Rebel News Podcast - July 31, 2018


VIRAL VIDEO UPDATE： Angry Toronto teacher accidentally gives lesson in “8 Leftist Tactics” of “debate”


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In the wake of the Toronto shooting, a teacher at a local high school gets mad at me for asking a question about the shooter. She then launches into a ranting rant about racism and links to an article about the shooting by CBS News in the US.

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00:00:00.000 Tonight, I went to the scene of the deadly Toronto shooting and met a teacher that was steaming mad at me and not the shooter.
00:00:09.460 It's July 30th, I'm David Menzies and this is the Ezra Levent Show.
00:00:19.740 Why should others go to jail when you're a biggest carbon consumer I know?
00:00:23.620 There's 8,500 customers here and you won't give them an answer.
00:00:27.220 You come here once a year with a sign and you feel morally superior.
00:00:30.740 The only thing I have to say to the government about why I publish it is because it's my bloody right to do so.
00:00:41.000 Last week in the aftermath of the latest deadly atrocity to hit Toronto, we visited the scene of the crime on Danforth Avenue to see if people were buying the official narrative of the event.
00:00:52.720 You know that the gunman was mentally ill and perhaps that this murder spree was due to a psychotic outburst.
00:01:00.580 Or was there perhaps more to this story?
00:01:03.580 After all, the day we ventured out to interview people, CBS in the U.S. was reporting that Faisal Hussein had allegedly visited ISIS websites and had even pledged his allegiance to ISIS.
00:01:15.360 And he had allegedly visited such beautiful bastions of tolerance and democracy as Afghanistan and Pakistan.
00:01:21.600 Now, the vast majority of people we spoke to were very thoughtful and reflective.
00:01:28.120 And then, just as I was interviewing a couple, a woman who it turns out is a Toronto high school teacher inserted herself into the conversation. 0.95
00:01:37.300 And what rapidly emerged was a cliche-o-matic rendition of every leftist, socialist, progressive mantra ever conceived.
00:01:48.000 But make no mistake, she was no caricature from Central Casting, folks.
00:01:52.160 She was as real as it gets.
00:01:55.340 Now, I urge you to visit the entire rant, which has been posted on our website and on our YouTube channel.
00:02:02.620 And in case you missed it, you have to check out Stephen Crowder's excellent breakdown of the Social Justice Warrior playbook this woman goes through.
00:02:12.360 We'll link below to that as well.
00:02:14.320 But in this space, I thought I'd give you the Cool's Notes version of her ramblings and dissect her crazy commentary
00:02:21.820 to indicate how just about everything she screams about is a leftist tactic to shut up wrong-think.
00:02:31.100 And remember, folks, she's teaching the next generation.
00:02:36.100 So, for starters, as I mentioned earlier, the news peg for the men on the street interviews that day was a CBC report stating Hussain had visited ISIS websites.
00:02:45.960 And upon overhearing this, because I wasn't even talking to this woman to begin with, she says this.
00:02:53.420 Can you please not descend into racist things right now?
00:02:56.060 Please don't.
00:02:56.480 I'm sorry, what did I say that was racist?
00:02:58.460 Don't come here.
00:02:59.620 The rebel, really?
00:03:01.000 You don't need to be here right now.
00:03:02.900 This is our community.
00:03:04.340 Folks, did I say anything that was racist?
00:03:06.320 Yes, you asked if the man...
00:03:07.380 Well, I'm actually...
00:03:08.020 You asked if the shooter had visited ISIS websites.
00:03:11.440 That is not...
00:03:11.980 No, I said CBS in the U.S.
00:03:13.920 This is not okay.
00:03:14.800 I said CBS in the U.S. is reporting that.
00:03:17.680 The rebel is not okay.
00:03:19.300 That does not represent Canadian values.
00:03:21.600 Why are you so mad, ma'am?
00:03:22.720 This is a news report that broke today.
00:03:25.180 Can I call you back?
00:03:26.200 This is not what we're about.
00:03:27.380 I'm sorry.
00:03:27.880 This is not what Canada is about.
00:03:29.300 Canada is not about racism.
00:03:31.320 Yeah, right off the bat, she employs tactic number one of the left, the racism card. 1.00
00:03:37.580 But how is a gunman having links to ISIS racist?
00:03:42.740 ISIS is not a race.
00:03:44.080 Islam is not a race.
00:03:45.560 In fact, ISIS will gladly take any recruit who wants to be a jihadi in terms of being 0.92
00:03:51.700 a pawn to bring down the society and install that Islamic caliphate. 0.99
00:03:56.320 As long as you're willing to strap on a suicide bomb and carry out some carnage, ISIS will accommodate
00:04:02.320 you.
00:04:03.160 Gotta say this about ISIS. 0.97
00:04:05.040 They just don't discriminate when it comes to recruiting their angels of death and destruction.
00:04:10.080 Even so, that's the thing with the left today.
00:04:13.380 Every slight or perceived slight is racist.
00:04:17.100 Even if race is completely irrelevant to the issue at hand.
00:04:22.580 Which brings us to leftist tactic number two.
00:04:25.840 As CBS in the U.S. is reporting that he had...
00:04:29.140 CBS, that's like reporting on Fox.
00:04:31.880 Fake news.
00:04:32.340 Really?
00:04:32.780 Fake, the rebel.
00:04:33.880 Fake news.
00:04:34.680 Fake news.
00:04:35.400 What's real news?
00:04:36.700 People that actually have a media outlet that is real and not racist.
00:04:39.720 Like CBC?
00:04:41.320 Yes, like CBC, it's better.
00:04:42.820 It's not perfect, but it's definitely better.
00:04:44.980 Ah, yes.
00:04:45.780 Fake news.
00:04:46.360 You see, when the messenger is stating something contrarian to the worldview of a leftist,
00:04:52.280 then it's just gotta be fake news, right?
00:04:54.260 And how odd that she seems to think that the left of center CBS is just the same as the right
00:05:01.180 of center Fox News.
00:05:02.940 But that's the crux of the matter, isn't it?
00:05:05.540 Even if a news source that is politically aligned to her worldview reports something that's
00:05:11.400 not in keeping with her viewpoint, then it is, therefore, fake news.
00:05:16.940 Now, on to leftist tactic number three.
00:05:20.280 And the mass, what does the mass shooting have to do with a man that, like, come on,
00:05:24.420 come on, man.
00:05:25.140 What does it have to do with a man who, you didn't finish that sentence?
00:05:27.480 Why should I need to?
00:05:29.240 Well, I, because I'm trying to understand what you're saying, man.
00:05:32.200 This is what is known as just say something that is completely incoherent and hope that
00:05:38.380 it sticks, and when a leftist is challenged on his or her inability to form a complete
00:05:43.780 sentence, just state, why should I need to?
00:05:47.460 As if everyone should understand such gibberish, and if you don't understand such gibberish,
00:05:54.040 then you are the problem.
00:05:56.480 Leftist tactic number four.
00:05:58.460 This is our city.
00:05:59.760 This is our city.
00:06:00.600 You need to not be here.
00:06:01.440 Here's the thing.
00:06:02.240 I need to not be here.
00:06:03.760 You need to not be here.
00:06:04.300 Based on whose authority?
00:06:06.180 Based on my authority, because I live here.
00:06:08.240 Do you?
00:06:08.940 Do you?
00:06:10.080 Ah, yes.
00:06:11.240 Excluding those voices who are not simpatico with the PC chorus.
00:06:16.740 And so it is that I'm ordered to leave the community, in this case, a public sidewalk,
00:06:23.460 based on her authority, even though she has no authority in which to make such a demand.
00:06:30.660 But she'll make it anyway.
00:06:32.340 But wait a minute.
00:06:33.100 I thought the left was against bullying.
00:06:36.140 My mistake.
00:06:37.100 Leftist tactic number five.
00:06:40.480 Do you live here?
00:06:41.220 And that gives you the right to tell people to leave?
00:06:43.440 I think that's a capitalist mentality.
00:06:44.420 Is it my property?
00:06:45.200 No, but this is my community.
00:06:46.920 We live in a capitalist society, don't we?
00:06:48.960 Yes, we do.
00:06:49.560 Unfortunately.
00:06:50.340 Unfortunately?
00:06:51.020 Yes, very much.
00:06:51.580 You prefer a communist society?
00:06:53.000 I prefer a socialist society.
00:06:54.280 Yes, I do.
00:06:54.760 Like in Venezuela, perhaps?
00:06:56.060 No.
00:06:56.420 North Korea? 0.67
00:06:57.320 Oh my God.
00:06:58.220 Cuba?
00:06:58.700 Wow.
00:06:59.000 I'm naming all the socialists.
00:07:01.620 You're descending into your own hell right now.
00:07:04.000 Listen.
00:07:04.320 These are hell holes.
00:07:05.260 I agree with you.
00:07:06.040 Oh, hell holes.
00:07:07.420 Now you're quoting Trump.
00:07:08.800 Lovely.
00:07:09.480 That was perfect.
00:07:11.020 Perfect.
00:07:11.660 He did a different kind of hole.
00:07:13.300 Quoting Trump is the best thing you could have ever done for yourself.
00:07:17.380 Ah, you knew it was only a matter of time before she dropped the Trump bomb, right? 0.95
00:07:21.640 Because, hey, in the mind of a loony leftist, Trump equals Hitler.
00:07:26.300 And that means there's nothing worse than aligning someone to Trump.
00:07:29.960 Because whether it's Adolf or Donald, those fascists are just so despicable.
00:07:37.580 Leftist tactic number six.
00:07:39.800 What is wrong with this world is that we don't love and we don't talk to each other.
00:07:43.340 We don't form human relationships anymore.
00:07:45.440 That is wrong with this world.
00:07:47.360 It's not about your freaking fascist agenda and your mind.
00:07:51.520 Fascist.
00:07:52.040 Fascist.
00:07:52.580 I'm going to say the word.
00:07:53.740 Just like you quoted Trump, Trump is a fascist.
00:07:56.420 Quote me on that.
00:07:57.600 Quote me on that.
00:07:59.000 Okay?
00:07:59.680 Ford.
00:08:00.180 People that elected Ford are people that are demented.
00:08:02.920 That have absolutely no social...
00:08:04.040 Really?
00:08:04.600 Yes.
00:08:04.920 He won a supermajority government.
00:08:06.780 Holy Hillary Clinton. 1.00
00:08:08.280 It's the basket of deplorables card.
00:08:11.060 Wonder what took her so long to utter that classic put down. 1.00
00:08:16.300 Leftist tactic number seven.
00:08:18.220 Are you really a school teacher?
00:08:19.660 Yes, I am.
00:08:20.480 Is this how you teach your children, by the way?
00:08:22.520 You scream at them?
00:08:23.440 No.
00:08:24.160 Come on, man.
00:08:25.020 Seriously?
00:08:25.740 Seriously?
00:08:26.580 Seriously?
00:08:26.920 Are you that dense, dude?
00:08:28.120 I've never seen you teach, man.
00:08:29.500 Seriously?
00:08:30.440 Are you seriously that dense?
00:08:31.800 I mean, you said you're a teacher.
00:08:33.140 I am a teacher.
00:08:33.860 Don't question my profession.
00:08:34.900 Ah, yes.
00:08:36.000 The victim card by way of how dare you question my profession.
00:08:40.500 By the way, folks, this nugget came just seconds after she maligned my profession. 0.99
00:08:47.320 Not how to give a rodent's rectum about that, mind you, but it just demonstrates the double
00:08:52.360 standard so cherished by the progressives.
00:08:55.980 All of which finally brings me to tactic number eight, and this might be the most disturbing
00:09:01.440 tactic of all.
00:09:03.240 What would be the charge, ma'am?
00:09:04.840 You're going to call the police?
00:09:05.960 Questioning people about stuff that's completely inaccurate and irrelevant.
00:09:08.260 This is illegal under Canadian law?
00:09:10.160 You know what?
00:09:10.760 Unfortunately not, but if you start spewing racist crap that is hate speech, yes, it is
00:09:15.120 illegal.
00:09:15.900 Yeah, she threatens to call the police, even though absolutely no crime has been committed
00:09:22.440 here.
00:09:23.380 Oh, sure, my line of questioning might have hurt her feelings, or maybe triggered her, or
00:09:29.800 made her clamor for a safe space, which in this case would appear to be a nearby ice cream
00:09:36.800 parlor.
00:09:37.860 But saying something offensive or triggering isn't a criminal act, of course.
00:09:42.580 Well, not yet.
00:09:44.480 But there are troubling signs, aren't there, that we are headed further in this direction,
00:09:49.200 whether it's the police arresting people for uttering a so-called hate crime as opposed
00:09:54.100 to committing an actual real crime, or if we're talking about something being cooked up by our
00:10:00.620 parliamentarians, such as M103, the anti-Islamophobia motion, which may one day lead to a bill that
00:10:08.800 will lead to an actual law, then this teacher would indeed have something to fall back on in
00:10:15.460 order for law enforcement to swoop in and lay charges based on hurt feelings pertaining to
00:10:22.520 phantom Islamophobia or bigotry or racism.
00:10:26.680 And then people like me will be hauled off, perhaps never to be heard from again, because
00:10:33.000 she may not have called the police, but someone, and I have my assumptions of who it could be,
00:10:39.040 but someone did issue a privacy complaint with YouTube, as if she wasn't aware that we were
00:10:46.640 filming her.
00:10:47.900 But hang on for a second, she inserted herself into the story and started talking to me, even
00:10:55.140 commenting on my microphone flash.
00:10:58.600 This is the sort of society this teacher and her progressive posse of assorted nutty thugs 1.00
00:11:03.980 want.
00:11:05.080 Less freedom, more totalitarianism.
00:11:09.040 And if we don't take a stand and defend our freedoms, their dark vision may one day
00:11:15.220 come to fruition.
00:11:33.140 DC Comics Justice League hit HBO this month, bringing new calls for, well, you guessed it,
00:11:39.040 sexism.
00:11:40.340 You see, critics seem to think the empowered Amazon women are objectified because they 1.00
00:11:46.260 show off their physiques.
00:11:47.500 But my next guest has another theory.
00:11:50.400 Maybe these lonely feminists are just jealous. 1.00
00:11:54.080 Joining me now to discuss this is the Rebels' own Ben Davies.
00:11:57.880 How you doing, Ben?
00:11:59.340 I'm doing fantastic, my man.
00:12:01.360 How are you doing?
00:12:01.860 Oh, it's just wonderful.
00:12:04.160 But not so wonderful when I see people going after something from my cherished childhood
00:12:11.040 reading, which is the comic books.
00:12:13.720 And now, Ben, take me through this.
00:12:16.660 Somehow, superheroes, and one of the due rigueur aspects of almost every single superhero ever
00:12:23.640 written is an astonishing physique, both male and female.
00:12:28.140 And now, like I said, take me through this.
00:12:30.300 There's some kind of a problem with a very nice female physique on a superhero like Wonder Woman? 1.00
00:12:37.740 Basically, you're right.
00:12:38.620 The problem is you can't be that wonderful.
00:12:41.260 That's just not fair to certain people.
00:12:43.680 And it's highlighted so perfectly.
00:12:45.860 Comedy speaks the most truth, I think, to our times.
00:12:47.820 And Owen Benjamin did this joke that was exactly what's going on in today's society, especially
00:12:52.680 when it comes to the feminist movement.
00:12:54.000 And he said that men are capitalists and women are communists.
00:12:57.000 Men, if they see a guy that's great, great physique, he's smart, he's intelligent, he's
00:13:00.320 a great quarterback, he gets to lead us, he'll do this, we're going to follow him, we're
00:13:03.500 going to elevate him, we're all going to do better.
00:13:05.060 Women get together and they see a beautiful girl and they're like, oh, she must have herpes. 1.00
00:13:08.560 She's a horrible person.
00:13:09.740 And they immediately try to tear her down and bring them down to their level. 0.56
00:13:11.980 And it's exactly what goes on in these movies.
00:13:13.640 And right now they're being hammered, specifically Justice League, for highlighting certain Amazonian
00:13:18.800 women who have a great physique on camera, while in the previous movie, everyone kind 1.00
00:13:23.300 of wore the same thing to make everyone look alike.
00:13:26.360 And, you know, Ben, if we go back to the previous movie, that was the Wonder Woman film, which
00:13:30.620 was directed by a female director.
00:13:33.280 And I think that, if anything, they kind of desexualized Wonder Woman.
00:13:40.400 And that costume, if you look at what the actress is wearing in the Wonder Woman movie
00:13:47.360 versus what the comic book character wears in the classic Wonder Woman comics, it's been
00:13:53.920 really, she's really covered up in the film version, don't you think?
00:13:58.460 Yeah, I think they did a good job of trying to blend it to modern day times.
00:14:01.880 And I really liked what Patty Jenkins did in the first Woman, Wonder Woman. 0.98
00:14:05.220 It was really well received.
00:14:06.220 And people forget now that the Justice League movie came out and it was directed by a man
00:14:10.280 and it's getting slammed for being sexist or whatever.
00:14:12.760 The first Wonder Woman movie, before it was released, was getting criticized up and down
00:14:16.760 for having Gail Godot, a supermodel, play Wonder Woman.
00:14:19.600 Like, oh, Wonder Woman would never be this skinny.
00:14:21.620 You're trying to show this perfect image of a woman that we can't live up to. 1.00
00:14:24.820 These kind of complaints were levied constantly on the film project until it was received like
00:14:28.120 this.
00:14:28.560 And now you just see the same kind of outrage, but now funneled through a different avenue
00:14:32.300 with the new Justice League movie, where they have a guy, it's the symptom of the same
00:14:36.960 leftist political tactic of identity politics, where it's like, okay, only a woman can direct 1.00
00:14:42.580 a female lead movie and only an African-American director can direct an African-American movie 1.00
00:14:47.660 and so forth.
00:14:48.440 So this has spilled into this as well, where they're saying because Zack Snyder is a man,
00:14:52.120 clearly his intent was to objectify these women and not highlight their incredible individual
00:14:56.920 talents and physiques.
00:14:57.920 And I have to say, too, when I first watched this, as someone who's a former athlete and
00:15:01.760 been around some of the best athletes in the world, I watched the scene that they're talking
00:15:05.120 about where they escape and they break down the walls and all these girls sacrifice themselves
00:15:08.440 breaking down these pillars that I was like, oh, these are not actresses. 1.00
00:15:11.280 That's really impressive.
00:15:12.000 They didn't hire just models.
00:15:13.120 They hired CrossFit athletes.
00:15:15.320 And sure enough, in the athlete or in the article that I researched, I scrolled down and they
00:15:19.160 were all CrossFit athletes because those are the best physical performance women in the
00:15:22.240 world.
00:15:22.980 And to highlight them, they had them in different outfits.
00:15:25.340 So you could see how strong they were when they broke down the pillars.
00:15:28.780 You could see like their abs and they were cut up and like really jacked.
00:15:31.020 And I was like, wow, that's really impressive.
00:15:32.380 And what's funny is in the first movie, these same actresses were in it, but you didn't notice
00:15:37.500 them because they covered them up.
00:15:39.120 So all the women would look the same. 1.00
00:15:40.580 No one was individually special or unique.
00:15:42.440 And that's what I thought was cool about the Justice League movie was they had some women 1.00
00:15:46.280 that were stronger.
00:15:47.220 Some people were archers and their costumes were all uniquely different to highlight each attribute
00:15:52.360 about the different actresses on camera.
00:15:53.920 And I thought it was great that they used these incredible athletes.
00:15:56.780 And keep in mind, this is the same kind of outfit that every CrossFit athlete wears in
00:16:01.140 their competitions.
00:16:01.760 If you look up any of these girls in their competitions, they wear the sports bra and 0.99
00:16:05.740 the spandex shorts.
00:16:06.940 It's just and they're like, well, you can't wear that because that makes us feel uncomfortable.
00:16:10.360 So we're not as toned as you are.
00:16:11.840 Well, I'm sorry.
00:16:12.580 You're not there for the screen.
00:16:13.600 But these women were fantastic. 1.00
00:16:15.000 And it's a shame that they're being like completely destroyed on social media for just being excellent
00:16:19.660 at what they do.
00:16:20.220 Well, Ben, tell me, one of the criticisms, costumes aside, is that in the Justice League
00:16:26.240 movie versus the Wonder Woman movie, that there was an inordinate number of so-called
00:16:32.280 butt shots in the Justice League film, which, of course, was directed by a guy.
00:16:37.020 This is from an online feminist magazine that I got this information from. 0.84
00:16:41.960 You're a film buff.
00:16:43.280 Did you notice that?
00:16:44.660 Was it was it that overt to you that the camera, for some reason, was zeroing in on
00:16:49.940 Wonder Woman's butt more so than in the Wonder Woman film? 0.83
00:16:54.340 You know, I'm working on a longer piece for the rebel media that I'll release on this.
00:16:57.680 And, you know, the work that I do for you guys trying to find every butt shot in these
00:17:00.700 movies, I really deserve a raise from the rebel.
00:17:04.020 But no, it's actually a little bit more complicated than that.
00:17:07.020 A lot of this has to do with different styles.
00:17:08.800 OK, and then and there really isn't if I get out piece together in the video specific shots
00:17:13.540 they're talking about.
00:17:14.640 OK, there's there's plenty of shots in both movies.
00:17:16.500 Here's the thing.
00:17:16.900 In every movie, there is this moment.
00:17:18.520 And this is a directing 101 skill that you have to to master to be a director where you
00:17:24.520 look up at someone when they're in a position of power.
00:17:26.920 OK, and this is highlighted by Orwell when he used to cut the floors out of the studio
00:17:31.600 so they can get the camera under the floor to look up at the hero to make them look larger
00:17:35.060 than life, in control, powerful.
00:17:36.420 And unfortunately, if you have females that want to wear skirts and high heels, it's going 1.00
00:17:41.140 to look like you're trying to do that.
00:17:42.900 But in every scene where they're doing this, too, you're looking up at the men like having
00:17:46.280 butt shots and crotch shots. 1.00
00:17:47.840 But it's just not as like, oh, my gosh, you're doing this because there are women on the
00:17:50.240 screen.
00:17:50.620 It couldn't be farther from the truth.
00:17:52.320 And Zack Snyder's style is all about moments.
00:17:55.140 You cut down any of his films.
00:17:56.400 He tries to recreate the most extreme version of every moment in his frames.
00:18:00.320 And that's usually looking extremely up, extremely down.
00:18:02.780 It's just his style of film also woven into it.
00:18:06.460 And it's being picked apart because now you're comparing it to Patty Jenkins' movie, which
00:18:10.520 is completely different.
00:18:12.100 Interesting.
00:18:12.760 And, you know, it's funny, Ben, poor DC Comics.
00:18:16.720 When it comes to the Wonder Woman property, it just seems to attract controversy.
00:18:20.620 Because I thought we were all supposed to have a hate on for the lead actress, Gal Gadot,
00:18:26.020 because, well, in certain circles, I should say, because she's Israeli.
00:18:30.460 You remember that?
00:18:31.120 In some countries, they weren't showing it because of her heritage.
00:18:35.240 And so I guess she can't win, whether it's her nationality, her beautiful looks, the way
00:18:40.980 the camera goes on her body.
00:18:45.480 People are just complaining for the sake of complaining.
00:18:48.040 It's a comic book character, for goodness sakes.
00:18:51.040 I know.
00:18:51.640 And it's the same thing.
00:18:52.420 You can't just appease that kind of mob.
00:18:54.160 Like I said, they were complaining about Wonder Woman originally for all these other
00:18:56.300 reasons.
00:18:56.580 They're going to keep complaining about this one for the same reasons.
00:18:59.080 She's wearing the same costume.
00:19:00.600 She looks amazing.
00:19:01.500 It's incredible.
00:19:02.200 I think the first Wonder Woman movie was fantastic.
00:19:04.700 This movie isn't as good, and it should be criticized for those reasons, probably because
00:19:08.340 the studio made them include three different origin stories in a two-hour movie, which
00:19:11.660 is insane.
00:19:12.880 But yeah, I mean, they should just look at what's been great about this and be happy that there's
00:19:16.800 a female lead, finally, who's tremendous.
00:19:18.560 She's a great spokeswoman for everything going on with Wonder Woman.
00:19:21.200 And I think the performance and the costume highlights how great of an actress she is.
00:19:25.020 It was all about Wonder Woman and the way Gail played her.
00:19:27.940 And it's a shame that she gets hammered by these people who just need something to complain 1.00
00:19:32.020 about constantly and just want everyone to fit in their own box so they don't feel insecure
00:19:36.760 about their own choices or the way that they live.
00:19:38.680 Indeed.
00:19:39.820 And you know, Ben, we'll have to wrap it there.
00:19:41.120 And I would say this to our viewers, that if you think Wonder Woman's costume is over-sexualized,
00:19:46.980 there's a more obscure character in the DC universe called Power Girl.
00:19:51.680 Don't ask me how I know these things.
00:19:53.220 And I'll tell you, Power Girl's costume makes Wonder Woman's costume almost look like a nun's 0.96
00:19:59.000 habit.
00:19:59.540 So hey, everybody, take a chill pill.
00:20:01.500 These are superheroes, male and female.
00:20:03.100 Well, these costumes are supposed to enhance their bodies. 0.99
00:20:07.220 And last word goes to you, Ben.
00:20:10.160 Well, I hope everyone can just be celebrated and not be trying to fit into a box.
00:20:14.800 If you're super talented and you're going to train and discipline yourself, I think you
00:20:18.240 should be able to show it off and appreciate all the work that you put into it.
00:20:20.880 Like these girls who the Amazons are getting hammered for showing off their abs and ripped 1.00
00:20:24.680 forearms.
00:20:25.600 And I think the people that are complaining about this need to look in the mirror instead
00:20:28.760 of blaming other people for the choices they've made.
00:20:32.100 Couldn't have said it better myself, Ben.
00:20:34.300 And nobody wants to see a superhero or a superheroine in this case wearing a burqa. 1.00
00:20:38.560 Listen, Ben, thank you so much for weighing in.
00:20:40.780 All the best.
00:20:42.620 Thank you.
00:20:42.960 Thanks for having me.
00:20:43.600 Thank you.
00:20:44.100 And that was Ben Davies.
00:20:45.300 And folks, keep it here.
00:20:46.140 More of the Ezreal event show to come right after this.
00:20:48.240 Environment Minister Catherine McKenna has a brand new way to spend your money.
00:21:03.780 And no, it's not even environmentally friendly.
00:21:07.140 Here to give us the details is Alberta Bureau Chief Sheila Gunn-Reed.
00:21:11.600 Welcome to the Ezreal event show, Sheila.
00:21:14.140 Hey, David.
00:21:14.960 Thanks for having me on.
00:21:16.040 Always a pleasure.
00:21:16.820 Now, Sheila, let me see if I understand this correctly.
00:21:20.160 In Gantino, there are two buildings that house Environment Canada employees.
00:21:26.840 They're about four kilometers apart, which I think falls in the realm of walking distance.
00:21:34.900 And Climate Barbie figures that we need some sort of a shuttle service every 10 minutes 1.00
00:21:42.360 running so bureaucrats can whisk back and forth from one building to the other.
00:21:46.360 Do I have this right?
00:21:49.760 You have it exactly right.
00:21:51.240 But we need to round down on the kilometers between the two buildings because it's actually
00:21:58.000 under four kilometers.
00:21:59.020 And we need to round up on the number of buses.
00:22:01.640 There's actually two buses that will be running on the 10.
00:22:05.640 So every 10 minutes, whether they are empty or not, back and forth between these two buildings
00:22:10.900 to transport around government workers who've never heard of the Internet or email before.
00:22:16.020 You know, or, yeah, or a telephone call or Skyping.
00:22:21.940 And Sheila, by the way, I'm just curious.
00:22:25.520 It looks to me from what I've read about this story is that these buses are good old-fashioned
00:22:32.360 carbon spewers.
00:22:34.080 They're not hybrids or plug-in hybrids or fully electrical.
00:22:37.480 And yet, isn't this the same person, McKenna, who preaches to us the great unwashed masses
00:22:44.120 to get rid of our carbon cars and to walk, to ride a bicycle, go electric?
00:22:50.440 Yet, when it comes to her own staff members, oh, they're exempt from that virtue signaling, 0.51
00:22:55.060 aren't they?
00:22:56.480 Yeah, they sure are.
00:22:57.600 I mean, you took Catherine McKenna's advice, right?
00:22:59.880 Like, you got rid of your regular vehicle and now you drive one of those electric castrations
00:23:04.620 of a car all over the place.
00:23:06.520 So, you know, good for you.
00:23:08.200 But even Catherine McKenna can't follow her own advice.
00:23:11.140 I actually broke down how many kilometers this is.
00:23:15.420 Now, it seems short at four kilometers, but these buses are going to be operating nine
00:23:21.560 and a half hours per day.
00:23:23.780 They don't even take time off for lunch.
00:23:25.980 They actually have somebody else who's swapping in to drive the buses during lunch.
00:23:30.400 So that means they're going to be making 57 trips per day per bus.
00:23:36.520 And there's two of them, which is 114 trips per day.
00:23:39.760 The contract is for 251 days.
00:23:43.320 So that's 29,000 trips in roughly nine months or so.
00:23:49.220 Back and forth every 10 minutes, all day long, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.
00:23:53.160 The kilometers for this, 111,500 whopping kilometers to cart around a bunch of government workers
00:24:02.680 who could be riding a bike.
00:24:04.660 And Sheila, let me see if I've got this straight too.
00:24:07.920 Would these shuttle buses be running whether or not there's anybody on them?
00:24:13.080 Would it be that perverse?
00:24:14.140 Or would they just be parked there until there's at least one Environment Canada bureaucrat
00:24:19.720 ready to go to the building less than four kilometers away?
00:24:23.620 Well, the contract says they're going to be running whether they're full or not.
00:24:27.860 And if somebody on the other side of the line is waiting on a bus,
00:24:32.940 I guess they have to go over and pick up that person.
00:24:36.500 I mean, it is so outrageous.
00:24:38.180 This is someone who says that, you know, fossil fuels are bad for the environment and the economy.
00:24:44.020 Well, Catherine McKenna is rolling a lot of coal these days to help out her 1.00
00:24:48.660 environment and climate change employees.
00:24:51.960 Who should be the ones who are really leading the way on this sort of stuff?
00:24:55.900 You know, and also, Sheila, I don't know if this is doable or what the figures would be,
00:25:00.860 but it seems to me to be the template for an inefficient system to have two buildings less
00:25:09.200 than four kilometers apart.
00:25:11.000 Why not just consolidate everybody in one big building and not have to worry about any
00:25:16.540 commuting back and forth and any carbon burning?
00:25:19.740 What about that?
00:25:21.200 This is the federal government.
00:25:22.760 They don't get more efficient.
00:25:24.540 They want me to get more efficient, but they don't do things efficiently.
00:25:28.280 I mean, you're so exactly right.
00:25:31.400 Why aren't they just finding a bigger office space, shuffling around a couple of offices
00:25:36.540 so that everybody's working in the same space?
00:25:38.760 No, we have people who are refusing to, you know what, even drive your own car for the
00:25:46.600 3.8 or 3.9 kilometers or whatever it is.
00:25:50.620 Why do I have to pay to drive these people back and forth?
00:25:53.800 Oh, it is absolutely stunning, Sheila.
00:25:55.980 And as you know, earlier this month, we got the news from Greyhound that in the vast majority
00:26:03.440 of Western Canada and Northern Ontario, they're shutting down operations come October.
00:26:09.800 And one of the reasons is that, you know, granted there are more people with cars driving
00:26:14.800 and, you know, bus customers are down.
00:26:18.040 But one of the reasons for the shutdown is government regulation.
00:26:23.020 And by that, I mean specifically Greyhound had to run full, like, 53-seat large coaches.
00:26:32.120 They couldn't run, you know, shuttles like what Catherine McKenna is proposing here or smaller
00:26:37.540 buses.
00:26:38.300 And that meant incredible inefficiencies because you'd have some situations on routes where the
00:26:45.080 bus is virtually empty, yet they still had to have that big 53-seat bus out there.
00:26:49.240 You know, Sheila, can you explain to me why the government thinks that they have it right
00:26:55.160 when it comes to bus transportation to begin with?
00:26:58.740 Well, they have it right because they don't have to pay for it, David.
00:27:01.700 Can't you see that?
00:27:03.180 I mean, in Western Canada, Greyhound also in our smaller locations where they're not running
00:27:10.120 a full bus, they're also up against a carbon tax, at least in Alberta and in British Columbia.
00:27:15.380 But you see, the federal government, they don't really have to worry about that because they
00:27:19.680 can just reach into the pocket of taxpayers to cover the gas to go into their buses.
00:27:24.420 So they don't have to live with the real-life business implications of driving an empty bus
00:27:29.800 back and forth while the cost of fuel just goes up and up and up.
00:27:33.500 But, you know, Sheila, on this point, I mean, I'm sorry to belabor it, but I just don't understand
00:27:38.060 what the ostensible policy reason would be when the officials from Greyhound go,
00:27:41.800 listen, we can do this route easily with a 20-seat shuttle as opposed to this big 50-plus
00:27:48.500 seat bus.
00:27:49.480 I mean, why in the world would you make Greyhound run the bigger bus from either a business standpoint
00:27:55.300 or because this is, you know, we're talking about McKenna from an environmental standpoint
00:28:00.060 too?
00:28:01.760 David, David, David.
00:28:03.640 See, you are, you keep thinking like someone who cares about the bottom line.
00:28:08.740 And we know the government doesn't care about the bottom line.
00:28:12.060 That's why they're buying buses to drive back and forth 3.8 kilometers.
00:28:17.280 You're looking at this through a perfectly reasonable lens, the lens you'd run your household
00:28:21.000 through, the lens that you would drive your own car with, or if you had a business to run.
00:28:26.780 But this is the federal government, David, and this is Catherine McKenna.
00:28:30.320 And the only time she rides a bike is when there's a camera around, not when she has to take files
00:28:34.960 back and forth between two offices.
00:28:36.420 Yeah, I saw that bike riding photo she tweeted out, and I bet you that the length of that 0.99
00:28:43.400 bike ride was, you know, the same as the length of her driveway, so I'm not buying it.
00:28:48.320 But well, Sheila, I guess we'll just have to wrap it there.
00:28:50.940 I mean, it's just, you know, it's so disheartening to see this kind of waste occurring, but it just
00:28:57.920 never ends.
00:28:59.220 And by the way, from point of clarification, yeah, the new Menzoid Mobile is a plug-in hybrid.
00:29:03.760 And I have a picture of you riding in it, by the way, after the Rebel live event.
00:29:08.720 That's fake news, David, fake news.
00:29:10.640 But the only reason I went that route was indeed to get some of my own taxpayer money
00:29:16.620 back under the previous Ontario regime government that was giving a rebate.
00:29:21.140 So there you have it.
00:29:22.440 Don't think I've drunk the Kool-Aid quite yet.
00:29:25.280 So, Sheila, last word to you, my friend.
00:29:27.160 Well, I actually have a petition to Catherine McKenna calling on her to lead the way and
00:29:35.240 be the example for all of us to walk, ride her bike, or take public transportation with
00:29:42.880 the rest of us peasants between these two very close offices.
00:29:48.300 And to sign my petition, go to carboncatherine.com.
00:29:51.660 Indeed.
00:29:53.400 And, you know, maybe these federal government employees should also watch those old participation
00:29:57.420 ads, because I thought that was the reason why the 50-year-old Swede was healthier than
00:30:02.960 the 30-year-old Canadian, because we have such sedentary lifestyles.
00:30:07.800 Sheila, thanks so much for your latest expose.
00:30:10.560 Great stuff.
00:30:12.160 Thanks, David.
00:30:13.280 You got it.
00:30:13.800 And folks, keep it here.
00:30:15.160 More of the Ezra Levent show to come right after this.
00:30:21.660 We'll see you next time.
00:30:52.020 Hang on here just a minute.
00:30:53.400 In light of the latest Toronto atrocity, we've been told by the authorities that the gunman,
00:30:58.960 Faisal Hussain, had a history of mental illness.
00:31:02.320 And so the narrative went, if only there could have been some way to intervene.
00:31:08.120 Yet we know for a fact that Kashgar was prone to psychotic outbursts, with one of those outbursts
00:31:15.320 leading to the death of a Toronto police officer.
00:31:17.420 And yet the tall forehead shrinks and the bleeding heart liberals are willing to roll the dice
00:31:24.220 at the potential expense of public safety by setting him free.
00:31:28.160 Sorry, but this just does not compute.
00:31:32.860 Anyway, here's what some of you had to say.
00:31:35.480 Paul writes,
00:31:36.180 When the system is run by mentally ill, incompetent people, the mentally ill seem normal. 1.00
00:31:42.340 It's time that the government is held responsible for the psychopaths they release onto society.
00:31:48.620 Oh, but that's just the thing, Paul.
00:31:50.360 Well, not only do we have no guarantee that Kashgar will stay on his meds,
00:31:55.840 if he does flip out again, nobody is going to be fired or even reprimanded.
00:32:02.240 They are basing their faith on an inexact science at best.
00:32:06.620 And if something goes tragically wrong, they'll just collectively shrug their shoulders
00:32:11.600 and say, hey, win some, lose some, I guess.
00:32:16.340 And Andy writes,
00:32:17.780 Sure, once again, though, those sensitive psychologists and psychiatrists
00:32:22.620 who promoted this nuttiness should have to have Kashgar live next door to them, right? 1.00
00:32:28.880 Well, Andy, that'll be the day.
00:32:31.320 I suspect that when it comes to moving in next to someone who has committed homicide,
00:32:36.840 these sensitive psychologists and psychiatrists probably likely embrace nimbyism to the nth degree.
00:32:46.560 And Amy Lynn writes,
00:32:48.660 It's you cons who enjoy stripping away various social programs
00:32:52.840 that can help thwart mental illness early on.
00:32:56.840 You and your ilk major beds, Menzies. Enjoy. 1.00
00:33:00.580 Sorry, Amy.
00:33:01.720 See, the brand of conservatism I subscribe to is all about making the punishment fit the crime.
00:33:09.000 Since we don't have the death penalty in Canada, unfortunately,
00:33:12.260 I would have liked to have seen Mr. Kashgar locked up for life
00:33:16.100 so that he could never take the life of another innocent person again.
00:33:20.480 But it is you progressives who are all about prison leniency,
00:33:24.780 even for the worst of the worst,
00:33:26.920 and add in open borders and sanctuary cities.
00:33:32.040 And you know something?
00:33:32.940 It's only going to get that much worse, Amy.
00:33:35.800 And that's the fault of your ilk, not mine.
00:33:40.000 Well, that's it for tonight's show, folks.
00:33:42.140 Thanks so much for tuning in.
00:33:43.440 And remember, without risk, there can be no glory.
00:33:47.200 Good night.
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00:33:48.460 Good night.
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00:33:51.700 Good night.
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00:33:56.920 Good night.
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00:34:23.420 Good night.
00:34:24.180 Good night.