Monthly Archives: July 2016

“They’re Tasty When They’re Brown”

@Ralphs: Simple Truth Traditional Breakfast Sausage Links, distributed by the Kroger Co. compilation copyrights reserved, John Rubens https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/07/02/theyre-tasty-when-theyre-brown  

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Anecdotally @MotherJones, it would be great for “hope” if @HillaryClinton was charged and convicted of a crime and still elected in 2016

Reason: As a suspended lawyer, I wouldn’t take discipline so personally and permanent. And as David Corn tweeted today, Donald Trump is a civil defendant in fraud lawsuits which, like the Paula Jones case, could lead to criminal allegations. https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/07/02/anecdotally-motherjones-it-would-be-great-for-hope-if-hillaryclinton-was-charged-and-convicted-of-a-crime-and-still-elected-in-2016Continue reading

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War and Peace on @twitter “I wrote it first!”–Leo Tolstoy

@twitter can be like driving into someone’s driveway and gleaning GPS coordinates for one’s next #tweet. @gov #Theft #Mercy and #collectives https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/07/02/war-and-peace-on-twitter-i-wrote-it-first-leo

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Shall no act of mercy befit our rage?

Waking from sleep, the spirits speak to us. They haunt us with phrases to wake us from the netherside. “The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.”–Jesus at the Garden of Gethsemane “At first I was inspired, but now … Continue reading

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“What Happened to Her” “The Point is Moot”

Expensive Options at TD Ameritrade https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/what-happened-to-her-the-point-is-moot

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@ForeignAffairs Made Me Read: “The Future of U.S.-Saudi Relations #TheKingdomandthePower by F. Gregory Gause III

The author has substantial depth, experience in his essay of Foreign Affairs, July/August 2016 at 114 et seq. Gause throws out occasion tidbits like dog treats weighted toward the end of his insightful touchy-feely essay. His comments about main-stream journalists … Continue reading

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#Bremain: We don’t like you Americans calling us names Yankee.

ME: The visit will be short. How about 3-5 weeks? BREMAINSTER: Take a boat. https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/bremain-we-dont-like-you-americans-calling-us-names-yankee

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There Are So Many Criminal Laws in Orwell’s work #1984

The essential object of the protagonist was to retain privacy from bureaucratic snoops. Re: How Britain’s exit from the European Union may affect privacy in the United States of America. conflict of laws/surveillance/constitutionalfreedoms, esp. 4th, 5th and ninth amendments. https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/there-are-so-many-criminal-laws-in-orwells-work-1984

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#MYOB [Mind Your Own Business] #MOOB [Mind One’s Own Business] but #FollowFriday #Anyway

Twitter and Anne Rice’s Vampires https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/myob-mind-your-own-business-moob-mind-ones-own-business-but-followfriday-anyway

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