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“Russia has invaded Crimea and other parts of Ukraine and has tried covertly to destabilize European democracies. China has built artificial island fortresses in international waters, claimed vast swaths of the western Pacific, and moved to organize Eurasia economically in ways favorable to Beijing. And the Islamic Republic of Iran has expanded its influence over much of Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen and is pursuing nuclear weapons.”

“The New Containment, Handling Russia, China and Iran” by Michael Mandelbaum from The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth (Oxford University Press, 2019) adapted to Foreign Affairs essay [MAR/APR 2019 at 123].

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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