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LiberalArkie

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13. Interesting paragraph from Snopes

Reply to SorellaLaBefana (Original post)

Sat Jan 18, 2025, 11:37 AM

Jan 18

Butler actually had enough examples of the term "Make America Great Again" in the 1980s and '90s as inspiration for the cultlike figure of Jarret. In 1980, the Republican Party's then-presidential candidate Ronald Reagan campaigned alongside George H.W. Bush to the slogan "Let's Make America Great Again." In 1992 the Democratic candidate Bill Clinton began his campaign with the pledge to "make America great again," according to the National Museum of American History.

I am re-reading Daniel Saurez books Daemon and Freedom(TM)

Excellant techno thrillers about the peeps against the corporate-military-technical-money complex.

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Snopes Fact Checks recent discussion of Octavia Butler's Eerily Correct descriptions of Current America [View all] SorellaLaBefana Jan 18 OP

Don't forget John Brunner . . . hatrack Jan 18 #1

Thank you. SorellaLaBefana Jan 18 #3

It is a real pleasure reading your posts. Where have you been before? erronis Jan 18 #11

I read this during Covid lockdown. intheflow Jan 18 #2

Agreed lonely bird Jan 18 #4

k&r n/t markie Jan 18 #5

Dear Ms. Butler! ChazInAz Jan 18 #6

Excellent post! Wild blueberry Jan 18 #7

Ursula LeGuin's "The Disconnected" is another dickthegrouch Jan 18 #8

I've been watching "Designated Survivor" again recently dickthegrouch Jan 18 #9

Link to Postman's book from Wikipedia lonely bird Jan 18 #10

Not to worry, soon we will have Djt, JDV, ELON, MTG, KashP, & dozens if not hundreds, of new people to show ..... usaf-vet Jan 18 #12

Interesting paragraph from Snopes LiberalArkie Jan 18 #13

Seattle Public Library: Our 2024 Seattle Reads selection is "Parable of the Sower" by Octavia Butler. cbabe Jan 18 #14

And don't forget ... SLClarke Jan 18 #15

Thank you for your post people Jan 18 #16

I have read several of Octavia Butler's novels. Jeebo Jan 18 #17

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