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Donald Trump Keeps Antagonizing Paul Ryan
HP | Marina Fang | 05/08/16

Trump wouldn't rule out removing the House speaker from his role as GOP convention chair if he doesn't get an endorsement.

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on Sunday suggested that House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) would face consequences for not endorsing the businessman as the party's presidential nominee. Speaking with NBC's Chuck Todd, Trump would not rule out trying to remove the Wisconsin congressman from his post as chair of this summer's GOP convention, a role traditionally granted to the speaker of the House, if Ryan did not come around. ... Read more

Trump Just Exploded the Only Reason the Republican Party Exists: Cutting Taxes for the Wealthy

| The Republican Presidential Primary's Biggest Losers | HP | Jason Linkins | 05/09/16

1	BEN CARSON After distinguishing himself as the official presidential candidate of Belsomra and endorsing Trump's victory as "not the scenario I would have preferred," he'll be granted the honor of overseeing The Donald's official veep search. Maybe he'll go Dick Cheney's self-appointment route?
2	CHRIS CHRISTIE Most of the time, it's actually frowned upon if you sell your soul at wholesale prices. But this is American politics, where it's almost required to get ahead. Christie will likely end up as Trump's running mate or attorney general. Given enough time, he may -- like an E. L. James protagonist -- even grow to love the collar and the lash.
3	TED CRUZ He torched his relationships with Beltway Republicans, only to lose to a bigger arsonist. Now he seems on the horns of a dilemma: Will he return to kissing Trump's ass, or stick with his belated "the man is a pathological liar" critique? He'll probably do whatever sets him up for a 2020 run.
4	LINDSEY GRAHAM He was the star of the undercard debate stage for fully manifesting GOP self-loathing in human form. Likely to be an archbishop in the Republican Party's Avignon Papacy. Fully in DGAF mode, he'll be giving great copy to reporters for the next year.
5	JOHN KASICH John Weaver's second attempt at an experimental art project candidacy got a lot further than his last outing with Jon Huntsman. Kasich himself, having successfully conned people into thinking he's a warm and fuzzy moderate, could emerge as a dark horse running mate for Trump. But would he do it
6	SCOTT WALKER He looks like a genius for getting out of the race early. He looks like a prophet for warning the big field he left behind that they'd better consolidate against Trump. As for his candidacy itself and the pressures he failed to master, let's just say he's made a lot of mistakes from which he can learn.
7	MARCO RUBIO Beaten and broken by the end of the race, the soon-to-be-former Florida senator has a murky political future. Which frees him up to move onto the more lucrative post-political path of lobbying/private equity/corporate board career. But he's lately re-emerged as a leader in the fight against Zika...proving that he's still got some of his old policy-workhorse personality -- and political fight -- left in him. See you in 2020?
8	JIM GILMORE He got verified on Twitter at last. In the context of this race, that's coming out ahead.
9	RAND PAUL Has returned to the Senate, where he's kept himself far from the 2016 hype. Genuinely difficult to see what his next move is, however.
10	GEORGE PATAKI We're pretty sure that Pataki is too post-relevant to worry about how he'll fare in the future.
11	MIKE HUCKABEE & RICK SANTORUM Frick and Frack Trump sycophants are positioned to help Donald unlock more of the evangelical vote. But does he need them?
12	JEB BUSH Got to be the test case that proved that the old Bush family model of winning political campaigns was no longer applicable. Family solidarity against Trump will help preserve his dignity, but he's got at least one awkward Thanksgiving dinner ahead of him.
13	RICK PERRY On board as a Trump endorser. Other than that, the good news is that maybe people have forgotten he was even in this race? Gosh, we're sorry to have even mentioned it.
14	CARLY FIORINA Somehow found a way to lose the 2016 race twice, erasing Tom Eagleton's ignominious record for shortest vice-presidential shelf life along the way. Really needs to find a profession at which she won't fail (Fox News contributor).
15	BOBBY JINDAL His presidential campaign was his ticket out of Louisiana. Now he gets to spend more time in the state he destroyed. Alas!

TYT | Trump On Letting The Economy Collapse (05/08/16) [9:37]

Donald Trump just threatened to cause an unprecedented global financial crisis
CNBC & VOX | Matthew Yglesias | 05/06/16

In an interview Thursday on CNBC, Donald Trump broke with tired clichÃ©s about the evils of federal debt accumulation. "I am the king of debt," he said. "I love debt. I love playing with it." But he replaced fearmongering about debt with an even more alarming notion -- a bankruptcy of the United States federal government that would incinerate the world economy.

"I would borrow, knowing that if the economy crashed, you could make a deal," Trump said. "And if the economy was good, it was good. So therefore, you can't lose." Read more

TYT | Bernie Sanders STILL Much More Electable Than Clinton (05/08/16) [3:26]

Tornado in the 360

*360 video of close-range tornado near Wray, CO (05/08/16) [7:53]

Note: the camera is initially facing rearward. You need to point the camera forward. Take you mouse and grab within the video, then drag the mouse around to see the tornado in 360.

"Capitalism Has A Crisis" - Deutsche Bank Sees No Light At The End Of The Tunnel "Until There Is A Recession"
ZeroHedge | author |05/09/16

If Deutsche Bank is right, the Fed - which has staked not only its credibility but its very existence on keeping the US stock market propped up and artificially inflated - has a big problem. Read more

Sadiq Khan - The First Muslim Mayor Of London

"Rigged... Not A Real Market" - What Market Pros (And Jim Cramer) Think About The Market
ZeroHedge | author |05/09/16

Sometimes it's nice to get a sanity check and hear other investors and market professionals views on how the stock market has changed over the past few years. We hear more and more from various market participants that the market seems to be one big correlated beast that doesn't trade on supply and demand anymore... Read more

Study Says: Compared to Rest of World Americans are Delusional, Prudish, Selfish Religious Nuts
AlterNet | Kali Holloway | 05/09/16

... That said, if all the world's a stage, America is a prime player: a rich, loud, attention-seeking celebrity not fully deserving of its starring role, often putting in a critically reviled performance and tending toward histrionics that threaten to ruin the show for everybody else. (Also, embarrassingly, possibly the last to know that its career as top biller is in rapid decline.) To the outside onlooker, American culture--I'm consolidating an infinitely layered thing to save time and space--is contradictory and bizarre, hypocritical and self-congratulatory. Its national character is a textbook study in narcissistic tendencies coupled with crushing insecurity issues. ... Read more

DemocracyNow - http://www.democracynow.org

Democracy Now! U.S. and World News Headlines for Monday, May 09 [9:55]

DN | Part 1: #BernieOrBust: Sanders Fans Debate Whether to Vote for Clinton If She is Democratic Nominee, Part 1 (05/09/16) [11:05], DN | Part 2 [19:16]

John Oliver

*HBO | John Oliver: Scientific Studies (05/08/16) [19:27]

TRNN News - http://therealnews.com/

TRNN | Intercept's Jenna McLaughlin says: Supreme Court Just Made it Easier for the FBI to Hack Your Computer (05/06/16) [9:38]

TRNN | Economist John Weeks says: Racially Charged UK Election: Londoners Elect New Labour Party Mayor Sadiq Khan (05/06/16) [9:46]

TYT News - http://www.tytnetwork.com/

TYT |Ted Cruz Brutalized By Chuck Todd (05/08/16) [8:12]

TYT | Hillary Forces Wooing Jeb Bush Donors (05/08/16) [4:31]

TYT | Ben Carson Knows How To Use Ted Cruz (05/08/16) [7:19]

RT - http://www.rt.com/

RT | 360 helicopter panorama: Bird's-eye view of Moscow's Red Square (05/09/16) [3:57]

Note: I didn't see to much of Red Square, but I thought the view of Moscow was interesting. Take you mouse and grab within the video, then drag the mouse around to see the Moscow in 360.

RT | Su-27 fly over Moscow in 360 preparing for Victory Day Parade (05/09/16) [2:16]

RT | Aeroparade: Military planes flying over Moscow rooftops on Victory Day (05/09/16) [6:14]

RT | Victory Day Parade on Red Square 2016 (full) (05/09/16) [1:04:17]

Note: I have no Russian heritage in me (I'm Scottish)... I just find it interesting to see how different people present themselves... and wish that we all could get along. I also like the 360 videos.

RT | 360: Moscow V-Day Parade final rehearsal (05/09/16) [40:09]

RT | Keiser Report: Destructive Force in US Elections (E911) (05/08/16) [25:43]

Note: Max gets a little/more crazy in this episode

Ring of Fire - http://ringoffireradio.com/

Thom Hartmann - www.thomhartmann.com/

ThomHartmann | Fossil Fuel Billionaires Kill Children (05/06/16) [6:03]

The science is clear and the problem is urgent - the fight to stop runaway climate change isn't about preserving the planet for some far-off future generation anymore. It's about preserving the planet for babies being born right this second.

ThomHartmann | While MSM Covers Trump 24/7, While Our Planet is Dying (full) (05/06/16) [57:59]

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MSNBC - Maddow/Hayes - www.msnbc.com/

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Lindsey Graham Mashups

Lindsey Graham

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said the quiet part aloud on why he’s still so close to former President Donald Trump: because we can use him for our goals. "President Trump has gotten people who wouldn't give me or Romney or anybody else the time of day. They believe he is on their side," the senator told the America First Agenda Summit crowd on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

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Environment & Climate Change

Environment

The term "climate change" is often used to refer specifically to anthropogenic climate change (also known as global warming). Anthropogenic climate change is caused by human activity, as opposed to changes in climate that may have resulted as part of Earth's natural processes.

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AI - Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning | Deep Learning

AI - Artificial Intelligence

AIArtificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, as opposed to the natural intelligence displayed by animals including humans. AI research has been defined as the field of study of intelligent agents, which refers to any system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of achieving its goals.

The term "artificial intelligence" had previously been used to describe machines that mimic and display "human" cognitive skills that are associated with the human mind, such as "learning" and "problem-solving". This definition has since been rejected by major AI researchers who now describe AI in terms of rationality and acting rationally, which does not limit how intelligence can be articulated.
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Quantum mechanics | AI - Artificial Intelligence

Quantum mechanics

Quantum mechanics is a fundamental theory in physics that provides a description of the physical properties of nature at the scale of atoms and subatomic particles. It is the foundation of all quantum physics including quantum chemistry, quantum field theory, quantum technology, and quantum information science.
Classical physics, the collection of theories that existed before the advent of quantum mechanics, describes many aspects of nature at an ordinary (macroscopic) scale, but is not sufficient for describing them at small (atomic and subatomic) scales. Most theories in classical physics can be derived from quantum mechanics as an approximation valid at large (macroscopic) scale.
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Economy, Wall Street and Banksters

Wall Street and Banksters

Wall Street is an eight-block-long street running roughly northwest to southeast from Broadway to South Street, at the East River, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial services industry (even if financial firms are not physically located there), or New York-based financial interests.

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Intelligence Agencies/Deep State?

Intelligence Agencies/Deep State?

An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, and foreign policy objectives. Means of information gathering are both overt and covert and may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis,.

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Daniel Ellsberg | Pentagon Papers

Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg and Paul Jay explore Ellsberg's latest book, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. In the introduction to the book, Ellsberg writes: "No policies in human history have more deserved to be recognized as immoral or insane. The story of how this calamitous predicament came about and how and why it has persisted over a half a century is a chronicle of human madness".

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Nukes

Nukes

Nuclear weapons have come a long way and come in all types of different sizes. Some are relatively small while others are enormous, so big they boggle the mind at what they can be capable of, i.e. the Soviet 'Tsar Bomba' is/was 3,000 times greater than the Hiroshima bomb.

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Rana Foroohar and Fall of American Business

Rana Foroohar

Ms. Foroohar says financialization delivers stagnant wages, inequality and economic crisis; the Financial Times columnist and author of "Makers and Takers" says the financial sector represents only 7 percent of the U.S. economy, but takes around 25 percent of all corporate profit while creating only 4 percent of all jobs.

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The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone & Petere Kuznick

The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone & Petere Kuznick | 2014 | 10 Episodes

Oliver Stone and American University historian Peter J. Kuznick began working on the project in 2008. Stone, Kuznick and British screenwriter Matt Graham cowrote the script. It covers "the reasons behind the Cold War with the Soviet Union, U.S. President Harry Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, and changes in America's global role since the fall of Communism." Stone is the director and narrator of all ten episodes.

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Kuznick Interviews

Kuznick Interviews

Historian Peter Kuznick says Eisenhower called for decreased militarization, then Dulles reversed the policy; the Soviets tried to end the cold war after the death of Stalin; crazy schemes involving nuclear weapons and the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba put the world of the eve of destruction - with host Paul Jay

The Untold History of the United States by Kuznick, Peter.mobi | Book | 6.99 MB

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China Valley of Tunnels

China Valley of Tunnels

A report written by a Georgetown University team led by Phillip Karber conducted a three-year study to map out China’s complex tunnel system, which stretches 5,000 km (3,000 miles). The report determined that the stated Chinese nuclear arsenal is understated and as many as 3,000 nuclear warheads may be stored in the underground tunnel network.

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911

911

On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists attacked the Unites States. They hijacked four airplanes in mid-flight. The terrorists flew two of the planes into two skyscrapers at the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact caused the buildings to catch fire and collapse. Another plane destroyed part of the Pentagon (the U.S. military headquarters) in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Officials believe that the terrorists on that plane intended to destroy either the White House or the U.S. Capitol. Passengers on the plane fought the terrorists and prevented them from reaching their goal. In all, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks.

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The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, THE VIETNAM WAR, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides--Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as combatants and civilians from North and South Vietnam. Ten years in the making, the series includes rarely seen and digitally re-mastered archival footage from sources around the globe, photographs taken by some of the most celebrated photojournalists of the 20th Century, historic television broadcasts, evocative home movies, and secret audio recordings from inside the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations.

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Trump's Mashups

Trump's Mashups

Donald Trump talks a lot, but what is he actually saying? VICE News' "Trump Talk" mashup series tries to answer that. And, we're happy to say, it was just nominated for two Webby Awards. Now you can watch all the nominated videos.

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Trump's Sexcapades

Trump's Sexcapades.

Jessica Leeds (1980s)
Kristin Anderson (1990s)
E. Jean Carroll (1995 or 1996)
Lisa Boyne (1996)
Cathy Heller (1997)
Temple Taggart McDowell (1997)
Karena Virginia (1998)
Mindy McGillivray (2003)
Jennifer Murphy (2005)
Rachel Crooks (2005)
Natasha Stoynoff (2005)
Juliet Huddy (2005 or 2006)
Jessica Drake (2006)
Ninni Laaksonen (2006)
Cassandra Searles (2013)
Allegations of pageant dressing room visits(1997)
Mariah Billado,
Victoria Hughes,
and three other Miss Teen USA contestants
Bridget Sullivan (2000)
Tasha Dixon (2001)
Unnamed contestants (2001)
Samantha Holvey (2006)

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Trump's Speeches | Rallys |Interviews

Trump's Speeches | Rallys

Donald Trump talks a lot, but what is he actually saying? Watch Trump at some of his rallys and see what you think.

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