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    Re: Covid-19 Politics

    Hi Stavros hope all is well .
    The new Pfiser booster can be taken 4 months after your previous vaccination or booster shot , in my case after my 2nd Pfiser booster.
    Stavros says it all, my...
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    Re: Covid-19 Politics

    I couldn't access the NYT link .But I certainly agree that test and treat is is the best way to go. I had pfizer and my partner had Moderna initial vaccinations and 1st boosters . I really think that...
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    Re: What are you reading now - and then

    The world of art and the characters that inhabit it is full of interesting people and stories.
    If you are interested in what's happening now in the world of Modern and Contemporary art ,word on the...
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    Re: Covid-19 Politics

    Nice to hear you recovered well blackchubby38.
    It certainly looks like we all need to continue masking in certain enclosed situations , and don't forget hand washing after being in public .
    Why do...
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    Re: Covid-19 Politics

    Wow broncofan , I'm glad you're OK . Just think ,now
    you should have 'super immunity ' . I too have had my 1st booster about 6 months ago but I'm continuing to wear a mask in enclosed spaces, even...
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    Re: What are you reading now - and then

    Yes, I was Just going to post a thread about Bolton's book and a few others cited in a recent New Yorker magazine article which I will post below....
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    Re: What are you reading now - and then

    Graham Green "The Orient Express " also known as "Stanboul Train" The Deluxe Penguin edition with an introduction by Christopher Hitchens....
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    Re: What is The Last Movie You Watched?

    The Nutcracker ,the movie 1986
    Beautifully done ,happy holidays
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091658/
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    Re: Thought for the Day

    I find it sad that some posters find it so difficult to be kind and generous instead of always just be looking for an argument .
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    Re: Thought for the Day

    LOL, you know more about American politics than most Americans ,including myself.
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    Re: TV Shows...What are you following?

    Just started watching the first season of "The Cleaner "
    IMHO ,very witty and well done comedy.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cleaner_(British_TV_series)
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    Re: What is The Last Movie You Watched?

    Looks interesting ,I read and found Wright's 2013 book to be fascinating.
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    Re: What are you reading now - and then

    Reading Larry MvMurtry's "Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen: Reflections at 60 and Beyond"
    Novelist, screenwriter and antiquarian book dealer tells what the Old West was really like and about how...
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    Re: What are you reading now - and then

    The US and UK have recently established a new partnership to deal with future pandemics and much more . (Trump shut down the previous US agency)...
  15. Re: Is war between China and the US inevitable? The Thucydides Trap.

    That's interesting ,thanks.
    I remember a few or my favorite authors and poets from the 60's were members of what used to be called the 'merchant marine', including Jack Kerouac ,Alan Ginsberg and...
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    Wow, Wittfogel and Wolf are certainly a couple of interesting characters!
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_August_Wittfogel#Oriental_Despotism
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Wolf
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    "The Rise of Modern China" certainly looks like the prefect follow up to "China, a History" which I am now finishing and I found a very cheap used copy on Amazon. ...
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    The political history of Taiwan in the modern era is hellishly complex . I'm reading John Keay's excellent ,"China, a History" which focuses on the more ancient history of China's great dynasties up...
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    Re: Covid-19 Politics

    Nice article from "The Atlantic". thanks blackchubby38. You pose some very interesting questions ,the answers to which will become available as time goes on and more studies are done. But for now at...
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    Re: Covid-19 Politics

    Wow ,you have a prodigious memory ,broncofan. Thanks.
    Yes, back in May 2020 on page 31 of the "Corona Virus" thread I posted this excellent "New Yorker" magazine article about the pressing need to...
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    Re: Covid-19 Politics

    Yes , get your Pfizer booster, I did.
    Or , for the hands down best antibody response, catch Covid ,get your Moderna or Pfizer #1 and #2 ,than throw in a mixed booster. Oh ,and don't forget your flu...
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    Re: Thought for the Day

    This boorish ass is a shining example of what the new low point in journalism has become.
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    Re: Thought for the Day

    Yes, 'gerrymandering' just smacks of rigging and corruption. I've intermittently read of moves to ban it over the years but nothing ever seems to change!
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    Re: Thought for the Day

    What is 'Sayuth' I Googled it and still don't understand ? Although the sentiment was certainly common in the South back then in the days before 'political correctness' .
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    Re: What are you reading now - and then

    Reading John Richardson's ,"Sacred Monsters ,Sacred Masters" reminds me of "The House of Getty" by Russell Miller which I read in 2019 .
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