@-O diversionismo da mídia corporativa: “Palloci” “Algemas” “Lista Suja” “Advogado de Defesa disse...” “Pó-branco” “Telefonema anônimo” “Grampos” “Bomba” ete-cetera-e-tal... @-Uma candidatura fadada ao fracasso e a crise existencial do DEM. A candidata do DEM a Prefeitura do Rio, foi barrada por “correligionários” na Associação de Moradores do Barata,
From 9th August 2008, you will be able to gather your own impression of Orwell’s face from reading his most strongly individual piece of writing: his diaries. The Orwell Prize is delighted to announce that, to mark the 70th anniversary of the diaries, each diary entry will be published on this blog...
"The Great Indian School Show" a short film by Avinash Deshpande Synopsis: The management of a school installs around 200 cameras on campus to keep tabs on everybody and everything. What does this modern day big brother hope to achieve? What does this phenomenon in the long run?The architect in the matrix movie seriesThe principal's room and Mr Principal: similar look to the matrixChildren are
Under the New Labour fright regime, spying on innocent people is a functioning aspect of our lives. The council in Poole, Dorset have taken advantage of the anti-terror laws brought in by the Blair part of this disgraceful government. Poole Borough Council has disclosed that it had legitimately used the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) to spy on a family. This family had be "shopped" to the council by an unknown person. For two weeks the middle-class family was followed by council officials who wanted to establish whether they had given a false address within the catchment area of an oversubscribed school to secure a place for their three-year-old.The investigators were too dim to find this out in less than TWO WEEKS! I think it monstrous that anybody in Poole BC thinks that a
07,08/04/2008 @-A postura amalucada da oposição (leia-se: Senado) compromete o jogo político para o PSDB em 2010. O Governador José Serra começa a se preocupar, mar revolto e uma exposição dos aloprados e amalucados na mídia afeta e muito sua candidatura a Presidente. @-Amaveis leitores, a grande mídia esquece de passar uma informação fundamental: é impossível investigar os cartões corporativos e a conta B do Governo FHC ou do Governo Lula no tempo de uma CPMI, só para ilustrar a dificuldade, ou melhor, a impossibilidade: as caixas mostradas no Jornal Nacional (102 volumes de ofícios, planilhas e notas fiscais de prestação de contas), referiam-se apenas a dois Ministérios! A oposição e a mídia corporativa querem as contas da Presidência e nada mais. Só tem
George Orwell Author of 1984 - The High School English Literature Curriculum
Who was George Orwell, the author of 1984?
George Orwell’s real name was Eric Arthur Blair.
He was born in Bengal, India in 1903. His father was an opium agent and worked for the Indian Civil Service. When he was four years old, his family returned to England. [...]
01-21-2008
The final days of John Dowland , the Death of Eric Blair (George Orwell)
One of the most famous British composers from the Age of Shakespeare was the lutenist and songwriter John Dowland. His life is documented rather well compared to many of his contemporaries, however much about him remains a mystery.
Some Describe Downland as “A [...]
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) reports on a disturbing program of political indoctrination at the University of Delaware. To highlight a few parts of their report:
The University of Delaware subjects students in its residence halls to a shocking program of ideological reeducation that is referred to in the university’s own materials as a “treatment” for students’ incorrect attitudes and beliefs. The Orwellian program requires the approximately 7,000 students in Delaware’s residence halls to adopt highly specific university-approved views on issues ranging from politics to race, sexuality, sociology, moral philosophy, and environmentalism. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is calling for the total dismantling of the program, which is a flagrant violation of students’ rights to freedom of conscience and freedom from compelled speech.
“The University of Delaware’s residence life education program is a grave intrusion into st
“I'm fat, but I'm thin inside. Has it ever struck you that there's a thin man inside every fat man, just as they say there's a statue inside every block of stone?”
George Orwell (1903 – 50) British novelist, critic, and political commentator
Wird in der gesellschaftlichen Diskussion vom Überwachungsstaat gesprochen, so wird nicht selten dieses Buch als mahnendes Beispiel zitiert. Grund genug für mich mir dieses Meisterwerk einmal vorzunehmen.
Wie der Titel schon spielt sich alles im Jahr 1984, allerdings wurde das Buch bereits 1949 veröffentlicht und stellt somit die Vision einer damals fernen Zukunft dar, in der [...]
“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting ink.”
George Orwell (1903 – 50) British novelist, critic, and political commentator
“Political language ... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”
George Orwell (1903 – 50) British novelist, critic, and political commentator
Már régen rátaláltam Orwell rövid írására, amelyben a teakészítés általa hozott tizenegy aranyszabályát sorolja fel, de csak most jutottam el odáig, hogy a Teázóba is kihelyezzem. Íme:
George Orwell
Egy csésze jó tea
Ha megpróbálod a "teát" fellelni az első kezed ügyébe kerülő szakácskönyvben, valószínűleg nem találod meg, vagy legfeljebb néhány vázlatos utasításra lelsz, ami a legtöbb fontos pontban nem szolgál eligazítással.
Ez elég különös, nem csupán azért mert a tea a civilizáció egyik alapköve ebben az országban, csakúgy mint Írországban, Ausztráliában és Új-Zélandon, de azért is mert a főzés legmegfelelőbb módja heves vitákat kelt. Mikor végignéztem a saját receptemet a csésze tökéletes teához, nem kevesebb mint tizenegy fontos pontot találtam. Ezek közül talán kettőben van általános egyetértés, de legalább négy másik erősen vitatható. Íme az én tizenegy szabályom, amiket
Már régen rátaláltam Orwell rövid írására, amelyben a teakészítés általa hozott tizenegy aranyszabályát sorolja fel, de csak most jutottam el odáig, hogy a Teázóba is kihelyezzem. Íme:
George Orwell
Egy csésze jó tea
Ha megpróbálod a "teát" fellelni az első kezed ügyébe kerülő szakácskönyvben, valószínűleg nem találod meg, vagy legfeljebb néhány vázlatos utasításra lelsz, ami a legtöbb fontos pontban nem szolgál eligazítással.
Ez elég különös, nem csupán azért mert a tea a civilizáció egyik alapköve ebben az országban, csakúgy mint Írországban, Ausztráliában és Új-Zélandon, de azért is mert a főzés legmegfelelőbb módja heves vitákat kelt. Mikor végignéztem a saját receptemet a csésze tökéletes teához, nem kevesebb mint tizenegy fontos pontot találtam. Ezek közül talán kettőben van általános egyetértés, de legalább négy másik erősen vitatható. Íme az én tizenegy szabályom, amike
“Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.”George Orwell (1903 – 50) British novelist, critic, and political commentator
