Sunday Morning Book Thread 10-27-2019

Morelia Public Library, Michoacán Mexico

Good morning to all you 'rons, 'ettes, lurkers, and lurkettes, wine moms, frat bros, crétins sans pantalon (who are technically breaking the rules), suck-ups, screw-ups, cock-ups, and buttercups. Welcome once again to the stately, prestigious, internationally acclaimed and high-class Sunday Morning Book Thread, a weekly compendium of reviews, observations, snark, witty repartee, hilarious bon mots, and a continuing conversation on books, reading, spending way too much money on books, writing books, and publishing books by escaped oafs and oafettes who follow words with their fingers and whose lips move as they read. Unlike other AoSHQ comment threads, the Sunday Morning Book Thread is so hoity-toity, pants are required. Even if it's these pants, which should never have to be seen outside of a teenaged girl's slumber party.

Pic Note:

I was looking for "haunted library" or "ghostly library" pics for the main photo since we're close to Halloween, but this one in Mexico came up, and I liked it so much. I just had to use it.

It Pays To Increase Your Word Power®

CACAFUEGO is a 16th century word for a blustering, over-confident braggart. It literally means ‘fire-shitter’.
— Haggard Hawks 📚🦅 (@HaggardHawks) October 18, 2019

Urban Decay Is Scary, Too

This is the Mark Twain Library, Detroit, closed in 1996 for renovations and never reopened.

Blows Against the Empire

Ace already covered this on Friday, which is always a possibility as I write the book thread days in advance, but there's a new book coming out, The Plot Against the President: The True Story of How Congressman Devin Nunes Uncovered the Biggest Political Scandal in U.S. History by investigative journalists Lee Smith, which

...tells the story of how Congressman Devin Nunes uncovered the operation to bring down the commander-in-chief. While popular opinion holds that Russia subverted democratic processes during the 2016 elections, the real damage was done not by Moscow or any other foreign actor. Rather, this was a slow-moving coup engineered by a coterie of the American elite, the "deep state," targeting not only the president, but also the rest of the country. The plot officially began July 31, 2016 with the counterintelligence investigation that the FBI opened to probe Russian infiltration of Donald Trump's presidential campaign. But the bureau never followed any Russians. In fact, it was an operation to sabotage Trump, the candidate, then president-elect, and finally the presidency. The conspirators included political operatives, law enforcement and intelligence officials, and the press.

The impending publication of this book didn't set too well with former Clinton goon/bag man/fixer/ 'Sleazy' Sidney Blumenthal (Secet Service code name: mollusk), who threatened legal action because he claimed the book was, ( *giggle* ) 'defamatory':

“Blumenthal tried to stop it from being published,” the source told Fox News, saying the Hillary Clinton confidant sent threatening letters to Smith and publisher Center Street, a division of Hachette Book Group.

“The Clinton machine wanted to intimidate Lee,” the source said.

Smith himself would not discuss any purported legal threats, but acknowledged opposition to the book from those in the Clintons' orbit.

“People in the Clinton world are keen for this book not to come out,” Smith said.

The book, which is scheduled for release Oct. 29, includes allegations about the origin of the Russia probe and the involvement of Democratic operatives with the unverified anti-Trump dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele. The source said that the publisher’s legal team found Blumenthal’s legal claim “meritless,” and they intend to release the book as planned.

The Kindle edition of Lee's book is available for pre-order for $14.99 and if you purchase it now, it will be automatically delivered to your device on Tuesday, a couple of days from now.

And how low do you have to go to defame a lower life form like Sid Blumenthal? I mean, seriously, that's a mighty high bar. Or low, as the case might be.

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Who Dis:

Last Sunday's 'Who Dis' was Rosemary Clooney.

Moron Recommendations

152 So this week I have been reading Roger Stone's Tricky Dick: The Rise, Fall and Rise of Richard Nixon, which basically pins Watergate on John Dean (desperate to prevent his girlfriend / wife Mo from being found out as a DC call girl) and the CIA (furious at Nixon's attempts at detente). Al Haig also stars as the conniver who more or less escorts Nixon out of the White House in order to gain more power for himself.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

I think we're not going to know the full truth of this until Woodward and Bernstein, and everybody who has ever been connected with them at the Washington Post, are dead.

Stone reveals how the Kennedy’s wiretapped Nixon’s hotel room the night before the Nixon-Kennedy debate, and stole Nixon's medical records from his psychiatrist’s office. Stone lays out how Kennedy running mate Lyndon Johnson stole Texas from JFK through vote fraud while Mayor Richard Daley stole Illinois, and how JFK actually lost the popular vote...

“The mainstream media’s interpretation of the facts surrounding the Watergate episode are a fantastic and grotesque distortion of historical truth,” said Stone. “Cursory examination of the facts in Watergate will reveal that the actions which caused the fall of Nixon cannot be reduced to the simplistic account summarized by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post.”The author outlines how White House Counsel John Dean, planned, pushed and covered-up the Watergate break-in, then sought to avoid responsibility for it...

The Kindle edition of Tricky Dick: The Rise, Fall and Rise of Richard Nixon is approximately $11.

Other morons recommended Silent Coup by Len Colodny, which no less a personage than G. Gordon Liddy thinks is closest to the truth of what actually happened:

This is the true story of betrayal at the nation's highest level. Unfolding with the suspenseful pace of a le Carre spy thriller, it reveals the personal motives and secret political goals that combined to cause the Watergate break-in and destroy Richard Nixon. Investigator Len Colodny and journalist Robert Gettlin relentlessly pursued the people who brought down the president. Their revelations shocked the world and forever changed our understanding of politics, of journalism, and of Washington behind closed doors. Dismantling decades of lies, Silent Coup tells the truth.

I think pretty much everyone agrees that John Dean is the real shit-weasel here. So it's no surprise that the current batch of scurvy Democrats are trotting him out as some sort of an expert on impeachment. This is like hiring Al Capone to do your taxes.

You can purchase Silent Coup on Kindle for $9.99.

Update: I feel that I should offer up another book that I've mentioned here several times before: It Didn't Start With Watergate by Victor Lasky. He extensively documents how every 'dirty trick' and illegal activity that Nixon supposedly ordered, including wire-tapping, illegal contributions, use of government agencies to harass political enemies, etc., were all carried out relentlessly and enthusiastically by previous (Democratic) administrations, Truman, JFK, and the wildly corrupt LBJ, with nary a peep from our guardians in the mainstream press. But when it was Nixon, whom the press hated with the heat of a thousand suns, it all suddenly became A National Crisis and A Constitutional Crisis and The Worst Thing That Ever Happened In The History of the U.S. And this despite the fact that the Watergate committee admitted that they had no impeachable evidence.

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Last week, I offered the opinion that Pat Frank's Alas, Babylon, publish in 1959, was "the godfather of the post-apocalyptic science fiction sub-genre." Which sounded great when I typed it, until a bunch of counter-examples showed up in the comments, including the classic A Canticle For Leibowitz, a moron favorite which was also published in 1959. But there have been other ones, earlier ones that I hadn't heard about.

340 Note that all postapocalypse stories are essentially ripping off "By the Waters of Babylon" by Stephen Vincent Benet, published in 1937!

Posted by: Trimegistus at October 20, 2019 11:43 AM (DYSh2)

The Amazon blurb says

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Vincent Benet's By the Waters of Babylon is the first, most influential work of post-apocalyptic fiction of the twentieth century. Its haunting story of a tribal priest who investigates the ruins of an ancient city is an unforgettable and challenging reminder of both the fragility of civilization and the hope for human development.

This is included in the collection By the Waters of Babylon, and Other Fantasies and Prophecies, available for only $2.99 on Kindle (h/t moron commenter John F. MacMichael). Also included are outstanding stories such as "Into Egypt", "The Blood of the Martyrs" and "The Curfew Tolls".

$2.99 is a fantastic price, so I couldn't resist.

And commenter NativeNH mentioned the novel Earth Abides:

A disease of unparalleled destructive force has sprung up almost simultaneously in every corner of the globe, all but destroying the human race. One survivor, strangely immune to the effects of the epidemic, ventures forward to experience a world without man. What he ultimately discovers will prove far more astonishing than anything he'd either dreaded or hoped for.

According to the cover notes, this book is the inspiration for Stephen King's The Stand.

Note to Canadian morons: Pat Frank's Alas, Babylon, as well as his other novels, are in the public domain due to less stringent copyright laws in your country.

If you live outside Canada, check your country's copyright laws before downloading (h/t 'hooodathunkit').

Lastly:

158 The post-apocalyptic book that made a big impression on early me was Nevil Shute's book "On The Beach", which was originally called "The Last Days On Earth". It still is a chilling thought.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, a low grade social fever at October 20, 2019 10:16 AM (NVYyb)

Never read the book, but I did see the film adaptation a number of years ago. It was one of the most depressing movies I have ever seen.

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And I know I've recommended The Annotated HP Lovecraft here before. There's now a new companion volume, Beyond Arkham.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 20, 2019 09:41 AM (Ki5SV)

The first book in this series is simply called The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft:

In this volume, Leslie S. Klinger reanimates Lovecraft [iswhdt --OM] with clarity and historical insight, charting the rise of the erstwhile pulp writer, whose rediscovery and reclamation into the literary canon can be compared only to that of Poe or Melville. Weaving together a broad base of existing scholarship with his own original insights, Klinger appends Lovecraft's uncanny oeuvre and Kafkaesque life story in a way that provides context and unlocks many of the secrets of his often cryptic body of work...

[He] collects here twenty-two of Lovecraft's best, most chilling "Arkham" tales, including "The Call of Cthulhu," At the Mountains of Madness, "The Whisperer in Darkness," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "The Colour Out of Space," and others. With nearly 300 illustrations, including full-color reproductions of the original artwork and covers from Weird Tales and Astounding Stories, and more than 1,000 annotations, this volume illuminates every dimension of H. P. Lovecraft and stirs the Great Old Ones in their millennia of sleep.

This is one of those books where you should probably spend the extra buck for the dead tree version, as the illustrations and annotations are undoubtedly a lot more impressive than if you viewed them on your phone or tablet. I many have to ask for this as a Christmas present this year.

Similarly, you'll be plunking down $35 for the hardback edition of the second volume MP⁴ mentions, The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham, and you'll smile while you're doing it:

Now, in this final volume, best-selling author Leslie S. Klinger reanimates twenty-five additional stories, the balance of Lovecraft’s significant fiction, including “Rats in the Wall,” a post– World War I story about the terrors of the past, and the newly contextualized “The Horror at Red Hook,” which recently has been adapted by best- selling novelist Victor LaValle. In following Lovecraft’s own literary trajectory, readers can witness his evolution from Rhode Island critic to prescient literary genius whose titanic influence would only be appreciated decades after his death. Including hundreds of eye-opening annotations and dozens of rare images, Beyond Arkham finally provides the complete picture of Lovecraft’s unparalleled achievements in fiction.

200 illustrations.

My family can buy me this for a Christmas present next year.

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75 My other book is "Nine Perfect Strangers" by Liane Moriarty, about nine people with various problems gathering at a remote health resort in Australia. Tranquillum House is headed by a strangely charismatic director who has an exciting new protocol to help unlock buried issues. It may not, in the strictest sense, be legal or ethical.

Each chapter is a part of the story unfolding as seen by the characters. What I like is that you start out with unflattering impressions but gradually learn their backstory and they become much more sympathetic.

It's also very funny.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Living the Good Life in the Off-World Colonies at October 06, 2019 09:38 AM (vhcul)

Nothing I can add to this review. Nine Perfect Strangers costs $9.99 on Kindle.

So that's all for this week. As always, book thread tips, suggestions, bribes, insults, threats, ugly pants pics and moron library submissions 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

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1 Have been reading the Mage Born series by Michael Manning it has been a good one but I got kinda burned out on it after the 4th book. So I have moved on to a new series by Ryk E. Spoor beginning with Grand Central Arena. This was recommended by a Moron here last week. Well it turns out that it is a Space Opera genre book. This is one sub-category of SF that I have never felt much for but I will give it a shot.

Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2019 09:01 AM (mpXpK)

2 !

Posted by: JT at October 27, 2019 09:01 AM (arJlL)

3 hiya

Posted by: JT at October 27, 2019 09:02 AM (arJlL)

4 Buster Keaton

Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 27, 2019 09:02 AM (AMcQa)

5 Even if it's these pants,

They should call those pants "Ya can't get there from heres"

Posted by: JT at October 27, 2019 09:03 AM (arJlL)

6 Who Dis: Buster Keaton?

Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2019 09:03 AM (mpXpK)

7 Tolle Lege
Finally finished this past week Patrick OBrians 100 Days part of the Aubrey/Maturin series, and halfway through With Eagles to Glory by John Gill covering the German contingents in the 1809 Austrian campaign fighting with the French.

Posted by: Skip at October 27, 2019 09:04 AM (ZCEU2)

8 Pish. Read too much of the content. Buster Keaton.

Also I should never see a teenage girls' slumber party because that would be creepy and I'd lose my job teaching teenage girls.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 27, 2019 09:05 AM (gd9RK)

9 The audiobook of This Book is Full of Spiders (2nd of the John Dies at the End series) is a selection on Audible's 2-for-1 sale. If you're the kind of person who likes that sort of book, then it's the sort of book you'd probably like.

Unfortunately, I don't know how to find the list unless you got the email from Audible.

Posted by: hogmartin at October 27, 2019 09:06 AM (t+qrx)

10 Who Dis: Ace?

Posted by: Weasel at October 27, 2019 09:08 AM (MVjcR)

11 > Even if it's these pants, which should never have to be seen outside of a teenaged girl's slumber party.

"For those 'heavy days', when you need a pad the size of a down pillow."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:08 AM (Do2h6)

12 4 Buster Keaton
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 27, 2019 09:02 AM (AMcQa)

Unmistakably him!

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 09:08 AM (U7k5w)

13 In early this a.m.
Has anyone read Bronze Age Mindset? I just read a fascinating review, then a counterpoint by the author, over at Claremont. The author is "Bronze Age Pervert", a Twitter handle protecting his identity from the slings and arrows that would surely come his way otherwise.
The author sounds like a Moron. Very much rejects the Left and the old Conservatives. Sees exactly where we at on the civilizations slide.
I'm going to download and read and follow up on his twitter feed
Likely back with a book report at some point.

Posted by: RI Red at October 27, 2019 09:08 AM (rvj2+)

14 Hola, Book Nerds.

I read "Why Meadow Died" by Andrew Pollack and Max Eden. On February 14, 2018 17 students and staff were murdered and 14 wounded at Majory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The subtitle of the book is: The People and Policies that Created the Parkland Shooter and Endanger America's Students.

As usual shortly after the slaughter the media, lawmakers, and activists focused on gun control. Andrew Pollack, the father of Meadow Pollack who was a senior and was killed protecting a freshman girl who also died, and a few others did not. They found out there were dozens of times the killer, and the killings, could have been stopped. But due to Leftist/PC/Social Justice school policies pioneered in Broward County (which have spread throughout the country) and with the full cooperation and support of the Broward Co. Sheriff's Department nothing was done, except ignore all of the warning signs.

It's always a hell of a price to pay when leftists implement their version of utopia.

A timeline of the slaughter.
https://tinyurl.com/yxql5s2n

Andrew Pollack on CSPAN
https://tinyurl.com/y4kmm3b3
https://tinyurl.com/y59ve5c9

Posted by: Jake Holenhead at October 27, 2019 09:09 AM (P1GvV)

15 Hiya bibliophiliacs. I'm reading Kate Morton's "The Forgotten Garden", an old-fashioned, leisurely tale about a little girl abandoned on a ship bound for Australia in 1913 with nothing but a suitcase with a few clothes and a volume of fairy tales. She is adopted by a childless harbor master and his wife. When she is 21 they tell her the truth, and she sets out to find her family, which takes her to Cornwall.

It started out a bit slow but I am getting into it as her granddaughter also starts digging into the history.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 09:10 AM (Dc2NZ)

16 Hi Eris!

Posted by: Weasel at October 27, 2019 09:11 AM (MVjcR)

17 "Cacafuego" was the name of the Spanish ship that got pwnt by Aubrey in one of the early Patrick O'Brian novels.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:11 AM (Do2h6)

18 I read "Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within" by Taylor Marshall. Holy Fucking Shit! The Freemasons have succeeded in putting someone close to their heart in the Petrine See.

Posted by: JAS at October 27, 2019 09:11 AM (DBGf/)

19 Heeyyyyy.... OM dint say "Who Dis, Annnnnnnnd its Sundy Book Thread, soooooooI can say Joan Collins !

Posted by: JT at October 27, 2019 09:11 AM (arJlL)

20
17 "Cacafuego" was the name of the Spanish ship that got pwnt by Aubrey in one of the early Patrick O'Brian novels.

"Flaming Poop?"

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 27, 2019 09:12 AM (+Xwtq)

21 I'm currently reading "The Washing of the Spears" by Donald R. Morris. A history of the rise and fall of the Zulu Nation. Morris gives a brief history of the Southern Cape colony founded by Europeans and the Bantu people from which the Zulu originated. During the 1820s under the leadership/dictatorship of Shaka Zulu (1787-182

the Zulus would form an empire. They would fall during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 to another empire, the British.

In the early 1800s was a period called "The Crushing." A series of inter-tribal wars that depopulated large areas of land and killed about 500k to maybe 2 million. Shaka Zulu did participate in the slaughter, but he wasn't alone. Many other tribes and tribal leaders were involved.

The phase "Washing of the Spears" refers to the Zulu practice of eviscerating the dead so as to release their spirit. Not sure why they felt the spirit couldn't get out through the spear holes they'd already made. I think they did it for fun.

Some head music.

Wanda Jackson - Fujiyama Mama
https://youtu.be/ztFHvNwRb6Q

Waylon Jennings - Wild Ones
https://youtu.be/ICTZySTSf1Y

L7 - Livin Large (Live)
https://youtu.be/JEDFWlIfCIg

Posted by: Jake Holenhead at October 27, 2019 09:12 AM (P1GvV)

22 > The Freemasons
Is that even still a thing?
From what I've heard, most of their members are about 99 years old nowadays. The organization has been dying for decades.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:13 AM (Do2h6)

23 Shame about mark Twain's liberry.

Posted by: JT at October 27, 2019 09:14 AM (arJlL)

24 I am nearly finished, and nearer the quitting point, of On the Road. No. 1 Son gave me the Kerouac/Burroughs collaboration And the Hippos Were Boiled in their Tanks, which was surprisingly not annoying and had some interesting noir flair.

Also, I haven't read any of the Beats except Howl and I should continue my education. The jacket blurb for On the Road calls it the voice of a generation. (Nobody wants to be that, Dylan ran away from that label as hard as he could).

Well, it has cemented my theory that The Fifties Were Stupid.

For crying out loud, in the fifties people liked Elvis.

I was giving Road the benefit of the doubt because even though it was famously written in a three week mad tear he had been working on it for seven years and had pared and revised it at the suggestion of editors and fellow writers. It might have been distilled in the moment.

No, it reads like something that starts out normal and becomes deranged. And he's so hip (hep, I guess, in those days) that he has to brag about seeing colored musicians play jazz and how it would be so much cooler to be colored than to be a white man. Well, Jack, you portray the coloreds as exotics. We don't meet any. There are no colored characters who are human, they're just cardboard cutouts for your hepness.

/rant

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 27, 2019 09:14 AM (gd9RK)

25 > "Flaming Poop?"
"Fire-shitter." See the main post.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:14 AM (Do2h6)

26 I backed Neon Revolt's book, Revolution Q: The Story of QAnon and the 2nd American Revolution, and received a pre-release copy. The book argues that there is a secret war underway between Patriots and a Cabal aimed at doing whatever it takes to retain power. The book offers an interesting lens through which to interpret and understand current events and recent history. It will be released November 6.

Posted by: Hans G. Schantz at October 27, 2019 09:15 AM (FXjhj)

27 I think pretty much everyone agrees that John Dean is the real shit-weasel here. So it's no surprise that the current batch of scurvy Democrats are trotting him out as some sort of an expert on impeachment. This is like hiring Al Capone to do your taxes.

Yeah, this is like the ascension of primo shit-weasel, LBJ scumbag, and creepy dickweed, Bill Moyers to the position of-

Grand Arbiter of public culture and morality by Our Betters.

His mere toxic presence as Grand Poobah in PBS is reason #1 why is should be defunded and burnt to the ground.

Man, how the Dims/Progtards/Commies must've laughed over that one over the last 50-60 years.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 27, 2019 09:15 AM (kauXV)

28 Cacafuego?
You sure that isn't the new name for California?

Posted by: JAS at October 27, 2019 09:16 AM (DBGf/)

29 I read Bill O'Reilly's latest, The United States of Trump: How the President Really Sees America. O' Reilly has known the President for over thirty years which gave him unprecedented access to Trump and to his family. O' Reilly plays it down the middle. Certainly not a Never-Trumper, he isn't a fawning Hannity either. The result is the reader gets a real insight into the President's thinking and why he does the things he does. I found this to be a very interesting, informative book.

Recommended here last week, I read A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh by Jeff Shaara. This is the first in a trilogy about the Western Campaign of the Civil War. Shaara tell the story of the battle not only through the eyes of the generals, but through those of the lower ranks as well. His description of the Union counter-attack through the dead and dying of the day before is most telling of the horrors of war. I'm looking forward to reading the second in the trilogy, A Chain of Thunder: A Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg.

Posted by: Zoltan at October 27, 2019 09:16 AM (MikIT)

30 Currently reading The Curse of the Narrows, about the collision of a relief ship and an ammunition ship in the approaches to Halifax harbor in 1917. The Mont Blanc, carrying 60 tons of explosives, caught fire, and when the payload went up it produced the largest non natural explosion in history to that time. It wiped out a good portion of Halifax as well as damaging the rail lines that would be needed to bring relief. This was in December, during winter snows which would further disrupt rescue efforts. Much tragedy and heroism.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 27, 2019 09:17 AM (qQuTA)

31 His mere toxic presence as Grand Poobah in PBS is reason #1 why is should be defunded and burnt to the ground.

Man, how the Dims/Progtards/Commies must've laughed over that one over the last 50-60 years.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 27, 2019 09:15 AM (kauXV)

With so many options for TV and radio, there is no reason to fund PBS at all. None. I would get rid of a few more liberal "arts" organizations too. Let them run to Zuck and Gates for patronage, they should not spew shit on the taxpayers dime.

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 09:17 AM (U7k5w)

32 Good Sunday morning, horde!

More reading on Catholicism this week, as I ponder whether or not to be Catholic.

I haven't been interested in any of my other reading lately; I think I'll switch gears and check out some of those old post-apocalyptic books mentioned in the post. Something outside of my preferred genres.

Posted by: April at October 27, 2019 09:18 AM (OX9vb)

33 > With so many options for TV and radio, there is no reason to fund PBS at all.

I've never seen a valid reason for taxing Joe NASCAR so some orthodontist can watch the Bolshoi Ballet.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:20 AM (Do2h6)

34 Yeah, the Masonic Lodges are virtually nothing. But they have infiltrated. McCarrick is one.

Posted by: JAS at October 27, 2019 09:20 AM (DBGf/)

35 Trump on...

Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 09:20 AM (cF8AT)

36 Trump speaking

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 27, 2019 09:20 AM (gY6TK)

37 Those pants look like they were stolen from the Teletubbies.

Posted by: bluebell - get a sample Ffx Cty ballot at October 27, 2019 09:20 AM (aXucN)

38 Reading Islands of the Damned by RV Burgin. Then will read Helmet for my Pillow by Robert Leckie, and finish with With the Old Breed in Pelilieu and Okinawa by Eugene Sledge.

Burgin was Sledge's platoon leader on Pelilieu and Okinawa, and these three books are the main source material for the excellent series The Pacific, which I finally watched last week.

Posted by: Sharkman at October 27, 2019 09:20 AM (p8GFp)

39 The Freemasons
Is that even still a thing?
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I was wondering the same thing about lodge life when I passed a Loyal Order of Moose building. It was in good condition so presumably they still have members attending. I picture a bunch of guys in fezes swilling highballs, but really that's how I picture all secret societies behaving, including the Illuminati, except their fezes have an Eye in the Pyramid patch.

Would young people want to be initiated into the mysteries of a lodge or society? That seems "exclusionary", plus you probably can't Instagram the ceremonies.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 09:22 AM (Dc2NZ)

40 Nice Lieberry!

Ah, Detroit. Seems I remember Willard's daddy was a big shot there once.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 27, 2019 09:22 AM (Z+IKu)

41
Who Dis?

That's Buster Keaton's twin brother, Skippy Keaton.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 27, 2019 09:22 AM (kauXV)

42 Buster Keaton, of course.

And, of course, I'm too late.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2019 09:23 AM (Ki5SV)

43 Al-Baghdadi apparently blew up his own children along with himself. Evil fuck.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:24 AM (Do2h6)

44 Good morning all - I was briefly intrigued by mention of "The Forgotten Garden" but when the Kindle version costs as much as a print edition ... just no.
Working away this week on the latest book, started some notes and files for the next Luna City volume. Other than that, just plowing through Shelby Foote's "Civil War" ... and I have some of Bruce Catton's books also, picked up at various sales...

I read Earth Abides first when I was in HS. It may amuse the Horde to know that the author is that George R. Stewart who also wrote extensively about the California-Oregon trail, an account of the Donner Party, and Pickett's charge at Gettysburg.

Posted by: Sgt. Mom at October 27, 2019 09:24 AM (xnmPy)

45 April, if you haven't already read it, try A Canticle for Leibowitz as OMuse mentions above. I think it would blend your interest in Catholicism and wanting to read a post-apocalyptic novel quite nicely.

Posted by: bluebell - get a sample Ffx Cty ballot at October 27, 2019 09:24 AM (aXucN)

46 That's Richard Ferrette, Buster Keaton impersonator. You can tell by the detached earlobes-- Keaton's were attached. Always checkk the earlobes!

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 27, 2019 09:25 AM (+Xwtq)

47 The Freemasons
Is that even still a thing?
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I was wondering the same thing about lodge life when I passed a Loyal Order of Moose building. It was in good condition so presumably they still have members attending. I picture a bunch of guys in fezes swilling highballs, but really that's how I picture all secret societies behaving, including the Illuminati, except their fezes have an Eye in the Pyramid patch.

Would young people want to be initiated into the mysteries of a lodge or society? That seems "exclusionary", plus you probably can't Instagram the ceremonies.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 09:22 AM (Dc2NZ)

Along with pants-

a Moron Fez should be required for the book thread.

With a patch of the Eye in the Pyramid looking through a copy of "Fanny Hill".

Posted by: naturalfake at October 27, 2019 09:25 AM (kauXV)

48 That photo of the Mark Twain Library breaks my heart.

Posted by: Tuna at October 27, 2019 09:25 AM (jm1YL)

49 > It was in good condition so presumably they still have members attending.

Wikipedia says there are about 800,000 Moose, down from about 1.3 million in 1979.
So they're in decline, but not dead.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:26 AM (Do2h6)

50 Who dis? Buster Keaton, of course. It's interesting that he should be posed reading a book, since, according to one biographer, he was functionally illiterate - a side effect of his bizarre childhood, growing up as literally a human punching bag in his father's vaudeville act. It amazes me that he could create movies as complex as "Sherlock Jr" or "The General" without being able to read.

Posted by: Brown Line at October 27, 2019 09:26 AM (S6ArX)

51 22
> The Freemasons
Is that even still a thing?
From what I've heard, most of their members are about 99 years old nowadays. The organization has been dying for decades.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:13 AM

The same thing is happening at other fraternal organizations. I was a member of the local Moose Club and it was dying out. My brother though is a member of the Gideon Society and he is very active and it appears they are doing fine.

Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2019 09:27 AM (mpXpK)

52 Sgt Mom, I got it from the library. I am a loyal patron of my local branch, which is a Mighty Fortress of books. On the receipt they even tell you how much you saved by checking out vice buying.

Which is ironic because I'm furiously shelving and making artistic piles of all my own books.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 09:27 AM (Dc2NZ)

53 My college fraternity was founded as a Masonic club at the University of Michigan (a team which was trounced by my college in last week's gridirons), and eventually opened up to non-Masons as it became a Greek organization.

We inherited some ritual and sayings and, um, robes. Not klannish, I'm sure. I always liked the idea of the Masons, my uncle was one, but I never ran into a Masonic organization since college.

Also, the peckerheads behind me let my fraternity go absolutely cacafuego and there is no longer a connection to the history.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 27, 2019 09:28 AM (gd9RK)

54 So they're in decline, but not dead.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:26 AM (Do2h6)
---
Thanks.

So, can any members here reveal whether the fezes-and-highballs thing is accurate?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 09:28 AM (Dc2NZ)

55 Trump just mispronounced the name as "Albagotti".
Related to John Gotti, maybe.
Or maybe Anna Maria Alberghetti. Man, she was a babe in her time.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:28 AM (Do2h6)

56 I reviewed "Memory Babe", a ridiculously dense and detailed biography of Jack Kerouac, for Publishers Weekly years ago. If you're into Kerouac or the Beats at all, this is the book.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at October 27, 2019 09:29 AM (H8QX8)

57 For a number of reasons (two concerts and the interminable World Series, save us Mad Max and Stras) I didn't get much reading done this past week except for Tom Jones, which continues to be a pleasant surprise albeit very very long and, for a comedic work of fiction, not a page turner. I think the length of it wards off a lot of readers but for me the movie had me believing that it was a trite piece of shit like every other fucking thing in the sixties. Nothing could be further from the truth because this is an early, and very innovative, use of authorial interjections both through explanations of underlying sentiments expressed in dialogues and introductory chapters in each book that ruminates on things like plagiarism and why he doesn't lard the text with classical quotes in the original languages. The story itself is funny enough but Fielding's commentary puts it over the top.

Posted by: Captain Hate at October 27, 2019 09:29 AM (y7DUB)

58 To much detail Mr President

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 09:30 AM (85Gof)

59 Which is ironic because I'm furiously shelving and making ~~artistic piles~~elaborate book forts of all my own books.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 09:27 AM (Dc2NZ)

Posted by: hogmartin at October 27, 2019 09:30 AM (t+qrx)

60 H.P. Lovecraft was a very strange looking man.

Posted by: Tuna at October 27, 2019 09:30 AM (jm1YL)

61 Sad about the Mark Twain Library.

Detroit...this what happens when dimwits run the show

Been many years since i read anyTwain but last nite started Tom Sawyer...Huck Finn on deck and then to the library to round out the batting order

Posted by: LoneRanger at October 27, 2019 09:30 AM (T06DR)

62 Today is Zod's birthday.

You will wish him Happy Birthday.

Do it now.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 09:30 AM (XzT/D)

63 All Hail the Even Wiser Zod!

May He live forever!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 09:31 AM (Dc2NZ)

64 > H.P. Lovecraft was a very strange looking man.
The Innsmouth Look.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:31 AM (Do2h6)

65 Good Sunday morning, horde!

More reading on Catholicism this week, as I ponder whether or not to be Catholic.

I haven't been interested in any of my other reading lately; I think I'll switch gears and check out some of those old post-apocalyptic books mentioned in the post. Something outside of my preferred genres.
Posted by: April at October 27, 2019 09:18 AM (OX9vb)

Might I recommend Thomas Howard's On Being Catholic? Here's the flap:

"In his first full-length book since converting to Roman Catholicism over ten years ago, Thomas Howard presents his wonderful, refreshing insights on the "glad tidings" of the deeper meaning of Catholic piety, dogma, spirituality, vision and practice. . .the book's chapters take the form of lay meditations on Catholic teaching and practice, opening up in practical and simple terms the richness at work in virtually every detail of Catholic prayer, piety, liturgy and experience."

https://tinyurl.com/yybuacky

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2019 09:31 AM (Ki5SV)

66 54 So, can any members here reveal whether the fezes-and-highballs thing is accurate?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 09:28 AM (Dc2NZ)

The only Masons who were the fezzes are the Shriners. And yes, when in full dress-out mode they are the real thing. I have a picture of my uncle in full dress-out mode and he was a 32nd degree Mason (Shriner)

Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2019 09:31 AM (mpXpK)

67 This presser just derailed the Sunday preening talking head shows.

Posted by: BluesFish at October 27, 2019 09:32 AM (WQZ1O)

68 I read "Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within" by Taylor Marshall. Holy Fucking Shit! The Freemasons have succeeded in putting someone close to their heart in the Petrine See.
Posted by: JAS

So between the Freemason plants and the Soviet plants, are there any actual Catholics in the hierarchy?

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at October 27, 2019 09:32 AM (SfYbS)

69

Anyone watching the president?

He just praised Russia!!!

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 27, 2019 09:32 AM (/UFpF)

70 H.P. Lovecraft was a very strange looking man.
The Innsmouth Look.

I've got one picture of Lovecraft and one of Mark Zuckerberg, and it's extremely creepy how similar they look.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 27, 2019 09:33 AM (+Xwtq)

71 >>May He live forever! Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 09:31 AM (Dc2NZ)

It is written.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 09:33 AM (XzT/D)

72 OT I saw a documentary biography of Buster Keaton on TCM about 2 months ago. Not a book but a fascinating look at the crunching of a comic genius who incrementally built up his Comedy sketches. The weeding house movie was hilarious and the inspiration for so many derivative sketches of later years.

Still reading Fritz Leiber I finished Swords Against Wizardry and I am halfway though The Swords of Lankhmar. Rats why did it have to be rats...

Posted by: dread0 at October 27, 2019 09:33 AM (thwGF)

73 That photo of the Mark Twain Library breaks my heart.
Posted by: Tuna at October 27, 2019 09:25 AM (jm1YL)

And that those books have been rotting away in there for 23 years tells you all you need to know about Detroit.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2019 09:33 AM (Ki5SV)

74

Wait, what?

Zod ages?

Zod is not timeless?

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 27, 2019 09:33 AM (/UFpF)

75 Zuckerberg and Lovecraft are twins:

https://tinyurl.com/y2mxw2yq

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 27, 2019 09:34 AM (+Xwtq)

76 I get the feeling PDT dislikes this baghdatti fellow?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 09:34 AM (85Gof)

77 Might I recommend Thomas Howard's On Being Catholic?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2019 09:31 AM (Ki5SV)

You might, and thank you! I'll put it on my library list.

Posted by: April at October 27, 2019 09:35 AM (OX9vb)

78 > I've got one picture of Lovecraft and one of Mark Zuckerberg, and it's extremely creepy how similar they look
Yes, the resemblance is uncanny.
And now I'm chortling at Lovecraft's probable reaction to being told he looked like a Jay-Ee-DoubleYou.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:35 AM (Do2h6)

79 Today is Zod's birthday.

You will wish him Happy Birthday.

Do it now.
Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 09:30 AM (XzT/D)

*stands, applauds feverishly, tears streaming down face*

Posted by: hogmartin at October 27, 2019 09:35 AM (t+qrx)

80 That "picture" of Lovecraft is a statue of him in the library in Guillermo del Toro's fantastic L.A. house, which is stuffed to the gills with movie memorabilia and art:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjvuUUlfrCE

He's had to pack up his possessions due to the fires.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 09:35 AM (Dc2NZ)

81 So between the Freemason plants and the Soviet plants, are there any actual Catholics in the hierarchy?
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at October 27, 2019 09:32 AM (SfYbS)

Ummmmmmmmm.......No.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 27, 2019 09:35 AM (Z+IKu)

82 The Mexican library is beautiful yet the office chairs surrounding the tables seem all wrong.

Posted by: Tuna at October 27, 2019 09:35 AM (jm1YL)

83 Happy Birthday Zod.

Now, I brought this up before but I'm not sure if you stuck around for the discussion. The dour god of kneel this, submit to that just doesn't sell anymore, baby. It's not groovy.

That's all Old Testament, which nobody reads any more except to pick out wild baby names.

I suggested Bacchus last time, everyone loves a god of wine and debauch, but you mind find a hot Scandi goddess to emulate. Everyone loves a scantily clad slush monkey.

Anyway, congrats on one more orbit around your sun, wherever that is.

Posted by: Marketing Bandersnatch at October 27, 2019 09:35 AM (gd9RK)

84 Best line of the presser was He died like a dog. Excellent. Do not glamorize these monsters ever.

Posted by: Jmel at October 27, 2019 09:36 AM (OeWgo)

85 The Freemasons Is that even still a thing?"

Nah. Jose won't lay brick for free...

Oh.

Morning, y'all! Fine Texas AM, so more coffeve!

Posted by: Anon a mouse at October 27, 2019 09:36 AM (6qErC)

86 > And that those books have been rotting away in there for 23 years tells you all you need to know about Detroit.

Anything else that wasn't red hot or nailed down would've been stolen by now.
Not books.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:36 AM (Do2h6)

87
Our favorite president: "He died like a dog."

"He died like a coward...wimpering, screaming, crying."

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 27, 2019 09:36 AM (/UFpF)

88 Baghdadi apparently blew up his own children along with himself. Evil fuck.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:24 AM (Do2h6)

They would grow up to fight us so Im fine with it

Posted by: LASue at October 27, 2019 09:36 AM (Ed8Zd)

89 On the topic of Fezes-

Last week, TCM ran Laurel and Hardy's "Sons of the Desert".

Being from 1933, it probably gave a reasonably accurate representation of Shriner-type conventions.

Plus, hey! it's L&H! So....funny. Some nice old style comedy.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 27, 2019 09:37 AM (kauXV)

90 AP: Documents obtained during the FBI FISA investigation of the 2016 election suggest that the Trump campaign was prepared to use "suggestive photos" of Hillary Clinton that it obtained in 2014. A source who chose to remain anonymous described the photos as "disturbing...unearthly...damn weird, but almost kind of hot in that 'what-is-that' kinda way."

Mrs. Clinton could not be reached for comment.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 09:37 AM (XzT/D)

91 I actually haven't been reading anything since I finished Tricky Dick. Not that I don't have anything to read - Stately Poppins Manor is bursting at the seams with tomes I haven't read or started and put down - but I'm in one of those moods where I just want to curl up on the couch and sit.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2019 09:37 AM (Ki5SV)

92 With the Old Breed in Pelilieu and Okinawa by Eugene Sledge.

Over the years, I've given copies of that to Marines and toyoung men joining the Marines.

Posted by: JT at October 27, 2019 09:37 AM (arJlL)

93 > "suggestive photos" of Hillary Clinton

Well, there goes breakfast.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:38 AM (Do2h6)

94 Posted by: April at October 27, 2019 09:18 AM (OX9v
b)

Have you read Fulton Sheen's The Life of Christ, any of Benedict's (Ratzinger's) books, or Leon Triste's The Faith Explained?

I converted in 2000 and have been teaching RCIA since 2001 since I'd done so much study making the decision, lol.

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 09:38 AM (nRWPy)

95 LOL

PDT just said since he does not trust congress and leaks, he froze the congressional leadership out of the raid

OUTSTANDING

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 09:38 AM (85Gof)

96 O Mighty Zod,
To quote Sandra Boynton: "Hippo Birdie Two Ewe."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at October 27, 2019 09:38 AM (IttZ7)

97 >>Now, I brought this up before but I'm not sure if you stuck around for the discussion. The dour god of kneel this, submit to that just doesn't sell anymore, baby. It's not groovy. Posted by: Marketing Bandersnatch at October 27, 2019 09:35 AM (gd9RK)

(Brow furrows, visage darkens, then shrugs)

You will kneel anyway.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 09:39 AM (XzT/D)

98 but almost kind of hot in that 'what-is-that' kinda way."

That's impossible.

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 09:39 AM (nRWPy)

99 PDT just said since he does not trust congress and leaks, he froze the congressional leadership out of the raid

OUTSTANDING

I was just howling over that. Fist bumped my husband.

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 09:40 AM (nRWPy)

100 Last week, TCM ran Laurel and Hardy's "Sons of the Desert".

I know it's heresy, but except for The Music Box, I have never found Laurel and Hardy to be funny. They just leave me cold. But then, I'm told Harry Langdon was a comic genius, and his films just irritate me.

I'll take a Fatty Arbuckle or Keystone short any day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2019 09:40 AM (Ki5SV)

101 Romney get his dentures in yet to make a statement supporting PDT and the raid

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 09:40 AM (85Gof)

102 Good Morning, Book Horde! Glad to see Lovecraft get a shout out this morning; I went to NY yesterday & visited The Strand bookstore and picked up a copy of "Lovecraft Unbound", a collection of mostly new (ca. 2009) stories inspired by Lovecraft. I also got "The Second Anglo-Sikh War" by Amarpal Singh; "Fiasco: The Breakout of the German Battleships" by John Deane Potter; and "The Texas Rangers: Wearing of the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900" by Mike Cox.

Posted by: josephistan at October 27, 2019 09:40 AM (Izzlo)

103
lulz:

The president just said members of Congress couldn't be trusted and would've caused the deaths of Americans.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 27, 2019 09:40 AM (/UFpF)

104 >>That's impossible. Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 09:39 AM (nRWPy)

You would look. Admit it.

Also, KARS.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 09:40 AM (XzT/D)

105 Our favorite president: "He died like a dog."

"He died like a coward...wimpering, screaming, crying."

He has to go overboard a little, to get the "tut-tut"s from the fools in opposition.

Posted by: t-bird at October 27, 2019 09:41 AM (9MIWI)

106 ''This presser just derailed the Sunday preening talking head shows.''

In other words, PDT to preening talking heads; ''LOLGF''

Posted by: Tuna at October 27, 2019 09:41 AM (jm1YL)

107 Romney get his dentures in yet to make a statement supporting PDT and the raid
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Mais non.

Posted by: Pierre Delecto at October 27, 2019 09:41 AM (SfYbS)

108 PDT just said since he does not trust congress and leaks, he froze the congressional leadership out of the raid

OUTSTANDING

**stands and salutes**

Bravo to you, Mr President. Now do the same with the press.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2019 09:42 AM (Ki5SV)

109 Since I've been in the hospital and rehab center, I've had plenty of time on my hands to read. A friend has been stopping by the house, feeding the cat, and bringing me stuff. One book she brought was "To Reach the High Frontier", edited by Roger D. Launius and Dennis R. Jenkins. It is a collection of articles about various U.S. launch systems and how they have evolved over the years. It was published in 2002. I must have bought it years ago and read it, but forgot about it.

What's interesting about it is the timing of publication. There are chapters about attempts to develop reusable rockets, but "SpaceX" and "Blue Origin" do not appear. SpaceX presumably existed only on the proverbial cocktail napkin at that time.

There is a chapter about small launch vehicles with a lament that there does not seem to be enough of a market for small payloads to make them economically viable. There were several startup attempts in the 90s that failed. The term "cubesat" is not found in the book.

In short, the book was written just as some very important changes were occurring in the world of spaceflight that would transform the whole scene. I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to read it again and appreciate it in a way I didn't the first time. It's much like an update of Eugene M. Emme's 1964 "The History of Rocket Technology" which I also happen to have and have begun re-reading.

As an aside, I need to learn more about the Delta family of rockets. At the dawn of the Space Age, the Russians were able to build a rocket large enough to be able to launch pretty much any size payload they wanted. By contrast, the U.S. was forced to be resourceful to wring every bit of performance out of the much smaller rockets we could build, as well as miniaturizing spacecraft and electronic components. It is nothing short of amazing how the Thor IRBM coupled with the tiny Vanguard second and third stages evolved into one of the greatest and most successful launch vehicles in the entire history of the Space Age.

Posted by: rickl at October 27, 2019 09:42 AM (j/R1H)

110 I read Illium and Olympis by Dan Simmons on Larry Correia's recommendation. I really liked Illium but found Olympos a slog, not entirely sure why the difference.

I found similarities with John C. Wright's works and wonder how much of an influence Simmons is, planning on reading more of Simmons canon in the future.

I also read the Saint Tommy NYPD series by Declan Finn, which I enjoyed but with decreasing amounts each book. I've never seen the Exorcists so if you have your mileage may vary. They are enjoyable supernatural action thrillers, like Monster Hunter but with a Catholic, detective spin.

Also read Starship Grifters, which was a fun, light, Scifi comedy. The 0th, 1st, and 2nd books were worth the time, I found the 4th tedious. Many of the titles were puns, like Out of the Soylent Planet. Fun stuff.

Also read Schrodinger's Gat by the same author, Robert Kroese, which was an interesting scifi examination of determinism and a possible escape through what C. S. Lewis called the basement of nature. Plus it has a great pun-based title, too. And read City of Sand by him, not bad, like a Micheal Crichton directed movie.

Posted by: .87c at October 27, 2019 09:42 AM (TDP3i)

111 Zod is reading Alan Bullock's "Hitler and Stalin." Bullock is a historian of the old school, and is intolerant of fads in historical analysis. Very good, deep read.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 09:43 AM (XzT/D)

112 Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 27, 2019 09:14 AM (gd9RK)

I haven't read any Kerouac and probably never will but I enjoyed Naked Lunch a great deal. If you've ever heard Burroughs talk, he writes just like it in a flat uninflected monotone as he describes blown out situations in a very matter of fact manner. Strangely enough, though, I felt no need to read any of his other work.

Posted by: Captain Hate at October 27, 2019 09:43 AM (y7DUB)

113 Great pic of Baghdadi from the Imam of Peace;

https://tinyurl.com/yxfeces2

Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 09:43 AM (cF8AT)

114 ''This presser just derailed the Sunday preening talking head shows.''

Derailed the weekly attacks on him.

Posted by: davidt at October 27, 2019 09:44 AM (GLShM)

115 are there any actual Catholics in the hierarchy?

Above Monsignor? Taps chin.

Prob not. I still haven't come across a bishop I like. EXCEPT, Archbishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia. He's solid and an actual catholic.

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 09:44 AM (nRWPy)

116 AP: Documents obtained during the FBI FISA investigation of the 2016 election suggest that the Trump campaign was prepared to use "suggestive photos" of Hillary Clinton that it obtained in 2014. A source who chose to remain anonymous described the photos as "disturbing...unearthly...damn weird, but almost kind of hot in that 'what-is-that' kinda way."

In all honesty, the closest I want to come to seeing "suggestive" photos of HC is-

the college years photo where she's wearing bell bottoms with a design that points straight up to her hoo-hah.

*shudders*

So desperate even then, she had to put up landing signals for wangs or dildos or God knows what.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 27, 2019 09:45 AM (kauXV)

117 The Mark Twain Library was demolished in 2011, along with all the books still in it at the time. The Detroit Public Library claimed that all the books worth saving were taken out when it was initially "temporarily" shut down in 1997, but who knows. By 2011, there were holes in the roof and mold everywhere, including the books, so it didn't make sense to save anything. See http://www.detroiturbex.com/content/parksandrec/twain/

Posted by: Chris not rock at October 27, 2019 09:45 AM (WO0/g)

118 >>107 Romney get his dentures in yet to make a statement supporting PDT and the raid
Posted by: Nevergiveup

If you haven't read it, the 'portrait' of Romney in the "Everyone Knows A Mitt Romney" article was spot-on devastating. Worth the 5 minutes.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 09:45 AM (XzT/D)

119 >>So desperate even then, she had to put up landing signals for wangs or dildos or God knows what. Posted by: naturalfake at October 27, 2019 09:45 AM (kauXV)

Hair diaper.

Do-nate your car to-day.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 09:46 AM (XzT/D)

120 It seems that the only traditional Catholics in the church are the converts.
Seriously.

Posted by: JAS at October 27, 2019 09:47 AM (DBGf/)

121 Zod is reading Alan Bullock's "Hitler and Stalin." Bullock is a historian of the old school, and is intolerant of fads in historical analysis. Very good, deep read.
Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 09:43 AM (XzT/D)

I expect Zod has read Bullock's bio of Hitler, which is history in the grand style.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2019 09:48 AM (Ki5SV)

122 Pierre Dicktoe approves? Oo la la.

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 09:48 AM (nRWPy)

123 I almost thought Harold Lloyd, but he wears glasses; it's then obviously Buster Keaton

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at October 27, 2019 09:48 AM (ijEPD)

124

Blood For Oil!

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 27, 2019 09:48 AM (/UFpF)

125 I don't know who it was recently, maybe Vic, who was casting about for good sci-fi recommendations? I have enjoyed going through the SF Masterworks catalog, published by Gollancz.

https://tinyurl.com/y66y5k3c

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at October 27, 2019 09:48 AM (IttZ7)

126 >>120 It seems that the only traditional Catholics in the church are the converts.
Seriously. Posted by: JAS at October 27, 2019 09:47 AM (DBGf/)

Anthony Burgess/Graham Greene made the same point in their time/ways.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 09:48 AM (XzT/D)

127 the college years photo where she's wearing bell bottoms with a design that points straight up to her hoo-hah.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 27, 2019 09:45 AM (kauXV)

OM knows the picture, it was used as a 'what not to do' example here on this thread. My theory is: dazzle camo.

Posted by: hogmartin at October 27, 2019 09:48 AM (t+qrx)

128 @MittRomney

Al Baghdadi spread "fire and brimstone" on earth; now he feels it for himself in hell. To all who arranged his change of venue - the intel officers, the President, the warriors - thank you.

Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 09:48 AM (cF8AT)

129 'Mornin' all.

So this is hilariously ironic:

SNL was in the middle of a skit mocking PDT, claiming he was bringing jobs back to ISIS. Six minutes later, it was announced that al-Baghdadi had blown himself (and three of his children up).

Alec Baldwin hardest hit.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 09:48 AM (ptqGC)

130 iirc, When Hillary was a freshman at Yale, there was some project involving nude photos of all the freshmen.

Posted by: davidt at October 27, 2019 09:49 AM (GLShM)

131 are there any actual Catholics in the hierarchy?

Ann Barnhardt would say no.

BRB. Must start washing clothes.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2019 09:49 AM (Ki5SV)

132 I just finished reading John Le Carré's latest book, Agent Running In The Field. I CANNOT recommend it. Aside from the f-bombs, it's mediocre as if it was written by another author. John Le Carré is my favorite spy novel author although I know he has always hated America specially Republicans. It seems he wrote this new novel just to vent on his anger at President Trump and the USA for electing "the worst president in American history". The book is written in the first person and the Trump hating rants are spoken by 2 other characters. The constant swearing and Trump rants were too distracting to fully enjoy the tale but I still continued reading until the end. Gave it 2 stars on Goodreads.

Posted by: Oggi at October 27, 2019 09:49 AM (Bk5Q+)

133 The funny thing about "Sons of the Desert" is a scene near the end where Stan Laurel takes off the mask a sounds very intelligent.

Posted by: JAS at October 27, 2019 09:49 AM (DBGf/)

134 >>I expect Zod has read Bullock's bio of Hitler, which is history in the grand style. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2019 09:48 AM (Ki5SV)

Yes. It's aged well, though I prefer Kershaw.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 09:49 AM (XzT/D)

135 Ann Barnhardt? Speaking of converts.

Posted by: JAS at October 27, 2019 09:49 AM (DBGf/)

136 Father Hate was a Mason and a Shriner. A Mason gave a very poignant eulogy at his funeral. There was only one Mason my age there, so yeah they're fading away like most fraternal organizations that used to be common.

Posted by: Captain Hate at October 27, 2019 09:49 AM (y7DUB)

137 For those looking for authors like Lovecraft, I'd recommend checking out T.E.D. Klein - he hasn't written much, but what I've read is all good; and Thomas Ligotti - his style is very reminiscent of Lovecraft, but without coming off as a cheap pastiche.

Posted by: josephistan at October 27, 2019 09:50 AM (Izzlo)

138 More point and laugh time - the cock network tried to mock President Trump over Syria/ISIS last night.

Whoops.

Even their usual online sycophants are having a tough time.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at October 27, 2019 09:51 AM (6qErC)

139 SNL was in the middle of a skit mocking PDT, claiming he was bringing jobs back to ISIS. Six minutes later, it was announced that al-Baghdadi had blown himself (and three of his children up).
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 09:48 AM (ptqGC)

YHGTBKM. He's got them laying out their own rakes to step on so he doesn't even have to do it himself.

Posted by: hogmartin at October 27, 2019 09:51 AM (t+qrx)

140 Trump: "A canine, I call it a dog, a talented dog..."

So awesome. Hope the dog gets a medal and an invitation to the WH. He'd eat burgers or chick fila.

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 09:51 AM (nRWPy)

141 >>My theory is: dazzle camo.Posted by: hogmartin at October 27, 2019 09:48 AM (t+qrx)

The pants: Clown dazzle.

Do not be hypnotized, or she will own you. And it will not be easy.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 09:51 AM (XzT/D)

142 Just read Cave of Bones by Anne Hillerman, one of a long running series set in SW US. Had not read any of the series and thought that I would try one since it is so popular. Not sorry I read it, but will not read another one anytime soon. Not drawn into the characters nor the mystery.

Posted by: Charlotte at October 27, 2019 09:52 AM (Yu4ah)

143 In a sense, they (the Masons) are no longer needed. They succeeded in destroying the monarchies and teaching everyone at all religions are equally valid.

Posted by: JAS at October 27, 2019 09:52 AM (DBGf/)

144 Hey! What are you doing?! I'm not a chicken!!

Posted by: The Peacock at October 27, 2019 09:52 AM (GLShM)

145 Cacafuego? Pfft...

Posted by: JA Aubrey at October 27, 2019 09:52 AM (CLteG)

146 Rickl, I'm so glad you mentioned your cat. When you hadn't checked in and we were all concerned, I was hoping that both of you would be heard from soon. And, thank you for the ongoing space information. Although I am totally clueless, I really enjoy your informative reports.

Posted by: Ever at October 27, 2019 09:53 AM (ZZDMQ)

147 I hope the dog completely recovers.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 09:53 AM (ptqGC)

148 It seems that the only traditional Catholics in the church are the converts.

Mostly true.

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 09:53 AM (nRWPy)

149 > The Detroit Public Library claimed that all the books worth saving

Why do I suspect that "worth saving" and "supports the communist agenda" are synonyms in this context?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:53 AM (Do2h6)

150 One has to appreciate the POTUS for showing strength and execution.

A complete 180 degree from the carny barky

And he has complete command of this presser. I wonder if cnn gets to ask a question?

Posted by: LoneRanger at October 27, 2019 09:54 AM (T06DR)

151
President Trump should appoint the dog to the Senate. Serious.

Or make the dog the new National Security Adviser.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 27, 2019 09:54 AM (/UFpF)

152 God bless Trump.

Hey, Barry. This is how you announce the death of a cowardly terrorist.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 09:55 AM (ptqGC)

153 I can't recommend his politics (he's a British lefty of the meek homosexual-hobbyist variety), but his fiction is extremely well-crafted: Jim Crace.

B. R. Myers mocked pretention in "modern literary fiction," and Crace avoids Myers' unassailable critique.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 09:55 AM (XzT/D)

154 Or make the dog the new National Security Adviser.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 27, 2019 09:54 AM (/UFpF)

He could do worse and has

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 09:56 AM (85Gof)

155 Me so very much approve and vote yes to having the dog as my new Senate collie-leage!

Posted by: Jar Jar Binks at October 27, 2019 09:56 AM (IttZ7)

156 Ah, the SNL self-punking explains why my news feed is mentioning SNL. There's a story about a surprise cameo by renowned and venerable apparent-person "Jason Momoa", best known for his breathtaking role as "someone I have never heard of before in my entire life, ever".

That saves them having to explain the other, embarrassing thing. Because then it would be two SNL stories in the feed, and you can't have that.

Posted by: hogmartin at October 27, 2019 09:56 AM (t+qrx)

157 If you ever find yourself in Providence, RI, and let's face it you want to, there is a Lovecraft themed store in the Westminster Arcade. The Arcade itself is pretty cool, the first indoor mall in the US built in the early 1800s and now fully restored.

The store itself is pretty small but it has an interesting selection of books and Lovecraft related stuff. On a somewhat related note, next Saturday is the 5th annual Tour de Tentacle in Providence. A Lovecraft inspired bike/beer quest around Providence.

https://tinyurl.com/y5v5t3ko

Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2019 09:56 AM (ZLI7S)

158 Or make the dog the new National Security Adviser

All dogs think they are anyway.

Imagine pelosi starting her blather and some big "talented" German Shepard just going, "Rrrrurrrr." She'd shut right up.

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 09:56 AM (nRWPy)

159 Naturalfake, if you're still around Ina has a good recipe for LMaC. And this isn't OT because I read the recipe and made it.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 27, 2019 09:56 AM (Dhht7)

160 In all honesty, the closest I want to come to seeing "suggestive" photos of HC is-

the college years photo where she's wearing bell bottoms with a design that points straight up to her hoo-hah.

*shudders*

So desperate even then, she had to put up landing signals for wangs or dildos or God knows what.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 27, 2019 09:45 AM (kauXV)

Most of the sixties fashions were straight up dogshit. Watch Paul Mazursky movies to see what a continual horror show they were except for naturally attractive people like Natalie Wood and Robert Culp who would look good in anything. People like The Beast had no chance.

Posted by: Captain Hate at October 27, 2019 09:57 AM (y7DUB)

161 I read "The Black Gondolier" by Fritz Leiber, a collection of his horror stories. Most of them are excellent, and very well written.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2019 09:57 AM (l9m7l)

162 >>142 Just read Cave of Bones by Anne Hillerman
Posted by: Charlotte at October 27, 2019 09:52 AM (Yu4ah)

Just watched "Bone Tomahawk," which involves bones and a cave. The similarity probably ends right about there...as I've said before, probably Kurt Russell's finest work.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 09:57 AM (XzT/D)

163 Glad to see you on the blog, rickl.

Prayers for healing up for you.

Posted by: Sharkman at October 27, 2019 09:57 AM (p8GFp)

164 What's that flag behind Trump? It looks like a ceremonial Hopi dress with hand grenades.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 27, 2019 09:57 AM (gd9RK)

165 Pelosi not told. Lol

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 09:57 AM (85Gof)

166 In a sense, they (the Masons) are no longer needed. They succeeded in destroying the monarchies and teaching everyone at all religions are equally valid.
Posted by: JAS

In fairness, Wilhelm II and Nicholas II didn't need help destroying their monarchies.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at October 27, 2019 09:58 AM (SfYbS)

167 >>some big "talented" German Shepard just going, "Rrrrurrrr." She'd shut right up.
Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 09:56 AM (nRWPy)

Or an overcaffeinated Doberman.

"Jesus! Oh, the...oh my god, it's eating her face...and it's...smiling...someone...someone DO SOMETHING!"

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 09:58 AM (XzT/D)

168 Newsbusters has the ironic SNL skit up.

I don't know how to link on my phone.

Also, sounds like PDT watched the death of al-Baghdadi and enjoyed it bigly, except for the deaths of the three kids and the injured dog.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 09:59 AM (ptqGC)

169 iirc, When Hillary was a freshman at Yale, there was some project involving nude photos of all the freshmen.
Posted by: davidt at October 27, 2019 09:49 AM (GLShM)

It was some crackpot sociological study and went on for years and included Harvard, Yale, Vassar, Wellsley and Brown. I know it's discussed in a book I own, but I can't remember where.

https://tinyurl.com/y2dqvyby

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2019 09:59 AM (Ki5SV)

170 I didn't tell pelosi, didnt want our people to die.

That's the most insulting----and accurate--- thing he's actually ever said abt that shrew.

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 09:59 AM (nRWPy)

171 >>all religions are equally valid.
Posted by: JAS

This is acceptable.

Posted by: God-Emperor David Miscavage at October 27, 2019 10:00 AM (XzT/D)

172 Ooh, burn, Nancy.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 10:01 AM (ptqGC)

173 Srew you Chris. Get your mug out of our faces

Posted by: Darryl No 1 at October 27, 2019 10:01 AM (tvKLv)

174 Mistake to wonder to far in these things MR PRESIDENT. But fuck what do I know

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:01 AM (85Gof)

175 I expect Zod has read Bullock's bio of Hitler, which is history in the grand style. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2019 09:48 AM (Ki5SV)

Yes. It's aged well, though I prefer Kershaw.
Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 09:49 AM (XzT/D)

I humbly suggest Volker Ullrich to Your Ineffable Greatness:

https://tinyurl.com/y22jxq9r

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2019 10:01 AM (Ki5SV)

176 Prob not. I still haven't come across a bishop I like. EXCEPT, Archbishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia. He's solid and an actual catholic.
Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 09:44 AM (nRWPy)

Africa. Some of the higher-ups in the Catholic hierarchy from Africa (Cardinal Sarah) seem pretty solid to this Protestant.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at October 27, 2019 10:01 AM (0eE0g)

177 Wow.

President Trump knocked it out of the park.

His description of Scumbaghi's cowardly, whimpering death is right on point.

Now, if they can now find Scumbaghi's personal stash of child porn-

the proper picture of these terrorist a-holes can enshrined as their final legacy.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 27, 2019 10:02 AM (kauXV)

178 What's that flag behind Trump? It looks like a ceremonial Hopi dress with hand grenades."

Well, you just po'd the Army...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at October 27, 2019 10:02 AM (6qErC)

179 Them MSM is on twitter just freaking out about members of congress, i.e., Pelosi and Schiff, not being notified about the raid.

They're just sputtering!

Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 10:02 AM (cF8AT)

180 No doubt dems will accuse PDT of not notifying Congress. Ah hey, try impeaching him for it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:02 AM (85Gof)

181 Jesus! Oh, the...oh my god, it's eating her face...and it's...smiling...someone...someone DO SOMETHING!"

Sigh. I wish.

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 10:03 AM (nRWPy)

182 "The case for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi"

Due tomorrow from a responsible conservative source.

Posted by: Living in Amash's District at October 27, 2019 10:03 AM (Xo3T0)

183 165 Pelosi not told. Lol
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 09:57 AM (85Gof)

Why would she need to be told in any event?

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at October 27, 2019 10:04 AM (0eE0g)

184 @ChadPergram

When asked if he notified Pelosi of al-Baghdadi operatoon, Trump says no, citing concerns about leaks. But multiple Congressional sources on the other side of the aisle were notified last night. Fox can find no Dems who were notified.

LMAO!

Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 10:04 AM (cF8AT)

185 They're just sputtering!
Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 10:02 AM (cFi.p.o8AT)

Because they wanted leaking and our guys to die?

How many powerful chicks in this special forces raid? Zero?

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 10:04 AM (nRWPy)

186 161 - I like his wprks, I'll have to check that out.

Posted by: josephistan at October 27, 2019 10:04 AM (Izzlo)

187 >>I humbly suggest Volker Ullrich to Your Ineffable Greatness:https://tinyurl.com/y22jxq9r
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2019 10:01 AM (Ki5SV)

Haven't read it, will check it out. Thanks for the recommendation.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 10:04 AM (XzT/D)

188 Naturalfake, if you're still around Ina has a good recipe for LMaC. And this isn't OT because I read the recipe and made it.
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 27, 2019 09:56 AM (Dhht7)

Thankee kindly, olddog!

You are a gentleman and a scholar.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 27, 2019 10:05 AM (kauXV)

189 PDT was 100% right not to let Pelosi, Schumer, Schiff, and the other lefty weasels know. And that includes some backstabbers on the right.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 10:05 AM (ptqGC)

190 184,
Now that's snortworthy.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at October 27, 2019 10:06 AM (6qErC)

191 They don't get that the dems would leak to f up the raid to "get trump?"

The media is stupid

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 10:06 AM (nRWPy)

192

Has the cocksucking fake pope condemned the president's remarks, yet?

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 27, 2019 10:06 AM (/UFpF)

193 The media IS the left.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 10:06 AM (ptqGC)

194 President Donald J. Jessup: you're goddamn right I'm keeping the oil!

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 27, 2019 10:06 AM (gd9RK)

195 Nixon won 520 electoral votes and 60.7% of the popular vote.

so of course he was removed by DeepState ... mafiosi and commies and crooks. As cynical of government corruption as we tend to be here at AoS, I bet it is much worse ... billions routinely stolen via fake contracts and huge grants, not to mention the monetary policy that served the richest. (Nixon went along with getting us completely off the gold standard, but he was still not compliant enough I guess)

Posted by: illiniwek at October 27, 2019 10:07 AM (Cus5s)

196 I'm also about to start a light, picture-filled read (sometimes that's my favorite kind on a Sunday) called "Reality Ahead of Schedule: How Science Fiction Inspires Science Fact".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 10:07 AM (Dc2NZ)

197 Watching Trump's briefing. He's in rare form. America, f*ck yeah.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at October 27, 2019 10:07 AM (H8QX8)

198 He's going to call the Foley family and others.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 10:08 AM (ptqGC)

199 Huh. Zod's bookshelf still has Gore Vidal's "United States" on it. Bookshelf tag "MsngrBag/Croc Lit."

Zod's intolerance weakens in his dotage...

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 10:08 AM (XzT/D)

200 14 Jake Holenhead at October 27, 2019 09:09 AM

I must second what Jake said about "Why Meadow Died." The programs that allowed Nikolas Cruz to remain at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High were the invention of Arne Duncan, Barack Obama's Secretary of Education. Duncan was friends with Robert Runcie so he had Runcie implement Duncan & Obama's pipe dreams that were going to end the alleged "school to prison pipeline." It was a total disaster and travesty.

Katherine Kersten at the Mpls Star Tribune covered this "restorative justice" nonsense and the damage it does, and someone at City Journal, maybe Heather MacDonald, has done still more work on it. It's an unmitigated disaster brought to you by another of the Obama administration's "Dear Colleague Letters" (just like the ones that ended up depriving every man at college of his due-process rights) that Trump, thanks be to God, has banned with an executive order.

I'm only halfway through "Why Meadow Died" and I will give it five stars when I'm done. Highly, hugely recommended.

Posted by: Tonestaple at October 27, 2019 10:08 AM (ScaDj)

201 We had a robot in there too with the military and the pooches. No wonder baggypants was a hot mess of whimpering, crying, and screaming.

Moar robots, please.

Get Well Soon to the brave American military dog who was injured. Give that pooch a Purple Heart!

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at October 27, 2019 10:08 AM (COzlW)

202 I guess we didn't pull out all of our troops out is Syria.

Psyche !!!

Posted by: Easy Andy at October 27, 2019 10:09 AM (2DOZq)

203 Somewhere near the top of the All other humans vanish to-do list is spending several hours a day for the first few weeks breaking into houses and letting the pets out.

Posted by: DaveA at October 27, 2019 10:09 AM (FhXTo)

204 Great presser. Compare and contrast an alpha male vs. a puss who needed a Marine to operate an umbrella.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 10:09 AM (ptqGC)

205 Proper
Prior
Planning
Prevents
Piss
Poor performance

The 7 P's.....

And PISS on pelosi!

Posted by: KRUSTY at October 27, 2019 10:09 AM (T06DR)

206 One of these days Trump's gonna wise up and put a battle-map of the U.S. behind him in the Oval Office, complete with colored pins and grease-pencil arrows on it, and sharp-looking young things busily moving units around.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 10:09 AM (XzT/D)

207 Cue the crying from cnn and msnbc about not notifying the dems

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:10 AM (85Gof)

208 PDT was 100% right not to let Pelosi, Schumer, Schiff, and the other lefty weasels know. And that includes some backstabbers on the right.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 10:05 AM (ptqGC)

The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, it's that they will go out of their way to support any enemy of liberty and prosperity against the United States, no matter how grave or trivial the issue. Always.

Posted by: Zombie Reagan at October 27, 2019 10:10 AM (t+qrx)

209 So I hadn't looked at any news. Has Trump arrested Pelosi and Schiff and rounded up the rest of the congressional gang yet?

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 27, 2019 10:10 AM (V2Yro)

210 I didn't tell pelosi, didnt want our people to die.

That's the most insulting----and accurate--- thing he's actually ever said abt that shrew.
Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 09:59 AM (nRWPy)

Holy crap. That is so awesome

So.,,
How long till someone claims thats an impeachable offense...?

Posted by: LASue at October 27, 2019 10:10 AM (Ed8Zd)

211 How many powerful chicks in this special forces raid? Zero?

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 10:04 AM (nRWPy)

The operations personnel were very diverse....yugely diverse...beautifuly diverse....you'd love 'em.

Posted by: BignJames at October 27, 2019 10:11 AM (X/Pw5)

212 He ended that briefing with brilliant succinctness.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at October 27, 2019 10:11 AM (H8QX8)

213 >>209 So I hadn't looked at any news. Has Trump arrested Pelosi and Schiff and rounded up the rest of the congressional gang yet? Posted by: Tom Servo at October 27, 2019 10:10 AM (V2Yro)

It'd be like his disorganized administration to arrest them and *then* build TrumpCamps.

Sheesh.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 10:11 AM (XzT/D)

214 Glad to see you back, rickl! Been praying for you

Posted by: josephistan at October 27, 2019 10:11 AM (Izzlo)

215 So.,,
How long till someone claims thats an impeachable offense...?"

.0007th of a second.

Posted by: Anon a mouse at October 27, 2019 10:11 AM (6qErC)

216 I guess we didn't pull out all of our troops out is Syria.

Psyche !!!
Posted by: Easy And

Heh.

Posted by: LASue at October 27, 2019 10:12 AM (Ed8Zd)

217 Yup cnn already going after PDT for revealing secrets

And get this using the first person

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:12 AM (85Gof)

218 Nixon won 520 electoral votes and 60.7% of the popular vote.

so of course he was removed by DeepState ... mafiosi and commies and crooks. As cynical of government corruption as we tend to be here at AoS, I bet it is much worse ... billions routinely stolen via fake contracts and huge grants, not to mention the monetary policy that served the richest. (Nixon went along with getting us completely off the gold standard, but he was still not compliant enough I guess)
Posted by: illiniwek at October 27, 2019 10:07 AM (Cus5s)

As much of a RINO as Nixon was (wage and price controls FTL) the progs hated him for exposing their favorite commie piece of shit, Alger Hiss, and nothing he subsequently did would change that.

Posted by: Captain Hate at October 27, 2019 10:12 AM (y7DUB)

219 So, when is Hollywood going to make a heroic film about the operation?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 10:13 AM (ptqGC)

220 Oh, for Morons who love library book sales ($1 a bag day, oh yeah), this is a very helpful link: https://booksalefinder.com/index.html

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at October 27, 2019 10:13 AM (IttZ7)

221 Thankee kindly, olddog!

You are a gentleman and a scholar.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 27, 2019 10:05 AM

You're welcome. To be honest, I used langostino instead of lobster but was a hit this past Christmas.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 27, 2019 10:13 AM (Dhht7)

222 ChadPergram

When asked if he notified Pelosi of al-Baghdadi operatoon, Trump says no, citing concerns about leaks. But multiple Congressional sources on the other side of the aisle were notified last night. Fox can find no Dems who were notified.

LMAO!
Posted by: Tami at October

Boy, did I serve under the wrong
President!

Posted by: Ambassador Stevens at October 27, 2019 10:14 AM (Ed8Zd)

223 >>As much of a RINO as Nixon was (wage and price controls FTL) Posted by: Captain Hate at October 27, 2019 10:12 AM (y7DUB)

A Hillary Clinton presidency would've had the taping system installed in the office, and a suicided contemporary Alexander Butterfield installed in Fort Marcy Park.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 10:14 AM (XzT/D)

224 Msnbc. Isis will still go on and saying it as criticism of PDT

ALSO saying going after The PRESIDENT for saying the word Russia

So G-D damn predictable

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:15 AM (85Gof)

225 I feel for our kids who fought under Barry's horrible ROE. Stupid, America-hating bastard.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 10:15 AM (ptqGC)

226 If Sefton is around- submitted for his approval:

Al "ZipLok" Baghdadi

Posted by: Muldoon at October 27, 2019 10:16 AM (mvenn)

227 I hear bagdaddi died cacafuego

Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at October 27, 2019 10:17 AM (G546f)

228 We've reached peak stupidity by the MSM...this NPR hack...

@NPRmelissablock

Noting POTUS's use of first person describing raid: "We flew in." "I've wanted him for a long time." "When we went in."

I guess she was in a coma for Obama's 8 years of ME ME ME ME, I I I I I.

Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 10:17 AM (cF8AT)

229 Ramzi al-Kaboom.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 10:17 AM (XzT/D)

230 Now n
Msnbc criticizing PDT and comparing it to what Fredo the Magic Negro said after bin skinking was killed. LMAO

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:17 AM (85Gof)

231 224
Msnbc. Isis will still go on and saying it as criticism of PDT

Yeah, those JV teams are just hard to keep down.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at October 27, 2019 10:18 AM (IttZ7)

232 Msnbc doing nothing but going after PDT

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:18 AM (85Gof)

233 Hearing the facts from Trumps mouth is crucial. Listening to dozens of know nothing fake left journalists /who already have proved their lack of intelligence/ hypothesize and bloviate about those facts is a waste

Posted by: LASue at October 27, 2019 10:18 AM (Ed8Zd)

234 Ok done watching the enemy

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:19 AM (85Gof)

235 since we are talking about it, repost:

my condolences to the Congresswoman from Isis.
I'm sure her friend the Congresswoman from Hamas will be sympathetic and not at all schadenfreaky at their next little squad brunch.

Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at October 27, 2019 10:19 AM (G546f)

236 Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 10:13 AM

I dunno, but I hope Eastwood does it.

Posted by: Horus Hearsay at October 27, 2019 10:19 AM (DB16e)

237 Msnbc doing nothing but going after PDT"

"Yawn"

Would be interesting if they did NOT do that...

Posted by: Anon a mouse at October 27, 2019 10:19 AM (6qErC)

238 Re Trump:

Old and busted: You know you're over the target when you're taking flak.
New hotness: You know you're over the target when you're pissing on the target and laughing.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 10:20 AM (XzT/D)

239 Oh by the way if any left wing dem is so concerned about the Military: funding runs out in 20 days.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:20 AM (85Gof)

240 Are we going to dump him in the ocean too? Or I should say dump the pieces of him in the ocean.

Posted by: Easy Andy at October 27, 2019 10:20 AM (2DOZq)

241 "We" as in the United States of America, you dumb scrunt. And they didn't pull Trump off the golf course at the last minute so he didn't have time to shut down the operation. .

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 10:20 AM (nRWPy)

242 So, when is Hollywood going to make a heroic film about the operation?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 10:13 AM (ptqGC)

Dreamworks just announced, their version to start filming next year-

"The Assassination of the Hero and Saint, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by the Cowardly Terrorist, OrangeManBad"

Wait. What?

Posted by: naturalfake at October 27, 2019 10:20 AM (kauXV)

243 I guess she was in a coma for Obama's 8 years of ME ME ME ME, I I I I I.
Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 10:17 AM (cF8AT)

Trump was effusive in praise of the special forces. They'd go after Trump if he'd said "we" just once. It's preordained that they will attack him.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at October 27, 2019 10:21 AM (H8QX8)

244 Test

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 27, 2019 10:21 AM (QZCjk)

245 >>240 Are we going to dump him in the ocean too? Or I should say dump the pieces of him in the ocean. Posted by: Easy Andy at October 27, 2019 10:20 AM (2DOZq)

Roomba.

Yes, *with* the cat-pilot.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 10:22 AM (XzT/D)

246 #EveryThingOrangeManDoesBad

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at October 27, 2019 10:22 AM (+Xwtq)

247 Don't you guys remember when Barry Lightworker personally led Seal Team Six to take out Bin Laden?

Posted by: MSM at October 27, 2019 10:23 AM (IttZ7)

248 AP: Trump Sons To Develop Resort, Golf Course On Former ISIS Caliph Bunker Site.

"Most of the site-clearing has been completed at below cost," said Eric Trump. "

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 10:25 AM (XzT/D)

249 247 Don't you guys remember when Barry Lightworker personally led Seal Team Six to take out Bin Laden?
Posted by: MSM at October 27, 2019 10:23 AM (IttZ7)

Lightworker is a lot like Lucifer

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 10:25 AM (U7k5w)

250 G'morning bookhorde.

I don't know why those gals are wearing the pantsuits made for that guy with the giant inflated scrotum.

Now that's starting Sunday morning off right, eh?
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CACAFUEGO? Oh, sure. Now you're just making things up. Anyone can play at this.

Poopoopelosi. Indonesian word; means shhit-talker.
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That's a pretty library up top. Have we seen it before or are they all starting to look alike to my old eyes?

Mark Twain library, Detroit: Tragic, but, by contrast, at least it makes our home library look a little better.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sun over prairie fog at October 27, 2019 10:27 AM (RnSBy)

251 The commander-in-chief, the one who authorized the mission, the guy without whom the mission sits on the runway, is allowed to use the word "we".

Posted by: t-bird at October 27, 2019 10:28 AM (9MIWI)

252 The commander-in-chief, the one who authorized the mission, the guy without whom the mission sits on the runway, is allowed to use the word "we".
Posted by: t-bird at October 27, 2019 10:28 AM (9MIWI)

Fredo only used the word I

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:29 AM (85Gof)

253 OK, got to run. Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2019 10:29 AM (Ki5SV)

254 Test again

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 27, 2019 10:30 AM (QZCjk)

255 Remember the picture of Obama shooting a shotgun with the toe of the gun sitting on his clavicle, like a fucking metrosexual idiot?

The tough-guy picture.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 10:31 AM (XzT/D)

256 Well since we're over 200 and nobody's talking about books...

Guidance for taking a dead possum on a commercial flight. Limerick link in my nick.

Posted by: Muldoon at October 27, 2019 10:31 AM (mvenn)

257 Clapper: BaghdadiS Death Could Galvanize ISIS

SEE PDT bad

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:32 AM (85Gof)

258 ...John Dean (desperate to prevent his girlfriend / wife Mo from being found out as a DC call girl)...

Somehow, I had missed (or forgotten about?) this over the decades. DC call girl? whatth'? (In case it hasn't been asked already in in 250 comments.)

Posted by: mindful webworker - in my scandal sandals at October 27, 2019 10:32 AM (RnSBy)

259 >>257 Clapper: BaghdadiS Death Could Galvanize ISIS

Chamberlain: Hitler Is Unifying His Wounded Nation.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 10:33 AM (XzT/D)

260 Clapper: BaghdadiS Death Could Galvanize ISIS

Well, dip me in molten zinc, James, capital idea!

Posted by: t-bird at October 27, 2019 10:34 AM (Pj7+0)

261 '.....read you 5 by 4 puddin head... over'

Posted by: VTK at October 27, 2019 10:34 AM (T06DR)

262 Obama timed the takeout of Osama for the day of the White House Correspondents Dinner. Weather pushed it back a day

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 27, 2019 10:35 AM (vDgDO)

263 A great pic noting the difference between Trump and Obama....not that we needed one:

https://tinyurl.com/y66vqqtp

Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 10:35 AM (cF8AT)

264
President Trump meant The Americans when he used the "we" pronoun.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 27, 2019 10:35 AM (/UFpF)

265 Just finishing up a Jack McDevitt sci fi series. I will check out- Ryk E. Spoor beginning with Grand Central Arena. Thanks

Posted by: Aw Shucks at October 27, 2019 10:36 AM (Bf3hj)

266 Clapper just showing how stupid he is and how bad off we were with him.

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 10:36 AM (nRWPy)

267 Is it even more amazing this was pulled off with the likes of Brennan still running around with a security clearance, or what?

Posted by: Horus Hearsay at October 27, 2019 10:37 AM (DB16e)

268 All of cnns and msnbcs commentators are in enemy nations. At least foxs are in Israel

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:38 AM (85Gof)

269 ...possums are poser, like pelosi...

Posted by: Krusty at October 27, 2019 10:38 AM (T06DR)

270 267 Is it even more amazing this was pulled off with the likes of Brennan still running around with a security clearance, or what?
Posted by: Horus Hearsay at October 27, 2019 10:37 AM (DB16e)

He does not

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:38 AM (85Gof)

271 ventures forward to experience a world without man. What he ultimately discovers will prove far more astonishing than anything he'd either dreaded or hoped for.

A world with just women? Or was that just the pr0n movie adaptation?

Posted by: mindful webworker - I don't care what they say I won't stay in a world without gloves at October 27, 2019 10:38 AM (RnSBy)

272 Off to weisswurst and kraut.

Remain in light.

Posted by: Zod at October 27, 2019 10:38 AM (XzT/D)

273 Since we are talking operations in the ME, I'd like to recommend two older books on first person experience in the Iraq war.

My Men Are My Heroes by Sgt Major Brad Kasal and House to House by SSG David Bellavia.

Posted by: Easy Andy at October 27, 2019 10:39 AM (2DOZq)

274 >>Is it even more amazing this was pulled off with the likes of Brennan still running around with a security clearance, or what?

Trump revoked Brennan's security clearance last year.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2019 10:40 AM (ZLI7S)

275 Orangemanbad stomped the book thread.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 27, 2019 10:40 AM (gd9RK)

276 A great pic noting the difference between Trump and Obama....not that we needed one:

https://tinyurl.com/y66vqqtp

Damn, there's a lot of Presidential failure and failed candidacies in one of those rooms!

Posted by: t-bird at October 27, 2019 10:40 AM (z9nOg)

277 great pic noting the difference between Trump and Obama....not that we needed one:

https://tinyurl.com/y66vqqtp
Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 10:35 AM

That's amazing. Also note the Army Chief of Staff, he's literally the personification of "Army."

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 10:41 AM (nRWPy)

278 Lindsey "Tough Guy" Graham performing his week's task holding a presser on the raid.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at October 27, 2019 10:41 AM (4ZE6o)

279 Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2019 10:40 AM

Thanks.

Posted by: Horus Hearsay at October 27, 2019 10:41 AM (DB16e)

280 Chuck Todd is a huge tool

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:42 AM (85Gof)

281 How about a state funeral for those Malenois dogs that died in the tunnel chasing down al-Baghdadi?

Posted by: Les Kinetic at October 27, 2019 10:43 AM (4ZE6o)

282 The media is working hard to spin this as a problem for Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2019 10:43 AM (ZLI7S)

283 As much of a RINO as Nixon was (wage and price controls FTL) the progs hated him for exposing their favorite commie piece of shit, Alger Hiss, and nothing he subsequently did would change that.
Posted by: Captain Hate at October 27, 2019 10:12 AM (y7DUB)

Exactly. He was a marked man from that day forward.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at October 27, 2019 10:44 AM (0eE0g)

284 Reading Islands of the Damned by RV Burgin. Then will read Helmet for my Pillow by Robert Leckie, and finish with With the Old Breed in Pelilieu and Okinawa by Eugene Sledge.
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I came away from "Helmet For My Pillow" disliking Leckie. It's written in a self-consciously "literary" style (he was a newspapermam) that I have learned to cordially dislike, and he rarely has anything but contempt for his NCOs and officers. Plus he was a proud "brig rat", which doesn't do much for me.

Sledge, on the other hand, is a man I would have liked to have known. He wrote clearly and economically, and is full of praise for his fellow Marines. Which is particularly heartbreaking when he describes a stellar fellow whom he knew, only to learn the man was killed just a couple of pages later.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 27, 2019 10:45 AM (3Z6pZ)

285 SNL was in the middle of a skit mocking PDT, claiming he was bringing jobs back to ISIS. Six minutes later, it was announced that al-Baghdadi had blown himself (and three of his children up).
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 09:48 AM

Their right, there is a new job opening for CEO
Good job on taki know kids with him btw, save us the trouble years down the road like it was for Bin Laden's

Posted by: Skip at October 27, 2019 10:45 AM (ZCEU2)

286 The media is working hard to spin this as a problem for Trump.

Which just makes them look pro-isis

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 10:45 AM (nRWPy)

287 281 How about a state funeral for those Malenois dogs that died in the tunnel chasing down al-Baghdadi?
Posted by: Les Kinetic at October 27, 2019 10:43 AM (4ZE6o)

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 10:45 AM (U7k5w)

288 281 How about a state funeral for those Malenois dogs that died in the tunnel chasing down al-Baghdadi?
Posted by: Les Kinetic at October 27, 2019 10:43 AM (4ZE6o)

??? no us military dog died. One injuries. Brought home

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:45 AM (85Gof)

289 Update: Added a new book to the 'Watergate' section. Actually, I added it last night but forgot to hit the 'save' button.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at October 27, 2019 10:45 AM (0eE0g)

290 281 How about a state funeral for those Malenois dogs that died in the tunnel chasing down al-Baghdadi?
Posted by: Les Kinetic at October 27, 2019 10:43 AM (4ZE6o)

They deserve it more that Elijah Cummings

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 10:45 AM (U7k5w)

291 Not one question from that cock sucker Todd that is not implicitly critical of PDT

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:47 AM (85Gof)

292 286 The media is working hard to spin this as a problem for Trump.

Which just makes them look pro-isis
Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 10:45 AM (nRWPy)

ISIS is probably open (US) borders so, yeah, they probably do. Who are these damn Americans to expect they should not house and feed their fair share of jihadis?\\

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 10:48 AM (U7k5w)

293 Todd just called PDT a Russian agent because he thanked them

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:48 AM (85Gof)

294 I'm currently reading Al Gore's "Earth In The Balance". Wait--someone's at the door...

Posted by: Zombie Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Brennan & Associates at October 27, 2019 10:48 AM (Ndje9)

295 How about a state funeral for those Malenois dogs that died in the tunnel chasing down al-Baghdadi?

One wounded. He should get a medal, a big ass steak, and an an appointment as a National Security Advisor.

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 10:48 AM (nRWPy)

296 Yes, Todd is the worst. And he's a dwarf

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 27, 2019 10:49 AM (vDgDO)

297 I hope that Malenois Military Dog was born and initially trained in Israel. Would be fitting

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:50 AM (85Gof)

298 Todd just called PDT a Russian agent because he thanked them

Now wondering if Todd is retarded.

We have to deconflict airspace to be successful and it's appropriate to thank that.

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 10:50 AM (nRWPy)

299 Yesterday, at the tail end of a dying thread I recommended the book "The Happiness Trap" by Russ Harris. The book is essentially an introduction to the concepts of the ACT model of therapy, and it can be used as a "self-help" guide to anyone who believes that's where they are, trapped in the pursuit of happiness.

Nothing wrong with pursuing happiness, of course, but as with many things, people often look for it in all the wrong places.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 10:50 AM (hku12)

300 Now Todd has a former Fredo admin official on

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:50 AM (85Gof)

301 296: What am I, chopped liver, boychik?

Posted by: King Tapper at October 27, 2019 10:51 AM (U7k5w)

302 Gee the Fredo admin guy actually praised PDT

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:51 AM (85Gof)

303 John Ratcliffe certainly believes that Horowitz has made criminal referrals in his report.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2019 10:51 AM (ZLI7S)

304 Orangemanbad stomped the book thread.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 27, 2019 10:40 AM (gd9RK)

Evidently.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 10:52 AM (hku12)

305 Quick: who is dumber, F Chuck or Nicolle Wallace?

Posted by: Captain Hate at October 27, 2019 10:52 AM (y7DUB)

306 Gee the Fredo admin guy actually praised PDT
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:51 AM (85Gof)

Not everyone wants to be considered retarded.

Posted by: Easy Andy at October 27, 2019 10:52 AM (2DOZq)

307 So you're saying there is an opening on the Board?

Posted by: Hunter Biden, Emoluments R' Us at October 27, 2019 10:52 AM (Ndje9)

308 Read my book, I am so cool, and conservacucks love me.

Posted by: King Tapper at October 27, 2019 10:52 AM (U7k5w)

309 The lamenting and hand wringing by key figures is truly enlightening. I cannot believe asshats like John Kelly, James Clapper and others ever got to a position where they would even be considered for their post, let alone nominated and confirmed.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 27, 2019 10:53 AM (rM6Mf)

310 Wallace that fuck on fuckin new fox is focusing on impeachment? Suck sheps cock

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:53 AM (85Gof)

311 Sending away for the Baen Books bumper sticker. I've been reading Baens for aeons now.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 10:53 AM (Dc2NZ)

312 310 Wallace that fuck on fuckin new fox is focusing on impeachment? Suck sheps cock
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:53 AM (85Gof)

mmmmmm

Posted by: King Tapper at October 27, 2019 10:54 AM (U7k5w)

313 It Didn't Start With Watergate by Victor Lasky. He extensively documents how every 'dirty trick' and illegal activity that Nixon supposedly ordered, including wire-tapping, illegal contributions, use of government agencies to harass political enemies, etc., were all carried out relentlessly and enthusiastically by previous (Democratic) administrations, Truman, JFK, and the wildly corrupt LBJ, with nary a peep from our guardians in the mainstream press.

It didn't end with Watergate either.

The Spike (1980) by Arnaud de Borchgrave is a "Roman a clef", a novel with a key. This is an honored literary tradition with roots going back at least as far back as Dante's Inferno.

The Spike details a lot of the Democratic treason that went on from the 1960s through 1980, with the names of the parties changed to avoid libel lawsuits. I believe I have worked out much of the "key", if anyone in the Horde is interested.

Some of the biggest traitors were:

The Institute for Policy Studies, The Multinational Institute, samuel Rubin, Cora Weiss
Senator Frank Church (D-Idaho)
Walter Mondale, Senator, later Carter's Vice President
Paul Warnke, Carter's Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1977-7

and chief negotiator of the SALT II treaty, which was never ratified
David L. Aaron (Mondale protege and Brzezinski deputy)
Willy Brandt, head of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) of Germany from 1964-87 and Chancellor of West Germany, 1969-74
Philip Agee
The New York Times, Arthur Ochs "Punch" Sulzberger. Abe Rosenthal, Max Frankel
Pham Xuan An, Viet Cong spy and disinformation agent, who worked for Time, Reuters and the New York Herald Tribune
Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist

Posted by: cool breeze at October 27, 2019 10:54 AM (UGKMd)

314 Cacafuego is Taco Bell's new limited-edition ghost pepper burrito. Just in time for Halloween!

Posted by: Fritz at October 27, 2019 10:54 AM (kLDv+)

315 308 Read my book, I am so cool, and conservacucks love me.
Posted by: King Tapper at October 27, 2019 10:52 AM (U7k5w)

Seriously, though did anyone read Tapper's idiotic dem worshipping fiction?

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 10:55 AM (U7k5w)

316 Gee the Fredo admin guy actually praised PDT
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 10:51 AM (85Gof)

Not everyone wants to be considered retarded.
Posted by: Easy Andy at October 27, 2019 10:52 AM (2DOZq)

At some point, the smarter guys like Taibbi and Greenwald figure there's no future in being a compliant tool.

Posted by: Captain Hate at October 27, 2019 10:55 AM (y7DUB)

317 Sending away for the Baen Books bumper sticker. I've been reading Baens for aeons now.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 10:53 AM (Dc2NZ)

I'm too lazy to look. What do they do?

Also, not being a bumper sticker guy, I was still tempted to send away for one, because free.

Giving away snake and spider stew? Ok! It may kill me, but if its free...

Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 10:56 AM (hku12)

318 I am not giving #Nevers the time of day and Wallace is one.
As I saw on a blog today #Never really means Democrat Me Too

Posted by: Skip at October 27, 2019 10:56 AM (ZCEU2)

319 One of the best post apocalyptic type novels I've read was a recommendation here. One Second After by William Forstchen. So many in the genre fail to consider, or sidestep, the staggering issues of a population that has not died off (yet) facing a catastrophic disruption to the modern supply chain.

I have not read the sequel. I'll admit that the conclusion of the book is about as far as I could stomach. Really a gripping read.

Thanks for the recommendation, horde!

Posted by: Bruno at October 27, 2019 10:56 AM (6qtm/)

320 At some point, the smarter guys like Taibbi and Greenwald figure there's no future in being a compliant tool.
Posted by: Captain Hate at October 27, 2019 10:55 AM (y7DUB)

Most of them will go down with the ship.

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 10:56 AM (U7k5w)

321 And speaking of military working dogs, the USPS has a line of stamps commemorating them:

https://tinyurl.com/y5vd72p2

They're nice large stamps with bold graphics.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 10:57 AM (Dc2NZ)

322 Cacafuego is Taco Bell's new limited-edition ghost pepper burrito. Just in time for Halloween!

We Are All Hillary now.

Posted by: t-bird at October 27, 2019 10:59 AM (kUnLs)

323 I will also throw out thanks for this thread in general. I lurk on AoS throughout the week, but Sunday mornings are the best. I have a ~1hr commute each way to work three times a week, and I've filled my audiobook queue with recommendations from this thread.

Posted by: Bruno at October 27, 2019 10:59 AM (6qtm/)

324 201 We had a robot in there too with the military and the pooches. No wonder baggypants was a hot mess of whimpering, crying, and screaming.

Moar robots, please.

Get Well Soon to the brave American military dog who was injured. Give that pooch a Purple Heart!
Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at October 27, 2019 10:08 AM (COzlW)

Is there an American medal for wounded animals? I know there is a British one, can't remember what it's known as

Posted by: josephistan at October 27, 2019 11:00 AM (Izzlo)

325 The sticker has the Baen logo with the words "I read Baen'd Books"

I was hoping for "My other car is a Nike class Battlecruiser"

Posted by: Fox2! at October 27, 2019 11:00 AM (MwFQu)

326 Cacafuego is Taco Bell's new limited-edition ghost pepper burrito. Just in time for Halloween!
Posted by: Fritz at October 27, 2019 10:54 AM (kLDv+)

Speaking of, I don't mind foreign words that can be easily recognized because their components have already been brought into the English language by some other means.

What I really hate though, is when some assclown writer adds a foreign phrase to his book, italicizes it, and just assumes the reader is already familiar with casually tossed out foreign phrases.

Makes me want to punch the person. Even if the writer is dead, which is often the case, I want to go dig up their corpse so I can punch it.

Ferrum iuxta cadaver!

Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:00 AM (hku12)

327 Stopped at a used bookstore this week, didn't find anything but did see some Bernard Cornwall hard backs ( am looking for Sharpe series) and lots of Leftist political books.

Posted by: Skip at October 27, 2019 11:00 AM (ZCEU2)

328 We have to deconflict airspace to be successful and it's appropriate to thank that.
Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 10:50 AM (nRWPy)

Between the lines,
The Russians are more trustworthy than the Legislature.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at October 27, 2019 11:00 AM (1g7ch)

329 BurtTC, Baen specializes in SciFi, with an emphasis on military SF, and it is blessedly free of Wokeness (even though I started reading them because they had Strong Female Characters).

Get one and slap it on a librarian's bumper.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 11:00 AM (Dc2NZ)

330 Sophie vs. Cacafuego, the climactic fight in "Master and Commander" (the book, not to movie).

Based on the real-life Speedy vs. Gamo.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 27, 2019 11:00 AM (3Z6pZ)

331 I was hoping for "My other car is a Nike class Battlecruiser"
Posted by: Fox2! at October 27, 2019 11:00 AM (MwFQu)

Named Bun-Bun.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 11:01 AM (Dc2NZ)

332 Jennifer Griffin just said this was a far more dangerous mission than the bin Laden raid.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 11:02 AM (ptqGC)

333 Wikipedia mentions that the term "Spitfire" is almost certainly descended from cacafuego. They call it a "minced calque", which is an amazing phrase in itself.

Posted by: t-bird at October 27, 2019 11:03 AM (z9nOg)

334 BurtTC, Baen specializes in SciFi, with an emphasis on military SF, and it is blessedly free of Wokeness (even though I started reading them because they had Strong Female Characters).

Get one and slap it on a librarian's bumper.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 11:00 AM (Dc2NZ)

Slap it on the librarian's bumper, you say?

Oh, where the mind goes... so easily. So freely.

I do feel left out sometimes, because the sci-fi is strong in this here bookthread each week, and I just never once mustered up any interest in it.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:04 AM (hku12)

335 What I really hate though, is when some assclown writer adds a foreign phrase to his book, italicizes it, and just assumes the reader is already familiar with casually tossed out foreign phrases.
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Fairly common with a class of British writers in the 19th Century. Generally the ones with a public-school education.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 27, 2019 11:05 AM (3Z6pZ)

336 I've posted this multiple times before so bear with me, but the most amazing military animal story I've read is about Sergeant Reckless, the Marine Horse.

Posted by: Easy Andy at October 27, 2019 11:05 AM (2DOZq)

337 So, when is Hollywood going to make a heroic film about the operation?

Posted by: Jane D'oh

"Operation" was a great drinking game.

Especially with 12 Volt batteries.

Posted by: teenage Miklos at October 27, 2019 11:06 AM (QzkSJ)

338 319 One of the best post apocalyptic type novels I've read was a recommendation here. One Second After by William Forstchen. So many in the genre fail to consider, or sidestep, the staggering issues of a population that has not died off (yet) facing a catastrophic disruption to the modern supply chain.

I have not read the sequel. I'll admit that the conclusion of the book is about as far as I could stomach. Really a gripping read.

Thanks for the recommendation, horde!
Posted by: Bruno at October 27, 2019 10:56 AM (6qtm/)
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I read all of them. The second dealt with local threats, including unscrupulous politicians trying to bring "order", and the third in the trilogy is bout getting technology back online and reuniting the country. I liked all three.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 11:06 AM (Dc2NZ)

339 Sgt. Reckless was truly a war hero.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 11:06 AM (ptqGC)

340 Jennifer Griffin just said this was a far more dangerous mission than the bin Laden raid.

Flying over Russian units, just announcing "we WILL be flying over you", is something. He used the Force.

Posted by: t-bird at October 27, 2019 11:06 AM (z9nOg)

341 333
Wikipedia mentions that the term "Spitfire" is almost certainly descended from cacafuego. They call it a "minced calque", which is an amazing phrase in itself.

There's an implicit rusty trombone in there ...

Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know at October 27, 2019 11:06 AM (vWMNq)

342 If you just want the stories, you can get The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft in hardcover for $12.49 on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Fiction-H-P-Lovecraft/dp/0785834206

Posted by: Jim S. at October 27, 2019 11:06 AM (ynUnH)

343 I could use some of those pants, those look really comfortable

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 27, 2019 11:07 AM (KZzsI)

344 Operation" was a great drinking game.

Especially with 12 Volt batteries.
Posted by: teenage Miklos at October 27, 2019 11:06 AM (QzkSJ)
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Now you've made me think of Venkman's introductory scene in "Ghostbusters".

Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 27, 2019 11:08 AM (3Z6pZ)

345 Is there an American medal for wounded animals? I know there is a British one, can't remember what it's known as
Posted by: josephistan

The Order of the Non-Decayed Tooth !

Posted by: JT at October 27, 2019 11:08 AM (arJlL)

346 blatherskite: a babbling foolish person.

Posted by: mjc at October 27, 2019 11:10 AM (Pg+x7)

347 When will the ewok follow-up on his 2:03 am post ?

am or pm ?

Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know at October 27, 2019 11:10 AM (vWMNq)

348 I have a ~1hr commute each way to work three times a week, and I've filled my audiobook queue with recommendations from this thread.

You could also do a text-to-speech of JJ's thread and comments. If a computer can figure out what we're saying!

Posted by: t-bird at October 27, 2019 11:10 AM (Pj7+0)

349 Time for pants (sorry OM!) and concerted effort.

Later, 'rons and 'ettes!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 11:10 AM (Dc2NZ)

350 What I really hate though, is when some assclown writer adds a foreign phrase to his book, italicizes it, and just assumes the reader is already familiar with casually tossed out foreign phrases.
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Fairly common with a class of British writers in the 19th Century. Generally the ones with a public-school education.
Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 27, 2019 11:05 AM (3Z6pZ)

Yep, the same fellas who were all playing sexual grabby games with each other, whilst in their youth.

It's kind of an apt metaphor, it signals their club standing. They were sitting around in their tight little circle, tossing french and Latin phrases at each other whilst handling each other's private memberships.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:10 AM (hku12)

351 Welcome back, Eris.

Posted by: JT at October 27, 2019 11:11 AM (arJlL)

352 Wow. Look at this headline.

https://tinyurl.com/y2bcg5zl

Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2019 11:11 AM (ZLI7S)

353 Thanks JT! I've been lurking but it's great to be back.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 11:11 AM (Dc2NZ)

354 Todd has Andrea Mitchell finding ways to criticize the raid. "He didn't tell Nancy!"

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 27, 2019 11:11 AM (vDgDO)

355 Can we haz picture of trump on his battle raptor tearing across the desert with side mounted 50 bmgs and trump blasting away with both hands using gold plated ar assult rifles, please.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 27, 2019 11:12 AM (9dzlp)

356 I remember seeing at Edenbough Castle there is a pet cemetery though doubt its for hero amimals.

Posted by: Skip at October 27, 2019 11:12 AM (ZCEU2)

357 Sorry if this has already been posted regarding medals for military working dogs. They're certainly deserving.https://tinyurl.com/y48qbtrc

Posted by: Old Dude at October 27, 2019 11:13 AM (LGXGf)

358 I remember seeing at Edenbough Castle there is a pet cemetery though doubt its for hero amimals.
Posted by: Skip at October 27, 2019 11:12 AM (ZCEU2)
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Your supposition is correct: it's for animals that were pets at the Castle.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 27, 2019 11:14 AM (3Z6pZ)

359 blatherskite: a babbling foolish person.
Posted by: mjc at October 27, 2019 11:10 AM (Pg+x7)

This is about me, isn't it.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:14 AM (hku12)

360 I decided to buy Stephen Vincent Benet's By the Waters of Babylon and discovered I had credits, so it cost me only a penny!

I've been reading magazines between really awful essays. I got a dead-tree version of the Claremont Review of Books and it's interesting.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at October 27, 2019 11:15 AM (/+bwe)

361 I remember seeing at Edenbough Castle there is a pet cemetery though doubt its for hero amimals.
Posted by: Skip at October 27, 2019 11:12 AM (ZCEU2)
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Your supposition is correct: it's for animals that were pets at the Castle.
Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 27, 2019 11:14 AM (3Z6pZ)

Yeah, sorry, no offense intended to anyone, but a hero is someone who risks something great, sometimes their own life, for a higher purpose.

A dog or horse or pigeon, no matter how well trained, is not capable of that, because they know not either what they are risking nor what is the higher purpose.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:16 AM (hku12)

362 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge at October 27, 2019 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)

363 Mexico?

Enjoy the image. The Cartels, much like islhamic terrorists, will destroy it.

Posted by: Sponge at October 27, 2019 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)

364 SPONGE!

Posted by: First at October 27, 2019 11:17 AM (IttZ7)

365 ... not about you, just certain cacafuego's.

Posted by: mjc at October 27, 2019 11:17 AM (Pg+x7)

366 blatherskite: a babbling foolish person.
Posted by: mjc at October 27, 2019 11:10 AM (Pg+x7)
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As used by my Irish aunt, it had an additional syllable: blather-me-skite.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 27, 2019 11:17 AM (3Z6pZ)

367 Todd's panel concludes that Putin is the winner

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 27, 2019 11:18 AM (vDgDO)

368 Wow. Look at this headline.
https://tinyurl.com/y2bcg5zl
Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2019 11:11 AM (ZLI7S)
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Unbelievable. The media disgust me.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 27, 2019 11:18 AM (sGotD)

369 Dr. Denton Body Bag Pants.

Posted by: klaftern at October 27, 2019 11:18 AM (RuIsu)

370 If anyone is looking for some good hard science fiction, then to save your soul, read Cixin Liu. I just finished his book Ball Lightning and it's incredible. His story of the scientific discovery of the (fictional) nature of ball lightning by itself makes an outstanding novel, but that's just one layer of the story. And his Three Body trilogy is one of the best things I've ever read. It's all the more amazing since these are all translations from Chinese.

Posted by: Jim S. at October 27, 2019 11:18 AM (ynUnH)

371 Good morning, horde!

Here's what I've been reading:

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes: This is a story of a woman who is widowed at a young age, but she was in the midst of leaving her husband when she got the call that he was in an accident. It was deeper than I thought it would be. I think the author had good insight into human feelings and behavior. Overall, it was fun, charming, and honest, and I enjoyed it. It is one of my favorites of this year.

The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth: This was a pager-turner for me. I couldn't put it down, and it kept me guessing until the end.

Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos by Donna Andrews: continuing with this mystery series. They are light, witty, and fun. On to the next one.

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy: I listened to this one on audio book. The reason I was interested in reading it is that I love the made-for-TV movie by the same title (made in 1982). I usually watch it about once per year. I have tried reading the book, but I couldn't really get into it, so I decided to listen to it. Listening held my interest more so than reading, but the book plot was different than the movie. I found out that the movie was based upon the plots in both The Scarlet Pimpernel and El Dorado (another book by the same author). It is rare for me to say this, but I still like the movie better than the book.

I also started a thriller called City of Windows, but I ended up tossing it aside. The premise was initially interesting--A sniper is picking off law enforcement agents in NYC, and the FBI brings in a former agent who has highly specialized skills to help solve the case. But, I was turned off by the author's political views, and I didn't care enough about the story or the characters to finish it.

That's all for now. I hope you all have been reading some good books!

Posted by: Violet at October 27, 2019 11:19 AM (9ppMC)

372 And with that, my cat just bit me on the arse. He's risking being swatted, because he values attention that much.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:19 AM (hku12)

373 ]i\Now you've made me think of Venkman's introductory scene in "Ghostbusters".
Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 27, 2019 11:08 AM (3Z6pZ)

We're PAYING you, aren't we?

Yeah, well, you can KEEP the $5!

Posted by: Sponge at October 27, 2019 11:20 AM (Zz0t1)

374 It's funny that pdt didn't tell Nancy cause shchiff has his secret impeachment hearings in his blanket fort in the cellar of the Capitol and no one in the msm cares that nobody from the opposition party is included

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 27, 2019 11:20 AM (9dzlp)

375 I do feel left out sometimes, because the sci-fi is strong in this here bookthread each week, and I just never once mustered up any interest in it.

*fistbump*

The scifi fantasy skew in this thread kept me from playing much in it for a long time, but I love the deep dives into history and also it's the most reliable place for an Eris sighting.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 27, 2019 11:20 AM (gd9RK)

376 Wow. Look at this headline.

https://tinyurl.com/y2bcg5zl

I went to wapo.com itself and confirmed. Amazing.

Posted by: t-bird at October 27, 2019 11:21 AM (mAKQ6)

377 Good God. You have to click through the link JackStraw posted and go directly to the actual obituary.

It's absolutely shocking.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 27, 2019 11:21 AM (sGotD)

378 OK, that WaPo headline has to be a joke.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at October 27, 2019 11:22 AM (IttZ7)

379 >>Unbelievable. The media disgust me.

The vast majority of them have made the conscious decision to throw away any hint of journalistic ethics and just trash Trump and his supporters no matter what.

I can't see them surviving this in their current form by the time Trump leaves office.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2019 11:22 AM (ZLI7S)

380 And with that, my cat just bit me on the arse. He's risking being swatted, because he values attention that much.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:19 AM (hku12)

My dogs, throughout history, have not once bitten me for attention.

*begins digging for copy of "101 Uses for a Dead Cat" book*

Posted by: Sponge at October 27, 2019 11:22 AM (Zz0t1)

381 Not the Babylon Bee--this is actually a headline in today's Washington Post:

https://pbs.tw___.com/media/EH5NNzEXkAAWSlT.jpg

Posted by: Anonymous 7 at October 27, 2019 11:22 AM (WHVt7)

382 Lindsey 3.0 just gave a pretty strong presser in support of Trump in the face of the mfm trying their hardest to make Trump the baddie.

Posted by: davidt at October 27, 2019 11:22 AM (GLShM)

383 I'm trying to determine if this is real but Daily Caller seems to think it is! If real...I'm just speechless...

https://tinyurl.com/y4wbb7c8

Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 11:22 AM (cF8AT)

384 It's absolutely shocking.
Posted by: IrishEi at October 27, 2019 11:21 AM (sGotD)

Isn't it the Washington Post?

Therefore, not shocking.

They hate you and want you killed by islhamic terrorists because they think they'll be saved for catering to them.

Posted by: Sponge at October 27, 2019 11:23 AM (Zz0t1)

385 OK, then, it's not. I give Trump full permission to SWAT the building and perpwalk everybody in it to Gitmo.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at October 27, 2019 11:23 AM (IttZ7)

386 It's real.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2019 11:23 AM (ZLI7S)

387 I can't see them surviving this in their current form by the time Trump leaves office.
Posted by: JackStraw

Unless TrumpMediaCorp hires them

nah

Posted by: MiklosCorp at October 27, 2019 11:23 AM (QzkSJ)

388 I do feel left out sometimes, because the sci-fi is strong in this here bookthread each week, and I just never once mustered up any interest in it.
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*fistbump*

The scifi fantasy skew in this thread kept me from playing much in it for a long time, but I love the deep dives into history and also it's the most reliable place for an Eris sighting.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 27, 2019 11:20 AM (gd9RK)

Pretty much every book I've bought in the last couple years have come from recommendations here.

With the exception of the geology books I've recently purchased. Having moved out here to the West, I decided I needed at least a smattering of understanding of what I'm looking at.

So expect in the coming weeks, I'll start talking like I'm a freakin' geologist, even though I have NOT stayed at any Holiday Inns recently.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:24 AM (hku12)

389 It's real.
Posted by: JackStraw

And spectacular.

You forgot the spectacular part.

Posted by: Low level Miklos in Cincinnati at October 27, 2019 11:25 AM (QzkSJ)

390 "Austere religious scholar."

Quite the ideological makeover.

Posted by: Anonymous 7 at October 27, 2019 11:26 AM (WHVt7)

391 At least for me, it is sad to see the Detroit library in that condition. Reminds me once more that the barbarians are inside the gate.

Posted by: Floridachick at October 27, 2019 11:26 AM (OPS1H)

392 ]i\ It's funny that pdt didn't tell Nancy cause shchiff has his secret impeachment hearings in his blanket fort in the cellar of the Capitol and no one in the msm cares that nobody from the opposition party is included
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 27, 2019 11:20 AM (9dzlp)

Because remember, the Owebama administration was the "most transparent in history," so this is carrying the transparency torch.

Posted by: Sponge at October 27, 2019 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)

393 "Democracy dies in darkness". What's unspoken is that they're the ones providing the darkness.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 27, 2019 11:26 AM (3Z6pZ)

394 Was listening a little while to talk radio program that interviewed a guy ( suspect a history professor or international security expert) explaining Putin wanted a joint effort to combat Islamic terrorists but Jug Ears balked ( I have always said he is a Leftist but had a soft spot for his childhood Islam). Syria has a joint border with Russia and as many as 5,000 Islamic fighters might be roaming across the border. We have 0 interest in Syria, it has nothing to offer us worth blood.

Posted by: Skip at October 27, 2019 11:26 AM (ZCEU2)

395 Later in the obituary comes a heading called, Conservative Academic

Posted by: t-bird at October 27, 2019 11:26 AM (ltmZG)

396 Best get screenshots of that WP crap before they delete.

Posted by: davidt at October 27, 2019 11:26 AM (GLShM)

397 And spectacular.

You forgot the spectacular part.
Posted by: Low level Miklos in Cincinnati at October 27, 2019 11:25 AM (QzkSJ)

Wait. There were boobs at the link?

Posted by: Sponge at October 27, 2019 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)

398 372 And with that, my cat just bit me on the arse. He's risking being swatted, because he values attention that much.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:19 AM (hku12)

Hero cat!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 11:27 AM (Dc2NZ)

399 BurtTC, where in the West are you?

Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 27, 2019 11:27 AM (3Z6pZ)

400 Lindsey 3.0 just gave a pretty strong presser in support of Trump in the face of the mfm trying their hardest to make Trump the baddie.
Posted by: davidt at October 27, 2019 11:22 AM (GLShM)

Just words.

His ACTIONS tell a lot. Especially since he's done exactly dick in assisting this president in battling the witch hunt.

Posted by: Sponge at October 27, 2019 11:28 AM (Zz0t1)

401 One of my fav 'apocalyptic' novels is Swan Song by Robert McCammon

First time reading i could not put down

A crazy cast of characters

Posted by: krusty at October 27, 2019 11:28 AM (T06DR)

402 A dog or horse or pigeon, no matter how well trained, is not capable of that, because they know not either what they are risking nor what is the higher purpose.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:16 AM (hku1

Not running away in the face of known danger, the default mode of animals, to please your handler is heroic to me. And if you read the story of Sgt Reckless, it's on a different level.

Posted by: Easy Andy at October 27, 2019 11:28 AM (2DOZq)

403 386 It's real.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2019 11:23 AM (ZLI7S)

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 11:28 AM (U7k5w)

404 Ha. Just in the last two minutes WaPo changed the headline to "Extremist Leader of Islamic State Dies..."

Posted by: Anonymous 7 at October 27, 2019 11:29 AM (WHVt7)

405 321 And speaking of military working dogs, the USPS has a line of stamps commemorating them:

https://tinyurl.com/y5vd72p2

They're nice large stamps with bold graphics.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 10:57 AM (Dc2NZ)

Cool! I'll be needing new stamps soon and those should fit the bill nicely.

Posted by: rickl at October 27, 2019 11:29 AM (j/R1H)

406 Hmmmm....Debbie Dingle's got a dark spot in the middle of her forehead, just like many devout Muslims have.

I kid, I kid.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 27, 2019 11:30 AM (sGotD)

407 386 It's real.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2019 11:23 AM (ZLI7S)

I looked at the actual WP obit, the tweet is 100% accurate.

Elsewhere, they hypothesized that ISIS would overcome this loss. Bastards.

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 11:30 AM (U7k5w)

408 Todd panel implicitly realizes that Impeachment won't happen, even if the process must go on

Killer is Lindsey getting all but 3 R senators to admonish Nancy and Schiff

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 27, 2019 11:30 AM (vDgDO)

409 I remember seeing a site that had some pet epitaphs from Roman times on it, showing that people and pets have always had the same relationships. One that struck me was:

"You who pass by, if you mark this monument, Laugh not, I pray thee, though it is a dog's grave. Tears fell for me, and the dust was heaped above me By a master's hand."

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 27, 2019 11:31 AM (V2Yro)

410 Trump should hammer that headline home.

"Look! The Fake News Media is covering for a TERRORIST LEADER!!! SAD! He was responsible for thousands of American lives lost and WaPo calls him a scholar!"

Posted by: Sponge at October 27, 2019 11:31 AM (Zz0t1)

411 404 Ha. Just in the last two minutes WaPo changed the headline to "Extremist Leader of Islamic State Dies..."
Posted by: Anonymous 7 at October 27, 2019 11:29 AM (WHVt7)

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 11:31 AM (U7k5w)

412 404 Ha. Just in the last two minutes WaPo changed the headline to "Extremist Leader of Islamic State Dies..."
Posted by: Anonymous 7 at October 27, 2019 11:29 AM (WHVt7)

Sneaky bastards. They did get their real position known.

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 11:32 AM (U7k5w)

413 Piper and his Terra-Future History starting with Uller Uprising is predicated upon the Northern Hemisphere nuking itself.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 27, 2019 11:32 AM (LN0uV)

414 I love the comments on that link to revised Al Bagwash obit:

"Austere painter at helm of Deutsches Reich dies at 56"

“Eclectic and charismatic youth guru Charles Manson dies at 83.”

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 11:32 AM (Dc2NZ)

415 Debbie Dingell has such a punchable face.

Posted by: Infidel at October 27, 2019 11:32 AM (dgt0l)

416 And with that, my cat just bit me on the arse. He's risking being swatted, because he values attention that much.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:19 AM (hku12)

Hero cat!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 11:27 AM (Dc2NZ)

The vid of the cat saving the little boy from the dog attack still amazes me.

Posted by: Easy Andy at October 27, 2019 11:33 AM (2DOZq)

417 I read bagged daddy killed his kids too. That, in this case, is a good thing for the world

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 11:33 AM (U7k5w)

418 How perfect that just last week, PDT announced the government will no longer be paying for WaPo and NYT subscriptions for government offices.

Progs' hair was lit on fire.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 11:33 AM (ptqGC)

419 And with that, my cat just bit me on the arse. He's risking being swatted, because he values attention that much.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:19 AM (hku12)

Hero cat!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 11:27 AM (Dc2NZ)

I'm gonna pin something on his chest, alright.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:33 AM (hku12)

420 "You who pass by, if you mark this monument, Laugh
not, I pray thee, though it is a dog's grave. Tears fell for me, and the
dust was heaped above me By a master's hand."

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 27, 2019 11:31 AM (V2Yro)

Dusty in here..

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at October 27, 2019 11:33 AM (IttZ7)

421 A couple of weeks ago Vic mentioned that he was reading Tinker by Wen Spencer, and I remembered another book she had written, more of a one-off, called Endless Blue that I really enjoyed, mostly. So I re-read it. It is a pretty good space opera, with only a few issues that sounded clunky and there were a few bits of exposition, but I think Spencer, so far, is a pretty good writer, who writes fun to read books. To give her due praise, the whole premise was put down in the first two chapters, and formed the whole logical basis of the story. There was not cute tucking of extra information in just before the denouement like a bad whodunnit.

In the middle of an interstellar war against the alien Nefrim, a warp engine of the Jupiter Class carrier Fenrir appeared near the United Colonies space station New Plymouth. The Fenrir had been presumed lost in a battle a decade prior, it was suspected that it had been a victim of a bad wormhole jump. Ships that have bad jumps never come back. The engine was half encased in coral bio-engineered for terraforming human colony planets, and it was accompanied by three corpses and a surface boat powered by a salvaged anti-ship torpedo power plant.
To make it more confusing one of the corpses was an unlicensed "Red", or bio-engineered human, that are gestated and raised in creches as combat troops, and are as as military slaves.

The United Colonies are losing planets in the face of the unrelenting Nefrim assault, and are losing on both the military front and as their resource base shrinks with each lost planet, on the logistical front as well. Ship and troop losses are beginning to outstrip replacement, even with the accelerated rate that Reds are gestated and conditioned.

The reappearance of Fenrir's warp engine offers both the opportunity of new resources, a possible refuge from the attacking Nefrim, and possibility of new Reds to use as Soldier/slaves.

United Colonies asked the Captain of the Novy Rus frigate Svoboda to recreate Fenrir's bad jump and, being a ship capable of surface landing and take-off, come back to report on what happened.
The Captain of the Svoboda, Michael Volkov, agreed, but being the son and heir presumptive of Novy Rus, he negotiates for the claim of all resources found at the jump coordinates for Novy Rus.

Jumping into the wormhole that Fenrir disappeared into, Captain Volkov finds an inside out world of endless oceans, aliens, castaway humans, missing comrades, and has to find both a way to go home, a way to ensure the freedom of the castaways, and perhaps a way to end the war with the Nefrim.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 27, 2019 11:34 AM (fqM2k)

422 "Business leader Ted Bundy dead at 42."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 11:34 AM (ptqGC)

423 Washington Post: He died surrounded by his children.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 27, 2019 11:34 AM (sGotD)

424 BurtTC, where in the West are you?
Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 27, 2019 11:27 AM (3Z6pZ)

I'm not saying just yet. It's too early, and no matter how far fetched it might be, I want to protect my anonymity. I live in fear that someone who knows me in meatspace will figure out who I am, here.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:35 AM (hku12)

425 Noted Physician Josef Mengle dead at 67.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at October 27, 2019 11:35 AM (IttZ7)

426 Cool! I'll be needing new stamps soon and those should fit the bill nicely.
Posted by: rickl at October 27, 2019 11:29 AM (j/R1H)
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I can't imagine military working cats, unless they were trained assassins who smothered terrorists by lounging on their sleeping faces.

And yes, I once woke up to my cat sleeping on my head with his tail covering my nose and mouth. Foiled you that time, Porkins!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 11:36 AM (Dc2NZ)

427 "Trump Kills Professor Baghdadi In Student Loan Default Case"

Posted by: Hunter Biden, Emoluments R' Us at October 27, 2019 11:36 AM (Ndje9)

428 World renowned child entertainer John Wayne Gacy died peacefully in his home at age 52.

Posted by: Sponge at October 27, 2019 11:36 AM (Zz0t1)

429 And ANOTHER thing about military working dogs is,when invited to the White House, they almost never refuse the invitation.

They're just fine with fast food.
And they only pee on the carpet at the same rate Dem Speakers do.
We'll try to leave Al Roker out of this.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 27, 2019 11:36 AM (8ZmvG)

430 "Music-lover Iosif Stalin, Dead at 74."

Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 27, 2019 11:36 AM (3Z6pZ)

431 Disgusting Tapper called this announcement "showmanship", probably declared all of 0's announcements as Moses like, Lincolnesque. May Tapper's name be erased, and Todd's too, and the WP editor, whose name I always forget.

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 11:37 AM (U7k5w)

432 The next time a WP journalist tries to ask PDT a question at a presser he should tell them, "Stop! Until your rag puts an apology to the American People for this bullshit on its front page you are out of here! Begone!"

Posted by: davidt at October 27, 2019 11:37 AM (GLShM)

433 Too late--plenty of folks took screenshots of that disgusting, terrorist-idolizing WaPo piece.

Those idiots just keep shooting themselves in the head.

Watch Trump point to that headline publicly in the coming days, tying it around their necks like an anvil.

Posted by: Anonymous 7 at October 27, 2019 11:37 AM (WHVt7)

434 A dog or horse or pigeon, no matter how well trained, is not capable of that, because they know not either what they are risking nor what is the higher purpose.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:16 AM (hku1

Not running away in the face of known danger, the default mode of animals, to please your handler is heroic to me. And if you read the story of Sgt Reckless, it's on a different level.
Posted by: Easy Andy at October 27, 2019 11:28 AM (2DOZq)

Yes, I know the story.

I'm just not one to anthropomorphize animals. No matter how much I love my cats, and I do, I don't think what they experience is anything like the higher human traits to which we all aspire.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:38 AM (hku12)

435 Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:35 AM (hku12)
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Fair to say.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 27, 2019 11:38 AM (3Z6pZ)

436 TDS is a real mental illness that these people have, they cannot bring themselves to praise anything President Trump does.

Posted by: Skip at October 27, 2019 11:38 AM (ZCEU2)

437 We'll try to leave Al Roker out of this.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 27, 2019 11:36 AM (8ZmvG)

You know, I shit my pants in the White House once. Threw them away in the bathroom.

Talk about surprise anal!

Posted by: Al Roker at October 27, 2019 11:38 AM (Zz0t1)

438 "Dean Baghdadi Leaves Educational Legacy Behind; Women, Children, John Brennan Hardest Hit"

Posted by: Hunter Biden, Emoluments R' Us at October 27, 2019 11:39 AM (Ndje9)

439 Exotic food enthusiast Geoffrey Dahmer closes sandwhich shop

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 27, 2019 11:39 AM (9dzlp)

440 Jeffrey Dahmer, trailblazing haute cuisine chef, dead at 34.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 27, 2019 11:39 AM (sGotD)

441 Talk about surprise anal!
Posted by: Al Roker at October 27, 2019 11:38 AM (Zz0t1)
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Aaaaand here we are again...

Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 27, 2019 11:40 AM (3Z6pZ)

442 408 I'm math challenged. Does that mean that 50 senators signed the resolution?

Posted by: kallisto at October 27, 2019 11:40 AM (JMkM+)

443
Can't wait until tomorrow afternoon, or possibly Tuesday afternoon, when Ace DESTROYS WaPo fake news for their headline!

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at October 27, 2019 11:40 AM (/UFpF)

444 Popular Resort Operator Jeffrey Epstein dead at 66.

Posted by: t-bird at October 27, 2019 11:41 AM (ltmZG)

445 Islamic Spiritual Leader Spreads His Teachings And Himself All Over Syria

Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2019 11:41 AM (ZLI7S)

446 The story of Sgt. Reckless:

https://tinyurl.com/yyoycxpm

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 11:41 AM (ptqGC)

447 I'm math challenged. Does that mean that 50 senators signed the resolution?
Posted by: kallisto at October 27, 2019 11:40 AM (JMkM+)

ALL the Republican Senators except for the Bobbsie twins and that dog romney

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 11:41 AM (85Gof)

448 Jack "The Ripper," known for is entertaining flatulence, died sometime in the late 1800's, depriving the world of great entertainment.

Posted by: Sponge at October 27, 2019 11:41 AM (Zz0t1)

449 Omg.....he died surrounded by his children. Omg. I'm crying.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 27, 2019 11:42 AM (9dzlp)

450 I'm just not one to anthropomorphize animals. No matter how much I love my cats, and I do, I don't think what they experience is anything like the higher human traits to which we all aspire.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:38 AM (hku12)

On the plus side, they don't think there are any more than two genders, and never will.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 27, 2019 11:42 AM (V2Yro)

451
I love the comments on that link to revised Al Bagwash obit:

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 11:32 AM (Dc2NZ)

Former seminary student, visionary and builder dies suddenly at home aged 74.

Posted by: runner at October 27, 2019 11:42 AM (zr5Kq)

452 Maximilien Robespierre, cutting-edge inventor, dead at 36.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at October 27, 2019 11:42 AM (IttZ7)

453 Some one please send that asswipe at wapo the picture of the Jordanian pilot.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 27, 2019 11:43 AM (0zsXE)

454 Former seminary student, visionary and builder dies suddenly at home aged 74.
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Ace?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 11:43 AM (Dc2NZ)

455 "Race baiting, graft loving Baltimore Congressman dies at 68."

Oh wait, maybe I'm doing this wrong.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:43 AM (hku12)

456 Islamic Spiritual Leader Spreads His Teachings And Himself All Over Syria
Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2019 11:41 AM (ZLI7S)

Spiritual Leader leaves explosive legacy.

Posted by: runner at October 27, 2019 11:43 AM (zr5Kq)

457 I can't imagine military working cats, unless they were trained assassins who smothered terrorists by lounging on their sleeping faces.

I saw a thing that said we (CIA) tried that in the spy vs. spy days of the early 60s. We sewed a camera or a taperecorder inside a cat and tried to get it to infiltrate a Russian embassy but cat's only infiltrate what they choose.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 27, 2019 11:43 AM (gd9RK)

458 "Noted vegetarian Adolph Hitler dies surrounded by his military advisors."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 11:43 AM (ptqGC)

459 Ace?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 11:43 AM (Dc2NZ)

Koba

Posted by: runner at October 27, 2019 11:44 AM (zr5Kq)

460 391 At least for me, it is sad to see the Detroit library in that condition. Reminds me once more that the barbarians are inside the gate.

Posted by: Floridachick at October 27, 2019 11:26 AM (OPS1H)

I agree, Floridachick! So sad!

Posted by: Violet at October 27, 2019 11:44 AM (9ppMC)

461 449 Omg.....he died surrounded by his children. Omg. I'm crying.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 27, 2019 11:42 AM (9dzlp)

I understand the whole family was in pieces!

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 11:44 AM (U7k5w)

462 Might I recommend Thomas Howard's On Being Catholic? Here's the flap:

"In his first full-length book since converting to Roman
Catholicism over ten years ago, Thomas Howard presents his wonderful,
refreshing insights on the "glad tidings" of the deeper meaning of
Catholic piety, dogma, spirituality, vision and practice. . .the book's
chapters take the form of lay meditations on Catholic teaching and
practice, opening up in practical and simple terms the richness at work
in virtually every detail of Catholic prayer, piety, liturgy and
experience."

https://tinyurl.com/yybuacky

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 27, 2019 09:31 AM (Ki5SV)

Someone send a copy to Pope Fidel

Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 27, 2019 11:44 AM (FRiC1)

463 Writer and visionary Jean-Paul Marat, brutally murdered while in the bath.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at October 27, 2019 11:45 AM (3Z6pZ)

464 Someone send a copy to Pope Fidel
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 27, 2019 11:44 AM (FRiC1)

He won't read it. It's against his belief system.

Posted by: Sponge at October 27, 2019 11:45 AM (Zz0t1)

465 >>Washington Post: He died surrounded by his children.

Baghdadi? More like Bad Daddy.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2019 11:45 AM (ZLI7S)

466 Will Nancy have to put the House in recess so they can go speak at his funeral?

Posted by: t-bird at October 27, 2019 11:45 AM (mAKQ6)

467 >>>You know, I shit my pants in the White House once. Threw them away in the bathroom.
<<<

Was this the Obama Administration? You're just a lowly nugget in the bed pan of shame.

Posted by: Fritz at October 27, 2019 11:46 AM (kLDv+)

468 Baghdadi was turning his life around, Trump killed him

their other version ... despite Trump selling out the Kurds, other nationns and the Kurds united to kill Baghdadi ... Trump claims we did it, but Trump lies.

MSM really hates this Victory for America ... victory for Baghdadi is preferred by the left, they probably would have leaked and NBC would have shouted out warnings ... they are anti-American fluckers.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 27, 2019 11:46 AM (Cus5s)

469
Baghdadi? More like Bad Daddy.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2019 11:45 AM (ZLI7S)

You made yourself laugh with this one, didn't you.

Posted by: Sponge at October 27, 2019 11:46 AM (Zz0t1)

470 I'm just not one to anthropomorphize animals. No matter how much I love my cats, and I do, I don't think what they experience is anything like the higher human traits to which we all aspire.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:38 AM (hku12)

On the plus side, they don't think there are any more than two genders, and never will.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 27, 2019 11:42 AM (V2Yro)

This be true.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:46 AM (hku12)

471 Jennifer Griffin said earlier that al-Baghdadi's head was more or less intact, due to the fact the head is usually blown off in a suicide vest explosion. The military were able to do biometric facial recognition.

Since we were denied a photo of bin Laden thanks to Barry's decision to bury his fellow Muzz at sea, would it be too much for PDT to display Baghdadi's head on a pike in front of the Capitol?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 11:47 AM (ptqGC)

472 It seems that the only traditional Catholics in the church are the converts.
Seriously.

Posted by: JAS at October 27, 2019 09:47 AM (DBGf/)

I went to a very liberal Catholic high school and dropped religion completely afterwards. It was years later after attending a Tridentine Mass (where I didn't understand a word of it at the time) that I went back to the Church. Even though I didn't understand the words it still had profound impact on me. There was something about it that just resonated. It's too bad so many churches just want to be a group hug instead of actually having a proper Mass

Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 27, 2019 11:47 AM (FRiC1)

473 So when do take out Soros and his kin?

Posted by: Puddin Head at October 27, 2019 11:48 AM (QZCjk)

474 Islamic family scion and famed orator dies of unnatural causes. Buried with honors at sea.

Posted by: runner at October 27, 2019 11:48 AM (zr5Kq)

475 >>You made yourself laugh with this one, didn't you.

I'm easily amused these days.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2019 11:48 AM (ZLI7S)

476 George Soros, Angel Investor and Philanthropist, dead at...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at October 27, 2019 11:48 AM (IttZ7)

477 Reading a headline like that I almost wonder whether Trump has someone working as a mole at WaPo editorial.

But no ... they really are that tone-deaf insane over there.

Posted by: Anonymous 7 at October 27, 2019 11:49 AM (WHVt7)

478 I like Mike Faricy

His Dublin stories about a US Marshall assignment to the Garda are great stories and a fun read. Makes we wish I could be in Dublin drinking a Guinness
Just downloaded book 8 and will read today.

Regards

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 27, 2019 11:49 AM (22PTq)

479 Islamic family scion and famed orator dies of unnatural causes. Buried with honors at sea.
Posted by: runner at October 27, 2019 11:48 AM (zr5Kq)

Are they going to scrape him off the cave walls?

Posted by: Sponge at October 27, 2019 11:49 AM (Zz0t1)

480 Jim Jones, spiritual leader and father to many passed quietly in his sleep surrounded by hundreds of followers at the age of 53.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 27, 2019 11:49 AM (9dzlp)

481 @457 That cat got run over by a car.

Here is a story about a pigeon. Lot of people thought a lot of that pigeon.
https://tinyurl.com/otsfuzh

Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 27, 2019 11:49 AM (8ZmvG)

482 The Horde Mind is real, y'all.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at October 27, 2019 11:49 AM (IttZ7)

483 More like Bad Daddy.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2019 11:45 AM (ZLI7S)
~~~~~

At least 14 kids and two wives. Guess he figured no one was gonna miss a couple or three kids.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 27, 2019 11:49 AM (sGotD)

484 "Austere painter at helm of Deutsches Reich dies at 56"

"Eclectic and charismatic youth guru Charles Manson dies at 83."

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 11:32 AM (Dc2NZ)

Population control expert Pol Pot dies at 72

Diet guru Joseph Stalin dies at 64

Posted by: cool breeze at October 27, 2019 11:49 AM (UGKMd)

485 Washington Post: He died surrounded by his children.

Posted by: IrishEi at October 27, 2019 11:34 AM (sGotD)

Did they mention that he was an honor roll student who was turning his life around and an aspiring rap star? Maybe a few picture of him when he was 8 or 9 years old?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 27, 2019 11:50 AM (FRiC1)

486 George Soros, Angel Investor and Philanthropist, dead at...
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at October 27, 2019 11:48 AM (IttZ7)

...not soon enough.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 11:50 AM (hku12)

487 Anyone check the NYT? I can only imagine:

"Trump reluctantly, fearfully, orders killing of al-Baghdadi"

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 11:51 AM (ptqGC)

488 I'll bet Barry is kicking the hell out of his dog this morning.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 11:52 AM (ptqGC)

489 481 Here is a story about a pigeon. Lot of people thought a lot of that pigeon.
https://tinyurl.com/otsfuzh

------
She died at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, on June 13, 1919 from the wounds
she received in battle and was later inducted into the Racing Pigeon
Hall of Fame in 1931.
------

Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know at October 27, 2019 11:53 AM (vWMNq)

490 According to some of the trolls on conservative sites, Putin really killed Baghdadi for PT. Nothing like the personal hands-on kill of UBL by Obama. These folks are insane.

Posted by: Ever at October 27, 2019 11:53 AM (ZZDMQ)

491 488 I'll bet Barry is kicking the hell out of his dog this morning.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 11:52 AM (ptqGC)
--
Tenderizing it.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 11:53 AM (Dc2NZ)

492 Death of famed Islamic Scholar at hands of US will lead to expansion of ISIS, says J. Brennan, charismatic former head of CIA.

-verified WaPo twitter

Posted by: runner at October 27, 2019 11:54 AM (zr5Kq)

493 How are you doing, Jane?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 11:54 AM (Dc2NZ)

494 "Walls close in on Trump, al-Baghdadi at slightly different rates."
There are early nights. and then there are really early nights.

"Al-Baghdadi Dead; Great Career Move."

Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 27, 2019 11:54 AM (8ZmvG)

495 Yesterday morning we got to talking about the problems of modern education not the least of which is the elevation of self esteem as a panacea which rights all wrongs and renders illiteracy, criminality, and ignorance irrelevant. Then I watched 48 Hours last night about the bizarre suicide of a sixteen year old girl.

That got me to thinking about an inherent contradiction in progressive education. On one hand, self esteem is the end all and be all of everything and, on the other hand, lightning struck a slime pit and great granddaddy popped out. No, the idea that there is a spark of the divine in you and that your life and every human life has inherent value is just religious hate speech and must be suppressed with great vigor.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at October 27, 2019 11:54 AM (+y/Ru)

496 Austere Religious Scholar--you know; just like Martin Luther!

Anybody here
Seen my old friend Abu...

Posted by: Hunter Biden, Emoluments R' Us at October 27, 2019 11:54 AM (Ndje9)

497 It's too bad so many churches just want to be a group hug instead of actually having a proper Mass.

Some of the lefty parishes get so funky I keep waiting for them to break into Judas Priest, livin' after midnight....

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 11:54 AM (nRWPy)

498 Jane D'oh

I second that motion

Posted by: krusty at October 27, 2019 11:55 AM (T06DR)

499 Osama bin Laden dies defending home and family from intruders

Posted by: Skip at October 27, 2019 11:55 AM (ZCEU2)

500 Jeffrey Epstein, Youth Leader and Mentor, dead at 66.

And with that, I'm out. Have a great day, y'all.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes - the Housekeeper at October 27, 2019 11:56 AM (IttZ7)

501 *waves at Eris!*

Hoo boy. Nancy just now making a statement about al-Baghdadi. Very half-hearted praise of his killing.

She's being her petty, awful self. Getting in another slam at PDT.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 11:56 AM (ptqGC)

502 488 I'll bet Barry is kicking the hell out of his dog this morning.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 11:52 AM (ptqGC)

Well, he has to tenderize it somehow.

Posted by: rickl at October 27, 2019 11:56 AM (j/R1H)

503 396 Best get screenshots of that WP crap before they delete.
Posted by: davidt at October 27, 2019 11:26 AM (GLShM)

Got one.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at October 27, 2019 11:56 AM (0eE0g)

504 LOL, Skip !

Posted by: runner at October 27, 2019 11:57 AM (zr5Kq)

505 I'm okay, Eris. Limping around, waiting on a new aircast to arrive.

Amazon Prime screwed up. Sent an empty envelope on Saturday. WTH?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 11:57 AM (ptqGC)

506 Conservative Anchor Confronts Republican Over Donald Trump's 'Scum' Remarks

Who is the conservative anchor?

On Saturday, conservativeCNNhost S.E. Cupp discussed the issue with former Republican Rep. Sean Duffy

C Cupp is about as conservative as Nicole Wallace

Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 27, 2019 11:57 AM (FRiC1)

507 rickl, so glad to see you posting! You're in my prayers.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 11:58 AM (ptqGC)

508 "Scholar Dies in Hail of Gunfire; President Focuses on Mental Health, Not Common-Sense Scholar-Control"

Posted by: Hunter Biden, Emoluments R' Us at October 27, 2019 11:58 AM (Ndje9)

509 Some of the lefty parishes get so funky I keep waiting for them to break into Judas Priest, livin' after midnight....
Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 11:54 AM (nRWPy)

My former congregation ended a service with Lennon's Imagine..."and no religion too." A stellar moment of stupidity. I asked the rabbi if he planned on shutting down and making a homeless shelter, maybe giving up his 200K salary? Asshole

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 11:59 AM (U7k5w)

510 The earth doesn't abide, The Dude abides.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 27, 2019 11:59 AM (r+sAi)

511 Amazon Prime screwed up. Sent an empty envelope on Saturday. WTH?
---
Lighter-than-Aircast.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 12:00 PM (Dc2NZ)

512 Rocking til the dawn
Loving til the morning
Then I'm gone
I'm gone

Posted by: al Baghdadi at October 27, 2019 12:00 PM (kLDv+)

513 Reporting for canal duty, boss.

Posted by: Zombie Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi at October 27, 2019 12:00 PM (0eE0g)

514 rickl,

Were you able to access your e-mail yet?

Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 12:01 PM (cF8AT)

515 What is this ? There is only one virgin here, and SHE IS 72 !!

Posted by: Zombie Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi at October 27, 2019 12:02 PM (zr5Kq)

516 It's raining men! Hallelujah!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 12:02 PM (Dc2NZ)

517 Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 11:59 AM (U7k5w)

Good for you. I confront stupidity too. Let them know someone is paying attention.

I once heard someone read the intentions as "protect life from contraception to natural death." My head snapped up and not a single other reaction. Asleep.

Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 12:02 PM (nRWPy)

518 So when do take out Soros and his kin?
Posted by: Puddin Head

Next presser by the Donald:

" Last night our amazing men and women of our elite forces, the best in the world, they are amazing and unique, executed a raid on a very very bad man. I watched as they cornered him in his palatial bathroom. He fled there wimpering and crying. Coward loser!. Last night our amazing special forces, they are a special group , the most unique amazing people I've had the honor to meet, finally put an end to a very very bad man. Mr. Soros was whining and sniveling at the end. Very very bad man. I am so proud of our men and women.....questions?

Posted by: Darryl No 1 at October 27, 2019 12:02 PM (tvKLv)

519 My former congregation ended a service with Lennon's
Imagine..."and no religion too." A stellar moment of stupidity. I asked
the rabbi if he planned on shutting down and making a homeless shelter,
maybe giving up his 200K salary? Asshole

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 11:59 AM (U7k5w)

There is an Episcopal Church I pass on the way to work that has a Beatles' mass. No idea what that could be.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 27, 2019 12:03 PM (FRiC1)

520 STEELHEART the RECKONERS where super heroes are all bad and thus turn the country to city states because the country fell to them. It's an interesting take on dystopian world, It makes sense that society would fall to powered beings.

I am on the 3rd book of the series.

I am also reading SPELLMONGER, I like the series it has it's funny moments. goblins are trying to push humanity out of the land and a retired Warmage just wants to enjoy the country life gets thrown into a war for Human survival, their is back room dealing for power with the humans. It's game of thrones lite very lite.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at October 27, 2019 12:03 PM (dKiJG)

521 Morning all. Rickl, glad to 'see' you among us. You've been missed.

Currently slugging my way through 'How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization' by Thomas Woods.

Woods presents his sources for the argument that the Church was largely responsible developing; free-market economics, Western law and legal procedures, the university system, and modern inquiry and science.

I enjoy the subject very much but he could have used a much better editor. The work doesn't flow well and he, many times, just says 'A because of B' without any further explanation. It's a tough read for me.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 27, 2019 12:04 PM (Y4EXg)

522 Donald Trump admits to Hate Crime in Syria.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 27, 2019 12:04 PM (r+sAi)

523 Good for you. I confront stupidity too. Let them know someone is paying attention.

I once heard someone read the intentions as "protect life from contraception to natural death." My head snapped up and not a single other reaction. Asleep.
Posted by: dagny at October 27, 2019 12:02 PM (nRWPy)

Man, that's almost a verbal Escher painting there.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 12:04 PM (hku12)

524 507 rickl, so glad to see you posting! You're in my prayers.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 11:58 AM (ptqGC)

Thanks, Jane. I hope you're doing OK too.

Did I mention that I fractured my right clavicle? The night before I went to the hospital I fell about six times at home. I finally decided to go to bed. At one point I turned over and felt and heard a "snap". X-Rays the next day confirmed it. The bone was probably weakened by the radiation treatments.

Posted by: rickl at October 27, 2019 12:05 PM (j/R1H)

525 What is this ? There is only one virgin here, and SHE IS 72 !!

Someone mentioned that Muslims don't reach Epstein Island if it's non-jihadi suicide.

Posted by: t-bird at October 27, 2019 12:05 PM (9MIWI)

526 "Fidel Castro: Spiritual Beacon"

Oh, wait; WaPo actually did that one.

Posted by: Hunter Biden, Emoluments R' Us at October 27, 2019 12:05 PM (Ndje9)

527 183 165 Pelosi not told. Lol
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 09:57 AM (85Gof)

Why would she need to be told in any event?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at October 27, 2019 10:04 AM (0eE0g)

"gang of eight"- Speaker, House minority leader, Senate Majority an Minority leaders, Chair and ranking members of House and Senate intel committees required to be informed of certain intel ops.

Posted by: Fox2! at October 27, 2019 12:06 PM (MwFQu)

528 505 Amazon Prime screwed up. Sent an empty envelope on Saturday. WTH?

E-book ?

Posted by: Enquiring Minds Want to Know at October 27, 2019 12:07 PM (vWMNq)

529 Death of famed Islamic Scholar at hands of US will lead to expansion of ISIS, but not as much as me and Barky ever didsays J. Brennan, charismatic former head of CIA.

Just to be factually correct

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 27, 2019 12:07 PM (rM6Mf)

530 The 'these pants' link is rather disturbing. First because I didn't know the "Oompa-Loompa" look had become fashionable. Second because otherwise attractive young women don't mind looking like complete dorks and are even enjoying it.

Posted by: JTB at October 27, 2019 12:08 PM (bmdz3)

531 514 rickl,

Were you able to access your e-mail yet?
Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 12:01 PM (cF8AT)

I don't know how to on this machine.

Posted by: rickl at October 27, 2019 12:08 PM (j/R1H)

532 My former congregation ended a service with Lennon's
Imagine..."and no religion too." A stellar moment of stupidity. I asked
the rabbi if he planned on shutting down and making a homeless shelter,
maybe giving up his 200K salary? Asshole

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 11:59 AM (U7k5w)

There is an Episcopal Church I pass on the way to work that has a Beatles' mass. No idea what that could be.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 27, 2019 12:03 PM (FRiC1)

During the sign of peace: "Why Don't We Do It In the Road."

Posted by: BurtTC at October 27, 2019 12:08 PM (hku12)

533 Muslims left to pick up pieces after death of benevolent scholar.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 27, 2019 12:08 PM (r+sAi)

534 >>"gang of eight"- Speaker, House minority leader, Senate Majority an Minority leaders, Chair and ranking members of House and Senate intel committees required to be informed of certain intel ops.

This is why Comey briefed the Gang of Eight that he had opened a counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign as soon it was opened.

Just kidding. He didn't brief them for over 8 months.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2019 12:08 PM (ZLI7S)

535 rickl,

You are in my prayers. Strength and faith to you. I mean it from the heart.

Posted by: Floridachick at October 27, 2019 12:08 PM (OPS1H)

536 >>Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at October 27, 2019 12:03 PM (dKiJG)

Both are good reads / series.

Though the Spellmonger Series breezes by a reader.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2019 12:09 PM (rSy9P)

537 ]Did I mention that I fractured my right clavicle?
The night before I went to the hospital I fell about six times at home.
I finally decided to go to bed. At one point I turned over and felt
and heard a "snap". X-Rays the next day confirmed it. The bone was
probably weakened by the radiation treatments.

Posted by: rickl at October 27, 2019 12:05 PM (j/R1H)

Good heavens! How awful. Prayers for your quick recovery.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 12:10 PM (ptqGC)

538 Came across this terrific Twitter thread today. Wisdom from Christopher McQuarrie.

https://tinyurl.com/yxj4hxtg

Posted by: Bruno at October 27, 2019 12:10 PM (6qtm/)

539 >> Amazon Prime screwed up. Sent an empty envelope on Saturday. WTH?

Signed Edition of Casper the Friendly Ghost's Autobiography?

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2019 12:11 PM (rSy9P)

540 That photo of the Detroit library is a combination of disgusting, depressing, and disturbing. I would add enraging if I wasn't out of give-a-fucks concerning cities.

Posted by: JTB at October 27, 2019 12:11 PM (bmdz3)

541 Rickl We include you in our prayers before we go to bed,

I do need a good kids book on religion or Bible

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at October 27, 2019 12:12 PM (dKiJG)

542 Raining like a SOB here in northern NJ

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 12:12 PM (85Gof)

543 i'm sure bruce shitstain is penning a number about trump taking out this muzzie holy man as we speak. for the children.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at October 27, 2019 12:12 PM (KP5rU)

544 >>That photo of the Detroit library is a combination of disgusting, depressing, and disturbing.

Not a lot of need for a Library in Detroit, apparently.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2019 12:13 PM (rSy9P)

545 Pelosi etal not informed of top secret raid on ISIS leader, to protect against probable leaks which would endanger personal and mission.

Meanwhile, House members not allowed to participate in top secret Democrat dirty politics operation

Posted by: davidt at October 27, 2019 12:13 PM (GLShM)

546

Michocan Mexico has no homeless hombres or are they all rushed to the border? Don't read to much into that since the library is empty,they are all at the Mexico City F1 grand prix ..Grandiosa Prixaloosa???

Oye coma va.............start your burros.

Posted by: saf at October 27, 2019 12:14 PM (5IHGB)

547 ISYN, just this morning from The Smithsonian Institution,
"Celebrating The Extraordinary Life of Soulful, Poetic Che Guevara."

I mean, you can make this stuff up but -- you can't make this stuff up.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 27, 2019 12:14 PM (8ZmvG)

548 Here is my offer Pelosi: NOTHING and I would appreciate it if you got me a cappuccino very morning

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 27, 2019 12:15 PM (85Gof)

549 Meghan McCain gifts us some Twitter:

"I thank God for our US military, intel officers, allies and everyone who brought Baghdadi to his death. We have the greatest military in the history of history and I am grateful every single day for the sacrifices of the brave men and women who defend and protect our freedoms."

No mention of PDT of course.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 12:15 PM (ptqGC)

550 >>ISYN, just this morning from The Smithsonian Institution,"Celebrating The Extraordinary Life of Soulful, Poetic Che Guevara."

The Conservative Case for the Murderous Arts in the Next, Bull-Work.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2019 12:16 PM (rSy9P)

551 OT Fire in northern California

180,000 evacuated, 30,000 acres involved, 10% contained, 940,000 without power

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 27, 2019 12:16 PM (EZebt)

552 Were you able to access your e-mail yet?
Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 12:01 PM (cF8AT)

I don't know how to on this machine.

Posted by: rickl at October 27, 2019 12:08 PM (j/R1H)

1) Open a new tab
2) Go to the website of your e-mail service provider.
(i.e., www.gmail.com)
3) Find sign-in link
4) Sign in

Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 12:16 PM (cF8AT)

553 Not that I'm a great sage or seer, but when this news broke last night, I commented using the nic "Max Boot" to the effect that Trump was "doing Putin's bidding" by getting Baghdad Baker.

To listen to the media this morning, I wasn't far off.....

Posted by: JoeF. at October 27, 2019 12:17 PM (o1fzk)

554 Both are good reads / series.

Though the Spellmonger Series breezes by a reader.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2019 12:09 PM (rSy9P)

I like the whole tone of the series serious and funny. I would think the main character would fit right in here as a fellow moron,

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at October 27, 2019 12:17 PM (dKiJG)

555 >>Meghan McCain gifts us some Twitter:

From the Girl whose Father brought you an Armed Islamic Resistence in Syria comes the Most Powerful Statement Ever...

Posted by: Movie Trailer Guy at October 27, 2019 12:17 PM (rSy9P)

556 And moar Meggie Mac:

"Kayla Mueller, for whom the mission that killed Baghdadi was named after, was from Prescott, Arizona. I hope you will take a moment to watch this video of my Dad talking about her life, death, and work. Thinking and praying for her family and loved ones."

Someone on Twitter responds:

"And thank you Mr. President for making this happen."

Someone else:

"Thank you @realDonaldTrump."

I'm sure that steamed the princess.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 12:17 PM (ptqGC)

557 CBD IS in da house
NOOD

Posted by: Skip at October 27, 2019 12:17 PM (ZCEU2)

558 Looks like the raid was SFOD, 75th and possibly 3SFG ,on the raid. So no books deals or Baghdadi Memorial Trivets signed new SEALs.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 27, 2019 12:18 PM (8ts9m)

559 Impeachment will fizzle out. Lindsay's move helped here. The Raid sealed it

Itmpeachment was to provide a daily antt Trump drumbeat and to paint Barr's charges as being politically driven. Barr no longer needs to rush as much

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 27, 2019 12:19 PM (vDgDO)

560 As is now pointed out by Don jr, and also here by quite a while. When demorats hold an investigation on themselves, they are blind as bats. False testimony, fraudulent documents go unchallenged, and lies are given validity and truths=solid evidence ignored. Just like the Sarah Palin lynchin, what is allowed comes back to bite yah.

Posted by: ron n. at October 27, 2019 12:19 PM (om5HK)

561 I'm expecting the Democrats to try and exploit the matter of Trump not informing them about the military operation as a pretext to gin up another "scandal".

Posted by: Anonymous 7 at October 27, 2019 12:20 PM (WHVt7)

562 @paulsperry_ 1 minute ago

BREAKING: Speaking this morning on CBS "Face the Nation," Obama's Jt Chiefs Vice Chair James Winnefeld bashed Trump for "piling humiliation" on ISIS after lethal raid on its kingpin:"If you look back at the bin Laden raid, we treated his body with respect that is due under Islam"

Eat some more soy James....

Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 12:21 PM (cF8AT)

563 According to Fox Sports today is National Tight Ends day. Discuss?

Posted by: Darryl No 1 at October 27, 2019 12:23 PM (tvKLv)

564 TRUMP ON AL-BAGHDADI: "He died after running into a dead end tunnel, whimpering and crying and screaming all the way."

-
He's off to see the Satan, the sadistic Satan Islam
Because because because because because
Because of the horrible things he does

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at October 27, 2019 12:23 PM (+y/Ru)

565

Q?) Do 32 degree Masons have bad backs OR they all do lousy Groucho impersonations!!!

Posted by: saf at October 27, 2019 12:23 PM (5IHGB)

566 >>BREAKING: Speaking this morning on CBS "Face the Nation," Obama's Jt Chiefs Vice Chair James Winnefeld bashed Trump for "piling humiliation" on ISIS after lethal raid on its kingpin:"If you look back at the bin Laden raid, we treated his body with respect that is due under Islam"

Because your Boss was a Dancing Boy.

Shut yer fucking dickhole, fag.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2019 12:24 PM (rSy9P)

567
@paulsperry_ 1 minute ago

BREAKING: Speaking this morning on CBS "Face the Nation," Obama's Jt
Chiefs Vice Chair James Winnefeld bashed Trump for "piling humiliation"
on ISIS after lethal raid on its kingpin:"If you look back at the bin
Laden raid, we treated his body with respect that is due under Islam"

Eat some more soy James....

Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 12:21 PM (cF8AT)

When Barry finally peels off this mortal coil, he should receive the same respectful funeral his hero bin Laden received. Feed him to the fish.

Yeesh. I'm so damned mad right now I *types* *deletes*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 12:24 PM (ptqGC)

568 BREAKING: Speaking this morning on CBS "Face the Nation," Obama's Jt Chiefs Vice Chair James Winnefeld bashed Trump for "piling humiliation" on ISIS after lethal raid on its kingpin:"If you look back at the bin Laden raid, we treated his body with respect that is due under Islam"

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Well, fuck Winnefeld and fuck Islam.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at October 27, 2019 12:25 PM (+y/Ru)

569 Obama's Jt Chiefs Vice Chair James Winnefeld bashed Trump

He's conveniently forgotten the Muricans celebrating in the street. Screw anyone and everyone who had a hand in that administration and there continued attempts to destroy our nation.

Posted by: Darryl No 1 at October 27, 2019 12:27 PM (tvKLv)

570 @paulsperry_

BREAKING: Obama CIA deputy Michael Morell on CBS "Face the Nation" slammed Trump for engaging in "locker room" talk about bringing back the slain ISIS kingpin's "body parts," arguing he should have shown more respect under Islamic customs like Obama did w Osama bin Laden's body

Oh fuck all y'all....Nancy boys.

Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 12:28 PM (cF8AT)

571 Meggie Mac getting piled on on Twitter for making this All About Daddy.

Someone posted a pic of Daddy posing with Baghdadi and other ISIS terrorists in Syria.

LOLGF, Meg. Seek help.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 12:30 PM (ptqGC)

572 Al-Baghdadi apparently blew up his own children along with himself. Evil fuck.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:24 AM (Do2h6)

Word.

Posted by: zombie Magda Goebbels at October 27, 2019 12:30 PM (QugKX)

573 Hey, Patrick, did you read/finish The Dragon Republic (R.F. Kuang)?

I checked it out from the library, but I was so annoyed with Rin's whining by the second chapter that I returned it unfinished.

I guess I'm done with that series.

Posted by: April at October 27, 2019 12:30 PM (OX9vb)

574 Check out what Ilhan Omar posted this morning:

https://twitter.com/SebGorka/status/1188492089555849216

Posted by: IrishEi at October 27, 2019 12:31 PM (sGotD)

575 These people WTF country have they been living in?

Posted by: Darryl No 1 at October 27, 2019 12:32 PM (tvKLv)

576 When they put the Graham/Mitch resolution up for a vote, watch Manchin, Jones and Cinnabuns

If 2 outta 3 go it's a biggie

If all three, BOOM

Posted by: Bammy at October 27, 2019 12:32 PM (rpxSz)

577 Trump has the media defending and lionizing the dead leader of ISIS , one if the most evil terrorist cults in history

Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at October 27, 2019 12:32 PM (G546f)

578 @TimMurtaugh

A lot is being made of the @washingtonpost's now-changed headline of al-Baghdadi's obit.

But how about this from the body of the obit itself?

"... an austere religious scholar with wire-frame glasses and no known aptitude for fighting and killing."

"despite the group's extremist views and vicious tactics, Mr. Baghdadi maintained a canny pragmatism as leader"

And

"a shy, nearsighted youth who liked soccer but preferred to spend his free time at the local mosque"

Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 12:32 PM (cF8AT)

579 BREAKING: Obama CIA deputy Michael Morell on CBS "Face the Nation" slammed Trump for engaging in "locker room" talk about bringing back the slain ISIS kingpin's "body parts," arguing he should have shown more respect under Islamic customs like Obama did w Osama bin Laden's body

Oh fuck all y'all....Nancy boys.
Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 12:28 PM (cF8AT)

Body Parts == Skull and Spine

Posted by: Burnt Toast at October 27, 2019 12:34 PM (1g7ch)

580 Tami, good G-d.

No damned words.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 12:34 PM (ptqGC)

581 I do feel left out sometimes, because the sci-fi is strong in this here bookthread each week, and I just never once mustered up any interest in it.
Posted by: BurtTC

********

I am with you on this sentiment. Between the sci-fi and the D&D I it seems to me like a foreign land sometimes. I have wondered at times if Moron Meet-ups involve cosplay or LARPing.

Posted by: Muldoon at October 27, 2019 12:35 PM (mvenn)

582 It takes a lot for me to be gobsmacked at what I see on twitter but today...they've outdone themselves.

Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 12:37 PM (cF8AT)

583 Why tell Pelosi,
She freaked because she thought Trump was bailing out of Syria.

She should be thrilled it went down this way.

Even the left side of the bell curve know what she is about, unfortunately most of them support her.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at October 27, 2019 12:38 PM (1g7ch)

584 Check out what Ilhan Omar posted this morning:

https://twitter.com/SebGorka/status/1188492089555849216
Posted by: IrishEi at October 27, 2019 12:31 PM (sGotD)

Yeah, she's going back.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at October 27, 2019 12:39 PM (1g7ch)

585
It takes a lot for me to be gobsmacked at what I see on twitter but today...they've outdone themselves.

Posted by: Tami at October 27, 2019 12:37 PM (cF8AT)

Wait till PDT wins again, in a landslide.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 27, 2019 12:40 PM (ptqGC)

586 In a sense, they (the Masons) are no longer needed.
They succeeded in destroying the monarchies and teaching everyone at all
religions are equally valid.
Posted by: JAS at October 27, 2019 09:52 AM (DBGf/)

The local masonic lodge reached its peak enrollment about 1953, which was about the time that cross-country television broadcasts were started.
However, I believe that the purpose for the Masons was as a mutual society. It engaged in supplying help as members aged, and as a kind of insurance.

Most of the fraternal societies performed this role, and with insurance rules, they either lost that purpose, or were prevented from participating.

Masons as one of the original fraternal societies also allowed a sort of an outside of the established hierarchy line of communication that helped resolve issues in an informal way that would not be allowed under an established hierarchy. You could have the head stock clerk talk to the CEO if they were lodge brothers, for example.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 27, 2019 12:44 PM (fqM2k)

587 Michael Malice did a podcast with Andrew Pollack and Max Eden about Why Meadow Died.

Malice does an hour podcast and doesn't edit out anything.

Meadow's dad is just a guy with his heart ripped out.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 27, 2019 12:57 PM (fqM2k)

588 Check out what Ilhan Omar posted this morning:

https://twitter.com/SebGorka/status/1188492089555849216
Posted by: IrishEi

In the intel collected we will discover that the brother lover was Bagdoody's 15th wife.

Posted by: Darryl No 1 at October 27, 2019 12:58 PM (tvKLv)

589 GI Joe is a carrier pigeon, stuffed and on display in the Smithsonian. Saved a bunch of soldiers in WW II.

Posted by: artemis at October 27, 2019 01:02 PM (AwPyG)

590 I was hoping for "My other car is a Nike class Battlecruiser"
Posted by: Fox2! at October 27, 2019 11:00 AM (MwFQu)

Cafe Press is probably your best source for that one.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 27, 2019 01:13 PM (fqM2k)

591 Without any substantiation the President of Lassen College declared glibly that colleges everywhere are getting rid of their libraries.

This was said in a small meeting and not recorded.

And so the library was banished to an unheated ancient portable building where an employee could fetch a book if necessary.

Failfornia always has been a trend setter.

Posted by: torabora at October 27, 2019 01:21 PM (tV9aF)

592 OT Fire in northern California

180,000 evacuated, 30,000 acres involved, 10% contained, 940,000 without power

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 27, 2019 12:16 PM (EZebt)

Given that the damned place is already on fire, why not turn the power back on, to facilitate dealing with it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2019 01:26 PM (QugKX)

593 Given that the damned place is already on fire, why not turn the power back on, to facilitate dealing with it?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

LOL !

Cause that would just make too much sense !

Posted by: JT at October 27, 2019 01:47 PM (arJlL)

594 Gavin Newsom ordering free fire pits and BBQ's for 1Million voters cut off the grid.
Make mine CRISPY,Gav.

Posted by: saf at October 27, 2019 01:52 PM (5IHGB)

595 LOL if you read this April no I haven't, it's terrible and yes I can't stand her.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at October 27, 2019 02:20 PM (dKiJG)

596 I'm reading _The Templars_ by Dan Jones.

Posted by: goodluckduck at October 27, 2019 02:34 PM (V8zw+)

597 Is there an American medal for wounded animals? I know there is a British one, can't remember what it's known as
Posted by: josephistan at October 27, 2019 11:00 AM (Izzlo)

The Brits awarded Jack the Airedale the Victoria Cross posthumously for delivering a message across enemy lines while wounded of a battalion needing reinforcements in WW1.

Posted by: Captain Hate at October 27, 2019 02:36 PM (y7DUB)

598 572 Al-Baghdadi apparently blew up his own children along with himself. Evil fuck.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:24 AM (Do2h6)

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 03:15 PM (U7k5w)

599 572 Al-Baghdadi apparently blew up his own children along with himself. Evil fuck.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (Russian Asset) at October 27, 2019 09:24 AM (Do2h6)

Maybe evil, but it's to our advantage that the bloodline is dead or reduced.

Posted by: CN at October 27, 2019 03:16 PM (U7k5w)

600 Reading Jerry Pournelle's "Sparta" trilogy.

Which actually leads off with "Falkenberg's Legion" but they didn't have it at B&N. "Prince of Mercenaries" is good, but "Go Tell The Spartans" and "Prince of Sparta" are military sci-fi classics, remarkable expositions on guerilla warfare and how to counter it.

Posted by: TANSTAAFL at October 27, 2019 03:43 PM (T09ml)

601 Named Bun-Bun.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at October 27, 2019 11:01 AM (Dc2NZ)

I doubt Her Majesty, Elizabeth Winton, Queen of Manticore, Third of her name, would approve.

Posted by: Fox2! at October 27, 2019 03:59 PM (MwFQu)

602 so of course he was removed by DeepState ... mafiosi and commies and crooks. As cynical of government corruption as we tend to be here at AoS, I bet it is much worse ... billions routinely stolen via fake contracts and huge grants, not to mention the monetary policy that served the richest. (Nixon went along with getting us completely off the gold standard, but he was still not compliant enough I guess)
Posted by: illiniwek at October 27, 2019 10:07 AM (Cus5s)

This is lost on a kook and a Conspiro such as yourself, but I'd argue vehemently that Nixon was his own worst enemy.

One, he did everything the Left wanted done in the hopes that they would like him more. He should have understood that he could have implemented McGovern's policies to the letter and they STILL would have hated him.

Two, his response to Watergate? Hold a press conference, announce that he fired a whole lot of people involved in the break-in, and that he was not going to put up with such shenanigans. Kill the thing in the first week. My suspicion is if that were done, he would have been President clear until January 1977.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at October 27, 2019 06:07 PM (Kjtgj)

603 That library in Michoacan is pretty fancy for a Mexican state that produced so many poor people until the recent increase in avocado production (now targeted by drug cartels). A lot of the Mexican immigrants who live around me are from Michoacan.

But I guess there was a gentry class in the past.

Posted by: KT at October 27, 2019 06:08 PM (BVQ+1)

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