Podcasts by The BS Filter

BFTN 81–The GOP After Trump from 2020-12-18T01:14:18

What will the GOP look like after January 20? I see three main scenarios.

Trump remains as the leader and it’s business as usual.
Trump retires from the position gracefully and they s...

BFTN 80–Message In A Podcast from 2020-11-18T04:37:33

Cam and Ray talking about the US election, the Australian government's illegal activities, the Murdoch enquiry, US hate crimes, mass shootings and Trump's desire to bomb Iran.

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BFTN 79–Hunter Biden from 2020-10-23T01:35:30

Hunter Biden's laptop; The American Insurgency; US COVID - Red or Blue?; OPCW cover-up; Fake Green billionaires; Bolivia decides; and the CIA get attacked in Australia... by Russians?

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BFTN 78–RIP EVH from 2020-10-07T04:42:57

Eddie Van Halen is playing with Jimi in Elysium tonight. In other stories, we talk about the"debate", Trump and covid, mutually exacerbating catastrophes, Middle East “peace” and scenarios that ...

BFTN 77–NOVICHOK from 2020-09-10T03:00:09

The Australian government is trying to force Facebook and Google to pay Australia news organisations free money; compare the narrative around Aussie journalists in China versus Assange; No, the ...

BFTN 76–Post Growth from 2020-08-05T06:11:25

My old mate Donnie Maclurcan is the CEO of the Post Growth Institute and Affiliate Professor of Economics at Southern Oregon University. He’s one of the smartest and nicest guys I know. I invite...

BFTN 75–Is The USA a Failed State? from 2020-07-30T02:53:49

Is the United States a failed state? Or is it just failing? Today we break down some of the various definitions of a"failed state"and try to work out how the USA rates against them. And why it m...

BFTN 74–Riots #4–Sean from 2020-06-10T08:13:34

Sean from St Paul joins me for a chat about protests, riots, police brutality and why he has a huge SPQR matt across his chest.

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BFTN 73–Riots #3–Andrew from 2020-06-04T03:16:33

Andrew Hout has a degree in history and lives just outside of Columbus in Ohio. We talk about why Americans are so angry and entitled.

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BFTN 72–Riots #2–Gary from 2020-06-01T08:51:29

The world's best travel photographer, Gary Arndt (https://everything-everywhere.com/) has seen more of the world than most of us ever will. He joins me from his home in Minneapolis to talk about...

BFTN 71–Riots #1–Chrissy from 2020-05-31T11:58:35

I want to focus for a few weeks on the current US protests and riots which started with the death by cop of George Floyd. I’ve invited a number of American friends and fans who live in riot hots...

BFTN 70–New World Order from 2020-05-22T06:04:32

Mike Snyder, long-time podcast listener, security professional and self-confessed libertarian, Fox News watcher and conspiracy theorist, joined us for a two hour chat today about his fears aroun...

BFTN 69–5G Conspiracies Part 2 from 2020-04-29T05:32:26

On this episode, we get into the conspiracies about 5G and the coronavirus – which may have started with Dr. Kris Van Kerckhoven (a Mormon) – then got connected to the new £20 note in the UK – t...

BFTN 68–5G Conspiracies Part 1 from 2020-04-24T02:34:41

There are a lot of conspiracy theories going around about 5G – it gives you cancer, autism, changes your DNA, and gives you coronavirus! So in this episode, we look into the 5G conspiracies as w...

BFTN 67–China COVID Conspiracies from 2020-04-14T01:13:52

There are a lot of conspiracy theories going around about the idea that China withheld information about COVID-19 from the global community and punished their own whistleblowers. Today we look a...

BFTN 66–Unfunded Empathy from 2020-04-02T02:53:18

On BS 65 (24 March) we predicted there could be 20,000 - 50,000 American deaths within the next few weeks. The Trump Administration are now estimating 100 - 240,000.
Guo Wengai - is claimin...

BFTN 65–The Inflection Point from 2020-03-24T02:25:47

Our take on the coronavirus, the lockdown and what happens next.

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BFTN 64–The Greatest Threat from 2020-03-05T02:25:45

On this week's show: Assange's trial is a farce.
The US pulls out of Afghanistan.
Coronavirus.
"Sodomite"is a bad word.
No fraud in Bolivian election.

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BFTN 63–Friends Don’t Spy On Friends from 2020-02-18T00:59:51

Talking about the Iowa caucus (Shadow, ACRONYM, Buttgieg, etc) and the new evidence the CIA spying on US allies since the end of WWII.

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BFTN 6.5–China part 5 from 2020-02-03T05:01:56

John Pabon from strategic advisory firm Fulcrum22 joins me to give his perspective on China - business, political and social. John's an American who currently lives in Melbourne, and spent the l...

BFTN 62–Venezuela and Iran Update from 2020-01-15T00:02:28

Alan MacLeod joins me again to discuss the latest news about Venezuela and Iran.

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BFTN 61–Fires and Assassinations from 2020-01-08T02:01:47

We talk about Australia's bushfires and America's assassination of Soleimani.

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BFTN 60–Killer Clowns&Terror Drones from 2019-12-27T22:34:17

The oligarchs have worked out the model for getting people to vote for “killer clowns”. The Democrats gave Trump $738 billion to buy weapons. And America is using AGM-114R9X Hellfire drones to t...

BFTN 59–Bolivia 3 from 2019-12-14T01:29:47

Finally, in 2002, a poor, uneducated farmer and union leader, Evo Morales, ran for the Presidency, coming third, despite the US ambassador warning Bolivians that they would be punished if Morale...

BFTN 58–Bolivia 2 from 2019-12-09T04:55:29

We pick up our series on the political history of Bolivia in 1943 with the government of Major Gualberto Villarroel López, which ended in violence and his assassination a few years later. The co...

BFTN 57–Alan MacLeod on Media Bias from 2019-11-27T12:26:35

Alan MacLeod joins me to discuss the propaganda model and how it applies to media bias on the coverage of Bolivia, Venezuela, Corbyn, Ukrainegate and Russiagate.  Alan is a member of the Glasgow...

BFTN 56–Bolivia 1 from 2019-11-22T23:59:16

President Evo Morales was recently the subject of a coup, and has fled to Mexico. In order to provide some perspective on the current events, we take a detailed look at the political history of ...

BFTN 55–Intervening In Foreign Elections from 2019-11-12T01:19:19

Americans were SHOCKED to discover that Russia had interfered in their 2016 Presidential elections. How dare they interfere with the democratic process of a sovereign nation! Of course, those sa...

BFTN 54–Schadenfreude from 2019-10-29T01:40:40

It’s gloating time in the West with the suicide of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. On today’s show we examine the history of ISIS and how the United States and their allies created the conditi...

BFTN 53–Regime Change In Ukraine from 2019-10-25T01:03:54

This week we have more on the Biden business in the Ukraine including some background on the Euromaidan uprising, the role of energy supply in the regime change and Russia’s annexation of Crimea...

BFTN 52–Trump&The Kurds from 2019-10-15T04:23:19

A lot of people have asked us, in our great and unmatched wisdom, to explain what’s going on with Syria, Trump, Turkey and the Kurds.

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BFTN 51–Biden&Burisma from 2019-10-02T12:22:32

We try to go a little deeper on the Trump-Ukraine-Biden story than most of the media coverage. Apart from Trump and Joe Biden, we talk about the roles that Viktor Shokin, Mykola Zlochevsky, Vikt...

6.4 China’s Economy–Part 4 from 2019-09-28T03:08

In this final episode of our China series, we talk about: How China might weaponize its holdings of more than $1.1 trillion worth of U.S. Treasuries, aka the “nuclear option” The risk of China s...

6.3 China’s Economy–Part 3 from 2019-09-13T05:22:42

There’s been lots of talk in the media about Trump’s trade war with China. One aspect about it that I find interesting is that I never see any talk, in this context, about the fact that China is...

6.2 China’s Economy–Part 2 from 2019-09-06T08:30:29

There’s been lots of talk in the media about Trump’s trade war with China. One aspect about it that I find interesting is that I never see any talk, in this context, about the fact that China is...

6.1 China’s Economy–Part 1 from 2019-08-31T04:15:28

There’s been lots of talk in the media about Trump’s trade war with China. One aspect about it that I find interesting is that I never see any talk, in this context, about the fact that China is...

BFTN 50–The Propaganda Model from 2019-08-20T23:59:04

The plan this week was to interview Alan MacLeod about his new excellent book “Propaganda in the Information Age” but he missed the call, so we talked about it without him instead. We’ll get him...

BFTN 49–Boris Part 2 from 2019-08-05T06:32:33

We finish our mini-biography on the new Prime Minister of the UK, Boris Johnson, aka “BoJo”, or, as I like to call him, “The Big BJ”.  In Ray’s absence, I’m joined again by my good friend Trevor...

BFTN 48–Boris Part 1 from 2019-07-30T03:28:03

On this episode I’m joined by Brisbane’s #1 podcaster, the fabulous Trevor Bell, co-host of The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove (“a weekly podcast which takes a look at news, political events, cu...

BFTN 47–CIA Spies in Iran from 2019-07-24T01:55:45

On this week’s news show we look the recent headlines concerning Iran – their arrest of 17 CIA spies, and the seizure of oil tankers by both the British and the Iranians. Who and what should we ...

Bullshit 5.3–The Panama Papers (part 3) from 2019-07-11T23:16:53

How do these shell companies get used? We provide some examples. We also talk about the fallout of the Panama Papers, Operation Car Wash, the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Galizia, why Ame...

Bullshit 5.2–The Panama Papers (part 2) from 2019-07-05T12:13:39

After more than a year of analysis, the first news stories were published on April 3, 2016, by SZ and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Some 4.8 million leaked fi...

Bullshit 5.1–The Panama Papers (part 1) from 2019-06-30T12:51:56

In 2015, journalist Bastian Obermayer from the Süddeutsche Zeitung , a Southern German Newspaper, was approached online by an anonymous source.  He or she provided him with a database from Panam...

BFTN 46–The Gulf Of Oman from 2019-06-18T01:34:24

Iran stands accused by the US of attacking two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. But should we accept the US’s claims at face value? Or is there more to the story? Here’s a short clip from the sh...

BFTN 45–The Australian Stasi from 2019-06-11T01:43:31

Australian journalists are under attack for publishing stories on domestic spying and our military. What kind of protections should we have in place for whistleblowers and journalists in a democ...

BFTN 44 from 2019-06-06T00:48:24

Should we believe South Korean news reports about North Korean executions? Should we believe reports about marijuana-related illness and deaths? Should we believe American reports about Iran’s n...

BFTN 43 from 2019-05-28T03:07:45

Is the United States waging a war on journalism? Can we trust the OPCW reports on Syria’s chemical war attacks?Does the Pentagon produce fake terrorist propaganda films? Here’s a short clip from...

ANTIVAX 4.6 from 2019-05-16T09:22:18

We wrap up our antivax mini-series by looking at another antivax claim: “All vaccines contain a number of toxic poisons and chemicals that are linked to serious neurological damage”. We talk abo...

ANTIVAX 4.5 from 2019-05-10T23:18:21

Let’s look at another two antivax claims: that the very first vaccine was a disaster and that vaccines are highly profitable for pharmaceutical companies and the health care industry. Full shown...

ANTIVAX 4.4 from 2019-05-03T22:50:38

We’re still breaking down antivax claim number 2 from last time and dealing with the claims that “Whenever the outbreaks are examined more closely, the data show that the majority of those suffe...

ANTIVAX 4.3 from 2019-04-18T02:32:14

I went looking for a list of claims antivaxxers use NOT to vaccinate. Today we’ll look at the first two. Claim #1. Vaccines have never been proven safe or effective.Claim #2. Vaccines do NOT wor...

BFTN 42–Julian Assange from 2019-04-16T02:58:56

On this episode we discuss the arrest of Julian Assange, break down a recent NYT story about him, and look at other various bits of disinformation that people are blindly repeating.    Below are...

ANTIVAX 4.2 from 2019-04-11T00:19:07

On this episode we take a look at the History Of Vaccinations&the story of Andrew Wakefield.   *Please Note: our weekly news shows are currently available to Silver subscribers and above.    Fol...

ANTIVAX 4.1 from 2019-04-05T22:12:53

Today we start a short series on THE ANTIVAX MOVEMENT. On the first episode we have a discussion about why people believe what they believe. Where do we get our knowledge? What sources do we tru...

BSF NEWS #41 from 2019-03-26T00:59:51

Today we break down what we know – and don’t know – about the Mueller Report and ask why for the last two years we’ve heard so much about Trump – Russian collusion when there is apparently no ev...

BSF NEWS #40 from 2019-03-19T05:16:43

Today’s show is all about the mosque shooting in Christchurch, the rise of Islamophobia in Australia and the role of the media and Christianity in that rise.    *Please Note: our weekly news sho...

BSF NEWS #39 from 2019-03-12T02:13:28

NYT’s Exposé on the Lies About Burning Aid Trucks in Venezuela Shows How U.S. Government and Media Spread Pro-War Propaganda Venezuelan opposition leader will call for ‘state of national emergen...

BSF NEWS #38 from 2019-03-05T03:58:57

Michael Cohen’s Statement.  Proposal: keep the nuclear launch codes in an innocent volunteer’s chest-cavity Netanyahu to be Indicted on Bribery, Fraud, Press Tampering: Israeli AG Religion works...

BSF NEWS #37 from 2019-02-26T02:38:50

U.S. Supreme Court rules against civil asset forfeiture Dutch historian Rutger Bregman vs Tucker Carlson Cardinal admits to Vatican summit that Catholic Church destroyed abuse files BREAKING: Au...

BSF NEWS #36 from 2019-02-19T01:13:03

Trump Declares National Emergency – what else can he do?  No Direct Evidence Of Collusion  Ilhan Omar Smacks Down Elliott Abrams In Front Of Everybody The massacre Trump’s envoy to Venezuela wan...

WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP #35–Venezuela (3/3) from 2019-02-11T02:15:44

The final chapter (nearly 2 hours long) of our mini-series on VENEZUELA and the “soft coup” that’s going on at the moment (February 2019). This time we’re talking about the Maduro era, 2013 – 20...

WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP #34–Venezuela (2/3) from 2019-02-04T01:55:58

Part two of our mini-series on VENEZUELA and the “soft coup” that’s going on at the moment (January 2019). This time we’re talking about the period 2002 – 2013 and building the case for how the ...

WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP #33–Venezuela (1/3) from 2019-01-28T06:12:18

Today’s show is all about VENEZUELA and the “soft coup” that’s going on at the moment (January 2019). This is the first part of a short series on Venezuela. We talk about the political history o...

WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP #32 from 2019-01-21T03:55:22

Today’s stories: 1. Avengers Infinity Stones – Essential aspects of existence?  2. Trump Told Cohen To lie to Congress. Or did he? 3. China wants to build a moon base. We say – Yay Communism! An...

WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP #31 from 2019-01-14T05:48:25

PLEASE NOTE: Starting today our weekly news show is for Silver subscribers and up only. If we get enough people upgrading their subscriptions, we will keep the mini-series going (we have lots of...

WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP #30 from 2019-01-07T04:33:32

China’s Got A (Rail)Gun Reporter Quits NBC Citing Network’s Support For Endless War Excusion My Fusion Brazil’s New President Cartel Boss’s Son&His Sweetheart DEA Deal Ecuador vs Assange&Giulian...

GenZ #03–Climate Change from 2018-12-26T07:56:32

  I’m back with my 18 year old twin sons, Taylor and Hunter, to chat about climate change. Does their generation worry about it? Are they skeptical about the science? Do they have any hope for t...

GUN CONTROL 2.7 from 2018-12-21T04:07:35

Back when we were doing our gun control series in late 2017, one of our listeners, let’s call him “Mac”, emailed us to say he worked in the gun industry in the USA, he’s a gun owner, and, if he ...

WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP #29 from 2018-12-17T06:37:11

Former Staffer on “The Apprentice” Claims Trump Was ‘Speed Freak’ Christian mother drowned 4 year old daughter and tried to burn body because God told her to The Guardian publishes dubious negat...

GenZ #02–Is Gaming Bad For Kids? from 2018-12-16T06:27:26

Taylor joins me (no Hunter on this episode) to discuss gaming and whether or not he thinks it’s been a positive or negative thing in his life. He’s been gaming heavily since about age 4. He’s no...

War On Drugs 3.32–Prop 215 from 2018-12-12T22:55:39

Part THIRTY-TWO, the final episode of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – “Prop 215”. Show Notes: On July 28, 1992, the biggest of journalistic guns swiveled on the Drug War. The New York Times put...

WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP #28 from 2018-12-11T02:40:45

Australian government to hack our devices CIA found that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ‘sent 11 messages to advisor who oversaw Jamal Khashoggi murder squad in the hours surrounding the...

War On Drugs 3.31–The Sentencing Project from 2018-12-07T23:47:39

Part THIRTY-ONE of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – “The Sentencing Project”. Show Notes: Georgia Gospel Choir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2wCBAdT6FI We finished up last time In 1989 Mass m...

WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP #27 from 2018-12-03T02:22:23

Well of course there’s only one story for us to talk about this week (for 90 MINUTES) – the hushed up criminal history of George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President of the United States, who...

War On Drugs 3.30“Tautology” from 2018-11-30T03:01

Part THIRTY of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – “Tautology”. Show Notes: Things continued to get worse under Reagan. Social services were cut, and the hardest hit turned to drugs. Reagan took th...

GenZ Pilot Podcast from 2018-11-29T00:39:29

I keep seeing headlines like “Generation Hopeless: millennials who lack basic life and workplace skills.” Which I think is bullshit. Older generations usually poke shit at the younger ones. But ...

BFTN #26 2018-11-26 from 2018-11-26T02:22:27

Welcome to day 674 of the presidency of our Lord and Saviour Donald J Trump, may his nose hairs never be ticklish and his tiny hands continue to fondle his daughter’s sweet ass. And may he conti...

BFTN #25 2018-11-19 from 2018-11-19T02:09:57

On our news show this week: 1. Ray updates us on hate crime stats 2. CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination 3. French Polynesia leader admits nuclear lie 4. Fac...

War On Drugs 3.29“DeLorean” from 2018-11-16T04:41:47

Part TWENTY-NINE of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – “DeLorean”. Show Notes: If you don’t know the story of DeLorean He worked at GM where he invented the Pontiac GTO, the first muscle car, in t...

BFTN #24 2018-11-14 from 2018-11-14T04:27:11

On our news show this week: Stan Lee made our childhood better Some analysis of the U.S. midterms The Migrant Caravan&conditions in Honduras Hate Crime on the rise in the U.S. Follow Cameron on ...

War On Drugs 3.28“Bubble Boy” from 2018-11-09T23:12:33

Part TWENTY-EIGHT of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – “Bubble Boy”. Show Notes: In 1985, a new drug hit the market – MDMA. Short for Methyl ene dioxy methamphetamine In general, MDMA users repor...

BFTN #23 2018-11-05 from 2018-11-05T02:10:30

On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Cameron gets hacked. Monsanto, Roundup, glyphosate&cancer. Khashoggi updates. Christian terrorism in the United States. Follow Cameron on Facebook. Follow ...

War On Drugs 3.27“The Evil Empire” from 2018-10-24T09:52:41

Part TWENTY-SEVEN of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – “The Evil Empire”. Show Notes: Another thing that happened in the U.S. in the early 80s was the dismantling of civil protections regarding s...

War On Drugs 3.26“Just Say No” from 2018-10-17T23:11:41

Part TWENTY-SIX of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – “Just Say No” Show Notes: So we’re back in the land of “it’s the individual’s fault for being weak”. And he wanted to make major changes to th...

BFTN #22 2018-10-15 from 2018-10-15T05:09:15

We spend the whole hour talking about the disappearance and alleged murder of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Who is he? What do we really know about him and his family background? What is Tru...

War On Drugs 3.25–Posse Comitatus from 2018-10-13T00:24:26

Part TWENTY-FIVE of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – “Posse Comitatus”. Show Notes: * Last time we said Carlton Turner, Ross Perot’s anti-drug guy, was appointed as Reagan’s new drug czar. * And...

BFTN #21 2018-10-10 from 2018-10-10T02:38:41

On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Welcome to day 625 of the Trump presidency. And Cameron’s birthday. Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father The Big Hack: ...

BFTN #20 2018-10-01 from 2018-10-01T05:27:06

On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Welcome to day 611 of the Trump presidency. Trump got laughed at.   PM Jacinda Ardern rejects US President Donald Trump’s call to join war on drugs Why I r...

War On Drugs 3.24–Say No To Drugs from 2018-09-28T04:13:43

Part TWENTY-FOUR of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – “Say No To Drugs”. Show Notes: Hoover had been dead 8 years, and the new Director, William Webster, was all for it. He’d been appointed to th...

BFTN #19 2018-09-24 from 2018-09-24T05:09:56

On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Welcome to day 611 of the Trump presidency. Ten Years After the Crash, We’ve Learned Nothing F.D.A. Targets Vaping, Alarmed by Teenage Use Australia’s demo...

War On Drugs 3.23 from 2018-09-20T00:13:37

Part TWENTY-THREE of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – “Perot&Reagan”. Show Notes: William Clements, Texas’ first Republican governor in 105 years. He decided to launch a Texan War On Drugs. And ...

BFTN #18 2018-09-17 from 2018-09-17T03:21:21

On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Someone suggested we should provide some Syria updates. MoD accidentally reveals British drones firing thermobaric missiles in Syria More than 30,000 Syria...

War On Drugs 3.22 from 2018-09-14T01:07:34

Part TWENTY-TWO of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – “RICO”. Show Notes: I want to talk about RICO – The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act RICO was passed into law by Nixon in 19...

BFTN #17 2018-09-10 from 2018-09-10T03:33:41

On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Trump can’t say Anonymous  The “Resistance” Inside the Trump Administration Is the United States of America a republic or a democracy? The United States ra...

BFTN #16 2018-09-03 from 2018-09-03T07:41:35

On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Donald Trump not coming to Australia  Chinese billionaire Jack Ma says the US wasted trillions on warfare instead of investing in infrastructure A “Social ...

War On Drugs 3.21 from 2018-08-30T21:52:29

Part TWENTY-ONE of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – “Broken Windows”. Show Notes: Heroin addicts constituted about one-quarter of one percent of the US population in 1972. But if you listened to...

BFTN #15 2018-08-27 from 2018-08-27T02:43:20

On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Australian PM has his Ides of March – in August.  Robert Mueller Might Have ‘Quite Ugly’ Information on Donald Trump’s Unreleased Tax Returns McCain is dea...

War On Drugs 3.20 from 2018-08-24T23:52:59

Part TWENTY of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – “Operation Golden Flow”. Show Notes: Meanwhile,  in the early 1970s, Nixon put together something called The Shafer Commission, formally known as ...

BFTN #14 2018-08-20 from 2018-08-20T03:35

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War On Drugs 3.19 from 2018-08-18T01:50:52

Part NINETEEN of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – The Golden Triangle Show Notes: In May 1971, a couple of U.S. congressmen returned from a visit to Vietnam claiming that maybe as many at 15% of...

BFTN #13 2018-08-05 from 2018-08-05T05:16:42

We’re back! On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Nine – Fairfax merger&media consolidation The Q Conspiracy,  What Is QAnon? The Conspiracy Theory Tiptoeing Into Trump World What is America’s ...

War On Drugs 3.18 from 2018-06-28T01:05:22

Part EIGHTEEN of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – Nixon and The King. Show Notes: Lyndon Johnson’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice was a group of 19 people appointed ...

BFTN #12 2018-06-25 from 2018-06-25T05:25:07

On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Supercomputer Aurora 21 will map the human brain, starting in 2021 The US Department of Energy is in the process of revamping the contract for the Aurora s...

War On Drugs 3.17 from 2018-06-22T04:48:28

Part SEVENTEEN of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – The Beatniks and the Hippies. Show Notes: In the 1960s, as drugs became symbols of youthful rebellion, social upheaval, and political dissent, ...

BFTN #11 2018-06-18 from 2018-06-18T04:47:20

On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Singapore summit: Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un document released after historic meeting – North Korea must open up to improve economy and living standards ...

War On Drugs 3.16 from 2018-06-15T22:02:41

Part SIXTEEN of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – Arnold Rothstein’s luck runs out. Show Notes: ON our last episode – Arnold Rothstein invented the modern drug gang. But On November 4, 1928, his ...

BFTN #10 2018-06-11 from 2018-06-11T04:33:43

Bourdain, suicide and The Three Illusions MormonLeaks: LDS Church connected to at least $32B in U.S. stock market The Mormon Church came out HARD against Utah’s medical marijuana initiative. Las...

BFTN #9 2018-06-04 from 2018-06-04T03:47:13

On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Weezer Records Africa Samantha Bee called Ivanka Trump a feckless cunt and I’m offended. Cockroach Milk Has More Protein And Nutrients Than Regular Milk: T...

War On Drugs 3.15 from 2018-06-01T02:00:13

Part FIFTEEN of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – Arnold Rothstein invents the modern drug racket. Show Notes: Arnold Rothstein. As someone pointed out, Hyman Roth in The Godfather Part II is act...

BFTN #8 2018-05-28 from 2018-05-28T03:12:40

On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: The Coming Collapse Elon Musk doesn’t know how journalism works — but thinks he can fix it School shooting around the world Yes, Trump Aides Colluded With ...

War On Drugs 3.14 from 2018-05-25T03:33:15

Part FOURTEEN of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – Harry takes his war global – and ends up in Playboy. Show Notes: After WWII, Harry Anslinger started to wonder why his campaign against drugs wa...

BFTN #7 2018-05-21 from 2018-05-21T05:24:59

On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: The Royal wedding Santa Fe shooting FBI spying on Trump Rock star physicist Carlo Rovelli on why time is an illusion Turning carbon dioxide into rock – for...

War On Drugs 3.13 from 2018-05-18T23:05:26

Part THIRTEEN of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 and The LaGuardia Report. Show Notes: * We’ve seen that in the 1930s, Harry Anslinger decided to make cannabis his...

BFTN #6 2018-05-14 from 2018-05-14T04:13:05

    On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Revenge of the Laughable Bumblefucks Trump nukes Iran deal Iran is responsible for a significant portion of the world’s oil, and sanctions will reduce ...

BFTN #5 2018-05-07 from 2018-05-07T02:24:36

On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: * ‘We’re doomed’: Mayer Hillman on the climate reality * Are You Ready To Consider That Capitalism Is The Real Problem? * The enduring legacy of Marx * Als...

War On Drugs 3.12 from 2018-05-04T04:49:29

Part TWELVE of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS, talking about Billie Holiday. Show Notes: * The jazz and blues singer Billie Holiday aka Lady Day. * GOD BLESS THE CHILD * She had a tough, tough l...

BFTN #4 2018-04-30 from 2018-04-30T01:36:54

On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Semion Mogilevich, the alleged “boss of bosses” of the Russian mob and his connections to Donald Trump Read more: https://trump-russia.com/2017/05/22/the-r...

War On Drugs 3.11 from 2018-04-25T00:23:55

Part ELEVEN of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS. And we’re still talking about a man who tried to stop the war on drugs way back in 1938 – Dr Henry Smith Williams. Show Notes: In his 1938 book “Dr...

BFTN #3 2018-04-23 from 2018-04-23T04:26:54

On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Special guest Sherlock Ortiz comes on to school us about political correctness. Or does he? Cameron rants about the “Whataboutism” Vs Tu Quoque Allison Mac...

War On Drugs 3.10 from 2018-04-20T23:58:28

Part TEN of War on Drugs series. And we’re talking about a man who tried to stop the war on drugs way back in 1938 – Dr Henry Smith Williams. Show Notes: We’re still talking about Harry Anslinge...

BFTN #2 2018-04-16 from 2018-04-16T04:38:28

On BFTN this week: Trump Strikes Syria Cate Blanchett’s “Penis Facial” Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? More Gaza Protests Former Israeli soldiers wrote an open letter Elizabeth ...

BFTN #1 2018-04-09 from 2018-04-09T22:24:49

Welcome to our new series – Bullshit Filter The News! Based on the positive response to our spontaneous “Uncle Cam’s Corner” episode a couple of weeks ago, we decided to make it a weekly thing. ...

War On Drugs 3.9 from 2018-04-06T22:25:26

Part NINE of War on Drugs series – more on the history of cannabis. Show Notes: HARRY ANSLINGER As we mentioned in an earlier episode, after WWI, Harry Anslinger ended up working for the Prohibi...

War On Drugs 3.8 from 2018-04-01T06:00:01

Part EIGHT of War on Drugs series – more on the history of cannabis. Show Notes: * I like this one from The Indianapolis News, 15 Jul 1904, Fri * The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, S...

Uncle Cam’s Corner.1 from 2018-03-26T23:13:58

Taking a break from our War On Drugs, Cam wanted to talk about a few current news items, in particular, Cambridge Analytica, Putin’s election, and the Austin “bomber”. Welcome to Uncle Cam’s Cor...

War On Drugs 3.7 from 2018-03-25T00:19:43

Part seven of War on Drugs series – the history of cannabis aka marijuana aka kush, dope, grass, herb, gage, tea, reefer, chronic, hashish. Show Notes: What time is it, Ray? That’s right – it’s ...

War On Drugs 3.6 from 2018-03-08T12:32:02

Part six of War on Drugs series, we’re now talking about the history of heroin, opium, laudanum, and the other good shit that comes from the humble poppy. Show Notes: Okay let’s talk about opium...

War On Drugs 3.5 from 2018-03-02T23:21:28

Part five of War on Drugs series, still looking at the history of cocaine up until 1930, asking the cui bono – who benefited from the ban on cocaine? Show Notes: Johnny Cash’s cover of the old T...

War On Drugs 3.4 from 2018-02-23T23:54:54

Part four of War on Drugs series, still looking at the history of cocaine up until 1930. Show Notes: Back to our discussion about cocaine. In London in 1916, during WWI, the deparment store Harr...

War On Drugs 3.3 from 2018-01-25T19:27:11

Part three of War on Drugs series. We begin the story of Harry Anslinger, the father of the War on Drugs. And we also talk about the history of cocaine. Show Notes: * Which brings us to Harry An...

War On Drugs 3.2 from 2018-01-14T09:08:38

Part two of third series. The Eighteenth Amendment is passed. And then repealed. Thousands of people die along the way.   Theme music: Holy Deep by The Passion HiFi Show Notes: A lot of the publ...

War On Drugs 3.1 from 2018-01-13T08:59:01

Our third series starts today. We’re going to be looking at the history of the “War On Drugs”. Theme music: Holy Deep by The Passion HiFi Show Notes: * Once upon a time, less than a century ago,...

Gun Control 2.6 from 2017-12-30T05:11:03

The sixth and final episode of our series on gun control and gun violence  continues our look at the United States. We explore the history of the NRA and develop our conclusions from the series....

Gun Control 2.5 from 2017-12-24T23:07:49

The fifth episode of our series on gun control and gun violence  continues our look at the United States. We explore the history of the Second Amendment and some of the common arguments American...

Gun Control 2.4 from 2017-12-15T08:45:11

The fourth episode of our series on gun control and gun violence  begins our look at the United States. Was the Wild West as violent as Hollywood has lead us to believe? How do daily mass shooti...

Gun Control 2.3 from 2017-11-17T11:04:29

The third episode of our series on gun control and gun violence looks at the UK and Canadian experiences. They both had a significant mass shooting some decades ago, both tightened up their gun ...

Gun Control 2.2 from 2017-11-10T22:58:21

The second episode of our series on gun control and gun violence, finishing up our chat about the Aussie experience. Did the gun restrictions put into place in 1996 have an impact on reducing gu...

Gun Control 2.1 from 2017-11-03T10:58:39

The first episode of our series on gun control and gun violence in four countries – Australia, UK, Canada and USA. We’ll explore the history of each country and look at the evidence as to whethe...

Syrian Civil War 1.25 from 2017-10-20T07:20:21

The final episode! Trump launched 59 cruise missiles at Shayrat Air Base, but he first warned the Russians who in turn warned the Syrians. So the attack was mostly for show. Putin suggested the ...

Syrian Civil War 1.24 from 2017-10-13T06:21:59

Second last episode! On 8 October 2015, the U.S. officially announced the end of the Pentagon’s $500 million program to train and equip Syrian rebels in an acknowledgment that the program had fa...

Syrian Civil War 1.23 from 2017-10-06T07:20:52

Third last episode! In June 2014 Syria had a presidential election. Guess you won? On August 19 American journalist James Foley, who had been captured in Syria, was beheaded in a video by ISIL m...

Syrian Civil War 1.22 from 2017-09-22T07:15:06

After the Obama administration decided against a full out attack on the Syrian forces, they began to revamp a failed policy. In the end, the Obama administration spent $1 billion, according to t...

Syrian Civil War 1.21 from 2017-09-15T08:48:51

At a minimum, the Obama administration exaggerated its case to justify a military attack on Syria. At worst, the White House fabricated intelligence. Bottom line: no one has yet presented convin...

Syrian Civil War 1.20 from 2017-09-08T07:10:16

Obama’s “red line” and what happened after the Ghouta attack. On 31 August 2013, the US military was ready to make strikes on Syrian targets. But Obama blinked. Maybe because Donald Trump tweete...

Syrian Civil War 1.19 from 2017-08-25T09:13:50

Syria were one of seven countries that had not joined the 1997 convention banning chemical weapons. They were widely believed to possess large undeclared stockpiles of mustard gas and sarin nerv...

Syrian Civil War 1.18 from 2017-08-18T06:12:12

More clips of Barbara Walters’ 2011 interview with Bashar where he explains why Syria is “the faultline” of the Middle East and how he ended up President. We cover the major events of 2012, incl...

Syrian Civil War 1.17 from 2017-08-11T06:22:42

Late 2011, Bashar al-Assad did a lengthy interview with Barbara Walters, in which he explained his perspective on the violence engulfing his country, how he ended up as President, and his plans ...

Syrian Civil War 1.16 from 2017-07-28T08:16:22

Here’s my interview with Muhannad Saker, a Syrian from Lattakia, an Alawii, who was in Damascus during the early years of the civil war. I chatted with him a few weeks ago to get an eyewitness a...

Syrian Civil War 1.15 from 2017-07-20T11:33:38

NATO attacks Libya to remove Gaddafi, in part, according to intelligence sent to Hillary Clinton (leaked by Wikileaks) to prevent him from introducing the gold dinar, a single African currency m...

Syrian Civil War 1.14 from 2017-07-13T07:29:49

Why were there pro-government rallies in most of the country’s cities at the end of March 2011? Why did the government formally declare the repeal of an emergency law that had been in place sinc...

Syrian Civil War 1.13 from 2017-06-22T10:54:28

We cover the events of March 2011, including Assad’s first speech since the start of the troubles, in which he blames foreign elements, sacks his cabinet, and points the finger at Al Jazeera, th...

Syrian Civil War 1.12 from 2017-06-09T13:38:41

We talk more about the diplomatic cable, written in 2006 by William Roebuck, chargé d’affaires at the US embassy in Damascus, that talked about ways the U.S. could help overthrow the Assad regim...

Syrian Civil War 1.11 from 2017-06-02T08:31:45

Then 9/11 happened. In 2003, despite their history with Iraq during the first Gulf War, the Assad government opposed the United States’ invasion and occupation of Iraq. But that didn’t stop the ...

Syrian Civil War 1.10 from 2017-05-26T06:57:32

  When Hafez al-Assad died in June 2000 he was succeeded by his youngest son Bashar as President and Syrian Regional Branch head. He was 35 years old. He later ran unopposed in an election, rece...

Syrian Civil War 1.9 from 2017-05-12T12:04:48

We cover the last few decades of Hafez Al-Assad’s Presidency of Syria, including his support for America’s war on Iraq in 1991 and his brother Rifaat’s attempt at a coup. Hey our show is now lis...

Syrian Civil War 1.8 from 2017-05-05T09:51:22

In this episode we continue to discuss the Lebanese civil war, the founding of the PLO (the Palestinian Liberation Organisation), Fatah, Hezbollah and the quick version of the Lebanese civil war...

Syrian Civil War 1.7 from 2017-04-27T04:35:41

In this episode we discuss the Lebanese civil war which raged from 1975 – 1990 and claimed the lives of 120,000 people, with another 1,000,000 refugees. Syria played a huge role and their forces...

Syrian Civil War 1.6 from 2017-04-13T23:03:25

In this episode we examine the US’ response to the OPEC oil sanctions of 1973. Kissinger promised to negotiate a settlement between Israel and Syria which was enough for Assad to convince Arab o...

Syrian Civil War 1.5 from 2017-04-06T23:32:10

Part 5 of our Syria series looks at the era of Hafez Al-Assad, 1970 – 2000. His rise through the ranks of the military, becoming a general in the air force, defense minister, and finally Preside...

Syrian Civil War 1.4 from 2017-03-30T04:49:44

Part 4 of our series on the Syrian civil war focuses on the history of the Alawites, a bizarre and minor Islamic sect that spent most of its 1100 year history being oppressed (and beheaded) by t...

Syrian Civil War 1.3 from 2017-03-08T23:09:35

Part 3 of our series on the Syrian civil war. We spend this episode talking about Saudi Arabia – from it’s founding in 1744, when Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the dynasty, joined forces with th...

Syrian Civil War 1.2 from 2017-03-08T23:08:16

Continuing our discussion about the Syrian civil war and the history that lead up to it, we pick up where we left off talking about the history of Iran, including the CIA’s covert overthrow of I...

Syrian Civil War 1.1 from 2017-03-03T03:39:14

Welcome to our new series! After a brief introduction to the series, we launch into our first topic – the Syrian civil war, the deadliest conflict the 21st century has witnessed thus far. Nearly...