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Fuschia Flamenco (Snappy's Gardens Blog)

noreply@blogger.com (snappy) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:26:00 GMT

One of my hanging baskets has a Fuschia Winston Churchill in it.The flowers are so vibrant and energetic in the colour of the blooms. The Lobelia and Busy Lizzies have been slow to start off but are growing on slowly. Its raining this morning, so I know the allotment and garden will be drinking deeply. One more night shift left.I ate this morning from the garden a Raspberry, a Strawberry,...

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Roman Abramovich is super-rich, but few dare ask how (Times Online)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:45:37 GMT

A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. Winston Churchill was talking about Stalin's foreign policy but much the same applies to the Russian orphan who grew up to be the world's fifteenth-richest man.

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"better to jaw-jaw than to war-war" (Not a sheep)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT

It is "better to jaw-jaw than to war-war" so say the appeasers, quoting Winston Churchill's words from 1954. Everyone is capable of reforming many of the same people say about some vile person who is to be released from prison. That's an item from the New York Times of 21 December 1924 marking the release on parole from prison in Germany of Adolph Hitler. Adolph Hitler had been imprisoned...

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History of tattooing (The Composed Gentleman)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:43:00 GMT

You might not think the sullen, tattooed teenager skulking around your local record store has anything in common with Winston Churchill, but you would be wrong. Sir Winston, King George V, and the slaves of ancient Greece — to name a few — all have their place in the colorful history of skin decoration. For a practice so commonly associated with youth, tattooing is remarkably old,...

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Probing Question: What is the history of tattooing? (Physorg)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:53:37 GMT

You might not think the sullen, tattooed teenager skulking around your local record store has anything in common with Winston Churchill, but you would be wrong. Sir Winston, King George V, and the slaves of ancient Greece to name a few all have their place in the colorful history of skin decoration.

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Old heads on young shoulders (OTB News)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:14:46 GMT

What do we want? Fiscal prudence, property rights and lower taxes THE oft-quoted maxim that a man who is not a socialist at 20 has no heart, whereas one who is still a socialist at 40 has no head, has been variously attributed to George Bernard Shaw, Winston Churchill, Woodrow Wilson and Otto von Bismarck, among [...]

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An Imperial Paradox (sans everything)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:46:31 GMT

Winston Churchill loved India but hated Indians, a seemingly anomalous stance which is all too common among imperialists, who tend to disdain inhabitants of coveted lands. It’s worth asking how these divergent strands of Churchill’s thought – his desire to keep India under British rule and his extreme distaste for the real people who lived [...]

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Old heads on young shoulders (The Economist)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:02:45 GMT

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Some Principles (BooMan Tribune)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:21:57 GMT

Want some knowledge? "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried." - Sir Winston Churchill You can quibble about the definition of 'democracy' but the key is the vote. Without the vote you have guaranteed tyranny. You can expand the franchise or contract the franchise and your results may vary, but the government must absolutely...

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'I must say, I did not admire the Sandinistas much' (Hub Blog)

noreply@blogger.com (Jay) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:14:00 GMT

So John McCain once roughed up a Sandinista? Is that supposed to be bad? I kind of admire him for it. ... I'm not sure he should be denying it. He should have fun with it. Sort of the way Winston Churchill once gleefully reacted to false rumors he had a son out of wedlock. He thought it would help his image. But I suppose that was a different era. ...

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A Reluctant Defense of Winston Churchill (sans everything)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:01:38 GMT

I’m not a fan of Winston Churchill. The man had his virtues and did some good but he was also a militarist (of the type that romanticizes war as a grand adventure), an imperialist, a bungling administrator (Gallipoli being only the most famous of his many botched operations), a racist, and a militant supporter of [...]

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Jeet Heer: Pat Buchanan's new book questions the cult of Churchill (The Guardian)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:00:00 GMT

Jeet Heer: The view that Winston Churchill was a disaster for western civilisation is gaining traction among conservatives

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Analyst: IC biz no longer 'business as usual' (EE Times)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:49:00 GMT

Semiconductor industry analyst Malcolm Penn, CEO of Future Horizons (Sevenoaks, England), invoked the spirit of both Winston Churchill and King Canute in arguing in his June chip market report that even though the global economy is facing tough times, the semiconductor is holding its own.

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Polish war hero to be exhumed (The First Post)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:41:17 GMT

A Second World War murder mystery with a cast of characters including Winston Churchill, the British double agent Kim Philby and Joseph Stalin could be solved after the Polish government…

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Noise pollution (Richard Spring MP)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:02:07 GMT

There is no greater iconic image of London than Big Ben. Especially during the summer hundreds of people queue each day to get into the Palace of Westminster. Opposite is Parliament Square with its statues of Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela and others. It is a busy and beautiful corner of London, and today in brilliant [...]

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NHS at 60, A Conservative policy implemented! (A Conservative's blog)

noreply@blogger.com (Benedict White) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:30:00 GMT

It is often said by Labour that they are the founders of the NHS and so on and so forth. Some even allege that the Conservative party was against it. Nothing could possibly be further from the truth. The Conservative Prime Minister Winston Churchill was not only in favour of it but passed an NHS bill in 1943. The Labour leadership opposed the formation of the NHS initially until they...

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Did British double agent Kim Philby murder Polish war hero General Sikorski? (The Telegraph)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:50:19 GMT

A Second World War murder mystery featuring Winston Churchill, the British double agent Kim Philby and Joseph Stalin could be solved after the Polish government called for the body of a national hero to be exhumed.

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Slandering Winston Churchill (The Corner)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:56:00 GMT

through sloppy research.

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Sharing of Misery (Fortress Australia Outpost)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:40:00 GMT

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. - -Winston Churchill

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Monday Movie Review: The Eagle Has Landed (If I Ran the Zoo)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:33:00 GMT

The Eagle Has Landed (1976) 8/10 In the final days of World War II, an unlikely plan to kidnap Winston Churchill seems as if it might succeed. Directed by John Sturges . I believe this is what is meant by a "corker." What a cast of characters! What a delightful assortment of oddities and quirks, and what an adventure! More... The oddest thing about The Eagle Has Landed is that our "heroes"...

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