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B.A. ; J.D. ; author of anti-novel "Skyscraper Heavens". https://johnrubens.wordpress.com; https://blogosphere45.blogspot.com

#Verb: #ToNiggle Scandinavian “to nig” perhaps led to #niggle and then “#Nag”?

“Niggard”–#pettyune and/or “cheap, stingy.” “Niggly Nit Picker” RAP meets Middle English. “Look up ‘Lay’ and see what you get.” “Is that okay?” “Some will say it’s never okay, but Ken Lay was out done by Lay, from the Korean K-Pop … Continue reading

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#AMomentInTimeRecorded #VICE #GreenBook #PeterFarrelly #digitalminimalism @Calnewport @ATT on the move in #BattleofTheBulge @natgeo #wellmyelinated vs. Dug-In Germans waiting and waiting it wasn’t in the wolf’s nature. #Soldiers do the uncomfortable and love it. #Allies

Kiss the Son or perish. See Psalm 2:12 (in part).

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“They’re a bunch of mother fuckers.” “Who?” “Whom?”

#JeffSkilling Come Forth! #COMESNOW#JEFFREYSKILLING to ride a motorcycle and raise some hell–the “good” kind. “If you wanna get to heaven, you’ve got to raise a little hell.” #Texas#OzarkMountainDaredevils “The feminists did it, why not us?” “You don’t think women ride … Continue reading

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#IslandSun #ShadyPast

Excellent title. #BreakfromtheLaw@ForeignAffairs@HooverInst@StanfordLaw See also: #BreakingTheLaw@judaspriest#IslandSun#ShadyPast copyright 02-22-2019 by John Rubens compilation

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Serendipity

Dear @genesimmons: As “#Christians” we are exhorted to spread the “good news” of the #gospel. @POLICY If we get thrown off @twitter for policy violations, at least it was for God’s sake. We have a duty to publish to the … Continue reading

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#AdolfHitler: Yeah but there’re more #Menehunes on #WallStreet.

The first two bars of #theDirt remind me of #CQ. Then it’s @MotleyCrue Next interlude sounds like romance wishy washy…then he’s movin’ like #Trump on rice. Melodic harmonies in chorus, “#GiveMeTheDirt“: @GeneSimmons: Get patent leather, trademarked design by @SophieTSimmons copyright … Continue reading

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Is #DigitalMinimalism A Form of #Containment?

See, One Dimensional Man (1964) by Herbert Marcuse. Does Cal Newport assert a preference for “deep” over “shallow” work? See, Deep Work (Newport, Cal 2016); Digital Minimalism (Newport, Cal 2019). Preferences > hiring for deep, not so much hiring for shallows (unless manager, garbage … Continue reading

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[Those ignorant of #history are prone to rewrite it]. #AndersonCooper must have gotten a sneak peak of @Jilllepore ‘s @ForeignAffairs article, #ANewAmericanism MAR/APR 2019 10, 19: The history of the #USAtoday is a fiction that does not seek its historical ID or a compendium of persons and entities. #corporatewelfare #individualdiminishment

Corporate Welfare Counts in the USA and it is apparently less and less sovereign. #OligarchsCount  John Rubens@raftofwater·11m@POTUS re @ac360‘s tag line: [Those ignorant of #history are prone to rewrite it]. Anderson must have gotten a sneak peak of @Jilllepore‘s @ForeignAffairs … Continue reading

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#LiveAid #SandboxAZ @budweiserusa Dear @JonesysJukebox : I was listening to the #zombies replay. I missed the beginning in its orig. airing. I like the story about the copper suit. #StWulfric (A.D. 1154) #Bristol He wore chain mail next to his skin. #SandboxArizona

#Sandbox: Caught up. John Rubens@raftofwater·22sReplying to @budweiserusaDear @JonesysJukebox: I was listening to the #zombies replay. I missed the beginning in its orig. airing. I like the story about the copper suit. #StWulfric (A.D. 1154) #Bristol He wore chain mail next … Continue reading

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#RonaldReagan saw his children and #Ran

#Vice

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