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Harvey Wasserman : Afghanistan and Orwell’s Perpetual War

Image from Opinione.Keeps the wheels of industry turning:Afghanistan is about perpetual war By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 28, 2010 The war in Afghanistan is about perpetual war, not Afghanistan. It’s about preventing democracy in the United … Continue reading

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FILM / Ed Felien : Big Brother With a Dash of ‘Salt’

Angelina Jolie as Evelyn Salt: She takes it into her own hands.Ignorance is Strength:Perhaps we need a little ‘Salt’! By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / September 3, 2010 How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged … Continue reading

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Note from Big Brother : Room 101, Meet Zubaydah’s Box

‘…you will actually place a harmless insect in the box, such as a caterpillar.’The Obvious Comparison By Hilzoy / April 16, 2009 OLC memo of August 1, 2002, signed by Jay Bybee: “You would like to place Zubaydah in a … Continue reading

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What George Orwell Wrote, 70 Years Later to the Day

George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm.‘”I think he would have been a blogger,” said Jean Seaton, a professor at the University of Westminster in London’By Noam Cohen / August 24, 2008 See George Orwell’s “post” for August 25, … Continue reading

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