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kpete

(71,986 posts) Mon Jun 17, 2013, 10:53 PM Jun 2013

NEW YORKER COVER STORY: Orwell Would Be Saying "I Told You So"

“George Orwell’s ghost is shaking his head saying, ‘I told you so’,” says Richard McGuire, the artist behind this week’s cover.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/06/cover-story-uncle-sam-is-listening-richard-mcguire.html#slide_ss_0=1

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NEW YORKER COVER STORY: Orwell Would Be Saying "I Told You So" (Original Post) kpete Jun 2013 OP

I like his hat but he seems to be staring. dgauss Jun 2013 #1

I save my NewYorker's just for the cover art. ;-) n/t ReRe Jun 2013 #2

Looks more like a riff on King Kong than on 1984 starroute Jun 2013 #3

What if they outsourced the spying? sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #4

dgauss

(882 posts)

1. I like his hat but he seems to be staring.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jun 18, 2013, 12:13 AM

Jun 2013

ReRe

(10,597 posts)

2. I save my NewYorker's just for the cover art. ;-) n/t

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Tue Jun 18, 2013, 01:26 AM

Jun 2013

starroute

(12,977 posts)

3. Looks more like a riff on King Kong than on 1984

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Tue Jun 18, 2013, 01:38 AM

Jun 2013

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)

4. What if they outsourced the spying?

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Tue Jun 18, 2013, 01:56 AM

Jun 2013

China is our favorite place to outsource labor. How ironic it would be if those mega Corps who get the Security Contracts were outsourcing the work to China!

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