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		aebtebeten on Dec 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tom Lehrer has released all of his songs into the ... True, "Alabama" is even the name of a boomer submarine. But both it, and all the nuke-capable bases (MXF, RSA, etc.) are federal, not state, which has been an important distinction in the past (especially in 1963). In Birmingham they love the governor cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door

bombcar on Dec 17, 2022 [–]

I love watching the Hunt for Red October now that “boomer” means “out of touch old person” along with “fully loaded nuclear icbm submarine”

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