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[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN3_2018-04-23.mp3″ ] 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 retir...

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 Anslinger. The first American drug czar. As we've seen in previous episodes, cocaine, opium and heroin didn't have [...] The post War On Drugs 3.10 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices....

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/bftn_2018-04-16.mp3″ ] 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...

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN1.mp3″ ] 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 [...] The post BFTN #1 2018-04-09...

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, Sunday, December 25, 1904, warns that hasheesh will drive you MAD! * This one is from The Box Elder News [...] The post War On Drugs 3.8 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

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. [smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BS_Rant.mp3″ ] Theme music: Holy Deep by The Passion HiFi The post Uncle Cam's Corner.1 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more abo...

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 4:20. In 1971, Steve Capper, Dave Reddix, Jeffrey Noel, Larry Schwartz, and Mark Gravich, five high school students in San Rafael, [...] The post War On Drugs 3.7 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more...

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, aka the black spice, and its derivative, heroin. Other common names for heroin include big H, horse, hell dust, and [...] The post War On Drugs 3.6 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your a...

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. J. "Red" Arnall song from 1947 Cocaine Blues from his live Folsom Prison album. So that's a song about a [...] The post War On Drugs 3.5 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices....

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 Harrods were selling a kit described as "A Welcome Present for Friends at the Front" containing cocaine, morphine, syringes and needles. [...] The post War On Drugs 3.4 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn mo...

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 Anslinger. * Harry was born in 1892. * His father was a barber from Switzerland. * His [...] The post War On Drugs 3.3 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

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 public resentment against alcohol was also a form of racism and white nationalism. The immigrant men who came to the country, particularly [...] The post War On Drugs 3.2 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn mo...

Our third series starts today. We're going to be looking at the history of the "War On Drugs". [smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/Bullshit_Filter_3.1.2.mp3″ ] Theme music: Holy Deep by The Passion HiFi Show Notes: * Once upon a time, less than a century ago, You could go to any American pharmacy and buy heroin and cocaine. * In the 1890s [...] The post War On Drugs 3...

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. [smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BS_2.6_Final.mp3″ ] Theme music: Holy Deep by The Passion HiFi Show Notes: NRA Let's talk about the NRA, the National Rifle Association. [.....

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. [smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/Bullshit_2.5.mp3″ ] Theme music: Holy Deep by The Passion HiFi Show Notes: Of course, Americans often [...] Th...

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? [smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/Bullshit_2.4.mp3″ ] Theme music: Holy Deep by The Passion HiFi Show Notes: Okay, now [...] The post...

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. [smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/Guns_2.3.mp3″ [...] The post Gu...

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? [smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/Bullshit_2.2.mp3″ ] Theme music: Holy Deep by The Passion HiFi [......

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 [...] The post Gun Control 2.1 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices....

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 [...] The post Syrian Civil War 1.25 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn...

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 [...] The post Syrian Civil War 1.24 appeared first on The...

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 post Syrian Civil War 1.23 appeared first on The BS Fi...

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 [...] The post Syrian Civil War 1.22 appeared first on The BS Filter. Le...

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 [...] The post Syrian Civil War 1.21 appeared first...

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 [...] The post Syrian Civil War 1.20 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn m...