WTF/Orwellian Shit Of The Day  share 1 day ago by blogbytom Greenwald highlights a new spooky power being asserted by the Obama Administration, dubbed “presidential post-acquittal detention power.” That’s seriously what the DOD’s General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, called it at a Senate hearing yesterday. So you’re acquitted of a crime. In, like, a court. With due ... Blogbytom - blogbytom.wordpress.com ·  1 reference |
| Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936) share 1 day ago by cinematophiliac I’ve been sitting on this Orwellian treasure for a few years. Every so often I get an urge to go to a used bookstore and buy up all I can find of a particular author…and then I proceed to not read any of the books for a very long time. What is wrong with me? I hear it’s a common problem, at least. W ... Electric Book-a-Loo - electricbookaloo.wordpress.com |
| Nunca me abandones share 1 day ago by Ofelia Libertad Nunca me abandones es el título de una obra de Kazuo Ishiguro, aunque yo prefiero su título original Never let me go (que es por el título que lo encontraréis en numerosas web). La obra pertenece al género de las distopías, aunque yo no lo juntaría con la gran trilogía distópica (1984, Un mundo feli ... La lune en rouge - laluneenrouge.wordpress.com |
| 1984 - an alternate ending share 1 day ago by Daria Давно хотела переосмыслить концовку "1984" и наконец-то дозрела. Получилось на английском. 1984 – An alternate ending. (With many thanks to Ayn Rand) As one might remember, after his crushing experience in the Room 101, Winston once met Julia in the Park. They acknowleged their mutual betrayal, and ... Defacter - oblomskaya.livejournal.com · 16 references |
| Orwell is over and now Dubai share 2 days ago by halcruttenden Saturday was the last night of ‘Orwell A Celebration’. I have not felt so sad about the end of a job for a very long time. Acting is such a precarious profession that I am very unlikely to play such a great part again, and one which is so suitable (ie. chubby, jolly man prone [...] Hal Cruttenden - Stand Up, ... - halcruttenden.com/blog |
| Take a Stand share 2 days ago by lens1 Where is the debate? We still have 130,000 troops in Iraq. Up to 50,000 permanently? This is not change. This is not an end to the occupation. A trailer from the IVAW Winter Soldier Movie. more about “untitled“, posted with vodpod The Vigilant Lens - thevigilantlens.wordpress.com · 8 references |
| Orwell, Rhetoric, and Today share 2 days ago by Roland I often write about our need for paying close attention the the rhetoric used by our politicians, media, and, most especially, those in higher education. Perhaps I am beating a dead horse, but I view this as one of the fundamental obstacles facing a serious conservative rebirth. And I found this art ... Cultural Gadfly - culturalgadfly.com · 3 references |
| Intel: Netbooks “erschwinglich”, nicht “billig” share 2 days ago by Matze Intel bläut seinen Wiederverkäufern und indirekt auch den Endkunden aktuell eine kleine Bewusstseinänderung ein, die ein wenig an das Orwell`sche Neusprech erinnert. Natrlich ist es nicht besonders klug von einem Verkäufer, seine eigene Ware “billig” zu nennen, denn der gedankliche Weg zu “wertlos” ... Asus Eee PC News - netbooknews.de · Rank: 19,266 · 363 references |
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