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    A forgotten anti-war history, remembered and recounted

    APRIL 16, 2012 8:35PM

    By Jeremiah Horrigan


    Topics: antiwar, darft cards, berrigan brothers, civil disobedience, non-violence, radicals, politics, vietnam, news, orwell, memory hole

    • 0 Ratings
    • 246 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Why Cloud Gate, Chicago?

    APRIL 14, 2012 9:41PM

    By Mark Sentesy


    Topics: travel, design, language, orwell, civilization, culture, art, cloud gate, bean, chicago

    • 1 Ratings
    • 235 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Mass Surveillance: Hacking Team Remote Control Systems

    APRIL 8, 2012 12:58PM

    By AssociationOfTruth


    Topics: trojans, computer viruses, software, laptop, cellphone, orwellian, orwell, government, contractors, big brother, mass surveillance, surveillance, spy files, wikileaks, hacking team remote control systems, hacking team, remote control systems, spy, news

    • 4 Ratings
    • 366 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Halt Citizen!

    FEBRUARY 15, 2012 7:31AM

    By Pranay Sinha


    Topics: the butchered english language, airport, security, excuse me, sir, orwell, citizen

    • 1 Ratings
    • 425 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Sui generis on the rocks: Christopher Hitchens, R.I.P.

    DECEMBER 16, 2011 10:54PM

    By Sean Murphy


    Topics: martin amis, orwell, christopher hitchens

    • 0 Ratings
    • 552 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The Revolution Will Not Be Twittered.

    NOVEMBER 12, 2011 8:18PM

    By Francois Arouet


    Topics: occcupy america, open call, san francisco, bart, muni, free speech, censorship, yahoo, google, china, castro, 99%, orwell, privacy, technology, politics, open+call, family, activism, occupy movement, san francisco, twitter

    • 0 Ratings
    • 98 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    An Addendum, On Things Which Suck

    OCTOBER 17, 2011 2:49PM

    By LizardSF


    Topics: capitalism, racism, golding, orwell, sinclair, ellison, literature, art

    • 0 Ratings
    • 122 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Credit Bureaus: Paving the Road for Corporate Governance

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 12:58PM

    By ettringermedia


    Topics: freedom, branding, aristocracy, system, caste, feudal, oppressive, government, economy, corporate, blacklisting, opportunity, future, doublespeak, orwell, bureau, score, credit, fico

    • 0 Ratings
    • 113 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Switch The Switch

    JUNE 24, 2011 3:55PM

    By Reverend Billy Talen


    Topics: life, oil, gas, dirty coal, afghanistan, iraq, orwell, mcdonalds, coca-cola, switch, consumption, consumerism, spirituality, comedy, church, earth, culture, media, global warming, change, climate, extreme, shopocalypse, reverend billy, religion, pulpit, preaching, power, politics, philosophy, performance, monologue, environment, energy, economy, ecology, activism, podcast, stop shopping, greenwashing, earthalujah

    • 0 Ratings
    • 148 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Foolishness in Egypt

    FEBRUARY 2, 2011 2:43AM

    By C. Travis Webb


    Topics: egypt, the fool, christ, orwell, democracy

    • 0 Ratings
    • 377 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Stanislav Lem: Politics, Experience, & Stasis

    NOVEMBER 5, 2010 11:33AM

    By prismguard


    Topics: tax cuts, healthcare bill, jobs, economic security, orwell, animal farm, torture, american electorate, haiti, 9/11, anti-obama, koran, bible, tea party, 1930s marxists, humanitarianism, fundamentalism, idealism, human behavior, debate, colonialism, 2010 elections, gop, experience, self-improvement, learning, history, television, technology, politics, news, health, economy, belief/religion, marat/sade, solaris, nietzsche, marshall mcluhan, philosophy, peter weiss, stanislav lem

    • 2 Ratings
    • 359 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Eris quod sum: Reflections on Christopher Hitchens

    OCTOBER 16, 2010 9:47AM

    By BlaiseP


    Topics: christianity, atheism, religion, hitchens, orwell, dostoyevsky, faith

    • 0 Ratings
    • 224 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Light Sweet Crude… and Cookies

    AUGUST 10, 2010 12:18PM

    By Bob Higgins


    Topics: time warner, orwell, light sweet crude, ico, gulf of me, environmental protection agency, environmental disaster, environment, cookies, citizens united, bp, astroturf

    • 0 Ratings
    • 393 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Bill O'Reilly, Lindsay Lohan, "Drugs"

    MAY 30, 2010 10:23AM

    By Richard Erlich


    Topics: chemical dependence, addiction, prohibition, alcohol, orwell, grammar, english, drugs, science, politics, health

    • 17 Ratings
    • 1807 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Living in Oceania: Trapped in 1984!

    MAY 14, 2010 10:51AM

    By kitd


    Topics: oceana, orwell, 1984, censorship, thinkpol, ownlife, winston smith, crimethought, poles, elitism, freedom of expression, bellyfeed, ingsoc, oligarchy, newspeak, authenticity, stfu, bullies, truth, nineteen eight-four, o'brien, kitd, room 101, life imitating art, big brother

    • 3 Ratings
    • 260 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Big Brother is watching The Windy City.

    APRIL 11, 2010 4:36PM

    By Steven Rockford


    Topics: big brother, orwell, chicago

    • 0 Ratings
    • 461 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Texas School-Board Massacre: Tom Jefferson, Sorta Unperson

    MARCH 27, 2010 12:41PM

    By Richard Erlich


    Topics: politics, science, education, philosophy, dystopia, orwell

    • 0 Ratings
    • 325 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    365 Days of Religious Broadcasting - Day 68: God's News

    MARCH 20, 2010 1:50PM

    By Joseph of Oklahoma


    Topics: canada, evangelical, broadcasting, jesus, television, belief/religion, open call, god's news, grant jeffery, obama, barack, nsa, enemy of the state, dollar, euro, government, joe vankoevering, pablo escobar, new world order, bill murray, michael mcdonald, glenn beck, sarah palin, george bush, orwell, medicare, social security, tim lahaye, jack van impe

    • 2 Ratings
    • 475 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Politics and the English Language and Randy Michaels

    MARCH 10, 2010 3:47PM

    By havlin


    Topics: are you shitting me, media, humor, open call, censorship, orwell

    • 1 Ratings
    • 331 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Is the Internet Killing our Neighborhoods?

    MARCH 4, 2010 9:15AM

    By Rob Crotty


    Topics: global village, facebook, healthcare, angry american, rant, politics, community activism, 1984, orwell, social media, internet, media, news

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