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Credentialed people make the cut on the Bloomberg box and NatGeo specials.  Outliers are left out of the equation and forgotten–forgotten, like the Dead Sea Scrolls. https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/on-the-other-hand-a-bad-hair-day  

Allan P. Bakke, an engineer and former United States Marine Corps officer, sought admission to medical school, but was rejected for admission by several, in part because, in his early thirties, he was considered too old. After twice being rejected … Continue reading →

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Plot: Millennials become enslaved by automation [autonomic slaves] and rise up in 2030-2050. Melding and social justice v. Under My Wheels [Alice Cooper; aka “under the bus”]. Off-shore balancing: What is “civil war” and what is ‘war’ “war”? Reference: The … Continue reading →

Time management can be the difference. Or ancient languages. Ask kids BARRON’S age about the future they want and warn them of our past. I’m done for the 1st annual and am fittingly fatigued. I scheduled a few repeats to … Continue reading →

Fences, a play by August Wilson (1983); a film by Denzel Washington (2016). Re: Umpires have potential. Potential means, “Ain’t worth a shit yet.”–Sports Commentator jargon 1987. WHITE GUY: I don’t like it…these cameras everywhere, and then they have other people … Continue reading →

@RobertPlant looked at me when I was looking at him. I was a CSC guard. He looked at me on the last pass with what are you looking here for? 1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2017/01/26/ledzeppelin-jimmypage-was-thre-too-thehollywoodbowl-circa-1998   Subjector ‏@raftofwater … Continue reading →

#MadScientistWritingContest: Know the difference between #fiction, #nonfiction and “other”, the anti-novel or @ times, the nightly MSM news. Subjector added, RichardNixonLibrary @NixonLibrary #OTD 1/26/1971 President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Prince Juan Carlos & Princess Sophia of Spain prior to state dinner. … Continue reading →

I suppose it still is time to discuss womens’ “place[s]”.  Sally Struthers was used and ill-prepared for the Italian gunman.  Three years later, in Rollerball, A Film by Norman Jewison set in 2018, women were trophies and distractions. I have no … Continue reading →