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"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Tub book:
Starting this today. Another one of those books I've pulled off the shelf for the first time since I was an undergrad. Given that I think Wilson and Roosevelt were different types of monsters, I'm going in as a deep skeptic.
Starting this today. Another one of those books I've pulled off the shelf for the first time since I was an undergrad. Given that I think Wilson and Roosevelt were different types of monsters, I'm going in as a deep skeptic.
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Started listening to this on my ride this morning. One thing that caught my eye/ear is what a fine communicator Harvey is of difficult concepts.Silent Majority wrote: ↑05 Jul 2018, 5:21amA Brief History of Neoliberalism - David Harvey. Audiobook. Written in 2005, this book resounds with prophecies about an oncoming crisis in caplitalism within in the next two years and the coming break-up of a neoliberal world order. What piffle that turned out to be, eh? Starting with Pinochet's coup in Chile via some very self interested academics into Thatcher & Reagan's offices and into international consensus, we chart the contradictory idea and practise that the state exists to throw money up to the wealthy and leave everybody else to be looked after by a benevolent market.
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Like parts of Ralph's book, it's the story of class war engaged against one side. Harvey has the ability to express that without it turning into a furious polemic.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑17 Jul 2018, 10:41amStarted listening to this on my ride this morning. One thing that caught my eye/ear is what a fine communicator Harvey is of difficult concepts.Silent Majority wrote: ↑05 Jul 2018, 5:21amA Brief History of Neoliberalism - David Harvey. Audiobook. Written in 2005, this book resounds with prophecies about an oncoming crisis in caplitalism within in the next two years and the coming break-up of a neoliberal world order. What piffle that turned out to be, eh? Starting with Pinochet's coup in Chile via some very self interested academics into Thatcher & Reagan's offices and into international consensus, we chart the contradictory idea and practise that the state exists to throw money up to the wealthy and leave everybody else to be looked after by a benevolent market.
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It's an incredibly valuable skill because he is, indeed, invested and angry, but, unchained, that passion and desire to persuade and motivate could make it a simplistic rant.Silent Majority wrote: ↑17 Jul 2018, 11:22amLike parts of Ralph's book, it's the story of class war engaged against one side. Harvey has the ability to express that without it turning into a furious polemic.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑17 Jul 2018, 10:41amStarted listening to this on my ride this morning. One thing that caught my eye/ear is what a fine communicator Harvey is of difficult concepts.Silent Majority wrote: ↑05 Jul 2018, 5:21amA Brief History of Neoliberalism - David Harvey. Audiobook. Written in 2005, this book resounds with prophecies about an oncoming crisis in caplitalism within in the next two years and the coming break-up of a neoliberal world order. What piffle that turned out to be, eh? Starting with Pinochet's coup in Chile via some very self interested academics into Thatcher & Reagan's offices and into international consensus, we chart the contradictory idea and practise that the state exists to throw money up to the wealthy and leave everybody else to be looked after by a benevolent market.
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Chugging along thru Harvey and was taken aback by the end of his historical chapter, where he lets Clinton and Blair off the hook for their misdeeds by suggesting they were trapped by Reagan and Thatcher. That's, um, quite charitable to think they would have been more attentive to the needs of the have-nots if not for those neoliberal fiends. For a Marxist to be so … understanding is baffling.
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Remember Harvey's position. A very comfortable academic with a rewarding 401k. Despite his learning, he has a reason to put faith in those who position themselves as the enemy of our enemies.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 6:10pmChugging along thru Harvey and was taken aback by the end of his historical chapter, where he lets Clinton and Blair off the hook for their misdeeds by suggesting they were trapped by Reagan and Thatcher. That's, um, quite charitable to think they would have been more attentive to the needs of the have-nots if not for those neoliberal fiends. For a Marxist to be so … understanding is baffling.
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A People's History of the Russian Revolution by Neil Faulkner. Audiobook. Basically a crib notes version of Trotsky's rundown of 1917. Worth a read.
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Well, you've out-cynic'd me!Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 6:21pmRemember Harvey's position. A very comfortable academic with a rewarding 401k. Despite his learning, he has a reason to put faith in those who position themselves as the enemy of our enemies.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 6:10pmChugging along thru Harvey and was taken aback by the end of his historical chapter, where he lets Clinton and Blair off the hook for their misdeeds by suggesting they were trapped by Reagan and Thatcher. That's, um, quite charitable to think they would have been more attentive to the needs of the have-nots if not for those neoliberal fiends. For a Marxist to be so … understanding is baffling.
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The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien. Audiobook. Never read this one. Tried several times as a kid and assumed it was beyond me. Turned out I just think it's very dull, one very similar adventure after another. Like watching somebody else play a computer game. I want a book that's set entirely in Hobbiton, with Bilbo caught in an ongoing dispute with his neighbours about something. The bit with Gollum was good. Too much singing otherwise.
Parliamentary Socialism - Ralph Milliband. Written by Ed Milliband's Marxist Dad, here's a critique/history of the Labour party in the UK from its beginnings to about the early sixties. A group of people who were ready to compromise the second they set foot in parliament and then only got worse as time went on. Compelling thesis.
Parliamentary Socialism - Ralph Milliband. Written by Ed Milliband's Marxist Dad, here's a critique/history of the Labour party in the UK from its beginnings to about the early sixties. A group of people who were ready to compromise the second they set foot in parliament and then only got worse as time went on. Compelling thesis.
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I’m sorry it’s not a Taft biography.Silent Majority wrote: ↑20 Jul 2018, 2:18pmThe Hobbit - JRR Tolkien. Audiobook. Never read this one. Tried several times as a kid and assumed it was beyond me. Turned out I just think it's very dull, one very similar adventure after another. Like watching somebody else play a computer game. I want a book that's set entirely in Hobbiton, with Bilbo caught in an ongoing dispute with his neighbours about something. The bit with Gollum was good. Too much singing otherwise.
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Down goes Murphy! Down goes Murphy!eumaas wrote: ↑20 Jul 2018, 6:20pmI’m sorry it’s not a Taft biography.Silent Majority wrote: ↑20 Jul 2018, 2:18pmThe Hobbit - JRR Tolkien. Audiobook. Never read this one. Tried several times as a kid and assumed it was beyond me. Turned out I just think it's very dull, one very similar adventure after another. Like watching somebody else play a computer game. I want a book that's set entirely in Hobbiton, with Bilbo caught in an ongoing dispute with his neighbours about something. The bit with Gollum was good. Too much singing otherwise.
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Me too, bud.eumaas wrote: ↑20 Jul 2018, 6:20pmI’m sorry it’s not a Taft biography.Silent Majority wrote: ↑20 Jul 2018, 2:18pmThe Hobbit - JRR Tolkien. Audiobook. Never read this one. Tried several times as a kid and assumed it was beyond me. Turned out I just think it's very dull, one very similar adventure after another. Like watching somebody else play a computer game. I want a book that's set entirely in Hobbiton, with Bilbo caught in an ongoing dispute with his neighbours about something. The bit with Gollum was good. Too much singing otherwise.
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Great moments in obvious social science writing: “As Tia DeNora's research on music consumers demonstrates, human beings use music in their everyday lives for numerous purposes.”
Thank goodness the author found someone to cite for that iffy statement.
Thank goodness the author found someone to cite for that iffy statement.
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Finished listening to Harvey this afternoon—quite good, with the added bonus of some prognostication coming to pass—and started listening to this:
I've seen the movie, but my understanding is that it's more light-hearted than the novel. It's a satire of sorts about the JFK assassination, with the brother of a slain president being dragged into the hunt for proof of a second shooter. Condon's a crap writer (if The Manchurian Candidate is a guide) but dang fine as a storyteller.
I've seen the movie, but my understanding is that it's more light-hearted than the novel. It's a satire of sorts about the JFK assassination, with the brother of a slain president being dragged into the hunt for proof of a second shooter. Condon's a crap writer (if The Manchurian Candidate is a guide) but dang fine as a storyteller.
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