07-09-2016: the stargazer lillies - we are the dreamers (windsor)

their music:
https://graveface.bandcamp.com/album/door-to-the-sun

review:
http://dghjdfsghkrdghdgja.appspot.com/categories/shows/2016/09/07.html

vlog for the day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj376Zna7RI

06-09-2016: picking up interference for the first time on the new phones (i may need to move...)

tracks worked on in this vlog:
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/period-1

if you went on campus and were unable to find a nazi, would you argue there's a deficit of diversity of thought, as well?

....and perhaps the proper conclusion is that virtually anybody who's ever read a book realizes that this isn't actually a choice.

for the americans, realize this: our conservative party is actually closer, politically, to your democratic party. broadly speaking, canadian conservatives would more readily identify as democrats than republicans. that's why the democrats consistently poll around 85% in canada.

i saw one poll in the mid 00s that had george w. bush at 4%. not a campus poll. telephones. random sampling...

our liberal party is closer to your green party. not on every issue, but broadly speaking. and, we have a socialist party (in name...) that usually gets 15-20%, but sometimes flirts with actually winning.

so, don't think that everybody that she talked to was left of center. in fact, i'd guess that rona ambrose (current leader of the conservative party) would support clinton over trump, too. i'd suspect that stephen harper (former prime minister) would, as well.

does boogie have any training in the topic?

i don't know. i could look it up. i'm not going to.

it's just that, in the sense that these videos should exist, should they not be made by trained professionals? and, should that not be state funded? or at least funded by community organizations?

regarding the news, grassroots news organizations have existed forever. democracy now existed long before youtube did. that's an existing model...

there's another discussion that i think is worthwhile as well: the guaranteed minimum income. it's more applicable to the artsier side of things. things that weren't getting hits, anyways.

but, i am actually in agreement with the crux of this. the idea that you have some kind of right to make a living off of stupid youtube videos is outrageous.

this is actually the argument i've been hoping somebody puts down. but you're missing the obvious conclusion: cut out the middleman. throw away the managers. take control of the means of production. fire your boss. say it how you want, it amounts to the same thing.