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Leith

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12. Same Here

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #10)

Mon May 29, 2017, 09:41 PM

May 2017

I thought it was common knowledge.

Well, to stick up for a younger generation, I didn't know about a lot of stuff that happened in the years before I was born. I was in my 40s before I found out that Eisenhower spoke out against the military industrial complex. I was in my 20s before I heard a Buddy Holly song. These are just a couple examples.

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Yikes.....watching "The Sixties" on CNN..... possible Russian connection into JFK's [View all] a kennedy May 2017 OP

I'm watching it too. Had similar thought. How far back those assholes have been meddling. onecaliberal May 2017 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author JHB May 2017 #2

Yes she was, and oswald spent time in USSR. elleng May 2017 #3

Curious as to what generation you're in... citood May 2017 #4

right.. jeeze, I went to JFK's funeral... pangaia May 2017 #6

cool!! samnsara May 2017 #27

Exactly. applegrove May 2017 #7

that was my thought... I was pretty amazed that somuch of this is "NEWS" to so many.... hlthe2b May 2017 #10

Same Here Leith May 2017 #12

When I was 7, I was reading about Richard the Lionheart, so your post puzzles me. WinkyDink May 2017 #15

Didn't you know about any of this? The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #5

It wasn't the Russians. roamer65 May 2017 #8

I did not know this story LeftInTX May 2017 #14

Yup, they removed him in 1964. roamer65 May 2017 #18

No Soviet connection to JFK's assassination Spider Jerusalem May 2017 #9

the most credible conspiracy theory I heard DBoon May 2017 #11

Just so interesting......and I must admit I was only 13 at the time of John Kennedy's death.. a kennedy May 2017 #13

So was I, and I remember it very clearly The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #16

I thought it was Ted Cruz's dad.. mountain grammy May 2017 #17

Thought the topic was the current CYA/Jared talking point that RFK had a back/connection to USSR UTUSN May 2017 #19

What if Russia has been responsible for everything bad that's happened since JFK's assassination? Initech May 2017 #20

Oswald had weird connections to both US and Soviet intelligence. Warren DeMontague May 2017 #21

Oswald also had connections to the Mafia LeftInTX May 2017 #23

Sorry oswaldactedalone May 2017 #22

I agree. Though a work of fiction, Stephen King's 11/22/63 was heavily researched, and the still_one May 2017 #28

I'm pretty sure Oswald acted alone LeftInTX May 2017 #24

I think Oswald was the only shooter citood May 2017 #30

Bring on the Taco Trucks! rgbecker May 2017 #25

whoa maaaaan! samnsara May 2017 #26

These conspiracies always seem to go nowhere LeftInTX May 2017 #29