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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't know either lol. I've also never heard of Lloyd Austin. For that matter, I'm not sure who was secretary of defense during Facts of Life's run - "Casper Weinberger" comes to mind for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Very good, he was '81 to '87! And I've actually heard of him, although only because his name was in Bloom County. The others that it could conceivably have been are Harold Brown and Frank Carlucci, but it was probably Weinberger when this question was asked.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bloom County was so good. I can only hope that Berkeley Breathed hasn't become a rightwing crackpot cunt like so many of the other cartoonists from his era. I'm genuinely afraid to look it up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He hasn't. In fact, he brought the strip back for a while so he could mock Trump some more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Faith in humanity: restored. Breathed's humanity, anyways.