The hashtag Devin Nunes uses when he’s gaslighting the nation about Trump’s impeachment crimes and his own compromised role in the Ukraine scandal is #GoodnightVienna, which is currently trending with the help of troll bots.
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‘Goodnight, Vienna’ is a song released in 1974 by Ringo Starr. The phrase is Liverpool slang for “it’s all over” but was inspired by a 1951 American black-and-white science fiction film, ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still,’ which also inspired the song’s album cover.
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The 1951 film ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still,’ that inspired Ringo Starr’s song & album cover, ‘Goodnight, Vienna,’ is about “a humanoid alien visitor, Klaatu, that comes to Earth, with a powerful tall robot, Gort, to deliver an important message affecting the human race.”
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In 1951, the year the film that inspired ‘Goodnight, Vienna’ was released:
- 22nd Amendment passed limiting U.S. president to 2 terms
- Julius & Ethel Rosenberg convicted of passing U.S. nuclear secrets to Soviets
- Senate began investigation into organized crime
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- 22nd Amendment passed limiting U.S. president to 2 terms
- Julius & Ethel Rosenberg convicted of passing U.S. nuclear secrets to Soviets
- Senate began investigation into organized crime
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The year that Ringo Starr’s ‘Goodnight, Vienna’ song was recorded and released - 1974 - President Richard Nixon was impeached and resigned.
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The writer of the sci-fi film ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ that inspired the ‘Goodnight, Vienna’ hit, said he made the humanoid alien visitor Klaatu “Christ-like” with the character resurrected. In an interview he said the film has strong Christian undertones.
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The film that inspired “Goodnight, Vienna” is about a humanoid alien, Klaatu, who arrives in DC via flying saucer and brings a gift of peace to the President of the US. The military shoots & injures Klaatu. A big robot disarms the military but Klaatu gets him to stand down.
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Klaatu goes on a journey in the U.S. to learn about the human race, tours DC war memorials. His final message:
"Your choice is simple: join us and live in peace, or pursue your present course and face obliteration. We shall be waiting for your answer.”
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"Your choice is simple: join us and live in peace, or pursue your present course and face obliteration. We shall be waiting for your answer.”
#goodnightVienna
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What does this have to do w/ Nunes, who is deep in the Ukraine scandal, went to Vienna & met w/ Viktor Shokin & why he uses #goodnightVienna that bots are now promoting?
A signal?
Who knows.
What’s clear is Donald Trump and his accomplices are a threat to the human race.
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A signal?
Who knows.
What’s clear is Donald Trump and his accomplices are a threat to the human race.
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