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Tace

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Wed May 20, 2015, 01:47 PM May 2015

And the War Just Keeps on Comin' | Phillip A. Farruggio



Phillip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust

May 20, 2015

Every high school student should be made to read George Orwell's 1984, and then discuss its relevance today.

He published it in 1949, 66 years before we currently have more Newspeak (government misinformation and embedded media), our own Ministry of Truth (Dept. of Homeland Security), and of course Big Brother (NSA) watching our every move. Don't forget how Orwell's nation of Oceania was engaged in "endless wars" with enemies (Goldstein with Eurasia) who once were allies and friends. How about those mass "hate rallies" in Oceania that seem to have inspired our own "USA USA" chants and flag-waving ceremonies.

The Monday May 11th, 2015, USA Today cover story was a dandy to say the least: "CIA vet: WAR 'far as I can see.'" They interviewed former CIA director Mike Morell and he tells it like the empire tells him to. Morell warns us that it is only a matter of time before the jihadist group ISIS is likely to be a position to direct more elaborate attacks on American soil that could result in mass casualties. He goes on to state, "If we don't get ISIS under control, we're going to see that kind of attack."

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And the War Just Keeps on Comin' | Phillip A. Farruggio (Original Post) Tace May 2015 OP
And Cameron wants to introduce Thought Police into the UK... malthaussen May 2015 #1

malthaussen

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1. And Cameron wants to introduce Thought Police into the UK...
Wed May 20, 2015, 02:49 PM
May 2015

... as was posted here at DU a couple of days back.

-- Mal

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