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by KindaSkolarly
Sun Jun 14, 2020 9:23 pm
Forum: What are you currently reading?
Topic: Zen and the art of motor cycle maintenance
Replies: 6
Views: 2495

Re: Zen and the art of motor cycle maintenance

A link to a copy that somebody posted online. https://www.bartneck.de/projects/research/pirsig/zen.pdf I read the book long ago and remember feeling ambivalent about it. Parts were as stirring anything I'd read up to that time, but there were long stretches that I just wanted to get past. I think I ...
by KindaSkolarly
Fri Jun 12, 2020 9:22 pm
Forum: Short Story Discussions
Topic: Favorite Short Horror Story
Replies: 19
Views: 15943

Re: Favorite Short Horror Story

"Hop-Frog" by Poe is one of my favorites. It's short and has a fierce ending.

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by KindaSkolarly
Fri Jun 12, 2020 9:17 pm
Forum: Current Events & History
Topic: 173 Declared Democratic Presidential Candidates
Replies: 271
Views: 84693

Re: 173 Declared Democratic Presidential Candidates

Biden Brain Freeze: Old Joe Loses His Train of Thought, Stumbles Through Roundtable Discussion with Mask Dangling From His Ear (VIDEO) thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/biden-brai ... ear-video/ https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1953.jpg In this clip Biden says, "He's going do...
by KindaSkolarly
Fri Jun 12, 2020 9:12 pm
Forum: Current Events & History
Topic: Defunding the police
Replies: 25
Views: 9406

Re: Defunding the police

Great points, and the message will make even less sense in communities that are well satisfied with their police forces. Those do exist. I have nothing but positive things to say about police in Loudoun County, Va., where I last worked. Those officers worked skillfully with the mentally ill and hom...
by KindaSkolarly
Tue Jun 09, 2020 8:20 pm
Forum: Current Events & History
Topic: Defunding the police
Replies: 25
Views: 9406

Re: Defunding the police

The power behind the Democratic Party wants a national police force. Obama talked about it in 2008: "...We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful (as the military), just as strong, just as well-funded." Obama and his initiatives were supported by George S...
by KindaSkolarly
Mon Jun 08, 2020 8:23 pm
Forum: Current Events & History
Topic: Minneapolis burns for 3 days
Replies: 36
Views: 12533

Re: Minneapolis burns for 3 days

Here's another graphic. Instagram banned it for being hate speech. The leftist news media is mighty selective in what it reports. http://www.informationliberation.com/files/EZ1xD9yXgAEEYzb.jpg Instagram also shut down Candace Owens' account: Candace Owens: "I DO NOT support George Floyd!" ...
by KindaSkolarly
Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:50 pm
Forum: Science & Technology
Topic: Coronavirus
Replies: 406
Views: 135589

Re: Coronavirus

42% of the deaths have been in nursing homes. Apparently in an effort to make Trump look bad, several state governors forced Wuhan patients in among the elderly. Who could have imagined that Trump Derangement Syndrome would lead to mass murder by governors? Also, the death count has been inflated be...
by KindaSkolarly
Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:36 pm
Forum: Current Events & History
Topic: Minneapolis burns for 3 days
Replies: 36
Views: 12533

Re: Minneapolis burns for 3 days

Top NYC Health Official Says “Racism” Will be to Blame for Spike in COVID, Not Thousands of Demonstrators Gathering in Close Proximity Mark D. Levine, the Chair of the New York City council health committee, tweeted, “Let’s be clear about something: if there is a spike in coronavirus cases in the n...
by KindaSkolarly
Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:44 pm
Forum: What are you currently reading?
Topic: What are you currently reading?
Replies: 128
Views: 70490

Re: What are you currently reading?

A Journal of the Plague Year, by Daniel Defoe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Journal_of_the_Plague_Year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe The book seems appropriate to the times. It's interesting how Defoe describes people sensing that the plague was coming. Reminds me of how here, in th...
by KindaSkolarly
Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:34 pm
Forum: Science & Technology
Topic: Coronavirus
Replies: 406
Views: 135589

Re: Coronavirus

Comparing COVID-19 to the flu is disingenuous. According to experts, COVID-19 is more infectious than the flu, and has a higher death rate. 36,000 Americans die each year from the complications of the flu, while so far this year the death toll in the U.S. from COVID-19 has surpassed 100,000. "...

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