The BS Filter

A lot of people have asked us, in our great and unmatched wisdom, to explain what’s going on with Syria, Trump, Turkey and the Kurds.

The post BFTN 52 – Trump & The Kurds appeared first on The BS Filter.

We try to go a little deeper on the Trump-Ukraine-Biden story than most of the media coverage. Apart from Trump and Joe Biden, we talk about the roles that Viktor Shokin, Mykola Zlochevsky, Viktor Yanukovich, Petro Poroshenko, Dmytro Firtash, Volodymyr Zelensky and Yuriy Lutsenko have in this story, along with American players Hunter Biden, Devon […]

The post BFTN 51 – Biden & Burisma appeared first on The BS Filter.

In this final episode of our China series, we talk about: How China might weaponize its holdings of more than $1.1 trillion worth of U.S. Treasuries, aka the “nuclear option” The risk of China starting a currency war with the US China’s current position on IP protection And we finish with a little more discussion […]

The post 6.4 China’s Economy – Part 4 appeared first on The BS Filter.

There’s been lots of talk in the media about Trump’s trade war with China. One aspect about it that I find interesting is that I never see any talk, in this context, about the fact that China is a Communist country – a Communist country that seems to be a major economic threat to the USA, […]

The post 6.3 China’s Economy – Part 3 appeared first on The BS Filter.

There’s been lots of talk in the media about Trump’s trade war with China. One aspect about it that I find interesting is that I never see any talk, in this context, about the fact that China is a Communist country – a Communist country that seems to be a major economic threat to the USA, […]

The post 6.2 China’s Economy – Part 2 appeared first on The BS Filter.

There’s been lots of talk in the media about Trump’s trade war with China. One aspect about it that I find interesting is that I never see any talk, in this context, about the fact that China is a Communist country – a Communist country that seems to be a major economic threat to the USA, […]

The post 6.1 China’s Economy – Part 1 appeared first on The BS Filter.

The plan this week was to interview Alan MacLeod about his new excellent book “Propaganda in the Information Age” but he missed the call, so we talked about it without him instead. We’ll get him on next week for a follow up. The book is an internet-era update on Herman and Chomsky’s 1988 classic “Manufacturing […]

The post BFTN 50 – The Propaganda Model appeared first on The BS Filter.

We finish our mini-biography on the new Prime Minister of the UK, Boris Johnson, aka “BoJo”, or, as I like to call him, “The Big BJ”.  In Ray’s absence, I’m joined again by my good friend Trevor Bell from the The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove.

The post BFTN 49 – Boris Part 2 appeared first on The BS Filter.

On this episode I’m joined by Brisbane’s #1 podcaster, the fabulous Trevor Bell, co-host of The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove (“a weekly podcast which takes a look at news, political events, culture, ethics and the transformations taking place in our society”), who is standing in for Papa Bear who is on vacation…. AGAIN. […]

The post BFTN 48 – Boris Part 1 appeared first on The BS Filter.

On this week’s news show we look the recent headlines concerning Iran – their arrest of 17 CIA spies, and the seizure of oil tankers by both the British and the Iranians. Who and what should we believe? Iran detains 17 citizens accused of spying for the CIA Iran Executes Defense Ministry Staffer Over Spying […]

The post BFTN 47 – CIA Spies in Iran appeared first on The BS Filter.