Abulsme.com: November 2012

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Five Minutes of Peace

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:

Obama’s Drone Policy
Egypt, Etc.
The American Dream
Holiday Shopping

Recorded on 26 Nov 2012

Length this week – 1:10:51


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@abulsme tweets from 2012-11-29 (UTC)

Reading – Staring into Saturn’s baleful eye (Emily Lakdawalla) http://t.co/ht4sx5Bq 05:38:29
Reading – Coleman on Oswin/Clara Mystery (DWTV) http://t.co/yYjN2kYm 06:00:20
Reading – Why Fall Off the Fiscal Cliff When You Can Fly Off? (David Frum) http://t.co/c2480xOt 07:13:26
Reading – Khan Academy Brings Its 3,500+ Educational Videos To The iPhone (Rip Empson) http://t.co/OIhzISXq 07:16:27
Achieved a new personal record with @RunKeeper: Most calories burned in a month http://t.co/nRqZaltJ #FitnessAlerts 23:05:29
Just completed a 2.93 km walk – Afternoon walk. http://t.co/SRlHgXQJ #RunKeeper 23:05:56

@abulsme tweets from 2012-11-28 (UTC)

RT @AmazonSES: Unsure how to manage your daily volume quota? Visit our blog to learn a few tricks: http://t.co/TJUUvzTt 01:28:31
Reading – The New Defense Department Directive on “Autonomy in Weapons Systems” (Kenneth Anderson) http://t.co/UqngTFjD 02:02:28
Reading – R.I.P. National Greatness Conservatism, 1997-2012 (Gene Healy) http://t.co/0oi52KzK 02:29:27
Reading – Apple’s Mouse: A History (Stephen Hackett) http://t.co/wXGfaSXQ 02:32:46
Reading – Dark Warnings About Future of Internet Access (Eric Pfanner) http://t.co/5mr471UH 04:26:47
RT @mcpli: Interesting map of where President Obama did (and did not) increase his vote share over 2008. Note the Deep South. http://t.c … 04:34:15
Reading – Obama Team Stunned at Romney’s Campaign Blunders (Ben Cohen) http://t.co/L9QKp4FZ 16:26:54

@abulsme tweets from 2012-11-27 (UTC)

RT @mattyglesias: The 2016 invisible primary is happening right now, idea that we shouldn’t talk about it is absurd. 01:24:07
Reading – GRANTHAM: We’re Headed For A Disaster Of Biblical Proportions (Henry Blodget) http://t.co/MY0toGyv 01:34:14
RT @BuzzFeedAndrew: Widely tweeted and inaccurate. RT @IanDonovanVP: This bears repeating: Paul Ryan unfollowed Mitt Romney. That is hil … 03:38:40
[Abulpost] Alex School Pictures 2012: http://t.co/1Q2sRxPx 04:21:45
Reading – McCain Softens Criticism of Susan Rice (Taegan Goddard) http://t.co/OVjGtGg2 06:27:48
Reading – The Limits of “Speaking Out” (Daniel Larison) http://t.co/xvXScLe6 06:31:44
Reading – 30 Ways Your Spending Habits Change With Age (Sam Ro) http://t.co/ANDPehF4 06:37:00
Reading – The Coming Filibuster War (Michael Tomasky) http://t.co/QyyxWIVd 06:48:32
Reading – How Hillary Clinton’s choices predict her future (Stephanie McCrummen) http://t.co/f7N3xhcd 07:24:21
Reading – When It Comes to Security, We’re Back to Feudalism (Bruce Schneier) http://t.co/sC1sHOHn 16:23:13
Reading – Financial Catastrophe Apparently No Longer a Republican Concern (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/1u2xyZh1 16:30:03
This this this -> Reading – Obama: a GOP president should have rules limiting the kill list (Glenn Greenwald) http://t.co/XRgCHwii 16:44:15
Achieved a new personal record with @RunKeeper: Farthest distance in a month http://t.co/nRqZaltJ #FitnessAlerts 20:49:25
Just completed a 2.39 km walk – Lunch walk. http://t.co/GHM8htqC #RunKeeper 20:49:51

Alex School Pictures 2012

@abulsme tweets from 2012-11-26 (UTC)

Reading – Inadvertent Wingnut Humor Site of the Day: Conservative Fact Check (Charles Johnson) http://t.co/qOivWJkx 01:40:21
Reading – On Lincoln, Grooming, and American History (Matthew Bell) http://t.co/4WZad0VJ 01:54:22
RT @AntDeRosa: Awkward RT @IanDonovanVP: This bears repeating: Paul Ryan unfollowed Mitt Romney. That is hilarious. 01:54:32
Reading – Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can't Protect Us Anymore (Mat Honan) http://t.co/NkZChhcA 04:10:47
Reading – Where Are You Android Users? (Josh Marshall) http://t.co/1FvoOEEz 04:24:02
Reading – Where Obama and Romney Beat Their Polls (Nate Silver) http://t.co/PRjEuS6Z 05:02:42
Reading – Microsoft has failed (Charlie Demerjian) http://t.co/XsmcrEL7 05:55:38
Reading – Obama 'drone-warfare rulebook' condemned by human rights groups (Karen McVeigh) http://t.co/WG779FO3 07:47:05
RT @Redistrict: And with that, the moment many have been waiting for has arrived. @MittRomney drops to 47.49% of the popular vote: https … 15:57:56
Reading – The Myth of the Obama Cave-In (David Corn) http://t.co/sp2d7UOK 16:25:19
Reading – What The Hell Just Happened In Egypt? (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/tjsbTwn8 16:30:11
Reading – The View From Your Thanksgiving (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/eRQoJD0l 17:29:47
Reading – Breaking The Norquist Spell (Rod Dreher) http://t.co/WdPv53M7 17:33:45

@abulsme tweets from 2012-11-25 (UTC)

Reading – Coming Home in a Blaze of Glory (Phil Plait) http://t.co/ft1Pg020 00:30:50
Reading – Saxby Chambliss: One more Republican breaks ranks over anti-tax pledge (Gail Russell Chaddock) http://t.co/lzOWuIPv 04:27:24
Reading – Election Spurred a Move to Codify U.S. Drone Policy (Scott Shane) http://t.co/NDZ5UQEk 15:54:08
Reading – Obama Administration Was Not Willing to Trust Romney with a Secret Kill List (Kevin Gosztola) http://t.co/SOJWeYjl 15:59:55
Reading – Throwing the 1% under the bus for the 0.1%? (Joshua Tucker) http://t.co/S1MMzbaJ 16:06:54
Reading – The Clinton 6 vs. The Obama 3 (Bonncaruso) http://t.co/jjwdspC5 16:13:19
Reading – Who Mysteries: Lifespan of the Doctors (DWTV) http://t.co/k8gHYaBf 16:17:11
RT @sahilkapur: Patty Murray: "The dynamic changes dramatically on January 1st. . . . Anything we do will be a tax cut at that point." h … 16:23:00
Reading – Patty Murray likely to be a key voice in Senate on budget deal (Rosalind Helderman) http://t.co/XKxqyqkQ 16:29:04
Reading – Is Historic Discovery imminent concerning Martian Organic Chemistry? (Ken Kremer) http://t.co/jRUTHk7I 16:33:55
Reading – Let the Tax Cuts Expire—Yes, All of Them (Jonathan Cohn) http://t.co/tYlho8uK 16:52:55
Pet Peeve: Articles whose HTML titles are different than the actual headline. 16:53:39
Another Pet Peeve: Sites that put author names in all caps. 16:54:03
Reading – What Nate Silver really accomplished (Greg Sargent) http://t.co/ZCJarWd9 16:58:50
RT @ananavarro: Ur a political junkie when…2 wks post-election, ur thinking of a Bush-Clinton '16 rematch. Would b worth watching. Cla … 17:44:00
Reading – What Should Teachers Say to Religious Students Who Doubt Evolution? (John Horgan) http://t.co/8NmPWqN1 22:23:31

@abulsme tweets from 2012-11-24 (UTC)

Reading – As the vote count trickles in (Jonathan Bernstein) http://t.co/VQdE2SRF 03:33:50
Reading – The Government's Magnet Ban Might Actually Be Easy To Circumvent (Andrew Liszewski) http://t.co/sMVZDCRI 03:35:58
Reading – Wham, Bam, Thank You, Mitt (JT, TPM) http://t.co/PhfS1Tai 03:39:29
Reading – Skyfall Proves that James Bond is a Time Lord (Alan Gratz) http://t.co/VsPWDMHu 03:44:00
Reading – We Are How We Eat (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/h5rh087B 06:57:27
Reading – Jeb Bush in 2016? Not Too Early for Chatter (Jim Rutenberg & Jeff Zeleny) http://t.co/tDnYDSTF 07:46:59
RT @wjshea: @abulsme so did you get the mini? 17:00:25
.@wjshea I have requested the big one from my wife for Christmas. Decided that would be the choice I would be less frustrated by. in reply to wjshea 17:04:59
Reading – 587 – Maps as War by Other Means (Frank Jacobs) http://t.co/vpdUr6W1 18:00:58
[Abulpost] Old Home Video: Dancing at One: Video from 2010 Sep 15 http://t.co/GFCndmcx 18:50:10
Reading – The doctor will e-mail you now. And then see you later. (Sarah Kliff) http://t.co/4mvQV41h 19:17:51
RT @DLeonhardt: As of now, the 2012 election is the 13th closest (+3.3%), with bigger margin than Bush '04 or '00, Carter '76, Nixon '68 … 22:49:33
Reading – iTunes through the ages (Jacqui Cheng) http://t.co/cYx2wZPB 23:02:19
Reading – A Totally Crazy Way To Raise Taxes on the Rich (Matthew Yglesias) http://t.co/dN77YlYU 23:08:51

Old Home Video: Dancing at One

Video from 2010 Sep 15

@abulsme tweets from 2012-11-23 (UTC)

Reading – Egypt's Morsi grants himself far-reaching powers (Associated Press) http://t.co/kAQ8hiSx 00:05:21
[Abulpost] Turkey Day 2012: http://t.co/utX5PnQT 02:05:43
Reading – Heatmap (Randall Monroe, xkcd) http://t.co/DbkgQMPE 08:58:39
Reading – Apps That Show Off Your Shiny New iPad’s Capabilities (Kit Eaton) http://t.co/DYXh2NhN 09:15:11
RT @mattyglesias: The less I cover Israel/Palestine the more amazing it seems that "foreign aid should be for poor countries" is so rare … 17:15:57
Reading – iPad mini + [insert non-iPhone here] = a potent combo (Chris Ziegler) http://t.co/HdVDH2Ix 17:19:38
RT @davidfrum: Someday Bill O'Reily's 65+ audience will realize they get more govt $ than any other US group http://t.co/rPMwGYtu & … 17:22:27
Reading – GOP Senator: ‘I Care More About My Country Than I Do About A 20-Year-Old Tax Pledge’ (Pema Levy) http://t.co/m8SLBiaY 17:25:38
RT @elakdawalla: RT @LEGO_Group @TimeOutLondon: Fact of the day: Lego people outnumber real people by 67:1. 17:27:32
Reading – Grading Schools Isn’t the Answer. It’s the Problem. (Michael Brick) http://t.co/aY6hKOFu 17:47:50
According to this I am a paleo-conservative -> Reading – The Conservative Future (David Brooks) http://t.co/vkttDVHH 17:49:56
Reading – An iPad Lover’s Take On The Surface With Windows RT (MG Siegler) http://t.co/wRv8Arjq 18:02:12
Reading – Today's Crazy Idea: Let's Get Rid of Tax Brackets for the Rich! (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/TAC5eE1N 18:08:13
Reading – Obama’s Next Move in the Middle East (Heather Hurlburt) https://t.co/N51xsBvh 18:14:07
Reading – A Blue Texas? Keep Dreaming (Nate Cohn) http://t.co/KchO5l2K 18:33:55
RT @Romay1963: @abulsme We can still dream. But its more important to turn local and state offices blue. Prolly 8-12 years away from swi … 18:38:13
.@Romay1963 For anybody who missed it, my own take on Blue Texas from the raw numbers: http://t.co/gjSZhEsU in reply to Romay1963 18:39:55
Reading – They Cracked This 250-Year-Old Code, and Found a Secret Society Inside (Noah Shachtman) http://t.co/RnGA4ybi 18:58:01
RT @grossdm: the Dow rose 170 points today. Investors are clearly anticipating a Romney victory. #octobertalkingpoints 18:58:25
Reading – Obama should revisit the '14th Amendment' option (Jamelle Bouie) http://t.co/l8RUA7AV 19:01:04
RT @mattyglesias: In 1936, FDR got 98.6% of the vote in South Carolina, 98% in Mississippi, and 87.1% in Georgia. #solidsouth 19:48:50
Reading – SD Lawmaker Goes on Racially Charged, Homphobic Rant After Trying to Secede from USA (Dominic Holden) http://t.co/eLhgePGR 19:52:23
Reading – Why the tea party will find success in 2014 (Jamelle Bouie) http://t.co/UFeQH7Bg 20:03:42
[Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: Even More Stupid People: In the latest Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Iva… http://t.co/SfZUoomC 23:03:34

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