Intrepid Report: Steering the masses towards total war, The Republicans’ rhetoric of hate and fear, More Paris puzzles

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Friday the 13th in Paris and the ugly truth of state terror By John Chuckman Mass murder, as that which just occurred in Paris, is always distressing, but that does not mean we should stop thinking. Friday the 13th in Paris and the ugly truth of state terror By John Chuckman Mass murder, as that which just occurred in Paris, is always distressing, but that does not mean we should stop thinking. The Republicans’ rhetoric of hate and fear By Walter Brasch Fear, laced with paranoia, is driving the American response against allowing Syrian refugees into the United States. Tuesday What really happened on Friday the 13th? By Dave Alpert On Friday, November 13, well over 100 people were killed in Paris. People around the world were rightfully devastated by this event. Every position on the spectrum supports the government’s propaganda By Paul Craig Roberts This excellent article by Glenn Greenwald reminded me that I have meant to write about how every sort of interest attaches to the government’s propaganda in order to make its point. A young Frenchman reflects By Linh Dinh I gave a reading, slide talk in Leipzig. You can’t count on too many people coming to such an event. It is said that a favorite line at any poetry reading is, “And this is my last poem.” Around 40 people actually showed up, however, with some even having to sit on the floor. They were students, academics, American expats and at least one man who had seen me on Iran’s Press TV. Filmmaker Elisa Kotmair came down from Berlin. Is crony capitalism a big reason for America’s dental health care crisis? By Wendell Potter For an example of how Big Money in politics is causing real harm to average Americans, look at the practice of dentistry in this country. TSA blows it again, terrorizes passengers in Miami By Lisa Simeone On Monday, November 9, 2015—in other words, well before the attacks in Paris—the TSA, combined with the paramilitary forces of its parent agency DHS (Department of Homeland Security) did again what it does best: overreact, in an almost certifiably insane way, to a security “breach” at an airport, and then terrorize scores of ordinary passengers just trying to go about their business. Wednesday Hang onto your wallets: Negative interest, the war on cash, and the $10 trillion bail-in By Ellen Brown Remember those old ads showing a senior couple lounging on a warm beach, captioned “Let your money work for you”? Or the scene in Mary Poppins where young Michael is being advised to put his tuppence in the bank, so that it can compound into “all manner of private enterprise,” including “bonds, chattels, dividends, shares, shipyards, amalgamations . . .”? Who started this ‘terrorist’ war? When? By Frank Scott After the latest tragedy in Paris, the outpouring of heartfelt sympathy from ordinary human beings and cynical posturing from political leadership, it is time for people to stop, think and take democratic action before it gets much worse. And in the short run it will get worse. More Paris puzzles By Paul Craig Roberts Some people who are not inclined to believe the official story of the Paris attack are troubled by the question why Muslim suicide bombers would blow themselves up for a false flag attack. The answer to this question is very simple. But first we should dispose of the question whether suicide bombers did blow themselves up. Is this something that we know, or is it part of the story that we are told? For example, we were told that during 9/11 passengers in hijacked airliners used their cell phones to call relatives, but experts have testified that the technology of the time did not permit cell phone calls from airliners at those altitudes. France’s response to Paris attacks encourages ISIS caliphate fantasy By Eric Walberg France’s emotional response to the recent tragedy, devoid of reason and ignoring history, just makes matters worse. Rohingya and the Burmese generals: How to forge a democracy and get away with it By Ramzy Baroud Writing in the New York Times, in an article headlined “Myanmar Generals Set the State for Their Own Exit,” Thomas Fuller expressed his and the media’s failure to recognize the total fraud that is Burmese democracy. Thursday This Thanksgiving, let’s say ‘no thanks’ to the tyranny of the American police state By John W. Whitehead Thanksgiving is not what it once was. ’Twixt the cobwebs of Halloween and the lights of Christmas By Rosemary and Walter Brasch At one time, people placed carved pumpkins with a candle inside on their front porches to announce the beginning of the Halloween season. Selling fear By Stephen Lendman Fear-mongering is longstanding US policy, facilitated by false flags—state-sponsored terrorism, 9/11 Exhibit A, perpetrated with an agenda in mind. Official vote tally on Ohio’s pot issue deemed ‘statistically impossible’ By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman The “stolen election” controversy over this month’s officially defeated Ohio pot legalization referendum has gone to a new level. In Israel, searching for sanity By Michael Winship The Israeli journalist and TV producer Avi Issacharoff looked around our Tel Aviv meeting room and sighed. “The reality is so complex to understand, it’s so difficult, that for someone who comes from abroad, it’s Mission Impossible,” he said. Friday Daesh is a global insurgency, not a terrorist group Structural changes needed to counter ISIS-ISIL By John Stanton The system is broken. The killers are everywhere, but love endures By Edward Curtin I am writing this on the afternoon of the anniversary of the cold-bloodied murder of President John F. Kennedy by a conspiracy organized and led by the CIA on November 22, 1963. Forget ISIS, humanity is at stake By Ramzy Baroud I still remember that smug look on his face, followed by the matter-of-fact remarks that had Western journalists laugh out loud. Fear is changing who we are By Linda S. Heard The iconic Champs Elysees is beautifully lit up for the coming holidays. The city resonates with impromptu renditions of “La Marseillaise” and the slogan “Go out to the Bistrot!” TSA fails to spot loaded gun, it and owner sail through security By Lisa Simeone Anybody who thinks the TSA is doing anything to prevent an attack needs his head examined (but hey, that’s only about half the population of the U.S.). While they’re confiscating breast milk, peanut butter, perfume, and cupcakes, strip-searching Granny, and sticking their hands down your pants, they’re letting loaded weapons on planes. This isn’t the first time, and it sure as hell won’t be the last.