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Newspeak of the Day

I went to visit a client at the “IAH Adult Detention Facility” (which I thought was a private jail) in Livingston, Texas today and was greeted by a sign at the front desk with a globe logo and the legend, “Community Education Centers”:

Apparently my client isn’t incarcerated; he’s just being educated.

(Because someone will inevitably find this post and ask for directions to the IAH Adult Detention Facility [which is nowhere near IAH]:

IAH Secure Detention Facility
3400 FM 350 South
[Just SW of the corner of FM 350 and Mangum Road]
Livingston, Texas
936.967.8000

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Tags: Community Education Centers, IAH Adult Detention Facility

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Mark Bennett got his letter of marque from the Supreme Court of Texas in May 1995. He is famous for having no sense of humor when it comes to totalitarianism.

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