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By Roger Kimball

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OldFan
2010-09-24 07:49:49

The name “Soros”, when properly spelled with umlauts (two little dots) over the two o’s, translates into English as “Brewer.

My father lived in those days in Hungary and he spoke of many who joined the Nazis when they took over (they imprisoned Hungary’s Regent when he tried to make a separate peace with the Allies) and then turned right around and signed on with the Communists when they conquered Hungary. A common joke of that era is that these slime balls took a long lunch one day and came back to work with red tabs on their collars – signifying conversion to the new rulers without the loss of even a day’s pay.

Mr. “Brewer” is just that sort of opportunist – possibly the most successful member of that odious breed now on life. The precise Magyar (Hungarian) term for him is “gaz-ember” (closest English translation is “bushwacker”) and what I would wish for him is tactfully rendered as “LFS” (Any Magyar knows EXACTLY what that means, but I draw a kindly veil over it to spare the delicate sensibilities of the members this forum).