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Boycotts, while noble, remain a blunt instrument unless tied to larger structural pressure.

Now the party has run the authority for a little over four months and is embarking on the process of setting next year's budget – and there's a blunt assessment from the council leader.

Enough to keep me upright, not enough to blunt my palate.

There’s no comedy equivalent of Jean Smart’s hilariously blunt mom in this story; instead, Ingelsby trades that tart energy for a transcendent joy accentuating the disheveled humanity of people who could be any of us.

Netanyahu's Defence Minister Israel Katz has repeatedly taken to social media in recent days, posting videos of high-rise buildings in Gaza City being blown-up with the blunt message that this was just the start.