From May, 2017, from the old forum
“His mind slid away into the labyrinthine world of doublethink. To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously… Read more »
Category: Positive Changes That Are Occuring
2018 saw the largest warbler migration ever recorded in North America
Granny Hawkins: So, you’ll be Josey Wales. Josey Wales: Now, how might you know that, Granny? Granny Hawkins: Soldiers were here looking for you ’bout two hours ago. [Josey looks at… Read more »
This is from May, 2017. It was posted on the previous forum.
Carlos, you’d said “Jeff, I’ve been observing your reports on smartphone usage and deaths for some time now and have yet to see a demonstration of causation.” This is from… Read more »
“10,000 more people than expected died at the beginning of the year in the UK – and no one really knows why.”
“There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language.” George Orwell May 24, 2018 – Study links phones… Read more »
“As I walk through this world, nothing can stop the Duke of Earl”
As I walk through this world, nothing can stop the Duke of Earl, and you, you are my girl, and no one can hurt you, oh, no. And when I… Read more »
“the world is getting much, much better”
Workin’ in the fields Til you get your back burned Workin’ ‘neath the wheel Till you get your facts learned Baby got my facts Learned real good right now Bruce… Read more »
New Record Low Tornado Count as of October 3 2018 – US tornadoes lowest in 65 years of record-keeping
“Why you fool, it’s the educated reader who CAN be gulled. All our difficulty comes with the others. When did you meet a workman who believes the papers? He takes… Read more »
“The Ministry of Love was the really frightening one.”
“The Ministry of Truth — Minitrue, in Newspeak — was startlingly different from any other object in sight. It was an enormous pyramidal structure of glittering white concrete, soaring up,… Read more »
The new state-record Catfish in Colorado is 22% larger than the old. Such records are usually broken by tiny margins.
“Readers are advised to remember that the devil is a liar.” From “The Screwtape Letters”, by C.S. Lewis, 1942 It’s October, 2018, and Nature is booming and burgeoning… Read more »
72% of Canadians say traditional outlets ‘report news they know to be fake, false, or purposely misleading’, and half of them feel that people choosing to use more credible news sources is an effective way to tackle fake news.
“Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different…” From “Prince Caspian”, by C.S. Lewis, 1951 That’s from “The Chronicles… Read more »
October, 2018: Crime in Tallahassee, Florida has dropped 24% in the last 18 months.
“I have taken to living by my wits.” From “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes“, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1892 September 28, 2018 – Trump Administration Touts Crime… Read more »
“Everybody’s got a plan until they get hit in the face.”
“Everybody’s got a plan until they get hit in the face.” Mike Tyson December 17, 2017 – Teen Depression, Suicide Linked To Time Spent On… Read more »
“Mac sales are down 13% year-on-year, though things may be better than they seem.”
“That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of Nations is as shocking as it is true…” ― Thomas Paine… Read more »
“Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.”
“Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.” -Mark Twain March 20, 2018 – U.K. – Growers achieve record daffodil harvest despite recent severe weather July 31, 2018 –… Read more »
U.S. Soybean yields increased 7.5% per acre from 2017 to 2018, to their highest levels in history.
“Doublethink lies at the very heart of Ingsoc, since the essential act of the Party is to use conscious deception while retaining the firmness of purpose that goes with complete… Read more »
“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”
“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” Mark Twain It’s October, 2018, and Nature is booming… Read more »
“Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?”
“Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no… Read more »
“What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.”
“What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.” C.S. Lewis, from “The… Read more »
“I wanted to sharpen that old blade, but she said it was not necessary, as she should never kill anybody, and should carry it only as a symbol of authority.”
“Joan’s Voices had told her that there was an ancient sword hidden somewhere behind the altar of St. Catherine’s at Fierbois, and she sent De Metz to get it. The… Read more »
“Off the top of my head, I’d say you’re looking at a Boesky, a Jim Brown, a Miss Daisy, two Jethros and a Leon Spinks, not to mention the biggest Ella Fitzgerald ever.”
‘He sits motionless, like a spider in the centre of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them. He does… Read more »