Conquer Club

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my next book will be Never Tell Our Business to Strangers: A Memoir by Jennifer Mascia

http://www.amazon.com/Never-Tell-Our-Business-Strangers/dp/0345505352

It's a memoir by a woman who discovers her dad is in the Mafia.

I thought all conservatives were illiterate morons?

*biased worldview comes crashing down*

There are three books by a Swedish author in the top10, they also appear to be the three books that have been in the top10 for the longest time of any current books there. Go cultural dominance!

Is it good or bad that I won't read any of those books?

john9blue wrote:I thought all conservatives were illiterate morons?

*biased worldview comes crashing down*

Actually, I think its clear even liberals enjoy a good comedy as well.

Or more precisely, a tragic one.

AAFitz wrote:

john9blue wrote:I thought all conservatives were illiterate morons?

*biased worldview comes crashing down*

Actually, I think its clear even liberals enjoy a good comedy as well.

Or more precisely, a tragic one.

Fitz I think liberals prefer comedies of errors
more precisely, their own.

nesterdude wrote:

AAFitz wrote:

john9blue wrote:I thought all conservatives were illiterate morons?

*biased worldview comes crashing down*

Actually, I think its clear even liberals enjoy a good comedy as well.

Or more precisely, a tragic one.

Fitz I think liberals prefer comedies of errors
more precisely, their own.

Actually, they dont seem to be laughing at the two wars you are referring to, all that much.

The Palin one though...yeah....I confess, they're still laughing at that one.

thegreekdog wrote:Is it good or bad that I won't read any of those books?

I'd say very good; clearly you have some taste and discretion and aren't merely some kind of flaming sheep

Out of curiosity I decided to check out what the Canadian bestseller list looks like. For anyone who cares http://www.amazon.ca/gp/bestsellers/books.

Some interesting diffrences, though we both love Larsson, dude can write a good book.

Last book I read was "Hammer & Tickle:A History Of Communism Told Through Communist Jokes" by Ben Lewis. It was an excellent look at domestic politics/attitudes of the Soviet block throughout the cold war. It was also a pretty decent run through on Communism and you learn some great jokes too!

I'm currently reading "The Last Centurion" by John Ringo: once you get through the incredibly tiresome tea partyish rant that is the first part its been very enjoyable. Most of his books have a somewhat American conservative flavor which is fine, but he goese a little over the top with this one not sure if I'll pick up the next one.

What are you specificly reading Scotty? I think you mentioned that "Road to serfdom" book in another thread.

I just started Nightwatch last night. It was written by a Russian... so I thought it would be appropriate to note here.

thegreekdog wrote:I just started Nightwatch last night. It was written by a Russian... so I thought it would be appropriate to note here.

I've heard about that, is it any good?

The movie was good. I've never read the novel though. Let's bug thegreekdog to give us a review in a few weeks.

Baron Von PWN wrote:

thegreekdog wrote:I just started Nightwatch last night. It was written by a Russian... so I thought it would be appropriate to note here.

I've heard about that, is it any good?

Well, the prologue was good. I should finish the series soon (I'm on vacation at the beach next week).

"Lies the Government Told You" by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano. (C) 2010

just finished Mike C.'s last book, albeit on ipod. Wasnt bad, but compared to the rest of his novels which I loved for the learning in them, this one was much less packed with facts, or perhaps I understood more about privateering than the other subjects hes tackled in the past.

In any case, its sad that no more will come.

Finished lies; now working on "Lincoln Unmasked" Thomas J. DiLorenzo (C) 2006

Fascinating. Who knew Lincoln was such a ... BASTARD.

tzor wrote:Finished lies; now working on "Lincoln Unmasked" Thomas J. DiLorenzo (C) 2006

Fascinating. Who knew Lincoln was such a ... BASTARD.

"He killed his own people"

Baron Von PWN wrote:Last book I read was "Hammer & Tickle:A History Of Communism Told Through Communist Jokes" by Ben Lewis. It was an excellent look at domestic politics/attitudes of the Soviet block throughout the cold war. It was also a pretty decent run through on Communism and you learn some great jokes too!

sounds like drivel

we used to have some good jokes, though ...

Q: What is the difference between the constitutions of democratic Germany and the counterrevolutionary NATO puppet sector?
A: Both guarantee freedom of speech. Only in the DDR do you also have freedom after the speech!

Ol' Sax is currently reading Reformism or Revolution? Marxism and Socialism in the 21st Century by Alan Woods. In it Woods examines the fundamental ideas presented by Dietrich in his defense of scientific socialism and juxtaposes it over the reform movement instigated by Hugo Chavez in Venezuala. Also reading Uncharted terriTORI by Tori Spelling. Tori tells it like it is and doesn't hold back - 200 pages of PURE SASS about growing up and growing out with the hunks and hotties of the 90210 cast! Every third page or so I'm just finding myself shaking my head, LOL'ing and saying "OH NO SHE DI'NT!" Highly recommend both of these tomes, gang.

Right now, His Majesty's Dragon for the 3rd time. Waiting for books in about 4 different series to come out right now, and I am rather picky about what I read.

muy_thaiguy wrote:His Majesty's Dragon

muy_thaiguy wrote:I am rather picky about what I read.

clearly not

(in fairness, have never heard of it, but, I bet if bing-dot-com'ed it I'd find it had something to do with dragons and orcs and an unassuming, yet precocious, young boy from a frontier hamlet who saves the kingdom and gets to bone a princess as a reward)

I have been reading Tragedy and Hope since 2005

I'm reading "The Craving Brain" which I thought it would be more detailed but instead appears to be an essay.

I'm gonna have to self-educate me on anatomy and then in neuroscience. Any Md's around to tell me where to begin?

Phatscotty wrote:I have been reading Tragedy and Hope since 2005

A dry read?

Baron Von PWN wrote:

Phatscotty wrote:I have been reading Tragedy and Hope since 2005

A dry read?

That's what they say.....

It's quite easy to skip over those parts. However, nobody (I have come across in readings) else really had the "resources" to explain/present the history the way Quigly does