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Bill Geerhart
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Cold War weirdness (mostly). More here... https://conelrad.blogspot.com/
Accurate.
We are the laughing stock of the world.
February 17, 2026 at 4:11 PM
#JamesGarner, misinformed* Truman voter. With Katharine Ross.

*President Truman drank his bourbon with breakfast, not lunch.
February 17, 2026 at 4:08 PM
"The Question is Moot." R.I.P. Jesse Jackson (who, in addition to everything else, was an excellent SNL host).
February 17, 2026 at 3:39 PM
THE RED MENACE (1949) characters by Disney artist Bob Moore [1920-2001].
February 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
"Tasteful nude" of FCC chairman Brendan Carr via the @colbertlateshow.bsky.social.
February 17, 2026 at 1:32 PM
President Harry Truman "helped" promote THE RED MENACE in Kansas City. Actually, it was the Kansas City Star headline writer who helped out the most.
February 17, 2026 at 1:17 PM
"RED MENACE gets Showmanship Treatment." July, 1949.
February 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
If DHS was a sitcom on TBS...
John Oliver, LAST WEEK TONIGHT, HBO, 2/15/26.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-KD...
February 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
"...it's widely mocked color-coded terrorism threat chart that never dropped below yellow." - John Oliver, LAST WEEK TONIGHT, HBO, 2/15/26.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-KD...
February 16, 2026 at 9:36 PM
R.I.P. Frederick Wiseman [1930-2026], the brilliant documentary filmmaker who directed MISSILE and so many other great films.
February 16, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Who wouldn't see that movie? From THE RED MENANCE (1949) press book.
February 16, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Oops.
February 16, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Maj. Gen. Edwin Walker on the cover of NEWSWEEK, 12/4/1961.

Gen. James Mattoon Scott, TIME, in SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (1964). cc: @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM
So it turns out a protein bar company has more integrity than Bari Weiss's CBS News. www.businessinsider.com/peter-attia-...
Longevity influencer Peter Attia steps down from protein bar brand after being named in the Epstein files
Peter Attia has stepped down from a role at a wellness brand after his emails with Jeffrey Epstein were made public.
www.businessinsider.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:34 PM
For your consideration...
February 15, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Every old TV show seems to be streaming somewhere, but not this critically acclaimed John Sayles series from the early '90s.
February 15, 2026 at 8:29 PM
AMERIKA premiered on ABC on this day in 1987. Here's David Letterman ridiculing it. youtu.be/FLHVEeRzJ74?...
"Amerika" References on Letterman, February 1987
YouTube video by Don Giller
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Gus Borden (Brian Doyle-Murray) and a radioactive Chris Peterson (Chris Elliott). GET A LIFE, S2:E8, FOX, Jan. 12, 1992.
February 14, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Megan Draper's acting colleague thinks Jon Hamm would have made the perfect Rockford. #RockfordFiles #JamesGarner #MadMen
February 14, 2026 at 4:26 PM
When fiction meets reality... Director John Frankenheimer and his crew filmed the opening to SEVEN DAYS IN MAY outside the White House one day after JFK announced the limited nuclear test ban treaty. The great Myra McPherson [1934-2026] captured the scene for the Washington Evening Star.
February 14, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Happy Valentine's Day!
February 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM
On this day in 1964 John Frankenheimer's SEVEN DAYS IN MAY opened in Washington, DC at the Trans-Lux (a week ahead of DR. STRANGELOVE at the Dupont Theatre). Written by Rod Serling.
February 14, 2026 at 1:34 PM
In 1987, the controversial red scare ABC miniseries AMERIKA premiered the day after Valentine's Day.
February 14, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Happy Atomic Valentine's Day! h/t @jimyoung.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 1:30 PM