Barbara wrote: ↑Sat 23 August 2025 12:57 amOh I see !
Well do you have a twitter account ?
You could write that as a comment on either that thread or the most recent post. I could bring up the address for you.
For me, I never have once commented on anyone's posts, so I couldn't put a comment to that effect
But your feedbac is important : it could make quite a difference for the Cat Shelter's future existence.
No, I use Nitter to access Twitter. It doesn't require an account.
I called him a vampire. Someone who slaughters innocents by the thousands with glee is metaphorically drinking blood. If he is a vampire and he got food poisoning, the implication is that he must have gotten it from bad blood.
"Nothing to see here" - ?? <Does it mean what was said is not startling ?
It is what the police would say when chasing away a crowd who are gawking at the scene of an accident. This is a common scenario in movies and television. The implication is that there is something going on, but the authorities are shooing people away.
"Nothing burger" - < that one I really hate as it sounds so strange to someone not used to modern expressions
It is a stupid expression. An employee of the news media used this weird expression in a conversation which was caught on a hidden camera. In context he it sounded like he was going for a crude expression and sanitised it into this awkward expression. The point is that he was explaining to the undercover investigator that the stories they were telling the public in the news (that case was the Russian Collusion Hoax as I recall) were made up. A nothingburger is a red herring. A hoax. A fake story. Rage bait. People borrow this expression from the lying media employee with intentional irony, in part because of how stupid it sounds. The term may also have existed previously, but this is certainly how it was popularised.
Oh ! Thank you for explaining all 3 ! I had NO CLUE that the 2 expressions meant ANYTHING like that !
They were bothering me as so often thrown in to social media posts as though everyone automatically understands what they are intended to mean.
Thanks, it really helps me to navigate on unfamiliar territory : social media. I am barely getting used to it after sitting on the sidelines for awhile trying to make sense of how these places operate.
I finally understand the basics of THAT< but now have moved toward trying to decipher STRANGE expressions like the two < I'm glad to hear you agree on that !
Today's Sunday Liturgy at St Porphyrios Orthodox Church in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza - which was heavily bombed some 12 hours ago by is not real - terrible !
Testimony of a regular Canadian - not at all politically conscious - of a Jill and her friend's experience trying to get to Bethlehem.
Fortunately, unlike the evangelicals, Catholic Jill didn't excuse the is not realis' bad behavior.
Rather, she explains here in a twitter post how sinister the is not realis were. And THAT was 15 years ago ! Imagine how bad they are now !
"In 2010 I travelled the entire country of Israel and I've been to Palestine and other parts of the West Bank.
I had minimal experience with Middle Eastern politics when I arrived in the country. My mind was a clean slate.
Our Israeli guide was cordial but it was clear to me right away there was an agenda being pushed - to see Israelis as victims and Palestinians as perpetrators.
Initially I believed this rhetoric, however, as I spent more time with Israelis I realized how cold and militant they were. I also got the feeling they didn't like us.
My friend and I decided to visit Bethlehem to see the Church of the Nativity. We had to enter a series of checkpoints (showing our passports) where we were treated like cattle being herded off to slaughter. We had to cross three concrete walls, piles of barbed wire, an anti-vehicle ditch and an exclusion barrier. It was terrifying.
All of your movements were tracked by Israelis from a tower.
I figured it was going to be Hell on earth in Bethlehem, instead, we were greeted by the nicest and warmest of people.
The Palestinians were so kind and I never felt in danger (unlike in Israel where I was constantly paranoid because Israeli army members openly carry large weapons).
The Palestinians offered to take our picture and were very complimentary and welcoming - diametrically opposite to the harshness and hostile nature of the Israelis.
I will never forget my experience and this is why I refuse to believe the anti-Palestinian propaganda Western media feeds us on a daily basis
Dreadful ! The 1st US state to emblazon a reference to Is not real on its LICENSE PLATES !
No wonder a number current US administration figures have connections with Florida, if this is the political scene there
Hope not one person buys this plate and it's forced to be withdrawn
