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@abulsme tweets from 2013-09-02 (UTC)

Posted by Abulsme -- Tuesday 3 September 2013 00:00:00 UTC
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@abulsme tweets from 2013-09-01 (UTC)

Posted by Abulsme -- Monday 2 September 2013 00:00:00 UTC
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@abulsme tweets from 2013-08-31 (UTC)

  • My fitbit #Fitstats for 8/30/2013: 1,989 steps and 1.5 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:02:01
  • Reading – The NSA’s ‘Black Budget’ and Why We Should Be Worried About What Snowden Nabbed (Bob Cesca) http://t.co/pXgcngx3k9 03:55:25
  • Reading – David Cameron asked permission to strike Syria. Why won’t Obama? (Brad Plumer) http://t.co/AWg4DdOAvl 03:59:07
  • Reading – U.S. spy agencies mounted 231 offensive cyber-operations in 2011, docs show (Gellman/Nakashima) http://t.co/e0W2v9bpfx 04:36:51
  • Reading – UK’s Cameron must fight back after tough setback (Gregory Katz) http://t.co/mVJufI1WUG 05:08:19
  • Reading – The Tomahawks Of August (Rod Dreher) http://t.co/UzOgRStSHI 05:13:16
  • Reading – UK government says Greenwald partner practiced terrible security (Timothy B. Lee) http://t.co/plcT5PmTYN 05:28:11
  • Reading – UK asked N.Y. Times to destroy Snowden material | Reuters (Mark Hosenball) http://t.co/7d7mO3hHw5 05:59:03
  • Reading – Why Nobody Cares About the Surveillance State (David Rieff) http://t.co/Qj3zxd6IGr 06:05:34
  • [Abulpost] No More Reposts to Google+ for Me http://t.co/GVNVM5kS14 06:16:17
  • Reading – Surveillance disclosure battle heats up (Romm/Quinn) http://t.co/Nz9alkMU5w 06:19:06
  • Reading – The case for Syria may be worse than Iraq (Alex Seitz-Wald) http://t.co/4LHyddOhGi 06:29:00
  • RT @AlecMacGillis: Dracula really had it coming. RT @reidepstein: Fun fact: The last country the US formally declared war against was Roman… 06:51:33
  • Reading – New Zealand appears to have used NSA spy network to target Kim Dotcom (Cyrus Farivar) http://t.co/PFglwSC86h 16:30:22
  • RT @davidfrum: Shots across the bow work because it is expected they'll be followed by shots into the hull. But if not … 16:31:50
  • Reading – Experts Fear U.S. Plan to Strike Syria Overlooks Risks (Barnard/Rubin) http://t.co/7fKkipJWvT 16:51:39
  • Reading – Tooth Fairy Inflation (Centives) http://t.co/lDh8yCfkm9 16:56:36
  • Reading – Larry a summers and the Secret 'End-Game' Memo (Greg Palant) http://t.co/CO23iCNFMU 17:03:35
  • RT @tparsi: You know something's up when Diplomats favor war, and Generals favor diplomacy

    #Syria #Dempsey #Kerry @MehdiRHasan @Ali_Gharib… 17:06:57

  • Doesn't say how much he started with! -> Reading – Make $377,000 trading Apple in one day (Rob Curran) http://t.co/boNBsDj06x 17:21:42
  • Speech Over. I obviously disagree with intervention, but big kudos to @BarackObama for taking it to the Congress. That is the right call. 18:01:03
  • Now we'll see what happens in Congress. Next test will be what Obama does if Congress says no. Presume Obama thinks he has the votes though. 18:02:47
  • RT @chucktodd: May be first time in years that just about every single member of Congress, regardless of party will issue a press release p… 18:04:06
  • RT @BenjySarlin: VERY bad RT @sahilkapur: Bad news for the members of Congress who wanted to wash their hands of this and criticize whateve… 18:08:17
  • RT @JHarperReports: Operation Symbolic Gesture in #Syria has been postponed. Operation Labor Day BBQ will proceed as scheduled. 18:14:20
  • This should be very interesting in the Congress by the way. Opinions on this not really divided on D/R lines. 18:20:07
  • RT @jricole: Interesting possibility that a Left-Libertarian alliance in Congress could defeat Syria resolution 18:22:11
  • RT @gerrycanavan: "strikes will be just as effective tomorrow as they will be in a month" What about a year? I bet they'd be JUST AS EFFECT… 18:52:03
  • RT @AdamSerwer: Rep. Peter King says Obama's decision to go to Congress "undermining the authority of future presidents." Means it as a bad… 19:01:07
  • Reducing power of president vs power of congress is a GOOD thing as far as I am concerned. :-) 19:01:42
  • RT @arishapiro: Overheard: "Congress now knows what it feels like when the dog catches the car." 19:22:14
  • Reading – Obama made last-minute decision on Syria approval (Josh Lederman) http://t.co/dzIi87zxRQ 19:53:46
  • "The administration officials described a president overriding all his top national security advisers…" – and making the right call. 19:54:59
  • (Of course, he should have done the same in Libya.) 19:55:55
  • RT @RichardEngel: #syrian opposition very disappointed. They were building hope that strikes would be tonight, feel carpet pulled out from … 19:56:57
  • Bet Kerry is pissed. At least publicly he seemed way more hung ho about this than Obama. May not be the same privately of course. 19:58:59
  • RT @attackerman: Future presidents who want to launch "discrete" military strikes ala Iraq 98 &c will now face Q of why they don't go to Co… 19:59:12
  • Wonder how many of the top advisors Obama overrode will still be there by the end of the administration. 20:00:52
  • Or even in a year. 20:01:04
  • RT @marcambinder: Wow. Obama just pulled the loose string from that Gordian knot of the imperial presidency. 20:01:12
  • I hope so! (But doubt it.) -> @marcambinder: Wow. Obama just pulled the loose string from that Gordian knot of the imperial presidency. 20:02:29
  • Yeah, not a happy team. MT @passantino: RT @petesouza: Pres meeting with NatSec team this morning: http://t.co/Ieb4ik6QLB 20:12:06
  • RT @bobcesca_go: View from 50,000 feet. Americans debating the use of military force. A president reasonable enough to pay attention. 20:14:54
  • Reading – Obama DOJ Asks Court to Grant Immunity to George W. Bush For Iraq War (Inder Comar) http://t.co/ZrORjIH3RD 21:32:46
  • Amy just registered to vote! Wow! (Turning 18 in October.) Time sure flies… 22:35:01
Posted by Abulsme -- Sunday 1 September 2013 00:00:00 UTC
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@abulsme tweets from 2013-08-30 (UTC)

  • RT @iyad_elbaghdadi: Types of non-intervention:
    (1) There's no need
    (2) There's a need but we'll make things worse
    (3) There's a need but l… 00:24:19
  • RT @mattyglesias: This British thing where the parliament needs to vote before you bomb a country is fascinating. We should try it. 00:25:09
  • My fitbit #Fitstats for 8/29/2013: 5,225 steps and 3.9 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:02:01
  • Reading – Two Minds on Syria (George Packer) http://t.co/eh8L36Cv3i 01:24:40
  • Reading – The Threat Of Debt Ceiling Crises Is Over (Josh Barro) http://t.co/XMQWYERAvg 01:42:38
  • RT @mattfrost: Without copyright restrictions on the "I Have a Dream" speech, there'd be no incentive for other orators to lead huge, inspi… 03:27:42
  • Reading – Pot and the complexity of giving the president a hard time (Jonathan Bernstein) http://t.co/soBS87cm81 16:28:24
  • Listening to Kerry. Still not hearing anything that convinces me. Not hearing anything at all that convinces strikes will help anything. 17:17:12
  • Also continue to be bothered with idea that killing people with chem weapons worse than killing people with other weapons. Dead is dead. 17:19:13
  • & the idea that we should do something to preserve credibility… Yes creed matters. Fix that by not making stupid commitments in first place. 17:21:45
  • "We bomb because we care." – Obama (sorta) 18:48:58
  • RT @hhassan140: Obama is basically saying the US action will be a slap on the wrist. Translation: a big boost to Assad when he survives it. 18:59:42
  • Reading – NSA Spying Abroad isn't OK Either (Charles Kurzman) http://t.co/a0PlBjw6F3 20:43:40
  • Reading – Secret NSA Documents Show How the US Spies on Europe and the UN (Laura Poitras) http://t.co/95lhWbghV6 23:00:44
  • Reading – U.S. allows states to legalize recreational marijuana within limits (David Ingram) http://t.co/80b6u8p0yM 23:09:27
  • Reading – Ginsburg to officiate same-sex wedding (Robert Barnes) http://t.co/7RQT19lYvl 23:13:26
  • RT @BYUfan: @abulsme Alex sounds so cute. Looking forward to him guest hosting…the train episode. 23:32:58
  • .@BYUfan Thanks! I'm sure he will be ready to co-host any week now! :-) in reply to BYUfan 23:33:19
Posted by Abulsme -- Saturday 31 August 2013 00:00:00 UTC
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@abulsme tweets from 2013-08-29 (UTC)

Posted by Abulsme -- Friday 30 August 2013 00:00:00 UTC
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@abulsme tweets from 2013-08-28 (UTC)

Posted by Abulsme -- Thursday 29 August 2013 00:00:00 UTC
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@abulsme tweets from 2013-08-27 (UTC)

Posted by Abulsme -- Wednesday 28 August 2013 00:00:00 UTC
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@abulsme tweets from 2013-08-26 (UTC)

  • My fitbit #Fitstats for 8/25/2013: 3,462 steps and 2.6 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:33
  • Reading – Think the 2016 presidential race hasn’t started yet? Look out below. (Chris Cillizza) http://t.co/JSWGYe5Ift 15:45:10
  • Reading – Report: Snowden stayed at Russian consulate while in Hong Kong (Will Englund) http://t.co/eBsGo559IW 15:51:10
  • Reading – War on Leaks Is Pitting Journalist vs. Journalist (David Carr) http://t.co/EbylPZWG0I 16:01:22
  • Reading – Another War Is Brewing (Patrick Appel) http://t.co/IWNwfFhBvY 16:10:31
  • Reading – Protecting Against Leakers (Bruce Schneier) http://t.co/QzG8vcv7iA 18:45:31
  • So, do I understand correctly, several hundred people killed by chemical weapons matter more than the ~100,000 killed in other ways earlier? 19:07:56
  • The methods used to kill or injure people shouldn't really matter. Outrage should be the same regardless of chem/nuke/bullet/knife/bomb. 19:10:19
  • Not to mention outrage should be the same no matter who the victim is (or who is doing the killing). 19:11:21
  • And deciding on actions to take next should NEVER be based on "we have to do something", but only on "can we actually make it better". 19:12:06
  • Not sure action in Syria passes the test. People don't like inaction but very possible US action will result in more deaths than no action. 19:17:06
  • Of course, it is impossible to tell, which is part of the problem. But the case needs to be made that anything US does actually helps. 19:18:27
  • If that case can be made, it certainly hadn't been made so far. "This can't be allowed, we must do something" isn't good enough. 19:21:04
  • Reading – Kerry Beats The War Drums (Patrick Appel) http://t.co/JQUf3Kfley 21:41:56
  • Reading – Are We Sure Of Syria’s Guilt? (Rod Dreher) http://t.co/T3aqzK8BUD 21:45:29
  • Reading – Before we Bomb Syria, Shouldn't we Seek Proof of Guilt? (Peter Hitchens) http://t.co/rcZDW73zHn 21:50:13
  • Reading – saxophones started blowing me down (Wil Wheaton) https://t.co/nxJ6rCesjA 22:01:51
  • Reading – Seeing 'New Jim Crow' Placards Seized by Police & More From the March on Washington (Dave Zirin) http://t.co/s3bW3bJwPf 22:43:55
Posted by Abulsme -- Tuesday 27 August 2013 00:00:00 UTC
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@abulsme tweets from 2013-08-25 (UTC)

Posted by Abulsme -- Monday 26 August 2013 00:00:00 UTC
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@abulsme tweets from 2013-08-24 (UTC)

Posted by Abulsme -- Sunday 25 August 2013 00:00:00 UTC
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