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Quick Hits: Steven King Sucks Edition
Thinking about attending the September 18th rally?
Be careful. There is wide suspicion that the entire "rally" is just a trap set up by Your Fascist Pals at the FBI.
*** Instapundit re-linked this prophecy from August 31st: with the regime humiliated by Afghanistan, they'd go looking for an enemy they could beat up on. Such as the American public:
Michael Tracey
@mtracey Looking forward to 700 tweets about Trans stuff today from the nation's premier civil liberties organization. Other issues less relevant. When I first joined, I did so because I loved the idea of George Bush unilaterally coercing me into submitting to an injection I did not want.
*** *** Flashback to July 31st, when the Great Restorer of Our Precious Norms vowed to us there would be no vaccine mandates, and no mask mandates either. The culture of truth is back, baby! *** Biden wanders off while his nurse/wife blathers:
MartyrMade
@martyrmade The period after the Afghanistan debacle subsides will be very dangerous. The humiliated regime will be looking to reassert itself, and since it lacks the credibility to act abroad, they’ll look closer to home - like the guy who gets punked at work going home to beat his wife.
Biden wonders off as Jill speaks at a DC school to push vaccinations... pic.twitter.com/VxQ5onImO6
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) September 10, 2021
— drefanzor (@drefanzor) September 10, 2021
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NEW - Dr. Fauci: "I respect people’s freedom, but when you’re talking about a public health crisis ... The time is come, enough is enough." pic.twitter.com/OcCpFhJNis
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 24, 2021
From @DefiantLs:
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at September 10, 2021 04:42 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 04:42 PM (mD/uy)
We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at September 10, 2021 04:43 PM (hQVBP)
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 10, 2021 04:43 PM (wAnMi)
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 04:43 PM (mD/uy)
Joke, or are you being serious ace? It is getting REALLY hard to differentiate the two.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 10, 2021 04:43 PM (z4k8L)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 10, 2021 04:44 PM (/hXfz)
Posted by: banana Dream at September 10, 2021 04:44 PM (Yh0oe)
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Posted by: runner at September 10, 2021 04:44 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: steevy at September 10, 2021 04:45 PM (uUDKV)
Be careful. There is wide suspicion that the entire "rally" is just a trap set up by Your Fascist Pals at the FBI."
Agreed. But it is a Just Cause. For the past 8 months I have been thinking we need some way to let these people know we have not forgotten them. They are not alone. I keep thinking we should do something.
Note Bob: I am not talking about violent measures.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 10, 2021 04:45 PM (z4k8L)
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 04:45 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 10, 2021 04:45 PM (/hXfz)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 10, 2021 04:46 PM (ACi07)
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Dude dig the hook out of your cheek.
"It says 'Civil Liberties' in the name!" -- Someone with a theory about lies that didn't pan out.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 04:46 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 04:47 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 10, 2021 04:45 PM (/hXfz)
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They wouldn't have caught Covid, as sophisticated as they were.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 04:47 PM (XHhHI)
But...but...Bob from NS and A said it was cool!!??
Posted by: Diogenes at September 10, 2021 04:47 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at September 10, 2021 04:47 PM (hQVBP)
Apparently the New York Times reporters saw security camera footage and interviewed witnesses who were there.
Posted by: Azathoth at September 10, 2021 04:48 PM (O5atO)
2020's: 1,000 people a day dying from Covid.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at September 10, 2021 04:48 PM (wUHYj)
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*wrapping barbed-wire around a pineapple*
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 04:48 PM (XHhHI)
.....
Note Bob: I am not talking about violent measures.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 10, 2021 04:45 PM (z4k8L)
*holds up Form 322*
Look, Bob, it says right here: "talking about violent measures"!!!
Posted by: Top Men and Whammen at the Eff.Bee.EYE at September 10, 2021 04:48 PM (ACi07)
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 10, 2021 04:48 PM (HOSkN)
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*wrapping barbed-wire around a pineapple*
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 04:48 PM (XHhHI)
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Whoops, I misread that as Allahpundit. I like Glenn.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 04:48 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at September 10, 2021 04:47 PM (hQVBP)
Let's be honest: King has always sucked. Marzipan horror. Good ideas (possibly, thinking of the Shining, It the Stand) and executed horrifically. He was saved by Kubrick on the Shining.
Teenage gang bangs anyone? He is a piece of shit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 10, 2021 04:49 PM (z4k8L)
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at September 10, 2021 04:49 PM (AiZBA)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 10, 2021 04:49 PM (Y5qcH)
Clay Travis will post them on Outkick, for sure. Or @claytravis (you don't have to sign up to see)
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 04:49 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 10, 2021 04:49 PM (CX3cf)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 04:49 PM (XvPQV)
Look, Bob, it says right here: "talking about violent measures"!!!
Posted by: Top Men and Whammen at the Eff.Bee.EYE at September 10, 2021 04:48 PM (ACi07)
*golfclap*
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 10, 2021 04:49 PM (z4k8L)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 04:50 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 10, 2021 04:50 PM (TRBes)
Posted by: banana Dream at September 10, 2021 04:50 PM (Yh0oe)
Apparently the New York Times reporters saw security camera footage and interviewed witnesses who were there.
Posted by: Azathoth at September 10, 2021 04:48 PM (O5atO)
That just means they're Ready! for commie-la (and Hillary! , not to mention DOCTOR Jill, will be pissed).
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 10, 2021 04:50 PM (ACi07)
Posted by: abbynormal at September 10, 2021 04:50 PM (Xpj5t)
Look, Bob, it says right here: "talking about violent measures"!!!
Posted by: Top Men and Whammen at the Eff.Bee.EYE at September 10, 2021 04:48 PM (ACi07)
That's your handwriting, and it's in glitter pen.
Posted by: hogmartin at September 10, 2021 04:50 PM (ghoDT)
(Yes, I know the leaders of the Proud Boys and other groups are all FBI informants/employees)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at September 10, 2021 04:50 PM (9ULwW)
Posted by: runner at September 10, 2021 04:51 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 10, 2021 04:51 PM (QU5/8)
Stephen King: "Robert decided to buy wheat bread this time rather than the white bread his wife prefers. Here's 12 and a half pages why..."
Posted by: Azathoth at September 10, 2021 04:51 PM (O5atO)
And then it seems he (they) finally rushed it out on a Thursday early evening because the NYTimes told them they were going to publish definitive proof that Biden's drone strike that "killed two ISIS planners" actually killed an innocent family and not it turns out any ISIS planners.
Posted by: Match Checksout at September 10, 2021 04:51 PM (dYe5S)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 10, 2021 04:49 PM (CX3cf)
Same for me. I was getting more and more pissed that no one was discussing them (the political prisoners/hostages.) Then all of a sudden this popped up. Smells strange.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 10, 2021 04:51 PM (z4k8L)
I may not like his attitude, but King can write a good story
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 04:51 PM (AwPyG)
I think Clancy is too, though. He needs to cut back about half his subplots and three quarters of his characters. The earliest books were leaner and to the point and they just got bigger and more rococo and pointlessly complicated every novel as he went along. If it takes 50-100 pages to finally get into a book and enjoy it... it needs editing.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 04:51 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 10, 2021 04:52 PM (Y5qcH)
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To be fair, some movie adaptions were really good, since the filmmakers there had the artistic license to cleanup King's diuretic horseslop he called novels. The Mist is one recent example I can think of.
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at September 10, 2021 04:52 PM (hQVBP)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 10, 2021 04:51 PM (QU5/
In general or his in particular?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 10, 2021 04:52 PM (z4k8L)
Posted by: Jewells45
If anyone had any question about his mental state, even after all the years of bidenisms, sucking jill's finger should have told them all they needed to know.
But still, they believe. They want to believe. They HAVE to believe.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 04:52 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 10, 2021 04:49 PM (Y5qcH)
Really??
Posted by: Shep! at September 10, 2021 04:52 PM (ACi07)
Posted by: Diogenes at September 10, 2021 04:52 PM (axyOa)
Yeah. Glowies.
Like that Babylon Bee lego meme, with the protester holding a sign that says "definitely NOT the FBI"
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 04:52 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: runner at September 10, 2021 04:52 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 04:51 PM (KZzsI)
Tom Clancy is dead. He can't make any edits.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 10, 2021 04:52 PM (Y5qcH)
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What's a couple orders of magnitude between people who hate each other?
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 04:53 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at September 10, 2021 04:53 PM (DXFDM)
But he can't. He sold lots of crappy books to bored folks, made a lot of dough so he thinks he's special.
The blind bastard can go eat a big bag of dicks.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 10, 2021 04:53 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 10, 2021 04:49 PM (Y5qcH)
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So, King eats at a Taco Bell, and boom! Instant story line?
Posted by: I don't like my nic at September 10, 2021 04:53 PM (Ohyfs)
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 04:53 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: grammie winger at September 10, 2021 04:53 PM (45fpk)
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Yeah I tried to give Clancy a go, but the first novel I picked up went 100+ pages that did little more than explain what the Federal Reserve did.
I know some exposition is needed at times but holy crap.
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at September 10, 2021 04:53 PM (hQVBP)
Nor, apparently did he want to. That's why professional authors have editors that help them trim and make a better book.
Which he didn't use.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 04:53 PM (KZzsI)
I wonder that a lot when I see concern trolls or just odd suggestions out of the blue here. Hard to believe just a year ago I would have laughed something like this off. But now? I have little doubt that vast sums of our own fucking money are being spent to surveil even the lowliest of conservative blogs and chat spaces and social media groups. This place would be a natch.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 10, 2021 04:53 PM (wAnMi)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
Writing for the choir invisible?
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 04:54 PM (mD/uy)
But I'd trade places with him in a heartbeat.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 10, 2021 04:54 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 10, 2021 04:51 PM (QU5/
Lots of reasons for that, mostly due to screenwriters not being good at their job.
Christine is good, I'll argue Firestarter too. Carrie and The Shining are amazing, though there are deviations from the novels. Dead Zone, Stand By Me are good to great. I like Needful Things and The Shawshank Redemption.
Not a bad list
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 04:54 PM (XvPQV)
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I thought Tom Clancy was pretty good back when he was actually writing his own books. Eight to ten books, maybe. Anything after 15 or so years ago is pretty bad. I get it, and I'd do it, too, if I could hire a dozen people to churn out boilerplate and make me another $50M, but it's still crap.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at September 10, 2021 04:54 PM (9ULwW)
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 04:45 PM (AwPyG)
Agree. Misery is a treatise on the feminist movement.
Posted by: Justsayin' at September 10, 2021 04:54 PM (Fs5vw)
Posted by: Lizzy at September 10, 2021 04:54 PM (+Rh4C)
Posted by: lizabth at September 10, 2021 04:55 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 04:53 PM (AwPyG)
And yet has very little to do with "the Shining" that the little boy had. All he does in the movie is call the caretaker to get killed.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 10, 2021 04:55 PM (Y5qcH)
We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at September 10, 2021 04:43 PM (hQVBP)
Careful there or the National Archives staff will put a trigger warning on your words like they tried to so with the Constitution and Declaration of Independence earlier this week.
Posted by: Beartooth at September 10, 2021 04:55 PM (UAr4S)
Well one assumes so since he's a famous leftist, but there are some scenes in his books (like the end of It) that sure make one wonder.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 04:55 PM (KZzsI)
They never seem to learn--although maybe she has; I think she's come out lately against the forced vaccines.
Maybe people who want to sell books should read the room a little better
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 04:55 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: John Cullum at September 10, 2021 04:55 PM (CX3cf)
But he can't. He sold lots of crappy books to bored folks, made a lot of dough so he thinks he's special.
The blind bastard can go eat a big bag of dicks.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy
For a moment there I thought you were heaping scorn on Garrison Keillor.
What a limpdicked douchbag.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 04:55 PM (mD/uy)
So Biden is "smoking them out".
Posted by: pj at September 10, 2021 04:55 PM (G1dq6)
He gets very technical but that is a plus for some readers and a minus for others, like gun porn in books.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 04:55 PM (XvPQV)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 04:51 PM (KZzsI)
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I really liked Red Storm Rising. But I have a bad memory. I really needed a quick index to refer to for all the characters.
Posted by: I don't like my nic at September 10, 2021 04:55 PM (Ohyfs)
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 04:53 PM (AwPyG)
King has some interesting ideas, I'll give him that. Writing? He should have just hired somebody. Then again, apparently most people can't tell. Kubrick definitely got the best out of that book (one of the ONLY King books I've managed to slog through).
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 10, 2021 04:56 PM (wAnMi)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 04:55 PM (KZzsI)
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A graphic scene in Tommyknockers, too.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 04:56 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: abbynormal at September 10, 2021 04:50 PM (Xpj5t)
I fell into that trap when the longer version of The Stand was released in the mid (or late?) 90's. I still liked the book, but as Ace said, King cannot write an ending to save his life. Although "The Circle Closes" was good enough for me.
Posted by: Thrawn at September 10, 2021 04:56 PM (5aFbR)
Posted by: lizabth at September 10, 2021 04:55 PM (L3Rsz)
I think he has a hard time getting off the most important topic to him. Hisself.
Posted by: runner at September 10, 2021 04:56 PM (V13WU)
Christine is pretty obviously King's wish fulfillment fantasy about killing all of the cool kids who didn't treat him well.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 10, 2021 04:56 PM (UW2ZS)
I figured though he didn't know how to end his books after tangentially seeing IT and the surprise ending is that it's a giant psychic spider?
Posted by: Just a side note at September 10, 2021 04:56 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: John Cullum at September 10, 2021 04:55 PM (CX3cf)
Eris is gonna be pissed.
Posted by: hogmartin at September 10, 2021 04:56 PM (ghoDT)
Posted by: pj at September 10, 2021 04:55 PM (G1dq6)
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He's smoking something.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 04:56 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: clutch cargo
The biggest tell is they never mention bewbies.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 04:57 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen
I know. I watch him and think....I think he's right. How did it come to this?
Alex Jones is like this carnival barker, who has actually read a lot of the New World Order stuff, from the Democrats and the foundations, Davos, etc.
So when he talks about what he has read, it sounds so ridiculous. And then....it starts to come true.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative.....lost in a lost world at September 10, 2021 04:57 PM (vcOmj)
Sorry, I know he has fans, but he sucks. He's a bad writer and his "work" is plainly just off-the-cuff first draft crapola. It is not just pure chance that he cannot end any of his books. Thinking of an ending would require, well, thinking, and he just doesn't have time for that.
He can always use his standard go-to ending where the big bad is a space alien. He's only used it a gazillion times.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 10, 2021 04:57 PM (n+4am)
Posted by: bonhomme at September 10, 2021 04:57 PM (UW2ZS)
Posted by: Bruce at September 10, 2021 04:57 PM (vd8XM)
Is biden your doctor?
biden isn't my doctor.
Is biden your doctor?
Is biden a doctor?
Then why is biden giving Medical Orders to anyfuckingone??
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 10, 2021 04:57 PM (ejyaU)
Posted by: runner
I am afraid so. And at this moment in our country's history, it's very jarring.
Posted by: lizabth at September 10, 2021 04:57 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: Neal Stephenso at September 10, 2021 04:57 PM (+Rh4C)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 10, 2021 04:58 PM (HG00O)
Ace, that Spiderman meme is great. And I remember that episode.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 10, 2021 04:58 PM (ejyaU)
He suffered the curse of all successful writers -- editors afraid to tell him "no."
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2021 04:58 PM (nfrXX)
Posted by: nckate at September 10, 2021 04:58 PM (QxvkR)
Posted by: steevy at September 10, 2021 04:58 PM (uUDKV)
Posted by: Archer at September 10, 2021 04:58 PM (gmo/4)
And for many authors, their books get longer and longer every book, particularly in a series. Harry Potter varies, but they books tend to get longer. The Sword of Truth series starts with a tight book and each sequel was like 10% longer.
I don't like books so big you can press live birds in them. I don't want a doorstop or dictionary, I want a story.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 04:59 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Mark1971 at September 10, 2021 04:59 PM (xPl2J)
Clancy's later stuff was meh. I had discovered WEB Griffin by then. Far superior.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 10, 2021 04:59 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 10, 2021 04:59 PM (Q9lwr)
Clancy was famous for author intrusion. It doesn't matter whether it's important to the story that the reader understand how the Federal Reserve works; Clancy does, and he's gonna tell you.
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 04:59 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Yup reading Debt of Honor right now. I think of the people on this site, and chuckle, whenever Tom starts some multi paragraph explanation of X or Y.
Still, I appreciate that the guy did research/knows his stuff. And, and, In Debt of Honor the Japanese initiate a military attack and a simultaneous financial system attack. Later writers, I read the books, just stole that financial idea and just fleshed it out a bit. I know not much is original, but nothing they should be proud of either.
Posted by: MikeM at September 10, 2021 05:00 PM (6WyvU)
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 10, 2021 04:57 PM (ejyaU)
That's "Frau Doktor Profesorin Jill Biden, MD, PhD, DVM, OBE". And yes. She is like a doctor, only better in every way.
Posted by: Jill Biden at September 10, 2021 05:00 PM (ghoDT)
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I'll always be a big fan of Trump but his tone deafness here is alarming. A premature release of a potentially dangerous and experimental "vaccine" is not exactly something he should be braying about.
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at September 10, 2021 05:00 PM (hQVBP)
The blind bastard can go eat a big bag of dicks.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy
My ex SiL was a massive King fan, took a day off and went to SF for a book signing of his most recent more of the same wastes of paper. I can't for the life of me remember what specifically went down, but King was apparently being a mammoth douche, and having great fun embarrassing and humiliating people trying to get sigs. He did something awful to her, I was slack jawed. And she made excuses for the asshole. IIRC she didn't even wind up getting his autograph on that $20 piece of shit. But lefties gonna stick up for lefties.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 10, 2021 05:00 PM (wAnMi)
Posted by: runner
I am afraid so. And at this moment in our country's history, it's very jarring.
Posted by: lizabth
You wonder about...won't get fooled again.
Trump may be in on all of this, and was just playing a part. Or, maybe just being super - paranoid.
The Meat Lab does that to you.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative.....lost in a lost world at September 10, 2021 05:00 PM (vcOmj)
Posted by: Archer at September 10, 2021 04:58 PM (gmo/4)
TacticalTailor
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:00 PM (XvPQV)
Posted by: f'd at September 10, 2021 05:00 PM (Tnijr)
Posted by: Diogenes at September 10, 2021 04:59 PM (axyOa)
Agreed. "Red Storm Rising" was a fun read, but that's because of the topic, not the writing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 10, 2021 05:00 PM (Q9lwr)
Thanks!!
Posted by: Archer at September 10, 2021 05:01 PM (gmo/4)
>>Note Bob: I am not talking about violent measures.
Just a tip:
Nothing the NSA records is taken as humor or someone blowing off steam.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 10, 2021 05:01 PM (bnkLv)
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:01 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 10, 2021 05:01 PM (vuisn)
Posted by: Archer at September 10, 2021 04:58 PM (gmo/4)
http://skdtac.com
Posted by: hogmartin at September 10, 2021 05:01 PM (ghoDT)
Posted by: Capital Eff at September 10, 2021 05:02 PM (dynG0)
Got the lawn mowed this afternoon after scrubbing down the kennel this morning. I hurt. Have a pinched nerve in my neck and my right shoulder is pretty painful.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 10, 2021 05:02 PM (/U27+)
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Me in 2011: Alex Jones is one bugboinks insane conspiracy nutter lunatic.
Me in 2021: WTF Alex Jones was right???
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at September 10, 2021 05:02 PM (hQVBP)
Posted by: Mark1971 at September 10, 2021 04:59 PM (xPl2J)
Maybe this is a stupid thought of mine (and I got plenty), but you know of that phenomena where people think movies are "better" than they really are, like with what happened to The Last Jedi, because they're making better movies in their mind? Perhaps that can also occur with books, especially with The Stand since the setting occurs all over the US and 99.4% of the people are dead?
Posted by: Thrawn at September 10, 2021 05:02 PM (5aFbR)
Posted by: lizabth at September 10, 2021 04:55 PM (L3Rsz)
Yeah, I've voiced my strong displeasure with him regarding this topic and a lot of people get butthurt about critiquing Trump from the right.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at September 10, 2021 05:02 PM (DXFDM)
Posted by: steevy at September 10, 2021 05:02 PM (uUDKV)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:03 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:03 PM (XvPQV)
Rowling has been a raging Lefty on twitter for years.
HOWEVER, she has taken a stand against transgender activists' goals (putting bio men in womens spaces) and for that they want her dead. I doubt she's stopped being a Lefty, but she's getting a huge dose of being the online mob hmost atrd person, something in which she's particpated for years.
Posted by: Neal Stephenso at September 10, 2021 05:03 PM (+Rh4C)
I got a book signed by George RR Martin, and we were told not to talk to him, and not to ask for any personalized dedications.
No photos.
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:03 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Diogenes at September 10, 2021 05:03 PM (axyOa)
Nor, apparently did he want to. That's why professional authors have editors that help them trim and make a better book.
Which he didn't use.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 04:53 PM (KZzsI)
Editors are bored, boring and timid. When a writer is the big seller like Clancy no one wants to joggle an elbow and make the money go away.
If someone gets the urge to try to make any edits the writer either says goodbye or "first you will blow me" and has enough pull to make it happen.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 10, 2021 05:03 PM (HG00O)
Generally speaking, most feds follow the "never make bomb jokes while in line at the airport" model of threat assessment.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at September 10, 2021 05:03 PM (+WWsf)
Any pandemic decree by the government bureaucracy negates the previous 27 amendments
Posted by: Skip at September 10, 2021 05:03 PM (2JoB8)
The Meat Lab does that to you.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative.....lost in a lost world at September 10, 2021 05:00 PM (vcOmj)
I find it comforting.
Posted by: hogmartin at September 10, 2021 05:03 PM (ghoDT)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 10, 2021 05:03 PM (/U27+)
So what do these smartest kids in class do when their prediction so does not turn out? Do they assess how they possibly could have been wrong?
Apparently, not.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:03 PM (XHhHI)
He also writes instruction / advice books for wannabe authors.
One is called Nobody Wants to Read Your Shit. (Why is that and what you can do about it)
Posted by: Just a side note at September 10, 2021 05:03 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Thrawn at September 10, 2021 04:56 PM (5aFbR)
I think it was late 80's/very early 90's ('90 or '91). One of my aunts gave it to me as a gift when I was in the hospital, and that was before I was married.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 10, 2021 05:03 PM (Ez6QX)
Clue: He was in on it.
Posted by: Capital Eff at September 10, 2021 05:03 PM (dynG0)
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger
Totally agree. It's very odd. I turned it off, but when I was listening, it was as though he hadn't a care in the world and everything was peachy-keen. I thought he'd hammer joe's mandate right off the bat.
Posted by: lizabth at September 10, 2021 05:04 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: bonhomme at September 10, 2021 05:04 PM (UW2ZS)
Posted by: steevy
If only he ate Apple Jacks as a kid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXsLeFWCsLU
Posted by: Bozo Conservative.....lost in a lost world at September 10, 2021 05:04 PM (vcOmj)
I find Christine and Carrie boring. Like Cujo.
Never saw Firestarter.
The Dead Zone is okay. It's made-for-tv quality.
The Shining is Kubrick riffing on King's ideas, not adapting his book. Not altogether dissimilar from 2001 in that respect. (Humorously, King hates it.)
Stand By Me was based off a short story. So not really a novel adaptation. Do they have a lot in common? (I confess I don't understand it's popularity.
I'm similarly ignorant of the source material for Shawshank, though that is a good movie.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 10, 2021 05:04 PM (QU5/8)
I think Clancy is too, needs editing.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
And that was long before he started farming out the writing on his books. I think it was after Without Remorse where he just gave up on writing anything more than outlines for his ghost writers to flesh out.
Still had some good ideas, and great scenes which were both awesome and corny at the same time.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 10, 2021 05:04 PM (n+4am)
Do not look him in the eye!
Posted by: Walter Freeman at September 10, 2021 05:04 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:04 PM (XvPQV)
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I'm told there was a time when famous people appreciated the people who made them famous.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at September 10, 2021 05:05 PM (9ULwW)
Posted by: runner at September 10, 2021 05:05 PM (V13WU)
Unless you're a 13 year old girl, then you can snuggle right up to uncle meat.
I was enjoying Pressfield right up to his Amazons book and it was... terrible. Absolutely trash, embarrassingly bad. Bad writing, bad plotting, bad characters, ludicrous and amateurish. Like his 12 year old son wrote it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:05 PM (KZzsI)
Alex Jones says they refer to all of us as "useless eaters."
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 10, 2021 05:05 PM (ejyaU)
His best works are ones he cowrote. He can make an interesting person for someone else to build a world for.
Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at September 10, 2021 05:05 PM (oSy3T)
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at September 10, 2021 05:00 PM (hQVBP)
I think that's a real weakness, probably in part due to his germ-o-phobia. I get it, I'm a bit obsessive myself. But I don't see much difference between a dirty counter top and sticking shit in my body that's 100% untried and unproven.
I'm sure he's proud he got it pushed through, but also not necessarily understanding all the machinations behind it. Will he feel the same when he finds out that they planned this out long before he was even in office? Tout the vax for those who want it, sure. But also suggest Americans should be free to try alternative treatments, such as the one that's been around for a quarter century and won a Nobel for efficacy and saving possibly millions.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 10, 2021 05:05 PM (wAnMi)
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I hate Rowling for foisting Harry Potter on us, but I have to admit C.B. Strike show based off her novels are pretty good (haven't read the novels).
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at September 10, 2021 05:05 PM (hQVBP)
So when he talks about what he has read, it sounds so ridiculous. And then....it starts to come true.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative.....lost in a lost world at September 10, 2021 04:57 PM (vcOmj)
I've known about him since just before 9/11, so I'm quite aware of the arc of his career. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills that all of his big theses are coming true. Mix that with the recent Archbishop Vigano stuff, and hoo boy...
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at September 10, 2021 05:05 PM (DXFDM)
I agree, especially lately. I wonder if he's decided it's easier to come up with horror ideas if they are in a shorter format? You'd think that would be the case
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:06 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: bonhomme at September 10, 2021 05:04 PM (UW2ZS)
Jeez, all of them, basically. Which makes The Stand so odd where Christians are the good guys and God himself intervenes at the end.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:06 PM (XvPQV)
Posted by: raimondo at September 10, 2021 05:06 PM (5dOKH)
Posted by: steevy at September 10, 2021 05:06 PM (uUDKV)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 10, 2021 05:06 PM (vuisn)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at September 10, 2021 05:06 PM (9ULwW)
Posted by: Azjaeger at September 10, 2021 05:06 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 10, 2021 05:06 PM (Q9lwr)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 10, 2021 05:06 PM (M8fZu)
I hate Rowling for foisting Harry Potter on us, but I have to admit C.B. Strike show based off her novels are pretty good (haven't read the novels).
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at September 10, 2021 05:05 PM (hQVBP)
C.B.Strike novels are excellent.
Posted by: IC at September 10, 2021 05:06 PM (hV9ir)
Which is very odd, because in her Potter books it is VERY obvious that she has a pretty Christian, conservative worldview in the books. I think the interaction she had with Hollywood broke her.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:07 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at September 10, 2021 04:53 PM (DXFDM)
HE was the big guest they teased for Friday Night Tights!?! Gonna have to watch when I get home. Damn.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 10, 2021 05:07 PM (z4k8L)
Posted by: steevy at September 10, 2021 05:07 PM (uUDKV)
I dunno, I think she deserves a lot of credit because a lot of kids were suddenly interested in reading.
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:07 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at September 10, 2021 05:07 PM (9ULwW)
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It certainly didn't help. To be honest, he hasn't been worth a damn since he stopped doing coke. And the fact he's been storytelling by checkbox for years long before the SJW crowd showed up. It's not a Stephen King story unless you have some whack-job Christian fundamentalist character in it. And there has to be an abusive father somewhere in it too.
Posted by: Azathoth at September 10, 2021 05:07 PM (O5atO)
D3CRX HEAVY
https://bit.ly/3914rEN
Posted by: bonhomme at September 10, 2021 05:07 PM (UW2ZS)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 10, 2021 05:04 PM (QU5/
I think I'm the only person on the planet who doesn't like Shawshank.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 10, 2021 05:07 PM (Ez6QX)
But I guess having power over the people is more enticing. And they can always ignore Trump's role. Until it becomes too obvious that the vaccines are much more dangerous than the virus.
Posted by: abbynormal at September 10, 2021 05:07 PM (Xpj5t)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:05 PM (KZzsI)
Pressfield pledged allegiance to the Democrats. He's dead to me, Marine or not.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:08 PM (XvPQV)
I met Lois McMaster Bujold years ago at an SF Con (like 35 years ago). She was really quite friendly and talkative, and kind of nerdy attractive. Her then-husband was there too, and he was kind of a big nerdy guy too.
She hasn't aged well. She now looks like someone's old maiden aunt from the '50's. And I think her husband - then is long gone.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative.....lost in a lost world at September 10, 2021 05:08 PM (vcOmj)
Posted by: steevy at September 10, 2021 04:58 PM
Ah, yes. The Stephen King drinking game. Drink when:
Bullies
Christian Fundamentalist
Maine location
Character is an author
References another book
That said, he was great early, good up to Needful Things and unreadable after that. Could never stick an ending.
Posted by: Chuck C at September 10, 2021 05:08 PM (EughT)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 10, 2021 05:08 PM (z4k8L)
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I thought the movie sucked balls but the TV show was awesome, only made awesomer when compared and contrasted with the woke crap of today.
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at September 10, 2021 05:09 PM (hQVBP)
Alex Jones says they refer to all of us as "useless eaters."
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 10, 2021 05:05 PM (ejyaU)
Is that wrong? No one told me that was wrong...
Posted by: Bill Gates at September 10, 2021 05:09 PM (ACi07)
Isn't it called the "Justice for J6" rally? Who does "Justice for so-and-so" rallies? It ain't us.
Posted by: t-bird at September 10, 2021 05:09 PM (z36Kd)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 10, 2021 05:06 PM (vuisn)
Don't know about the book but it's my favorite movie based on a King novel.
Posted by: Just a side note at September 10, 2021 05:09 PM (2DOZq)
it's great for the vaxx to be available, but the universal vaccination campaign a mistake, and the mandates unjustified and ill-advised. The dismissal of naturally acquired immunity is bizarre. The push for mandates is a trailer for the dystopian horrorshow predicting the kind of control the government wants over every aspect of our lives.
Posted by: SarahW at September 10, 2021 05:09 PM (g1vnC)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:10 PM (KZzsI)
"Public Health Crisis!!!"
Motherfuckers.
Meanwhile, the right has been so incompetent that they can't make the scientific case that masks do nothing to prevent spread of COVID; that masks are harmful to children; that children are practically immune from SARS-CoV-2/COVID; and that the "COVID vaccine" is not actually a vaccine, since it does not provide immunization from disease to the "vaccinated".
Wearing a mask on one's face to prevent SARS-CoV-2 spread is as effective as wearing tinfoil on one's head to prevent aliens from reading one's brain.
We have known this since FEB 2020. Yet, here we are 17 months later with the commonly accepted "science" among the world population is that not only do masks work, but children should wear them.
Posted by: Tall Cool Gentleman in a Black Suit at September 10, 2021 05:10 PM (Do5/p)
Posted by: klaftern at September 10, 2021 05:10 PM (r4sI4)
It's a greatest hits collection(except no underage tween gangbang) tied to his near-autobiographical experiences after eating at Chipotle.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2021 05:10 PM (5NkmN)
For a moment there I thought you were heaping scorn on Garrison Keillor.
What a limpdicked douchbag.
Posted by: Tonypete at
I hope you're using AND when thinking about King and Keillor.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 10, 2021 05:10 PM (f0hb9)
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While ignoring that there literally are useless eaters.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at September 10, 2021 05:10 PM (9ULwW)
Heh. It's what makes the world go 'round. I loved it.
Posted by: Just a side note at September 10, 2021 05:10 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger
Yup. I met a friend of a friend in NY City, probably 6-7 years ago? Nice guy, one of the things he said is that 9/11 was an inside job. I just laughed, and enjoyed my couple drinks. I always think about that guy these days.
Posted by: MikeM at September 10, 2021 05:10 PM (6WyvU)
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 10, 2021 05:07 PM (Ez6QX)
*fistbump* I hate prison movies about as much as I hate mob stories. Caged Heat included. Make mine busty and free women please.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 10, 2021 05:10 PM (z4k8L)
A funny thing about Stephen King: his short fiction is better than his longer novels. Most of his short stories are nasty, cruel and evil...which is fine for Horror. Most of them have clear endings too, even if most of those are due to the death or damnation of the protagonist. (again, horror)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:04 PM (XvPQV)
Yep, although a lot of the earliest (and best) short fiction is essentially just Lovecraft updated to 20th century prose.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 10, 2021 05:10 PM (n+4am)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:05 PM (KZzsI)
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You make it sound like a Gun Thread!
Posted by: Weasel at September 10, 2021 05:10 PM (MVjcR)
His pro-vaccine rants on Sports Reporters podcasts are almost unbearable. Mitch Album does his best to rein in the emotional invectives, but whenever he's gone, and it's just Lupica and Bob Ryan, then things tend to veer into "everyone is so fucking stupid" territory.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at September 10, 2021 05:10 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at September 10, 2021 05:11 PM (9ULwW)
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I'm sorry, I promise I'll do better next time.
Posted by: The Van at September 10, 2021 05:11 PM (hQVBP)
I really enjoyed Thinner. Its like long-form Twilight Zone episode, with Joe Mantenga as a gangster and pretty good effects.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:11 PM (KZzsI)
That may just be about moving the line. I was at a George Takai signing years ago. His politics and online persona notwithstanding, he'd have talked to fans all day but for his handlers, and the wait was really, really long because his handler could not wrangle him.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 10, 2021 05:11 PM (QU5/8)
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at September 10, 2021 05:11 PM (DXFDM)
If anyone reads Elizabeth George, there's an example of a good writer who goes on and on for pages, and obviously couldn't care less what her editor tells her.
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:11 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: lizabtha at September 10, 2021 05:11 PM (L3Rsz)
So, I do not find King to be anti-Christian, I almost expect that he is some kind of Christian of sorts.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:12 PM (XHhHI)
Matt Braeynard has been planning it for about 2 months now.
The reason you haven't heard about it is because people don't want you to hear about it.
I commented that it was happening when he announced it back in early August.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at September 10, 2021 05:12 PM (5p7BC)
It was in one of his short story collections -- but the story is about 100 pages. Same with The Mist (which has nasty Christians, so add that to the list).
Posted by: Lizzy at September 10, 2021 05:12 PM (+Rh4C)
She hasn't aged well. She now looks like someone's old maiden aunt from the '50's. And I think her husband - then is long gone.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative.....lost in a lost world at September 10, 2021 05:08 PM (vcOmj)
I got to meet her, and talk with her over dinner, in Seattle at one of her release events! She's very much a quiet housewife type, damn good writer....right up until she decided to desecrate the memory of her characters. Left of Center but less of a bitch about it than Mary Robinette Kowal...who I've also dined with, less enjoyably.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:12 PM (XvPQV)
#Trump'sFault
Posted by: Paul Mirengoff at September 10, 2021 05:12 PM (O6Y19)
Probably his best and most coherent book(s) although it was a bit on the nose, the protagonist is a Christ figure named John Coffey, get it?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 10, 2021 05:12 PM (bnkLv)
Posted by: steevy at September 10, 2021 05:12 PM (uUDKV)
Isn't it called the "Justice for J6" rally? Who does "Justice for so-and-so" rallies? It ain't us.
Posted by: t-bird at September 10, 2021 05:09 PM (z36Kd)
Not to mention cutesy rhymes and/or acronyms. Who's calling it "J6"?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 10, 2021 05:12 PM (ACi07)
Posted by: lizabth at September 10, 2021 05:12 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: pookysgirl, Foo Fighters semi-fan at September 10, 2021 05:13 PM (XKZwp)
I've mentioned before that Takei was the voice for the villain in Bubble Guppies' "Space Guppies."
His name was Major Bummer. Even if you don't have little kids, it's worth watching--lots of references to star trek.
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:13 PM (AwPyG)
Word.
Posted by: Ayn Rand at September 10, 2021 05:13 PM (+Rh4C)
That's kind of funny, because I know when we used to do signings with Artists like Chuck Jones, we (and LJE) made sure that it WAS dedicated. Why? Because most people will buy an animation cell or drawing on eBay that says "Chuck M. Jones" on it. They WON'T buy one that says "To Thomas L., Chuck M. Jones".
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 10, 2021 05:13 PM (wAnMi)
Posted by: lizabth at September 10, 2021 05:13 PM (L3Rsz)
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That's my issue with him, and my mom even wrote to him angry over how he was emphasizing the vax and not addressing the reality that the left is now using it as a tool of rampant fascism.
Posted by: The Van at September 10, 2021 05:13 PM (hQVBP)
Hey, the situation is really bad. Someone should do something.
Yes, someone should. I, for one, will vigorously give the TV a piece of my mind tonight and every night to come until something is done.
Agreed, gentlement, and I shall pen a missive to my representative, telling him how bad it is, and demanding change. If he does not respond appropriately, I shall be very vexed.
Let us peacefully revolt against the government by paying our taxes and following the laws.
But with a surly attitude.
Yes, let's.
Posted by: JB at September 10, 2021 05:13 PM (TO8Xm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 10, 2021 05:07 PM (z4k8L)
Do it
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at September 10, 2021 05:13 PM (DXFDM)
Oh goodness it's one of my favorites.
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 10, 2021 05:13 PM (HOSkN)
So, I do not find King to be anti-Christian, I almost expect that he is some kind of Christian of sorts.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:12 PM (XHhHI)
He was raised Christian and rebelled against it. So he has a common cultural understanding of Christianity.
If you don't find his books to be anti-Christian...I don't know what to tell you...it's not subtle. Religious characters in his books are always evil...except in The Stand and maybe Salem's Lot.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:14 PM (XvPQV)
Agreed. And his radio stuff was funny and enjoyable up until the 2000 election broke him. Then he became just another bitter old leftie.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2021 05:14 PM (nfrXX)
Posted by: Mark1971 at September 10, 2021 05:14 PM (xPl2J)
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 10, 2021 05:07 PM (Ez6QX)
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I think of myself as rare, simply because I don't think Shawshank is the best movie ever.
I happen to like it and think it's a pretty decent movie, though.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:14 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:11 PM (AwPyG)
I've enjoyed all her books but one. "What Came Before" I think it's called. Or something similar.
Posted by: grammie winger at September 10, 2021 05:14 PM (45fpk)
Isn't it called the "Justice for J6" rally? Who does "Justice for so-and-so" rallies? It ain't us.
Posted by: t-bird at September 10, 2021 05:09 PM (z36Kd)
My thinking too. Be ready for pre-rehearsed MAGA-hat wearing theater portraying Trump supporters as rioting retards.
Posted by: Justsayin' at September 10, 2021 05:14 PM (Fs5vw)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 10, 2021 05:06 PM
Clancy jumped the shark with Rainbow Six. Not because of the plot but because of this scene (spoilers)
Ex-KGB, now head of org's security is talking to another member of the org. The other member reveals the whole plan to ex-KGB who had no idea. ex-KGB says "Interesting plan! Say, is that a new gun that you have? Mind if I take a look?"
"Sure." (hands over gun)
"Thanks." Bang (shoots the idiot).
Posted by: Chuck C at September 10, 2021 05:14 PM (EughT)
Posted by: Anotheranon at September 10, 2021 05:14 PM (8Ze5j)
Don't' look now, but a lot of the heavy hitters on gab were posting a meme called "choose your favorite false flag", and one of the choices was 9/11
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:14 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:05 PM (KZzsI)
You've missed out on a number of good books. Incidentally Amazons is the only book I didn't read. Subject matter didn't interest me.
Posted by: Just a side note at September 10, 2021 05:15 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: steevy at September 10, 2021 05:15 PM (uUDKV)
Posted by: East German Judge at September 10, 2021 05:15 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: Late is not necessarily better at September 10, 2021 05:15 PM (ugR9R)
Posted by: Archer at September 10, 2021 05:15 PM (gmo/4)
I need to get a new book, trip tomorrow hopefully
Posted by: Skip at September 10, 2021 05:15 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Getting the banned back together at September 10, 2021 05:16 PM (n365n)
Posted by: Oddbob
Oh yes! Prairie Home Companion was delectable in the early years. Side-splittingly funny. And charming. Keillor really took a sad turn as he aged.
Posted by: lizabth at September 10, 2021 05:16 PM (L3Rsz)
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I never believed it was an inside job until Bush went full retard attacking Trump. Now I could believe he melted the steel himself.
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at September 10, 2021 05:16 PM (hQVBP)
Posted by: steevy at September 10, 2021 05:16 PM (uUDKV)
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 10, 2021 05:07 PM (Ez6QX)
It's just okay to me. I think I've only seen it 1 and 1/2 times.
Posted by: Just a side note at September 10, 2021 05:16 PM (2DOZq)
And The Gunslinger. John Cullum is a priest, as I recall, and a hero.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 10, 2021 05:16 PM (CX3cf)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 10, 2021 05:16 PM (f0hb9)
Posted by: bonhomme at September 10, 2021 05:04 PM (UW2ZS)
Jeez, all of them, basically. Which makes The Stand so odd where Christians are the good guys and God himself intervenes at the end.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:06 PM (XvPQV)
>>> 162
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The weird book is The Stand, which is inherently Christians good, Satanists bad, which is decidedly not a Leftist Pop Boomer theme and not what the rest of his stuff goes like.
Posted by: Azjaeger at September 10, 2021 05:06 PM (3/XaG)
Hmm, now I'm curious and would read The Stand to see if he's pretending to be positive but is really negative, except I don't fell like pissing that much time away on another un-edited book.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 10, 2021 05:17 PM (ACi07)
The Shining
Pet Semetary
Cujo
IT had some good stuff, but the whole last quarter or so was A+ Prime crapola.
He has some good short stories.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2021 05:17 PM (5NkmN)
Posted by: lizabth at September 10, 2021 05:17 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 10, 2021 05:11 PM (QU5/
He was at GenCon in 1992. He's amazingly dumb. Like, as dumb as AIDS Moby on Red Letter Media. Just clueless, doubt he's gotten smarter since then.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:17 PM (XvPQV)
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 10, 2021 05:07 PM (Ez6QX)
No, you're not. I hated it too.
Posted by: Archer at September 10, 2021 05:17 PM (gmo/4)
He even makes sense of the Wars of the Roses (although admittedly he had to trim or merge a lot of minor characters)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:18 PM (KZzsI)
Well shoot, I guess that's why I never heard back from you! Can you just email me instead? It's just my nic at yahoo dot com.
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 10, 2021 05:18 PM (HOSkN)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 10, 2021 05:17 PM (ACi07)
The Stand is a long, long read. That's for sure.
It's basically two full novels. The first is plague apocalypse novel. Then a post-apocalypse end of days novel after that.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:18 PM (XvPQV)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 10, 2021 05:18 PM (z3kfP)
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:14 PM (AwPyG)
Unfortunately, that's almost half of Gab.
Seriously Q types, and if they're not anti-semitic, they're 9/11 was a controlled demolition. Usually both. The jooooz did it, and are doing everything including Covid.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 10, 2021 05:19 PM (wAnMi)
It sounds like fun.
I've read the Inferno a few times and enjoyed it but never managed to move on to the Purgatorio and Paradiso.
Now, I gots me a reason to do exactly that.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2021 05:19 PM (5NkmN)
If biden is our doctor, then should I listen to him when he said to not trust the vaccine, or should I listen to him now?
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 10, 2021 05:19 PM (ejyaU)
And The Gunslinger. John Cullum is a priest, as I recall, and a hero.
The best priest hero ever is the priest in Dead Alive.
"I kick ass for the Lord!!!" (proceeds to slaughter dozens of zombies)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:19 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Skip at September 10, 2021 05:15 PM (2JoB
Kindle or real book? What genre do you want to read?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:19 PM (XvPQV)
Arnica gel is handy stuff to keep on hand. I think the one I use is Arnicare.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at September 10, 2021 05:20 PM (YynYJ)
Posted by: Soothsayer
Just say NO to needle-rape.
Posted by: lizabth at September 10, 2021 05:20 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:14 PM (XvPQV)
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I didn't say that he doesn't have negative images of Christian characters. I say that I find his general moral atmosphere evocative of Christian themes.
Do you realize what a sorry group of people the OT Patriarchs shape up to be? (save Joseph)
Israel was told that when you get a king, like the neighbors, he is not to multiply horses and wives. David didn't heed. And he also permanently divided the kingdom, and received a 6th of it, over the fact that he was a shitty father who felt guilty when Absalom rebelled, that he couldn't side with his much more loyal generals.
I once heard a preacher give a sermon about how David's life was a life of *decline*.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:20 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: steevy at September 10, 2021 05:16 PM (uUDKV)
#KilldozerDidNothingWrong
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:20 PM (XvPQV)
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I really liked the 90s TV mini-series which I thought was great. Like, it was scary but not so much that it left me awake at night. I like the idea that a bunch of dorky kids (of which I was one) could take on an alternative dimension monster and win.
The recent movie remake on the other hand had to be from a gay scriptwriter dropping acid.
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at September 10, 2021 05:21 PM (hQVBP)
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:12 PM (XHhHI)
His daughter is a minister for the Unitarian Universalist Church.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 10, 2021 05:21 PM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 10, 2021 05:21 PM (HOSkN)
Just opposite for me. I have two Conn books and made it a third way through each before I forgot about them. Different strokes for different folks.
Posted by: Just a side note at September 10, 2021 05:22 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:20 PM (XHhHI)
Fair correction.
And yes, one reason I know the Bible is true is that even the 'good men' do some pretty ugly, selfish stuff.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:22 PM (XvPQV)
About 7-8 years ago, I stood in line for an autograph from Sue Grafton. Close to 4 hours. My SiL is a huge fan, and my brother and I conspired to get a signed copy of one of her last books as his 20th anniversary present to her.
Grafton was sweet, and kind of bird-like. When I told her what was up with my SiL, she laughed out loud and said that was the best autograph she'd done in awhile.
Got the "Happy 20th Anniversary" dedication as well.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 10, 2021 05:22 PM (n+4am)
He has some good short stories.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2021 05:17 PM (5NkmN)
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I liked Desperation. (shrug)
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:22 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: Reggie1971 at September 10, 2021 05:22 PM (996BY)
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Don't forget they control the weather too!
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at September 10, 2021 05:22 PM (hQVBP)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at September 10, 2021 05:22 PM (YynYJ)
I cannot understand how that's even a job.
"OK we don't believe in anything. You can think whatever you want and do whatever you want, and everyone is going to heaven. Let's break for coffee and Madge's hash brownies"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:23 PM (KZzsI)
I may have to disagree--you can choose who to follow, of course, and I haven't had that experience.
@majorpatriot is a good solid no-nonsense conservative, for starters. @nationalfile is pretty good, too.
And for parody, @Babylonbee, and @ildonaldotrump--this one is a parody trump account, but it sure seems a whole lot like it's the big man, himself.
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:23 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Skip at September 10, 2021 05:23 PM (2JoB8)
Since tyrant joe's diktat announcement, I've not eaten much. Made me sick to my stomach, that this could happen in America, it did.
But now I am hungry, so I guess I am working through those stages of grief?
Have a fine evening, all.
Posted by: lizabth at September 10, 2021 05:23 PM (L3Rsz)
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 10, 2021 05:21 PM (HOSkN)
I've been using my hands, but I'm open to suggestion. Is there another way to do it?
Posted by: Joe Biden at September 10, 2021 05:24 PM (wAnMi)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at September 10, 2021 05:24 PM (YynYJ)
The message being: This is the best humanity has to offer, and they still suck.... so how the hell do you think you're so damn great?
Yadda yadda yadda, then long hair sandal wearing Nazarene, enter stage right.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 10, 2021 05:24 PM (6FeV1)
#Trump'sFault
Posted by: Paul Mirengoff at September 10, 2021 05:12 PM (O6Y19)
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The Power Line guys are like Franz von Papen on the Night of Long Knives.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 10, 2021 05:25 PM (/U27+)
>>His daughter is a minister for the Unitarian Universalist Church. I cannot understand how that's even a job.
If you dig a little deep you'd probably uncover an Eyes Wide Shut situation.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 10, 2021 05:25 PM (bnkLv)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 10, 2021 05:25 PM (f0hb9)
Posted by: redridinghood at September 10, 2021 05:25 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:22 PM (XvPQV)
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Yep.
Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at September 10, 2021 05:25 PM (E/NJa)
I saw her at signings a couple of times. She was a nice lady. Signed my copy of Keziah Dane. Which I've never actually read.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2021 05:25 PM (nfrXX)
Posted by: Skip at September 10, 2021 05:25 PM (2JoB8)
You asked for my second opinion and I just gave it to you!
Posted by: Joe Biden at September 10, 2021 05:25 PM (9Fwwf)
If more people read Canticle we wouldn’t have these days. Brilliant novel.
“Pain is the only evil I know.”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 10, 2021 05:26 PM (CX3cf)
Yeah people tend to keep and re-read those. The TV show wasn't bad, but the BBC budgets prevented really full recreations of the battles.
His Archer series and Saxon Tales are terrific. I was less impressed with his Arthur and US Civil War books.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:26 PM (KZzsI)
Atheist Chaplains are worse
https://tinyurl.com/6mwy3uar
Posted by: Ayn Rand at September 10, 2021 05:26 PM (+Rh4C)
Posted by: Skip at September 10, 2021 05:23 PM (2JoB
That's my problem with the Nero Wolfe stories. I can either pay $30 for a paperback or $5 for the Kindle version...ah well.
Military History suggestions:
The Shattered Sword
The Autobiography of U.S. Grant
The Autobiography of John Pershing
The Art of War in the Western World by Archer Jones
And I'll toss in 'We were Soldiers Once, and Young"
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:26 PM (XvPQV)
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 10, 2021 05:07 PM (Ez6QX)
No, you're not. I hated it too.
Posted by: Archer at September
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I loved the aria scene in the movie.
Posted by: LostInSpace at September 10, 2021 05:26 PM (t4H2r)
Posted by: naturalfake
I am enjoying the videos very, very much. I read it 45 years ago and didn't get anything out of it. Too young, too smart, too busy with foolish things.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 05:26 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at September 10, 2021 05:27 PM (aXxgO)
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:22 PM (XHhHI)
I did too.
Posted by: Justsayin' at September 10, 2021 05:27 PM (Fs5vw)
Posted by: dartist at September 10, 2021 05:27 PM (+ya+t)
How America's 9/11 response led to the Capitol insurrection
Insert rolleyes emoji here
Posted by: blaster at September 10, 2021 05:27 PM (mbFEM)
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:22 PM (XHhHI)
I really liked the first half or so of "Desperation", then it seemed to me like King was just stem-winding cuz nothing really happened and the plot stood still for a couple hundred pages, then we came to his usual unsatisfying ending.
One thing each of those 3 novels had was a satisfying ending, a rarity in King's oeuvre.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2021 05:28 PM (5NkmN)
I think people who work at places like that (and Vice, etc) have fist fights over who will write the dumbest headlines and hot takes.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:28 PM (KZzsI)
>>How America's 9/11 response led to the Capitol insurrection.
Well they're right but not in the way they mean it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 10, 2021 05:28 PM (bnkLv)
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 10, 2021 05:29 PM (HOSkN)
His sacrifice to save strangers he didn't know, is likened to Jesus', and he finally has made peace with how God shaped his life to save the people trapped in the town.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:29 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: 29Victor at September 10, 2021 05:29 PM (BJKQV)
This morning, we got some actual rain. First time since May. Tomorrow I'm attending a knife and gub show east of here.
Sunday, I'll ... rest.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at September 10, 2021 05:29 PM (FtJ1S)
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That's nothing, I did a recent search to find a quote and saw this headline: "Why the American Revolution Was a Mistake"
From Vox of course.
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at September 10, 2021 05:29 PM (hQVBP)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at September 10, 2021 05:30 PM (eJn7u)
Apparently the New York Times reporters saw security camera footage and interviewed witnesses who were there.
Posted by: Azathoth at September 10, 2021 04:48 PM (O5atO)
Horrible. And instead of apologizing, he punishes us. He's a true tyrant, through and through. I hope his brain explodes.
Posted by: LASue at September 10, 2021 05:30 PM (Ed8Zd)
Grafton is writer who came out of hollywood screenwriting, and she always swore she'd never option her work for movies; she knows how the sausage gets made.
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:30 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:22 PM (XHhHI)
I did too.
Posted by: Justsayin' at September 10, 2021 05:27 PM (Fs5vw)
Which one was that? The one in the desert town or the one in the neighborhood? There were two books released at the same time with some of the same characters.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 10, 2021 05:30 PM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 10, 2021 05:31 PM (AJzTi)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at September 10, 2021 05:24 PM (YynYJ)
I liked the short story more. But the movie was okay. I would actually like to see a remake of that one.
Posted by: Justsayin' at September 10, 2021 05:31 PM (Fs5vw)
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2021 04:58 PM (nfrXX)
Ding, ding, ding.
Once King got popular, his own admitted propensity towards verbal diarrhea, combined with the editorial issue, sent him into the abyss.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at September 10, 2021 05:31 PM (ZSK0i)
Posted by: 29Victor at September 10, 2021 05:31 PM (BJKQV)
Okay I will check in a few minutes.
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 10, 2021 05:31 PM (HOSkN)
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 10, 2021 05:31 PM (H8QX8)
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:31 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:32 PM (XvPQV)
"I'm guessing the reporter who wrote that is about 27 years old. . .?"
-- Ben Rhodes
Posted by: Lizzy at September 10, 2021 05:32 PM (+Rh4C)
@majorpatriot is a good solid no-nonsense conservative, for starters. @nationalfile is pretty good, too.
And for parody, @Babylonbee, and @ildonaldotrump--this one is a parody trump account, but it sure seems a whole lot like it's the big man, himself.
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:23 PM (AwPyG)
Follow all of those, @somebitchiknow and neonrevolt off the top of my head. But if you want some shockers, go to the "explore" section for top trending gabs.
I had signed up in 2016 the second or third month they were around, and hadn't really been on since that election until recently when I got booted from twatter. Turned out a LOT of the "normal" pro-Trump conservatives I'd followed when I first joined apparently completely lost their shit sometime in the past 5 years. So I did a LOT of unfollowing the first few weeks.
Posted by: Joe Biden at September 10, 2021 05:32 PM (wAnMi)
Posted by: Capital Eff at September 10, 2021 05:32 PM (dynG0)
The Shattered Sword
The Autobiography of U.S. Grant
The Autobiography of John Pershing
The Art of War in the Western World by Archer Jones
And I'll toss in 'We were Soldiers Once, and Young"
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
I'd add: The Last Stand of Fox Company - Drury & Clavin
and Hornfischer's The Fleet at Flood Tide
I have a huge pile just looking at me - I'll get to them. Swearsies!
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 05:32 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
I've read it so many times I can outline the book.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 10, 2021 05:32 PM (f0hb9)
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I don't think his brain has the energy to explode, merely liquify and ooze out of his diseased nostrils.
I'm fine with that by the way.
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at September 10, 2021 05:33 PM (hQVBP)
Posted by: Skip at September 10, 2021 05:33 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at September 10, 2021 05:33 PM (wAnMi)
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 10, 2021 05:30 PM (Ez6QX)
I treated both as one story.
Posted by: Justsayin' at September 10, 2021 05:33 PM (Fs5vw)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at September 10, 2021 05:31 PM (ZSK0i)
Like George Lucas?
Posted by: 29Victor at September 10, 2021 05:33 PM (BJKQV)
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It's an excellent movie. It may have been mentioned, but I think this was one of his short stories. I remember reading it decades ago, before the movie release, and thinking it was good.
Posted by: Lady in Black at September 10, 2021 05:33 PM (O+I8R)
Yeah but that's where we are today. The tallest shrew stands out from the crowd but they're still like 2" tall. Our nation was built by giants. We're barely up to their toenail these days.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:34 PM (KZzsI)
One thing each of those 3 novels had was a satisfying ending, a rarity in King's oeuvre.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2021 05:28 PM (5NkmN)
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Gordon R. Dickson was my favorite author, but it took a while until I realized that Dickson could never write an ending to a novel--except, perhaps, for The Dragon and the George.
I like the part right before the ending in Desperation, but yeah, it's kind of a fizzle ending.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:34 PM (XHhHI)
Geez, I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 10, 2021 05:34 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Marcus T at September 10, 2021 05:34 PM (kbvR/)
Posted by: Lady in Black at September 10, 2021 05:34 PM (O+I8R)
Did I not warn you last week that 9/11's anniversary will be more about 1/6 than 9/11?
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 10, 2021 05:34 PM (ejyaU)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 10, 2021 05:32 PM (f0hb9)
"Pat, hey Pat!!"
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at September 10, 2021 05:34 PM (ZSK0i)
Good thing it's just fiction, right?
Posted by: Brisco County Sr at September 10, 2021 05:34 PM (DBPIP)
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 10, 2021 05:31 PM (H8QX
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Everyone has too much to lose still. If the USA is dead, there is still alot of meat to pick from the bones.
Posted by: Revenant at September 10, 2021 05:35 PM (P69fT)
Posted by: 29Victor
For God's sake don't let her tie you to the bed.
Looking back, this is always sound advice.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 05:35 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Ordinary American at September 10, 2021 05:31 PM (H8QX
Yup...DeSantis should have said "Joe's says he's losing patience with us? Well, we're losing patience with him!
Gentlemen! I call for the president to resign and take his shot and stick it up his ass!".
Then walk off ala "Animal House" while humming The Star Spangled Banner.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 10, 2021 05:35 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 10, 2021 05:35 PM (5PiLF)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 10, 2021 05:35 PM (AJzTi)
Boy, is that bad optics
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Have you seen pics of that stadium in NJ filled with water like a giant swimming pool?
Posted by: dartist at September 10, 2021 05:35 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Failure happens, giving up is a choice at September 10, 2021 05:32 PM (XvPQV)
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First one was King, second was "Bachman".
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:35 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin, clinging bitterly to a deplorable life at September 10, 2021 05:35 PM (SHDBw)
>>It's an excellent movie.
It probably has one of the better earned endings and it wasn't even in the book.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 10, 2021 05:35 PM (bnkLv)
Posted by: 29Victor at September 10, 2021 05:33 PM (BJKQV)
In a word (just one word), yes.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at September 10, 2021 05:35 PM (ZSK0i)
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We want William Wallace/Braveheart and they give us George McFly.
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at September 10, 2021 05:36 PM (hQVBP)
Posted by: 29Victor at September 10, 2021 05:29 PM (BJKQV)
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Right. He "campaigned" on having a plan to defeat a virus (despite it being an impossible task owing to that whole mutation thing -- SCIENCE!, you know "the thing"-- typical for the retarded utopians) ... and suddenly the plan is rolled out eight months into his fraudulent installation?
Yeah, try to jab the other one now ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Unauthorized Freedom Exhibitionist at September 10, 2021 05:36 PM (49ssQ)
God doesn't use the same measuring stick that we do. David was a shepherd boy, the youngest son. Jacob was a sneaky thief. Abraham was a murderer, and he and Gideon both tried to explain to God that he'd chosen the wrong guy.
Nope, says God
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:36 PM (AwPyG)
*Parents ought to have school choice. Mostly white teachers unions are hurting our schools to help themselves.
*Race doesn't have to hold you back. Don't be a victim.
*Not everything that has gone wrong or badly for black or brown folks is the fault of the White man.
*Black and brown folks need to be self-reliant and not constantly look to government to save us.
*Black people killing black people - and Latinos killing other Latinos - is more common than white people killing us.
*Business is hugely important to any state and it must be protected, not targeted.
*Hard work and good choices are the answer to many problems, not all but many.
*Family is the most important thing. Our parents are wise. We should listen more and fight them less.
*Gavin Newsom has failed as governor of California.
Posted by: qdpsteve (L2ZTs) at September 10, 2021 05:36 PM (L2ZTs)
Their MO is to deceive, but they're failing and had to resort to a Hail Mary (well, Hail Satan, to be more accurate) of attempted dictatorship. If they can't get everyone vaccinated...their panic is real.
Posted by: t-bird at September 10, 2021 05:36 PM (ELgVT)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at September 10, 2021 05:36 PM (YynYJ)
Which King reportedly hated.
I'll take a Kubrick over a King any day of the week.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at September 10, 2021 05:36 PM (aXxgO)
That's the only book of his I've read, actually.
The earth-friendly elitists survive in isolation on huge tracts of land they bought in Kansas
I think it was Northern Canada, but yeah.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:36 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 10, 2021 05:07 PM (Ez6QX)
I never understood how that was supposed to be a good movie. Guy goes to prison. Guy makes a prison friend. Guy breaks out of prison. The end.
I remember reading the short story when I was like 9 years old. It goes on and on about ass rape. I was like"WTF, this is just disgusting, not spooky". Never read King again.
Posted by: Drerbrerard at September 10, 2021 05:37 PM (b/6cr)
Looking back, this is always sound advice.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 05:35 PM (mD/uy)
Sure is...
Posted by: George Costanza at September 10, 2021 05:37 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess, #SuperStraight #EnemyOfTheState (Mzdiz) at September 10, 2021 05:37 PM (Mzdiz)
You'd think if God was given you instructions, you wouldn't give Him a lot of guff.
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:37 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Skip
You taking any meds for hyper-tension?
Posted by: Tonypete at September 10, 2021 05:37 PM (mD/uy)
My definition of Fascism is the government getting private companies to do their bidding
Everything for the state
Posted by: Skip at September 10, 2021 05:38 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at September 10, 2021 05:38 PM (eJn7u)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 10, 2021 05:35 PM (5PiLF)
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For me, it's because Communism doesn't exist, has never existed.
So, if you're talking about a real-world thing, it's a national socialism.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:38 PM (XHhHI)
NO ONE ON EARTH was ever more innocent that poor poor Shawshank in that film, and everyone who's against him is pure, pure evil. It's a complete black-and-white victim fantasy.
Posted by: qdpsteve (L2ZTs) at September 10, 2021 05:38 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: banana Dream at September 10, 2021 05:38 PM (Yh0oe)
Posted by: steevy at September 10, 2021 05:39 PM (uUDKV)
Posted by: Skip at September 10, 2021 05:25 PM (2JoB
Do you have an oximeter? You should be 94% or higher, according to my rules.
My oximeter was manufactured in Wuhan, China - the gold standard of shit that might just kill you.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at September 10, 2021 05:39 PM (dQvv7)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at September 10, 2021 05:36 PM (aXxgO)
"I like to know who's buying my drinks, Lloyd..."
Posted by: Boswell at September 10, 2021 05:39 PM (5iUNf)
Jonah is the one that cracks me up the most. People think he was reluctant to be a prophet, but that wasn't it at all. God told him to go to the Assyrians and preach repentance. He hated the Assyrians, they were brutal oppressive enemies of the Hebrews, and besides Jews had culturally begun to just despised any gentiles at that point.
Jonah's issue was that he didn't want the Assyrians to be saved. And he knew that God was merciful and would save them. So he didn't want to go preach to the evil buggers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:40 PM (KZzsI)
I meant the fact the stadium crowds are openly chanting "F*uck Biden", at great length and at great volume.
Check for the videos, on Sunday--it's very heartening
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:40 PM (AwPyG)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 10, 2021 05:35 PM (5PiLF)
They are basically synonyms but I assume it's preemptive .
Posted by: Just a side note at September 10, 2021 05:41 PM (2DOZq)
You'd think if God was given you instructions, you wouldn't give Him a lot of guff.
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:37 PM (AwPyG)
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Imagine yourself, during a witness call, with a microphone, telling about your great faith in God, in front of the church, telling people that God himself told you he would make you a Great Nation, and you let men sleep with your wife so you wouldn't end up dead.
And each time, the Lord had to bail you out and tell you not to do that.
....
I'll just let that set there.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:41 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: qdpsteve (L2ZTs) at September 10, 2021 05:41 PM (L2ZTs)
Nope, says God
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:36 PM (AwPyG)
When the angel spoke to Gideon he said "The Lord is with you mighty warrior." At the time Gideon was threshing wheat on a winepress to hide it from the Midianites (instead of on a threshing floor up on a hill where he would have been seen). He was hiding, he wasn't a warrior. He was too scared to fight. But when God calls you a mighty warrior that's what you become.
Posted by: 29Victor at September 10, 2021 05:41 PM (BJKQV)
I think about exactly that, when I wish the Democrats would just get wiped out, or something.
Jonah was sent to save Nineveh, because everyone's worth saving.
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:42 PM (AwPyG)
So, if you're talking about a real-world thing, it's a national socialism.
Posted by: Axeman
National Socialism was the dialectic to the Communist Revolution in Germany (1920s and early 30s).
Is it an appeal to the propagandized masses or something here at home?
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 10, 2021 05:42 PM (5PiLF)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:40 PM (KZzsI)
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I actually think the Veggie Tales movie did that story a good bit of justice.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:43 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: Skip at September 10, 2021 05:43 PM (2JoB8)
Reminds me of Rodney Carrington's bit about an altar call where he gets all emotionally overcome and goes up confessing his sins, and its going great up until he confesses having relations with a goat.
"oh I wouldn't have said that"
--The Pastor
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:43 PM (KZzsI)
America is truly and irrevocably over if that happens.
Posted by: Lieutenant Duh at September 10, 2021 05:43 PM (iXK+X)
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:44 PM (AwPyG)
Is it an appeal to the propagandized masses or something here at home?
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 10, 2021 05:42 PM (5PiLF)
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I used to think that. And then I found out that Mussolini was the first person to write words that translate into English as "national socialism".
Mussolini wanted to save Marxism from what he saw as its inherent weakness.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:45 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: Just a side note
Fascism is a reaction to Marxism/Communism. It's the only shit that has ever gotten rid of the fuckers. Pinochet was a Fascist.
Fascism has been a blip on the radar compared to Marxism/Communism.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 10, 2021 05:45 PM (5PiLF)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:40 PM (KZzsI)
Yeah. It was like God telling a Jew in the '20s to preach to Berlin so God didn't wipe the Germans out.
Posted by: 29Victor at September 10, 2021 05:45 PM (BJKQV)
Communism is class division, taking down the higher level and everyone on the same level, in theory anyway.
Posted by: Skip at September 10, 2021 05:46 PM (2JoB8)
Because people think "fascist" just means tyrant or oppressive dictator these days. Its been degraded to the point that it has no special meaning. "Never forget" my ass.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 10, 2021 05:46 PM (KZzsI)
Himmler was a Marxist but his anti-Semitic views and nationalism made him a Nazi.
Posted by: Just a side note at September 10, 2021 05:47 PM (2DOZq)
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I suspected 24 hrs is was a poor target
Posted by: Skip at September 10, 2021 05:47 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: artemis at September 10, 2021 05:42 PM (AwPyG)
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The OT is not a story about an "Angry God", as some people think. It's about a merciful God who has reason to get angry.
I get moved reading God's lament in Ezekial (I think it's in the 30s) where he refers to Israel as a symbol of envy to the nations (during the reign of Solomon) and how Solomon whored himself out.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:49 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 10, 2021 05:49 PM (QFVV9)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 10, 2021 05:45 PM (5PiLF)
They're literally the same, they just choose different middle managers to run their dictatorships.
Posted by: Sjg at September 10, 2021 05:49 PM (gDSJf)
Pinochet was called a fascist as was Franco but they were not. Fascists were Marxists who thought they knew how to improve it.
Posted by: Just a side note at September 10, 2021 05:49 PM (2DOZq)
Mussolini wanted to save Marxism from what he saw as its inherent weakness.
Posted by: Axeman
But he wasn't a Marxist?
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 10, 2021 05:50 PM (5PiLF)
Posted by: Billie Eilish at September 10, 2021 05:50 PM (sWM8x)
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:22 PM (XHhHI)
I did too.
Posted by: Justsayin' at September 10, 2021 05:27 PM (Fs5vw)
Which one was that? The one in the desert town or the one in the neighborhood? There were two books released at the same time with some of the same characters.
Posted by: Jordan61 at September 10, 2021 05:30 PM (Ez6QX)
The one in the desert town.
I think the other book was called "The Regulator" IIRC. It was written by "Richard Bachman".
That was kind of the sales pitch. One story but each written by King's different personalities.
Again IIRC, I liked "Bachman's" book better.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2021 05:51 PM (Xo5lP)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 10, 2021 05:50 PM (5PiLF)
He is the creator of Fascism. His better version of Marxism.
Posted by: Just a side note at September 10, 2021 05:51 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Just a side note at September 10, 2021 05:47 PM (2DOZq)
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Hitler promoted "Scientific Antisemitism". So it was probably simply falling in with Hitler.
In MK chapter 2, Hitler condemns traditional antisemitism and says that his father would be ashamed of him were he to simply adopt such a sentiment. Hitler makes the Jew the Enemy of Nature and "her aristocratic principle" (survival of the fittest).
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:51 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: Just a side note
What books is this message coming from so I can look into it?
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 10, 2021 05:52 PM (5PiLF)
Ex-KGB, now head of org's security is talking to another member of the org. The other member reveals the whole plan to ex-KGB who had no idea. ex-KGB says "Interesting plan! Say, is that a new gun that you have? Mind if I take a look?"
"Sure." (hands over gun)
"Thanks." Bang (shoots the idiot).
Posted by: Chuck C at September 10, 2021 05:14 PM (EughT)
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How is this a criticism? It was the best part of the book.
Posted by: Brisco County Sr at September 10, 2021 05:52 PM (DBPIP)
Posted by: CppThis at September 10, 2021 05:53 PM (UewuT)
Communism is class division, taking down the higher level and everyone on the same level, in theory anyway.
Posted by: Skip at September 10, 2021 05:46 PM (2JoB
National Socialism replaces classes with national identity. Hitler saw Jews as synonymous with Capitalism, like Marx did. Hitler used controls on heavily regulated, Nazi owned businesses (or you weren't in business) to enact his version of socialism. But all businesses worked for the good of the Volk instead of for filthy profits.
Posted by: 29Victor at September 10, 2021 05:53 PM (BJKQV)
Posted by: Azjaeger at September 10, 2021 05:53 PM (3/XaG)
FDR was called a fascist by the commies, just like Hitler, etc....
Posted by: 29Victor at September 10, 2021 05:54 PM (BJKQV)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at September 10, 2021 05:54 PM (xPJvm)
Posted by: Just a side note
So we have the GloboHomoPedo version that ran through Russia then Germany then China now America to conquer the world?
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 10, 2021 05:54 PM (5PiLF)
The goal of Marxism is to seize the power structures of all institutions and redistribute it, which they have the last 120 years in America.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 10, 2021 05:57 PM (5PiLF)
Posted by: Axeman
But he wasn't a Marxist?
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 10, 2021 05:50 PM (5PiLF)
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He absolutely was. He had long been the editor of one of the most prestigious socialist periodicals in Europe. He was recognized as an intellectual.
He was somewhat more of a purist than Lenin, because the Russian "Bolcheviks" ashcanned "Capitalism", and Mussolini maintained that "Capitalism" hadn't completed the work that Marx assigned to it (to strip away all "arbitrary values" to a single currency of value).
Back in the early 20th century, Lenin's "innovation" of "staged socialism" seemed to be as much of an abrupt change to Marxism.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 05:57 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 10, 2021 05:59 PM (5PiLF)
Posted by: JM in Florida - Behold the Manchurian Candidate at September 10, 2021 06:01 PM (HCeRP)
When you get down to it, "Marxism" is kind of a non sequitur anyway since Marx himself basically just wrote that the workers will burn down a corrupt system but he didn't really finish the story. Kind of like Stephen King amirite!
Posted by: CppThis at September 10, 2021 06:03 PM (UewuT)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at September 10, 2021 05:45 PM (5PiLF)
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All sustained "Marxist" governments have been national. They use the established framework of a nation to leverage the distribution of goods. China didn't throw in with Russia, Cuba didn't throw in with Russia, Khmer didn't throw in with Mao. They don't throw in.
Each nation has its revolution and the leader of the revolution, having turned the country from a civil frame of reference to a framework of pure force, then uses that force to refuse to step down.
"Dictatorships of the proletariat" never come out the other end.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 06:03 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: Skip at September 10, 2021 06:04 PM (2JoB8)
The symbol is a bundle of sticks, usually around an axehandle, thus Strength in Unity *is* the symbol. Stalin demanded agreement as a sort of unity. The Maoists demand agreement. Pol Pot took his entire country into the woods to retrain them.
Unity is definitely a symbol of real-world Marxism.
Mussolini, whose party invented "fascism" cited the main principle was "Nothing against the state, nothing outside of the state".
So with the state being the expression of the tyrant's tyranny in the Marxist tyrannies, how exactly did they allow efforts to grow against or outside of the state?
They didn't.
In addition, I would site that Italy and Germany are the main models of European socialist nations, as well. Just more Marx-lite.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 06:12 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: Azjaeger at September 10, 2021 06:12 PM (3/XaG)
The theory dies when exposed to the air.
It's a theory about economics from a guy to whom understanding how economics actually work was an afterthought.
In fact, Marx, in various places resists solving the Problem of Scarcity. In fact, you can catch him writing as if Scarcity won't be an issue.
I just recently thought of the flaw in Marx's grand plan to make a human being the unit of demand. Every day you eat at the Marxist trough, you don't expend yourself, you show up again and again "purchasing" your meal with the same "coin".
Thus you aren't rare. You have no scarcity. No wonder Marxist implementors become homocidal. In some way it stops the you-inflation.
Posted by: Axeman at September 10, 2021 06:17 PM (XHhHI)
Fed?
Or Mary Cloggenstein from Battleboro, VT?
Posted by: President Biden at September 10, 2021 06:21 PM (NCgXW)
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