The word for today is… guttural (adjective) – 1 : articulated in the throat 2 : being or marked by utterance that is strange, unpleasant, or disagreeable Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Though it is now used to describe many sounds or utterances which strike the listener as harsh or disagreeable, the adjective guttural
Elizaveta Poliakova York University, Canada is a PhD Candidate in Communications and Culture at York University. I hold an MA from the same program and a BA (Hons.) with a major in Book and Media Studies from the University of Toronto. My research interests include self-publishing, the history of the
The word for today is… attenuate (verb) – 1 : to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken 2 : to reduce the severity, virulence, or vitality of 3 : to make thin or slender 4 : to make thin in consistency : rarefy 5 : to become thin, fine, or less Source : Merriam -Webster
Hanlie Booysen Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Hanlie’s main research interest concerns the relationship between Islam and politics. Her PhD thesis explained the moderate platform of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood (SMB), against the inclusion-moderation hypothesis. Jacinda Ardern used very specific language in her description of the terrorist
Arthur I thought some readers might be interested in how far the woke infestation and rot has gone in our government departments. I have written this to advise you all that our venerable spy agency The NZ SIS (the meat pie and a Playboy in the briefcase scandal lot from
The word for today is… capricious (adjective) – governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive, unpredictable Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The noun caprice, which first appeared in English in the mid-17th century, is a synonym of whim. Evidence shows that the adjective capricious debuted about sixty years before caprice; it’s likely,
The word for today is… torpor (noun) – 1a : a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility b : a state of lowered physiological activity typically characterized by reduced metabolism, heart rate, respiration, and body temperature that occurs in varying degrees especially in hibernating and estivating animals 2
Ron Paul ronpaulinstitute.org Cook County, Illinois, Judge James Shapiro reached a new low in covid tyranny by forbidding Rebecca Firlit from seeing her 11-year-old son until she receives a covid vaccine. Judge Shapiro is not alone in abusing judicial power to force individuals to get vaccinated. Judges across the
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
The word for today is… omniscient (adjective) – 1 : having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight 2 : possessed of universal or complete knowledge Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : One who is omniscient literally knows all. The word omniscient, which has been part of English since at least the beginning of the 17th century,
Daniel B. Klein aier.org Daniel Klein is professor of economics and JIN Chair at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, where he leads a program in Adam Smith. As an employee of the Commonwealth of Virginia, I had the honor of receiving an email message: “Vaccinations and Mask
Joe Burton University of Waikato Senior Lecturer, New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science, University of Waikato As Friday’s attack by an ISIS sympathiser in a New Zealand supermarket has shown, ISIS’s extreme ideology still holds strong appeal for some disaffected Muslims living in the west. ISIS
R. M. Huffman rt.com R. M. Huffman is a physician, author, and observer of culture. Some doctors are openly discussing refusal to treat patients who decline, for whatever reason, to get the jab. This would set a dangerous precedent and shatter fundamental tenets of medical practice. An insidious sentiment
The word for today is… flounder (noun, verb) – noun : flatfish especially any of various marine fishes (families Pleuronectidae, Paralichthyidae, and Bothidae) that include important food fishes verb : 1 : to struggle to move or obtain footing : thrash about wildly 2 : to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology
Just for now, I have had a gutsful of Covid, terrorists, Ardern, the MSM and this Labour Government in general. Fortunately, I have had the opportunity to escape the confines of living life in a political straitjacket within this now depressing regime. Walking long distances has never been an aspiration
