The Bullshit Filter

The war continues, 60 plus days. The US and EU and their allies, eg Australia, continue to “support” Ukraine by giving them some kind of military aid. But the question is whether or not this is going to result in less Ukrainian deaths... or more? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we talk about "Offensive Realism", the theory put forward by John Mearsheimer in his 2001 book “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics", and how it might explain the current Russia/Ukraine/NATO/USA situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yesterday Putin announced he was starting a “special military operation” in Ukraine. He said his goal was to “demilitarize” but not occupy the country, and that any countries that intervene in Ukraine invasion will face consequences. He also gave an hour long speech the day before, explaining his thinking behind they invasion. As usual, his speech has been completely misrepresented by the Western media. Today we're joined by Trevor Bell to break down the events of the last week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To understand what's happening with Russia and Ukraine, we really need to understand what happened at the end of the Cold War, with Russia, with NATO and with the United States. On this episode, we delve into the history to we can understand the present. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lots of stuff in this episode about Assange, China, Russia and Christianity, but the main theme is a theory I’ve been trying to flesh out about how tribalism and identity converge to create a mind virus that stops people from being able to focus on facts and evidence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Russians attack Amin's palace without him realising what is happening. He still thinks they are on his side, right up until the moment they put a bullet in him. But before they storm the palace, they first try poison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Continuing on from our last episodes about Afghanistan, we look at the first days of the Russian invasion in December 1979 and dispel some common myths about the Soviet’s intentions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part two of our look at the history of American involvement in Afghanistan since the late 1970s. We continue the story of the internal collapse of the PDPA's power in 1979, while the United States started pouring money into supporting the Mujahideen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the aftermath of the US finally removing its troops from Afghanistan, it's time we take look at the history of American involvement in that part of the world and try to dispel some of the myths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Ray and I look at COVID vaccinations - the state of global vaccinations and vaccine opposition, how they are made, how well they work, the risks of vaccines, and what the world might look like after we're mostly all vaccinated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Trevor and I look at lockdowns. Do they work? What do we mean by 'work'? What's the evidence for and against? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm joined by Trevor Bell from The Iron Fist & The Velvet Glove podcast to talk about the state of COVID as of August 2021. This is the first part of several upcoming episodes where we look at the state of the global pandemic, as well as explore the various theories about the effectiveness of lockdowns and vaccinations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long-time listener Hugo Mathieu joins me to explain how and why I'm wrong about democracy. He says we don't have one. I say we have one - albeit in a corrupt and limited form. Who's right? You be the judge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long-time listener and former China resident Liam Bussell joins me for a chat about why I am, in his opinion, "wrong on China". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at the Afghanistan pullout, Biden's genocide announcement, coverage of the latest Israel-Palestinian conflict, and the Pentagon's bizarre internet play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some Greek guy died, stop the presses. Suggested Punishments for a Fake Cherokee? COVID antivaxers. Iran calls Natanz atomic site blackout 'nuclear terrorism’. The US blurred out Israeli satellite images for decades. Why is the US investigating a Swiss banker? The Chinese Marshall Plan. Psychopaths in power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we drill down on the Uyghur report by Dr Adrian Zenz, look at the CIA's relationship with Turkish Islamic scholar Fetullah Gulen, Biden's failure to punish the Saudis for the murder of Kashogghi, and the scary Christianity of Gab.com's founder, Andrew Torba. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk about the current war going on between the Australian Government and a handful of media barons on one side, and Facebook and Google. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We look at the obviously biased reporting in the Western media about the WHO's recent trip to China to investigate the origins of COVID. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We continue our look at the media coverage of China's Uighur camps with an examination of the contradictions and the problems with, and funding of, the sources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we begin a look at China's Uighur camps and try to unpick the propaganda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Left v Right Wing Violence. Billionaire Ray Dalio on the coming US Civil War. QAnon and the problem of epistemology and heuristics. Let’s evolve Australia Day. And Taylor Guitars goes 100% ESOP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Navalny medical data. Washington troops. Trump rape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's talk about the attempted US coup and about what might happen next. We also talk about Brisbane's "snap lockdown", how to handle a pandemic properly, and why we don't have absolute freedom of speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode we discuss recent news, including Trump's phone call to the Secretary of State of Georgia, conspiracy theories surrounding reporting of COVID deaths, Assange's extradition hearing, Biden's likely approach to Cuba, and how to put poison in someone's underpants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 search for new leadership. Trump is pushed out. Trump sets up his own political party. Let's talk about what might happen. Meanwhile: Trump intervening with SCOTUS Mike Pence - The Decider Hunter Biden investigation Iran assassination The UN commission reclassifies cannabis Meanwhile in Australia - the cops are going nuts busting marijuana importers and dealers In Colorado - legal since 2014 - weed brings in about 1% of the state’s budget Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 could lead to a new US Civil War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 CDC did *not* say only 6% of people died from COVID; Senate Report about Trump and Russia contains nothing new; who put the poison in Navalny's tea?; the Khashoggi trial concludes but what's happening with the US lawsuit against KSA?. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 invited him on to chat about his views on the current state of the United States, where he has lived for the past 8 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is the United States a failed state? Or just a failing state? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 the protests, riots, America and how it is different from the rest of the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 hotspots to come on and share with me their experiences and views on how the country can move forwards. But I'm starting the miniseries with my favourite American - my wife, Chrissy Dunaway Reilly. She has lived in Australia for nearly eleven years and has a fairly rare perspective on what it's like to be an American living in a Western country that is similar in many ways - and yet different. And why she no longer wants to return to the country of her birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 around the coming of the One World Government, the New World Order, Covid conspiracies, and many other fun topics. The post BFTN 70 - New World Order appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 - then disgraced American physician, Thomas Cowan, talked about it at a pseudo-science conference - then there was [...] The post BFTN 69 - 5G Conspiracies Part 2 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 well as the technology itself and the geopolitical battles going on around it. The post BFTN 68 - 5G Conspiracies Part 1 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 at the evidence to support those theories (or lack thereof). At times like of crisis like this, even more than usual, it's important to be have a fact-based mindset and not take the easy route into confirmation bias. But if I *was* going to point the finger at anyone for the virus, it would be THIS guy. The post BFTN 67 - China COVID Conspiracies appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 claiming that China's virus death toll is still rising, they are hiding it, and burning bodies in mobile mass incinerators. But can he be believed? Last week a Venezuelan defector is caught trying to smuggle a shipment of US weapons into VZ to assassinate Maduro. The next day the USG indicts Maduro on drug smuggling charges. Coincidence? Remember 9 months ago when Scott Morrison said the Coalition will not engage in "unfunded empathy"? In the NYT on 22 January, James G. Hodge Jr., director of the Center for Public Health Law and Policy at Arizona State University, said the Chinese shutdown in Wuhan would "almost certainly lead to human rights violations and would be patently unconstitutional in the United States." Ukraine Joe has been accused of sexually molesting a staffer, Tara Reade, back in 1993. The post BFTN 66 - Unfunded Empathy appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our take on the coronavirus, the lockdown and what happens next. The post BFTN 65 - The Inflection Point appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. The post BFTN 64 - The Greatest Threat appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking about the Iowa caucus (Shadow, ACRONYM, Buttgieg, etc) and the new evidence the CIA spying on US allies since the end of WWII. The post BFTN 63 - Friends Don't Spy On Friends appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 last ten years living in Shanghai. We talk about the ol' Communism v Capitalism debate, the treatment of the Uyghurs, working conditions in factories, IP theft, and how most Chinese view their government. The post BFTN 6.5 - China part 5 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan MacLeod joins me again to discuss the latest news about Venezuela and Iran. The post BFTN 62 - Venezuela and Iran Update appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk about Australia's bushfires and America's assassination of Soleimani. The post BFTN 61 - Fires and Assassinations appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 terrorize the world. George Monbiot on the killer clowns. Media Bias Chart Hellfire drones Trust No-one Manovich on why fake news isn't the [...] The post BFTN 60 - Killer Clowns & Terror Drones appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Morales won. Then, in the general election of December 2005, Morales won, becoming the first indigenous President in a country where 62% of the population identified as indigenous. The US, of course, were furious and immediately tried to get him thrown out. The post BFTN 59 - Bolivia 3 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices