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A few weeks ago I read an article published by NPR about the No King protests, which were nation wide, and how Soros was believed to be involved in the funding of these protests. I searched for recently published books about Soros and here we are. The author is funded by the right, through Dan Bongino. I just like to have the who and why of political pieces before I read them.

I like the format and how it is peeling Sybil in layers. I now understand the hype around this book.

It started with violence and ended with violence. The continuous rage and lack of control of the mobocracy(pure democracy and mob mentality) created so much lawlessness and thirst for violence that the French Revolution consumed itself.

The argument away from pure democracy and towards a republic and layered government (three branches) is very solid.

Went to the library at the mall. After a bit of browsing I pulled up to the desk and asked the young lady who worked there to recommend me a YA novel that she was fan a of or was selling well at the shop. Dragon fantasy, it is. My impression after reading the cover pages, Harry Potter lands in Westeros.

The nationalist aspect that Banon believes in, is in line with right wing agendas and lean into conservatism. No wonder he had so much faith and was ardent in the first Trump campaign. What strikes me most is he picks up on fringe ideals that would easily be written into a mastermind supervillain; he follows ideals from Julius Evola and Hindu Yuga cycle. Now I have to read into Brexit and how he influenced.

Whenever I stop at the local library, I am drawn towards the political section. This one was felt right follow the Muller Report. Russian election interference aside, what else is attributed to this perceived upset in 2016?

Funny enough I started my current political reading with Kamala’s 107 days; where she shared her thoughts and feeling during her presidential campaign and defeat to Trump.

The text is dry and repetitive but the information within this report is mind blowing. It’s amazing only Flynn and Papadopoulos were the only ones that got charged.

My local library disorganized and overstocked. It is a treasure chests. Went today before grabbing groceries and found this. I felt only right after finishing the book authored by James Comey.

Whenever I pick up a fiction book I merely research the general climate at the time of publishing and what was the writer trying to convey. The “truth” is always within the pages.

Whereas with non-fiction (specially politics) I have to read many Wikis, articles, data, op-ep. And that’s just to try to understand what is going on. The “truth” is always subjective. But that’s what makes these books fun.

Russia, Spies, Subs, and Lasers; the late 80’s in a nutshell

It’s definitely a page turner but the plot devices are too similar to the THFRO.

Chapter seven: Nuclear missiles were intended for offensive capability and excersicing defensive diplomacy. Misha explains how this new laser technology renders this mutual deterrence between the U.S. and Russia was rendered obsolete.

This was a very good chapter. Tom Clancy really knows how to create bad ass antagonists.

Very Tom Clancy so far. Lots of tech and suspense but I fear the plot is repetitive as compared with The Hunt for Red October.

The history of the evolution is that life escapes all barriers. Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously but life finds a ways. - Ian Malcolm page 179.

I grew up binging on this movie on VHS in my formative years. It’s hard not thinking about the scenes in the movie. I hated Ian Michael as a kid. He was too cynical and a party pooper. Turns out he was just using math and logic.

Jeff Goldblum is an amazing actor and I have more appreciation for him now.

Chapter 7 speaks about Simone and Malcolm. After having private conversations with the couple, Harry describes the difference between their polished media image and point of view and how it contrasts with their private opinions. The cater their message filter the elite investors. They also believe in a lot of outlandish and fringe beliefs such as human selective breeding for IQ.

First half of chapter 6 is devoted to the Pioneer Fund. It finances right wing ideologies and race science, rumors that Peter Thiel is a whale that donates to this and other groups in the U.S. and UK.

So far this book offers insight into the motivations, aspirations, and investors. There’s a significant amount of manipulation tactics.

Chapter two is devoted to the author’s trip to Europe to participate in a right wing conference. He describes his interactions with the audience members and speakers. Describes both as easily manipulated and believers of conspiracy theories such as semen retention but also dangerous ones such as the great replacement. Ryan uses his leadership status and social media presence to to fund his gambling addiction.

So far a good introspective analysis of a journalist with a career and aspirations that were the total opposite of his private life. A right wing mouthpiece willing to spew hate and disinformation. Meanwhile hiding and repressing his private life since the right wing was opposed to his lifestyle.

Hopefully his eventual transition to the left is also open to the bias of his work, regardless is political party.

Went to the local bookshop and picked up a few books. Bought it just on the strength of the provocative title.

Based on the content on his Wikipedia page, David Brock seemed to be a very vocal propagandist for the right and then had an abrupt shift to the left. He is also very appreciative of fundings for his book publication. But that won’t stop me from reading his book.

This is purely a scenario that Carlo creates using his knowledge and experience within political science but it starts off like a dystopian fiction. Ukraine capitulates and starts to become a strategized mess with secret informants, very much Stalin USSR tactics.

Very interesting, plausible, scary.

Rereading after learning a bit more about Marxism.

When Chinese forces met ROK forces, it had success but when it faced coalition forces they suffered major loses. The Offensive attacks in the western front during May proved successful after applying deceptive tactics in the eastern front to keep the Coalition forces occupied with Seoul.

I picked up this book to contrast my current knowledge of the Korean War.

From what is gathered in the introduction, China’s warfare tactics were thought to have been derived from the principles laid out on Sun Tzu’s art of war. Avoidance of conflict and defensive tactics using terrain. The west brought a face to face confrontation and rapid resolution of military conflicts by main force.

Holy smokes. This book is interesting.

This was written in 1996 about a Russian politician that no one took seriously. Pretty standard but makes you think…

“And here’s the paradox: the odder Zhirinovsky is with his deliberate manners, scandalous capers, and loose tongue, the warmly and more seriously the audience of the people treated him, laughing all the while.”

So far this book paints him as a useful idiot for the KGB as an argent provocateur, the communist party as a way to take away votes from the right wing, and student travel guides that got him arrested and expelled from Turkey.

Russian interpretation and implementation of Marxism ideals was full of contradictions, purges, and even mass executions.

Stalin recognized the vulnerability within post revolution Russia towards right leaning and cult of personality ideologies. And in the end he participated when he injected himself into the agriculture industry.

A few chapters in and I found this quote from Lenin quite profound.

Lenin's best-known remark in the Philosophical Notebooks was on the relation of Hegel to Capital:
“It is impossible completely to understand Marx's Capital and especially its first chapter, without having thoroughly studied and understood the whole of Hegel's Logic. Consequently, half a century later none of the Marxists understood Marx!!"

There’s a certain inconsistency with the characters and plot armors to tie things together.