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What are you reading now?

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  • George KG Offline
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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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        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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            • MikM Away
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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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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      @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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                            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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                            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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                              "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.

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                                In an event called “the collapse,” a deadly flu epidemic sweeps the globe and kills most of the world’s population. The plot of Station Eleven revolves around a few main characters and offers glimpses into their lives both before the collapse and during the nineteen years that follow. Chapters often jump forward or backward in time, and shift focus and perspective from one character to another.

                                The book was actually written pre COVID. Very good book and believable.

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                                  Looks interesting. Especially so for being written pre-covid.

                                  Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                                    In the theme of "dystopia" books, I just finished a book called "Blindess". It won the Nobel Prize in Literature (or at least the arther did.

                                    The eerie dystopian novel Blindness (1995) by José Saramago is a profound commentary on society, human nature, and the frailty of civilization. The book is widely recognized as one of Saramago’s best works and has received praise for its perceptive examination of social disintegration, how people react to crises, and how resilient the human spirit can be when faced with unfathomable hardship. Blindness asks readers to consider their own societal systems, values, and the ease with which civilization might devolve into chaos through its stark, nearly apocalyptic themes.

                                    An unexplained outbreak of sudden, complete blindness occurs in an unidentified city at the start of the tale. Whole groups of people become blind as a result, and social, political, and economic systems fall apart. In response, the government places blind people under quarantine in a desolate and remote institution, leaving them to fend for themselves in the face of growing violence and deprivation. A small group of individuals, led by a lady who is still able to see, fight to survive and keep some sense of humanity in the middle of this breakdown.

                                    It was a hard read for me. It is originally from Portugal, and it unstructured in terms of puncuation. No quotation marks, etc. I am guessing that the original is the same way. May @jon-nyc could read the original and comment.

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                                    • MikM Away
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                                      Gosh, it’s good to have you back, TG. ❤️

                                      "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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                                        Gosh, it’s good to have you back, TG. ❤️

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                                        @Mik said in What are you reading now?:

                                        Gosh, it’s good to have you back, TG. ❤️

                                        Thanks. You are so kind!!!

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