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Jonestown Revisited: Jackie Speier, a 40-Year-Old Audio, Heroism and Difficult Memories
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| November 118 2018
Posted on 11/18/2018 5:41:27 PM PST by SMGFan
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This was an insane story to hear of as a young teenager. Still recall the TIME cover with the bucket of purple Kool Aid "Cult of Death"
Hilights of news I recall were:
Less than a year later Americans were taken hostage 11/4/79 and held 444 days The USA skipped the Summer OLympics. Reagan defeated Carter. And then all of those assassinations or assassination attempts.
The USA was seen as weak under Carter. But we were blessed with 8 years of Reagan
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posted on
11/18/2018 5:41:27 PM PST
by
SMGFan
To: SMGFan
Most were poisoned with a cyanide-laced drink The drink was Kool-aide, hence the expression. I wonder how many under 50 realize that was the origination of the expression?
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posted on
11/18/2018 5:46:34 PM PST
by
Michael.SF.
(California: knowingly give someone aids: misdemeanor. Give them a straw, go to jail.)
To: Michael.SF.
It was actually Flavor Aid, though it wasn’t as well known as Kool-Aid.
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posted on
11/18/2018 5:51:12 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: SMGFan
And Jones was in tight with most of the San Francisco and Bay Area politicos. They all vouched for him before running for cover after this.
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posted on
11/18/2018 5:52:06 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: Rummyfan
Harvey Milk was one of his biggest proponents.
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posted on
11/18/2018 5:53:23 PM PST
by
struggle
To: SMGFan
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posted on
11/18/2018 5:53:32 PM PST
by
Califreak
(Take Me Back To Constantinople)
To: Michael.SF.
A contemporary joke I remember.
Why dont you ever hear any jokes about Jonestown? Punch line is too long.
To: SMGFan
At the same time that Ryan investigated Jonestown, California state Assemblyman Willie Brown was organizing a $25-a-plate fundraiser for the Peoples Temple in San Francisco, with comedy legend Dick Gregory as a headlining act and city supervisor Harvey Milk as a scheduled attendee.
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posted on
11/18/2018 5:56:41 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: Michael.SF.
It was actually Flavor Aid.
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posted on
11/18/2018 5:57:24 PM PST
by
stylin19a
(Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
To: SMGFan
The Mediascum always tries to leave the impression that this was a “Christian” cult, but it was primarily a LEFT WING cult for “progressive” activists. Jim Jones was tight with a lot of leftist pols in San Francisco. He called the mass suicide plan “revolutionary suicide” as a protest at the World.
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posted on
11/18/2018 6:04:31 PM PST
by
Trump_the_Evil_Left
(FReeper formerly known as Enchante (registered Sept. 5, 2001), back from the wild....)
To: stylin19a
It was actually Flavor Aid. <<<
Yes....but when referring to liberals that have lost their ability of logical thought and have been sucked into the liberal “cult”.................I think “They drank the Kool-Aide has a better ring to it....../s
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posted on
11/18/2018 6:09:48 PM PST
by
M-cubed
To: hardspunned
Oh, that’s terribly hilarious!
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posted on
11/18/2018 6:11:18 PM PST
by
W.
(Belch!)
To: Michael.SF.
The drink was Kool-aide, hence the expression. I wonder how many under 50 realize that was the origination of the expression? "Electric Kool-Aid Acid test" - as best I can recall, it involved an event at a (Unitarian?) Church, where the instructions weren't clear as to the beverage being laced with LSD. So it probably dates back to Kesey and the Merry Pranksters.
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posted on
11/18/2018 6:12:24 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: Trump_the_Evil_Left
Jones was an avowed communist.
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posted on
11/18/2018 6:15:22 PM PST
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semaj
(We are the People)
To: SMGFan
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posted on
11/18/2018 6:16:10 PM PST
by
Chode
( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
To: SMGFan
The 80’s as an American teen was something else.
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posted on
11/18/2018 6:17:57 PM PST
by
shanover
(...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
To: SMGFan
I was eleven and this was my sister’s ninth birthday. Also the night before the Star Wars holiday special was shown for its first and only time
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11/18/2018 6:42:12 PM PST
by
Sybeck1
To: SMGFan
Ryan was building a house just half a mile from where we lived, he would have been our second closest neighbor. He died before it was finished.
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posted on
11/18/2018 6:47:19 PM PST
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tiki
To: hardspunned
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posted on
11/18/2018 6:59:05 PM PST
by
Michael.SF.
(California: knowingly give someone aids: misdemeanor. Give them a straw, go to jail.)
To: M-cubed
and Jonestown IS the event that coined that phrase.
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posted on
11/18/2018 7:06:13 PM PST
by
stylin19a
(Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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