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Part Two: How The John Birch Society Invented The Modern Far Right

Behind the Bastards

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Is 409 Machetes Really a Good Disinfectant?

The John Birch Society grew and grew, signing up thousands of new members each year. All the sunlight of attention did not eradicate it, interestingly enough. Turns out sunlight's actually not a very effective disinfectant. So, uh, as a society, yeah, that is why I think we're going to get that big 409 endorsement,. They're going to give us the big bucks because that's the thing I noticed the other day when I was in the grocery store, like four different aisles of beverages, like one different aisle of solvents.

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