CJ Hopkins consentfactory.org So, the War on Reality is going splendidly. Societies all across the world have been split into opposing, irreconcilable realities. Neighbors, friends, and even family members are bitterly divided into two hostile camps, each regarding the other as paranoid psychotics, delusional fanatics, dangerous idiots, and, in
Dear Editor I want to talk about hate. And how we articulate it. My sister won’t give me the remote, I hate her. The emotion is transient, almost meaningless, harmless. A criminal murdered a family member, raped my daughter, poisoned my dog: the hate is visceral, dark, and ultimately
Dear fellow Kiwis, I am writing to inform you that the ANZAC spirit of endurance, courage, ingenuity, good humour and mateship, often in the face of danger, is as dead as the dodo, and you killed it. For the last 18 months and counting, you have turned your backs on
One of the many hats I wear is Customer Service Manager. This article contains a few of the common questions I get asked and their answers. Feel free to ask any other questions you may have in the comment section as my goal is to help as many people as
The word for today is… heliacal (adjective) – relating to or near the sun —used especially of the last setting of a star before and its first rising after invisibility due to conjunction with the sun Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The word heliacal rose in the mid-16th century. Its source is
Amanda Baughan University of Washington Amanda Baughan is a doctoral student at the University of Washington, studying human-computer interaction. Her research focuses on online conflicts, using human-centered design and computational social science methods. Good-faith disagreements are a normal part of society and building strong relationships. Yet it’s difficult to
Remember, back in the 80s, when the religious right warned us about the “gay agenda”. Oh, how they were mocked and derided. “No one’s going to force the ‘gay lifestyle’ on your kids!” was the sneering response. And who wouldn’t mock them? The likes of the Moral Majority
Viv Forbes saltbushclub.com Viv Forbes has science and financial qualifications, experience in the energy business and the bureaucracy, has rooftop solar panels and a diesel generator, but no vested interests in hydrocarbon fuels except as a consumer. Viv is Executive Director of the Saltbush Club, Australia. Green Hydrogen is
The word for today is… rictus (noun) – 1 : the gape of a bird’s mouth 2 a : the mouth orifice b : a gaping grin or grimace Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Rictus began its English career in the late 17th century as a technical term for the mouth of an animal,
Things have changed a lot in the workplace in the last 30 years, and much of it has been good. Women having babies in the 1980s had no paid parental leave, and may have been allowed to take a few months unpaid leave (if they were lucky), but fathers basically
The word for today is… peruse (verb) – 1a : to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study b : to look over or through in a casual or cursory manner 2 : read especially : to read over in an attentive or leisurely manner Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :Peruse can mean “to
Paul Stark mercatornet.com In one Seinfeld episode, the character of Kramer argues with a restaurant owner, Poppie, about when a pizza becomes a pizza. “It’s not a pizza ’til it comes out of the oven,” exclaims Kramer. “It’s a pizza the moment you put your fists in
The word for today is… cornucopia (noun) – 1 : a curved, hollow goat’s horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of
The word for today is… magnum opus (noun) – a great work – especially the greatest achievement of an artist or writer Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : You probably recognize magnum (“great”) as a Latin word that shows up in altered forms in several English words, and perhaps you can also come up
The word for today is… heinous (adjective) – hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Humans have contrasted love with hate and good with evil for eons, putting love and good on one side and hate and evil on the other. The etymology of heinous reflects the association of
Mark Komrad mercatornet.com Dr Mark S. Komrad is a psychiatrist on the clinical and teaching staff of Sheppard Pratt Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland; clinical assistant professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland; and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Tulane University in New Orleans.
