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@abulsme Updates from 2012-05-12 (UTC)

  • Reading – Mitt Romney’s prep school classmates recall pranks, but also troubling incidents (Jason Horowitz) http://t.co/eoklqrQA #
  • Watching – Craig Ferguson Scotland Episodes Promotional Video – 2012.04.26 (TefaDevilAgain) http://t.co/lpPT4MY0 #
  • Watching – MГ¶bius Story: Wind and Mr. Ug (Vi Hart) http://t.co/0cooQdy9 #
  • Reading – Engineer Thinks We Could Build a Real Starship Enterprise in 20 Years (Nancy Atkinson) http://t.co/zuECMuKX #
  • Reading – My personal take: 3 reasons I don’t like newspaper paywalls (Mathew Ingram) http://t.co/hV8QSOxF #
  • Reading – Here’s Some Freedom For You (mister mix, Balloon Juice) http://t.co/qBG7OuDw #
  • Reading – Gay marriage issue: Who does it hurt most, Obama or Romney? (Brad Knickerbocker) http://t.co/98vZk6ws #
  • Reading – Mitt Romney's Speech at Liberty University (Paul Constant) http://t.co/0tOhUBhM #
  • Reading – Endeavour Unplugged – Last Picture Show from the Flight Deck of a Living Space Shuttle Orbiter (Ken Kremer) http://t.co/Xao3GkML #
  • Reading – Top GOP Pollster to GOP: Reverse On Gay Issues (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/ICSXwjfn #
  • Reading – Supporters of Marriage Equality Need to Quit Whining (E. J. Graff) http://t.co/ByyuVeb9 #
  • RT @mat_johnson: You got to love Joe Biden. There's a reason every king had a fool: to speak the truth no "sane" person would say out loud. #
  • RT @daveweigel: Okay, Biden. Now say something about decriminalizing pot. #
  • Reading – Obama Endorses Marriage Equality…But Not for All (Adam Serwer) http://t.co/MVhisOdQ #

@abulsme Updates from 2012-05-11 (UTC)

  • MT @mseyfang: If Judd followed all the proper steps in the WV del selection process, he'd be entitled to 13 delegates in WV. O wld get 18. #
  • Reading – Verizon Refuses to Identify Alleged BitTorrent Pirates (Ernesto,TorrentFreak) http://t.co/JczcHggF #

@abulsme Updates from 2012-05-09 (UTC)

  • Reading – I Heard God Laugh. And It Sounded Like Screaming. (Megan, Velveteen Mind) http://t.co/CSWVlubd #
  • Reading – Take Us to the Rivers (Doc Searls) https://t.co/8E8ys2nA #
  • RT @ZekeJMiller: It looks like Romney may soon overtake Obama in the RCP poll of polls http://t.co/VYrcXxLe #
  • Reading – Al Qaeda Bomb Cell Infiltrated By Insider Who Foiled New Airline Plot: Officials (Esposito, Schwartz, Ross) http://t.co/j4EG8OWw #
  • MT @CenteredPols: RT @jamiedupree: In WV, a federal prison inmate is getting 33% of the vote in the Dem primary against President Obama #
  • RT @daveweigel: Keith Judd currently winning 42.44% of the #WVprimary vote against Obama. This Keith Judd. http://t.co/SrPctPdF #
  • MT @thinkprogress: FACT: Last time NC amended their constitution on marriage it was to ban interracial marriage http://t.co/nwSu8TH5 #
  • MT @McCainBlogette: Way to be a bad southern cliche NC. I'm sure your grandkids will look back on this day in horror. #loveisnotamistake #
  • RT @daveweigel: Keith Judd breaks 50,000 votes — he has now won more votes for president than Rick Perry. #
  • RT @jimacostacnn: On the bright side, Obama doing better in WV tonight than in 08 when he lost to Hillary Clinton: 67-26% #
  • Reading – Obama Loses West Virginia Delegates To Prison Inmate (Andrew Kaczynski) http://t.co/6pW6er78 #
  • RT @SteveKornacki: This could be a very interesting Democratic convention if the Keith Judd and Randall Terry delegates team up #
  • RT @BuzzFeedAndrew: Keith Judd will eventually lose all his delegates at the state convention to Ron Paul so it doesn't matter. #
  • MT @OreoDCW: QT @FHQ: Preliminary del count, post-IN/NC/WV / Josh… Ever watch past the credits in Ferris Bueller? It's over… Go home. #
  • Reading – The Case for Ron Paul's Agents of Chaos (Conor Friedersdorf) http://t.co/rYgnOUjg #
  • Seriously? Can see it though. MT @EdEspinoza: Veepstakes: Romney may be sizing up Mike Huckabee as a running mate. http://t.co/meK3VbTD #
  • RT @BreakingNews: US President Barack Obama declares support for same-sex marriage – @ABC http://t.co/bNEdRP4w #

@abulsme Updates from 2012-05-08 (UTC)

  • Reading – Media silent when administration targets sources (Edward Wasserman) http://t.co/MyQH9uLO #
  • Reading – Why Choose Agnostic? Ctd (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/c1AqfRN3 #
  • Reading – Could airport scanners detect latest Al Qaeda non-metal bomb? (Adam Goldman) http://t.co/dYz3hC37 #
  • Reading – Forget That No-October-Surprise-Iran Attack Business I Was Talking About Before (Jeffrey Goldberg) http://t.co/95RMdmA5 #
  • Reading – The White House’s ridiculous dance on gay marriage (Ezra Klein) http://t.co/RXwanhs0 #
  • Reading – Dish’s Ergen: Streaming on Netflix “devalues” Mad Men (Daniel Frankel) http://t.co/8HnQLDze #
  • MT @natsecHeather: If AQAP's best to throw at US was still failed underwear bomb tech, NOW can we declare that we are winning? @AP @lrozen #
  • Reading – Facebook Social Readers Are All Collapsing (John Herrmann) http://t.co/IOtRNXPK #
  • Reading – Romney's Path Is Not Necessarily Narrow (Sean Trende) http://t.co/GYbS8VXp #
  • Reading – Reality Check: Yes, President Obama Is a Hawk (Conor Friedersdorf) http://t.co/MWu9ttlT #
  • Reading – Ron Paul Comes Roaring Back Sort Of (David A. Graham) http://t.co/ungZZ8yW #

@abulsme Updates from 2012-05-07 (UTC)

@abulsme Updates from 2012-05-06 (UTC)

  • Reading – Ron Paul backers dominate Iowa GOP nominees for national convention (Jennifer Jacobs) http://t.co/dWPVaCtp #
  • MT @FHQ: Fake Paul delegate lists have made appearances at both #nvgop and #megop conventions. …visions of party-printed ballots in 1800s #
  • RT @daveweigel: In case you were wondering, Gary Johnson running away with LP nomination at convention in Vegas. 150 of 226 votes so far #
  • RT @thenewmexican: Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson wins Libertarian Party presidential nomination http://t.co/fr3Hx0vL #
  • RT @FHQ: Folks dismissing notion of Paul delegates in Tampa need look no further than #nvgop & #megop conventions today. [1/2] #
  • RT @GovGaryJohnson: Humbled to receive the LP Nomination; Ready to give America a real choice in Nov. @RonPaul @LPNational #TCOT #
  • RT @FHQ: Any semblance of this type of chaos in Tampa is a nightmare of embarrassment for Romney & RNC. [2/2] #
  • RT @FHQ: Paul folks see themselves as building/reshaping GOP while Romney folks see Paul supporters as potentially dividing party [1/2] #
  • RT @FHQ: Determining the extent of that problem & solving it prior to Tampa/fall campaign will be a key moving forward. [2/2] #
  • MT @dmataconis: 2012 Libertarian Party Presidential ticket is @GovGaryJohnson for President and @JudgeJimGrayVP for Vice-President. Follow! #
  • Watching – Star Wars Main Title Theme Vocal Cover (nmckaig) http://t.co/lpPT4MY0 #
  • Reading – Put Away The Bell Curve: Most Of Us Aren’t ‘Average’ (Shankar Vedantam) http://t.co/Vmd4ycez #
  • Reading – The incredible shrinking labor force (Brad Plumer) http://t.co/GxGWAXC5 #
  • Watching – Yosemite Range of Light (Shawn Reeder) http://t.co/DiQ32h8K #
  • Reading – Not Getting It (John Gruber) http://t.co/RqTLKFOe #
  • Reading – DOJ Official: Any Privacy Protection is Too Much Privacy Protection for Cell Phone Tracking (Hanni Fakhoury) https://t.co/51DgTF8p #
  • Reading – Surveillance State democracy (Glenn Greenwald) http://t.co/uTXbvbc2 #
  • MT @thinkprogress: “I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women” -Joe Biden http://t.co/REQrSdHy #
  • MT @ggreenwald: Biden & WH now attempting rapidly 2 backtrack on his same-sex marriage statement http://t.co/vISCN8Uf & http://t.co/S0xn6UKa #
  • Reading – FBI: We need wiretap-ready Web sites (Declan McCullagh) http://t.co/CmgCxe9O #
  • Reading – FranГ§ois Hollande wins French presidential election (Angelique Chrisafis) http://t.co/yWaPtO16 #
  • RT @TheFix: Ron Paul wins 22 of 25 delegates at NV GOP convention. http://t.co/eUfDSVOx #
  • MT @FHQ: Unlike NV, ME natl committeeman/woman take offce on being elected. Paul supporters just elected to spots in ME#automaticdelegates
  • RT @cdixon25: #RonPaul has taken over the #Megop state committee!!! #mepolitics #
  • RT @EdEspinoza: My favorite Charles Barkley quote on politics was in 2008: “I used to be a Republican, ’til they lost they minds.” #

@abulsme Updates from 2012-05-05 (UTC)

  • Reading – Forget The Nomination: Ron Paul's Is Taking Over The Republican Party (W. E. Messamore) http://t.co/FBZAQc5E #
  • Reading – Romney Team May Have Stirred Storm Over Gay Aide (Barbaro, Cooper and Parker) http://t.co/k34NbN8d #
  • Reading – News Orgs Balk At Romney Campaign Deciding Press Pool Membership (Michael Calderone) http://t.co/CZDIXRcI #
  • Reading – Rand Paul has a quick fix for TSA: Pull the plug (Burgess Everett) http://t.co/lfylSZ78 #
  • Reading – Map’s Hidden Marks Illuminate and Deepen Mystery of Lost Colony (Theo Emery) http://t.co/wUS6x4hj #

@abulsme Updates from 2012-05-04 (UTC)

  • Reading – Google To Be Fined By FTC For Safari Browser Privacy Evasion (Carl Franzen) http://t.co/6tV6Kfer #
  • Reading – The Samsung Galaxy S III: The First Smartphone Designed Entirely By Lawyers (Ron Amadeo) http://t.co/EGPezsYl #
  • Reading – Amazon’s amazing proposed Seattle towers (Brier Dudley) http://t.co/txqHE6L0 #
  • Reading – Stray dog finds shelter for her litter in Everett (Debra Smith) http://t.co/HlxK8I2C #
  • Reading – Twitter, World War II and the death of official secrets (Mathew Ingram) http://t.co/Qt8ZuSbg

@abulsme Updates from 2012-05-03 (UTC)

@abulsme Updates from 2012-05-02 (UTC)