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scream-of-consciousness; "If you're trying to change minds and influence people it's probably not a good idea to say that virtually all elected Democrats are liars, but what the hell."
Saturday, January 20, 2018
DUCK AND COVER
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4 comments:
- SoylentGreen said...
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Yellow Journalism - Hell, the first occurrences were probably written on papyrus. The Hearst Empire did battle with the Pulitzers for newspaper circulation in New York by trumping up the drama and caused the Spanish American War in 1898. Do you think the American audiences gave one thin damn whether they were getting the "truth" or not? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_of_the_Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
- 1/20/18, 3:08 PM
- Skoonj said...
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I grew up in NYC, and went to PS 61. I don't recall hearing the term Duck and Cover. They did run drills with us getting beneath our desks, and later getting into the hallway. But I don't recall that term. At least not till years later, when people on TV were making fun of it.
- 1/20/18, 5:03 PM
- Eskyman said...
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We had those drills in Calif back then, complete with sirens & tests of the Conelrad Warning System on TV & radio, though I can't recall whether they were called "duck and cover."
I do recall hearing at school some "adult" jokes for the first time, involving "kissing your ass goodbye," which made me feel all grown-up. It got me in trouble when a particular young lady, that I had a huge crush on, wanted to know what us guys were laughing about. With my whole face flaming like a dying sun in my embarrassment, I had to plead ignorance: how could I say "ass" to this delicate, innocent girl?
Yeah, those were different times. I'd like them back! - 1/21/18, 12:12 PM
- Linda Fox said...
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Read Red Star Over Hollywood for the story about that.
- 1/26/18, 1:22 PM