QUOTES OF THE DAY

“Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself.”

George Orwell, Animal Farm

“Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”

George Orwell, Animal Farm

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

George Orwell, Animal Farm

“This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.”

George Orwell, Animal Farm

“Let’s face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.”

George Orwell, Animal Farm

“Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than just ribbons?”

George Orwell, Animal Farm


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NickelthroweR
NickelthroweR

Greetings,

I always swing between Orwell, Heinlein and Huxley as to who is gonna get it correct. Orwell was dead on with Newspeak and the fact that even the opposition (Winston Smith) is controlled by government. Huxley nailed the medication of America and was spot on with the “feelies”. Heinlein, though, is on target with what the police state actually looks like and I can’t help but think that all these toys we are giving the military just wont end up in the hands of some strongman populist that decides to put things right.

Time will tell now wont it?

As for me, I think it will look like Huxley until the money runs out and then it will go the way of Orwell or Heinlein depending on whose fist smashes us in the face.

bb

Nickel Thrower , what does all your well read wisdom tell you to do about getting robbed and thrown into the ocean.?

EL Coyote
EL Coyote

Newspeak for the masses is called Ebonics, the old Jive Talk or ghetto English. Ebonics is ‘all about’ short circuiting thought and judgement for simple acceptance of illegal or immoral behavior. A criminal is simply ‘Gangsta’ and an adulterer is simply a ‘Playa’. If you question their morality, they ax, “why you hatin’?
Another version of Newspeak is Upspeak which is a psuedo-intellectual language that substitutes two or three words for the former term, e.g. ‘speaks to’ for ‘addresses’. Easter becomes Spring Break, Summer becomes Global Warming. Social drinking becomes Bonding and ogling women becomes Mating Opportunity. Homosexuality is a lifestyle choice and hacking off one’s best friend – the Python – becomes ‘a journey’.

AC
AC

“This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.”

This reminds me of something . . .

Abstract: The paper proposes three options for overcoming the zero bound on interest rate policy: a carry tax on money, open market operations in long bonds, and monetary transfers.
A variable carry tax on electronic bank reserves could enable a central bank to target negative nominal interest rates. A carry tax could be imposed on currency to create more leeway to make interest rates negative. Quantitative policy–monetary transfers and open market purchases of long bonds–could stimulate the economy by creating liquidity broadly defined. A central bank needs more fiscal support than usual from the Treasury to pursue quantitative policy at the interest rate floor.

http://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/working_papers/2000/pdf/wp00-3.pdf

EL Coyote
EL Coyote

Negative interest rates to favor the fat cats

NickelthroweR
NickelthroweR

@BB

My wisdom tells me that I have nothing to worry about from the likes of you.

bb

Nickel Thrower , what are doing up this late ? Shouldn’t you be preparing Armageddon? You should be .No one is going to let you just sail away especially the US government.

Guess what ? The government is full of guys just like me.

bb

Nickel Thrower , Some people say I’m annoying . Maybe so but there’s nothing you can do about it.

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