garyrc Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 10 hours ago, mungkiman said: Nope, but that war is coming... What can we do, other than collecting water and stop growing crops, like almonds, that take a huge amount of water? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Mounds Bars only. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Just finished Stephen King's The Institute. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Currently, halfway done with a book called "Heaven" by Randy Alcorn. Next up is "The Consequences of Ideas" by R. C. Sproul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 A Promised Land by Barack Obama 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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oldtimer Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Vince Flynn (now actually written by Kyle Mills)---A Mitch Rapp series "Total Power." The plot centers on the entire US electrical grid taken down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Butler Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 (edited) I'm reading Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (HPMOR) now. Is a Harry Potter fan fiction by Eliezer Yudkowsky. In fact, a good educational one is pretty hard to find. I recently managed to find [and then this spammer added a link to one of those academic fraud sites that sell homework and papers that are full of grammatical errors and mistakes] which can help with my homework. If there are more sites like this, it will be much easier for students to cope with their study load. Edited September 18, 2022 by Travis In Austin Remove spam site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom3 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 "A Hero on Mount St. Helens, the Life and Legacy of David A. Johnston" by Melanie Holmes excellent and very moving. "Barbarians to Angels The Dark Ages Reconsidered" by Peter S. Wells. an interesting premise not well supported by the book's structure or arguments "Destiny of the Republic" by Candice Milland a superb account of the murder of president James Garfield, killed more by his doctors than his assassian BTW Garfield was one of our smartest presidents and who knows what he might have accomplished if not for his early death 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 "How to Wean Yourself from Books in 3 Easy Steps." I couldn't wait to buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Jeff Matthews said: "How to Wean Yourself from Books in 3 Easy Steps." I couldn't wait to buy it. Is that a graphic novel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Just finished "The Chaos Kind" by Barry Eisler. More action than an action-packed movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NADman Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubo Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 On 8/15/2021 at 2:16 AM, garyrc said: What can we do, other than collecting water and stop growing crops, like almonds, that take a huge amount of water? Clash of Civilizations, is worth a look There are also some good essays on the author's ideas, and presentations. In short, Liberal Western Civilization, competes with other civilizations. With the threat of the Soviets gone, and the freebies from the West drying up, populations are migrating back to their indigenous civilizations. Liberal Western Govt lasted 5 minutes in Afghanistan, replaced by Tribal councils like the past 3500 years. Western Civilization is under an all out assault internally, at the same time as competing civilizations are resurgent. As to the Almonds canard, the Sierra club took a $100 million contribution with the stipulation that they never speak of immigration degrading the environment. The US has added 3 million per year for the past 30 years = 90 million. Many from alternative civilizations. All of them drink water, and flush toilets. IMHO as the US and West go into economic and civilization collapse, there will be a scramble to fill the power vacuum, there always is. Rome's collapse triggered a 1000 year economic depression and at times a 90% population die off in the West, and countless invasions from the East. The Eastern Roman Empire was able to shield the feeble West up until the 1200s. The Rus, led by pesky Russian speaking Vikings, as they gained strength and territory became the shield for the West for most of the past 700 years. The standard of living in the West only reached Roman levels I believe in the mid to late 1,700s. If not for the Vikings, and those pesky french speaking Vikings the Normans, Western Civilization may have never recovered some of it's lost ground, only 50% at best. I picked up a copy of The Law of Civilization and Decay by Brooke Adams Thumbed through it, it's in the stack Premise is that moral decay precedes Civilization collapse, making money becomes the priority of society above all else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxman Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 The Legacy Journey by: Dave Ramsey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 On 8/15/2021 at 7:43 AM, DizRotus said: Mounds Bars only. And coconut palms don't need much water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiva Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 I sometimes listen to Jocko's Youtube channel, on all things, war. Here he is reading a bit from a book, which I intend to get, called Brave Men. Great descriptive writing of this famous event during WWll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subway Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 58 minutes ago, Shiva said: I sometimes listen to Jocko's Youtube channel, on all things, war. Here he is reading a bit from a book, which I intend to get, called Brave Men. Great descriptive writing of this famous event during WWll. He plays guitar and was into the 'straight edge' scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 I have two books in hand, written by my longtime guitar playing buddy, and really need to get the third book, which is the first of a now finished trilogy by my daughter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NADman Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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