Abulsme.com: October 2013

@abulsme tweets from 2013-10-23 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 10/22/2013: 12,188 steps and 9 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 00:04:16
Downloading MacOS Mavericks now. Woo? Also, iOS 7.03 too it seems. 00:07:05
iOS 7.03 installed on phone. (Not iPad yet.). Added iCloud Keychain stuff it looks like. Mavericks installer finished downloading. ClickingвЂ¦ 00:42:33
This year's opus -> Reading – OS X 10.9 Mavericks: The Ars Technica Review (John Siracusa) http://t.co/5ryq5WjyYM 06:53:24
Reading – The revealing, occasionally hateful, formerly anonymous Tweets of a White House insider (Ambinder) http://t.co/K4a7WKvH6P 07:01:40
RT @imbou: @abulsme I just finished Mavericks, now I have to delete stuff on my iPhone to apply any update so it's not happening today. 07:01:58
.@imbou Finished installing a few hours ago, since then I have been tweaking and exploring. Nice so far. in reply to imbou 07:02:46
Reading – The impending GOP crackup: Will it be Hillary vs Jeb Bush vs Ted Cruz in 2016? (Elias Isquith) http://t.co/J8nfjddd4K 14:03:12
Reading – How to Circumvent the Law and Risk Arming Terrorists (Conor Friedersdorf) http://t.co/xaxnKbUv8S 14:16:35
Reading – Beware of Gerrymandering Denialists! (David Weigel) http://t.co/NBV0qJg7iy 17:57:56
Reading – Is Obamacare’s вЂtech surge’ real? (Ezra Klein) http://t.co/kjNDEepV2n 18:09:03
Reading – Don’t ally with libertarians: Ideologues co-opt an anti-NSA rally (Tom Watson) http://t.co/nBC1r8wLTS 18:20:05
RT @LOLGOP: This is Ted Cruz's gift to the Republican Party. http://t.co/sAabR7R6Rw 22:53:31
RT @NBCNews: BREAKING: White House says it intends to postpone deadline for individuals to be required to buy health insurance by as long aвЂ¦ 22:53:50
RT @matthewstoller: Obama should just respond sarcastically to Merkel. "No, the NSA tapped everyone's phone in the world but yours. You're вЂ¦ 22:55:21
Reading – Gerrymandering Still Isn't to Blame for the Shutdown (Nate Cohn) http://t.co/QUhXF4ZIRy 23:43:00
Reading – White House Plans to Extend Purchase Deadline for Health Insurance (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/zkBcujqNHv 23:44:32

@abulsme tweets from 2013-10-22 (UTC)

Watching – DOCTOR WHO 50th Anniversary Tribute: "The Day of The Doctor" NOV 23 (BBC AMERICA) http://t.co/U6UFjMy9ox 00:48:05
My fitbit #Fitstats for 10/21/2013: 8,989 steps and 6.6 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:02:07
This week’s CC with @imbou in the can as of about 30 minutes ago. As usual, out once I get around to it. :-) 03:45:10
RT @nathgallego: OMG! "#Isohunt Initiating self destruction"…but thereВґs hope like terminator would say @garyfung "IВґll be back" – http:/вЂ¦ 06:18:47
Reading – Poll Results Just Keep Getting Worse and Worse for Republicans (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/PeH48Q22yK 06:22:41
Reading – Edward Snowden is no traitor (Richard Cohen) http://t.co/DJVhOy0RRA 06:32:42
Reading – Mozambique's Former Rebels End 1992 Peace Deal (VOA) http://t.co/M8MZuIfbGN 06:57:01
Reading – Uruguay to sell legal marijuana $1 a gram (AP) http://t.co/ljGYeX47A0 07:20:04
Reading – A Grim Report on Press Freedoms Under Obama (ZoГ« Carpenter) http://t.co/LE4DPOBAs2 15:23:42
Reading – Cruz-ing Off The Cliff (Rod Dreher) http://t.co/FT9q4RazYl 15:25:50
Reading – 2016 Primary: Cruz Top Choice for Conservatives (Peter Moore) https://t.co/N5wnjZ6OO1 16:22:37
Watching the Apple event and commentary on @twit. We will see if there is anything unexpected. http://t.co/SFrqrlwJ3x 17:18:44
RT @indecision: If Republicans really wanted to shutdown the government, they could have just let Democrats design more websites. 19:11:09
Sad no AppleTV update. Gave Amy an IOU for an AppleTV for her birthday. Waited in case there was update. Guess will just order current one. 19:14:13
It is still overdue for an update of course, but no idea how long the wait will be at this point, and don’t want to make her wait. 19:14:45
It goes with a new actual TV for her room, prev if she didn’t want to watch on the projector in the living room, she had to use computer. 19:15:43
Reading – Apple TV plays hooky again at iPad event, all eyes turn to 2014 (Joan E. Solsman) http://t.co/tgrqt340y9 19:23:20
For the record, my new lust object is the iPad Mini WiFi+Cellular, 128GB, Verizon. Yum. Don’t imagine I will actually upgrade this year tho. 19:25:13
That would be the Retina one of course. Would have asked for Mini last year, I like size better, only went for the big one cause of retina. 19:27:00
Reading – Don’t Start None, Won’t Be None (Sean Carroll) http://t.co/WdI7PqUBWf 21:17:07
Reading – 5 Million Lines of Obfuscation (David Auerbach) http://t.co/0O84N0WAj3 21:24:19
Just completed a 2.96 km walk – Long dog walk. http://t.co/iTMhrV5jJY #RunKeeper 23:29:08

@abulsme tweets from 2013-10-21 (UTC)

Just completed a 2.14 km walk – Dog walk http://t.co/rqkQoWMcCw #RunKeeper 00:16:08
My fitbit #Fitstats for 10/20/2013: 6,045 steps and 4.5 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:55
Reading – Bungled instructions set planes on collision course (Theo Merz) http://t.co/aW7Mvb7Enk 01:14:38
Reading – GarageBand going free-as-in-freemium, iWork, iLife iOS 7-style app icons revealed (Rene Ritchie) http://t.co/rAhwYxkAKt 01:59:51
Reading – Can leaks promote national security? (Marc Ambinder) http://t.co/n3Ou8nCmNZ 06:06:49
Reading – As Downloads Dip, Music Executives Cast a Wary Eye on Streaming Services (Ben Sisario) http://t.co/FL8ULYdv7B 06:10:05
Reading – Contractors See Weeks of Work on Health Site (LaFraniere/Austen/Pear) http://t.co/wFKnVdoVpo 06:19:56
Reading – Surprise! Obamacare is Actually Fairly Popular (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/xOdTSBYKaE 16:18:25
RT @TheAtlanticWire: The first Obamacare enrollee from Delaware is excited http://t.co/zSXI4JVIpc http://t.co/J2U8QOOYoU 16:34:54
Reading – Marriage Equality’s Latest Triumph вЂ“ And Achievements Thus Far (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/1s2fvTJZzk 16:45:23
Reading – At the White House: Obamacare success stories that aren't (Byron York) http://t.co/dHgk2aPdDU 19:24:58
Reading – The Premium On Legal Weed, Ctd (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/Yx7ImS9Bbm 19:30:30
RT @octal: FWIW, yes, we did shut down @cryptoseal privacy VPN service due to @lavabit related concerns over pen trap orders. https://t.coвЂ¦ 19:35:09
Reading – A Disaster The Democrats Didn’t See Coming (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/Zn7p3QRcKA 19:38:57

@abulsme tweets from 2013-10-20 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 10/19/2013: 4,031 steps and 3 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:11
Reading – Edward Snowden: US would have buried NSA warnings forever (Ed Pilkington) http://t.co/ivMUxzBp9T 15:31:41
RT @tomcolicchio: Debt increase by POTUS:
Reagan 186%
Bush 54%
Clinton 41%
Bush II 72%
Obama 23%
Source CBO

Interesting 15:40:03
Reading – I'm Daisy Coleman, The Teenager At The Center Of The Maryville Rape Media Storm (Daisy Coleman) http://t.co/9vvZxXPw8w 17:50:11
Reading – ArchiveTeam Works Hard to Avert isoHunt Data Massacre (Ernesto, TorrentFreak) http://t.co/mXRuNMmKF1 17:55:49
Reading – NSA Accessed Mexican President’s Email (GlГјsing/Poitras/Rosenbach/Stark) http://t.co/OfKGukhsAa 18:05:53
Reading – On Tuesday, Apple Will Make You Want To Buy An Apple TV For The Holidays (Anthony Wing Kosner)
http://t.co/DcxI4LW2nm 18:38:06
Reading – The Space Invader (Simon Parkin) http://t.co/4O4N8mexT5 19:22:32
Reading – Mexican drug lord assassinated by killer clowns (Xeni Jardin) http://t.co/EOwIiCrsDb 19:29:32
Reading – Apple silently updates OS X Mavericks Golden Master to new version (Mark Gurman) http://t.co/25hsgcjhiN 19:33:48
[Abulpost] Amy is Eighteen!!!! http://t.co/ZDw5TnjxXD 20:26:21
Reading – Does the global warming 'pause' mean what you think it means? (Dana Nuccitelli) http://t.co/bdpfwB4Jrg 23:04:06
Reading – McConnell vows to end GOP government shutdowns. Is tea party listening? (Mark Sappenfield) http://t.co/qCVi9VL0sj 23:14:27
Reading – A software installer’s view on the Obamacare IT mess (Michael Barone) http://t.co/5Hs3P3C5pL 23:19:35
Reading – A new stage of my mission (John Donaghy) http://t.co/s6vd8aCE0A 23:53:53

Amy is Eighteen!!!!

I screwed up and didn’t set up a post to go automatically at 14:07 UTC today (7:07 AM Pacific, 10:07 AM Eastern) when she was EXACTLY 18 years old… but in any case…

Today’s is Amy’s 18th birthday!!!! One of those “significant” birthdays. Happy birthday Amy!

Welcome to adulthood. :-)

(In the picture above, taken on September 7th, she is in the process of wrangling the soccer team she coached over the summer into position for the official group photo.)

@abulsme tweets from 2013-10-19 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 10/18/2013: 7,797 steps and 5.8 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:36
Reading – Podcast App Playback Speeds (Marco Arment) http://t.co/vYGL5svSEi 01:27:50
.@marcoarment Just a feature request for podcast app. PLEASE a good shuffle feature? Missing from all apps I’ve tried. Thanks. :-) 01:33:25
.@marcoarment 2b clear on use case: Auto refreshed playlist w/ most recent eps (unlistened only). When podcast finishes, random pick next. 01:36:47
Reading – Imagining iPad mini 2: Retina display and the gold play? (Rene Ritchie) http://t.co/F3DcGhVfPE 05:11:19
Reading – Utah Men May Face Charges For Toppling 170 Million Year Old Rock Formation (Zoe Schlanger) http://t.co/7yjLRyNjYB 11:04:20
Reading: Saudi Arabia in Unprecedented Withdrawal from UN Security Council over Syria, Palestine (Juan Cole) http://t.co/iN75CwQh4R 11:14:36
RT @LoganDobson: do you have an opinion as to who the current frontrunner is for the 2016 Republican nomination?
stop that. stop having anвЂ¦ 11:32:56
Reading – GCHQ accused of monitoring privileged emails between lawyers and clients (Owen Bowcott) http://t.co/ZS1Ye3N7Yy 16:21:12
Reading – 'Kentucky kickback': an issue for Mitch McConnell or just friendly fire? (Gail Russell Chaddock)
http://t.co/rAiIpu7pdP 16:36:45
Reading – Dick Cheney altered heart defibrillator over terrorist attack fears (Heather Saul) http://t.co/BcofDUQhNL 16:45:20
Reading – Chelyabinsk impact : Huge chunk of asteroid dredged up from lake. (Phil Plait) http://t.co/osh9lswpNp 18:36:27
Reading – Grow Up, Tea Party (Rod Dreher) http://t.co/Kkgb9fLCtj 18:42:20
Reading – Sensitive Tea Partiers Need to Stop Taking Criticism So Personally (Conor Friedersdorf) http://t.co/EHZat8kKnW 21:19:19
Reading – Greek officials work to identify mystery girl (Nicholas Paphitis) http://t.co/WtG09aq8W1 21:23:41
Reading – Cruz Warns Senate GOP: вЂConsequences’ for Supporting вЂLousy Deal’ (Robert Costa) http://t.co/pfAbrgP9mZ 21:35:26
finished Things Fall Apart: A Novel (African Trilogy) by Chinua Achebe http://t.co/b1Zzm3SloX 23:20:55

@abulsme tweets from 2013-10-18 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 10/17/2013: 12,201 steps and 9 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:36
Reading – Snowden Says He Took No Secret Files to Russia (James Risen) http://t.co/5rsoVsaWou 04:02:45
Reading – Documents reveal NSA’s extensive involvement in targeted killing program (Miller/Tate/Gellman) http://t.co/GRO176EO7M 15:33:24
Reading – The Aftermess (John Scalzi) http://t.co/8NkPt4SZHj 15:37:55
Reading – No, the Earth (Almost Certainly) Won’t Get Hit by an Asteroid in 2032 [Phil Plait] http://t.co/qo8swbKwmS 15:43:26
Reading – Bee Orchid (xkcd) http://t.co/sjbVax67Pi 15:53:08
Just completed a 2.12 km walk – Dog walk. http://t.co/frr3f7EwDE #RunKeeper 21:14:42

@abulsme tweets from 2013-10-17 (UTC)

RT @BYUfan: @abulsme I've read that Bezos is a dick too, but I doubt that you'd mention THAT on your podcast. :-) 01:18:27
.@BYUfan No comment. :-) in reply to BYUfan 01:18:47
RT @BYUfan: @abulsme I don't thunk anybody would appreciate being called a вЂќnon-dick guyвЂќ. 01:33:02
.@BYUfan Oops… in reply to BYUfan 01:33:12
RT @rickklein: it's Senator Cory Booker. As if today could get worse for Republicans. 01:37:47
There is STILL TIME for this deal to fall apart in the House! :-) 01:38:53
Still at the office for a late thing with folks in Asia/Pacific in a couple hours, but turning on C-Span for the House vote. :-) 01:58:12
RT @jbarro: It'd be kinda funny if the bill got defeated on this vote. 01:58:37
RT @BYUfan: @abulsme @imbou Brin, Page, Musk…great innovators…not dicks. 02:00:14
My fitbit #Fitstats for 10/16/2013: 6,386 steps and 4.7 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 02:01:32
RT @StevenTDennis: A little over half of House Rs voting yes. Probably better for Boehner/McConnell if it gets a majority of the majority. 02:02:40
They sure are taking their time to vote. :-) 02:04:21
RT @morningmoneyben: this thing is over w/ 29 R votes now. Just interesting to watch how high that R number goes 02:05:48
RT @frankthorpNBC: 18 NOs Senate Bill
Coburn
Cornyn
Crapo
Cruz
Enzi
Grassley
Heller
Johnson-WI
Lee
Paul
Risch
Roberts
Rubio
Scott
Sessions
вЂ¦ 02:08:03
RT @JTSTheHill: Our first Democratic no vote is on the board 02:08:15
RT @MaggieJordanACN: They just removed the No Dem vote, must have been a recording error. 02:09:35
We'll be done in a few minutes. How anti-climactic. I was (as usual) rooting for massive chaos and turmoil after a default! 02:11:29
Done. There ya go. Unless of course Obama vetoes. :-) 02:12:14
Or Obama and Biden both resign in the next hour and President Boehner vetoes. Hey, ya never know, right? 02:13:33
RT @kaysteiger: </shutdown> 02:14:09
OK, guess I should get back to work. I have to finish prepping a presentation in the next hour or so. 02:15:06
RT @pourmecoffee: Pursuant to Constitution, Reid and Boehner must now ride bill in a motorcycle with sidecar over to White House for POTUS вЂ¦ 02:15:47
RT @Goldfarb: So by essentially a 2 to 1 margin, the House had the votes to keep the gov't open. 02:26:37
[Abulpost] Late Night at the Office http://t.co/TNLidvIVo5 03:19:04
Noticing reports of pork added to bill as sweeteners to get it through. Bleh. :-/ 03:23:15
RT @ChrisDaniels5: All TEN of the Washington Representatives voted YES on the legislation to end THE shutdown. 03:29:53
RT @ChrisDaniels5: WA Y's: Democrats DelBene, Heck, Kilmer, Larsen, McDermott, Smith & Republicans Hastings, Herrera Beutler, McMorris RodgвЂ¦ 03:29:57
RT @ChrisDaniels5: FYI – Washington Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell both voted YES on the legislation to end the shutdown. WaitingвЂ¦ 03:30:10
Finished my work thing. I gather Obama didn’t veto the bill? Oh wellвЂ¦. next time maybe. :-) 05:17:56
Reading – The Speaker’s Job Is вЂ“ Amazingly вЂ“ Safe (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/PXryH25ACB 12:46:37
Reading – We Are Cancelling the Financial Apocalypse!! As for Other Apocalypses… (Daniel W. Drezner) http://t.co/WKiVSUOrky 12:49:44
Reading – Senate and House: Votes on Agreement to End the Government Shutdown and Raise the Debt Ceiling (voteview) http://t.co/yOBiq7RuVj 12:52:41
Reading – The American Genocide Against Iraq: 4% of Population Dead as result of US sanctions, wars (J Cole) http://t.co/SDaScsQKLa 16:16:11
Reading – Fake crises are distracting us from really serious ones (Ryan Cooper) http://t.co/biip0KuP3h 16:19:32
Reading – The Sabotage Of American Democracy (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/c7VFt4gq8R 16:25:05
RT @HonestToddler: Stop pushing socialization on toddlers. We’ll learn to pretend to like others in our own time. 17:06:19
Just completed a 2.33 km walk – Pre-lunch walk. http://t.co/bo3Yg1zjvB #RunKeeper 20:45:54
Reading – PPP Polling Methodology : The Case of Georgia (Nate Cohn) http://t.co/8RufHqjac9 20:57:48
Reading – How to Fix Washington (Ryan Lizza) http://t.co/sy1ZMcAd4D 21:04:16

Late Night at the Office

@abulsme tweets from 2013-10-16 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 10/15/2013: 8,670 steps and 6.4 km traveled. http://t.co/0ZdhbuUa9B 00:02:24
Reading – Stunned Republicans React to Canceled Vote (Jonathan Strong) http://t.co/AJaFzvuz4A 01:12:09
RT @ObsoleteDogma: "'It’s all over. We’ll take the Senate deal,' says a senior GOP aide." http://t.co/wGdtSMXGnN by @j_strong 01:12:15
RT @NoahShachtman: Oh God, this crap already?!?! RT @politico: Hillary Clinton: I backed Osama bin Laden raid; Biden didn't http://t.co/55OвЂ¦ 01:22:15
RT @ezraklein: Republicans blaming Obama for trying to break them should be a lot angrier at Ted Cruz for putting them in a position to be вЂ¦ 01:22:59
RT @AriMelber: This is procedurally big.
"Sen Dem source: Boehner will send clean message tmrw"
(That speeds process if Cruz objects.)
~ @вЂ¦ 02:04:47
Ha! RT @jasoncherkis: RT @jonathanchait Time now for Obama to announce he'll veto any debt ceiling bill unless it has single payer attached. 02:05:18
RT @juanapu16: sometimes gravity sucks 02:08:05
Reading – Why Should the Public Trust Republicans With Power? (Daniel Larison) http://t.co/PkWPA2nZ9M 05:38:50
Reading – Freedom of Information (Ken Auletta) http://t.co/S8Q1VJBod4 05:55:31
Reading – Investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald to leave Britain’s Guardian newspaper (Paul Farhi) http://t.co/LRxwQkAchG 05:59:18
Reading – Progressives: Anybody but Clinton (Laura Washington) http://t.co/UeNwkcDL3z 06:03:00
RT @wilw: If your Internet Guyв„ў is all вЂњPut limited content in RSS because AD REVENUE AND PAGE VIEWS!вЂќ Please punch him in the face and theвЂ¦ 06:06:45
Reading – What Moderate Republicans? (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/v7DwieR2jz 06:19:01
Reading – Lindsey Graham: It’s the Democrats’ Fault for Letting Us F**k the Country (Chez Pazienza) http://t.co/aFaDK3rjJo 06:23:02
Reading – Small-Government Conservative Self-Sabotage (Daniel Larison) http://t.co/eUUhMX8rh8 06:24:59
Reading – Seeing the Debt Ceiling Fight From the Other Side (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/FI7rlTUHPv 06:28:17
RT @daveanthony: The House GOP sang "Amazing Grace" in a closed door meeting this morning, Rep. Issa told USA today, not knowing that was cвЂ¦ 06:30:18
Reading – Wyden Warns Public Will Have to Beat вЂBusiness-as-Usual Brigade’ to Win Real Reform (Kevin Gosztola) http://t.co/QljQMY2fUT 07:08:08
Reading – The Strangelove Republicans (Rod Dreher) http://t.co/vJpZWCS7gI 07:15:06
Reading – Just How Bad Is the Obamacare Website, Anyway? (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/qpvHynzdbX 07:37:56
[Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: You Got Played http://t.co/rkjd3V6GiE 08:08:10
Reading – A Chat with the Makers of Don't Snoop Me Bro, a New Fool-Proof Encryption Tool (Dell Cameron) http://t.co/Apqqc0GP41 16:10:55
Reading – The debt ceiling standoff in one chart (Neil Irwin) http://t.co/ih90Q2m0xI 16:14:37
Reading – Graham Threatens to вЂObject’ to Deal, Demands Vote on Vitter Amendment (Robert Costa) http://t.co/Uw9cmZQjde 16:17:12
RT @jesseberney: "I only do FAKE filibusters." RT @frankthorpNBC: BREAKING: Asked if he intends to delay Senate vote, @SenTedCruz says "Of вЂ¦ 16:24:28
Ya don’t say? RT @mviser: вЂњThis is far less than many of us hoped for, frankly.вЂќ вЂ” Mitch McConnell 16:26:50
RT @ZaidJilani: In exchange for GOP not killing the entire govt, Democrats have agreed to humiliate Obamacare recipients w/income verificatвЂ¦ 16:28:02
RT @LoganDobson: We appear to have pushed off major financial calamity, but there's still only ~5 billion years until the Sun engulfs EarthвЂ¦ 16:39:41
Reminder that there is still time for this вЂњdealвЂќ to fall apart and let my Curmudgeon’s Corner prediction be right instead of @imbou‘s! 16:42:12
RT @iDudeness: @abulsme @imbou How Curmudgeonly of you. 16:45:48
Reading – Breaking: US Debt Ceiling Crisis Averted As Republicans Cave (Ben Cohen) http://t.co/RVbGiY9oTl 16:54:30
RT @dcbigjohn: "Hey look at us! We decided to schedule ANOTHER shutdown in a few months! WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS" – all of the senate right now 17:01:08
Reading – Meep Meep (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/195vYTB2W7 17:57:21
RT @mviser: Club for Growth just sent alert out urging members to vote "NO" on the Reid-McConnell plan. 18:06:28
RT @chucktodd: Club for Growth has made it official, they are "key voting" the compromise deal and advocating a "no" vote. #2014primarywatch 18:06:45
Reading – The Tea Party As A Religion (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/Y8uQzfNEdx 18:21:51
RT @jmartNYT: in sum: Rs are throwing in towel on o'care, shutdown, debt ceiling & in exchange they get…the budget conference sought by DвЂ¦ 19:07:18
RT @HayesBrown: To quote Dr. Horrible: "That's…not a good sound." RT @sahilkapur: OH in House R conf mtg: loud applause. 19:11:11
RT @rainnwilson: So the Affordable Care act has pretty much been scuttled and gutted right? Congrats, Tea Party! Well played! YEEEEHAAAAW! вЂ¦ 19:26:33
RT @Chris_Moody: Boehner told House Republicans in private meeting that the GOP would "live to fight another day" and urged them to supportвЂ¦ 19:29:33
RT @Chris_Moody: House GOP members gave Boehner a standing ovation at the end of private meeting today. 19:29:37
RT @Chris_Moody: House vote expected at around 11 PM tonight. 19:29:40
RT @ZekeJMiller: Boehner: "blocking the bipartisan agreement reached today by the members of the Senate will not be a tactic for us" 19:30:18
Looks like @imbou is going to be right about fix before deadline. I had thought they might go past by a day or two. But there is still time! 19:35:47
RT @imbou: @abulsme my predictive powers this year have been on a rampage 19:44:54
.@imbou All luck I tell you. All luck! And hey, it could still all fall apart! in reply to imbou 19:45:58
RT @TheStalwart: Til next timeвЂ¦ RT @BrettLoGiurato: Barack Obama Said To Place Giant Round Item Back In Vault 19:57:02
Reading – How Malala, Teen Activist Shot By Taliban, Made Jon Stewart's Jaw Drop (Eleanor Goldberg) http://t.co/vry4k5bO4z 20:16:40
Reading – EFF Files Challenge With Patent Office Against Troll's Podcasting Patent (Dave Maass) https://t.co/ZWVblJ2qgt 20:18:46
RT @BenjySarlin: If nothing else, Boehner seems to have succeeded in directing all the right's anger to McConnell instead 20:19:16
Reading – Why It's So Difficult to Climb Amazon's Corporate Ladder (Brad Stone) http://t.co/Upbq8smteJ 20:25:27
RT @imbou: @BenjySarlin @abulsme first rules of survival. Figure out who or what to blame! 20:35:34

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