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• I see some huge problems with Wal-Mart’s “profit” story.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 449
  First, improved earnings are largely a mirage, because “Inventories declined 4.1% to $38.8 billion.” Translation: Wal-Mart delayed a couple billion dollars worth of re-stocking. Then, sales were actually lower if you exclude fuel sales. So, they saw EPS rise from 80 cents to 84 cents. That’s a 5% rise in gross ...
  6 hours ago

• The Losing Side

  
  The New Ledger Features — Authority: 603
  [tweetmeme] A short time before his sadly premature death, George Orwell said of his new novel, 1984, “I do not say that such a thing will happen. Only that it could happen…. The moral of this tale is: don’t let it happen. It’s up to you.” If there is anything we should be celebrating on the anniversary ...
  15 hours ago

• Swastika Night: Nineteen Eighty-Fours lost twin

  
  Books: Books blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 135
  While Orwells dystopia is embedded in our culture, an equally powerful novel exploring parallel themes is almost completely unknown This weeks Berlin Wall ceremonies marked a golden moment in the history of that most benighted of cities. They also reminded us of the incredibly enduring power of Nineteen Eighty-Four: ...
  19 hours ago

• Media Matters: ACORN Police Report Good, Gladney Police Report Bad

  
  Big Government — Authority: 805
  In true Orwellian fashion, our pals at Media Matters demonstrate today that not only are some hate crimes more equal than others, but so too, some police reports are more equal than others. After waiting a full 24-hours to react to yesterday’s release of the 24-page police report of the Kenneth Gladney incident ...
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• Hello Orwell..."Nuclear workers asked to spy on colleagues’ lives"

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 550
  Thousands of staff at UK nuclear power stations have been told to spy on the private lives of workmates and inform on colleagues who might be “vulnerable” to blackmail or bribery by terrorists intent on getting access to Britain’s nuclear secrets and stocks of weapon-grade plutonium.As part of the “security ...
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• Chris Harman obituary

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Writer, editor and leading light of the Socialist Workers party In 2005 Chris Harman was writing about how the 30-year project to publish the collected works of Marx and Engels was done. It is 50 volumes long and he was reviewing Vol 50, having read the previous 49 one by one as they had appeared. Of course, he had ...
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• Pacifism is objectively pro-fascist

  
  Not My Tribe — Authority: 486
  Even the most violent totalitarian system hasn’t enough weapons to outnumber the masses. For fascists to rule with an iron glove requires well deluded pacifist theologians to tamp the populace spirit. By example they can martyr themselves silly for all the overclass may care. The future of industrial man is a boot ...
  3 days ago

• Recent reads: Animal Farm - George Orwell, A Month in the Country - J. L. Carr, Through England on a Side-Saddle - Celia Fiennes

  
  thesvenhunter — Authority: 117
  Animal Farm - George Orwell Ive always admired Orwell but perhaps felt I was too old for this, it being one of a great number of books almost everyone read when they were 12 and I didnt. (See also Catch 22, Brave New World and, erm... Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas?) Something had always put me off it: the concept ...
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• [Errata Security] Brazil outage NOT caused by hackers

  
  andi baritchi - the blog — Authority: 119
  Brazil outage NOT caused by hackers : Hackers are like witches in Salem in the 1600s. When crops failed, people blamed it on the witches, who were burned at the stake. These people believed they were acting intelligently. The witches were convicted in “fair” trials, with “proof beyond a reasonable doubt”. ...
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• How Your Beliefs Create Your Reality part 2

  
  Advanced Life Skills — Authority: 455
  Understanding that the mind is only creative can help us grasp the power of beliefs. George Orwell once said that “myths which are believed in tend to become true.” This is especially true on an individual basis. By now, most of us realize that our perception of reality is heavily influenced by our beliefs, but ...
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• “He’s called Dillan.” / “Not if I have anything to say about it!”

  
  But, Sir... — Authority: 136
  Allow a Registrar the right to reject baby names of (s)he considers the name to be inappropriate. by Colin M. Taylor We’ve all seen it on the news: a Media celebrity has a baby and then gives it a name that can, at best, be considered ‘unusual’. For example, the Beckhams calling their son Brooklyn or Katie ...
  1 week ago

• 13 Examples of Literature in Song

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 789
  It’s no real surprise that Wikipedia has a thorough list of these , but it’s interesting to parse through the many, and find a neat collection of songs and albums that were based on, or influenced by books.  Led Zeppelin has a scatological lyric library referencing JRR Tolkien, but let’s see what else is out ...
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• ‘Sesame Street’: All Monsters Are Equal?

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 814
  The Public Broadcasting System’s taxpayer-funded ‘Sesame Street’ has, at cursory glance, presented young American children with what colorfully appears to be one of television’s few safe havens of educational fun.  Yet, embedded in its visually intoxicating muppetry and otherwise innocently entertaining ...
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• Top 25 Favorite Writers

  
  Celsius1414 — Authority: 128
  Much like for my favorite movies , here is a list of my Top 25 favorite writers. Vladimir Nabokov Ray Bradbury JRR Tolkien Kurt Vonnegut Douglas Adams Mark Twain The rest in alphabetical order by last name: Robert Benchley Charlotte Brontë Emily Brontë Albert Camus Raymond Chandler Umberto Eco ...
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• Involuntary medicine: “Thomas” would be disgusted.

  
  FreedomRide.us — Authority: 106
  Orwell, unsurprised . [IMG: http://www.FreedomRide.us/wp-content/images2/Involuntary-Medicine-560.jpg]
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• Orwell on Totalitarianism

  
  In General Counsel — Authority: 125
  Famed novelist George Orwell ( Animal Farm , 1984 ) initially considered himself a "Tory Anarchist" and then a socialist. He was, however, highly critical of various factions within the socialist movement, and especially assailed apologists for Stalin. Orwell had seen the deadly consequences of Stalinism up close ...
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• Second Orwell blogging award to be judged by “Night Jack”

  
  The Blog Herald — Authority: 591
  The second annual Orwell Prize for political writing to include a blogging category will include on its judging panel the surprise winner of last year’s prize, Night Jack, aka Detective Constable Richard Horton. You may remember that the anonymous police blogger was outed by The Times newspaper and subsequently ...
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• Obama’s Orwellian Health Care Vision

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 514
  Jim sent this in: President Barack Obama has promised a massive change to “modernize health care by making all health records standardized and electronic.” Part of his ambitious health care program will be the computerizing of medical records of all Americans in order to make the health care process more ...
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• George Orwells NUJ card

  
  Jon Slattery — Authority: 487
  This is a George Orwells NUJ card from the time he was working for The Tribune . It is part of the UCL Orwell archive than can be accessed here. Orwell was recruited to be Tribunes literary editor by Aneurin Bevan. He joined the NUJ in 1943 and remained a member until his death in 1950.
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• Where horror truly lies ...

  
  Books: Books blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 135
  Stephen King didnt scare me when I first started reading adult horror fiction as a teenager – it was Orwells 1984 that really frightened me As October draws to a close, the days shorten, and Halloween again rears its pumpkin head, ones thoughts naturally take on a darker hue. For me, this involves a long and lonely ...
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