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'The Same Man': George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh as kindred souls, of a sort (International Herald Tribune)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:33:58 GMT

Orwell and Waugh were, in almost every salient respect, precise opposite that makes his "same man" thesis seem perhaps not so preposterous after all. their shared fearlessness in opposing what Orwell called the "smelly little orthodoxies" of the day.

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The Obama Delusion (Sibby Online)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:09:10 GMT

Jack Cashill has a must read column that ties Obama to the intellectual far-left elite that George Orwell warned us about (and may I also add Francis Schaffer). Here is a good start: Although best known for his novels, "1984"...

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Community Safety Accreditation Schemes: New Labour Stasi policing.(post 2) (The Lone Voice)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:13:00 GMT

I covered this the latest piss poor plan from dire Home Sec. and kebab muncher Jacqui Smith here Today in the Daily Mail, Littlejohn covers the subject: George Orwell's 1984 was supposed to be a warning about the dangers of totalitarianism, not a blueprint for government. No one seems to have told New Labour. Barely a day goes by without another assault on our civil liberties, another...

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noreply@blogger.com (rashbre) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:37:16 GMT

Comparing notes about George Orwell with fellow blogger Pat the other day and then Philobiblon provided the link to the orwell diaries . It's George Orwell's daily diaries being published as a real-time daily blog. Blogroll it now.

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Toast and Communication (Execupundit.com)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:32:00 GMT

In his book on the Spanish Civil War. George Orwell recalls how the opposing forces would often shout slogans at one another from the misery of their trenches. One day, however, one side trumped the other by announcing (and I quote from memory), "We've got toast! Hot, buttered toast!" That was communication at its finest. The best speakers can cut to the soul. They can eloquently state...

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George Orwell's Diaries Turned Into a Blog (Bloggers Blog: Blogging the Blogsphere)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:30:00 GMT

The diaries of George Orwell are being published every day in blog form at orwelldiaries.wordpress.com . The only difference is that 70 years have been added to the date. What happened on August 26, 1938 is published as a blog post on August 26th, 2008. The New York Times has an article about the new blog which is being administered by a University of Westminster professor. "I think...

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But wait, there’s more, like French recycled pets more. (Make the logo bigger.)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:36:00 GMT

• • Insert euro right side up for raw French milk . • • “He’s fleein’ the commercial !” • • Dog attempted-suicide is not funny. Wait, yes it is . • • Brilliant. (Okay, a cure for cancer would be brilliant, a blog based on George Orwell’s diaries is still pretty good .) • • Recyclables you want to use . • • No comp-sci degree? No dinner for you ! • • “If you’re toothless and you know it,...

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"All animals are created equal..." (Catholic Pillow Fight)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:16:46 GMT

"...but some are more equal than others" says a line from George Orwell's literary classic, Animal Farm . What it refers to is the laws being developed by the animals who have taken over their farm, and are setting up a communist utopia. The original line was: "All animals are created equal", and in their lust for power, the pigs had the following added in the dead of night: "...but some...

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Catalyst Presents 1984 @the Atlas (Frozen Tropics)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:38:00 GMT

BIG BROTHER is watching you... WE are watching you... We would like to watch you SUBSCRIBE to Season 8... Click here for more information... aug 27 - oct 5, 2008 based on the book by George Orwell adapted by Christopher Gallu * directed by Jim Petosa George Orwell's masterpiece about a dystopian society, 1984 is the story of life under the watchful gaze of Big Brother. Winston...

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Orwell - the father of blogging (Adliterate)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:01:41 GMT

I have long maintained that the father of blogging was George Orwell. As a prolific diarist and essayist he mastered the blog post form over half a century before the rest of us and before technology caught up with his output. And now he has one courtesy of academics at the University of Westmister and Wordpress. Everyday they are posting his diary entries exactly 70 years after he penned...

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waugh and orwell (Edward Lucas)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:45:00 GMT

George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh Fighting against the future Aug 21st 2008 From The Economist print edition The Same Man: George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh in Love and War By David Lebedoff Random House; 262 pages; $26 and £14.99 Buy it at Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk THEY could hardly seem more different. Eric Blair (who took the pen name George Orwell) was an austere...

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Read George Orwell's blog* (bookofjoe)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:01:01 GMT

*70 years ago today. [via Noam Cohen and the New York Times]

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Wadhams says GOP operation "Ministry of Truth" (Steam Powered Opinions)

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Balboni) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:59:00 GMT

Colorado GOP chief and Bob Schaffer campaign manager Dick Wadhams says that we should consider the GOP propoganda war room steup for the DNC to be little more than a prop lifted straight out of George Orwell's 1984 . "Just consider this the Ministry of Truth." I guess we should be glad that Republicans are now freely admitting that their's is an ideology based around lies, distortions,...

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Cheerleaders for SIMI - Part 3 (Offstumped)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:53:11 GMT

With dramatic references to Nazi Germany and parallels with Joseph Goebbels Ajit Sahi’s Project Kafka on Tehelka is an exercise that should have George Orwell turning in his grave. In this penultimate piece on why Tehelka when to such great lengths to bat for SIMI, Offstumped turns the focus from Tarun Tejpal’s questionable background to [...]

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T Minus 146 - Another Orwellian Bushism (mnblue -)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:42:27 GMT

"The solution to Iraq -- an Iraq that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself -- is more than a military mission. Precisely the reason why I sent more troops into Baghdad." -- George orWell Bush, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2007 (The White House) Just another "up is down, war is peace" Orwellian Bushism we've come to expect from Boy Blunder. What is disturbing, but predictable,...

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1984 24/7 (Antony Loewenstein)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:08:23 GMT

George Orwell, my favourite author, has had his diaries placed on a blog. According to Jean Seaton, a professor at the University of Westminster in London who administers the Orwell writing prize and thought up the idea of the blog, “I think he would have been a blogger.”

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What George Orwell Wrote, 70 Years Later to the Day (Voices - All Things Digital)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:02:02 GMT

Aug. 12 began as a hot morning in Aylesford, Kent, England, only to be followed by a powerful thunderstorm in the afternoon. Meanwhile, the blackberries were beginning to redden. Aug. 12, 1938, that is. The observations were made by George Orwell, whose copious diaries are now being published every day in blog form, exactly 70 years after they were made.

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Fighting for your right to party (The Daily Vidette)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:32:19 GMT

The idea of big brother has put fear into freedom loving citizens of the world ever since George Orwell wrote about the topic in his novel "1984." With the Internet, cell phones and other technology coming into the mainstream, one cannot help but wonder if Orwell was on to something.

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George Orwell’s Diaries (lynk)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:58:30 GMT

George Orwell’s Diaries

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George Orwell is Blogging (Hootsbuddy's Place)

noreply@blogger.com (Hoots) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:41:00 GMT

Guess who's blogging? George Orwell, of all people. His diary is being released one day at a time, online, seventy years later. Thanks to Crawford Kilian for the heads up. The Orwell Prize, Britain’s pre-eminent prize for political writing, is publishing George Orwell’s diaries as a blog. From 9th August 2008, Orwell’s domestic and political diaries (from 9th...

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