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As is too often the case, the "it's official" in the headline really means "it's not actually official, but this makes the headline more provocative". The artic
by 0xcde4c3db 10y ago
As is too often the case, the "it's official" in the headline really means "it's not actually official, but this makes the headline more provocative". The article goes on to describe the remaining fig leaf of a supposedly independent judiciary.
- tptacek 10y agoThe authors of these pieces almost never get to write their own headlines.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoAren't most dictatorships usually called "The Peoples Democratic Something or Other". I mean, does any dictatorship say "Constitutional Dictatorship" on their official letter-head. Like, North Korea even calls itself "Democratic People's Republic of Korea".
- flycaliguy 10y agoIt's amusing to see "It's Official" written directly beneath the word "Opinion".