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NastyRiffraff

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43. Newspeak

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun May 28, 2017, 06:36 PM

May 2017

"Newspeak contains no negative terms. For example, the only way to express the meaning of “bad” is through the word “ungood.” Something extremely bad is called “doubleplus ungood.”

Courtesy of Spark Notes

We must say only good things about Dear Leader.

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A senior administration official to reporters on Air Force One: [View all] Miles Archer May 2017 OP

All bow. Amen. dalton99a May 2017 #1

If we don't know who the 'senior administration official' was, elleng May 2017 #2

John Barron? NYC Liberal May 2017 #7

Good chance. elleng May 2017 #25

Sounds like Stephen Miller Qutzupalotl May 2017 #37

Sounds to me like ashling May 2017 #38

Is this for real? The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #3

No difference malaise May 2017 #12

You're right FM123 May 2017 #28

Overlord. Amaryllis May 2017 #41

Wouldn't it be pretty Lindsay May 2017 #4

They have no credibility. Report the truth, not what people say. sharedvalues May 2017 #5

Wow, frum! furtheradu May 2017 #9

Barf. NCjack May 2017 #6

Ivanka speak?? Daddy's self-aggrandizing b.s. spewed by his widdle mouthpiece. cornball 24 May 2017 #8

I know who the "senior administration official" was/is. Trump himself" WhY???? Stuart G May 2017 #10

You nailed it malaise May 2017 #13

Yeah, that part does kind of give it away. He loves to refer to himself like that. R B Garr May 2017 #15

Can't be Trump sarge43 May 2017 #40

my thought EXACTLY BamaRefugee May 2017 #42

what a bunch of BS. chillfactor May 2017 #11

Looks like Pootie Poot wrote that for him. R B Garr May 2017 #14

Daily mail and NY Post ran with this as written Dem2 May 2017 #16

NY Post ... Credibility lost. left-of-center2012 May 2017 #19

No Dem2 May 2017 #20

lol luvMIdog May 2017 #17

Yep world wide wally May 2017 #18

You know..if you work for the President there is a certain amount of respect.. Stuart G May 2017 #22

And then he said, "The stewardess will now pass out the loyalty pledges." L. Coyote May 2017 #21

Throw up bags would've been more useful. BigmanPigman May 2017 #35

Hail the first emperor of USA MyNameIsKhan May 2017 #23

The senior adminstration official is trying to fit a ton of BS into a 500-pound sack. Different Drummer May 2017 #24

They left out Turbineguy May 2017 #26

and that senior administrative offical is trump still_one May 2017 #27

No, that would never happen. Miles Archer May 2017 #32

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ still_one May 2017 #33

And that wasn't a "gotcha" joke?????? Vinca May 2017 #29

Oh yeah he accomplished so much on this trip. Made a jackass of himself as usual. YOHABLO May 2017 #30

"Please don't put my boss in a mood. Thanks." eShirl May 2017 #31

It is the Joke of the Day tweet from the WH. riversedge May 2017 #34

Did they hand out... 3catwoman3 May 2017 #36

Srsly? I'm not sure if that's hysterically funny, or deeply, deeply worrying.... WoonTars May 2017 #39

Newspeak NastyRiffraff May 2017 #43