CS History/Politics/Economics Book Club, 2015 Edition

[UNI88]

Just finished Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper by Robert Bryce. Good book and I would definitely recommend it. Arguments definitely only presented one side of the story and I didn't buy everything he was selling but I agree with the underlying premise - innovation not green socialism is the solution most likely to save us from ourselves.

Post your rebuttals Kalm, Skelly and Hound.

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Someone who scoffs that anyone who believes in wind power and biofuels as a solution to the soaring demand for energy also believes in the Easter Bunny. And someone willing to argue that the most sensible long-term answer to the world’s unquenchable thirst for electricity is a revival of nuclear power, a reality that he says thinking environmentalists are coming to accept.

[Ivytalk]

Reading Prit Buttar's Germany Ascendant, a military history of the Eastern Front in World War I. 1915 was a great year to be alive. Unless you were an Austrian infantryman. Or a Russian one.

[CitadelGrad]

Reading Prit Buttar's Germany Ascendant, a military history of the Eastern Front in World War I. 1915 was a great year to be alive. Unless you were an Austrian infantryman. Or a Russian one.

I'm reading The Bible. It's the only book you need. Every other book is full of Satan's lies.

[Skjellyfetti]

Alexander Dugin - Last War of the World-Island: The Geopolitics of Contemporary Russia

[Grizalltheway]

[89Hen]

How do you people have time to read books?

[Grizalltheway]

How do you people have time to read books?

I don't sit in traffic for two hours every day.

[bandl]

How do you people have time to read books?

Who doesn't?

[kalm]

How do you people have time to read books?

[89Hen]

How do you people have time to read books?

I don't sit in traffic for two hours every day.

Good point, but that's not it for me.

[Grizalltheway]

I don't sit in traffic for two hours every day.

Good point, but that's not it for me.

Well, turning off the TV and turning on some music is a good start.

[89Hen]

Good point, but that's not it for me.

Well, turning off the TV and turning on some music is a good start.

Pass.

[Skjellyfetti]

[89Hen]

IMO, spending time with your kids > just about anything else, but to each his own. That's why some people have them, why some don't, and why some shouldn't.

[UNI88]

How do you people have time to read books?

Get books on CD from the library and listen while driving.

[GannonFan]

IMO, spending time with your kids > just about anything else, but to each his own. That's why some people have them, why some don't, and why some shouldn't.

Eh, I've got three boys, none older than 12, and even though we have school, sports, activities, and a whole host of other things, we (wife and I) still find time to read. There's always down time on the sidelines of sports games, there's time when the kids are asleep, and actually, reading around your kids isn't really a bad example to set - having kids see their parents read is a pretty nice thing to model for them. And of course, we even still read to them at bedtime as well - never really too old for that. It's just something you need to choose to do and make time for.

[Chizzang]

IMO, spending time with your kids > just about anything else, but to each his own. That's why some people have them, why some don't, and why some shouldn't.

Your ^ strongest abortion endorsement yet
But agreed kids are great for some folks and not so great for others
I just with as a tax payer I didn't have to pay for everybody else's damned kids

[CitadelGrad]

IMO, spending time with your kids > just about anything else, but to each his own. That's why some people have them, why some don't, and why some shouldn't.

Your ^ strongest abortion endorsement yet
But agreed kids are great for some folks and not so great for others
I just with as a tax payer I didn't have to pay for everybody else's damned kids

It's your fair share.

It takes a village, dontchaknow?

[89Hen]

Eh, I've got three boys, none older than 12,

there's time when the kids are asleep

Wait for it GF. Now your boys go to bed early and wake up early. That all changes in a few years.

[89Hen]

Your ^ strongest abortion endorsement yet

No, but I'm all for sterilization.

[93henfan]

How do you people have time to read books?

Get books on CD from the library and listen while driving.

I've knocked out quite a few classics that way.

There was only one I didn't make it through and that was Fahrenheit 451. They had Ray Bradbury narrate his own novel, and I don't know how old he was, but it sounded like 98. It was unbearable to listen to.

[Cap'n Cat]

Have read tons of books this year. Right now, "Hemingway: A Life Story", by Carlos Baker.

That fucker lived two seconds for every one second of his life.

[93henfan]

Have read tons of books this year. Right now, "Hemingway: A Life Story", by Carlos Baker.

That fucker lived two seconds for every one second of his life.

Hells yeah. That guy did some shit.

[CAA Flagship]

Well, turning off the TV and turning on some music is a good start.

Pass.

I'll pass, as well.

[CAA Flagship]

IMO, spending time with your kids > just about anything else, but to each his own. That's why some people have them, why some don't, and why some shouldn't.

Eh, I've got three boys, none older than 12, and even though we have school, sports, activities, and a whole host of other things, we (wife and I) still find time to read. There's always down time on the sidelines of sports games, there's time when the kids are asleep, and actually, reading around your kids isn't really a bad example to set - having kids see their parents read is a pretty nice thing to model for them. And of course, we even still read to them at bedtime as well - never really too old for that. It's just something you need to choose to do and make time for.

Take pictures during the game. Your kids will thank your for it later in life.