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@abulsme tweets from 2014-09-28 (UTC)

03:17:21 Reading – Obama Threatened Far More Often Than Any Previous President (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/c54zKCafTL
19:03:21 Reading – Senate Update: When Should Democrats Panic? (Nate Silver) http://t.co/mZsoxaGYFF

@abulsme tweets from 2014-09-27 (UTC)

00:50:14 Retweeted @MaggieJordanACN 00:40:39 Making you feel older, DYK……
http://t.co/0LkejvlU9w
01:12:18 Retweeted @ObsoleteDogma 2014-09-25 14:42:38 This is the clearest description of U.S. policy in the Middle East that I’ve ever seen http://t.co/O8lNcl3eJL
03:41:14 Reading – Chart: It's Never Been a Better Time to Be Rich (Dave Gilson) http://t.co/veKavAQTKj
05:49:13 Retweeted @AFP 05:34:45 #BREAKING Chelsea Clinton has given birth to a daughter, Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky

@abulsme tweets from 2014-09-26 (UTC)

02:15:33 Reading – Shellshock: 'Deadly serious' new vulnerability found (@DaveLeeBBC) http://t.co/Kj6hLa6ebc
04:11:17 Reading – The terrorists fighting us now? We just finished training them. (Souad Mekhennet) http://t.co/c7EBE0qkPI
04:20:01 Reading – Romney 2016 is for real (Byron York) http://t.co/kMCyOSHpOs
04:23:20 Can't quite tell what Larison thinks of the Romney 2016 idea :-) -> The Terrible Idea of Romney 2016 (Daniel Larison) http://t.co/EurK4fCljx
04:30:43 Reading – ISIS’ Harsh Brand of Islam Is Rooted in Austere Saudi Creed (David D. Kirkpatrick) http://t.co/1Iuea3oV0P
04:38:47 Reading – Why now for Apple Watch (@monkbent) http://t.co/ulVvMEHeIV
05:38:31 Testing a bug fix for my daily digest: @abulsme/@ElecCollPolls
17:13:16 [Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: Nuke the Penguins Again http://t.co/QnF6ZunNSv

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Nuke the Penguins Again

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:
* Bad Commute
* Bombing Syria
* Money in Politics
* Climate Change / Apple Woes

Recorded on 25 Sep 2014

Length this week – 1:11:53


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Electoral College poll updates from 2014-09-25 (UTC)

19:08:37 Poll Added: Roanoke in VA from 2014-09-13 to 2014-09-19 – Clinton 47% to Christie 37% http://t.co/8M0GgF0Rew
19:08:43 Clinton vs Christie state category change: VA has moved from Weak Clinton to Strong Clinton http://t.co/8M0GgF0Rew
19:10:47 Poll Added: Roanoke in VA from 2014-09-13 to 2014-09-19 – Clinton 51% to Paul 35% http://t.co/GYdXzIVjF0
19:10:54 Clinton vs Paul state category change: VA has moved from Strong Clinton to Solid Clinton http://t.co/GYdXzIVjF0
19:13:06 Poll Added: Roanoke in VA from 2014-09-13 to 2014-09-19 – Clinton 50% to Ryan 37% http://t.co/jQGtvqAoRT
19:13:13 Clinton vs Ryan state category change: VA has moved from Strong Clinton to Solid Clinton http://t.co/jQGtvqAoRT
19:36:01 Christie best case vs Clinton has changed: Clinton 280 to Christie 258 -> Clinton 293 to Christie 245 http://t.co/9eMXyFkvmb
19:41:09 Clinton vs Paul tipping point change: Clinton by 8.8 in VA -> Clinton by 9 in OR http://t.co/wq50iVTO1E
19:46:29 Actually, bug there I will fix shortly. Clinton vs Paul tipping point did change, but new is Clinton by 8.8 in OH. http://t.co/dl9VpqkAWD in reply to ElecCollPolls
22:59:54 Tipping point bug fixed. (It had to do with the edge case where I use 6 polls when 5 poll avg is on a category boundary.)

@abulsme tweets from 2014-09-25 (UTC)

00:00:36 Reading – Apple and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Chris Taylor) http://t.co/Gz8Igbx9Sj
00:02:24 Reading – Making it cheaper and easier to trade stocks is a terrible idea (@mattyglesias) http://t.co/tbOYrwfOpF
00:06:37 Reading – New Results from Planck: It Doesn’t Look Good For BICEP2 (Brian Koberlein) http://t.co/TmvwK5NElo
00:29:57 Reading – Video: John Crawford didn't seem to aim toy gun at anyone before police shot at him (@DLind) http://t.co/ciVq6Ztr0o
00:54:32 Retweeted @joshrogin 2014-09-24 20:30:31 Rouhani on his call with Obama: вЂњPresident Obama was of the opinion that we can cooperate and collaborate in various fields.вЂќ
00:55:22 Retweeted @ArianeTabatabai 2014-09-24 20:31:01 Rouhani on cooperation w/ US: lets finish what we started (nuclear) and then we can discuss other areas of cooperation. Obama agreed
01:44:53 Reading – The Clinton team is following reporters to the bathroom. Here’s why that matters. (@TheFix) http://t.co/7MIsodGlRK
01:51:26 An Amber alert just went off. Alex asked what it was. I explained. Alex immediately wanted to go outside to help look for the missing kid.
02:01:41 Retweeted @KING5Seattle 01:18:02 #AMBERALERT suspect vehicle is black 2000 Lexus GS400, plates: ARJ7450. Suspect: Ryan Hall. Child: Don Hall, age 2. http://t.co/r5c2HKupsP
02:14:50 Alex and I are walking the dog and looking out on the Amber Alert. Alex checks every car that drives by, but no black Lexus yet. :-)
02:32:08 Reading – Nine out of 10 parents move child out of booster seat too soon, study finds (@shaverk) http://t.co/OuRNSNXKLJ
04:06:00 Retweeted @F_WRLCK 03:15:21 @abulsme I guess, but the CDC reports fewer than 500 deaths of children 10-14 due to motor accident per year. in reply to abulsme
05:45:32 Retweeted @trevortimm 2014-09-23 14:52:02 A reminder that the US government's definition of "imminent" can mean a lot of things, including "not imminent" http://t.co/40BiXw0tqN
06:38:39 Reading from February – The most interesting tidbits from the Clinton document dump (Aaron Blake) http://t.co/BOs5E0oG2u
14:58:36 Reading – Chart: Humanity is conquering death (German Lopez) http://t.co/X5yTDQ4aNO
15:05:07 Reading – Eric Holder To Step Down As Attorney General (Carrie Johnson) http://t.co/g1SCxUyTMV
15:20:41 Reading – Maybe You Should Hold Off On Buying That iPhone 6 Plus (Timorhy Stenovec) http://t.co/61tC0kLH7X
19:04:12 My iPhone has been spontaneously rebooting. It finally offered iOS8 today. It spontaneously rebooted during install. Phone now borked. Nice.
21:01:01 Added some new 2016 poll results for VA from @RoanokeCollege to my electoral college poll database. As usual see @ElecCollPolls for details.
21:52:08 Oh, phone happy again after tethered recovery restore from iTunes. Still redownloading content from iCloud backup. But on iOS 8 and happy.

Electoral College poll updates from 2014-09-24 (UTC)

05:12:01 Poll Added: PPP in AR from 2014-09-18 to 2014-09-21 – Clinton 42% to Bush 46% http://t.co/IHNbxWPHhp
05:12:07 Clinton vs Bush state category change: AR has moved from Strong Bush to Weak Bush http://t.co/IHNbxWPHhp
05:15:20 Poll Added: PPP in AR from 2014-09-18 to 2014-09-21 – Clinton 42% to Christie 41% http://t.co/D9OBZFVcJB
05:15:27 Clinton vs Christie state category change: AR has moved from Weak Christie to Weak Clinton http://t.co/D9OBZFVcJB
05:17:55 Poll Added: PPP in AR from 2014-09-18 to 2014-09-21 – Clinton 43% to Cruz 44% http://t.co/ADcM5lcdGg
05:18:02 Clinton vs Cruz state category change: AR has moved from Solid Cruz to Strong Cruz http://t.co/ADcM5lcdGg
05:20:01 Poll Added: PPP in AR from 2014-09-18 to 2014-09-21 – Clinton 41% to Huckabee 53% http://t.co/151AMIOjE2
05:23:24 Poll Added: PPP in AR from 2014-09-18 to 2014-09-21 – Clinton 43% to Paul 45% http://t.co/HlE1vdPgZN
05:26:38 Poll Added: PPP in AK from 2014-09-18 to 2014-09-21 – Clinton 39% to Bush 44% http://t.co/e3Y6YPxsul
05:28:40 Poll Added: PPP in AK from 2014-09-18 to 2014-09-21 – Clinton 36% to Christie 46% http://t.co/bZnvgXpJ0b
05:30:16 Poll Added: PPP in AK from 2014-09-18 to 2014-09-21 – Clinton 39% to Cruz 46% http://t.co/Zwp2tbtw3L
05:32:02 Poll Added: PPP in AK from 2014-09-18 to 2014-09-21 – Clinton 40% to Huckabee 44% http://t.co/7faSjYeC0H
05:34:13 Poll Added: PPP in AK from 2014-09-18 to 2014-09-21 – Clinton 44% to Palin 38% http://t.co/eu4EDEoJRS
05:34:35 Clinton best case vs Bush has changed: Clinton 357 to Bush 181 -> Clinton 363 to Bush 175 http://t.co/5BlgrSTRH5
05:39:25 Clinton vs Christie expected case changed: Clinton 347 to Christie 191 -> Clinton 353 to Christie 185 http://t.co/1FfeXh09bz
05:44:05 Poll Added: PPP in AK from 2014-09-18 to 2014-09-21 – Clinton 40% to Paul 45% http://t.co/cvrhyTWBZo
06:36:03 Today’s new polls move Clinton vs Paul into my вЂњbest polledвЂќ slot, replacing Clinton vs Christie as my default view. http://t.co/uLzt8FLwoL

@abulsme tweets from 2014-09-24 (UTC)

02:24:31 Reading – Khorasan Is the Terror Outfit Giving al Qaeda a New Name in Syria (@samueloakford) https://t.co/EJbfp1pjB4
02:38:31 Reading – Mom Bakes Vagina Cookies For 2nd Graders, Can’t Believe Teacher Has The Nerve To Refuse Them (Maria Guido) http://t.co/3isqS4KHAb
03:30:07 Retweeted @darth 02:27:24 just treat your iPhone like you would any other SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE MADE OF GLASS and you will be fine ffs
03:33:35 Retweeted @AstroKatie 02:43:57 There are lots of Martians. They talk to each other and do science on the surface and in orbit and they're all robots sent there by us.
03:34:57 Retweeted @APDiploWriter 02:44:22 NEW DELHI (AP) – Scientists: #India has triumphed in first mission to #Mars, putting satellite in planet's orbit.
06:32:22 Added new polls from @ppppolls for AR & AK to my 2016 presidential poll database. As usual, see tweets by @ElecCollPolls for the details.
07:07:57 Reading – U.S. Invokes Iraq’s Defense in Legal Justification of Syria Strikes (Sengupta/Savage) http://t.co/3MPDRoDVyL
07:24:36 Reading – Syrian regime Propaganda coup as Israel Downs Syrian Plane over Golan (Juan Cole) http://t.co/9bbzXdbktW
07:26:29 Reading – New Apple Print Ad Shows Off iPhone 6 and 6 Plus 'Actual Sizes' (Husain Sumra) http://t.co/OTPtO5uSox
07:27:29 Reading – Get Bent (John Gruber) http://t.co/YzEy8eg1qY
07:35:06 Reading – That bendable iPhone 6 screen isn't a feature (update) [Sean Buckley] http://t.co/bNZ8ZBHJk2
12:54:51 Reading – Emma Watson nude photo threats were apparently a plot to kill 4chan (Rich McCormick) http://t.co/Uis0pbtHd8
13:10:14 Reading – In Airstrikes, U.S. Targets Militant Cell Said to Plot an Attack Against the West (Peter Baker) http://t.co/ADURSlYAen
15:09:45 Retweeted @snocounty 15:09:03 Sigh. @wsdot_traffic: For reference: Everett-Seattle normal is about 1 hr, now 2 hrs, 20 mins. Everett-Bellevue normal 70 mins, now 130. in reply to wsdot_traffic
15:11:31 .@snocounty @wsdot_traffic Took bus today cause I knew traffic would be bad. Didn't leave early enough though. Will be VERY late. Oh well! in reply to snocounty
15:13:30 Retweeted @wsdot_traffic 15:12:13 @abulsme @snocounty Even if you would have left yesterday, it might not have been early enough. in reply to abulsme
15:14:08 .@wsdot_traffic @snocounty Next time maybe I'll try the leaving yesterday thing. :-) in reply to wsdot_traffic
15:33:27 Retweeted @wsdot_traffic 15:08:51 Now that the travel times portion of our program is complete, I'll be under my desk rocking back and forth and weeping softly.
15:33:33 Retweeted @SeattlePD 15:11:52 it'll be OK, @wsdot_traffic ! Just ten more months til summer! http://t.co/oUm3fwOwZN in reply to wsdot_traffic
17:23:19 Retweeted @SavedYouAClick 00:24:16 iPhone 6 Plus will bend if you bend it. #developing
17:29:07 Reading – Former вЂMost Wanted’ Hacker Kevin Mitnick Is Now Selling Zero-Day Exploits (Andy Greenberg) http://t.co/t4Pyj1Mloq
17:41:52 Reading – In Kansas, longtime GOP Sen. Pat Roberts faces doubts as he scrambles to hold seat (@PhilipRucker) http://t.co/e0Gkq3XWME
17:42:24 Retweeted @MicahSingleton 16:59:53 iOS 8.0.1 is here http://t.co/T9FhobMpon
18:25:53 Oops. RT @BreakingNews: Apple pulls iOS 8.0.1 after users report major problems with update – @verge http://t.co/TS8H3hWtvY
23:41:42 Reading – Videos and Photographs Claim to Show Civilians Killed by US Led Air Strikes in Syria (@Brown_Moses) https://t.co/EYzhGF299T
23:45:50 Reading – Kim Stanley Robinson's acclaimed Mars Trilogy is colonizing TV (Matthew Jackson) http://t.co/wmkMXGbRZz
23:50:37 Retweeted @ryanlcooper 22:33:30 This does rather suggest some long-term, structural problems http://t.co/KVOwRb4fSC

@abulsme tweets from 2014-09-23 (UTC)

02:06:30 Retweeted @blakehounshell 01:33:41 This guy scooped the world –> https://t.co/4fA5PLZacH
02:12:25 Retweeted @jimwaterson 01:36:20 And the man who got the scoop on IS bombing is @3bdUlkaed6r http://t.co/8iF61CH4Ov
02:13:29 Retweeted @DerekKhanna 01:38:02 US airstrikes in Syria happening now. This is an act of war, initiated without Congressional approval or a clear and present danger.
02:15:56 Retweeted @MichaelSkolnik 01:42:45 following @3bdUlkaed6r, who is live tweeting the US air strikes of ISIL headquarters in Syria. A new military operation has begun… in reply to 3bdUlkaed6r
02:16:30 Retweeted @BlogsofWar 01:44:08 Reports on Twitter that ISIS' court has been hit. I guess you can tear up those ISIS parking tickets…
02:32:28 Retweeted @HayesBrown 01:47:54 My friends are International Law Experts http://t.co/j7vnZEs7HS
02:32:40 Retweeted @davidakaye 01:47:39 .@HayesBrown i suspect we'll hear some variation on 'collective self-defense' arg, under art 51. in reply to HayesBrown
02:36:20 Retweeted @HayesBrown 01:52:12 Well then. That's more than I expected. RT @julianbarnes: Arab partners include Jordan Saudi Arabia Bahrain and UAE in reply to julianbarnes
02:36:48 Retweeted @RyanLizza 01:52:36 Countries bombed:
Obama 7, Bush 4
02:37:22 Retweeted @benpauker 01:42:51 Let's all just remember that Raqqa is a city of 200,000 people. And that ISIS is holding prisoners there. Collateral damage is inevitable.
02:38:06 Retweeted @blakehounshell 01:54:33 Today in the Middle East: Obama bombs Syria, coup in Yemen, Chinese navy enters Strait of Hormuz.
Have a nice day.
02:41:00 Retweeted @davidfrum 01:57:43 If Congress had reacted a little differently a year ago, we’d today be marking 1 year anniversary of fighting w ISIS against Assad
03:17:30 Retweeted @gregmyre1 01:51:48 Important note: Five Sunni nations are involved in the bombing the Sunni extremist group #Islamic State.
03:48:35 Retweeted @natsecHeather 03:17:23 Watch @bloggingheads: @dandrezner and I told you on Drezburt last month that US would be bombing in Syria by end of September.
04:24:11 Retweeted @BreakingNews 04:23:41 Damascus says US informed Syria's UN envoy before striking Islamic State in Syria – @AP http://t.co/HdTsUNKhuk
06:28:41 Retweeted @chimpy_me 05:34:17 @abulsme ah! OK. in reply to abulsme
14:53:58 Reading – IAF shoots down Syrian fighter jet over Golan Heights (Jerusalem Post) http://t.co/ywMFB222an
14:59:36 Reading – The sexual threats against Emma Watson are an attack on every woman (@amandataub) http://t.co/wympAdXFTz
16:23:51 Reading – 7 charts that help make sense of this week's UN climate summit (@bradplumer) http://t.co/bnAsCLpNtL
16:59:15 Retweeted @drgrist 16:58:51 Obama's about to start: http://t.co/hShxKScmne
23:52:58 Retweeted @jbarro 23:52:35 Terrorists would have much less power if we could convince people to view terrorism as they view other hazards to life and property.

@abulsme tweets from 2014-09-22 (UTC)

13:49:45 Reading – Here's how the new battery usage monitor works in iOS 8 (Rene Ritchie) http://t.co/sPtXrrleWD
19:57:29 Retweeted @chimpy_me 19:53:04 @abulsme so, how is the new battery usage? in reply to abulsme
19:58:34 .@chimpy_me Uh, on what? Wireless Keyboard? I haven't actually set it up yet. Was going to this weekend, but didn't get a chance. in reply to chimpy_me
20:17:08 .@chimpy_me Oh. On iOS8? I stubbornly wait for my devices to offer updates rather than force the update. So I don't have it yet. :-) in reply to chimpy_me
20:37:54 Reading – Use This One Weird Trick to Find Out if the US Is Invading Iraq (@Operation_Ryan) https://t.co/O9oxr8cWp9

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