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"E's gorn"

Posted by Keith-264 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Keith-264' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 8:32 pm

Chomsky's dead.

The last working-class hero in England.

Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016
Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021

Re: "E's gorn"

Posted by Jackie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Jackie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 8:49 pm, in reply to ""E's gorn""

My first intro to Noam Chomsky, in 1988, opened up a whole new world for me. It was this -

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/the-1988-cbc-massey-lectures-necessary-illusions-1.2946843

Might take the time to listen to it again in honour of his contributions to public thought.

Re: "E's gorn"

Posted by RaskolnikovX <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Raskolnikov' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 8:52 pm, in reply to "Re: "E's gorn""

Dreadful news. Cue hordes of people not fit to lace his shoes giving mealy-mouthed tributes which don't mention how they gnored him and his work.

A monumental loss.

...no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.

Re: "E's gorn"

Posted by Neil Donaldson <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Catsboffin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 8:57 pm, in reply to "Re: "E's gorn""

Sad loss but not unexpected. RIP Noam.

"ignored him" nm

...no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.

Re: "ignored him" nm No - "gnored" is the correct word....

Posted by John Monro <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=John+Monro' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 11:06 pm, in reply to ""ignored him" nm"

The new lexicon dictionary entry "Gnore" - a sort of portmanteau homophone of Gnaw and Ignore - conveying the meaning of both in one compact and convenient word.. To be "gnored" is what happens to moral men and women whose unassailable arguments cannot be countered and you need to bring that person down to size. Others who earn the same description are folk like Jeffrey Sachs, Jeremy Corbyn etc etc. They have all been successfully gnored for years.

A worthwhile neologism to the English lexicon methinks.

I thought about it yesterday .. uncanny etc.

Posted by t <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 9:24 pm, in reply to "Re: "E's gorn""

I think it was the article that mentioned he was being flown to Sao Paulo hospital by his wife that advised me to have a look at his older output yesterday. At 95, he had a good run methinks

. Heil to the hero

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Posted by Ed <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ed' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 9:10 pm, in reply to "Re: "E's gorn""

Oh shit! Knew it was coming.
RIP Noam, a real loss to the world, you were one of a kind.

All the hacks will be lining up now to diminish the man with their favourite word for anyone decent: 'Controversial'

God, that's awful. Been dreading it. nm

Posted by Der <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Der' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 9:00 pm, in reply to ""E's gorn""

Not yet confirmed fwiw

https://x.com/zei_squirrel/status/1803156755851124738

...no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.

Jeez! And we have him buried already! What's the goddamn hurry, Keith? nm

Posted by Der <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Der' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 9:12 pm, in reply to "Not yet confirmed fwiw"

RT had the story for all of 5 mins and then removed it. Did they get it from Lifeboat?

Posted by Der <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Der' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 9:25 pm, in reply to "Jeez! And we have him buried already! What's the goddamn hurry, Keith? nm"

Fame, at last.
Or infamy?
Ludicrous.

Doubt it...there's a number of Brazilian- Portuguese tweets making the claim...nm

Posted by Ken Waldron <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ken+Waldron' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 9:32 pm, in reply to "RT had the story for all of 5 mins and then removed it. Did they get it from Lifeboat?"

So, we were hoaxed! What does that say about us? nm

Posted by Der <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Der' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 9:54 pm, in reply to "RT had the story for all of 5 mins and then removed it. Did they get it from Lifeboat?"

Dunno: do pray tell... Nm

Posted by Ken Waldron <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ken+Waldron' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 10:04 pm, in reply to "So, we were hoaxed! What does that say about us? nm"

Way too much ego. Trying to be the first with the news! nm

Posted by Der <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Der' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 11:40 pm, in reply to "Dunno: do pray tell... Nm"

A site so obscure desert Islands: indeed sandbanks have a higher profile...has an ego problem...

Posted by Ken Waldron <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ken+Waldron' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 11:57 pm, in reply to "Way too much ego. Trying to be the first with the news! nm"

-Thank you for your insightful comment.

Sites don't have egos. That should be rather obvious. nm

Posted by Der <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Der' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2024, 2:47 am, in reply to "A site so obscure desert Islands: indeed sandbanks have a higher profile...has an ego problem..."

Collective nouns...

Posted by Ken Waldron <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ken+Waldron' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2024, 11:51 am, in reply to "Sites don't have egos. That should be rather obvious. nm"

"Lifeboat", "we", "us", too much ego...

-Your own usage.

It's not the first time. nm

Posted by Fionn <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Fionn' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 10:06 pm, in reply to "So, we were hoaxed! What does that say about us? nm"

Get a grip

Posted by Keith-264 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Keith-264' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 9:33 pm, in reply to "Jeez! And we have him buried already! What's the goddamn hurry, Keith? nm"

and speak English.

The last working-class hero in England.

Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016
Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021

As of forty minutes or so ago.. still alive.

Chomsky não faleceu. Acabei de falar com a Valéria, mulher dele.

- Chomsky did not die. I just spoke to Valéria, his wife.

https://nitter.poast.org/AmeniCaue/status/1803151544369414216#m

Hmmm, the Belfast Telegraph article isn't there any more

Posted by Keith-264 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Keith-264' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 9:37 pm, in reply to "As of forty minutes or so ago.. still alive. "

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/noam-chomsky-gerry-adams-leads-ni-tributes-following-death-of-us-professor-and-activist/a463352391.html

A hoax?

The last working-class hero in England.

Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016
Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021

It's the ghost of Mark Twain having a bit of fun (nm)

Posted by Ed <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ed' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 9:53 pm, in reply to "Hmmm, the Belfast Telegraph article isn't there any more"

Shame it was confirmed false so quickly...

Posted by Ken Waldron <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Ken+Waldron' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 10:12 pm, in reply to "It's the ghost of Mark Twain having a bit of fun (nm)"

Chomsky might have been cheered up reading the bullshit provided by his detractors with him out the way...

Confirmed not gorn

https://x.com/aaronjmate/status/1803160504904409571

...no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.

"It is breathtaking how quickly the internet buried a man over a single unverified tweet". nm

Posted by Der <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Der' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 11:37 pm, in reply to "Confirmed not gorn"

I'm sure you believe he's gorn. If you believed differently ... ;) nm

Posted by marknadim <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=marknadim' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 18, 2024, 11:05 pm, in reply to ""E's gorn""

Have we got the sitting arrangements right?

Posted by t <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=TomskiD' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2024, 12:51 am, in reply to "I'm sure you believe he's gorn. If you believed differently ... ;) nm"

Just to be diff

Actually, you're in good company, Tariq Ali et al. Sorry if I was a bit harsh on you. nm

Posted by Der <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Der' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2024, 4:28 am, in reply to ""E's gorn""

Varoufakis as well. nm

Posted by Der <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Der' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2024, 4:49 am, in reply to "Actually, you're in good company, Tariq Ali et al. Sorry if I was a bit harsh on you. nm"

Not gorn, filtered. Nm

Posted by Shyaku <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Shyaku' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2024, 2:30 pm, in reply to ""E's gorn""

Bring out yer dead!

Posted by Shyaku <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Shyaku' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2024, 2:31 pm, in reply to ""E's gorn""

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