Nested sequences change aspect ratio of clips underneath them

Premiere Pro 6.0.5
Mac Book Pro Retina
See attached screen shots:
1. Nested sequence is off - everything under is is crisp and proper aspect ratio
2. Nested sequence is on - everything under it is blurry and wrong aspect ratio
3. Only nested sequence is on - so you can see it does NOT contain the layers underneath it by mistake
Why is this happening? It's really troubling... It generally happens when I go to render my sequence - it goes all haywire wrong aspect ratio when rendered with that transparent nested sequence above everything.
Image 1:
Nested sequence is off - everything under is is crisp and proper aspect ratio
Image 2:
Nested sequence is on - everything under it is blurry and wrong aspect ratio (it gets pushed up - see black line that is formed on the bottom)
Image 3:
Only nested sequence is on - so you can see it does NOT contain the layers underneath it by mistake

Crap... I noticed that this glitch now spread to even clips that have NOTHING above them. The scaling is wrong, and image quality gets a bit blurry after rendering. It always squishes my clips up after rendering, but they look absolutely perfect pre-render.
New example:
1. Clip 01 - Opacity slightly turned down to destroy the rendered preview - looks perfect:
2. Clip 01 - Opacity all the way up, clip rendered wrong - bottom squishes up. Whyyyyy:

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