PatColo
6th May 2014, 09:11 AM
memoryholeblog:
May 4, 2014 (http://memoryholeblog.com/2014/05/04/ministry-of-plenty/)
Ministry of Plenty (http://memoryholeblog.com/2014/05/04/ministry-of-plenty/) 53 (http://memoryholeblog.com/2014/05/04/ministry-of-plenty/#comments)
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Newtown residents and Sandy Hook parents win the Connecticut Lottery
By Duke Reichert*
“There was a whole tribe of men who made their living simply by selling systems, forecasts, and lucky amulets. Winston had nothing to do with the Lottery, which was managed by the Ministry of Plenty, but he was aware (indeed everyone in the party was aware) that the prizes were largely imaginary. Only small sums were actually paid out, the winners of the big prizes being nonexistent persons.
― George Orwell, 1984
More… (http://memoryholeblog.com/2014/05/04/ministry-of-plenty/#more-10823)
Heh, reminds me of when, in 2010, the Israeli lottery drew the same numbers as 3 weeks before (http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?37531-Israel-lottery-draws-same-numbers-as-3-weeks-before)-- an event statisticians said was a one in four trillion chance.
The 3 "winners", who also correctly guessed the 7th "strong number" each won £666,000,
May 4, 2014 (http://memoryholeblog.com/2014/05/04/ministry-of-plenty/)
Ministry of Plenty (http://memoryholeblog.com/2014/05/04/ministry-of-plenty/) 53 (http://memoryholeblog.com/2014/05/04/ministry-of-plenty/#comments)
Home (http://memoryholeblog.com/category/home/) • Tags: gun control (http://memoryholeblog.com/tag/gun-control/), Public Opinion (http://memoryholeblog.com/tag/public-opinion/), Sandy Hook Elementary (http://memoryholeblog.com/tag/sandy-hook-elementary/), state crime (http://memoryholeblog.com/tag/state-crime/)
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Newtown residents and Sandy Hook parents win the Connecticut Lottery
By Duke Reichert*
“There was a whole tribe of men who made their living simply by selling systems, forecasts, and lucky amulets. Winston had nothing to do with the Lottery, which was managed by the Ministry of Plenty, but he was aware (indeed everyone in the party was aware) that the prizes were largely imaginary. Only small sums were actually paid out, the winners of the big prizes being nonexistent persons.
― George Orwell, 1984
More… (http://memoryholeblog.com/2014/05/04/ministry-of-plenty/#more-10823)
Heh, reminds me of when, in 2010, the Israeli lottery drew the same numbers as 3 weeks before (http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?37531-Israel-lottery-draws-same-numbers-as-3-weeks-before)-- an event statisticians said was a one in four trillion chance.
The 3 "winners", who also correctly guessed the 7th "strong number" each won £666,000,