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What are you reading now?

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  • RenaudaR Offline
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    Hang in there George, it is very much worth every page and to the very end.

    Elbows up!

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      I'm surprised at how much I'm liking this book - particularly the audio version as there are live recordings. He does a real number on corruption in Miami. It's definitely worth a read.

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        I read this years ago. Now that the 2nd season of the show has begun, I thought I'd revisit it.

        I love the way MacIntyre writes.

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        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          By the way, I just discovered that Amazon Prime has a documentary (3 parts) called "SAS Rogue Warriors." MacIntyre narrates and there are interviews with the actual members of the original SAS team.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            I'm surprised at how much I'm liking this book - particularly the audio version as there are live recordings. He does a real number on corruption in Miami. It's definitely worth a read.

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            @kluurs said in What are you reading now?:

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            I'm surprised at how much I'm liking this book - particularly the audio version as there are live recordings. He does a real number on corruption in Miami. It's definitely worth a read.

            Finished the book. He does segments on the Covid and opioid crisis along with some discussion of education, college admissions and diversity. It was a bit like his podcast. Overall, a decent and worthwhile book though I thought there would be more there.

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              Started reading William Shirer's Ghandi, A Memoir. Shirer was in India back in 1931 - aged around 27. Ghandi was 61. Shirer was the only American journalist there at the time covering Ghandi. So far, a good read. He got to spend some personal time with Ghandi. He said that Ghandi walked about 4 miles a day - at a pace that was challenging to Shirer.

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                  A lifetime friend of mine who was a flight attendant wrote this. Reading it now.

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                  "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                    Just finished this yesterday. I highly recommend if you are interested in the city of New Orleans. Wonderful book.

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                    "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                      @Mik how was the airline book?

                      Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                        I just started Nexus, the latest from Yuval Noah Harari.

                        Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                          @Mik how was the airline book?

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                          @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

                          @Mik how was the airline book?

                          It's good so far. I'm only a few pages in. What is really great is I recognize his voice in it.

                          "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                            I belong to a University Club and we have monthly books we read and then discuss--this book is in the "classic" area. We also have reading groups for modern fiction, historical fiction and non-fiction and maybe other things too. It introduces me to books I normally would not think of reading for myself.

                            Following the dialogue in this book is more difficult than reading Chaucer.

                            Flushing the toilet is like practicing the piano; you just cannot go too long without doing it.--Axtremus

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                              Quite interesting. I’m about half way through. Some surprising things along the way, so far the most surprising thing was he was completely against Japanese internment and sought no involvement in it. He had already been collecting intelligence on Japanese non-citizens and wanted to detain far smaller numbers that he thought posed actual threats - like 700 or so.

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                              Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                                Quite interesting. I’m about half way through. Some surprising things along the way, so far the most surprising thing was he was completely against Japanese internment and sought no involvement in it. He had already been collecting intelligence on Japanese non-citizens and wanted to detain far smaller numbers that he thought posed actual threats - like 700 or so.

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                                @jon-nyc

                                My understanding is that Hoover was personally more engaged with and always more focused on the threat from the various tentacles of the Kremlin and the Comintern than any threats posed from fascist Europe or Imperial Japan. He tended to steer the latter back to the military authorities whenever possible.

                                Elbows up!

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