doublethink means 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 so 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 -- all this is indispensably necessary. Even in using the word doublethink it is necessary to exercise doublethink. For by using the word one admits that one is tampering with reality; by a fresh act of doublethink one erases this knowledge; and so on indefinitely, with the lie always one leap ahead of the truth. -- George Orwell, 1984
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Or, rather, for a few moments -- I'm going to be out of town and unable to update doublethink for a few days -- so if you're starved for biting liberal commentary on the latest news, make sure to check any or all of the wonderful sites I have listed on the left side of the page.

 

In the meantime, here are the tantalizing headlines that caught my attention this morning -- and which I would have loved to blog, were I not in such a hurry to subject myself to yet another search at the hands of overzealous security people protecting harmless citizens like myself at one of the nation's finest airports.  (Did I ever mention, I hate going to the airport?)

 

Enjoy!  (Well, maybe that's not the right word...)

 

British PM shrugs off storm over weapons on visit to Iraq [Toronto Star: World]

 

POW 'torture photos' investigated. An inquiry starts into allegations Iraqi prisoners of war were mistreated, after British soldiers allegedly took pictures of the abuse. [BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition]

 

Toronto Sars scare grows. The number of people believed to have Sars in Toronto leaps, while thousands more are quarantined. [BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition]

 

Bush in Cracow/ Poland (english). A nice carnival protest is being held now in Cracow against the imperial politics by G. W. Bush Jr. About 600 people is marching/dancing/noise maki... - www.indymedia.org:8080 [www.indymedia.org:8080 newswire]

 

Anti-globalization horde on offence (english). The two alternative villages met in their first demonstration on Thursday afternoon , to counter the efforts of local propaganda criminalizing the ... - www.indymedia.org:8080 [www.indymedia.org:8080 newswire]

 

A Stray Thought: Are all Mac users left-wing Liberals? (english). "Don't lie to me, Gustav! You're a stinkin' Mac user!" - indymedia.org:8080 [indymedia.org:8080 newswire]

 

How Much Is Enough?. The Bush administration is learning a simple if unwelcome lesson: it will take more troops to police and secure Iraq than it did to destroy the Saddam Hussein regime. By Michael R. Gordon. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

 

Utah recruits firing squad. Officials in the US state of Utah are recruiting a firing squad after two death row convicts elect to be shot. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

 

Former Attorney General Says Bush Should Be Impeached [IraqWar.ru (English)]

 

Blast shakes Canadian troops in Kabul [The Globe And Mail: International]

 

Blair: Eurosceptics are deluded [Guardian Unlimited: Politics]

 

Canadian veteran saves plane from hijacker [The Globe And Mail: International]

 

Canada ready to send peacekeeping troops to settle Palestinian-Israeli conflict [Pravda.RU: World]

 

British soldier arrested over abuse allegations [The Globe And Mail: International]

 

Canadian parliamentary committee backs gay marriage [Gay.com UK]

 

Bush Wants to Avoid Confrontation on Europe Trip [Reuters]

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