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COVID – why terminology really, really matters[And the consequences of getting it horribly wrong]When is a case not a case?Since the start of the COVID pandemic I have watched almost everyone get mission critical things wrong. In some ways this is not surprising. Medical terminology is horribly imprecise, and often poorly understood. In calmer times such things are only of interest to research geeks like me. Were they talking about CVD, or CHD?However, right now, it really, really, matters. Specifically, with regards to the term COVID ‘cases.’Every day we are informed of a worrying rise in COVID cases in country...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: George Lakoff (rhymes with). Bill Jacobson has the details at LegalInsurrection.com. By now you have heard the Obama and Liz Warren speeches about how no one got rich on his or her own. ... This narrative is cribbed almost verbatim from the narrative of George Lakoff, a progressive [liberal] linguistics activist and Professor at Berkeley," and he has been advising the Democrats on how to change and use language in order to hide who they really are. That's what it boils down to. Lakoff advises Democrats on how to say things that mask and cover up who...

Definitions of biblical terms are presented with a Mormon and a Christian definition. For a downloadable copy of the Christian Mormon definitions, go to the Additional Resources area of this Web site. Atonement - Mormon: (1) Used almost exclusively as a reference to Jesus' conquering physical death for all people. By conquering physical death, Jesus made it possible for all people to enter again into the presence of Heavenly Father - if for no other reason than to be judged by him. In other words, they are again 'at-one' with him (atoned). This will happen at Judgment Day. Those who...

I'm not sure that I've ever posted a chat/vanity, so here goes: I've seen a lot of news articles and posts recently that refer to "socialized" health care. Maybe I've been missing something, but I don't recall hearing this term "socialized" (anything) used too often before. In fact I don't recall hearing the term "socialized" used in any other context except maybe for pet animals. "Socialized" health care? What's that mean? It means nothing, it's an MSM term used to obscure reality. And the reality is that our Socialist President and our Socialist U.S. Congress and their MSM enablers are...

Obama team drops "war on terror" rhetoric http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE52T7MH20090330 Hence my "proposal": GLOBAL WAR ON ISLAMISM, How about yours?

March 24, 2009FSM Reader Extra: Top Takes on National Security Do ‘less offensive’ terms regarding national security issues help or harm us? FSM Team With almost two dozen attempted attacks thwarted since 9/11 by terrorists either already here or trying to come here to kill Americans it makes no sense to minimize the threat.   - James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., is a leading expert in defense affaires, intelligence, military operations and strategy, and homeland security at the Heritage Foundation.   Dr. Candace de Russy   To lump the terrorist scourge in the catch-all category of “man-caused” disasters, as Napolitano does,...

Wellll ... I always wondered.

Over the years we've heard many different descriptions of the economy...from "trickle down" to "trickle up" to "voodoo" none of which will accurately describe the upcoming "ruler's" economic methods. I would like to throw out what I see as a fitting phrase. Perhaps the phrase will be accepted by the general public and we can say the phrase was coined on FreeRepublic.Could we have a drum roll please....and the phrase is....Shake-down Economics"

Early Views of Islamofascism [7 Feb 2008] by Carroll Andrew Morse Anyone who thinks the idea of Islamofascism is a recent invention will be surprised by the series of quotes Andrew Bostom has upturned from early 20th century intellectuals linking Islam with totalitarianism.

Donal Blaney: I'm still calling it Islamofascism I'm still calling it Islamofascism Last night I debated Mohammed Shafiq from the Ramadan Foundation on BBC Radio Five Live. The topic was Jacqui Smith's rebranding of Islamic Terrorism as "anti-Islamic activity". I naturally decried this politically correct example of Orwellian Newspeak. Mr Shafiq - who chose to defend the hateful Hizb-ut-Tahrir and the extremist cleric Yusuf Al-Qaradawi during our debate - also failed to condemn Hamas or Hezbollah. When I asked him if they were terrorists because they killed innocent people (which, in his attempt to sound moderate, he argued was...

I've noticed a trend lately in the coverage of the war on terror, and just wondered if anyone else picked up on it. Anchors on Fox News began to call the bombers in Iraq and elsewhere "homicide bombers" a while back, and continue to do so- just heard it in reference to the london subway attacks. CNN, the MSM, and MSNBC still call them "suicide bombers." Has anyone else noticed the change? Looking at it from my perspective, it seems like most of the MSM and cable news want to generate sympathy for the attackers by using terminology that infers...

Many commented on the fact that, on the day of the London bombings, the BBC referred over and over again to these acts as terrorism and to the perpetrators as terrorists. This was in striking contrast to its refusal to use the term terrorist when reporting terrorism in Israel. When a bus full of innocent people was blown up in Bloomsbury, it seemed, the perpetrator was a terrorist but when a bus full of innocent people was blown up in Jerusalem the perpetrator was a ‘militant’ or even ‘fighter’. Now, however, it seems that the BBC has had second thoughts...

According to Sunday's S.F.Chronicle, House Democrats meet tomorrow with UC Berkeley linguistic prof George Lakoff in hopes the wordwright can correct their spin. Watch this one!!!! Lakoff is expected to advise the politician on what terminology to use. The big question is this: will the mass media follow? My money says it will. I have 40 years experience in the news media to back my bet. Need proof? The media was powerful enough to limit "choice" to one subject. That alone should be cause for watching the "watchdog." Remember when the press was called "the running dog" of the establishment?...

"I can wage a better war on terror than George Bush has." So speaks Senator Kerry in the U.S. presidential campaign's final days, again reminding voters that the key issue in this race remains as it was a year earlier - deciding which candidate will better protect Americans from terrorism.As with so many topics, the basic difference between Kerry and President Bush is one of character, with the challenger repeatedly changing his mind and the president sticking with one position.On occasion, Mr. Kerry adopts Bush-like terminology. For example, in September 2004 he talked about the war on terror being "as...

Contactee, experiencer, and participant are all terms describing an abductee. However, abductee is the term most recognized by the public. As abductees learn more about their abduction experiences, many prefer to be called contactees, experiencers, or participants. This shift in terminology often reflects the abductees' change in attitude from fear to acceptance. They accept it because they feel they cannot change the phenomena. They are a product of it and will live with its effects. Or, they may feel compelled to learn more about their abduction experience by meeting with other abductees and working with researchers.

A couple weeks back, I ended my commentary on the case of west Michigan housewife Janice Barton -- jailed for using the word "Spic" in a private conversation -- with the comment, "For it is not merely a far-fetched theoretical notion that they might use this new `politeness' puritanism to actually foreclose, shut down, stymie and disallow a vital public debate on issues of legitimate public concern by barring the very language by which their opponents may choose to express those ideas." Can I come up with an example? Glad you asked. I don't know that I've ever been...

Introduction To better understand how the dissenters attack Church teachings and attempt to undermine them for replacement by their own man-made (or woman-made) faith, it is very helpful to be aware of the vocabulary (or vernacular) used. When one belongs to a particular group, one generally takes on the terminology used by that group. To illustrate, a practicing Catholic would speak of God the Father, Jesus, God the Son, Sacraments (e.g. Confession and Holy Communion), Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Eucharist, holiness, Our Lady, saints, virtue, beatitudes, charity, devotion, prayer, the Rosary and such. Therefore, one way to help...