John Presnall

@JohnPresnall

No longer blogs at the defunct Postmodern Conservative, and haven't blogged at Speleological Reflections in a long time. Tweets my own.

Joined September 2009

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  1. Retweeted
    Jan 12

    So, back to . The second movie completes the story of the first through a bunch of parallels & reversals intended to show just how similar Vito & Michael are & in what way their experience of America separates them.

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    Jan 6

    Here’s the only other I know of.

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  3. Retweeted
    28 Dec 2017

    & I talk about the . Last podcast of the year and we go through the great twin themes of the Americanization of the Corleone family and the rise of Machiavellian thinking.

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    27 Dec 2017

    Ministry of Culture ranks puns as lowest form of English Humor. Physical Slapstick comedy highest.

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    20 Dec 2017

    Song of the Year. Morrissey's "Spent the Day in Bed." The more I play it the greater and more expressive it becomes.

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  6. 20 Dec 2017

    Thanks to for making Christmas break thoroughly enjoyable with his great translation. It's a Herodotean X-Mas!

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    16 Dec 2017

    Andy Ferguson on Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone magazine: perfect. Just perfect.

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  8. 14 Dec 2017

    Pat DiNizio died yesterday. A great singer. A great songwritèr. He will be missed. So many songs. I regret I never got to see The Smithereens live. I sure they were excellent. @TexRemy

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  9. 12 Dec 2017

    Another false story, this time in the Failing , that I watch 4-8 hours of television a day - Wrong! Also, I seldom, if ever, watch reality television like Survivor. I never watch Jeff Probst, who I once called the “dumbest man on television!” Bad Reporting.

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  10. 30 Nov 2017

    Gordon Chang at College of the Mainland on NORK nuclear crisis.

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  11. 29 Nov 2017

    What Assad learned from Lincoln according to Landis...Moral equivalence, lack of nuance, bad analogy, and obtuse judgment.

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    27 Nov 2017

    “The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.”

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    24 Nov 2017

    Who will Tom Friedman use as a source when cab drivers are replaced by self-driving cars?

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  14. 15 Nov 2017

    Now for some good news. Charles Manson reportedly clinging to life in California hospital via

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  15. 1 Nov 2017

    Sports Illustrated needs to give Ben Reiter a raise. Better than Nate Silver on a good day.

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    1 Nov 2017
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    1 Nov 2017

    George Springer is your 2017 World Series MVP!

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  18. 1 Nov 2017

    From "Lastros" to World Champions. What a team!! Altuve, Correa, Springer, Verlander, Bergman, Keuchel, etc.

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  19. 1 Nov 2017

    Never thought I'd see it!! 1980, 1986, 2005--So Close!! This year they do it!! Such a great team! Go Stros!!

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    1 Nov 2017

    THE JINX IS DEAD

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