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• (“…says Orwell. Catch phrases “will construct your sentences for you – even think your thoughts for you…”) Throw out the cliches

  
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  Political writing tends to be bad writing, noted George Orwell in his 1946 essay “Politics and the English Language.” Too often it’s a tool for deception and obfuscation rather than clear communication. Orwell criticizes particularly those who rely on political catch phrases devised by others, throwing their ...
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• Prison Planet.com » Unmanned spy planes are being launched from 63 locations in 20 states – Is there one near you?

  
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  First it was traffic cams, then surveillance cameras in business parking lots. Next in line was Google Earth. Now, increasing domestic use of drones by the military, police agencies and even universities are making author George Orwell’s “fictional” novel1984- which envisions a surveillance society and features ...
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  Rutgers student accused of "invasion of privacy allegedly causing suicide" gets a 30 day sentence... ...and a $10,000 fine... ...which seems trivial given the media attention to the story. According to this article : A former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate was sentenced ...
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• Let’s just look and be acquainted…NOW…before its too late!

  
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  We’re sure those that having a read at our site has certainly noticed our individual page marker on the menu up-top under the heading of “ Political Correctness .” And hopefully you are aware that several of us here have studied language – some different dialects while others have studied linguistics – or ...
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• a nice cup of tea

  
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  Your comments on the last post have really got me thinking about many tea-related issues. . . Not least among these is the way that, unlike so many other British and Irish products, where tea is concerned brand loyalty is … Continue reading →
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• The Famous “1984″ Apple Advert

  
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  Snapshot of my Logitec webcam which I’ve placed on top of my computer screen. I use it, together with Skype, to communicate with friends in the United States. Cameras are often associated with Big Brother. All our movements are observed through public cameras. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R. Apple’s 1984 commercial is ...
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• PowerLine Logic: War Is Peace, Freedom Is Slavery, Winning Is Losing

  
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  I generally avoid PowerLine because I can only stand so much anti-truth in a single day and ALEC Cabin Boy John “Hindrocket” Hinderaker seems to view truth the way vampires view sunlight and garlic, but every now and then somebody brings some particularly (and unintentionally) hilarious emanation of his under ...
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• Writing Quote of the Day - George Orwell

  
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  "Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-stricken about their own orthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened."- George Orwell
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• 1984 di Orwell: l’analisi della società contemporanea

  
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  Uno dei poteri della letteratura è di attraversare il tempo, senza appartenervi. Un’opera come 1984 di George Orwell, edita da Mondadori disponibile su Feltrinelli.it a € 8,07, colloca nel... [Clicca sul titolo per visualizzare lintera scheda del libro]
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• With the Reds in Andalucia

  
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  Vivid account of Irishman Joe Monks’ time serving with the International Brigades during Spanish Civil War has been translated into Spanish
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• The definitive authoritarianism of the U.S. National Security State

  
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  glenn speculates on the ramifications of ongoing efforts by the obama administration to force the internet industry to provide the u.s. government with “backdoor” access to all forms of internet communication... [F]or anyone who defends the Obama administration ... and insists that the U.S. Government ...
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• Where are todays literary nomads?

  
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  Writers such as George Orwell and Henry Miller explored deprivation and exigency. Where are their modern counterparts? Whatever happened to the garret and the gutter? The great literary boom of 1980 to 2010 is over. Prices are collapsing, and the winds of austerity whistle around the world. But writers show no sign ...
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• Orwell – The Blueprint Of What Is Happening Now

  
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  From George Orwell’s 1984 4-30-12 Part 3, Chapter 3 – excerpts The proletarians will never revolt, not in a thousand years or a million. They cannot. I do not have to tell you the reason: you know it already. … There is no way in which the Party can be overthrown. The rule of the Party is for ever. Make that ...
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• Kwasi Kwarteng picks five great books about empire

  
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  The Conservative MP and writer Kwasi Kwarteng chooses five of his favourite books about the imperial experience
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• The Charge of the Lightweight Brigade

  
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  Bill Kristol writes about the Obama campaign’s spiffy new, one-word campaign slogan—“Forward”—and jokingly suggests that the slogan may have been lifted from Mao’s “Great Leap Forward.” Or, on the other hand, maybe it was a steal from MSNBC’s “Lean Forward.” From the sublimely bloody to the ...
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• Why Is It Necessary For The Federal Government To Turn The United States Into A Prison Camp?

  
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  Why Is It Necessary For The Federal Government To Turn The United States Into A Prison Camp? Courtesy of Michael Snyder of Economic Collapse  There has been no society in the history of the world that has ever been 100% safe. No matter how much money the federal government spends on “homeland security”, the truth ...
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• Why Is It Necessary For The Federal Government To Turn The United States Into A Prison Camp?

  
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  Why Is It Necessary For The Federal Government To Turn The United States Into A Prison Camp? Courtesy of Michael Snyder of Economic Collapse  There has been no society in the history of the world that has ever been 100% safe. No matter how much money the federal government spends on "homeland security", ...
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• Why Is It Necessary For The Federal Government To Turn The United States Into A Prison Camp?

  
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  Why Is It Necessary For The Federal Government To Turn The United States Into A Prison Camp? Courtesy of Michael Snyder of Economic Collapse  There has been no society in the history of the world that has ever been 100% safe. No matter how much money the federal government spends on "homeland security", ...
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• Rep. Hank Johnson compares CISPA to ’1984?

  
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  Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) on Thursday compared controversial cyber security legislation to George Orwell’s famous dystopian novel 1984. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) would authorize Internet companies, such as Internet service providers and social networking sites, to share private online ...
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• What if equal rights are too equal?

  
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  By Mark Rhoads - Caution, you are now entering The Twilight Zone. Some left wing ideas are too Orwellian even for George Orwell who wrote 1984 and Animal Farm. One of the laws in Animal Farm was that "all animals...
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