Author Archives: johnrubens

I buy Vietnamese shirts. I buy Korean hardware.  I buy Sunni and Shiet controlled oil. https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/09/26/patronizing-speech-inside-out

Immigration is inevitable, part of the human fabric. Mine as well free Jeff Skilling too. Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution; Commerce Clause: “Consumers”–Secretary of State, General Colin Powell during #43 reign. Maybe not a paradise of people after … Continue reading →

JONATHAN E: You can’t make me quit. https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/rollerball-bartholomew-you-can-be-forced-to-quit-jonathan-you-can-be-muted-you-can-be-blocked Rollerball, A Film by Norman Jewison; screenplay by William Harrison, a Texan who moved to the University of Arkansas to teach literature.

@OrelHershiser, futurist. Another thing Orel was onto in his @SportsNetLA broadcast was #RockEmSockEmRobots Why click on the #MuteButton? Usually staying at home doesn’t get ratings.  How level a playing field will twitter have in times ahead? #Regulation Vin Scully: He’s … Continue reading →

John Ravin, Ambassador John Gavin or Josh Ravin? Oliver Goldsmith, Lord Peter Goldsmith or Paul Goldschmidt? We won as a human team. International integration. “Did someone notice me yet? Yasiel Puig. PUIG!” VIN SCULLY: Oh boy. ARNOLD SCHWARTZENEGGER: I’ll be … Continue reading →

John Adams, by David McCullough, Simon & Schuster (2001). Special thanks to Steve and Melissa Rubens who gave me the hard cover First Edition as a scholarly gift for Christmas or my birthday. https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/09/22/infrequently-books-like-hermann-hesses-steppenwolf-circa-prewar-1943-germany-delight-the-reader-only-after-she-has-labored-ahead-doggedly-onto-the-visitors-forty-yard-line-only-then-on-the-f

Reality shows have standardized acting and raised the bar on an actor’s on and more often, off-screen persona. One cannot expect to exercise one’s prerogatives and still get hired and kept on for on-screen turns when others play well in … Continue reading →

Dear Josh: Too many Joshes I guess. John Ravin in the pen. “You’d think you were in a Twilight Zone game.”–Vin Scully I’m sure Vin means well. It’s good for my soul, how about YOU in the month of September! … Continue reading →

It’s the hormones & high blood pressure. https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/09/22/ff-followfriday Influence: Heads-Up Display

A day in Los Angeles, #gometro. Pretty good Garcettis, pretty good. https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/09/22/it-used-to-be-tit4tat-because-guys-didnt-usually-get-to-see-even-one-tit-let-alone-two-but-i-went-to-usc-on-the-metro-and-weve-got-to-consider-tits4tats-how-bout-dat