Topic: 1983

A 1983 article written by John C. Dvorak for InfoWorld describes a software product called ExpandoVision for the Atari 400 that inserted subliminal messages into television broadcasts. The story includes a prank involving a "Sexual Confidence" cartridge and a hostess at the Comdex trade show, as well as a connection to Robin Williams' guru, Satara Kalsa.

Declassified CIA documents from 1983 reveal that U.S. interests in the Middle East were heavily tied to the Syrian closure of the Iraqi pipeline. The memo suggests that the U.S. needed to use "real muscle" against Hafez al-Assad to protect regional resource transport.