Brotherish

Why would Orwell be writing for an intellectually mediocre rag that promotes imperial conquest and total private/corporate ownership of the Commons, that promotes the (very Big Brotherish) national security state, torture, state terrorism, you name it.

Matthew Yglesias » George Orwell Was a Socialist 2010

While this might sound a bit "Big Brotherish" and will obviously benefit BT through few sick days being taken, it will also help employees stay fit enough to continue working longer.

With the state pension age rising, it will pay to start planning now 2010

Set about sixty years in the future, the novel sets up a post climate-crisis world divided into three spheres of influence: the Dispensation, a hypercapitalist, entertainment-obsessed culture centered in Los Angeles; the Aquis, a global environmentalist culture that uses Big Brotherish-techniques to influence its followers; and China, the only remaining nation-state.

2009 June 28 « Exile on Ninth Street 2009

Set about sixty years in the future, the novel sets up a post climate-crisis world divided into three spheres of influence: the Dispensation, a hypercapitalist, entertainment-obsessed culture centered in Los Angeles; the Aquis, a global environmentalist culture that uses Big Brotherish-techniques to influence its followers; and China, the only remaining nation-state.

The Sunday Salon: Bruce Sterling’s The Caryatids « Exile on Ninth Street 2009

Set about sixty years in the future, the novel sets up a post climate-crisis world divided into three spheres of influence: the Dispensation, a hypercapitalist, entertainment-obsessed culture centered in Los Angeles; the Aquis, a global environmentalist culture that uses Big Brotherish-techniques to influence its followers; and China, the only remaining nation-state.

2009 June « Exile on Ninth Street 2009

Most people I spoke with said that the third problem — the highly publicized threat of eavesdropping by a Big Brotherish state — might bother them as a policy matter, but was not an active personal worry.

Tinfoil Underwear 2006

Such hands-on help used to be considered "almost Big Brotherish," says Clare Bergquist, director of 401 (k) strategies at Charles Schwab Corp. in San Francisco.

The Boss Lends a Hand 2008

Most people I spoke with said that the third problem — the highly publicized threat of eavesdropping by a Big Brotherish state — might bother them as a policy matter, but was not an active personal worry.

Tinfoil Underwear 2006

Most people I spoke with said that the third problem — the highly publicized threat of eavesdropping by a Big Brotherish state — might bother them as a policy matter, but was not an active personal worry.

Tinfoil Underwear 2006

And he has used that position to enthusiastically oversee the creation of the Patriot Act — a piece of Big Brotherish legislation that empowers the government secretly to snoop on its citizens and prosecute them for the crimes thereby uncovered.

The Softer Side of Ashcroft 2004