“”Part of George Orwell’s genius lay in his insight that manipulation of language was essential to the revolutionary project. If you can command popular compliance with a lexicon that reorders—or even inverts—the widely understood meaning of political terms, you can remake society as much as you can with any law, mandate or act of force.””… Read More »
announcement of the new democrat dictionary
Health experts warn that as pandemic-driven hardship puts added strain on the mental health of Americans, tens of thousands of lives may be lost due to outbreak-fueled drug or alcohol abuse and suicide. Public health group Well Being Trust, in a new study published on May 8 (pdf), states that the COVID-19 outbreak could lead… Read More »
I’ve been using the darksky app for a couple years now. It’s the most accurate and fun weather app on my phone. I’ve also used the website for Daily Screen shots of the current weather. This is now changing. Dark Sky Blog Announced that they have merged/joined Apple. This isn’t really a problem except for… Read More »
My Bud and 6 stringer Jim Tomaszewski from Trainwreck got us tickets to see British Lion at the Forge Wednesday night. There were two openers, 1 local Chicago band that had a name too complicated to remember. The Picture books 2 member band with the drummer that has no cymbals. Figure 1: The Picture Books… Read More »