Free Talk Live

Eerily beautiful, gripping, ironic, and honest song. And weirdly danceable, too.

Whose opinions are respected? Do you, should you, respect the opinions of experts? And do you, should you, respect your own opinions?
When do you take action? When an expert notices a problem? Or when you yourself see the problem?

What is Political correctness (PC)? According to Professor Jonathan I. Katz; “Political correctness is the narrowing of the range of acceptable opinions to those held by a small group that enforces it. It is an attempt, often successful, to coerce the majority to accept the opinions of the enforcing group by suppressing any contrary opinion and making independent thought unacceptable. The enforcing group may be afraid of the consequences of open discussion, or of making the facts known.

No Internet Lockdown in Canada

Thankfully, SOPA and PIPA went down to defeat in the United States but the lobbyists have not given up and have, instead, turned their attentions to Canada. House of Commons bill C-11, known as the Copyright Modernization Act is poised to be approved by Steven Harper’s majority government after debate was finished in less than 1 day. Then off to the Conservative dominated Senate for approval, and off to the Governor General to be signed into law.

Canada’s so-called “Prince of Pot” has been told he won’t be allowed a prison transfer and must serve his entire sentence in the United States.

Canada's self-styled "Prince of Pot" was ordered extradited to the United States on Monday, ending his high-profile five-year battle to avoid U.S. drug charges related to his Canadian seed-selling business.

My friend Jon is the subject of this article, he came to canada to visit some friends and was instantly racially profiled (Jon is black) and not allowed into canada cause of something he did in high school 25 years ago. It has been all over the canadian media and the insane part about it is, he's been to visit vancouver several times before and what's more they let a guy into the country who had a warrant for his arrest in Quebec!!!!!!!!!!!! I can arrange for Jon to be home if you want to call him and have him on your show

I think Campbell is missing something about libertarianism, it doesn't have to be an all or nothing proposal. What binds libertarians together is the ideal that all of them want at least some level of smaller government and greater personal liberty. Still, it's good to read dissenting opinions once in a while to keep you fresh.

Short video of the crowd at the annual hashbash cheering the national anthem. The speakers went on to argue that taxes should be paid on cannabis to help the poor; that money spent raiding Oaksterdam should have went to gun suppression; that even though voters have expressed their opinions and the state hasn't listened, there just needs to be more ballot measures and more voting.

At least the crowd booed the cops for arresting peaceful people.

Revenue Canada says BitCoins aren't tax exempt

Just in time for tax season, the Canada Revenue Agency says the users of Bitcoins will have to pay tax on transactions in the upstart digital currency.