People often forget why the word ‘terror’ is in ‘terrorism’. While terrorism often includes loss of life and destruction of property, its overall aim is to strike fear into people, using the threat of more violence to persuade them to not make certain decisions or to force some sort of …
Read More »‘Inappropriate’ to comment on Trump’s words, Seoul says after ex-president calls South Korean leader ‘weak’ & bad negotiator
In an apparent attempt to defuse the situation, Moon’s office remained tight-lipped about the scathing attacks by Trump, saying that it was “not appropriate to comment on former foreign leaders’ statements,” according to the Korea Times. “We had negotiations, abiding by principles,” an official at the presidential office said, referring …
Read More »The list of ‘offensive’ opinions, words & actions keeps growing… because offense is the new global currency
Humanity tracks its progress in ages. Over the centuries, the species progressed from the Stone Age, through the Bronze Age, to the Iron Age. Later thinkers mapped out the Age of Reason and the Industrial Age. In the 20th century, society evolved through the Information Age as computers gave birth …
Read More »Slavoj Žižek: Biden’s words about Putin’s (lack of) soul are a regression to vulgar racism
When Biden was asked if he believes Putin is a killer, he replied, “I do.” He also spoke of how in 2011, while serving as US vice president, he personally told Putin that Putin does not “have a soul.” “I wasn’t being a wise guy, I was alone with him …
Read More »‘Jim Crow in the 21st century’? Biden shares harsh words for Georgia election integrity bill
“This is Jim Crow in the 21st Century. It must end,” Biden said, seemingly referring to past laws pushing racial segregation in the US, in a statement reacting to the bill being signed by Governor Brian Kemp on Thursday. The Election Integrity Act, which easily passed the state House and …
Read More »Words are violence. Voting is terrorism. Free speech is a threat. Where the media establishment can’t win, they’ll redefine
If everyone is permitted to speak freely, their reasoning goes, people’s lives will be put at risk. Those whose opinions diverge from the mainstream should not be permitted to voice those opinions, lest their words hurt people – not just people’s feelings. Yet at the same time as this self-styled …
Read More »‘Used some words that I probably could have chosen better’: Biden adviser walks back ‘Republics are f***ers’ jibe after criticism
“The point that I was really making is an incredibly important point,” Biden’s campaign manager, Jen O’Malley Dillon said Thursday in an attempt at damage control. She acknowledged that she “used some words that I probably could have chosen better” during a virtual discussion with other Democratic consultants. O’Malley Dillon …
Read More »Republicans and Democrats swallow their past words as RBG replacement battle kicks off
Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on Friday aged 87, following a two-decade battle with cancer. In a statement dictated shortly before her death, Ginsburg asked that she “will not be replaced until a new president is installed.” Nevertheless, President Donald Trump has urged Senate Republicans to vote on a replacement …
Read More »Shaman Gabyshev after discharge from psychiatric hospital: “My words about the future of freedom was a fairy tale”
Alexander Gabyshev, previously called himself a shaman-warrior and planned a “March on Moscow” with the esoteric and political purposes, after compulsory treatment in a psychiatric clinic of Yakutsk abandoned all previous plans. As he said in an interview published by “Novaya Gazeta”, being in mental hospital was not easy for …
Read More »“Hung fresh carrot”. Analyst on the words of Putin about the “historic opportunity” housing
The head of Committee on intelligence of the Russian Guild of managers and developers (RHUD), the Chairman of the Committee on intelligence of the Russian Guild of realtors Michael Ferrets commented on the transfer guidelines for annual construction of at least 120 million square meters of housing from 2024 to …
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