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    From Keith F. Lynch@kfl@KeithLynch.net to rec.arts.sf.fandom on Fri Jan 30 01:04:35 2026
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    I seem to be the only person who has noticed, but today is exactly as
    long after the latest US presidential assassination -- that of JFK --
    as that event was after the previous US presidential assassination --
    that of McKinley. So as of tomorrow, we'll be setting a new record
    for time since such an event.
    --
    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
    Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.
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  • From Keith F. Lynch@kfl@KeithLynch.net to rec.arts.sf.fandom on Fri Jan 30 05:10:09 2026
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    Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:
    Keith F. Lynch wrote:
    I seem to be the only person who has noticed, but today is exactly
    as long after the latest US presidential assassination -- that
    of JFK -- as that event was after the previous US presidential
    assassination -- that of McKinley. So as of tomorrow, we'll be
    setting a new record for time since such an event.

    Well, presumably. As T. E. Lawrence said, "Nothing is written."

    Maybe I should have said, "unless there's another assassination before tomorrow." But I didn't want to sound as I was hoping for one. I'm not.

    Still, I wonder what would happen if Trump did to Putin what he did
    to Maduro.

    Or vice versa. What if Putin sent troops to DC to kidnap Trump and
    drag him to Moscow to stand trial for real or imagined crimes?

    Things would get even more interesting if both happened at once.

    I recall that the original plan of the 1865 plotters wasn't to kill
    Lincoln, but to hold him hostage and exchange him for a promise of
    Southern independence.
    --
    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
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  • From Evelyn C. Leeper@evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.fandom on Thu Jan 29 20:41:13 2026
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    On 1/29/26 20:04, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
    I seem to be the only person who has noticed, but today is exactly as
    long after the latest US presidential assassination -- that of JFK --
    as that event was after the previous US presidential assassination --
    that of McKinley. So as of tomorrow, we'll be setting a new record
    for time since such an event.

    Well, presumably. As T. E. Lawrence said, "Nothing is written."
    --
    Evelyn C. Leeper, http://leepers.us/evelyn
    The correct response to Dachau was not better training
    for the guards. rCoHistorian Andrea Pitzer
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