I remember about 5 years ago or so, when I first started as an Amazon associate, a reader bought some kind of hefty stained-oak bunk bed (or what have you). The bed retailed for $799.00 and garnered quite the generous commission.
That doesn't happen too often.
So, I want to thank the reader who picked up the NordicTrack T 6.5 S Treadmill, costing almost as much as the bunk bed, and which will bring an almost $32.00 commission --- enough to pay for the average book purchase I make on Amazon.
Thanks again!
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Richard J. Evans Reviews Volker Ullrich's, Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939
Last October I wrote, "I doubt we need a new Hitler biography at this point, but then, there's certainly a market for them."
Frankly, I wasn't so sure there was much new to be told about the life of Adoph Hitler, but I'm always open to persuasion.
So, while I'm not a fan of the Nation and rarely link it, this Richard J. Evans reveiw, of Volker Ullrich's new biography of Hitler, calls for an exception. See, "A Warning From History: A new biography of Hitler reminds us that there is more than one way to destroy a democracy."
It's good. RTWT.
And the Ullrich volume is here, at Amazon, Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939.
Frankly, I wasn't so sure there was much new to be told about the life of Adoph Hitler, but I'm always open to persuasion.
So, while I'm not a fan of the Nation and rarely link it, this Richard J. Evans reveiw, of Volker Ullrich's new biography of Hitler, calls for an exception. See, "A Warning From History: A new biography of Hitler reminds us that there is more than one way to destroy a democracy."
It's good. RTWT.
And the Ullrich volume is here, at Amazon, Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939.
There is more than one way to destroy a democracy. @RichardEvans36 on Volker Ullrich's new biography of Hitler https://t.co/f0cxQtlvTH— The Nation Bks_Arts (@BooksandtheArts) March 16, 2017
New Lanes Open on 91 Freeway in Corona (VIDEO)
Well, two of the lanes are toll lanes, with another lane added going both directions for regular traffic.
Some folks don't seem too ecstatic.
At the Riverside Press-Enterprise, "91 Freeway toll lanes now open, but is traffic any better?"
And at CBS News 2 Los Angeles:
Some folks don't seem too ecstatic.
At the Riverside Press-Enterprise, "91 Freeway toll lanes now open, but is traffic any better?"
And at CBS News 2 Los Angeles:
Young Turks' Ana Kasparian in Tizzy About Liz Wheeler (VIDEO)
Liz Wheeler's totally cool. Never seen her in person, but from what I've seen on OAN, she's a smokin' firecracker.
ICYMI: KC Johnson and Stuart Taylor, Jr., The Campus Rape Frenzy
The left's evil never sleeps.
You gotta stay on your toes.
Read KC Johnson and Stuart Taylor, Jr., via Amazon, The Campus Rape Frenzy: The Attack on Due Process at America’s Universities.
You gotta stay on your toes.
Read KC Johnson and Stuart Taylor, Jr., via Amazon, The Campus Rape Frenzy: The Attack on Due Process at America’s Universities.
Ivanka Trump to Get West Wing Office
As she should.
What a lady!
What a lady!
Ivanka now has an official office in the West Wing next to Powell, getting a security clearance + gov-issued phone: https://t.co/pUvRxreSdC
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) March 20, 2017
I normally hate this genre of tweets, but: imagine if Chelsea Clinton got a West Wing office https://t.co/VJqh2Ouv0Y
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) March 20, 2017
If Hillary had won, she probably would have had one. https://t.co/2DqYvh0G7i
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) March 20, 2017
Democrats Still Haven't Faced Their God Problem
From Salena Zito, at the New York Post:
A leopard doesn't change its spots. The Democrats won't change theirs.
Democrats still haven't faced their God problem https://t.co/Aivj3h2S3Q via @nypost
— SalenaZito (@SalenaZito) March 20, 2017
PHILADELPHIA — The Democratic Party has a God problem.Washo and Chism need to get real: The Democrats are a Marxist party. They've doctrinally abandoned God as a matter of ideology and politics. Any outward expression of faith on the part of Democrat office-seekers is artifice. I mean, c'mon. Abortion politics, to mention just one policy item, is predicated on the rejection of moral values and Biblical teaching: Jeremiah 1:5: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations..."
And over the last couple of decades, as its base became more educated, less religious and more urban, this problem has only grown.
Some of this has to do with lower church attendance in cities versus rural areas, and the Democratic Party’s increasing reliance on urban voters. Some of it is the divisiveness of social or cultural issues like abortion and gay marriage. And the divide has seemingly sapped Democrats’ ability to communicate to religious Americans.
Especially if those people of faith are white, according to Brad Chism, a longtime and respected Democratic strategist based in Mississippi.
“And that problem extends to the national media, who by and large are mostly Democrats, meaning you have these powerful forces who do not understand more than half of the people in this country,” he said.
Chism makes a crucial point about what this means for American politics: Some of the greatest moral advancements in our country’s history have been accomplished largely through the influence of the church and churchgoing people, especially through the 20th century.
“You look at women’s suffrage, civil rights, the abolition of slavery and all of these massive other changes — religion and religious people have played a role in moving society toward a higher plane,” said Chism.
“We’ve seen that recently as well, but a lot of progressives and liberal Democrats don’t see the role of religion in society, and that is a big mistake,” he said.
And it’s a mistake people like Kevin Washo are trying to rectify, though they feel like they’re swimming against the tide. A day before the Democratic National Convention opened here last July, Washo, a Catholic and prominent national Democrat, organized a private Mass led by a Jesuit priest in the conference room of a prestigious law firm in a shimmering Market Street skyscraper.
That imagery is a far cry from the 2012 Democratic convention, when the hall exploded in turmoil as Democrats voted to amend their party’s platform to include the word “God.” The platform initially had dropped previous platform language that referenced God. After an outcry, convention chairman Antonio Villaraigosa returned to the stage to take a floor vote on a motion to reinsert the language.
The floor vote quite clearly failed as Villaraigosa repeated the roll call. Eventually he declared that “the ayes have it,” and loud boos exploded across the arena.
The headlines that came out of that debacle — “Democrats boo God” was a common one — ended up making matters worse for those, like Washo and Chism, who would like to see their party counter the perception of its estrangement from people of faith...
A leopard doesn't change its spots. The Democrats won't change theirs.
Monday, March 20, 2017
Jeff Bezos Looks a Little Too Happy Piloting a Giant Mechanical Robot (VIDEO)
Bezos cries out, to yelps of laughter, "Why do I feel so much like Sigourney Weaver?!!"
Actually, he's much more menacing than Ripley in "Alien." He's more like Obadiah Stane in "Iron Man."
At the Verge.
That's a nasty mechanical robot. Big, huge, and menacing.
Actually, he's much more menacing than Ripley in "Alien." He's more like Obadiah Stane in "Iron Man."
At the Verge.
That's a nasty mechanical robot. Big, huge, and menacing.
@JeffBezos "Why do I feel so much like #sigourneyweaver ?" @amazon #MARS2017 #openpodbaydoors 😬🤓 pic.twitter.com/HRRzmQtZbh
— Caleb Harper (@calebgrowsfood) March 20, 2017
ICYMI: Scott Greer, No Campus for White Men
Out now.
At Amazon, Scott Greer, No Campus for White Men: The Transformation of Higher Education into Hateful Indoctrination.
At Amazon, Scott Greer, No Campus for White Men: The Transformation of Higher Education into Hateful Indoctrination.
Stephen Budiansky, Perilous Fight
Allan Eckert's, The Frontiersmen, concludes with dramatic scenes from the War of 1812 (and events involving the book's character's leading up to the climax, tying it all together).
So, of course that got me searching around for stuff on the war; there's a load of great books on the topic!
I'll have more later, but this is great.
At Amazon, Stephen Budiansky, Perilous Fight: America's Intrepid War with Britain on the High Seas, 1812-1815.
So, of course that got me searching around for stuff on the war; there's a load of great books on the topic!
I'll have more later, but this is great.
At Amazon, Stephen Budiansky, Perilous Fight: America's Intrepid War with Britain on the High Seas, 1812-1815.
Barrett Tillman, On Wave and Wing
*BUMPED.*
I love this!
Available Monday Out now, at Amazon, Barrett Tillman, On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier.
I love this!
Student Leader Who Tweeted 'Jews Will Get What's Coming to Them' Rails Against Exposure as 'Islamophobic Smear Campaign'
Heh.
Reminds me of scriptural verse, "Therefore, by their fruits you will know them."
At Blazing Cat Fur.
Reminds me of scriptural verse, "Therefore, by their fruits you will know them."
At Blazing Cat Fur.
Kendall Jenner La Perla Lingerie Photoshoot
At Drunken Stepfather, "KENDALL JENNER LINGERE SHOOT FOR LA PERLA OF THE DAY."
BONUS: "DIONI TABBERS BY ELLEN VON UNWERTH OF THE DAY":
BONUS: "DIONI TABBERS BY ELLEN VON UNWERTH OF THE DAY":
I am a fan of Dioni Tabbers. I don’t really know all that much about her, other than the fact that she doesn’t really have much of a following, considering she’s been getting naked for photoshoots for at least 4 years…at least according to my documenting of her getting naked -> LINK HERE BUT TOO LAZY TO GO FIND IT.Heh.
'Cuckold Stands by Wife' After She Cheats with 14-Year-Old Boy
Ouch.
That's a harsh headline.
Maybe the dude just loves his wife and practices Christian forgiveness.
That said, being "cuck" is kind of a thing these days, lol.
At the New York Post:
That's a harsh headline.
Maybe the dude just loves his wife and practices Christian forgiveness.
That said, being "cuck" is kind of a thing these days, lol.
At the New York Post:
A husband stood by his wife after her affair with a middle school kid https://t.co/PFojR41y7T pic.twitter.com/xe5rP3p8P3
— New York Post (@nypost) March 20, 2017
Former Student Making Allegations Against #NeilGorsuch Has Ties to Obama, Democrats
This is some nasty politics.
Totally disgusting.
The accuser's a partisan Democrat hack, and NPR tried to walk back its initial botched hit job. Too late though. You can't clean up that sleaze once you spread it.
Totally disgusting.
The accuser's a partisan Democrat hack, and NPR tried to walk back its initial botched hit job. Too late though. You can't clean up that sleaze once you spread it.
Fmr law student: Neil Gorsuch told ethics class firms should ask female applicants if they plan to have children https://t.co/e3mZtg2HNm
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) March 20, 2017
former law student of Gorsuch claims he said women manipulate employers by not disclosing plans to become pregnant https://t.co/9EIByGZeAI
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) March 20, 2017
.@michellemalkin @JammieWF now @NPR trying to walk it back, too late, they published a flimsy hit piece and should be held accountable pic.twitter.com/Z3Z573jcEy
— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) March 20, 2017
Minor detail. "Former Female Student Making Allegations Against Gorsuch Has Ties to Obama, Democrats" https://t.co/xp50t0RsTo
— Kelsey Harkness (@kelseyjharkness) March 20, 2017
I've Finished Allan Eckert's, The Frontiersmen
The book's almost 700 pages long.
I've got to plow through chapter after chapter when I'm reading big tomes like this one, mostly because I've got to get on to my next book.
I read most of the day yesterday, except to watch UCLA in the March Madness tournament (against Cincinnati).
In any case, Eckert can't be recommended too highly. Indeed, I'm going to start on book two of his "Narratives of America" series after not too long.
At Amazon, Allan Eckert, The Frontiersmen: A Narrative.
And don't miss others in the series, Wilderness Empire: A Narrative; The Conquerors; The Wilderness War; Gateway to Empire; and Twilight of Empire.
Thanks for your support.
I've got to plow through chapter after chapter when I'm reading big tomes like this one, mostly because I've got to get on to my next book.
I read most of the day yesterday, except to watch UCLA in the March Madness tournament (against Cincinnati).
In any case, Eckert can't be recommended too highly. Indeed, I'm going to start on book two of his "Narratives of America" series after not too long.
At Amazon, Allan Eckert, The Frontiersmen: A Narrative.
And don't miss others in the series, Wilderness Empire: A Narrative; The Conquerors; The Wilderness War; Gateway to Empire; and Twilight of Empire.
Thanks for your support.
Chuck Berry, One of the 'Founding Fathers' of Rock 'n' Roll, Dies at 90 (VIDEO)
At the Los Angeles Times, and the George Harrison Foundation below.
BONUS: At CBS This Morning, "Music world remembers Chuck Berry."
I blogged about him on his birthday, in October, "'Johnny B. Goode'."
Chuck Berry was a dynamic force on the frenzied rock 'n' roll tours of the 1950s. He died at age 90. https://t.co/VfHehF0JOT pic.twitter.com/hKIqo7bXsJ— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) March 18, 2017
RIP Chuck Berry. The 1st song that @thebeatles performed at their 1st US concert was "Roll Over Beethoven."— George Harrison (@GeorgeHarrison) March 19, 2017
Watch: https://t.co/rFyPCranEw pic.twitter.com/8JSgALNjDY
BONUS: At CBS This Morning, "Music world remembers Chuck Berry."
I blogged about him on his birthday, in October, "'Johnny B. Goode'."
Chloé Valdary
Ms. Chloé made the "Don't Judge Blacks Differently" video for Prager University, which is one of my longtime favorites.
She's a really good lady.
She's a really good lady.
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