JOHN RUBENS is no Mother Teresa.

“Who cares about that spoiled brat Venezuela. They’re rich with black gold.”

“[Clive] Hamilton’s investigative reporting reveals the flows of Chinese money to Australian politicians and institutions and the connections of prominent Chinese Australians to Chinese intelligence agencies.” @ForeignAffairs at 250: #SilentInvasion: #ChinasInfluenceInAustralia, Book Review by Andrew J. Hamilton.

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2018/08/22/china-australia-nexus-comes-now-canada-mexico-venezuela

“This is now the unchained, unconstrained presidency.” “#TheUnconstrainedPresidency [Checks and Balances Eroded Long Before Trump]” by #JamesGoldgeier and #ElizabethNSaunders, @ForeignAffairs SEPT/OCT 2018 p. 144. I would recommend discipline of time. Ration time around pre-knowns factors, like class-time and your best hours to ingest information. Use association techniques for memorization. Take quick breaks and don’t forget proper nutrition.

Test-taking: Work fast but carefully.  Eliminate wrong answers, utilize “negative thinking” as well as common sense and equity.

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2018/08/22/theunconstrainedpresidency-foreignaffairs-page-144

Truth is truth is truth is truth is truth. “Not necessarily.”–@KellyannePolls

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”–#WilliamShakespeare from #TheBard, an episode of #TheTwilightZone, written by #RodSerling.

See also, “A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.” by #GertrudeStein; “The truth is not the truth.”–#RudyGiuliani (2018).

What’s in a name? What’s in a hashtag?

What is truth? –Fictional Pontius Pilate

Who is Ken Lay today and who is on Mt. Rushmore?

Ronald Reagan bides his time.

The time is out of joint.

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2018/08/22/william-shakespeare-gertrude-stein-rod-serling-kellyanne-conway-rudy-guiliani-john-rubens

#FoundationScrutiny: “Everybody’s gonna get smeared in this one.”–@seanhannity #EnronTaskForce @jimcramer “Not me–oh no!” #charitabletrust Cuomo’s New York looks into #TheTrumpFoundation through #MichaelCohen lens. @tribelaw @MikeBloomberg @AlanDersh
11:57 PM – 22 Aug 2018

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2018/08/22/the-foundation-john-rubens-the-corporation-jackwhite-the-institution

minortypographicalerrors Dear @BloombergTV: #Manipulation fair game, but doesn’t make it so. “A ‘rich’ hunt” as relevant as Russia correlation to Cohen/Manafort. #OligarchSociety: Due process is guaranteed to all. #Affordability of jurisprudence. @MikeBloomberg. See #OperationFinale by @chrisweitz

https://www.bing.com/search?q=the+crucible+arthur+miller&form=EDGEAR&qs=LS&cvid=dc508ef3ca9c48b4b9f48e5ae8817320&cc=US&setlang=en-US&elv=AXK1c4IvZoNqPoPnS%21QRLOPw8UTAZo36XIv1ZmO*aQAzRwzK1a5ejQ*HZ1KXhVS%21n7dOqhXadhwTqJvVeulBJtEojTNI8d9Kabk56gS9OrR*

There really was a witch hunt and it was discussed during the constitutional debate.

See also,   https://www.bing.com/search?q=the+crucible+arthur+miller&form=EDGEAR&qs=LS&cvid=dc508ef3ca9c48b4b9f48e5ae8817320&cc=US&setlang=en-US&elv=AXK1c4IvZoNqPoPnS%21QRLOPw8UTAZo36XIv1ZmO*aQAzRwzK1a5ejQ*HZ1KXhVS%21n7dOqhXadhwTqJvVeulBJtEojTNI8d9Kabk56gS9OrR*

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2018/08/21/thats-it-no-gas-for-you

https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8208506701182723362#editor/target=post;postID=2994304716843034023;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=0;src=linkhttps://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2018/08/21/stanfordfsi-francisfukuyamahttps://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2018/08/21/stanfordfsi-

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francisfukuyama

Dear Jonesy and Monsieur/Maitre Chris Weitz: I’m eating homemade tamales today. Her name is Rosa. She has a connection with my wife @tashmans. She also works early morning shift.Put in your order. I’m having the white cheese and a long pepper inside–afterburners. #OperationFinale.

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2018/08/21/were-raising-gas-prices-dwp-operationfinale-subsidizestudentmeals-in-iran-now

RUDY GUILIANI: I don’t know. ‘Truth’ might not be ‘truth’.

Credit for Gertrude Stein, poet, teacher, anthropology studies

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2018/08/20/truth-is-truth-is-truth-is-truth-is-truth

Lay one’s life down for a friend?

In the scheme of things one might.

See George Clooney and Steven Seagal for instance in movies. Navy SEAL Seagal closes the hatch of the vessel, astronaut Clooney sends Sandra Bullock safely back to earth, losing their terrestrial lives.

“‘And all these things shall be added unto you’, alleluia.’ Mt 6:33; Lk 12:31

“There is no greater gift than to lay one’s life down for a friend.”–Jesus Jn 15:13 Discipline/Disciples

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2018/08/19/real-friends-sacrifice-discipline-blogosphere45-blogspot-com-2018-08-mt-633-lk-1231-alleluia-html

#AnAccountofM #Installment77

https://wordpress.com/post/johnrubens.wordpress.com/3974 [non-fiction, Iranian Revolution of 1978-1980].

See also, #SkyscraperHeavens [fictional ‘anti-novel’] by John Rubens (xlibrispub, 2015). @HarvardKSR re: “Not for the Faint of Heart: Lessons in Courage, Power, and Persistence” (PublicAffairs, 2018).

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2018/08/18/foreignaffairs-irandeal