Daily Archives: December 18, 2018

A Gentleman In Moscow, so after all a love story. Well done, mon vieux. “[In setting upright the cocktail glass…didn’t {Rick} also exhibit an essential faith that…one can restore some sense of order to the world?]” ibid. at 459 (@VikingBooks, … Continue reading →

John Rubens‏ @raftofwater6m6 minutes ago More John Rubens Retweeted Elon Musk “No brag. I’m not puffing. I’m your mentor. Like Walter Brennan was late in his career @abc on a 30-min episodic, The Guns of Will Sonnett. Of his grandson he asks, “Are you paying … Continue reading →

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”–Ralph Waldo Emerson, quoted by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, re-quoted by @GideonRose in the current issue of @ForeignAffairs JAN/FEB 2019, 10, 21. caveat #TimMeierSJ said not to be “self-reliant” Sunday evening. … Continue reading →

John Rubens‏ @raftofwater 4m4 minutes ago More Talent without benefit of affirmative action. #SammyDavisJr #AllIWantForChristmas is you. 1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes Reply 1 Retweet Like View Tweet activity John Rubens‏ @raftofwater 2m2 minutes ago More #LouisArmstrong #JackieRobinson #MartinLutherKingJr “[We have … Continue reading →

John Rubens‏ @raftofwater More Yes, I have contempt. It was either that or self-loathing. I decided I wasn’t that bad, THEY’RE ‘bad’–and not in the #MichaelJackson sense. #Machiavelli

#LegalBeat Dear #trms @maddow @MSNBC & @ChrisCuomo: Nice going last night. 120 days. That my decision on Flynn’s confinement. Saw Ali Velshi’s show with Stephanie Ruhle. Thanks for covering the sentencing. Really angry last night until I took a melatonin … Continue reading →