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Tag Archives: the 80’s
“This Is Not the Way to Put an End to War”
M*A*S*H (1972-1983) The final episode aired on February 28, 1983. At the North Shore Credit Union, we had a watch party. I’m sure most of you would not want to watch the whole 3 hour (including ads) finale again, even … Continue reading
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Tagged event, Korean War, M*A*S*H, television, the 80's, United States history
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Fascism: Fascination of the Mind
Pink Floyd The Wall: the Movie (2000) Life in Britain during World War II must have been hell. The constant fear of invasion by the Germans coupled with nightly bombing raids and V2 rockets would have kept the population on … Continue reading
Posted in history, showbusiness
Tagged 1984, breakdown, charisma, fascism, Great Britain, insanity, liberty, mental states, musicals, rock music, the 80's, the wall, United Kingdom, WWII
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Was Thatcherism a Form of “English Socialism”?
1984: The Graphic Novel (2021) It might seem a stupid question, but the timing of Margaret Thatcher’s rise to power in the 1980’s seems to lend itself to a Newspeak idea: Conservatism as an act of government to control the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, Big Brother, newspeak, social media, Thatcherism, the 80's, thought police, United Kingdom
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The Rapid Evolution of the Charity Record (1984-1985)
Do They Know It’s Christmas? This song was the first in a series of records to raise money for the starving people in Ethiopia, Africa. Until now, I had never considered seeing what that looked like astrologically. Admittedly, this chart … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, astrology, Canada, charity, famine, recordings, starving, the 80's, United Kingdom, United States history
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Faked or Real? Close Encounters of the First Kind in 1987
Gulf Breeze Sightings (starting on November 11, 1987) Another YouTube movie, another (potential) debunking of one man’s version of UFO reality. As one of the Gulf Breeze eyewitnesses (early on in the film) states very clearly that he saw a … Continue reading
Posted in history, paranoia, spirituality
Tagged alien abductions, aliens, astrology, disinformation, fraud, the 80's, UFO sighting, UFOs
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A British Term that has Foreigners Scratching their Heads
Don’t Get into a Tiswas “Today Is Saturday: Watch And Smile” This was a children’s television program on ITV between 1974 and 1982. I never saw it. tiswas in British English (ˈtɪzˌwɒz) NOUN a state of anxiety, confusion or excitement Collins English Dictionary The … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, acronyms, children, humour, television, the 80's
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Though Now Apart, They’ll Be Together Forever in Our Hearts
Ordinary People, Living Ordinary Lives (Bee Gees 1989) This post may seem a bit disjointed, but if you bear with me, its meaning may become clear. But first, I’d like to quote the lyrics from “Ordinary People” (and not the … Continue reading
Posted in family, showbusiness
Tagged anthem, brothers-in-arms, music, soft rock, solo, soul training, the 80's, unity
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The Iron Lady
Margaret Thatcher (October 13, 1925 – April 8, 2013) I lived through half of the Thatcher years in the late 1980’s. This was one polarizing individual. Her downfall was the Community Charge (aka “poll tax”) in 1990. This time of … Continue reading
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Tagged astrology, Prime Minister, Thatcher, Thatcherism, the 80's, United Kingdom
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The Man Who Had a Private Audience in the Queen’s Bedroom
Michael Fagan (August 8, 1948) You might think it a bit of a cheek for this individual to break into Buckingham Palace and visit Queen Elizabeth II first thing in the morning, just to have a ‘chat’. But he’d come … Continue reading
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Tagged astrology, common man, psychology, rich vs poor, royalty, the 80's, United Kingdom
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Canada’s 17th Prime Minister Held That Office for 79 Days
John Turner (June 7, 1929 – September 19, 2020) His is the story that didn’t turn out the way we all expected it to. His tenure as Prime Minister lasted from June 30, 1984 until September 17, 1984. Then he … Continue reading
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Tagged astrology, Canada, Liberal, politics, Prime Minister, the 80's
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