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Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article

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Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote:
> On 6/8/2016 7:13 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> Today on Slate:
>>
>> http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/06/why_can_t_republicans_distance_themselves_from_donald_trump.html
>>
>> "Because they're afraid."
>>
>> The author goes on to say, "Fear is the mind-killer, and Trump
>> has scrambled Republicans' ability to think clearly about their
>> dilemma."
>>
>> Whereupon the top commenter replies,
>>
>> "Donald Trump is the GOP's gom jabbar.  If they keep their hand
>> in the box, they will continue to feel pain.  If they pull their
>> hand out, they will kill the party."
>>
>> [or possibly both.]
>
> Cool!  But only for the 10% of the population that has read _Dune_ AND
> remembers the gom jabbar.

Trump as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen seems a natural to me. But Trump as
the Emperor is as good as it gets. [1] Trump's also known as the Emperor
Troll. [2] It's Hillary Harkonnen for leftovers.

Note.

1. http://io9.gizmodo.com/a-comedic-summary-of-whatever-the-hell-happens-in-dune-1764525343
2. http://techcrunch.com/2016/06/05/innovate2016-for-cuny-professor-jeff-jarvis-donald-trump-is-the-emperor-troll/

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Don Kuenz KB7RPU

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_Dune_ quoted in political article djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-09 00:13 +0000
  Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-08 19:33 -0500
    Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) - 2016-06-09 00:46 +0000
    Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2016-06-09 03:05 +0000
    Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-09 03:36 +0000
    Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-06-08 23:14 -0700
      Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Jerry Brown <jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-06-09 19:27 +0100
  Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-06-09 09:32 -0400
    Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-09 18:23 +0000
      Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-09 11:46 -0700
    Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article leif.roar@dimnakorr.com - 2016-06-09 14:14 -0500
      Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-09 12:52 -0700
      Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-10 02:09 +0000
        Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article leif.roar@dimnakorr.com - 2016-06-09 22:33 -0500
        Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-06-09 23:08 -0500
          Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-06-10 05:16 -0700
            Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Jerry Brown <jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-06-10 18:53 +0100
          Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-06-11 05:36 -0700
        Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-10 23:00 -0600
  Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article synthius2002@yahoo.com - 2016-06-14 14:37 -0700
    Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-06-14 14:45 -0700
      Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-14 23:15 +0000
        Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2016-06-14 16:35 -0700
          Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-15 00:12 +0000
            Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-06-14 20:02 -0700
    Re: _Dune_ quoted in political article djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2016-06-14 23:15 +0000

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