War and Peace on @twitter “I wrote it first!”–Leo Tolstoy

can be like driving into someone’s driveway and gleaning GPS coordinates for one’s next . and

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/07/02/war-and-peace-on-twitter-i-wrote-it-first-leo

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Shall no act of mercy befit our rage?

Waking from sleep, the spirits speak to us.

They haunt us with phrases to wake us from the netherside.

“The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.”–Jesus at the Garden of Gethsemane

“At first I was inspired, but now I’m sad and tired.”–Tim Rice, Jesus speaking from Jesus Christ Superstar after three years on mission, about to drink the cup of death on a cross.

compilation copyright John Rubens, July 2, 2016

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/07/02/shall-no-act-of-mercy-befit-our-rage

 

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“What Happened to Her” “The Point is Moot”

Expensive Options at TD Ameritrade

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/what-happened-to-her-the-point-is-moot

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@ForeignAffairs Made Me Read: “The Future of U.S.-Saudi Relations #TheKingdomandthePower by F. Gregory Gause III

The author has substantial depth, experience in his essay of Foreign Affairs, July/August 2016 at 114 et seq.

Gause throws out occasion tidbits like dog treats weighted toward the end of his insightful touchy-feely essay. His comments about main-stream journalists are also amusing and like the touchy-feely, they belie the premise he exposes like a pretense.

Recommend for “Middle East watchers”, ibid at 123.

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/foreignaffairs-made-me-read-the-future-of-u-s-saudi-relations-thekingdomandthepower-by-f-gregory-gause-iii

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#Bremain: We don’t like you Americans calling us names Yankee.

ME: The visit will be short. How about 3-5 weeks?

BREMAINSTER: Take a boat.

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/bremain-we-dont-like-you-americans-calling-us-names-yankee

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There Are So Many Criminal Laws in Orwell’s work #1984

The essential object of the protagonist was to retain privacy from bureaucratic snoops.

Re: How Britain’s exit from the European Union may affect privacy in the United States of America. conflict of laws/surveillance/constitutionalfreedoms, esp. 4th, 5th and ninth amendments.

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/there-are-so-many-criminal-laws-in-orwells-work-1984

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#MYOB [Mind Your Own Business] #MOOB [Mind One’s Own Business] but #FollowFriday #Anyway

Twitter and Anne Rice’s Vampires

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/myob-mind-your-own-business-moob-mind-ones-own-business-but-followfriday-anyway

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“Yeah, it’s getting like that.”–RichCapparela with @ClassicalKUSC think #YoungFrankenstein

Funny

Car Tune coming up!

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/yeah-its-getting-like-that-richcapparela-with-classi

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Caveat: “They” R “on” 2U

Will , others be implicated in drug delivery probe? !

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@Dodgers Re: Pitching @orelHershiser and #CharleySteiner Tomorrow will take care of itself @SportsNetLA

This day has sufficient contention.

Remember Ravin.

https://johnrubens.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/tomorrow-will-take-care-of-itself-sportsnetla

 

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