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Reagan and Reality
The image that many, perhaps most, Americans have of the nation’s 40th president is largely manufactured. Reagan has become this larger-than-life figure who all but single-handedly won the cold war, planted the Republican Party’s tax-cut philosophy in the resistant soil of the liberal Democrats and is the touchstone for all things allegedly conservative, no matter how wacky or extreme.
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The Texas Omen - NYTimes.com
People used to say that the future happens first in California, but these days what happens in Texas is probably a better omen. And what we’re seeing right now is a future that doesn’t work.
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Dangerous Nuclear Illusions - NYTimes.com
A world without nuclear weapons sounds nice, but of course that was the world that brought us World War I and World War II. If you like the sound of that, the touchy-feely “Global Zero” bandwagon is probably for you.
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My sentiments exactly, and not because I secretly pine for the Cold War.
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9GAG - In case of nuclear attack
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If anybody knows where I could get a copy of this poster or one like it, please let me know!
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Countdown to Looking Glass [1984]
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Just found this awesome "film" that dramatizes how a Cold War era situation could have escalated with the Soviet Union. It just gets better and better. It's a slow burn so give it time.
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