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The article also writes that Juncker is now the prime candidate, and mentions Merkel's laudatio as implicit endorsement -- the MSM follows me!
On the last,
hob ihn aber nicht offiziell aufs Schild [<-untranslateable figure of speech in original]
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Not at all. The English version would be 'doesn't officially fly his colours,' I think. English metaphors tend to be more naval than knightly, after all :-P
- Jake And yes, we in Europe might get bread and circus, but in the US I'm not sure, if they haven't somehow managed, to make only circus, but no bread.
I even checked phrase translation pages, but there was nothing for this. *Traitor*, n. A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
Hence, by the way, the term "false-flag operation" which refers to the ruse de guerre where a warship would fly a neutral flag in order to allay suspicions until it was in a superior position, and then fire a surprise broadside into the enemy.
You have suggested drafting an LTE. Emphasizing that there will be four top jobs and that the letter and spirit of the treaties are that the Council President is little more than an analogue of the Chairman of the Bundesrat would be appropriate. We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
Spain's Socialist PM José Luis Zapatero, too, would rather vote for the Christian Democrat Juncker, instead of electing his comrade Blair - he doesn't forgive him the Iraq War [and what about his support for Aznar?].
