For August 28th
Ang's book. Slow to start but picks up speed. A well written text book about a surprisingly unknown adventurer. We know the name be cause of references elsewhere to the "Magellan Straits". Beyond that most of us know very little about Magellan. This book correct that.
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
it's even worse by Ornstein
Planned for July 31st discussion
A extremely biased liberal book.
I tried and failed. After a couple dozen pages I threw the thing in the trash..
It's sometimes difficult to be the only more or less Republican Conservative now in the club. I'm okay with reasonable liberals as they are often correct (in my mind) in their assessment of problems or situations, etc. But when these liberals go over the top and become unwilling to consider another point of view, that's it for me.
Today our entire country is besieged by rabidly ridiculous people. Not just rabid ultra-liberal
die-hards, but other tag along groups also. We have every sort of divisive idiot in the streets proclaiming his or her teeny-tiny stupidity.
Neo-Nazi's, impossibly ignorant armed thugs, people that simply like to destroy someone else's property, and various one issue folks who think they are being overlooked. Like the LGBT bunch, the idiotic "black is better" group, the anti-Semites, the abortion promoters, the one worlders, and the borderless nations group. This list goes on and on.
Even the Catholic Pope openly opposes capitalism and free market economies, but offers no superior substitutes.
Yesterday a few Trump supporters on the U.C.Berkeley campus tried to peacefully call attention to the "conservative" side of economics and politics, etc. They were met in the streets by other students clad in horrific black masked and shrouded uniforms, armed with sticks. guns, knives, baseball bats, stones, and pepper sprays. The conservative faction was beaten into silence.
The rapidly liberal, poorly educated, elite students of Berkeley had done it again.
Enough. My point is that this book is written by one of these stupidly intolerant and closed minded authors and I refuse to read this kind of nonsense.
A extremely biased liberal book.
I tried and failed. After a couple dozen pages I threw the thing in the trash..
It's sometimes difficult to be the only more or less Republican Conservative now in the club. I'm okay with reasonable liberals as they are often correct (in my mind) in their assessment of problems or situations, etc. But when these liberals go over the top and become unwilling to consider another point of view, that's it for me.
Today our entire country is besieged by rabidly ridiculous people. Not just rabid ultra-liberal
die-hards, but other tag along groups also. We have every sort of divisive idiot in the streets proclaiming his or her teeny-tiny stupidity.
Neo-Nazi's, impossibly ignorant armed thugs, people that simply like to destroy someone else's property, and various one issue folks who think they are being overlooked. Like the LGBT bunch, the idiotic "black is better" group, the anti-Semites, the abortion promoters, the one worlders, and the borderless nations group. This list goes on and on.
Even the Catholic Pope openly opposes capitalism and free market economies, but offers no superior substitutes.
Yesterday a few Trump supporters on the U.C.Berkeley campus tried to peacefully call attention to the "conservative" side of economics and politics, etc. They were met in the streets by other students clad in horrific black masked and shrouded uniforms, armed with sticks. guns, knives, baseball bats, stones, and pepper sprays. The conservative faction was beaten into silence.
The rapidly liberal, poorly educated, elite students of Berkeley had done it again.
Enough. My point is that this book is written by one of these stupidly intolerant and closed minded authors and I refuse to read this kind of nonsense.
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Member List December 30, 2016
Ang Vassos
Educator
vassos@cox.net
Larry Robinow
Hospital Administrator
larric@cox.net
David Saperstein
Medical Doctor
sapersteind@me.com
Ken Bell
Medical Doctor
drkenbell@gmail.com
Joe Robbins
Fireman
jsrobbins25@yahoo.com
Ed Rosen
Design Enginer
ordzed@aol.com
Mike Sultan
Medical Doctor
michaelsultan@cox.net
Dixon Webb
Medical Sales
lindixwebb@yahoo.com
Gene Goldman
Attorney
roita39@yahoo.com
Educator
vassos@cox.net
Larry Robinow
Hospital Administrator
larric@cox.net
David Saperstein
Medical Doctor
sapersteind@me.com
Ken Bell
Medical Doctor
drkenbell@gmail.com
Joe Robbins
Fireman
jsrobbins25@yahoo.com
Ed Rosen
Design Enginer
ordzed@aol.com
Mike Sultan
Medical Doctor
michaelsultan@cox.net
Dixon Webb
Medical Sales
lindixwebb@yahoo.com
Gene Goldman
Attorney
roita39@yahoo.com
Murder in the Supreme Court
Not a selection - yet.
I am to review and report.
Borrowed copy from Ed.
Kept the copy. Will finish. Due at meeting June 26th.
Kept the copy. Will finish. Due at meeting June 26th.
The Genius Factory
By Plotz
Shockley story
For April 2017
Date changed to March 27th
Read it. Not one of my favorites. A reporters view of eugenics.
Gave book to Ed.
Shockley story
For April 2017
Date changed to March 27th
Read it. Not one of my favorites. A reporters view of eugenics.
Gave book to Ed.
A Man Called Ove
By
For Feb. Meeting
Was discussed at length. Excellent book. Geriatrics on steroids. Funny and realistic tale of an old guy who recently lost his wife to cancer and rebuilt his own with neighbors - all the while trying to figure
out how to hang himself from the ceiling in his living room - and failing big time.
For Feb. Meeting
Was discussed at length. Excellent book. Geriatrics on steroids. Funny and realistic tale of an old guy who recently lost his wife to cancer and rebuilt his own with neighbors - all the while trying to figure
out how to hang himself from the ceiling in his living room - and failing big time.
Monday, October 24, 2016
Plum Island - Nelson DeMill
The author manages several plots and does it well. A work injured cop goes to recuperate at the rural home of an absent relative. He meets a young couple who then get murdered. With the aide of the local chief of police, he gets assigned to find the culprits.
During his investigation he meets an assortment of characters and each helps him work the case. There is a little romancing but this quickly becomes a story about chemical-biological weapons.
Off the coast of rural Long Island, not too far from Block Island, is another lesser known place called Plum Island, It's owned and operated by the American government and considered a "Top Secret" area. The island is approachable only by boat, and the channel between it and the mainland can often be so rough as to be dangerous, hard to cross in bad weather.
Plum Island is the site of an official laboratory charged to explore and control all kinds of biological and chemical weapons. The work is done by scientists, chemists, and physicists. The two young scientists killed worked at Plum Island.
While on the island they discovered a pirate's treasure. To avoid taxation and notoriety they endeavored to move the treasure to the mainland and rebury it, only to slowly re-discover it later. Their intent was to publicize the find, say the treasure was really quite small, pay the taxes, and then keep the bulk of it for themselves.
The rural area on the nearby mainland was small. Everyone knew everyone else. The investigation was finally narrowed to someone in the local population. As it proceeded many dangerous situations faced the intrepid "injured cop' hero of the story. From the first page to the last, our hero was portrayed as tough, wise cracking, and attractive to a few ladies on the island. Each one of the ladies was in a position to help him with the investigation. Each was also a romantic element of the plot.
The case was inevitably solved. The villain was predictable. The overall story stretched the imagination but maintained a convoluted mystery.
The side story promoted interest in weapons potentially more dangerous than any other. It asked the reader to think about the political implications, terrorist control, and every nations vulnerability.
During his investigation he meets an assortment of characters and each helps him work the case. There is a little romancing but this quickly becomes a story about chemical-biological weapons.
Off the coast of rural Long Island, not too far from Block Island, is another lesser known place called Plum Island, It's owned and operated by the American government and considered a "Top Secret" area. The island is approachable only by boat, and the channel between it and the mainland can often be so rough as to be dangerous, hard to cross in bad weather.
Plum Island is the site of an official laboratory charged to explore and control all kinds of biological and chemical weapons. The work is done by scientists, chemists, and physicists. The two young scientists killed worked at Plum Island.
While on the island they discovered a pirate's treasure. To avoid taxation and notoriety they endeavored to move the treasure to the mainland and rebury it, only to slowly re-discover it later. Their intent was to publicize the find, say the treasure was really quite small, pay the taxes, and then keep the bulk of it for themselves.
The rural area on the nearby mainland was small. Everyone knew everyone else. The investigation was finally narrowed to someone in the local population. As it proceeded many dangerous situations faced the intrepid "injured cop' hero of the story. From the first page to the last, our hero was portrayed as tough, wise cracking, and attractive to a few ladies on the island. Each one of the ladies was in a position to help him with the investigation. Each was also a romantic element of the plot.
The case was inevitably solved. The villain was predictable. The overall story stretched the imagination but maintained a convoluted mystery.
The side story promoted interest in weapons potentially more dangerous than any other. It asked the reader to think about the political implications, terrorist control, and every nations vulnerability.
Monday, August 1, 2016
Schedule as of August 1st
Aug. 29th When Breath Becomes Air by Mark Kal . . . . .
Sept. 26th All The Light We Can Not See by
Oct. 24th Plum Island by Nelson Demille
Nov. 28th Unreasonable Force by Brent Marks
Sept. 26th All The Light We Can Not See by
Oct. 24th Plum Island by Nelson Demille
Nov. 28th Unreasonable Force by Brent Marks
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