Carl,
That book caused real hysteria on the DB Review list. The pro Trump people
hated it. The Democrats on the list didn't like it much either. I guess that's
because the author makes everyone seem rather disgusting.
So I'm taking a vacation from Rising Star, the book about Obama now also on
BARD, to read Taibbi's book. I just started it late this afternoon and it
begins with a description of the NYPD on Staten Island beating up and arresting
a black guy who was sitting in his car. It is truly very painful to read this
stuff. Taibbi is excellent at reporting. He wrote a book about how the system
screws poor people a few years ago which was upsetting. But this is much more
painful because reading the details of what the police do, no matter how many
times I hear this stuff or read it, it's just awful.
Miriam
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Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 7:35 PM
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: book
Miriam,
I keep forgetting to mention that I'm in the middle of the Donald Trump
book...Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House: by Michael Wolff.
All I can say is if he is only one third right, we are in for the Holocaust.
Carl Jarvis
On 3/28/18, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I just wanted to mention that I Can't Breathe by Matt Taibbi, is now
on BARD. This is his recout nting of the police killing by illegal
choke hold of an African American man who was illegally selling single
cigarettes on Staten Island. The case was followed in detail by Democracy Now.
Miriam