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appalachiablue

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11. Thanks for this and the Brando clip. I'm paywalled with WaPo
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 03:10 PM
Nov 2018

and was just able to scan the article once. It's surprising to me that there hasn't been more GLR coverage, monster that he was.
<snips> WAPO. Shortly before noon on Aug. 25, 1967, a pale ’58 Chevy pulled into a shopping center in Arlington. Out stepped one of the most hated men in America. As the founder of the American Nazi Party, George Lincoln Rockwell had hung swastikas on the Mall and picketed the marches of Martin Luther King Jr. He had called for shipping blacks to Africa and sending millions of “Communist Jews” to the gas chambers — all at a time when memories of World War II were still fresh.
Now, dressed not in his Nazi uniform but a simple white shirt and dark slacks, Rockwell grabbed his dirty laundry and headed into the Econ-o-wash, only to realize he had forgotten the bleach. As he climbed back into his car to return to Nazi headquarters — a large house a block away dubbed...

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Little NAZI Clubs all over Wisconsin in the Forties. Wellstone ruled Nov 2018 #1
Sorry about the grandkids, but I believe it, sigh. appalachiablue Nov 2018 #2
If you grew up in the Northern Wellstone ruled Nov 2018 #3
Relishing opportunity in the new fascist regime. appalachiablue Nov 2018 #4
So much ignorance Wellstone ruled Nov 2018 #5
As a somewhat related sidenote BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #6
Brando did a great job as Rockwell, no wonder he received an Emmy. appalachiablue Nov 2018 #7
WaPo did a piece on Charlottesville and the 50th anniversary of Rockwell's assassination BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #10
Thanks for this and the Brando clip. I'm paywalled with WaPo appalachiablue Nov 2018 #11
I think BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #12
I hate Illinois Nazis. htuttle Nov 2018 #8
lol appalachiablue Nov 2018 #9
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