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John Matthew Rubens ‏@raftofwater 2m2 minutes ago Los Angeles, CA #Lincoln: It was difficult to keep the core together, but difficult is no reason to do nothing to keep the Union. Was it worth it? #Obama indicates so: [We’ve been … Continue reading →

The end justifies the means when no rules exist that would dictate otherwise. https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/07/19/what-is-useful-and-expedient-the-supremes-use-sistema-too-day-in-day-out-williamrehnquist-v-ruthbaderginsburg-the-final-arbiters-machiavelli

Twitter is long enough to make distinctions but not long enough to prove them. While I’m thinking of all this, I may forget a point while watching a video pop into my screen containing photos of Hillary Clinton or Ruth … Continue reading →

He doesn’t want to pay tweeters, or as Howard Kurtz and others call us, tweeps. He gleans for free, like Potter in It’s a Wonderful Life, but in a nice, honest and cordial manner. https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/07/19/copyrights-the-real-target-is-trump

“No John, ‘sistema’ has been around a long time; it’s how one uses power decisively and effectively when there’s no rule.” #Machiavelli’s  The Prince, must have been understood by Richard M. Nixon. MILLENIAL: But there were rules…were rules. https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/07/19/theprince-that-would-be-king-theendjustifiesthemeans-nixon-and-the-bushfamily

Re: Joni Ernst [R] Iowa, speaking at 11:30 p.m. last night. “It leaked out, now everyone has seen my wife Melania speak and know all about who Joni Ernst is, including the fact she has military credentials.” By the way, … Continue reading →

Thank for putting Kronenbourg1664 on sale at JonsMarketplace in Los Angeles. It cost me about the same as at the bistros in Strasbourg, France in 1978 or 1982-3. Thanks for the  goodtimes. I’ll share a story with my wife [Mexican … Continue reading →

CNN: It appears the displacement vote will end up making a difference in this election! HILLARY CLINTON: Did you have to tell him? MEGYN KELLY: I really did want you to win. Can I have one of your first interviews? … Continue reading →

Only in California or maybe Tahiti, but I’ve never been there. https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/07/19/john-matthew-rubens-‏raftofwater-18s18-seconds-ago-los-angeles-ca-in-the-modern-world-r-peeps-entitled-to-a-close-up-publicparent-policeman-of-ones-peers-resourcespolicediscretion

I was born in 1958. By 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area, in many ways blacks had it better because they earned their freedom there. It’s like the Black Panthers beat us up in a fist fight and we … Continue reading →