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Originally Posted by Ghost1 (Post 667944)

trumpocracy was ok not really anything you wouldn't have known from keeping up w the election and his first year in office, some good insights as to how Trump won his campaign based off of manipulating the hatred in men as opposed to actually having appealing policy goals....and then goes into detail on how he basically reneged on all of his campaign promises and acts like a mongrel in foreign affair relations as well as thru social media promoting stupidity and impulsiveness as a means to an end.....that end realistically only being to stuff his pockets at the exchange for our entire democratic systems stability lol. Also enjoyed the sections about his totalitarian approach to the media highlighting Megyn Kelly being forced out of fox news for questioning trump in a manner he didn't appreciate to replace him with tucker who would eat dog shit out of trumps mouth literally if tasked. the book was written by a conservative that was Bushes speech writer which I also found to be interesting that it isn't just some angry liberal trying to tear down the right blindly.

first bolded part, nonsense. his policy goals and brashness got him elected, not a deep hidden hatred in the hearts of men. second bolded part is more nonsense, unless you want to put into specifics what he reneged on? also this book was just published in january which means he submitted it probably at the latest in like august of 2017. but by all metrics he's stood by more campaign promises than anyone up to this point of his presidency, and its even been used against him in the sense of "how dare he do this just to fulfill a campaign promise" narrative

also the third bolded part tells the whole story, the guy is embedded in the right and with the bushes which is GOP through and through. trump is the outsider that bodied them. made jeb look like a soft doof. destroyed the republican party and now they have to pretend to be on his side since he is getting some things done for him.

but im not trying to spark a political discussion in here as much as point out that this guy is far from unbiased, so to look at it like its a narrative from a guy on the right, as if he doesn't have vested interests in "nevertrumping" is disingenuous. plus he's a canada cuck fag lmao

I disagree on your first counter. I was exaggerating on your second....obv....but Syria and his stupid wall come to mind without even trying to think at all....and thirdly...he's a conservative is he not? Obv he has vested interest but he's still a republican is all I was really saying.

So SHUT IT fucking neanderthal

Fucking think I read books about Trump being a fagot so I can listen to u tell me he's NOT!? Well guess again u toothless bald piece of shit. Guess thee fuck AGAIN.

Uh oh would suck Trump's dick if given the opportunity.

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Originally Posted by Ghost1 (Post 668074)

trump is a faggot but at least be accurate. like you are a faggot, but its not because you're sucking dick its because you care about picking up heavy things for no reason but to look big for other men. if i said you sucked penises i couldn't be mad at a rebuttal. but i expect nothing in return for pointing out actual faggotry.

the borderwall is still in the works, in his biggest misstep since acquiring office he signed off on that trillion dollar omnibus spending bill, allocating nearly 2 billion getting the ball rolling on the wall, that was in march, a few months after this dudes book came out, only a year into his presidency lol. last i checked we haven't invaded syria we just participated in multinational strikes on chemical facilities (allegedly), and if his opposition or any of the republicans were in his place we'd have already been in there.

so basically you disagree with an opinion and are wrong, if anyone voted out of hate it was hatred of the system itself, the majority of trumps supporters actually like his policies which the media pretended didn't exist until after he was elected and they do whatever they can to fit it to their pre-existing narrative.

GOOD DAY sir.

He said Mexico would fund the wall. The fact we would even waste any of our money on it whatsoever is a pathetic fucking joke. Semantics with regard to Syria and u kindve made my point for me w regard to the hatred of the existing system being manipulated by Trump to Garner support.

Arguing as to precise reasons why Trump is a fagot seems kindve pointless to me tho lol

its because the inaccuracies lend credence to his retarded fake news narratives. also just to point out he's stated if mexico doesn't outright pay for the wall they would pay in the long run through cutting foreign aid and through trade tariffs etc.

but enough of this

back to books

read black rednecks white liberals. it was published in 05 by a black dude and has nothing to do with trump but could shed some light on why trump was able to win in places he was supposed to lose.

Eh I looked at it last time u mentioned it...I might grab it eventually

I'm not sure exactly what I want from a book about politics honestly....I scan over all the popular books that come up and none of them get my jimmie hard

I've been way more fascinated w theology lately tho maybe that's why

http://blog.londolozi.com/2010/06/28...he-sabi-sands/

https://www.sunsafaris.com/blog/2012...brett-thomson/

https://africageographic.com/blog/th...-mapogo-lions/

Have been reading a lot on the Mapogo Male Lions. Apparently most brutal 6 male loin coalition ever documented in Africa who ruled the largest area of Africa (Entire SABI SANDS) Kruegar National Park between the 6.

Looking for a good book on them, there are a few so just trying to see which ones going to deliver the better message. What grabs my attention is the personalities of each individual loin. Shit's interesting - if any of you have time check it out.

Yeah. Male loins are brutal! I take pride in my loins.

Man I’m still on the same book. Haven’t no time to read

im back like 3 pages an still haven't seen it....lol what book r u reading?

That’s dope af @Ghost1 u a real life legend fr.

I just got done reading Who Moved My Cheese? And re reading Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.

The Case for Faith might jus be my next one.

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Originally Posted by Ghost1 (Post 673745)

im back like 3 pages an still haven't seen it....lol what book r u reading?

Second book to eragon. That shit 77726362 pages yo.

I think I bit off to much, but I will finish this book becuase I srsly want to read that how we sleep book. I’m deeply interested as I don’t sleep very well, and dreams really fascinate me, as far as how it all works and shit.

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Originally Posted by takem2school (Post 673746)

That’s dope af @Ghost1 u a real life legend fr.

I just got done reading Who Moved My Cheese? And re reading Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.

The Case for Faith might jus be my next one.

haha u the legend my guy.

case for faith is probably in my top5 of the year. think and grow rich is timeless.....I don't think I read who moved my cheese tho>? hows that?

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Originally Posted by Innovator (Post 673742)

Man I’m still on the same book. Haven’t no time to read

Audio books, bro.

Audio.

Time saver. Can listen whenever. I typically listen on the drive too and from work and while in the morning routine getting ready for work.

You can listen whenver, throw head phones on and you're good.

I tried that shit but it felt like cheating lol

So did I at first but if it wasn't for audio books, I'd never have the time to read man.

Ask Bags how many hard copies he reads lol.

1. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
2/5
Not bad, felt matter of fact for anyone who's read anything on anything like this.

2. The Professional by W.C. Heinz
4/5
Really good. Minimalistic impactful writing with a simple plot, a lot of insight and a great ending.

3. Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga by Hunter S. Thompson
3/5
An interesting read, a good look into something I knew nothing about.

4. Last of the Breed by Louis L'Amour
2/5
A book I should have liked because of the manly nature of it, but the pacing lost me.

5. Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield
3/5
This was another book where the pacing was off, but some of the passages in the book were phenomenal and made up for it.

6. The Shining by Stephen King
3/5
I'd never got round to reading this even though I liked the film, and it was enjoyable. Apart from The Stand, nothing from King really blows me away, he's just a good, functional writer.

7. The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines by Michael Cox
4/5
A book on the evolution of tactics in the English Premier League. A really enjoyable read for anyone who's into that.

8. The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss by Jason Fung
4/5
The most understandable book on weight loss I've ever read. I never understood why people who wanted to lose weight claimed they ate less but didn't lose weight, and now I get it. Should be mandatory reading for anyone who's attempting to lose weight.

9. Disclosure by Michael Crichton
3/5
Fast paced thriller that kept me reading. Good plot.

10. Women by Charles Bukowski
3/5
Bukowski is so easy to read. There are other novels of his I've preferred but I haven't read one yet that I haven't enjoyed.

Currently reading A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov. Enjoyable so far. Still trying to find a book that blows me away. The last book I rated 5/5 was Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., and I read that in 2016.

you liked the stand better than IT?

also did you peep 11/22/63 by king?

agree on that mark manson book....thought that shit was meh....great title....weak content

im currently reading requiem for the American dream by noam Chomsky....def a 5/5 for me so far....talks about the huge concentration of wealth amongst the elite minority in America and the causes that contribute/d to it.

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Originally Posted by Ghost1 (Post 675641)

Just got 11/22/63 excited to run through it.

Nice! I thought that shit was fire

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Originally Posted by Innovator (Post 675650)

Just got 11/22/63 excited to run through it.

Book is dope. Apparently there's a Netflix series on it? Or coming? I have to look in to that.

Yeah staring James Franco, shit was deep so I decided to cop the book when I found it.

This was pre rape Franco

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Originally Posted by Ghost1 (Post 675641)

Yeah, I read IT recently actually, and thought it was meandering and overly long, I wasn't a big fan. I read The Stand about 8 years ago and loved it, curious if I'd have the same reaction now. I'll have to check out 11/22/63, I like the concept of it.

I saw that you gave Why We Sleep 5/5, I've been meaning to read that. Does it discuss sleeping enough but waking up and not feeling refreshed? I can easily sleep 8-9 hours and wake up feeling like I've slept 5, haha, it sucks.

lol yea man it does actually. honestly after reading that book I don't EVER get less than 7-8 hrs sleep and the difference in every aspect of my life has been huge

an word that was actually my issue with the stand like....damn shut up get to the point....but I did read the uncut version which was like 1400 pages smh

Have you read the case for a creator?

I liked it. I'm actually on the case for christ now.

I'm half way thru. I've read a bunch of other scientific studies about cosmology and teliological representation in life so it's kindve boring but I like that writer alot.

Stephen Meier has alot of good intelligent design books too

Darwins Doubt the only one I've listened too.

I'd like to listen to exploring evolution.

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Originally Posted by Ghost1 (Post 678163)

lol yea man it does actually. honestly after reading that book I don't EVER get less than 7-8 hrs sleep and the difference in every aspect of my life has been huge

7 hours is optimal judging from the research I have done.

I sleep exactly 7 hours every night. Though I rely on medication to help me do so, as my brain is incapable of switching off. I have slept maybe 5 nights without the use of medication or alcohol or drugs (when I still did drugs) in over 10 years.

Darwin’s doubt is dope tbh

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Originally Posted by Witty (Post 678526)

Well the research that this guy did for 30 yrs for his entire career says 8 U FUCKIN MONKEY BRAINED RODENT

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Originally Posted by Ghost1 (Post 678612)

Well the research that this guy did for 30 yrs for his entire career says 8 U FUCKIN MONKEY BRAINED RODENT

Listen you little cum stained son of a biscuit seller, I have read many studies, some of which said 8, but most of which said 7, in many if not most the author of said study also dedicated his life to it...so I split the difference and decided on 7. So talk back to me again I promise I will slap you til your lips look like they've been lifting too.

1. The five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom (2/5)
2. Grimnoir chronicles hard magic by Larry Correia (4/5)
3. Who rules the world by Noam Chomsky (5/5)
4. Nudge by Richard H. Thaler (4/5)
5. Americas bitter pill by Steven Brill (4/5)
6. Made to stick by Chip & Dan Heath (3/5)
7. Confessions by St. Augustine (5/5)
8. 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B Peterson (5/5)
9. Maps of meaning 2017 lecuture series by Jordan B Peterson (5/5)
10. why we sleep by Matthew Walker (5/5)
11. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini (4/5)
12. Media Control, Second Edition: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda by Noam Chomsky (3/5)
13. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman & Noam Chomsky (3/5)
14. Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang (3/5)
15. Mcdonaldization of society (6th edition) by George Ritzer (5/5)
16. The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas L. Friedman (5/5)
17. Columbine by Dave Cullen (3/5)
18. The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis--and How to (5/5)Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance by Ben Sasse
19. What is the bible by Rob Bell (2/5)
20. The case for faith by Lee Strobel (5/5)
21. The case for christ by Lee Strobel (4/5)
22. I dont have enough faith to be an athiest by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek (4/5)
23. Trumpocracy by David Frum (3/5)
24. Mere christianity by C.S. Lewis (4/5)
25. Tactics by Gregory Koukl (3/5)
26. Reasonable Faith by William Lane Craig (3/5)
27. The Collapse of Parenting by Leonard Sax (4/5)
28. The Case for Miracles by Lee Stroebel (4/5)
29. Psychological significance of biblical stories lecture series by Jordan Peterson (5/5)
30. Requiem for the American dream- Noam Chomsky (5/5)
31. The war of art by Steven Pressfield (5/5)
32. Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (4/5)
33. Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle by C.G. Jung (5/5)
34. Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon (5/5)

antifragile was crazy....the concept is basically that there isn't an accurate term for an antonym of fragile....strong isn't accurate essentially because something that is antifragile (for lack of an actual term) is something that gains strength continually......like the hydra......chop one head off two more grow.... the greek mythological creature the phoenix....when it dies another is born from the ashes of its predecessor etc.......so the entire book goes into examples in the real world such as our immune systems adaptability to illnesses......im typing this and realizing I cant even summarize the full scope of this book......maybe by saying the thing to take away most is that exposure is greater than knowledge. ull have to read it to get a better idea of that but word I loved this one.

synchronicity blew me away... so...he looks at some previous ESP experiments and then conducts his own experience using astrology as a mathematical indicator for the accuracy of predictions made with regard to astrology.........the reason for looking at both of these is to attempt to understand the phenomenon of coincidences or extremely rare events tied to the physical world and the human mind....the examples he gives of things people predict in dreams and then have occur in real life are flooring...acausal events is what he dubs them.....eventually he determines that these acausal events are outside of time and space and therefore are originated from whatever the galaxy was..........this is open to interpretation but he goes into a religious perspective which I thought was amazing even in his perception of eastern philosophy back to the western ideologies of Christianity in the mind and body becoming one during an acausal moment that could be said to take us outside of time and space and reality as we know it. its helpful if ur familiar with his work on archetypes but not required. the chapter describing the astrological experiment was almost impossible to understand but the following philosophical explanation makes it worth it.

last one was the slavery book.....loved this....basically explains how slavery didn't end after the civil war with Lincoln abolishing slavery and how as a replacement for slavery black people were just charged with bullshit charges like talking to whites or train hopping ....just simple shit....so that when they were taken to court they would have to pay fines but since they couldn't pay fines they would have their fines paid for by the steel mill, cotton farm, tobacco plantation, coal mine owners etc and put them into labor.....where they basically still treated them like slaves in disgusting inhuman ways. then it goes on to explain that with the 13th amendment as criminals they would lose their right to vote so eventually white people began passing more and more laws into action that further took advantage of the blacks with regards to their freedom, education and political capabilities as so called citizens......the most astonishing thing I took away I think was that we never even ended slavery until one, buying and trading slaves became economically negative when machines of the industrial age started taking the place of labor workers and two after ww2 and china tried to recruit the blacks by saying yo....black people America hates u come bang it out w us....this is when America finally said whoa we need to end slavery fr fr....and it was fucking 1950 by this time.....a century after we were taught in school that Lincoln freed the slaves. smh. fire book.

ok, now read

thomas sowell - black rednecks and white liberals

if you want to hear a black dude who had already graduated magna cum laude from harvard, had a masters from columbia and later a doctorate from the university of chicago before douglas blackmon was even in kindergarten, let alone learning about how bad people like thomas sowell had it.

or just read game of thrones

YOUR CHOICE

I downloaded a bunch of that black faggots books too don't worry

I'm not sure if I got that one....but I think I got what's the matter w Kansas which is basically the same book by a different author...blah blah middle class ready for their come uppance and the dirt people stole it from em w the power of liberal Democrat socialist satanism....etc.

Will report back

black rednecks and white liberals deals more with the slavery issue, almost specifically with what you are talking about that other dudes book was.

but its also a collection of different essays im just saying it addressed that specific topic, pretty thoroughly, from a guy who did 25 years of research and has 800+ sources referenced