Wow! No one with anything to say. And we have such rich material to talk about.
Must be SOMETHING someone wants to put up. Nanda has celebrated her first anniversary as an honourary Marine. That’s noteworthy.
I am still working in Albuquerque. NM medicine seems kind of sad – at least to me. I had become accustomed to better. Seems a lot of basically lazy or avaristic docs. Kind of mean of me to say, but that’s how it looks from the outside.
?Anyone have anything interesting in their lives.
Hey, Dev! Not much interesting going on for me. In spite of pages of patients on our waiting list, my schedule is not full.
Oh, wait. I’m training to transit The Canyon in October. Long hikes on the weekend. Longest has been 18 miles.
I think that folks are tired of the richness of topics.
Sad, indeed, that such exquisite country hides such burdens. Steady as she goes here, Dev…Will see Cousin-Colonel, his brother, and their wives, for dinner out on Saturday; will raise a glass and glean material for more “sea stories”. :-) RIGHTEOUS, M! …”Richness” seems a polite way to describe it, indeed. :-) Will post an “After Action Report” in due course.
Congrats, Nanda!
Mr. Devereaux, I remember you telling me about Mr. Simon Temple a year back or so. Well, he’s back on Ricochet! It’s about the only news I’ve got, but it’s something!
Thanks, TT! As to your news: Oh. My. Very. Goshness.! Is he doing a book tour for Virga Joy? Enjoy!
I hope he’s gonna have some success. He’s had one helluva wild ride. I talked to him, offered some help with the editing…
Didn’t Doug K “ghost” write it?
Yeah. I think they’re done with the writing.
But most writers most of the time could benefit by an editor’s judgment.
So, Dev. Simon is back on R>. Nan’s poking around for a month. You?
Yeah, it would be great to get something back out of what we had.
Haven’t been to R>. Somehow, like a good ED doc, I don’t look behind. They really didn’t want me and I see no reason that I should return. Not at all sure I made any difference there.
Let me know if you want to read Simon’s “book” and I’ll pirate over or to your email.
Oh, I’m up for the book, MLH! Send it out whenever you can.
I’ll fetch you the three chapters that have been posted and send them to your e-mail.
Thanks, M. Got them.
Incidentally I heard from DocJay a bit back. He is fine. I guess he’s back at R> also, but says he’s there only to irritate the powers-that-be.
Am there for the book tour, by emphatic invitation of a mutual friend; looks different, feels the same…
TT, what we had was a heady brew; a mite too strong for TPTB, sadly. Frankly, I found their current welcome to ST a bit calculated…Further, the lore around his leave-taking is fancifully-embroidered, but not enough fun to be a sea story…Church Lady wannabes don’t do it as well as the genuine article – who’s been coached by brother Marines and Shipmates…Dev, your presence, at pivotal moments, made a welcome and lasting difference to me. As ever, DocJay is a one-man wrecking crew…Bravo!
Time in the ChixPIT is relaxing and restorative – I needed coordinates (Tanks, M!) to find it. I’ll enjoy the heck out of the vacay, one day at a time
I’m not in love with Ricochet the organization either–but the people are really hard to replace. You shoulda seen the outpouring of affection for Nanda.
(By the way, Nanda, sorry I picked a bone right in the middle of the celebrations…)
I don’t think the organization has much love for either Doc or Simon–& I myself has seen stuff I don’t think members should write, for the sake of our own calm–but, again, the people are overwhelmingly behind them & its a pretty great thing to see.
There were times … Titus, you were particularly provocotive and I always enjoyed reading your stuff. I even agree more than not. And a little disagreement is good for your soul.
I miss some of the people but not many. Skip, iWe, the lady from Colorado. But the majority were just … the majority. And truth be told, not a lot there was interesting as posts go. I found myself going less often and then looking for particular people.
The lady from CO: Western Chauvinist?
maybe you’d like to read Titus’ piece on Leo Strauss. I’m a quarter of the way through. Me, it makes my head spin and have to do small doses.
One day I might try to introduce Leo Strauss to American conservatives. He’s from worlds away, but a lot of the people who did the intellectual work for conservatism in America are his students.
When it comes to education, his most famous student, Allan Bloom, gave conservatives the best introduction to a serious disagreement & ideas for winning tactics. (He was a liberal Democrat of the pre-Sixties variety, & he is a partisan of philosophy, not of conservatism or America, but his Closing of the American mind had the depth, the popularity, & the style to attract people & it served a conservative function.)
Then the rehabilitation of Lincoln & Jefferson owes a lot to Harry Jaffa, another one of his students, whose book on the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Crisis of the House Divided should be required reading for conservatives, especially going into pol.sci. Jaffa’s student, Mr. Larry Arnn, now runs Hillsdale.
Jaffa also taught Buckley sense about civil rights; Strauss himself was important in turning National Review & therewith conservatism away from its Fifties’ anti-Israel stance.
Jaffa famously wrote the incendiary part of Goldwater’s ’64 nomination speech.
Two of their students, Messers John Marini & Ken Masugi, who are now writing in defense of Mr. Trump, or at least, against Mrs. Clinton & everything she stands for–they also are mentioned by Justice Thomas as very influential in his education on natural rights.
The younger people who wrote the Journal of American Greatness–Straussians.
But also things like translations from Plato to Tocqueville–the most reliable stuff, as well as commentary–Straussians.
So there’s much for conservatives there, although of course there is also much disagreement…
Thanks again, TT! It is, indeed, a limited visit…enjoyed one day at a time; gathering friends about, to make it a true bit of R&R…
Well, things were so boring I decided to get a new car. 2016 Corvette Z06 in Long Beach Red (kind of a maroon). Nifty car. And fast.
2nd-half-of-life- crisis, eh?
Does it have the heads-up display and is it made of fiberglass?
OK. So here’s a funny story about the car. I am in ABQ, and my son stops at home and goes out to the car to check it out. He says he turned it on and the thing sounded like some kind of jet engine starting and it scared the heck out of him. Turned it off right away. Says he’s never been so intimidated by a car before.
Have you ever listened to Bill Cosby’s 200 MPH?
It has a HUD but is not made of fiberglass. Hasn’t been fiberglass for the last 15 or so years.
Actually I’ve always had this thing for fast cars. This is just the fastest thing I’ve ever owned. I’ve already slid it shifting gears a couple times. Will need to settle down or the tires won’t last 6 months.
Corvette has really evolved a lot. The new C7 is a ton better than my old C6. Not just faster, but lots of integrated things. So when you pick a driving type (track, sport, touring, economy, or weather) the engine and tranny act differently, the steering is different, the shocks and suspension is different. And you can still go to the grocery store with it.
The care sounds like a dream. Have fun with it!
I thought I would check the place out.
Not much goes on here but you get to keep up with Dev. Welcome aboard.
Say, have you started The Creature from Jekyll Island, yet? It reads like a conspiracy theory and since I know next to zip about the financial world. . . anyway if only 10% true, we’re screwed.
Welcome! This thing needs an Airwing.
There needs to be some sort of notification that there’s a new post.
I’ll second that. Other places have a button with new posts since last visited.
MLH, I’ve not read the book yet. I am currently reading Super Forecasting that came highly recommended to me.
My understanding is that the book is mostly correct.
Then we are screwed: Rothschilds have decided who the next prez is to be, the Donald’s there to give us false hope and. . should I go on?
I’ve been reading some interesting stuff on Kennedy and some of his plans that were nipped in the bud by his assassination regarding our monetary system. Unfortunately, they are poorly written so getting through the lack of prose to the substance is challenging.
I want to read more about what he was up to. Unfortunately, it starts to go into conspiracy theory a little farther than I wish.
One thing that was interesting was a memo uncovered very recently that referenced G.W. Bush as a CIA operative as far back as 1963, before he officially joined the agency.
I’ve heard the Bush stuff before, but this is first I’ve seen evidence of it.
Welp, in The Creature there is a bit about Churchill, as 1st Lord of the Admiralty, called off the destroyer escort for the Lusitania, so as to get her sunk to draw us into the war.
So, wouldn’t surprise me if Kennedy was assassinated over the monetary system.
The problem with tin hats is that the rain makes so much noise on ’em!
?What exactly is alleged about HW. As far as I know, he seemed to be pretty busy making money in Texas, then running for congress. I may have read W’s book about him, though I can’t be sure. Never cared much for HW.
Put up a post about the money stuff of JFK. I was in high school when he was assassination, so don’t have a lot of direct recollection of him. Love to hear more.