tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post5916845328678909043..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: If You Need A Pandemic To Worry About...Francis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-86909209202608555902020-02-16T11:55:17.872-05:002020-02-16T11:55:17.872-05:00I'm cautiously on top of the Coronavirus situa...I'm cautiously on top of the Coronavirus situation. Not panicked, not rabid with fear - just quietly laying in basic supplies - N95 masks, bandages, alcohol, disinfectant, water filtration devices. Not only for myself, but making sure that my immediate family does the same. There is likely to be some disruption to medications in the short term, if China doesn't manage to get it under control.<br /><br />We also have some immunocompromised relatives - cancer, diabetes, endocrine issues - I'm both concerned about needed medications without disruption, and about exposure to virii.<br /><br />If they do beat it - this time - I'm expecting most pharmaceutical companies to bring at least PART of their manufacture either back here, or to another country. <br /><br />If this gets loose in Africa, all hell will break loose. Just not sufficient and widespread sanitation, and way too many desperately poor people in the cities. On the positive side, it may finally bring some sense to the debate about bringing in immigrants who have not adopted Western sanitation standards.<br /><br />Really, the thing that worries me the most is the fact that the data from China cannot be trusted. The same with any other Leftist-controlled country - their focus is on making those in power look good. It makes it hard to plan a response to any health crisis.Linda Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024201252345608291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-38487559735269943102020-02-15T15:19:10.753-05:002020-02-15T15:19:10.753-05:00Marx and Engels thought that Lincoln was fighting ...Marx and Engels thought that Lincoln was fighting a war to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat. Marx was even a signatory on the congratulatory letter sent to him by the International Workingmans Association after the election of 1864. The rhetoric almost sounds like 1858.<br /><br />K CarmichaelS Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15611444557145399522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-45851768201494115342020-02-15T10:43:15.369-05:002020-02-15T10:43:15.369-05:00Thank you! The quote from the other day really piq...Thank you! The quote from the other day really piqued my interest.Emmett Fitz-Humehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08142148581840546689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-20259141639090277722020-02-15T10:34:29.857-05:002020-02-15T10:34:29.857-05:00Emmett: Brust has written in a number of contexts,...<b><i>Emmett:</i></b> Brust has written in a number of contexts, but he's best known at this time for his two fantasy series set on the world of Dragaera. The longer one involves the travels and adventurers of Vladimir Taltos: human, assassin, crime boss, and minor noble in a despised noble house. There are fifteen discrete novels in that series. All of them are at least worth reading. The first of these is <i>Jhereg.</i> I would start there.<br /><br />Alternately, the second of the Dragaera series centers on the career of Khavren, a Dragaeran who rises in the Imperial Service from his early (for a Dragaeran) youth. There are currently six novels in that series. The first of these is <i>The Phoenix Guards.</i><br /><br />Other books by Brust worth mentioning are his early novel <i>To Reign in Hell,</i> his vampire fantasy <i>Agyar,</i> and his "Dragaeran but off to the side" novel <i>Brokedown Palace.</i> They're all quite good.<br />Francis W. Porrettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-69909244045252872692020-02-15T10:24:30.555-05:002020-02-15T10:24:30.555-05:00I’ve debated starting the Steven Brust books for y...I’ve debated starting the Steven Brust books for years. <br /><br />What book would you recommend beginning with, if you would recommend it?Emmett Fitz-Humehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08142148581840546689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-47107021924915114912020-02-15T10:21:08.255-05:002020-02-15T10:21:08.255-05:00I’m not going to clutch my pearls and bemoan the l...I’m not going to clutch my pearls and bemoan the lack of civility anymore. I’m not going to read any more tripe from Sloppy Williamson or cucks like Jonah Goldberg. If lefty wants to step outside and settle this... I am all for it.Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.com