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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 Wealth Fund” Could be the Next Big Idea Harvey Weinstein’s money is still good for something Louis CK is back doing standup Follow Cameron on Facebook . Follow Ray on Facebook . Thanks to our special g...

Part TWENTY-ONE of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – “Broken Windows”. HOW TO LISTEN If you’re seeing this message, it means you aren’t logged in as a subscriber. If want to listen to the premium episodes of the series, you’ll need to become one of our Bullshit Fighters and r egister for one of our premium accounts . Show Notes: Heroin addicts constituted about one-quarter o...

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 dead. He wasn’t a hero. California Measure Would Expunge Many Marijuana-Related Crimes Follow Cameron on Facebook . Follow Ray on Facebook . The post BFTN #15 2018-08-27 appe...

Part TWENTY of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – “Operation Golden Flow”. HOW TO LISTEN If you’re seeing this message, it means you aren’t logged in as a subscriber. If want to listen to the premium episodes of the series, you’ll need to become one of our Bullshit Fighters and r egister for one of our premium accounts . Show Notes: Meanwhile,  in the early 1970s, Nixon...

On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Kofi Annan & Rwanda Scientists Just Successfully Reversed Ageing in Lab Grown Human Cells https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30026406 Report details decades of sexual abuse by priests and WTF is wrong with Catholics? Pentagon to return bells captured in the Philippines over 100 years ago & the bias of CNN Alex Jones & corporate censorship Follow...

Part NINETEEN of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – The Golden Triangle HOW TO LISTEN If you’re seeing this message, it means you aren’t logged in as a subscriber. If want to listen to the premium episodes of the series, you’ll need to become one of our Bullshit Fighters and r egister for one of our premium accounts . Show Notes: In May 1971, a couple of U.S. congressmen retur...

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 most important problem? The Pope has a message for death penalty hypocrites Follow Cameron on Facebook . Follow Ray on Facebook . The post BFTN #13 2018-08-05 appeared first on The BS...

Part EIGHTEEN of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – Nixon and The King. HOW TO LISTEN If you’re seeing this message, it means you aren’t logged in as a subscriber. If want to listen to the premium episodes of the series, you’ll need to become one of our Bullshit Fighters and r egister for one of our premium accounts . Show Notes: Lyndon Johnson’s Commission on Law Enforcement...

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 supercomputer, shifting its deployment from 2018 to 2021, and increasing its performance from 180 petaflops to over 1 exaflop. That will more than likely make it the first supercomputer in the US to leap ove...

Part SEVENTEEN of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – The Beatniks and the Hippies. HOW TO LISTEN If you’re seeing this message, it means you aren’t logged in as a subscriber. If want to listen to the premium episodes of the series, you’ll need to become one of our Bullshit Fighters and r egister for one of our premium accounts . Show Notes: In the 1960s, as drugs became symbols of...

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 – Cheesiest video ever – All the Times North Korea Promised to Denuclearize Bitcoin’s 2017 Surge Was the Result of Manipulation, Experts Say More Than Just Russia — There’s a Strong Case f...

Part SIXTEEN of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – Arnold Rothstein’s luck runs out. HOW TO LISTEN If you’re seeing this message, it means you aren’t logged in as a subscriber. If want to listen to the premium episodes of the series, you’ll need to become one of our Bullshit Fighters and r egister for one of our premium accounts . Show Notes: ON our last episode – Arnol...

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. Last week, MormonLeaks leaked a doc proving the church owns nearly a billion in big pharma stocks . Utah has highest rate of mental illness in US Which I’ve always suspected might be connected to t...

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: The Next Superfood Trend? Arkady Babchenko “murder”  – Why he left Russia Congressional Candidate In Virginia Admits He’s A Pedophile Google won’t renew its military AI contract – anot...

Part FIFTEEN of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – Arnold Rothstein invents the modern drug racket. HOW TO LISTEN If you’re seeing this message, it means you aren’t logged in as a subscriber. If want to listen to the premium episodes of the series, you’ll need to become one of our Bullshit Fighters and r egister for one of our premium accounts . Show Notes: Arnold Rothstein. As som...

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 Foreign Governments ‘A lot of dial tones’: The inside story of how Trump’s North Korea summit fell apart  Follow Cameron on Facebook . Follow Ray on Facebook . The post BFTN #8 2018-05-28 appeared firs...

Part FOURTEEN of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – Harry takes his war global – and ends up in Playboy. HOW TO LISTEN If you’re seeing this message, it means you aren’t logged in as a subscriber. If want to listen to the premium episodes of the series, you’ll need to become one of our Bullshit Fighters and r egister for one of our premium accounts . Show Notes: After WWII, H...

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 – forever Trump Defends ‘Animals’ Remark, Saying It Referred to MS-13 Gang Members  MS-13 Salvadorian civil war in the 1980s pitted a right-wing government against Marxist guerrillas. Hitler definitel...

Part THIRTEEN of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS – The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 and The LaGuardia Report. HOW TO LISTEN If you’re seeing this message, it means you aren’t logged in as a subscriber. If want to listen to the premium episodes of the series, you’ll need to become one of our Bullshit Fighters and register for one of our premium accounts . Show Notes: * We’ve seen that...

    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 the amount they’re able to export. The big threats to our planet are the Republican Party and Christianity . Also see: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/how-the-faithful...

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 * Also… https://qz.com/1269525 * The Korea Peace Deal * Also… https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/559181/ Follow Cameron on Micro Blog and Facebook . Follow Ray on Facebook ....

Part TWELVE of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS, talking about Billie Holiday. HOW TO LISTEN If you’re seeing this message, it means you aren’t logged in as a subscriber. If want to listen to the premium episodes of the series, you’ll need to become one of our Bullshit Fighters and register for one of our premium accounts . Show Notes: * The jazz and blues singer Billie Holiday aka Lady...

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-russian-mobster-who-hid-out-in-trump-tower-and-the-taj-mahal/amp/ http://www.citjourno.org/page-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semion_Mogilevich?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_...

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. HOW TO LISTEN If you’re seeing this message, it means you aren’t logged in as a subscriber. If want to listen to the premium episodes of the series, you’ll need to become one of our Bullshit Fighters and register f...

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 Mack, Smallville actress, charged over Nxivm sex trafficking Read more about NXIVM Raul Castro, President of Cuba retires But the U.S. MSM still can’t tell a straight story Meanwhile…...