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Working on this until the top of the hour #24hourreadathon #deweysreadathon #deweys24hourreadathon #readathon

Only Churchill would think a house fire would be fun (he apparently commandeered a fireman‘s helmet and directed operations; he also managed to save marble busts but didn‘t manage to save the priceless Elizabethan manuscripts; fire occurred in 1908).

While there are issues with Churchill‘s beliefs, he was a progressive in terms of his attitude towards the Jewish population in Great Britain, especially among the upper class, of which he was a member of (he‘s distantly related to Diana, Princess of Wales). A philoSemite is someone who has an interest in Jewish culture but isn‘t Jewish.

Like President Biden, Churchill had a speech impediment, as did King George VI (Queen Elizabeth II‘s father)

Awesome read 10/10

Great made up story 😂

Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was born in a small ground-floor room, the nearest bedroom to the main entrance of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, at 1.30 a.m. on Monday, 30 November 1874. #firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl

⬆️ Didn‘t realize it took the Brits that long to pay off the Lend-Lease deal, at least their portion. No wonder the “special relationship” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease

If you watched the season 2 finale of The Crown, you‘ll recognize that name (it was a scandal that brought down British PM Harold Macmillan and had Prince Philip [Queen Elizabeth II‘s husband] involved as well).

#7days7covers Day 5

Sage advice for 45.

I read about 3 hours and 40 minutes for 75 bloody pages out of the book. I‘m done reading for the day. Besides it‘s about 11:30 pm.

End of a very quotable chapter. Even if I disagree with a policies that a politician has, if they have shown to fight for what they believe in, I will tend to vote for them, most times, unless they are clearly amoral or racist, then no thanks.

While some of the quote is outdated, a lot of it is still very relevant.

Cultured people are merely the glittering scum which floats upon the deep river of production.

1) I am less than 200 pages from Part 2; I‘ve read 323 pages and Pt. 2 starts on pg. 515
2)Hanging out on Saturday; working on Sunday and Monday (time and a half on Monday)
3) Whatever strikes my fancy
4) Used to play piano and clarinet; haven‘t played for 25 years
#friyayintro @howjessreads

My #reading for today. I figure if I do about an hour of each I‘ll be satisfied.

This article was written in September 1924. The man was perceptive if anything.

Here is the follow up I was looking for.

A true leader acknowledges when they screw up and learns from it. Something I doubt 45 knows to do.

Working on this still #bookloversday #fridayreads #summerreads

Out on the deck to do some reading #summerreads

“Having met the Kaiser....was another version of the petulant Emperor.” I am starting to get the impression that Churchill was very astute in his impression of Hitler in the mid- to late 1930‘s.

And he put his money where his mouth was.

He was a rare bird in his class that he wasn‘t anti-Semitic.

His views on oratory are quite astute.

I suppose there was a side benefit... Every time Churchill is quoted, I can hear John Lithgow‘s voice.

I feel sad for him, but then he likely spent little time with his own children as well.

Thought this paragraph was amusing

I‘ve started it. He was quite the troublemaker as a kid.

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