Sunday Morning Book Thread 03-18-2018

Library & Pub (but mostly pub) of Diogenes

Book Sale Tip:

Moron commenter Grey Fox sends me this:

Lindsay Books, aka youroldtimebookstore.com, is liquidating their inventory (I assume that means that they are going out of business). The code 75OFF at checkout will get folks a 75% percent discount, plus their shipping costs are very low. They specialize reprints of old technical books and collections of magazine articles about making things, mostly out of metal of one kind or another.

The tag-line on the site is "Discover the secrets of old-time technology!" Maybe you you should go on over and take a look.

It Pays To Increase Your Word Power®

A JOHN-HOLD-MY-STAFF is a servile, toadying attendant.

Usage: Shep! Smith volunteers for this sort of work. He says he is the best in the business, and you know something, I think I believe him.

Moron Library

This is the library of moronette author Sgt. Mom. I'm posting it in the hopes that she'll send me a bigger pic, because it looks like a very interesting place for the rest of us morons to browse around in.

Looking For A Few Good Prepublication Reviewers

The moron known as fritzworth is about to publish his first novel:

My co-author Bruce Henderson and I have finished our first novel, CARTHAGO. It interweaves the history of Silicon Valley, the US intelligence sector’s efforts at data collection and analysis, and nuclear proliferation in the private sector. We’ve gotten feedback from a small circle of friends, and it’s been independently proofread, but I’d like to widen the circle of pre-publication reviewers a bit, as we started to send out query letters to agents.

Sounds like these guys mean business. As a teaser, here's the current "logline" for the novel:

A mobster’s talented son finds himself unknowingly participating in an embittered billionaire’s plans to remove Silicon Valley from global competition – with nuclear devices built right in America.

But wait, there's more:

It’s a thick novel (200K words), takes plan over a span of over 40 years (1971-2016), has settings around the globe, and contains a host of characters. It’s intended as a summer beach novel in the Tom Clancy/James Clavell vein. We are looking for readers who are likely to read such a novel all the way through and give us useful feedback (note: "It’s great!" is very useful feedback). I only plan to send out a dozen or so such pre-publication copies, so if you are interested, drop me a line at bfwallc – at – thatgmailthing (with CARTHAGO in the subject field) and make your pitch as to why you’d be a great reviewer and what format you’d prefer (PDF, ePub, MOBI/Kindle). You could end up in the acknowledgments.

Also:

This is the first of three novels, so don’t expect a happy ending. At least not yet.

Moron Recommendation

A couple of military history recommendations from a couple of weeks ago:

35 Read 'The Lonely Ships: The Life and Death of the Asiatic Fleet' by Edwin P. Hoyt.

An outstanding history of the U.S. Navy's Asiatic Fleet from it's beginning during the 1850s through the Spanish-American War, the Boxer Rebellion, Phillippine Insurrection, the Yangtze River Patrol, the China troubles during the 20s and 30s between the Nationalists, Commies, Warloads, and the Japanese. Finally it's death in March 1942.

From the book's ending; As Admiral King put it, theirs is the story of a 'magnificent display of human courage under impossible conditions.' Let that be the fleet's requiem.

Posted by: Jake Holenhead at February 25, 2018 09:15 AM (+ufX6)

This book is out of print, but inexpensive hardbacks and paperbacks can be purchased.

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65 Picked up Victor Davis Hanson's *The Second World Wars* early in the week.

It is fascinating. Can't put it down. Terrific analysis of production capabilities of the combatants, geographical and historical considerations of the various battlespaces, and political miscalculations and much, much more.

Highly recommended.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 25, 2018 09:30 AM (tr2D7)

The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won doesn't come cheap. $23 for the Kindle version and $32 for the hardback.

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If you're a voracious reader, you will eventually still have bookcases jammed into every room.

Bookcases jammed into every room is in fact one of the great joys in life.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 11, 2018 12:57 PM (MjjCt)

Books by Morons

Lurking moron author Brian Noggle tells me he has just published a book of poetry. But he's afraid it will be a hard sell here:

I realize it's a bit afield from the military science fiction or historic fiction favored by the Horde, but perhaps it could help the hoity-toity quotient of the book thread.

[addendum] Here's the link to the 99¢ Kindle edition [CBD]

The Amazon blurb says:

Brew Bayou. The Venice Cafe. Mokabe's. The Oasis. The Grind. Sacred Grounds. The Mud Room. The tables were often unsteady, the chairs did not match, and the coffee was of uncertain quality. But coffee houses draw English majors into their dim, warm interiors to compose innumerable sonnets or free verse as they try to figure out life, love, and iambic pentameter. Within this collection, one such poet-narrator muses on those very topics as he sought to transition from youth to adult, and then he reflects upon those days when he spent those hours in coffee houses.

Nothing wrong with coffee houses. Coffee houses are great. Coffee houses helped build Western civilization. According to this article I read a couple of days ago:

“The impact of the introduction of coffee into Europe during the seventeenth century was particularly noticeable since the most common beverages of the time, even at breakfast, were weak ‘small beer’ and wine. Both were far safer than water, which was liable to be contaminated … Coffee … provided a new and safe alternative to alcoholic drinks. Those who drank coffee instead of alcohol began the day alert and stimulated, rather than relaxed and mildly inebriated, and the quality and quantity of their work improved … Western Europe began to emerge from an alcoholic haze that had lasted for centuries.”

I had heard that Moslem clerics first used coffee by giving it to their students so they would stay awake during their 4- and 5-hour theological harangues.

This might be worth checking out: Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World by Mark Pendergast.

Also, one of the customer reviews pointed me to All About Coffee, available for free on Gutenberg, about which the reviewer says

...is the acknowledged complete work of every aspect of the coffee world. You can sometimes find the out of print book on Ebay, but it is usually over $150 for a worn out copy! I found that you can go to "Project Gutenberg" on the web and read the entire book, with all the full color hand drawn pictures, absolutely free of charge! Do it! You won't regret it!

I downloaded the ePub version (with images), and I can say it is a monumental work. Published in 1922, it is one of those books you dip into at random points, like an encyclopedia, rather than read cover to cover.

And then there's chocolate. Not sure where that fits in, but in colonial America chocolate houses became more popular than the taverns that served coffee.

But getting back to the topic at hand, Noggle's book of poetry, Coffee House Memories, is availble in Kindle or paperback.

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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 09:00 AM

Comments

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1 Tolle Lege

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2018 08:57 AM (aC6Sd)

2 !

Posted by: JT at March 18, 2018 08:57 AM (ZYuaP)

3 Bah !

Posted by: JT at March 18, 2018 08:58 AM (ZYuaP)

4 Currently working on The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. I had read the hard back version of this long ago and I forgot how shitty it was. This was waste of $10 but I wanted something new to read that I had not read 50 times already.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 18, 2018 08:58 AM (mpXpK)

5 A couple of neat libraries.

Posted by: Jake Holenhead at March 18, 2018 09:03 AM (8EJVd)

6 Started The Ionion Mission from the Aubrey/ Maturin series from Patrick O'Brien.
Wondering how much others get to read, daily or just whenever time allows. I can read 1 chapter in a day but then don't seem to get back to it a couple of days or just a few pages.

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2018 09:03 AM (aC6Sd)

7 I've read many of the same books, Diogenes!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 09:04 AM (qJtVm)

8 Read 'Twelve O'Clock High' by Bernie Lay, Jr. and Sy Bartlett. The book is good, but I prefer the movie. The major differences is Savage spends about 9 months (implausible) with the group, and he and an aircrew member have love relationships with English gals.

LtGen. Frank A. Armstrong was the major inspiration for Frank Savage's character. Feb 1942 he and 6 other USAAF pilots arrived in England to pave the way for strategic daylight bombing and would form the 8th Air Force. As a trouble-shooter he was sent to fix two bomb groups, the 97th BG in July 42 and led them on the first daylight heavy bombing raid over the continent on Aug 17, 1942 (Maj. Paul Tibbets was his co-pilot), and the 306th BG in Jan 1943 and led the first daylight heavy bombing raid over Germany on Jan 27, 1943. When in command of the 315th Bomb Wing he led the last and longest B-29 raid against Japan on Aug 14/15 1945.

This has nothing to do with the book. Gruesome nose art on a B-17.
https://tinyurl.com/ycdlb62m

Posted by: Jake Holenhead at March 18, 2018 09:04 AM (8EJVd)

9 Currently working on The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. I had read the hard back version of this long ago and I forgot how shitty it was.

Jeez. You would think that the publishers would have the decency to draw a little turd on the cover to protect us.

Posted by: JT at March 18, 2018 09:04 AM (ZYuaP)

10 How does Sgt. Mom reach those top shelves???

Posted by: lin-duh at March 18, 2018 09:05 AM (kufk0)

11 I have "The Lonely Ships" in my library, but haven't had a chance to read it yet.

Posted by: josephistan at March 18, 2018 09:05 AM (ANIFC)

12 This has nothing to do with the book. Gruesome nose art on a B-17.
https://tinyurl.com/ycdlb62m
Posted by: Jake Holenhead at March 18, 2018 09:04 AM (8EJVd)

Looks like someone we know......

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 18, 2018 09:06 AM (EoRCO)

13 And love yours too Sgt Mom!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 09:06 AM (qJtVm)

14 I think I found a book on Diogenes bookshelves.....

Posted by: lin-duh at March 18, 2018 09:06 AM (kufk0)

15 Morning, all!

I read Bill Bryson's "Notes from a Small Island", and all I have to say about it is, for a guy who claims to love the UK, he spends an awful lot of time fussing about all the petty- and not so petty- things they get wrong. To an outsider, it was mildly amusing. One of those books that I'll read if it comes my way, but I'd never pay actual money for it.

And I started "Rabble in Arms". I can't remember the author's name off the top of my head, and I'm too lazy to get the book from upstairs, but the plot follows two brothers fighting in the Revolutionary War. Unusually, the book takes place mostly in Canada, and seems to focus a lot on Benedict Arnold's antics up there. It's easy for us modern-day folks to think that the Revolution was a foregone conclusion, but as I read this book and learn about the incapable leaders and lack of supplies the Patriots dealt with, I'm amazed that we ever won our independence.

Posted by: right wing yankee at March 18, 2018 09:07 AM (obZ4W)

16 My wife has "The Book of Coffee and Tea" ( http://tinyurl.com/y7gnmd24 ) which I found to be an enjoyable read of the subject.

Posted by: geoffb at March 18, 2018 09:07 AM (zOpu5)

17 I am beginning to discover the joy of free Kindle books.

I just read the "new" (2009) edition of A Moveable Feast and one of the things I noted was that Hemingway was influenced by the Russians, couldn't stand Dostoevsky but loved Turgenev.

So I asked the Kindle, hey is it possible that Turgenev's Sportsman's Sketches is available for free? And Kindle said yes, here it is.

Fascinating, btw. You can clearly see how his prose influenced Hemingway. It's always hard for me to read anything in translation, though, because I always wonder what the original language is like, but I don't speak Russian so this will have to do.

It's mostly so far about his interactions with various serfs he meets on hunting trips, so it's a peek into the very weird world of Czarist Russia's class structure, which is very weird.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2018 09:07 AM (fuK7c)

18 How does Sgt. Mom reach those top shelves???

Posted by: lin-duh

Helicopter.

Posted by: JT at March 18, 2018 09:07 AM (ZYuaP)

19 I've read many of the same books, Diogenes!

Posted by: All Hail Eris,

Do you guys ever get any reading done ?

Posted by: JT at March 18, 2018 09:09 AM (ZYuaP)

20 Looks more like pub with a couple books lying around.

Not that I'm complaining mind you. My kind of library.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2018 09:10 AM (/tuJf)

21 Lurking moron author Brian Noggle tells me he has just published a book of poetry. But he's afraid it will be a hard sell here:
...........
No linky?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 18, 2018 09:10 AM (5tSKk)

22 Mark Helprin wrote the best-ever book in which coffee plays such an important role, it is practically a character. MEMOIRS FROM ANTPROOF CASE. It is dedicated to Juan Valdez.

Posted by: Smallish Bees at March 18, 2018 09:11 AM (yjhOG)

23 The coffee houses of Europe were hotbeds of revolutionary radicals.

I hope the moron who mentioned the books on the mess in Yugoslavia after Tito will post here and take credit for knowing about books that document that event. The prices for used hardcover editions are reasonable.

Somewhere in my notes, if I can find my notes, I could credit the individual who mentioned the books.

Posted by: Despairing Skandia Recluse loses Hope of ever remembering at March 18, 2018 09:11 AM (roQNm)

24 My copy of "The Spike" showed up this week. Starts strong with lots of dirty hippie sex.

Posted by: Jean at March 18, 2018 09:11 AM (MS0+a)

25
Maybe you you should go on over and take a look.

Who you calling you you?

Posted by: Guy That Gets Pissed Off At Getting Called You You at March 18, 2018 09:12 AM (LOgQ4)

26 Just a quick comment before I dash out. I finished Hellbent , by Greg Hurwitz, this week. Excellent. And it didn't end in the direction I thought it would. If any 'rons or 'ettes like Brad Thor, Vince Flynn or Ben Coes, you'll most likely like Hurwitz. (He's also a Jordan Peterson fan and wove a Peterson quote into this last book.) I've only read the "Orphan X/Nowhere Man" series, so I can't vouch for the others, but he is a great writer and keeps up with all the latest gadgets and tech.

I'm nearly finished with "The Girlfriend," by Michelle Frances. It's a psychological thriller about an albeit sincere gold digger who's after the only child of a wealthy, estranged couple. The young woman desperately wants to live the life of her boyfriend's mother. VERY hard to put down.

Happy reading!

Posted by: SandyCheeks at March 18, 2018 09:14 AM (ihzOe)

27 Who you calling you you?

The guy on first.

Posted by: JT at March 18, 2018 09:15 AM (ZYuaP)

28 I read Bill Bryson's "Notes from a Small Island", and all I have to say about it is, for a guy who claims to love the UK, he spends an awful lot of time fussing about all the petty- and not so petty- things they get wrong. To an outsider, it was mildly amusing. One of those books that I'll read if it comes my way, but I'd never pay actual money for it.
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Bill Bryson complains, a lot.

If you like bitching about Britannia, you'll like cranky Paul Theroux's "Kingdom by the Sea", a tour around the coast. It's from the 1980's and England was still in a recession, so adjust accordingly.

I remember one line to the effect that, I saw a group of Britons doing something grim and unappealing, so I knew it must be recreational.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 09:15 AM (qJtVm)

29 Good Sunday morning, horde!

I'm still reading I Shot The Buddha, which was recommended by someone here. Dry humor, laugh-out-loud funny sometimes, but I have a hard time following it. I think it's just because I am unfamiliar with the geography and language, and it requires more focus than I have right now.

Also, I would probably read the poetry, so second the request for a link?

Posted by: April at March 18, 2018 09:16 AM (e8PP1)

30 I saw a group of Britons doing something grim and unappealing, so I knew it must be recreational.

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Sounds like the opening to a "Penthouse UK" letter

Posted by: josephistan at March 18, 2018 09:19 AM (ANIFC)

31 I read Shadows of Glory, the second in the Abel Jones series, by Owen Parry. Jones is a major in the Union army, working as an investigator for President Lincoln. In Shadows he is sent to upstate New York to the Finger Lakes region. Parry's descriptions of the area are beautiful, and the story is interesting. Also of note are the letters written to Abel by his friend, Mick Tyrone, a surgeon with the Union army serving with General Grant in the West. The letters describe the horrors of war from the battles for Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. They are among the best that I have read. The book closes with Abel being posted to the West. The story to be told in Call Each River Jordan.

I also read The Cuban Affair, by Nelson DeMille. DeMille has written a decent thriller, but, IMO, not his best effort. Where the book shines is that the reader learns much about Cuba, both its history and about the contemporary politics, culture, and life in Cuba.

Posted by: Zoltan at March 18, 2018 09:19 AM (T8WeQ)

32 Do wonder what is in that wine cooler

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2018 09:20 AM (aC6Sd)

33 Good morning fellow Book Threadists! Our comcast service is F'ed up so oisting may be sporadic or none. Bummer!!

Posted by: JTB at March 18, 2018 09:20 AM (5ZhDL)

34 Edwin Hoyt is a wonderful writer and historian. His book on German East Afrika in WW1 is superb and a great story.

Posted by: Tailgunner Sam at March 18, 2018 09:20 AM (uoaXf)

35 I thought it was a beer cooler myself.

Posted by: lin-duh at March 18, 2018 09:20 AM (kufk0)

36 34 Edwin Hoyt is a wonderful writer and historian. His book on German East Afrika in WW1 is superb and a great story.
Posted by: Tailgunner Sam at March 18, 2018 09:20 AM (uoaXf)

I'm looking for a good history of German West Africa in WWI.

Posted by: josephistan at March 18, 2018 09:22 AM (ANIFC)

37 I once mentioned the satisfaction I get from finding used copies of books that I want, and was very happy to find a used bookstore (and coffee house) in the little town near the farm. They have a local history section full of, well, books on local history.

Posted by: Weasel at March 18, 2018 09:22 AM (MVjcR)

38
The chrome is almost worn off the handle of that beer/wine cooler.

NTTAWWT

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at March 18, 2018 09:22 AM (LOgQ4)

39 Highly recommended: the new YA book 'A Higher Loyalty' by James Comey. You won't be able to put the book down because the publisher added Krazy glue to the cover. Can a man wrestling with his conscience and the curtains in the White House make a difference? Yes he can! Also included: James's tips for applying eyeliner like an expert.

Posted by: Bookanalworm Review at March 18, 2018 09:22 AM (2NqXo)

40 I've been just reading the blog....last few books I've tried just haven't been engaging and I give up on them after a bit.

Posted by: lin-duh at March 18, 2018 09:23 AM (kufk0)

41 I finished reading A Genius for War by Colonel T. N. Dupy; it is a study of the General Staff of the Prussian/German General Staff for 1807-1945. The author had developed a predictive model of combat results and discovered that the model broke-down when he started to factor in the battles involving the German Army. He found that the German units were about 150% better than American/British units and decided that the answer was the way the Germans had "institutionalized excellence" and consistently produced extremely competent, experienced officers. The book is, however mostly about the historical development of the General Staff with only a few examples of decision-making. The best part of the book is the concluding three chapters where Dupuy really develops his thesis. Overall still a worthwhile read and Dupuy makes his case that the Germans were very good at the tactical/operational level but made serious mistakes in grand strategy.

Rating = 4/5.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 18, 2018 09:23 AM (5Yee7)

42 Maybe he deals in body parts.

Posted by: JT at March 18, 2018 09:23 AM (ZYuaP)

43
I remember one line to the effect that, I saw a
group of Britons doing something grim and unappealing, so I knew it must
be recreational.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 09:15 AM (qJtVm)

*falls over laughing*Sounds about right. Things may have changed in the last couple decades, but in "Notes from a Small Island" I was amazed at the amount of petty, easily removed inconvenience that the Brits deal with on a daily basis. A very small-c conservative attitude toward life, and not in a good way. There were a thousand things that could have been made simpler, more streamlined, and easier, with just a bit of effort, but no one wanted to put in that effort. Like nation of masochists.

Posted by: right wing yankee at March 18, 2018 09:24 AM (obZ4W)

44 SandyCheeks,

Greg Hurwitz's earlier books The Kill Clause, The Program, and Troubleshooter are very good.

Posted by: Jake Holenhead at March 18, 2018 09:26 AM (8EJVd)

45
40 I've been just reading the blog....last few books I've tried just haven't been engaging and I give up on them after a bit.
Posted by: lin-duh at March 18, 2018 09:23 AM (kufk0)
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Try Applied Ballistics for Long Range Shooting by Brian Litz. It's a page turner!!

Posted by: Weasel at March 18, 2018 09:27 AM (MVjcR)

46 Those are specifically made for wine, you put beer in a mini frig

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2018 09:28 AM (aC6Sd)

47 MEMOIRS FROM ANTPROOF CASE.

Posted by: Smallish Bees at March 18, 2018 09:11 AM (yjhOG)

I'm reading that now (well...sporadically).

I love Helprin's writing, but this story just isn't grabbing me.

Have you read some of his short stories? He wrote one called, "Perfection," and it is one of my favorites!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2018 09:28 AM (wYseH)

48 Wondering how much others get to read, daily or just whenever time allows. I can read 1 chapter in a day but then don't seem to get back to it a couple of days or just a few pages.
Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2018 09:03 AM (aC6Sd)

Having read all the Aubrey/Maturin series at the urging of the Horde and others, while reading multiple other books, I would usually only read up to a section break, a double space between paragraphs or chapter end. O'Brian's style was incredibly dense in terms of lots of things happening with very few words, so often I had to reflect on whether I took everything in.

As an aside, I'm currently reading American Sanctuary, an extremely bloody mutiny on a Brit frigate in the Caribbean, the Hermione, which led to international repercussions, particularly in the fledgling USA, as the admiralty spared no effort to bring the perpetrators to justice. It had huge consequences in how our country reacted to it, according to the author, but is almost completely unknown now in this country. This incident was mentioned in at least one of the Aubrey/Maturin books.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2018 09:29 AM (y7DUB)

49 I've been just reading the blog....last few books I've tried just haven't been engaging and I give up on them after a bit.

Posted by: lin-duh at March 18, 2018 09:23 AM (kufk0)

What sort of books do you usually read?

Posted by: right wing yankee at March 18, 2018 09:30 AM (obZ4W)

50 As an aside, I'm currently reading American Sanctuary, an extremely bloody mutiny on a Brit frigate in the Caribbean, the Hermione, which led to international repercussions, particularly in the fledgling USA, as the admiralty spared no effort to bring the perpetrators to justice. It had huge consequences in how our country reacted to it, according to the author, but is almost completely unknown now in this country. This incident was mentioned in at least one of the Aubrey/Maturin books.
Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2018 09:29 AM (y7DUB)

I saw that book in the Military Book Club, is it any good?

Posted by: josephistan at March 18, 2018 09:30 AM (ANIFC)

51 How does Sgt. Mom reach those top shelves???
Posted by: lin-duh at March 18, 2018 09:05 AM (kufk0)

Secretly Mae Nak Phra Khanong?

(That is a lovely library)

I need to check out that coffee book. Aside from addressing some of my favorite topics - coffee, making coffee, drinking coffee, reading about coffee - those Kurlanskoid exhaustive books on some mundane community are seriously my jam.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2018 09:31 AM (y87Qq)

52 I have a stack of dense, nutritional books on my coffee table waiting to edify me, so of course I've been indulging in my favorite zomb-pocalypse trash.

Also found my copy of Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson by George Alec Effinger ("as told by Bitsy Spiegelman"). Funny stuff. Short story riffs on Burroughs, Asimov, Lovecraft and the like, except our dauntless heroine is a Jewish American Princess, Muffy, who can swing a sword and swipe a credit card with equal savagery.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 09:32 AM (qJtVm)

53 A used book store opened near me, thats where I picked up quite a few books including the ones from the Aubrey/ Maturin series, going to stop today to see about getting the next one I need.

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2018 09:32 AM (aC6Sd)

54 Wondering how much others get to read, daily or just whenever time allows. I can read 1 chapter in a day but then don't seem to get back to it a couple of days or just a few pages.
Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2018 09:03 AM (aC6Sd)

I have lots of time to read. Unfortunately, I spend too much of that time on the internets reading AOSHQ, other blogs, and playing poker.

Those things are easier to do in the same room with my husband, since he always has tv on. Hard for me to read with tv.

Posted by: April at March 18, 2018 09:34 AM (e8PP1)

55 The louvered doors at Sgt. Mom's library are really nice. Wonder what's behind those doors ..

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 09:34 AM (EaQ6/)

56 I saw that book in the Military Book Club, is it any good?
Posted by: josephistan at March 18, 2018 09:30 AM (ANIFC)

Yes, he writes in a very engaging style and organizes his narrative well. I'm only about a third of the way through it but am enjoying it a great deal.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2018 09:34 AM (y7DUB)

57 I just added a link to the Kindle version of lurker Brian Noggle's book of poetry.

It's 99 cents, so go for it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 18, 2018 09:34 AM (wYseH)

58 ahoy book thread!

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 18, 2018 09:35 AM (hMwEB)

59
4 Currently working on The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown . . .

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 18, 2018 08:58 AM (mpXpK)

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I've found that the best way for me to read Dan Brown books is next to the computer with open tabs for Google maps and Google images.

Much of the action in his novels takes place in cities and museums that I most likely will never have the opportunity to visit, particularly those in Europe.

As I read, I click on the street views of the locales where the action is taking place, sometimes following along several city blocks.

I then look up images of the paintings and statues and architecture that are referred to in the book. Sometimes I look up more info on certain subjects or go to You Tube links.

It almost transforms Brown's novels into mini travelogues.

Almost.

Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at March 18, 2018 09:35 AM (NqQAS)

60 Good morning, y'all - and yes, I need to bring in a very tall ladder from the shed to reach the highest shelves - that's where the books that aren't much in demand live. And this is just one library wall and a part of another in that picture. (The den is full of books, one wall of my office - bedroom, the wall on either side of the fireplace, a narrow shelf of books in the dining area, and a hallway entirely lined with paperbacks.)
I will send a larger one, though - I was having trouble with my camera, and my daughter took this one on her cellphone mostly to stop me complaining any more about it.
I finally finished Connie Willis' "All Clear" - a lovely book, but, oh, could she have used some judicious trimming! This book and the companion "Blackout" are each more than 500 pages long. Though the plot is mildly complicated, with three different threads and several different leaps in time ... oh, what a slog!
On the recommendation of an earlier thread, I started with Owen Parry's Abel Jones series - a Faded Coat of Blue, and like it very much so far. The character of Abel is a lovely, distinctive voice - the reader can almost hear it, as you read.
Still working on the last few thousand words of Luna City #6 - promise to be out in late April!

Posted by: Sgt. Mom at March 18, 2018 09:36 AM (xnmPy)

61 I've read (and sort of believe) that the popularization of coffee and tea over weak alcoholic beverages as a daily tipple really got people out of the physical and mental doldrums and ramped up productivity.

I myself would be a gin-soaked doxie were it not for the vivifying powers of coffee.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 09:37 AM (qJtVm)

62 52 I have a stack of dense, nutritional books on my coffee table ...

Are they really nutritional, or do they just taste good?

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 09:37 AM (EaQ6/)

63 Applied ballistics sounds like maths!!**runs away**

I usually read cheery post- apocalyptic type novels. I also like espionage/ conspiracy theory stuff. I use to read Robert Jordan, Stephen King, Eddings, etc.
I start out ok, get about a quarter into a book and realize I'm bored.

Posted by: lin-duh at March 18, 2018 09:38 AM (kufk0)

64 55 The louvered doors at Sgt. Mom's library are really nice. Wonder what's behind those doors ..
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The Necronomicon.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 09:38 AM (qJtVm)

65 The louvered doors at Sgt. Mom's library are really nice. Wonder what's behind those doors ..

Posted by: goon at

A tank.

Posted by: JT at March 18, 2018 09:38 AM (ZYuaP)

66 Jordan Peterson writes in the acknowledgements to 12 Rules for Life, "Gregg Hurwitz, novelist, screen-writer and friend, used many of my rules for life in his bestseller Orphan X, well before my book was written, which was a great compliment and indicator of their potential value and public appeal."

Posted by: cool breeze at March 18, 2018 09:39 AM (UGKMd)

67 I have many book cases that need dusting. Should be done around June.

Posted by: josephistan at March 18, 2018 09:39 AM (ANIFC)

68 Behind the louvered doors? The den. It's a mess, currently, so the doors are closed for a purpose.

Posted by: Sgt. Mom at March 18, 2018 09:40 AM (xnmPy)

69
63 Applied ballistics sounds like maths!!**runs away**

I usually read cheery post- apocalyptic type novels. I also like espionage/ conspiracy theory stuff. I use to read Robert Jordan, Stephen King, Eddings, etc.
I start out ok, get about a quarter into a book and realize I'm bored.
Posted by: lin-duh at March 18, 2018 09:38 AM (kufk0)
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WeaselPolicy #762, finishing books no matter how tedious or boring, was superseded by WP #914 - don't waste time finishing tedious and boring books.

Posted by: Weasel at March 18, 2018 09:41 AM (MVjcR)

70 Ah, good, a den is terrible thing to waste.

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 09:42 AM (EaQ6/)

71 Sgt Mom, do you write your books at that table?

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 18, 2018 09:43 AM (hMwEB)

72 Wait...does this thread still require pants??? There was nothing up top about it...where is Oregon Museand what have you done to him????

Posted by: lin-duh at March 18, 2018 09:44 AM (kufk0)

73 I usually read cheery post- apocalyptic type novels.
I also like espionage/ conspiracy theory stuff. I use to read Robert
Jordan, Stephen King, Eddings, etc.

I start out ok, get about a quarter into a book and realize I'm bored.

Posted by: lin-duh at March 18, 2018 09:38 AM (kufk0)
Hm. Can't think of any recommendations off the top of my head. I'll think about it.

Posted by: right wing yankee at March 18, 2018 09:44 AM (obZ4W)

74 I just finished re-reading The Midnight Line, a Reacher novel by Lee Child. good stuff.

Also just finished JFK -The CIA, Vietnam, and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy by L. Fletcher Prouty.

I just started reading The Walking Drum by Louis L'Amour. Just a few pages in....but it's gonna be a good one.

Posted by: JT at March 18, 2018 09:44 AM (ZYuaP)

75 I found it

I found it. Love they neighbor by Peter Maass
Posted by: Nationalist Pikachu at March 16, 2018 06:39 PM

ISBN-13: 978-0679444336

It is about how the breakup of Yugoslavia set neighbor against neighbor which is a topic of interest for me. I want to know what triggered the ethnic cleansing and what were the symptoms leading up to the breakup since it looks like the United States is headed down the same path.

Kurt Schlichter used the breakup of Yugoslavia as the model for two of his books. (Indian Country, and People's Republic)

Yugoslavia

eath of a Nation by Laura Silver
(ISBN-13: 978-1575000053) is on the same topic.

Ordered, but not read; they are in the mail.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 18, 2018 09:45 AM (roQNm)

76 Oh, I have read the Luna City series with out quitting

Posted by: lin-duh at March 18, 2018 09:46 AM (kufk0)

77 72 Wait...does this thread still require pants??? There was nothing up top about it...where is Oregon Museand what have you done to him????
Posted by: lin-duh at March 18, 2018 09:44 AM (kufk0)

You know, you're right! So, guess what ...

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 09:46 AM (EaQ6/)

78 ''Greg Hurwitz's earlier books The Kill Clause, The Program, and Troubleshooter are very good.
Posted by: Jake Holenhead at March 18, 2018 09:26 AM (8EJVd)''

Thanks for the recommendations! I've been a fan of Orphan X since the first book and have praised the books here on several occasions. Love the audiobook versions as well. Scott Brick is in the A1 category of narrators. BTW, there is an ebook short story available that clues the reader in on how Evan chose his line of work after he leaves the Orphan program. ''Buy a Bullet" is the title.

Posted by: Tuna at March 18, 2018 09:46 AM (jm1YL)

79 I myself would be a gin-soaked doxie were it not for the vivifying powers of coffee.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 09:37 AM (qJtVm)

Well don't hide that under a bushel, put something like 'Gs.D' after your name and people will assume you're learned and erudite and let you watch their English country houses while they're away.

Because of the letters, you see.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2018 09:47 AM (y87Qq)

80 I have a stack of dense, nutritional books on my coffee table waiting to edify me, so of course I've been indulging in my favorite zomb-pocalypse trash.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion

Books on nutrition? A fellow nutrition 'nut'?

I told my daughter recently to not get me started on her eating habits because I'm about one step away from entering a food cult and selling flowers at the airport.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at March 18, 2018 09:47 AM (LOgQ4)

81 Gotta get ready to go to church now...

Posted by: lin-duh at March 18, 2018 09:47 AM (kufk0)

82 Yugoslavia eath of a Nation by Laura Silver

I'm guessing Death of a Nation.

But I suppose it could be Breath of a nation.

Posted by: JT at March 18, 2018 09:47 AM (ZYuaP)

83 The pub doesn't open for another 2 hours, so I see no reason to worry about pants yet.

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 09:48 AM (EaQ6/)

84 The pub doesn't open for another 2 hours, so I see no reason to worry about pants yet.

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 09:48 AM

Why leave the house to drink? A bathtub is a perfectly wonderful place to drink.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 18, 2018 09:49 AM (LOgQ4)

85 The used bookstore around the corner from the church house has swi5ched to nothing but comics and gaming. Th3res a new one by work, though. Swapped 2 John Scalzi garbage books for 4 Orson Scott Cards.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 18, 2018 09:50 AM (UKVPl)

86 I had to stop using the bathtub. It hurts my wrist.

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 09:51 AM (EaQ6/)

87 JT at March 18, 2018 09:47 AM

Yes.
colon Capital D is the emoji. sorry, should have put a space in there.

I was very excited at finding the person who first reported the book and author and I couldn't wait to tell everyone about it.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 18, 2018 09:52 AM (roQNm)

88 I saw Gin Soaked Doxies open for the New York Dolls at the Roxy in '74.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2018 09:52 AM (fuK7c)

89 Still reading and learning about technical trading.

Thus far, my legendary naturalfake brain has yet to fully engage and set Wall St aflame with my stockisn depredations.

Still working on the next novel...s-l-o-w-l-y.

Dipping occasionally into "12 Rules for Life".

Plus, to my secret, now publicly revealed, shame,

I bought Invader Zim: Volume One, The Deluxe Edition for occasional laffs from amazon.

If you like Invader Zim, you'll like this. As the cover says, "It tastes like nightmares!".

Posted by: naturalfake at March 18, 2018 09:52 AM (9q7Dl)

90 I suspect the louvered doors lead to the restricted section of the dark arts books.

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2018 09:53 AM (aC6Sd)

91 Furthermore on American Sanctuary, I found out about it in a review in the Weekly Standard. Even though it's a haven for the Three NeverTrumpers Stooges, Kristol, Hayes and Boot, it still uses some very good book reviewers. Likewise John "Shemp" Podhoretz is a movie reviewer whose tastes dovetail with mine.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2018 09:53 AM (y7DUB)

92 I have a stack of dense, nutritional books on my coffee table waiting to edify me, so of course I've been indulging in my favorite zomb-pocalypse trash.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion

Books on nutrition? A fellow nutrition 'nut'?
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Heavens no! I mean books that are chewy and substantial and impart knowledge. Books that have roughage. Not the sugary stuff I've been reading, about zombies and chicks in brass bras fighting aliens.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 09:54 AM (qJtVm)

93 I had to stop using the bathtub. It hurts my wrist.

I LOL'd.

Posted by: April at March 18, 2018 09:54 AM (e8PP1)

94 So what cigars has Diogenes got in that humidor?

Posted by: Gman at March 18, 2018 09:55 AM (IFQ1S)

95 Posted by: naturalfake at March 18, 2018 09:52 AM (9q7Dl)

I. LOVE. Invader Zim. I thought the comics captured the vile essence of the cartoon fairly well.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 09:56 AM (qJtVm)

96 90 I suspect the louvered doors lead to the restricted section of the dark arts books.
Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2018 09:53 AM (aC6Sd)

Yeah, those necromancers always say that it's "the den" and that it's "a mess", but we know the truth!

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 09:56 AM (EaQ6/)

97 "American Sanctuary" sounds pretty great.

Is the historian a lefty loon who throws Marxist analysis around or a historian who is faithful to what the participants thought and their society and uses that for our erudition?

Posted by: naturalfake at March 18, 2018 09:58 AM (9q7Dl)

98 I'm reading a book about the invasion of Okinawa....should have read it before I went there. Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2018 09:58 AM (SjImc)

99 I haven't read the coffee history, granted, but if it's what I think it is, people who like that kind of thing and haven't read them should check out Mark Kurlansky's books on two other strategic resources vital to national security throughout history, Salt and Cod. And if you want to stay with the culinary theme, Bee Wilson's Consider the Fork is about the history and evolution of cooking and eating techniques and technology from teeth and meat to molecular gastronomy and sous vide.

They probably get mentioned every two months or so, but they're so good.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2018 09:58 AM (y87Qq)

100 Currently [re-reading] The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. I had read the hard back version of this long ago and I forgot how shitty it was. ...

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 18, 2018 08:58 AM (mpXpK)

I read one of Brown's novels years ago. The title escapes me but it was some dreadful piece of crap in which the villain was trying to steal some Masonic secret to immortality or godhood or some such idiocy. Not only was the villain's motivation beyond stupid but Brown's writing ability is inept. I won't ready anything by him now.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 18, 2018 09:59 AM (5Yee7)

101 chicks in brass bras

I bet they're cold when they first put them on.

Posted by: JT at March 18, 2018 10:01 AM (ZYuaP)

102 94 So what cigars has Diogenes got in that humidor?
Posted by: Gman at March 18, 2018 09:55 AM (IFQ1S)

I thought that it was a little gun-safe. Color me never-more-than-one-step-away from home protection devices. I don't smoke in the house, so you could hit me in the face with a humidor and I wouldn't recognize it.

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 10:02 AM (EaQ6/)

103 Fifteen bucks for the Kindle version of American Sanctuary!

Luckily my library has it.

I read the Amazon blurb and it looks fascinating. An American, born in Danbury, Connecticut and impressed onto a British Navy vessel, is extradited to GB by Adams and hanged for mutiny. Cost Adams the next election.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 10:04 AM (qJtVm)

104 chicks in brass bras

I bet they're cold when they first put them on.

----

Fur lined brass bras.

and google search results for acecomments is really FURBAR right now and getting worse. What is the opposite of 'search engine optimization?'

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 18, 2018 10:04 AM (roQNm)

105 So we have cigars, fine wines and books at Diogenes place, when are we all going over?

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2018 10:04 AM (aC6Sd)

106 Gotta go.
I got shitadoo.

Have a great one everyone !

Posted by: JT at March 18, 2018 10:05 AM (ZYuaP)

107 Is the historian a lefty loon who throws Marxist analysis around or a historian who is faithful to what the participants thought and their society and uses that for our erudition?

Posted by: naturalfake at March 18, 2018 09:58 AM (9q7Dl)

Overwhelmingly seems to be the latter. He does meticulous research and the footnotes, rather than a forum to editorialize or fill in stuff that might bog down the narrative, are strictly sources of where he found the material in the text.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2018 10:06 AM (y7DUB)

108 ''I told my daughter recently to not get me started on her eating habits because I'm about one step away from entering a food cult and selling flowers at the airport.''

I had to laugh when I read that. It immediately put me in mind of the Hari Krishna kids who used to hang around campus when I was in college.

Posted by: Tuna at March 18, 2018 10:07 AM (jm1YL)

109 Lindsay Books, aka youroldtimebookstore.com, is liquidating their inventory

I loved those glueheads. I thought that they had gone out of business a few years ago and sold their stock to someone else.

I have purchased quite a few of their books over the years as prepper material.

Their aluminum casting and alcohol distilling are recommended.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 18, 2018 10:08 AM (yQpMk)

110 I actually spent a few minutes Googling for "Library & Pub of Diogenes" when the thread first went up. lol! I'm pretty easy when you use the word "pub" in any context!

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 10:09 AM (EaQ6/)

111 Got some cash you want to get rid of ?? We just made Tiger Woods the favorite to win the Masters. 8/1. You can also bet that Tiger misses the cut, 4/1. Thanks for your business

Posted by: LAS VEGAS at March 18, 2018 10:09 AM (VWsDy)

112
You know who makes a great humidor?

Posted by: Bill Clinton at March 18, 2018 10:09 AM (LOgQ4)

113 100 I read one of Brown's novels years ago. The title
escapes me but it was some dreadful piece of crap in which the villain
was trying to steal some Masonic secret to immortality or godhood or
some such idiocy. Not only was the villain's motivation beyond stupid
but Brown's writing ability is inept. I won't ready anything by him now.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 18, 2018 09:59 AM (5Yee7)

That's the one I am reading now. And I have been looking up a lot of the stuff he claims is true and it isn't.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 18, 2018 10:10 AM (mpXpK)

114 Well don't hide that under a bushel, put something like 'Gs.D' after your name and people will assume you're learned and erudite ...Because of the letters, you see.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2018 09:47 AM (y87Qq)

I knew a Dayton P.D. homicide detective that did something similar: he put "L.P." (Licensed Panhandler) after his name because Dayton has (or used to have) a requirement for panhandlers get a special license and this detective paid his $10 for that license!

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 18, 2018 10:11 AM (5Yee7)

115 I think he used one from Monica Corp.

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 10:12 AM (EaQ6/)

116 Re Old Time Bookstore, they have one package with one each of every book in stock for $916. If you apply the discount, wow.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 10:12 AM (qJtVm)

117 That's the one I am reading now. And I have been looking up a lot of the stuff he claims is true and it isn't.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at March 18, 2018 10:10 AM (mpXpK)

OK, the nightmares about The Lost Symbol are starting to come back. Another thing he got wrong is the lodge room at the top of the House of Temple: You can't see shit from the doorway he talks about because there is actually a panel blocking your view.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 18, 2018 10:15 AM (5Yee7)

118 Maybe now we can dispense with unwavering faith in the testimony of law enforcement. They are just humans and humans sometimes lie.

Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2018 10:15 AM (VWsDy)

119 116 Re Old Time Bookstore, they have one package with one each of every book in stock for $916. If you apply the discount, wow.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 10:12 AM (qJtVm)

That's a great deal alright, but then you're gonna get a blister putting up shelves, or you might have to build a "den" and put up louvered doors to hide "the mess."

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 10:15 AM (EaQ6/)

120 Got some cash you want to get rid of ?? We just made Tiger Woods the favorite to win the Masters. 8/1. You can also bet that Tiger misses the cut, 4/1. Thanks for your business
Posted by: LAS VEGAS at March 18, 2018 10:09 AM (VWsDy)

The Eldrick bots have recently created a spooge tsunami by finally being able to spank it to their whorehounding hero. Their wallets need draining as much as their balls did.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2018 10:16 AM (y7DUB)

121 I knew a Dayton P.D. homicide detective that did something similar: he put "L.P." (Licensed Panhandler) after his name because Dayton has (or used to have) a requirement for panhandlers get a special license and this detective paid his $10 for that license!
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 18, 2018 10:11 AM (5Yee7)

Brilliant! If I ever meet someone from Dayton with "L.P." on their business cards, I'll give them a buck.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2018 10:17 AM (y87Qq)

122 Did anyone get Old Time Bookstore to work? It keeps asking me to enter a valid phone number; I've tried every format I can think of: ##########; 1-###-###-####; 1##########; etc.

Posted by: Poster Guy at March 18, 2018 10:17 AM (rLttJ)

123 It keeps asking me to enter a valid phone number;
Posted by: Poster Guy at March 18, 2018 10:17 AM (rLttJ

Do you have Javascript disabled or are you running a script blocker, by chance? You sometimes have to disable those for validation.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2018 10:20 AM (y87Qq)

124 huh. i thought lindsay books went out of business years ago. they used to send me catalogs. i distinctly remember the announcement.

Posted by: Anachronda at March 18, 2018 10:22 AM (2//jc)

125 120 Got some cash you want to get rid of ?? We just made Tiger Woods the favorite to win the Masters. 8/1. You can also bet that Tiger misses the cut, 4/1. Thanks for your business
Posted by: LAS VEGAS at March 18, 2018 10:09 AM (VWsDy)

The Eldrick bots have recently created a spooge tsunami by finally being able to spank it to their whorehounding hero. Their wallets need draining as much as their balls did.
Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2018 10:16 AM (y7DUB)

I'm going with Tiger misses the cut and Rory for the win

Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2018 10:23 AM (VWsDy)

126 I'd be s good reviewer because I'd replace "plan" with "place".

Posted by: West at March 18, 2018 10:24 AM (2835Q)

127 good Sunday morning and happy book thread, all you devotees.

I'll be back but wanted to invite you to church online. starts in a minute here:

gmm.azurewebsites.net/
livevideo.html

(all one phrase)

Posted by: booknlass at March 18, 2018 10:25 AM (xGMkv)

128
Heavens no! I mean books that are chewy and substantial and impart knowledge. Books that have roughage. Not the sugary stuff I've been reading, about zombies and chicks in brass bras fighting aliens.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 09:54 AM (qJtVm)

----------------

I am a sad sad man.

I initially read that as "chicks in bass bras."

Posted by: Blake at March 18, 2018 10:25 AM (WEBkv)

129 The Eldrick bots have recently created a spooge tsunami by finally being able to spank it to their whorehounding hero. Their wallets need draining as much as their balls did.
Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2018 10:16 AM (y7DUB)

Today's coverage will be compiled of 50% Tiger and 50% of other players in relation to Tiger. A big Swede coming back from an injury doesn't quite cut it when yur n luv

Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2018 10:26 AM (VWsDy)

130 "Bookcases jammed into every room is in fact one of the great joys in life. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

"A good set of tools is a friend for life" ... an old quote, but similar to having a good set of books, perhaps.

VDH and his history of Europe expressed in various books would be elementary to grasping our current situation, merging that with other books on the wars and Soviet infiltration and their long march through our institutions. Many books are on my list, trying to put the whole picture together.

But one thing that emerges is the subterfuge and double dealings, and a lot of raw FORCE and murder. Enabling good people to prosper strengthens "kingdoms", but forcing those people to pay a high price is the trick of kings, or of conquerors. War and preparing for war is the norm. The Bible offers an "overview".

So conspiracies and multi-national DeepStates prefer the shadows, but the internet has broken their secrets. In response they flood the citizenry with fake news and covertly introduce the wrong conspiracy theories. But there seem to be a lot of well-read patriots blowing whistles and willing to take on Holder in his threat for a knife fight, of Brennan and whatever he is threatening. party on ...

Posted by: illiniwek at March 18, 2018 10:27 AM (bT8Z4)

131 I'm going with Tiger misses the cut and Rory for the win
Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2018 10:23 AM (VWsDy)

Maybe but I find it hard to bet against Spieth.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2018 10:27 AM (y7DUB)

132 "chicks in bass bras."

Another bad idea comes down the pike.

Posted by: fluffy at March 18, 2018 10:27 AM (cHbmY)

133 Photo looks much like my library. My mugs though are full of; pencils, rulers, magnifying glasses and too tiny to find eyeglass screw drivers.

Posted by: PhilDirt at March 18, 2018 10:27 AM (QEWH+)

134 "chicks in bass bras."

I'm going to make a bass bra, just for the halibut.

Posted by: April at March 18, 2018 10:29 AM (e8PP1)

135 Tiger, by going out early, might rattle some of the competition into choking if he plays really well. A 5 stroke lead ain't what it used to be in the good old days. It can be given up, or taken away from you, or a combination of both, so that 8/1 might work. Plus, you have to consider the luck of a fornicator coming into the equation.

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 10:30 AM (EaQ6/)

136 sorry, jgmm.azurewebsites.net/livevideo.html

Posted by: booknlass at March 18, 2018 10:32 AM (xGMkv)

137 Oh, wait! I see now that you were talking about the Masters at 8/1, not today's final round at the Palmer. duh, dope!

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 10:33 AM (EaQ6/)

138 I just thought of a new nickname for myself: Adam Nippon.

Posted by: Mr. Sulu at March 18, 2018 10:34 AM (Pby3z)

139 Maybe but I find it hard to bet against Spieth.
Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2018 10:27 AM (y7DUB)

My BIL has actually played with Spieth when he was young. Said he was a little bit of a head case. I like Jordan and I lived and had a business in Dallas for a long time but I think he's got a screw loose. He's great when he's on but look out when he starts talking to himself. Plus the fact he hit like a girl. Maybe he should self identify as a girl. He could probably dominate the LPGA.

Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2018 10:36 AM (VWsDy)

140 "chicks in bass bras."

My attempt to start a pun war is floundering.

Posted by: fluffy at March 18, 2018 10:36 AM (cHbmY)

141 ''I just thought of a new nickname for myself: Adam Nippon.
Posted by: Mr. Sulu at March 18, 2018 10:34 AM (Pby3z)''

LOL

Posted by: Tuna at March 18, 2018 10:36 AM (jm1YL)

142 I'll look for someone around the 15/20 to 1 range to make it worthwhile.

Posted by: jsg at March 18, 2018 10:38 AM (znQDG)

143 I have a 50 year old Hofbrauhaus (Munich) mug in a box somewhere. I'm gonna find it and fill with pens and magnifying glasses, and goggle-fixing equipment, now that you've mentioned it!

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 10:38 AM (EaQ6/)

144 Dan Brown is indeed a shitty writer and one of the reasons is that the the "concepts" of his novels promise more than he, being a shitty writer, can possible deliver.
Who wouldn't want to read a novel about Templars and symbols and monks and Vatican intrigue--all wrapped up as a detective thriller?
But Brown can't deliver.

But the late Umberto Eco almost could. He was brilliant and his novels have a lot to say about all those subjects and more. He wasn't a great novelist though and his fiction is messy--but still far better and much more interesting than anything Dan Brown could ever come up with.

Posted by: JoeF. at March 18, 2018 10:39 AM (7uYFy)

145 My bookshelves are beyond overflowing. I need to, at some point in the future, get my house neat and clean. I feel that is part of recovery. Hope I can find some way to get tidy without eliminating a lot of books.

Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at March 18, 2018 10:40 AM (nBr1j)

146 55
The louvered doors at Sgt. Mom's library are really nice. Wonder what's behind those doors ..

there's a movie in there somewhere: "behind the louvered doors"...

Posted by: Anachronda at March 18, 2018 10:41 AM (2//jc)

147 Hope I can find some way to get tidy without eliminating a lot of books.

Just get more shelves! Ace could help you build them.

Posted by: April at March 18, 2018 10:41 AM (e8PP1)

148 Dan Brown also has it in for the Catholic Church. So did Umberto Eco. The difference is that Eco --being born into the church and educated by Salesian Brothers knew what the hell he was talking about. Brown has no clue.

Posted by: JoeF. at March 18, 2018 10:42 AM (7uYFy)

149 If I even whisper the word "shelves", my back starts to hurt.

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 10:44 AM (EaQ6/)

150 >>Just get more shelves! Ace could help you build them

Yea, that ought to neaten the place up.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2018 10:48 AM (/tuJf)

151 Mrs928 and I listened to The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel by Neil Gaiman on audiobook as we traveled this week. It is more of a novella but I found it enjoyable. A sort of Tom Bombadil story.

Interestingly, it has been optioned for a movie by Tom Hanks. Thinking about that I do believe it could be easily adapted as a visual medium with modern CGI.

I think that Nicole Kidman is probably too old now to be cast as Ursela Monkton, alas.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 18, 2018 10:49 AM (yQpMk)

152 I dont always prefer Doxies, but when I do, I prefer them gin soaked.

Posted by: Muad'dib at March 18, 2018 10:50 AM (EmDt7)

153 Ace is experienced with that kind of work though. I think he's been putting up the same shelf for about 2 yrs. now, right?

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 10:50 AM (EaQ6/)

154 Boy, did I just get lost in on the Lindsay book site. Got pulled in by the old-time machinist books from American Machinist Magazine, which is still in existence online.

*sigh* I sorta miss my old job. Manufacturing sure was fun while it lasted.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at March 18, 2018 10:51 AM (GdWl+)

155 love the pub, love the library......i think sgt. mom's should be on the art thread this week.....i am fascinated by the never-ending shelves to the sky.....trying to figure out where i can do that in my home.....since we no longer have a warehouse to store all of our books and collections i need to figure out a way to display them in our house...one of my chores in my new retirement is to get the stuff out of the garage and into the house ......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 18, 2018 10:53 AM (0O7c5)

156 I see that most of the books I liked are no longer available at the book store. The casting series is not included in the package deals.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 18, 2018 10:53 AM (yQpMk)

157 I always buy the low-priced items discussed in the book thread, and look for the high-priced items on Pirate Bay. Sometimes I get lucky. Like today.

Posted by: Octopus at March 18, 2018 10:53 AM (JqM8A)

158 The best part of the book is the concluding three chapters where Dupuy really develops his thesis. Overall still a worthwhile read and Dupuy makes his case that the Germans were very good at the tactical/operational level but made serious mistakes in grand strategy.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 18, 2018 09:23 AM (5Yee7)

I'm guessing that Hitler would be the cause of most of that.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 10:54 AM (jlKn3)

159 The desk in the picture is in the living room - just for show. The serious desk, where I write my books is here - https://tinyurl.com/y7799lu4

Posted by: Sgt. Mom at March 18, 2018 10:54 AM (xnmPy)

160 OT.
PDT is on fire this morning. Tweeting away about Mueller, McCabe, Comey. Perhaps laying the groundwork for firing Mueller and company? One can only hope.

Posted by: Tuna at March 18, 2018 10:54 AM (jm1YL)

161 Who wouldn't want to read a novel about Templars and symbols and monks and Vatican intrigue--all wrapped up as a detective thriller?
But Brown can't deliver.

I thought the first half of that book was the best thriller I'd ever read. (I don't really read thrillers, though). And then he just didn't know what to do with it and everything went sideways.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2018 10:55 AM (fuK7c)

162 Bought the whole library!

McGyver, out

Posted by: McGyver at March 18, 2018 10:55 AM (E765a)

163 160 OT.
PDT is on fire this morning. Tweeting away about Mueller, McCabe, Comey. Perhaps laying the groundwork for firing Mueller and company? One can only hope.
Posted by: Tuna at March 18, 2018 10:54 AM (jm1YL)

That's fine, just so long as it doesn't cause our country to become divisive or partisan in any way.

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 10:57 AM (EaQ6/)

164 "Do you have Javascript disabled or are you running a script blocker, by chance?"

-- I tried a few different browsers and settings to no avail. ... Then I just tried paying by card instead of PayPal and it worked. Don't know why, but thanks! Looks like I'll need to burn through these library books faster.

Posted by: Poster Guy at March 18, 2018 10:57 AM (rLttJ)

165 That is indeed a serious desk, Sgt. Mom.

There's hardly enough room for a cat to squeeze between the keyboard and the screen.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 10:58 AM (qJtVm)

166 I'd like to get a new serious desk.

Perhaps, like so:

https://www.autonomous.ai/

Posted by: naturalfake at March 18, 2018 10:59 AM (9q7Dl)

167 PDT is on fire this morning.

Weasel zippers has Brennan tweets and words like his coming from a very high-level Federal official goes beyond 'war of words' and well into threats.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 18, 2018 11:00 AM (roQNm)

168 My father-in-law gave me a giant vice while were were at his house. But first, we had to do a walk through of his two workshops/storage buildings.

I was continuously making Tim Allen ape grunts. The man has 5 of everything. The thing I wanted most was a vintage worm-drive Skillsaw from the 1950s. That thing was monstrous. Clearly built to last a lifetime. I can't find a picture of this exact model on the internet but this Stanley is close in appearance:

http://bit.ly/2DDfnGj

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 18, 2018 11:01 AM (yQpMk)

169 I am a sad sad man.

I initially read that as "chicks in bass bras."

Posted by: Blake at March 18, 2018 10:25 AM (WEBkv)

Are there any books with chicks in calamari bras?

Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at March 18, 2018 11:02 AM (ANIFC)

170 72 Wait...does this thread still require pants??? There was nothing up top about it...where is Oregon Museand what have you done to him????
Posted by: lin-duh at March 18, 2018 09:44 AM (kufk0)

Dang. I forgot the usual preamble this week.

Regardless, pants are still required and this rule will be rigidly enforced.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 11:02 AM (jlKn3)

171 Are there any books with chicks in calamari bras?

We have an entire genre for you.

Posted by: Hentai at March 18, 2018 11:03 AM (fuK7c)

172 MisHum's Harf link in the sidebar goes to the Flake link.

Posted by: m at March 18, 2018 11:03 AM (U6XUk)

173 Regardless, pants are still required and this rule will be rigidly enforced.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 11:02 AM (jlKn3)
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Can they be assless?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 11:04 AM (qJtVm)

174 Regardless, pants are still required and this rule will be rigidly enforced.

When it's rigid it still shows through the pants.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2018 11:04 AM (fuK7c)

175 Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 18, 2018 11:01 AM (yQpMk)

Any power tool that mandates that both hands be used to operate it is grunt-worthy.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at March 18, 2018 11:04 AM (GdWl+)

176 I imagine PDT greeting Mueller in person like Jerry Seinfeld acknowledged Newman:

Mue-ller! *grimace/sneer*

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2018 11:05 AM (QLvwG)

177 Seek and ye shall find:

https://www.paom.com/products/sports-bra-cthulhu-sports-bra-gunkiss

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 11:06 AM (qJtVm)

178 This has nothing to do with the book. Gruesome nose art on a B-17.

https://tinyurl.com/ycdlb62m

Posted by: Jake Holenhead at March 18, 2018 09:04 AM (8EJVd)

Artist must have used Ace's time machine to get Hillary to pose for him.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2018 11:06 AM (Dbv1R)

179 ''Who wouldn't want to read a novel about Templars and symbols and monks and Vatican intrigue--all wrapped up as a detective thriller?
But Brown can't deliver. ''

I read "The DaVinci Code" when it was a big thing and remember thinking I was glad I had borrowed it from the library rather than buying it because it wasn't worth the paper it was printed on.

Posted by: Tuna at March 18, 2018 11:07 AM (jm1YL)

180 Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2018 11:05 AM (QLvwG)

Just remembered, "muell" means trash in German. Guess the guy is well named.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 18, 2018 11:08 AM (rp9xB)

181 I'm reading a book about the invasion of Okinawa....should have read it before I went there. Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2018 09:58 AM (SjImc)

Lived there as a kid in the early '60s....unearthing ordnance and human remains was not uncommon.

Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2018 11:08 AM (0+nbW)

182 Bander, really liked the Hemingway.

The grasshoppers that had turned gunmetal grey to blend in with their new (devastated) environment, but would hopefully one day revert back to green, were a great metaphor (or is that simile?).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 11:09 AM (qJtVm)

183 167 PDT is on fire this morning.

Weasel zippers has Brennan tweets and words like his coming from a very high-level Federal official goes beyond 'war of words' and well into threats.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 18, 2018 11:00 AM (roQNm)

Well, yeah. He also sounds just a wee bit unhinged.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:09 AM (NWiLs)

184 Greetings:

An incorrectly displayed American flag: Blue field should be in upper left.

Posted by: 11B40 at March 18, 2018 11:10 AM (evgyj)

185 >>> Just remembered, "muell" means trash in German. Guess the guy is well named.

Let me tell you how it will be:
There's one for you, nineteen for me.
If you don't want to pay some more
Be thankful I don't take it all

Because I'm the Trash man!
Yeah, I'm the Trash man.

Posted by: The Trash Man at March 18, 2018 11:12 AM (cHbmY)

186 I can't recommend "The Boys in the Boat" by Daniel J. Brown highly enough. It's an amazing story, that weaves together depression era life, the rise of Nazi Germany and the University of Washington's improbable selection and performance at the 1936 Olympics. It is meticulously detailed, with amazing side stories. One in particular: Bobby Moch, the superlative coxswain for Washington, learns on the eve of the voyage to Hitler's Olympics, that he is Jewish, a fact his 1st gen. immigrant father concealed from him because he thought their life would be easier.
This is one of those books that screams "Make me a movie!!"

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at March 18, 2018 11:12 AM (ty7RM)

187 Bander, really liked the Hemingway.

Oh good. I'm really pleased that you liked it.

Also, it's nice that you brought the book thread back to books because I've spent most of the thread thinking about you in a brass bra.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2018 11:12 AM (fuK7c)

188 I love trash!

Posted by: Oscar the Grouch at March 18, 2018 11:13 AM (NWiLs)

189 How many divisions does Brennan have?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at March 18, 2018 11:13 AM (GdWl+)

190
I read "The DaVinci Code" when it was a big thing and remember thinking I was glad I had borrowed it from the library rather than buying it because it wasn't worth the paper it was printed on.
Posted by: Tuna at March 18, 2018 11:07 AM (jm1YL)

I borrowed it from a pretty redhead at work who was raving about it. I quickly read it and returned it. "It was pretty good!", I lied.

Posted by: JoeF. at March 18, 2018 11:13 AM (7uYFy)

191 An incorrectly displayed American flag: Blue field should be in upper left.
Posted by: 11B40 at March 18, 2018 11:10 AM (evgyj)

TMYK: that field is called the "canton".

Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2018 11:13 AM (y87Qq)

192 189 How many divisions does Brennan have?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at March 18, 2018 11:13 AM (GdWl+)

In his diseased, megalomaniacal brain I reckon he thinks he has legions of angels at his disposal.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:15 AM (NWiLs)

193 191 An incorrectly displayed American flag: Blue field should be in upper left.
Posted by: 11B40 at March 18, 2018 11:10 AM (evgyj)

TMYK: that field is called the "canton".
Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2018 11:13 AM (y87Qq)

And Jayne Cobb is its hero.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:15 AM (NWiLs)

194 ''I borrowed it from a pretty redhead at work who was raving about it. I quickly read it and returned it. "It was pretty good!", I lied.''

Smooth, very smooth.

Posted by: Tuna at March 18, 2018 11:18 AM (jm1YL)

195 Can they be assless?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 11:04 AM (qJtVm)

NO! Assless chaps do NOT count as pants. In order to qualify as pants, they must be... oh dang, what's the opposite of 'assless'? Assful. OK, right. All pants must be assful.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 11:18 AM (jlKn3)

196 PDT is on fire this morning.

Weasel zippers has Brennan tweets and words like his coming from a very high-level Federal official goes beyond 'war of words' and well into threats.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 18, 2018 11:00 AM (roQNm)

Well, yeah. He also sounds just a wee bit unhinged.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:09 AM (NWiL)

The thing that gets me is Brennan would be better served by just shutting the fuck up. Why are they doubling down? Well, the contempt Brennan and the rest of the Deep State have for Donald Trump is very real and very deep and no matter what crimes they may have committed in trying to "get" him, they will all go to their grave thinking they were doing the right thing. They are zealots.

It also looks like Trump is fed up and about to go nuclear.

Posted by: JoeF. at March 18, 2018 11:18 AM (7uYFy)

197 >>Well, yeah. He also sounds just a wee bit unhinged.

I'd say worried would be more apt.

And Holder talking about a knife fight with his political opponents? That sounds totally normal.

When the shrill level goes up you are getting near the target.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2018 11:19 AM (/tuJf)

198 How many divisions does Brennan have?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at March 18, 2018 11:13 AM (GdWl+)

Looks like a dismayingly large fifth column to me. One that has nearly completed a long march through our institutions.

Posted by: cool breeze at March 18, 2018 11:20 AM (UGKMd)

199 Brass bra?

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2018 11:20 AM (LiyEm)

200 I borrowed it from a pretty redhead at work who was raving about it. I
quickly read it and returned it. "It was pretty good!", I lied.

That's where you leave the story!? Did the lie turn out to be ... worth it?

Posted by: yadda yadda yadda at March 18, 2018 11:20 AM (txewh)

201 The thing that gets me is Brennan would be better served by just shutting the fuck up. Why are they doubling down? Well, the contempt Brennan and the rest of the Deep State have for Donald Trump is very real and very deep and no matter what crimes they may have committed in trying to "get" him, they will all go to their grave thinking they were doing the right thing. They are zealots.

It also looks like Trump is fed up and about to go nuclear.
Posted by: JoeF. at March 18, 2018 11:18 AM (7uYFy)

"Zealots" is a good word for them. "Fanatics" also comes to mind. Like the overwhelming majority of NeverTrumpers I've encountered. But these guys have taken it to a whole new level.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:21 AM (NWiLs)

202 Weasel zippers has Brennan tweets and words like his coming from a very high-level Federal official goes beyond 'war of words' and well into threats.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 18, 2018 11:00 AM (roQNm)
Well, yeah. He also sounds just a wee bit unhinged.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:09 AM (NWiLs)

Trump needs to send some Secret Service guys around to have a chat with these traitorous bastards.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 11:21 AM (jlKn3)

203 What if my pants aren't assed, but are merely ass-capable?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2018 11:21 AM (HiQSt)

204 I like how McCabe talks about voting for Republicans in every election before sitting out 2016.NeverTrumper in other words.

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2018 11:22 AM (LiyEm)

205 ''I borrowed it from a pretty redhead at work who was raving about it. I quickly read it and returned it. "It was pretty good!", I lied.''

Smooth, very smooth.
Posted by: Tuna at March 18, 2018 11:18 AM (jm1YL)

She was very attractive and had an hourglass figure. But there was just something off-kilter about her and when she suggested that we go out and have a drink "sometime", i hesitated to pull the trigger. She ended up getting fired a short while later and I've been kicking myself ever since.

Posted by: JoeF. at March 18, 2018 11:22 AM (7uYFy)

206 202 Weasel zippers has Brennan tweets and words like his coming from a very high-level Federal official goes beyond 'war of words' and well into threats.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 18, 2018 11:00 AM (roQNm)
Well, yeah. He also sounds just a wee bit unhinged.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:09 AM (NWiLs)

Trump needs to send some Secret Service guys around to have a chat with these traitorous bastards.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 11:21 AM (jlKn3)

His tweet taken with Samantha Powers' seems like a direct threat to me.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:22 AM (NWiLs)

207 I loved those glueheads. I thought that they had gone out of business a few years ago and sold their stock to someone else.

I have purchased quite a few of their books over the years as prepper material.

Their aluminum casting and alcohol distilling are recommended.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 18, 2018 10:08 AM (yQpMk)

I went to the link, and they have a deal: "AllTheBooks" for a measly $916. Now if they would tack the 75% discount onto that, you could get a copy of each book remaining in inventory for $279. Which sounds pretty sweet.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2018 11:22 AM (Dbv1R)

208 It also looks like Trump is fed up and about to go nuclear.
Posted by: JoeF. at March 18, 2018 11:18 AM (7uYFy)

---------

I hope this includes the blast of an air horn in Sessions' ear.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2018 11:23 AM (HiQSt)

209 When the shrill level goes up you are getting near the target.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2018 11:19 AM (/tuJf)

Whom President Trump would destroy he first makes mad. Bonkers. Drives crazy. Insane. 'Round the bend.

I'd like to know how he does it.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 11:23 AM (jlKn3)

210 ''The thing that gets me is Brennan would be better served by just shutting the fuck up. Why are they doubling down? Well, the contempt Brennan and the rest of the Deep State have for Donald Trump is very real and very deep and no matter what crimes they may have committed in trying to "get" him, they will all go to their grave thinking they were doing the right thing. They are zealots.

It also looks like Trump is fed up and about to go nuclear.''

They actually believe their own bullshit that PDT is an uneducated idiot. You'd think after a year they'd have started to get a clue who they are dealing with.

Posted by: Tuna at March 18, 2018 11:23 AM (jm1YL)

211 All pants must be assful.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 11:18 AM (jlKn3)

***

I prefer ass-enabled.

Posted by: Elinor, Who Usually Looks Lurkily at March 18, 2018 11:24 AM (NqQAS)

212 NGU - which Okinawa history are you reading?

Posted by: rhomboid at March 18, 2018 11:25 AM (QDnY+)

213 I like how McCabe talks about voting for Republicans in every election before sitting out 2016.NeverTrumper in other words.
Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2018 11:22 AM (LiyEm)

It's entirely possible that NeverTrumper "Republicans" hate Trump more than liberals and Democrats do. I mean, libs are going to "hate" on any Republican---look at some of the shit they said about milquetoast Mitt in 2012---but it takes a special kind of hate to want to take down your own side.

Posted by: JoeF. at March 18, 2018 11:25 AM (7uYFy)

214 His tweet taken with Samantha Powers' seems like a direct threat to me.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:22 AM (NWiLs)

Powers' tweet was exactly what I was thinking of. Trump would be well within his rights to take some kind of action against them.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 11:26 AM (jlKn3)

215 I'm going to make a bass bra, just for the halibut.

Posted by: April at March 18, 2018 10:29 AM (e8PP1)

Would go well with a flounder thong.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2018 11:26 AM (Dbv1R)

216 My daughter and I drove to Denver to take the grandkids to the Zoo yesterday. We listened to the first third of Dean Koontz's Ashley Bell. He is, of course, a master of the unexpected twist. I lierally have no idea what will happen next. I'm about a third of the way in and for the first time, and under the most unusual conditions, the name Ashley Bell was mentioned.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 18, 2018 11:27 AM (+y/Ru)

217 Looks like a dismayingly large fifth column to me. One that has nearly completed a long march through our institutions.

It just appears that way. PDT's election may prove to be a watershed event in our history.

The tide is turning against the Progs in a big way. All that needed to happen was for the people to be shown a viable alternative to their nonsensical postmodern ideology, one that truly works and is in line with American traditions.

As a musician, I get to talk with a wide variety of people quite often and some of them will offer their opinions (unbidden by me) of the state of the union under PDT. They see many good things finally beginning to happen again after years of Prog-designed and implemented stagnation.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at March 18, 2018 11:27 AM (GdWl+)

218 213 I think there are different degrees.There are NeverTrumpers who have moved to grudging acceptance and there are the dead enders who have just become Democrats.

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2018 11:27 AM (LiyEm)

219 If Brennan and Barack couldn't do it with a drone, it didn't get done. And, sadly, they didn't even use that option very frequently. So, basically, the guy is the lap-dog of a loser. He should get a job writing Sunday Morning talking points for Susan Rice, or something.

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 11:28 AM (EaQ6/)

220 >>Whom President Trump would destroy he first makes mad. Bonkers. Drives crazy. Insane. 'Round the bend.

>>I'd like to know how he does it.

Honestly I think it's less him than the OIG investigation. Remember, during the Obama years Obama and Holder defended the various inspector generals and even when they still produced compelling evidence Holder and Lynch with an assist by Comey and team were able to ignore it.

They know that the OIG has had his authority restored and they can no longer control the narrative nor the investigation. The media has been ignoring the stuff that has been coming out for the last year + but not everyone has.

They are in deep doo doo.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2018 11:28 AM (/tuJf)

221 Nd no,I don't believe those dead ender NeverTrumpers were ever actually conservative.They were frauds.Trump has been great at exposing frauds.

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2018 11:28 AM (LiyEm)

222 The reactions of the Swamp remind me of the death of the T-1000 in Terminator 2, when he's in the molton metal vat.

for your pleasure

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOFrwimPMZM

Posted by: booknlass at March 18, 2018 11:28 AM (xGMkv)

223 I'm going to make a bass bra, just for the halibut.

Posted by: April at March 18, 2018 10:29 AM

Would go well with a flounder thong.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2018 11:26 AM

damn. I can't think of a crappie fish pun

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 18, 2018 11:28 AM (KCxzN)

224 They actually believe their own bullshit that PDT is an uneducated idiot. You'd think after a year they'd have started to get a clue who they are dealing with.

Posted by: Tuna at March 18, 2018 11:23 AM (jm1YL)

Exactly. But let's not interrupt our enemies while they are busy making mistakes.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 11:28 AM (jlKn3)

225 199 Brass bra?
Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2018 11:20 AM (LiyEm)
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You know, like in Frazetta paintings.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 11:28 AM (qJtVm)

226 What did Power say about Trump?

Posted by: JoeF. at March 18, 2018 11:28 AM (7uYFy)

227 I like how McCabe talks about voting for Republicans in every election before sitting out 2016.NeverTrumper in other words. Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2018 11:22 AM (LiyEm)
=====

Designated (R) in the (D) group. However, his wife received some fabulous sums of money for her run from McAuliffe (a Clinton bagman).

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 18, 2018 11:29 AM (MIKMs)

228 They actually believe their own bullshit that PDT is an uneducated idiot. You'd think after a year they'd have started to get a clue who they are dealing with.
Posted by: Tuna at March 18, 2018 11:23 AM (jm1YL)

They do. A constant refrain of NeverTrumpers is how stupid PDT is. He's a stupid man always saying stupid stuff and doing stupid things.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:29 AM (NWiLs)

229 I also have the problem of too many books and not enough space. I keep telling myself to go through them and weed out the "meh" book. I've found from experience it is a chore that should not wait until you're moving and packing up and develop a temporary hatred of your possessions. That's when I've found myself ditching too much stuff, including books. It still irks me to spend an hour hunting for a book before remembering I gave it to a friend or to Goodwill or the library because - well why? Not because I didn't like the book but because I had convinced myself that I didn't like it that much, that it was expendable.

Then there are the books you'll never see again because you've loaned them to certain friends or relatives. . And those are usually not "meh" books, but books you really love and want others to experience. I once had a friend who was honest and nice in most respects but somehow thought that a book loan was a gift. I went to her house for dinner once and saw books I had lent her years before in her bookcase. I didn't say anything at that moment because it would have put her on the spot in front of others, but when I asked her about the books a few days later she said, "Oh, I forgot they were your books!" I don't get how you can forget that, but then she was very liberal, so it's not surprising she confused what was mine with what was hers.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at March 18, 2018 11:29 AM (P8951)

230 defanged not defended

Posted by: JackStraw at March 18, 2018 11:30 AM (/tuJf)

231 225 Oooooo

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2018 11:30 AM (LiyEm)

232 204: which is why his wife ran as a dem and took 750k from McAullife?

Posted by: CN at March 18, 2018 11:30 AM (5gaNQ)

233 ''Whom President Trump would destroy he first makes mad. Bonkers. Drives crazy. Insane. 'Round the bend.

I'd like to know how he does it.''

My admiration for the man knows no bounds and you can tell from his public appearances that he is enjoying himself thoroughly. And that is another thing that drives them crazy. Nothing they do gets him down.

Posted by: Tuna at March 18, 2018 11:30 AM (jm1YL)

234 What did Power say about Trump?

Former UN Amb. Samantha Power Levels Veiled Threat At Trump

http://bit.ly/2DDcfu9

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 18, 2018 11:31 AM (yQpMk)

235 A book recommendation that everyone but me has obviously read: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

Amazing book. Not as long as Atlas Shrugged, but still longish. What's scary about it is that I have heard people mouthing the exact same collectivist trash that she wrote about decades ago.

For the sci fi fan, her short novel Anthem is good as well.

Posted by: shibumi at March 18, 2018 11:31 AM (9oJYp)

236 226 That he would regret making Brennan angry.

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2018 11:31 AM (LiyEm)

237 Republicans are either stupid (Palin), evil (Nixon), or stupid and evil (Bush, Trump).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 11:31 AM (qJtVm)

238 'damn. I can't think of a crappie fish pun'

That one might perch on the edge.

Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2018 11:32 AM (UdKB7)

239 I was continuously making Tim Allen ape grunts. The
man has 5 of everything. The thing I wanted most was a vintage
worm-drive Skillsaw from the 1950s. That thing was monstrous. Clearly
built to last a lifetime. I can't find a picture of this exact model on
the internet but this Stanley is close in appearance:

http://bit.ly/2DDfnGj

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 18, 2018 11:01 AM (yQpMk)

I snagged a vintage worm-drive Skilsaw out of the town dump at home in Alberta last Fall. Solid cast aluminum. About a five-inch blade. I will try to restore it to working order.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2018 11:33 AM (Dbv1R)

240 203 What if my pants aren't assed, but are merely ass-capable?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2018 11:21 AM (HiQSt)

If your pants have the thing that goes up, then the thing must be up at all times.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 11:33 AM (jlKn3)

241 I think there are different degrees.There are NeverTrumpers who have moved to grudging acceptance and there are the dead enders who have just become Democrats.
Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2018 11:27 AM (LiyEm)

There were some like Rich Lowry who came around and others--such as VDH who had reservations, mostly about "style" who finally "got" Trump, but when you have guys like Max Boot and Bill Kristol just basically join the Hillary Team, there is some deep hatred going on......

Posted by: JoeF. at March 18, 2018 11:33 AM (7uYFy)

242 The tide is turning against the Progs in a big way.
All that needed to happen was for the people to be shown a viable
alternative to their nonsensical postmodern ideology, one that truly
works and is in line with American traditions.

As a musician, I get to talk with a wide variety of people quite
often and some of them will offer their opinions (unbidden by me) of the
state of the union under PDT. They see many good things finally
beginning to happen again after years of Prog-designed and implemented
stagnation.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at March 18, 2018 11:27 AM (GdWl+)

I want badly to believe this, but the results of these special elections really are starting to worry me.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at March 18, 2018 11:33 AM (P8951)

243 240 203 What if my pants aren't assed, but are merely ass-capable?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2018 11:21 AM (HiQSt)

If your pants have the thing that goes up, then the thing must be up at all times.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 11:33 AM (jlKn3)

You're supposed to see your doctor if it stays up more than four hours.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:34 AM (NWiLs)

244 Comey,Brennan,McCabe, Strzok. and the rest of the cabal all sound like they have true saviors of the republic syndrome. They'll all go to their graves believing they're heros

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 18, 2018 11:34 AM (PtOP4)

245 hi Shibumi! yes I've thought of The Fountainhead's evil news man often in the last couple years.

remember, the media got Obama into office, too.

Posted by: booknlass at March 18, 2018 11:34 AM (xGMkv)

246 243 240 203 What if my pants aren't assed, but are merely ass-capable?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2018 11:21 AM (HiQSt)

If your pants have the thing that goes up, then the thing must be up at all times.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 11:33 AM (jlKn3)

You're supposed to see your doctor if it stays up more than four hours.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:34 AM (NWiLs)

Isn't this Up-Normative assumption oppressive?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 11:35 AM (qJtVm)

247 Good morning all. I am late today.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2018 11:35 AM (0tfLf)

248 Well, yeah. He also sounds just a wee bit unhinged.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:09 AM (NWiLs)

"Hinged" muslims are rare, especially converts.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2018 11:35 AM (Dbv1R)

249 Diogenes, we all like your "book"case.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 11:35 AM (qJtVm)

250 I can't think of a crappie fish pun

Except down south where they're called crappie it's pronounced croppie. Up north they are correctly called calico bass. They're not bass, of course, but they are a perciform fish which is a genus which includes bass.

Fish people resort to Linnean binomials because of regional differences in fish names. The southern bonito is the northern false albacore, and the northern bonito is an entirely different fish.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2018 11:35 AM (fuK7c)

251 GW Bush now enjoying his strange new respect for being against Trump.Has he forgotten the vile things they said about him and his family?

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2018 11:36 AM (LiyEm)

252 Isn't this Up-Normative assumption oppressive?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 11:35 AM (qJtVm)

No. Now go fix me a sammich.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:36 AM (NWiLs)

253 "I snagged a vintage worm-drive Skilsaw"

Isn't it getting kind of hard finding worms that will do that kind of work nowadays?

Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2018 11:37 AM (UdKB7)

254 hi Shibumi! yes I've thought of The Fountainhead's evil news man often in the last couple years.

remember, the media got Obama into office, too.

Posted by: booknlass at March 18, 2018 11:34 AM

{{{waving}}} Hi booknlass!

Yea, the evil news man. That's exactly who I'm talking about.

Except I've heard his scary collectivist "live only for others" parroted by everyday liberals.

The collectivist tripe is still out there, and it's still morally wrong.

Posted by: shibumi at March 18, 2018 11:37 AM (9oJYp)

255 No. Now go fix me a sammich.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:36 AM (NWiLs)

Oh, you'll eat it. You'll eat it and like it!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 11:37 AM (qJtVm)

256 Isn't 'converted to islam' all you really need to know about John Brennan's judgment and values?

Although "card carrying communist" probably rounds out the portrait.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 18, 2018 11:38 AM (HiQSt)

257 Currently reading Don Quixote and Fahrenheit 451.

Ive read them before but for some reason I am truly repulsed by Guy Montag more so than when I read it as a younger man.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 18, 2018 11:38 AM (UfMVm)

258 Republicans are either stupid (Palin), evil (Nixon), or stupid and evil (Bush, Trump).
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Gamestress of Triskelion at March 18, 2018 11:31 AM (qJtVm)

Stupid---Eisenhower, Ford, Reagan, W, Palin, Trump
Evil---Nixon, Cheney, Trump
"Scary"--Trump

Posted by: JoeF. at March 18, 2018 11:39 AM (7uYFy)

259 There were some like Rich Lowry who came around and others--such as VDH who had reservations, mostly about "style" who finally "got" Trump, but when you have guys like Max Boot and Bill Kristol just basically join the Hillary Team, there is some deep hatred going on......

Posted by: JoeF. at March 18, 2018 11:33 AM (7uYFy)

And that idiot who wrote in the WSJ (I think) before the election that conservatives should vote for Hillary and not Trump. I'm trying to think who that was, Bret Stephens? David Brooks? I forget.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 11:39 AM (jlKn3)

260 Comey,Brennan,McCabe, Strzok. and the rest of the cabal all sound like they have true saviors of the republic syndrome. They'll all go to their graves believing they're heros
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 18, 2018 11:34 AM (PtOP4)

Yup....they remind me of a certain group in 1945.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 18, 2018 11:39 AM (EoRCO)

261 Alberta Oil Peon and others who want the whole collection at YOBS - I bought the whole libre=army offering and the 75% off applies. Sooo looking forward to getting them ($35 shipping)

McGyver, out

Posted by: McGyver at March 18, 2018 11:39 AM (E765a)

262 251 GW Bush now enjoying his strange new respect for being against Trump.Has he forgotten the vile things they said about him and his family?
Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2018 11:36 AM (LiyEm)

Imagine a bullied kid now being accepted by the "in-crowd" who used to call him names and steal his lunch money. He forgets all about that shit and joins in on bullying other kids with his new found friends. Fitting in with the Kool Kidz Klique is a powerful force.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:39 AM (NWiLs)

263 Working the pole.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eRuRewRgWyA

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 18, 2018 11:39 AM (+y/Ru)

264 Come on Joe,Reagan was surely scary.He was going to get us into a nuclear war challenging the Soviets....

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2018 11:40 AM (LiyEm)

265 What's odd is for people who very likely have real potential legal/criminal exposure (Comey, McCabe) to be mouthing off in public - or in Nutjob Comey's case, writing a book!

This somewhat baffles me.

In McCabe's statement he actually steers clear of specifics, and instead adopts a persecuted martyr's role (ludicrous, given the facts, but nothing with any downside in later legal proceedings). So at least he may be doing no more than adopting a PR strategy, without any implications for his legal defense.

Anyway, I would think the lawyers for these guys (and I assume they've all well lawyered up long ago) cannot be thrilled to see their clients mouthing off in public like this.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 18, 2018 11:40 AM (QDnY+)

266 251 GW Bush now enjoying his strange new respect for being against Trump.Has he forgotten the vile things they said about him and his family?
Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2018 11:36 AM (LiyEm)

Funny, huh? Also funny: I have never heard him attack another person in public life except another Republican.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 11:41 AM (jlKn3)

267 I want badly to believe this, but the results of these special elections really are starting to worry me.

Whenever I start to get excited, I remember that the financial numbers are badly against us. The Democrats, and their Republican moles, have looted the dollar. They have stolen literally trillions of dollars over the last decade, funneling it to themselves and their cronies. They were able to do this because they it was all borrowed money.

We now have a national debt in our fiat currency that is simple unmanageable. When, not if, the interest rates for sovereign debt return to their historical 4-5%, the entire income tax take of the US will be required just to service the debt.

We are heading for a massive crash in the financial sector and another Great Depression. Everyone's dollar denominated savings are going to be wiped out.

The only bright spot is that the physical wealth of the country wasn't stolen in the typical socialist fashion. The factories, mines and farms remain in private hands so it will be possible to recover. Hell, the repudiation of dollar-denominated debt will be a boon for the young. A fresh start, as it were.

Bad dreams, huh.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 18, 2018 11:41 AM (yQpMk)

268 263 Working the pole.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eRuRewRgWyA
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 18, 2018 11:39 AM (+y/Ru)

You know who else worked the Poles?

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:41 AM (NWiLs)

269 259 Bret Stephens who than wrote after Trump's first year about all the policies he liked but he still wished Hillary was president....

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2018 11:41 AM (LiyEm)

270 Which is a long way of saying that I'm not hoping for restitution and recovery in my lifetime, just revenge.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 18, 2018 11:42 AM (yQpMk)

271 Is there a cocktail-of-the-day to go with the book-of-the-day?

This information is critical.

Posted by: Fritz at March 18, 2018 11:42 AM (bJ0w+)

272 Working the pole.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 18, 2018 11:39 AM (+y/Ru)

Workin' the pole, boss.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2018 11:43 AM (y87Qq)

273 GW Bush now enjoying his strange new respect for being against Trump.Has he forgotten the vile things they said about him and his family?
Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2018 11:36 AM (LiyEm)

W's seeming serenity and Christian fortitude in the face of unrelenting attacks by the Left---which continued during Obama's reign ---was an act. He didn't defend himself because that would mean defending his supporters--US.
Their ire for Trump is based on the fact that Trump DEFENDS his supporters. If Trump was just a billionaire reality show host with NYC liberal tendencies on most issues, they would have no problem with him.

Posted by: JoeF. at March 18, 2018 11:43 AM (7uYFy)

274 The firing of McCabe crossed some kind of red line within the Deep State.

They're going nuclear. They've picked up the masks they already ripped off once when Trump was elected and so they can rip them off again.

Trump is fighting back and they can't deal with it.

Posted by: WisRich at March 18, 2018 11:44 AM (OAlmw)

275 263 Working the pole.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eRuRewRgWyA
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 18, 2018 11:39 AM (+y/Ru)

Probably not the only pole he's worked.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:45 AM (NWiLs)

276 GW Bush now enjoying his strange new respect for
being against Trump.Has he forgotten the vile things they said about him
and his family?

Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2018 11:36 AM (LiyEm)

Imagine a bullied kid now being accepted by the "in-crowd" who used
to call him names and steal his lunch money. He forgets all about that
shit and joins in on bullying other kids with his new found friends.
Fitting in with the Kool Kidz Klique is a powerful force.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:39 AM (NWiLs)

Flowers For Algernon

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2018 11:45 AM (QLvwG)

277 ''What if my pants aren't assed, but are merely ass-capable? ''

Whenever I read that line about assless chaps I think about a pair of moss green lederhosen my husband owned once upon a time. Oh how I hated those things. He looked like an ass when he wore them. They conveniently got ''misplaced" in the trash during one of our moves. My husband suspected me but could never prove anything. My answer was always "Geez honey, I have no idea where they are. Probably in a box somewhere in the basement. Why don't you go down and look?'' Of course, he never does. Too many boxes. Would take too much time. Thus the deception continues.

Posted by: Tuna at March 18, 2018 11:45 AM (jm1YL)

278 My dirtiest secret is I have the collection on Chicks in Chainmail short stories on a bookshelf. And I read them all.

Some of the stories were pretty good. I liked the one where breast enhancement magic was part of the health plan for the all female palace guards. Budget hijinks ensue. It really was a fun story.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2018 11:45 AM (hyuyC)

279 All pants must be assful.

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My pants are full of an overabundance of ass.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 18, 2018 11:46 AM (+y/Ru)

280 Grump's point about debt and interest rates has been on my mind and that of many others for years - yet really receives no attention - including from the current administration. Haven't checked the private debt situation lately. But overall, it's a society drunk on debt - and not of the rational variety (investment in productive assets and capacity that later more than pays for itself) - but for consumption.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 18, 2018 11:47 AM (QDnY+)

281 The firing of McCabe crossed some kind of red line within the Deep State

This is why I believe the republicans are afraid to indict and prosecute the democrats. The GoP is afraid of what will happen if they do.

The southern states said they would break from the Union if Lincoln was elected. He was, they did, and history happened.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 18, 2018 11:47 AM (roQNm)

282 Isn't it getting kind of hard finding worms that will do that kind of work nowadays?

Posted by: freaked at March 18, 2018 11:37 AM (UdKB7)

The hard part is knitting the tiny harnesses.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2018 11:47 AM (Dbv1R)

283 Probably in a box somewhere in the basement. Why don't you go down and look?'' Of course, he never does.
Posted by: Tuna at March 18, 2018 11:45 AM (jm1YL)

This had a happier ending than what I was picturing.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2018 11:47 AM (y87Qq)

284 What is the opposite of 'search engine optimization?'
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 18, 2018 10:04 AM (roQNm)

AOL

Posted by: West at March 18, 2018 11:47 AM (2835Q)

285 263 Working the pole.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eRuRewRgWyA
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 18, 2018 11:39 AM (+y/Ru)

Not to my taste, but strength and agility like that are to be respected. Kicking sand in his face might be a mistake.

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 11:48 AM (EaQ6/)

286 Trump is fighting back and they can't deal with it.

--

Which is why I voted for him in the primaries and for president.

No. Regrets.

Posted by: shibumi at March 18, 2018 11:48 AM (9oJYp)

287 I bought, and quickly read, The Kentuckians by Janice Holt Giles. I just love her books. It's historical fiction about early Kentucky and the Transylvania Company. I should dig out the next in the series, Hannah Fowler.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 18, 2018 11:49 AM (Lqy/e)

288
Bush is feeling a little butt hurt right now because Trump just fired his oilman buddy Tillerson.

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 18, 2018 11:49 AM (PtOP4)

289 Posted by: shibumi at March 18, 2018 11:48 AM (9oJYp)

Been meaning to ask...did you take your nic from the novel by Trevanian?

Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2018 11:50 AM (0+nbW)

290 288
Bush is feeling a little butt hurt right now because Trump just fired his oilman buddy Tillerson.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 18, 2018 11:49 AM (PtOP4)

That and the anal worms.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:50 AM (NWiLs)

291 This thread is a bad influence.

Now I'm wondering how to make a fur lined bra, armored in titanium, but with the shape of an octopus.

Or a brass bra pre-heater array in the armory of an all-female bodyguard battalion. And I'm doing sizing. In zero-gee.

Steam-punk Space Opera pron, crossing all the streams.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2018 11:51 AM (hyuyC)

292 Chicks in chainmail
book one in a series of six

and i've already spent all my money!

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 18, 2018 11:51 AM (roQNm)

293 You're looking for the AR-15 with the brass bra attachment, is that right sir?

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 11:53 AM (EaQ6/)

294 Bush is feeling a little butt hurt right now because Trump just fired his oilman buddy Tillerson.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 18, 2018 11:49 AM (PtOP4)

Okay, but did Bush ever give Trump props for hiring Tillerson in first place?

Posted by: JoeF. at March 18, 2018 11:54 AM (7uYFy)

295 This is why I believe the republicans are afraid to indict and prosecute the democrats. The GoP is afraid of what will happen if they do.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 18, 2018 11:47 AM (roQNm)

Right. I believe there is enough evidence in the possession of various investigative bodies that they could proceed with the prosecution of Hillary Clinton right now. The fact that they are choosing not to do so speaks volumes as to where their loyalties truly lie.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 11:54 AM (jlKn3)

296 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/adam-schiff-andrew-mccabes-firing-may-be-justified

Posted by: ha at March 18, 2018 11:54 AM (MAstk)

297 Steam-punk Space Opera pron, crossing all the streams.

Do you have a newsletter?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2018 11:54 AM (fuK7c)

298 From Inside FBI: They Have 'Tons Of Stuff' On McCabe, He Threatened To 'Take People Down With Him'.

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Yes, please.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 18, 2018 11:54 AM (+y/Ru)

299 Okay, but did Bush ever give Trump props for hiring Tillerson in first place?
Posted by: JoeF. at March 18, 2018 11:54 AM (7uYFy)

Of course he didn't.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 11:55 AM (jlKn3)

300 All Hail Eris...
Glad we have similar reading material. Some good authors I think. I've been lucky to as about half of mine are autographed.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2018 11:55 AM (0tfLf)

301 The fact that they are choosing not to do so speaks volumes as to where their loyalties truly lie.

The fact that Flynn is facing sentencing and McCabe is planning life at The Villages tells it clearly.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 18, 2018 11:55 AM (oVJmc)

302 >>>Bush is feeling a little butt hurt right now because Trump just fired his oilman buddy Tillerson.<<<

Can we spend the next 18 months investigating Obama and Clinton, please? Somebody could write a book or two. I'd buy them all for a conviction.

Posted by: Fritz at March 18, 2018 11:55 AM (bJ0w+)

303 Bandersnatch

I guess I have to write that novel. Hmmmm...

Research time. Oh honey!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2018 11:56 AM (hyuyC)

304 296 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/adam-schiff-andrew-mccabes-firing-may-be-justified
Posted by: ha at March 18, 2018 11:54 AM (MAstk)

Ho HO!

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 11:56 AM (jlKn3)

305 crossing all the streams.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2018 11:51 AM (hyuyC)

Think you're so cool just because you can cross running water...

Posted by: Hillary, one eye doing lazy circles at March 18, 2018 11:56 AM (y87Qq)

306 Let's get out the mini-trampoline.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 18, 2018 11:56 AM (hyuyC)

307 Marie Harf: 'I'm Offended' People Think 'The Left' Dislikes Christianity

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Rocket surgeon.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 18, 2018 11:57 AM (+y/Ru)

308 Whenever I start to think that the Bush family has been the most damaging political clan to this country, I remember the Kennedys, and the Roosevelts.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 18, 2018 11:57 AM (yQpMk)

309 291 This thread is a bad influence.

And that makes it different from all the others how?

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 11:58 AM (NWiLs)

310 Been meaning to ask...did you take your nic from the novel by Trevanian?

Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2018 11:50 AM
--

Yes, I did indeed.

It's a great novel, and I wanted something unique that was... gender fluid. LOL.

That was back in the day when I wasn't sure about the safety of posting, and obviously being female.

/now I know I'm on an NSA list somewhere...

Posted by: shibumi at March 18, 2018 12:00 PM (9oJYp)

311 Whenever I start to think that the Bush family has been the most damaging political clan to this country, I remember the Kennedys, and the Roosevelts.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 18, 2018 11:57 AM (yQpMk)

Well...as a group the Bushes undercut and destroyed the Reagan revolution, whenever possible.

So...you know...credit where credit is due.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 18, 2018 12:00 PM (9q7Dl)

312 From Inside FBI: They Have 'Tons Of Stuff' On McCabe, He Threatened To 'Take People Down With Him'.

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Yes, please.
---

Feature, not a bug.

Posted by: shibumi at March 18, 2018 12:00 PM (9oJYp)

313 /now I know I'm on an NSA list somewhere...

Posted by: shibumi at March 18, 2018 12:00 PM (9oJYp)

Do they know you're a stealth bad-ass?

Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2018 12:02 PM (0+nbW)

314 Yes, I did indeed.

Posted by: shibumi at March 18, 2018 12:00 PM (9oJYp)

Ha I always just assumed it was the aesthetic style.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2018 12:02 PM (y87Qq)

315 This is why I believe the republicans are afraid to indict and prosecute
the democrats. The GoP is afraid of what will happen if they do.

The southern states said they would break from the Union if Lincoln was elected. He was, they did, and history happened.
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Whatever is necessary *is* necessary, and putting it off isn't going to make it any easier. At some point in the process it's 'safe' to jail the guilty as their comrades will be intimidated into inaction by the just punishment given them. But at some later point it will no longer be so, and it is unknowable where that point is short of testing it by jailing them.

We will certainly be past it if Trump leaves office, for any reason, without making serious inroads into the process.

Posted by: Methos at March 18, 2018 12:02 PM (XQvuQ)

316 I want badly to believe this, but the results of these special elections really are starting to worry me.

I think that's more the result of the GOPe propping up poor candidates, which seems to be their calling card.

What's needed IMHO is a wholesale hostile takeover of the Stoopid Party since they seem to be quite content to be the Only-Slightly-Less-Radical faction of the Prog/Dems. Every Prog Pubbie who didn't vote to repeal 404Care needs to be targeted for electoral removal for starters.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at March 18, 2018 12:03 PM (GdWl+)

317 That was back in the day when I wasn't sure about the safety of posting, and obviously being female.

/now I know I'm on an NSA list somewhere...

Posted by: shibumi at March 18, 2018 12:00 PM (9oJYp)

Nice to see you here, shibumi. You have been sort of scarce, lately.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2018 12:03 PM (Dbv1R)

318 312 From Inside FBI: They Have 'Tons Of Stuff' On McCabe, He Threatened To 'Take People Down With Him'.

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Yes, please.
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Feature, not a bug.
Posted by: shibumi at March 18, 2018 12:00 PM (9oJYp)

If his self-immolation sparks a cleansing fire, I'm good with that.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 12:03 PM (NWiLs)

319 102 94 So what cigars has Diogenes got in that humidor?
Posted by: Gman at March 18, 2018 09:55 AM (IFQ1S)

I thought that it was a little gun-safe. Color me never-more-than-one-step-away from home protection devices. I don't smoke in the house, so you could hit me in the face with a humidor and I wouldn't recognize it.

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 10:02 AM

The cigars are a variety of HUpmanns and a couple of Cohibas. As for the personal security device...removed from prying eyes.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2018 12:05 PM (0tfLf)

320 adam-schiff-andrew-mccabes
-firing-may-be-justified
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That sort of thing gives me some reassurance that we may yet be in the safe period to act.

Posted by: Methos at March 18, 2018 12:05 PM (XQvuQ)

321 This was a good reading week for me. I was in Vegas and had some downtime so...I sat in the sun and read.

Bliss.

More Nero Wolfe, this series is really growing on me.

I inhaled Chuck Dixon's 'Levon's War', 4th book in his Levon Cade series (Think faster-paced Jack Reacher, without the stupid)

I also read Chuck Dixon's 'Snakehand' which is a western. I didn't much like the main character. I think it was intended to be a series as there is a one big loose thread but I'm not sure it merits it. Some technical gaffes too like people being 'blown off their feet' by revolver fire. Irks me.

Got most of the way through 'This Kind of War' about Korea. (Thanks to the moron who rec'ced it!) Good but grim stuff. It's painful how dumb generals and civilians alike where prior to and during the early part of that war. Book was fairly kind to McArthur but unflinching in pointing out where he was wrong.

And started the Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence. That guy...I don't know if he was classically crazy but something broke in him. Something morally broke in the desert, I think. His mind he may have kept intact, his writing isn't that of a madman, but he seems to have left behind something morally. Reminded me of Col. Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. I wonder how much Lawrence influenced the screenplay.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 18, 2018 12:05 PM (xJa6I)

322 but for consumption.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 18, 2018 11:47 AM (QDnY+)

Too much consuming going on out there

Posted by: MAC SOG and nothing will happen at March 18, 2018 12:05 PM (czkHE)

323 What's needed IMHO is a wholesale hostile takeover
of the Stoopid Party since they seem to be quite content to be the
Only-Slightly-Less-Radical faction of the Prog/Dems. Every Prog Pubbie
who didn't vote to repeal 404Care needs to be targeted for electoral
removal for starters.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at March 18, 2018 12:03 PM (GdWl+)

This! Trump needs to gut out and take over the RNC, by any means necessary.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2018 12:06 PM (Dbv1R)

324 Time to watch the final destruction of my bracket..bbl.

Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2018 12:08 PM (0+nbW)

325 235: First read Anthem in high school. It was one of the shorter books on our list of 9th grade options (we had to take a minimum number of "book tests" annually) so nearly everyone read it.
I can't imagine that the teacher assembling the list was some conservative type, but definitely an anti-communist.

Fountainhead showed up as a 12th grade read, probably due to the relationship between Roark and his eventual wife

Posted by: CN at March 18, 2018 12:08 PM (5gaNQ)

326 It must surely be about time for the media to resurrect the Russian bot as a lead story. This other stuff, which exposes the red-faced puffing of their masters, can't be allowed to continue for much longer without the public smelling the distinct odor of bs.

Posted by: goon at March 18, 2018 12:08 PM (EaQ6/)

327 324 Time to watch the final destruction of my bracket..bbl.
Posted by: BignJames at March 18, 2018 12:08 PM (0+nbW)

Didn't ace already destroy a few brackets in his home-improvement project?

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 12:09 PM (NWiLs)

328 I think the nevertrumps have a serious problem with trying to see the president as a projection of themselves: and Trump is seen as crass, boorish, nouveau riche class jumper who should be out cutting deals with concrete suppliers, and who had no idea that it is better to do things the right way and fail because the means are more important than the goals.

I would point out, however, that the people who LIKE Trump see him as "competent" and don't really care about the rest of that crap.

The Brennans and such, though, yeah. Jail time, obscurity, or a legacy of being remembered as "the reason the Progs failed"

Posted by: Kindltot at March 18, 2018 12:09 PM (2K6fY)

329 Reminded me of Col. Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. I wonder how much Lawrence influenced the screenplay.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 18, 2018 12:05 PM (xJa6I)

Not at all personally. He died in 1934, IIRC, in a motorcycle wreck. A Brough Superior.
Now maybe his book influenced the screenplay.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2018 12:10 PM (Dbv1R)

330 329 Reminded me of Col. Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. I wonder how much Lawrence influenced the screenplay.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 18, 2018 12:05 PM (xJa6I)

Not at all personally. He died in 1934, IIRC, in a motorcycle wreck. A Brough Superior.
Now maybe his book influenced the screenplay.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2018 12:10 PM (Dbv1R)

That's what I meant. Sorry for any ambiguity. I'm freebasing Robotussin today.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 18, 2018 12:11 PM (xJa6I)

331 Nood - Thought Crimes and Beer

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 18, 2018 12:11 PM (WgTfj)

332 328 I think the nevertrumps have a serious problem with trying to see the president as a projection of themselves: and Trump is seen as crass, boorish, nouveau riche class jumper who should be out cutting deals with concrete suppliers, and who had no idea that it is better to do things the right way and fail because the means are more important than the goals.

There's definitely a lot of elitism that's part of it. The Chardonnay-and-penis-sipping yacht club crowd, and those who wish they were part of that crowd, look down their noses and sniff derisively at this bare-knuckle idiot savage who dares presume to act above his station.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 12:12 PM (NWiLs)

333 And started the Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence. That guy...I don't know if he was classically crazy but something broke in him. Something morally broke in the desert, I think. His mind he may have kept intact, his writing isn't that of a madman, but he seems to have left behind something morally. Reminded me of Col. Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. I wonder how much Lawrence influenced the screenplay.

That's a good analogy. I have Seven Pillars somewhere, but I've only skimmed it, not read it start to finish.

Kurtz from Apocalypse Now is based on Kurtz from Heart of Darkness. That's another one that I started once and never really read. I mentioned upthread that I've discovered the joys of free Kindle books and I just downloaded Heart of Darkness, so I believe I shall rectify that deficiency soon.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2018 12:12 PM (fuK7c)

334 How many people here saw the interview on Fox of James Kallstrom former assistant director of the FBI about McCabe's firing? When asked about how he thought the people in the FBI were reacting to it - he said he though there would be a lot of relief - because an internal section of the FBI had recommended it and not punted the ball to an outside authority.

Posted by: An Observation at March 18, 2018 12:16 PM (TPKPX)

335 333 And started the Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence. That guy...I don't know if he was classically crazy but something broke in him. Something morally broke in the desert, I think. His mind he may have kept intact, his writing isn't that of a madman, but he seems to have left behind something morally. Reminded me of Col. Kurtz in Apocalypse Now. I wonder how much Lawrence influenced the screenplay.

That's a good analogy. I have Seven Pillars somewhere, but I've only skimmed it, not read it start to finish.

Kurtz from Apocalypse Now is based on Kurtz from Heart of Darkness. That's another one that I started once and never really read. I mentioned upthread that I've discovered the joys of free Kindle books and I just downloaded Heart of Darkness, so I believe I shall rectify that deficiency soon.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 18, 2018 12:12 PM (fuK7c)

Heart of Darkness is good. Most Conrad is good but it's a product of it's time, as far as prose. Not as 'easy' to read as most modern stuff. I'll be interested in your take on it, when you get it done.

And yes, Kindle is so good/bad at adding to my 'to be read' pile.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 18, 2018 12:17 PM (xJa6I)

336 Currently working on The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. I had read the hard back version of this long ago and I forgot how shitty it was.

Jeez. You would think that the publishers would have the decency to draw a little turd on the cover to protect us.

They did print "by Dan Brown" on the cover, right? That should be all the protection necessary.

Posted by: Chuck C at March 18, 2018 12:18 PM (0V2ki)

337 ...The Chardonnay-and-penis-sipping yacht club crowd, ...
Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 18, 2018 12:12 PM (NWiLs)

LOL

Nice one, man.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 18, 2018 12:19 PM (xJa6I)

338 Nice to see you here, shibumi. You have been sort of scarce, lately.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2018 12:03 PM
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Yes, I have, at least from a posting perspective.

Reasons?

1. Work has been kind of insane
2. A guy

/but it's OK, the latter is a moron...

Posted by: shibumi at March 18, 2018 12:21 PM (9oJYp)

339 /but it's OK, the latter is a moron...
Posted by: shibumi at March 18, 2018 12:21 PM (9oJYp)

Of the Horde, or freelance?

Posted by: hogmartin at March 18, 2018 12:24 PM (y87Qq)

340 Right. I believe there is enough evidence in the possession of various investigative bodies that they could proceed with the prosecution of Hillary Clinton right now. The fact that they are choosing not to do so speaks volumes as to where their loyalties truly lie.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Global Rethinker at March 18, 2018 11:54 AM (jlKn3)

I've come to loathe the GOPe. And their instincts are terrible. BUT I really do believe that many of them are sincerely worried about setting a precedent about incoming administrations going after the old one, and Hillary can be called part of the old one. Of course, they fail to realize that the old administration did everything they could to keep Trump from winning and then crippling his agenda when he did win.
Also, the GOPe is deathly afraid of the media.

Posted by: JoeF. at March 18, 2018 12:25 PM (7uYFy)

341 If Brennan was my neighbor I would be walking the parapets, not monkeyin' around on this here computer thingy.

Posted by: Burger Chef at March 18, 2018 12:27 PM (RuIsu)

342 Hey Marie the lawsuits against Christians are the tell.

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2018 12:47 PM (aC6Sd)

343 Hey Marie the lawsuits against Christians are the tell.
Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2018 12:47 PM (aC6Sd)

Where are the Catholic and Protestant churches? I realize the RC doesn't have much juice in the UK, but c'mon.

Posted by: JoeF. at March 18, 2018 12:59 PM (7uYFy)

344 SandyCheeks,

Greg Hurwitz's earlier books The Kill Clause, The Program, and Troubleshooter are very good.
Posted by: Jake Holenhead at March 18, 2018 09:26 AM (8EJVd)

Thanks! I picked up one of those at the library. It's on my TBR stack.

Posted by: SandyCheeks at March 18, 2018 01:07 PM (ihzOe)

345
Thanks for the book sale tip, I ordered some fun stuff.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 18, 2018 01:13 PM (r+sAi)

346 I haven't read his western stuff but I do recommend the other Chuck Dixon novels. He's a good, solid, action writer of masculine men doing masculine stuff without becoming a cartoon or a caricature.

Where are the Catholic and Protestant churches?

Mostly closed. Mosques taking over church property, many of the open functioning ones are more community center than house of worship.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 18, 2018 01:17 PM (39g3+)

347 Furthermore on American Sanctuary, I found out about it in a review in the Weekly Standard. Even though it's a haven for the Three NeverTrumpers Stooges, Kristol, Hayes and Boot, it still uses some very good book reviewers. Likewise John "Shemp" Podhoretz is a movie reviewer whose tastes dovetail with mine.
Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2018 09:53 AM (y7DUB)

Speaking of movies, I had no problem ponying up matinee price to see Bruce Willis in the remake of Death Wish. Yes, there are some cheesy lines and suspension of disbelief, but definitely a Horde movie. You know when the audience score at Rotten Tomatoes is high and the critic score is low that you've got a winner on your hands.

Posted by: SandyCheeks at March 18, 2018 01:26 PM (ihzOe)

348 Well, I bit the bullet, and ordered the full meal deal from Your Old Time Bookstore.

Thanks for finding that, OM!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2018 01:28 PM (Dbv1R)

349 Reading The Fall of the Duke of Duval: A Prosecutor's Journal by John E. Clark. Great book! From the Amazon description: The name Parr may not be familiar to most readers, but many know Lyndon Johnson's first U.S. Senate election was tainted: this 1948 "Box 13" fraud was perpetrated in the town of Alice (MY HOMETOWN!) in Jim Wells County, Texas, by George Parr, the "duke" of neighboring Duval County. Clark, an assistant federal prosecutor under U.S. Attorney William Sessions (later FBI director) in the1970s, played a key role in the long federal grand jury investigation of the Parr machine and later trials of its leading operators. His book describes the system of patronage and corruption Archie Parr developed in the early 1900s and his son George ran until a 1970s legal onslaught--set off quite unintentionally by an IRS audit of an Austin contractor--brought it down. The Parrs controlled their territory's dominant Hispanic population by selecting Latino agents and providing jobs and services to needy constituents; in the meantime, astonishing sums of money flowed from county school boards and reclamation offices to the Parrs and their friends. A true-crime tale with a vivid local-politics focus.

Posted by: Rgallegos at March 18, 2018 01:59 PM (59GQk)

350 Heart of Darkness is good. Most Conrad is good but it's a product of it's time, as far as prose. Not as 'easy' to read as most modern stuff. I'll be interested in your take on it, when you get it done.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 18, 2018 12:17 PM (xJa6I)

I've read Heart of Darkness multiple times because its underlying message is timeless. Regarding the prose, English was Conrad's third language. Nabokov used to badmouth in his lit classes which I think was almost entirely class based plus Rooski versus Pole. Nabokov also hated Dostoyevsky's work because he was a gambling lowlife who wrote books to pay off the armbreakers; plus his uncle was in charge of a prison detail which did a fake execution on Fyodor.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2018 02:47 PM (y7DUB)

351 Speaking of movies, I had no problem ponying up matinee price to see Bruce Willis in the remake of Death Wish. Yes, there are some cheesy lines and suspension of disbelief, but definitely a Horde movie. You know when the audience score at Rotten Tomatoes is high and the critic score is low that you've got a winner on your hands.
Posted by: SandyCheeks at March 18, 2018 01:26 PM (ihzOe)

Based on the Bronson original it seems like a natural for Willis and a Horde fave.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 18, 2018 02:49 PM (y7DUB)

352 These books used to be carried by Lindsay's but not anymore. I have quite a few of these.

http://gingerybookstore.com/

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 18, 2018 05:09 PM (yQpMk)

353 So the question is, will I review a book?
You bet. I've some non-fiction editing & writing to my credit.
Send MOBI or PDF.

Posted by: TonyFromTampa at March 18, 2018 07:35 PM (t2wne)

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