The BS Filter

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. 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 premiu...

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 Warren Calls on Israel to Exercise Restraint Against Palestinian Protesters ‘Boy Who Came Back From Heaven’ Is Suing Christian Publisher to Get His Name Removed From Phony Bestseller Ameri...

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. We’ll pick the top stories and events that have grabbed our attention over the last week and just chat about them. No crazy research, we’re just giving you our off-the-cu...

Part NINE of War on Drugs series – more on the history of cannabis. 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: HARRY ANSLINGER As we mentioned in an earlier episode,...

Part EIGHT of War on Drugs series – more on the history of cannabis. 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: * I like this one from The Indianapolis News, 15 Jul 1...

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 Corner. Theme music: Holy Deep by The Passion HiFi The post Uncle Cam’s Corner.1 appeared first on The BS Filter .

Part seven of War on Drugs series – the history of cannabis aka marijuana aka kush, dope, grass, herb, gage, tea, reefer, chronic, hashish. 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 accoun...

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. 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...

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? 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 prem...

Part four of War on Drugs series, still looking at the history of cocaine up until 1930. 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: Back to our discussion about cocaine. In...

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. 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...

Part two of third series. The Eighteenth Amendment is passed. And then repealed. Thousands of people die along the way. 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 .   Theme music:&n...

Our third series starts today. We’re going to be looking at the history of the “War On Drugs”. 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 . Theme music: Holy Deep...

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. Theme music: Holy Deep by  The Passion HiFi Show Notes: NRA Let’s talk about the NRA, the National Rifle Association. Why is the NRA so powerful? A bit of history. The group was founded...

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 Americans make for why they need guns. Theme music: Holy Deep by  The Passion HiFi Show Notes: Of course, Americans often point to the Second Amendment of their Constitution. Which protects the...

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 shootings effect the national American psyche? Theme music: Holy Deep by  The Passion HiFi Show Notes: Okay, now we get to ‘Murica. Recording this on the fifth anniversary of Sandy Hook Elementary...

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 laws, and their experiences since then have been quite different in some ways – but quite similar in others. Theme music: Holy Deep by  The Passion HiFi Show Notes: UNITED KINDGOM England’s...

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 gun homicide, suicide, other forms of homicide and crime rates in general? Theme music: Holy Deep by  The Passion HiFi Show Notes: The NFA placed tight control on semi-automatic and fully automatic...

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 whether or not gun control has lead to less gun homicides, less mass shootings, and lower crime rates. This first episode is mostly talking about the Australian experience. Theme music: Holy Deep...

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 attack was an attempt to distract the world from civilian casualties in Iraq. An American-led bombing in Western Mosul on 17 March 2017 killed hundreds of civilians. But the American media obediently g...

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 failed. The Pentagon admitted that it had trained only four or five fighters inside Syria and that others had surrendered to rival groups and handed over the their weapons when they crossed the bord...

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 member “Jihadi John”. That started a run of ISIL beheadings and threats to America and the UK. On 30 September 2015, at an official request by the Syrian government, the...

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 the New York Times , on what the CIA called a train-and-equip program, trying to build a rebel army, code-named Timber Sycamore. It was one of the costliest covert action programs in the history of the CIA &...

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 convincing evidence of who perpetrated the horrific Al Ghouta attack. But one thing remains clear: the Al Ghouta massacre changed US policy, just not in the way President Obama intended. Bashar agrees t...

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 tweeted that attacking Syria would “look very bad”. Hey our show is now listed in iTunes as “The BS Filter”. Click here.  You should be able to find it in most podcast apps by se...