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		gHosts on Oct 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tom Lehrer releases song lyrics to public domain Reminds me of The Good Old Bad Old Days of the South African arms industry..... ...built entirely to circumvent sanctions and fight "Die Swart Gevaar/Rooi Gevaar"... ("Black Danger" / "Red (Communist) Danger") When the changes came they continued on without missing a beat except their number one problem now was to convince someone to continue paying them to carry on making munitions.

spopejoy on Oct 23, 2020 [–]

"Deutschland 86" makes some pretty good TV out of West Germany buying arms via South Africa (from East Germany? can't remember) to escape sanctions

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