Cold War Buffs Gifts

What's your question for "Ask Sadie"? How do I tell my wife I'm not who she thinks I am? Excellent questions. It reminds me of the time I palled around with a homely lady back in the '50s. She was one heck of a dancer, but she was secretive guarded. The more I pried into her secrets, the more paranoid she grew. "Somebody's spying on me," she said. "It could be anyone." ... I read that in her diary. If you ask me, that Jo McCarthy was a real basket case. Um ... What did I call you about?

The Arms race heats up again. . .

"What are you looking at, four eyes?"

That's What Happens

"Where is everyone?" "You had 'everyone' killed." "Stalin family reunion"

The Lessons of VietnamThe Lessons of Iran and ContraThe Lessons of Iraq.

Harry S. Truman

Giant slug attacks a city

"Remember when we had to get along on twenty-one dollars a month!"

"The crash-test rating on this puppy is off the charts!"

'Igor, quit bugging me!'

"I can't imagine how things could get any worse."

Bram Stoker

I hope that "golden showers" dossier about Trump is true. That'd be awesome. How so, little buddy? Well, I was always a big fan of the cold war. I loved "Red Dawn" and "War Games" and "James Bond" and all those really cool cold war movies. If it's true that our new president is actually being blackmailed by the Russians, we might finally have a real "Manchurian Candidate." I've calculated that the number of "Twilight Zone" episodes that might still come true has just grown by half a dozen. I hop

'Why would a just God allow so many teenage vampire movies?'

Glasnost

'Every war game scenario I've run has you picking up the check.'

Old cold warriors home: 'By god, I'll tell you who was soft on communism. . .'

"You can stop humming 'Private Eyes' by Hall & Oates now!"

Alexei Kosygin

Gorbachev Changed the World

"Lady Liberty, I choose you...ooo...ooo...oooh!"

"I should now like to make a few anti-Soviet remarks."

Russian Spy Debriefing

Scarecrow chasing Igor with a brain

I think the best thing about this whole Russia stuff is the movies. Interesting hypothesis. Think about it: the best action movies we ever had were the cold war ones, like "Wargames," "The Manchurian Candidate," "The Day After," etc

'A lot of successful politicians opposed the Vietnam war, Senator, but if you were actually a MEMBER of the Viet Cong....'

'I never rule out any negotiating tool!'

Ex-soldier carrying a tank home.

"Honestly, I'm not sure I even know who every one of you are anymore."

"It's soon to be listed in the National Register of Historic Military Holes in the Ground."

'Let me guess - You want to be a helicopter pilot?'

Oberon and Titania as Abraham Lincoln and Miss Virginia

'Honey, please don't ask Grandaddy about the war.'

Grant's Overland Campaign: Return of Kautz's Cavalry Expedition from its Raid in Virginia