JOHN RUBENS is no Mother Teresa.

Who cares? They burned ’em down. “We’ll never forget.” #Zurich #SmokeOnTheWater @mattmiller1973 “#Slaughterhouse5 @ 50” theatlantic.com by James Parker; #Tentacles of a #corporate #conglomerate’s incursion– #DeepPurple at #Slaughterhouse5 depths. https://theatlantic.com #KurtVonnegut

#Tentacles of a #corporate #conglomerate‘s incursion into the depths of one’s soul. #privacy {try} #rugby: “It all depends on one’s outlook.” “A lot of it does.” #normalcy @JudgeJoeBrownTV #GeorgeCarlin joke: Those that drive faster than me are “crazy” and those slower, “idiots!” 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes Show this thread

John Rubens‏ @raftofwater16m16 minutes ago

Beat Poets #ADelawareCorporation #Slaughterhouse5 by #KurtVonnegut @JoeBiden: See, Parker article @ http://theatlantic.com  0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes

John Rubens‏ @raftofwater19m19 minutes ago

#Tentacles of a #corporateconglomerate‘s incursion upon one’s personal space. I saw a magician extend his arm in a stretch the other day to extend the ambit of his personal space as I walked by him at the stop light. What is it about traffic lights? @ATT #DElawareCorporations 0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes

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April 5, 2019 New Moon

#Tentacles of a #corporateconglomerate‘s incursion upon one’s personal space. I saw a magician extend his arm in a stretch the other day to extend the ambit of his personal space as I walked by him at the stop light. What is it about traffic lights? @ATT #DElawareCorporations

Original concept was to caption a meme of Joe Biden encroaching over one’s back like tentacles of surveillance and control. It read:

The tentacles of a corporate conglomerate are upon you.–Delaware Corporation

Thank you for the encapsulation. When I was in college, Vonnegut was coming into retro-cult status like The Doors. Jerome Rothenberg, one of my professors, especially liked the merry pranksters and da-da/beat poets. Vonnegut was part of the scene for that genre.

ATT: How are you going to prevail in a lawsuit against us when we know SO MUCH about you John.

“And the evil spirit answered and said, ‘Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?’ And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on [the sons] them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.”

The Acts, 19:15-16 KJV–Zondervan Press [some grammar added by John Rubens to clarify parties to account].

Thanks, I was wondering if there was a game today. Shameless self-promotion [Born in SF live in LA] [#SteveLopez] #SteveJones spoke of new release: #WeirdScenesInsideTheCanyon About #LaurelCanyon. #OnceUponATimeInHollywood@QuenTarantino “The @BBC is not there.”–Chris Salevich

Listen to @955gary: We’re not worried about you, you’re listening to @955KLOS. subtext: #Swag4AnxietyDisorders #FillingTheVoid @CarolMassar #psychology #merchandising #advertising #foundations #commercials Why? He’s good for my career…so far. #InTouch @LinkedIn

I’ve done the diagram. It’s look is like a crystal snowflake. Square squared at an angle and fairways going to 4 more goals in between main routes. Offshoot of the Eu-Machine mentioned in Cal Newport’s Deep Work.

In other words: A slanted 4-way street bi-septed [to cut in half at precise junctures, like plant stems] by 4 more streets to goal of particular rugby team.

#YujingZhang You had to ruin it for #KimJongUn: “So skin off my back”, he may say.

“No skin off your back?”

“What did I say?”

“You said sew skin off my back.”

“Sew sikin off my back? Oh no.”

“Next time we’ll get it right.”

“What about #PresidentDuterte?”

“What about him?”

“He come?”

“Lots of people come Kim.”

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@SteveEarle Thanks for reminding me of Haight-Ashbury. I’m from San Mateo County but born in San Francisco. @JonesysJukebox #FlowersAndButterflies will save the planet from a hot wall. #AirFence Tweet text   Did someone say #airrights? @realDonaldTrump#GeorgeHRoss “I paid that guy a lot of money…but he helped me on #TheApprentice.” @POTUS: He gave me legitimacy before lawyers I had to discipline. #celebrityapprentice

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