Wintermute
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Re: “Carson Elected New Local Party Chairman by Democrats”
Cohen misunderstands that time in history. England had formed another of its foolish balance-of-power security-guarantee treaties, but with Poland; and the crows were massing to come home to roost on that mistake.
"'It was in virtue of this that we went to war.' Thus, William Strang, a Foreign Office official and later Permanent Under-Secretary, described the guarantee of Poland’s independence that the British and French Government gave that country on March 30th, 1939.
The guarantee was without precedent in British foreign policy."
http://www.historytoday.com/nicholas-hende…
Sir Nicholas Henderson is the author of several books and articles. He has been private secretary to Anthony Eden, Ernest Bevin and R.A. Butler; and British Ambassador to Warsaw, Bonn, Paris and Washington.
Re: “Welcome, Commercial Appeal Commenters”
Three months ago, but I could add a link to more than just the Politics RSS here:
http://dailydocket.blogspot.com/2011/06/bo…
Re: “Local Litigants Bypass State Resistance, Concur on New School Board Plans”
Well, yes JB, but the Judge wasn't playing any reindeer games. The PlanCom will still likely be a hotbed of secessionists.
Re: “Halbert, Lowery Feud in Angry Email Exchange”
As the late great Jim Dickinson sang in honor of Furry Lewis: "I got a new way of spelling Memphis, Tennessee: M-I-C-K-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E"!
Re: “Playwriting for Dummies”
Come on, admit you ordered it.
Re: “After Merger Ruling, it’s a Matter of Bona Fides”
I am impressed by the opening Shakespeare quotation.
Re: “Judge Mays Rules!: It's Basically Norris-Todd as MCS-SCS School Merger Goes Through”
Forget federalism; it's statism that judges uphold almost completely.
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