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“Who cares about that spoiled brat Venezuela. They’re rich with black gold.” “[Clive] Hamilton’s investigative reporting reveals the flows of Chinese money to Australian politicians and institutions and the connections of prominent Chinese Australians to Chinese intelligence agencies.” @ForeignAffairs at … Continue reading →

“This is now the unchained, unconstrained presidency.” “#TheUnconstrainedPresidency [Checks and Balances Eroded Long Before Trump]” by #JamesGoldgeier and #ElizabethNSaunders, @ForeignAffairs SEPT/OCT 2018 p. 144. I would recommend discipline of time. Ration time around pre-knowns factors, like class-time and your best … Continue reading →

Truth is truth is truth is truth is truth. “Not necessarily.”–@KellyannePolls “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”–#WilliamShakespeare from #TheBard, an episode of #TheTwilightZone, written by #RodSerling. See also, “A rose is a rose is a rose … Continue reading →

#FoundationScrutiny: “Everybody’s gonna get smeared in this one.”–@seanhannity #EnronTaskForce @jimcramer “Not me–oh no!” #charitabletrust Cuomo’s New York looks into #TheTrumpFoundation through #MichaelCohen lens. @tribelaw @MikeBloomberg @AlanDersh 11:57 PM – 22 Aug 2018 https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2018/08/22/the-foundation-john-rubens-the-corporation-jackwhite-the-institution

minortypographicalerrors Dear @BloombergTV: #Manipulation fair game, but doesn’t make it so. “A ‘rich’ hunt” as relevant as Russia correlation to Cohen/Manafort. #OligarchSociety: Due process is guaranteed to all. #Affordability of jurisprudence. @MikeBloomberg. See #OperationFinale by @chrisweitz https://www.bing.com/search?q=the+crucible+arthur+miller&form=EDGEAR&qs=LS&cvid=dc508ef3ca9c48b4b9f48e5ae8817320&cc=US&setlang=en-US&elv=AXK1c4IvZoNqPoPnS%21QRLOPw8UTAZo36XIv1ZmO*aQAzRwzK1a5ejQ*HZ1KXhVS%21n7dOqhXadhwTqJvVeulBJtEojTNI8d9Kabk56gS9OrR* There really was … Continue reading →

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Dear Jonesy and Monsieur/Maitre Chris Weitz: I’m eating homemade tamales today. Her name is Rosa. She has a connection with my wife @tashmans. She also works early morning shift.Put in your order. I’m having the white cheese and a long … Continue reading →

RUDY GUILIANI: I don’t know. ‘Truth’ might not be ‘truth’. Credit for Gertrude Stein, poet, teacher, anthropology studies https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2018/08/20/truth-is-truth-is-truth-is-truth-is-truth

Lay one’s life down for a friend? In the scheme of things one might. See George Clooney and Steven Seagal for instance in movies. Navy SEAL Seagal closes the hatch of the vessel, astronaut Clooney sends Sandra Bullock safely back to … Continue reading →

#AnAccountofM #Installment77 https://wordpress.com/post/johnrubens.wordpress.com/3974 [non-fiction, Iranian Revolution of 1978-1980]. See also, #SkyscraperHeavens [fictional ‘anti-novel’] by John Rubens (xlibrispub, 2015). @HarvardKSR re: “Not for the Faint of Heart: Lessons in Courage, Power, and Persistence” (PublicAffairs, 2018). https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2018/08/18/foreignaffairs-irandeal