As silly and offensive as Donald Trump's recent attacks on Hillary Clinton appear to be, they do cast some light on The Donald's own serious psychological issues and misguided proclivities. He appears to badly need professional help, rather than any high office at all.

American Police Murder Far More Americans Than Do Alleged Terrorists

Try to imagine any American not protected by a police badge getting away with any of these killings.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/police-violence-us-cops-killed-more-people-this-year-than-in-2014/5497416

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“The Iraqi forces just showed no will to fight. They were not outnumbered. In fact they vastly outnumbered the opposing force and yet they failed to fight and withdrew from the site...We can give them training, we can give them equipment. We obviously can’t give them the will to fight.”

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John Taylor Gatto is the author of Weapons of Mass Instruction, Dumbing Us Down, and he was awarded as the New York State Teacher of the Year, and the New York City Teacher of the Year a number of times. We pick up the interview talking about how public education is designed to stifle creativity, one of the ways the manager class stifles education that Gatto covers.