Posted on 02/11/2003 9:29:29 AM PST by VRWCmember
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
supercilious \soo-per-SIH-lee-uss\ (adjective):
Example sentence:
Brooke's snooty remarks and consistently supercilious attitude alienated virtually all of her colleagues.
Did you know?
Arrogant and disdainful types tend to raise an eyebrow at anything they consider beneath them. The original supercilious crowd must have shown that raised-eyebrow look often, because the adjective "supercilious" derives from "supercilium," Latin for "eyebrow." (We plucked our adjective and its meaning from the Latin adjective "superciliosus.") The term has been used in English to describe the censoriously overbearing since the late 1500s, when playwright Ben Jonson used it thus: "There are, no doubt, a supercilious race in the world who will esteeme all office, done you in this kind, an injurie."
War on Blondes is always a losing proposition.
However did you hear about the two Blondes that Froze to death...?
They went to the Drive In, to see "Closed for the Winter"
Nous nous rendons!!!!, peut je vous montre la façon à l'usine de munitions; Mein Herr.....?
(We Surrender!!!! May I show you the way to the munitions factory, Mein Herr?)
Hobbes 1, Seulement taquineries; (Only Teasing)
"War on Blondes is always a loosening proposition.
Can you ever really lose while propositioning a blonde?
Hillary's blonde. Blondes case closed.
You're welcome.
She's not a real blonde.
Bin Laden Calls on Muslims to Support Iraq
Bin Laden Calls on Muslims to Support Iraq
Tuesday, February 11, 2003
DOHA, Qatar — Usama bin Laden called on Muslims throughout the world to unite behind Iraq Tuesday in an audiotape broadcast on Al-Jazeera satellite TV.
Earlier in the day, Secretary of State Colin Powell told a Senate committee that the audiotape would be aired, and that the voice on the recording is believed to be that of bin Laden, the Al Qaeda mastermind who has been in hiding since the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
"We would like to confirm at this time the lies of America and their allies and what they are trying to do. We want you to be faithful in your fight, to believe in your God, the one and only God," bin Laden said on the tape.
"Fight the agents of the Devil, because the Devil will be overcome and defeated. God will give us victory."
Al-Jazeera's chief editor, Ibrahim Hilal, said the 16-minute tape was a message to Iraqis to remain steadfast in the face of a potential American attack.
Yasser Thabet, a broadcast editor, said the tape appears to be authentic because the television station got it through the same means as previous bin Laden statements. He did not elaborate.
"When you listen to the tape, you can tell it's Usama bin Laden's voice," Thabet said.
Ahead of the broadcast, a headline at the bottom of the screen during regular programming read, "Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden calls on all Muslims to unite to defend the Iraqi people, in an audio message Al-Jazeera will broadcast later."
Hilal said that on the tape, bin Laden urged Muslims not to cooperate with the U.S against Iraq, saying any Muslim who cooperates with America against another Muslim is an apostate.
He said the station was not sure it would air all of the tape, saying the quality was not very good.
Powell had said he read a transcript of "what bin Laden -- or who we believe to be bin Laden" was to say on al-Jazeera, "where once again he speaks to the people of Iraq and talks about their struggle and how he is in partnership with Iraq."
The last Bin Laden tape aired on Nov. 12 on al-Jazeera. Bin Laden, in the statement, promised new terrorist attacks.
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On second thought, I'd rather that didn't get answered, ignorance is looking pretty blissful re Hillary's claptrap.
Do I get a pun prize for that "Hillary's claptrap" remark? Quote of the Week? Anything?
You see, this is what happens when I make up my own jokes instead of passing on used ones.
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Hey did anybody else get some whiney FReepmail from AlabamaRebel about how his thread on the teen who got shot got pulled, and Darryl wouldn't tell him WHY, and now he thinks JimRob is a Nazi sympathizer?
Call the WAH-mbulance...
What memories...... that reminds me of when Hillary used to be a woman......
"I'm a bitch, I'm a bitch, Oh the biiiiitch is baaaaack"
No, you just do like Conan O'brien and have a picture of him with the lips cut out and have the lips of somebody talking to fill in the vacant mouth.
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