Hope in the Dark

[Cyborg Girl]

A book on activism by Rebecca Solnit, who (among other things) invented the term "mansplain". She's giving it away for free right now, due to the election.

http://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/2016/ ... trashed-2/
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/79 ... EINTHEDARK

Already downloaded mine. Hopefully it will come in handy.

[geonuc]

Well, I guess I'll have to take her up on her offer.

[Cyborg Girl]

Ugh, had to put it down after Chapter 2. I know most of it is from the Bush era, and the failures of Latin American populism weren't as obvious or well-known to Americans then; but seeing Solnit praise Hugo Chavez simply because he was a leftist is... painful. Especially in hindsight.

I'd repeat here that progressives need to learn that "The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend"; but after Trump it's clear that conservatives have the same problem and then some.

[SciFiFisher]

Ugh, had to put it down after Chapter 2. I know most of it is from the Bush era, and the failures of Latin American populism weren't as obvious or well-known to Americans then; but seeing Solnit praise Hugo Chavez simply because he was a leftist is... painful. Especially in hindsight.

I'd repeat here that progressives need to learn that "The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend"; but after Trump it's clear that conservatives have the same problem and then some.

A number of countries took up the "socialist" banner and were applauded by the left leaning groups in the western world. In countries like the U.S. left leaning groups really mean democratic socialism. Or pretend they do. They rarely recognize that in places like Latin America the socialist agenda is really just another variation of "strongman" politics. They create a few popular programs or policies at first to win the peoples favor and then they do everything they can to gut the democracy. For a text book example of how it happens look no further than Venezuela.

[Sigma_Orionis]

Oh yeah.

[vendic]

So she chicksplained things?

[SciFiFisher]

So she chicksplained things?

[Swift]

So she chicksplained things?

Chicksplained?
Babesplained?
Girlsplained?
XXsplained?
Broadsplained?
Femsplained?

[vendic]

Woah-mansplained?

[SciFi Chick]

You guys crack me up.

[geonuc]

The Book of Night With Moon

Cats are fully intelligent, most understand human language and some of them possess magical powers, wizards. The wizards apparently (I'm only short way into it so far) serve to keep the universe in order, restraining and controlling forces most humans have no idea exist. There are some human wizards, too, and they work with the cat wizards.

The author has developed a cat vocabulary and has the cats doing a lot of things real cats do - cleaning themselves, purring to get pet, using the litter box. The wizard cats just do all that in between their real job of protecting the planet.

[Thumper]

So non-fiction, then.

[geonuc]

So non-fiction, then.

Yep.

And I probably should have posted this in What Are You Reading. Oh well, just another thread derailment.

[SciFiFisher]

So non-fiction, then.

Yep.

And I probably should have posted this in What Are You Reading. Oh well, just another thread derailment.

Just FWIS standard.

[Swift]

The author has developed a cat vocabulary and has the cats doing a lot of things real cats do - cleaning themselves, purring to get pet, using the litter box. The wizard cats just do all that in between their real job of protecting the planet.

So cats protect the planet by sleeping for 20 hours a day?

[Sigma_Orionis]

The author has developed a cat vocabulary and has the cats doing a lot of things real cats do - cleaning themselves, purring to get pet, using the litter box. The wizard cats just do all that in between their real job of protecting the planet.

So cats protect the planet by sleeping for 20 hours a day?

They produce Dark Matter when not sleeping, just like Nibblonians