Comments on: On lying in politics

By: Eeyore (Is, Eum)

Eeyore (Is, Eum) — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:44:40 +0000

Orwell was less impressed by Hayek than we are. But he is more sympathetic (as I read it) than he is to Zilliacus.

Here’s the link:

https://jjmilt.substack.com/p/george-orwells-1944-review-of-the

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:45:43 +0000

Indeed. That Hayek-Orwell nexus is phenomenal…
Time to reread that evolutionary contrarian Christopher Hitchens’s “Why Orwell Matters”?

(Was a time when I believed “1984” should be reread every three or so years…but now that we’re living it, that may not be necessary…)

Anyway, from the “Heh” File (cross-referenced with the “Transformational Politics” File):

“’Definitely No Tunnels’: Dem Congressional Candidate Dismissed Reports of Hamas Presence at Gazan Hospital Where He Worked…”—
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/definitely-no-tunnels-dem-congressional-candidate-dismissed-reports-of-hamas-presence-at-gazan-hospital-where-he-worked-and-where-hamas-boss-mohammed-sinwar-was-later-killed/
H/T Powerline blog.

By: R2L

R2L — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:47:48 +0000

Barry M: thanks for that ZeroHedge link. Disturbing but useful to be aware of.

By: Mary Catelli

Mary Catelli — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:50:55 +0000

Czes?aw Mi?osz discussed kitman in The Captive Mind. Though, oddly enough, about surviving in the Eastern Bloc.

By: sdferr

sdferr — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:09:46 +0000

Perhaps we should read Plato's Gorgias?

By: tina

tina — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:37:53 +0000

Rakosi and Krushchev maintained that they would salami slice the West. I’ve been to a number of the Presidential libraries, and believe that a number of our Presidents-Roosevelt to Johnson to Carter to (minimally-as he was thwarted early on) Clinton and (big time) to Obama/Biden have been salami slicing us internally. I wonder how many of them were hidden commies.

By: Sennacherib

Sennacherib — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:05:35 +0000

The supporters of the Left have reached the stage of: They’re SOBs but they’re my SOBs.

By: Sennacherib

Sennacherib — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:05:11 +0000

The supporters of the Left have reached the stage of: They’re SOBs but they’re my SOBs!

By: Mark V.

Mark V. — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:38:05 +0000

The problem is the media. Politicians have lied since we started walking on two legs. If we had a neutral press corpse, the politicians would be called out on the lie. But because most journalists, too, are a product of the 1960s movement, they’re in on the lie. Therein lies the rub.

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:08:59 +0000

Where we’re at…

“The Final Battle For Your Mind”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/final-battle-your-mind

The edge of the abyss?