Literary Lines

07 Saturday Sep 2019

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1984, George Orwell, Literary Lines

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The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.

~ George Orwell, 1984 ~

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TheMysteriousBlogger said:

September 7, 2019 at 8:57 pm

Mos def the main stream media…

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- By Hook Or By Book ~ Book Reviews, News, & Other Stuff said:
  
  September 7, 2019 at 9:32 pm
  
  Hmm. What about “alternative facts”?🤔
  
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  - TheMysteriousBlogger said:
    
    September 7, 2019 at 9:38 pm
    
    It’s all the news really in my opinion.
    
    I have no particular worldview or political bent!
    
    Facts be damned!
    
    I rarely watch TV NEWS!
    
    Rely on local news worldwide. Take it all in with a grain of salt.
    
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  - By Hook Or By Book ~ Book Reviews, News, & Other Stuff said:
    
    September 7, 2019 at 9:42 pm
    
    I’m a big believer in taking things with a grain of salt. I always do my research. Must be the librarian still in me.😏
    
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  - TheMysteriousBlogger said:
    
    September 7, 2019 at 9:44 pm
    
    That’s the way to go! A grain of salt and damn the sugar!
    
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  - By Hook Or By Book ~ Book Reviews, News, & Other Stuff said:
    
    September 7, 2019 at 9:57 pm
    
    😂
    
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realthog said:

September 7, 2019 at 10:46 pm

Let me match your quote with this:

That’s not the way the world really works any more. We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.
—Anonymous Bush Administration Official, cited by Ron Suskind,
New York Times Magazine, October 2004

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- By Hook Or By Book ~ Book Reviews, News, & Other Stuff said:
  
  September 7, 2019 at 11:05 pm
  
  I don’t remember this, but it’s definitely in keeping with the Dubya administration.
  
  And then there’s this: 1984-“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” 7/24/18-Trump addressing the Veterans of Foreign Wars regarding his tariffs on our trading partners.-“What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening.” #LifeImitatesArtImitatesLife
  
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cindy knoke said:

September 8, 2019 at 12:04 am

He must of met trump.

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- A. Shepherdson said:
  
  September 8, 2019 at 4:56 am
  
  AND Boris Johnson!
  
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- By Hook Or By Book ~ Book Reviews, News, & Other Stuff said:
  
  September 8, 2019 at 8:52 am
  
  There is so many things in 1984 that are reflective of the Trump presidency Cindy. It’s uncanny.
  
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beetleypete said:

September 8, 2019 at 4:16 am

“Make the lie big, keep it simple, keep saying it and eventually they will believe it,”
That was said in the 1930s, by Goebbels, the Nazi Minister for Propaganda.
Nothing changes, Kim.
Best wishes, Pete.

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- A. Shepherdson said:
  
  September 8, 2019 at 4:58 am
  
  …………. and Johnson!
  
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- By Hook Or By Book ~ Book Reviews, News, & Other Stuff said:
  
  September 8, 2019 at 8:51 am
  
  No. No it doesn’t Pete.
  
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A. Shepherdson said:

September 8, 2019 at 4:55 am

Wow now that’s what I call a relevant quotation!!! Feel for us Kim we now have our very own ‘crazy’ Trump lookalike for Prime Minister 😦 . Johnson’s constant stream of lies is quite staggering, yet he has a working class right wing following that will forever forgive his racist excesses and ridiculous visions………. I honestly fear he will destroy Britain from within.

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- By Hook Or By Book ~ Book Reviews, News, & Other Stuff said:
  
  September 8, 2019 at 8:54 am
  
  I’ve been following the exploits of Johnson and I’m so sorry for what you’re going through.
  
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Meggy | Chocolate'n'Waffles said:

September 9, 2019 at 1:33 pm

My favorite book. Love the quote!

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- By Hook Or By Book ~ Book Reviews, News, & Other Stuff said:
  
  September 9, 2019 at 1:45 pm
  
  It’s so timely.
  
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  - Meggy | Chocolate'n'Waffles said:
    
    September 9, 2019 at 1:47 pm
    
    Frighteningly so!
    
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  - By Hook Or By Book ~ Book Reviews, News, & Other Stuff said:
    
    September 9, 2019 at 10:09 pm
    
    😞
    
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