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Trump Boasts About Watching 'Top Secret' Iran Video Immediately After Becoming Eligible To Receive Classified Briefings
HP | Christina Wilkie | 08/03/16

Donald Trump on Wednesday described vivid details from a video he said he had watched earlier in the day of Iranian officials unloading cash from an airplane. The money was part of a payment, announced earlier this year, from the U.S. to Iran to settle a decades-old dispute over an incomplete weapons sale.

"I'll never forget the scene this morning," Trump told the crowd in Daytona Beach, Florida, of what he said he had watched. "Iran ? I don't think you've heard this anywhere but here ? Iran provided all of that footage, the tape, of taking that money off that airplane. ... Read more

TYT | Trans-Pacific Partnership EXPLAINED! (08/04/16) [6:22]

Joe Scarborough Claims Trump Asked Advisor Why US Can't Use Nukes
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/ | Katherine Krueger | 08/03/16

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough reported on the air Wednesday morning that when Donald Trump met for a briefing with an unnamed foreign policy expert, the GOP nominee allegedly asked, "Why can't we use nuclear weapons?" several times.

Scarborough made the claim during an interview with retired Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden, who expressed concern about how Trump would be an "erratic" and "inconsistent" commander-in-chief. ... Read more
*TYT | Donald Trump: Why Don't We Use Nukes? (08/04/16) [11:41]

America's Oligarchs Support Clinton Almost Unanimously
ZeroHedge | author | 08/04/16

Perhaps the reason why this is so, is: Clinton has already spoken privately with the heads of these companies (the companies owned by the oligarchs) and with their lobbyists, and she coordinates her campaign with their propaganda-operations. So: her messages are also their messages. (But what she has told them behind closed doors goes even beyond that, into her proposing new federal subsidies for their businesses.)

The historical background of the current developments in the U.S., has already been well covered in a lengthy paper by Ryan Patrick Alford, that's appropriately-titled "The Dismantling of the Rule of Law in the United States" (especially see there "Citizens United," which is a direct source of this). ... Read more

The Profound Challenge of OCD: One Woman's Story
AlterNet | author | 08/04/16

... But, beneath the surface, in the labyrinth of my brain, an entire subculture of irrational worries, self-doubts, and bizarre fears was wildly proliferating, the content of which often had nothing to do with Peter. For instance, cleaning out my pantry one afternoon, I came across a jar of tartar sauce, unopened, which I knew I'd never use. I offered it to our cleaning-lady, who took it home. That evening, I was seized by the overwhelming fear that this jar somehow might be contaminated by botulism. It didn't matter how improbable this fear was, I couldn't stop it. I began calling every hour, then every half-hour, then 20 minutes, until I reached her and insisted she throw it out. I knew she thought I was crazy. I thought I was crazy. A few months later, a similar worry burbled up: I'd regifted an unopened set of Crabtree & Evelyn bath accessories as a present to my mother-in-law. Suddenly, I was overtaken by the possibility that dangerous bacteria may have somehow contaminated the soap and shampoo during the short time they were sitting, untouched, in a closet. Too embarrassed to call her myself, I enlisted Peter to call his mother to explain that she should throw the package away. I can't recall us ever discussing this curious incident. Did Peter or my mother-in-law or I perceive anything odd about my concern with contamination, like the contaminated blood products that harmed Peter? As if I, too, had become contaminated -- and was capable of contaminating others, in turn? ... Read more