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[Jesus Lives!] In Search of Deja vu: For Intellectuals, Political Correctness is ...: I want to add quickly that I am not speaking here of subservience to a foreign state (the USSR) or even the kind of discipline .Back then, it was forbidden to write about Soviet concentration camps or antisemitism, or the economic incompetence of the USSR because that would allegedly “help” the bourgeoisie, or fascism, and hurt the cause of the workers.

[Macleans.ca] The city of gold turns to dust - World - Macleans.ca: Dubai’s financial woes were also flagged in October 2008 by a Moody’s Investors Service report that state-owned companies owed at least US$47 billion, more than the emirate’s gross domestic product. Local media is censored, subject to severe fines for publishing anything that might damage Dubai’s reputation, but stories have been leaking out for a year about plummeting real estate values, abandoned projects and financial distress, most notably reports of the mass exodus of foreign white-collar workers who’d flocked to the city state during its go-go years, lured by a quality of life unavailable at home””tax-free salaries, luxurious housing, and cheap domestic labour.

[eChurchWebsites Christian Blog covering the news, politics, media, law, religion, science, medical, education, internet, technology, Israel and more for the Church] In George Orwell's novel, “1984,” Newspeak refers to language ...: Newspeak usage also crops up in legislation with titles that are the exact opposite of a bill’s intent. With ever-shortening American attention spans and media’s increasing focus on entertainment news, Newspeak is not simply a fictional danger but a real threat to the practice of democracy in America.

[Desertpeace] THIS IS WHAT WAS BANNED AT CARLETON UNIVERSITY IN CANADA « Desertpeace: and look at the history that surrounds it then the message delivered by George Orwell is so much more clear, ‘Truth are lies and lies are truth’. For years Israel has been a)laughing at the UN b) controlling America c) has utter disdain for the goyim d) are THE most racist nation in the world e)continuing a hypocritical genocidal war against all peoples who stand in the way of a greater Israel.

[Hornbill Unleashed] Revisiting George Orwell's Big Brother in Sarawak « Hornbill Unleashed: is censorship, which is displayed especially in the Ministry of Truth, where photographs are doctored and public archives rewritten to rid them of “unpersons”. In the telescreens, figures for all types of production are grossly exaggerated (or simply invented) to indicate an ever-rising economy where there is actually loss.

[Peace Perspectives] Voters For Peace - Obama Out Does Bush in Doing the Bidding of ...: The official figures exclude the huge build-up of troops and structures in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade, as well as secret or unacknowledged facilities in Israel, Kuwait, the Philippines and many other places. In just three years of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, £2bn was spent on military construction.”

[Badlands Journal - For Social, Economic and Environmental Justice] Loss of faith in the political process and its consequences ...: Project Censored highlighted a Judicial Watch report that stated: “Documented plans of occupation and exploitation predating September 11 confirm heightened suspicion that U.S. policy is driven by the dictates of the energy industry. According to Judicial Watch President, Tom Fitton, ‘These documents show the importance of the Energy Task Force and why its operations should be open to the public.’”

[Front Porch Republic] Kill Your Kindle | Front Porch Republic: As an economic proposition, I am skeptical that the printing of books can continue in a world where e-readers are widespread. If enough people get enough pleasure from reading physical books, then of course there will continue to be a market .... For example, earlier this year-irony of ironies-George Orwell was censored: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18amazon.html. A better alternative to the Kindle will be the open-source version, the eReader, ...

[Republic Broadcasting Network] Republic Broadcasting Network » Blog Archive » Af-Pak War Racket ...: In January 2001, it began discussions with the Taliban, backed by members of the Bush administration among whom was Under Secretary of State Richard Armitage, who had previously worked as a lobbyist for Unocal. The Taliban, for their part, employed as their PR officer in the US Laila Helms, niece of Richard Helms, former director of the CIA and former US ambassador to Iran.

[Command the Raven] In Search of Deja vu: For Intellectuals, Political Correctness is ...: We are all searching, in this bizarre era we inhabit, for a healthy sense of déjà vu. By this I mean, we seek precedents for some of the strange things that Political Correctness forces onto people and current political debates bring into play.

[Patriot] Patriot » Blog Archive » My Favorite Quotes of Wisdom: “The Unites States is a country which really doesn’t understand foreign policy very well in terms of its public, because it’s public is not all that engaged in the world, nevertheless the United States is in a key position to shape this so that the problem of the Bush presidency will be the emergence of a New World Order”¦”

[Guy Fawkes' blog] Saturday Seven Up - Guy Fawkes' blog: I have been in meetings with Fraser Nelson and he represents the most dangerous type of commentator.He is good looking,cow lick, doe eyes.He has a pleasant Scots accent.His views are ultra right wing and alien to the average person.He disarms the person he is talking with by appearing to belittle everything they say.He is self-opinionated and thinks he is never wrong.I can’t stand him and neither can a lot of peopleHe is known as the odious Fraser Nelson.

[Big Government] Big Government » Blog Archive » UN Security Stops Journalist's ...: and the US government’s sponsorship of this worldwide Global Warming propaganda campaign puts it in a class with the failed Soviet Union’s relentless violation of the basic human right to truthful government generated information. Given ClimateGate’s burgeoning revelations of outrageous government misconduct and massive covert misinformation, what are the chances that this Administration’s National Health Care sales campaign is anywhere near to the truth?

[Mises Dailies] Liberation by Internet - Gennady Stolyarov II - Mises Institute: In 1984, published in 1949, George Orwell portrayed an all-encompassing surveillance state that completely controlled not only the present flow of information but also the historical record. ...

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