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Could it be 9 drinks? https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/09/11/cloud9-have-a-good-time

Foreign Affairs, Sept/Oct 2016, 83,93. Essay by David Omand: Keeping Europe Safe: Counterterrorism on the Continent. https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/09/11/sounds-like-dr-frankenstein-is-out

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John Matthew Rubens ‏@raftofwater 33s34 seconds ago Los Angeles, CA @ffweekend @Dragonsnestling Too far as far as freedom of speech? No, but merely asking the question brings us back to political correctness.   Original tweet of Fox affiliate origin: “Did … Continue reading →

Operation Car Wash Hi-jinx mascot and show biz personality. #Fraternity #Sorority #Comedy [the monkey ate my passport at the car wash]. John Matthew Rubens added, Vulture @vulture Ryan Lochte is suspended for 10 months, forced to embrace a life in … Continue reading →

@VinScullyTweet Nice story about serendipity and ball players visiting your table with #CharleySteiner: #UnabashedFans of the unbashful. “Say hi to Vin.” Sept. 23-25, 2016. https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/unabashed-friends-of-the-unbashful-charleysteiner-loves-those-who-love-vin-scully-unabashedly

Foreign Affairs, Sept/Oct 2016, Vol. 95, No. 5, America’s Awesome Military, by Michael O’Hanlon and David Petraeus 10, 16: Firmness and prudence should be the watchwords, and for that, a reinforced tripwire is more appropriate than a robust forward defense posture … Continue reading →

@ForeignAffairs, Sept/Oct 2016, Vol. 95 No.5, p.182, Book Review by Robert Legvold of the book, The Habsburg Empire: A New History, by PIETER M. JUDSON.  Harvard University Press, 2016, 592 pp. [W]hatever their linguistic and religious differences, subjects [of the monarchy] … Continue reading →

@CIA scuff up Mudd and Anderson Cooper et al. Not credible because biased.             John Matthew Rubens ‏@raftofwater @CIA @andersoncooper No more fine lines. Mudd             John Matthew Rubens ‏@raftofwater @CIA pmudd@andersoncooper #change https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/phil-mudd-andersoncooper-cia-scuff-up