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To: scottfactor

The Leningrad Times?


7 posted on 07/25/2010 3:03:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin (Will must be the harder, courage the bolder, spirit must be the more, as our might lessens.)
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To: BenLurkin
The Leningrad Times?

I think it's a play on St. Petersburg, which was what Leningrad was called before the commies took over, and it's called that today. The article was from the St. Pete Times in Fla.

13 posted on 07/25/2010 3:15:16 PM PDT by Gurn (Remember Mountain Meadows.)
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To: BenLurkin

“The Leningrad Times?”

Saint Petersburg, Russia was formerly known as Leningrad while under communist rule, from 1924–1991. As a lifelong resident of the Tampa/St. Petersburg area, I have always referred to the St. Petersburg Times as the “Leningrad Times” or “Pravda West”. It properly reflects the fact that this newspaper/bird cage liner has never met a tax it didn’t like, and promotes the socialist policies of the Poynter Institute that owns it.

In short, they suck...but that’s just my humble opinion.


28 posted on 07/25/2010 4:49:43 PM PDT by scottfactor
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