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  • I put this video up in back in October and said: Gordon Brown's consistent lies and mismanagement of the economy, the appointing of Peter Mandelson to a Cabinet post for the third time, the EU's relentless march to Empire, the media's deliberate soft-soaping of Barack Obama and the BBC's more and more brazen bias ...

    I'm as mad as hell Not a sheep 2009

  • Everyone but Bill jeered at what was taken as soft-soaping, although no one doubted the tale was true.

    One Billionth of a Lifetime vic fortezza 2011

  • She had that way of soft-soaping a man till he felt he was her all-in-all no matter what was in her head. next »

    Excerpt: The Nightingales of Troy by Alice Fulton 2008

  • Gordon Brown's consistent lies and mismanagement of the economy, the appointing of Peter Mandelson to a Cabinet post for the third time, the EU's relentless march to Empire, the media's deliberate soft-soaping of Barack Obama and the BBC's more and more brazen bias ...

    Archive 2008-10-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • 'I am not fooled by your soft-soaping' says Mummy Sarkozy.

    Ann Pettifor: Dispatch from London: Day 1 of the G-20 Summit 2009

  • The question remains: why has Obama chosen to pick a fight with Israel while soft-soaping Iran which is threatening it with genocide?

    He doesn't get it 2009

  • She asks "... why has Obama chosen to pick a fight with Israel while soft-soaping Iran which is threatening it with genocide?"

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Rowling's comment does not bode well for the future of Christian fantasy, which has already earned a reputation for producing soft-soaping knock-offs of its betters.

    The Sci Fi Catholic's Statement on J. K. Rowling's Recent Comment Regarding Dumbledore 2007

  • The question remains: why has Obama chosen to pick a fight with Israel while soft-soaping Iran which is threatening it with genocide?

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • But suddenly Washington is lambasting the soft-soaping of Kaddafi as it recognizes the anger over any move that appears to reward his longstanding support for terrorism.

    Looking for Leadership 2009

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