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„[Nimitz] would hold command over a war theater that was larger, in square miles, than any other presided over by any military commander in history.“

Showdown.

„If enough of them kill you, they‘re innocent. Guess what the judge‘s name was.“ - I waited. - „Lawless.“

„Trust will kill you.“ - „Then it is better to die.“

Unfortunately, a lot more of the same: Endless well-written chapters of people discussing politics. Let‘s see if the second half picks up on some action.

Let's read up on some sane political convictions.

Thieves! Fire! Murder!

„Chicago was a dream wrapped in summer haze, and there was a faint blue glint in the far north that was either Lake Michigan or wishful thinking.“

Oh hi there, Randall Flagg.

Out jumped the goblins, before you could say rocks and blocks.

„Sometimes I wonder how I got out - that is, how in god‘s name a child who could barely write his own name in a straight line would become a writer.“

This might turn out to be a disappointment. Let‘s see what the last 70 pages hold.

This is an unexpected crossover of Hitchhiker and the Fifth Element. Hilarious.

Solid prose up to now. Hannah averages around 4.45 across her most-read novels; let's see if this book holds its own.

This took 280 pages to get going. Let‘s see if it keeps the pace.

An Oxford graduate tries to walk across Afghanistan just after 9/11. What could possibly go wrong? Looking forward to how Rory, whom I‘ve learned to like on The Rest is Politics, faced this epic adventure.

Der Reichtum macht gleich, nicht die Armut.

Some explanations of yesterday‘s fiasco:

(1) Counties with a lower percentage of graduates overwhelmingly voted for GOP.

(2) The bias against female candidates is not a white issue only.

(3) 107 days of campaigning just wont cut it.

(4) Losing the narrative on economic difficulties will lose you the White House, independent of your candidate‘s integrity.

Democrats, get to work.

„Which is how it came to pass that in 2009, a year after the Kyoto Protocol finally went into full effect, the United States was only one of five nations not party to the agreement. The other four, in no particular order, were Andorra, Vatican City, Taiwan, and Afghanistan (which had the reasonable excuse of having been shattered by thirty years of war).“

„Was Václav Havel correct in suggesting that by raising expectations, I was doomed to disappoint them?“

„So what would happen when change didn‘t come fast enough? How would these cheering crowds respond to the inevitable setbacks and compromises?“

November 5th is drawing near and it is the perfect time for this memoir!

„I remember the next morning as well, when after almost no sleep I went down to Central Station to shake hands with commuters as they headed for work. A gentle snow had begun to fall, and as people recognized me and shook my hand, they all seemed to wear the same smile - as if we had done something surprising together“.

There‘s a strong similarity to the Woods between the Worlds (C. S. Lewis‘ Narnia I / VI), half forgotten since my childhood. Haven‘t read high fantasy in ages, so here goes!

I‘m thinking about something much more important than bombs, my dear, I‘m thinking about computers.

It takes very little to govern good people. Very little. And bad people cant be governed at all. Or if they could I never heard of it.