Career: Painter, Baker, PhD, Language-Educator… or What?

13 July 2017 [YT link]

Caterpillar (in Mangshi, Dehong: 云南，德宏，芒市)

13 July 2017 [YT link]

Max Stirner's philosophy (in/and my life)

11 July 2017 [YT link]

The comments section is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel

Schopenhauer's philosophy (in/and my life)

11 July 2017 [YT link]

The comments section is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel

Brass Tacks: Critique and the Making of a New Movement.

09 July 2017 [YT link]

This is the second video I've made on the nature and importance of critique itself, the first one having been titled, ""On Critique Itself". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8_shcdsuIw

Beijing: Vegan Restaurants and Airports (Not Much Else)

08 July 2017 [YT link]

I think we were in Beijing for less than 48 hours (if you don't count the time wasted in-and-around airports). 在这个星期，北京飞机场很乱糟糟：two of the three airport runways were being renovated and, reportedly, there were thunderstorms as an excuse for the chaos, too.

Am I a Vegan Psychopath? (Politics & Personal Consequences)

08 July 2017 [YT link]

The controversy-of-the-moment (that created this video) was a guy called Joe Best leaning heavily on allegations that I'm a psychopath, but, as always, I try to talk about broader (and more meaningful) issues in a way that would make this video interesting if I came back and watched it myself a few years from now.

[ASOIAF:] Book vs. Show: Great Literature vs. Pop Art.

07 July 2017 [YT link]

A.S.O.I.A.F. = "A Song of Ice and Fire", i.e., the books of George R.R. Martin (G.R.R.M.), also known under the title "Game of Thrones", used by the T.V. adaptation to refer to the series as a whole.



Playlist of all my Game of Thrones (ASOIAF) videos, on this channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZEkgohG7k7oK5ShvyvAswb-3lSWjlQe6

I'm not cool with Joe Best: Digital Demimonde Drama Discussion.

06 July 2017 [YT link]

Live streaming on younow right now, from BEIJING AIRPORT

05 July 2017 [YT link]

https://www.younow.com/EiselMazard

^ That's the link, click on it.

TWO HOURS SOLID from an airport lobby. It was really hilarious. We "recruited" talent from the crowd (as you can even see in this short clip). I wonder if anyone recorded it. A lot of Q&A about my relationship with Melissa, SOME discussion of veganism, and the blonde guy had about six beers and acted the fool throughout (no shade). ;-)

Vegan Politics: The Logical Fallacies Fad.

02 July 2017 [YT link]

Meet me in France, Thailand or Beijing. (Vegan / Vegans / Veganism)

01 July 2017 [YT link]

===TRAVEL DATES=== We're in Beijing July 4th & 5th.

We're in Thailand (Jomtien Beach) July 24th — July 27th.

In France we'll be in the Côte d'Azur (Nice) from July 28th to August 15th.

If you wanna get in touch with me, BTW, Patreon is the way to do it:

https://www.patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel

"Vegan" is a trademark worth $500,000 per year. :-/

30 June 2017 [YT link]

I was unaware that "vegan" is a trademark, and generating over half a million dollars per year for its owners.

Plant Based News talks to à-bas-le-ciel

30 June 2017 [YT link]

Will Klaus Mitchell and Eisel Mazard ever patch it up? No, probably not. BTW, I'd like to make a video (ASAP) talking about the absurd feud between Gary Francione and Melanie Joy… this is a recurrent feature within veganism, at all levels, and in all categories… although, as you'll hear in this recording, I do reach out positively to other youtubers in general, and I reached out positively to Klaus, specifically, even in a tense situation such as this: Klaus did make a video (that he has now deleted) in which he referred to my court case as "a scam", backing up lies that were then created by Durianrider and Vegan Cheetah.

Dead-End Losers & the "Attainable Fantasy" of Youtube Fame.

29 June 2017 [YT link]

Including an account of my meeting one of the last, die-hard supporters of Durianrider (face to face) in Chiang Mai ("Angry Vegan").

Out of Limbo? Career, Education, Ambition & Vegan Activism.

29 June 2017 [YT link]

Not Vegan: Sperm Whale Hair Conditioner.

28 June 2017 [YT link]

Killing whales to make hair-care products? Yep, it happens. Apparently, in 2017, the sperm whale is STILL being hunted to manufacture beauty products out of a fluid found in their heads… in some countries… and China is one of them.



For SLIGHLY more information (not much) find the word "spermaceti" in this article: http://uk.whales.org/reinventing-whale

Beginnings and Endings: Durianrider, Freelee, NorVegan's "Unmasking" & Me.

28 June 2017 [YT link]

Check out my earlier, more interesting video, "The wonder that was Freelee", here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJd6wQlMW5Y

Novegan's two hour long documentary is titled, "THE UNMASKING, part 3: The Projections": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5n_e8he_rk

Brass Tacks: Authority in Vegan Organizations.

26 June 2017 [YT link]

ADVICE NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR [Ep. 010]

https://www.patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel (Support this channel for $1 per month. 👈 The comments section is on Patreon.)



Footnote: the ultimate origin of the quotation (from the F.B.I. director) is R.W. Emerson, "An Institution Is The Lengthened Shadow Of One Man".

Vegan Politics: when science doesn't tell you what you want to hear…

24 June 2017 [YT link]

The link to the article alluded to: https://medium.com/direct-action-everywhere-dxe/a-potential-summary-of-disagreements-and-agreements-on-direct-action-18fb8703f409

Living in the Moment: the Permanent Vacation Mentality (With TED CARR!)

24 June 2017 [YT link]

[Discussion:] A Protest-Based Diet? Revolutionaries & Restaurateurs.

23 June 2017 [YT link]

Vegan / Vegans / Veganism

An interview "for the future of the vegan movement".

20 June 2017 [YT link]

WORST INTERVIEW EVER.

Shout Out to Vegan Footsoldier and TheGlucoseNetwork… One Year Later?

19 June 2017 [YT link]

This video has nothing to do with Durianrider. No, wait, it has everything to do with Durianrider, but, for that reason, has nothing to do with veganism. :-/

Critique of Earthling Ed: Vegans can't offer "Social Justice" for animals.

18 June 2017 [YT link]

This video offers a different angle on some of the issues raised in the current approach of "Earthling Ed" (from a fellow vegan) —perhaps drawing attention to some of the assumptions about "Social Justice" that may have been left unexamined by others in the movement.



(MARCUS AURELIUS GETS THE SHOUT-OUT!) ;-)

DxE: Arrests, Lies, Videotape (Direct Action Everywhere)

15 June 2017 [YT link]

The link to the article mentioned in the first few minutes:

http://a-bas-le-ciel.blogspot.jp/2016/05/1954-1979-wars-in-china-cambodia-vietnam.html

The link to the playlists section of the channel (where you will find a playlist with about 10 videos (so far) on DxE / Direct Action Everywhere, and many others related to questions of effective activism in/for the vegan movement):

https://www.youtube.com/user/HeiJinZhengZhi/playlists



vegan / vegans / veganism

Wheat Kills: vs. Vegan Gains (vs. No Bullshit)

12 June 2017 [YT link]

More on "the wildlife management paradigm": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZEkgohG7k7qrHC5-UQDpMKvEmQjPiTTv

More on Palm Oil (and the often incoherent arguments of vegans against it):

(1) Vegans vs. Palm Oil; Agriculture vs. Habitat. (Veganism)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sccfY0T1eq4

(2) Vegan Lass is Wrong: Deforestation, Palm Oil & Progress.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hw02rfVUvs

And here's the link to the more recent Vegan Gains debate often referred to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT0yC2exQZU



vegan / vegans / veganism

Plutarch vs. Jordan Peterson (vegans have philosophers, too)

10 June 2017 [YT link]

Links to sources salient to the video:

(1) A discussion of the current state of vegan politics, with extensive reference to the debates between Peter Singer and Gary Francione (reflecting on the ways in which Singer is now "unfashionable", and why most vegans now reject his legacy): "Vegans: Beyond Abolitionism (Beyond PETA & Peter Singer, too)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrZ5RwzvthY



(2) On leather (and the surprisingly strong health-science and ecological arguments against its ongoing use), ModVegan: "Leather is not Vegan, Humane, or Healthy".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_5jjioaNEk



(3) Plutarch on vegetarianism/veganism (one of the most famous and influential authors of ancient Greece and Rome):

(3.1) http://www.think-differently-about-sheep.com/Animal_Rights_A_History_Plutarch.htm

(3.2) https://ivu.org/history/greece_rome/plutarch.html



(4) In the intro I refer to myself as a harsh critic of Will Kymlicka, and so I might as well provide the link to the harshest of my videos on this subject: a response to his book, "Zoopolis", titled, "Veganism: what if our leaders are idiots? (No, seriously…)".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPBDJgtcP1w



(5) Yet another self-explanatory title: "Vegans Can Be Idiots, Too: Will Tuttle's World Peace Diet."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7lqJFYbhU4



(6) Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) has been discussed in quite a few different videos on this channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/HeiJinZhengZhi/search?query=DxE

Jordan Peterson says Veganism is a Religion without a Philosophy.

07 June 2017 [YT link]

He further says vegans are "clueless", and that their crypto-religion is based merely on "ritual". In daily life, veganism is a simple praxis with a number of different complex philosophies competing for legitimacy in ongoing debates —within and without the movement. In fact, Jordan Peterson himself would probably find much to admire in those debates, if he were not so ignorant of them.



Jordan B. Peterson / Jordan Peterson

The Girlfriend: how much of our relationship is ABOUT veganism?

06 June 2017 [YT link]

How I learned Chinese (Review of Keats Language School)

06 June 2017 [YT link]

With comparative reference to the ways in which Chinese is taught in a formal, university classroom, etc.



Keats School. Kunming. 济慈. 。昆明。云南。中国。学习中文。

Fake Facebook Accounts (Vegan Cheetah, Durianrider, etc.)

05 June 2017 [YT link]

More vegan-vs.-vegan skulduggery: it's worse than the underhanded tricks in the average election for small-town mayor. :-/



Here's the link to the fake facebook account (or, at least, one of them?) impersonating me, BTW: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007055086923

Facebook may or may not have deleted it by the time you get there.



vegan / vegans / veganism

Friendship, the perpetual parting of ways.

05 June 2017 [YT link]

Reply to a question from a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel

[N.P.D.] Narcissism Within Veganism (& NorVegan's Documentary)

05 June 2017 [YT link]

Check out NorVegan's channel for the three-part documentary (this video only responds to part one of three): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT7ZSo4tI0-8Porr233FEjQ/videos



QUOTE, "The findings revealed that those subjects suffering from narcissistic personality disorder exhibited structural abnormalities in precisely that region of the brain, which is involved in the processing and generation of compassion. For patients with narcissism, this region of the cerebral cortex was markedly reduced in thickness compared to the control group."



SOURCE: _Altered brain structure in pathological narcissism._ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130619101434.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fmind_brain%2Fneuroscience+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Mind+%26+Brain+News+--+Neuroscience%29



Check out, also, Sam Vaknin's channel on N.P.D.: https://www.youtube.com/user/samvaknin

The Kind Diet vs. the Judgemental Diet: Alicia Silverstone vs. Reality.

04 June 2017 [YT link]

Vegan / vegans / veganism

Why did I major in Political Science anyway? (vegan / vegans / veganism)

02 June 2017 [YT link]

For more on Thomas Hobbes and the (contested!) resemblance of the "cover portrait" (frontispiece) to Oliver Cromwell (and/or/vs Charles II), see:

http://www.bl.uk/eblj/1978articles/pdf/article4.pdf

(Alas, in my own education, many published sources referred to the resemblance to Cromwell ("in some editions") as an established fact —and this article, also, says that this assumption went unquestioned in the literature on Hobbes for some indeterminate period of time.)

University: should ANYONE study Political Science? [ADVICE Ep. 009]

01 June 2017 [YT link]

ADVICE NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR! [Ep. 009]

vegan / vegans / veganism / ecology / environmentalism / making the world a better place in general / etc.

The Fist Fight That Never Was.

28 May 2017 [YT link]

Link to the original video from Sam's channel ("quoted" briefly here) = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M7qRSqtR-g

Vegan / Vegans / Veganism

They don't pay me to sing

26 May 2017 [YT link]

A scene from my extremely mysterious day job (that numerous tragically bored and mean-spirited people on the internet make up rumors about).

Q&A: Chiang Mai, Veganism, Meaning of Life, etc.

26 May 2017 [YT link]

And, yeah, I sincerely hope this is the last video I ever make mentioning Durianrider.

Lies, Lies, LIES. (Vegans, vegans, VEGANS.)

22 May 2017 [YT link]

Want to comment, ask questions and chat with other viewers? Join the channel's Discord server (a discussion forum, better than a youtube comment section). https://discord.gg/exYtJT

Support the creation of new content on the channel (and speak to me, directly, if you want to) via Patreon, for $1 per month: https://www.patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel

Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/?hl=en

You may not know that I have several youtube channels, one of them is AR&IO (Active Research & Informed Opinion) found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP3fLeOekX2yBegj9-XwDhA/videos

Another is à-bas-le-ciel, found here: https://www.youtube.com/user/HeiJinZhengZhi/videos

And there is, in fact, a youtube channel that has my own legal name, Eisel Mazard: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuxp5G-XFGcH4lmgejZddqA

Tear it down: why I oppose the Thai Fruit Festival / Bike Festival.

21 May 2017 [YT link]

Durianrider, Freelee… I sort of destroyed their stupid festival… BUT WHY?

Vegan Footsoldier: what if you (and Durianrider) are 100% right?

19 May 2017 [YT link]

Here's the link to the earlier video that shows "Durianrider's Threats & Allegations (in his own words)".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRLbgCzJHyM

[Interview:] The Ecological and Ethical Core of Veganism (vs. Freelee, etc.)

15 May 2017 [YT link]

The link to part one (of my interview with this mainstream journalist) is here: https://youtu.be/uEU0zUHkXKI

The link to part two: https://youtu.be/azEAWWM0eVM

Bruce Wayne vs. Batman: Ted Carr's Permanent Vacation.

13 May 2017 [YT link]

Further reflections on the importance of ambition and/or/as morality (in our lives).



Vegan / vegans / veganism

Bios3training vs. vegans: it's not preaching, it's about respect.

11 May 2017 [YT link]

[Interview:] Real Veganism vs. the Chiang Mai Permanent Vacation Mentality.

10 May 2017 [YT link]

The link to part one (of my interview with this mainstream journalist) is here: https://youtu.be/uEU0zUHkXKI

Reckless Optimism (About the Future of the Vegan Movement) in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

08 May 2017 [YT link]

Featuring Dexter Deveau: https://www.youtube.com/user/sexydexy145

Plant Based News LIES (Retraction & Apology?)

08 May 2017 [YT link]

PlantBasedNews must (repeat: must) issue a retraction and an apology for the false claims you made about me (and my "financial misconduct") and they should be willing to report THE REAL FACTS of the case instead. I told the truth about this case AT EVERY STAGE, and many other vegans lined up for their opportunity to defame me. Klaus, IF YOUR CHANNEL is regarded as more trustworthy (as "news") than Durianrider, you must realize that a lie of this kind (told to 29,000 people) does serious harm to my reputation: you know this is false, and you have been totally irresponsible in how you handled this affair. PlantBasedNews may be a scam, but à-bas-le-ciel is not.

The stack of evidence presented in court (will Durianrider go to jail?)

07 May 2017 [YT link]

If you're not already familiar what the trial is about (or why there are criminal charges being pressed against Durianrider, a.k.a. Harley Johnstone), the story starts here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRLbgCzJHyM

My lawyer explained that the video-evidence (actual youtube videos) is submitted to the court on a CD-ROM: I did see the CD-ROM (in the courtroom, on the table where evidence is filed before the judge) but I did not see the contents of the CD-ROM (i.e., I haven't seen the Thai translations of the videos, nor the selection of videos used... yet). However, yes, it was a surreal moment, seeing the stack of Facebook comments (etc.) translated into Thai.