{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F67c6662a-1d4a-4de8-aac1-a8d38b499367","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Episode 128 \u2013 Book Burning, Pirates and Dangerous Bubbles\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/67c6662a-1d4a-4de8-aac1-a8d38b499367\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 128 \u2013 Book Burning, Pirates and Dangerous Bubbles","description":"The only Australian podcast to successfully combine book burning, wind farm safety, pirates and bubbles into a compelling 80 minute explanation of recent events in Australia and the direction we are heading.<br />\n2:46 Scott Morrison is as mad as hell about the mocking of Christians and he is not going to take it anymore. If he is serious about this he needs to check out the Book of Mormon.<br />\n9:12 Freedom For Faith are gathering their resources. We hope the secular forces are doing the same.<br />\n11:04 The ALRC did a report on religious freedom only 2 years ago.<br />\n12:09 Fahrenheit\u00a0451. In that book, censorship came from the bottom up and the same could be said about modern society.\u00a0The road to hell is paved with good intentions. When it comes to censorship, one might say that the road to thought and speech control is paved by people trying to protect other people\u2019s feelings.<br />\n18:17 The Shoppies Union has agreed to an enterprise agreement with Woolworths which probably allows for a wage below the award but the amount is secret.<br />\n27:08 Elderly suicide statistics are alarming and opponents of Assisted Dying Legislation must recognise it happens.<br />\n28:47 A man refused to vote because to do so would leave him feeling morally corrupt and a magistrate accepted the argument.<br />\n30:37 The SA power crisis in a nutshell.<br />\n35:33 Kenyan atheists award prizes for failing religious studies exams.<br />\n35:54 Aaron Baddeley is a Christian golfer.<br />\n40:20 So now we have a situation whereby kids&#8217; wheelie shoes are banned, but six-inch knives are fine \u00ad\u2013 provided they&#8217;re strapped to a Sikh. Welcome to the crazy world of religious privilege.<br />\n43:21 Despite the efforts of women who are crying out for fairer treatment, UNESCO continues unabated to award its World Heritage Status to religious sites that discriminate on the basis of gender.\u00a0We applaud the Japanese protester.<br />\n47:04 Pirate society and chicken breeding and the evolution of humans.<br />\n55:08 A frightening explanation as to why our economy is a house of cards.\u00a0As a whole, the Australian economy has grown through a property bubble inflating on top of a mining bubble, built on top of a commodities bubble, driven by a China bubble.<br />\nThe links:<br />\nScott Morrison <a href=\"http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/im-not-going-to-put-up-with-it-anymore-morrison-vows-to-defend-christianity-in-2018-20171221-h08jg8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doesn&#8217;t like mocking</a> of Christians<br />\nIs he as worried about The Book Of Mormon?<br />\nFreedom For Faith <a href=\"https://freedomforfaith.org.au/ruddock-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is planning to make</a> a substantial submission to the Inquiry\u00a0<a href=\"http://marker.to/495Nts\">http://marker.to/495Nts</a><br />\nThe ALRC report shelved by the government two years ago <a href=\"https://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/5-freedom-religion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found there was almost no cause for concern when it comes to freedom of religion in\u00a0Australia.</a><br />\nThe <a href=\"https://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/justifications-limits-freedom-religion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ALRC report</a>\u00a0<a href=\"http://marker.to/cQKn2c\">http://marker.to/cQKn2c</a><br />\n<a href=\"https://journal.thriveglobal.com/the-real-reason-we-need-to-stop-trying-to-protect-everyones-feelings-3acba2ffbc7b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ray Bradbury was onto something</a>\u00a0<a href=\"http://marker.to/ASa0oW\">http://marker.to/ASa0oW</a><br />\nUniversity of Adelaide law professor Andrew Stewart said he had never come across an agreement where the <a href=\"https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/secret-woolworths-deal-with-shoppies-union-cuts-wages-20171216-h05t1p.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wage rates were not published</a>. He described the move as &#8220;extraordinary&#8221;.<br />\n<a href=\"http://www.thecourier.com.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/085762e2-797c-4ef4-9b10-434ecde61c07/logo2018v2.jpg"}