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Orwell Today invites readers to comment on the site and contribute Orwellian comparisons of their own by sending emails to me at orwelltoday@yahoo.ca. Your comments, observations and questions will sometimes be published for the interest of all. The most recent emails will appear at the top. It is impossible for any one person to track BIG BROTHER's emerging presence throughout the world. Orwell Today is a work in progress that will depend in part on readership synergy. Thank you in advance for your much-valued input. ~ Jackie Jura

~ Jim said freedom-loving citizens should be aware of recent cases in our police state

~ Mark says anyone who criticizes Rusesabagina is biased & spouting propaganda for the government of Rwanda

~ Antoinette sends an article expressing her feelings about UN in Eastern Congo

~ Barry wonders if Richard Blair owns film rights for "Burmese Days", a screenplay he's contemplating

~ Kat emphasizes Orwellian aspects of police raiding suspected meth house only to find a fish tank

~ Michael sends links to his "Grandfather Economic Report" website comparing the past to the present

~ Caron sends a poem in memory of Louis Bourassa, our mutual ancestor

~ Bruce sends a review copy of his wolf documentary "Undue Burden" and a link to the trailer

~ Ray says Big Brother has his dirty mitts all over the drug trade, including the poppy fields in Afghanistan

~ Gracia asks where to find the BBC version of "1984"

~ Bruce is outraged that drug dealers own the entire downtown of Victoria

~ Jim sends an April 4th article about RFK's speech to black Americans on the night of MLK's assassination

~ Jim says the date "April 4th" (Winston's first diary entry) struck a chord with him too

~ Kaguyure demands to know if I am celebrating Rwanda's genocide or becoming a negative force

~ Clive visited Orwell's birthplace in Motihari, India and sends a report and photos

~ Vaisnavi asks for suggestions on what books to read on India's partition

~ Nath sends reminder that Winston started writing in his diary on April 4th, 1984

~ Peter sends a song he wrote as a tribute to Orwell (and lyrics to two more)

~ Colleen wonders about the age of her "Blue Willow" set of dishes

~ Jesper says the Party is anti-human in trying to break "the Spirit of Man"

~ Kristy has an essay question on whether the Party succeeded in curing Winston of his insanity

~ Jim sends news that cell phones are listening devices even when they're turned off

~ Martin points out a character confusion typo in the "Animal Farm A Bad Movie" review

~ Stuart questions JFK's ultimate intentions concerning Vietnam

~ Ray cites chapter and verse for "wolves in sheep's clothing"

~ Hossner would like to see the John Birch Society ad that ran in the Dallas Morning News of Nov 22, 1963

~ Bruce says Joe Public must realize America is reaching the critical danger point from wolves

~ Edward sends the updated link to his "Winston & Julia" song

~ Sheila sends a Lincoln-JFK coincidence about the names Robert and Edward

~ Richard asks who flew home on Air Force Two after JFK's assassination

~ Rick says LBJ insisting on flying on Air Force One was downright disrespectful

~ Antoinette sends an article about Nkunda being an African hero, not a war criminal

~ Vanessa needs website citations for the poem "Lament of Victims of Genocide" for a university paper

~ Sujith asks how the "6" numerical code was generated

~ Bert has figured out two more 666 additions

~ Aristeo says the Panama Canal the USA handed over to Communist China is crucial in USA nuclear defence

~ Henry is trying to identify the crew of PT-109 seen on deck in the photo with JFK

~ Beate sends the sad news of the passing away of Peter Powell who conducted literary walks of Orwell's neighbourhood

~ Jackie describes her literary journey to the Great Lakes source of the Nile

~ Antoinette sends news of the hypocritcal moves of the UN warmongers in Congo

~ Carrie says powerful street drugs like crystal meth and heroin are killing people all over the world

~ Pauldos is confused about who gets the contract to extract methane gas from Lake Kivu, Rwanda

~ Jim says the majority of USA citizens have come to accept martial law as a fact of life

~ Jim is sickened by the sick weapon Homeland Security has in the works

~ Jay sends a song about the 1918 flu pandemic

~ Callum shares testimony of a Bisesero Hill survivor in Rwanda

~ Jim sends info on a Lincoln exhibit in Idaho

~ Richard needs help recalling a JFK quote

~ Brian is looking for in-depth study guides for "Animal Farm" and "1984"

~ Ray says his grandfather must have read "1984" because he knew what Orwell warned about

~ Steven wonders if the astronauts ever filmed a 360-degree shot on the moon

~ Ray hopes that after watching the film of "1984" young people will delve into the depths of the book itself

~ Hannah says the song "American Pie" is about "The Day The Music Died" on February 3, 1959

~ Victoria says the movie "1984" speaks the truth about what's going to happen in our future

~ Tom says the way Canada's Chretien spoke made no sense in either official language

~ Marti says the Lincoln JFK was sitting in when he was shot is in Ford's museum

~ Lorenzo asks to use Dealey Plaza photos from "Orwell Today" in the JFK book he's writing

~ Sarah sends info about Orwell & other authors debating who'll be thrown out of a hot air balloon

~ Viola questions if it's true there is a sequel to "1984"

~ Andrew wonders what Orwell means by the phrase "immortal, collective brain"

~ John didn't understand why the thought police watched Winston for so long

~ John likes Orwell too and uses "1984" in his nickname

~ Antoinette explains aspects of the upcoming peace conference in the Congo

~ Sharangabo sends a link to photos including Nkunda's young intores in Mushaki

~ Nigel is researching a project on Orwell for British television

~ Jack says we live in an Orwellian world where up is down and right is wrong

~ Antoinette doubts Kabila's xenophobic advisors will let him seek true peace in Congo

~ Melvin sends quotes from new JFK assassination book, "Brothers" by David Talbot

~ Clive is going to India in March and plans to visit Motihari and the house where Orwell was born

~ Antoinette sends her reaction to a New York Times article on the war in Congo

~ Ray discovers that artist Augustus John was a sponsor of the Freedom Defence Committee as was Orwell

~ Gary is now holding a great deal of JFK PT-59 history in his hands

~ Sharangabo sends a security situation report of Nkunda's Kivu territory in Congo

~ Mitali explains Congo history and how General Laurent Nkunda is standing to protect his own people

~ Gary is trying to track down the history of one of JFK's PT-59 crew members

~ Webb asks to what extent we live in the world of "1984"

~ Ray says a pyramid monstrosity is being built in Dorset

~ Antoinette says God willing the Republic of Congo will be saved

~ Antoinette went to school in the village where Nkunda is shown in the "Pilgrimage of Reconciliation" DVD

~ Antoinette was born in the Congo and speaks up for Nkunda in her writings on the net

~ James wonders what deal Canada's ex-PM Mulroney struck with ADM, one of world's largest dealers in grain

~ Kikudji says nobody in Congo knew what a Tutsi was until refugees swarmed into Congo after genocide

~ Gary's an American Falun Gong student who's received much harassment from the CCP

~ Keith says Canada's ex-PM Mulroney just received a reward from a questionable pharmaceutical organization

~ Jim will be searching for a 1968 baseball ticket stub along with the 1963 photo of JFK's funeral procession

~ Eric says master filmmaker Kubric apparently missed all those moon landing fakeries

~ Jim says in addition to his assassination dream Lincoln witnessed his doppelganger in the mirror

~ Erik says "1984" is once again being made into a movie

~ Rebecca asks for help analysing the "newspeak" concept

~ Ray says a day doesn't go by without the fear factor and scare tactics

~ John is looking for the quotation where Orwell describes a good pub

~ Patrick says human contrived Socialism is an illusion without God

~ Zahraa needs help finding "1984" symbolsim for her grade 12 presentation

~ David wants a copy of JFK's Executive Order #1110 limiting the power of the Federal Reserve

~ Patrick says JFK was definitely not a socialist

~ Sharangabo says Rusesabagina of Hotel Mille Collines may be an impostor or a genius

~ Alison wonders why Hitchens' book "Why Orwell Matters" isn't on my list of recommended reading

~ Sharangabo says Nkunda will go down in history for fighting for a good human cause

~ Ward wonders where to see the Rwanda movie "Operation Turquoise"

~ Amos sends link to a "1984" music video

~ Shannon asks for help planning a trip to Rwanda

~ Yuki asks why I'm obsessed with "1984"

~ Richard wonders if Rusesabagina of "Hotel Rwanda" fame is being used as a genocidaire front man

~ Ray says Orwell thought outside the box

~ Brenda asks where to buy a copy of the original "1984" movie

~ Betty asks where to locate the movie "1984"

~ Doug says General Dallaire was a bureaucrat and not a real soldier

~ Chris wonders where and how Orwell came up with the reality of what's waiting for us in the future

~ Michael asks if all six moon landings were faked

~ Richard says France & England recognize that Rwanda's president Kagame is one of Africa's most competent leaders

~ Bryan recommends a JFK assassination book

~ William says the website does a good job alerting citizens to the dangers of surveillance

~ Louis sends announcement that a Rwandan Children's musical troupe will be touring North America

~ Christian says that 'y' is a vowel, not a consonant, in the Kennedy & Lincoln name coincidence

~ Kevin sends link to website that is an educational source & news about WWASP schools

~ Ray sends a message to all - "You Are So Blessed"

~ Donna wonders how to get the DVD on General Nkunda

~ Safari sends thank you for writing about Rwanda

~ Zane says under emergency conditions the People might need a little less representative government

~ Bryan is trying to locate a piece by Orwell titled "The Supression of the Free Press in England"

~ Joe asks for examples of what Orwell described in "Politics and the English Language"

~ Zane says negative assertions about Kigeli V cast monarchical government in negative light

~ Natasha needs a link to the Warren Commission rules for research into an independent investigation of 9/11

~ Richard says Rwanda has the capability to guard its borders & doesn't need to cross into Congo

~ Sharangabo sends a DVD of Nkunda visiting villages in his homeland of the Congo

~ Jackie from Ottawa loves that I love Rwanda

~ Paula is making a documentary film & needs stories from people whose lives have been affected by surveillance

~ David asks to use the photo of a fetus sucking its thumb for his pro-life work at Oxford

~ Stephen sends a link to a CSPAN interview of Christopher Hitchens talking about Orwell

~ Jackie asks why Romeo Dallaire has been silent about Nkunda in the Congo

~ Dan finally broke down & downloaded the videogame "JFK Reloaded" designed by the same people as "Grand Theft Auto"

~ Ndomupei says she is pregnant and can't raise a child and wants an abortion

~ William says the recent MI-5 report of Orwell has led him to examine more about his life & writings

~ Stephen says British MI5/MI6 intelligence reports accurately say that Orwell had nothing to do with communism

~ Ray asks the origin of the term "friendly fire"

~ Joel says "false flags" are nothing new but are unusual to discuss

~ Tony has personally seen Chinese spying taking place & wonders how they've infiltrated our science labs

~ Kamanzi says that Laurent Nkunda is a war criminal to Hutus in the Congo

~ Pierre sends photos of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at Kibeho in Rwanda

~ Vincent says that for many Congolese "banyarwanda", Nkunda is their Hope

~ Gerard opposes a Rwandan general being appointed Deputy Commander of the AU/UN mission to help Darfur

~ Patrick sends the origins of the quotes he used & a way for people to recognize the real JFK

~ Sharangabo explains how General Laurent Nkunda came to be the protector of Tutsis in the Congo

~ Eric sends a Hillywood film about bicycles in Rwanda

~ Amy sends her personal sequel to George Orwell's "1984" - "2014: The Final Chapter"

~ Patrick says writers with skill need to bring forward evidence of JFK's innocence & vindicate the onslaught against his character

~ Dave asks if there is a uniform collection of George Orwell's books because he can't find one anywhere

~ Patrick is looking for sources to defend JFK's honor against fabrications & exaggerations going on

~ Sharangabo says President Kagame personally invited Mwami Kigeri to return to his homeland, Rwanda

~ John needs help locating where in Rwanda the Belgian soldiers died & President Habyarimana's plane went down

~ Benjamin is writing a film about a Rwandan girl who is killed at Saint-Famille church

~ Sharangabo says the new Rwanda movie "Shake Hands With the Devil" will be premiered in Toronto soon

~ Jennifer sends a link to a massive non-profit on-line library

~ Ray says the floods in UK are worse due to privatized water & sewage systems not being maintained

~ Greg sends a touching article about Orwell's motorbike

~ Ray says some of the UK flooding is caused by building on bogs for mass immigration

~ Ben asks the connection between the Eton Wall game and the Satanic themes of the Potter series

~ Bill wonders how much the Hirwa group silverback gorilla weighs

~ Etaoin sends a Lincoln/JFK coincidence about consonants & vowels in their names

~ Melvin wonders if RFK knew who it was who killed his brother

~ Sheila says JFK's funeral is available on ebay

~ Raymond sends a formula for figuring out your age by the number of times you'd like to eat out

~ Mike says "American Pie" is about a drunk & high teenager smashing into a school bus carrying a marching band home from a football game

~ Dawn is looking for someone interested in purchasing a letter signed by George Orwell

~ Kay says that Harry Potter, the character, is not in any way associated with the devil

~ Mary says "Orwell Today" is a step toward achieving consciousness, and hopefully many will find it!

~ Stephen describes microchips in rubbish bins to check what's thrown away

~ Ray says Britain is now an Orwellian society

~ Silvia sends a JFK-Lincoln coincidence about the birthdays of Booth and Oswald

~ Colin says the Ugandan journalist Onyano-Obbo writes about Rwanda

~ Louis says Rwanda's singer Samputu won the International Songwriting competition

~ Bill wonders who were the people downstairs who heard Orwell typing at Barnhill

~ Michael sends photos he took of Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas

~ Michael has visited Dallas three times and has tons of pictures of Dealey Plaza

~ Amani tells stories of military campaigns that should be included in a book about Kagame and the RPF

~ Geraldine saw an ad for Mrs Lent's book and a tape on Senator Joseph McCarthy

~ JS asks where to get a copy of "Executive Action"

~ Thomas is researching President Kagame's military campaign that stopped the Rwanda genocide

~ Sharangabo found a song by an American about Paul Kagame

~ Richard asks which Orwell biographies have the best compilation of photographs

~ Sharangabo viewed "Rwanda Rising" by Andrew Young and says it's a great documentary

~ Sharangabo sends photos & info about Rwanda Film Festival in New York

~ Pan says Kagame's RPF stopped the genocide & will neutralize ex-FAR/Interahamwe who are still trying

~ Raymond says Orwell's links to Freud remind him of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

~ Jackie defends self over accusations of not being neutral on Rwanda

~ Hiram says Kagame and the RPA didn't stop the genocide in Rwanda

~ Stephanie would like to undertake a Freudian reading of "1984" because of its sexual symbolism

~ Stephen sends a link to the BBC radio adaptation of Orwell's "Down and Out in Paris and London"

~ Kathryn has a Jacques Lowe photo of JFK and wonders if it's increased in value

~ Don wants to spread the word about the grassroots independent investigation into 9/11

~ Alex explains why men are just happier people

~ Dave wonders how and why Niven became involved in that low budget "1984" radio production

~ Dave sends a link to the 1949 radio play of "1984" starring David Niven as Winston Smith

~ Jannelle says a 16-year-old could figure out that saying the song "American Pie" is satanic is crap

~ Arben says it was a fascinating story how Orwell was wronged over his "1984" copyright

~ Jim was 13 years old & in the stands when Frost recited his "Gift Outright" poem at JFK's Inaugural

~ Alex read that Orwell created the term "cold war" and asks where the reference can be found

~ Ray says only one in 40 police in UK respond to calls

~ Ray says debate is going on in the UK about fingerprinting kids in schools

~ Stormy asks for the names of JFK's PT 109 crew

~ Victor heard a story about JFK having a premonition of his own death

~ Steve is confused about Orwell and Socialism

~ Ray says the constant full-on police sirens give the impression crime is everywhere

~ Robert asks for a description & photos of a typical day in "Orwell Today" trenches

~ Emmanuel sends the programme & new date of the Rwanda International Investment Conference in Kigali in May

~ Brandon is getting a tattoo with the "1984" slogans "war is peace" etc

~ Annette's looking for the title of the book about the place where people revere Orwell & believe "1984" is about them

~ Rob says "1984" is the most influential book in his life

~ Don describes what Orwell is for him

~ Amanda is writing about Orwell's time at "Booklovers' Corner" & needs photos

~ Tom has decided to translate "Animal Farm" into Latin

~ Jackie describes attending the Rwanda Investment & Export Promotion Agency (RIEPA) meeting in Vancouver

~ The Glatz's ask what they can do to stop politicians from contaminating their water supply

~ Don asks what compels me to put so much work into "Orwell Today"

~ Sharangabo says students will benefit from reading the presentation about the history of Rwanda & sends another

~ Robert says Orwell is one of the most fascinating people he's ever met through books

~ Katie plans to discuss the article "10 Years On - The Story of Rwanda" with her Grade 12 students

~ Robert explains that his son was a writer who, like Orwell, typed on a manual typewriter

~ Sofia asks if Orwell's prophecy is being fulfilled & what effect surveillance has on individuals

~ Sean just re-read "1984" and is overwhelmed by all the information on "Orwell Today"

~ Ellen has questions about Princess Diana

~ Derek says Winston should have known he was being watched continuously by the telescreen

~ Christopher says the JFK movie "Executive Action" is available through Amazon

~ Christopher is researching the architect of the Pioneer Press building in Lucknow, India, where Orwell was offered a job

~ Pete says the village of Hay-on-Wye is in England, not Wales

~ Deo Koya sends the french version of "Le Contentieux Franco-Rwandais" for the use of non-english speakers

~ Pierre says "white experts" are a big part of the Rwandan tragedy

~ Deo Koya says it's important that the global community learn the facts behind the "Rwanda-France Bone of Contention"

~ Virgina loves unborn sucking its thumb

~ Luke says Orwell's "Anti-Sex" element is "doublethink" in the character of Julia

~ Quint points out a JFK link that isn't working

~ Kim says cops get away with more than we know & asks who will stand up to this

~ Chris asks for help on a research paper comparing "1984" and modern society

~ Bosco wants to learn more history about Rwanda, his motherland

~ Jackie adds postscripts and news updates to previous answer to Gus

~ Gus watched the movie "Hotel Rwanda" and wants to learn more about Belgium and France in Rwanda

~ Mike sends an essay he wrote spotlighting the psycho-seductive efforts of the networks

~ Robert says censorship in mainstream media in North America is the same as censorship in China

~ Matt would like to place four additional ads on "Orwell Today"

~ Matt has an ad to place on one of the "Orwell Today" pages

~ Bill says implantable microchips will never fly with humans

~ Pradeep requests information to support microchipping children at birth

~ Dieter is going to eastern Congo for "Canadian Ape Alliance" conservation work

~ Kabare says my research about Kagame and Rwanda isn't independent

~ Frances wants to stop the Canadian government building a garbage dump on Earth's purest water

~ Tim wonders if Orwell's Langford Flat is still for sale

~ Sohail sends a link to download the original film version of "1984"

~ Luis wants his "Pandemic Flu Song" spread around (pun intended)

~ Susanna says Finnish is a Newspeak language & English is isolationist

~ Richard from Tanzania says Kagame waged war to give Rwanda dignity

~ Richard says Kagame rescued Rwanda from hell

~ Pierre says stop praising Kagame and be neutral on Rwanda

~ Bill agrees the Communists assassinated Tsars on their bloody climb to power in Russia

~ Bill doesn't understand why saying JFK's body was altered on Air Force One is a ludicrous absurdity

~ Bill describes how England mourned JFK

~ Bill names some of the witnesses to LBJ's swearing-in on Air Force One

~ Ilona says my "pig ad" article is stupid

~ Hasina is looking for some critical reading on Orwell's great book "Burmese Days"

~ Deborah, a victim of experimentation, is warning everyone about the capabilities of microchips

~ Colin says France was barbaric in Rwanda before, during & after the genocide

~ Tim wonders if the song "a hopeless fancy" is anywhere besides "1984" & if there's a book of great quotations

~ Cliff says there must be a huge market for a DVD version of "1984"

~ Paul says JFK & RFK were open & honest men who truly cared and challenged injustice in whatever form

~ Paul wonders how we got into this mess of one world government & repression of free thinkers

~ Huw says references to God in my article are an intrusion not supported in Orwell's writings

~ Huw says Orwell rebelled against organized religion and has theories on his pen-name

~ Ben says my article about Ford, Lindbergh, Orwell & Hitler is ignorant, bigoted & anti-Semitic

~ Javier says it's ridiculous to post that Red China runs the Panama Canal

~ Bonnie needs Paul Burrell's address to thank him for writing "The Way We Were" about HRH Diana

~ Roy is also looking for a copy of JFK's funeral

~ Dan wonders about a BBC Newsnight documentary about CIA operatives at the scene of Bobby Kennedy's assassination

~ Niamaat says "Orwell Today" is a great chronicling of the step by step bleed

~ Edward says CBS rebroadcast large segments of JFK's funeral on a Sunday special in November 1983

~ Peter needs help linking settings to themes for his upcoming "1984" exam

~ Kevin says Roosevelt allowed the attack on Pearl Harbor to get USA into WWII

~ David made a list of "The 137 Warnings" to be found in "Nineteen Eighty-Four"

~ Michael says Dallaire would have been suicidal or relieved of command for not following UN orders

~ Ken says the "Dark Side of the Moon" documentary has disappeared from CBC's video-on-demand list

~ Steve is looking for a short story about teachers indocrinating students to report on their parents & burn the flag

~ Mateja answers questions Melissa had after reading "We" by Zamyatin

~ Ehsan asks Amani to explain why he wrote "The real father of Moses is not known"

~ Ned needs help researching de Gaulle warning Kennedy to stay out of Vietnam

~ Mark asks if Julian has found a copy of "Remembering Orwell" yet

~ Mateja writes an essay summarizing "We" and comparing it to "1984"

~ Mateja says Zamyatin's "We" has meaning, depth and metaphors about society and people in general

~ Melissa needs help writing her "1984" literature degree thesis on O'Brien and Room 101

~ Gene sends a DVD of the original 1954 movie adaptation of "Animal Farm" for review by "Orwell Today"

~ John says the address of the latest New York building hit by an airplane adds up to 9/11

~ Jason says "Orwell Today" has shed light on the 2+2=5 world we live in

~ Jason says Bush's terror-bill legislation means the American people will never again be safe from Federal Tyranny

~ Travis clarifies that some Hutu refugees crossing the border from Rwanda into Zaire (Congo) were disarmed

~ Sarah asks for the source of the quote "In a time of universal deceipt..." which is all over the internet

~ Donald gave authority for his daughter to be hypnotized at school against drunk driving

~ Anisha is desperate to see the JFK assassination movie "Executive Action"

~ Ken is looking for information to defend Joseph McCarthy

~ Kasasira sends a good morning prayer

~ Geralynn has a photo of the Princess taken at Diana's office at St Martins-in-the-Fields church

~ Dan is feeling positive he has enough information to create an illustration of Orwell's motorcycling

~ Geralynn enjoyed the story and pictures of my visit to Princess Diana's places in England and the butler's books

~ Sharangabo sends a photo of Rwanda's Queen Rosalie, the wife of King Charles Mutara Rudahigwa

~ Sharangabo says there's talk going on about whether Kagame visited Rwanda before the invasion of 1990

~ Dan is working on an illustration of Orwell on his motorcycle

~ Ethel wants the USA embassy in Jamaica to shut down Tranquility Bay

~ Logan wants me to change my stance on Romeo Dallaire and remove a retired Colonel's editorial

~ Dias is taken up by the creative work on the website

~ Julian was born two weeks before JFK's assassination

~ Jeff can hit everyone in the car in the JFK Reloaded computer game demo

~ Kristopher's intoxicated, depressed brother was shot dead by police officers called to help

~ Mary says Dallaire had his hands tied and made mistakes but denigrating him is disgraceful

~ Kent has been trying to convince people for five years about the physics of 911

~ Carolann wants to know how to save children from torture schools like Tranquility Bay

~ Stephen sends video clips of his visit to Orwell's wife Eileen's grave

~ Andrew explains the historical connection between drugs and sorcery

~ Rahul needs help interpreting Orwell's poems

~ Susan says Diana manipulated the press and lost princess status when she divorced the prince

~ Sean's alarmed that things that were never going to happen are already happening

~ Derek sees some Christian allegory in "1984"

~ David has recently re-discovered 1984 and says it brings everything into much sharper focus

~ Cohan says the proof of Sirhan Sirhan's guilt or innocence is in the bullet

~ Jerod says there was no winner in the JFK assassination computer simulation game

~ Sophia says our world is more like "Brazil" than "1984"

~ Aubrey was taken aback by my putting Lindbergh, Ford and Orwell together in the same sentence

~ Aubrey sends a link to his whistle-blowing blog on the pharmaceutical industry

~ Taremwa says the wound of genocide needs to be cleaned before it can heal

~ Taremwa remembers the spirit of Rwanda's hero Fred Rwigema

~ Andy saw jets leaving large contrails which grew by-the-hour rather than dissipate like normal contrails

~ Trevor says the DARK SIDE OF THE MOON documentary was a tongue-in-cheek production

~ Terry sends lyrics to a song he's analysing into Orwellian context

~ Andy says this vast land of Canada belongs to Indians, like it or not

~ Courtney is having a hard time understanding the concept of doublethink

~ Muhoza says my enthusiasm about Rwanda can help protect the rights of African children in Canada

~ Jennifer asks for copyright procedures so professor can use passages from "Orwell Today"

~ Pascal sends two poems he wrote about Rwanda

~ TS says something is very wrong with the official 9-11 story

~ Leah's on an educational scavenger hunt and needs help with a Robert Frost clue

~ Ram from Motihari sends news about Orwell's birth place

~ Sophie asks for help with research skills and information on the authors' backgrounds for Zamyatin's "We" & Orwell's "1984"

~ Caitlin needs help understanding the signficance of the Washerwoman's song

~ Colin sends a welcome from Rwanda and describes his nation's changes over the 12 years since the genocide

~ Kathleen sends a link to where people can buy Rwandan coffee in Boston

~ Lynn asks if the ending of "Animal Farm" was changed

~ Dibbon says "Orwell Today" is a valuable resource

~ Sateesh wants to know more about Cyborgs

~ Mary asks if "1984" is an accurate critique of life in Russia during the 1930s

~ Ron sends news of the Supreme Court ordaining "no knock" police searches

~ Lance says "technologies" to monitor body and mind will put the whole of humanity into electronic prison

~ Lance asks if God, or something else, inspires a "great thinker"

~ Crypto says giving illegal drugs in pharmaceutical form or through free needles would keep addicts safe

~ Danny says we should sue the government over their Moon Hoax

~ Isabelle has founded a website and petition against the Institutionalized Child Abuse occurring in teen programs

~ Aubrey sends his whistleblowing experience as a doctor exposing pharmaceutical research fraud

~ Lance says the foreclosure rate in the USA has gone up 45% since January of 2006

~ Alloys says ICTR lawyer Erlinder is now president of ADAD, a genocide mouthpiece organization

~ Beatrice sends a petition presented by a Canadian MP accusing Kagame of genocide

~ Karl says a DVD of "Jackie's White House Tour" is availabe at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum

~ Ron says Big Brother scored another victory with the Supreme Court whistleblower ruling

~ Karl has also been searching for a video of JFK's funeral

~ Paul says Orwell is the high priest of dystopia cults and that 3 generations of Orwell appreciators have Matrix-like fetishes

~ Ron wonders if Orwell Today ever gets harassed

~ Jay says my solution to the elephant's problem isn't enough

~ Jay agrees that America is like an elephant but asks what we riders can do about her treasonous caregivers

~ Stephen sends a layman's review of the "Da Vinci Code" book and movie

~ David asks about the rumours of Orwell being involved in British Intelligence and Fabianism

~ Beth asks for permission to use a page from Orwell Today for a university course-pack

~ Kathy asks how to create a learning experience for a boy who chose the poem IN AFGHAN FIELDS as his own

~ Mandisa says stopping immigration won't necessarily stop abortion

~ Gregory appreciates Rwanda being understood

~ Mandisa from Zimbabwe asks what connects abortion to immigration

~ Marine retracts criticism & says we've lost way too many people for nothing & it's a hamburger mill in Iraq now

~ Marine says crybabies complain about using MOABs on Iraqis

~ Justin is curious about "1984" the movie and will risk having its images ingrained in his head

~ Janvier describes how Kagame started with zero after saving Rwandans from the genocidaires

~ Amani tells the oral history of Sabizeze in Rwanda

~ Paul has invented a system that produces vegetables, water and fuel

~ Sam says the song "American Pie" is about the death of James Dean

~ D Wicks saw a melting molten blimp in Newfoundland in 1979

~ Keith wonders if satellite telescopes could see moon-landing evidence left on the moon

~ A Paul fan says negative facts are bogus

~ Scott has a painting of Robert Frost at JFK's inaugural

~ Kevin asks for doubelthink examples

~ Amani gives examples of how the whole world is spiritually connected to Rwanda

~ Alexander checks up on cousin George who he thinks should have arrived by now - UPDATE - George Has Arrived!

~ Sharangabo sends a picture of Tito Rutaremara and tells about H.E. Kagame and the Congo

~ Pam would like to interview Orwell Today  regarding ideas for her book about bird flu

~ Sharangabo sends a picture of Paul Kagame's friend, Rwanda's national hero, Fred Rwigema

~ Pam is doing research for a book on the avian flu hoax and needs help from an Orwellian scholar

~ Beatrice was in London seeing President Kagame and sends words of praise and encouragement

~ Peter sends a photo of the Corryvreckan Whirlpool taken during the time he rented Barnhill on Jura

~ Alexander's cherished Winston (his 1984 edition of "1984") is on the way for me to cherish

~ Jerry wants to interview a journalist who was in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide

~ David understands the "how" but not the "why" of Fabians claiming Orwell as one of their own

~ Jo-Anne is looking for the original "1984"

~ Flo, from Austria, needs "useful summaries" of Burmese Days and Homage to Catalonia for his final exam

~ Kayla asks for publishing dates of Orwell's essays

~ Andre needs page numbers for the Two Minutes Hate scene

~ Gina asks for suggestions for charity from her church to Zimbabwe

~ Brian just finished reading "The Handmaid's Tale" and asks for recommendations of other dystopian books

~ Philippe says Kagame is a murderer and my view of him is blinded, one-sided and unacceptable

~ Alloys responds to an open letter written by a defence lawyer for a genocide suspect facing trial at the ICTR

~ Ross wonders who are the shareholders of the Fed. Is just any one able to buy shares in it?

~ David wonders why the book "Fabian Freeway" says Orwell was a member of the Fabians

~ Lance says it's sickening the way the media spreads immorality among "the children"

~ Sharangabo introduces Rose Kabuye, a lady who is a hero in Rwanda's history

~ Lance says there are patented mind manipulation & control technologies being used on the unsuspecting public

~ Sharangabo says Janvier is telling the truth & sends a picture of Rwanda's Warriors

~ Alexander cried when he read the prole woman's song "It Was Only A Hopeless Fancy"

~ Dianah has a shed full of coal to sell

~ Gene quotes Orwell and asks for feedback on the "Orwell Rolls In His Grave" film

~ Jomac says the FED system is a fraudulent system

~ Alexander fears I have completely missed the point on pints and litres

~ Alexander asks why Mr. Blair's 80-year-old guy prefers pints to litres

~ Dave sends a warning to those who sit too long on chairs and couches watching computer and TV

~ Dimi sends a link to his article "Reopen 911?" which asks how much energy is needed to pulverize concrete into powder?

~ Richard sends a link to his article "The Assassination of President McKinley"

~ Sharangabo sends a link to the article "Rwanda Has Been Reborn"

~ Gary wrote a book called "2004 Nature of the Beast, by Big Brother"

~ Poet Laureate of Weary Travelers sends winter thoughts on Guyana

~ Michael wonders if JFK would have agreed with USA trade policies with China & the current agenda of the UN

~ Janvier defends his commander in the army, Rwanda's President HE Paul Kagame

~ Eric is looking for the video clip of President Bush saying "when I say war, I mean peace..."

~ Don comments on the Huey Long and McCarthy killings and the Lindbergh kidnapping

~ Don says he's a kindred spirit in admiration for Orwell, JFK, Joe McCarthy, John Lennon and Huey Long

~ Martin asks what drives my interest in his native country, Rwanda

~ Cynthia is looking for the poem written for JFK when he visited Ireland

~ Sharangabo tells about Yolande Mukagasana and her contribution to Rwanda after surviving the genocide

~ Kevin sends notification of his successful search for the book "Remembering Orwell"

~ Walter says thanks for revisit to "1984"

~ Pan apologizes for Rwandan compatriots who repeat the tired refrain of genocide apologists

~ Aurore says she doesn't believe Kagame is a good man

~ Sharangabo says the truth about Kagame is an honour and a tribute

~ Jack says the gender of people named "Jackie" has always been a mystery to him

~ Dennis is mystified how Kagame, who stopped the dying of a million people in 100 days, is not appreciated

~ Gene sends a link to the 1984 Superbowl ad for Apple Macintosh

~ Mohammed wonders how "1984" connects to events in the 80s

~ Alexander begs to differ with my having at one time considered "1984" hard to understand and boring

~ Carmen says republics in the Western World aren't democracies or free and have given in to Big Brother

~ Colin says our world is closer to "1984" than we are led to believe

~ Liberty Tree sends an updated link to Lenin quotes

~ Nasir suggests readers send in suggestions for the Motihari Orwell project

~ Nihao explains what URURO n' ICYATSI means

~ Shaun sends excerpts of her book "Mallcity 14" about a dystopian consumer society

~ Nihao wants me to open my eyes and think about Kagame's heroism

~ Shashi from Motihari wants to make a documentary film on Orwell

~ Katie describes how Yoko got John back from May Pang

~ Katie likes the new "Imagine" lyrics but says Paul wasn't in cahoots with Yoko

~ Tamie has an album of JFK's November 15th, 1963 speech to the AFL-CIO convention

~ Ed sends the song he wrote about Winston & Julia

~ Nihao says I may be wrong about Rwanda's Kagame

~ Geoffrey has questions on Fabianism and Orwell's choice of name

~ Justin asks how parts of "1984" are coming true in today's society

~ Neda asks if the poem "JFK...This Nation's Son" is published anywhere besides the internet

~ Greg says "The Open Conspiracy" by H. G. Wells favours a power elite controlling the world

~ Carmen says it's important to mention the coincidence of the international bankers in the deaths of Lincoln and Kennedy

~ Michael has a conspiracy theory that people controlling computers control the world

~ Marni needs help understanding the symbolism behind the Chestnut Tree Cafe and the Diary for a grade 11 seminar

~ Chris saw Burger King's Coqroq commercial on the football game insinuating oral sex with french fries

~ Patrick would like to stage a one-man play of Orwell himself, not his work

~ D Wells asks what Syme means by the revolution being complete when the language is perfect

~ Sharock from Sweden admires Orwell and has read his books in English

~ Carlos asks which poem Robert Frost intended to read on President Kennedy's inaugural

~ Chris is looking for the computer game about JFK's assassination

~ Robert has questions on manipulation of people, language, media, politics, consumerism and globalization

~ Angus asks for news about gun- and cocaine-smuggling Canadian prime ministers (and the Bre-X scandal)

~ Clay says speaking the truth takes courage in a world of apathy, ignorance and corruption

~ Jazh wonders if Julia was Winston's sister

~ Stephen asks about Orwell biographies

~ Sarah asks for help on an assignment about Orwell's wife Sonia

~ Eugene says some windmills are being powered by electricity

~ Simon says Orwell is still very much a College hero at Eton

~ Dave questions and comments on Mel Gibson's movie Passion of Christ and Christianity

~ Angie asks about video of JFK's funeral

~ Skip says there's a link to Orwell Today on Wikipedia

~ Philip says thanks for site

~ Rachel sends a coincidence to add to the Lincoln & Kennedy Coincidences List

~ Duane asks which photo of LBJ's swearing-in on Air Force One was released to the national press

~ Jan asks if I have a theory on who killed JFK

~ Raymond likes the historical significance of the official interpretation of "American Pie"

~ Amanda says "Miss American Pie" is a wonderful song and sends a link to the lyrics' real meaning

~ Wolf asks if neocons have anything to do with "1984"

~ Jackie explains the MAGIC AIRPLANES theory

~ Dave discusses contention that the 9-11 buildings, although indeed hit by planes, were brought down by explosives hidden inside

~ Karin asks for help writing a dialogue arguing with characters in the government of 1984

~ Daniel asks if America resembles the dark world of 1984

~ Frederick has recently discovered the website

~ Liz asks for help on her "1984" group assignment & replies viciously when denied

~ Barbara sends in the Tennessee version of the Blue Willow dishes poem that she learned from her grandmother

~ Dina asks about Orwell's essay on Anti-Semitism in Britain

~ Amy talks about the doublethink aspects of fairness in society

~ Julian is looking for a copy of the book "Remembering Orwell" by Stephen Wadhams

~ Raenie asks for examples of societies using mind control

~ Elizabeth asks what INGSOC means

~ Jack tells a story about the Korean War & sends his poems on the nuclear bomb

~ Tony asks if the inclusion of Goldstein's book in "1984" reflects Trotsky and Communism

~ Nafisa asks if there are special interest groups FOR or AGAINST the Chinese takeover of Canada's natural resources

~ Nicholas wants to know if there is a WHAM organization anywhere

~ Raymond says in the latest episode of the Eastenders soap one of the characters tries to talk another one into reading "1984"

~ Jack says Truman lied about the Korean War & General MacArthur was one of the the finest soldiers this nation ever had

~ Kory says the war on terror and avian flu are hoaxes and wonders where Bin Laden is

~ Raymond sticks with Orwell's works to see the schemers behind the schemes

~ Dave sends poetic prose on human beings as recording devices making movies of our lives

~ Peter points out that Innu and Inuit are not the same thing

~ Carmen says the three movie versions of 1984 have robbed humanity of Orwell's important message

~ Raymond says the Orwell tax articles remind him of the Beatles' song The Taxman

~ Cristina would like to be in contact with Yutaka to discuss things he has experienced in Japan

~ Ken says satellites directing microwave beams from space - masers - make crop circles & hurricanes

~ John calls for a boycott of the VeriChip implantable microchip aka "Mark of the Beast"

~ Johnny sends a link that compares "the Party" with $cientology

~ Bruce says "We the People" need to declare a global war on fear

~ Nick says a Burger King ad with a band named Cock Rock has sexual & satanic undertones

~ Silent customer says we are captive consumers in having to buy poor quality chinese products

~ Jesse sends a couple of words (literally) of appreciation

~ Raymond says there's a big rush to teach the chinese language in western universities in preparation for chinese expansion

~ Raymond recently saw the remake of Manchurian Candidate & the 80s movie Defence of the Realm

~ Robert says Timothy Leary's autobiography mentions JFK taking LSD & other psychedelics

~ Mary asks where to obtain a copy of the BBC film version of "1984"

~ Maureen says she is pro choice and it is my right to be pro life

~ Tamara asks how Eric Blair decided on the pen name George Orwell

~ Gregor says President Hu views Canada as part of "greater China"

~ Raymond says Englishness has been lost & asks about Orwell's The Lion and the Unicorn

~ Tamara sends an article about Orwell written by a KS student at Eton

~ Mike, a knight for the mentally handicapped, is floored at what the college did to me

~ Berns asks if there is an Orwell Society or forum where a Winston can meet a Julia

~ Tamara says Orwell came in 2nd in survey by the Chronicle, asking "Who's the greatest Old Etonian?"

~ Rick sends thanks for answering Orwell's typewriter question - it's definitely a Remington Portable

~ Rick asks what I know about Orwell's typewriters

~ Raymond points out that breast cancer deaths due to abortion need to be added to the numbers

~ Berry says abortion is NOT a government plot to reduce population & people who say it is are repressed & regressed about sex

~ Eric wants to be put on the Orwell Today newsletter list if such a thing exists

~ Raymond says fear is broadcast constantly on all the media telescreens & it's only on the internet where truth is alive

~ KCM was in Jamaica for many hurricanes & says weather is a set-up

~ Raymond says that with the second incident in London today there are calls for more police powers & opposition is also under the control of BIG BROTHER

~ Carmen says French Canadians have a long history of wrongs imposed upon them by the english speaking people

~ Raymond wonders what ORWELL would have said about the London bombs

~ Robert says spycams have been installed by the City Council all over his hometown

~ G & M send friendship & passion for decency & sanity

~ Pastor James says the witches in Harry Potter are not vile creatures & sees no reference to Satan at all

~ Dave says Jura feels like home

~ Danae sends info on how to purchase a VHS copy of "George Orwell: My Life in Pictures"

~ Danae asks about the BBC-2 programme "George Orwell: My Life in Pictures"

~ Matt says every line in "American Pie" refers to bands, lyrics, song titles & musical events in the 50s, 60s & 70s

~ Nasir sends news that Orwell Museum in Motihari is being funded 5-million rupees by the Heritage Foundation of India

~ Yun asks for duckspeak examples for events within the last month

~ Derek recently attended the Wallington summer fete and went inside the church where Orwell was married

~ Joe is inspired by the excerpt "To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free..." & uses it as a sig line

~ Kathryn sends links to a petition and Bill HR-1738 on the topic of ending abuse of institutionalized children

~ James wonders, among other things, who was left on the moon to use the video cameras to show the thing take off?

~ Adam suggests O'Brien is a member of the Brotherhood working as an agent deep within the Inner Party

~ Ray is writing a university thesis and asks for names of people who hi-jacked "1984" for their own political purposes

~ Lee wonders if democratic socialism leads to communism because of collectivism and asks "What is 'Oligarchical Collectivism'?"

~ Nick says that logically speaking smallpox must be in the smallpox vaccine if the body's immune system is to develop immunity to smallpox

~ Adam agrees Winston's hatred of Big Brother is a bomb he'll let burst out in the very last seconds of his life

~ Mary says it's a strange coincidence that the September 21 UN Day of Peace is also the Autumnal Equinox and Mabon

~ Raymond describes the climate of fear prevalent in our Orwellian society

~ Alenz says that in the Cuban Missile Crisis JFK was directly responsible for saving the world and everyone in it

~ Alexander is doing a thesis on the human elements missing in citizens of Brave New World

~ Nasir sends new information on the Orwell Project in Motihari

~ Jo says male/boy bashing is very real and very serious

~ Jim describes a new anti-drug bill presently in the USA House of Representatives

~ Nick writes to address possible reasons for the war in Iraq

~ John says JFK was a great president whose name and memory have been slandered by lies

~ Danae is planning a Pilgrimage to Orwell of her own and is seeking helpful tips

~ Raymond says Rock n Roll was considered by many as devil's music & was entrenched along with "the commies are coming"

~ Raymond liked reading the Pilgrimage update about Owell's White Horse and offers conjecture on the chalk figures

~ Jordan can't understand why I don't see that the song "American Pie" is about a plane crash

~ Peter stayed a week at Barnhill and wonders about the Jura diary Orwell wrote there

~ Renata is a graduate student who understands the important messages Mr Orwell wished to send our society

~ Topher needs HELP! in his "1984" assignment

~ Nasir is receiving no response for fund-raising plans to restore Orwell's house in India

~ James is giving BBC bashing a break to concentrate on the No2ID campaign

~ Carol is fighting the corruption in healthcare with websites she has created

~ Raymond says the 30s/40s song "The Biggest Aspidistra in the World" likely influenced Orwell's aspidistra theme

~ Samantha asks if "1984" should be a necessary read for upper-level thinkers in Grade 12 English

~ Raymond says Orwell got the symbol of the aspidistra from Tressell

~ Parisa sends details about Orwell's flat in Langford Court which is presently up for sale

~ Nasir suggests fund-raising toward restoration of Orwell's house in commemoration of his birthday on June 25th

~ Paul says the book "Handmaid's Tale" is about fundamental religious zealots who are tools of the corporate power structure

~ Scott recommends the book "How America Faked the Moon Landings"

~ Chris sends an extract from "Children of Dune" which sounds familiar to children of Earth

~ Adam says there is nothing metaphorical about the bullet entering Winston's brain

~ Denise points out a correction for the Big Brother theme

~ Nasir wonders about my great-grandparents being buried in India

~ Raymond says BBC has omitted references to past, love, emotions, fear & surveillance & turned 1984 into PROLE-READ

~ James describes the omissions in Part 4 of BBC's 8-part reading of 1984

~ Nasir sends updates on progress of the Orwell museum in Motihari & accommodations in Patna

~ Parisa is selling her flat in Orwell's ex-home in St John's Wood that was partly the inspiration for Winston's flat in 1984

~ Raymond says BBC is shredding all heart, life, soul & "TRUTH" from ORWELL'S 1984 radio reading

~ David needs help writing school report on "the Stasi police state in East Germany under Communism" & likeness to "1984"

~ Raymond says Robert Trussell, author of the book "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist" is similar to Orwell

~ Ryan sends a few words

~ Raymond describes 2nd program in Dr Who TV series

~ Robert sends a few words

~ Raymond describes police patrols stopping a friend to search his lunch box

~ Tracy wants to interview a political scientist or economist AGAINST China's involvement in Canada's oilsands but can't find one

~ Caroline is updating the Bihar chapter of Rough Guide to India & needs info on Orwell Museum & accommodation in Motihari

~ Craig agrees that the 1984 version of 1984 was an awful movie

~ Lisa sends photos she took of the Oklahoma Murrah building being imploded

~ Nick says the International Day of Peace is September 21, not September 11

~ James analyzes the Part-3 omissions of BBC's 8-part radio broadcast of 1984

~ Colin sends additions for the Lincoln & Kennedy Coincidences list

~ Raymond describes final stages in the UK election campaign

~ James says the media's obsession with the recent horrific crime is a "psychological attack" on the listening public

~ Raymond thanks James for detailing the BBC's omissions, edits & alterations to Orwell's masterpiece of British literature

~ James continues with his analysis of the omissions in Part 2 of the BBC's reading of "1984"

~ James analyzes the omissions in Part 2 of the BBC's reading of "1984"

~ Raymond describes similarities between the new "Dr Who" TV program & current events in Britain

~ Raymond sends "Happy St George's Day" message

~ Dibbon says thanks for the webiste

~ Fred says thanks for finding the 1956 version of 1984 and sends kudos for the website

~ Sherry wonders where she can find the JFK books recommended on my webpage

~ Lola is looking for the original Edmund O'Brien version of 1984 and can't find it (updated)

~ Raymond describes food in England after post-war time period when Orwell wrote 1984

~ James has comments about our food supply and links to a TV program about the food being given to children in school (updated)

~ Raymond quotes from Orwell's imaginary interview of Jonathan Swift broadcast on BBC in 1942

~ Richard comments on EXECUTIVE ACTION, Bobby Fischer, BRAVE NEW WORLD, 1984 and the need for new Orwells

~ James continues with his analysis of the omissions in the 1st-part of BBC's 8-part reading of 1984

~ Raymond says the omissions from 1984 by BBC show Big Brother's fear of truth & knowledge in the minds of common man

~ James comments on the omissions in the BBC's reading of 1984

~ Raymond sends additions for the Lincoln-Kennedy coincidences list

~ James sends in the radio link to BBC's 8-part reading of Nineteen Eighty-Four

~ Raymond adds to a developing list of strange JFK coincidences

~ Raymond believes George's inspiration for the Chestnut Tree Cafe is the 1945 song "I'll Be Seeing You"

~ Marie needs help finding the release date of the secret tapes JFK made of his advisors regarding Cuba

~ Tara saw a VHS version of the original Manchurian Candidate movie that had an interview with JFK at the end

~ Khalid is surprised how I depict Kagame because he has come across different information in Dallaire's book and elsewhere

~ Katelynn asks for opinion on why the individual is the greatest threat to the Party

~ Raymond says it's strange the way students are unprepared to search for or gather JFK truths

~ Sami wonders about Julia's love, betrayal and Orwell's assessment of human nature

~ Claire says in South Africa they kill animals in order to save them

~ Fred is seeking the 1950s, Edmund O'Brien movie version of "1984"

~ Sian asks for help on assignment about whether or not JFK was a great president

~ Lisa asks for "in depth" reasons why JFK's presidency was so much like Camelot

~ Margee's university is giving President Kagame an honorary degree

~ Raymond says helicopters and police swamped the local common yesterday to catch kids playing scrambling on their bikes

~ William says the UN's report about the Congo contained false accusations about Rwanda

~ Clement says "Operation Lune" (Dark Side of the Moon) was an exercise de style!

~ Jason asks for sources for the information about the assassination of Robert F Kennedy

~ Luke has questions about Jimmy Hoffa's connections to religious organizations

~ Raymond says Diana's mother's letter is entitled "I Thank God for the Gift of Diana"

~ Vicki is trying to find the essay or letter Diana's Mother wrote shortly after her death

~ Raymond says American Pie references the King (Elvis), the Jester (Dylan) and the Flash is Jagger (Jumping Jack)

~ Nazim says that once you know of the incident of the deaths of the singers in a plane crash then the meaning of the song American Pie is obvious

~ Raymond says Lord Kitchener was on the UK war poster "Your Country Needs You" & maybe he was Orwell's face of Big Brother

~ Raymond says my story about a motel being built by the river reminds him of the song Big Yellow Taxi

~ Raymond translates Barnes' Dorset poem about land grabs into national English

~ Raymond says Dorset poet William Barnes, like Orwell, made accurate forecasts of the future (updated with ad jingos)

~ Tom asks how he can verify that the ethnicity of Rabinovitch, the CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada, is Jewish

~ Elena asks "What does 'slavery is freedom' and 'strength is ignorance' mean in the world of corporate culture?"

~ Gunnlaugur says in Icelandic law it's illegal to extradite Bobby to any country

~ A.G. says he's glad Fischer is free again and it's time the USA left him alone

~ Raymond says Pilgrimage to Orwell got him thinking about man's contact with Mother Nature & the future for our children

~ Ed says the architecture in Zamyatin's We is innovative & Orwell's Coming Up For Air projects normal human beings

~ Victor says that if enough people fight for truth--it will win

~ David needs the page reference for the Lord Tweedsmuir quote RFK used two hours before his death

~ Raymond says the song "Sunny" was a tribute to JFK

~ Larry would like some verifiable sources to refute the continued assassination of JFK's character

~ Raymond points out Huxley and Beatle coincidences to November 22, 1963

~ Raymond says Britain is becoming a multi-world society where freedoms are being whittled away

~ Raymond describes Orwell as a genius and visionary whose message is really understood by so few

~ Frank criticizes "Orwell Today" for being wall-to-wall Orwell

~ Frank thinks taking government officials out of context in "Dark Side of the Moon" is no different than what Letterman does

~ Lindsay wants to credit "Orwell Today" using MLA citation rules

~ Andrea is writing a paper on economic sanctions like the 1980 grain embargo to USSR

~ Dave would like to use illustrations of the manuscript of "1984" in his PhD thesis on Orwell's writing & journalism

~ Frank re-emphasizes that on "Dark Side of the Moon" Kissinger, Rumsfeld, etc aren't actually talking about the moon

~ Frank says "Dark Side of the Moon" wasn't about faking the moon landing but about not believing everything you see on TV

~ Gary says JFK's missing "missal" is in the LBJ library in Austin, Texas

~ Julico says it's a draconian process for Chinese tourists to get a visa

~ Troy believes what he was taught in school about "American Pie" but says it COULD be about communist holocaust

~ SGP, Poet Laureate of Weary Travelers, sends observations of the Guyana flood

~ Maxwell now understands about life in Cuba after Castro's communism

~ Stephen sends New Statesman article about Americans' Vietnam confusion

~ Arthur says the Ernst Zundel kidnapping, incarceration and deportation is 100% Orwell

~ Kate says Mark Twain didn't write the Euro English satire, Dolton Edwards did, and she'd like the error corrected

~ Guy sends more links to old radio adaptations of 1984

~ Meg says Harry Potter has nothing to do with witchcraft or Satanism

~ Stephen says there were three feature-length movie versions of George Orwell's "1984"

~ Tom says the common utility pole is a boil on the landscape & windmills are ugly but distributed production is necessary

~ Guy sends link to David Niven radio version of 1984

~ David wonders if life in Oceania will be similiar to Eurasia and Eastasia

~ Brad says Canada is becoming a surrogate country for China

~ Mathew is going to thrust himself into the world of politics & make a difference

~ Joseph sends link to Rwanda youth website NEVER AGAIN which aims to provoke ideas and actions for peace

~ Felix says giving Paul Kagame a Nobel Peace Prize would honour those who offered their lives in order to stop genocide

~ Raymond sends news of new UK political party named "Truth"

~ Sharangabo sends a link to "10 Years On - The Story of Rwanda"

~ Torben asks what is my proposed alternative to horrid windmills

~ Gary would like to know the status of LNG facility on USSR island near Japan

~ Rudy says the UN's Agenda 21 has replaced the demand economy of the individual with the command system of the collective

~ Ronald believes JFK injected drugs because 99% of the biographies, historians and History Channel say so

~ Mathew says he always knew the day would come that the UK would take its first step toward totalitarianism

~ Sharangabo shares admiration for Paul Kagame

~ James says sexual freedom is not a liberating activity but just another trick by Big Brother to keep control

~ Danae enjoyed the Pilgrimage to Orwell pictures that took her to places she dreams of one day visiting

~ Jeff's looking for the section of the website where Orwell's famous "war" quotes are

~ Raymond confused about my defining Illuminati first as Big Brother and then later as the Brotherhood

~ Raymond sends update on UK laws on smacking and pubs staying open 24 hours a day

~ Larry is also a JFK expert and appreciates the stance the website takes on the Orwell issues

~ Raymond was awakened at 2am by a MD900 helicopter hovering over his neighbourhood

~ Mike says Orwell's faith in the "spirit of Man" is a "pathological coping mechanism"

~ Bruce drove by Orwell's house on Jura

~ Richard sends article about the hounding of chess legend Bobby Fischer

~ Molly talks about studying 1984 and seeing parallels in the "ever disappearing love in our society"

~ Claire says referring to Indians as "babies wanting candy" is illegal & racist

~ Wang wonders what Winston means by "Of all horrors in the world - a rat!"

~ Sharangabo sends season's greetings from Rwanda

~ Raymond asks if left is promoting a 1984 society

~ Elad is doing a university paper on JFK and Camelot

~ Raymond thinks 1984 is more prescient than Brave New World

~ Nasir sends Merry and Happy wishes to Orwell devotees

~ Ndore has stories from Rwanda she will share

~ Stephen wonders who Orwell would vote for (if he were alive) in Britain's 2005 general election

~ Raymond asks if Big Brother and the Illuminati are one and the same

~ Jack asks "How do you view Orwell?"

~ Pan fails to understand why the international community wants to condemn Rwanda to ethnic slaughter

~ George asks about my political ideology

~ Andreas says Indians didn't "settle" & wonders if they're forgetting their roots

~ Davinah from Rwanda says western propaganda minimizes President Kagame's role in stopping the genocide

~ Jakob is a doctor interested in working on island of Jura

~ Martyn is interested in being a GP on Jura

~ Jackie reads biography Orwell: The Life after email exchange with Stephen about BBC radio program interviewing its author

~ Cheyne is teaching his high school students how to use the list of "connections to the book" on the main page of the website

~ Pete sends parody Orwell's Nightmare Land sung to the tune of Winter Wonderland

~ Monty's poem Taming the Tiger is about soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen..."the young hearts of pride"

~ Pjotr wants solutions to stop the global hell unfolding among us

~ Adam says Henley's a TOWN not a village and ISN'T close to Sutton Courtenay

~ Anon sends email soliciting viewers for teens having sex against their will

~ Jessie suggests Kellie tape her theatre adaptation of 1984 so others can see it

~ Daniel is looking for the original "1984" movie which was produced in 1958

~ Ted says JFK would be very proud of how many people remember him today

~ Chuck needs help in doing film on JFK

~ Tim sends info on the filming of PT-109 movie and the correct date of its public release

~ Naomi wonders about the Inez Holden who hung about with Mr Orwell

~ Kellie asks why O'Brien watched Winston for seven years instead of nailing him when he committed the first crime

~ Stephen sends info on BBC radio program about Orwell (updated with review by Jackie)

~ Steve's London theatre company putting on repeat performance of George Orwell's 1984 Disco

~ T. D. wonders if the site is a personal passion or do I work for a media group

~ Norm asks about Orwell's film rights

~ Kim from Australia asks if the JFK allusion to Camelot is justified and correct

~ R.G. says we should never allow an outside government to buy a piece of Canada's mineral wealth

~ Nasir says Motihari is restoring Orwell's birth house into a museum

~ Scott sends research on Stanley Kubrick's moon connections

~ Scott says Kubrick wanted Eyes Wide Shut released on 30th anniversary of Apollo moon launch (same day JFK-Jr disappeared~jj)

~ Kamran needs help understanding "under the spreading chestnut tree" line

~ Mathieu says the movie 1984 was so bad he thought the book was bad too, until he found the site

~ Gary appeals for a doctor to set up practice in Jura

~ Ivan says the site doesn't have much on war

~ Stephen says colour photos existed when Orwell was alive

~ Stephen sends directions for getting to Eileen's grave

~ Stephen describes his visit Eileen Blair's grave

~ Stephen says Orwell's blue eyes are on the cover of the latest biography

~ Adolfo points out that NEW YORK's numbers also add up to 666 (dialogue updated, updated)

~ Stephen talks about microchips

~ Joel's number code adds up to Kissinger having the mark of the beast

~ Gary asks for a list of warnings (not predictions) from "1984" for his Grade 12 class

~ Greg comments on Chinese & Russian control of Canada's energy sector

~ Yutaka says "1984" situation is happening in Japan (dialogue updated)

~ Michel sends congrats on site from France

~ Andy sends greetings from the Senate House in Bloomsbury

~ Brian says Orwell is relevant for today

~ Marcel in Netherlands says two windmills have been erected next to his house

~ David has two questions about the website

~ Emil analyzes Dark Side of the Moon & wonders about Orwell fascination

~ Emil asks how much of Dark Side of the Moon was fiction and how much was real?

~ Steven asks about a JFK photo collage at the Berlin exhibit

~ Sue and Jim wonder about the JFK warning speech at Columbia University a few days before he died

~ Richard's thoughts on Orwell Today logo & 27b Canonbury Square & truth

~ Steve liked reading about the man behind the books

~ Mark wonders if Orwell inspired any political activism

~ Melissa just finished reading "We" and has a list of questions needing answers

~ Steve asks about Afghanistan, Iraq & USA presidency

~ William sends a link to the film "What Happened on the Moon?"

~ Gina wants help with finding Shakespeare quotes in "Brave New World"

~ Laurence wants answers for his "Coming Up For Air" test

~ Laurence asks about background to "Coming Up For Air" & was there a sequel & where is the manuscript kept?

~ Drew says Don told him American Pie's about the death of Buddy Holly

~ Sally believes in "government of the people, by the people, and for the people"

~ Jake wants help answering questions about proles, propaganda etc

~ David explains how Scans-U-Right bar code tatooed on forehead replaces credit cards, cash, and your driver’s license!

~ Ken asks about speech JFK made ten days before he was assassinated

~ Falcon sends link to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon documentary

~ Nate says Dark Side of the Moon is a hoax documentary

~ Dr Joe says, "Orwell did not foresee the spread of information though such things as the Internet"

~ Alex asks for example of doublethink in politics or economics

~ James explains doublethink & newspeak and Jackie defines doublespeak

~ Update on medical student given failing grade for anti-abortion stance

~ Raymond asks where Orwell's use of the term "proles" originates

~ Raymond says Gulliver was a local pirate & Lilliput a suburb of Poole

~ Fernando says my pig story is untrue

~ Joseph wishes he wasn't human and could come back as a disease

~ John asks about 1984 radio & TV productions and my opinion of Cliff Notes study guide

~ Yusuf comments on the movie of 1984 and the concept of God being left out of the book

~ Judith has a bone to pick with Germans and Germany

~ Gary asks about the Party doctrine on Julia's kind of thinking

~ Judith says she isn't French but loves French Canada

~ Sherry says every fire department in the city was busily taking blood tests for the Pfizer pharmaceutical company

~ Raymond says that between 9-11 and 3-11 there are 911 days

~ Corey asks the question, "Who bombed Spain?"

~ John says Orwell & Hitler are dark haired, blue-eyed WHAMs

~ Raymond gives an update on Blair's UK

~ Nasir and Jackie discuss Orwell's job offer at Lucknow Pioneer and pick bones about India & China

~ Nasir says the house that Eric Arthur Blair was born in still exists and should be made into a shrine

~ Dave says Peter Jennings' computer simulation was a way to connect with younger viewers who don't know enough about JFK assassination facts

~ Jackie adds further to the discussion with Zak about Boxer being named after Alexei Stakhanov

~ Dave sends in the hilarious poem he wrote, THE MOON SONG

~ Bob says: "You're obviously a disgruntled Canadian who thinks Orwell was writing about you & your issues with French Canada"

~ Anon describes how Verichip "slipped" into use

~ Dave says we went cashless in 1968

~ David asks about origins of Room 101

~ Nigel and Jackie discuss academic proof of Gareth Jones being Mr Jones in Animal Farm

~ Laura says: "Perhaps your view on Kennedy is slightly biased"

~ Ian asks: "Who are the buggers we didn't ought to 'ave trusted?"

~ Zak asks: "Who is the actual person Boxer is named after; the person the award in Russia was named after?"

~ Nigel asks about symbolism of Smith like in other names Orwell used

~ Steve sends webpage of JFK's homestead in Wexford, Ireland about CD celebrating 40th anniversary of President's visit

~ John wonders about the book "We" by Zamyatin and what influence it had on Orwell

~ Chris asks if anyone debunked 3d computer animation of JFK lone gunman theory

~ Pedro says Spanish website remembered Orwell's centennial & wonders about St Cyprian days

~ Nigel asks: "Was Farmer Jones my great-uncle Gareth Jones?"

~ Librarian Polly says: "One of my English teachers has assigned 1984 to a class of seniors..."

~ Sean sends praise & will help spread the word

~ Darryl asks why JFK is such an underlying character on my site

~ Raymond says "Doc knows best, don't forget to take your pills"

~ Herman asks about Animal Farm sequel Snowball's Revenge

~ Debbie heard a man from the Veri-chip company talking on the radio about its benefits

~ Raymond describes UK BLAIR'S SOCIETY

~ Raymond asks: "Do you have anything on helicopters spying on community housing estates in England?

~ R.J.A. says Euro English NOT from Mark Twain but M.J.Shields

~ Adrian accuses: "You stole Euro English from Mark Twain"

~ Steve announces: "My theatre company is presenting a short Orwell inspired comedy at Soho Theatre"

~ Kevin points out: "JFK didn't swim 1,000 miles to Nauru"

~ Monty wrote poem: JFK ... THE NATION'S SON, for 40th anniversary of assassination

~ Geoffrey says: "JFK was not a good husband" but doesnt say why

~ Richard visited Tranquility Bay & says: "Do not send your kids to this place!" and creates a forum to discuss it

~ David says: "I'm a student doing a school assignment on the "Camelot Allusion" and was wondering if you could help me out"

~ Bruce observes that "cards less than the ace of spades are caught, but Saddam and bin Laden somehow keep being missed"

~ Robbie read Homage to Orwell & sends photos from his visit to Orwell's Wallington home

~ Robert points out that the "Orwell was armed" quote was published in Evening Standard, not Tribune

~ Jay says: I too see the day when only the wealthy will be able to afford vehicles

~ Rick describes Canadian government & justice system

~ Jeremy & Jackie further discuss Huxley & Orwell

~ Jeremy asks: What evidence do you have that Huxley believed the world he imagined in the novel to be a literal possibility and a desirable future?

~ Students from Denmark ask: What are we to think of Boxer?

~ Roger says: I always assumed the Emmanuel Goldstein of Orwell's 1984 was analogous to the historical Trotsky.

~ Leigh asks: Can Brave New World be read in schools?

~ SR wonders: What's behind Winston's dreams?

~ Mike says: "JFK conspiracy theories turn people off, even if they're true"

~ Jason sends tip on TIPS

~ Jeremy comments on "freedom, privacy and liberty..."

~ Further discussion between SR and JJ regarding who controls Winston's mind

~ SR wonders about Winston and Julia coincidences

~ Celia asks: Does Winston get released?

~ Pablo translates Warmonger/Peacenik into Spanish (link at bottom of original)

~ Gary asks: "What does Canada's French Immersion program have to do with Newspeak?"

~ Rich asks: "Is Osama bin Laden Emmanuel Goldstein?"

~ John and his grade XII students ask: "Is Julia a member of the Thought Police?

~ Michael and Jackie discuss disposable diapers