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asher553 ([personal profile] asher553) wrote2019-11-22 05:01 am
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2019-11-22 Friday morning

Friday! Weigh-in: 169.4.

New book I'm reading: 'Days of the Fall' by Jonathan Spyer. Reporting and analysis from Syria. (I got it on Kindle because the paper edition is kind of spendy for my budget.)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078849LFV/

Speyer is a British-born Israeli independent journalist. He regularly travels to places most of us wouldn't dream of going. I've never met him but I know him indirectly through Michael Totten. Spyer's previous book 'The Transforming Fire'

https://www.amazon.com/Transforming-Fire-Rise-Israel-Islamist-Conflict-ebook/dp/B0051NI3A0/

is excellent and I recommend it highly.