Day 642 Saturday October 20, 2018 939 Days to Go
I have just started reading Michael Lewis’s book “The Fifth Risk.” It deals with the Federal government, the Trump administration and its transition to taking over the government and running it.
Michael Lewis is a wonderful writer. One of the quotes on the back flap says, “I’d read 800 pages about the stapler if Michael Lewis wrote it.” Lewis wrote “Liar’s Poker,” “Moneyball,” and “The Big Short.” His gift is to make complex subjects understandable and to put a human face on it and drama in it. I mean anyone who can make Mortgage Back Security default swaps not only understandable but interesting and dramatic has got some talent.
This book is no exception and I would recommend it to anyone and everyone. In fact, if you vote or are interested in politics or think Trump is doing a great job (especially if you think Trumps is doing a great job!) it should be required reading.
I had only read the first sentence on the inside flap when I got that sense that as Bob Woodward told people after his book “FEAR” came out, “It’s worse than you thought.” This was, of course, an understatement.
At the end of the Prologue to “The Fifth Risk” I will quote what Lewis said Steve Bannon said, which I think sums it up, “Holy fuck, this guy doesn’t know anything. And he doesn’t give a shit.”
Then I started reading. It got worse.
939 Days to Go
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