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Baader-Meinhof.

Hah, macabre and word play. I see you my German brethren.

He is referring to the Baader-Meinhof-Komplex book, that pretty much documents the RAF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army_Faction

Um, no, he isn't. He is referring to the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

TIL that the term Baader-Meinhof phenomenon is based upon this nugget:

> The name "Baader–Meinhof phenomenon" was coined in 1994 by Terry Mullen in a letter to the St. Paul Pioneer Press.[1] The letter describes how, after mentioning the name of the German militant group Baader–Meinhof once, he kept noticing it.

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