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NY Times: “Are Conspiracy Theories All Bad?”

Kevin Barrett

The New York Times just published six short op-eds collectively entitled “Are Conspiracy Theories All Bad?” Amazingly, they’re not ALL bad. (The articles, not the theories.) Amidst the claptrap from figures like 9/11 cover-up criminal Cass Sunstein and airhead “social psychologist” Karen Douglas, the Times features decent short essays by Annie Jacobsen, Timothy Melley and Harriet Washington. But the whole exercise begs the million dollar question: Are the best-known “conspiracy theories” – starting with the alternative narratives of the JFK and 9/11 coups – true? In those two cases, only an ignoramus could possibly fail to answer with an unqualified…

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“Why Rahm Emmanuel raged against Obama’s peace prize” and other stories

Kevin Barrett

“When your boss wins the Nobel Prize, how should you react? Normally, even if your boss were the world’s biggest jerk, you would have to be polite about it…wouldn’t you? Not if your name is Rahm Emmanuel, and you are the Chief of Staff of the President of the United States. “The Associated Press recently reported that Emmanuel flew into a rage and issued a ‘verbal lashing’ to the Norwegian Ambassador to the United States, Wegger Stroemmen, when Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. But the AP story doesn’t explain Emmanuel’s bizarre behavior…”Full story: http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/05/17/why-rahm/ * *…

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Preston James Ph.D.: Is there a “Secret Space War” ?

Kevin Barrett

Friday 5/16 – Listen live – 5 to 7 pm Central on Revolution Radio:http://www.freedomslips.com/  To be rebroadcast Saturday May 17th 11 to 12:45 pm Eastern on http://NoLiesRadio.org  and then archived at the usual spot. Preston James, Ph.D. is a Veterans Today colleague and retired psychologist who spent 36 years in private practice. His career intersected with the intelligence community in ways that I will let him tell you (or not tell you) about. Preston’s ongoing saga of “Secret Space War” has reached Episode 16. According to him, reality is even stranger than The X Files. But when you scratch beneath…

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Fran Shure: Obedience to authority, George Orwell, and mindless 9/11 conformity

Kevin Barrett

Broadcast Monday, March 10th, 10-11 a.m. Central (1500 GMT) on NoLiesRadio.org, archived here. Note: TruthJihad.com subscribers can listen to shows on-demand before they are broadcast – and also get free downloads! If you are a subscriber, just log in to the members area of TruthJihad.com and go to the “Private Blog” to get early access to the shows.  Therapist Fran Shure wonders “Why Do Good People Become Silent—or Worse—about 9/11?” Her series on this critically-important topic is a must-read! Part 1 Why Do Good People Become Silent—or Worse—about 9/11?    Part 2: Diffusion of Innovations Part 3: Obeying and Believing Authority…

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Ken Jenkins, Craig McKee on the 9/11 truth movement

Kevin Barrett

Friday 2/28 – Listen live – 5 to 7 pm Central on Revolution Radio:http://www.freedomslips.com/  To be rebroadcast  Tuesday March 4th 11 to 12:45 pm Eastern on http://NoLiesRadio.org  and then archived at the usual spot. Ken Jenkins First hour: Pioneering 9/11 activist and video producer Ken Jenkins will discuss the psychology of 9/11 truth and truth movement strategies.  Ken has a degree in electrical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University, and has done extensive postgraduate study in psychology.  He has worked as a video professional for over 40 years, including 7 years at Hewlett-Packard in their state-of-the-art broadcast video facility HPTV, and has…

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Psychology professor demonstrates: “Conspiracy theorists” OK; government dupes clueless, humorless

Kevin Barrett

Coast to Coast Radio just canceled its plans to broadcast a show tonight on my widely-read Press TV article on research suggesting that “conspiracy theorists” are saner than government dupes. They replaced it with “whales and dolphins in captivity.” Full story:  http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/07/27/c2c-conspiracy/

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New studies: ‘Conspiracy theorists’ sane; government dupes crazy, hostile

Kevin Barrett

Is this building collapsing…or exploding? “The new study by Wood and Douglas suggests that the negative stereotype of the conspiracy theorist – a hostile fanatic wedded to the truth of his own fringe theory – accurately describes the people who defend the official account of 9/11, not those who dispute it.” Read the full article:  http://presstv.com/detail/2013/07/12/313399/conspiracy-theorists-vs-govt-dupes/

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Psychologists: Nation handling 9/11 abuse trauma “surprisingly well”

Kevin Barrett

Collective Abuse Committee members celebrate unanimous findingsthat Americans are handling 9/11 well The Collective Abuse Trauma Committee of the American Psychological Association will soon issue a report concluding that the American public has handled the trauma of watching their own leaders murder 3,000 of their fellow citizens on live television, and then get away scot-free, “suprisingly well, considering the circumstances.” “Typically, victims of abuse on this scale are completely devastated,” explained Dilbert Digglehole, a psychoanalyst who heads the Abuse Trauma Committee. “They may find it hard to hold down a job or make lasting friendships, lose the ability to work…

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