1984 is here.
We will be increasing the chocolate rations from 20 grams to 13 grams per month.
“Applications ticked down 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 404,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.”
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‘...more/less than expected...’
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‘...more/less than expected...’
LOL. The Ministry Of Truth is working overtime.
There was a thread on here about the AP running another biased article, seems the AP is in full swing campaign mode with their messiah now.
Use any means necessary to portray Obama in the best light possible. Truth is what we declare it to be and actual truth is irrelevant. Always remember that the progressive agenda comes first.
'Comrades!' cried an eager youthful voice. 'Attention, comrades! We have glorious news for you. We have won the battle for production! Returns now completed of the output of all classes of consumption goods show that the standard of living has risen by no less than 20 per cent over the past year.
All over Oceania this morning there were irrepressible spontaneous demonstrations when workers marched out of factories and offices and paraded through the streets with banners voicing their gratitude to Big Brother for the new, happy life which his wise leadership has bestowed upon us. Here are some of the completed figures. Foodstuffs-'
The phrase 'our new, happy life' recurred several times. It had been a favourite of late with the Ministry of Plenty. Parsons, his attention caught by the trumpet call, sat listening with a sort of gaping solemnity, a sort of edified boredom. He could not follow the figures, but he was aware that they were in some way a cause for satisfaction. He had lugged out a huge and filthy pipe which was already half full of charred tobacco. With the tobacco ration at 100 grammes a week it was seldom possible to fill a pipe to the top.
Winston was smoking a Victory Cigarette which he held carefully horizontal. The new ration did not start till tomorrow and he had only four cigarettes left. For the moment he had shut his ears to the remoter noises and was listening to the stuff that streamed out of the telescreen.
It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grammes a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grammes a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it. Parsons swallowed it easily, with the stupidity of an animal.
The eyeless creature at the other table swallowed it fanatically, passionately, with a furious desire to track down, denounce, and vaporize anyone who should suggest that last week the ration had been thirty grammes. Syme, too-in some more complex way, involving doublethink, Syme swallowed it. Was he, then, alone in the possession of a memory?
“to a seasonally adjusted 404,000”
What does “seasonally adjusted” mean?
It looks like typical liberal and DC math.
Only in DC and the MSM can someone cover 33 million additional people, charge them 10 years’ worth of fees for 6 years of services, increase premiums for everyone and STILL call that a substantial savings.