Mark J

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The bark looks a bit like beech but the annual rings are too big for beech. I reckon a poplar of sorts is a good shout.

It's easy to tell that his favourite book is The Bible. That Orange Wankpuffin is straight out of The Old Testament. Love Thy Neighbour indeed.

US Supreme Court halts deportation of Venezuelans under wartime law WWW.BBC.CO.UK The accused gang members are being sent to a notorious jail in El Salvador under a 19th-Century law. It seems that SCOTUS is a bit annoyed with POTUS. https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/041925zr_c18e.pdf

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Gan canny, Gareth. Have a good Easter weekend.

That's tomorrow. Sometimes you just have to quit while you're behind.

I have admitted defeat after line 4. Sparky X/6.

I'm not sure what you're referring to regarding the phrase. I think that, and I mean this with respect, that you maybe haven't considered the bigger picture when looking at geopolitical things. It is a big picture and what is sold to us isn't what is delivered. If that comes across as patronising, that truly is not my intention. If you have considered things and then still form the same opinion, I disagree with you, and I hope a trans-athlete pokes your eye out with her cock.

The reason I ask is because you come across as someone who rattles off headlines, but is clearly intelligent and capable of rationalised thought. I struggle to grasp the dichotomy.

@GarethM are you a computer, or a bot /agent acting on behalf of someone?

They'd probably last about as long as they would in area governed by radicalised, far-right, ****************wits.

@GarethM and @Johnsond: Thanks for the laughs. Enjoy your night.

Medievalism, Politics and Mass Media - Boydell and Brewer BOYDELLANDBREWER.COM An exploration of how the Middle Ages are manipulated ideologically in today's communication.In 2001, George Bush provoked global uproar by describing the na... ^ "An exploration of how the Middle Ages are manipulated ideologically in today's communication. In 2001, George Bush provoked global uproar by describing the nascent War on Terror as a "Crusade". His comments, however, were welcomed by Al-Qaeda, who had long been describing Western powers in precisely the same terms, as modern Crusaders once again invading the Middle East. Ten years later in 2011, Anders Behring Breivik launched a tragic attack in Norway, killing 77 unarmed civilians, mostly teenagers. Breivik saw himself as a Templar Knight, a member of a group of knights allegedly resurrected in London in 2002 by one "Lionheart". Later investigations suggested that the blogger, Lionheart, might have had links to the right-wing, anti-Muslim, English Defence League and otherso-called "counterjihad" blogging networks decrying an Islamic invasion of Europe. Though extreme examples, these cases all share a crucial detail: the framing of current political issues in terms of recognisable medieval precedents. In the widespread use of medievalism across social- and mass-media channels, it is clear that such political medievalisms are not intended as a specific reference to a historical precedent, but as a use of the past for modern concerns. The argument of this book is that we need new ways of analysing this kind of medievalism; extending far beyond the concept of anachronism or inaccuracy, references to Crusades, Templars and Vikings affect the way we understand our world. Using theories of communication and media studies to examine popular medievalism, the author investigates what effect such medieval terminology can have on a mass-mediated audience and on the understanding ofthe Middle Ages in general."

Okay, swap "differing beliefs in an imaginary sky-dwelling deity" to "differing beliefs in ideologies which are fanatically accepted as normal by each opposing side". The sentiment is the same either way.