10 days ago by Deniz Cem Önduygu

It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. Of course the great wastage is in the verbs and adjectives, but there are hundreds of nouns that can be got rid of as well. It isn’t only the synonyms; there are also the antonyms. After all, what justification is there for a word which is simply the ...

Phylomeny - denizcemonduygu.com/blog · 4 references

11 days ago by Hans Hirschi

George Orwell, the man himself Have you noticed how Newspeak is spreading like a bush fire? Not sure if it is like this in all languages, but certainly in Swedish, new words are making their way into the language all the time. And I'm not talking about natural occurrences like "google", but governme ...

Tumbleweed's World - blog.hirschi.se · Rank: 148,058 · 3 references

11 days ago by Alor

E o que tem produzir uma crónica actualizada, um registo pertinente de redes políticas que efectivamente acompanhe as trajectórias desferidas in loco, quando batem deveras a difusão mediática (intermediária) informativa tributária da monocultura agenciada (AFPs, Reuters & the likes de CNNs, FOXs, BB ...

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12 days ago by Spaink

Voorlichting – of modieuzer, bewustwording – helpt dus geen klap. Kun je iets anders concluderen wanneer na jarenlange promotie van de schijf van vijf en allerlei andere campagnes om toch vooral gezond te eten, blijkt dat we met ons allen alleen maar dikker worden? Zelfs de media, die altijd worden ...

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16 days ago by R-MEW Editors

In a story about the first ever public display of contemporary art in Saudi Arabia, Reuters correspondent Asma Alsharif characterizes Saudi society as "conservative" four times: "Evolution not revolution" reads the sign he plans to place over the conservative Islamic kingdom, where an exhibition org ...

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16 days ago by AndyAce83

Soo… I live in Norway, have identified myself as a political neutral man (what people call “ independent“) and have therefor been fascinated by the Americans who claim that Fox News is biased. Knowing little about the US politics and less about American news cast and their ideologies I got this grow ...

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18 days ago by Simon Grey

I don’t feel like ranting, so I’m going to analyze selected excerpts: In a speech that is likely to set the theme of his 2012 re-election bid, Obama said "the basic American promise" that hard work can allow one to own a home and support a family are at risk if the government doesn't do more to bala ...

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21 days ago by Dan Air

The world of DoubleWork I've noticed more and more that if I want to get anything done lately I have to do it at least twice, I call this doublework, it’s a new word in the Orwellian Newspeak dictionary. Example; I get off of the tube and notice most of the money on my oyster card is missing, I chec ...

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25 days ago by Whatever

Pirated from http://derelictquestion.blogspot.com/ Summer 2011 kicked off with a royal bang. And by "royal bang", I naturally mean the Royal Bang of the Royal Wedding, which for was like the Kardashian wedding for the US but with horse drawn carriages and even wilder hats. I hadn't heard about it un ...

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34 days ago by gasstationwithoutpumps

Last November, the NY Times published an article about alternatives to the standard school book report for English classes: Beyond the Book Report: Ways to Respond to Literature Using New York Times Models. I read the article then, and forwarded the link to my son, my wife (who supervises his humani ...

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