War Room book thread

[Big Nasty Edison]

The unbelievable true story of an American Hero

 

[Higus]

What's my world view? If you took the name "Trump" out and inserted "Sanders" or "Clinton" and attributed the same type of behavior to it, my reaction would be the same. Political campaigns intend to win. Add that to the fact that the author of that book has a sketchy reputation for telling the truth even within the journalistic world and it doesn't look very good.

Will you do your own fact finding, or just conclude that the book is nonsense? That's all I'm asking.
FWIW, I conclude a lot of things are nonsense without doing due diligence. I'm usually proven right, but not always.

 

[mudflap mike]

Confessions of an Economic Hit man https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2159.Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man

Crazy Horse and Custer https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49253.Crazy_Horse_and_Custer

Mindhunter https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126584.Mindhunter

A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA's Secret Cold War Experiments https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3204395-a-terrible-mistake

 

[Prutfis]

The unbelievable true story of an American Hero

Ohh boy. That must be comedic gold.

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

Ohh boy. That must be comedic gold.

I bought it from a bookseller through Amazon for $0.79 + $3.99 shipping. Figured I'd read it for the lulz. I made it like three chapters before I gave up. It's like shitty spy fanfic.

Take it for what you will, but Frank Dux facebook is full of a lot ofvthe same right wing talking points as some in the war room share.

 

[Scott Parker 27]

I've read Fire and the Fury. The making of Donald Trump by David Cay Johnson is a better read imo.

All WRs should read
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
by Thomas Piketty.

Thanks for the recommendation on the 2nd Trump book. Reading it now.

 

[Prokofievian]

Rome, it's rise, and fall, is still heavily politicised today. Parallels are drawn between Rome and our society as it exists today, and usually the fall of rome is invoked as to why we should or shouldn't adopt one policy or another. I think that knowledge of the basic facts of the roman empire what made it great, and what made it(s west) collapse is important in a prophylactic sense. You could make a similar argument about other heavily politicized regimes or empires: the third reich, or the soviet union to give other examples.

This book, for a history book, is the shit. It's popular history, so she's restricted in the depth with which she can address any topic. But it's well written, engaging and covers most of the points of view, historical, contemporary, and archaeological evidence of most of the events in the roman empire: from the regal period (the little that we know of it) to the demise of the western empire.

 

[Quipling]

That's pretty funny, since Global Research is well known for their own tendency towards conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories of a different sort of course.

Speaking of which, I have the audio book of the Illuminatus! Trilogy on permanent rotation on my e-reader/portable audio device (basically a mobile phone, without the phone), which often provides a bizarre segue when I'm out and about. I like the audio book because it's done by Ken Campbell, who was really into the material and even performed it as theatre.

It's VERY war room.

I'm currently reading this because of your earlier recommendation, actually. It reminds me a little of The Man Who Was Thursday, but grimier and less lucid.

 

[Ruprecht]

I'm currently reading this because of your earlier recommendation, actually. It reminds me a little of The Man Who Was Thursday, but grimier and less lucid.

I haven't read that. Good?
Yeah, Wilson tries to employ the idea of "reality tunnels". So as the character perspective shifts (to different characters, joining organisations and as they get high), the facts and world view shift accordingly. In line with various streams of counter culture and fringe politics (including conspiracy theories) of the 60s-70s.
Wilson's not as good as P K Dick at conveying perception shifts and altered perceptions through the text, but still enjoyable. Espectially if you're familiar with the political and cultural history involved.

 

[Quipling]

I haven't read that. Good?
Yeah, Wilson tries to employ the idea of "reality tunnels". So as the character perspective shifts (to different characters, joining organisations and as they get high), the facts and world view shift accordingly. In line with various streams of counter culture and fringe politics (including conspiracy theories) of the 60s-70s.
Wilson's not as good as P K Dick at conveying perception shifts and altered perceptions through the text, but still enjoyable. Espectially if you're familiar with the political and cultural history involved.

I really like it. It's funny, clever, and very cleanly written. Less drug use and more christian allegory though-Chesterton went on to write the Father Brown series and The Everlasting Man.

 

[Karp]

I'm re-reading a A People's History of the United States by Zinn. I haven't read that book since I was a teen. And I'm about to order Life and Ideas: The Anarchist Writings of Errico Malatesta.

 

[sickc0d3r]

Just picked this up because we are enrolling the kid in a Montessori school this summer, when she turns 2.

After visiting the school it really is amazing to see how engaged the kids are. Night and day difference between that and the classic education style day care's we visited like Goddard or Primrose. I can't wait to get her in that place.

 

[mudflap mike]

and since we are on a karate site:

Only in America: The Life and Crimes of Don King https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/961384.Only_in_America

Boxing Confidential: Power, Corruption and the Richest Prize in Sport https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4289492-boxing-confidential

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/293672.Unforgivable_Blackness

and back to more war room topics:

Eyeing the Flash: The Making of a Carnival Con Artist https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/332664.Eyeing_the_Flash

When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10669.When_Genius_Failed

Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/542389.Stalingrad

Detroit: An American Autopsy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15811520-detroit

Final Blackout: A Futuristic War Novel https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/262966.Final_Blackout

 

[Possum Jenkins]

I don't read books nearly as much thanks to the damn internet, but I'm slowly working on this:

After that, it's:

 

[Islam Imamate]

I don't read books nearly as much thanks to the damn internet, but I'm slowly working on this:

I read Economics: A User's Guide by Ha-Joon Chang and I quite liked it.

 

[JonnyRingo84]

first half of the book is very dense, but very informative. "x wrote a letter to y, and then he said this. later, y responded with x, and told him about z." a lot of that shit. the 2nd half is pretty suspenseful.

interesting wr takeaways relevant to today:

-apparently the central and allied powers attempted to instigate jihadism among the arabs, against the other side of the war (WW1) lol. maybe they both succeeded?

-the british and the french promised all sorts of shit to people if they joined them in the fight. this wasnt all nefarious apparently. the problem is that they had different people who felt that they had the authority to promise things (like jerusalem), and then they would not communicate and tell who they had promised what. so after the war, lots of different parties believed they had rights to different lands.

- the armenian genocide was bad

-some jewish expats were very helpful to the allied powers with a spy network, but also maybe exaggerated some of the crimes against their people by the ottomans. but in that situation, who wouldnt exaggerate a little?

 

[HatchetHarry]

I'm re-reading a A People's History of the United States by Zinn. I haven't read that book since I was a teen. And I'm about to order Life and Ideas: The Anarchist Writings of Errico Malatesta.

Why would you re-read Peoples History? Zinn is a biased moron.

 

[JonnyRingo84]

Why would you re-read Peoples History? Zinn is a biased moron.

we're all biased.

you may not agree with zinn's slant, but hes far from a moron. they dont just hand out PhD's in history.

 

[Limbo Pete]

are you into liberal arts ?

Eh?

 

[Karp]

Why would you re-read Peoples History? Zinn is a biased moron.

You're opinion means nothing to me.