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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 Christian Publisher to Get His Name Removed […]

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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 just chat about […]

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Part NINE of War on Drugs series – more on the history of cannabis. Show Notes: HARRY ANSLINGER As we mentioned in an earlier episode, after WWI, Harry Anslinger ended up working for the Prohibition bureau, in the Bahamas. He eventually came back to the US and was the Assistant Commissioner of the Prohibition Unit. […]

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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 […]

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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. Theme music: Holy Deep by The Passion HiFi

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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