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Christopher Chantrill has many of his articles published at The American Thinker site, the latest being A Moral Narrative to Foil Our Wokey Tormentors. But he also keeps track of federal spending with his US Government Spending: History, Facts and Charts of Spending, Taxes and Debt, Federal State and Local yearbook (he's got editions for 2016 through 2019). He also has written Road to the Middle Class: Religion, Education, Mutual Aid and Law, which explains how we got here: Back in the nineteenth century, before we learned to love them, the poor had to struggle their way up from indigence on their own. They built a sturdy road to the middle class with enthusiastic Christianity, a dogged pursuit of education, a web of mutual-aid associations, and a respect for the law. But the elites of the time were unimpressed, and declared that they could do better. And here we are. It's 228 pages of analysis for $0.99 on Kindle. Another one of his books, An American Manifesto: Life After Liberalism, also looks interesting. It, too, is only 99 cents.
While everyday Americans strive to make an honest living by working hard, liberals within the swamp have perfected a way of barely working while elevating themselves above all of us. Liberal Privilege will take you behind the scenes of the swamp, just as the nation gears up for the next presidential election. In his second book, #1 New York Times best selling author, Donald Trump Jr reveals the truth the media has long refused to cover. Read about the countless liberal scandals, years of entrenched racism in the democrat party and decades of failed polices that will paint a stark picture of Liberal Privilege. I'm only on chapter 2, so I'm not sure what I think about the book, yet. I will say that the apple didn't fall far from the tree. Here he reminds us of something that's been memory-holed: You may not even know that over thirty years ago, Joe Biden had not one but two aneurysms. Why don’t people know? Because the liberal press doesn’t want us to talk about it. From everything I’ve learned about aneurysms, he’s very lucky to be alive at all.3There wasn’t even a single event—they were two separate events: one on the right side of his brain, the other on his left side. Folks, we call that a history of aneurysms. I don't think I ever knew this. I don't ever remember reading about these events when they happened, and certainly they're not going to be brought up now. Rest assured, though, if it were Don's dad, the press would be all of it like a cheap suit, up to and including subpoena-ing the tax records of the hospital staff and room attendants. Which is Don Jr.'s main bone of contention that's the theme of the book: Liberals have exclusive privileges that exempt them from all sorts of scrutiny.
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39 ...I switched to a new novel by Max Brooks, who wrote “World War Z”. “Devolution: a Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre” is about a high-tech green energy community of PoMo urbanites living in splendid isolation in the wilds of Washington, but connected to the world by wifi. They have everything they need ferried in weekly by driverless vehicles and drones (stockpiling is just more wasteful overconsumption typical of modern America, don’t you know). It’s a micro-eco-community that personifies the Green Revolution, powered by solar and biogas. It’s paradise, until… A novel about PoMo yuppies getting chased around and eaten by Bigfeet (Bigfoots?) might be just the thing to lighten up your dark mood. Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre can be had on Kindle for $14.99, also on hardcover and paperback. ___________ Now this looks interesting: On audio, I have Ghosts of Eden Park, a non-fiction account of George Remus, king of bootleggers during the Harding administration. He never drank a drop, but made a fortune buying alcohol and "medicinal" permits to sell it. He was caught and imprisoned, and gave his wife POA to maintain the family fortune. This sounds like the plot of a novel, but The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America is certainly non-fiction. The Amazon blurb is too big to quote, and April's description is good enough. Before Al Capone became a household name, Remus' bootlegging operation controlled 35% of all booze in the United States. Yeah, they could make a movie out of this. Or, perhaps a limited run miniseries might be better. ___________
Moron author Vince Milam has published book 6 in his Case Lee series of political thriller. This one is called The Orcas Island Job: The CIA’s top spy offered him a contract. He didn’t relish working with her again, but the money was too good. The job started as a standard sleuthing gig. But when he discovers a major drug deal, disturbing questions are raised. Case calls on his best friend and heads for the border. Case Lee, meet the Cartel. It gets ugly. Here are excerpts from some Amazon reviews of previous books in the series: “The Case Lee novels are the gold standard for action adventure books." The Kindle price is 99 cents. ___________ If you like, you can follow me on Twitter, where I make the occasional snarky comment. ___________ So that's all for this week. As always, book thread tips, suggestions, bribes, insults, threats, ugly pants pics and moron library submissions may be sent to OregonMuse, Proprietor, AoSHQ Book Thread, at the book thread e-mail address: aoshqbookthread, followed by the 'at' sign, and then 'G' mail, and then dot cee oh emm. What have you all been reading this week? Hopefully something good, because, as you all know, life is too short to be reading lousy books. | Recent Comments
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