The word for today is… insouciance (noun) – : lighthearted unconcern Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Don’t worry – be insouciant. Perhaps your mind will rest easier if we explain that English speakers learned “insouciance” from the French in the 1700s (and the adjective “insouciant” has been part of our language since the
Dave Pellowe goodsauce.news I was delighted to discover on the weekend that I have become a matter of concern and criticism for the “Noosa Temple of Satan”. I immediately retweeted their comments condemning me and those politicians daring to be seen associating with me and the Christian political conference
The word for today is… phlegmatic (adjective) – 1 : resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm 2 : having or showing a slow and stolid temperament Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : According to the ancient Greeks, human personalities were controlled by four bodily fluids or semifluids called humors: blood, black bile, yellow
James Scott University of Otago NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully touched down on Mars this morning, and has already begun beaming back images. But people might be surprised to learn there have been another 48 missions to the red planet so far. Of these, more than half failed at stages
Ed Coomber’s opinion piece in Stuff (19 Feb) is insightful regarding the motivation behind the recent push to ban conversion therapy. It is clear from his article that ‘conversion therapy’ does not refer merely to a medical treatment, but as Tamati Coffey said last October 2020, “Conversion therapy is
The word for today is… pabulum – (noun) 1 : food especially : a suspension or solution of nutrients in a state suitable for absorption 2 : intellectual sustenance 3 : something (such as writing or speech) that is insipid, simplistic, or bland Source : Merriam – Webster Etymology : Pabulum derives from the Latin term for “food”
It’s been over six months since I first wrote that “Black Lives Matter” is a violent, barking-mad conspiracy theory, totally unhinged from reality. Before that, journalist Jim Goad put it mildly when he wrote, “the entire Black Lives Matter phenomenon is moored in lies and rampaging innumeracy.” Black American
The word for today is… destine (verb) – 1 : to decree beforehand 2a : to designate, assign, or dedicate in advance b : to direct, devise, or set apart for a specific purpose or place Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Middle English, from Anglo-French destiner, from Latin destinare, from de- + -stinare (akin to Latin
Ann Farmer mercatornet.com Ann Farmer lives in the UK. She is the author of By Their Fruits: Eugenics, Population Control, and the Abortion Campaign (CUAP, 2008); The Language of Life: Christians Facing the Abortion Challenge (St Pauls, 1995), and Prophets & Priests: the Hidden Face of the Birth Control
Chris Sellars It’s been a funny old year in a funny old world. Definitely more in the vein of funny peculiar rather than funny ha ha I have tried to discharge my patriotic and prophetic duty of informing my loyal reader along with my many disloyal readers as to
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The acronym, “FOMO”, or “Fear Of Missing Out”, accurately describes the current irrationality by so-called “little people”, buying into the likes of Tesla, Afterpay and Bitcoin, all entities without a scintilla of justification for their booming share-prices. FOMOists are today’s equivalent to the 1929
The word for today is… tribute (noun) – 1a : something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved especially : a gift or service showing respect, gratitude, or affection b : something (such as material evidence or a formal attestation) that indicates the worth, virtue, or effectiveness of the one in question 2a
The word for today is… feint (noun, verb) – (n) : something feigned (v) 1 : to lure or deceive with a feint 2 : to make a pretense of Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Noun: borrowed from French feinte, going back to Middle French fainte, feinte “act of dissembling, subterfuge,” noun derivative from feminine
Craig Bannister cnsnews.com Craig joined CNSNews.com in July of 2005. Craig is responsible for all CNSNews.com media relations, public relations, and marketing programs. Prior to joining CNSNews.com, he served as communications manager for the Intelligent Transportation Society of America. Craig has spent his career managing communications,
Louis Houlbrooke Campaigns Manager New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Teasers for a new play about New Zealand’s COVID-19 response suggest it will be nothing more than taxpayer-funded propaganda. The play, named “Transmission”, received a $57,000 grant from Creative NZ taxpayers, and according to its co-director Miranda Harcourt: It is
The word for today is… sarcophagus (noun) – a stone coffin Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Body-eating coffins might sound like something out of a horror film, but flesh-eating stone? The latter plays a role in the etymology of sarcophagus; it is the literal translation of líthos sarkóphagos, the Greek phrase that
