Twenty years of posts on geopolitics, philosophy, media, investing and whatever else has my attention.
For the last six years, I’ve been working with Tony Kynaston on a book, The Psychopath Economy. It’s an exploration of why the world is so fucked up…
These days I’m starting to use more skin care products. Partly because I’m getting older, partly because I’m still not getting much sleep (due to a combination of…
I was wondering if anyone has done an academic analysis of how The Washington Post has covered Amazon / Jess Bezos since he acquired it. Is it biased?…
After rejecting my claim for travel insurance and fucking me around for a month, Allianz want to know if they can use my story in their marketing. Yep,…
https://thebullshitfilter.com/2018/04/23/bftn-2018-04-09-2-2/ On our news show this week: – “Whataboutism” – Nxivm sex trafficking – Raul Castro, President of Cuba retires – The U.S. Provides Military Assistance to 73…
America’s ABC News mentions the “stagnant” and “inefficient” Cuban economy – but zero mention of 60 years of American sanctions. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/bureaucrat-set-replace-raul-castro-cubas-president-54574396
I’m trying to learn to write comedy about the news ala Weekend Update. It’s surprisingly hard. Who knew?
A quarter of a million people, mostly civilians, burned alive by American bombing campaigns. And that was BEFORE the nukes. #77 – Bombing Japan
I updated my iPad Pro and iPhone 7 Plus to iOS 11 today and noticed under Settings > Siri & Search > Evernote on the iPad this new…