[Ads-l] new slogan

[Laurence Horn]

Ah, I see.  “It’s still October 8” would be a different metaphor.

> On Jan 2, 2024, at 11:47 AM, Alice Faber <afaber at PANIX.COM> wrote:
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> 88 days from the invasion/attacks.
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> AF
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> On 1/2/24 11:27 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>> Am I missing something? I could understand “It’s (still/always) October 8”, i.e. the day after October 7.  (Recall all the references to “9/12”.) But why October 88?
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>> LH
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>>> On Jan 2, 2024, at 11:02 AM, James Landau <00000c13e57d49b8-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> wrote:
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>>> "For some its a new year but for the Israelis its October 88!"
>>> 
>>> I have now seen this slogan in both Facebook and email.
>>> James Landau
>>> jjjrlandau at netscape.com
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