Daily Archives: September 16, 2016

#FF “#Africa’s Long Road Since Independence: The Many Histories of a Continent” by #KEITHSOMERVILLE @ForeignAffairs #ReviewofANicolasvandeWallBookReview

Condensed, edited Review of Review by Nicolas van de Walle: [H]is book illustrates the enduring influence of the colonial era: its primary subject is Anglophone Africa, and the material on Francophone and Lusophone Africa is rather perfunctory, reflecting the fact … Continue reading

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#Partisan or #ConstitutionalCrisis?

See, Sexual McCarthyism: Clinton, Starr and The Emerging Constitutional Crisis, Alan M. Dershowitz (1998). https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/partisan-or-constitutionalcrisis

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“Is that all there is my friend, is that all there is?”–Peggy Lee

#multimedia v. #multiples #InternationalMarketing: “I want #eyeballs!” “You want that with Dolby?” “Let me think about that.  Yes!” https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/is-that-all-there-is-my-friend-is-that-all-there-is-peggy-lee     

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@HillaryClinton subtext or corollary: Men have a history of not manipulating women too well–that’s what #multimedia is 4. #UseAPreposition

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/hillaryclinton-subtext-or-corollary-men-have-a-history-of-not-manipulating-women-too-well-thats-what-multimedia-is-for-usehepreposition

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The time to debate Hillary is now: The so-called “war on terror” is a movement. The “war on drugs” was a movement. The “war on deplorables” is, for lack of a better word, even more deplorable because it targets US.

But see, dialectic reasoning, rhetoric; see also, ad hominem attack. The time to debate Hillary is now. https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/09/13/the-so-called-war-on-terror-is-a-movement-the-war-on-drugs-was-a-movement-the-war-on-deplorables-is-for-lack-of-a-better-word-even-more-deplorable-because-it

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Dear @HillaryClinton

Time and place restrictions are okay, that’s what churches are for–Gene Simmons Once in a while, you gotta break the rules and assume the risk of reprisal. Take the Bradley pitch to Rich Hill of the Dodgers on the Ides … Continue reading

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#BeachBoys: #InMyRoom #MultiMedia: #InMyCrib

Now I know what it must have felt like, not to want to take part in something one doesn’t want to be a part of and sit on my stoop at home or if heckled, inside my crib. https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/beachboys-inmyroom-multimedia-inmycrib

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We are apt to engage with outside influences #JoeDavis

For instance, I watched Hill of the Dodgers get in a shouting match with Bradley of the Diamondbacks and my blood pressure went up. https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/we-are-apt-to-engage-with-outside-influences-joedavis

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