Author Jerry Pournelle died at home September 8.
I have enjoyed many hours reading his books.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_...#Personal_life
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Author Jerry Pournelle died at home September 8.
I have enjoyed many hours reading his books.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_...#Personal_life
A huge loss. :(
Been a bad weekend for a lot of folks, damn.
Interesting writer, whose books held my attention.
Damn ... his health has been troublesome for the past decade but his mind was still sharp as a tack and his soul was 100% true blue American.
Last Chaos Manor email written by him personally:
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Back from DragonCon with both a cold and the flu. Was supposed to go to the Mars Society meeting in Irvine, but I didn’t feel up to it and would have been a burden on Larry who generously offer to drive me. I suspected that would be sure exposure to this ConCrud and since he escaped it he doesn’t need it. But mostly I didn’t feel up to it. I’m still in pajamas. I type horribly as well. But that’s the way it goes. I did read all the mail and sort out a pile that needs answering.
The news is full of the Dreamers. The Constitution says the President must take care to see that the laws are faithfully enforced. Mr. Trump didn’t want to deport the “Dreamers”, particularly those who have integrated into the society, but the law gives him no leeway, and the Presidential Order Obama signed giving them amnesty is unconstitutional. He solved that dilemma by giving it back to Congress who created it. We’ll now see what happens.
I can solve part of the problem. Any volunteer of any age who serves 7 years overseas in Army or Marines gets a Green Card and an application to apply for Citizenship along with his honorable discharge. The Citizenship application and test need not be very difficult and I would expect all who applied to pass it. The swearing should be public and conducted by an officer of rank Colonel or above.
As to girls, we can think of something similar or suitable; they need not join the combat arms. Surgical Assistant comes instantly to mind.
Their parents are a more difficult problem, and it will take ingenuity to find a path that does not offend the legal immigrants who obeyed the law.
More later I’m experiencing a wave of nausea.
Bye for now.
RIP
I loved his work with Niven
The Wikipedia entry hasn't been trashed (yet) by SJWs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pournelle