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LeftOfYou's Profile
Retired Lawyer; Amateur Historical Preservationist, Veteran; Husband; Father; History Buff; Travel Buff; Political Junkie. Not in any particular order.
DOB: Truman Administration
Gender: Male
Location: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Occupation: Retired
Groups: Astro Kos, Oklahoma Roundup, SciTech, Nuclear Free DK, DK Gambling Law Forum, The H.L. Menken Society, Kossacks on Mars, Christie Investigations, Low Hanging Fruit in the House - 2014, St. Louis Kossacks, 50 State Strategy Project
Hobbies: blogging, poker, travel, reading
Diaries published: 638 (2 days since last diary on Fri Jan 20, 2017 at 07:03 PM PST)
Comments posted: 4797 (2 days since last comment on Fri Jan 20, 2017 at 07:03 PM PST)
Diary frequency: frequent
Comment frequency: frequent
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Total Comment Ratings: 7213
Most Recommended Diary: The Real Romney: The Most Horrifying 2:08 in the Clandestine Video, 302 comments, 603 recommends
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Given the ostensible purpose, for which our inestimable founder provided the platform for our individual blogs, I must wonder how effectively we are using this potentially powerful voice. We bloggers have certainly succeeded in finding myriad ways to...
by LeftOfYou
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on Fri Jan 20, 2017 at 07:03 PM PST
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I'm Returning to Russia, but Hopefully Will Not Make International News This Time, Updated w/ Photos I bought the tickets last week for a trip to Russia. My first trip to the region happened when I was a young man, in the US Navy, in 1975, when Leningrad was still Leningrad, Nikita Khrushchev’s successor, Leonid Brezhnev, still ran the USSR with an...
by LeftOfYou
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on Sun Jan 15, 2017 at 06:34 PM PST
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Since the end of the 48 year tenure of J. Edgar Hoover in 1972, the office of FBI Director has been a Presidential appointment to a 10 year term with Senate confirmation. Of all the FBI directors who have been appointed and confirmed since then, only...
by LeftOfYou
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on Mon Oct 31, 2016 at 02:01 PM PDT
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There is so much wonderful in America that I stand here in awe, finding it hard to talk to you. But, Madame Liberty, something terrible grows inside of you, threatening to completely change how you look to the World. The time has come to face that...
by LeftOfYou
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on Wed Oct 26, 2016 at 05:51 PM PDT
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I posted this as my Facebook status today:
I sincerely hope that no one in my circle of friends intends to vote for Donald Trump. That is because I must express a strong condemnation of anyone who would consider such a thing.
I regard Trump...
by LeftOfYou
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on Sun Oct 09, 2016 at 04:44 PM PDT
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It may be wise to be wary of the coming polls that will probably show Hillary’s election prospects soaring in the wake of the salacious details about Donald Trump which have finally captured media attention and started to publicly shame GOP officials...
by LeftOfYou
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on Sat Oct 08, 2016 at 05:50 PM PDT
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- Author and radio personality Garrison Keillor took to pen and wrote an opinion piece in the Washington Post on Wednesday. Like many other political commentators, Keillor discussed the 2016 presidential results. Like few, Keillor infused wisdom and hope...720 comments 544 Recs
- I’m one of those early Kos fanatics who slowly slipped off the merry-go-round because I couldn’t handle all the infighting. After the horrors of 11/9, I took a break, hoping to find sanity in my seclusion. I checked back in today. What a fucking...300 comments 273 Recs
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