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Ep. 42 - The Truth About Julian Assange

When you really think about it, how bad can a guy be who pissed off BOTH the establishment Republicans and establishment Democrats to the point where they BOTH want him in prison? Perhaps there is more to the story than the casual, headline-reader might see?
The message sent from the powers-that-be is very clear – no government critic is above the law! Do not blow the whistle on our illegal and immoral activities. Do not expose our lies and corruption. Do not question our numbers, our integrity, or our honesty. If you do, you might be assanged!
Show Notes:
The Tom Woods Show - Episode 1385: The Truth About Whistleblower Julian Assange
Julian Assange: Political Prisoner
18 Ways Julian Assange Changed the World
Myths About Julian Assange
Twenty-One Thoughts on the Persecution of Julian Assange
Is Orwell's Ministry Of Truth Alive? Why Don't We Hear Much About Julian Assange?
Trump's Betrayal of Julian Assange - Ron Paul
Marjorie Cohn on Julian Assange’s Extradition
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Ep. 41 - The Truth About the Gender Pay Gap

We've all heard the claim - women only make $0.77 on the dollar compared to men! The so-called gender pay gap is front and center of the national Democrats' agenda.
Are their claims of a workforce infected with institutional discrimination true? Listen to find out.
Show Notes:
Women Earn Just Half of What Men Earn Over 15 Years
Harvard Study of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Dispelling the Myths Why the Gender Pay Gap Does Not Reflect the Choices Women Make
Nancy Pelosi Promotes Wage Gap Bill
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Episode #3 - The Truth About the Constitution - Where in the Constitution?
Peter Schiff Show - Episode #456
PragerU - There is No Gender Pay Gap
How Come Nobody Talks About the Gender Workplace Death Gap
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Time Spent Working Full and Part-Time, Status Gender and Location 2014
Table 4 Employed persons working and time spent working on days worked by full- and part-time status and sex, jobholding status, educational attainment, and day of week, 2017 annual averages
HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 18. Employed persons by detailed industry, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Fee.org
Truth and Myth on the Gender Pay Gap
Harvard Study Explains Wage Gap by Choices
The Equal Pay Myth That Just Won't Die
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Ep. 40 - The Truth About Islam, Christianity and Judaism

Regular listeners know that I attempt to record a Christian apologetic-related topic in every once in awhile. Today I compare and contrast the three major monotheistic world religions - Islam, Christianity and Judaism. They have a lot in common, which may be eye-opening to many. However, it is their divergences that really matter.
The bottom line is if one of them is true, the other two cannot be. It's great food for thought. I hope this episode prompts you to dig a little deeper in your faith or lack thereof.
Show Notes:
Acts17Apologetics - YouTube
The Quran, the Bible and the Islamic Dilemma
Truth Quest Episodes:
Episode #5 - The Truth About the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Episode #10 - The Truth About God and Evil
Episode #15 - The Truth About Prayer
Episode #22 - The Truth About Jesus Christ
Episode #26 - The Truth About the Judeo-Christian Tradition
Episode #30 - The Truth About the New Testament - Is it historically reliable?
Episode #35 - The Truth About the Existence of God
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Ep. 39 - The Truth About Student Loans and the Cost of College

The news is filled with stories about millennials and their student loans. We are told that, because of student loans, they are waiting longer to move out of their parents' home, get married, buy their first house and start families. We are told it is a generation crushed by debt. Unfortunately, very little time is spent analyzing why this is the case.
Why are college costs so much higher than they were in the past?
What is the truth about student loan debt and the cost of college?
Show Notes
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The Student Loan Trap
How Government Guaranteed Student Loans Killed the American Dream for Millions
Why College Tuition is So Expensive
Higher Education Institutions in the U.S. by Type
Walter Williams: Colleges Dupe Parents and Tax Payers
Truth Quest Podcast:
Episode #3 – The Truth About the Constitution – Where in the Constitution
Episode #9 - The Truth About the Healthcare in America
Forbes:
Price of College Increasing Almost Eight Times Faster than Wages
Student Loan Debt Statistics 2018 
Average Cost of College Statistics
The Federal Role in Education
A Sensible Way to Fix  the Student Loan Problem
Eleven Rage Inducing Facts About Americas Wildly Out of Control Student Loan Debt Bubble
Health Care Isn't Our Only Ludicrously Expensive Industry
International Liberty Blog - Daniel J. Mitchell:
Subsidies for Higher Education are Emptying the Pockets of Students and Lining the Pockets of Bureaucrats
Reduce Out of Control College Costs by Ending Government Subsidies
The Higher Education Bubble and Third Party Payer
Sunday Reflection: Higher Education Bubble Bursting So What Comes Next
College Offer Takes Percentage of Future Income: An Alternative to Student Loans
Four in 10 College Graduates Lack the Critical Thinking Skills
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Ep. 38 - The Truth About the Democratic Party

In this episode we examine the historical record of the national Democratic Party and then fast-forward to present day and uncover the real motivations behind their radical agenda.
Why do they take such hard line positions on policies like abortion, illegal immigration, welfare, gay marriage, socialized medicine, guns control, climate change, minimum wage and higher taxes? Why do they advocate for socialism? None of these policies have the support of the majority of Americans yet they are all a prominent fixture in the platform that the national Democratic Party.
Show Notes:
PragerU – The Inconvenient Truth About the Democratic Party
Truth Quest Podcast Episodes:
Episode #31 – The Truth About Socialism – Part I
Episode #32 – The Truth About Socialism – Part II
Episode #2 – The Truth About Abortion – What About the Baby?
Episode #33 – The Truth About Abortion – Mental Gymnastics
Episode #34 – The Truth About the Electoral College
Episode #26 – The Truth About the Judeo-Christian Tradition
Episode #4 – The Truth About Minimum Wage
Episode #18 – The Truth About Gun Control
Episode #7 – The Truth About Climate Change – Part I
Episdoe #9 – The Truth About Healthcare in America
Episode #12 – The Truth About Socialized Medicine
Episode #14 – The Truth About Obamacare
Episode #17 – The Truth About Healthcare Reform
Episode #3 – The Truth About the Constitution
Episode #37 – The Truth About the Bill of Rights
Episode #16 – The Truth About the Supreme Court
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Ep. 37 - The Truth About the Bill of Rights

As most of you probably remember from your middle school civics' class, the first ten amendments of the United States Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights. What you probably do NOT know is those amendments only apply to the federal government. They were included in the Constitution as a way to insure the states that this newly created federal government would be limited in power. They would not be able to infringe upon the people's freedom of speech or their right to bear arms; they would not be able to quarter their soldiers in our homes, perform unreasonable search and seizures without probable cause, prosecute us without a speedy jury trial or impose excessive fines. But most importantly, the Tenth Amendment specifically states that any powers not granted to the federal government (mostly in Article I, Section 8) is left to the states.
Fast-forward a few decades later as the Civil War ended and the slaves were freed. Congress passed and the states ratified the Fourteenth Amendment in order to permanently codify the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which essentially insured that the newly freed slaves were treated equally under the law. It contained a few familiar phrases like, "privileges or immunities", "due process", and "equal protection". 
Unfortunately for all of us, over the ensuing 150 years the Supreme Court, as it is apt to do, has perverted the Constitution (rather than protect and defend it) and found ways to apply the Bill of Rights to the states. This is known as the Incorporation Doctrine.
Show Notes:
The American Ideology, Brian Vanyo
Power Divided is Power Checked, Jason Lewis
Government by Judiciary: the Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment, Raoul Berger
Founders Constitution - University of Chicago
What is Incorporation? Brion McClanahan Show - Episode #247
The Tenth Amendment Center                                                                   
Incorporation Doctrine: A Fools Game
Charlottesville: Blame the Incorporation Doctrine
Privileges and Immunities: An Overview of the Fourteenth Amendment
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Ep. 36 - The Truth About Billionaires

In Episodes #32 and #33, I covered the truth about socialism. In this episode we are going to discuss the validity of the demonization of the rich.
One of the claims made is that their very existence is immoral. It is claimed that they hoard their money; that they are freeloaders. But when you examine the facts; when you examine the benefits betrothed to society by the work of billionaires and the taxes they have already paid (and continue to pay), you quickly realize that this is just another installment of the multi-decades-long effort to divide and conquer the electorate with jealousy, envy and resentment. 
Show Notes:
Tom Woods Episode 1347 - Hooray for Billionaires
Mises.org - Billionaires Already Paid Their Fair Share
Forbes List of Billionaires
Billionaires Per Capita
Daniel J. Mitchell - Are Billionaires Good or Bad?
Billionaires: Tax the  Rich
Andrew Ross Sorkin Should Spend More Time With Billionaires
CNBC - Alexandria Ocasio Cortez: A System That Allows Billionaires to Exist is Immoral
CNBC - Elizabeth Warren I Want Billionaires to Stop Being Freeloaders
New York Times - Billionaires Innovation
New York Times - Abolish Billionaires Tax
Fee.org - The Salem Billionaire Trials of 2019
Fee.org - The Myth The Billionaires Hoard Wealth
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Ep. 35 - The Truth About the Existence of God

Proving God’s existence or the fact that Jesus rose from the dead, will never be proven in a manner we are all familiar with from watching TV legal dramas – beyond a reasonable doubt. However, I have found Frank Turek and Norman Geisler’s approach to apologetics most helpful. Specifically their approach in their best seller I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist.
In today’s episode, I am going to present three arguments for the existence of God: (1) The Cosmological Argument, which argues that since the universe had a beginning something had to be the cause. The most logical explanation is that that "something" is God. (2) The Anthropic Principle which is the idea that the complexity of the universe proves the God exists and; (3) The Teleological Argument which reasons that the best explanation for the complex fine-tuning of the universe and life on Earth is an Intelligent Designer (or God).
Show Notes:
I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be An Atheist - Frank Turek and Norman Geisler
CrossExamined.org
Over 1,000 Scientists Sign Dissent Darwinism Statement
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Ep. 34 - The Truth About the Electoral College

The call for the elimination of the Electoral College by liberals, progressives and Democrats continues to swell. After all, they rationalize, Bush got less votes than Gore and Trump got less votes than Clinton so why should they be President? Fortunately for the rest of America, the Founding Fathers had enough foresight to include the Electoral College process in the Constitution to protect the country as a whole from the tyranny of the majority.
In this episode, I give a brief history lesson on the Electoral College and explain why the, now underway, National Popular Vote movement, with the goal of eliminating the Electoral College, is both dangerous to the country and, of course, unconstitutional.
Show Notes
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The Effort to Abandon the Electoral College Gains Steam
PragerU - Video 1
PragerU - Video 2
PragerU - Video 3
TedEd
Brion McClannahan Show - Episode #179
Beyond the Electoral College
The Electoral College is a Good Thing
Democrats Opposition to Electoral College Reveals Their Distaste for Democracy
Gallup Poll 2016 - Americans Support for Electoral College Rises Sharply
The Electoral College: What is it and Why it Matters - Michael Maharrey
Hillsdale College
Dialogues - The Electoral College
The Danger of the Attacks on the Electoral College
Federalist #68 - The Mode of Electing the President
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Ep. 33 - The Truth About Abortion - Part II - Mental Gymnastics

In Episode #2 – The Truth About Abortion, I introduced the question “What about the baby?” I suggested that you ask that question anytime you are in a conversation with a pro-abortion advocate. We also discussed fetus development and addressed common arguments put forward by these same advocates.
This episode has evolved into a cornucopia of abortion outtakes, contradictions, absurdities, and the disclosure of evil measures taken by pro-abortionists. Much of this was covered in my book, Pritical Thinking.
Show Notes:
Truth Quest Podcast Episode #2 – The Truth About Abortion - What About the Baby?
Prevent Parenthood's 2016-2017 Annual Report
Prevent Parenthood's 2017-2018 Annual Report
Center for Medical Progress
BlackGenocide.org
AbortionNo.org
The Case for Life, Scott Klusendorf
Three-way Libertarian Abortion Debate - Lions of Liberty podcast
PragerU:
What You Need to Know About Planned Parenthood
The Most Important Question About Abortion
Whose More Pro-Choice Europe or America?
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