Sunday Morning Book Thread 01-29-2017: Crying Wolf

Library of Moron Author Bob Hostetler
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(Bob is the author of the devotional book The Bard and the Bible that I mentioned a few weeks ago)

Good morning to all you 'rons, 'ettes, lurkers, and lurkettes. Welcome once again to the stately, prestigious, internationally acclaimed and high-class Sunday Morning Book Thread, where men are men, all the 'ettes are hotties, safe spaces are underneath your house and are used as protection against actual dangers, like natural disasters, Russians hacking, "Mad Dog" Mattis, and special snowflakes do not get respect, but instead, a big load of guffaws. And unlike other AoSHQ comment threads, the Sunday Morning Book Thread is so hoity-toity, pants are required. Even if it's these pants, which are a powerful disincentive to take up the game of golf.

"Beware the man of one book."
--St. Thomas Aquinas

The Outrageous Conservative

I remember back in the old days, public conversations between liberals and conservatives usually went something like this:

Pussification: The Effeminization of the American Male by Doug Giles

This is how he advertises it:

PUSS-I-FI-CA-TION*: The act, or process, of a man being shamed, taught, led, pastored, drugged or otherwise coerced or cajoled into throwing out his brain, handing over his balls and formally abandoning the rarefied air of the testosterone-leader-fog that God and nature hardwired him to dwell in, and instead become a weak, effeminate, mangina-sporting, shriveled up little pussy.

* From The Doug Giles 2016 Dictionary of Grow the Hell Up, You Pussy!

Doug Giles, best-selling author of Raising Righteous And Rowdy Girls and Editor-In-Chief of the mega-blog, ClashDaily.com, has just penned a book he guarantees will kick hipster males into the rarefied air of masculinity.

That is, if the man-child will put down his frappuccino; shut the hell up and listen and obey everything he instructs them to do in his timely and tornadic tome.

There is a lot of hype here and I don't advise going to Giles' ClashDaily.com site without first strapping on an extra-strength ad blocker. Anyway, he is obviously being deliberately provocative -- he's all but mooning feminists and progressives. This would not be possible 30 years ago. But it's been a long time coming.

Progressives aren't interested in what we have to say, or in having a "reasonable dialog" with us. It's nothing but "shut up or we'll shut you up!". This is what their shouty, dialed-up-to-11 rhetoric is designed to do. And this generally works, or at least, that's how it has worked in the past. But what has happened over time is a process very much like how we produced antibiotic-resistant superbugs. Like a dose of penicillin, the shouty rhetoric takes out "nice" conservatives or conservatives who decide they have better things to do than to get shouted at by shouty progressives. But some conservatives manage to survive, so the dosage is upped: the shouts get even louder and the attacks get more vicious and are extended beyond the political arena into personal lives. This creates a very hostile environment. But even it drives out or silences many conservatives, it also creates a new strain of tough conservatives who don't mind fighting, who like to fight, and can throw 2 punches for every one they take. I'm thinking of Ann Coulter, Andrew Breitbart, and Milo Yiannapoulos. To this we can add the guy who wrote this book, Doug Giles, and Townhall.com columnist Kurt Schlichter. There are probably others I've missed. And of course, what is now the most imperviously resistant conservative ever, Donald Trump, who is so impervious that nobody really knew for sure until a couple of months ago that he even was conservative. Oh sure, there were indications, but there were indications the other way, too, so it was kind of a guessing game as to how he would actually govern until he started naming individuals to fill the various open cabinet positions.

Nothing in the progressives' conservative eradication toolkit has worked against Trump. They keep upping the dosage, the shouting gets more shouty, but it all just bounces right off. They've actually got a new drug they've been trying to use, they've left off calling Trump a "racist" because the word has lost its effectiveness due to overuse, like the little boy who cried 'wolf', after awhile, people stop responding. This new drug they've rolled out is "white supremacist", which I guess is supposed to a more potent version of "racist." They first tried it out on Trump aide Steve Bannon. But even though it didn't work, the specialists haven't figured out that it didn't work, and is not working on Trump, either. Another "next-gen" drug they're using is "literally Hitler." They tell us that Donald Trump is "literally Hitler." Now, at this point, the progressives have pretty much shot their wad. What could possibly be worse than being "literally Hitler"? Literally Hitler's mom? Literally double-secret Hitler?

There have been downstream consequences of the progressive failure. Many conservatives simply don't care anymore. Warden's excellent piece earlier this week makes this clear. The new, Trump-era "honey badger conservative" playbook appears to be this:

1. conservative: says something
2. liberal: you're a racist | sexist | bigot | pejorative du jour
3. conservative: fcuk you.

Somewhere, Andrew Breitbart is smiling.

More Milo

And as mentioned in an earlier book thread, progressives are running around with their hair on fire because Simon & Schuster thinks it can make money by selling Milo's new book, Dangerous, which has just driven up sales and made it an Amazon best seller. There's no blurb, so I can't tell you what it's about, but there is a blurb for a book Milo wrote the forward to, Forbidden Thoughts, a collection of science fiction short stories:

You are not supposed to read this book.
You are not supposed to think about reading this book.
In fact, just plain thinking at all is unacceptable.
You have been warned....

From hilarious to horrifying to dangerously insightful, a selection of stories that must not be told, for they slaughter the sacred cows of our age.

Do you dare read them?

Stories by Nick Cole, John C. Wright, Sarah A. Hoyt, Brad R. Torgersen, Vox Day and more…

Non-fiction articles by Tom Kratman and Larry Corriea

I may have to buy this one. The Kindle edition is only $4.99.

Water Bored

So the MSM is running around with their hair on fire because Trump (and I should just end the sentence there). Actually, the MSM is running around with their hair on fire because Trump said "torture works" and that's BadThink. Factcheck.org says it's wrong because SCIENCE, i.e. some Irish guy wrote a paper about it.

Don't tell that to the author of Enhanced Interrogation: Inside the Minds and Motives of the Islamic Terrorists Trying To Destroy America. James Mitchell helped the CIA

...craft an interrogation program designed to elicit intelligence from just-captured top al-Qa'ida leaders and terror suspects. A civilian contractor who had spent years training U.S. military members to resist interrogation should they be captured, Mitchell, aware of the urgent need to prevent impending catastrophic attacks, worked with the CIA to implement "enhanced interrogation techniques"--which included waterboarding.

Mitchell would undoubtedly dispute the belief that the enhanced interrogations yielded no useful information:

Mitchell personally questioned thirteen of the most senior high-value detainees in U.S. custody, including Abu Zubaydah; Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the amir or "commander" of the USS Cole bombing; and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, terror attacks--obtaining information that he maintains remains essential to winning the war against al-Qa'ida and informing our strategy to defeat ISIS and all of radical Islam.

I remember some years ago when thr British journalist Christopher Hitchens wrote an article on waterboarding, wherein he concluded it was undeniably torture. But as part of his research, he worked with US intelligence and they waterboarded him. Just so he could write about it. When I read that, that's when I called BS. I thought, if it really was torture, you would NOT WANT to have it done to you, for any reason. So I thought what he did completely undermined his own argument.

(h/t Mis. Hum. from an earlier ONT)

Books By Morons

Moron author David Dubrow has just released a new Kindle Single titled, Beneath the Ziggurat. It's a 5,000 word horror tale, inspired by Lovecraft and set in pre-Columbian Mexico which

...takes the reader on a Lovecraftian journey through pre-Columbian Mexico, where dread lurks behind every step of rainforest and the old gods still hold terrible sway.

This is an interesting idea. Those old Aztec gods were pretty horrific, what their priests ripping out still beating hearts out of the chests of sacrificial victims and all, which appears to be a perfect fit for a Lovecraftian universe. Those two go together like chocolate and peanut butter.

Trigger warnings for brutal Spanish conquistadors, bizarre aboriginal tribes, and unspeakable alien horrors. You know, the usual.

Dave tells me he's happy to send free copies to anyone who wants to review it on Amazon; even a sentence or two is welcome, whether they liked it or not. Interested readers can email him at davedauthor circle-a gmail and then a period followed by com.

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Moron author William Alan Webb writes military fiction, and Standing the Final Watch is the first novel in his 'Lost Brigade' series. He tells me

Comments repeatedly mention how refreshing it is to see the US military portrayed as heroes instead of villains. Liberals leave negative comments about the viewpoint to draw down the ratings, which despite that are still 4.5 on Amazon.

The Amazon blurb says this:

Lt. General Nick Angriff has spent his adult life protecting family and country from a world of terrorism spinning out of control. On the battlefield, off the grid, in clandestine special task forces and outright black ops, Angriff never wavers from duty. But when a terror attack on Lake Tahoe kills his family, he�s left with only the corrosive acid of revenge� that is, until a hated superior officer reveals the deepest of all secret operations. Against the day of national collapse, a heavily-armed military unit rests in cryogenic storage, to be awakened when needed, and Angriff is named its commander.

The sequel, Standing in the Storm, is scheduled to be released in April. Both are available for $2.99 on Kindle.

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Don't forget the AoSHQ reading group on Goodreads. It's meant to support horde writers and to talk about the great books that come up on the book thread. It's called AoSHQ Moron Horde and the link to it is here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/175335-aoshq-moron-horde.

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So that's all for this week. As always, book thread tips, suggestions, bribes, rumors, threats, and insults may be sent to OregonMuse, Proprietor, AoSHQ Book Thread, at the book thread e-mail address: aoshqbookthread, followed by the 'at' sign, and then 'G' mail, and then dot cee oh emm.

What have you all been reading this week? Hopefully something good, because, as you all know, life is too short to be reading lousy books.

Posted by: OregonMuse at 09:04 AM

Comments

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1 Tolle lege

Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2017 08:58 AM (0AwCy)

2 Mornin' book fags!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 09:00 AM (EnKk6)

3 Now that's a library!

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 29, 2017 09:00 AM (J8/9G)

4 THERE'S AN ACTIVE KKK GROUP IN THAT LIBRARY - THERE ARE TWO MEMBERS THERE NOW!!!11!!

Posted by: Batterup at January 29, 2017 09:04 AM (mtGE/)

5 Damn, Bob. Nice spread.

Kind of what I want to do in part of my only-half-finished basement. Is that a basement remodel? I ask cuz drop-in ceiling.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 29, 2017 09:06 AM (EUMr7)

6 Finished Russian Officers of the Revolutionary and Napoleoic wars by Alexander Mikaberidze, A extensive list of Officers and their life historys of joining, battles and awards. I wonder if the very frequent transfers between units including branches (infantry, cavalry and artillery) is a cause of the usually poor account in the wars for the Russians. Also the complaint by Russian officers of their 'German' counterparts really are not German but from the eastern germanic area of Russia.

Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2017 09:07 AM (0AwCy)

7 Literally Hitler?

Pfffft.

That guy...

By the way, check out my new book of poetry-

"I Know Why The Gruppenf�hrer Sings"

Available now!

Posted by: Literary Hitler at January 29, 2017 09:11 AM (9q7Dl)

8 3 Now that's a (another) library (without a cat)!

Fixed it for you

Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2017 09:12 AM (0AwCy)

9 >>>3. conservative: fcuk you. #WAR

FIFY

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 29, 2017 09:12 AM (EUMr7)

10 Oh wait ... those are lamps, nevermind.

Posted by: Batterup at January 29, 2017 09:12 AM (mtGE/)

11 Good Morning fellow Book Threadists. Love the library photo. Now THAT is a personal library and it almost has enough shelves. What a glorious place to work and retreat to.

Posted by: JTB at January 29, 2017 09:12 AM (V+03K)

12 >>> I wonder if the very frequent transfers between units including
branches (infantry, cavalry and artillery) is a cause of the usually
poor account in the wars for the Russians.

Mostly because Alexander I was a dipshit who couldn't figure out which side to be on.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 29, 2017 09:13 AM (EUMr7)

13 I'll have to check out "Pussification". I've been talking about the topic for a couple of decades and the pace has accelerated. I suspect the author will find a bigger audience than the publisher expects.

Posted by: JTB at January 29, 2017 09:15 AM (V+03K)

14 One thing reading that book has sparked a interest in the Decemberest movement in Russia in the late 1820's. It is my understanding that Tolstoy intended to write about the children of Prince Andre and Pierre in the Decemberests movement.

Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2017 09:16 AM (0AwCy)

15 11
What a glorious place to work and retreat to.
Posted by: JTB at January 29, 2017 09:12 AM (V+03K)

Retreat, hell! We're going through those books like crap through a goose!

Posted by: George S. Patton, Noted Librarian at January 29, 2017 09:17 AM (sdi6R)

16 Good morning book thread!!!!

I have a great painting today on my Sunday wrap-up post.
Link in nic

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 09:18 AM (Om16U)

17 Alexander was a poor general himself and had no faith in anyone else doing the job. Read he had dreams of hiring Wellington or Moreau and Jomini to head the Russian army in 1812.

Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2017 09:19 AM (0AwCy)

18 I know it's not a book but I've been reading the "Famous Trials" web site. Very interesting and there's enough stuff there to keep you busy for a long time. Trials from Socrates to Zimmerman.

http://tinyurl.com/6b94y76

Posted by: freaked at January 29, 2017 09:19 AM (BO/km)

19 I look forward to the picture each week of a Moron Library. They look so comfortable and peaceful.

Posted by: Pepe, sign the damn National Divorce Papers! at January 29, 2017 09:19 AM (B9BVe)

20 These Sunday book threads are reminding me:

Envy is a sin . . .

Again,

Envy is a sin . . .

Okay, whole-hearted admiration for all our Morons who are much more organized than I am. How about that? Does that pass moral muster?

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 29, 2017 09:20 AM (MIKMs)

21 Off to Church. Still finishing up 'Clash of Titans: WWII at Sea'.

Trying to interleave fiction and non-fiction reading, this week I happened on a 10-book set of David Badacci's 'Camel Club' stuff. Hard back, $24.42 for all 10. Has anyone read him? We'll see...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 29, 2017 09:20 AM (NBHj5)

22 I started reading one of the two SPQR mysteries our county library has. First few pages has me chuckling already - great narrative style.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 09:20 AM (Om16U)

23 This book by a Moron has a character checking out Ace's blog.
That is probably not the most remarkable trait of the character.

http://www.bookhorde.org/2017/01/ new-release-blood-debt-by-sean-michael.html

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 09:21 AM (Om16U)

24 Lt. General Nick Angriff...

*****

Angriff in German is 'attack'

Heh!

Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2017 09:22 AM (wPiJc)

25 For those of you who might be in a situation in which:

1. conservative: says something

2. liberal: you're a racist | sexist | bigot | pejorative du jour

suggested response #3 (fcuk you) is not appropriate (work, classroom, family dinner, etc.), I suggest an alternative:

3. I disagree. (said smiling, it is even more infuriating to a lefty).

Don't say anything more. Just "I disagree."

Use as often as necessary. Leaves them sputtering or at least floundering through an explanation of why you are not allowed to disagree with them. To which you respond, "I disagree with that, too."

Posted by: Rosley (shy lurker) at January 29, 2017 09:22 AM (savXt)

26 Love your library, Bob. "I see no good reason to act my age".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 09:22 AM (EnKk6)

27 Envy is a sin . . .
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But in the hierarchy, perhaps less so than jealousy.

I'm rationalizing, aren't I?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 29, 2017 09:22 AM (NBHj5)

28 Posted by: Literary Hitler at January 29, 2017 09:11 AM (9q7Dl)

It's all fun and typos until the grammar Nazis show up.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 09:23 AM (Om16U)

29 @21 the Kraken sank the Bismarck?

Posted by: blaster at January 29, 2017 09:23 AM (HV1LS)

30 I'm looking for a book on Mirabeau Lamar's life in Georgia, before he moved to Texas. I inherited my grandmother's ancestry records, and the family in Milledgeville has one Mirabeau and three Lamars. I'm thinking there must be some connection. Everything I have found so far really focuses on Lamar's life in Texas.

Posted by: roamingfirehydrant at January 29, 2017 09:24 AM (THS4q)

31 I have also learned of late that a conservative comment is a 'rant' . Notwithstanding that snark is the patois of Facebook , any right of center comment is a RANT

Posted by: jay hoenemeyer at January 29, 2017 09:24 AM (uvj0z)

32 any right of center comment is a RANT
Posted by: jay hoenemeyer at January 29, 2017 09:24 AM (uvj0z)

Can't spell tyrant without rant.
Or Trump.

Posted by: SJW handbook at January 29, 2017 09:25 AM (Om16U)

33 This has been an especially good week for acquisitions. The local library actually had a couple of books I wanted after this week's art threads. The first is "Waterhouse: John William Waterhouse" and the other is "The Pre-Raphaelites". If you enjoy this style of painting they are worth the time: lots of the artwork, some how-to, some philosophy, and background on the artists. Wonderful books to thumb through.
Several weeks ago someone mentioned the DVD "Tim's Vermeer" about an inventor who may have rediscovered the optical techniques Vermeer used to achieve his extraordinary paintings. This sounds rather dry but it is a lively and educational story of historical research, modern technology, determination, and many of Vermeer's works. If you have any interest in art, I cannot recommend it highly enough. It is superb.

Posted by: JTB at January 29, 2017 09:26 AM (V+03K)

34 "The new, Trump-era 'honey badger conservative" playbook...
...
3. conservative: Fcuk you! War!"

FIFY

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 29, 2017 09:27 AM (kP16F)

35 Use as often as necessary. Leaves them sputtering or at least floundering through an explanation of why you are not allowed to disagree with them. To which you respond, "I disagree with that, too."
Posted by: Rosley
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I often hear from them, "Then we'll have to agree to disagree". You see, that is a thinly veiled way of establishing a moral equivalence.

In the old days I may have let that go, but no longer. I now say, "No. I do not agree to that either."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 29, 2017 09:27 AM (NBHj5)

36 the book Forbidden Thoughts is really good and science fiction is not my go to genre. I actually don't read it at all by choice. this book though is worth the price or more.

Posted by: ramblingmother at January 29, 2017 09:27 AM (MlXgU)

37 OT

pussyhat.com

check it out

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 09:27 AM (Om16U)

38 27 Envy is a sin . . .
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But in the hierarchy, perhaps less so than jealousy.

I'm rationalizing, aren't I?
Posted by: Mike Hammer

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What happens if you have erased all sins from your fine self and then are proud of that fact?

Barrel?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 29, 2017 09:27 AM (tr2D7)

39 I bet that library is cool and comfortable when it's hot and muggy outside.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 29, 2017 09:27 AM (EZebt)

40 Reading (actually re-reading) The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor. It's the first-person story of a recovering alcoholic middle-aged priest now the pastor of a poor inner-city parish in a New England city. Father Hugh Kennedy's tale of his career, his slide into alcoholism (caused by his father's death) and his recovery with the help of his close-mouthed but supportive bishop is poignant.

Even though Father Hugh no longer drinks, it's clear that he exists in a sort of stasis. He learns how much he falls short through two wildly opposite sources, the acerbic Father John Carmody, his childhood friend, the embittered pastor of a prosperous parish and his curate, the pompous, rather ridiculous but zealous Father Stanley Danowski (a sort of clerical Ditto Boland).

Father John's father, the monstrous, garrulous, miserly Charlie Carmody is a central, but not a pivotal, character of the novel. Variously it becomes clear how he has ruined the lives of his children (which, in extremis, he does not see), contributing to his son's outburst that shows Hugh his shortcomings. The end of the novel is surprising and transformative.

The Edge of Sadness, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1962, is available as an e-book.

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 29, 2017 09:27 AM (J8/9G)

41 Aside from my own moral examinations, I would like to recommend Milo's essays. He is absolutely an incisive and entertaining writer. No doubt he is enjoying his temporary notoriety, but he introduced me to the issues of GamgerGate and Sad Puppies.

ps -- is envy the same as covet?

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 29, 2017 09:28 AM (MIKMs)

42 What happens if you have erased all sins from your fine self and then are proud of that fact?

Barrel?
Posted by: Tonypete
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Yeah, Pride--->Fall.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 29, 2017 09:29 AM (NBHj5)

43 Envy is a sin . . . But in the hierarchy, perhaps less so than jealousy.

This will be fun. Like Sunday School with hangovers. Which sin is best?
Jealousy and envy are closely related. And to modern "creatives," there's the added paradox: "That scene is cool. But I can't be seen copying someone!"
(flip side, many of them will copy anything, and quote Marion Bradley too).

My personal favorite? Coveting your neighbor's ass. Loved to expound on that one in catechism class, back in the day. There were covetable asses.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 29, 2017 09:30 AM (H5rtT)

44 Another "next-gen" drug they're using is "literally Hitler." They tell us that Donald Trump is "literally Hitler."

Waded gingerly into my FB account last night and saw where a "friend" had re-posted a collage of Shoah images with her own comment, that was something like "We can't let this happen again!". I thought about a response but after getting my gag reflex under control I just hit the GTFO button. There's no reasoning with this brand of lunacy. Pretty much had it with FB.

Posted by: Soap MacTavish at January 29, 2017 09:30 AM (Tyii7)

45 I look forward to the picture each week of a Moron Library. They look so comfortable and peaceful.

Posted by: Pepe, sign the damn National Divorce Papers! at January 29, 2017 09:19 AM (B9BVe)

Unfortunately, that's the last moron library I have, so I'll have to find some awesome municipal or academic library for next week's library pr0n pic.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 09:31 AM (BWT7V)

46 safe spaces are underneath your house and are used as protection against actual
dangers, like natural disasters, Russians hacking, "Mad Dog" Mattis, and
special snowflakes do not get respect, but instead, a big load of
guffaws.

"Mad Dog" Mattis not worthy of respect? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? Just because he didn't bring any artillery doesn't mean you're safe, OM. And I think I can speak for almost the entire Horde when I say we appreciate your contributions very much, and we'd like to keep you around.

Semi-colons. They really are as important as your fifth-grade teacher said.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 29, 2017 09:32 AM (DMUuz)

47 Sigh. I wish I had a room with the walls entirely lined floor to ceiling with books. Instead, mine are scattered throughout the house - two walls in the living room, the cookbooks in the dining room, a bookcase in the den for the over-sized coffee table books, the Texiana and the books published by the Teeny Publishing Bidness in my office, and all the paperbacks on narrow shelves along the hall.

I've been working on the book about the Nueces Massacre - and a version with layout, diagrams and notes has gone to the author for review. Late in last weeks thread another 'Ron asked to be kept updated on it - and yes, certainly I will. It will be available from the author, and on Amazon.

Still working on Fischer's "Washington's Crossing" - up to the fighting in Trenton when Washington's units fin ally got there - a good few hours late. Still working out how I can work this into the plot of the next historical, but it will come with time.

Posted by: Sgt. Mom at January 29, 2017 09:32 AM (xnmPy)

48 So that's THE Bob Hostetler. See, the HQ attracts the best and brightest.

Posted by: Emmie at January 29, 2017 09:32 AM (xVuS6)

49 I started reading one of the two SPQR mysteries our county library has.

That series is an amazing mix of contemporary feeling narrative and very ancient feeling setting. Somehow he manages to make the dialog and commentary very fun and easy to read while avoiding modern colloquialisms and terms, and filling it with very Roman references. I love how casually the religion and culture are assumed in the books without being jarring or difficult to understand. As with Raymond Chandler books, for me the mystery really is secondary to the stories.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 09:32 AM (39g3+)

50 I saw Literally Hitler open for Testerone-Leader-Fog at the Omni in 99.

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! 3 at January 29, 2017 09:32 AM (Gv7El)

51 Left over from the last thread. The Democrats haven't been this upset since the Republicans freed the slaves.

Posted by: muchas buchas at January 29, 2017 09:33 AM (RRaBz)

52 Trying to interleave fiction and non-fiction reading, this week I happened on a 10-book set of David Badacci's 'Camel Club' stuff. Hard back, $24.42 for all 10. Has anyone read him? We'll see...

Posted by: Mike Hammer

Baldacci? His books are mediocre, sometimes confusing attempts at crime thrillers. A fair amount of libtardedness, but not overwhelmingly so. I don't think he's as talented as, say, James Patterson or D.L. Martin at dragging you along in suspense.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 29, 2017 09:33 AM (rH4JY)

53 My personal favorite? Coveting your neighbor's ass. Loved to expound on that one in catechism class, back in the day. There were covetable asses.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 29, 2017 09:30 AM (H5rtT)

They were great asses. Yuuge and classy, let me tell you. And everybody knows this.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 09:33 AM (BWT7V)

54 Angriff in German is 'attack'
Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2017 09:22 AM (wPiJc)

===

Der Angriff was the title of Goebbels' personal propaganda journal.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 29, 2017 09:34 AM (EZebt)

55 @37, @votermom:

O.M.G.! Awesome!

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 29, 2017 09:34 AM (kP16F)

56 14 One thing reading that book has sparked a interest in the Decemberest movement in Russia in the late 1820's. It is my understanding that Tolstoy intended to write about the children of Prince Andre and Pierre in the Decemberests movement.
Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2017 09:16 AM (0AwCy)

I have a book on the Decembrists (I first heard mention of them in passing in 'Les Miserables'): "The Decembrists" by Mikhail Zetlin, 1958. It's been a while since I read it, but recall enjoying it.

Posted by: josephistan at January 29, 2017 09:35 AM (7qAYi)

57 Literally Hitler is a great name for a punk band.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 09:35 AM (39g3+)

58 Semi-colons. They really are as important as your fifth-grade teacher said.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 29, 2017 09:32 AM (DMUuz)

Ha! I'm busted.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 09:35 AM (BWT7V)

59
Can't spell tyrant without rant.
Or Trump.
Posted by: SJW handbook at January 29, 2017 09:25 AM (Om16U)

Can't spell "triumph" without Trump.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 09:35 AM (EnKk6)

60 37 OT

pussyhat.com

check it out
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 09:27 AM (Om16U)

Wow. They registered the domain name? Somebody really does know how to play this game.

Posted by: rickl at January 29, 2017 09:35 AM (sdi6R)

61 Wow, a first! In before post 100!

Yay Book Thread!

Posted by: filbert at January 29, 2017 09:36 AM (s5o+q)

62 This week I read At All Costs by David Weber. This is the eleventh book in the Honor Harrington series. I'm loving this series. Weber weaves the star system politics of all the combatants, the planning of military missions, and space-battle scenes in an interesting manner. Honor has developed over the series and in this book she marries and becomes a mother.

I had fallen behind in reading one of my favorite series, The Saxon Tales by Bernard Cornwell. I read the Empty Throne, the eighth in the series. The series is set in early tenth century Britain and tells the story of the attempt to unite all of Britain under one ruler. I'm looking forward to reading books nine and ten.

Posted by: Zoltan at January 29, 2017 09:36 AM (ApkN7)

63 Epic five setter at the Australian Open with Federer winning. Damn that was good.

If you're a competitive recreational tennis player I recommend Winning Ugly by Brad Gilbert. Though I imagine not too many tennis players haven't already read it.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 29, 2017 09:36 AM (IDPbH)

64 pussyhat.com

check it out
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 09:27 AM (Om16U)

Oh. My. Goodness.

The man is also a master Rick-Roller. I am not worthy!

Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2017 09:37 AM (BVxQW)

65 Unfortunately, that's the last moron library I have, so I'll have to find some awesome municipal or academic library for next week's library pr0n pic.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 09:31 AM (BWT7V)

I just got a new book case set up, now I have to go through all my other shelves, dust everything off, work new acquisitions in, so when that's all done I'll send you some photos

Posted by: josephistan at January 29, 2017 09:37 AM (7qAYi)

66 A h/t to Herr Morgenholz at #9, who appears to have beaten me to the punch before #32.

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 29, 2017 09:37 AM (kP16F)

67 I do miss Christopher Hitchens a Classic Libreal, About Waterboarding people forget that they uncovered a plot to Blow up a Mall here in Columbus.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 29, 2017 09:38 AM (dKiJG)

68 To contrast the pussification of American men you can watch the various competitions in the X-Games.

White boys be crazy.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 29, 2017 09:39 AM (IDPbH)

69 My mom just got me The Empty Throne from the library to read, that's waiting at her place for when I visit. She uses dinner and library books to bribe me to come stay over on Sunday afternoons (I'm joking, I would anyway).

I think the Saxon books are coming to their conclusion, maybe 1-2 books more and he should have that one wrapped up. I wonder what's next on his agenda? The Saxon books are based very roughly on his actual ancestor -- he is literally related to Uhtred, which is why he started writing the books.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 09:39 AM (39g3+)

70 I read Anonymous Rex by Eric Garcia after it was recommended on the book thread a while back. I enjoyed the book, but the "hook" (i.e., dinosaurs masquerading as humans) wore a bit thin for me about half-way through the book. That being said, it was obviously a homage the old-fashioned detective novel. I give it 4 out of 5 stars.

Another book I obtained for the Old Man was The Fallen Sparrow by Dorothy Hughes. Written in 1942, the novel revolved around the protagonist investigating the murder of a friend and discovering that Nazi spies were in New York pretending to be refugees. I just gave the book a quick skim so I can't get an informed opinion on quality.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 29, 2017 09:40 AM (5Yee7)

71 Mike, I remember enjoying Baldacci's "The Winner" as good beach reading, though not great literature:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winner_(novel)

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 09:40 AM (EnKk6)

72 Unfortunately, that's the last moron library I have, so I'll have to find some awesome municipal or academic library for next week's library pr0n pic.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 09:31 AM
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I'd suggest the SF Main Library, but that has been converted to use as a public lavatory.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 29, 2017 09:41 AM (EZebt)

73 Don't type in pussyfat dot com and expect to get to the White House web site because it doesn't work.

Posted by: freaked at January 29, 2017 09:41 AM (BO/km)

74 Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 29, 2017 09:40 AM (5Yee7)

The plot of Fallen Sparrow sounds timely.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 29, 2017 09:42 AM (sEDyY)

75 If I had a basement and were I to put my library in it, I could be guaranteed that it would flood the next day. Her Majesty has the downstairs for her dog stuff, including an impressive number of dog-related books, and I have the upstairs study.

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 29, 2017 09:42 AM (J8/9G)

76 My "library" consists of two insufficient shelves and lots of stacks of books. I'd love to get a real library done but there's not room in this old house.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 09:47 AM (39g3+)

77 My turn to say it: "Yay, Book Thrread!"

On my way to church, where I'm reading the liturgy this morning. I'm almost recovered from a case of catarrh, so I hope and pray my voice holds up. Will post my reading adventures when I get back . . .

Posted by: DynamiteDan at January 29, 2017 09:47 AM (XeY55)

78 The library of Moron Author Bob Hostetler needs a kitty.

Posted by: Weasel at January 29, 2017 09:48 AM (Sfs6o)

79 Used book store tales. Yesterday, Mrs. JTB suggested a trip to the used book store. This proves she loves me deeply and is foolish. (The two are not mutually exclusive.)

On Friday or yesterday, All Hail Eris asked about study Bibles and got a bunch of suggestions. I paid attention and made a list of them since I've had a feeling recently that it's time to start reading the Bible more carefully. (Interesting that several other of the Horde expressed the same thought.) I checked the reviews on Amazon, which is an amusing adventure in itself. I found a clean copy of "The New Oxford Annotated Bible" and a "Moody Bible Commentary". As someone not especially familiar with the Bible, they should be a big help and answer a lot of questions I'll have. Grammie suggested the "Ryrie Study Bible NIV" but the store didn't have one. Might order that one eventually.

Posted by: JTB at January 29, 2017 09:49 AM (V+03K)

80 I started reading SPQR by Mary Somebody and so far it's kind of annoying. Do they write history for children who cannot understand it unless they are included in the story? Because the book is filled with "we would understand their jokes" and "we would not like the filth" and assorted other comments about how "we" would feel about ancient Rome. I really wish we could read this book without this kind of patronizing foolishness.

Still slowly reading "Prayer for Beginners" by Peter Kreeft.

Now to checking out everyone else's books.

Posted by: Tonestaple at January 29, 2017 09:49 AM (+DRpa)

81 If it's the same one, The Fallen Sparrow was an old 40's movie.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 29, 2017 09:50 AM (IDPbH)

82 My "library" consists of two insufficient shelves
and lots of stacks of books. I'd love to get a real library done but
there's not room in this old house. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 09:47 AM (39g3+)
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As in any 'this old house', be grateful for those stacks, especially on north walls. Great insulation.

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 29, 2017 09:50 AM (MIKMs)

83 By the way, Bob's "The Bard and the Bible" is excellent. Definitely worth getting. Wonder if he wrote it in that wonderful library of his.

Posted by: JTB at January 29, 2017 09:51 AM (V+03K)

84 #21-----David Baldacci is one of my favorite authors, but I have not read quite so much of the "Camel Club" series as you. He has many other fine novels. One of My favorites is Saving Faith; another is "Absolute Power" which was made into a Clint Eastwood Movie, if I recall correctly. He has now embarked on a Young Adult series, a science fictiony fantasy kind of thing with a young girl as protagonist, "The Keeper" is the title of the first book. Baldacci is very readable.

Posted by: Semilitterate at January 29, 2017 09:51 AM (+vk8X)

85 Another "next-gen" drug they're using is "literally Hitler."

Then he died in 1945, so...

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 29, 2017 09:51 AM (oVJmc)

86 Kodos,
Basements aren't a thing in Texas. Do you have a walkout or do you mean the first floor of a two story house?
I'd send a picture of our library/office but it's messy.

Posted by: lindafell no longer in de spair at January 29, 2017 09:51 AM (JNDQi)

87 We need one of our more hell-for-leather Hordelings (the ones who have undergone waterboarding as part of their training) to infiltrate Mattis' home and get some snaps of his library. I'm sure there will be some interesting finds tucked behind the Caesar and Vitruvius.

https://ffbsccn.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/the-warrior-monk-and-his-traveling-library-of-6000-books/

http://savingourfuture.com/2016/11/usmc-gen-ret-james-mattis-importance-reading/

Okay, what do you think is in Mattis' library, besides snipers?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 09:51 AM (EnKk6)

88 The SPQR series I am familiar with and enjoy is a mystery series by John Maddox Roberts. Lots of info without condescension or annoyance.

I agree that Aztec gods make a perfect natural fit with Cthulhu mythos; they even look like Lovecraft's mythology, with jaw-breaking names.

HP Lovecraft is an example of a pretty poor author who still manages to create something so fascinating and riveting it still endures.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 09:52 AM (39g3+)

89 Waded gingerly into my FB account last night and saw where a "friend" had re-posted a collage of Shoah images with her own comment, that was something like "We can't let this happen again!". I thought about a response but after getting my gag reflex under control I just hit the GTFO button. There's no reasoning with this brand of lunacy. Pretty much had it with FB.

Posted by: Soap MacTavish

These people ignore real, ongoing genocide by ME and African Muslims and try to stir up fear by slandering the President. I don't think it's mere lunacy. It's evil.

And she should know that Netanyahu and Trump have had very cordial relations so far. My guess is that she would not mind another Shoah against Israel.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 29, 2017 09:52 AM (rH4JY)

90 Grammie suggested the "Ryrie Study Bible NIV" but the store didn't have one. Might order that one eventually.

Posted by: JTB at January 29, 2017 09:49 AM (V+03K)
Companion Bible

Posted by: MAC-SOG at January 29, 2017 09:52 AM (QPdNE)

91 Nazi spies were in New York pretending to be refugees

That sounds awfully familiar, but I can't quite put my finger on it.

Posted by: rickl at January 29, 2017 09:53 AM (sdi6R)

92 Don't type in pussyfat dot com and expect to get to the White House web site because it doesn't work.

Posted by: freaked at January 29, 2017 09:41 AM

Remember, Horde, Mr. Sajak doesn't care what vowel you buy. I'm guessing that pussyhet.com, pussyhit.com, pussyhot.com, and pussyhut.com don't redirect to whitehouse.gov, either.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 29, 2017 09:53 AM (DMUuz)

93 I often hear from them, "Then we'll have to agree to disagree". You see, that is a thinly veiled way of establishing a moral equivalence.

In the old days I may have let that go, but no longer. I now say, "No. I do not agree to that either."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 29, 2017 09:27 AM (NBHj5)

That is usually about the point I accuse them of womansplaining - asserting that their feelings outweigh facts and reason.

Posted by: cool breeze at January 29, 2017 09:53 AM (StZrq)

94 OT: just struck me while reading the last 1/4 of the ONT, if you see someone wearing a pussy-hat, say to s/h/it, "I don't know how you can wear that dumb c#nt." Hope s/h/it says something like "Are you talking to me?" or even just "What?" and reply, "I was talking to the hat."

Posted by: andycanuck at January 29, 2017 09:54 AM (448Ss)

95 65 Unfortunately, that's the last moron library I have, so I'll have to find some awesome municipal or academic library for next week's library pr0n pic.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 09:31 AM (BWT7V)

I just got a new book case set up, now I have to go through all my other shelves, dust everything off, work new acquisitions in, so when that's all done I'll send you some photos
Posted by: josephistan at January 29, 2017 09:37 AM (7qAYi

Sounds like where I am but my dust is red clay dust from dogs as they sleep in there. It will be a project but I'll send some pics in as well when it becomes respectable again.

Posted by: Pepe, sign the damn National Divorce Papers! at January 29, 2017 09:55 AM (B9BVe)

96 Used book store sales, continued. I always enjoy Victor Davis Hanson's articles but hadn't read any of his books. I scored nice hardcover copies of "The Western Way of War" and "A War Like No Other" for a couple of bucks each. I'm looking forward to reading them as I am interested in the periods he deals with.

Anyone familiar with these books? What did you think?

Posted by: JTB at January 29, 2017 09:55 AM (V+03K)

97 Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 29, 2017 09:40 AM (5Yee7)

The plot of Fallen Sparrow sounds timely.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 29, 2017 09:42 AM (sEDyY)

I though the same thing. I only read the first couple of chapters before passing the book along to the Old Man. The 1940's slang left me a bit baffled such as when the police desk officer is hiding his face behind a "tab." It took me a couple of re-readings of the paragraph to figure out the author meant a tabloid magazine.

Even though the author was a woman, the protagonist is a man. However, he does like his women with shapely legs. The old-timers liked sex, too; they were just more circumspect about it than we are now.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 29, 2017 09:56 AM (5Yee7)

98 The behavior of the left right now reminds me of an old, old story. They keep crying "wolf" loud and long about every single thing Donald Trump does -- they even started it before he was actually president and before he did a thing. Doing this means that if the time comes when he actually does something terrible or wrong, nobody will listen. There they go again, screaming and shrieking, like the last 80 times. OOooh, another march where they break windows and set things on fire for peace and unity.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 09:56 AM (39g3+)

99 This past week:

Strange Piece of Paradise by Terri Jentz
Testimony by Robbie Robertson
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery

Take-away:
Don't pitch your tent in a day-only park. And if you get an eerie feeling you're being watched by unseen eyes, don't be surprised if you get run over by a psycho driving a truck and then chopped with his hatchet.
Yes, just as I suspected, Robbie's an a-hole. A really, really good-looking a-hole. I remain Team Levon.
Trees are like icebergs; there's more going on under the soil than above.
Octopuses are amazing creatures, smart, with pronounced characters and full of curiosity. I want one! Not really. They're the champion escape artists of all time.

This week on tap so far:
Someone to Love by Mary Balogh (romance novel for fun)
The Purple Diaries by Joseph Egan (Mary Astor you little scamp)

What I am looking forward to, 2017-2018:
The post-mortems of the 2016 election.

Posted by: B. Kliban at January 29, 2017 09:56 AM (dargh)

100 What do you call a German leader with Asperger's?

Literal Hitler

Posted by: Trimegistus at January 29, 2017 09:57 AM (nag6n)

101 I just got a new book case set up, now I have to go through all my other shelves, dust everything off, work new acquisitions in, so when that's all done I'll send you some photos

Posted by: josephistan at January 29, 2017 09:37 AM (7qAYi)

Ehhhhhxcellent!

( *steeples fingers* )

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 09:57 AM (BWT7V)

102 Ask a lefty if FDR, who rejected Jewish refugees outright, was 'literally' Hitler, too.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 29, 2017 09:57 AM (oVJmc)

103 If you're looking for a fun read I can't recommend the HARD LUCK HANK series enough I recommend the audiobook because the book is read as Hank. The books re very funny and it's been a long time since I laughed when "reading" a book.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 29, 2017 09:57 AM (dKiJG)

104 I like fat old dogs laying around the library and cats of any age perched on top of shelves waiting to attack the aforesaid fat old dogs (whether human or canine).

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 29, 2017 09:57 AM (MIKMs)

105 I'm going to plug my daughter's blog where she reviews mainly Christian fantasy books.

http://tinyurl.com/hard4sk

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at January 29, 2017 09:58 AM (J70i0)

106 Oops, the first title is the YA series by Baldacci is "The Finisher" My bad,

"Vega Jane' series, actually

Posted by: Semilitterate at January 29, 2017 09:59 AM (+vk8X)

107 if the man-child will put down his frappuccino; shut the hell up

What if they're just confused and making a shortcut to cut out the middle-mish between get some pussy and be a pussy.

They are young and many of them are on drugs after all.

Posted by: DaveA at January 29, 2017 10:00 AM (8J/Te)

108 I'd love to see a Public library with a huge section of highback leather chairs with tiny ottomans, recliners, and leather couches.

Posted by: Pepe, sign the damn National Divorce Papers! at January 29, 2017 10:00 AM (B9BVe)

109 >>>3. liberal: you're a racist | sexist | bigot | pejorative du jour

Climate Denier! Flat Earther!

Posted by: Al Gore at January 29, 2017 10:00 AM (rH4JY)

110 60 37 OT

pussyhat.com

check it out
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 09:27 AM (Om16U)

Wow. They registered the domain name? Somebody really does know how to play this game.
Posted by: rickl at January 29, 2017 09:35 AM (sdi6R)

I laughed and laughed. Somebody with some balls is working for the Donald's communications team.

Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable Yet Fuzzy at January 29, 2017 10:00 AM (1FhAQ)

111 OM, try images of the Mt. Angel Monastery library, at Mt. Angel Oregon.

They have one of the best collections on the American Civil War as well.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2017 10:01 AM (BVxQW)

112 I'd love to see a Public library with a huge section of highback leather chairs with tiny ottomans, recliners, and leather couches

And no bums allowed.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 10:01 AM (39g3+)

113 Used book store sales, continued. I always enjoy Victor Davis Hanson's articles but hadn't read any of his books. I scored nice hardcover copies of "The Western Way of War" and "A War Like No Other" for a couple of bucks each. I'm looking forward to reading them as I am interested in the periods he deals with.

Hanson is very good when he is on his own turf of Classical Greece. Off it, not so much.

Posted by: Grey Fox at January 29, 2017 10:01 AM (bZ7mE)

114 nice WOPR! I will linknher in my next blog around.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 10:02 AM (Om16U)

115
I'm curious about these airport protests. Who ginned these up? Soros and his minions? I mean, this ain't grassroots, and somebody had to have these all set up and ready to go.

Fauxcahontas was at one, ranting and raving with a bull horn.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at January 29, 2017 10:02 AM (DW+jj)

116 My guess is that she would not mind another Shoah against Israel.

Well, the spittle-flecked comments from her fellow travelers implied that Trump's emerging stance on immigration would lead to this but I'm fairly certain that you are right on that, as well. These fools march in ideological lockstep.

Posted by: Soap MacTavish at January 29, 2017 10:02 AM (Tyii7)

117 I recently finished a history of Venice; great stuff. Venetians were powerfully patriotic and managed to punch way, way above their weight for five hundred years. They also had an interesting attitude toward the Church: always first to volunteer for Crusades, but also willing to tell the Bishop of Rome to go jump in the Tiber when he got too stroppy.

Posted by: Trimegistus at January 29, 2017 10:02 AM (nag6n)

118 My Grandfather and father had awesome libraries both at home and at work. My fondest memories as a child took place there.

Posted by: Pepe, sign the damn National Divorce Papers! at January 29, 2017 10:03 AM (B9BVe)

119 Okay, what do you think is in Mattis' library, besides snipers?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 09:51 AM (EnKk6)

A hand grenade. Not a hand grenade with all the good stuff taken out and made into a cigarette lighter, but a real hand grenade.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 10:04 AM (BWT7V)

120 Can't decide if the book thread or the pet thread is my favorite.
... Tosses coin. Lands on edge...
Evidently, not a day for decision-making.

Posted by: RI Red at January 29, 2017 10:04 AM (JyQf5)

121 This week listened to Sinners (Monster Hunter Memoirs #2) by Correia and Ringo. While the first book in the series felt like a Correia book with a buildup to a final battle with the big bad, this is more like a Ringo book, more episodic and light-hearted, not that different from his zombie apocalypse series. Monster Hunter Chad moves down to New Orleans to take on a variety of monsters. Enjoyed it.

Posted by: waelse1 at January 29, 2017 10:05 AM (uz7bN)

122 Gateway Pundit is reporting it as pussyhat.com got hacked by someone redirecting traffic to the Trump W.H. site.

Posted by: andycanuck at January 29, 2017 10:05 AM (448Ss)

123 I laughed and laughed. Somebody with some balls is working for the Donald's communications team.
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable Yet Fuzzy at January 29, 2017 10:00 AM (1FhAQ)

I posted this on the thread below

Regarding the pussy hat website, looks like someone from AU bought it, maybe a pro-trump person, who knows. Here's the link to the information.

http://www.whois.com/whois/pussyhat.com

Posted by: spypeach at January 29, 2017 10:05 AM (CktXf)

124 Okay, what do you think is in Mattis' library, besides snipers?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 09:51 AM (EnKk6)

Mattis has entire battalions of infantry. Snipers are useful, but if it must absolutely be destroyed overnight, Marine infantry will get that done.

Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at January 29, 2017 10:05 AM (7N6ox)

125 Anyway, I commented on a thread yesterday that I had just finished the late Gene Cernan's The Last Man on the Moon and found it an enjoyable and informative read. FWIW.

Posted by: Soap MacTavish at January 29, 2017 10:05 AM (Tyii7)

126 112 I'd love to see a Public library with a huge section of highback leather chairs with tiny ottomans, recliners, and leather couches

And no bums allowed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 10:01 AM (39g3+)

Is that a legit problem? I'm convinced my county is a bubble.

Posted by: Pepe, sign the damn National Divorce Papers! at January 29, 2017 10:06 AM (B9BVe)

127 115
I'm curious about these airport protests. Who ginned these up? Soros and his minions? I mean, this ain't grassroots, and somebody had to have these all set up and ready to go.

Fauxcahontas was at one, ranting and raving with a bull horn.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at January 29, 2017 10:02 AM (DW+jj)

Especially when one considers that you can't enter an airport since 9/11 without having a ticket to go somewhere - no more seeing people off at the airport.

Posted by: josephistan at January 29, 2017 10:06 AM (7qAYi)

128 I'm curious about these airport protests. Who ginned these up? Soros and his minions? I mean, this ain't grassroots, and somebody had to have these all set up and ready to go.

My guess is they have all the infrastructure and contacts they need set up for a fast response protest anywhere in America within 24 hours. And a lot of people without jobs willing to stand around with signs they've been given for a couple bucks an hour and a meal.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 10:07 AM (39g3+)

129 Pretty much had it with FB.

Pretty much had it as well. I've been on FB because there are those with whom I share an interest in dogs. Plus because of circumstances I do not travel anywhere, rarely speak with anyone and have no social life. The only extended conversation I've had in years has been with Her Majesty.

So while FB may be a way of having a virtual social life, I've grown sick of the politics and the stupid memes ground out in some Soros-funded boiler rooms by otherwise-unemployable SJWs.

Politics plus anything equals politics. "Oh, just ignore that stuff!" you may say. That's like saying just eat around that fly in your soup. I don't have time to monitor and unfollow people who just have to pass on the latest Watch-Bill-Maher-DESTROY-Republicans tripe.

So, no more posting, no more commenting. I still have an account in case anyone wants to get in touch with me, but otherwise, no, no more.

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 29, 2017 10:07 AM (J8/9G)

130 110
Somebody with some balls is working for the Donald's communications team.
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable Yet Fuzzy at January 29, 2017 10:00 AM (1FhAQ)

True, but we don't know whether somebody with a pussy might have come up with that idea.

Posted by: rickl at January 29, 2017 10:08 AM (sdi6R)

131 earlier this week makes this clear. The new, Trump-era "honey badger conservative" playbook appears to be this:

1. conservative: says something
2. liberal: you're a racist | sexist | bigot | pejorative du jour
3. conservative: fcuk you.

Somewhere, Andrew Breitbart is smiling

I prefer:

3. Oh well, shrug, fuck you.

Posted by: Jean at January 29, 2017 10:09 AM (+96vQ)

132 Is that a legit problem? I'm convinced my county is a bubble.

It has a lot to do with the size of your town and the climate. If its fairly balmy, nobody has a need to shelter indoors.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 10:09 AM (39g3+)

133 Hey. Hey! HEY!

*shows first pic to buddy*

THIS is library!

Posted by: Library Identifying Grad Student at January 29, 2017 10:11 AM (4bKiB)

134 I'm still reading Sandman, put out by Vertigo.

I have not been able to read anything in 8 months. My brain became burned out, which has never happened before. Details are not important but let's just say high stress and 90 hours straight and then 8-12 hours sleep for 2 years is not healthy, which people in my life were gaslighting me to do.

Posted by: Pepe, sign the damn National Divorce Papers! at January 29, 2017 10:11 AM (B9BVe)

135
115
I'm curious about these airport protests. Who ginned these up? Soros and his minions? I mean, this ain't grassroots, and somebody had to have these all set up and ready to go. Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at January 29, 2017 10:02 AM
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This is what "community organizers" do.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 29, 2017 10:11 AM (EZebt)

136 OM, try images of the Mt. Angel Monastery library, at Mt. Angel Oregon.
They have one of the best collections on the American Civil War as well.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2017 10:01 AM (BVxQW)

Thank you, I'll google up some pics.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 10:11 AM (BWT7V)

137 The "reversal" is such an important part of fiction: the good guy who turns out to be one of the bad guys or vice versa. Yet these liberals don't have enough imagination to even wonder, "What if Barack, Hillary, refugees, BLM, etc. are the bad guys, and Trump is the good guy?" If they could imagine it, they might be more prone to look into the facts themselves or listen to conservatives without plugging their ears.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 29, 2017 10:11 AM (rH4JY)

138 Pretty much had it with FB.

I do wonder if the left isn't becoming so noxious and strident they run the risk of just being shunned by society. Its one thing to have a protest where you light lighters and hold hands to sing "Imagine" as annoying as that can be. Its another to scream Hitler at the top of your lungs for 3 months straight while burning things.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 10:12 AM (39g3+)

139 Somebody with some balls is working for the Donald's communications team.

Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable Yet Fuzzy at January 29, 2017 10:00 AM
~~~~

The company it's registered to is from DownUnder!

Posted by: IrishEi at January 29, 2017 10:13 AM (HiDrR)

140 Good morning, horde! Still winning!

votermom, I bit, and LOL at pussyhat.com.

I just read Bob Hostetler's bio and see that he's from southeastern Ohio. As am I! Hey, neighbor! Perry County here.

Posted by: April at January 29, 2017 10:13 AM (e8PP1)

141 In my opinion, torture works.

It inflicts pain, intimidation and foreboding on your enemies who hate you anyways. The information is unimportant, what is important is using captured terrorists as an example of what may happen to you if you follow in their footsteps. If a terrorist knows that all that will happen to them is 3 hots and a cot and a free koran for them to use then they have no inclination to cease being a terrorist.

Those who sing like a songbird just add to the justification. Those who don't, well at least we tried before we shoot them.

If "1984" taught us anything it is you can get inside of someone and tear them out.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 29, 2017 10:13 AM (5VlCp)

142 A hand grenade. Not a hand grenade with all the good stuff taken out and made into a cigarette lighter, but a real hand grenade.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 10:04 AM (BWT7V)
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So it'll be like and Easter egg hunt, but the eggs explode!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 10:13 AM (EnKk6)

143 Used book store tales, continued.

I always check the fishing and firearms sections of the store when I'm there. Never know what will appear. That's how I found a still wrapped, leather bound copy of Ned Roberts' "The Muzzleloading Cap-Lock Rifle". This time I found a nice little hardcover, "Halcyon Days", a collection of stories by well-known anglers about the joys of trout fishing. Thumbing through it, this will be a pleasant read.

Posted by: JTB at January 29, 2017 10:14 AM (V+03K)

144 Is that a legit problem? I'm convinced my county is a bubble.
Posted by: Pepe, sign the damn National Divorce Papers! at January 29, 2017 10:06 AM (B9BVe)

===

Oh, it's a problem alright.

Posted by: The guy who cleans the public library bathroom and shower at January 29, 2017 10:14 AM (EZebt)

145 Okay, what do you think is in Mattis' library, besides snipers?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

A fish tank, with Osama Bin Laden's skull inside instead of a plastic castle.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 29, 2017 10:16 AM (rH4JY)

146 Pretty much had it as well. I've been on FB because there are those with whom I share an interest in dogs. Plus because of circumstances I do not travel anywhere, rarely speak with anyone and have no social life. The only extended conversation I've had in years has been with Her Majesty.

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 29, 2017 10:07 AM (J8/9G)

I was in FB 2011-2012 for about a year, because my grown kids were, and I wanted to keep up with what they were doing. But then after a couple of months I noticed they weren't there, anymore. They had moved on to Google+ or whatever the next social media fad was. So there was no real reason for me to use it any more.

Also, FB, like other social media, is a yuuge time suck. I can't afford that, I have other things I need to do. i.e. the book thread.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 10:17 AM (BWT7V)

147 "Oh, just ignore that stuff!" you may say. That's like saying just eat around that fly in your soup.

Exactly.

Posted by: Soap MacTavish at January 29, 2017 10:18 AM (Tyii7)

148 144 Is that a legit problem? I'm convinced my county is a bubble.
Posted by: Pepe, sign the damn National Divorce Papers! at January 29, 2017 10:06 AM (B9BVe)

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Oh, it's a problem alright.
Posted by: The guy who cleans the public library bathroom and shower at January 29, 2017 10:14 AM (

Library showers?

Posted by: Pepe, sign the damn National Divorce Papers! at January 29, 2017 10:18 AM (B9BVe)

149 So it'll be like and Easter egg hunt, but the eggs explode!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 10:13 AM (EnKk6)

I was thinking it was part of his Plan B that he'll implement if being courteous and polite doesn't work out so well.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 10:19 AM (BWT7V)

150 Six months after the wedding, we're finally tackling the problems of duplicated books. No young couple needs four sets of Jane Austen, three sets of Conan Doyle, two Stieg Larsson trilogies or six copies of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. If we want to keep reading new stuff, something's gotta give.

Our solution: Give 'em away by installing a Little Free Library on our front lawn. (Here: https://littlefreelibrary.org/ ) There are over 50 thousand of these little "take a book, bring a book" kiosks installed around the world. I first saw the idea here: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/02/little-free-library-crackdown/385531/

So I'm in charge of the building, while my beloved is tracking down free/cheap books for kids to balance out our mix. If this doesn't end up in bueaucratic hell, ugly vandalism or sad defeat, I'll report back here on the book thread.

Our planned grand opening is March 18th.

Posted by: Little Mrs Spellcheck at January 29, 2017 10:20 AM (UfqKz)

151 My town library keeps the bathroom locked now, and you have to ask for the key. Not sure why.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 10:20 AM (Om16U)

152 I have other things I need to do. i.e. the book thread.

And for that your inclusion in the Pantheon of Saints is assured.

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 29, 2017 10:20 AM (J8/9G)

153 Yet these liberals don't have enough imagination to even wonder, "What if Barack, Hillary, refugees, BLM, etc. are the bad guys, and Trump is the good guy?"

I think they are capable of it and have the imagination, but are in a position where if they did so, it would repudiate their entire worldview and understanding of themselves

Which brings us to a book everyone should read: Francis Shaeffer's classic How Should We Then Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture which is his masterpiece on worldviews and how they affect our lives. Everyone has a set of unquestioned and usually unexamined presuppositions in their lives, like a postulate in Geometry: this is true, as a baseline, and its what I build my understanding of the world upon.

If that's flawed or faulty, everything that follows will be as well, except by coincidence or random happenstance.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 10:21 AM (39g3+)

154
Library showers?
Posted by: Pepe, sign the damn National Divorce Papers! at January 29, 2017 10:18 AM (B9BVe)

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You probably refer to this as "toilet."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 29, 2017 10:21 AM (EZebt)

155 Eris, I have sabers in my bookshelf, on the high shelves that I can't reach books out of easily.

This colors my view of what Gen. Mattis may have tucked in the odd corners.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2017 10:21 AM (BVxQW)

156 the libs are at "full potato"

Posted by: phoenixgirl...27 days until spring training at January 29, 2017 10:21 AM (0O7c5)

157 >>>I thought, if it really was torture, you would NOT WANT to have it done to you, for any reason.

You'd think so, wouldn't you?

Posted by: David Carradine at January 29, 2017 10:21 AM (rH4JY)

158 So I'm in charge of the building, while my beloved is tracking down free/cheap books for kids to balance out our mix. If this doesn't end up in bueaucratic hell, ugly vandalism or sad defeat, I'll report back here on the book thread.

I've only read of a very few handful of times where neighborhood organizations and city councils had a problem with these things. There are two within walking distance of me that I've started seeding with my own novels.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 10:22 AM (39g3+)

159 >> My town library keeps the bathroom locked now, and you have
>> to ask for the key. Not sure why.

They get all out of sorts about my wide stance.

Racists.

Posted by: Sen. Larry Craig at January 29, 2017 10:23 AM (DW+jj)

160 150 Six months after the wedding, we're finally tackling the problems of duplicated books. No young couple needs four sets of Jane Austen, three sets of Conan Doyle, two Stieg Larsson trilogies or six copies of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. If we want to keep reading new stuff, something's gotta give.

Our solution: Give 'em away by installing a Little Free Library on our front lawn. (Here: https://littlefreelibrary.org/ ) There are over 50 thousand of these little "take a book, bring a book" kiosks installed around the world. I first saw the idea here: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/02/little-free-library-crackdown/385531/

So I'm in charge of the building, while my beloved is tracking down free/cheap books for kids to balance out our mix. If this doesn't end up in bueaucratic hell, ugly vandalism or sad defeat, I'll report back here on the book thread.

Our planned grand opening is March 18th.

Posted by: Little Mrs Spellcheck at January 29, 2017 10:20 AM (UfqKz)

Sounds like a great idea. I hope you don't live where you're subject to one of those authoritarian housing associations, I've heard they hate things like that.

Posted by: josephistan at January 29, 2017 10:24 AM (7qAYi)

161 Has anyone here read "The Plutocrat" by Booth Tarkington? It goes a certain distance to explain President Trump. Written in 1927, it's very funny and charming, with all the na�vet� of that time.

If Tarkington lived today, he might be a 'Ron.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at January 29, 2017 10:24 AM (nQ10o)

162 the libs are at "full potato"

Posted by: phoenixgirl

It's like that scene where everyone was John Malkovich, except in this case they're all Amy Schumer.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 29, 2017 10:25 AM (rH4JY)

163 That's an amazing library Bob---books to the vanishing point.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 29, 2017 10:25 AM (nBr1j)

164 Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 29, 2017 10:13 AM (5VlCp)

the problem with torture is the bad pr
historically it doesn't fit with the American image
but neither does being a pushover

America is supposed to be the good natured big guy who kills the bad guys quick

Torture is what we've traditionally outsourced

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 10:26 AM (Om16U)

165 The thing I'm jealous about with that library is how many of the books are hardbound. Almost all of my collection is made up of used paperbacks.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 10:26 AM (39g3+)

166 Sorry to be radio silent the last two weeks, but life/business/travel intervened.

Some good news the Horde will appreciate: the schooling of an earnest liberal. She inappropriately brought up politics at a business dinner, in the inimitable fashion of liberals everywhere, asserting inter alia that Obama was a genius. I countered that I considered him a dolt, and offered a few choice nuggets in support of that contention. She then attributed the "I can see Russia from my house" quote to Palin, and I pounced. Did she know where that came from? Did she? She bleated, "OK, I'm out of here," but I didn't get up from the booth to let her out, and insisted on a reply. (which I never got, btw).

Then I put her some knowledge re Tina Fey and SNL, and suggested that she base her politics on something more substantive than comedy skits, and later sent the Youtube link to the attendees.

Good times, good times.

Posted by: Jay Guevara, still deplorable at January 29, 2017 10:26 AM (V/hki)

167 When I'm accused of being racist or multi-phobic, I just go straight into the patronizing, "oh, ok. Yep." And I make sure I give the sjw a look of pity. And then I engage no further.

Posted by: April at January 29, 2017 10:27 AM (e8PP1)

168 I suspect that fucking up airline travel is not going to win converts to their cause.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 29, 2017 10:27 AM (oVJmc)

169 155 Eris, I have sabers in my bookshelf, on the high shelves that I can't reach books out of easily.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2017 10:21 AM (BVxQW)

You use sabers to get books down from high shelves?

I suppose that would work, but doesn't it damage the book?

Posted by: rickl at January 29, 2017 10:27 AM (sdi6R)

170 Larry Jacobsen demolishes the left's hysterical claims about Trump's ban.

http://tinyurl.com/grrkxxt

Posted by: steevy at January 29, 2017 10:27 AM (r/0kC)

171 I enjoyed Dean Koontz' "Odd Thomas" series, until about book 5, when I got so spooked that I couldn't sleep. I hope to be able to finish it someday.
Btw Robbie Robertson of The Band? Someone thinks that guy is hot? Erm, no.

Posted by: (not) Lurking Queen at January 29, 2017 10:28 AM (5oWLH)

172 164 Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 29, 2017 10:13 AM (5VlCp)

the problem with torture is the bad pr
historically it doesn't fit with the American image
but neither does being a pushover

America is supposed to be the good natured big guy who kills the bad guys quick

Torture is what we've traditionally outsourced
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 10:26 AM (Om16U)

Which all changed on 9/11. Traditionally, we had never been attacked on our own soil & had thousands of our people murdered on a single morning.

Posted by: josephistan at January 29, 2017 10:28 AM (7qAYi)

173 Trump needs to trademark and copyright "Make America Interesting Again" and "Keep America Interesting".

It's 10:30am on Sunday and I'll be damned if I'm not entertained and laughing my face off.

Posted by: Pepe, sign the damn National Divorce Papers! at January 29, 2017 10:28 AM (B9BVe)

174 Used book store tales, continued.

The treasure of this trip was a Hardcover of "Musings of an Angler" by Onnie Warren Smith. It is a collection of the columns he wrote for Outdoors Magazine in the 1920s through the early 1940s. Smith was born a few years after the Civil War in Wisconsin and became a Congregational minister. But fishing and outdoor activities were serious hobbies for him. The columns are not how-to types but deal with the philosophy of angling, sportsmanship, nature, and life. This copy is from 1942 and in fabulous condition, even the dust jacket. Smith must have been a known seller because the book cost 2 dollars back then, which was a good amount. I picture in my mind that someone treasured this book, reading and re-reading it over decades, and always caring for it. It wouldn't surprise me if someone's collection was broken up after death and the books went to the used book store. It has that feel. And I was lucky enough to find it.

To put it mildly, the writing is superb. Smith's prose is witty, graceful, educated, and has its share of gentle humor. I've read other outdoor writers from the period and many of them have similar qualities but none better than Smith. (His sermons must have been a pleasure to receive.) His writing makes me wish I could have sat with him on cold Wisconsin nights, the fireplace glowing, discussing the previous season's experiences and discoveries. The only comparison that comes to mind is an elder version of Robert Travers' "Trout Magic".

I'm going to treasure this book and look for others he wrote.

Posted by: JTB at January 29, 2017 10:29 AM (V+03K)

175 Finally finished "The Mote in God's Eye" by Niven and Pournelle. Not bad, I would give it 3 out of 5 stars. The first 100 pages or so are a slog to get through (character introductions and world building) but once the plot starts taking shape, it becomes a more enjoyable read. For me, the story suffs from a lack of a protagonist as it is about Mankind's first contact with an alien species.

Just started "The Lovecraft Code" by Peter Levenda. It's a cross between "The Davinci Code" and "The Call of Cthulu". Read the first half of the book over the last two days and I am quite enjoying it.

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 29, 2017 10:29 AM (6n332)

176 153 Yet these liberals don't have enough imagination to even wonder, "What if Barack, Hillary, refugees, BLM, etc. are the bad guys, and Trump is the good guy?"

I think they are capable of it and have the imagination, but are in a position where if they did so, it would repudiate their entire worldview and understanding of themselves

Which brings us to a book everyone should read: Francis Shaeffer's classic How Should We Then Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture which is his masterpiece on worldviews and how they affect our lives. Everyone has a set of unquestioned and usually unexamined presuppositions in their lives, like a postulate in Geometry: this is true, as a baseline, and its what I build my understanding of the world upon.

If that's flawed or faulty, everything that follows will be as well, except by coincidence or random happenstance.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 10:21 AM (39g3+)

The left now has a narrative for life, the universe and everything. Woe betide the person who doesn't adopt the narrative. Problem is, they are no longer in a position to impose it.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at January 29, 2017 10:29 AM (nQ10o)

177 There is a reason "Fuck you, next question, please", or FYNQ was coined back in the day. It actually works somewhat with the CommieLibs.

Currently reading Babylon's Ashes, the 6th installment in The Expanse series. Okay so far (only 25 percent in). Also looking forward to the series starting up again on TV on 2/1/17.

Posted by: Sharkman at January 29, 2017 10:30 AM (CYkNI)

178 Then I put her some knowledge re Tina Fey and SNL, and suggested that she base her politics on something more substantive than comedy skits, and later sent the Youtube link to the attendees.

You'll be hearing from us about that inappropriate e-mail shortly, teabagger.

Posted by: HR at January 29, 2017 10:31 AM (4bKiB)

179 171 I enjoyed Dean Koontz' "Odd Thomas" series, until about book 5, when I got so spooked that I couldn't sleep. I hope to be able to finish it someday.
Btw Robbie Robertson of The Band? Someone thinks that guy is hot? Erm, no.
Posted by: (not) Lurking Queen at January 29, 2017 10:28 AM (5oWLH)

There's an "Odd Thomas" movie on Netflix, starring the late Anton Yelchin (Chekov from the new Star Trek). I enjoyed it, it had the feel of being a set up to an Odd Thomas series, but with Yelchin's untimely death that may not happen.

Posted by: josephistan at January 29, 2017 10:31 AM (7qAYi)

180 votermom, I love that painting you have at the top of your site. Glad you posted it.

Posted by: JTB at January 29, 2017 10:32 AM (V+03K)

181 Which brings us to a book everyone should read: Francis Shaeffer's classic How Should We Then Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture which is his masterpiece on worldviews and how they affect our lives. Everyone has a set of unquestioned and usually unexamined presuppositions in their lives, like a postulate in Geometry: this is true, as a baseline, and its what I build my understanding of the world upon.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 10:21 AM (39g3+)

Everything Schaeffer wrote he got from me.

Posted by: Cornelius Van Til at January 29, 2017 10:33 AM (BWT7V)

182 I suspect that fucking up airline travel is not going to win converts to their cause.

I agree, the left is going out of its way to be unlikable and noxious lately. Traveling by air is already so disagreeable as to be avoided if possible without knuckleheads yelling political slogans and clogging up the place. We need Frank Drebbin to plow through them punching and throwing them around like Moonies.

But I haven't been on an airplane for a long time now; do people still read a lot on the plane and while waiting? Airport books used to be a big thing.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 10:33 AM (39g3+)

183 My town library keeps the bathroom locked now, and you have to ask for the key. Not sure why.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 10:20 AM (Om16U)

ProTip: Attach the key to something bulky and heavy and awkward to carry around. In our case a used wheel sans tire. Suggest in your case a duplicate giant reference book.

Posted by: Corner Gas Station at January 29, 2017 10:34 AM (JO9+V)

184 Nothing like reading the stories of brief umlawful restraint of a Leftist in order to get a final rebuttal in.

Posted by: Pepe, sign the damn National Divorce Papers! at January 29, 2017 10:35 AM (B9BVe)

185 the problem with torture is the bad pr
historically it doesn't fit with the American image
but neither does being a pushover

America is supposed to be the good natured big guy who kills the bad guys quick

Torture is what we've traditionally outsourced

Posted by: @votermom

That may be, but this is really more like a war than anything else. And when we capture enemy combatants, we have a duty to possible future victims to try to extract what they know about future attacks.

And contra Obama I don't think we can empty Guantanamo out for the foreseeable future. You don't let enemy soldiers free while you are still fighting the war.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 29, 2017 10:35 AM (rH4JY)

186 The left now has a narrative for life, the universe and everything.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at January 29, 2017 10:29 AM (nQ10o)

Given to them by Karl Marx.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 10:35 AM (BWT7V)

187 Everything Schaeffer wrote he got from me.
Posted by: Cornelius Van Til

I think the relationship was very mutual in terms of learning and growth. But I do recommend Van Til's work (and his faux rival Clark -- seriously, the differences between them were like alternate shades of purple only a specialist can identify) if you want the advanced course when you're done with Schaeffer.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 10:35 AM (39g3+)

188 In my opinion, torture works.

==

If it doesn't, then why do Progressives protest in the manner they do?

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at January 29, 2017 10:36 AM (U0lQa)

189 Check out the Marcus Didius Falco series from British author Lindsey Davis. It concerns a private informer(investigator) in Rome around 70AD with a healthy dollop of romance. The first couple of books are a bit of a slog but the writing becomes breezier as the series progresses. I like to be transported to other places and these deliver. I get the same sort of satisfaction as from Hornblower.

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at January 29, 2017 10:36 AM (aBDYc)

190 Mattis has entire battalions of infantry. Snipers are useful, but if it must absolutely be destroyed overnight, Marine infantry will get that done.
Posted by: The Mouse that Roared at January 29, 2017 10:05 AM (7N6ox)

Give me half an hour.

Posted by: LGM-33F at January 29, 2017 10:36 AM (brIR5)

191 **********************************************************
"Hitler" is a wholly owned possession of Literally Hitler, Inc. a subsidiary of Third Reich Enterprises and HITLERCO, LLC.(Corporate Entity). "Hitler" may not be reproduced in whole, or in part without the permission of the Corporate entity, it's representatives heirs or assigns.

**********************************************************

I'm suing ALL of you.

Posted by: Litigious Hitler at January 29, 2017 10:37 AM (Gv7El)

192 180 votermom, I love that painting you have at the top of your site. Glad you posted it.
Posted by: JTB at January 29, 2017 10:32 AM (V+03K)

I had never heard of the artist before, but he has awesome girls & dogs paintings!

and I picked it to celebrate the news from the breeder that they did an xray and there may be a puooy for us!

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 10:38 AM (Om16U)

193 Another book I obtained for the Old Man was The Fallen Sparrow by Dorothy Hughes. Written in 1942, the novel revolved around the protagonist investigating the murder of a friend and discovering that Nazi spies were in New York pretending to be refugees. I just gave the book a quick skim so I can't get an informed opinion on quality.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 29, 2017 09:40 AM (5Yee7)

Kindle $7.99. I'm surprised somebody thought it worthwhile to make an e-book edition.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 10:38 AM (BWT7V)

194 What do you call a German dictator who was a failed writer rather than a failed artist?

Literary Hitler

Posted by: josephistan at January 29, 2017 10:38 AM (7qAYi)

195 Has anyone kept track of how many times Hollywood has waterboarded?
I've seen it simulated close to a dozen times in various movies and tv shows.
So more actors have been subjected to it than terrorists.

I also have a hard time wringing my hands over waterboarding when our military found AQ's torture manual, and that stuff was sick. And now we have ISIS who seems to get off on upping the ante on sick behavior.
Sorry, KSM getting waterboarded vs. every dang twisted, monstrous, downright evil thing ISIS has done? No contest.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/05/27/
lsquohow-torsquo-manual-found-in-al-qaeda-safe-house-shows-disturbing-torture.html

Posted by: Lizzy at January 29, 2017 10:39 AM (NOIQH)

196 What do you call a German dictator who was a failed writer rather than a failed artist?

Literary Hitler

I don't get it.

Posted by: Stereotypical 50's Asian at January 29, 2017 10:40 AM (39g3+)

197 Let me have the captured POWs. I know how to handle them. First, a cigarette . . .

Posted by: Lt. Ronald Speirs at January 29, 2017 10:40 AM (JO9+V)

198 My town library keeps the bathroom locked now, and you have to ask for the key. Not sure why.

Posted by: @votermom

Lived in New York all my life. All the libraries everywhere (Long Island, the city) have always been like that. I think it's to keep vagrants from making their homes there. Just out of curiosity, what kind of area are you? Rural? Suburban?

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 29, 2017 10:41 AM (rH4JY)

199 (and his faux rival Clark -- seriously, the differences between them were like alternate shades of purple only a specialist can identify) if you want the advanced course when you're done with Schaeffer.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 10:35 AM (39g3+)

But I don't recommend Clark's (spiritual) descendents, who seemed to have degenerated into a pack of snarling lunatics.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 10:41 AM (BWT7V)

200 shocka
====
The flurry of anguished news stories and protests surrounding President Trump's executive action temporarily suspending "immigrants and non-immigrants" from "countries of particular concern" appears to be part of a coordinated PR effort financed by left-wing billionaire George Soros.
====

I'll wait here for WaPo and Hillary's Press Corp to whine about the "Hungarian Hacker Influencing Our National Politics".

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 29, 2017 10:41 AM (Gv7El)

201 Of course torture works. Would any of you willingly give up information that would harm your cause, your country, your comrades unless under such extreme duress?

Posted by: josephistan at January 29, 2017 10:41 AM (7qAYi)

202 Are there any books (including fiction) that tackle the ethical use of torture?

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 10:42 AM (Om16U)

203 Chuck Todd is badgering the witness, Reince Preibus.

When did you stop beating your wife!

Guy has lost it.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 29, 2017 10:42 AM (bQxkN)

204 186 The left now has a narrative for life, the universe and everything.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at January 29, 2017 10:29 AM (nQ10o)

Given to them by Karl Marx.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 10:35 AM (BWT

With bits of Stalin as well.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at January 29, 2017 10:43 AM (nQ10o)

205 Steve, we are suburban but the library is in the town section which used to be an iron town. Very small town victorian area.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 10:44 AM (Om16U)

206 Which brings us to a book everyone should read: Francis Shaeffer's classic How Should We Then Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture which is his masterpiece on worldviews and how they affect our lives. Everyone has a set of unquestioned and usually unexamined presuppositions in their lives, like a postulate in Geometry: this is true, as a baseline, and its what I build my understanding of the world upon.

If that's flawed or faulty, everything that follows will be as well, except by coincidence or random happenstance.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Sounds similar to the God Who Is There, which I found very helpful in understanding the problems of secularism. Thanks for the tip.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 29, 2017 10:44 AM (rH4JY)

207 So in addition to the pillar of books I already have checked out from the library, I add the following two:

The Oxford Annotated Bible, With Apocrypha, by God, and

The Coveteur: Private Spaces, Personal Style by Mark and Rosenberg.

Guess which one I cracked first? Yeah, I'm shallow. Coveteur is a fashion voyeur's dream, peering into the closets and collections of designers and entertainers.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 10:44 AM (EnKk6)

208 our small town area is hipsterized and, lately, hispanized

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 10:45 AM (Om16U)

209 But I don't recommend Clark's (spiritual) descendants, who seemed to have degenerated into a pack of snarling lunatics.

Yeah, some in particular really have gone a very ugly place. Its a sad tendency of we Calvinists to often get very harsh and even cruel with our learning. Something we have to struggle against: truth in love is what we are called for, not truth at all costs.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 10:46 AM (39g3+)

210 Torture is part of Trump's branding. Otherwise, it's a red herring / stray voltage.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 29, 2017 10:46 AM (bQxkN)

211 The Oxford Annotated Bible, With Apocrypha, by God,

That God guy, only wrote one book but what a best seller!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 10:47 AM (39g3+)

212 Of course torture works. Would any of you willingly
give up information that would harm your cause, your country, your
comrades unless under such extreme duress?

Posted by: josephistan at January 29, 2017 10:41 AM (7qAYi)

Well, if a super busty redheaded vixen is involved would that be considered extreme duress? Judges?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 29, 2017 10:47 AM (JO9+V)

213 Guy has lost it.
==

Chuck Todd?

I'd argue that he never had it.

Maybe soon , in a future case containing hours of left-slanted proganda from "news" organizations, our new and fully operational Supreme Court might revisit the meaning of the definition of "free press".

If ACLU is getting 50 million dollar grants from Soros, what is he spending to prop up NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN and all their fellow commies?

Maybe we DO need to dig deeper into this foreign influence on our political process.

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 29, 2017 10:48 AM (Gv7El)

214 You know who really tortured somebody?One of the main speakers at the crazy pussy march.Murdered the guy too.

Posted by: steevy at January 29, 2017 10:49 AM (r/0kC)

215 Has Chuck Todd written any books? I can just see him sending the manuscript to the DNC for approval and editing.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 10:49 AM (39g3+)

216 212 Of course torture works. Would any of you willingly
give up information that would harm your cause, your country, your
comrades unless under such extreme duress?

Posted by: josephistan at January 29, 2017 10:41 AM (7qAYi)

Well, if a super busty redheaded vixen is involved would that be considered extreme duress? Judges?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 29, 2017 10:47 AM (JO9+V)

I would need to do first hand research.

Posted by: josephistan at January 29, 2017 10:50 AM (7qAYi)

217 The Global Governance Marxists have been using Muslim ideology in their favor to bring down the West in order to institute total control. I never would have dreamed it was this bad after Trump was inaugurated and put in tiny steps to protect America and Americans.

Trump and company are taking the temperature and the fucking thermometer melted yesterday. Expect lots more cowbell from the Trump Administration in the future.

Posted by: Pepe, sign the damn National Divorce Papers! at January 29, 2017 10:50 AM (B9BVe)

218 The left now has a narrative for life, the universe and everything.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at January 29, 2017 10:29 AM (nQ10o)

Given to them by Karl Marx.
Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 10:35 AM (BWT

With bits of Stalin as well.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian

They seem to be goading themselves little by little towards another Kristallnacht. I sincerely hope it peters out before then.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 29, 2017 10:51 AM (rH4JY)

219 Where IT = "thing you have that I do not"

Jealousy : "I want to have IT"
::
Envy : "I want you to lose IT"

Posted by: bob at January 29, 2017 10:52 AM (2Oe01)

220 Tom Freidman on Meet the Press:

Steve Jobs biological father was Syrian!

*mic drop*

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 29, 2017 10:52 AM (bQxkN)

221 You know who really tortured somebody?One of the main speakers at the crazy pussy march.Murdered the guy too.

Posted by: steevy

Yep, Donna Hylton. Ace covered that last week at one point. Horrific.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 29, 2017 10:53 AM (rH4JY)

222 Having to wait for the barista to reload the whipped cream machine before getting my double-mocha espressacino with extra chocolate syrup... I mean Seriously?

"literally torture"

#millenialnation

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 29, 2017 10:53 AM (Gv7El)

223 I have been reading Michael Richard Jackson Bonner's PhD Thesis, here:
http://tinyurl.com/j2j2ael

Summary: "everything those Persian guys just said is bullsh!t"

If you read Tom Holland's "In The Shadow Of The Sword", you will have been exposed to Parvaneh Pourshariati's theory that the Sasanian Empire was a confederacy of Parthians and Persians. This theory relies on backtracing Sasanian-era historiography. So it all survives on the hop that the Sasanian historians were telling the truth.

The Sasanians unfortunately were liars. Their propaganda machine was one even the American Left would envy. One example is the episode of Mazdakism. To hear the Sasanians tell it, Kovad I listened to some Zoroastrian heretic called Mazdaq and instituted a Communist state, damaging the Iranian social fabric, until Khusro I stepped in and saved Iran. The problem is that the Greeks and Armenians, who weren't liars, were paying attention and didn't see anything like this. The whole story is Khusro I making sh!t up to justify his seizure of power.

Bonner surveys the vast tissue of Sasanian lies and wonders if the whole empire even had a tradition of history-writing, in a way a Greek or Armenian could understand it. He then notes that India didn't have such a tradition either and managed okay. So he concludes, screw these guys, go back to the Greeks, Armenians, and archaeologists.

This is a problem if you believed Holland on what he was saying about pre-Islamic Iran. If Pourshariati been took, Holland been bamboozled too.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 29, 2017 10:53 AM (6FqZa)

224 >>Has Chuck Todd written any books? I can just see him sending the manuscript to the DNC for approval and editing.

IIRC, his wife is a Democrat PR consultant.
Gee, and he seems to always be on-message w/the Democrat party talking points. Funny that.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 29, 2017 10:53 AM (NOIQH)

225 Where IT = "thing you have that I do not"

Lust: IT girl

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at January 29, 2017 10:54 AM (U0lQa)

226 I'm halfway through Loren Estleman's Every Brilliant Eye and his use of language and dialog is so brilliant its just humbling to read. Some authors are so good they just crush an author's ego, such as it is.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 10:54 AM (39g3+)

227 201 Of course torture works. Would any of you willingly give up information that would harm your cause, your country, your comrades unless under such extreme duress?

Posted by: josephistan at January 29, 2017 10:41 AM (7qAYi)

"willingly"
I know that psychological tricks and drugs have also been tried in history. They seem to me to be less honest and in some ways worse than torture.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 10:54 AM (Om16U)

228 My husband and I recently began publishing new paperback editions of overlooked/forgotten works of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. They are old enough to be in the public domain, but "modern" enough to still be fairly relatable and readable. We sell some of our books in person at events such as gaming and Steampunk cons. What we love best about these works is that they have more intellectual heft to them than many modern works do, plus, when you read them you have to immerse yourself somewhat in a culture very different from the SJW/PC bubble of today. Our website link is posted below:

www.monroestpress.com

Posted by: Secret Square at January 29, 2017 10:54 AM (qw3HH)

229 Alexander was a poor general himself and had no faith in anyone else doing the job. Read he had dreams of hiring Wellington or Moreau and Jomini to head the Russian army in 1812.

-
Certainly Alexander I had his weaknesses but he was probably the single man most responsible for defeating Napoleon. And then, having driven Napoleon from Moscow to Paris and Elbe, he left western Europe and went home much as we did after WWII. Incidentally, Alexander was deeply religious and many believe he faked his death to escape the throne and to become, essentially, a monk.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 29, 2017 10:56 AM (Nwg0u)

230 On the "Doomsday Clock" thread the other day someone brought up John Bellairs book "House with a Clock in its Walls." Does anyone else remember his books? They were young adult horror mystery stories, most illustrated by the great Edward Gorey. I have a quite a few of them. He also wrote stories for adults too.

Posted by: josephistan at January 29, 2017 10:56 AM (7qAYi)

231 Steve Jobs biological father was Syrian!

*mic drop*

Posted by: Ignoramus
===
Kudos to you , sir. Doing the Sunday AM Meet the Depressed circuit is not for the weak. You have a stronger stomach than I.

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 29, 2017 10:56 AM (Gv7El)

232 If the flash mobs/organized protests continue today at the airport, I believe it is time to deploy the national guard to the airports to restore order and detain people.

Posted by: Pepe, sign the damn National Divorce Papers! at January 29, 2017 10:56 AM (B9BVe)

233 Secret Square, that is cool!

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 10:57 AM (Om16U)

234 Mark Steyn subbed for Rush on Thrusday and had James Mitchell on as a guest. Mr. Mitchell recounted his questioning of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed about the Daniel Pearl beheading. If someone didn't understand the divide between cultures before just listening to him describe KSM's response should be enough to enlighten him.

Posted by: Tuna at January 29, 2017 10:58 AM (JSovD)

235 It's a good thing the Muslims conquered Iran or else the place might be run by slimy lying violent weasels up to the nuclear age. That would be scary.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 29, 2017 10:58 AM (6FqZa)

236 When the Left says "Torture doesn't work",

it is a bit of Alinskyite subterfuge.

What they actually mean is that torture does not work 100% of the time in all cases.

Example:

1) You torture a guy who knows nothing about the info you want. Guy tells you anything you want to hear to get you to stop. But, the info has no value.
Thus, torture doesn't work.

2) You torture a guy with info you want, but you haven't broken will his yet and he gives you false info. i.e.. Torture doesn't work.

It's the simple and childish trick of saying "Torture doesn't work" so their low IQ followers have a bumpersticker phrase to barf out instead of actually thinking things through for themselves.

Plus, what they want you to argue is that torture works 100% of the time under any and all circumstances, which of course it doesn't/can't/etc.

Pretty stupid but for years "our side" fell for it.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 29, 2017 10:58 AM (9q7Dl)

237 Tom Freidman on Meet the Press:

Steve Jobs biological father was Syrian!

*mic drop*

Posted by: Ignoramus

And what can we deduce from that??

i. Steve Jobs father was a Syrian
ii. Steve Jobs was an asset to this country, and a tech genius.
iii. All Syrians will be assets to this country, and will be tech geniuses (by i, ii).
iv. Everyone claiming to be a Syrian refugee is a Syrian refugee.
v. We should let everyone claiming to be a Syrian refugee freely enter this country, which they will immeasurably improve with their smartphone enhancements (by iii, iv).

QED.

Posted by: Tom Friedman at January 29, 2017 10:58 AM (rH4JY)

238 Here it is in Lisp

(defun sin (thing-you-have sin)
(let ((it thing-you-have))
(concatenate 'string
"I want "
(if (= sin 'Jealousy)
"to have "
;; else sin = 'Envy
"you to lose ")
"the "
thing-you-have)))

Posted by: bob at January 29, 2017 10:59 AM (2Oe01)

239 "willingly"
I know that psychological tricks and drugs have also been tried in history. They seem to me to be less honest and in some ways worse than torture.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 10:54 AM (Om16U)

I've heard that one way to get someone talking is to shoot them up with speed. They just won't stop talking, and the interrogator can get information out of a suspect like that.

Posted by: josephistan at January 29, 2017 10:59 AM (7qAYi)

240 Incidentally, Alexander was deeply religious and many believe he faked his death to escape the throne and to become, essentially, a monk.

He lived a very wild early life and it happens often that that kind of people become deeply spiritual later in life, regretting earlier excesses.

There's a great sequence involving Czar Alexander in the Forester book Commodore Hornblower by the way. If you haven't read that series, seriously, do so now. So much fun and so great to read heroism like that. Hornblower was a very major influence on Roddenberry's depiction of Captain Kirk.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 11:00 AM (39g3+)

241 #161: I'm pretty sure Tarkington would be a 'Ron, yes. I remember another book of his that was shared on the Book thread a while back, Penrod, about a little boy who was being mostly raised by his mother because his father was always away for work. She was trying to "tame" Penrod's masculinity out of him, and he rebelled against it any way he could.

So, Tarkington also predicted today's pussification epidemic.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler. Welcome to Trumpdome, bitch! at January 29, 2017 11:01 AM (0OG8D)

242 Tom Freidman on Meet the Press:

Steve Jobs biological father was Syrian!

*mic drop*

Posted by: Ignoramus

If this is supposed to be an "argument" for immigration, it is equivalent to the following: if Tom Friedman ever had a guest in his house who was of nationality X, he should be required by law to admit all people of nationality X into his house, whether he wants to or not.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 29, 2017 11:01 AM (rH4JY)

243 This is what gets me griped about the torture thing. American soldiers have been brainwashed by the North Koreans, tortured by the North Vietnamese, and beheaded by Islamists without much comment by our latter-day do-gooders.

I'll give you an example. PFC Matt Maupin was captured in the 2004 KBR convoy ambush. For four years, nothing was heard of him, though it was suspected he was alive after his capture. None of our "human-rights" groups clamored to see him or learn of his recreational, nutritional or religious needs under the Geneva convention. Nor did they seem to care what happened. His remains were discovered and returned to the US in 2008.

So while I don't want the US to do things so as to cast shame on itself, we owe our conduct to our own values and ideals, not the dictates of two-faced Transnational hypocrites.

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 29, 2017 11:02 AM (J8/9G)

244 If the flash mobs/organized protests continue today at the airport, I believe it is time to deploy the national guard to the airports to restore order and detain people.

Not yet. Like the idea of total war, we need the public to become so sick of protest that it is hounded out of the public arena. Portland, Oregon, one of the most leftist places on earth, became so sick of bridges, highways, and roads being blocked by people breaking and burning things that even the extremist lefty homosexual (and twink afficianado) mayor ordered the cops to bust down on it and prevent blockages.

People need to be reduced to the point they are heartily sick of this crap so they won't listen to or care what the protesters say or do.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 11:02 AM (39g3+)

245 v. We should let everyone claiming to be a Syrian refugee freely enter this country, which they will immeasurably improve with their smartphone enhancements

In fairness to Friedman, the odds that a random Syrian immigrant would do a better job running Apple than Tim Cook are not all that bad.

#GiveUsBackOurEscapeKey

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at January 29, 2017 11:03 AM (4bKiB)

246 "Tom Freidman on Meet the Press: "

As Bugs Bunny would say. "What a Maroon!"

Posted by: Tuna at January 29, 2017 11:03 AM (JSovD)

247 #215: He has! I fondly remember his children's book, Charlie and the Festive Holiday Jerksock.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler. Welcome to Trumpdome, bitch! at January 29, 2017 11:03 AM (0OG8D)

248 Of course, my last made use of the two namespaces Common Lisp makes available.

To avoid using the same symbol to specify both "the sin in question", and "the function to specify which type of sin a sin is", here:

(defun which-sin (thing-you-have sin)
(let ((it thing-you-have))
(concatenate 'string
"I want "
(if (= sin 'Jealousy)
"to have "
;; else sin = 'Envy
"you to lose ")
"the "
thing-you-have)))

Posted by: bob at January 29, 2017 11:03 AM (2Oe01)

249 About the Thomas Aquinas quote-

John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist moment has a quotation a quotation in which he claims to be a man of one book. In commenting on this Thomas Jay Oord in na article entitled "John Wesley and the Bible" (Jan 28, 2011) that Wesley said with "latin flair" that he was "homo unius libri." But Wesley was wildly read and scolded his ministers who read only one book as exhibiting "rank enthusiasm" which the Wesley scholar Randy Maddox notes is like calling someone today a "raving religious lunatic."

For Wesley Scripture was of the first importance, but not the only book of importance.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 29, 2017 11:04 AM (fDdVG)

250 The Horatio Hornblower series is one of several groups of books I keep going back to and reading over and over every few years.

The Fafhrd and Gray Mouser books are another set.
So are the Sharpes books by Bernard Cornwell.
And the entire "Sackett saga" by Louis L'Amour.
And of course Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin sea novels.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 11:04 AM (39g3+)

251 You can turn around the Tom Friedman argument to mourn the loss of all the geniuses who instead wound up aborted. Obama and Jobs came close, no?

It's the same logical fallacy.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 29, 2017 11:04 AM (bQxkN)

252 Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, the chamber's senior Republican, asked
Trump to modify his order, noting that many of his Mormon ancestors were
refugees from religious persecution.

===

Well. The GOP assholery has officially begun.

The interesting thing to meis that I believe that the majority of Mormon 'persecution' historically came from the US Government.

Is this the parallel you really want to draw , Orrin?

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 29, 2017 11:05 AM (Gv7El)

253 Syrians have created new smartphone devices called IEDs. Maybe Freidman should get one.

Posted by: Roy at January 29, 2017 11:05 AM (fWLrt)

254 237 Tom Freidman on Meet the Press:
Steve Jobs biological father was Syrian!
*mic drop*
Posted by: Ignoramus

I don't understand why someone just doesn't say to him, "Tom, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 11:05 AM (BWT7V)

255 It's inexplicable how millions of black and brown people from all over the world are motivated to come to this country, legally or not, the illegal ones very often risking life and limb to do so, as the lefties praise them for doing and insist we take in every one, and yet we are a racist, bigoted country that targets people of color for destruction the minute they step out their front door every morning. Can the BLM and the no-human-being-is-illegal factions get it reconciled? Because those two things cannot both be true.

Posted by: B. Kliban at January 29, 2017 11:06 AM (dargh)

256 Kodos,that reminds me, where the hell was the ACLU when the rights of Americans were being trampled on by Obama's IRS, or being forced to bake cakes against their religion, etc.

But a couple of foreigners get their visas revoked and omg ACLU defcon 1

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 11:06 AM (Om16U)

257 Tom Freidman on Meet the Press:

Steve Jobs biological father was Syrian!

*mic drop*

Posted by: Ignoramus

And what can we deduce from that??

i. Steve Jobs father was a Syrian
ii. Steve Jobs was an asset to this country, and a tech genius.
iii. All Syrians will be assets to this country, and will be tech geniuses (by i, ii).
iv. Everyone claiming to be a Syrian refugee is a Syrian refugee.
v. We should let everyone claiming to be a Syrian refugee freely enter this country, which they will immeasurably improve with their smartphone enhancements (by iii, iv).

QED.
Posted by: Tom Friedman at January 29, 2017 10:58 AM (rH4JY)

Reverse engineering this logic might be more accurate:

Steve Jobs' dad: Syrian
Syrians: terrorists
Everything Apple does: In service of terrorism
Apple must be destroyed

Posted by: BurtTC at January 29, 2017 11:06 AM (Pz4pT)

258 people still watch Upchuck Todd, Piss Wallace, Georgie Snuffleupagus? Mindless drivel uttered by imbeciles. I prefer the 24 hours of Daytona. Plus I was a good boy and went to church this morning. Much better for my blood pressure.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 29, 2017 11:06 AM (KP5rU)

259 (defun sin (thing-you-have sin)
(let ((it thing-you-have))
(concatenate 'string
"I want "
(if (= sin 'Jealousy)
"to have "
;; else sin = 'Envy
"you to lose ")
"the "
thing-you-have)))

Posted by: bob

Wait, can the function name "sin" be the same as the parameter name? Maybe change the name to (defun make-sin-definition ...).

Are you some MIT AI guy? Lisp isn't that widely used, afaik, although it is fun.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 29, 2017 11:07 AM (rH4JY)

260 My town library keeps the bathroom locked now, and you have to ask for the key. Not sure why.
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 10:20 AM (Om16U)

Yup....public restrooms in most libraries are perfect habitats for Bum's Nests and Urban Outdoorsmen's sink baths so most places I have been to lock them up to see who is coming and going.

Winos, on the other hand, tend to use the old tree/bush routine and eschew bathing.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 29, 2017 11:08 AM (5VlCp)

261 It's Soros.

All the way down.

Our lefties are not that well-funded, not that committed and not that organized.

Apparently Hillary was tweeting support for the protesters last night.

it's alive

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 29, 2017 11:08 AM (Gv7El)

262 For Wesley Scripture was of the first importance, but not the only book of importance.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 29, 2017 11:04 AM (fDdVG)

He was highly educated and very well-read. My favorite Wesley story is when some heckler in the crowd he was preaching to shouted at him "God can do without your education!" Wesley shot back "And God can do without your ignorance."

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 11:08 AM (BWT7V)

263 Or, actually, using the Format DSL,

(defun which-sin (thing-you-have sin)
(format nil "I want ~a the ~a."
(if (= sin 'Jealousy)
"to have "
;; else sin = 'Envy
"you to lose ")
thing-you-have))

Posted by: bob at January 29, 2017 11:09 AM (2Oe01)

264 @248 beat me to it.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 29, 2017 11:09 AM (rH4JY)

265 Steve Jobs father was a syrian but Jobs ignored the subject and had no interest in it whatsoever. Unusual because he was an opinionated SOB

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at January 29, 2017 11:09 AM (U0lQa)

266 *looks at that library*

I need a bigger house and more books. Wow.

Wrote about a thousand words already this morning.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 29, 2017 11:09 AM (FLvhi)

267 if Tom Friedman ever had a guest in his house who was of nationality X, he should be required by law to admit all people of nationality X into his house, whether he wants to or not.

==

I remember M. Scott Peck writing about one of his patients. Her mental illness, he said, was such that she could not discriminate in how she treated men. Either she barred them all from her life or she invited them all into her bed.

The Left is basically mentally ill.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 11:10 AM (Om16U)

268 I've heard that one way to get someone talking is to
shoot them up with speed. They just won't stop talking, and the
interrogator can get information out of a suspect like that.
Posted by: josephistan at January 29, 2017 10:59 AM (7qAYi)

That or they won't stop trying to hump your leg and disassemble the chair and any other equipment they can reach,

Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2017 11:10 AM (BVxQW)

269 If I only had one book, my home would be a lot neater. ;^) However, what I am reading now is an excellent good called "Marriage As A Path To Holiness"-Lives of Married Saints-which is a reissue of a book David and Mary Ford-two Orthodox theologians. It has Saints for each month based on their feast day and talks about their loves of humility love and service. It also contains-in the introduction one quote which I particularly liked, "The joint prayer of husband and wife is very powerful" which doesn't mean that a couple shouldn't pray separately but that joint prayer is very important.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 29, 2017 11:10 AM (fDdVG)

270 261: A criminal investigation will curtail the Beasts' twitter drivel considerably.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 29, 2017 11:10 AM (KP5rU)

271 I watch the Sunday programs because it's a good window into the Other Side. Also for shits and giggles.

Kellyanne has become quite the mongoose to the Sunday morning snakes.

"Mongoose are adept at killing snakes due to their agility, thick coats, and specialized acetylcholine receptors that render them resistant or immune to snake venom."

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 29, 2017 11:10 AM (bQxkN)

272 Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, the chamber's senior Republican, asked
Trump to modify his order, noting that many of his Mormon ancestors were
refugees from religious persecution.

===

Well. The GOP assholery has officially begun.

The interesting thing to meis that I believe that the majority of Mormon 'persecution' historically came from the US Government.

Is this the parallel you really want to draw , Orrin?
Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 29, 2017 11:05 AM (Gv7El)

Mormons also have a history of not very friendly way of shutting up non-believers. You know, murder, mayhem... terrorism.

So yeah... to where do we deport the Mormons?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 29, 2017 11:10 AM (Pz4pT)

273 I finished Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith and quite liked it. It is much better than the movie which, among other faults, completely ignores the twist at the end of the novel and ignores the many ironies of the novel. Granted, the twist does strain the willingness to suspend disbelieve but the mystery is not the main attribute of the novel. The novel is the story of how a Soviet security policeman in 1953 grows from a true believing communist thug operating on an ends/means justification grows into a real person and the novel reveals the extent to which paranoia inspired by the Soviet reign of terror enters into every aspect of life.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 29, 2017 11:11 AM (Nwg0u)

274 Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 11:08 AM (BWT7V)

Yes; I did know that he was highly educated and well read. I didn't know that particular quote, but I like it :^) and certainly Wesley was quick on his feet because he was heckled a lot during his outdoor preaching and sometimes attacked.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 29, 2017 11:12 AM (fDdVG)

275 Our lefties are not that well-funded, not that committed and not that organized.

===

wrong on 3 counts. if it weren't for Soros it'd just be someone else. Or the .gov

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at January 29, 2017 11:12 AM (U0lQa)

276 I am not an MIT guy, but I have walked the Infinite Corridor hundreds of times.

Common Lisp is a Lisp-2, in which functions have a separate namespace.

Lisp is the best. Haskell is almost as good.

Posted by: bob at January 29, 2017 11:12 AM (2Oe01)

277 272: Isn't Utah bad enough?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 29, 2017 11:13 AM (KP5rU)

278 There's an "Odd Thomas" movie on Netflix, starring the late Anton Yelchin (Chekov from the new Star Trek). I enjoyed it, it had the feel of being a set up to an Odd Thomas series, but with Yelchin's untimely death that may not happen.
Posted by: josephistan at January 29, 2017 10:31 AM (7qAYi)

---
Yeah I really enjoyed the movie as well. Too bad it didn't do well.

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 29, 2017 11:14 AM (6n332)

279 nice WOPR! I will linknher in my next blog around.
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 10:02 AM (Om16U)

Thanks!

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at January 29, 2017 11:14 AM (J70i0)

280 Customs Agents tell judge - You're not the boss of me. [Drudge]

Wonderful!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 29, 2017 11:14 AM (JO9+V)

281 Answers to questions nobody is asking:
I'm reading Bones of the Lost by Kathy Reichs, which is in her Temperance Brennan series. That series formed the basis of the television series Bones.

I enjoy the books as escapist reading. I don't know how many I've read but I'm guessing a half dozen or series.
I binge watched Bones for a while but have dropped it.
It has turned into a mediocre or poorer soap opera. As soap operas go Bones is no Downton Abbey.
The character of Temperance Brennan has become ridiculous in her over the top intellectual brilliance combined with social retardation.
And I can't stand the central character of Angela--the artist. She's position as the spiritual heart of the team and that irritates.

There you go, answers no one has asked for.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 29, 2017 11:15 AM (nBr1j)

282 I strongly recommend the book "Reforming Marriage" by Douglas Wilson for all married couples. And if you're not married, it can be a tremendous help understanding the role of marriage, and of men and women outside marriage as well.

Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, the chamber's senior Republican, asked Trump to modify his order, noting that many of his Mormon ancestors were refugees from religious persecution.

Yeah I wouldn't go there if I were him, it will bring scrutiny upon history that the LDS is best leaving behind. In its early days, the Mormons had some very black marks on their record that caused their treatment. They did a lot of good as well, so as usual its a mixed bag, but I'm not going to pretend the Roman Catholic Church didn't do some ghastly stuff in the past, just because it did a lot of good at the time, too.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 11:15 AM (39g3+)

283 Isn't Utah bad enough?
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 29, 2017 11:13 AM (KP5rU)

I love Utah. Amazing, unusual, fascinating landscrape. When the time comes, I'm probably going to move there. I've considered upstate Arizona, but in lots of ways, same difference.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 29, 2017 11:15 AM (Pz4pT)

284 Child 44 is a great book.
I didn't finish his other book that I tried, though.

The movie Citizen X, about that serial killer, is pretty good and I think it may be free on Amazon Prime.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 11:16 AM (Om16U)

285 Lisp is the best. Haskell is almost as good.

Posted by: bob at January 29, 2017 11:12 AM (2Oe01)

Why, that is a lovely outfit you are wearing Mr. Bob!

Posted by: Eddie Haskell at January 29, 2017 11:16 AM (JO9+V)

286
Well, I'll be. I didn't know this until I just saw it on the sidebar. Mike Connors, Mannix, died Thursday, age 91.

MeTV started running Mannix at the start of the year and I'd been enjoying it.

He was about the toughest tough-guy detective. He'd get the crap beaten out of him every episode just about (not to mention getting shot at or shot in the shoulder, in his car most of the time), and that proved there's nothing to this concussion stuff. He got hit on the head and knocked out cold at least once a week, maybe more for 8 seasons and didn't get brain damage.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at January 29, 2017 11:17 AM (DW+jj)

287
There you go, answers no one has asked for.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 29, 2017 11:15 AM (nBr1j)

Au contraire, Oregon Muse did ask, at the end of today's post.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 11:18 AM (Om16U)

288 From Drudge: "Seattle approves safe sites for addicts to inject drugs"

I guess the libraries got tired of giving out the key to the bathroom.

Posted by: cool breeze at January 29, 2017 11:18 AM (StZrq)

289 287
There you go, answers no one has asked for.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 29, 2017 11:15 AM (nBr1j)

Au contraire, Oregon Muse did ask, at the end of today's post.
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 11:18 AM (Om16U)

There you go. It's always good to read the entire post.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 29, 2017 11:19 AM (nBr1j)

290 270 261: Shouldn't the Obamas have weighed in by now? I thought this issue would have been The One they've been waiting for.

280: And looking at Drudge, maybe Trump's gonna win the PR war here after all:

Trump: Yeah, we detained a couple of dozen people
Left: We shut down JFK! Yeeeeargh!

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at January 29, 2017 11:19 AM (4bKiB)

291 I read "Forbidden Thoughts" last night. It was quite good, and there were several stories that will be with me for quite a while. Milo's introduction was excellent. A good read, and a good value.

Posted by: roadgeek at January 29, 2017 11:19 AM (lBDoV)

292 MeTV started running Mannix at the start of the year and I'd been enjoying it.

He was about the toughest tough-guy detective. He'd get the crap beaten out of him every episode just about (not to mention getting shot at or shot in the shoulder, in his car most of the time), and that proved there's nothing to this concussion stuff. He got hit on the head and knocked out cold at least once a week, maybe more for 8 seasons and didn't get brain damage.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at January 29, 2017 11:17 AM (DW+jj)

So the science is settled.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 29, 2017 11:20 AM (Pz4pT)

293 Wow, never thought I'd give a shout out to DHS but...shocked, I am!
Remove space
http://www.weaselzippers.us/ 322151-dhs-less-than-one-percent-of-international-air-travelers-were-inconvenienced/

Posted by: lindafell no longer in de spair at January 29, 2017 11:20 AM (JNDQi)

294 School District library gives away any books not checked out in 5 years. Kids are so dumb.

Posted by: Igotnothing at January 29, 2017 11:21 AM (FQJsJ)

295 I think the majority of Americans are with Trump on this ine.The Left is doing themselves no favors with their unhinged behavior.He sure knows how to push them over the line into nuts(it's a short trip).

Posted by: steevy at January 29, 2017 11:21 AM (r/0kC)

296 "The left now has a narrative for life, the universe and everything."

It's 41!

Posted by: missed it by this much at January 29, 2017 11:21 AM (BO/km)

297 Finished listening to "Hell Divers" by Nicholas S. Smith., the first in a trilogy with a bit of a steam punk vibe about the last survivors of WWIll circling a destroyed earth in nuclear powered helium airships. It's wasn't a cheery listen but it keep me peddling, walking and rowing while at the gym. I'll probably go for the next in the series when it comes out this summer. Lots of questions about the nuclear apocalypse that need answering and some clues left by the author that there is a lot more to the conflict than the survivors remember.

I started listening to "Orphan X" by Gregg Hurwitz this week. This one makes me want to pick up the book and read it in between exercise sessions. So far I've resisted as I don't want to waste the Audible credit I paid for it. I saw that the second in this series just came out. Oy! I'm in the middle of so many series I'm having trouble keeping track of them. This one seems like a winner. I've not read any of the Jack Reacher books but from what's been written about them by others on this thread I get the feeling Evan Smoak(Orphan X) is the same type of hero.

Posted by: Tuna at January 29, 2017 11:22 AM (JSovD)

298 Chuck Todd is reminiscing with Tom Brokaw about how the press brought down Nixon. I couldn't make this up

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 29, 2017 11:23 AM (bQxkN)

299 completely OT

Kid the younger got third at her karate tournament yesterday

not bad as the tournament favored open/creative forms ( flips, acrobatic, etc) and KTY's school does very traditional forms only

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 11:24 AM (Om16U)

300 "I think the majority of Americans are with Trump on this ine.The Left is doing themselves no favors with their unhinged behavior.He sure knows how to push them over the line into nuts(it's a short trip)."

I sent a message of support to the president via the White House web site. I intend to make this a weekly habit. Also wouldn't hurt to send messages to your Senators and congressscitters. They need the backbone.

Posted by: Tuna at January 29, 2017 11:24 AM (JSovD)

301 Is Cornwell's Last Kingdom series good?

I'm a big fan of the Aubrey/Maturin novels

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 29, 2017 11:25 AM (bQxkN)

302 Nazi spies were in New York pretending to be refugees.

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What? That could never happen! CBS News just told me that not 15 minutes ago.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 29, 2017 11:27 AM (Nwg0u)

303 266
Anna,

When is the sequel to "Golden Isis" coming out?

Posted by: Tuna at January 29, 2017 11:27 AM (JSovD)

304 298; I thought Blowchow was in an assisted living facility? Todd belongs in a psychiatric ward. He needs a heavy lithium drip.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 29, 2017 11:28 AM (KP5rU)

305 How many people would have to tell the left to FOAD before they start paying attention to the message.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 29, 2017 11:28 AM (nBr1j)

306 285 Lisp is the best. Haskell is almost as good.
Posted by: bob at January 29, 2017 11:12 AM (2Oe01)

Was that what that was? A language? All I saw was lots of incredibly stupid parentheses...

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 11:29 AM (BWT7V)

307 301

Are you talking about the Saxon Tales series? If so, yes, it is most excellent.

Posted by: Tuna at January 29, 2017 11:29 AM (JSovD)

308 Kid the younger got third at her karate tournament yesterday

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Awesome, votermom, congrats!

Karate teaches excellent skills such as balance, coordination and the proper, very effective application of focused violence.

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 29, 2017 11:29 AM (Gv7El)

309 It's wasn't a cheery listen but it keep me peddling, walking and rowing while at the gym.

What were you selling at the gym?

Posted by: rickl at January 29, 2017 11:29 AM (sdi6R)

310 I knew Trump was going to be fun and exciting. God gave us the right man at the right time to be president.

This is going to be a wild ride.

Posted by: Soona at January 29, 2017 11:31 AM (Fmupd)

311 #306: Yeah, I was about to order someone to report to The Barrel, but then I figured out that the comment was supposed to look like that, so I let it slide.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler. Welcome to Trumpdome, bitch! at January 29, 2017 11:31 AM (0OG8D)

312 Hey, you know what they're not talking about any more? Russian hacking.

I swear the MSM is like a pack of mindless dogs. And Trump is just standing there occasionally throwing in a bone or a chunk of meat, and they're all chasing it around.

They have *no idea* how to deal with him. No idea whatsoever.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 11:31 AM (BWT7V)

313 "It's wasn't a cheery listen but it keep me peddling, walking and rowing while at the gym. "

I could blame auto correct but I'll just admit I was wasn't paying attention and spelled pedaling wrong myself.

Posted by: Tuna at January 29, 2017 11:32 AM (JSovD)

314 189 Check out the Marcus Didius Falco series from British author Lindsey Davis. It concerns a private informer(investigator) in Rome around 70AD with a healthy dollop of romance. The first couple of books are a bit of a slog but the writing becomes breezier as the series progresses. I like to be transported to other places and these deliver. I get the same sort of satisfaction as from Hornblower.
Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at January 29, 2017 10:36 AM (aBDYc)

I second the Marcus Didius Falco series, great books

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 29, 2017 11:32 AM (dKiJG)

315
www.monroestpress.com
Posted by: Secret Square at January 29, 2017 10:54 AM (qw3H
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SS, I am so jazzed you are doing this. I have wanted to read some edisonades after dipping my toe in Joe R Lansdales weirder steampunk experiments.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 11:33 AM (EnKk6)

316 I could use a beta-reader/proofreader for WA Book 12, if anyone is interested.

Posted by: V the K at January 29, 2017 11:33 AM (jn7FC)

317 Why, that is a lovely outfit you are wearing Mr. Bob!

Posted by: Eddie Haskell

Haskell was actually the first name of the person for which it was named: Haskell Curry.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 29, 2017 11:34 AM (rH4JY)

318
wrong on 3 counts. if it weren't for Soros it'd just be someone else. Or the .gov

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands

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But it wouldn't the typical American leftweed. They are neurotic and yell a lot on Twitter but they know where their bread is buttered. They wouldn't leave the coffeehouse or mom's basement without a Soros promised paycheck.

Soros is fomenting the rebellion. Sedition.

With the support of the MSM propaganda machine , ACLU CAIR, Hillary and other enemies of America.

Take away Soros and you take away their motivation.

RICO. Finish Her! and everyone with her.

That's my point.

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 29, 2017 11:35 AM (Gv7El)

319 Gateway Pundit is reporting it as pussyhat.com got hacked by someone redirecting traffic to the Trump W.H. site.

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I'm not saying it was the Russkies but it was the Russkies.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 29, 2017 11:35 AM (Nwg0u)

320 Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, the chamber's senior Republican, asked
Trump to modify his order, noting that many of his Mormon ancestors were
refugees from religious persecution.
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Well. The GOP assholery has officially begun.
The interesting thing to meis that I believe that the majority of Mormon 'persecution' historically came from the US Government.
Is this the parallel you really want to draw , Orrin?
Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 29, 2017 11:05 AM (Gv7El)
Mormons also have a history of not very friendly way of shutting up non-believers. You know, murder, mayhem... terrorism.
So yeah... to where do we deport the Mormons?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 29, 2017 11:10 AM (Pz4pT)

Someone tell Orin the Arlen Specter store called and they want him back.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 29, 2017 11:35 AM (5VlCp)

321 312

Mindless squirrels

Posted by: A deplorable dude in MI at January 29, 2017 11:36 AM (qXXGi)

322 Fauxcahontas was at one, ranting and raving with a bull horn.

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Doesn't surprise me. They use every part of the buffalo.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 29, 2017 11:37 AM (Nwg0u)

323 With the support of the MSM propaganda machine , ACLU CAIR, Hillary and other enemies of America.

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AKA organization

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at January 29, 2017 11:37 AM (U0lQa)

324 Oscars this year will be all about Trump, as there are plenty of black nominees this year.

An Iranian film is up for Best Foreign Film. Will it come into Oscar play?

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 29, 2017 11:38 AM (bQxkN)

325 Doesn't surprise me. They use every part of the buffalo.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
==

*coffee spew*

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 29, 2017 11:38 AM (Gv7El)

326 The Fafhrd and Gray Mouser books are another set.
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Love them.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 11:38 AM (EnKk6)

327
AKA organization

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands

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AKA Soros.

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 29, 2017 11:38 AM (Gv7El)

328 Obviously, those dummies protesting at the airports have zero concept of the power and technologies the USA.

Smile for the cameras bitchez.

Posted by: Ed Snowden at January 29, 2017 11:38 AM (B9BVe)

329 So, it was no big deal when Obama ignored judges but now it's a BFD when customs ignores a Brooklyn judge?? Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!

Posted by: lindafell no longer in de spair at January 29, 2017 11:39 AM (JNDQi)

330 322 Fauxcahontas was at one, ranting and raving with a bull horn.

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Doesn't surprise me. They use every part of the buffalo.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 29, 2017 11:37 AM (Nwg0u)

From the morning thread:

"My people made bullhorns using actual bull."

Posted by: rickl at January 29, 2017 11:39 AM (sdi6R)

331 "Chuck Todd is reminiscing with Tom Brokaw about how the press brought down Nixon. I couldn't make this up"

Those poor sclubs still have no idea what they are up against. LOL.

Can't wait to see what our wonderful president has in store for us tomorrow.

I'm thinking Rush is glad he signed a new contract as he hasn't had so much fun dinging the drive bys in years.

Posted by: Tuna at January 29, 2017 11:40 AM (JSovD)

332 if it weren't for Soros it'd just be someone else. Or the .gov

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands

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So never prosecute the source of crime because someone else will always commit it?

I'm just not that fatalistic , I suppose.

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 29, 2017 11:40 AM (Gv7El)

333 @161 / 241

I loved reading Penrod when I was a youngster. I made sure both my boys read it when they were little fritters as well.

They took to it like a ducks to water.

Of course it aged my bride something fierce....something something about a boy's locker room.

Posted by: browndog at January 29, 2017 11:41 AM (ccfl2)

334 I knew Trump was going to be fun and exciting. God gave us the right man at the right time to be president.

This is going to be a wild ride.

Posted by: Soona

We've been losing for years by electing career politicians. We took a gamble electing someone 1) who would not be as tempted by bribes, being a billionaire 2) who is not a career politician, and thus might have different instincts, habits, values.

Looks like the gamble is paying off so far. Fingers crossed.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 29, 2017 11:41 AM (rH4JY)

335 its not just Soros. Convenient target, like whoever is running AlQ or ISIS but it'd still go on without him. Their institutions have been around far longer than he. Their financial streuctures as well.

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at January 29, 2017 11:41 AM (U0lQa)

336 Orrin Hatch needs to go to a larger collar size and looser knots on his ties. He's been cutting off blood and oxygen flow to his brain for decades.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 29, 2017 11:41 AM (JO9+V)

337 @322 I laughed. Good one. Another one free?

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 29, 2017 11:42 AM (bQxkN)

338 I have sabers in my bookshelf, on the high shelves that I can't reach books out of easily.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2017 10:21 AM

Can I sugest getting a halberd, it would help to hook a book or calvary man off a high shelf or horse.

Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2017 11:42 AM (0AwCy)

339 "324 Oscars this year will be all about Trump, as there are plenty of black nominees this year.

An Iranian film is up for Best Foreign Film. Will it come into Oscar play? "

Ace absolutely needs a special thread on Oscar night. It will be so much fun. Another Moron suggested a drinking thread but we need a trigger. Ace needs to figure that one out.

Posted by: Tuna at January 29, 2017 11:43 AM (JSovD)

340 So never prosecute the source of crime because someone else will always commit it?

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sure, if you want to put words in my mouth. I'm saying there's a much larger picture.

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at January 29, 2017 11:43 AM (U0lQa)

341 Giddy up fascists! Mr. Toad's Wild Ride has officially begun!

Hint: Reserve your energies. The next four years will spend and exhaust you.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at January 29, 2017 11:44 AM (nQ10o)

342 IIRC, Steve Jobs was an orphan who was given up for adoption as an infant. He was adopted and lovingly raised by an American family. Very late in his life he met with, but did not reconcile with his biological father. What possible bearing could a country, culture and religion that was not part of his life in any manner at all have to do with what he made of himself?

Posted by: Western Slope Mope at January 29, 2017 11:44 AM (WrMht)

343 The ACLU is massively funded by Soros's Open Society Foundations, including with a $50 million grant in 2014.
The National Immigration Law Center has received numerous Open Society grants earmarked for general support.
The Urban Justice Center is also the recipient of an Open Society grant.
Taryn Higashi, executive director of the Center's International Refugee Assistance Project, which is listed on the Trump lawsuit, currently serves on the Advisory Board of the International Migration Initiative of Soros's Open Society Foundations.
Reportedly, open-borders advocate Soros has provided some $76 million for immigrant issues over the past decade, as Soros-funded "immigrant rights groups" helped influence President Obama's immigration policy.

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But you know, "Russians Haxxxed US!!11!!".

Unreal.

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 29, 2017 11:44 AM (Gv7El)

344 Haskell was actually the first name of the person for which it was named: Haskell Curry.

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Curry (non food usage) is one of those words i only know how to use one way. To curry favor.

Are there any other words that can follow curry?

Posted by: Ned Stark at January 29, 2017 11:44 AM (PqqkK)

345 off traitor sock

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at January 29, 2017 11:44 AM (PqqkK)

346 With the support of the MSM propaganda machine , ACLU CAIR, Hillary and other enemies of America.

Holy crap, I first misread that as "enemas of America" and almost did a spit take of coffee onto my monitor.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 11:45 AM (BWT7V)

347 If anyone ever goes after Soros, though, it would be our guy.

It wouldn't surprise me if he does.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 29, 2017 11:46 AM (4ErVI)

348 sure, if you want to put words in my mouth. I'm saying there's a much larger picture.

Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands

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Just returning the favor.

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 29, 2017 11:46 AM (Gv7El)

349 Lisp is the best. Haskell is almost as good.
Posted by: bob at January 29, 2017 11:12 AM (2Oe01)

Was that what that was? A language? All I saw was lots of incredibly stupid parentheses...

Posted by: OregonMuse

Yes. If you're a hobbyist (like me) you should download the Glasgow Haskell Compiler (free) and Hal Daume III Yet Another Haskell Tutorial (free pdf).

It's not a "normal" procedural language like C, so there will be a learning curve.

And I warn you, learning Monads will melt your brain until it runs out of your ears.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 29, 2017 11:46 AM (rH4JY)

350 "285 Lisp is the best. Haskell is almost as good.

Posted by: bob at January 29, 2017 11:12 AM (2Oe01)

Why, that is a lovely outfit you are wearing Mr. Bob!"

I'm known for my Curry!

Posted by: bob at January 29, 2017 11:47 AM (2Oe01)

351 Glasgow Haskell was such a scamp in Leave it to Beaver.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 29, 2017 11:47 AM (4ErVI)

352 333 @161 / 241

I loved reading Penrod when I was a youngster. I made sure both my boys read it when they were little fritters as well.

They took to it like a ducks to water.

Of course it aged my bride something fierce....something something about a boy's locker room.
Posted by: browndog at January 29, 2017 11:41 AM (ccfl2)

The next book, "Penrod and Sam" is also very funny and charming. You get such a great view of middle class America in the teens and twenties.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at January 29, 2017 11:47 AM (nQ10o)

353 275
if it weren't for Soros it'd just be someone else.
Posted by: Bigby's Typing Hands at January 29, 2017 11:12 AM (U0lQa)

Actually, that's pretty much what Soros himself said about selling the possessions of Jews who were sent to the camps.

If you already knew that, ISWYDT.

Posted by: rickl at January 29, 2017 11:47 AM (sdi6R)

354 He got hit on the head and knocked out cold at least once a week, maybe more for 8 seasons and didn't get brain damage.

Rockford regularly got the stuffing beat out of him without serious injury as well

It became kind of a cliche with the private eye getting shot or clubbed down, satirized well in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid with Steve Martin. Great, fun movie if you have not seen it.

When it happened once in a while in Marlowe or Hammett's books, it was part of the job, but it sort of became a standard bit for PI stories and was overdone after a while.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 11:48 AM (39g3+)

355 Today is another banner day! We'll trespass & hang a biodegradable 'Resist!' banner! Live in fear Drumpf fascists!

Posted by: Green POS at January 29, 2017 11:48 AM (bc2Lc)

356 The Beaver is dead?

Posted by: June Cleaver at January 29, 2017 11:49 AM (Tyii7)

357 I'd like to see two tweets today from Trump:

"Big news, Huge. Chose Dick Cheney for SCOTUS"

"Meant someone else. Twitter spellcheck error. brb"

Posted by: Roy at January 29, 2017 11:49 AM (fWLrt)

358 Eddie Haskell is dead?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 29, 2017 11:50 AM (TRzoP)

359 Lemon curry?

Posted by: missed it by this much at January 29, 2017 11:50 AM (BO/km)

360 Breaking! Congressional Oversight Committee orders all emails to be handed over by Feb 10th.

https://i.redd.it/m9lb34bvsncy.png

Posted by: Pepe, sign the damn National Divorce Papers! at January 29, 2017 11:50 AM (B9BVe)

361 Are there any other words that can follow curry?

Endives?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 11:50 AM (39g3+)

362 Thanks Mortimer!

She's supposed to be my bodyguard in my old age.
(joke because she's always been very tiny and innocent looking)

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 11:50 AM (Om16U)

363 341 Giddy up fascists! Mr. Toad's Wild Ride has officially begun!

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at January 29, 2017 11:44 AM (nQ10o)

It's going to be yuuuge. Just like my car. It's classy and luxurious. Hop in. Goes real fast, too, let me tell you. It's the best ever. With me, it's always pedal to the medal, full speed ahead. Ask anybody.

Look, there's F. Chuck Todd standing there on the side of the road. Let me show you this little maneuver I call the brush-back pitch. I think you're going to love it. Just love it.

Posted by: Mr. Toad at January 29, 2017 11:51 AM (BWT7V)

364 Are there any other words that can follow curry?

... for three! Count it!

Posted by: Roy at January 29, 2017 11:51 AM (fWLrt)

365 I like Dick Chaney as much as the next guy but I often wonder his prospects for a long life. Glad he's hanging in there.

Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2017 11:52 AM (0AwCy)

366 Can I sugest getting a halberd, it would help to hook a book or calvary man off a high shelf or horse.

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Trump's in charge. We're allowed back on our high horses.

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at January 29, 2017 11:52 AM (PqqkK)

367 KellyAnne said she ripped the media a new one today, but I looked and the same assholes are still there.

Posted by: Roy at January 29, 2017 11:53 AM (fWLrt)

368 If Trump goes after Soros, he's going to have to go after the whole family. They're all just as evil and anti-American as the old man is.

Posted by: Soona at January 29, 2017 11:54 AM (Fmupd)

369 When you curry a horse you aren't cooking it, you are combing it.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 11:54 AM (Om16U)

370 In the old days I may have let that go, but no longer. I now say, "No. I do not agree to that either."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 29, 2017 09:27 AM (NBHj5)

I can put his comment to immediate use.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at January 29, 2017 11:55 AM (nQ10o)

371 I loved the Mannix theme song. I just watched a video of it, and interspersed with all these quick cuts of tough guy Mannix there's one of him burning his fingers making toast. LOL

http://tinyurl.com/h6vdvab

Posted by: Gem at January 29, 2017 11:55 AM (uaHyk)

372 364 Are there any other words that can follow curry?

... for three! Count it!

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I can always count of the horde to inject me with knowings

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at January 29, 2017 11:55 AM (PqqkK)

373 The most notable takeaway from Hitchen's "waterboarding is torture" article is that even though he declared it torture, his first instinct after experiencing it once was something to the effect of "can I try that again".

His competitive spirit to beat KSM's supposed record surpassed any fear of discomfort or harm.

It's pretty obvious that he opposed it because that's the party line. Never in history have so many been so willing to voluntarily experience being "tortured".

Posted by: Sjg at January 29, 2017 11:55 AM (gDSJf)

374 Curry (non food usage) is one of those words i only know how to use one way. To curry favor.

Are there any other words that can follow curry?

Posted by: Ned Stark at January 29, 2017 11:44 AM (PqqkK)

You can curry a function, but curry still precedes the word. Bing "curry function".

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 29, 2017 11:55 AM (rH4JY)

375 OM, Thanks for another outstanding book thread. This one won't put too much of a strain on my book budget. (Mrs. JTB would laugh out loud at the idea that I have a book 'budget'.) But it will cost time as I now have to dig out my copies of "Penrod" and other Tarkington books for re-reading. Also, I have the first 8 books of the Saxon Tales on Kindle. (They were on sale some time back for 1.99 each.) With all the high recommendations for the series, I am now morally bound to start reading them.

Too bad I can't read while asleep. It would help me catch up.

Posted by: JTB at January 29, 2017 11:56 AM (V+03K)

376 I'm thinking of taking up painting! I'm a big imbiber of Natural Light! hic!

Posted by: Hillary Now! at January 29, 2017 11:56 AM (bc2Lc)

377 ... for three! Count it!

...named Science Advisor to the President.

Posted by: Geronimo Stilton at January 29, 2017 11:57 AM (4bKiB)

378 Le Nood peeps.

Posted by: Country Boy - Stay Deplorable My Friends at January 29, 2017 11:57 AM (Jcg9Q)

379 "342 IIRC, Steve Jobs was an orphan who was given up for adoption as an infant. He was adopted and lovingly raised by an American family. Very late in his life he met with, but did not reconcile with his biological father. What possible bearing could a country, culture and religion that was not part of his life in any manner at all have to do with what he made of himself?"

Nurture over nature. Being half Syrian had nothing to do with how his intellect developed.

Posted by: Tuna at January 29, 2017 11:57 AM (JSovD)

380 You can also curry beef, but they don't really appreciate that in India.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler. Welcome to Trumpdome, bitch! at January 29, 2017 11:57 AM (0OG8D)

381 316 I could use a beta-reader/proofreader for WA Book 12, if anyone is interested.

==

what is your book series again?

I borrowed some proofreading books to learn official symbols - wanna be a test case?

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 11:57 AM (Om16U)

382 The poorest argument against torture is the "you wouldn't want it done to you" one. Yeah, well I wouldn't want anyone to beat the crap out of me or throw me in jail, I wouldn't want someone to shoot me. Does that mean we ban jails, or ban soldiers shooting and beating up the enemy? There are a lot of things we need done in the world that are not personally pleasant to endure. That's kind of their point.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 11:58 AM (39g3+)

383 368
If Trump goes after Soros, he's going to have to go after the whole
family. They're all just as evil and anti-American as the old man is.

Posted by: Soona
==

The value of the Hillary's, Wiener's and the Wikileaks emails would be incredible evidence in a RICO case against Soros, CGI, Open Society Foundation's etc.

Would be smart of a defense attorney to attempt to discredit and suppress it.

Maybe by saying it was all obtained illegally. Like say by "Russian Hackers".

Posted by: Mortimer, Finish Her! at January 29, 2017 11:58 AM (Gv7El)

384 Those pants OM linked to at the top of the thread belong on Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack. Their existence is not a good thing.

Posted by: JTB at January 29, 2017 11:59 AM (V+03K)

385 Most tortures are about inflicting pain, or the fear of it. Waterboarding invokes panic over drowning, anoluntary bodily response. Not taking a position, just noting a difference.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 29, 2017 11:59 AM (bQxkN)

386 I also wonder when Soros will start arming these demonstrators. It will happen at this rate.

Posted by: Soona at January 29, 2017 12:00 PM (Fmupd)

387 an involuntary bodily response

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 29, 2017 12:00 PM (bQxkN)

388 >>>what is your book series again?

http://worldsapartbooks.com

Posted by: V the K at January 29, 2017 12:01 PM (jn7FC)

389 Contrary to popular leftist belief, torture does work.

Posted by: Soona at January 29, 2017 12:02 PM (Fmupd)

390 "344 Haskell was actually the first name of the person for which it was named: Haskell Curry.

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Curry (non food usage) is one of those words i only know how to use one way. To curry favor.

Are there any other words that can follow curry? "

To curry a function F that takes X parameters is to produce a function that has all but one of the parameters needed by F "built-in", and then takes one parameter, and returns a value. The intermediate functions are called "partial applications" of the function, and can be named or anonymously referred to.

In Haskell-ese

f :: Int -> Int -> Int -> Int -> Int
f a b c d = a + b + c + d
"F takes an Int (a), and returns a function that adds the result of
- an anonymous function that takes an Int (b), and returns a function that adds the result of
- an anonymous function that takes an Int (c), and returns a function that adds the result of
- an anonymous function that takes an Int (d) and returns d

So, we can easily paritally apply

fZ = f 1 20 300 x

which will be a function that returns the sum of 321 and x

Posted by: bob at January 29, 2017 12:03 PM (2Oe01)

391 Let's just say that torture can work, if done carefully, and for the right reasons.

Like Ace suggested years ago, I think it ought to be considered illegal but then if used in an extreme emergency or when absolutely needed, a court should give the perpetrators a pass.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 12:04 PM (39g3+)

392 Then I put her some knowledge re Tina Fey and SNL, and suggested that she base her politics on something more substantive than comedy skits, and later sent the Youtube link to the attendees.

Good times, good times.
Posted by: Jay Guevara, still deplorable at January 29, 2017 10:26 AM (V/hki)

Great story! Thank you for standing up to reason.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at January 29, 2017 12:05 PM (nQ10o)

393 curry a horse. With a curry-comb.

Posted by: Empire1 at January 29, 2017 12:08 PM (r2/3c)

394 I loved the Mannix theme song. I just watched a video of it, and interspersed with all these quick cuts of tough guy Mannix there's one of him burning his fingers making toast. LOL

http://tinyurl.com/h6vdvab

-
When I was a kid, I thought the clip of that of the chick in the park spinning and revealing her panties was hot. Now I see that they were just granny panties.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks. Laugh at a joke, get another joke free! at January 29, 2017 12:08 PM (Nwg0u)

395
http://worldsapartbooks.com

Posted by: V the K at January 29, 2017 12:01 PM (jn7FC)

It's not my preferred genre so I'd suck as a beta reader but I could try the proofreading bit

votermom at gmail

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 12:09 PM (Om16U)

396 Here it is in Lisp
(defun sin (thing-you-have sin)
(let ((it thing-you-have))
(concatenate 'string
"I want "
(if (= sin 'Jealousy)
"to have "
;; else sin = 'Envy
"you to lose ")
"the "
thing-you-have)))
Posted by: bob at January 29, 2017 10:59 AM (2Oe01)

Heh. I could've used you in the nerd thread yesterday.

Posted by: OregonMuse, deplorable since 2004 at January 29, 2017 12:09 PM (BWT7V)

397 "fZ = f 1 20 300 x"

And that is the crux of the biskit.

Posted by: Zombie fZ at January 29, 2017 12:14 PM (BO/km)

398 Muldoon - You're the FIRST person to make the connection about Angriff's name. Well done! I started Standing The Final Watch shortly after a 35% increase in health insurance thanks to Obamacare. It seemed like the right name at the time and time has proven me right.

The SPQR mysteries by John Maddox Roberts are incredibly well written funny and dead on accurate about Ancient Rome. Good stuff!

Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser - Fritz Leiber is one of my great influences. I'm writing my own series inspired by these. They are wonderful.

I'm finishing up The Last Panzer by Wolfgang Faust. It is billed as a novel...I doubt it. And it's a weird book, essentially one long battle, but somehow it works. Since it's on Kindle Unlimited I thought 'what the hell?' and it has been worth the read, even if a bit odd.

Thanks to all of you for making this place so awesome!

Posted by: William Alan Webb at January 29, 2017 12:15 PM (OhYcy)

399 The left now has a narrative for life, the universe and everything.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at January 29, 2017 10:29 AM (nQ10o)

Given to them by Karl Marx.

*****

Karl Marx' writings, to me, seem like an atheist musing about how many Engels can dance on the head of a pen.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2017 12:22 PM (wPiJc)

400 Muldoon, I knew that was your comment before I got to the nic

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 12:23 PM (Om16U)

401 296 "The left now has a narrative for life, the universe and everything."

It's 41!

42!

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at January 29, 2017 12:25 PM (nQ10o)

402 During my morning devotion time I am reading All Roads by Dale Ahlquist who is the president of the American Chesterton Society. This book is a series of short chapters of apologetic arguments for faith in general and the Roman Catholic Church in particular.

Ahlquist is a convert to Catholicism, as was Chesterton so the books arguments tend toward that audience. I am finding it very insightful and it gives me a lot to reflect on as I go about my daily duties. Chesterton had much to say about the trend towards the primacy of the State in all things. He was against it. You would never guess that he wrote all these things many decades ago as it sounds like an indictment of what's going on these days.

Ahlquist's book lays out Chesterton's wisdom in more modern language to make it accessable to the current reader. But it is also full of direct quotes such as, "The bridge between man and woman is the greatest engineering feat of mankind."

Sounds like the guy knew what he was taking about.

A true moron, if you will. I recommend it for Chesterton fans amount the horde or for anyone who might be looking for a book on Catholic Apologetics.

Posted by: Lily (formerly from HotAir now from AoSHQ) at January 29, 2017 12:26 PM (IKqEm)

403 "Curry Me Back To Ol' Virginny"

Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2017 12:26 PM (wPiJc)

404 Muldoon, I knew that was your comment before I got to the nic

*****

I'm nothing if not obvious.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2017 12:26 PM (wPiJc)

405 I feel trumped by this library. Sorry my pics stank. There was much yelling at kids to move things and try to fix the room. So, I was distracted. Plus it's not very large and tightly packed so it's not easy to get a representative shot.

But mostly I just suck at taking pictures.

Great library, Bob!

Posted by: Tantumblogo at January 29, 2017 12:28 PM (HFBqz)

406 I'll have to check out "Pussification". I've been talking about the topic for a couple of decades and the pace has accelerated. I suspect the author will find a bigger audience than the publisher expects.
Posted by: JTB at January 29, 2017 09:15 AM (V+03K)

I've looked for the link till my eyeballs are ready to fall out -- and I swear it was on Insty -- but this morning I read a piece about a "masculinity fraternity" (much like a Moose or Elk's club!) that's got membership going through the roof.

Posted by: RushBabe at January 29, 2017 12:30 PM (joFoi)

407 344 Curry (non food usage) is one of those words i only know how to use one way. To curry favor.
Are there any other words that can follow curry?
Posted by: Ned Stark at January 29, 2017 11:44 AM (PqqkK)

There was a passage in one of the Nero Wolfe books (Plot it Yourself, I think), in which several writers are coming to call on Wolfe. Wolfe has just finished a book written by one of them, and is putting the book back on the shelf. Archie Goodwin suggests that he leave the book out on his desk, since its author was going to be there. In response, Wolfe says something like "If he were not such a talented writer, he would be insufferable. Why curry him?"

Posted by: Splunge at January 29, 2017 12:34 PM (iMxBJ)

408 Wolfe says something like "If he were not such a talented writer, he would be insufferable. Why curry him?"

Curry of course came from the practice of brushing down and caring for a horse's appearance and grooming, so yeah it can be used to refer to pampering or ego stroking someone.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 12:36 PM (39g3+)

409 Mike, I remember enjoying Baldacci's "The Winner" as good beach reading, though not great literature:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winner_(novel)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 09:40 AM (EnKk6)

Agreed. It's rather freaky how AHE and I like the same books. I listened to "The Winner" on a long car trip and thought it was great. The rest of his stuff is too libtarded for me. IIRC, Baldacci lives in Charlottesville, VA, home of UVA and Libtard Central.

Posted by: RushBabe at January 29, 2017 12:44 PM (joFoi)

410 I finished Honky Tonk Samurai, the latest from Joe R. Lansdale, in the "Hap and Leonard" series. Lansdale got in a few digs at conservatives, but this book has a few laugh-out-loud-and-dog-ear-the pages so you can remember some of his quips. If you're a fan of this series, be prepared for a hell of a shock.

As soon as I finished that one, I picked "The Old Man" off the massive stack of TBR in my bedroom. As a major Thomas Perry fan, I've yet to find one of his books that hasn't been stellar.

Posted by: RushBabe at January 29, 2017 12:47 PM (joFoi)

411 So books or lead, books or lead? In my life books lead me to Lead, Lead leads me to books.

Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2017 12:50 PM (0AwCy)

412 Rushbabe, thanks for the suggestion! It has been requested from my local library (all praise be to public libraries).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 12:53 PM (EnKk6)

413 I applied to join the Goodreads group. I'm mostly a lurker in the comments, but I just bought "Forbidden Thoughts" for my Kindle... hope that's good enough to get me in.

Thanks

Posted by: Straight Razor at January 29, 2017 01:17 PM (ML/Mo)

414 I've been meaning to ask the authors here - both our own and the established writers that I just now must lurk at the HQ -- do you see a noticeable uptick in sales after the Book Thread?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 01:22 PM (EnKk6)

415 #414 Some authors tell me that they do see a bump in sales.Which is always surprising to me. I suspect the book thread audience must be larger than I think.

Posted by: OregonMuse at January 29, 2017 01:32 PM (UeECZ)

416 I suspect the book thread audience must be larger than I think.
Posted by: OregonMuse at January 29, 2017 01:32 PM (UeECZ)
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Is this why we have to wear pants? Because there are guests?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 01:50 PM (EnKk6)

417
That conversation list, updated to today. Use this ALL THE TIME.

4b. Conservative: "Thank you for demonstrating and voicing your own bigotry."
5. END

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot at January 29, 2017 01:58 PM (O1efQ)

418 the author of Domino said she had an unexpected bump in sales when OM featured her book.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 02:14 PM (Om16U)

419 do you see a noticeable uptick in sales after the Book Thread?

Some, yes. Its hard to quantify, though, because I think people take note of books on the thread then don't get it right away. A sale weeks later could be because of the book thread but you can't tell.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 29, 2017 02:23 PM (39g3+)

420 >>>It's not my preferred genre so I'd suck as a beta reader but I could try the proofreading bit

Well, if nobody else steps up.

Posted by: V the K at January 29, 2017 02:25 PM (jn7FC)

421 Well, if nobody else steps up.
Posted by: V the K at January 29, 2017 02:25 PM (jn7FC)

Did you try at the goodreads group?

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 02:27 PM (Om16U)

422 I checked in yesterday. Which discussion category should I put up a beg under?

Posted by: V the K at January 29, 2017 02:40 PM (jn7FC)

423 102 Ask a lefty if FDR, who rejected Jewish refugees outright, was 'literally' Hitler, too.

And that included refugee children.

The real problem with lefties is that they don't really believe anything they say.

Posted by: RandyBeck at January 29, 2017 02:45 PM (OkKDg)

424 V the K, you can put a new thread for a request for Beta Readers under "Deals, Discounts, & Beta-Readers" ad then ask in the Running chat for people to go there.

That way you could have your own thread for it.

Include as much detail as you like to get beta readers interested. I know your series has a lot of fans.

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 02:49 PM (Om16U)

425 pussyhat.com

check it out
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 09:27 AM (Om16U)

HAHAHA! Outstanding!

Posted by: Dr Alice at January 29, 2017 02:49 PM (LaT54)

426 Thanks, will do, Voter the Mom.

Posted by: V the K at January 29, 2017 02:52 PM (jn7FC)

427 Voter the Mom

==

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 02:56 PM (Om16U)

428 To answer the sales question, yes, I have seen a correlation between sales and this page. However, what I really want more than anything else is for conservatives to be aware of what happens to writers who aren't avowed leftists.

The latest bashing of my book is based strictly on the viewpoint of the MC, nothing else. I'm sure this happens to all conservative authors. I think we are all trying to expose our work to those who might enjoy it, and hope they will leave a fair review when finished.

At least, that's my take. I write what I do because I'm sick of seeing America bashed at every turn, so I try to combine fun, fast reading with a pro-USA viewpoint.

Posted by: William Alan Webb at January 29, 2017 03:26 PM (OhYcy)

429 To funny, highjacked or thinking ahead of the pack?

Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2017 03:49 PM (0AwCy)

430 After reading my book on punk t-shirts I've been listening to lots of Ramones, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Patti Smith, and The Damned.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTfyUqVqX-0

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 03:51 PM (EnKk6)

431 AHE - one of the Morons, The Political Hat, is an expert on punk and metal.

I have a fondness for Patti Smith. I found an old 'Metal Maniacs' magazine that my son left here. If you ever see one, it is a total hoot; the enthusiasm is so endearing and very readable.

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 29, 2017 03:56 PM (MIKMs)

432 "This is an interesting idea. Those old Aztec gods were pretty horrific, what their priests ripping out still beating hearts out of the chests of sacrificial victims and all, which appears to be a perfect fit for a Lovecraftian universe."

I have GOT to read this... and it gives me an idea,

how and why did Mayan (Aztec?) culture spread as far north as the Great Lakes?

why?

probably gold, but an imaginative writer might say they were chased there by something very old and very evil?

you could even write it from the perspective of the Peoria's or some other group native to the region around Cahokia, like a sequel to "Beneath the Ziggurat"

"they thought they were safe in a land so far away, but they weren't..."

Posted by: Shoey at January 29, 2017 03:58 PM (OYK2S)

433 sequel or prequel

Posted by: Shoey at January 29, 2017 04:01 PM (OYK2S)

434 Mustbequantum, I was and am just a day tripper in Punktown. Even in my youth I was just too jolly and well-adjusted to be a respectable punk, and my one foray into moshing left me with cigarette burns. But I have always had an affinity for the energy and stripped down sound.

Aesthetically I am more in tune with new wave and post-punk art rock bands like XTC. And mopey Goths too, for some reason.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 04:05 PM (EnKk6)

435 V the K, I'll read about anything. I'd be happy to beta read for you. Aprilibre at yahoo. Busy with a family gathering this afternoon but can get with you later.

Posted by: April at January 29, 2017 04:09 PM (fBgjV)

436 Love the book threads.

RE leftwing argumentation -- Americans fighting Leftists keep making the same mistake in these arguments: letting them put us on the defensive. Once you introvert and start defending yourself, you lose. That's like letting Ali pummel you while you just bounce against the ropes, holding your gloves in front of your face.

LAND PUNCHES ON THE ENEMY. Instead of getting on the back foot, punch them back, HARD. They're such a huge target! everything they are screeching for is a disaster for America, and we never attack them! Hell, don't stop to answer their stupid accusations: that only burns the accusation into the audience's minds.

Attack, Attack, Attack! Toujours l'audace!

Posted by: Beverly at January 29, 2017 04:32 PM (J0PwQ)

437 Posted by: William Alan Webb at January 29, 2017 03:26 PM (OhYcy)

William, I'd love to learn more - it would fit in with my banned books feature on my blog.

Email me at at reviews at bookhorde dot org

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 04:32 PM (Om16U)

438 Reading Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance. What a sad, funny an d incredible book. Even though I grew up in South Texas, I still feel a link to the "hillbilly' culture since I was born in Tennessee. So far it's a book that says a lot about what happens not just to poor whites, but to all races as they struggle to get out of poverty. Many in the media try to use to explain why Trump won, but it says a lot about why more government is not the only answer.

Posted by: RGallegos at January 29, 2017 04:44 PM (YfTJt)

439 431
I have a fondness for Patti Smith.
Posted by: mustbequantum at January 29, 2017 03:56 PM (MIKMs)

I used to, but I met her once and she was rude and dismissive. Maybe she was having a bad day; I don't know. I approached her politely and respectfully, and she gave me the brush-off.

I read somewhere that she is a convert to Islam. Maybe she's not supposed to speak to men who aren't her husband or relatives.

Posted by: rickl at January 29, 2017 04:45 PM (sdi6R)

440 Oh yeah, that football thing is coming up. I guess one could serve New England boiled dinner or fried falcon.

I'll watch knowing that my Brady-hating coworker will be wincing every time Tom makes that weird little moue when he's concentrating. He just hates it.

Posted by: German Porn aficionados at January 29, 2017 04:46 PM (EnKk6)

441 Wrong thread AND bad sock!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 04:51 PM (EnKk6)

442 the sock made it funny, Eris

Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 29, 2017 04:54 PM (Om16U)

443 "shut up or we'll shut you up!"

I work in an organization that is pretty clearly controlled by radical progressives. I think generally that *is* how progressives talk. I can say from experience that some radical progressives have become more... clever... and actually provoke others into "discussion".

Can I ask you a question? or INSERT PROVOCATION QUESTION that is like an artillery shell loaded with full scale biological assault on your convictions. What I experience is more like "talk with me... so that I can find out how exactly to correct you... so I can basically lecture you and drag you to my point of view, because 'we' already know I am just right, right, right about everything, the conclusion is a foregone conclusion... and if you don't talk with me, or let me lecture you, we will shove you to the side and/or crush you emotionally and professionally".

One can argue that's a variation on "shut up or be shut up". But in my environment radical progressives seem to love "dialogue".

Posted by: Rick67 at January 29, 2017 05:13 PM (SDC/U)

444 Moron author William Alan Webb writes military fiction, and Standing the Final Watch is the first novel in his 'Lost Brigade' series.

True story: I looked at this book on Amazon, and as usual, read the 1-star reviews first. The first one of those started of with, "I wanted to like it but it turned out to be a post-apocalyptic Christian Right anti Obama book." I didn't read any further, just hit the "purchase" button immediately. Those sorts of reviews work!

Posted by: John the Baptist at January 29, 2017 05:41 PM (MPH+3)

445 My town (pop. 700 in the summer, 225 in the winter) has a one-room library and is staffed 100% by volunteers. It also has a fireplace. It uses paper borrowing slips that they date with a rubber stamp. No computer. Everyone in town donates their books to them, and since they have nowhere to put them they have a fundraising book sale each year.
I'm a hermit with a Kindle.
A local Eastern Shoreman, Douglas Hanks, wrote a hilarious book, Muskrat, about a bunch of locals who get together and build a boat to race in the America's Cup. He self-published the book, so there aren't a lot of copies around; but if you can find one, it's worth it.

Posted by: liz953 at January 29, 2017 05:44 PM (frv51)

446 I started listening to "Orphan X" by Gregg Hurwitz this week. This one makes me want to pick up the book and read it in between exercise sessions. So far I've resisted as I don't want to waste the Audible credit I paid for it. I saw that the second in this series just came out. Oy! I'm in the middle of so many series I'm having trouble keeping track of them. This one seems like a winner. I've not read any of the Jack Reacher books but from what's been written about them by others on this thread I get the feeling Evan Smoak(Orphan X) is the same type of hero.
Posted by: Tuna at January 29, 2017 11:22 AM (JSovD)

Another huzzah! for Orphan X. Thanks for word of the new one. I'm getting on the list at the library.

And as for what Gen. Mattis has in his library?

BOOBY TRAPS!

Posted by: RushBabe at January 29, 2017 06:01 PM (joFoi)

447 I mentioned this earlier in the week, but all the Doomsday Clock talk this week in the news inspired me to reread The House with the Clock in Its Walls. Great little children's book, apparently it has a ton of sequels, I might check them out. Plus Gorey illustrations! You can never go wrong with a book illustrated by Gorey.

Posted by: LizLem at January 29, 2017 06:04 PM (JgGWZ)

448 Those books all look like PORN annuals...a sticky carpet gives it away......

Posted by: saf at January 29, 2017 06:09 PM (+zN6H)

449 Bob, your wonderful library is making me weak in the knees of jealousy.

Posted by: whatmeworry? at January 29, 2017 06:19 PM (dZGNV)

450 Posted by: LizLem at January 29, 2017 06:04 PM (JgGWZ)
----
I thought the name Bellairs was familiar! I loved The Face in the Frost, with Prospero's sarcastic magic mirror who loves playing baseball games. A great mix of humor and genuine spookiness.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 29, 2017 06:19 PM (EnKk6)

451 Just finished reading Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance and I cannot recommend any higher. It is a sobering view of being poor in America that affects the one one race that many in the media never want to acknowledge - white.

It at times hilarious and other times sad, but always hopeful.

Posted by: RGallegos at January 29, 2017 06:27 PM (YfTJt)

452 John the Baptist - LOL...thank you. That reviewer simply wanted to blast his agenda at somebody, I hope you enjoy the book!

Posted by: William Alan Webb at January 29, 2017 06:31 PM (OhYcy)

453 "The new, Trump-era 'honey badger conservative' playbook appears to be this:"

Pretty much with the caveat that most, if not all, of the Moronosphere progressed through stage three a long time ago well predating Trump. In fact it was because we reached that stage so long ago that That Is Why They Got Trump(TM).

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 29, 2017 06:39 PM (1CroS)

454 Just bought it Used on Amazon Prime for $5.89. Thanks!
445 My town (pop. 700 in the summer, 225 in the winter) has a one-room library and is staffed 100% by volunteers. It also has a fireplace. It uses paper borrowing slips that they date with a rubber stamp. No computer. Everyone in town donates their books to them, and since they have nowhere to put them they have a fundraising book sale each year.
I'm a hermit with a Kindle.
A local Eastern Shoreman, Douglas Hanks, wrote a hilarious book, Muskrat, about a bunch of locals who get together and build a boat to race in the America's Cup. He self-published the book, so there aren't a lot of copies around; but if you can find one, it's worth it.
Posted by: liz953 at January 29, 2017 05:44 PM (frv51)

Posted by: whatmeworry? at January 29, 2017 06:40 PM (dZGNV)

455 After finishing Chesterton's Orthodoxy, I decided to embark on my current reading project. The movie group I belong to has been watching the Charlie Chan movies for about the last two years, and I got curious about the source material, so last month (as a birthday present to myself) I bought an eBay lot of all six of the original Charlie Chan novels by Earl Derr Biggers.

I just finished the first one, The House Without a Key, and it's a real page turner. Charlie Chan himself is a supporting character in the novel -- he doesn't make his entrance until chapter 7 -- but his presence is definitely felt, even when not directly mentioned. The main character in the book is bond trader John Quincy Winterslip, youngest scion of a Boston Brahmin family, who has been assigned to travel to Hawaii to bring back his Aunt Minerva, on a short vacation to the islands, has announced she is staying there indefinitely. When John Quincy arrives, he finds their mutual cousin Dan Winterslip murdered -- and his sordid past is coming out. Young John Quincy soon becomes Chan's right-hand man in solving the crime, and like his Aunt Minerva, falls in love with the spell of the islands.

The book is at once a corking good mystery and a travelogue of territorial Hawaii at the same time. One incident illustrating the uneasy relationship of the islands with the mainland comes by way of a US Senator concluding a speech with "When I get back to my country--" and a person in the audience interrupts him: "Hey senator! You're in your own country!"

I couldn't wait to start on the next novel in the series, The Chinese Parrot, and will report back on that one as soon as I finish . . .

Posted by: DynamiteDan at January 29, 2017 07:02 PM (XeY55)

456 445 ... Liz, Thanks for mentioning the book. I just ordered it. The America's Cup was raced in my home town, so this should be a fun read.

Posted by: JTB at January 29, 2017 07:11 PM (V+03K)

457 Charlie Chan is based in part on a Honolulu PD detective: Apana Chang.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hdw7927

Posted by: whatmeworry? at January 29, 2017 07:16 PM (dZGNV)

458 455 ... Dan, I read the first Charlie Chan book years ago and liked it a lot. Just so you know, several of the books are available on Kindle for 2.99 or less. Wish it was all of them. I think they are on a par with other golden age mysteries.

Posted by: JTB at January 29, 2017 07:18 PM (V+03K)

459 Speaking of Apana Chang, Max Allan Collins wrote a Nate Heller mystery in which he cooperates with Chang to solve a case. Good book, the only downside is that Collins is a lefty.

Posted by: William Alan Webb at January 29, 2017 07:29 PM (OhYcy)

460 Apana was a genuine badass who saw first hand the modern Hawaii come into being, warts and all.
Honolulu was never as violent as, say Dodge, but we're talking about the place where East meets Hawaii meets the West, many bad mooks gravitate to the harbor and still do.
Five - O

Posted by: whatmeworry? at January 29, 2017 07:56 PM (dZGNV)

461 The Horatio Hornblower series is one of several groups of books I keep going back to and reading over and over every few years.
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It's hard to wrong with Forester. Most often mentioned here are the Hornblower series, and Rifleman Dodd. He was a *very* prolific writer:
http://tinyurl.com/zhucspl

I've read all of the Hornblower books twice, and some others, including Rifleman Dodd, The Gun, The Good Shepherd (about Atlantic escort duty, WWII), The African Queen, and some others.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 29, 2017 09:55 PM (TqmC9)

462 It's hard to wrong with Forester. Most often mentioned here are the Hornblower series, and Rifleman Dodd. He was a *very* prolific writer:
http://tinyurl.com/zhucspl

I've read all of the Hornblower books twice, and some others, including Rifleman Dodd, The Gun, The Good Shepherd (about Atlantic escort duty, WWII), The African Queen, and some others.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Addendum:
Forester dabbled in sci-fi too. Rather strange thing for him to do. At any rate his novel 'The Peacemaker' was reprinted in Famous Fantastic Mysteries. I find it almost impossible to relate it to Forester. Lurid cover:
http://tinyurl.com/z33amvx

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 29, 2017 10:01 PM (TqmC9)

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