The Bullshit Filter

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN_17.mp3″ ] 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 ranks only 21st in the Economist's "Democracy Index 2017 Christian author: Trump is under attack from 'multidimensional Luciferi...

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN16.mp3″ ] 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 [...] The p...

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 the rhetoric coming out of the Nixon administration, they were like the hordes of hell. The conservative Hudson Institute, set up [...] The post War On Drugs 3.21 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn mor...

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN15.mp3″ ] 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 F...

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 the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, to make recommendations about what the government should do about marijuana. Its chairman was former Pennsylvania [...] The post War On Drugs 3.20 appeare...

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN14.mp3″ ] 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 y...

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 U.S. troops stationed there were using heroin. That would be about 40,000 troops. One of them said that troops [...] The post War On Drugs 3.19 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad cho...

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN13.mp3″ ] 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 Faceboo...

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 by the President in 1967 to study the American criminal justice system. It was described as "the most comprehensive evaluation of [...] The post War On Drugs 3.18 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more...

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN12.mp3″ ] 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 [...] The...

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, the government halted scientific research to evaluate their medical safety and efficacy. The Baby Boomers born after WWII had a different set [...] The post War On Drugs 3.17 appeared first on The BS Filter...

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN11.mp3″ ] 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 Manipulatio...

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 luck ran out. He was shot in the groin or the stomach - depending on which source you believe [...] The post War On Drugs 3.16 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN10.mp3″ ] On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: 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...

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN9.mp3″ ] 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 Pedop...

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 actually based on Meyer Lansky, not Rothstein. In the film, Roth's original name is Suchowsky. When he was a toddler, his [...] The post War On Drugs 3.15 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your...

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN8.mp3″ ] 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 [...] The post BFTN #8...

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 wasn't working. He had the doctors whipped into line, he had the politicians in his pocket. And yet people [...] The post War On Drugs 3.14 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. V...

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN7.mp3″ ] 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 [...] The post...

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 new focus. * Despite the fact that most people had never heard of it. * Exploiting the yellow [...] The post War On Drugs 3.13 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN6.mp3″ ] 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 [...] The post BFT...

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN5.mp3″ ] 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...

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 life. * She was born in 1915 to an unmarried teenage couple, Sarah Fagan and Clarence Holiday. [...] The post War On Drugs 3.12 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN4.mp3″ ] 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/...

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 "Drug Addicts Are Human Beings: The Story of Our Billion Dollar Drug Racket", he drives [...] The post War On Drugs 3.11 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...