Sentences with phrase «known as the diversion»

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The hope one might have once placed in comparative advantage global capitalism and the internet / cell - phone wiring of all, began to look increasingly hollow, as Walmarts filled with cheap Chinese goods, real jobs went missing, real skills became rare, and the internet became known not so much for an Army of Davids shoring up our common commitment to liberty, but for mobbish comment swarms, porn, The Social Network, diversion all - the - more addictive for being personally tailored (see: the fictional fat - slobs of Wall - E, or the perpetually downward phone - gaze of our «dumb» millennials), and unprecedented possibilities for spying, defamation, and demagogic manipulation for those with access to big data.

These (most) People just use it as a diversion to distract people away from how they truely are, and ya know what, it works really well on «fellow Christians;» they stick together like glue, like a heard of stupid sheep and baaaaaa baaaa each other, while they go around and treat honest and truthful «evil heathens» like dog crap on the bottom of their shoe.

As I see it, what it «really comes down to» is the fact that, for most of us, this blog is just a diversion; however, for Chad, this is serious business because deep - down he knows his superstitions are untenable.

I knew that any unsupervised pints would quickly go missing from the kitchen counter, so I placed a few baskets in strategic locations as a diversion from the extra pound I stashed to bake this lovely cake.

That means lots of easy - to - handle snacks (like dry cereal, fig bars, or crackers), milk, water, plenty of diapers and wipes, a sweater in cool weather, two changes of clothes (in case of diaper blowouts, carsickness, or other spills), extra clothes for you (you never know when you'll become part of the mess), comfort objects (bear, blankie), and multiple diversions (such as board books, small toys, and finger puppets).

He says more diversion is needed early, with education and job opportunities, and that New York needs to stop treating 16 - and 17 - year - olds as adults in the criminal justice system, a movement known as «raise the age.»

SERAP's Executive Director, Mr Adetokunbo Mumuni, in a letter, which read in part, said: «SERAP is sending you this open letter to seek explanations from you, as former President and Commander - in - Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, on what you knew, or had reason to know on the apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion meant to purchase arms to empower Nigerian soldiers to fight Boko Haram.

«Would SERAP be correct to suggest that you, as President and Commander - in - Chief, knew about the authorization, apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion meant to purchase arms for Nigerian soldiers, in the chain of command involving your former NSA and others?

«Assuming you did not directly order or authorise the apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion meant to purchase arms for Nigerian soldiers, is it fair to suggest that you at least knew, or had reason to know, that your own former NSA was apparently involved in the heinous crime of corruption to wit: the diversion and sharing of over $ 2 billion meant to purchase arms for Nigerian soldiers; and did not take all necessary and reasonable measures in your power as Commander - in - Chief and President to prevent the alleged diversion and sharing of our commonwealth, as explained above?

The letter dated 8 January 2016 and signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni reads in part: «SERAP is sending you this open letter to seek explanations from you, as former President and Commander - in - Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, on what you knew, or had reason to know on the apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion meant to purchase arms to empower Nigerian soldiers to fight Boko Haram.»

The Coen Brothers» filmography can be broadly split into two strands: the serious works such as Blood Simple (1984), Fargo (1996) and No Country for Old Men (2007), and comedic diversions like The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000) and Burn After Reading (2008).

(Specifically, as I've gotten to know [Scott] Waxman's Diversion Books, I would considerably revise my reference to them in that now - ancient piece!

I know a lot of people view this title as a classic, and it might be slightly sacrilegious to view it as an amusing diversion, but that's my response, and it's the reason I'll keep it in mind when making manga purchases on my tablet.

Balian is a beautiful beach area roughly two hours west of Bali's international airport (traffic permitting) and while it's best known as a place to go for riding one of Bali's famous surf breaks, it also makes for a fine diversion for the non-surfing inclined.

No, we don't need them as decorations and diversions.

They have achieved a great deal of damage already, from biofuel driven starvation through frightened children schooled in anti-human alarmism and despair, to diversion of resources into renewable energy and into that cesspit of corruption known as carbon trading, as well as an apparently extensive loss of confidence and optimism in industrial progress — if only amongst the wealthy chatterati.

Sociopaths use a diversion tactic known as «pre-emptive defense» when conning their victims.

I don't know how Barack Obama got dragged into this discussion, but I suppose when one has trouble addressing direct points a little diversion is in order, and what better way than to try and be seen as waving the Canadian flag around by disparaging an American President.