I too am a card-carrying Boomer, and sad to say, the members of my age group that fell down the rabbit hole are dying off faster than you can blink an eye - especially those who bought into the anti-vax campaign and those who continue to mix and mingle and catch Covid mutiple times. I suppose they're refilling their hate quotas over bing…
I too am a card-carrying Boomer, and sad to say, the members of my age group that fell down the rabbit hole are dying off faster than you can blink an eye - especially those who bought into the anti-vax campaign and those who continue to mix and mingle and catch Covid mutiple times. I suppose they're refilling their hate quotas over bingo at the senior centers and hoping for a ride to the polls should they make it to November.
Card-carrying Boomer here, too. A lefty Jew in a family of lefty Jews. (My maternal great uncle ran the Colorado Democratic Party for most of the first half of the last century, and gave the speech at the '32 convention recommending an end to prohibition.
The first car I drove was a '57 Chevy (long before I was of legal age). My first memories of anything of international significance were the launching of Sputnik and the launching of Laika, the dog. My father, a specialist on the Soviet economy, was responsible for my learning of both when they happened, despite my being only 4. I also remember when the Soviets shot down Francis Gary Powers. I was six, the year was 1959, and I kept asking my father when he was going to come home. I finally got my answer about him when Bridge of Spies came out in 2015, and I was actually quite relieved.
I had a good friend who was an editor at Newsday when Powers' traffic helicopter crashed, killing him. it was a good fifteen years or so after the U-2 affair and most people didn't remember his name. I did, but I can even remember the Big Issue in the 1960 presidential debates (Quemoy/Matsou anyone?)
I too am a card-carrying Boomer, and sad to say, the members of my age group that fell down the rabbit hole are dying off faster than you can blink an eye - especially those who bought into the anti-vax campaign and those who continue to mix and mingle and catch Covid mutiple times. I suppose they're refilling their hate quotas over bingo at the senior centers and hoping for a ride to the polls should they make it to November.
Card-carrying Boomer here, too. A lefty Jew in a family of lefty Jews. (My maternal great uncle ran the Colorado Democratic Party for most of the first half of the last century, and gave the speech at the '32 convention recommending an end to prohibition.
The first car I drove was a '57 Chevy (long before I was of legal age). My first memories of anything of international significance were the launching of Sputnik and the launching of Laika, the dog. My father, a specialist on the Soviet economy, was responsible for my learning of both when they happened, despite my being only 4. I also remember when the Soviets shot down Francis Gary Powers. I was six, the year was 1959, and I kept asking my father when he was going to come home. I finally got my answer about him when Bridge of Spies came out in 2015, and I was actually quite relieved.
I had a good friend who was an editor at Newsday when Powers' traffic helicopter crashed, killing him. it was a good fifteen years or so after the U-2 affair and most people didn't remember his name. I did, but I can even remember the Big Issue in the 1960 presidential debates (Quemoy/Matsou anyone?)
Actually it was in August 1977. "a good 15 years plus 2"
This is the first I've heard about Powers' death. I'm sad to hear that. I wish he'd lived a long life after he returned.
I remember Quemoy/Matsou--the words--but I have no idea what that was about. (And this is probably the first time I've heard them in 60 years.