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<blockquote data-quote="LarryBird" data-source="post: 3980168" data-attributes="member: 76548">[ATTACH=full]238712[/ATTACH]Took a day off on this semi miserable Thursday in the northeast. Gave me the chance to dig in to this new book I&#039;ve been waiting to start - The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis(of Moneyball and The Big Short fame)It&#039;s about the Dept of Energy, the nuclear arsenal under it&#039;s control, and Donald Trump&#039;s bungling of everything connected to it. Risk and risk assessment/management. At least so far, a hundred odd pages in, which is what I&#039;ve gotten through as we currently stand today.It&#039;s not as in depth as some of the other Trump books I&#039;ve read, but it&#039;s much more harrowing in it&#039;s assessment of how we&#039;ve allowed this half-tard, and his woefully unqualified appointments into our institutions, and the chaos he&#039;s sown as a result. So far, I recommend it. If you&#039;re interested in the way political policy can wreak havoc on the Departments we rely on day to day, and it&#039;s impact on the future or if you just want to know more about Trump&#039;s style of leadership and his understanding, or lack thereof, of the government he&#039;s been tasked with heading up. This book reveals the risks we&#039;re running, in the face of his incompetence, and that of those he&#039;s surrounded himself with.Will comment further when I&#039;m finished with it - definitely before the end of this coming weekend.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LarryBird, post: 3980168, member: 76548"] [ATTACH=full]238712[/ATTACH] Took a day off on this semi miserable Thursday in the northeast. Gave me the chance to dig in to this new book I've been waiting to start - The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis(of Moneyball and The Big Short fame) It's about the Dept of Energy, the nuclear arsenal under it's control, and Donald Trump's bungling of everything connected to it. Risk and risk assessment/management. At least so far, a hundred odd pages in, which is what I've gotten through as we currently stand today. It's not as in depth as some of the other Trump books I've read, but it's much more harrowing in it's assessment of how we've allowed this half-tard, and his woefully unqualified appointments into our institutions, and the chaos he's sown as a result. So far, I recommend it. If you're interested in the way political policy can wreak havoc on the Departments we rely on day to day, and it's impact on the future or if you just want to know more about Trump's style of leadership and his understanding, or lack thereof, of the government he's been tasked with heading up. This book reveals the risks we're running, in the face of his incompetence, and that of those he's surrounded himself with. Will comment further when I'm finished with it - definitely before the end of this coming weekend. [/QUOTE]

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