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In reply to the discussion: Appears there is a Gang of 8 briefing underway in the Capitol. [View all]ShazzieB
(16,426 posts)39. I'm not sure exactly when the Cold War started.
But I was born in 1950, and I'm pretty sure it was underway by then. I started school in 1956, and I remember reading about the Cold War in My Weekly Reader. Those were scary times. I remember Khrushchev saying "We will bury you!" and people thinking he meant it literally. I remember the space race and the U.S. going into to a panic when the Soviets got their satellite, Sputnik, into orbit.
The Cuban Missile Crisis really brought things to a head. I was in junior high at the time, and I remember sitting in school, expecting WWIII to break out any minute...and the sweet relief when it was all over and we realized we weren't actually all going to die after all. (Yet. )
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That'd be good. Better is that the trump family was caught selling to a foreign power.
erronis
Jun 2023
#15
Could be China-related. Talk about China installing spy equipment in Cuba. nt
allegorical oracle
Jun 2023
#48
Yeah. They're discussing potential problems from the Former guy cult from TFG's threats of
panader0
Jun 2023
#12
Agree. The eco terrorism of blowing the dam means the Zaporizhzha nuclear plant will fry
Arazi
Jun 2023
#29
hmm. i am speculating but aint. dont want to get too riled up, heart issues .
AllaN01Bear
Jun 2023
#21
They already new what was in it, namely nothing. This is all feigned outrage.
SunSeeker
Jun 2023
#42
Several good ideas here; could also be the alien UAP/craft or the non-alien UAP/craft
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2023
#24