Sentences with phrase «claptrap on»

gets to talk about how stupid and corrupt the IPCC is before a UK Parliament committee, while you remain an anonymous nobody spouting inconsequential claptrap on a blog hosted by another lady thorn - in - the side of your unpopular cause.

Between the intellectually schizophrenic claptrap on the No Child Left Behind Act from American Enterprise Institute scholar Rick Hess and Linda Darling - Hammond, Duke's Helen Ladd and Edward Fiske defense of the Poverty Myth of Education, and the otherwise thoughtful Whitney Tilson's misguided criticism of Republican and conservative school reformers, I am ready to head out on my vacation to relatively - sane American Ozarks, where I can be reminded once again that the Beltway is La - La Land without a tan.

Not exact matches

It's lots of native advertising and advertorial claptrap that anyone with half a brain ignores on the page.

The effort to distract the country from this indefensible record with claptrap about a Republican war on women, a papist plot against access to contraception, legal semantics about same - sex relationships, and other red herrings, has failed.

Why do we waste web space on this supernatural claptrap?

Arsenal really don't need to appear unnecessarily needy by clinging on to every pepper - grains worth of claptrap spewed from the media.

Wilhelm's dual surveyor bots are helpful, but somewhat echo towards Roland's or Axton's turret like action skills, but Claptrap will no doubt be the most played because of how inexplicably unpredictable his action skill is, as he assumes the role of all other vault hunters up to this point based on the situation around him, which is sometimes not always the good route (I cooped with my friend who got the Psycho die of the action skill when we were primarily shooting at enemies from a distance).

«Haywire» will also confuse and stultify a generation of action film fans raised on Michael Bay and Brett Ratner «s glossy, shallow claptrap and confused into thinking that quick cutting is actual excitement and velocity.

When, as a guest on «Inside The Actors Studio,» Gabriel Byrne was prompted for his favorite phrases, he chose prolix, an adjective connoting a superfluity of words, and bollocks, the Hibernian slang for testicles that can mean claptrap, rubbish, a series of lies, an idiotic person, or, in active form, the feat of fouling something up.

Well, The Cloverfield Paradox is definitely not a tacked - on bit of after - the - fact claptrap voiced by Donal Logue clearly added to provide a veneer of franchise synchronicity to this motion picture.

There is some Hollywood junk on her resumé, such as the current Jennifer Lawrence claptrap Red Sparrow, but this legendary actor is always worth watching.

Then, just as you begin to cheer on this pile of claptrap, Levy ramps up the schmaltz and loses it.

In setting up the rudiments of this situation, the film can't be faulted, at least on the level of its script (Rafael Yglesias adapting his own novel), direction (Peter Weir returning to a relatively serious mode after the claptrap of Dead Poets Society and Green Card), and performances (Bridges and Perez give uncharacteristic, highly arresting portraits of people in a sustained state of shock).

Regardless, if your options are I Sell the Dead or the new Jennifer Aniston rom - com, don't gouge your eyes out or turn on that piece of claptrap.

Taking up the same baseless, tired, and nostalgic arguments used by Charles Murray (and citing that tired polemicist's overly long claptrap, Real Education) Gardner declares that the focus on college is ridiculous because some kids in his mind aren't «college material» and that many jobs don't require higher education.

There are very few professional media relations people prowling around and because the sport prides itself on unfiltered realism, it's not yet infested with the clichéd claptrap you get in other professional leagues.

Set on the Hyperion controlled moon seen during the second game players will be able to choose to fight as Athena The Gladiator, Wilhelm The Enforcer, Nisha The Lawbringer and Fragtrap, a militarised claptrap, names you'll likely recognize from Borderlands 2.

In essence the new DLC will be focusing on the ultra cool Ninja style Claptrap.

Therefore, you're not the only one that's going to fighting Hyperion; Claptrap will fighting them as well, and you're going to meet him quite a few times on your journey.

In addition to the regular vanilla edition of the game, 2K also announced today, a very limited run of 5,000 Borderlands: The Handsome Collection Claptrap - in - a-Box Editions will be available on March 24, 2015 for $ 399 and will include a remote - controlled Claptrap that can speak in «Claptrap», stream live footage and is fully mobile while balancing on one wheel.

The story in CNRR revolves around a rogue Claptrap assimilating with everything on the planet, and you're tasked with stopping him and his growing army.

Secondly, as mentioned earlier, Claptrap's abilities are all focused on the team, so you'll definitely want to venture with him online rather than solo.

Nisha can upgrade her pistol and whip skills, while Claptrap is focused on supporting the rest of the team (thus making him least viable for single player).

Borderlands Game of the Year edition will come with tokens for download of the recently announced add - on pack, Claptrap's New Robot Revolution, as well as the three previous best - selling destructive downloadable adventures — the living dead - filled The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, the ultimate video game survival of the fittest test Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot, and the utterly fantastic The Secret Armory of General Knoxx.

A number of outlets have recently had a hands - on preview with Claptrap's Robot Revolution, see inside for a breakdown of all the new information, including new screenshots, some more info about the new patch coming up, and a video with gameplay from the DLC.

Claptrap's New Robot Revolution is out in just a few days, and will include 10 new achievements for a total of 80, and 1750 GS on Xbox 360.

Offensive opportunities will be plentiful, with new laser - based and «Cryo» weapons joining the already gargantuan armory present on Pandora, and you can play as one of four new characters — including Claptrap.

explaining the ins and outs of life on Pandora's moon of Elpis, ranging from new enemies and the impact of low gravity to our new playable Vault Hunters: Wilhelm, Athena, Nisha, and Claptrap.

Regardless if it's Claptrap talking or Scooter, it'll sure put a smile on your face.

The standard copy will sell for the common retail price of $ 59.99 on both the PS4 and Xbox One; the «Claptrap - in - a-Box Edition» will run at $ 399.99 and contains 12 lithographs, a steel case, and a quote - filled remote - controlled Claptrap replica.

Claptrap can be controlled through the «ClapTrapp App» on Android and iOS; a working camera is installed within its eye, which can stream live video to the user's phone.

Once inside his home ClapTrap will explain the current situation on Pandora.

News: Alan Wakes second DLC to be its last Mad Max game rumor Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light not launching with onoine co-op LBP2 delayed Dead Space 2 closed PSN beta Medal of Honor PC beta Cast your vote for deal of the week on xbl Claptrap DLC coming September 28th

Claptrap is just as annoying (or lovable depending on your perspective) as ever and the jokes still come thick and fast.

We recently reported that an eagle - eyed forum dweller had revealed the fourth official Borderlands DLC pack as a ninja - assassin - Claptrap related adventure... and Gearbox have now officially confirmed this to be the case (on top of Randy Pitchford's coy approval at the time).

Claptrap's New Robot Revolution is set to be released next month and is priced at 800 Microsoft Points on the Xbox 360 and # 6.29 on the PS3.

Horse feathers on both sides, but the concern's still valid, and it takes more courage to live with than superstitious claptrap, or as - yet still - comfortable denial.

I know this is slithering sideways on the slippery slope of ad hominem, but honestly, how does he or CAN he stand face - to - face with someone and in all conviction and seriousness, assert such baloneyous claptrap?

Speaking in the House of Lords» Economic Select Committee yesterday, Lawson said there were many issues in the banking industry, so «wouldn't it be better if you focused your attention on those instead of engaging in green claptrap?»

Reflect on Waldham's recent melt down over his claptrap being called claptrap.

So far you offer emotional claptrap and historically ignorant examples, along with demonstrations of guilt projected on entire cultures.

Last time I've heard of reactionary claptraps based on Nietzsche's stuff, they were dropping Zaratustrian aphorisms from airplanes.

Suffice it to say, it did point out how just how vapid your «those tribal climate scientists think the science is settled and I can prove it by playing on the ambiguity of that phrase» claptrap is.

Cue the next barrage of partisan claptrap pretending that liberal greenies are the only people on the planet playing politics with this issue.

Spending more money on bureaucrats producing more incomprehensible political claptrap is counter productive.

If I had to label myself, I would say I am a lukewarmer - but having grown up in the 1970's with the «Late Great Planet earth» claptrap, along with Howard Ruff, the 1970's ice age, the end of oil (1970's vintage), I have little to no toerance for apocalyptic claims based on evidence that is not substantially different from noise.

This claptrap crap of an attempt to mislead appeared on both the hudson site and heartland's, so both are just as guilty!