I did consider a separate thread for the looming conflict with Lebanon but deferred until it really kicks off. That doesn't prevent anyone else from creating one though. It's a public forum and being or making the OP doesn't confer any thread control or ownership.

Jon Stewart shares more unfiltered thoughts about war in the Middle East "Do you even hear yourself?" Jon Stewart called out the “cognitive dissonance and language calisthenics” used when describing Israel‘s attacks against Hezbollah. On Monday’s episode, the Daily Show host offered a “golden sound...

parochialism

noun
a limited or narrow outlook, especially focused on a local area; narrow-mindedness.
"accusations of parochialism"

Similar: narrow-mindedness, localism, provincialism, insularity, narrowness, small-mindedness

These words are emotive, not emotional. Emotion is a feeling. Words themselves cannot have feelings but they can invoke feelings, hence they are emotive.

The UK media knee-jerk has been quite awesome and some are getting sucked right in, thinking it's unique to the UK. Maybe that's where parochialism takes you?

Lefty's to the left of me, Righty's to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with you.

It was just the audio that was edited. Probably by some over zealous junior editor to make it look AND SOUND more impressive for prime time and not with any nefarious or slanderous intent?

Right, where's my kevlar ...?

Actually it's not that simple. They aren't necessarily low IQ in a lot of cases. A person could have a high IQ but be poorly educated, extremely bitter, extremely racist, morally bankrupt, misinformed or completely clueless when it comes to politics. Many are also drawn to a WWF/WWE style where a d...

...During the Trump Administration, migrants and border invaders were vetted. Those with criminal backgrounds were turned away. ICE was also charged with deporting illegal aliens -- especially those with criminal records. This has not been the case during the Biden-Harris years. ... Didn't they als...

Border Patrol Union releases statement: Vice president Harris has ignored the border problem she created for over three years. She goes down there for 20 minutes for a photo op and decides to repeat some of the things the NPBC has said before. But again, where has she been the last 3 1/2 years? I d...

Note the catchy new buzzwords for government flim-flammery and wiff-waff on energy sustainability is called "peaking and firming". I did a bit of that last night with Mrs tam, after dinner. Did she express any interest in renewables, in preference to old style seismic blasts? I asked, but I dozed o...

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For 'National Self-loathing', I would consider it more appropriate for the slogan, 'Away from Nationalism and Consideration for Humanity'.

But I am an unrepentant leftie.

Buy that man a beer!

Tam, renewables in Australia Hydro 6 percent Solar 16 percent Wind 12 percent Interesting rooftop solar is now above 10% so only 6% from industrial solar. Badly needed is a storage solution, where only the state with significant storage is South Australia There's a big battery in SA? When it was or...

Politics the world over is so tedious nowadays .. across al parties sleaze,coruption and mud slinging take president over actual policies and doing whats best for the people. I have noticed the general hatred for DT around the world mirrored her on UM by the resident "experts" is clouding the fact ...

Obviously it's the same “bottom third” of Americans - those who are uneducated and disaffected" that Bannon identified in 2016. I don't think he ever said that anything about them needing to black or Hispanic. If race and ethnicity is the criteria that you suggest would apply, how about the "trailer...

All clear yesterday afternoon (no screen grab at the time) so the west-to-east tidal wave has dissipated. The two active tropical storm/depression will turn north and paste Taiwan and Japan. abpwsair.jpg The high pressure over Vietnam that's giving us these two sunny and mostly rain-free days is kee...

Oh wow... it appears that Megyn is someone's new love.

How unexpectedly sweet.

Her 1969 Oscar-winning "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" was brilliant. Much more pithy and socially relevant than wizardry and serialized period drama.

Still pumping...