The Bullshit Filter

PLEASE NOTE: Starting today our weekly news show is for Silver subscribers and up only. If we get enough people upgrading their subscriptions, we will keep the mini-series going (we have lots of ideas for new series). If we don't, we'll just continue with the news shows for the immediate future. Go here to register, [...] The post WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP #31 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China's Got A (Rail)Gun Reporter Quits NBC Citing Network's Support For Endless War Excusion My Fusion Brazil's New President Cartel Boss's Son & His Sweetheart DEA Deal Ecuador vs Assange & Giuliani Follow Cameron on Facebook Follow Ray on Facebook. The post WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP #30 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/genz_3_-_climate_change.mp3″ ] I'm back with my 18 year old twin sons, Taylor and Hunter, to chat about climate change. Does their generation worry about it? Are they skeptical about the science? Do they have any hope for their future? The post GenZ #03 - Climate Change appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back when we were doing our gun control series in late 2017, one of our listeners, let's call him "Mac", emailed us to say he worked in the gun industry in the USA, he's a gun owner, and, if he ever got out, he'd love to come on the show to talk about his experiences [...] The post GUN CONTROL 2.7 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Staffer on "The Apprentice" Claims Trump Was 'Speed Freak' Christian mother drowned 4 year old daughter and tried to burn body because God told her to The Guardian publishes dubious negative story about Assange Follow Cameron on Facebook Follow Ray on Facebook. Download The post WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP #29 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/GenZ_02.mp3″ ] Taylor joins me (no Hunter on this episode) to discuss gaming and whether or not he thinks it's been a positive or negative thing in his life. He's been gaming heavily since about age 4. He's now 18, writing code, studying business and IT - and still playing games. The post GenZ #02 - Is Gaming Bad For Kids? appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part THIRTY-TWO, the final episode of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS - "Prop 215". Show Notes: On July 28, 1992, the biggest of journalistic guns swiveled on the Drug War. The New York Times put the failure of the War on Drugs on page one for the first time: SOME THINK THE 'WAR [...] The post War On Drugs 3.32 - Prop 215 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Australian government to hack our devices CIA found that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman 'sent 11 messages to advisor who oversaw Jamal Khashoggi murder squad in the hours surrounding the journalist's death' Chinese Scientist Claims To Have Created First Genetically Modified Babies New evidence supports the broken NATO one inch promise to Russia Follow [...] The post WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP #28 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part THIRTY-ONE of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS - "The Sentencing Project". Show Notes: Georgia Gospel Choir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2wCBAdT6FI We finished up last time In 1989 Mass murderer George HW Bush is President. May he get anally raped for eternity by the hundreds of thousands of civilians who were murdered on his watch. Percentage [...] The post War On Drugs 3.31 - The Sentencing Project appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well of course there's only one story for us to talk about this week (for 90 MINUTES) - the hushed up criminal history of George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President of the United States, whose Faustian deal with the devil expired last week. And that of his father and grandfather. I know you're going [...] The post WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP #27 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part THIRTY of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS - "Tautology". Show Notes: Things continued to get worse under Reagan. Social services were cut, and the hardest hit turned to drugs. Reagan took the money from social services and put it into drug enforcement. Putting lots of young black men - who probably weren't going [...] The post War On Drugs 3.30 "Tautology" appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/Genz01-2.mp3″ ] I keep seeing headlines like "Generation Hopeless: millennials who lack basic life and workplace skills." Which I think is bullshit. Older generations usually poke shit at the younger ones. But maybe they know something we don't? So I thought an interesting podcast might be to sit down with my 18 year old [...] The post GenZ Pilot Podcast appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN26.mp3″ ] Welcome to day 674 of the presidency of our Lord and Saviour Donald J Trump, may his nose hairs never be ticklish and his tiny hands continue to fondle his daughter's sweet ass. And may he continue to give thanks for himself. On our news show this week: 1. Trump vs the [...] The post BFTN #26 2018-11-26 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN_25.mp3″ ] On our news show this week: 1. Ray updates us on hate crime stats 2. CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi's assassination 3. French Polynesia leader admits nuclear lie 4. Facebook cover-up 5. The U.S. Government May Be Charging Julian Assange Follow Cameron on Facebook Follow Ray on Facebook. (yes we [...] The post BFTN #25 2018-11-19 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part TWENTY-NINE of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS - "DeLorean". Show Notes: If you don't know the story of DeLorean He worked at GM where he invented the Pontiac GTO, the first muscle car, in the early 60s. He then developed the Pontiac Firebird which became the Trans-Am, The Bandit's car and KITT. He [...] The post War On Drugs 3.29 "DeLorean" appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN_24.mp3″ ] On our news show this week: Stan Lee made our childhood better Some analysis of the U.S. midterms The Migrant Caravan & conditions in Honduras Hate Crime on the rise in the U.S. Follow Cameron on Facebook. Follow Ray on Facebook. The post BFTN #24 2018-11-14 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part TWENTY-EIGHT of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS - "Bubble Boy". Show Notes: In 1985, a new drug hit the market - MDMA. Short for Methyl ene dioxy methamphetamine In general, MDMA users report feeling the onset of subjective effects within 30-60 minutes of MDMA consumption and reaching the peak effect at 75-120 minutes, [...] The post War On Drugs 3.28 "Bubble Boy" appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN23.mp3″ ] On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Cameron gets hacked. Monsanto, Roundup, glyphosate & cancer. Khashoggi updates. Christian terrorism in the United States. Follow Cameron on Facebook. Follow Ray on Facebook. The post BFTN #23 2018-11-05 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part TWENTY-SEVEN of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS - "The Evil Empire". Show Notes: Another thing that happened in the U.S. in the early 80s was the dismantling of civil protections regarding search warrants. Keep in mind that the war on drugs has always been fuelled by a combination of two things: a) disenfranchising [...] The post War On Drugs 3.27 "The Evil Empire" appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part TWENTY-SIX of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS - "Just Say No" Show Notes: So we're back in the land of "it's the individual's fault for being weak". And he wanted to make major changes to the law. He wanted to get rid of the exclusionary rule which prevents evidence collected in violation of [...] The post War On Drugs 3.26 "Just Say No" appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN_22.mp3″ ] On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: We spend the whole hour talking about the disappearance and alleged murder of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Who is he? What do we really know about him and his family background? What is Trump's relationship with Saudi Arabia? Should we trust Turkey? Follow Cameron on [...] The post BFTN #22 2018-10-15 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part TWENTY-FIVE of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS - "Posse Comitatus". Show Notes: * Last time we said Carlton Turner, Ross Perot's anti-drug guy, was appointed as Reagan's new drug czar. * And Reagan made his war on drugs part and parcel of EVERY department of the Federal government. * Then Turner started [...] The post War On Drugs 3.25 - Posse Comitatus appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN21.mp3" ] On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Welcome to day 625 of the Trump presidency. And Cameron's birthday. Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies A leading Holocaust historian just seriously compared the [...] The post BFTN #21 2018-10-10 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN20.mp3″ ] On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Welcome to day 611 of the Trump presidency. Trump got laughed at. PM Jacinda Ardern rejects US President Donald Trump's call to join war on drugs Why I regret my war on drugs Young single people in Japan aren't having sex and the [...] The post BFTN #20 2018-10-01 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part TWENTY-FOUR of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS - "Say No To Drugs". Show Notes: Hoover had been dead 8 years, and the new Director, William Webster, was all for it. He'd been appointed to the role by Carter, even though he was a Republican. He was going to get his agents to [...] The post War On Drugs 3.24 - Say No To Drugs appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN19.mp3″ ] On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Welcome to day 611 of the Trump presidency. Ten Years After the Crash, We've Learned Nothing F.D.A. Targets Vaping, Alarmed by Teenage Use Australia's democracy is a sham - and nobody cares The Japanese land some small robots on a small space rock The Calabrian Mafia [...] The post BFTN #19 2018-09-24 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part TWENTY-THREE of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS - "Perot & Reagan". Show Notes: William Clements, Texas' first Republican governor in 105 years. He decided to launch a Texan War On Drugs. And he decided to appoint Texas's richest businessman to lead it: Ross Perot. He forgot to tell Perot though. Who was mightily pissed. [...] The post War On Drugs 3.23 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bullshitfilter/BFTN_18.mp3″ ] On BULLSHIT FILTER THE NEWS this week: Someone suggested we should provide some Syria updates. MoD accidentally reveals British drones firing thermobaric missiles in Syria More than 30,000 Syrians displaced in Idlib assault U.S. Holds Talks With U.K., France on Possible Syria Strikes YouTube shuts down pro-Syrian government channels Rescuer hit in [...] The post BFTN #18 2018-09-17 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part TWENTY-TWO of our series on the WAR ON DRUGS - "RICO". Show Notes: I want to talk about RICO - The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act RICO was passed into law by Nixon in 1970 But it was the brainchild of law professor, Bob Blakey He'd been a federal prosecutor under Bobby Kennedy when [...] The post War On Drugs 3.22 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[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 Luciferian advanced beings' Bob [...] The post BFTN #17 2018-09-10 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[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 post BFTN #16 2018-09-03 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

[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 Facebook. The post BFTN #15 2018-08-27 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[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 years ago & the bias of [...] The post BFTN #14 2018-08-20 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[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 Facebook. The post BFTN #13 2018-08-05 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[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 post BFTN #12 2018-06-25 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

[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 Manipulation, [...] The post BFTN #11 2018-06-18 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

[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 [...] The post BFTN #10 2018-06-11 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[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 Pedophile Google [...] The post BFTN #9 2018-06-04 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[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 2018-05-28 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[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 BFTN #7 2018-05-21 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

[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 BFTN #6 2018-05-14 appeared first on The BS Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices