who voted to reject election results
Free Speech
Patrons
My interview on SBS
Sam Harris
The Great Reset
National Anthem
Contraception: the way you take the pill has more to do with the pope than your health
A Kids TV show featuring a giant penis
Trump and the Insurrection
Don’t feel sorry for America.
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We kick off with an unplanned return to lockdowns and after a number of minor topics we segue to China and renewables.
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Australia needs a sophisticated, nuanced and savvy Prime Minister to lead us through a complicated but not impossible relationship with China. Instead, we stupidly elected a numbskull from Cronulla who is completely out of his depth and is being cheered on by anti-China hawks in his party and the Murdoch press.
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In this episode, we speak to Des Harp from My Life My Health about legal cannabis, keto diets, and his robotic dispensing machine.
You can contact Des via his website https://mylifemyhealth.com.au/
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In this episode, we discuss the latest satanic stamp discrimination case, agrivoltaics, Labor bowing to religious interests, a misleading Spectator article on masks, Sweden, Pete Evans, and listener John zooms in to discuss the job seeker and job keeper programs.
No Stamps For Satanists
In a seemingly clear-cut case of discrimination,
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In this episode we discuss Australia Post rejecting Satanic postage stamps, State Premier approval ratings, Maori Tattoos, Labor and Coal, a woke Chief Scientist, USA employment, property developer donation laws and Australia’s relationship with China.
Noosa Temple of Satan
Stamps
Grace Grace
Religious Instruction
BCC prayers
State Premiers Approval Ratings
From Essential Poll
Maori Tattoos
Maori face tattoo: It is OK for a white woman to have one?
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In this episode, we discuss Christian Porter’s alleged adultery, the fallout of the US election, Islam in Europe and a Covid-19 vaccine.
Christian Porter
Do we care?
It must be tough for extortionists.
In the days of celebrity porn, is there a security risk?
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In this episode, we discuss the Qld and USA elections and a bunch of other topics.
Queensland Election
Confession from a Liberal Voter
Hi Trevor,
This is how I felt after voting. I’ve used the 12th Man in this as my confidant because I usually feel my views most closely align with his.
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In this episode:
Dan Andrews – Will he survive?
Australia Post Watches
Noosa Temple of Satan Update
David van Gend
Good News – van Gend missed out
New Zealand Election
Fake News and the Trump Legacy
2020 US election: Donald Trump’s done a phenomenal job,
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In this episode, we speak to Brother Samael Demo-Gorgon about his proposal to teach satanism in schools and we also speak with Frank about his proposal to legalise cannabis.
Then we delve into voluntary assisted dying laws in Queensland and the conundrum of digital platforms using publisher-like powers to curate their content.
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Gladys was responsible for funding ICAC while her boyfriend was being investigated, Deb met with Qld developers and Dan needs to rethink his numbers and lift restrictions now.
State leaders in the news
Daniel, Gladys and Deb
Deb Frecklington
From the ABC
LNP Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington campaign in crisis after being referred by own party to election watchdog
From The Courier Mail
Election Corruption Alert.
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Australians don’t want lower taxes for the wealthy but the Thatcher loving neo-liberal Josh Frydenberg insists and the cowardly Labor opposition refuses to fight.
The Budget
… Million, billion, trillion, gazillion! Do any of these figures have any meaning beyond their use for journalists as a heuristic of newsworthiness?
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In this episode we discuss:
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In this episode we discuss:
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In this episode, we briefly discuss shutdowns before moving on to discuss media bias at Sky News and The Spectator and the difficulty of finding trustworthy news sources.
Guess what? – lockdowns work
You can argue they are not worth the economic cost, you can argue they are not worth the lifestyle cost,
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In this episode we discuss the woman handcuffed in her pyjamas, the Victorian roadmap, the trade off between health and the economy and the inability of modern Labor to defend superannuation.
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In this episode, we speak to Robin Bristow about the reaction to his proposed Black mass in Noosa
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In this episode we discuss Clive Palmer, QAnon and The Commons.
Clive Palmer and WA
What is going on?
Will WA’s extraordinary measures against Clive Palmer pay off?
Western Australia has used its legislative power to get itself out of a very bad bargain.
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Peter and Trevor discuss a range of fiction and non-fiction books that IFVG listeners might want to read.
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Who are Jim, Josh, Godfrey and Yanis and what did they do or say?
Presenter quits after BBC defends use of N-word in report
A BBC radio presenter has quit his job after the corporation defended its decision to broadcast the N-word in a television news broadcast.
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We look at the Victorian lockdown and proposals for protecting the vulnerable in nursing homes.
If you are sick of Covid talk you can fast forward to the 38:44 mark.
Feedback from Episode 263
Waz annoyed and frustrated a few people.
From Craig
You did a valiant job on the Covid discussion in the last podcast in the face of the challenges of the Beer Sponsor and 12th Man.
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In this episode, we discuss the pros and cons of an elimination strategy for Covid-19 in Australia, the usefulness of masks, the special treatment of Danii Minogue, the cancellation of Martina Navratilova and a protestor in New York who wants to refund the police.
It’s bad, but not so bad
From the Reserve bank
Statement May 2020
The Australian economy is expected to record a contraction in GDP of around 10 per cent over the first half of 2020;
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In this episode, we discuss Kanye, Elon Musk, Hong Kong, The Himalayas and Hillsong before eventually getting around to cancel culture and JK Rowling.
Let’s start with a positive story
From ABC news
I was unsure what we nurses would experience at Melbourne’s public housing towers,
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Victoria
Back to square 1.
Soviet-style public housing.
What is it with hairdressers?
States are shutting their borders to stop coronavirus. Is that actually allowed?
Movement of people and goods across state borders in Australia is guaranteed by the Constitution.
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Today we briefly celebrate 5 years of podcasting and then move on to discuss contemporary topics.
Who are we?
Paul, a bike riding music loving libertarian English Teacher, with a keen interest in Japan and China who is looking for love and as elder statesman of our group he represents the Baby Boomers.
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In this episode, Trevor does a solo review of a new book called The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins.
Intro
For 70 years we have been subjected to pro US propaganda. They won the war, they helped the countries they defeated, they defeated communism and they encouraged the world to pursue freedom and democracy.
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In this episode, we discuss indigenous spokespersons, grassroots censorship and Scott Morrison’s latest cock-ups.
Feedback from Last Week
From Graeme (Who is a patron)
Disappointed that you indulged in a popular pastime of white fellas, of making sweeping generalisations about Australian Aboriginals without actually involving an Australian Aboriginal.
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In this episode, we look at indigenous incarceration in Australian and the recent protests.
Our Spiked Discussion
OK, Trevor was wrong to say Spiked is funded by the Koch brothers and should have said Spiked has received donations from the Koch brothers.
Prepare to be challenged
Dear Left leaning friends.
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Intro
What’s Wrong with America by The Relatives live at The Bell House
George Floyd.
A summary
America is still lynching black men. Except now they use their knees and the people doing are police in broad daylight. Imagine what goes on behind closed doors.
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Due to history and culture, the Chinese think differently to us. In this episode, we look at the background events and influences that have shaped the Chinese.
Why do a podcast on China?
From John Menadue blog
Recent articles in Pearls and Irritations,
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This Morrison government knows nothing about business, diplomacy or democracy.
This is getting serious now
This hopeless Morrison government fucked up the Covid 19 economic rescue (money to companies without asking if they are in trouble, big money to job seeker which encouraged employers to sack employees and then big money to job keeper but too late (employees already sacked) and job keeper is paid in arrears so cashflow makes it unworkable),
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In this episode, Shaeleen asks Trevor about his life, the podcast and the state of the world today.
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In a series of debates Trevor tries unsuccessfully to convince Paul that free speech should be curtailed when it is dangerous, the ABC should not allow Murdoch journalists any more air time, Greg Sheridan is a fool, Murdoch journalists have to toe the party line or be sacked,
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In the same week, we learned that China threatened us with economic sanctions for wanting a coronavirus inquiry and the USA threatened our alliance if we refused to sign the TPP.
Guess which threat got more publicity.
The Afghanistan War: Australia’s longest running deception
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In this episode, I present a secular Anzac Day ceremony for you to enjoy in the comfort of your own driveway.
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According to The Fist, many Americans are demanding the freedom to work because they are broke and they know that no-one is going to help them.
Why Does Trevor Bang on about America
Because it is more interesting. When an authoritarian regime like China fucks people it’s just plain obvious.
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In this episode, Hugh Harris and Matthew Su debate the existence of the Abrahamic God.
After the podcast, Matthew kindly provided a transcript of his opening 10-minute address.
The ‘Cosmological Argument’- a non-technical presentation
Good evening!
Intro
I’d like to thank our host,
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Unfortunately, the audio quality of this episode is not up to our usual standard.
If you haven’t listened to us before, please check out the earlier episodes to get a feel for our normal standards.
In this episode, we speak to Peter Monk about secularism.
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The Morrison government has announced a massive spending program and many Australians may be asking if we can afford it.
This podcast will answer that question.
We begin the podcast with an interview with Dr Steven Hail. Steven is a modern monetary theory (MMT) economist and in the interview we discuss:
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Massive Changes in Society are coming because … we now know there is such a thing as society. The common good is important.
Left-wing socialist ideas are suddenly in vogue.
I previously said Australia won’t change till it feels some pain. Well, we will experience plenty of pain over the next 2 years.
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In this episode, we touch elbows on COVID-19.
Morrison his poll numbers are up
Politicians love a disaster that they can’t be blamed for. Newspoll shows Morrison is up 3% and Albanese is down 3%. This after a disastrous sports rorts affair.
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In this episode, we speak to Frank Jordan about his campaign to become the next Lord Mayor of Brisbane.
Frank Jordan
Candidate for Lord Mayor of Brisbane.
Coronavirus and the Economy
After the 2019 election, we did say that it might have been a good election to lose.
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In this episode, we catch up on news and political events from the last few weeks.
Coronavirus
From the Michael West blog.
Saudi Arabia stops Mecca pilgrimage, Japan shuts its schools, 80 per cent of Chinese exports are on lock down.
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In this episode, we discuss corporate power in Australia and debunk some myths about risk-taking and innovation in the private sector.
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In this episode, I speak to Robin about the Noosa Satanists and Cam about his new movie called Marketing The Messiah.
Here is the link where you can buy tickets to Cam’s film.
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The Left should promote progressive social policies but to win an election it must first convince voters that conservatives have ruined the economy.
PM’s Office says Auditor General is wrong
Wake up, Australia: the government is shattering the rule of law
Whether Morrison and his gang are aware of the damage they are doing is unclear,
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Where do our morals come from?
Some conservatives say we owe a lot to the Judeo-Christian tradition. They say that without it we would not enjoy our wonderful civilisation.
In this episode, the panel examines the origins and merits of our moral codes.
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According to Proudhon, all property is either claimed or seized and the argument ” We were here first” is no better than “We are taking this off you”.
Australia Day
See episode 213 for a full discussion of our thoughts on indigenous matters.
If you support the idea of Invasion Day,
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In this episode, we discuss the Bible as a historical document.
Throughout the episode, Trevor refers to a book called Nailed by David Fitzgerald.
Compare Jesus Vs Julius Caesar
The first century is considered one of the best documented periods in ancient history. This raises 2 issues.
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The Bushfire relief donations by the super-wealthy are a cheap alternative to a wealth-tax.
Anti-Scomo rallies
Thousands came out to protest.
The Weekend Australian and The Sunday Mail had nothing while Saturday’s The Courier Mail had a small article tucked away near page 7.
Your uncle Tony has forgiven Scomo and is now pissed that you keep complaining.
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In this episode: Bushfires, Media bias, Scomo or Smoko, Fireworks displays, Barnaby Joyce, Media Bias, the NZ volcano and Palace-chook.
The theme of this episode and this podcast for 2020.
Be aware of hidden agendas. Question your sources of information. A lot of people and a lot of media don’t care about the truth.
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This is the second half of our discussion with Mark. We discussed Brexit, the EU and some recent Australian political events.
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Mark joins us in the studio. We start by bemoaning the latest draft of the Religious Discrimination Bill and then delve into all things Russian.
The Religious Discrimination Act – 2nd Draft
The new Bill makes it clear the religious organisations may “preference” staff who share their faith,
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Thanks to media bias and other factors, politicians can now get away with murder. Plus we look at Australian attitudes towards ridiculing religion.
Angus Taylor
Mr Taylor insisted in Parliament that he relied on a document downloaded from the City of Sydney website when he claimed the council spent $15.9 million on travel for its councillors when the real costs were less than $6,000.
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I am in Sydney and have no time to record a fresh podcast so here are some highlights from 2017.
There will be no Livestream this week.
Cheers
The Fist
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Does Dark Emu misrepresent early explorers and what is it like at local Labor Party branch meetings?
Today we will expand upon our Indigenous episode #213 from 30 July 2019 but before we do …
Qantas Hostie and Racism
Will.i.am accuses a Qantas hostie of racism.
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The Right is painting the Left as a bunch of woke idiots.
Bushfires
Politicians love disasters. It should be easy brownie points. That’s why that get really pissed when someone tries to interrupt with questions about policy.
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack on Monday said the Greens were “inner-city raving lunatics”
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Our Orwellian Prime Minister has accused protesters of being … Orwellian. And in other news, we look at hidden agendas and BS artists.
2:29 The Melbourne Cup
A surprising number of people bet regularly on horse races.
4:29 Mt Warning
Activists who’ve campaigned for years to end climbing at Mt Warning saying the recent closure of Uluru has given them the momentum they need to make it happen.
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In this episode, we are joined by Archer to discuss climbing Uluru, Venezuela and Chinese influence in Australian Universities.
Uluru
An ethical consistency test
Dear listener. We have a little test on your ethical positions.
Does religious nonsense annoy you? Are you sick of undeserved respect demanded by religious leaders for their superstitious beliefs?
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Satanists prepare to march in Noosa and Christians are worried. The top 1% of Australians own 70% of the wealth and no-one cares. The emissions of one cow equal driving the average car for 12,500 km.
1:21 Robin Bristow and the Noosa Satanists
What will happen on Hastings St?
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In this episode of the podcast, we delve into the Korean War and then discuss Extinction Rebellion, the Morrison theocracy, opinion surveys and corporate ethics.
2:30 Korea
Cam Reilly.
Here is his web site The Podcast Network.
Currently producing 5 weekly podcasts:
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In this episode we discuss the cost of renewable energy and whether Australia can have stable power supply relying 100% on renewable energy.
2:12 The Great Debate
14:45 Dean Stretton
17:30 Was the Climate Poll Too Binary?
19:30 Do we care?
30:41 Renewables or Coal
53:38 Lionel Shriver
1:04:59 Donald Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’
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The strange relationship between left and right and attitudes to climate change.
2:37 Happy 70th Anniversary to the Chinese Communists
It’s 70 years since Mao declared an end to the humiliation.
9:55 China USA Priorities
From Newspoll
Coal-loving Morrison scolds China over emissions
If chutzpah was combustible,
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In this episode, we discuss religion, free speech and Greta Thunberg.
2:08 Morrison in America
Flexing
“The easiest thing for me to do is to say knock out 15 sites in Iran and that would be a very bad day for Iran,’ he said.
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Scott Morrison has realized he can get away with it. Riverfire should not be cancelled. And we offer an interesting option to consider should you face a tough meeting at work.
3:05 Jacinta Price
Scott, Paul and Craig went to see her at a public event.
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No other podcast would attempt to explain cashless cards, Tamil refugee status, offensive penises and the history of Brexit going back to 6500 BC.
1:40 Deep Throat
William Mark Felt Sr. (August 17, 1913 – December 18, 2008) was an American law enforcement officer who worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1942 to 1973 and was known for his role in the Watergate scandal.
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In this episode, we examine the Religious Discrimination Bill 2019.
The Religious Discrimination Bill 2019
We start off with a quick look at the important sections.
20:12 The Iron Fist thoughts on how to argue against the Bill
We don’t need any Religious Discrimination Bill because:
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In this episode, we discuss NSW Abortion Law, Pell, Fascist laws, Iranian oil tankers , the US Empire and Ho Chi Minh. Our live stream worked perfectly and we were able to talk to Caitlin about NSW abortion law and Cam Reilly about Ho Chi Minh.
Berejiklian delays abortion vote to calm furious conservative MPs
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has given in to her conservative MPs and told them she wants the abortion vote in the upper house delayed for several more weeks.
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In this episode, we have a crack at explaining how the US dollar replaced gold as the default currency.
Religious Privilege Rally
Only about 200
We let them pick our fruit
Pacific island nations affected by the climate crisis will continue to survive “because many of their workers come here to pick our fruit”,
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Hopefully we won’t be swatted
Barely two weeks after winning $3m at the Fortnite World Cup, Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf was “swatted” in the middle of a livestreaming session.
The 16-year-old was broadcasting to his legion of fans on streaming platform Twitch as he played Fortnite with friends when the incident occurred.
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In our first successful livestream we discuss 19 different topics and enjoy the contrary views of Hugh Harris. It’s a long one.
Falou – another twist in the saga
Josiah is sacked – by a private religious school
From The Australian
A cousin of sacked rugby international Israel Folau has been removed from his teaching job at a Catholic high school in Sydney’s south after calling the church’s mass a “paganistic ritual rooted in heresy,
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Hello
I am asking if any indigenous spokesperson would be willing to be interviewed for my podcast.
My co-hosts and I produce a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and current affairs and we occasionally discuss Indigenous issues.
Our views are usually left-wing. We support higher taxes,
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Calombaris has done a Falou, Falou’s sect is bonkers, Section 44, Iranian tanker swap, inequality, grandfathering, class distinctions and our thoughts on Indigenous issues for next week’s special episode.
1:45 It’s 50 Years Since the Moon Walk
July 20, 1969. Two men walk on the moon. The Earth stands still.
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In this episode we attempted our first Livestream. We had a lot of problems with buffering but it worked very well once we switched over to tethering off our mobile phones so I’m declaring it a successful experiment.
2:06 Queensland – Cue banjo music
LNP state convention.
Liberal National Party leader Deb Frecklington says she would consider a resolution passed at the LNP state convention to establish an “Office of Science Quality Assurance”.
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Another week under the Morrison theocracy.
Following up from last week
When will Americans realize “We’re Not the Good Guys”? A good summary of US aggression and hypocrisy.
On Incarceration. The 12th Man was not happy with Iran incarcerating atheists. What about Alabama where they try to incarcerate pregnant women for being shot?
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A planned brief discussion over Iran morphed into a heated discussion over Iran and China and nuclear weapons. We then get back on track with discussions over the budding Morrison Theocracy, Tax, Christopher Pyne, Accounting firms, Falou and Deep Throat.
4:43 Secular Drinks
It was a big success.
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In this episode, we talk to Loriana Luccioni about Universal Basic Income.
Loriana Luccioni is a PhD student at the University of Queensland. After completing degrees in Psychology and Sociology, Loriana has graduated with a Master of Science in European and Comparative Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science,
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Somehow we combine The Lord’s Prayer, Iran, New Zealand, Assange, Chelsea, Setka, Sinatra, Falou, De Belin, Mr Anderson, Gas Royalties and Workplace Fingerprinting into another compelling episode.
1:49 Led not into temptation: The Pope approves a change to the Lord’s Prayer
Now Pope Francis has risked the wrath of traditionalists by approving a change to the wording of the Lord’s Prayer.
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Everything you need to know about religion in Queensland schools plus Orwellian AFP raids.
Alison Courtice from Queensland Parents for Secular State Schools
We last spoke to Alison on episode 104 on the 13th of July 2017.
Alison gave us a great explanation of the latest news and developments regarding religious instruction in Qld state schools?
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Lots of secular and religious news in this episode.
2:27 The National Secular Lobby
We start off by interviewing Peter Monk, the president of the National Secular Lobby.
31:59 Metcalfe’s Law
The secular community needs to apply Metcalfe’s Law.
Metcalfe’s law states the effect of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system (n2).
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Secularism, Coal Mines and Death by Capitalism.
2:45 Three Cheers for the NSL
Jane Caro,
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Left-leaning public intellectuals cannot empathise with “white working class trash”. They have taken a leaf from Hilary’s playbook and think of them as a basket of deplorables. That is not going to work.
Don’t they know, it’s the end of the world?
WTF happened?
Saturday night I recorded myself –
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4:42 Both parties to provide bank guarantees for first home buyers
11:39 Senate Ballot Paper
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In this episode of the podcast, we speak to Harris Sultan.
Harris was born on December 26, 1983 in Lahore, Pakistan. He is an actor and talent agent, known for Sea Patrol (2007), Neighbours (1985) and Utopia (2014).
He has written a book – The Curse of God – Why I left Islam.
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In this episode, we speak to Justin Murray, the Humanist Chaplain who has been rejected by the Defence Force because he is not from an approved religion.
2:25 Pre-poll Voting
5:16 Anzac Day Review
Hello Trevor,
Can I present my nominee for ‘Most Religious Dawn Service?’
2 hymns,
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2:28 Scott Morrison invites media into Pentecostal church amid election campaign ‘truce’
That could backfire.
From James Boyce in The Monthly.
Pentecostalism is, in fact, the perfect faith for a conviction politician without convictions.
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A big welcome to all of the Drunks, Homosexuals, Adulterers, Liars, Fornicators, Thieves, Atheists and Idolaters.
2:31 Anzac Day
It’s coming up on the 25th of April.
Paul from Samford Atheists had trouble getting permission to lay a wreath.
He received this email.
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According to conservatives, a Labor victory will be the end of the world or at least the end of the weekend. Meanwhile, Morrison burns cash and we discuss Taiwan and car batteries.
3:33 It will be the end of the world, don’t they know?
Terry McCrann says Bill Shorten and Chris Bowen have made it official and fully public: Labor has a two-stage strategy to destroy Australia.
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It’s time for females and whispering beta males to get together and deal with alpha billionaires.
o:01 Back in Black?
2:03 Kenan Malik was in Brisbane
But he was a bit flat and lacking energy.
4:04 Landon Hardbottom
Landon sent us a message.
5:11 The Goodness paradox by Richard Wrangham
In this “Budget Special”
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Cue the banjo music. NSW to exhume Joh Bjelke-Peterson and offer him a place in the Upper House where he will feel right at home.
NSW falls in love with the Shooters Party. Mark Latham gets a seat in the Legislative Council. All this in a State with the highest proportion of “NO”
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Christchurch and the issues of Identity, Incels, Jacinda Ardern, 8chan and Egg Boy.
White Terrorism in Christchurch
His manifesto:
Claiming to represent “millions of European and other ethno-nationalist peoples”, he said “we must ensure the existence of our people, and a future for white children”.
The gunman described the attack as an act of “revenge on the invaders for the hundreds of thousands of death caused by foreign invaders in European lands throughout history … for the enslavement of millions of Europeans taken from their lands by the Islamic slavers … (and) for the thousands of European lives lost to terror attacks throughout European lands.”
He said the attack was also inspired by a trip he took to France in 2017.
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Hugh Harris joins the podcast to discuss Politics, Religion and Sex in Australia.
0:56 The 8th of March was International Women’s Day
What better way to celebrate than to get the opinion of another white privileged heterosexual male … Hugh Harris.
1:58 Celia Hammond
It could be worse.
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The Catholic Church and the Morrison Government compete to produce more scandals than we can handle.
2:28 Voluntary Assisted Dying
From DWDQ:
Just two Labor MPs decided against supporting the abortion decriminalisation bill in the end with one choosing to abstain.
It meant Labor did not need the LNP to pass its bill.
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The Queensland Parliament is considering introducing Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) legislation and has set up an inquiry into End of Life choices.
Dying With Dignity Queensland Inc (DWDQ) wants you to understand the issues and hopefully make a submission requesting that VAD laws be introduced.
In this episode of the podcast we interview Phil Browne,
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An interview with Erik Mostert about the source of moral belief and Erik’s theory that we need to keep in mind our animal nature.
Here is a link to Erik’s article in Areo Magazine.
Here is a link to David Gillespie’s book Taming Toxic People
You can follow Erik on twitter @erik_mostert
Here is the graph about spindle neurons:
Below are my notes of Erik’s article:
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Plenty of humour in this episode as we debate a breadth of topics that no other podcast would be game to attempt.
Generally in this podcast:
We criticise the left for obsessing over identity politics while ignoring the poor, for using offensive speech as a reason to restrain free speech and for being duped by Steven Pinker.
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The only podcast to discuss Mortgage Brokers, Jordan Peterson, Steven Pinker, franking credits and restoring a circumcised penis. And people say we are too blokey?
Review of The Secular Party event in Melbourne.
Review of Episode 187
Brian Morris wants to pitch a secular programme to the ABC.
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There was a problem with the first post so here is a second attempt.
In this episode, The Iron Fist reviews a recent God Forbid podcast. That podcast purported to provide a balanced discussion of religious freedom in Australia but, in fact, failed miserably to shed light on many compelling secular arguments.
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In this episode, The Iron Fist reviews a recent God Forbid podcast. That podcast purported to provide a balanced discussion of religious freedom in Australia but, in fact, failed miserably to shed light on many compelling secular arguments.
So sit back and relax as The Iron Fist tries to live up to his name.
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The Velvet Glove and The 12th Man will be in Melbourne on the 9th and 10th of February. The boys would love to catch up with listeners on Sunday morning for breakfast. Email trevor@ironfistvelvetglove.com.au and we will let you know the details.
4:52 A Podcast Prayer
Let us pray.
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Left-wing commentators miss the point. They are willing to talk endlessly about gender wars and racial privilege while ignoring the plight of the working class.
1:46 Our pre-match pep talk for Waz.
The best a man can be
Who better to critique #MeToo than 4 white men like us.
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It’s been quiet in Australia. Everyone is still on holidays or on the “go slow” except for Fraser Anning and the Nazis.
Jonathon Pie: We’ve reached peak Nazi (language warning)
Fascist Vs Nazi
Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power,
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No other podcast would be game enough to tackle in one episode an explanation or debate over the Trump wall, presidential veto powers, presidential transition arrangements, EU funding of the wall between Turkey and Syria, US foreign policy in Latin America, the history of capital gains tax and dodgy bank lending in Australia,
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Another highlights episode.
1:31 The Voltaire Award
4:59 Should the wealthy pay higher fines?
15:17 Happiness report
17:20 Another gripe about corporate tax cuts.
23:56 Aboriginal witch doctors in hospitals
37:46 Dickson on Mormons
44:21 Janelle on witchdoctors
48:38 Malik asks what replaces religion
54:33 Virtue Ethics
1:01:46 Landon Hardbottom does a google search
1:03:00 East Vs West
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Here are the highlights from February 2018.
0:40 Should vaccinations be compulsory
13:43 Further discussion about government compulsion
28:54 Kenan Malik on philosophers
35:45 USA assholes
39:12 Han Tu on Indonesia and China and our ability to repel an invasion.
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Merry Christmas from Fist, Glove and 12th.
This bonus Christmas day episode has nothing to do with Christmas and simply includes our discussions from episode 135 with Brett and Matt.
We really enjoyed these discussions so if you would like to record a podcast with us,
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We present the highlights of the Iron Fist Velvet Glove Podcast from January 2018.
1:38 Pirate Theory
9:17 Our economy is a house of cards
31:38 Command and Control
38:22 Flo is dead
43:40 GST causes a split in Aboriginal people
46:41 Singaporean organ donation scheme
50:22 Malik on the working class as a descriptor
53:50 The Greens ignore workers
59:46 An open letter to Stan Grant
1:05:42 Morgan Freeman on Black History Month
1:11:26 Indian submariners
1:13:25 Milkshake Duck
1:15:51 National days
1:21:17 Marion Maddox
1:23:25 Raju Singh wants to feel the wind in his hair
1:26:05 Adam Smith on the corruption of the market
1:28:29 Psycho Chicken
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The Ruddock Report is morally and ethically flawed from beginning to end. It was conceived the bastard offspring of two different animals, the father being the Right Wing horse of the Liberal Party and which forced itself on the weakened mother, the moderate donkey in the same herd. It was then nurtured on a steady diet of religious freedom propaganda by a panel stacked with theists.
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It was Rudd not Morrison who stopped the boats and the big problem now is arrivals by plane. And we discuss “consent” in the context of sub-incision, virgin births and Noam Chomsky.
1:45 The Fist Was Wrong
Hi Trevor,
Thanks for the excellent episodes recently. The lively discussions and sensible centrism send you to the top of my playlist each week!
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The Ruddock Inquiry has opened up a Pandora’s box of religious privilege.
The debate about expelling gay students has now widened to include criticism of teaching anti-gay religious doctrine.
1:24 We Won A Podcast Award
It was a small field but a win is a win.
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It’s too late for the Liberal Party. The religious right is a parasite which has taken over the Liberal Party and will feed on the host until they both die.
1:33 A Big Win for the Andrews Government
What have we learned from the result?
Andrews wants to build infrastructure,
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In this episode, we discuss Brexit, Baby Boomers, delivery methods for Corporate Fascism, a limbless preacher, an atheist preacher, the lucky country, Scomo nonsense, a cybersecurity minister who has never used a computer, a 69 year old man who identifies as 49 and a man who identified as Native American only to find out he is Chinese.
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If there is a lesson to be learned from this episode it is “Don’t record a podcast in the kitchen of a Mexican restaurant”. Particularly when they are closing up for the night.
Seriously, the audio is bad and you should not listen to this episode but if you do,
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Our fair dinkum Aussie podcast would like to swap the blithering idiot Scomo for an evil genius.
Qantas is facing calls to match Virgin’s decision to give priority boarding to war veterans and salute them before take-off.
3:05 Oh FFS!
Qantas is facing calls to match Virgin’s decision to give priority boarding to war veterans and salute them before take-off.
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A birth certificate without gender. A confirmation certificate without religion. A competency certificate for sexual consent. All will be revealed in episode 172.
Bible Lessons are back on the agenda in Victoria
2:59 From The Age:
Religious instruction classes will be reintroduced into the Victorian state school curriculum if the Coalition wins next month’s election.
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In this episode, we interview Brother Joseph who describes his experience as an Australian Mormon.
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Finally, a good week for secularism.
It’s fair to say that the playing out of the Ruddock Inquiry saga is irony at it’s best.
Ironic – happening in a way contrary to what is expected, and typically causing wry amusement because of this.
So, in summary,
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If you are considering what school to send your children to then this podcast is essential listening.
In this episode, Trevor interviews David Gillespie, the author of “Free Schools – How to get a great education for your kids without spending a fortune.”
As many of you know,
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A few people enjoyed our recent discussion about Mormons so I’ve cobbled together some extracts from episodes 28, 29 and 30 to create a little bonus episode.
Cheers
Fist
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Our Australian podcast gives Education Minister Dan Tehan the Dan Quayle Award and we introduce an honourable thief.
5:33 David Gillespie gives some more analogies regarding our government’s funding of private schools. He says that it is the equivalent of an avid reader suggesting he is saving the local library by buying his own books and then expecting his collection to be paid for by the taxpayer.
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We start out with a shout out to Wilks and Tim and then launch into a discussion about government funding of private schools in Australia. If you want a private system, then you should fund 100% yourself. It is no surprise that Scott Morrison has thrown money at the private school sector.
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Scott Morrison has tested his religious agenda on Sky News, The 7:30 Report, 2GB and The New York Times. We should all be worried.
3:17 Morrison on Sky News
So a school should be able to sack a teacher for immoral un-Christian behaviour but a Board or a professional partnership should not be able to sack a member for Christian bigotry.
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The Left has no moral compass. It attacked Adam Bandt for admiring his hot wife but supported the disgraceful behaviour of Serena Williams.
3:08 His hot wife gets Adam Bandt into hot water
Here are some of the comments:
Katred Stave –
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Money shuffling by multi-nationals has left sovereign states powerless.
2:38 The Fist appeared on The Bullshit Filter
6:13 Apparently, we are not allowed to poke fun at the religious belief of our Prime Minister
10:11 Gay conversion therapy is on the nose
14:30 Reason Party meeting –
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Everything you need to know about our new Prime Minister.
We review our predictions from episode 54
Scott Morrison is the fifth prime minister in five years.
The Liberal Party seems to be falling for “Balmain basket weavers” syndrome.
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1:00 Turnbull Vs Dutton. The conservative religious nutters can’t stand having a progressive in charge of their “Conservative” Party. Welcome to the future of the Liberal Party as it lurches into a Tea Party abyss of conservative ideology.
10:00 A study shows that endorsement of free-market economics predicted rejection of climate science
12:24 Is Dutton in breach of S.44?
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We gird our loins and question high rates of sexual harassment in Universities and then put on our asbestos suits and argue that Aboriginal culture must take some blame for the sorry state of Aboriginal people.
1:02 Sexual assault in our Universities. A tale of two stories depending on which newspaper you read.
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The Iron Fist provides 3 simple rules for Freedom of Speech conundrums.
2:21 Right Wing Tony – If you ignore tax, we agreed on a lot. Listener feedback was mixed.
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Right Wing Tony reflects on the by-election results and we discuss the issues of the week including Lauren Southern, Donor Sperm, protesting in a plane, Nine buying Fairfax, an Angry Buddhist and a Government Relations Officer who criticised the government on her private twitter feed and was sacked by Cricket Australia.
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Right Wing Tony reflects on the by-election results and we discuss the issues of the week including Lauren Southern, Donor Sperm, protesting in a plane, Nine buying Fairfax, an Angry Buddhist and a Government Relations Officer who criticised the government on her private twitter feed and was sacked by Cricket Australia.
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To change minds, offer an alternative instead of a vacuum.
2:10 The Unions want to indoctrinate children
9:25 Bill of Rights clarification. I’m not trying to con people.
15:35 Identity Politics – why we are not guilty
16:43 Greens Policies
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The only podcast which combines Constitutional Law, Sex Dolls, Gun Control, Selfish Catholics, Angry Consecrated Virgins, State of Origin and Branch Stacking into a compelling 90-minute discussion.
2:01 Robin Bristow discusses the Reason Party and a petition
9:15 Robin Bristow defends the benefits of a Bill of Rights.
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Senator Dan Tehan is the latest Christian Crybaby to lament over a false picture of declining Christian power and James Paterson abandons his free speech principles to appease Mormon powerbrokers in the Victorian Liberal Party.
2:06 Reason meeting at a Grill’d restaurant in Brisbane
6:30 We need to copy Christian dominionists and effect a rationalist takeover of the Liberal Party.
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Why Suncorp should have hired a paedophile plus Senate prayers and incredible new assimilation laws in Denmark.
2:10 Greens move to scrap ‘archaic’ Lord’s prayer in Senate sittings
7:38 According to Lyle Shelton, The Greens attack on Lord’s Prayer is an act of cultural vandalism
12:20 You can make a submission here
12:30 Follow the NSL campaign
12:48 Speaking of submissions –
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Our very own Deep Throat joins us to discuss Assisted Dying, Average Incomes, Discrimination, The United Nations, Mother Theresa and Private Health Insurance.
3:10 Dying with Dignity in Qld
16:05 The Hippocratic Oath
19:40 The Courier Mail has a strange idea of average jobs and what does the average Aussie earn and who benefits from the tax cuts?
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Catholic Priests consider themselves above the law and Christians continue their takeover of the Liberal Party.
1:15 The Fist bags soccer
4:50 Trump and child concentration camps.
19:53 Meredith should thank us for improved fitness levels
20:40 Sniff Off to the rescue
28:32 Church to uphold the sanctity of confession but the Greens want the Catholic Church taxed if it ignores the law.
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Science has undermined religion and is about to do the same to Liberal Humanism. If your version of Humanism prioritises individual freedom of choice but science reveals that freedom of choice is a myth, then it might be time to choose a different branch of Humanism.
Apologies to Mrs Fist and Meredith.
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Episode 150 features an interview with Meredith Doig.
We started with a brief overview of Meredith’s career and then had a discussion about The Rationalists and what they do and their objectives.
Questions for Meredith included:
Has there been an increased focus on opposing religious privilege in the last few years as opposed to debunking pseudoscience?
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We discuss the N word, the surprisingly civilised nature of pirate society, the dangers posed by robots and we and examine the interaction between discrimination and culture.
Topics:
1:06 The number of Canberrans choosing to end their lives with voluntary euthanasia could grow to 65 a year in the next decade if assisted dying is legalised,
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We discuss the test case against School Chaplains and The Fist identifies a possible problem. We give you a different take on the Royal Wedding ceremony and Hugh and The 12th Man gang up against The Fist over English signs and banning books that incite violence.
A legal challenge to School Chaplains
Ruddock review delivers final report to government,
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We continue on from episode 146 with a discussion on courtroom attire, migration numbers in Europe and the prescience of Karl Marx.
Yanis Varoufakis: Marx predicted our present crisis – and points the way out
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The 2018 Budget is the latest example of Baby Boomers screwing the younger generations.
Churches exempted from apprentice fund payments
Only 6 per cent of taxpayers face the top rate
Mormons are getting involved in the Liberal Party
People who don’t believe in God,
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This episode features a lively discussion with podcast legend Cameron Reilly as we discuss culture, immigration and free will.
The links:
Was Scott Intolerant or Culturally Insensitive when talking about “no handshake no citizenship“?
Cultural Imperialism nonsense from our last show when we discussed this article from Spiked
Here is a link to Cameron’s podcasts
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Topics include Anzac Day, Syrian chemical attacks, strange names, how to buy a gun, citizenship handshakes, Halal, Kosher and breastfeeding advice from a privileged white male.
1:03 How was your Anzac Day?
10:20 According to some ‘Anzac Day is bullshit. It’s a Trojan Horse for racism,
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This week we discuss the ethics of bombing Syria, transgender weightlifting, a divisive footballer seeking inclusive treatment, Anzac Day, an Orwellian future has arrived in China, secret religious business, Martin Luther King Junior, Malcolm X and Landon Hardbottom.
1:18 Our views on Syria plus Trump’s opinion on Syria from 2013.
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This podcast is a waste of time if you already know about asabiyya, Islamic retconning, how democracy fails, Malik’s theories of multiculturalism, Lebanon, the problems with a Bill of Rights and who gets into Heaven.
1:09 Asabiyya
11:11 Retcon
14:24 Does democracy work?
23:07 Our Hillsong excursion
35:12 What is Multiculturalism
45:20 Who gets into Heaven?
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The usual collection of religious news stories plus some great listener feedback.
1:50 Good news- there is no Hell
5:11 Maybe that is why there is a need for more exorcisms
7:15 A Good Friday stunt that was not good
12:55 Bible Society text messages
14:10 The apostle Paul even admitted this,
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Unequal Fines, Aboriginal Witch Doctors and a Text Message from Judas Iscariot.
1:49 We catch up with Caitlin to discuss her rally calling for an exclusion zone for an Albury fertility clinic.
14:20 We review my interview with Chris Lambe of the New Creation Church.
23:23 Stephen Hawking had a sense of humour and many Christians are gloating that he is now burning in the fires of Hell.
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The Iron Fist talks to Chris Lambe of the New Creation Church about faith and Jesus Christ.
In the podcast, Trevor refers to a study proving that prayer is harmful rather than beneficial. Here is the link.
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5:50 So it turns out you can pray in Canberra without being convicted of a criminal offence.
9:07 The TPP is back. Get Up campaigning. The URL says zombie, Meanwhile Trump will exempt the great country of Australia from steel tariffs.
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A repeat of episode 112. Sorry about the audio quality.
In this episode, The Fist and Simon do a book review of Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.
The phenomenal New York Times Bestseller by Nobel Prize-winner Daniel Kahneman, Thinking Fast and Slow offers a whole new look at the way our minds work,
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With The Fist away we present a repeat of episode 89 which was a discussion with Venerable Alex about Buddhism.
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A listener has suggested that The Velvet Glove used insensitive language towards Indigenous Australians and The Fist provides a different perspective. We also look at tribalism, online arguments, protest-free zones for abortion clinics, gun control in America, circumcisions in Iceland, the cowardice of the current ABC leadership, judges with jobs on the side and divorcing yourself from the Catholic Church.
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It only takes 2 hours and 10 minutes to describe Christian protesters of a fertility clinic in Albury, the ethics of mandatory safety measures, the Barnaby Joyce saga, ABC bias in favour of religions, the Indonesian Military’s capacity to invade Australia, a fire levy which exposes the Catholic Church, an example of bike shedding on the Hugh Harris Facebook page,
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The only podcast to discuss the ACL, corporate tax, Oliver North, Socrates, Plato, Trump, Mohammed and Dexter the peacock and somehow inspire a Sydney barrister to write a brilliant opinion on “Religious Freedom”.
1:54 Dean Stretton’s submission
10:08 The ACL has 14 points and 12 deal with marriage.
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We discuss a satirical satanist, humanism, the merits of a sugar tax and ancient Australian history in 92 minutes of podcast commentary.
1:10 Regarding the Ruddock Panel, we discuss a submission by Bernard Gaynor and the satirical submission of The Fist
15:07 Do we need Australia Day honours?
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Somehow this podcast combines Australia Day, constitutional law, an apology to Finland, religion bashing, an Indian submariner, Adam Smith, Scientology, red frogs, milkshake duck and the Human Development Indicator into a compelling 79 minutes of Australian Podcast Gold.
1:06 Australia Day – A potted history presented by the 12th Man.
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The 12th Man joins the podcast so 3 white men can discuss racism, #MeToo, immigration and cervixes.
1:35 The Greens want to change the date for Australia Day but they haven’t offered an alternative date. The Fist says it will all be fixed when we become a Republic but that will probably offend monarchists.
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The only Australian podcast to expose unconscionable religious schools, speak ill of Flo Bjelke-Petersen and explore gambling options involving Donald Trump.
1:36 Public submissions to the Ruddock panel may be kept secret from the public. There is no good reason for this. We need to know what information may have have influenced the panel and we need to know if such statements were true,
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The only Australian podcast to successfully combine book burning, wind farm safety, pirates and bubbles into a compelling 80 minute explanation of recent events in Australia and the direction we are heading.
2:46 Scott Morrison is as mad as hell about the mocking of Christians and he is not going to take it anymore.
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2:38 The final recommendations from the Royal Commission.
10:31 Hugh Harris on “Religious Freedom”. Practice Vs Belief.
34:36 Street Walker
36:29 The Ruddock panel. Prof Nicholas Aroney, who has said religious freedom should include right to practise sharia law within limits,
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The only podcast that can successfully combine chicken breeding, tattoos, cakeshops and politics in one compelling episode.
1:11 The IFVG Secular Index ranks our Federal politicians according to their commitment to secular policies. The same-sex marriage debate has flushed out the non-secular opinions of some of our political leaders.
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Our Australian Podcast discusses One Nation Preferences, Lopsided Panels, Dying Patients, Religious Privileges, Bogus Persecution, Marauding Princes, Jackie’s Pain and Bob Katter’s Proclivities.
1:50 The result of the Queensland election has not been formally announced
but it appears that the Labor Government has been returned thanks in
part to the strange preference arrangement of the One Nation Party.
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3:06 We look at the marriage equality survey and examine what correlation there was between the No vote and religious affiliation, immigration status, education and ethnicity.
12:37 The factor that correlated most strongly with a No vote was religious affiliation. Being born overseas had only a slightly positive relationship with voting No.
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No surprises for guessing that we kick off with a discussion over the
result of the marriage equality survey. Interestingly, the No vote
was strongest in the western suburbs of Sydney that feature a large
immigrant population.
10:21 We talk about the draft bill presented by James Paterson and the
nature of the exemptions that he is seeking and we also look at the
attitude of the Sydney Anglican Church and the Catholic Church to these
exemptions.
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1:14 It seems that there is legislation to allow at least one person to
sue politicians who have fallen foul of the citizenship
requirements. A man from Wagga Wagga is showing us how it is done.
7:05 Australian attitudes to private schools are like American attitudes to
gun control.
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1:20 Malcolm Turnbull has had a bad week and we start off by looking at the
citizenship fiasco and his poor political skills. When the issue arose
he should have told the members in question to stand down while
waiting for the High Court to resolve the matter.
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We have banged on about marriage equality for months. This episode will be a marriage equality free zone.
4:59 We start off with the assisted dying debate and the fact that the debate is not happening in Queensland despite the recent Labor conference passing a motion in favour of introducing voluntary euthanasia laws.
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2:10 We start with the extraordinary homily
from Sydney’s Archbishop Anthony Fisher in which he advised Governments
that they should, in general, keep out of the friendship business and
out of the bedroom. In an extraordinary display of self-control he
managed to say this with a straight face.
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Highlights from October 2016
2:45 Exorcisms and Islam’s view of The Devil and 5 things prophets have in common.
5:49 Embryos and medical research and how ISIS is more progressive than the Catholics
8:52 Scary Clowns, Ronald McDonald and The Hijab wrapped up into a lively discussion.
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01:06 The Fist and The 12th Man discuss the shooting in Las Vegas and refer you
to the Bill before Congress called the Sportsmen’s Heritage and
Recreational Enhancement Act. This diabolical piece of legislation
proposes to allow US citizens to purchase silencers without background
checks and forces the government to destroy records of
transactions regarding silencers.
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The Fist talks to Tanya, the Captain of the Australian chapter of The Church of The Flying Spaghetti Monster.
21:57 Should a priest be allowed to deny marriage for a couple who supported marriage equality via a Facebook post?
24:22 The Fist theory on marriage and the delegation of a civil function.
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We have a new feature. if you listen to the podcast directly from the post on our website, you will be able to jump directly to different topics by clicking on the relevant time stamp. Hopefully, this will make it easier for you to share your favourite parts of our podcast.
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In this episode The Fist and Simon do a book review of Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.
The phenomenal New York Times Bestseller by Nobel Prize-winner Daniel Kahneman, Thinking Fast and Slow offers a whole new look at the way our minds work, and how we make decisions.
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In episode 111 the Fist is joined by the 12th Man.
01:02 We discuss:
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1:21 In episode 110 we kick off with a survey of expected participation rates in the upcoming postal vote.
8:15 The Fist then launches into Part A of a theoretical discussion of the difference between ideological identities and non-ideological identities and how this needs to be determined as part of deciding what level of criticism is acceptable.
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1:55 In episode 109 we look at the arguments put forward by religious groups opposing marriage equality and note that they have not been honest enough to admit that scripture is their primary reason. It is dishonest and disingenuous of them to put forward arguments of religious freedom, freedom of speech and the danger of the safe schools program.
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In episode 108 at 1:32 we look at the marriage equality postal vote and the plebiscite fiasco and we ask who is Andrew Broad and what are the Christian Values Awards?
The Queensland Labour conference votes to support the introduction of voluntary euthanasia legislation
34:50 The religious lobby will complain that the proposed legislation infringes on freedom of religion for clerks working in marriage registries and also wedding cake providers.
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In this episode of the podcast, the Fist is joined by The Squeaky Wheel.
4:56 The Fist offers a dinner party tip for men
6:22 We kick off with a Sikh family who want their son to wear a patka when attending school and we debate the merits of their case.
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Topics include:
Who are The Rationalists?
Co-operation between secular groups
Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne in February 2018 – “Reason to Hope”
41:40 QandA on furniture and terrorism and GREG AUSTIN.
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The Religious Right is blocking progressive reform of assisted dying, religious instruction and abortion law. They are taking over the Liberal party in a Tea Party like takeover and will push neo-liberalism as well as it fits their dominionist worldview. Unfortunately, the Left is consumed by Identity Politics and we have lost our ability to decide moral issues with consistent moral rules.…
In this episode, Trevor speaks with Alison and Julia from Qld Parents For Secular State Schools.
Here is the link to their Facebook page
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00:46 In this episode of the podcast we discuss a crazy Catholic nun who terrorised young children into thinking that they were being permanently removed from their parents. The ordeal lasted for 5 1/2 hours and is a fine example of the sensitivities of the Catholic Church.
05:25 We discuss why we cannot discuss Cardinal Pell because of the sub judice rules.
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01:20 The census result
06:40 The Fist says the result is a disgrace.
10:15 The Fist explains why we must get a different religion question in the next Census and he also takes aim at cultural Christians.
12:32 What will it take for people to get interested in religious interference.
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1:08 We look at a hard-line Christian hoping to replace Gillian Triggs as head of the Australian Human Rights Commission. Augusto Zimmermann is backed by Margaret Court and does not believe in evolution. What could possibly go wrong?
7:08 We explain why three government ministers are facing contempt of court charges.
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Sorry about the audio on episode 100.
Scott’s voice was too loud (or mine was too soft) and there was a lot of background noise.
Here is a better version.
Trevor
In this episode, we look at the UK election and discuss the Democratic Unionist Party,
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In this episode, we look at the UK election and discuss the Democratic Unionist Party, Sinn Fein, Elmo and Lord Buckethead as well as a new theory called the median legislator theorem.
We shake our head at the request by The Islamic Council of Victoria for safe spaces so that their troubled youth can rage against Western civilisation without fear of being labelled radical.
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0:57 Manchester bombing. It is often the successful sons and daughters of refugees who commit terrorist acts.
5:58 We criticise the government for paying money to the Catholic hierarchy rather than to individual Catholic schools because the Catholic hierarchy cannot be trusted to distribute the money correctly. In the article we have linked to it is clear that the National Catholic Education Commission has been taking money from poor schools and giving it to rich schools.
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In this episode, The Fist talks with Brian Morris the author of Sacred to Secular.
Here is a link to his petition.
and here is a link to his website Plain Reason where you can get a copy of his book Sacred to Secular.
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1:28 We take a quick look at the federal budget and ask why Labor is not supporting the coalition’s policy to reduce funding for elite private schools.
8:20 We briefly remind listeners of the history of government funding of private schools and pay homage to Mother Celestine who pulled off a true miracle by converting a toilet block into a gold mine.
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1:13 The Iron Fist and Hugh Harris discuss the NSW SRE decision. Here is one opinion and here is the alternative
10:38 A discussion on the role and importance of Christianity and Judeo-Christian ethics in our Australian culture including references to Kevin Donnelly’s article on celebrating Christianity’s role in our society and Hugh’s response and another Kevin Donnelly article claiming Barnaby Joyce is right about Judeo-Christian principles.
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0:46 Yassmin and Anzac Day
6:02 The interplay of S.18C and S.18D. Yassmin’s comments on Anzac Day may have breached 18C and arguably failed to met the elements of S.18D
16:30 Hugh Harris paints a picture where atheists are in control and turn the tables on theists
21:40 No more Eagle Rock
24:55 Russia has banned the JWs
28:35 Religion is dragging us down says a famous biologist
30:11 The Dalai Lama is running rings around the Pope
33:30 Trump is a lot like the God of the Old Testament
36:40 Is anyone else worried about Indonesia?
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1:23 Partisan bias and public opinion on Trump’s Syria strike
8:50 A Washington Post poll reveals Republicans disapproved of bombing when Obama was considering it but approved when Trump did it.
16:45 Trump can remember dessert but not the name of the country he bombed
Attacking North Korea: surely Donald Trump couldn’t be that foolish
21:37 JFK and the military
ACT government defends abortion clinic prayer ban as ‘rights balancing’
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The return of Right Wing Tony
1:05 Our review of the conflict in Syria. RWT on The “Muddle” East. The various groups seem to line up according to their interest in two competing gas pipelines. RWT argues the conflicts would occur even without a pipeline and we should stay out of it.
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3:03 The Ayaan Hirsi Ali fiasco where she was vilified by feminist Muslims via a petition and a viral video. Hirsi Ali is accused of Islamophobia.
35:01 Criticism of identity is the new blasphemy.
38:09 Anne Aly and 18C and including religion.
41:31 Gillian Triggs “sadly you can say what you like around the kitchen table at home”
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A special episode where The Iron Fist chats with Venerable Alex.
You can check out his bio at https://law.anu.edu.au/people/alex-bruce
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0:52 There is renewed discussion over S.18c. A plan to replace “insult, offend or humiliate” with “harass”.
10:11 Pakistan is not happy with the amount of blasphemy on Facebook and have asked Facebook for names and details of blaspheming Pakistanis.
11:43 The BBC asked what is the right punishment for blasphemy.
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Hugh Harris joins the podcast.
00:51 Long-Awaited Medical Study Questions the Power of Prayer
5:38 Mormon church baptising thousands of dead Victorians – atheist or not
8:15 By promoting diversity over fighting ability the Army is alienating its warriors
18:08 Vatican releases updated guidelines for bioethical questions
24:36 What do Coopers beer,
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1:12 A tool to force people to read an article before they can comment on an article.
2:42 Some pharmacies in the UK want to be able to refuse to supply contraceptives. The 12th Man’s friend asked for extra large condoms in Japan.
6:20 Pauline Hanson thinks Putin is a great guy and vaccinations should be optional.
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Hugh Harris is back.
Indigenous football teams such as the NRL Indigenous All Stars – are they a good or a bad thing?
The Royal Commission into child abuse. What will they recommend? What won’t they recommend? Will anything change?
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Organ donation Two issues. mandatory and family consent.
Archbishop offers to counsel Palaszczuk, Trad on abortion
The Vatican, child sex crimes and how Australia is the great facilitator
Australians believe 18C protections should stay
The close ties between Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch worries more than reporters
Q&A activist asked radical Islamic group for advice after spat with Jacqui Lambie
Change.org petitions for and against Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Ayaan Hirsi Ali poster is banned.
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The Iron Fist and Hugh Harris start off by discussing how politicians should speak about Islam and then we move on to ethics generally and how they might be refined by thought experiments and then applied to our immigration debate.
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4,444 victims: extent of abuse in Catholic church in Australia revealed
Royal commission into child sexual abuse: 1,880 alleged perpetrators identified in Catholic Church
Catholic use of confession to be scrutinised by child abuse royal commission
Trump and Australia.
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The Iron Fist is joined by Hugh Harris to discuss the Religious Freedom Round Table, Scientology, Indigenous issues and President Trump’s executive order.
Hugh’s blog
Here are links to some of the articles that were mentioned.
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Trump and his executive order on immigration.
The Roots of a Counterproductive Immigration Policy
US could resettle zero refugees from Manus and Nauru and still ‘honour’ deal
Finding the Middle Ground on Islamic Terror and Civil Rights
Fact,
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GUPride hosting post-Inauguration ‘self-care’ event
‘I think it’s great’: Peter Dutton praises Australia Day billboard featuring Muslim girls
People who swear are more honest
The TPP is a fucking zombie that cannot be killed
Stephen Hawking uses big words on Trump
Rundle: the double-whammy of the Liberal Party’s inevitable decay
A conservatives split from the Liberals would free the party to be truly liberal
You cannot be Kyrgios
The reality of religiously-motivated terrorism in Australia
Could those who opt out also be registered
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We are still on holidays.
Here is a repeat of episode 40 from the 13th of April 2016.
I have read some interesting books and will come back bright eyed and bushy tailed very soon.
The Fist
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A hastily cobbled together package which includes a few of my favourite moments.
Patreon supporters fear not, you will not be charged for repeat episodes like this.
Cheers
The Fist
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Barakah Hills – Cartoon series for children
Muslim woman clashes with judge after refusing to stand in court
The Hijab and the Regressive Left’s Absurd Campaign to Betray Freethinking Women
Indonesia’s justice system is opaque and confusing,
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Greens and One Nation in push for Parliament to approve war deployments
The four charts that show Australia is a better society than America
Noel Pearson lambasts ‘racist’ ABC at Paul Keating biography launch in Sydney
Noel Pearson and white masochism
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Letting Catholic Priests into Australia was a mistake click here
A Qld Bill of Rights click here
British woman charged with ‘extramarital sex’ in Dubai after telling police she was gang-raped click here
Christians sentenced to 80 lashes by Sharia court for drinking communion wine click here
Assisted dying in WA click here
Post Truth click here
Swedish work hours sound good click here
Waleed Aly on Trump click here
ABC protest.
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A special bonus episode where we introduce Right Wing Tony for an in-depth discussion of S.18c
He points out that truth is no defence and he makes the argument that PC speech and 18c are the enforcement arms of the identity politics and victimhood movements.
For our Patreon supporters please note this is a free episode and no Patreon charge will be levied for this episode.
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We are now on internet radio station “The Gist”
Royal Commission
Mike Baird click here
India’s shock currency swap click here
We give up hopes of representing Brittain in gymnastics click here and click here
Islamic identity used to push Indonesia into becoming more conservative society click here
Sex in Indonesia click here
Blasphemy in Indonesia click here
5 bad signs for Indonesia click here
Lyle Shelton should visit Iceland click here
Gender Equality Rankings click here
Submarines for Australia web site click here
Hawking on inequality click here
You can’t build walls around culture click here
A good summary of problems with Christianity click here
Gates foundation and birth control click here
Good news –
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Donald Trump, oh dear …
Make that 4 Rs – add R for Rupert click here and click here
The Quiz click here
Section 18c, QUT students etc etc click here
Brexit and the Royal prerogative click here and here and our own S.61 click here
Canada and the TPP.
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Trump causes schism in religious right click here
See religious vote trend click here
Trump explained – the three Rs Race, Religion and Redneck
Coloured people will save America click here and click here
Court finds ‘f—
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Exemptions and discrimination
Northern Ireland Christian bakers lose ‘gay cake’ appeal click here
The Nationals and their fringe views are holding Australia to ransom click here
When Chess Grandmaster Nazi Paikidze Said No To The Hijab, She Also Unveiled Liberal Hypocrisy click here
Trump claims the election is rigged – is it?
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1:39 Hillsong review
12:29 Deep throat update
13:54 Apple, photo scandal, Samsung fire and tax. We need a bond.
16:20 Parks and Wildlife needs a Chaplain click here
21:14 Religious exemptions and the 12th Man
29:09 Sounds like FIFO click here
33:53 The Royal Commission and religious liberty click here
43:33 The hijab and sexual harassment in Iran click here
47:15 Even ISIS has banned the Burqa click here
49:17 Natural Gas and Syria click here
56:20 Post modernism and multiculturalism click here
1:06:02 More on culture wars click here and Gad Saad click here
1:12:01 Healing from toxic whiteness click here
1:12:50 The social construction of sport landscapes shapes gendered power relations click here
1:16:25 ‘Tsunami’
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1:19 Polish women successfully protest proposed new abortion laws. click here
2:50 Iranian women were not so successful in Tehran in 1979
7:07 The appearance of scary clowns in 2016 and the connection to the Muslim veil click here
11:41 The lexicographic preferences and Donald Trump (abortion,
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Satanic Temple – why we need an Australian chapter
Emergency need for exorcists after surge in people dabbling in Satanism and black magic click here
A new abortion law bill for Queensland click here meanwhile Poland goes backwards click here
Meanwhile here is the Islamic view click here
Over funded schools click here and click here
A problem for female chess players click here
Cardinal Pell on carbon tax click here
Donald Trump 9 digit loss click here
Let’s learn from the mistakes that created US poverty,
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The Velvet Glove and the Twelfth Man discuss the David van Gend book launch, Essential Report, non-theist voting blocs, religious discrimination laws and a scripture class review.
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George Christensen on anal sex click here
Mosque open day with free sausage sizzle
UK government treats religion as imaginary friends click here
Black Americans are appropriating African culture click here
More on cultural appropriation in the UK click here
Atheists no longer the most unpopular in the USA click here
Key facts on refugees click here
The Pope defames Satan click here
Death of an exorcist click here
Liberalism’s great challenge click here
Canada has approved prescription heroin click here
Lionel Shriver responds click here
French Muslims click here
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