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Ex-KGB agent seeks to buy London newspaper
Associated Press ^
| Jan. 15, 2009
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Posted on 01/15/2009 1:50:53 PM PST by decimon
LONDON - Russian billionaire and former KGB spy Alexander Lebedev is trying to buy London's Evening Standard newspaper, British media outlets reported Thursday.
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He also is part owner of the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, one of the few media outlets critical of the Russian government.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: londongrad; oligarchs; russianthreat
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posted on
01/15/2009 1:50:55 PM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
Lebedev could not immediately be reached for comment. He was quoted in The Guardian as saying that if he became owner he would not interfere with the paper's editorial line. ROFLMAO.....
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posted on
01/15/2009 1:53:06 PM PST
by
paltz
To: paltz
Lebedev should do a weekly editorial like William Randolph Hearst.
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posted on
01/15/2009 1:59:24 PM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
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posted on
01/15/2009 2:11:53 PM PST
by
durasell
To: decimon
Buying a newspaper?
Won’t be a billionaire for long.
To: durasell
Rosebud....Codename for Putin?
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posted on
01/15/2009 2:30:38 PM PST
by
decimon
To: zeestephen
I kinda figured he’d have some Russian thugs to convince people how having a newspaper subscription could help prevent broken bones, house fires and such. A little different take on the old sales routine where “You gotta sell the sizzle - not the steak”.
To: decimon
That obscure movie trivia is wrong on just so many levels...
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posted on
01/15/2009 2:42:19 PM PST
by
durasell
To: durasell
That obscure movie trivia is wrong on just so many levels...A bit off the rails.
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posted on
01/15/2009 2:44:08 PM PST
by
decimon
To: durasell
“obscure”? It’s probably the most famous bit of trivia in cinematic history.
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posted on
01/15/2009 2:44:36 PM PST
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: decimon
For a good movie on Citizen Kane, check out RKO 281.
It’s a hoot.
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posted on
01/15/2009 2:46:15 PM PST
by
durasell
To: Deb
I choose to see “rosebud” as a general term of endearment unrelated to any specific body part.
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posted on
01/15/2009 2:48:06 PM PST
by
durasell
To: durasell
“body part”? What in the Hell are you talking about?
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posted on
01/15/2009 2:52:53 PM PST
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: Deb; decimon
Ask decimon...he made the initial joke.
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posted on
01/15/2009 2:54:06 PM PST
by
durasell
To: durasell
Ask decimon...Not me. This is sledding out of control.
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posted on
01/15/2009 2:58:41 PM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
>>Ex-KGB agent seeks to buy London newspaper<<
Heck if its anything like American newspapers, a KGB guy may well be more conservative than the current owners.
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posted on
01/15/2009 3:04:07 PM PST
by
gondramB
(Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.)
To: decimon
This is a poem Dorothy Parker wrote after visiting San Simeon...
Upon my Honor
There’s the Madonna
Standing in a niche
Above the door
Of the well-known whore
Of a prominent son-of-a-bitch!
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posted on
01/15/2009 3:05:08 PM PST
by
durasell
To: durasell
This is a poem Dorothy Parker wrote...Was she wearing glasses?
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posted on
01/15/2009 3:17:18 PM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
They were giants back then...
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posted on
01/15/2009 3:19:56 PM PST
by
durasell
To: decimon
No one made a pass at her.
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posted on
01/15/2009 3:31:41 PM PST
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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