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"The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them...To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from oblivion for just as long as it is needed, to deny the existence of objective reality and all the while to take account of the reality which one denies."Although the concept is elucidated in a work of fiction, it has clear and unmistakable parallels in the real world that, like Oceania - the supranational state in which the novel takes place - is in a state of constant war, and seemingly has been from time immemorial.
US General Dempsey: Putin May 'Light a Fire' He Can't Stop in UkraineI could go on and on and on, for hours. Vladimir Putin is perhaps the next Adolf Hitler, maybe Adolf Hitler on steroids. He must have personally shot the Dutch airplane down, too.
Dempsey: Putin's Moves Like 1939 Poland
Putin's voracious appetite is not sated
Putin's Pal [a nasty attack against Stephen Cohen]
Putin's inner circle sheds light on his "sinister, lonely life"
The growing calls to strip Putin and Russia of the 2018 World Cup
Putin's Crime, Europe's Cowardice
Vladimir Putin is responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. His next move will matter most of all.
Comment: Amen!