Rebel News Podcast - DAVID MENZIES ｜ Pastor Artur Infuriates Alberta Judge, Bisexual Superman

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00:01:14.380 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, ladies and gentlemen, and the rest of you,

00:01:32.420 in which we look back at some of the very best commentaries of the week by your favourite Rebels.

00:01:37.100 I'm your host, David Menzies.

00:01:38.940 Well, Pastor Artur Pawlowski had his day in court on Wednesday,

00:01:44.240 and the sentencing, well, it was downright disturbing.

00:01:47.140 First, there was the $23,000 in fines.

00:01:50.660 But even more unnerving was that Pastor Art was ordered by Justice Adam Germain

00:01:56.680 to give equal time to the government narrative whenever and wherever

00:02:01.840 Pastor Art voices his personal opinions about the pandemic.

00:02:06.880 Say, are we still living in a Commonwealth democracy in 2021 or the Soviet Union of yesteryear?

00:02:15.200 And hey, look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's bisexual Superman? 0.96

00:02:20.500 Would you believe gay Superman? 1.00

00:02:23.240 Holy gender-bender, Batman. 0.99

00:02:25.320 What's going on in the DC universe?

00:02:28.380 Adam Chapados weighs in on the most recent reimagining of the Man of Steel.

00:02:34.600 And letters, we get your letters, we get them every minute of every day,

00:02:38.540 and you had plenty to say about Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kieran Moore,

00:02:44.320 who recently released the province's official rules for Halloween.

00:02:49.800 As expected, those guidelines are completely absurd.

00:02:55.120 Those are your Rebels, now let's round them up.

00:02:57.240 The sanctions announced by Justice Adam Germain do not include imprisonment for Pastor Artur Pawlowski or his brother David.

00:03:10.960 They do include significant financial fines as well as an obligation to perform some community service work not associated with street church.

00:03:20.640 Additionally, and most problematically, both David and Artur will be under probation.

00:03:25.960 David for 12 months and Artur for 18 months.

00:03:29.180 And the contents of the probation, while some of it is fairly standard,

00:03:33.000 includes some problematic and apparently targeted attacks on their ministries and capacities as pastor.

00:03:39.500 First and foremost, Pastor Artur Pawlowski is forbidden from travel outside of Alberta.

00:03:44.380 This seeming response to the fact that he has been touring the United States

00:03:48.680 and bringing quite a bit of attention to his mistreatment at the hand of government authorities.

00:03:54.420 Furthermore, and again most troublingly certainly,

00:03:57.780 is the fact that Pastor Artur and David Pawlowski have been instructed to basically provide a verbal statement

00:04:04.360 that has been prescripted discussing masks, vaccines, and COVID-19

00:04:09.980 in a matter that is approved by the government following any public comments they make.

00:04:16.240 This has to be fleshed out and once we have the written ruling, we can explore this at length.

00:04:21.140 But this amounts to compelled speech.

00:04:23.920 Sanctions mandating that they follow up any statement with a pre-approved addendum

00:04:28.240 clarifying that their opinion is not necessarily that of the government's.

00:04:32.600 This is extremely problematic.

00:04:34.280 So, Pastor Artur, we have the ruling not going to jail,

00:04:39.120 but as you said, they've fundamentally attempted to undermine your capacity as a pastor.

00:04:44.940 Clearly, this is better than going to jail,

00:04:47.040 but how do you feel about the overall attack on your role as a pastor?

00:04:51.820 No, I'm going to jail.

00:04:53.120 I mean, there's no question about that.

00:04:55.080 They just did it in such a way to show that they are merciful.

00:05:01.760 I am never going to obey those orders.

00:05:06.300 Never.

00:05:06.740 There is no way because for me to lie to people,

00:05:11.580 to open my mouth with a lie, it goes against the reason I'm alive. 0.93

00:05:17.560 So, like I said, murder me.

00:05:19.840 It's better for me than to take my ability to preach the truth.

00:05:25.400 I'm a pastor.

00:05:26.100 That's what I do.

00:05:26.840 I preach the truth.

00:05:27.840 And I tell people real science.

00:05:30.740 I hang around for four months with the real doctors, real biologists, biologists, real scientists.

00:05:37.400 And I know that what they're doing here in Canada is wrong.

00:05:43.160 It's evil.

00:05:44.260 And people expect their pastors, the clergymen, to speak the truth.

00:05:50.500 And this judge is effectively taking away my ability to tell the truth to the public.

00:05:59.500 I cannot and I will never obey that kind of ruling.

00:06:04.260 And we know we've seen charter rights violated from the get-go.

00:06:08.820 Compelled speech is the type of stuff we see in the Soviet Union,

00:06:12.340 forcing you to add an appendix from the government, 0.97

00:06:15.940 a footnote to every comment you make publicly as a pastor is ridiculous.

00:06:19.660 So we will be appealing that.

00:06:21.860 Do you have any words out there for people as we move forward with your legal battle

00:06:25.860 in light of this ruling and what your plan is moving forward?

00:06:29.500 Well, I am in this situation because of you.

00:06:33.400 You didn't stand up where there was a time to stand up.

00:06:37.980 Canadians, rise up, stand up.

00:06:40.280 Pastors, why are you not coming to my aid?

00:06:43.760 Why are you obeying the rules of the tyrants

00:06:47.220 and not obeying the commandments of Jesus Christ?

00:06:50.660 I do not understand.

00:06:52.080 It's beyond me.

00:06:53.360 If people will rise up, it's over for the villains.

00:06:56.720 If people will stand up for the rides, the tyrants will have no foothold.

00:07:02.420 Well, if this outrageous ruling by Justice Adam Germain

00:07:06.200 doesn't get people who are fans of democracy, justice and free speech to stand up,

00:07:11.420 then I reckon nothing will.

00:07:13.620 Imagine that.

00:07:14.400 This judge wants a pastor to promote government propaganda

00:07:19.060 whenever or wherever he chooses to speak about the pandemic.

00:07:23.900 This is the kind of court ruling you might have seen in the dark old days of the Soviet Union.

00:07:29.920 As for Canada, surely this is a deeply disturbing precedent

00:07:34.260 and one that is almost beyond belief.

00:07:38.340 And joining me now is the man who's been covering the Pastor Pawlowski saga from day one,

00:07:43.720 and that would be Adam Seuss.

00:07:45.420 How are you doing there, Adam?

00:07:46.820 Wonderful.

00:07:47.540 Thanks so much for having me.

00:07:48.720 Great.

00:07:49.160 Great coverage, Adam, as always.

00:07:50.600 Adam, I have to be honest, given the judge's rhetoric prior to sentencing,

00:07:55.800 I was truly expecting him to throw the book at Pastor Art.

00:07:59.660 I was expecting a multi-year jail sentence.

00:08:03.200 That didn't happen.

00:08:04.720 And while nobody wants to be jailed, I have to be honest,

00:08:08.340 these free speech restrictions might even be worse than a prison sentence

00:08:13.320 when it comes to someone like Arthur.

00:08:16.200 What do you say, my friend?

00:08:18.060 Well, you know, it's really interesting.

00:08:19.240 I don't know if you're watching the live stream of our coverage from the courthouse,

00:08:22.340 but I actually said a few times, because I had this sneaking suspicion

00:08:25.440 that he may be laying out this heavy case and stating that imprisonment was entirely justified.

00:08:33.120 In a similar fashion to the fact that before he determined that the Pawlowskis,

00:08:37.420 Chris Scott and everyone else, basically, who were under this umbrella ruling,

00:08:40.680 were guilty of contempt of court,

00:08:42.580 he seemed to be providing a lot of commentary on how there was reasonable grounds

00:08:47.420 to suggest that they shouldn't be found guilty in contempt of court.

00:08:50.880 After laying all that out and applauding Sarah Miller for exceptional work,

00:08:55.580 he basically came out with a guilty and all counts ruling.

00:08:58.520 Based on that experience last time, when he was laying it on so thick and saying prison is entirely justifiable,

00:09:05.200 I had this sort of sneaking suspicion in the back of my mind that he's saying this for political purposes,

00:09:10.700 to basically say that the government did no wrong, that AHS did no wrong.

00:09:15.280 But he knew from a legal precedent that throwing someone in jail for, again, he's already spent three days in jail,

00:09:22.060 but throwing someone in jail for an extended period of time, again, with one contempt case,

00:09:27.260 one instance, not repeated instances, would lose on appeal immediately.

00:09:31.100 So I think he tried to do the most punishment that he could without sending him to jail.

00:09:36.340 But on that one hand, it does seem like a victory in that there wasn't a jail sentence,

00:09:40.880 but it is good news, bad news.

00:09:42.580 And the bad news is exactly this.

00:09:45.300 It's the fact that they've basically undermined his capacity as a pastor,

00:09:48.900 and they've basically tagged on him this Twitter or Facebook-style warning

00:09:53.460 that everywhere Pastor Archer goes, he has to say COVID information

00:09:57.240 and provide a little disclaimer from the government.

00:09:59.680 You are entirely right in suggesting that is communist-era politics.

00:10:04.800 When I spoke with Sarah Miller, I asked her if there's any precedent of a court ruling

00:10:08.900 where a pastor or a person who speaks publicly was ordered to, after every public statement,

00:10:14.900 add a little addendum or footnote providing official government data to contradict their own positions.

00:10:20.720 You know, but Adam, even so, do you think Justice Germain has painted himself into a corner?

00:10:26.500 I mean, I'm not a lawyer, but by that I mean he has laid out the law to him,

00:10:32.180 i.e., when you speak publicly, whether it's in the public square or on social media,

00:10:37.280 you have to give a corresponding amount of time to the AHS or government narrative regarding the pandemic.

00:10:44.420 We know Archer is not going to do that.

00:10:46.960 So if he doesn't do that, and maybe he's already not done that,

00:10:52.660 that would be, I guess, what, contempt of court?

00:10:56.240 So now the justice is back in the position of either fining him or sentencing him to jail again.

00:11:05.120 So the big question to me is, will this justice double down when it comes to the actual enforcement of this mandate?

00:11:14.900 Because I would argue, Adam, it's only a matter of time.

00:11:18.100 Yeah. Well, the two potential outlets or the two potential thoughts on this are,

00:11:23.640 one, and this is optimistic and I don't necessarily believe it,

00:11:26.460 but it is the thought that perhaps he thought he could sort of silence him

00:11:31.120 and just kind of put him by the wayside, not throw him into jail.

00:11:35.620 He literally mentioned that he didn't want to allow Pastor Archer to become a martyr of sorts in prison.

00:11:40.460 So it's very much political, but maybe the thought was, well, maybe we waylay him and stick him to the outside.

00:11:46.060 I think that's naive, to be honest, because we know Pastor Archer Poplowski will not be silenced

00:11:51.300 and he will not be adding little footnotes or addendums.

00:11:53.680 I think what they are likely to do and what is probably what you're suggesting is be like,

00:11:59.760 see, this is yet another case of contempt and now we're justified with more severe punishments.

00:12:04.540 But what they don't realize they're doing by trying to thread this needle and have the best of both worlds,

00:12:09.320 what they're doing is continuing to provide a growing platform

00:12:12.960 and make international parties more and more aware that this is clearly political and that he's being targeted. 0.93

00:12:19.660 They've set up this ridiculous thing.

00:12:21.020 This compelled speech mandate is by every metric that I understand, and I'm not a lawyer, but it's illegal.

00:12:27.140 You can't force someone, it's against their fundamental rights as a Canadian,

00:12:30.500 to have to say something after every public statement. 0.96

00:12:33.200 It's ridiculous. 0.54

00:12:33.960 If there was ever any doubt whether or not this was political, 0.85

00:12:37.540 Justice Adam Jermaine's extended comments before he gave his ruling,

00:12:42.300 just basically stipulating nothing to do with the contempt of court case,

00:12:45.100 but restating government talking points on COVID, finalize that conclusively,

00:12:50.100 and then to cement it entirely, his ruling where Pastor Arthur isn't allowed to tour and speak,

00:12:55.620 he's not allowed to leave the province, and then worse still,

00:12:58.340 Pastor Arthur is subjected to these probation terms that are virtually unprecedented,

00:13:03.440 where he's fundamentally being stifled as a pastor.

00:13:05.920 It sets in stone that this was a political ruling, not a legal ruling.

00:13:11.960 Oh, 100%, Adam.

00:13:13.320 It was definitely a political ruling.

00:13:14.800 But by the same token, do you think that Justice Jermaine is experiencing some buyer's remorse?

00:13:22.660 Because he didn't want to put Pastor Arthur in jail to further continue on the martyr narrative.

00:13:31.060 But I would suggest what he did with this, you know, curbing of his free speech is even worse,

00:13:38.840 even more noteworthy, even more enraging to the world community that cares about freedom of speech.

00:13:45.260 I'm just wondering if we had Justice Jermaine's ear in a private conversation.

00:13:52.500 He's saying, yikes, I think I blew it with this ruling.

00:13:57.560 And it very much, it resembles, and this furthers the narrative that this is political,

00:14:01.520 it resembles Jason Kenney's management of the COVID-19 situation from the beginning.

00:14:06.700 He's attempting to play both sides of the conversation.

00:14:10.680 And instead of committing to one platform, whether that be opening or moving towards restrictions,

00:14:15.320 he's trying to keep everyone happy.

00:14:17.320 They're more concerned about public polls than a logical course of action moving forward.

00:14:22.320 This initiative by Justice Jermaine was, I think, a horribly failed attempt to thread that needle.

00:14:28.180 And I can tell you almost conclusively that there is an element of buyer's remorse,

00:14:31.520 or at least some second thought.

00:14:33.360 Because as court was wrapping up yesterday, Sarah Miller mentioned in court,

00:14:37.720 and we'll get the transcripts to make sure that we have this accurately.

00:14:40.040 We will share that with our viewers, of course.

00:14:41.700 But Sarah Miller basically said that all the cases of precedent that she cited are a large number of them.

00:14:47.540 Justice Jermaine didn't even mention in his final ruling.

00:14:51.120 And he said something to the effect of, well, I'm only human.

00:14:53.980 The written ruling was actually supposed to come out this morning.

00:14:57.540 And obviously, the written ruling would be virtually ready to go at the time it was read by Justice Jermaine,

00:15:02.380 maybe some minor tweaks.

00:15:03.540 They've delayed it until tomorrow.

00:15:05.220 So I suspect, I mean, I don't know if this is legal, I'm not a lawyer,

00:15:09.580 but a ruling that should be out in written form and presented this morning has been delayed by 24 hours.

00:15:16.000 I don't know if tweaks are being made or if there's amendments being made

00:15:19.380 because of all the criticism and backlash that has come his way.

00:15:22.740 But I would certainly love to get my hands on that original written ruling

00:15:26.060 as it stood when it was read by Justice Jermaine.

00:15:28.920 Indeed.

00:15:29.460 Can't wait for that, Adam.

00:15:30.500 And Sarah Miller, who has been doing incredible work,

00:15:35.160 she described the judge's ruling as bizarre.

00:15:39.260 And make no mistake, that's quite harsh for a lawyer to call a judge's ruling bizarre, isn't it, Adam?

00:15:47.740 Oh, entirely.

00:15:48.420 And I mean, Sarah Miller is a well-respected lawyer, something of a legal prodigy.

00:15:53.520 Sheila and I often joke that she was born in a lab to fight in court for freedom.

00:16:00.940 But, I mean, she's in incredibly good standing and is well-respected.

00:16:04.500 And for something to be so outlandish and his comments to be so out there

00:16:09.160 that Sarah Miller is left kind of scratching her head saying,

00:16:12.760 this is bizarre, it says something significant.

00:16:16.560 This is not simply a matter of Pastor Arthur Pawlowski is our guy

00:16:20.060 and therefore we don't like this ruling.

00:16:21.680 There's certainly some extrajudicial considerations in what Justice Jermaine presented

00:16:27.880 that should be garnering the attention of civil liberties unions and organizations and groups,

00:16:34.720 lawyers across this country.

00:16:36.080 I certainly hope that the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench is looking at this

00:16:39.720 because this is, by every metric, bizarre.

00:16:43.060 And bizarre is not a word you want to hear when you're discussing court rulings.

00:16:46.740 And one last question before we wrap, Adam.

00:16:50.300 When it comes to, since you mentioned civil liberties unions,

00:16:54.940 has the Canadian Civil Liberties Association weighed in on this yet?

00:17:00.320 It has been, man's the word, shockingly.

00:17:03.460 And, I mean, it goes beyond that.

00:17:05.160 It seems that there's just a societal collaboration, willingness to cover this up.

00:17:10.040 Civil liberties unions have not said a thing.

00:17:12.080 Mark my words, if these were the exact same circumstances and the exact same words were being spoken

00:17:17.500 and it was any other religious group, civil liberties groups would be all over this.

00:17:21.780 They simply are not.

00:17:22.800 The other thing that we noticed that was so absolutely jarring is there was probably about

00:17:26.380 a hundred people outside of the court at 9 a.m. on a Wednesday on a very cool day.

00:17:31.900 City TV and numerous news outlets they're building is literally like you could throw a tennis ball and hit it.

00:17:38.620 It is at the end of the block.

00:17:41.380 They didn't say, oh, wait, there's a massive protest outside.

00:17:44.140 What's going on?

00:17:44.700 This is an international story.

00:17:46.500 And the groups that are supposed to be fighting for civil liberties, particularly religious civil liberties,

00:17:52.740 and the organizations that are supposed to be covering the news,

00:17:56.120 even a block away can't be bothered to come out and cover this international news.

00:18:00.740 It's truly troubling.

00:18:01.480 And, you know, I'm glad we'll end it on that, Adam, because that's what's perversely ironic about this case.

00:18:08.860 As you know, back in the 1930s, the premier Bible Bill Eberhardt, as he was called,

00:18:15.540 he was on a jihad against the media then, the newspapers, who would dare write criticism.

00:18:22.320 He was demanding that the government side be presented.

00:18:26.620 And the Edmonton Journal did such great work.

00:18:30.340 They actually won a well-deserved Pulitzer Prize.

00:18:33.740 Well, this judge is kind of doing what Bible Bill did back in the 1930s.

00:18:38.400 But the silence from the media watchdogs, which, of course, are more like lapdogs these days, it's deafening.

00:18:45.880 They're not interested in a Pulitzer Prize exposing an abuse of the state.

00:18:51.460 They are simpatico with shutting down free speech, aren't they?

00:18:57.620 They certainly are.

00:18:58.580 And you know what? 0.98

00:18:59.360 They can be the lapdogs. 0.73

00:19:00.900 I'm happy to take that Pulitzer for responsible journalism. 0.56

00:19:03.760 I'm sure you are, too.

00:19:05.200 That would be wonderful.

00:19:07.400 Well, Adam, you've been doing great work on this file since day one.

00:19:12.380 And there are certainly more chapters to be written.

00:19:17.560 And you're the right man to do the writing because, hey, let's face it, the lapdogs, they're not interested.

00:19:23.680 Nothing to see here.

00:19:24.780 Thank you so much for a great report, my friend.

00:19:26.920 Thanks so much.

00:19:27.420 Appreciate it.

00:19:28.540 And that was Adam Seuss in Calgary.

00:19:31.300 Keep it here, folks.

00:19:32.020 More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.

00:19:34.440 Superman is going by in a move that has everyone asking, well, why?

00:19:44.320 Australian DC comic book writer for Superman has a new reimagining for Superman's son, Jonathan Kent, that is.

00:19:51.060 And he's a social justice superhero.

00:19:53.080 But is this just a marketing psyop?

00:19:55.680 Well, you tell me.

00:19:56.660 Tom Taylor appeared on CNN this week to let everyone know that it would be a waste if Superman was just another straight white guy this time around.

00:20:04.000 Was what does Superman, what should Superman represent today?

00:20:08.280 A new Superman, if you're going to make a new Superman, what should that look like?

00:20:12.300 And it struck me as it would be a real opportunity lost if we had another, we had Clark Kent replaced by another straight white savior. 0.91

00:20:21.660 So here was an opportunity to create a Superman who could represent a whole new group of people. 1.00

00:20:29.680 Damn Superman, saving people and being white, you monster. 1.00

00:20:34.000 I'm kind of suspicious that Taylor is trolling, though, and just had the idea, well, what's the most ridiculous thing I can put into the comic to get people's attention and trigger people on the right wing? 0.99

00:20:43.780 Consider that the writer also discussed the new Superman is going to have to tackle tough issues, like refugees and climate change.

00:20:51.180 And I think that was one that we had to leave them.

00:20:54.800 And we'll be addressing modern day issues, like?

00:20:59.720 Like, like the climate crisis, like refugees. 1.00

00:21:05.720 John, in the last issue, has just been arrested attending a protest, trying to stop the refoundment of asylum seekers.

00:21:12.420 Not that I planned on buying a Superman comic book anytime soon, but this might be a genius marketing ploy by this writer.

00:21:19.380 A young Superman kissing a Japanese boy with pink hair just screams endless talk show segments about the impacts this could have on society. 0.85

00:21:27.800 This is ridiculous, you can't change Superman, the right wing will say. 0.92

00:21:31.400 Conservatives are so intolerant, how come they can't accept this, the left wing will say. 0.97

00:21:34.660 All the sources will be outraged and therefore everybody wins.

00:21:37.680 You have a writer in a rainbow Superman shirt, saying it's a waste to have a straight white Superman, and then puts him in protest for illegal immigrants.

00:21:46.220 This is like a boomer's worst nightmare come true. 0.84

00:21:49.240 But it all ends up in us talking about a comic book that probably 500 people would have bought otherwise.

00:21:55.200 So what do you guys think?

00:21:56.540 Psy-op?

00:21:57.660 Attempt to emasculate yet another manly character?

00:22:01.040 Considered by many, but spoken by few.

00:22:03.800 Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's a...

00:22:07.500 Huh, just what is it that is being depicted upon the pages of the most recent Superman comic book these days?

00:22:15.160 After all, I don't want to commit the uber crime of misgendering somebody, even a fictional comic book character,

00:22:23.040 because that sort of stuff is unforgivable in our cancel culture.

00:22:28.720 And joining me now for this latest reimagining of a DC superhero is Andrew Chapados.

00:22:36.100 How you doing, my friend?

00:22:37.040 I'm doing well.

00:22:38.120 That's a great introduction, David Menzies.

00:22:39.940 Who knows what we're looking at as it flies by?

00:22:42.100 Well, you know what?

00:22:42.720 Who knows what we're looking at, and who knows what to believe?

00:22:47.180 You know, Andrew, I think being in this business for as long as I am,

00:22:50.920 you kind of develop an internal BS detector.

00:22:54.000 And yet, when I was watching that writer during the CNN interview that you had as part of your report,

00:23:02.180 I don't know if he's sincere or if he's taking the piss out of us.

00:23:10.380 What are your thoughts on that?

00:23:11.820 That's what I gather, David, is that he knows exactly what he's doing.

00:23:15.140 He's not dedicated to, you know, this social justice point of view in the comic.

00:23:20.160 Some people have got to know that this is not what comic fans are looking for,

00:23:24.280 even if they are maybe paid to bring in, you know, a social justice point of view like this.

00:23:28.700 But he's wearing the Superman Rainbow Pride shirt.

00:23:31.980 He's saying all the buzzwords like Black Lives Matter and refugees.

00:23:36.240 And he's making out white male, you know, we can't waste this on another cis white male sort of thing.

00:23:43.740 So he's going, he's checking off all the boxes, and it doesn't seem sincere, as you know.

00:23:48.100 Yeah, but I hope he's doing this tongue-in-cheek.

00:23:52.240 But, you know, these days, it's hard to tell parody from reality, Andrew.

00:23:57.140 And you're right, that one quote, that's what got my antenna quivering.

00:24:01.020 It would be an opportunity lost if we had Clark Kent replaced by another straight white savior. 0.99

00:24:09.600 When I go to a comic book, Andrew, I'm looking for escapism.

00:24:14.100 I'm not looking for critical race theory via a graphic novel.

00:24:20.060 How often are you looking to escape, David?

00:24:21.820 Oh, these days, just about every hour.

00:24:24.180 Well, I think it's, for lack of a better term, a psy-op, David Menzies.

00:24:29.380 We've got this easily spoken about on conservative media where we're going,

00:24:33.860 can you believe they're changing this character to another social justice left-wing trope?

00:24:38.600 And on the left wing, they're saying, can we believe that the conservatives can't accept just somebody

00:24:42.940 because they're gay and because it's a comic book that's changing and wants to be inclusive

00:24:46.600 and represent different people?

00:24:49.020 It's got both sides talking about it.

00:24:51.140 And I think it's just one of those things where it's a news story that can get passed around

00:24:54.420 and get everybody clicks.

00:24:55.680 I don't think there's a lot of energy behind it otherwise,

00:24:58.140 because I don't know how many people are buying the copy of this issue without this publicity.

00:25:04.260 There's you, there's Kevin Smith, and I'm not sure who else.

00:25:08.080 Yeah, well, I don't think I'm going to be buying it.

00:25:09.900 I think I'm in the camp of Dean Cain.

00:25:12.380 I was reading in the paper today.

00:25:14.680 He's speaking out, and good for him.

00:25:16.700 Probably it's going to end his career once and for all.

00:25:19.740 But he says something profound.

00:25:22.760 This would have been, you know, edgy and out there maybe 20 years ago.

00:25:29.920 Not so much now. 0.50

00:25:30.960 Well, I mean, we've already got, I think, a gay Robin, a gay Captain America. 0.70

00:25:36.680 You know, Thor has been transformed into a female.

00:25:40.720 The list goes on.

00:25:41.800 But what Dean Cain said, and I thought this was very profound,

00:25:45.440 what would have been really edgy would have been to have this Superman

00:25:50.900 go to defend the rights of gay people in Iran, in Afghanistan.

00:25:56.180 But you know DC or any other comic publisher, they're not going to touch that

00:26:02.220 with the proverbial 10-foot pole, are they?

00:26:04.260 Well, TV Superman also said that it would have been an edgier thing to do 20, 30 years ago,

00:26:09.520 which is completely true.

00:26:10.820 Now, I was watching a debate yesterday with the great Michael Knowles from Daily Wire,

00:26:14.700 and he was talking to a guy, and it's sort of the same deal here,

00:26:18.180 where I'm seeing somebody I know debate somebody I've never heard of

00:26:21.420 who has a million followers, let's say, because it's so easy for someone to come out here

00:26:25.760 and say, you know, progressive this and refugees that, and get all this attention

00:26:30.060 and get all these viewers.

00:26:31.500 It's no new ideas here.

00:26:33.440 The idea that we're changing a superhero to be more progressive and, you know,

00:26:37.860 inclusive of people is nothing clever about it, David,

00:26:41.040 and that's why it's so sad to see how easily people fall for this sort of stuff.

00:26:45.480 If it was 25 years ago, you would say, you know, that's commendable.

00:26:48.400 They're trying to spread a different message, maybe had an agenda behind it back then.

00:26:52.360 I don't know.

00:26:52.940 You'd have to ask me before I was born, I guess.

00:26:56.200 But, you know, nowadays this is not something that I say, you know what, good on them.

00:27:01.100 This is very unique and clever.

00:27:02.720 But, you know, that's the thing, though, Andrew.

00:27:04.740 If this writer is being sincere as opposed to being facetious,

00:27:10.180 the idea that we don't want another straight white saviour, 1.00

00:27:14.860 the idea that you're straight, white, male,

00:27:20.480 again, I think it plays into this whole critical race theory

00:27:24.580 that we see even appearing in elementary school.

00:27:27.640 And I think it does everybody a disservice.

00:27:29.860 The idea that if you're white, male, straight,

00:27:33.000 you are privileged and you'll always be privileged

00:27:35.700 and you have a lot of apologizing to do forever.

00:27:38.820 And if you're a visible minority, you can never amount to anything 1.00

00:27:44.240 because all the cards are stacked against you,

00:27:46.940 even though there's so much evidence to prove, you know,

00:27:49.700 at least in the Western world, that is not the case.

00:27:52.560 Again, I think it's almost, if this guy's serious about this,

00:27:56.840 and I tend to think he might be,

00:27:59.180 part of the indoctrination of progressivism, Marxism,

00:28:04.880 that's how I feel.

00:28:05.700 I think that maybe the audience does want another straight white saviour. 0.97

00:28:09.460 This guy's Australian.

00:28:10.920 He's printing something that's predominantly going to be read

00:28:13.880 in the United States, another white country.

00:28:16.180 I'd like to see the demographics of their audience at DC Comics.

00:28:20.120 If they find that the Superman comic book

00:28:22.320 is predominantly read by bisexual young boys

00:28:25.500 or Japanese gay boys with pink hair, David Manzies,

00:28:29.660 then maybe this is the right turn for them.

00:28:31.560 And, you know, they're appealing to the right audience.

00:28:33.660 But I would like to consider the fact that maybe,

00:28:36.540 just maybe, people like Superman, just the way he is,

00:28:39.380 but maybe they're hiding under the guise of,

00:28:41.340 oh, it's Superman, some are not actually changing anything.

00:28:43.800 But, you know, I think in this day and age, Andrew,

00:28:46.940 in terms of the corporations that we have

00:28:50.040 and their commitment to wokeism and virtue signaling,

00:28:54.500 they will sacrifice their audience

00:28:57.060 in order to virtue signal and be seen as woke,

00:29:01.040 I think of the next issue of Playboy, understand,

00:29:03.580 is going to have a guy on the cover.

00:29:05.580 Well, of course.

00:29:06.920 I mean, talk about not knowing your audience.

00:29:09.940 Who do they think is buying Playboy magazine?

00:29:11.780 Well, then that makes me think then this move by Playboy

00:29:15.300 has to be just a social justice move to get more attention

00:29:18.380 because I thought they cancelled printing Playboy issues.

00:29:22.000 So what, are they having a ceremonial issue here?

00:29:25.240 Oh, no, they cancelled the idea of nude models

00:29:28.140 and I predicted that was going to last maybe three issues,

00:29:31.540 which I think it just about did, right?

00:29:33.520 And then they brought back, you know, the bunnies

00:29:36.040 and now it's a guy on the cover.

00:29:38.340 I mean, it's Playboy, not Playgirl, you know what I'm saying?

00:29:41.300 Well, it's about time we had a man on Playboy, David Menzies.

00:29:44.920 I don't know who you are or what this show is about,

00:29:47.900 but I think it's very progressive and very proper. 0.72

00:29:49.920 Or it's about time to have a naked man in Playboy.

00:29:52.900 I don't know about you.

00:29:53.600 Well, who am I to downplay your preferences

00:29:56.800 on who you want on the cover of Playboy magazine?

00:29:59.040 But the other element, too, is maybe this is just a gimmick.

00:30:03.100 You alluded to this earlier, Andrew.

00:30:05.460 It's about selling comics by, you know, the fact that they've done this.

00:30:09.520 Look at all the millions of dollars of free publicity

00:30:12.100 this Superman comic has.

00:30:14.740 Here we are talking about it.

00:30:16.540 It's just like when they did things like back in the early 90s

00:30:19.140 when they killed Superman, you know, reams of publicity the world over.

00:30:24.860 And, you know, but then again, I think of what D.C. did five years ago.

00:30:30.220 In 2016, they came out with Chinese Superman.

00:30:33.940 As they will.

00:30:34.700 Named New Superman, of course.

00:30:36.460 And I think the motivation was money.

00:30:41.460 In other words, if just 1% of the people of China buy new Superman,

00:30:47.380 Chinese Superman, that will be the biggest selling comic book of all time.

00:30:51.260 Well, it only lasted 24 issues and it was cancelled.

00:30:54.400 So maybe that's what we're going to see here.

00:30:56.560 Maybe the marketplace is going to vote with its wallets.

00:30:59.940 And they go, you know what?

00:31:01.940 I'm not so much into a, is it a bisexual Superman with a pink-haired Japanese player? 0.82

00:31:09.300 And he's a reporter.

00:31:10.660 So they've got even the mainstream media journalists in there.

00:31:13.700 Mainstream media journalists' true dream is to have a hot, young Superman come and swoop him up in their arms

00:31:20.400 and they're all tangled in their pink hair and they're talking about Black Lives Matter.

00:31:24.260 Unbelievable.

00:31:25.100 Well, Andrew, it was a great commentary.

00:31:26.980 I guess time will tell if this is a gag.

00:31:31.260 You know, if it is a gag, they should go all in.

00:31:34.020 They should forget about Brainiac and Luther as the arch nemesis.

00:31:38.360 Maybe they should come up with Supreme Spirit Unicorn or something like that, you know,

00:31:43.840 and just make it an all-out gong show.

00:31:48.280 And be more like Not Brand Eck, the parody Marvel comic from the 1960s, which I'm sure you remember well.

00:31:56.660 Of course I do.

00:31:57.380 And the new enemies in this are obviously going to be polo t-shirts and frat boys or something.

00:32:01.780 There you go. 0.96

00:32:03.080 This is a young gay man's mortal enemies. 1.00

00:32:05.640 Right. 0.83

00:32:06.220 Well, thank you very much, Andrew.

00:32:08.360 And there you go, folks.

00:32:10.060 Maybe you love the idea of a new and improved bisexual Superman. 0.99

00:32:15.760 Maybe it's your own personal kryptonite.

00:32:18.280 Let's see how this rendition of Superman sells in the weeks and months to come.

00:32:24.580 Keep it here for more of Rebel Roundup.

00:32:27.080 Okay, folks.

00:32:33.040 Step one in creating our uber-safe Halloween mask is, of course, using PPE masks.

00:32:40.700 You know, the kind of which Dr. Frankenstein, I mean, Dr. Fauci, originally advised us against wearing.

00:32:47.160 Then he said you should mask up.

00:32:48.720 And to be extra safe, two or even three masks would do the trick.

00:32:53.100 So who are we to argue with Dr. Fauci?

00:32:55.840 So let's do a triple play of PPE masks. 0.99

00:32:59.680 So let's do a triple play of PPE masks. 0.99

00:33:07.680 One.

00:33:11.440 Two.

00:33:12.680 Two.

00:33:12.960 Two.

00:33:22.620 This one here, this is my favorite mask for obvious reasons.

00:33:26.220 Now, the second step in creating a super safe Halloween mask, well, it's these guys.

00:33:33.240 Now, I want to be very clear about something, folks.

00:33:39.700 This is not part of the actual Halloween costume.

00:33:43.440 This is more PPE.

00:33:46.080 As you can see, these are groucho glasses.

00:33:50.040 They go back some 80 years.

00:33:51.900 Who knew that groucho marks was ahead of the curve?

00:33:54.300 Do you remember back in March when Mexican researchers said that if you're going to eat, take off your mask, but put a nose guard on, because that could help reduce the spread of the coronavirus?

00:34:09.180 Yeah, so there you have it.

00:34:26.880 These are nose guards in case I have to remove my mouth mask for a snack.

00:34:33.840 Now, to be extra careful, as you can see, it's falling off, but we have a solution to that.

00:34:43.320 We are going to apply, folks, the modern day miracle that is saran wrap.

00:34:56.880 Okay, so as you can see now, folks, the nose guard is firmly in place,

00:35:26.000 and this plastic is even preventing the coronavirus from escaping my pores.

00:35:33.120 So, but don't worry, we still have a few more steps yet.

00:35:37.420 For example, a plastic face shield.

00:35:49.320 Okay, so we got the three cloth masks, we got the nose guard, we got the saran wrap, and we have the plastic shield.

00:35:56.000 I think at this point, we can actually put on the Halloween mask.

00:36:05.560 I like to go as a skeleton.

00:36:07.120 Okay, now, there's no such thing as being too safe, is there?

00:36:27.840 Okay, so I think over my skeleton mask, the actual Halloween mask, well, another face shield.

00:36:36.280 I think I'm ready to trick-or-treat.

00:36:51.520 Well, let us all thank God, or would it be Lucifer in this case, that Ontario's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Kieran Moore,

00:37:16.720 has released the province's official rules for Halloween.

00:37:21.560 First rule, Dr. Kieran recommends kids trick-or-treat outside as much as possible.

00:37:27.640 No, we actually said that, folks.

00:37:29.360 Trick-or-treat outside.

00:37:31.720 Secondly, trick-or-treaters should not sing or shout for their treats.

00:37:37.440 So please, kids, whisper, trick-or-treat.

00:37:40.840 Okay, third, homeowners should keep interactions with trick-or-treaters short and encourage them to move along after receiving their treats.

00:37:51.180 Yeah, as if homeowners in previous years would invite the small fries into the house to, oh, I don't know, have a beer or something.

00:37:59.160 And finally, Dr. Kieran wants trick-or-treaters to wear a face covering when physical distancing cannot be maintained.

00:38:08.400 Oh, and he wants us to be creative with the aforementioned face covering.

00:38:13.020 And as you just saw, we really got creative indeed, perhaps making the safest Halloween mask on the planet.

00:38:21.440 Just one hitch I couldn't see, and oh, there's another hitch I could barely breathe.

00:38:26.720 But hey, science!

00:38:29.660 In any event, you had plenty to say about how this unelected, non-accountable health bureaucrat tends to treat taxpayers like toddlers,

00:38:38.780 given his absurd rules when it comes to festive occasions.

00:38:44.540 Daniel Feroz writes,

00:38:47.080 I would trust a stranger on the street more than Ontario's top doctor.

00:38:52.160 You know, me too, Daniel.

00:38:53.200 Now, I think the average stranger on the street would have more common sense than Dr. Kieran.

00:39:01.140 Waterbottle writes,

00:39:02.720 Trick-or-treat outside.

00:39:04.480 Jesus, how much is this guy getting paid?

00:39:07.140 Whatever it is, I know one thing for sure.

00:39:09.480 It is too much.

00:39:10.880 Well, Waterbottle,

00:39:11.640 Well, medical health officers are typically amongst the highest paid bureaucrats in Canada.

00:39:17.400 Hefty six-figure salaries, plus tons of perks and benefits,

00:39:21.320 and of course, a nice juicy pension for life when they retire.

00:39:25.660 But it's worth it, wouldn't you say?

00:39:27.920 I mean, without Dr. Kieran's advice,

00:39:30.460 maybe Ontario's kids would think they were supposed to trick-or-treat indoors this year.

00:39:36.620 The Trains writes,

00:39:39.620 I think I'm going to dress up as Ontario's Chief Minister of Health for Halloween.

00:39:44.980 Oh, please don't do that.

00:39:47.040 What are you trying to do?

00:39:48.440 Give the average homeowner a heart attack?

00:39:51.980 Sarah-Jane Constantin writes,

00:39:55.220 My message to the so-called medical experts?

00:39:58.360 Pound sand. 1.00

00:39:59.640 I'm ignoring your blatant idiocy. 1.00

00:40:01.720 I'm with you, Sarah-Jane, but can you imagine those parents who take in Dr. Kieran's advice 1.00

00:40:07.760 and are actually grateful for such guidance?

00:40:11.900 Now, that's really scary, kids.

00:40:15.360 And Marcy Schwab writes, 0.98

00:40:17.340 David, you have just proven just how ridiculous our country has become. 0.81

00:40:23.400 Well, thanks so much, Murray, but truth be told, 0.71

00:40:26.220 the people in charge, well, they're making it easy for me.

00:40:29.880 Well, that wraps up another edition of Rebel Roundup.

00:40:32.880 Thanks so much for joining us.

00:40:34.180 See you next week.

00:40:34.940 And hey, folks, never forget, without risk, there can be no glory.

00:40:39.120 Good night.

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Rebel News Podcast - October 16, 2021

DAVID MENZIES ｜ Pastor Artur Infuriates Alberta Judge, Bisexual Superman

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