I was living in London and just joined a book club - they wanted to read it. I did some research & decided “no” on that book, and stopped going. My intuition was right!
“Showdown”. It was a tag-team assault with a crowd of grinning flunkies as spectators. How does the NYT describe a gang rape? A passionate whirl of partners? Bold, unafraid sensuality with a frisson of voyeurism?
The editors are smirking collaborators on a par with those goons in the background.
in this atlanta barbershop, tag team still means whoomp there it is, not the us president & vp verbally abusing the ukrainian leadership, but they do know this: rare earth minerals are more likely to be appropriately harnessed in alpharetta's tech industry than alchevs'k.
Man you weren’t kidding, I just read it! Tbh the ideas W had were silly but in general the reasoning is at least sane. Took a swipe at Putin by targeting Belarus, at China by targeting Myanmar. Compared to whatever the f that was yesterday W is practically Ike in comparison
It's a little old now, but this "Nickel and Dimed" fundamentally changed my understanding of the struggles of working-class America. I still think about it all the time.
One of worse book I read in bookclub years ago. I donated the cost of the book to Harris” campaign to atone. Vance betrayed his neighbors in last chapters. A good look at his lack of empathy
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The editors are smirking collaborators on a par with those goons in the background.
Bush signals a revolution in foreign policy
Ian Bremmer
Jan. 29, 2005
I mean in a way yes, but JFC...
https://bookshop.org/p/books/nickel-and-dimed-20th-anniversary-edition-on-not-getting-by-in-america-barbara-ehrenreich/9836607?ean=9781250808318&next=t&next=t
That was pretty good