Sunday Morning Book Thread 08-29-2021

Bookmobile, Multnomah County, Oregon, 1920s

Good morning to all you 'rons, 'ettes, lurkers, and lurkettes, wine moms, frat bros, crétins sans pantalon (who are technically breaking the rules). 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 I'd definitely wear to a Bulwark barbecue. I'm sure I'd get many compliments. And maybe even a couple of invitations.

It Pays To Increase Your Word Power®
I learned a useful word this week:

Put that way, it doesn't sound like much, but the Oxford Reference site has an expanded explanation:

A vengeful, petty-minded state of being that does not so much want what others have (although that is partly it) as want others to not have what they have. The term, which might be translated as ‘resentment’, though in most places it is generally left in the original French, is usually associated with German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who defined it as a slave morality. Nietzsche sees ressentiment as the core of Christian and Judaic thought and, consequently, the central facet of western thought more generally. In this context, ressentiment is more fully defined as the desire to live a pious existence and thereby position oneself to judge others, apportion blame, and determine responsibility.

Emphasis mine. Nietzsche uses this word to describe the Christians of his day, whom he held in contempt, but he was just born too early. A more succinct encapsulation of the progressive/sjw mindset would be hard to come by.

100 Days of Dante

A lurking moron sent me this:

I thought fellow morons (openly moronic or just lurking) might be interested in an upcoming project from Baylor University's Honors College titled "100 Days of Dante," in which they will cover 3 cantos of the Divine Comedy, starting September 8th and ending around Easter 2022. Their website is at https://100daysofdante.com , where they can sign up for updates.
I have a post at https://acommonreader.st/one-hundred-days-of-dante/ which provides a little more info and the link to an hour-long introductory to the work and the project.

And from the introductory e-mail sent when you sign up:

"We are excited that you are joining us for a journey through one of the great classics of Western literature. In the coming months, we’ll share fun resources to help prepare you to read with us, either by yourself, in a book group, a class, or with friends.

"Starting September 14, we’ll deliver our canto of the day to your inbox every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with a short video introduction alongside the text. Reading Dante together has never been more accessible.

"We’ll also have special events with Dante lovers and scholars who will help us connect Dante to our own lives. Look for updates about these soon!"

So it's like a huge book club or reading group. If you're willing to invest a bit of time, it sounds like it must be worthwhile. Unless, of course, they're going to subject you to endless lectures about how Dante was a white supremacist.

Who Dis:

Last week's who dis was novelist/essayist/journalist Eric Arthur Blair, AKA George Orwell. Loved socialism, hated totalitarianism. I always wonder if he would've seen the problem if he had lived long enough (he died from TB at age 46).

Moron Recommendations

This looked interesting:

103 I also read A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. This is the first book in the Monk and Robot series. This novella is dedicated "For anybody who could use a break." Set on the moon Panga, orbiting Motan, the robots gained self-awareness centuries ago and wandered into the wilderness en mass, never to be seen again. A tea monk, sort of a circuit-riding psychologist, meets a robot, Mosscap, who has been sent to find out what people need. This new series asks: In a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?

The book delivers a nice break from the chaos of today.

Posted by: Zoltan at August 22, 2021 08:37 AM (kiyX4)

Zoltan should write blurbs for Amazon. Every time I pick one of his recommendations, I don't have to add anything to it.

A Psalm for the Wild-Built is an Amazon "Editors' Pick", for what that's worth. $10.99 on Kindle and $16.99 hardcover.

Also:

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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'Ette lurker (mostly) March Hare e-mails in her recommendation:

Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s is a "doorstopper" of a book at over 1100 pages, but it contains 5 complete novels plus annotations...

There are five novels in all: The House Without a Key, The Benson Murder Case, The Roman Hat Mystery, Red Harvest, and Little Caesar. The Anthology offers notes on the texts regarding the authors, original publication, and how true to the original published edition these stories are, as some (especially The House Without a Key, the first story about Charlie Chan) had offensive ethnic slang/slurs removed in later editions. The Anthology also has explanatory notes on the text: definitions of slang terms or jargon used by the various groups, and photos of locations and prominent people mentioned in the novels. Facsimilies of the covers of the first editions are also included or, in the case of Red Harvest, the covers of the editions of the magazines where the novel was serialized.

Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s ain't cheap. The Kindle edition is $26.99 while the price of the hardcover is $38.22. You can get cheaper (or even free) copies of all of the stories, but not the explanatory notes and photos.

March Hare adds this comment:

I always chuckle when the Elites pronounce the Deplorables "uneducated." We may not have The New Yorker on our coffee tables, but what we do have, we read. In my experience, we Deplorables read more widely, in genre, world-view, political opinion, and date-of-publication than those self-same Elites.

I think it was the book The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt that published results from a study that showed that conservatives are much better at demonstrating how progressives would express their beliefs and general world view than vice versa.

So it doesn't bother me that progressives call us racists and white supremacists and wh All they're doing is broadcasting their own ignorance. And it's getting worse. The progressives' bubble that they live in is growing more impermeable as time goes on, and they're slowly becoming more and more aggressively, actively ignorant.

As Phil Robertson once said about dealing with TV network executives, "We know who they are. They have no idea who we are."

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Last week, 'ette CarolinaGirl mentioned a rec from a previous book thread, The Secret Plot to Make Ted Kennedy President: Inside the Real Watergate Conspiracy, written by Geoff Shepard (one of Nixon's staffers), a book that details a conspiracy so far-fetched and wacky, it just... might... be true...

Drawing on his insider knowledge and previously unpublished documents, Geoff Shepard shows that it didn’t take long for Ted Kennedy and his allies to smell blood after the Watergate break-in. They set out to exaggerate and prolong the scandal, not merely to destroy Richard Nixon, but to undermine the entire Republican Party and pave the way for another Kennedy presidency in 1976.

In the process, working closely with a willing media, they pioneered the politics of personal destruction, which has tarnished our country ever since.

Shepard reveals how this Kennedy conspiracy included members and staffs of the Senate, the House, the Justice Department, and the Special Prosecutor’s office. They used delay tactics and obfuscation to postpone the indictments and avoid trials of the handful of real Watergate criminals.

Shepard argues that the abuses of power by Kennedy’s cronies dwarf those of the administration they savaged. Among those he singles out for reevaluation are Republican turncoat John Dean, Mark “Deep Throat” Felt, reporter Bob Woodward, and a young lawyer for the House Judiciary Committee named Hillary Rodham.

I could almost believe this, even without reading the book. Confirmation bias. Catch the fever! No e-copies appear to be available for this book, first published in 2008. New hardbacks run about $17, considerably cheaper for used.

Somewhat related: For those of you who have been thinking, "You know, there just haven't been enough books written about the JFK assassination", you're in luck. You can plunk down about $20 for the pre-order of Coup in Dallas: The Decisive Investigation into Who Killed JFK, by H. P. Albarelli Jr.

Through exhaustive research and newly translated documents, author H.P. Albarelli uncovers and explains the historical roots of state-sponsored assassination, finding disturbing parallels to the assassination of JFK. Albarelli goes beyond conventional JFK assassination theory to piece together the biographies of the lesser-known but instrumental players in the incident, such as Otto Skorzeny, Pierre Lafitte, James Jesus Angleton, Santo Trafficante, and others.

Albarelli provides shocking detail on the crucial role that the city of Dallas and its officials played in the maintenance of Dallas as a major hub of CIA activity, and how it led to JFK’s assassination and its cover-up.

So it sounds like he thinks the CIA did it. That's not a new theory. Maybe he thinks he has new or better evidence. I guess JFK must've done something that royally pissed off the Deep State, something that was so bad, they took him out. But what?

R.I.P.

Sad to learn about the passing of indie author and Liberty Island columnist, Tamara Wilhite. She was a tireless advocate for self-published and small-press authors, and she will be missed.https://t.co/Z1k9zJgMOf
— Hans G. Schantz 🇺🇸 (@AetherCzar) August 28, 2021

Books By Morons

Lurker author Mark Huffman has just published his new book for children, Billan the Bard. Billan has a unique problem:

In a land far away,
there was once a young bard
with a problem: he found rhyming words to be...difficult

But when writing a poem or sonnet or song,
when he tried to make rhymes,
that last word came out... not quite right exactly.

Poor guy can't write a rhyme to save his life. So he sets out for help, finding a wizard who realizes that he is under a curse. I was able to read an advance copy and it is quite cleverly -- and hilariously -- written in verse where the last word, where you expect a clever rhyme -- doesn't. So you can get an idea of the frustration that's driving Billan nuts.

Amazon says this is for kids age 5-9 and I think this would be a great book for parents to read together with their kids and try to figure out what the 'proper' rhyming word would be for each verse. As such, it teaches rhyming skills.

32 pages, and the illustrations are also excellent.

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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.

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1 Good morning fellow Book Threadists. I hope everyone had a great week of reading.

Posted by: JTB at August 29, 2021 08:01 AM (7EjX1)

2 hiya

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 08:01 AM (arJlL)

3 O'Toole?

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 08:02 AM (ONvIw)

4 Who Dis? Peter O'Toole.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 29, 2021 08:02 AM (PiwSw)

5 Wow! First. That doesn't happen often. Shows what a decent night's sleep can do.

Posted by: JTB at August 29, 2021 08:02 AM (7EjX1)

6 Morning, Horde...How goes it? I just finished grading my students' first real assignment for the semester. They did a good job for the most part. I'm very pleased.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 29, 2021 08:03 AM (K5n5d)

7 Good morning, Book Freaks!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at August 29, 2021 08:03 AM (Dc2NZ)

8 Tolle Lege
Which I promise will go to used book store Today
Am working on my little free library every day so hopefully will be seen here week soon.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 08:03 AM (znIQ9)

9 Thank God for the Book Thread.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 08:03 AM (y7DUB)

10 Woot Book Thread!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 29, 2021 08:03 AM (PiwSw)

11 I want that library

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 08:04 AM (znIQ9)

12 'Tis Peter O'Toole. A fairly recent pic; he does not look young.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 08:04 AM (+nNqu)

13 The who dis is Ray bradbury

or brad Raybury

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 08:04 AM (arJlL)

14 Going back for a re-read of Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters series.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2021 08:04 AM (mpXpK)

15 A couple recent books on Catholicism that I read are:

1) Charity for the Suffering Souls by Rev. John Nageleisen. Originally published in 1895, this is an examination of the nature of Purgatory (as seen by private revelation of various saints), and explains why and how to pray for the souls of those in Purgatory. It's generally pretty clear (although you do get the antiquated double-negatives) without too much flowery language. I found it interesting. The biggest weakness was the lack of any bibliography; frequently Rev. Nageleisen would quote a contemporay theologian and only give a last name - so that makes it hard to go to his source material. The best parts were the private relevations and prayers. Rating = 4.5/5.0

(Lots of paperback reprints for this book)

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2021 08:04 AM (pJWtt)

16 Peter O'Toole, of course.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at August 29, 2021 08:04 AM (Dc2NZ)

17 I don't think the pants guy owns a weedwhacker (if you catch my drift)

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 08:05 AM (arJlL)

18 And morning, all. I'm embarking on a re-read of the Matt Helm spy novels by Donald Hamilton, partly because of the mentions of the series last week here, and partly because I can't go into my library like a real human (i.e., sans face diaper) and browse the stacks. So I'm re-reading a lot of books I have here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 08:05 AM (+nNqu)

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2) Understanding Divine Mercy by Fr. Chris Alar. Just recently published, this is a great introduction to the devotion to Divine Mercy with extracts from St. Faustina's "Diary" with biographical information about the saint in order to get context to the devotion. Fr. Alar also discusses the redemptive effects of suffering (he also discusses suicide -- one of his grandmother's committed suicide back in the 1990s). Jesus Christ reveled Divine Mercy to St. Faustina because this devotion is apparently the last step at saving souls before Judgement Day. Outstanding little book, it is a quick read and Fr. Alar is clear, sometimes humorous, and concise in his writing. Rating = 5.0/5.0

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2021 08:05 AM (pJWtt)

20 Nice first, JTB !
Regards to the Missus !

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 08:05 AM (arJlL)

21
g'mornin', book-ish 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 29, 2021 08:05 AM (DUIap)

22 Nice Bookmobile!

Those pants....airs your ass out so you fell fresh all day.

The Who Dis is Hunter Biden.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 29, 2021 08:06 AM (R/m4+)

23 Even if it's these pants

I would never wear an outfit like that anywhere.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2021 08:06 AM (mpXpK)

24 No reading this week. Just dont care.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2021 08:07 AM (yrol0)

25 Peter played the Errol Flynn-like Swann in "My Favorite Year":

[Alan Swann has blundered into the wrong restroom]

Lil: This is for ladies only!

Alan Swann: [unzipping fly] So is *this*, ma'am, but every now and then I have to run a little water through it.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at August 29, 2021 08:07 AM (Dc2NZ)

26 Good morning! I'm still working through G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy. Its slow going not because it is bad, but because it is so good. I can hardly get through two pages before pausing to appreciate one of his metaphors or examples.

I've got to stop putting in extra bookmarks or copying sentences and just finish. I can go back through it later.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2021 08:08 AM (llXky)

27 Even if it's these pants, which I'd definitely wear to a Bulwark barbecue.

Thats a good way to get cornholed!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2021 08:08 AM (yrol0)

28 After watching the movie "Zulu", I asked this Smahht Military Blog if there were any good books on Rorke's Drift, knowing the Hoard would provide. Thanks, Salty, for recommending "Queen Victoria's Little Wars" by Byron Farwell. This is a terrific overview of the "savage wars of peace" fought for Empire. Its short but deftly written descriptions of various battles plays well to my strength, which is a Deficit of Attention.

Perhaps the most British ascension to Valhalla: Lord Chelmsford died "while playing billiards in the United Service Club".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at August 29, 2021 08:08 AM (Dc2NZ)

29 Good morning OM, good morning, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at August 29, 2021 08:08 AM (fD7lb)

30 Well, I'm reading Antic Hay, by Huxley. It's about post-WWI England and the youngish arts community coming to terms with the changes around them. It's to a great extent, an idea book with no real plot. The main character fancies himself an inventor and floats a plan to sell pneumatic trousers for the flat-assed about him who have to sit for long periods.
It holds up, as if you look around, there are always mediocre artists, aging femmes fatales and people with crazy get richer quick schemes.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 08:08 AM (ONvIw)

31 Good morning, all - and letting fans of Luna City know that Luna City X should be available by next week for pre-order on Kindle. I'll be able to launch a print edition by the end of the month. Official word and link to be sent to OM when everything is finalized.

Posted by: Sgt. Mom at August 29, 2021 08:08 AM (xnmPy)

32 Would be interesting to do a side by side comparison of Baylor vs Hillsdale college of their online courses of Dante.

Posted by: Jen the original at August 29, 2021 08:08 AM (WTbQ7)

33 Not as much time to read these days as I might like. But I have been working my way through some of John Bellairs' young adult novels (Johnny Dixon series and Lewis Barnavelt). They were some of my favorite books when I was a child. They hold up surprisingly well for me even today. Very terrifying on several different levels.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 29, 2021 08:09 AM (K5n5d)

34 Alan Swann: [unzipping fly] So is *this*, ma'am, but every now and then I have to run a little water through it.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at August 29, 2021 08:07 AM (Dc2NZ)

"I'm not an actor, damn you, I'm a movie star!"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 29, 2021 08:09 AM (PiwSw)

35 The prior thread contained a timely example of the useful word of the week, unfortunately hitting close to horde.

Posted by: SFGoth at August 29, 2021 08:09 AM (KAi1n)

36 Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s looks interesting. I've read the Ellery Queen, S.S. Van Dine, and Hammett novels. Hammett is better at the short length; Roman Hat is not EQ's best novel, but it's the only one published in the 1920s; and Van Dine's Benson, well, you may get tired of Philo Vance's endless drawling chatter. I did at age 14, when I was more patient with such dialog and narration.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 08:09 AM (+nNqu)

37 the desire to live a pious existence
and thereby position oneself to judge others,
apportion blame, and
determine responsibility.

BLM
Woke
Progressivism

These are the core tenants.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2021 08:10 AM (yrol0)

38 Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at August 29, 2021 08:07 AM (Dc2NZ)

I enjoyed that movie a lot.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 08:10 AM (ONvIw)

39 I dunno about that first box in the cartoon; wishing a dystopian future on us, rly ? srsly ?
words have meanings !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (YjYuE) at August 29, 2021 08:11 AM (YjYuE)

40 Also about the classics of the '20s: I've never been able to find Little Caesar at my libraries. Guess I'll have to buy it. And I've never read any of the Charlie Chan stories, so I can't say anything about them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 08:11 AM (+nNqu)

41
I would never wear an outfit like that anywhere.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2021 08:06 AM

not enough sequins?

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 29, 2021 08:11 AM (DUIap)

42 Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2021 08:10 AM (yrol0)

Except they define "piety" in a very sick way.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 08:12 AM (ONvIw)

43 I liked O'Toole in Masada.

Posted by: SFGoth at August 29, 2021 08:12 AM (KAi1n)

44 Here's a word: quidnunc (in short, a busybody)

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 08:12 AM (Mzdiz)

45 Perhaps the most British ascension to Valhalla: Lord Chelmsford died "while playing billiards in the United Service Club".
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at August 29, 2021 08:08 AM (Dc2NZ)

you mean he was banging a whore?

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2021 08:12 AM (yrol0)

46 Except they define "piety" in a very sick way.
Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 08:12 AM (ONvIw)

pronouns
changing words meaning
safe spaces

Kind of like the monks of old and all their made up rules.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2021 08:13 AM (yrol0)

47 Regarding Charlie Chan, however, as I understand it he was never painted as a comic ethnic stereotype in the novels. He was smart and brave, and an excellent detective. How the films diverged from the books I don't know, but I suspect the "Number One Son" business was a creation of H'wood.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 08:14 AM (+nNqu)

48 While can't imagine anyone else playing Lawrence, I thought he's as fitting as Dumbledore than his replacement

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 08:14 AM (znIQ9)

49 The progressives' bubble that they live in is growing more impermeable as time goes on, and they're slowly becoming more and more aggressively, actively ignorant.

I would suggest that the distortions are deliberate and based on malintent and greed and not ignorance.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 08:14 AM (ONvIw)

50 Good Sunday morning, horde!

I like that library, too, but someone needs to open the drapes. Needs moar light.

I have been staying with my mother this week to help her recover from shoulder surgery. So glad my home work station is reasonably mobile.

When I'm not too tired in the evening, I've been reading Malachi Martin's "Hostage to the Devil," an account of five real-life exorcisms and the priests who conducted them. I'm just beginning the first exorcism story, but wow.

Just thinking about forces of evil and how they take over people and groups makes me feel bleak.

Posted by: April -- dash my lace wigs! at August 29, 2021 08:15 AM (OX9vb)

51 Finished a couple books last week. One was Fahrenheit 451 which I already described what a pleasant surprise it was last week. The ending was a bit weird about describing how a war was over in like a nanosecond. I didn't understand how the band of people keeping western civilization alive through orally transcribing the classics was going to accomplish that in a nuclear wasteland but maybe I was missing the point. Anyway I enjoyed it a great deal.

The book group has moved on to "Far From the Madding Crowd". Thomas Hardy with all his bitterness is obviously a personal fave.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 08:15 AM (y7DUB)

52 For some lighter reading, a co-worker lent me a copy of Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter. Published in 1993, this was the source material for the movie "Shooter." The story itself was okay, although the big scandal was a bit dated: the CIA had outsourced training of some anti-communist hunter/killer group used during the Sandinista/Contra guerrilla war in El Salvadore. I found the author's continual name-dropping of brand name of gear and firearms to be irritating. Overall, characters in the book seemed like caricatures of what a Lefty would think right-wing people would be like. I liked the court room drama at the end of the book better than how they did it in the movie. Rating = 4.0/5.0

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2021 08:15 AM (pJWtt)

53 OT, but I can hear some wind picking up outside. There's some architectural quirk outside my living room window that allows wind really to whistle if it's higher than a stiff breeze, and I'm getting hints of that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 08:15 AM (+nNqu)

54 I would suggest that the distortions are deliberate and based on malintent and greed and not ignorance.
Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 08:14 AM (ONvIw)

never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2021 08:16 AM (yrol0)

55 18 And morning, all. I'm embarking on a re-read of the Matt Helm spy novels by Donald Hamilton, partly because of the mentions of the series last week here, and partly because I can't go into my library like a real human (i.e., sans face diaper) and browse the stacks. So I'm re-reading a lot of books I have here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 08:05 AM (+nNqu)

I looked up that first book of the series and Amazon wants $8 for it which seem high to me for a book published in 2013. It would be a re-read for me but it has been a while since I read that series.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2021 08:16 AM (mpXpK)

56 "There are five novels in all: The House Without a Key, The Benson Murder Case, The Roman Hat Mystery, Red Harvest, and Little Caesar."

I just finished The Benson Murder Case, and like all S.S. Dine books, one is struck by the classical education of the characters, and the vocabulary level. That's where I found "quidnunc."

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 08:16 AM (Mzdiz)

57 I am reading Christopher Hitchens' book, "Thomas Paine's Rights Of Man."

It's a slog because Hitchens simply can't resist demonstrating how smart he is.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 29, 2021 08:16 AM (Q9lwr)

58 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

Not hung over today, but depressed, as usual.

That's Peter O'Toole, obviously, whose quirk was green socks. He would always wear them when on stage or filming. If, for some reason, he could not wear them, he would always wear something green.

As well, when he showed up to receive some sort of lifetime award from the Academy and found there was no alcohol, he walked out. A gofer had to be sent to grab a bottle of vodka from a nearby store before O'Toole could be convinced to return.

Now to read content. Still depressed.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 29, 2021 08:17 AM (2JVJo)

59 And morning, all. I'm embarking on a re-read of the Matt Helm spy novels by Donald Hamilton . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021

I looked up that first book of the series and Amazon wants $8 for it which seem high to me for a book published in 2013. It would be a re-read for me but it has been a while since I read that series.
Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2021

***
I've had my paperbacks, some of them, since about 1969. My edition of novel 2 dates from 1973, and it is still in great condition. Some of mine are younger and are in poorer shape, but all are readable.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 08:18 AM (+nNqu)

60 One was Fahrenheit 451 which I already described what a pleasant surprise it was last week.
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I've read Fahrenheit 451 several times in the past couple of years. It always struck me that it's probably one of those books that's misinterpreted more than most. Indeed, one copy I have has an epic rant from Bradbury about people's interpretations of his novel.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 29, 2021 08:18 AM (K5n5d)

61 33 Not as much time to read these days as I might like. But I have been working my way through some of John Bellairs' young adult novels (Johnny Dixon series and Lewis Barnavelt). They were some of my favorite books when I was a child. They hold up surprisingly well for me even today. Very terrifying on several different levels.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 29, 2021 08:09 AM (K5n5d)

Was it you who recommended "Face in the Frost"? If so, thank you. I am now started on "The House with a Clock in Its Walls."

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 29, 2021 08:18 AM (/+bwe)

62 20 ... Back at you, JT.

Posted by: JTB at August 29, 2021 08:19 AM (7EjX1)

63 The storm looks like it will curve strongly NE after it leaves here. I may be traveling in its fringes as I drive to B'ham. I hope the I-10 and I-59 into Miss. are not going to be closed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 08:20 AM (+nNqu)

64 never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2021 08:16 AM (yrol0)

As so many of the people spreading the woke lies are academics, it is inconceivable to let them off as "ignorant". Their position requires them to have done the proper reading and research. They are malevolent liars.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 08:20 AM (ONvIw)

65 as a kid, I bought a lot of metamorphic chairs like in the above picture

Posted by: REDACTED at August 29, 2021 08:21 AM (uCLWI)

66 For the abandonment of reading he saw in society, and from which he extrapolated in his book, he blamed not the state but the people, an entertainment-as-opiate-addicted

democratic society whose diverse population turns against books: Whites reject Uncle Toms Cabin and blacks disapprove of Little Black Sambo,

leading to widespread censorship and eventually the burning of all reading material.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2021 08:21 AM (yrol0)

67 I had been looking forward to reading "Judas in Jerusalem" by Joseph Lewis Heil. I hope Joseph Lewis Heil does not post here because I have a majorly bad review of his book. Where to start?

It seems as if the author once walked past a Bible, then thought "I could write a novel about that!" Well, he can't. The dialogue is preposterous, the scenes are out of order and devoid of any context or reality, and the plot is laughable.

For instance, the only words we hear from Jesus are when he finds Judas drunk, slings him over His shoulder, and says, "Oh well. You know boys will be boys."

Judas is never with the disciples. He just hangs around Jerusalem stealing food. And the poor innocent lad is tricked by an evil Pharisee into identifying Jesus with a kiss. Just to point Him out so the Pharisee knows who to talk to. He is barely present at the Last Supper, Jesus makes no mention of his upcoming betrayal. Just like there was no mention of Lazarus rising from the dead when they went to visit Mary and Martha.

The whole thing is a mess. Don't read it.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 29, 2021 08:21 AM (45fpk)

68 25 ... "Peter played the Errol Flynn-like Swann in "My Favorite Year"

One of my all time favorite movies. And all those different arrangements of 'How High The Moon'.

Posted by: JTB at August 29, 2021 08:22 AM (7EjX1)

69 My MiL-to-be really prefers early 20th century novels since they have no "smut." She is anti-smut. I find them charming and educational. Grace S. Richmond is pretty good. I think that her "Twenty-Fourth of June" is one of the best things I've read in a long time. An unusual kind of novel, where a young man (wealthy but of no apparent character) improves himself in an effort to earn the respect of a young woman he admires greatly. In doing so, he comes to relish life in a way he never had before.

You can probably find it free online. I highly recommend it.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 08:22 AM (Mzdiz)

70 My books for this week are The Corona Project, by Curtis Peebles. Peebles is a very good aerospace historian, and this book moves him onto my "buy on sight" list. It's about the early days of spy satellites. Surprisingly, the US was way ahead of Russia in that for quite a long time. One of the main tasks early on wasn't just looking for missile silos or air bases, it was making maps of the USSR. Because up to then all the US had were old Czarist-era maps and a few captured German maps of western Russia. They literally didn't know where cities were. (And, one suspects, the Soviets probably didn't, either.)

Some of the early launches carried semi-bogus "scientific" payloads -- mice and whatnot -- but the engineers had trouble keeping them alive long enough to launch.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 29, 2021 08:22 AM (QZxDR)

71
I just finished The Benson Murder Case, and like all S.S. Dine books, one is struck by the classical education of the characters, and the vocabulary level. That's where I found "quidnunc."
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021

***
As I said earlier, Vance gets tiresome fast. I finished the 4th book in the series and went on to other things. His plotting was good, and the imagination quotient of Greene and Bishop was quite good. In fact John Dickson Carr put the third novel, Greene on his 1947 list of "best detective novels."

If the EQ cousins had not modified their Ellery Queen away from the Vance model, Ellery would have passed into literary zero-dom too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 08:23 AM (+nNqu)

72 Nietzsche: Celebrated for condemning others for judging, while judging others. He was a late adopter, but he is more enlightened now...

Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at August 29, 2021 08:23 AM (MkuC5)

73 "Poor guy can't write a rhyme to save his life."

Heh. The bad guy from Don Knotts "The Private Eyes" couldn't get the last word right either.

Posted by: Fool Otto at August 29, 2021 08:23 AM (DB16e)

74 The storm looks like it will curve strongly NE after it leaves here. I may be traveling in its fringes as I drive to B'ham. I hope the I-10 and I-59 into Miss. are not going to be closed.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 08:20 AM (+nNqu)

When are you planning on doing that, Wolfus? I hate saying stay safe because they have ruined that phrase in the last year and a half, but stay safe.

Oh, and I'm currently reading The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 29, 2021 08:24 AM (hP4QN)

75 Some of the early launches carried semi-bogus "scientific" payloads -- mice and whatnot -- but the engineers had trouble keeping them alive long enough to launch.
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 29, 2021 08:22 AM (QZxDR)

Could have used some good encabulators.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 29, 2021 08:24 AM (PiwSw)

76 57: I have the same issues with Huxley's "comedies", they are regularly peppered with Latin passages and references to Zadig. The book was clearly written for Oxford/Cambridge types with an interest in classics (in the original language).

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 08:24 AM (ONvIw)

77 OT: my computer's "news" feed was hot and heavy to tell me "Caleb Wallace, Anti-Mask 'Freedom Rally' Organizer, Dies at 30 With Covid."

So many of these so-called "anti-mask" people have been dying lately that I am wondering whether or not their deaths are accidental. I would not put anything past these government assholes.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 29, 2021 08:25 AM (2JVJo)

78 When I'm not too tired in the evening, I've been reading Malachi Martin's "Hostage to the Devil," an account of five real-life exorcisms and the priests who conducted them. I'm just beginning the first exorcism story, but wow.

Posted by: April -- dash my lace wigs! at August 29, 2021 08:15 AM (OX9vb)
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I just ordered the Diary of an American Exorcist. Looking forward to reading it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2021 08:25 AM (llXky)

79 Greetings:

Reading "House of Rain" by Craig Childs. It's about the archeology for the Four Corners area of the American Southwest and the "disappearance" of the Anasazi. At first I feared a progressive underpinning but the author avoids most of the these days requisite troth plighting even criticizing those predilections from time to time.

The author comes to some convincing conclusions and the Hopi ain't talking at all.

Posted by: 11B40 at August 29, 2021 08:26 AM (uuklp)

80 A friend who was moving and could not take all her books with her gave me a set of 10 or 15 mystery short story anthologies set in the 1920s to the 1940s. It was fabulous. It took me months to read them. Good times.

Posted by: huerfano at August 29, 2021 08:26 AM (MzKgG)

81 Posted by: April -- dash my lace wigs! at August 29, 2021 08:15 AM (OX9vb)

Even the opening was stunning.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 08:26 AM (ONvIw)

82 "Peter played the Errol Flynn-like Swann in "My Favorite Year"

Tim Curry played the role in the 1992 Broadway musical.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 29, 2021 08:27 AM (2JVJo)

83 Finished Huxley's "After Many a Summer Dies the Swan" last night and it was flat out tremendous. Never have people who want to live forever (and have the financial resources to seriously attempt it) been skewered so effectively. Some of the philosophical meandering was a bit confusing (or maybe I was just too fucking dumb to understand it) but all in all it was very satisfying.

Anybody have any other recs by him? The Burgess book that raved about it has other selections by him.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 08:27 AM (y7DUB)

84 Prayers for our friends in the path of the hurricane. Safe travels for those who are evacuating, and God's protection and mercy for those who cannot.

Posted by: April -- dash my lace wigs! at August 29, 2021 08:28 AM (OX9vb)

85 Oh, forgot the second one I'm reading: Dumas on Food, by Alexandre Dumas. It's technically a re-read, although I'm not sure I actually finished it the first time. Since it's written encyclopedia-format, one can dip in and out. It has some little editorial notes pointing out where Dumas is utterly wrong about things -- like confusing cod and salt cod in a couple of recipes -- but I'm not sure if I like them or not.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 29, 2021 08:28 AM (QZxDR)

86 32 Would be interesting to do a side by side comparison of Baylor vs Hillsdale college of their online courses of Dante.
Posted by: Jen the original at August 29, 2021 08:08 AM (WTbQ7)

As a Baylor alum, I would love to say the Bears would be the standout, but honestly, I don't think so. I believe that Hillsdale has integrity. Baylor...no so much anymore.

Posted by: Moki at August 29, 2021 08:28 AM (JrN/x)

87 After watching the movie "Zulu", I asked this Smahht Military Blog if there were any good books on Rorke's Drift, knowing the Hoard would provide. Thanks, Salty, for recommending "Queen Victoria's Little Wars" by Byron Farwell. ...
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at August 29, 2021 08:08 AM (Dc2NZ)

I've got the following in my bookshelves:

Washing of the Spears by Donald R. Morris. Published in 1965, this puts the Zulu War in fuller context with the rise of Shaka Zulu.

Brave Men's Blood: The Epic of the Zulu War, 1879 by Ian Knight. Published in 1990, lots of illustrations.

The Anatomy of the Zulu Army by Ian Knight. Published 1995, an in-depth study of the Zulu army and how they fought.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2021 08:29 AM (pJWtt)

88 Not really reading anything, but slowly making my way through Andrew Erish's Vitagraph: America's First Great Motion Picture Studio. Really only a book for anyone who is into silents, so naturally in my wheelhouse.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 29, 2021 08:29 AM (2JVJo)

89
Is SniffyJo about to have his own Katrina?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 29, 2021 08:29 AM (jYQlA)

90 53 ... "OT, but I can hear some wind picking up outside. There's some architectural quirk outside my living room window that allows wind really to whistle if it's higher than a stiff breeze, and I'm getting hints of that."

Wolfus, stay safe.

Posted by: JTB at August 29, 2021 08:29 AM (7EjX1)

91 Good morning! The Castalia Book Bindery Campaign met its goal, and there's still a couple of days to sign on and get limited edition leather or goatskin copies of the Iliad and/or the Odyssey. https://arkhavencomics.com/product-category/leather/bindery/

Posted by: Hans G. Schantz at August 29, 2021 08:30 AM (+leAG)

92 The senile idiot will not have "his own Katrina." This storm could literally obliterate south Louisiana and kill millions of people and all we'd hear from the lying shits in the media is how well he handled the crisis.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 29, 2021 08:31 AM (QZxDR)

93 Anybody have any other recs by him? The Burgess book that raved about it has other selections by him.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 08:27 AM (y7DUB)

I mentioned The Crows of Pearblossom, his only children's book. It's about a pair of crows whose eggs are constantly stolen by a nearby snake until, with the help of their friend Owl, they foil him.

But, again, a children's book.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 29, 2021 08:31 AM (2JVJo)

94 It seems as if the author once walked past a Bible, then thought "I could write a novel about that!" Well, he can't.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 29, 2021 08:21 AM (45fpk)
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This seems common among theologians, too. In the Jewish Roots of Mary, the author spends a bit of time pointing out how many "bible scholars" haven't the first idea of what they are talking about.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2021 08:31 AM (llXky)

95 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 29, 2021 08:25 AM (2JVJo)

WITH the 'rona. And I assume they're still using the PCR test. Bogus.

Back to topic.

My MiL has a ton of Donna Leon mysteries. I like the Venetian setting. Her protagonist is Commissario Guido Brunetti. Crime and mystery fiction novels are among my favorite genres.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 08:32 AM (Mzdiz)

96 Even the opening was stunning.
Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 08:26 AM (ONvIw)

Yes, my thoughts exactly.

Posted by: April -- dash my lace wigs! at August 29, 2021 08:33 AM (OX9vb)

97 Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 08:27 AM (y7DUB)

I spent a lot of time looking up references to philosophers, and translating Latin

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 08:34 AM (ONvIw)

98 I got that classic crime fiction tome from the library a couple of years ago, but only for "Little Caesar." I had already read "Red Harvest" and "The Roman Hat Mystery."

I'm plugging away at "Helluva Town." Just finished the section of activities at the harbor. I'd known of the Normandie inferno, but this book introduced to me an averted tragedy -- a fire aboard a ship packed with explosives. Had this blown, much of the city would have been damaged. Fortunately, the Navy was able to tow the ship from its pier and scuttle it.

I'm also about to wrap up an abridged, large-type edition of "Ashenden" by Somerset Maugham. Ashenden is a writer who works for British intelligence during World War I, although the book was written during the 1920s. I got this from the library because it was recommended by a Great Courses lecturer on espionage and covert operations throughout history. However, the particular story the lecturer cited isn't in this edition.

What is in this edition is sloppy proofreading. Lots of missing quotation marks, in particular. As a former copy editor, I find this annoying.

(Phone or Pixy is blocking me from continuing.)

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 29, 2021 08:34 AM (Om/di)

99 Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 08:22 AM (Mzdiz)

It's free for the Kindle! Thanks Miley.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at August 29, 2021 08:34 AM (Dc2NZ)

100 A friend who was moving and could not take all her books with her gave me a set of 10 or 15 mystery short story anthologies set in the 1920s to the 1940s. It was fabulous. It took me months to read them. Good times.

Posted by: huerfano at August 29, 2021 08:26 AM (MzKgG)

Oh yes! I recently read a short story anthology by Dorothy Sayers and really enjoyed it.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 08:34 AM (Mzdiz)

101 I think someone here suggested this weather site. Hurricanes are...spinny.

https://www.ventusky.com/

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 29, 2021 08:34 AM (PiwSw)

102 Crime and mystery fiction novels are among my favorite genres.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 08:32 AM (Mzdiz)

Me too. I've read some of Donna Leon's books as well.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 29, 2021 08:34 AM (45fpk)

103 I had been looking forward to reading "Judas in Jerusalem" by Joseph Lewis Heil.

His buddies call him Sig.

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 08:34 AM (arJlL)

104 It seems as if the author once walked past a Bible, then thought "I could write a novel about that!"

This is such a beautifully turned phrase, grammie.

Posted by: Moki at August 29, 2021 08:35 AM (JrN/x)

105 I've read Fahrenheit 451 several times in the past couple of years. It always struck me that it's probably one of those books that's misinterpreted more than most. Indeed, one copy I have has an epic rant from Bradbury about people's interpretations of his novel.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 29, 2021 08:18 AM (K5n5d)

I have a 50th anniversay edition with at least as many subsequent essays as the original text. One is by Margaret "Dense Cunt" Atwood which is surely rife with misinterpretations. I might read them until the urge to throw it against the wall becomes too great.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 08:35 AM (y7DUB)

106 Never have people who want to live forever (and have the financial resources to seriously attempt it) been skewered so effectively.

Are you talking about me?

Posted by: uncle handsy Joe at August 29, 2021 08:35 AM (yrol0)

107 This week I'm going to start re-reading Xenophon's _Anabasis_, in solidarity with all our troops and allies who have been left with their asses hanging out in the wind by our traitorous government.

You can get it free from:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1170

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 29, 2021 08:36 AM (LJ6NL)

108 Washing of the Spears by Donald R. Morris. Published in 1965, this puts the Zulu War in fuller context with the rise of Shaka Zulu.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2021 08:29 AM (pJWtt)
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Farwell himself recommended it. Thank you for the titles.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at August 29, 2021 08:36 AM (Dc2NZ)

109 His buddies call him Sig.

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 08:34 AM (arJlL)

Posted by: grammie winger at August 29, 2021 08:36 AM (45fpk)

110 Oh, and I'm currently reading The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie.
Posted by: Jordan61

It was white when he put it on.

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 08:37 AM (arJlL)

111 After announcing to the class that there are no dumb questions, Biden was told to put his hand back down.

Sad

Posted by: Jimco Industries at August 29, 2021 08:38 AM (buTO7)

112 I know a person who refers to herself in the plural. They.
Last time I heard of that happening was with Legion.

Posted by: Jmel at August 29, 2021 08:38 AM (ejMBC)

113 I mentioned The Crows of Pearblossom, his only children's book. It's about a pair of crows whose eggs are constantly stolen by a nearby snake until, with the help of their friend Owl, they foil him.

But, again, a children's book.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 29, 2021 08:31 AM (2JVJo)

I noted your previous comments. Flannery O'Connor refered to To Kill a Mockingbird as a children's book; one of the reasons I really liked her.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 08:39 AM (y7DUB)

114 "...conservatives are much better at demonstrating how progressives would express their beliefs and general world view than vice versa."

So true. My extended family of progressives has a pathetically stunted view of conservatives and conservatism. They have no personal association with either; indeed, only a compulsive aversion or total incuriosity. My brother has carved out of his life every old friend or acquaintance who even started leaning toward political conservatism or Christianity.

This produces ridiculous caricatures in their minds, which of course their media world reinforces.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 29, 2021 08:39 AM (ucUhL)

115 ressentiment is more fully defined as the desire to live a pious existence and thereby position oneself to judge others, apportion blame, and determine responsibility.

So, HOA Board members explained.

Posted by: Count de Monet, unvaccinated American at August 29, 2021 08:39 AM (4I/2K)

116 It was white when he put it on.

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 08:37 AM (arJlL)

But then he realized it was after Labor Day.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 29, 2021 08:39 AM (45fpk)

117 To continue:

Interspersed with the books, I'm rereading my Doctor Strange back issues. I'm into the classic Roger Stern run, which had just begun when I was introduced to comics. Coming up, Doc takes on Dracula.

This run is collected in two Marvel Masterworks volumes. Damned pricey, so I've left the relevant tabs open on the home computer in hope that a family member will come across them and realize those would make a great Christmas gift for Dad.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 29, 2021 08:39 AM (Om/di)

118 A friend gave me a 'Young Folk's Library of Choice Literature', 2nd grade reader: Franklin. The copy is from 1893

"He was an industrious young man. He was never lazy. He loved his country and would have gave his life for it. He brought his children up to love their country above all else. Franklin was a good patriot."

2nd. Grade. Reader. It's full of sentences like those above.

Posted by: Fool Otto at August 29, 2021 08:40 AM (DB16e)

119 Hiya Grammie !

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 08:41 AM (arJlL)

120 Hiya JT!

Posted by: grammie winger at August 29, 2021 08:41 AM (45fpk)

121 In writing news...still doing pieces on bleedingfool.com, most recently about a re-remake of Avatar: The Last Airbender. In it is skewer the woke sequel, Legend of Korra which prefigures our "failure is okay" mentality.

Still doing a lot of thinking about my potential book on the spirit world, and the book on exorcisms I ordered will give me more things to think about.

When I decided to write Long Live Death, one thing I wanted to do was use my personal library as a resource. The same applies here. My wife has been collecting lots of books on Catholic mysticism and I intend to draw on them for information and inspiration. We'll see.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2021 08:42 AM (llXky)

122 One is by Margaret "Dense Cunt" Atwood which is surely rife with misinterpretations. I might read them until the urge to throw it against the wall becomes too great.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 08:35 AM (y7DUB)

I get so mad thinking about how wrong she was on so many levels. The Handmaids Tale pick the exact wrong side of the story. Both Sarah and Abraham do not trust God to delver on his promise and are punished. Then when they see their sins they throw the baby out with the bathwater.

It would be like reading about Jesus and the Leper and deciding that Jesus violated AMA guidelines.

Posted by: uncle handsy Joe at August 29, 2021 08:42 AM (yrol0)

123 107 This week I'm going to start re-reading Xenophon's _Anabasis_, in solidarity with all our troops and allies who have been left with their asses hanging out in the wind by our traitorous government...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 29, 2021 08:36 AM (LJ6NL)

The Landmark Anabasis will be published in December:

https://is.gd/fXGbzW

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 29, 2021 08:42 AM (PiwSw)

124 My Favorite Year is based on Mel Brooks' experiences as Errol Flynn's babysitter for Sid Caeaser's TV variety show.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2021 08:43 AM (ZHVt1)

125 Not hung over today, but depressed, as usual.

That's Peter O'Toole, obviously, whose quirk was green socks. ...
Now to read content. Still depressed.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 29, 2021 08:17 AM (2JVJo)

MPPPP, I highly recommend that you read Understanding Divine Mercy. You've mentioned before that you were raised Catholic and you live in Massachusetts. Well, the National Shrine to Divine Mercy is in Stockbridge, Mass. Find yourself a Latin Mass or a traditional Novo Ordo parish (they exist).

Not to be flippant, but perhaps your depression stems from not recognizing God is trying to direct you to a particular course of action or away from some behavior. Speaking for myself, I am so much happier since I've come back to the Church.

Deus Vult!

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2021 08:43 AM (pJWtt)

126 87 After watching the movie "Zulu", I asked this Smahht Military Blog if there were any good books on Rorke's Drift, knowing the Hoard would provide. Thanks, Salty, for recommending "Queen Victoria's Little Wars" by Byron Farwell. ...
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at August 29, 2021 08:08 AM (Dc2NZ)

I second The Washing of the Spears; good book.

There's another that came out recently, but may be the definitive work on the subject. Like Wolves on the Fold: The Defense of Rorke's Drift by Mike Snook. It's almost minute by minute.

Posted by: Not From Around Here at August 29, 2021 08:44 AM (wrzAm)

127 @25 --

I've read that was a real-life situation with John Barrymore. MP4 probably knows the truth.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 29, 2021 08:44 AM (Om/di)

128 It would be like reading about Jesus and the Leper and deciding that Jesus violated AMA guidelines.

Posted by: uncle handsy Joe at August 29, 2021 08:42 AM (yrol0)

Sounds similar to the book I mentioned up thread. What a pile.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 29, 2021 08:45 AM (45fpk)

129 Loved socialism, hated totalitarianism.

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Have your cake and eat it too socialism.

P.S. It's never been tried.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at August 29, 2021 08:45 AM (d9FiS)

130 Not about Rorke's Drift as such, but I remember "Great Elephant" by Alan Scholefield as giving an interesting description of Zulu society. It's a novel about a white family who moved to Zulu territory because the father was an escaped transportee (he managed to jump ship in South Africa on the way to Australia).

It's been a long time since I read it, though, so I don't know how it might have aged.

It's on Kindle Unlimited, if you have that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 29, 2021 08:45 AM (LJ6NL)

131 If we're talking JFK assassination conspiracy theories, I was always fond of the idea that the FBI did it because J Edgar Hoover was afraid that Kennedy was sufficiently popular that the dirt Hoover had on Kennedy would not be sufficient to keep Kennedy under control.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at August 29, 2021 08:46 AM (ezpv1)

132 It's free for the Kindle! Thanks Miley.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at August 29, 2021 08:34 AM (Dc2NZ)

You're welcome! I don't have a Kindle, but many of her novels can be found to read on the internet. "The Indifference of Juliet" is, I think, the next best one. And the "Red Pepper" series. I think there are three.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 08:47 AM (Mzdiz)

133 129 Loved socialism, hated totalitarianism.

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Have your cake and eat it too socialism.

P.S. It's never been tried.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at August 29, 2021 08:45 AM (d9FiS)

Its baked into the Cake:

Any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2021 08:47 AM (yrol0)

134 booken morgen horden!

problem:
I keep piling books onto my to read pile but not reading them

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion (oEn12) at August 29, 2021 08:47 AM (oEn12)

135 Hot Coffee & Tolle Lege!!! Undoubtably Mr Chips in the Faculty Lounge...

Posted by: Qmark at August 29, 2021 08:48 AM (emnp2)

136 I've read that was a real-life situation with John Barrymore. MP4 probably knows the truth.
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 29, 2021 08:44 AM (Om/di)

The "this is for the ladies" story? Yes, that was Barrymore.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 29, 2021 08:48 AM (2JVJo)

137 A tea monk, sort of a circuit-riding psychologist, meets a robot, Mosscap, who has been sent to find out what people need.

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Sort of like the Cerebral online mental health app. That'll tighten your loose screws!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at August 29, 2021 08:49 AM (d9FiS)

138 My brother has carved out of his life every old friend or acquaintance who even started leaning toward political conservatism or Christianity.
This produces ridiculous caricatures in their minds, which of course their media world reinforces.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 29, 2021 08:39 AM (ucUhL)

One of my husband's colleagues died when his son was 14. My husband kept in contact and helped the boy with college choices and job related things. Both of the men were long term conservatives and the boy was until he moved to NYC and became a huge lib. Then he denounced conservatives as racist monsters, and said he knew enough conservatives that he could say this with authority.

He was stunned when we cut him off. That was 5 years ago.

Sometimes you don't have to put up with bullshit. Lately he offered to travel to NJ to " discuss matters", and we declined knowing that he's interested in getting a PhD at this time and is just looking for recommendations.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 08:49 AM (ONvIw)

139 Not to be flippant, but perhaps your depression stems from not recognizing God is trying to direct you to a particular course of action or away from some behavior. Speaking for myself, I am so much happier since I've come back to the Church.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2021 08:43 AM (pJWtt)
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Absolutely agree. There is no way I could have made it through the last ten years without God. Heck, the last 18 months would have driven me mad without Him.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2021 08:50 AM (llXky)

140 It's on Kindle Unlimited, if you have that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 29, 2021 08:45 AM (LJ6NL)

That sounds interesting, I'll have to check it out. I have a free trial Kindle Unlimited membership until October.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 29, 2021 08:50 AM (hP4QN)

141 Me too. I've read some of Donna Leon's books as well.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 29, 2021 08:34 AM (45fpk)

There's nothing like finding an author you enjoy, and having a ton of her books next door to borrow.

I'm still into holding books, which is why I don't have an e-reader.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 08:50 AM (Mzdiz)

142 Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2021 08:43 AM (pJWtt)

I have a feeling you're right. And yet, in a perverse way, I almost seem to like being depressed, as it's something that's always there and I know it's coming and my day will be like all my other days. Sorry if that's a bit incoherent; not feeling particularly loquacious today.

Thak you for the Divine Mercy recommendation. I've got it noted.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 29, 2021 08:50 AM (2JVJo)

143 I just watched The Courier about Cold War spying leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Khruschev was going crazy so an insider was intent on warning the west about Cuba, which led to us doing the U2 flyover.

How Krazy was Khruschev?

Krazy enough to push the button that was Oswald. That's my pet theory.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2021 08:51 AM (ZHVt1)

144 Is SniffyJo about to have his own Katrina?

*sniff, sniff* Where is she?

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 29, 2021 08:51 AM (Lt1JN)

145 Peter O'Toole!

Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 08:52 AM (S1hrL)

146 > I get so mad thinking about how wrong she was on so many levels.

The biggest howler (among many howlers) was the way she was so smugly sure that if the United States became a totalitarian religious dictatorship, that Canada would somehow still be Just Fine.

Yeah, no.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 29, 2021 08:52 AM (LJ6NL)

147 The problem I have with any JFK assassination theories other than "Oswald was a murderous Commie nutjob" is that none of them provide an adequate motive. There's this curious flailing about, generating hypotheses that just don't make sense. "JFK was going to end the Vietnam War so the generals killed him!" -- End the war he got us into? And why would these hypothetical generals murder an anticommunist Commander-in-Chief over it? "Hoover wanted to control JFK!" -- JFK wasn't that invincibly popular before he got killed, and some of Hoover's dirt on him was pretty damning. We are talking Kennedys, here. Besides, Hoover's goal was to protect his position, which murdering Presidents would endanger. "The Mob did it!" -- at least has the slight Jack Ruby justification, but nobody's ever explained why they'd whack good old Joe Kennedy's kid. I just don't buy any of them.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 29, 2021 08:56 AM (QZxDR)

148 > Peter O'Toole!

Please, please. His name is now "Oppressive Male Organ O'Oppressive Male Organ".

Just like Dick Van Dyke is now "Penis Van Lesbian".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 29, 2021 08:56 AM (LJ6NL)

149 The biggest howler (among many howlers) was the way she was so smugly sure that if the United States became a totalitarian religious dictatorship, that Canada would somehow still be Just Fine.

Yeah, no.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 29, 2021 08:52 AM (LJ6NL)

The perpetual, serial wrongness of progressives about EVERYTHING is amazing. And on they blather and opine and predict, supremely smug and completely unself-aware of their utter, invariable wrongness.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 29, 2021 08:56 AM (ucUhL)

150 Is the conjoined twin in Kamillas neck eligible to vote?

Posted by: Jimco Industries at August 29, 2021 08:56 AM (buTO7)

151 "The biggest howler (among many howlers) was the way she was so smugly sure that if the United States became a totalitarian religious dictatorship, that Canada would somehow still be Just Fine."

That someone would think that the United States would ever become a totalitarian religious dictatorship is just insane. Kind of like the wimmenzes who own Handmaid's Tale costumes. WTF, really?

I read that book in the 80s when it came out, and couldn't even.

Although one facet of the story is true - the elites will always get what they want, and to hell with the rest of us.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 08:56 AM (Mzdiz)

152 Started reading Elijah Wald's "Dylan Goes Electric: Newport, Seeger, Dylan and the Night that Split the Sixties" and this won't be as enjoyable as his book on Robert Johnson because, as well researched as it is I already know almost everything here. Although some previously unknown vignettes illustrating what a sanctimonious pain in the ass Pete Seeger was are always welcome.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 08:56 AM (y7DUB)

153 Is it o.k. to post about a book which I don't want to read. It is listed in today's "NY Post"-Social Status-Why your status in society is as important and foo, shelter and water. I might have wanted to read it except that the guy reviewing it ( Reed Tucker) says this: "ultimately even religion is a status game. Muslims, Hindus , Buddhists and Christians agree on a set of rules and symbols by which to play, then form a hierarchy along which they rise and fall. I agree about rules and symbols and that there is hierarchy, not so much the rest of it, ".Major rewards are promised, not in this life but in the next." I think Mr Storr, the author and Mr Tucker, the reviewer missed some major points about the Christian life and about eternal life beginning now, about picking up your cross and being "the least of these. Let me take a wild guess that neither of them practice any religion.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2021 08:56 AM (AJzTi)

154 Absolutely agree. There is no way I could have made it through the last ten years without God. Heck, the last 18 months would have driven me mad without Him.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2021 08:50 AM (llXky)

Yes. I've been reading lots of the old Catholic books. It unfortunate that the baby got tossed out with the bath water after Vatican II. However, the Catholic Church is bigger than Pope Francis and will outlive him. God permitted this to happen because a revitalized Catholic Church is going to come about.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2021 08:57 AM (pJWtt)

155 In the queue are Washington by Chernow and the first Matt Helm. Currently reading Raising Chickens by O. Banks. Okay until I got to the section on chicken diseases and holy moly they're something.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 29, 2021 08:58 AM (2NHgQ)

156 Both of the men were long term conservatives and the boy was until he moved to NYC and became a huge lib.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 08:49 AM (ONvIw)
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Many years ago, we took in my wife's nephew for a couple of years. He lived in Alaska and wanted to go to college somewhere else, and since we lived near Michigan State, by living with us, we got him in-state tuition. He was a full member of our family but when he graduated, he decided to move to Boston to be with his father (his parents are divorced).

For a while we kept in touch, he came out to visit, my wife and eldest daughter visited him, but the Masshole thing started to happen. We haven't heard from him in years. Very sad.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2021 08:58 AM (llXky)

157 Yeah, no.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 29, 2021 08:52 AM (LJ6NL)

Her work is irritating.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 08:59 AM (ONvIw)

158 I read one book by Becky Chambers before, "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet". It was so boring book. Nothing happened, just boring. Even sex scene between lizard and human is not entertaining.

Posted by: redmonkey at August 29, 2021 08:59 AM (0+Ppk)

159 Hey all, I hardly ever post, but I saw something here that I can actually speak to: the 100 days of Dante. I actually went to the Baylor Honors College and took both Great Texts of the Ancient and Medieval traditions with PhD Sarah-Jane Murray, who was the founding faculty master for the honors college and more or less led the Great Texts program while I was there. I can tell you that if she has anything to do with it, it will be the furthest thing from a SJW screed. Moreover, I can speak to her personal Facebook page bearing out that she's slowly becoming red-pilled over the last several years (in spite of the fact that she's French). While I don't think that it's entirely hers, nor do I know if she's involved at all, I can, at the very least, tell you from experience that Baylor's Honors faculty tend to have a very conservative bent to their reading of literature - especially the Great Texts department.

So, I cautiously encourage you to check it out.

Posted by: Knndlb at August 29, 2021 08:59 AM (49nYE)

160 63 The storm looks like it will curve strongly NE after it leaves here. I may be traveling in its fringes as I drive to B'ham. I hope the I-10 and I-59 into Miss. are not going to be closed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 08:20 AM (+nNqu)

Praying for you and everyone in the track of this one.

Posted by: Gref at August 29, 2021 09:00 AM (AMIL/)

161 > That someone would think that the United States would ever become a totalitarian religious dictatorship is just insane.

Well, she's a Canadian leftist, and Canadian leftists are absolutely convinced that the United States is WORSE! THAN! HITLER!

But they never ask themselves how, in that case, Canada has avoided the inevitable fate of undefended countries that bordered on Nazi Germany.

(Canada has some pretty good troops, but they only have about a hundred of them, or thereabouts).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 29, 2021 09:00 AM (LJ6NL)

162 Okay until I got to the section on chicken diseases and holy moly they're something.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 29, 2021 08:58 AM (2NHgQ)

One of my daughter's chickens has been droopy and lethargic the last couple of days. I'll recommend that book to her. Thanks.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 29, 2021 09:01 AM (45fpk)

163 Morning, bookheads. I've been (re)reading some William Gibson stuff this month. Last week was All Tomorrow's Parties, this week is Spook Country.

Mostly ignoring his annoying fascination with fashion (fashionation? ), he does weave some interesting tales.

In Spook Country, he takes a side trip to lambast the Frankfort School of thought, so at least you know he's no fan of dirty rotten Marxist commies.

I figured, might as well visit some imaginary dystopias, as the current actual one is too depressing.

Posted by: GnuBreed, no circumstance at August 29, 2021 09:01 AM (F0YaR)

164 I have a feeling you're right. And yet, in a perverse way, I almost seem to like being depressed, as it's something that's always there and I know it's coming and my day will be like all my other days. Sorry if that's a bit incoherent; not feeling particularly loquacious today.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 29, 2021 08:50 AM (2JVJo)
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It becomes familiar, while being happy is strange and alarming. Plus, you fear the happiness will fade, and the depression will be that much worse when it comes back.

Healing is a process, not an event. I used to believe faith was helpful, but I now believe it is essential.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2021 09:01 AM (llXky)

165 "The Mob did it!" -- at least has the slight Jack Ruby justification, but nobody's ever explained why they'd whack good old Joe Kennedy's kid. I just don't buy any of them.
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 29, 2021 08:56 AM (QZxDR)

I've read that the mob killed JFK to pay the old man Joe back for some double dealing the family did.

Who knows...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 29, 2021 09:01 AM (R/m4+)

166 ..Just like Dick Van Dyke is now "Penis Van Lesbian".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 29, 2021 08:56 AM (LJ6NL)

I saw Penis Van Lesbian open for Camper Van Beethoven at the Greek Theater in 1985.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 29, 2021 09:01 AM (PiwSw)

167 Forgot to add, in the chicken book they use the term cloaca and it's the only time I've seen it written somewhere besides the HQ.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 29, 2021 09:01 AM (2NHgQ)

168 Started reading "In the Shadow of the Winter Palace"
(the beginnings of the Russian Revolution), almost 100 years in the making. We're compressing our revolution, but I still won't outlive it.

Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 09:01 AM (S1hrL)

169 "The progressives' bubble that they live in is growing more impermeable as time goes on, and they're slowly becoming more and more aggressively, actively ignorant."

Think of it as an erzatz religion. It fills a need for those who deny God.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2021 09:01 AM (ZHVt1)

170 Somebody fired a rocket at Kabul Airport, missed wide right

Probably hit a goat strip joint by the airport

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 29, 2021 09:02 AM (eZXXh)

171 Hi. I have been reading Saint Faustina's "Diary."

A little bit at a time. So much to think and pray about.

Saint Faustina saw a vision of Purgatory. Jesus said "My mercy does not want this, but justice demands it."

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at August 29, 2021 09:02 AM (xopIz)

172 Peter O'Toole!
Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 08:52 AM (S1hrL)

Plenty O'Toole! [named for her father, no doubt. - 007]

Posted by: Count de Monet, unvaccinated American at August 29, 2021 09:03 AM (4I/2K)

173 China Joe and Edith Wilson to meet with families of the 13 murdered Marines/Sailor today in DE. So, hand-picked relatives or setting them up for a bombing to get rid of Problem Joe and his manager and blame the Insurrectionists??

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at August 29, 2021 09:03 AM (UHVv4)

174 > Think of it as an erzatz religion.

It is absolutely a religion. An evil one. Like "Aztecs ripping out the fingernails of the child sacrifices so they will cry more to placate the Rain God" evil.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 29, 2021 09:03 AM (LJ6NL)

175
For a while we kept in touch, he came out to visit, my wife and eldest daughter visited him, but the Masshole thing started to happen. We haven't heard from him in years. Very sad.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2021 08:58 AM (llXky)

It's sad indeed. The father of the young man my husband mentored would be appalled at his kid's behavior. My husband told him that by calling conservatives racists and "Hitlerian" he has besmirched his father's memory and has made further contact impossible. The guy posted this crap on line, probably to impress his new Manhattan friends. Let him ask them for help and advice. We're finished.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 09:03 AM (ONvIw)

176 It fills a need for those who deny God.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2021 09:01 AM (ZHVt1)

You gotta serve somebody

Posted by: grammie winger at August 29, 2021 09:04 AM (45fpk)

177 The storm looks like it will curve strongly NE after it leaves here.

Ew.

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 09:04 AM (arJlL)

178 However, the Catholic Church is bigger than Pope Francis and will outlive him. God permitted this to happen because a revitalized Catholic Church is going to come about.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at August 29, 2021 08:57 AM (pJWtt)
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I've come to see Francis as playing a crucial role in this. Only he could have brought so much corruption to light. Only he could have reminded us of how important doctrine and core teachings are. It's funny how my formerly liberal college town parish is becoming ultra-orthodox. The hippy-style art is vanishing and being replaced with traditional icons. Latin is working its way back into the Mass. It's wonderful to see.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2021 09:04 AM (llXky)

179 "Somebody fired a rocket at Kabul Airport, missed wide right"

Next move by the Taliban is to take out runways. Is there only one?

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2021 09:04 AM (ZHVt1)

180 the Masshole thing started to happen. We haven't heard from him in years. Very sad.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2021 08:58 AM (llXky)

Most of my 35 or so "fecesbook" frenz are high school classmates and Massholes. Not a one ever responds to my anti-left posts. Regarding the 'rona, they're so deep into the muck that they can't see straight. And they got the same history education that I did, and the same elementary school experience. Maybe 3 of those are pro-2A. One said that my shooting posts "scared her." Just my learning to shoot scared her because it was so "over the top."

To be honest, I rarely bother trying to post anything on that site.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 09:05 AM (Mzdiz)

181 Think of it as an erzatz religion. It fills a need for those who deny God.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2021 09:01 AM (ZHVt1)

For some of these people, Obama IS god.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 09:05 AM (ONvIw)

182 Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s

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Seems like yesterday so it was probably 30 or 40 years ago, every other TV show was about a detective with some sort of disability. Ironside (paraplegic), Longstreet (blind), etc. Isn't it time for Cham Eleon, Transsexual, Multiple Personality Detective? Tag line could be You Never Know What You're Going To Get or Life Ain't No Box of Chocolates.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at August 29, 2021 09:05 AM (d9FiS)

183 Speaking of Bradberry.

Standard Ebook site( https://standardebooks.org ) just posted free Ray Bradberry short fiction book.

Library of America published big book of Ray Bradberry (release day of September, 7). Includes:

The Martian Chronicles / Fahrenheit 451 / Dandelion Wine / Something Wicked This Way Comes

Posted by: redmonkey at August 29, 2021 09:06 AM (0+Ppk)

184 Let's see if Chris Wallace or GeorgieBoy or Chuck Todd ask the obvious questions on their Sunday shows.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2021 09:07 AM (ZHVt1)

185 First recuse America's. Second...recuse ourselves. Third ... Recuse Australians only if they drink American. Fourth.....Canada can not be saved...sell Canada to Trump and his wife will use it for the back yard.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at August 29, 2021 09:07 AM (b6XqY)

186 Eris, this is not exactly a discussion of the Zulu wars, but it is a review of tactics for that era (and the Boer war)

The Defense of Duffer's Drift, by Ernest Dunlop Swinton is a series of dreams of an new LT Backsight-Forsight, where on maneuvers in hostile territory he sets up camp and gets wiped out repeatedly, first by setting it up by the book, and then by adapting to terrain and capabilities to set a defensible camp and succeed in his counter attack.

I discover that there are PDFs all over the web

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2021 09:07 AM (HG00O)

187 Hiya Cannibal ! (I know you're in here !)

Regards to Heidi !

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 09:07 AM (arJlL)

188 170 Somebody fired a rocket at Kabul Airport, missed wide right

Probably hit a goat strip joint by the airport
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 29, 2021 09:02 AM (eZXXh)

Taliban commander: "OK, who gave 'Cross-Eyes Abdul' an RPG? Mohammed, no the other one, was that you?"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 29, 2021 09:08 AM (PiwSw)

189

Nietzsche was an anal receptive muncher of other people's bottoms.

Posted by: Dirty Frank at August 29, 2021 09:08 AM (MSTeL)

190 Clameleon. He's got legs!

Posted by: klaftern at August 29, 2021 09:08 AM (r4sI4)

191 I forget the name of the book, but there is the theory that (I believe), Oswald shot at JFK and missed, and in responding, a clumsy SS agent misfired and was the one who killed Kennedy and everything since then has been a coverup.

I don't know. I did read Gerald Posner's Oswald book and years ago read Bugliosi's yuge tome, which I think is the last word on the case.

I used to despise the Bug because he went full crazy on Dubya and wrote a book on why the bastard should be tried for war crimes, but these days, I am in complete agreement with him.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 29, 2021 09:09 AM (2JVJo)

192 New church for us in a diocese that is very conservative and I would love to know how our Bishop really sees Pope Franky. Will never really know. Have learned more about the Catholic Church and my faith in 4 months then in my past 65 years and I went to a Catholic grade school. Husband and I are now following the Catholic teaching of rest on Sunday and dressing more appropriately for Church.
Our Church is growing in leaps and bounds, although it may be because of our new Pastor, the former leader drove a lot of people to other parishes.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 29, 2021 09:10 AM (2NHgQ)

193 "Speaking of Bradberry"

Heh - my first husband, the Swede, used to call him "Rye Breadbury." He had a really serious accent.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 09:10 AM (Mzdiz)

194 Hehehhe.... "Peter"

Heheheheh... "Toole"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 29, 2021 09:10 AM (6FeV1)

195 Caption to top photo:

"There you go, little girl. It's a wonderful first story book. "Lizzie Has Two Mommies, Ten Pronouns, and Five Genders"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 29, 2021 09:10 AM (5NkmN)

196 To be honest, I rarely bother trying to post anything on that site.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 09:05 AM (Mzdiz)
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I've made a point of trying to reconnect with old friends and family personally - either through long-form emails or phone calls. Obviously visits are best. Results are mixed, but I enjoy it when we can get together and chat about old times.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2021 09:10 AM (llXky)

197 47 Regarding Charlie Chan, however, as I understand it he was never painted as a comic ethnic stereotype in the novels. He was smart and brave, and an excellent detective. How the films diverged from the books I don't know, but I suspect the "Number One Son" business was a creation of H'wood.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 08:14 AM (+nNqu)

I've heard that the author thought that the Chinese "yellow peril" villain Fu Manchu was prejudicial, and so he created the noble and brave Charlie Chan as sort of an antidote.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 29, 2021 09:10 AM (puyrX)

198 "impermeable bubble"

My wife and at least two of the kids think that applies to me. I didn't get vaccinated, and I think the COVID panic is way overblown.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 29, 2021 09:11 AM (Om/di)

199 It becomes familiar, while being happy is strange and alarming. Plus, you fear the happiness will fade, and the depression will be that much worse when it comes back.

Oh, you've got that right, A.H. Even on my happiest days, the little voice comes in my head and says, "you know this will never last."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 29, 2021 09:11 AM (2JVJo)

200 I despise these traitorous quim.

ABC This Week referring to the killed Marines and Navy medic as 'lost.' No you fvckwit sh1tweasels these are people not luggage.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2021 09:11 AM (bXw75)

201 Started reading "In the Shadow of the Winter Palace"
(the beginnings of the Russian Revolution), almost 100 years in the making. We're compressing our revolution, but I still won't outlive it.
Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 09:01 AM (S1hrL)

Jay Winik suggested in "The Great Upheaval" (an outstanding Horde rec) that the pressure started building when Catherine the Great deferred planned more liberalizing policies when the French Revolution scared the horsecock out of her.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 09:12 AM (y7DUB)

202 Cat 4-5 storm coming. Official reminding victims to maintain social distancing. New normal.

Posted by: klaftern at August 29, 2021 09:12 AM (r4sI4)

203 The Taliban with a artillery battery could shut down the airport at any minute, obviously they don't want to yet. Any other barrage is small splinter group doing.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 09:12 AM (znIQ9)

204 @69

Goodreads has a list of reader-recommended "clean books" where there is no sex or swearing.

There's another website run by readers, but I forget the name.

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 09:12 AM (AwPyG)

205 Cat 4-5 storm coming. Official reminding victims to maintain social distancing. New normal.

Posted by: klaftern at August 29, 2021 09:12 AM (r4sI4)

STOCK UP ON MASKS!!!!1111

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 09:13 AM (Mzdiz)

206 I've heard that the author thought that the Chinese "yellow peril" villain Fu Manchu was prejudicial, and so he created the noble and brave Charlie Chan as sort of an antidote.
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But why is his son Japanese??
/murder by death

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at August 29, 2021 09:13 AM (UHVv4)

207 The intellectual Christianity of turn of the century Europe was pretty doinked up, to be honest. Massive love affair with shifty "hermeneutics" and social jiggery jerkery, very little attention for actual soteriology.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 29, 2021 09:13 AM (6FeV1)

208 And here's a book I might like to read based on some Generation Z young person taking offense at a review of the book:

https://tinyurl.com/mre9e33t

The young person said this (Letters in today's "NY Post")

For one , we are not less educated. The pew Research Center says on track to become the best educated generation..We might be glued to our phones, but we are frequently messaging family and friends and creating communities in digital spaces... I would say young people are disillusioned for a lot of good reasons [I don't disagree with that] the student debt crisis, climate change and a recent economic depression just to name a few. To insinuate that my generation is without values is to confuse disappearance of values with their change over time

Darlene Moorman (Ohio)

Yes, because changing values are always a good thing, Darlene./s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2021 09:14 AM (AJzTi)

209 The storm looks like it will curve strongly NE after it leaves here. I may be traveling in its fringes as I drive to B'ham. I hope the I-10 and I-59 into Miss. are not going to be closed.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 08:20 AM (+nNqu)

When are you planning on doing that, Wolfus? I hate saying stay safe because they have ruined that phrase in the last year and a half, but stay safe.

Oh, and I'm currently reading The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie.
Posted by: Jordan61 at August 29, 2021

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Sometime on Monday, late morning or early afternoon -- when the winds and rain slack off. Presuming the I-10 and I-59 are open, of course. I can call 511 to find out, if the cell towers aren't destroyed.

If, if, presuming . . . I hate this kind of thing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 09:14 AM (+nNqu)

210 "Catherine the Great deferred planned more liberalizing policies when the French Revolution scared the horsecock out of her.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 09:12 AM (y7DUB) "

LMFAO!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 09:14 AM (Mzdiz)

211 @194

Reminds me of Sean Connery, when he is introduced to Plenty O'Toole.

"You must be named after your father."

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 09:15 AM (AwPyG)

212 Is Chocolate City using magical school buses?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2021 09:15 AM (AVDhF)

213 There's another website run by readers, but I forget the name.
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Pornscrub?? Bowdler's??

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at August 29, 2021 09:16 AM (UHVv4)

214 If you are interested in 1920's detective and mystery stories, The Pulp Magazine Project has digitized a series of Black Mask editions from 1920

https://tinyurl.com/z97k4njh

There are other magazines digitized on the site as well

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2021 09:16 AM (HG00O)

215 Social distancing in the Superdome?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2021 09:17 AM (bXw75)

216 Good morning book enthusiasts. Cloudy and cooler this morning. Nice change. Want to walk to the farmers market but afraid the weather is lying to me again and it will rain.
Now 867 pages into Brandon Sanderson's second book in the Stormlight Archive, Words of Radiance. I thought I was finally nearing the end of my journey with the 1000th page in sight only to look and find out there are actually 1097.
It seems weird to be so caught up in counting pages but it is like trying to binge watch a favorite tv series. I only have so much time to devote and don't want to miss a thing.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2021 09:17 AM (Y+l9t)

217 OK, folks, I've been here long enough and must run some errands. One of them requires a country drive, so perhaps that will blow away some of the darkness.

Before I go, I'll mention two pamphlets I have that the RCCs in the Horde might be interested in. They gnaw at me and make me realize I am going in the wrong direction.

The Amazing Secret of the Souls in Purgatory, an interview with a woman named Maria Simma, who in 1940 was granted the gift of being able to see and talk with the souls in Purgatory. Her interview covers what Purgatory is, why souls are there, how they can be released and how you can avoid it.

Another, darker one is The Message From Beyond and I will quote the opening notice: "[it] is the story of the judgment and damnation of a soul of a woman who stood before God. The story is told by the condemned soul herself to her friend. This letter was found among the papers of that friend, a deceased nun."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 29, 2021 09:17 AM (2JVJo)

218 > Next move by the Taliban is to take out runways. Is there only one?

Yeah, looks like there's just one on the satellite view.

Some fairly-long taxiways that might be usable by smaller planes.

A surprising number of helicopters on the ground, which now that I think about it, maybe isn't that surprising.

https://tinyurl.com/hamidkarzai

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 29, 2021 09:17 AM (LJ6NL)

219 Is there money in all the freezers?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2021 09:18 AM (AVDhF)

220 Oh, you've got that right, A.H. Even on my happiest days, the little voice comes in my head and says, "you know this will never last."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 29, 2021 09:11 AM (2JVJo)
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I've found the Hail Mary prayer to be absolutely wonderful when that voice starts talking. Shuts it right up.

Also, sprinkling holy water around the house lightens the mood considerably. Laugh if you want, but my kids were having nightmares so I went room to room blessing the house in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit and the nightmares stopped.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2021 09:18 AM (llXky)

221 So I'm breaking the reading thread here, sorry. Wondered about all of the comments here yesterday that preezy pudding head didn't meet the fallen upon their return. Even for him that seemed a bit much. They actually returned this morning and he and the doktor were there to meet them.
The families are going through major grief and I don't expect them to berate the asshole that got them killed but I hope he tries in someway to be a decent human being.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 29, 2021 09:19 AM (2NHgQ)

222 Sharon(willow's apprentice)-

Are you from Mass. ?

Do you tawk funny ?

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 09:19 AM (arJlL)

223 I read that book in the 80s when it came out, and couldn't even.

Although one facet of the story is true - the elites will always get what they want, and to hell with the rest of us.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 08:56 AM (Mzdiz)

An important point made unintentionally by the author (whose writing skills are grossly over-hyped).

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 29, 2021 09:19 AM (Q9lwr)

224 219 Is there money in all the freezers?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2021 09:18 AM (AVDhF)

Cold cash is the best cash.

Posted by: William Jefferson at August 29, 2021 09:20 AM (PiwSw)

225 Probably hit a goat strip joint by the airport
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 29, 2021 09:02 AM (eZXXh)
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There used to be Honey Bear's bbq out by Sky Harbor...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2021 09:20 AM (EZebt)

226 I've heard that the author thought that the Chinese "yellow peril" villain Fu Manchu was prejudicial, and so he created the noble and brave Charlie Chan as sort of an antidote.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 29, 2021

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Yes, and Fu Manchu wasn't alone -- there were a lot of "yellow peril" villains back then. Earl Derr Biggers, Charlie's creator, was (I think) primarily a humorist before he started writing mystery novels, and that may be why his stuff was fun to read and his character has lasted in pop culture.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 09:21 AM (+nNqu)

227 Yes, because changing values are always a good thing, Darlene./s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2021 09:14 AM (AJzTi)
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During a presentation on "ethical behavior" I asked the presenter on what basis could she assert that our modern ethics were better than the ones of only a few years ago. She gave some blather about having learned more, but it was all b.s.

If you don't like the new values, don't worry. They'll change.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2021 09:21 AM (llXky)

228 This past week I finished The Whistler by Grisham.

Last week I mentioned that it Dragged in spots.

Then the story went on to drag in many more spots.

Leading to an anti-climactic ending.

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 09:21 AM (arJlL)

229 Media here, probably AP, worried that Mexico has stopped "several hundred migrant" Guatemalans at the border from waltzing through Mexico to get to the U.S., for a change.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at August 29, 2021 09:21 AM (UHVv4)

230 158 I read one book by Becky Chambers before, "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet". It was so boring book. Nothing happened, just boring. Even sex scene between lizard and human is not entertaining.
Posted by: redmonkey at August 29, 2021 08:59 AM (0+Ppk)
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I tried to like it but failed. When it wasn't smugly inclusive it was boring.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at August 29, 2021 09:22 AM (Dc2NZ)

231 Is SniffyJo about to have his own Katrina?

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My word as a Biden, I will not rest until all the people of New Orleans . . . ZZZZzzzz.

- Pretendident Biden

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at August 29, 2021 09:22 AM (d9FiS)

232 No, JT. Grew up in Connecticut. We do not have accents. Most are stupid democrats like MA but no accents.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2021 09:22 AM (Y+l9t)

233 About JFK, I always thought the conspiracy theories were just that, until a portion of the Warren Report was finally released, fairly recently, that reported on the man with the black umbrella.

An English official with some spy-like connections was there in the Zapruder film, and he raised a black umbrella just before Oswald started shooting. If you watch the film, it looks very strange, and appears to be a signal.

The Commission questioned the man, and claimed he was mad at JFK since he considered him like Neville Chamberlain. Since Chamberlain always carried a black umbrella, the man said he raised it as a form of protest.

The Warren Commission said, "nothing to see, here."

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 09:23 AM (AwPyG)

234 Yes, because changing values are always a good thing, Darlene./s
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2021 09:14 AM (AJzTi)

Darlene seems pretty silly.
I question the value of what passes for education these days, especially if it leaves you heavily in debt and without the ability to afford that debt.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 09:23 AM (ONvIw)

235 > But why is his son Japanese??

Well, it's like the way that the Green Hornet's sidekick Kato became Chinese, Japanese, or Korean, depending on who the United States was on the outs with at the moment.

Or like the way that old time pro wrestler Skandor Akbar turned from a good guy to a bad guy overnight when the Arab Oil Embargo hit.

(Wikipedia tells me that the wrestler's real name was Jimmy Saied Wehba. Unusually for pro wrestling, he actually was of Lebanese/Arab descent. He wasn't a Muslim, though. He was a Lebanese Catholic, though, like Danny Thomas.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 29, 2021 09:23 AM (LJ6NL)

236 170 Somebody fired a rocket at Kabul Airport, missed wide right

Probably hit a goat strip joint by the airport

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at August 29, 2021 09:02 AM (eZXXh)

There are reports we killed a suicide bomber in a vehicle in Kabul. From the air. If true, the strike occurred shortly before Bug-out Joe and his wife started meeting with the 13 families at Dover AFB. Because of course it was done at that time, so Joe can use it as a self-serving tool in those meetings.

Posted by: Gref at August 29, 2021 09:24 AM (AMIL/)

237 greetings everyone. a co-worker recommended fyodor dostoyevsky's book called demons. apparently it about how people become possessed with power and sliding down the path to the dark side.
jordan peterson has spoken about dostoyevsky and i must admit i haven't read any of his stuff, and i probably should.
i also learned from the same co-worker about a guy named sergey nechayev- one of the first russian anarchists. i guess this guy was a true believer in the vein of current blm/antifa and helped launch the careers of such humanists as lenin and stalin.

Posted by: Jack Burton must buy flowers for his mother in law at August 29, 2021 09:24 AM (mZYvg)

238 I would like to know the story that inspired the library painting. The moldy suitcases, the unshelved book. Like it should start, It was a dark and stormy night.......

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2021 09:25 AM (Y+l9t)

239 @227

I snipe at the millennials who are in my orbit: "People shouldn't be able to decide for themselves, of course, because you know best."

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 09:25 AM (AwPyG)

240 Well, it looks we won't have to read fiction to imagine living in a dystopian world - it's coming.

I have to hand it to the Left - they're crap at creating and sustaining viable structures but they sure are good at tearing existing institutions down. For a long time, just about the only American institution a majority of people still had faith in was the military. Now that's gone, due to asshats like Miley. There are still many good and brave men and women in the rank and file - but really, who would want to join now, with commanders who are more concerned about white supremacists than Islamist terrorists? Good job, leftists. The Chinese are well-pleased.

Posted by: donna&&&&&&v at August 29, 2021 09:26 AM (HabA/)

241 Regarding the obit above: I only knew Tamara through FB but she was a damn good writer and a nice person.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 29, 2021 09:26 AM (NgDc/)

242 Didn't seem as the face value everyone was saying with only a 30 second clip of Sundowner falling asleep meeting with Israeli leader, he was hiding his face while being praised as the new Messiah. Of course he said he was mistaken it was Barry who was.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 09:26 AM (znIQ9)

243 Like it should start, It was a dark and stormy night.......
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2021 09:25 AM (Y+l9t)

Like "A Wrinkle in Time"?

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 09:27 AM (ONvIw)

244 and since OM discussed Dante, i recommend reading the jerry pournelle and larry niven book "Inferno" about their sci fi protagonist who dies and ends up in dante's hell. very enjoyable read.

Posted by: Jack Burton, who must buy flowers for his mother in law at August 29, 2021 09:27 AM (mZYvg)

245 I haven't read Dostoyevsky's "The Demons" but I strongly recommend "The Brothers Karamamov."

Posted by: donna&&&&&&v at August 29, 2021 09:29 AM (HabA/)

246 I discover that there are PDFs all over the web
Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2021 09:07 AM (HG00O)

LOL, I read your synopsis and thought you were shrooming*, but now I see it is a sort of training manual. It's .99 on Kindle.

*maybe you are!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at August 29, 2021 09:29 AM (Dc2NZ)

247 "Her interview covers what Purgatory is, why souls are there, how they can be released and how you can avoid it."

I used to read prayers in the back of my Missal for indulgences and dedicate them to my grandfather (I wanted to use my church time constructively).

He wasn't dead yet, but according to my grandmother, he was going to need them.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 09:29 AM (Mzdiz)

248 Could have used some good encabulators.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 29, 2021 08:24 AM (PiwSw)

Thing was they were working on the development of the interocitor

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2021 09:29 AM (HG00O)

249 I'm glad to see expanded interest in the Matt Helm series. I just wish the new editions' covers weren't so bad.

Every single one follows this layout: At top, background landscape, which changes with each title and might be related to the story. Silhouette of rifleman superimposed over landscape. Picture of woman in brassierie or bikini top at lower left. This also changes.

Boring and misleading. Makes it look as if the books are drenched in sex, not brainwork and violence.

So I'm hard to please. Since I read Helm's description in "The Wrecking Crew" -- blond, Scandinavian ancestry -- I don't regard any of the covers as accurate. They all portray him with brown hair. Some even put him in a suit!

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 29, 2021 09:30 AM (Om/di)

250 I forget the name of the book, but there is the theory that (I believe), Oswald shot at JFK and missed, and in responding, a clumsy SS agent misfired and was the one who killed Kennedy and everything since then has been a coverup.

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I saw a documentary about that. It's pretty convincing. (Not that the government would ever be incompetent or cover anything up.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at August 29, 2021 09:30 AM (d9FiS)

251 Like "A Wrinkle in Time"?
Posted by: CN

Time only has one wrinkle, unlike Hillary's bum.

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 09:30 AM (arJlL)

252 227-

Your comment to the presenter was a thoughtful one and relates to Dennis Parger's five minute video about without God, murder is not wrong. He thinks, of course, rightly there are fine people who are atheist as well as some very bad people who are religious, but says that if there is no God-and moral values based on Judeo Christianity than all that matters is how one feels about morals:

https://tinyurl.com/ybkpujpn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2021 09:30 AM (AJzTi)

253 245 I haven't read Dostoyevsky's "The Demons" but I strongly recommend "The Brothers Karamamov."
Posted by: donna&&&&&&v at August 29, 2021 09:29 AM (HabA/)

I've been meaning to read The Demons. I bought it after I read Notes from Underground, but got distracted by other things.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 09:30 AM (ONvIw)

254 and since OM discussed Dante, i recommend reading the jerry pournelle and larry niven book "Inferno" about their sci fi protagonist who dies and ends up in dante's hell. very enjoyable read.
Posted by: Jack Burton, who must buy flowers for his mother in law at August 29, 2021

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Niven said that he and Pournelle found the landscape of Hell so frightening, they finished the book in record time. "We wanted out!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 09:31 AM (+nNqu)

255 Hiya Donna of the Ampersands !

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 09:31 AM (arJlL)

256 Yes, because changing values are always a good thing, Darlene./s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2021 09:14 AM (AJzTi)
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I find the toughest thing in dealing with millenials and post millenials, is getting them to understand that the universe did not begin on the date of their birth.

Posted by: BluesFish at August 29, 2021 09:31 AM (kPJ/p)

257 That someone would think that the United States would ever become a totalitarian religious dictatorship is just insane. Kind of like the wimmenzes who own Handmaid's Tale costumes. WTF, really?

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 08:56 AM (Mzdiz)

This goes part-and-parcel with the leftists' image of themselves as a poor and oppressed minority -- despite their iron grip on mass media, academia, big tech, entertainment, etc. Even with all of that, it's not enough. With them, we're always just one executive order away from Gilead

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 29, 2021 09:32 AM (puyrX)

258 Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 09:23 AM (ONvIw)

I have no idea why Pew Research thinks that generation Z is on track to be the best educated-because they grew up using the internet?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2021 09:32 AM (AJzTi)

259 Off to seize the day.

Thank you OM for the best thread! And thanks to the Horde for the recommendations.

Read well, my friends!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Live! from the Dungeon of Discord at August 29, 2021 09:32 AM (Dc2NZ)

260 The Demons is my favorite Dostoyevsky.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 09:32 AM (y7DUB)

261 I recommended Peter O'Toole's "Rogue Male" on a movie thread some time back. 'Brit on the run after trying to shoot Hitler,' basically. Pretty good. Full movie on youtube.
Trailer:

https://tinyurl.com/y3n75vw2

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 29, 2021 09:33 AM (vuisn)

262 So I'm hard to please. Since I read Helm's description in "The Wrecking Crew" -- blond, Scandinavian ancestry -- I don't regard any of the covers as accurate. They all portray him with brown hair. Some even put him in a suit!
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 29, 2021

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The 1960s Gold Medal paperback covers have a neat painting of Helm looking like Randolph Scott in a tie and trenchcoat. Dark brown hair, though. I've always thought Robert Culp would have been a good choice to play Helm, had they actually done the films as straight spy stories instead of parodies.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 09:33 AM (+nNqu)

263 Like "A Wrinkle in Time"?
Posted by: CN

I think that is a great series which I first read as an adult even though it is in the YA genre.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2021 09:33 AM (AJzTi)

264 > They all portray him with brown hair. Some even put him in a suit!

The hero of Heinlein's "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls" is described as being black in the text. They made him a white dude on the cover.

In later editions they started printing the white dude darker, which didn't really help.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 29, 2021 09:33 AM (LJ6NL)

265 Time only has one wrinkle, unlike Hillary's bum.

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 09:30 AM (arJlL)

How would *you* know?

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 29, 2021 09:33 AM (puyrX)

266 Off to Mass - catch ya later!

Posted by: donna&&&&&&v at August 29, 2021 09:34 AM (HabA/)

267 I just finished reading Never Go Back, a Reacher novel.

Its the one with Tom Cruise on the cover.

Tom Cruise is Reacher like I'm Snoop Diggety Dogg !

Good book though.

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 09:34 AM (arJlL)

268 he was mad at JFK since he considered him like Neville Chamberlain.

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?!!!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at August 29, 2021 09:35 AM (d9FiS)

269 Time only has one wrinkle, unlike Hillary's bum.

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 09:30 AM (arJlL)

How would *you* know?
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional

Insomniac told me !

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 09:35 AM (arJlL)

270 @220

Our local church is on a street filled with small shops, and the priest was asked to come bless a new pizza joint.

The Middle Eastern proprietors of the nail salon saw this, and insisted he bless their place too. Soon he was walking down the street, blessing all the businesses.

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 09:35 AM (AwPyG)

271 Posted by: BluesFish at August 29, 2021 09:31 AM (kPJ/p)

Are you a teacher or just come into contact with a lot of young people over the years ? because Todd Farley who wrote the review of "Zombie nation" in the NY Post is. a teacher and has seen major changes in his time in teaching.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2021 09:35 AM (AJzTi)

272 The Demons = The Possessed?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 29, 2021 09:36 AM (6FeV1)

273 When young people write or talk about their wonderful and complete education, all I have to do is look at the "Areas of Study" page on PU's website, to know that many of them have stupid degrees. Some of the offerings are as fine as you'll find anywhere, but they have become increasingly absurd and laden with "studies" and "policy" :https://tinyurl.com/rkkznvr4

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 09:37 AM (ONvIw)

274 The Demons = The Possessed?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 29, 2021 09:36 AM (6FeV1)

Correct

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 09:37 AM (y7DUB)

275 240 Good job, leftists. The Chinese are well-pleased.

Posted by: donna&&&&&&v at August 29, 2021 09:26 AM (HabA/)

You can blame all that on Obama and the idiots who voted for him.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2021 09:37 AM (mpXpK)

276 265 Time only has one wrinkle, unlike Hillary's bum.

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 09:30 AM (arJlL)

hahaha! the pic of bill and hill strolling along the beach in the hamptons was pure gold. well, fools gold, anyway. he looking like walking death, mouth agape and staring into the abyss. she sporting the long sleeve shirt that fit her like a sausage skin and jeans that coulnd't even hide her misshaped and pudgy cankle-legs. some member of the paparazzi took a pic of her sitting on a bench or log bending over- and one can surmise why the commenter said what he did. the clintons were once photographed on a beach, pretending to dance- bill in swim trunks, hill in a one piece, and they were both described as two pregnant gourds trying to mate.

Posted by: Jack Burton, who must buy flowers for his mother in law at August 29, 2021 09:37 AM (mZYvg)

277 Yup. My favorite Dostoyevski novel.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 29, 2021 09:38 AM (6FeV1)

278 @268

The Q people think he was assassinated because he wanted to do away with the Federal Reserve. They note that Bush Sr. was the head of the CIA and was in Dallas that day.

Sadly, nothing seems off the table, anymore.

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 09:38 AM (AwPyG)

279 The pitch meeting that proposed Cruise as Reacher must have been amusing. I kept trying to think of an actor who would fit the role but most are too good looking to be the hulking Reacher, except he always gets at least one night with the girl before he moves on so has to have charisma.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2021 09:39 AM (Y+l9t)

280 "the desire to live a pious existence and thereby position oneself to judge others, apportion blame, and determine responsibility." --
Emphasis mine. Nietzsche uses this word to describe the Christians of his day, whom he held in contempt, but he was just born too early. A more succinct encapsulation of the progressive/sjw mindset would be hard to come by."

and from the department of "they always accuse us of what they are doing", it is the leftist that we see 'judging, blaming, punishing' those that
refuse the jab,
deny AGW,
reject leftist dictates,
want control of borders and culture,
want to keep their guns and religion.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 29, 2021 09:39 AM (Cus5s)

281 @276

did you notice that Huma was there, too?

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 09:39 AM (AwPyG)

282 Are you a teacher or just come into contact with a lot of young people over the years ? because Todd Farley who wrote the review of "Zombie nation" in the NY Post is. a teacher and has seen major changes in his time in teaching.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2021 09:35 AM (AJzTi)
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I coached LL baseball for a few years. My wife runs a GS troop, some of the mothers are unbelievably clueless.

Posted by: BluesFish at August 29, 2021 09:39 AM (kPJ/p)

283 I think that is a great series which I first read as an adult even though it is in the YA genre.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2021 09:33 AM (AJzTi)

I read it as a kid, but stopped with A Wind in the Door.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 09:39 AM (ONvIw)

284 The guys shooting at JFK were supposed to miss. Overachievers.

Posted by: klaftern at August 29, 2021 09:40 AM (r4sI4)

285 Our local church is on a street filled with small shops, and the priest was asked to come bless a new pizza joint.

The Middle Eastern proprietors of the nail salon saw this, and insisted he bless their place too. Soon he was walking down the street, blessing all the businesses.
Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 09:35 AM

I love it! I love priests who do things like this, too.

When I visited my BFF earlier this month, she gave me a gift. Two priests hopped in a plane last March blessed Knoxville. She put jars of water outside during the flyover and gave friends/family holy water!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 29, 2021 09:42 AM (/+bwe)

286 did you notice that Huma was there, too?

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 09:39 AM (AwPyG)

good observation. i thought it was their detail secret service agent, but then i remembered agents aren't supposed to be staring at their phone when on a protective detail and the protectee is literally right there.
so if that was huma she looks a little thicker than i recall- i suppose pushing out a kid will do that to some ladies. it is very interesting that she seems to be closer to hilldog than chelsea, who was slapped with the ugly stick from birth and annually ever since.

Posted by: Jack Burton, who must buy flowers for his mother in law at August 29, 2021 09:42 AM (mZYvg)

287 Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 09:37 AM (ONvIw)

I'm not sure which Ivy League school it was that took out any requirements for Latin and Greek to get a degree in Classics, but I thought that was lame. And while it might be a useless degree, it's not as useless as some of the left wing ones (My son had a Latin teacher in public school and the teacher had a degree in Classics; He was our son's favorite teacher) I wonder what Darlene majored or is majoring in. One the other hand, she did read a paper which is probably unusual for people her age.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2021 09:43 AM (AJzTi)

288 Bush Sr. was the head of the CIA and was in Dallas that day.

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Where was he when Elvis died?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at August 29, 2021 09:43 AM (d9FiS)

289 Never read Dostoyevski, should I?
Read and see enough of other Russians

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 09:43 AM (znIQ9)

290 @286

I'm torn about that photo--either it was staged, because Bill and Hill are rarely in the same place at the same time, or it was some sort of meeting, and the photos were taken to show them "we're watching."

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 09:43 AM (AwPyG)

291 Posted by: BluesFish at August 29, 2021 09:39 AM (kPJ/p)

Yes that would put you both in contact with lots of young people.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2021 09:44 AM (AJzTi)

292 I recommended Peter O'Toole's "Rogue Male" on a movie thread some time back. 'Brit on the run after trying to shoot Hitler,' basically. Pretty good. Full movie on youtube.
Trailer:
https://tinyurl.com/y3n75vw2
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 29, 2021 09:33 AM (vuisn)

"Rogue Male" is probably the Ur-novel of the modern thriller.

It was written by Geoffrey Household and is much better than the movie(Shocka!!!1111!!) in fact it's just a knockout action thriller/

He also wrote a sequel many years later "Rogue Justice" that is not so good.

Lesson for the Day: Don't Keep going back to the well, kids. that second dip[ of sweet sweet water will never be as good as the first.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 29, 2021 09:46 AM (5NkmN)

293 287: It was Columbia.

I quickly looked up Darlene, she studied economics at Cleveland State.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 09:46 AM (ONvIw)

294 Noticeable wind and light rain now.

I called the 511 number and spoke to an actual human. They may or may not be available tomorrow. There's a website, and Linda or I may be able to call it up on our phones to see if the interstates are closed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 09:46 AM (+nNqu)

295 290 @286

I'm torn about that photo--either it was staged, because Bill and Hill are rarely in the same place at the same time, or it was some sort of meeting, and the photos were taken to show them "we're watching."
Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 09:43 AM (AwPyG)

well, i woudn't put a whole lot into it. they are known for vacayying in the hamptons. they have a lot of money and a lot of people owe them favors, so they can perpetually grift and crash at nice places until they both shuffle off this mortal coil.
they both looked like utter shit. i'm not sure either are up to the challenge anymore, though i won't delude myself into believing that if they were offered power they wouldn't grasp at it like gollum on the ring.

Posted by: Jack Burton, who must buy flowers for his mother in law at August 29, 2021 09:46 AM (mZYvg)

296 This goes part-and-parcel with the leftists' image of themselves as a poor and oppressed minority -- despite their iron grip on mass media, academia, big tech, entertainment, etc. Even with all of that, it's not enough. With them, we're always just one executive order away from Gilead

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 29, 2021 09:32 AM (puyrX)
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They want to give their lives meaning, so they imagine themselves as fighting the Ultimate Evil. However, they always managed to make their "evil" really small and weak, because they are also physical and moral cowards.

That's why talking back to them is "violence."

And with that, I'm off to Mass!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2021 09:46 AM (llXky)

297 Update your style books!

African-American is out and Black is back, baby!

For Black folks born in the United States, hyphenating their identity can be interpreted as othering. Some folks do prefer to use African-American, particularly in connection to their ancestral roots, while others may identify with other ethnicities. We recommend using Black as a default, but being open to adjusting if asked to.

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Also, "othering" is now a word.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at August 29, 2021 09:48 AM (d9FiS)

298 Someone pointed out that Hillary was entirely covered including her hands and wondered if something was going on with her health.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2021 09:49 AM (Y+l9t)

299 The pitch meeting that proposed Cruise as Reacher must have been amusing. I kept trying to think of an actor who would fit the role but most are too good looking to be the hulking Reacher, except he always gets at least one night with the girl before he moves on so has to have charisma.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2021 09:39 AM (Y+l9t)

Yeah, that's the thing. I don't get all the whining about Cruise as Reacher. You want a good action actor with charisma.

If all you're thinking about is size, you probably wind up with a big slab of baloney like John Cena.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 29, 2021 09:49 AM (5NkmN)

300 I shook Dean Martin's hand.

And i would say something about the ButtHole Suffers but i don't kiss fight and tell.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at August 29, 2021 09:49 AM (b6XqY)

301 250 I forget the name of the book, but there is the theory that (I believe), Oswald shot at JFK and missed, and in responding, a clumsy SS agent misfired and was the one who killed Kennedy and everything since then has been a coverup.

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I saw a documentary about that. It's pretty convincing. (Not that the government would ever be incompetent or cover anything up.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at August 29, 2021 09:30 AM (d9FiS)

Everyone who seriously dives into the "Did Oswald Do It" debate MUST, repeat MUST, go to the Book Depository (now a museum) and look out the window Oswald used (open to debate, I know). What you will see is so different from the photos I've seen (most taken with a wide-angle lens) I am confident you'll be as stunned as I was. It is not a long-range shot.

Posted by: Gref at August 29, 2021 09:50 AM (AMIL/)

302
Come June of '22, the Kabul Gay Pride parade is gonna be LIT!

Posted by: Gleefully rubbing hands together at August 29, 2021 09:50 AM (jYQlA)

303 Sharon - hopefully

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 09:50 AM (znIQ9)

304 298 Someone pointed out that Hillary was entirely covered including her hands and wondered if something was going on with her health.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2021 09:49 AM (Y+l9t)

Maybe she's on medication that makes her very photosensitive.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 09:51 AM (ONvIw)

305 The Q people think he was assassinated because he wanted to do away with the Federal Reserve. They note that Bush Sr. was the head of the CIA and was in Dallas that day

Good grief. Bush was not head of the CIA until Ford was president. Not even sure he was in government at that point. Think he was a congressman later in the 60s

Posted by: Tofer732 at August 29, 2021 09:51 AM (kUGet)

306 The problem I have with any JFK assassination theories other than "Oswald was a murderous Commie nutjob" is that none of them provide an adequate motive.
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 29, 2021 08:56 AM (QZxDR)

The newest one I heard was that he was going to rein in the FED and resolve the issue with overprinting and the Gold standard which would be a long piss in everyone's punchbowl.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2021 09:52 AM (HG00O)

307 298 Someone pointed out that Hillary was entirely covered including her hands and wondered if something was going on with her health.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2021 09:49 AM (Y+l9

yes, that was weird, seeing her hands covered. we'll never know. she and bill and chelsea and their brood will have covering fire from the media until the collapse comes

Posted by: Jack Burton, who must buy flowers for his mother in law at August 29, 2021 09:52 AM (mZYvg)

308 Never read Dostoyevski, should I?

Sure. He was a fucking lowlife who stole his wife's jewelry to pay off his gambling debts and often wrote things in a rush to do the same (between sections of The Idiot it seems like you're reading a different book) and literally starved at least one of his children to death. But he was an excellent writer.

Love the art not the artist.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 09:52 AM (y7DUB)

309 "it is very interesting that she (Huma) seems to be closer to hilldog than chelsea"

Muslim Brotherhood has come up again, as the agents out of Pakistan that have infiltrated the Biden regime, and coordinated this surrender of Bagram along with $85B in weaponry.

Pakistan/China versus India seems like a big deal in the region. If war with China is next, maybe that was the real reason to keep (retake?) Bagram. Hard to say what Trump would have done since Talaban broke all the deals, but I lean toward USA remaining as the super power, but bringing others on board with doing the main fighting. Surrender of the base seems like a move to destroy USA "hegemony" and thwart "the quad"?

Posted by: illiniwek at August 29, 2021 09:53 AM (Cus5s)

310 19- I forget the name of the book, but there is the theory that (I believe), Oswald shot at JFK and missed, and in responding, a clumsy SS agent misfired and was the one who killed Kennedy and everything since then has been a coverup.

mortal error

Posted by: Anachronda at August 29, 2021 09:54 AM (edU/H)

311 Hillz might be doing the final Innsmouth transformation. Looking longingly at her future home and salvation.

Or else she is channeling Nixon taking a stroll on the beach in a three piece suit.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2021 09:54 AM (HG00O)

312 1. Oswald shot Kennedy because he was a wacko. Nothing deeper than that. Hinckley shot Reagan because he was a wacko. Simple as that. Conspiracy theories are designed to make money for those that make them up. And they are all made up fiction when it comes to these two incidents.
2. Nietzsche was a fucked up a-hole. Simple as that.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at August 29, 2021 09:55 AM (7WQ6X)

313 Never read Dostoyevski, should I?

Sure. He was a fucking lowlife who stole his wife's jewelry to pay off his gambling debts and often wrote things in a rush to do the same (between sections of The Idiot it seems like you're reading a different book) and literally starved at least one of his children to death. But he was an excellent writer.

Love the art not the artist.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021

***
I found Notes From Underground (in college -- had to read it) and Crime and Punishment both to be slogs. I like a long book -- see Lonesome Dove -- but something more than internal moral wrangling has to happen to keep my interest. The murder scene in C & P was great; but that was about it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 09:55 AM (+nNqu)

314 re: Pants Guy... Those are no pants!

Therefore, if pants like those are acceptable, and those are no pants, that means no pants are acceptable!

Bye-bye belt!

Posted by: 496 at August 29, 2021 09:55 AM (U1eOr)

315 Hillz might be doing the final Innsmouth transformation. Looking longingly at her future home and salvation.

Or else she is channeling Nixon taking a stroll on the beach in a three piece suit.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2021 09:54 AM (HG00O)

Does she have a metal detector?

Posted by: Count de Monet, unvaccinated American at August 29, 2021 09:56 AM (4I/2K)

316 Come June of '22, the Kabul Gay Pride parade is gonna be LIT!
Posted by: Gleefully rubbing hands together

Taliban Reimposes Ban On Music

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Well, I think we can all agree that the Muslim call to prayer blasting from a loudspeaker is nothing like music.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at August 29, 2021 09:56 AM (d9FiS)

317 As well, when he showed up to receive some sort of lifetime award from the Academy and found there was no alcohol, he walked out. A gofer had to be sent to grab a bottle of vodka from a nearby store before O'Toole could be convinced to return.

Now to read content. Still depressed.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 29, 2021 08:17 AM (2JVJo)

The first thought that ran through my mind when I saw the O'Toole photo was, "$50 says the cup in his left hand is full of Scotch, neat".

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 29, 2021 09:56 AM (ZSK0i)

318 Hillz might be doing the final Innsmouth transformation. Looking longingly at her future home and salvation. . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2021

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Hillary has some Whateley blood in her?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 09:57 AM (+nNqu)

319 Is it o.k. to post about a book which I don't want to read. It is listed in today's "NY Post"-Social Status-Why your status in society is as important and foo, shelter and water.[ . . .] Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2021 08:56 AM (AJzTi)

I wonder if they all realize they are supporting the much decried "lobster" meme by Jordan Peterson?

Probably not. Hope someone tells them.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2021 09:57 AM (HG00O)

320 Capt Hate - Too funny every Russian was in debt for gambling, what Russian was living high on the hog from all the winning of this gambling?

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 09:57 AM (znIQ9)

321 narf

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2021 09:57 AM (HG00O)

322 I thought the book, "Case Closed" did a great job years ago of closing the case on the Kennedy assassination.

Spoiler: It was Oswald alone.

At the time, I was reading a lot of stuff on the topic cuz I thought it might be fun to write a comedy around the Kennedy assassination. But, that book kinda spoiled the idea.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 29, 2021 09:57 AM (5NkmN)

323 Maybe she's on medication that makes her very photosensitive.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 09:51 AM (ONvIw)

You know who else is photosensitive?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2021 09:58 AM (7bRMQ)

324 >>312 1. Oswald shot Kennedy because he was a wacko. Nothing deeper than that. Hinckley shot Reagan because he was a wacko. Simple as that. Conspiracy theories are designed to make money for those that make them up. And they are all made up fiction when it comes to these two incidents.

So, Kennedy and Reagan were both wackos?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 29, 2021 09:58 AM (vuisn)

325 You know who else is photosensitive?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2021 09:58 AM (7bRMQ)

People on statins and diuretics?

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 09:58 AM (ONvIw)

326 There was all kinds of hinky stuff going on with the JFK assassination. Mutiple layers of hink. Ditto RFK.

Posted by: Count de Monet, unvaccinated American at August 29, 2021 10:00 AM (4I/2K)

327 Whately was Yog-Sothoth, Innsmouth was Deep Ones.

--Know Your I�! I�! Cthulhu fhtagn! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah-nagl fhtagn

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2021 10:00 AM (HG00O)

328 You probably won't be surprised to hear there are plenty of conspiracy theories surrounding the death of JFK jr.

One concerns the ambitions of a certain woman who wound up being a NY senator, and who would have stood no chance if he had run.

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 10:00 AM (AwPyG)

329 124 My Favorite Year is based on Mel Brooks' experiences as Errol Flynn's babysitter for Sid Caeaser's TV variety show.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2021 08:43 AM (ZHVt1)

Joseph Bologna as the Sid Caesar surrogate was also marvelously good.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 29, 2021 10:00 AM (puyrX)

330
The newest one I heard was that he was going to rein in the FED and resolve the issue with overprinting and the Gold standard which would be a long piss in everyone's punchbowl.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2021 09:52 AM

except the issues with the gold standard were manifest when Nixon was President, approx. eight years later (1971, IIRC?)

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 29, 2021 10:00 AM (DUIap)

331 "The newest one I heard was that he was going to rein in the FED and resolve the issue with overprinting and the Gold standard which would be a long piss in everyone's punchbowl."

the takeover of our currency by globalist bankers is a BFD. There was also a "conspiracy theory" about Ghedaffi and Libya, having too much gold/oil and being a threat, since they might have a currency backed in gold. ... Of course there are Building 7, 9/11 rumors of missing gold as well. ... in any case, the trillions (out of thin air) in the last 1.5 years is mostly vacuumed up by the richest oligarchs.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 29, 2021 10:01 AM (Cus5s)

332 Re: Yesterday's chess babe. I usually don't comment on that thread, just look for the Asian chick, but something OM said is probably just right for about every guy who reads and posts here. A pleasant face and a nice smile is more than acceptable for us. We don't expect or maybe even want a hot woman, but of course the hope is for big boobs, but that's every guys want....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2021 10:01 AM (7bRMQ)

333 And who's to say that thoroughly covered up person is Hillary? Recall that she had a lot of problems walking around, when she was running for president.

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 10:01 AM (AwPyG)

334 I guess Nietzsche didn't realize his entire profession was about judging people.

Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 10:01 AM (2DOZq)

335 I found Notes From Underground (in college -- had to read it) and Crime and Punishment both to be slogs. I like a long book -- see Lonesome Dove -- but something more than internal moral wrangling has to happen to keep my interest. The murder scene in C & P was great; but that was about it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 09:55 AM (+nNqu)

The Brothers Karamazov might be more to your liking. It's remarkably coherent for a work of that length (assuming the translation wasn't a total rewrite like Constance Garnett was known for doing) and the Grand Inquisitor is an outstanding character creation.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 10:02 AM (y7DUB)

336 Morning hordemates!
The 100 days of Dante sounds interesting.
Coffee's good today.
Ahhh

Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2021 10:02 AM (axyOa)

337 Is it o.k. to post about a book which I don't want to read.

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Renegades: Born in the USA by Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen, a steal at only $39.99!

https://amzn.to/3gIJJOe

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at August 29, 2021 10:04 AM (d9FiS)

338 Best theory ever was from Red Dwarf.
Boys go back in time to get take out and mess up Oswald so he misses. Kennedy lives but gets removed from office due to mob ties and that messes the future up. So they go back and spring Kennedy from jail and take him back in time dressed as a cop and have him shoot himself from the grassy knoll. Timeline restored but they did not get any chicken curry.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at August 29, 2021 10:04 AM (7WQ6X)

339 Decided to get up and go out so off to the farmers market.
Have a great day everyone.
Those of you in the path of the storm, take care.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 29, 2021 10:04 AM (Y+l9t)

340 Not all guys like big boobs. Stop projecting breasts from smothering me.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at August 29, 2021 10:04 AM (b6XqY)

341 well i'm out. you all have a great day!

Posted by: Jack Burton, who must buy flowers for his mother in law at August 29, 2021 10:04 AM (mZYvg)

342 Re: Yesterday's chess babe. I usually don't comment on that thread, just look for the Asian chick, but something OM said is probably just right for about every guy who reads and posts here. A pleasant face and a nice smile is more than acceptable for us. We don't expect or maybe even want a hot woman, but of course the hope is for big boobs, but that's every guys want....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2021 10:01 AM (7bRMQ)

... and sammich making skills. Yes.

Posted by: Count de Monet, unvaccinated American at August 29, 2021 10:05 AM (4I/2K)

343 "except the issues with the gold standard were manifest when Nixon was President, approx. eight years later (1971, IIRC?)"

fortunately we have legal spending caps, so the unlimited spending won't get out of control. /s

The magic of fiat money has given us power in the economic wars, but it also allowed trillions to be extracted from America (our children will pay?) and into the hands of globalist oligarchs. They then bought up every aspect of our government and our "free markets". (leveraged oligarchs are always "made whole")

Posted by: illiniwek at August 29, 2021 10:05 AM (Cus5s)

344 Gun to the head. Hillary or Biden as President?

( I assume most answers will be shoot me)

Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 10:05 AM (2DOZq)

345 Use 'Ressentimental' in a ~~sentence~~ limerick - a limerick

A sanctimonious lefty named Ernie
A quidnunc* and big fan of Bernie
He'll lecture us all day long
While he gaily sings this song:
♫"Gotta gake a ressentimental journey."

(*Bonus points for quidnunc)

Posted by: Muldoon at August 29, 2021 10:06 AM (m45I2)

346 He was probably a bit too old for it, but I thought David Morse would have made a good Jack Reacher. Cruise wasn't physically right for the part, but he was better in there than I'd expected.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 29, 2021 10:08 AM (JzDjf)

347 At the time, I was reading a lot of stuff on the topic cuz I thought it might be fun to write a comedy around the Kennedy assassination. But, that book kinda spoiled the idea.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 29, 2021

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There was a Broadway or off-Broadway play, MacBird!, in 1967 or so. I understand it suggested in a satirical fashion that LBJ had had JFK assassinated. Not sure -- I've never read it or seen it performed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 10:08 AM (+nNqu)

348 344. Biden. The Devil you know.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at August 29, 2021 10:09 AM (7WQ6X)

349

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 10:09 AM (+nNqu)

350 Few things burn quite like missing a sale. The Critical Drinker (Will Jordan) recently announced that his first two novels were on sale for 99 cents. But they were one-day-only sales, and they were both back to full-price by the time I thought to actually go to Amazon to grab them. So I salved my wounds with a pair of his 99 cent novellas and a free public-domain Fu Manchu book. Now I just need to actually read them...

Posted by: Castle Guy at August 29, 2021 10:09 AM (Lhaco)

351 So quaint thinking about the gold standard and a party who claimed to be for low spending. Who were the rubes?

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 10:09 AM (y7DUB)

352 228 This past week I finished The Whistler by Grisham.

Last week I mentioned that it Dragged in spots.

Then the story went on to drag in many more spots.

Leading to an anti-climactic ending.
Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 09:21 AM (arJlL)

I've given up on Grisham. His earlier books are fine, but he's turned into quite the liberal scoldy-scold, and it's irritatingly ham-handed.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 29, 2021 10:10 AM (puyrX)

353 Like so many places who want to be "inclusive" Columbia dumped some of their more "racist" requirements like Greek and Latin to encourage more participation in Classical Studies, so that everyone could become acquainted with the universal themes and philosophy.

Here is how they were repaid: https://tinyurl.com/48rv9t57

She offers the case for "burning it all down". The themes of the classics might not be racist, but its history is racist. She is aware of the other side to the story, but states she will not link to it, because she does not believe it should be known or read.

If Columbia or any department of classics or Western thought wishes to survive, they should increase the requirements and drive these SJWs out.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 10:11 AM (ONvIw)

354 @344....HRC over Biden, no doubt.

Posted by: occam's brassiere at August 29, 2021 10:11 AM (V8JPv)

355 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDRED Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)

356 Everyone who seriously dives into the "Did Oswald Do It" debate MUST, repeat MUST, go to the Book Depository (now a museum) and look out the window Oswald used (open to debate, I know). What you will see is so different from the photos I've seen (most taken with a wide-angle lens) I am confident you'll be as stunned as I was. It is not a long-range shot.

Posted by: Gref at August 29, 2021 09:50 AM (AMIL/)

Yup, been there. It was shocking. Its like the whole area can fit in a 7-11 parking lot.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 29, 2021 10:12 AM (VwHCD)

357 Is it likely that Peter O'Toole liked a wench now and then?

(wait for it...)

Posted by: Muldoon at August 29, 2021 10:13 AM (m45I2)

358
I've given up on Grisham. His earlier books are fine, but he's turned into quite the liberal scoldy-scold, and it's irritatingly ham-handed.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 29, 2021 10:10 AM (puyrX)

I've always found that phrase offensive given the greatness of ham.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDRED Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

359 Boobies with a Sammich.

Now there is place that will make bank. A lunch spot where young busty babes in tight, skimpy outfits make and serve you sammiches along with flirty good cheer.

Brings a new meaning to foot long.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at August 29, 2021 10:14 AM (7WQ6X)

360 "Conspiracy theories are designed to make money for those that make them up."

imo some of the wild theories are spread by CIA as cover for the real conspiracy. 1/6 "Insurrection" is a version of that tactic.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 29, 2021 10:15 AM (Cus5s)

361 There was an episode of Bones with the gang investigating bones brought to them by the secret service.
If appeared the bones were those of JFK but it was left unclear.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 29, 2021 10:15 AM (cSyAR)

362 Im thinking Peter's tool liked a wrench now and then.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2021 10:15 AM (axyOa)

363 Congressman Michael Waltz: 'Biden Gave All Of Our Bases Away' In Afghanistan

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All of our base are belong to you.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at August 29, 2021 10:15 AM (d9FiS)

364 359 Boobies with a Sammich.

Now there is place that will make bank. A lunch spot where young busty babes in tight, skimpy outfits make and serve you sammiches along with flirty good cheer.

Brings a new meaning to foot long.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at August 29, 2021 10:14 AM (7WQ6X)

I always thot Twin Peaks and Hooter should cut the shit and go with Titties and Beer.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2021 10:15 AM (yrol0)

365 Not all guys like big boobs. Stop projecting breasts from smothering me.
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at August 29, 2021 10:04 AM (b6XqY)

But, you have to admit, smothered by breast is not a bad way to go.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDRED Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)

366 Well, I think we can all agree that the Muslim call to prayer blasting from a loudspeaker is nothing like music.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at August 29, 2021 09:56 AM (d9FiS)

"The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer."

--Barack H. Obama

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 29, 2021 10:16 AM (PiwSw)

367 Congressman Michael Waltz: 'Biden Gave All Of Our Bases Away' In Afghanistan

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All of our base are belong to you.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at August 29, 2021 10:15 AM (d9FiS)

Owebama was a SCOAMF.

Biden is the nuclear version.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDRED Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 10:16 AM (Zz0t1)

368 "Oswald shot Kennedy because he was a wacko. "

With a lot of Soviet-Cuba connections. That Khruschev gave the order is quite plausible. JFK had made him look ridiculous ...

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2021 10:16 AM (ZHVt1)

369 Well, I think we can all agree that the Muslim call to prayer blasting from a loudspeaker is nothing like music.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at August 29, 2021 09:56 AM (d9FiS)

It makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 29, 2021 10:17 AM (cSyAR)

370 Ahhh. Multnomah county in the 20's. When reading in Oregon meant something.
Those were the days.
Kidding aside, i lived it when the bookmobile showed up. They always had something I'd enjoy reading.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2021 10:17 AM (axyOa)

371 "The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer."

--Barack H. Obama

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 29, 2021 10:16 AM (PiwSw)

also

Don't underestimate Joe's ability to fuck things up

PS Hows your dog? Mines quite tasty!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2021 10:17 AM (yrol0)

372 Congressman Michael Waltz: 'Biden Gave All Of Our Bases Away' In Afghanistan

I'll give ANY base to ANY terrorist for only $49.95.

- Earl Scheib Biden

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDRED Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 10:17 AM (Zz0t1)

373 Dover?! I live in Wilmington! Keep going, driver.

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 29, 2021 10:18 AM (fFtVH)

374 Ahhh. Multnomah county in the 20's. When reading in Oregon meant something.
Those were the days.
Kidding aside, i lived it when the bookmobile showed up. They always had something I'd enjoy reading.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2021 10:17 AM (axyOa)

You have died from Dysentery.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDRED Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)

375 He was suffobreasted.

No he didn't suffer. Im an expert on death derangement syndrome.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at August 29, 2021 10:18 AM (b6XqY)

376 He was probably a bit too old for it, but I thought David Morse would have made a good Jack Reacher. Cruise wasn't physically right for the part, but he was better in there than I'd expected.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 29, 2021 10:08 AM (JzDjf)

After watching Vince Vaughn in Brawl in Cellblock 99, I think he would have made a good Reacher. He has the sarcasm attitude down pat too.

Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 10:19 AM (2DOZq)

377 With a lot of Soviet-Cuba connections. That Khruschev gave the order is quite plausible. JFK had made him look ridiculous ...
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2021 10:16 AM (ZHVt1)

How so? He got Kennedy to remove missiles from Turkey.

Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 10:22 AM (2DOZq)

378 301...Everyone who seriously dives into the "Did Oswald Do It" debate MUST, repeat MUST, go to the Book Depository (now a museum) and look out the window Oswald used (open to debate, I know). What you will see is so different from the photos I've seen (most taken with a wide-angle lens) I am confident you'll be as stunned as I was. It is not a long-range shot.
Posted by: Gref at August 29, 2021 09:50 AM (AMIL/)

Plus, Oswald was in the military (marines?) wherein he was trained as a...
.
.
.
(wait for it)
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...sharpshooter! So no, it was not a difficult shot.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 29, 2021 10:22 AM (puyrX)

379 After watching Vince Vaughn in Brawl in Cellblock 99, I think he would have made a good Reacher. He has the sarcasm attitude down pat too.
Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021

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I've never read any of the Reacher books, but maybe the actor from one of the Law and Order series, Vincent D'Onofrio, could have done it when he was younger. Certainly his turn as the villain in the newer version of Taking of Pelham 123 was solid.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 10:23 AM (+nNqu)

380 Not all guys like big boobs.

In fact, I hope that mine don't grow further.

Posted by: Brian Stelter at August 29, 2021 10:23 AM (2nFxy)

381 JFK's pulling our missiles from Turkey was a secret side deal. Krushchev looked like he had backed down.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2021 10:24 AM (ZHVt1)

382 Biden. The Devil you know.

-
This damning thread reminds me of Tracy Morgan's "pretty sure" commercial. The Taliban offered to let us provide security at the airport but Joe was pretty sure letting the Taliban do it would be fine.

https://bit.ly/2WrXXfD

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at August 29, 2021 10:24 AM (d9FiS)

383 "Oswald shot Kennedy because he was a wacko. "

With a lot of Soviet-Cuba connections. That Khruschev gave the order is quite plausible. JFK had made him look ridiculous ...

******

Theorem: All conspiracy theories start as a rejoinder to the assertion that there was no conspiracy.

Corollary: All assertions that there was no conspiracy are exactly what a member of the conspiracy would say.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 29, 2021 10:25 AM (m45I2)

384 Thanks so much for the 1920's mysteries mention. Sounds like something Mr. S. would love.

One thing I absolutely treasure about the internet is that all that information is there, if you want to refer to it as you read.

There are books on our shelves with legal pad lists inside them of "Things Mom Looked Up While Reading".

Posted by: Sal at August 29, 2021 10:25 AM (3c1fY)

385 Muslim call to prayer is why noise canceling head phones are hot sellers in Kabul now. They did not fight for their freedoms so they do not deserve them. Had PDT had a chance we would be out of Afghanistan as well, should have been out after we wacked OBL. However it would have been ordered and thought out. Plus we would have kept AirPower there fir us and the Afghans. Great spot to launch strikes into China.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at August 29, 2021 10:25 AM (7WQ6X)

386 Capt Hate - Too funny every Russian was in debt for gambling, what Russian was living high on the hog from all the winning of this gambling?
Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 09:57 AM (znIQ9)

Whoever collected the vig, just like downtown.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2021 10:25 AM (HG00O)

387 People on statins and diuretics?

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 09:58 AM (ONvIw)

Children of the night, bloodsuckers, like Hill and Bill....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2021 10:26 AM (7bRMQ)

388 Much has changed since I first saw Lawrence of Arabia, as best I can remember in late summer of 1963, in a theater that had a loge section in the balcony and ushers that wore crisp, vaguely military in nature, uniforms. I was all of ten and in my suburban town it was common on a Saturday to see dozens of bicycles outside the theater. Much has changed.

The imagery in my mind of this showing has remained sudden, saturated, pounding, epic, and filled with Mr. O'Toole's white Bedouin robes always flowing. I missed much of the subtlety in the script, but what I did grasp is I was seeing something profound both in story and presentation. My young understanding, while incomplete, has never wavered and only increased over a lifetime spent in the dark with Mr. Lawrence's story, Mr. O'Toole's blue eyes, and David Lean's wide screen mind.

Posted by: LostInSpace at August 29, 2021 10:26 AM (ESLBo)

389 Thanks so much for the 1920's mysteries mention. Sounds like something Mr. S. would love. . . .

Posted by: Sal at August 29, 2021
***
Have him try the 1930s too -- Ellery Queen, John Dickson Carr. Absolutely mind-blowing puzzles and solutions.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 10:27 AM (+nNqu)

390 @383

And I think all the nay-sayers are forgetting about Jack Ruby, who got close enough to kill Oswald in an unsecured setting.

Because no one would think to thoroughly secure an assassin who just assassinated the president.

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 10:27 AM (AwPyG)

391 Most JFK conspiracy theories focus on disputing that Oswald was the shooter, or that he acted alone.

The facts say he was a lone shooter. And a wacko.

But he could have done it on Soviet/Cuban orders. FFS, Oswald was in the Cuban embassy in Mexico City the week before.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2021 10:28 AM (ZHVt1)

392 Had PDT had a chance we would be out of Afghanistan as well, should have been out after we wacked OBL. However it would have been ordered and thought out. Plus we would have kept AirPower there fir us and the Afghans. Great spot to launch strikes into China.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at August 29, 2021 10:25 AM

Would have been out months ago if Trump had won last year. That is if the generals didn't lie to him and disobey his orders like they did before.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at August 29, 2021 10:28 AM (JUOKG)

393 NBC blames Trump for ISIS-K.

Watch how quickly AF is forgotten in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. Biden gets yet another pass.

Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 10:28 AM (S1hrL)

394 But, you have to admit, smothered by breast is not a bad way to go.
Posted by: Sponge

*****

"Come to Mama, Sponge-y!"

Posted by: Trigglypuff at August 29, 2021 10:28 AM (m45I2)

395 Just read Tolly Bon executed their first ghey, somehow they didn't take all the LGBT talk to well.

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 10:29 AM (znIQ9)

396 And all those kids at the bookmobile have great grandkids who are turning Portland into a dystopia.

Posted by: Jonah Kyle at August 29, 2021 10:29 AM (R4j1g)

397 Looks like Ida will miss Arbyrd.

Posted by: klaftern at August 29, 2021 10:29 AM (r4sI4)

398 So pudding head said no pics at Dover and yet Daily Mail has them. None with the family or coffins, just he and the doktor on the tarmac. Hmmmmm!

https://tinyurl.com/hwsehkfj

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 29, 2021 10:30 AM (2NHgQ)

399 Many most governments will punish the whole family for political crimes.

Like the mafia/cartels...kill the whole family..

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at August 29, 2021 10:30 AM (b6XqY)

400 Biden won't get a pass, because there's more bad stuff that will happen.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2021 10:30 AM (ZHVt1)

401 This JFK discussion puts me in mind of a "Doonesbury" sequence ages ago in which Duke faked a photo of him in Dallas that day. He was out to bilk conspiracy theorists.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 29, 2021 10:31 AM (Om/di)

402 JFK's pulling our missiles from Turkey was a secret side deal. Krushchev looked like he had backed down.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2021 10:24 AM (ZHVt1)

Not to the people that mattered. Krushchev and the USSR probably got exactly what they wanted. No reason for him to be 'angry' at JFK.

Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 10:31 AM (2DOZq)

403 "The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer."

--Barack H. Obama

Well, except for hearing Reggie's here....

Posted by: Barry O at August 29, 2021 10:31 AM (7bRMQ)

404 Muslim calls to prayer. The latest additions to public schools together with prayer rooms for muzzies because equity.

Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 10:32 AM (S1hrL)

405 I didn't think give much credence to conspiracy theories until watching the last five years or so. We've watched it happening in the open with our own eyes, and we're currently STILL watching it happen in our own nation and around the world. Believing these coordinated, "deep state" plans only started with Trump is impossible.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) The booster shots are unchanged doses for COVID-19. It's 2021. at August 29, 2021 10:33 AM (de2/z)

406 They did not fight for their freedoms so they do not deserve them.

==

*looks at everything taking place in the US

I guess we deserve Bidet, huh ?

Posted by: runner, distinguished commenter at August 29, 2021 10:33 AM (V13WU)

407 The poor conspiracy-theory scoffers are having a hard time of it, nowadays.

It seems like all the more outlandish ones are coming true, in real time.

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 10:33 AM (AwPyG)

408 Bookmobiles are another form of socialism

Posted by: Kurt at August 29, 2021 10:34 AM (54PZ+)

409 404 Muslim calls to prayer. The latest additions to public schools together with prayer rooms for muzzies because equity.

Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 10:32 AM (S1hrL) xd

But we can't have "religion" in schools. Bur Muzzie is OK because it is NOT a religion, it is a death cult.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2021 10:34 AM (mpXpK)

410 NBC blames Trump for ISIS-K.

**

I heard that the J variant is more dangerous.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) The booster shots are unchanged doses for COVID-19. It's 2021. at August 29, 2021 10:34 AM (de2/z)

411 A few more gusts of wind. And my phone keeps beeping at me with alerts.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 10:34 AM (+nNqu)

412 In all seriousness, does it get more white supremacy than bookmobiles?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) The booster shots are unchanged doses for COVID-19. It's 2021. at August 29, 2021 10:35 AM (de2/z)

413 @406

I remember when Obama installed the Muslim brotherhood in Egypt, and 8 million Egyptians stood in the streets and refused to move until the military kicked their leadership out.

It wasn't that long ago.

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 10:35 AM (AwPyG)

414 After watching Vince Vaughn in Brawl in Cellblock 99, I think he would have made a good Reacher. He has the sarcasm attitude down pat too.
Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 10:19 AM (2DOZq)

Didn't think of Vaughn, but yeah, he'd have been good too.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 29, 2021 10:35 AM (JzDjf)

415 Khruschev was internally blamed for backing down to JFK and it led to his ouster. Perfectly plausible that he took out JFK for revenge and to recover his internal reputation.

Not saying that this happened, but for me it's the most plausible alt-theory.

Like saying a year ago that Corona came from the Wuhan lab.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2021 10:37 AM (ZHVt1)

416 Oswald's mother was as crazy as he was.

Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 10:37 AM (2DOZq)

417 As I usually do when we have storms, I've parked my car in the NE lot at my complex, away from trees and branches and any obvious threats. With any luck it won't sustain any damage before tomorrow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 10:38 AM (+nNqu)

418 After biden...kamula will die from hotdog overdose.

Is Nancy next?

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at August 29, 2021 10:38 AM (b6XqY)

419 Fucktard Kurt gracing the thread with his presence.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 29, 2021 10:38 AM (AVDhF)

420 I read a couple horde authors in the last couple of weeks. I tried Jack July's Amy Lynn and Sabrina Chase's Last Mage Guardian.

Amy Lynn I found pretty well written and in some ways likable but not a book for me.

On the other hand I very much enjoyed Last Mage Guardian and highly recommend it to anyone and all.

I'm trying to get and read every horde authored book I can to read, over time. I haven't found a stinker among them, although some I liked more than others out of personal taste. Some of them have been extraordinarily good.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2021 10:38 AM (KZzsI)

421 It's a slippery slope once you start forcing people to visit the bookmobile.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) The booster shots are unchanged doses for COVID-19. It's 2021. at August 29, 2021 10:39 AM (de2/z)

422 Haven't read the Reacher books, but saw the movie.

Sounds like there's a lot of some Clint Eastwood characters in the Reacher books

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2021 10:39 AM (ZHVt1)

423 Biden and the fake doctor on the tarmac. Bruh.

Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 10:40 AM (S1hrL)

424 I heard that the J variant is more dangerous.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) The booster shots are unchanged doses for COVID-19. It's 2021. at August 29, 2021 10:34 AM (de2/z)

The Midterm variant will be ebola level deadly

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 10:40 AM (ONvIw)

425 Oswald's mother was as crazy as he was.
Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021

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I've always found it intriguing that Oswald and his mother lived here from the time he was 12 or so. He went to a junior high on Canal Street, and to the high school on the same avenue where I would attend years later. He and his mother lived in the French Quarter; that's why some people have said that Oswald also went to my grammar school on Royal Street . . . but from what I've turned up, he was living in NY during his grammar school days.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 10:40 AM (+nNqu)

426 Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2021 10:37 AM (ZHVt1)

The Stalinists ousted him with help of those that thought Krushchev was too aggressive. Not that he backed down.

Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 10:40 AM (2DOZq)

427 /Heavy duty sock off

Posted by: Muldoon at August 29, 2021 10:41 AM (m45I2)

428 Ahoy, bookfagz!

Posted by: Insomniac at August 29, 2021 10:41 AM (II3Gr)

429 Red Harvest is one of the iconic mysteries of all times; there is a reason so many movies have been made from it. On the other hand The House Without a Key is just not good, even without the racial slurs and attitudes (of which there are many). Its just not a very good book in any way, and honestly I cannot grasp why on earth it was popular or spawned movies.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2021 10:41 AM (KZzsI)

430 *looks at everything taking place in the US

I guess we deserve Bidet, huh ?
Posted by: runner, distinguished commenter at August 29, 2021 10:33 AM (V13WU)

Yeah, pretty much.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 29, 2021 10:42 AM (puyrX)

431 Khrushchev theory is very plausible considering the number of employees he had in the US.

Posted by: klaftern at August 29, 2021 10:42 AM (r4sI4)

432 I think someone here suggested this weather site. Hurricanes are...spinny.

https://www.ventusky.com/
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes

That was me. I've been using that alongside the Fox 35 app (Orlando). It's a wonderful site.

Also on YouTube switching back and forth between local New Orleans local news live feed, and Ryan Hall, Y'all's live feed. He's probably the best non-MSM weather reporter out there, and I highly recommend him.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 29, 2021 10:42 AM (OssQ4)

433 @399

I have a friend whose great grandmother was raped by one of Pancho Villa's men. So the woman's husband and brother hunted the man down, and killed him.

Pancho Villa swore he was going to murder the entire family in revenge, and so the federales allowed the family to immigrate to the US.

And said "thanks"

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 10:42 AM (AwPyG)

434 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 10:40 AM (+nNqu)

Mother also lived in Dallas before they moved to NY and then back to New Orleans.

Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 10:42 AM (2DOZq)

435 Granholm Chartered Military Jet to Ukraine as US Struggled To Evacuate Americans From Afghanistan
Trump administration officials faced allegations of wasteful spending for use of expensive military charters

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 29, 2021 10:42 AM (yrol0)

436 "hought Krushchev was too aggressive"

Like giving the order on JFK?

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 29, 2021 10:42 AM (ZHVt1)

437
Like the mafia/cartels...kill the whole family..
Posted by: Humphreyrobot

And your little dog, too!

Posted by: Wicked witch of the west at August 29, 2021 10:42 AM (63Dwl)

438 414 After watching Vince Vaughn in Brawl in Cellblock 99, I think he would have made a good Reacher. He has the sarcasm attitude down pat too.
Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 10:19 AM (2DOZq)

Didn't think of Vaughn, but yeah, he'd have been good too.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 29, 2021 10:35 AM (JzDjf)

Rutger Hauer
Adam Baldwin

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Social Distancing Professional at August 29, 2021 10:43 AM (puyrX)

439 I used to read prayers in the back of my Missal for indulgences and dedicate them to my grandfather (I wanted to use my church time constructively).

He wasn't dead yet, but according to my grandmother, he was going to need them.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #maskless (Mzdiz) at August 29, 2021 09:29 AM (Mzdiz)

That's a great story!!! 3 sentences that paint a vivid picture of three people. Made me lol.

Posted by: LASue at August 29, 2021 10:43 AM (Ed8Zd)

440 Ebola for the midterms because covid fatigue.

Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 10:43 AM (S1hrL)

441 the government's noaa.com site is the best for tracking hurricanes; lots of interactive maps and none of the hype from TV news.

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 10:44 AM (AwPyG)

442 'If you want a picture of the future, imagine a book stamping on a human face - forever.'

/George Orwell in "Bookmobile Socialism"

Posted by: Muldoon at August 29, 2021 10:44 AM (m45I2)

443 But if I put on my conspiracy hat, maybe Krushchev's aggressiveness was the JFK assassination.

Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 10:44 AM (2DOZq)

444 It looks like the Greek ambassador to Brazil's wife killed him!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at August 29, 2021 10:44 AM (UHVv4)

445
Mother also lived in Dallas before they moved to NY and then back to New Orleans.
Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021

***
And of course Oswald lived on Magazine Street near Jefferson Avenue in '62 and/or '63. That famous footage of him in downtown NO in the summer of '63 handing out leaflets for "Fair Play for Cuba"? My mother and I shopped downtown frequently. We rarely went by the old Trade Mart, where he was filmed, but for all I know we sat next to him at the Woolworth's lunch counter or passed him on the street.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 10:45 AM (+nNqu)

446 I have read 3 books in a series about a woman detective in the 1930s named Maggie Sullivan by Ruth M. Myers. They're a load of fun and very well done, with plenty of period bits and some interesting mysteries. The author does a fine job of evoking those old time Private Detective books, with a fresh... twist... of making the PI a dame.

And it works well, because she doesn't try to make the girl a guy, doesn't jam modern attitudes and assumptions into the past, and shows some real and fun advantages being a woman would give, particularly at the time, with investigations and little devices she uses for her work.

Maggie is a bit experienced and capable for her age (mid 20s) and she's super protected by the local cops rather than them being an adversary, but its still a good read so far.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2021 10:45 AM (KZzsI)

447 They want to give their lives meaning, so they imagine themselves as fighting the Ultimate Evil. However, they always managed to make their "evil" really small and weak, because they are also physical and moral cowards.

That's why talking back to them is "violence."

And with that, I'm off to Mass!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 29, 2021 09:46 AM (llXky)

Stealing this, please. Thank you.

Posted by: Sal at August 29, 2021 10:46 AM (3c1fY)

448 I think the theory that the mob, or at least wild card Sam Giancana, had JFK rubbed out because the deal with old man Kennedy that they'd back off the mafia was not upheld.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2021 10:47 AM (KZzsI)

449 Burning libraries is an urban Democrat form of socialism.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at August 29, 2021 10:48 AM (UHVv4)

450 If I had to accept a JFK conspiracy it would be the Mob hit conspiracy.

Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 10:48 AM (2DOZq)

451 Covid test results are delayed. Been four days now and school starts tomorrow. They doing this on purpose?

Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 10:48 AM (S1hrL)

452 Covid test results are delayed. Been four days now and school starts tomorrow. They doing this on purpose?
Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 10:48 AM (S1hrL)

they should let (the party) attend even if the results are delayed

Posted by: runner, distinguished commenter at August 29, 2021 10:49 AM (V13WU)

453 he government's noaa.com site is the best for tracking hurricanes; lots of interactive maps and none of the hype from TV news.
Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021

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I can't get to the specific pages. I've cleared my cookies, but it keeps saying it's tried too many times. Maybe the Brave browser?

Weather.gov is pretty good, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 10:49 AM (+nNqu)

454 I remember when Obama installed the Muslim brotherhood in Egypt, and 8 million Egyptians stood in the streets and refused to move until the military kicked their leadership out.

The thing to remember about the Egyptians, and the Greeks too, is that their military has plenty of experience overthrowing governments and taking over. The US military has no tradition of ever doing that, which is why I think that hopes that they'll come to the rescue are vain, no matter how bad the civilian government gets.

Posted by: Dr. Mabusette, just to clarify things at August 29, 2021 10:49 AM (KF5Wg)

455 It looks like the Greek ambassador to Brazil's wife killed him!

******

I have two questions:

1. Why does Greece need an ambassador to Mrs. Brazil? and

2. Who is it that he supposedly killed?

Posted by: Muldoon at August 29, 2021 10:50 AM (m45I2)

456 This works for me (I'm using Brave)

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 29, 2021 10:51 AM (PiwSw)

457 The lakefront is being inundated by water from the lake. Glad I'm nowhere near that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 10:51 AM (+nNqu)

458 417 As I usually do when we have storms, I've parked my car in the NE lot at my complex, away from trees and branches and any obvious threats. With any luck it won't sustain any damage before tomorrow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 10:38 AM (+nNqu)

My next door neighbor has several trees next to his driveway. When we have major storms come by he parks his cars in my front yard. I had almost all of my trees cut down and the stumps ground out after the big huricane come through.

Posted by: Vic at August 29, 2021 10:52 AM (mpXpK)

459 @453

should be there--noaa.gov

for hurricanes in particular, nhc.noaa.gov

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 10:52 AM (AwPyG)

460 CNN - Extreme Right wing Larry Elder is leading airwaves talk

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 10:52 AM (znIQ9)

461 This works for me (I'm using Brave)

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 29, 2021

***
Thanks; I can see that. Weather.gov has the same graphics and advisories.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 10:52 AM (+nNqu)

462 I just hope Houston doesn't get the same NO immigration we got after Katrina. We are still dealing with that.

Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 10:52 AM (2DOZq)

463 sorry, I said noaa.com before, and it's .gov

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 10:52 AM (AwPyG)

464 As long as there is MFM the country will not get out of this mess.

Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 10:53 AM (S1hrL)

465 This week I finished the Krishna Coriolis series by Ashok Banker. I had the same experience with it that I had with his Ramayana. It's really good for more than 3/4 (and these series are long - 6 or 7 novels in each). Then right at the end, the hero turns into a sort of asshole. He did it with Rama, and there was some justification for that because the final chapter of the Rama and Sita story is weirdly depressing. (I think it was added later, and is actually the story of some other king that got grafted onto the Rama story.) But the same thing happened with Krishna, and in the same way - he turns into a jerk when it comes to the women he supposedly loves. It just left me feeling flat.

I've also got his Mahabharata series, but I'm going to take a break before I read that one. It'll probably end the same way, too.

Posted by: Dr. Mabusette, just to clarify things at August 29, 2021 10:54 AM (KF5Wg)

466 The local news people are insisting on being out in the wind, to show off how tough and intrepid they are. Reminds me of how Jim Cantore and Stephanie Abrams would be out there in the worst conditions. I no longer have cable, so no Weather Channel. Don't really miss it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 10:54 AM (+nNqu)

467 the government's noaa.com site is the best for tracking hurricanes; lots of interactive maps and none of the hype from TV news.
Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 10:44 AM (AwPyG)

I like Nullschool because you can toggle for height layers, wind, particulates, moisture and it predicts 56 days to the future

https://earth.nullschool.net/

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2021 10:54 AM (HG00O)

468 389 Thanks so much for the 1920's mysteries mention. Sounds like something Mr. S. would love. . . .

Posted by: Sal at August 29, 2021
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Have him try the 1930s too -- Ellery Queen, John Dickson Carr. Absolutely mind-blowing puzzles and solutions.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 10:27 AM (+nNqu)

I should have mentioned that he would love the add-ons. He is a devoted vintage mystery reader- many many boxes of such were donated when we moved.

Nero Wolfe- my perennial favorite.

Posted by: Sal at August 29, 2021 10:54 AM (3c1fY)

469 Hopefully the Army Corp of Engineers did their job this time. Remember that Katrina didn't hit New Orleans directly. It was the levees that failed.

Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 10:55 AM (2DOZq)

470 Have him try the 1930s too -- Ellery Queen, John Dickson Carr. Absolutely mind-blowing puzzles and solutions.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021
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I should have mentioned that he would love the add-ons. He is a devoted vintage mystery reader- many many boxes of such were donated when we moved.

Nero Wolfe- my perennial favorite.
Posted by: Sal at August 29, 2021

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Yes -- that too. The Wolfe series started in 1934.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 10:56 AM (+nNqu)

471 469 Hopefully the Army Corp of Engineers did their job this time. Remember that Katrina didn't hit New Orleans directly. It was the levees that failed.
Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 10:55 AM (2DOZq)

Cue Led Zeppelin earworm....

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 29, 2021 10:56 AM (PiwSw)

472 I just hope Houston doesn't get the same NO immigration we got after Katrina. We are still dealing with that.

We'd be better off just being hit by the hurricane in lieu of LA. After a year plus of Covid nonsense there's less to wipe out downtown, and we wouldn't get more of LA's wildlife flocking here.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 29, 2021 10:56 AM (QU5/8)

473 @454

Not to mention that someone like Gen Milley has been appointed to be the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

To me, that's like Tarrant County Texas putting the guy who ran Maduro's Venezuelan elections in as county elections chairman.

Who recommended these people? Who's vetting them?

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 10:56 AM (AwPyG)

474 Owebama was a SCOAMF.

Biden is the nuclear version.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDRED Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 10:16 AM (Zz0t1)

Biden is the retarded nuclear version.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 29, 2021 10:56 AM (VwHCD)

475 *****

"Come to Mama, Sponge-y!"
Posted by: Trigglypuff at August 29, 2021 10:28 AM (m45I2)

Fortunately for everyone, you're that anomaly of being morbidly obese and having small tits, so the only thing you'd smother with is that gargantuan belly of yours. And I'm out on that.....

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDRED Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 10:56 AM (Zz0t1)

476 'The local news people are insisting on being out in the wind, to show off how tough and intrepid they are. '

Howie Carr used to do a character on the radio named Biff Buffington, who did the same thing. Whenever there was some Stormageddon going on, he'd come on surrounded by howling wind effects, and squealing, "It's the end of the worrrrrrrllllld!!!!"

Posted by: Dr. Mabusette, just to clarify things at August 29, 2021 10:57 AM (KF5Wg)

477 Pray that the levees do not fail. Catastrophic if they do.

Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 10:57 AM (S1hrL)

478 I park my car in my garage.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at August 29, 2021 10:57 AM (xopIz)

479 I just hope Houston doesn't get the same NO immigration we got after Katrina. We are still dealing with that. . . .
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 29, 2021

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True. But the denizens who stayed have bred, and their offspring are now 15 and 16 -- old enough to immerse themselves in the thug lifestyle.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 10:58 AM (+nNqu)

480 Another great fun mystery series is the Perry Mason books. If all you know him from is the TV show, then you're in for a real treat.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2021 10:58 AM (KZzsI)

481 Pray that the levees do not fail. Catastrophic if they do.

Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 10:57 AM (S1hrL)

Imagine if the Three Gorges Dam....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 29, 2021 10:59 AM (7bRMQ)

482
Biden is the retarded nuclear version.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 29, 2021 10:56 AM (VwHCD)

This edit is acceptable.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDRED Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 10:59 AM (Zz0t1)

483 https://earth.nullschool.net/

FIVE days into the future. Proofriding is hard

Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2021 10:59 AM (HG00O)

484 Biden is the retarded nuclear version.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 29, 2021 10:56 AM (VwHCD)

This edit is acceptable.
Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDRED Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 10:59 AM (Zz0t1)

Waiting for the meltdown.

Posted by: Just a side note at August 29, 2021 10:59 AM (2DOZq)

485 Pray that the levees do not fail. Catastrophic if they do.
Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 10:57 AM (S1hrL)

I'm sure George Bush, who hates black people, is waiting patiently to set off his bombs.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDRED Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

486 Who recommended these people? Who's vetting them?
Posted by: artemis

From what I've read, the people in charge are an organization called WestExec, who are quite literally our shadow government.

Dig into that rabbit hole, it's stranger than fiction.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 29, 2021 11:00 AM (OssQ4)

487 Reminds me of how Jim Cantore and Stephanie Abrams would be out there in the worst conditions. I no longer have cable, so no Weather Channel. Don't really miss it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 10:54 AM (+nNqu)
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Stephanie could rock a wet weather channel tshirt.

Posted by: BluesFish at August 29, 2021 11:00 AM (kPJ/p)

488 From what I've read, the people in charge are an organization called WestExec, who are quite literally our shadow government.

Dig into that rabbit hole, it's stranger than fiction.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 29, 2021 11:00 AM (OssQ4)

They aren't a shadow government. THEY ARE the government.

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDRED Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

489 Pray that the levees do not fail. Catastrophic if they do.
Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 10:57 AM (S1hrL)

Working on it Boss!

Posted by: Dick Cheney, War Criminal at August 29, 2021 11:01 AM (R/m4+)

490 WE HAS A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 29, 2021 11:01 AM (znIQ9)

491 ----
Stephanie could rock a wet weather channel tshirt.
Posted by: BluesFish at August 29, 2021 11:00 AM (kPJ/p)

Woof....she certainly is stacked.....

Posted by: Sponge - Michael Byrd MURDRED Ashli Babbitt at August 29, 2021 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

492 Nood

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 29, 2021 11:02 AM (kTF2Z)

493 No refugees for LA then?

Posted by: Ziba at August 29, 2021 11:02 AM (S1hrL)

494 @486

It's all very believable, especially since the Gamestop vs hedgefunds epic battle is based on the idea that the Citadel hedge fund out of Chicago is running an off-the-books financial system for the corrupt politicians, and Blackrock is running off-the-books infrastructure for them.

Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 11:03 AM (AwPyG)

495 Thanks OM for another great book thread. As always, I came away with some good ideas for future reading, some even on my own shelves.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 11:04 AM (ONvIw)

496 Another series I have been reading recently is by Harriet Smart, about Scotch detectives in the mid 1800s, just starting up a modern police force. The main characters are a retired army Major who is building the police and a doctor who is the bastard of a powerful nobleman and lord that works as coroner.

The mysteries are pretty good, the setting well evoked, and the characters memorable. In two books so far both men (particularly the main characters) have all been utter retards about women and seem to think exclusively with their gonads, to very poor results. I wonder what kind of men the author grew up around.

The doctor in particular is an unlikable person, although he does seem to be growing and learning. People act reasonably and plausibly except for the men's behavior around women. I got a 3-book set for 99 cents on kindle, so I'll give the third book a shot and see, but its not really sticking with me. Particularly after the second book revealed like 3 major character to be secretly homosexual.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2021 11:04 AM (KZzsI)

497 Starting to make landfall now.

Local coverage, WFAA: https://tinyurl.com/yw2a6s8s

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 29, 2021 11:05 AM (OssQ4)

498 For JFK/RFK conspiracies, nothing beats James Ellroy's "American Underworld" trilogy. Fiction, of course. Novels. Wildly implausible. Couldn't have happened anything like that.

Posted by: occam's brassiere at August 29, 2021 11:05 AM (V8JPv)

499 Posted by: artemis at August 29, 2021 11:03 AM (AwPyG)

Shadow fascist govt for the benefit of politicians and billionaires.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 11:05 AM (ONvIw)

500 Now you know why they hate women, Christopher!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at August 29, 2021 11:06 AM (UHVv4)

501 Another great fun mystery series is the Perry Mason books. If all you know him from is the TV show, then you're in for a real treat.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2021

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Yes -- especially early on, they are a bit more hardboiled than the TV series. Also the Donald Lam-Bertha Cool series, also by Gardner.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 29, 2021 11:06 AM (+nNqu)

502 500?

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 11:07 AM (ONvIw)

503 Fiction, of course. Novels. Wildly implausible. Couldn't have happened anything like that.

Ellroy had a gift of writing gritty crime stuff that was all-too-plausible.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2021 11:07 AM (KZzsI)

504 Judas is never with the disciples. He just hangs around Jerusalem stealing food. And the poor innocent lad is tricked by an evil Pharisee into identifying Jesus with a kiss. Just to point Him out so the Pharisee knows who to talk to. He is barely present at the Last Supper, Jesus makes no mention of his upcoming betrayal.
The whole thing is a mess. Don't read it.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 29, 2021 08:21 AM (45fpk)

Yikes. For a very realistic take on the day to day life of the Holy Family, I highly recommend Anne Catherine Emmerich's The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Her observations of people, places, events, and almost poetic descriptions of details like clothing, hairstyles and household items used by Mary and her family are fascinating and compelling. In her visions she saw many generations so she ties together places (she says the house where the Holy Family lived while in Egypt was part of Job's property generations before and the site of the Nativity had some connection with Abramam) and people (the bridegroom at Cana was Joseph's oldest brother's friend's son). She also helpfully explains all the many Marys. Excellent read.

Posted by: LASue at August 29, 2021 11:08 AM (Ed8Zd)

505 F1 race to resume in ten minutes after lengthy rain delay. And by resume, I mean start.

Posted by: Methos at August 29, 2021 11:08 AM (kOpft)

506 Peter O'Toole in The Ruling Class. Kind of a 60's cult film but silly and fun. Good entertainment for a boring afternoon.

Posted by: Justsayin' at August 29, 2021 11:08 AM (Fs5vw)

507 People forget Oswald tried to whack Edwin Walker. Almost got him, too.

Walker was totally awesome, BTW.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 29, 2021 11:08 AM (Xrca5)

508 "Niven said that he and Pournelle found the landscape of Hell so frightening, they finished the book in record time. "We wanted out!" wolfus

A scary vision of hell is useful I suppose (though imo, the Bible view is people in the resurrection of the unjust are judged and die a second death, not that they re tortured forever).

BUT I do like the Founders solid Christian beliefs, that included a willingness to fight (and kill) in this current heaven and earth, to establish Liberty. A final judgement is "comforting", but a "cold comfort" if we allow them to defeat us, when we had the means to defeat them and "stood down". ... Proactive aggression is needed by the masses of good people, in the face of such evil.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 29, 2021 11:09 AM (Cus5s)

509 Now you know why they hate women, Christopher!

Refreshingly the characters were not portrayed as especially wise, gifted, special, or noble for being homosexual. They were just characters. A couple of them were awful people; their sexuality was just one detail of their character. There was some moral concern on the parts of some of the characters over their actions, and even the protagonists struggled a bit with their revulsion and the Church's teaching and their desire to be fair and open minded.

It was handled well, just... really? So many, all the sudden, just because it was part of the case?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2021 11:09 AM (KZzsI)

510 Watching WWL and WVUE in NO on the intertubes. The south shore of Lake Pontchartrain is where some of TV reporters are hanging out because it is a quick drive from DT NO and makes for some good pics. So far so good; how much that degrades is a work in progress. Who builds a city below sea level in a hurricane corridor? What's done is done, this could get spicy.

Posted by: LostInSpace at August 29, 2021 11:11 AM (ESLBo)

511 Spotlights focus on Flu...bidet....Afghanistan.

Easy to not report on so many things.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at August 29, 2021 11:20 AM (b6XqY)

512 "Emphasis mine. Nietzsche uses this word to describe the Christians of his day, whom he held in contempt, but he was just born too early. A more succinct encapsulation of the progressive/sjw mindset would be hard to come by."

That is because Nietzsche railed not merely against the failures of the Christians of his day, but also the nihilists, the collectivists, and the anti-Semites.
He was not born too early, he knew exactly what they would turn into, and he tried to warn people about them and provide an alternative to them.

Also, he was quite aware of the absurdities of philosophy, including the judging while condemning being judgmental, the twisting, contradictory turns of phrase, and more, especially that found in German philosophers. He mocked it quite a bit even as he wallowed in it.

Posted by: Sam at August 29, 2021 12:17 PM (ohyxL)

513 While ressentiment is a lovely word to describe the SJW gnomes, I prefer the easier-to-remember and just-as-descriptive term:

SMUGNORANT

def: Functionally-illiterate, culturally, historically and politically ignorant, and self-righteously proud to be so.

Posted by: Matt Noto at August 29, 2021 12:33 PM (ZaYq5)

514 F1 race to resume in ten minutes after lengthy rain delay. And by resume, I mean start.
Posted by: Methos
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Effete dilettantes.
Motorcyclists race in the rain.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 29, 2021 12:36 PM (DMQdU)

515 SMUGNORANT

def: Functionally-illiterate, culturally, historically and politically ignorant, and self-righteously proud to be so.
Posted by: Matt Noto at August 29, 2021 12:33 PM (ZaYq5)

Great word. I shall use it.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 29, 2021 12:38 PM (5NkmN)

516 Mixing Helm and Bible references:

Helm says of traitors, "They all claim to have some high moral purpose, ever since Judas caught hell for doing it for cash."

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 29, 2021 12:40 PM (Om/di)

517 The pitch meeting that proposed Cruise as Reacher must have been amusing. I kept trying to think of an actor who would fit the role but most are too good looking to be the hulking Reacher, except he always gets at least one night with the girl before he moves on so has to have charisma.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)

I always thought that the Rock should be Reacher.

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 12:50 PM (arJlL)

518 Decided to get up and go out so off to the farmers market.
Have a great day everyone.
Those of you in the path of the storm, take care.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)

Are ya gonna buy a farmer ?

Douglas, Oliver Wendell Douglas !

Posted by: JT at August 29, 2021 12:51 PM (arJlL)

519 @518 --

That sounds as if Hank Kimball or Lisa Douglas said that.

"It's not silly. ... It's surreal."

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 29, 2021 12:55 PM (Om/di)

520 FYI!!!
Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s is available on alibris dot the thing for six bux!

Posted by: Ned Crabb at August 29, 2021 01:25 PM (jjqfO)

521 SMUGNORANT

def: Functionally-illiterate, culturally, historically and politically ignorant, and self-righteously proud to be so.
Posted by: Matt Noto at August 29, 2021 12:33 PM (ZaYq5)

IOW, yard-sign virtue-signalers.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at August 29, 2021 01:31 PM (SDdx5)

522 From what I understand, Cruise really liked the Reacher books and wanted to make them, and Hollywood really did not want to make them, so he couldn't get it done without playing Reacher, no matter how absurd the casting.

Because as the Saturday Movie Thread notes: Hollywood believes in star power and the Star System, that people will go see a movie just to see a given actor.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2021 01:42 PM (KZzsI)

523 Peter O'Toole

Posted by: Davod at August 29, 2021 02:03 PM (fGRf+)

524 Speaking of slippery slope:

It's a slippery slope when you herd children into a stadium to vaccinate them. Which country/state?

Posted by: Davod at August 29, 2021 02:09 PM (fGRf+)

525 I have just finished the fifth of six novels by Frederick Harrison, on intelligence operations fighting Islamic terrorism. Harrison self-published, so it is hard to purchase them. "FREDERICK HARRISON has served in the Senior Intelligence Service of the Central Intelligence Agency, as well as in the Office of Naval Intelligence and the National Security Agency. He lives in the Washington, D.C. area. The Bin-Laden Prize is his sixth novel."
The sixth book "The Bin Laden prize" is still available.

I would pay to purchase and wait for delivery until more books were printed.

Type Frederick Harrison in Amazon's search box, then on his biography, for more.

Posted by: Davod at August 29, 2021 02:48 PM (fGRf+)

526 Thanks all for another great book thread commentary. Added 4 books to my never-ending, never-beginning list of books to read.

Question, if anyone still has the energy: How important is it to have a dedicated reading space in one's home?

Posted by: Joe at August 29, 2021 02:53 PM (yMJqk)

527 Dedicated reading space? I don't think it's necessary for me, but you have to figure out something that works for you.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at August 29, 2021 02:54 PM (ezpv1)

528 I used to read while lying on the floor.

Now? That would hurt.

I read while sitting or lying on a sofa or at a table.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 29, 2021 03:05 PM (Om/di)

529 @525 --

These intelligence folks sure seem to switch among the different agencies.

No Company loyalty.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 29, 2021 03:08 PM (Om/di)

530 Question, if anyone still has the energy: How important is it to have a dedicated reading space in one's home?
Posted by: Joe at August 29, 2021 02:53 PM (yMJqk)

It isn't.

When I was still working, I'd read professional stuff at the table with a bright light in order to stay focused. But I read anywhere it's quiet.

Posted by: CN at August 29, 2021 03:12 PM (ONvIw)

531 Weak Geek at August 29, 2021 03:08 PM (Om/di)

I think you will find that some reacher their ceiling, then take lateral moves within the community.

Posted by: Davod at August 29, 2021 06:50 PM (fGRf+)

532 How important is it to have a dedicated reading space in one's home?

negligible. Its nice to have a particular spot that you like to read, but a good book can carry you away wherever you happen to be.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 29, 2021 07:15 PM (KZzsI)

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