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End 2020 on a good note, read 5 books recommended by Bill Gates, this holiday season
The Economic Times ^ | Last Updated: Dec 15, 2020, 12:23 PM IST | ET Online

Posted on 12/15/2020 2:10:38 AM PST by conservative98

In a no-holds-barred blog post, Gates wrote that there were times when he wanted to dwelve deeper into social issues like Black Lives Matter protests which took the centerstage this year but there were days when he needed a 'change of pace' and read something lighter.

Happy reading!

(Excerpt) Read more at economictimes.indiatimes.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Dimensional Doorway
KEYWORDS: billgates; blm; books
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To: conservative98

That Ben MacIntyre book, The Spy and the Traitor, is a page-turner. So are any of Erik Larson’s books. But I wouldn’t read anything else on that list.


21 posted on 12/15/2020 3:02:57 AM PST by BillyBonebrake
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To: SkyPilot

Amen!


22 posted on 12/15/2020 3:04:11 AM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: Chickensoup

I just looked up that book. I assumed it was a cynical novel about the drug culture. Actually far from it. Seems like a good, classic American novel which ought to be more widely known. Thanks.


23 posted on 12/15/2020 3:05:08 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: conservative98
From the original ET article:
". . . he wanted to dwelve deeper into social issues . . ."
"Dwelve" is not a word in the English language. Maybe it is something Santa's helpers do. < /s >
24 posted on 12/15/2020 3:11:43 AM PST by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: conservative98

A distraction from the Great Reset, no doubt.


25 posted on 12/15/2020 3:11:44 AM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults. )
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To: imardmd1
Twenty dwelves took turns doing handstands on the carpet.

(With apologies to Ben Siegel)

26 posted on 12/15/2020 3:17:21 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
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To: conservative98

The Splendid and the Vile was a good book, and I’m a Churchill fan.

I will not be reading The New Jim Crow.


27 posted on 12/15/2020 3:17:41 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: SkyPilot

Right to the point.
Good post.


28 posted on 12/15/2020 3:19:23 AM PST by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: angmo

Gas log... Clearly, Gates was not in California at the time.


29 posted on 12/15/2020 3:20:35 AM PST by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: BillyBonebrake

But wait !! There is more !!!!

If you call our highly talented mass slave market in town Tech support on 1800-suckers and tell them Billy sent you they will automatically upgrade you to Platinum status and Double the amount of books on the list to read. Just pay triple the handling fee.

The platinum title book by Bill is..

Little Billy gets a Tiny prick. -—. A small hacker boy who stole code from his employees but made good with the world by taking the first Nanobot laced Covid vaccine his company wants us all to get !!! Fantastic value.

All for 100 easy shots a month @ a price we don’t care you cannot afford but are booked for life.

Remember, Unka Billy suggestions and products are always up to date and stable... Till next week.

Regards


30 posted on 12/15/2020 3:21:29 AM PST by Swiffer_Ralf (Orig. Eureka_Lead)
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To: Leaning Right

Thanks for repeating your story as I know I can’t keep up with all the FR postings.

These leftists have been practicing systemic racism behind the curtain for years. What is more troubling is that they have been able to institutionalize it throughout all our institutions. Many Supreme Court decisions prohibiting the practices of racism at any level are all but ignored by, or now permitted by the court itself.


31 posted on 12/15/2020 3:33:11 AM PST by Susquehanna Patriot ( )
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To: Swiffer_Ralf
"100 easy shots a month @ a price"

You sure it's not 95 easy shots?

Windose 95X

Bring epi pens for your blue screen moment.

Sorry, bad. Could not resist.

32 posted on 12/15/2020 3:35:58 AM PST by Jeepers43
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To: conservative98

Better yet,

read five books recommended by George Soros.


33 posted on 12/15/2020 3:40:25 AM PST by MarvinStinson
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To: ptsal

Yeah. Fake gas fire like him. Is that reptilian wall paper behind him?


34 posted on 12/15/2020 3:43:43 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: Jeepers43

We must be related :-))

Lol


35 posted on 12/15/2020 3:45:54 AM PST by Swiffer_Ralf (Orig. Eureka_Lead)
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To: conservative98

I had to read The New Jim Crow for a church class...lying with statistics and fully of false premises...all 1619 kind of stuff...and blacks are only in prison because of drugs...and carelessness is only due to unfair prison sentences...no mention of black on black crime or 1960s LBJ welfare laws...nope. this book is a permission slip for blacks to hate whites...and the book pushes the myth of the great party switch.


36 posted on 12/15/2020 3:48:19 AM PST by CincyRichieRich (Take back our stolen republic or move to a cattle car of their choosing...)
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To: conservative98

I recently wrote a book dedicated to Gates. It is titled, “GFY.”


37 posted on 12/15/2020 3:49:25 AM PST by Rocco DiPippo
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To: conservative98

The computer nerd thinks because he struck it rich in the early computer uptick, that he is a sage on other topics.

He is not. He is just another rich nerd.


38 posted on 12/15/2020 4:00:01 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie (There would have been justice by now, had someone not lowered the Barr!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I cannot tell you how good the book was. A novel that looks directly at life, limitations, courage, cowardice, commitment, disappointment, and ultimately our path alone.

Came at a perfect time in my life as I reflect back upon my life and the choices made.


39 posted on 12/15/2020 4:05:35 AM PST by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: conservative98

What’s really interesting about that book list is the publishers. 4 out if the 5 are published by Euroweenie-owned conglomerates.

The 5th, Benbella, I’d never heard of before. But I bet that one has an interesting history.


40 posted on 12/15/2020 4:14:05 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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