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The Legion of Reason Podcast brings into sharp focus the intersection of society and skepticism. Topics range from religions attempting to impose dogma, to the threat modern social justice can pose to individual rights and freedoms, to the measurable harm pseudoscience can cause. We broadcast LIVE every second Sunday evening at 8:30 pm MT on [Facebook Live](https://www.facebook.com/LegionOfReason/) and [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/c/TheLegionofReason/live), and audio episodes appear on ...
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The death of George Floyd was tragic and horrific and the outpouring of outrage justified. So where was this anger when Tony Timpa died in exactly the same way? Why is Black Lives Matter silent over the death of retired police captain David Dorn at the hands of looters and so many others? What kind of sick and depraved individual takes video of Dor…
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I was loath to edit this one. The audio on my side took a lot of work to correct because of some glitch in the audio chain, but I think it came out well in the end. The volume was all over the place and I had to take the time to go through it and alter the volume envelope. Better late than never!For Feb 6, 2020...Assisted dying news - Justice Minis…
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Webpages talked about in this episode: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/coronavirus-vaccine_uk_5ea067f2c5b6b2e5b83ba372?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNhLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABeF8UsCHHLZucmhXmIR9BWbiP66vWWRUNNhpHZLshfgquUlOuycSrltEnyeCg8iCndQvkbwI90KKY-I5RIWHHFmJ0PZ2z3Tc7YcrZZCgK0nbSfOn_8Z-zghH87bW6CMRlPtNxm1f-hB7wtU…
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Links: Terry Gilliam in memoriam: https://tinyurl.com/tese8sl Student group wins free speech court battle: https://tinyurl.com/uo4meyf https://tinyurl.com/t4v9bce Alberta government and campus free speech: https://tinyurl.com/rt7jum8 MAID story links: https://tinyurl.com/y5r53ysw https://tinyurl.com/r8naery https://tinyurl.com/wlp5wtu https://tinyu…
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It's been a while, but we're back! The topic du jour has been welling up inside me for some time and I need to get this rant out. We'll have a look at how our entertainment has been hijacked by those who want to use it as a propaganda tool for their political agendas, starting patient zero (Ghostbusters 2016) and ending with some truly spectacular …
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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 t…
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For episode 263, Sunday, July 21, 2019... This week marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings, yet not only are we NOT back on the moon, conspiracy theories claiming the moon landings were faked still abound... http://tiny.cc/iga19y http://tiny.cc/0ga19y The Regressive Left Files... Scarlett Johansson is roasted for daring to say she …
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For episode 262, Monday, July 15, 2019... The Regressive Left Files... Well, it happened. Just like I predicted. An armed Antifa terrorist was shot dead as he tried to firebomb the ICE detention facility in Tacoma, WA. The same one that Ted Wheeler would not allow police to respond to a 9-11 call from. This is on YOU, Wheeler.... http://tiny.cc/z8l…
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For episode 261, Sunday, July 7, 2019... The Regressive Left Files.... Antifa assaults journalist Andy Ngo in Portland... http://tiny.cc/rvdd9y http://tiny.cc/b0dd9y http://tiny.cc/a1dd9y http://tiny.cc/91dd9y http://tiny.cc/02dd9y http://tiny.cc/j3dd9y To dismantle 'fat phobia' the whole of Western civilization must be dismantled! Wouldn't it be e…
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For episode 260, Sunday, June 23, 2019... The Regressive Left Files.... Why women's national soccer teams think they should get the same pay as the men's (and why theyt don't) http://tiny.cc/erip8y More on the Oberlin College civil suit https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc... Coleman Hughes speaks out against slavery reparations in the US Congress…
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For episode 259, Sunday, June 9, 2019... Catholic Watch... We take a look at the grounds for appeal Cardinal Pell's lawyers believe will reverse their client's guilty verdict. It is debatable if the court will find the com-Pell-ing. http://tiny.cc/vyoy7y http://tiny.cc/kcpy7y Bishops in California bravely state the "seal of confession" is more impo…
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For episode 258, Monday, June 2, 2019... The new government of Alberta has canceled the process which would have banned so-called "gay conversion therapy". A pro-"forced birth" group in Lethbridge is taking the city to court over its refusal to place their ads on buses. Ken Ham's "Ark Encounter" is suing its insurers for $1M after it refused to cov…
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For episode 257, Monday, May 20, 2019... Quack Tracts.... Germany may adopt fining parents who refuse to vaccinate their children http://tiny.cc/t4sw6y Kentucky teen anti-vaxxer contracts gets poetic justice when he contracts chicken pox http://tiny.cc/75sw6y Ontario court rules doctors can't impeded access to medical assistance in dying services b…
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For Episode 255, April 28, 2019: Eye on Islam... Of course we'll talk about the Islamist attacks in Sri Lanka. Linda "Cockroach" Sarsour was invited to speak in Winnipeg, but the city's mayor Brian Bowman is demanding she be disinvited. The Sadistic Sultan of Brunei defends signing the death penalty by stoning for homosexuality and adultery into la…
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Episode 254, for April 7, 2019.... A paper published Evolutionary Psychological Science claims atheists are really X-Men! (X-Men? Not very woke, is it?) The Regressive Left Files... Speaking of "woke"... New York Times op piece "I broke up with her because she's white" - how being woke is a barrier to interracial relationships. We comment on the Ju…
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The elephant in the room... We look at the horrific hate crime in New Zealand. This was a heinous act. But the reaction of the regressive left won't leave it alone, and we look at some of the reactions indicative of what Gad Saad has called "collective munchausen syndrome". Catholic Watch The state of West Virginia is suing a diocese, charging they…
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For March 10, 2019.... Catholic Watch.... Cardinal Pell makes prison his new home after he was found guilty on all 5 charges laid against him in the sexual abuse of two choir boys 22 years ago. Not to be outdone, the archbishop of Lyon, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, was found guilty for failing to report allegations of sexual abuse. Police in Costa R…
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For episode 251.... Quack Tract A "Down Under" chiropractor is fined $30k for claims he made of his profession curing cancer. Not enough, I say, but still good news. What about up here in the Great White North? Hundreds protest in Washington for the "right" to not vaccinate their children. Organizers of an upcoming "natural health" (as if there's a…
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For February 3, 2019.... Eye on Islam... Asia Bibi, recently acquitted on charges of that fictitious crime blasphemy, is likely headed to Canada. Let's see... Canada's middle finger extended to the Barbaric State of Saudi Arabia - check. Canada's middle finger extended to Pakistan - check. Who's next? February 1st is World Hijab Day. Screw that. Wh…
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For January 27, 2018.... Christmas came late for me (or really, really early), as we learn that Justin Trudeau has unexpectedly replaced Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould with David Lametti. Quack Tracks A judge has ruled that the Stephans will not have their legal fees paid for by the Province of Alberta. The Regressive Left Files Comedian Zac…
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On our plate for this episode…. Eye on Islam While on vacation with her family in Kuwait, 18-year old Rahaf al-Qunun escaped in a bid to seek asylum in Australia. Detained by Thai authorities at the request of the Barbaric State, social media put pressure on Thai immigration officials to rescind their original decision to repatriate her into the cl…
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In this episode: The big new is that Canada no longer has a blasphemy law on its books. Bill C-51 passed in the Senate 49-17, with 26 abstentions, and has received Royal Assent. Catholic Watch Local priest and vicar of Catholic education Jerome Lavigne claims the rainbow flag flown at city hall earlier this year is the work of none other than Satan…
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In Quack Track… David Stephan wants the province of Alberta to dish out $4M for his pending re-trial on charges of failing to provide the necessaries of life for his young son Ezekiel. In Eye on Islam… Actress Rania Youssef has been accused of ‘inciting debauchery’ for her dress at the Cairo Film Festival, the […]…
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Brian Dalton, known in our circles as “Mr. Deity”, joins us for an interview, and has graciously agreed to help us out with a few stories that have crossed our radar. In American Theocracy Today… Aspiring missionary John Chau picks the wrong place to evangelize. But don’t worry, his evangelical group has forgiven the tribe […]…
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In ‘Catholic Watch’… Britain’s Supreme Court rules that refusing to put LGBT-supportive messages on cakes is not discriminatory. Ireland votes on repealing its blasphemy law this past Friday. We’ll tell you the results. Doreen Nowicki, an elderly woman with ALS and a patient under the care of Catholic-run Covenant Health, was forced to be moved […]…
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In Catholic Watch…. They should have named the hurricane about to hit the shores of Virginia ‘Francis’ in honor of the Catholic Church’s destructive power. How long has the predatory priest problem gone on, and only now Francis is convening a meeting of bishops to discuss what to do moving forward? But he continually shows […]…
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Recent events have given the weed killer glyphosate a rough ride. The WHO’s International Agency for Cancer Research reclassified it as a “probable carcinogen” in 2015. Last month a California state court awarded $289 million to Dewayne Johnson who claimed his terminal case of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was caused by the herbicde. This past week a […]…
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Topics for this episode include: In Catholic Watch…. We address the elephant in the room, the recent Pennsylvania grand jury report on sexual abuse by predatory priests and their subsequent cover up by bishops. The report identified 301 predatory priests, and that’s just one diocese. The report is chilling in its descriptions of the worst […]…
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Topics for this episode include: In The American Theocracy Today…. If you needed any more evidence that the US is a theocracy, look no further than Jeff Sessions’ announcement of the creation of a ‘religious liberty task force’ which which will ensure the religious have the freedom to impose their religion on everyone by crushing […]…
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We delve into a variety of topics, including the success of Australia’s program to get parents to vaccinate their children; the Vatican is making guidelines for selling churches, while the Church of England seeks the protection of the Crown to prevent such ownership changes (while simultaneously building new ones); a woman in Tehran is sentenced [……
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Michael Rectenwald (Twitter: @antipcnyuprof), professor of f Global Liberal Studies at New York University, joins us to talk about his experiences with the regressive left and in the broader context of the American university system. His book titled "Springtime for Snowflakes: "Social Justice" and Its Postmodern Parentage" will become available lat…
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ur gay correspondent Shane joins Christine, Twyla and me, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson, to discuss the recent BLM-esque extortion tactic of holding Edmonton Pride hostage till no one in uniform - not EMS, not military nor police - can take part in the festivities. More news in the Regressive Left Files.... Lindsay Shepherd is suing Wil…
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For episode 233, June 10, 2018…. BC couple lose custody of their child after claiming that Jesus spoke through their lawyer. Their lawyer refused to comment. Because it’s a stuffed lion. And stuffed lions can’t talk. An Australian naturopath receives a 14-month sentence for advising a breast-feeding mother to stop medicating her infant’s eczema and…
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Well Tim Minchin, Cardinal Pell did indeed “Come Home”. He will be on trial for – wait for it! – sexually abusing a minor; News on the Laurier/Lindsay Shepherd debacle, as a draft on free expression was released last week; Duke U students emboldened by their victory of receiving no punishment (and hence no harmful […]…
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On the agenda for this episode: a naturopoath gave a homeopathic rabid dog saliva preparation to a four-year-old for “behavioral problems”; another prominent atheist stands accused of sexual misconduct, and you guessed it – Buzzfeed creating news again; Pope Francis lies to a child about his atheist father being in heaven, and says he made […]…
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It’s April 1st, and how could Easter be on a more appropriate day? Okay, maybe Halloween would be slightly more appropriate for zombies. In today’s episode…. A mother tries to prove the existence of god to her children by letting Jesus take the wheel. In Catholic Watch, Pope Francis refuses to apologize to victims of […]…
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Lawrence Krauss has responded to the allegations made in the Buzzfeed article and ASU has placed him on paid leave while they investigate. Regardless of the veracity of the allegations, that Buzzfeed article was atrocious. A BC school district shows us how not to fight racism. The hijabless woman who stood on a power junction […]…
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Lawrence Krauss is the latest to be accused of sexual misconduct in an article posted in Buzzfeed. David Stephan was an invited speaker to several “wellness” expos, including here in Calgary, to ply his supplements. The public outcry, including the withdrawal of sponsorship from the likes of Sobeys and others, was loud and has since […]…
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Mariam is a Pashtun, humanist, socialist, rock climber, women’s rights advocate, and refugee activist, who has spent her life working to empower women, children, refugees and ex-Muslims. A refugee from the Taliban, she is now living in the United States and is a strong advocate of the ban on full face covering as it devalues, […]…
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Topics include: The Jordan Peterson/Cathy Newman debacle. Toronto’s Ryerson U is quickly earning a name for itself, and not a good one. This time it’s the site of the White Privilege Conference in May. February 1 is World Hijab Day, and MTV’s Decoded (so woke!) has a typically obtuse view on this symbol of religious […]…
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Time for another potpourri episode! Topics include the new coffee enema from Goop (ain’t that an aptly named purveyor of woo…), this morning’s attack on a schoolgirl’s hijab with scissors, a BC man is charged with selling miracle tonic remarkably like bleach, Iran protests, the recent push to get woo enabler Oprah to run for […]…
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Journalist Cathy Young joins us to discuss some of the social justice assertions and how they stack up against reality. She is a Russian-born American journalist who has written articles for quite a few major papers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Newsday, The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, […]…
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