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@abulsme tweets from 2013-08-01 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 7/31/2013: 7,145 steps and 5.3 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:46
I failed at my goal of getting all my Christmas letters out before the end of July. Maybe there is hope for August. :-) 04:20:49
RT @7im: How easy it would be for the NSA to blackmail politicians 04:56:04
RT @jmessersmith: First gay couple to get married in MN walk down the aisle with adorable son. Everyone loses it. Waves of emotion. http:/вЂ¦ 05:31:50
RT @brendanloy: A demon of the ancient world. MT @KristinaRibali: What fresh hell is this? Lewinsky-Clinton revisited with 'sex tape' http:вЂ¦ 05:34:27
RT @brendanloy: If there’s one thing from the last 15 years of American politics that we really need to revisit, it’s Clinton-Lewinsky, SAIвЂ¦ 05:35:47
RT @daveweigel: Oh, it's just Lewinsky on the tape? http://t.co/bZpBsvHTsC I feel gypped 12:58:52
Reading – Apple Reportedly Ramping Up For New iPad Mini With Retina Display (Darrell Etherington) http://t.co/MUFWzcb39G 13:09:40
Reading – Glenn Greenwald, Jeffrey Toobin Clash In On-Air Debate (Tom Kludt) http://t.co/e90p6MdZMQ 16:22:16
Reading – This graph calls the entire economic recovery into question (Ezra Klein) http://t.co/7AAPr521gm 16:29:08
RT @7im: Sounds like all that stands between a bored Booz Allen contractor and Bill Clinton's realtime browser activity is self restraint #вЂ¦ 16:30:36
Reading – Barack Obama, Media Critic (Garance Franke-Ruta) http://t.co/hX8PMSYhac 16:34:32
Reading – The NSA’s Massive Call Record Surveillance Program Barely Accomplishes Anything (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/KRGeGwrt9L 16:38:48
Cancel That Moscow Summit, Mr President (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/5Y2AmKGOPA 16:41:19
Reading – Libertarians flex their muscle in the GOP (Karen Tumulty) http://t.co/tc6LUvFqVQ 16:47:06
Reading – 12th Doctor to be announced this Sunday? (PCJ, LDWC) http://t.co/K1sp5np0uR 16:48:24
Reading – Reza Aslan on Jesus: A Biblical Scholar Responds (Greg Carey) http://t.co/ke260Z1Gpe 17:14:55
No overreach in surveillance? -> Reading – pressure cookers, backpacks and quinoa, oh my! (Michele Catalano) https://t.co/FARPfA1hxw 18:45:01
The writer of prev art -> RT @inthefade: You don't believe my story? Ask any of my followers about my credibility. Then kiss my ass. Thanks. 18:45:50
Reading – Google вЂpressure cooker,’ get a police visit? Maybe not. (Caitlin Dewey) http://t.co/bYz9qramro 19:46:44
Reading – NSA chief to hackers: If you don’t like what we do, change it (CNNMoney) http://t.co/bsWxWkk9Q0 20:38:02
Reading – Moto X vs. the world: spec sheet smackdown (Jacob Kastrenakes) http://t.co/mkroqNP4uD 20:45:02
Reading – Snowden Wins Asylum, WikiLeaks Declares Victory (Elias Groll) http://t.co/b7dWSA6OXg 20:49:24
Reading – DelBene Helps Push Cell Phone Unlocking Bill Through House Judiciary Committee (Goldy, Slog) http://t.co/ksMZHCHJLr 20:52:50
Reading – The Inside Story of the Moto X (Steven Levy) http://t.co/e4mUtlLKti 21:37:08
Reading – Is the FBI snooping on our Google searches? (Dan Murphy) http://t.co/5UBbTKK1QJ 21:41:17
Just completed a 2.61 km walk – Afternoon walk to break 20k steps. Woo! http://t.co/hJFaoglvPk #RunKeeper 23:44:30
Ah… Reading – Employer Tipped Off Police To Pressure Cooker And Backpack Searches, Not Google (Alexia Tsotsis) http://t.co/Sl0YpJquwW 23:50:06
RT @BigMeanInternet: It wasn't the state, it was the state in concert with your boss! I think we all feel better now. 23:50:27
RT @JeriLRyan: Seriously. WOW. вЂњ@tweetsoutloud: Wow. Just wow. вЂњ@aneyeofsky: #ISS in front of the daytime Moon. http://t.co/NfCDMpjod4вЂќвЂќ 23:51:17

@abulsme tweets from 2013-07-31 (UTC)

Reading – McCain, Graham heading to Egypt at president’s request (Dana Bash) http://t.co/jxDMKrZufH 00:40:28
My fitbit #Fitstats for 7/30/2013: 1,845 steps and 1.4 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:40
:-( -> Reading – Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Is Upheld (Somini Sengupta) http://t.co/tzvXTkzS34 01:05:04
RT @reedandi: Horror story in two sentences: http://t.co/yOjC2kt0qH 01:10:14
Reading – Driver in Fatal Spanish Train Was on Phone, Court Says (AP) http://t.co/S61rckom2U 01:44:44
RT @MishaRN: RT @NatGeopix: You're drunk, rainbow http://t.co/ycf0bojwUP 04:49:49
Reading – Google's Data-Trove Dance (Amir Efrati) http://t.co/8XdwYCxUCK 06:43:12
Reading – The GOP primary is a lot like the NCAA tournament (Matt K. Lewis) http://t.co/HdTqojBndr 07:43:32
Reading – Senators strongly criticise intelligence chiefs over NSA data collection (Spencer Ackerman) http://t.co/FV26gJKfyz 14:28:14
Next Shoe -> Revealed: NSA program collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet' (Greenwald) http://t.co/zw0YP4HqoO 14:39:09
Oh yeah, recorded CC with Ivan about 11 hours ago. Will but it out later this week as usualвЂ¦ 14:44:26
RT @joshuafoust: Shocking revelation: NSA has a tool to conduct signals and internet surveillance. http://t.co/VBXo6P3wJH 15:01:33
RT @joshuafoust: Not shocking: GG is failing, again, to distinguish between capabilities and laws. http://t.co/VBXo6P3wJH 15:01:40
RT @joshuafoust: The FBI can tap your phone whenever it wants. Laws & regs prevent it from doing so. NSA faces similar constraints http://tвЂ¦ 15:01:45
Don’t agree with points in the last few I RTed. Just having some capabilities is disturbing in own right. But counter argument important. 15:04:27
Especially when secret with limited controls, opportunity for abuse is great. Not the same as powers with strong public checks and balances. 15:05:50
Reading – Marco Rubio's Deeply Irresponsible Strategy for Defunding Obamacare (Conor Friedersdorf) http://t.co/YxGCkScloO 15:16:16
Yesterday the hosting provider I keep my personal dashboard of graphs on changed something and my stuff stopped working. Lovely. 15:36:18
I had moved my personal wiki off them a few months ago, with the intention of moving everything off, but hasn't gotten to the rest yet. 15:37:02
This will be the push I need. Probably wont get to it until the weekend though. Right now my stuff on four different host companies. 15:38:48
This one is currently the most expensive of the four, and the least used. Consolidation to three will be good. Eventually to one hopefully. 15:39:54
But goal for this weekend is to just kill this 1 and get down to paying 3 companies instead of 4 & to get this part of site working again. 15:41:38
Hit NYT paywall for the first time. Know multiple ways I could see the article anyway. Or I could subscribe. But I will just skip article. 17:28:58
Reading – FISA Court Orders Are Rarely Challenged, Presiding Judge Says (Conor Friedersdorf) http://t.co/ZBfaLLUOu5 17:36:36
Reading – Senator Who's Taking on the NSA Explains Why He Could Still Win (AJ Vicens) http://t.co/njTsc8zWPw 17:58:11
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And with that, I have turned these offвЂ¦ @abulsme: with morsi its us recent books skin now waste life recipe mugabe business photo house… 19:27:40
RT @BYUfan: Halelujah! RT @abulsme And with that, I have turned these offвЂ¦ 22:06:14
.@BYUfan Yeah, yeah, yeahвЂ¦ :-) in reply to BYUfan 22:06:27
Reading – Pluto on the Eve of Exploration by New Horizons: A problem of cartography (Emily Lakdawalla) http://t.co/94XV1T90tx 22:26:46

@abulsme tweets from 2013-07-30 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 7/29/2013: 7,224 steps and 5.3 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 00:01:29
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RT @BreakingNews: Army Pfc. Bradley Manning found not guilty of aiding the enemy by leaking classified information to WikiLeaks – @kgosztolвЂ¦ 17:13:14
RT @BreakingNews: More: Army Pfc. Bradley Manning convicted of theft, espionage counts in WikiLeaks case – @AP 17:16:09
RT @kgosztola: Bradley Manning is found guilty of enough charges to potentially be put in prison for over 100 years. 17:18:54
RT @brbarrett: I know the Bradley Manning stuff was important but http://t.co/t8QzMFJHUA 17:22:51
RT @paulcarr: If the US really wants to fuck with Snowden, they'll give Manning six months. 18:49:32
Reading – Radio Host Live Tweets His Mother's Last Hours In Heartbreaking Tribute (Adrian Carrasquillo) http://t.co/KK9fHfCJRV 19:36:25
RT @nprnews: Scott Simon On Sharing His Mother's Final Moments On Twitter http://t.co/dMdLl6XQ9u 20:17:48
Reading – Janet Yellen Has Plenty of Gravitas (Matthew Yglesias) http://t.co/CUotazprLG 20:57:47
Just got email with the roster for Alex’s summer soccer. 3 and 4 year olds playing soccer is going to be so fun to watch! Starts next week! 21:05:10
And it gets betterвЂ¦ the soccer notice came with a call for volunteers to be coachesвЂ¦ Amy is now officially the coach of Alex’s soccer team! 22:13:08
RT @attackerman: Wyden is saying Clapper basically lied to him again re privacy violations = accidental. "The violations were more serious вЂ¦ 23:04:57
RT @attackerman: Wyden: "these violations are more serious than those stated by the intelligence community and are troubling." 23:05:02
Reading – Wheelchair-bound passenger forced to crawl off Delta flight as attendants watched (Nina Golgowski) http://t.co/iLy2nyYYrU 23:46:59

@abulsme tweets from 2013-07-29 (UTC)

Reading – Is This The Most Embarrassing Interview Fox News Has Ever Done? (Andrew Kaczynski) http://t.co/sZDXb7wo4M 01:00:11
My fitbit #Fitstats for 7/28/2013: 7,406 steps and 5.5 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:30
Reading – Greenwald: вЂI defy’ NSA officials to deny spying program details under oath (David Edwards) http://t.co/dYU8KJQYrX 05:00:23
Reading – Littlewood’s Law (of miracles-per-month) [Marc Abrahams] http://t.co/PIU5JhhCH9 05:03:23
Reading – The Scariest Quote You’ll Read From the Trial Nobody Is Talking About (Chris Miles) http://t.co/3bGftBzuJN 05:06:13
Reading – Two Ad Giants Chasing Google in Merger Deal (Tanzina Vega) http://t.co/M40njVvnqJ 05:12:00
Reading – How libertarian will Republicans be in 2016? (Chris Cillizza)http://t.co/xTPBjuMXok 05:25:45
Reading – They're Back! Congress threatens to Default Again (Bill McBride) http://t.co/WV7rLc9N3O 05:39:32
RT @rezaaslan: Seattle. Your public library is AWESOME! Let's talk about Jesus inside of it. Join me tomorrow night 7pm. #Zealot
http://tвЂ¦ 06:55:10
RT @Abdelkarimo: Word on the streets is that Cesar Millan is forced to end his career because @FoxNews just found out he's not a dog. @rezaвЂ¦ 06:55:46
Reading – Justin Amash’s Revolution (W. James Antle III) http://t.co/jFADpj2osY 07:03:45
Reading – All Hell Breaks Loose in Libya (Juan Cole) http://t.co/JBMQkimqkw 07:40:22
Reading – Can Muslims write about Christianity? (Dan Murphy) http://t.co/k4LdsNQuYX 08:08:42
Reading – Momentum Builds Against N.S.A. Surveillance (Jonathan Weisman) http://t.co/oAvr9kjg8C 15:36:31
Reading – UK ISP's "active choice" on censorship (Cory Doctorow) http://t.co/gLv4Jj8stf 15:38:34
RT @BreakingNews: Verdict in Bradley Manning Wikileaks case will be read at 1 pm Tuesday, judge says – @Reuters 16:43:09
Reading – Right Goes Giddy Wild Over (Not) Catching Reza Aslan in a Lie [Josh Marshall] http://t.co/RJzcuoof2s 20:10:41
Reading – Manning judge alters charges to assist Gov’t ahead of verdict (Bradley Manning Support Network) http://t.co/iLjEdConb3 21:23:30

@abulsme tweets from 2013-07-28 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 7/27/2013: 3,959 steps and 2.9 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:28
RT @RQDammit: @abulsme LOL yeah I kno… 01:52:47
Reading – Famed 'Star Wars' composer John Williams confirmed to score seventh movie (Adrianne Jeffries) http://t.co/EoUEnW1Ixm 02:00:26
RT @mattapuzzo: It is 2013 and the United States is promising Russia it won't torture an American citizen http://t.co/dFKCxoqvBu 02:17:37
Reading – Book-Buying In 3D (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/coqjr6FXdS 02:26:43
Watching – Riding the Booster with enhanced sound (michael interbartolo) http://t.co/ca1OvKxsMu 03:36:01
Reading – Dolphins Have Names, Ctd (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/5Bb3x1Kimm 03:40:34
Reading – UK censorwall will also block terrorist content, violence, circumvention tools, forums, and more (Doctorow) http://t.co/eUx8TkECUS 05:17:33
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Reading – Coleman: 50th вЂњChanges everythingвЂќ (DWTV) http://t.co/47N74M7XSq 05:34:06
Reading – Christie: вЂњLive Unfree Or DieвЂќ (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/3z530fP4dN 06:30:02
Reading – Social media among WA laws going into effect Sunday (AP/KING5) http://t.co/i8Pl8lG312 17:10:10
Reading – Bank forecloses on wrong house, steals tons of stuff, won't compensate owner in full (Doctorow) http://t.co/Rzo5ZkTRvH 17:16:51
Reading – GOP Goes Public With Long-Brewing Foreign Policy Civil War (Zeke J Miller) http://t.co/7YTIiASEiD 17:44:15
RT @mattyglesias: Encouraging trend in public opinion on civil liberties: http://t.co/Tk10ZxcPpD 18:30:26
Reading – David Cameron's favourite censorware is built and maintained by Huawei (Cory Doctorow) http://t.co/TNm0yeM9AX 18:41:22
HmmmвЂ¦ RT @dangillmor: One reason why dedicated car GPS systems won't die: They don't report to Google/NSA/etc where you are. 20:10:04

@abulsme tweets from 2013-07-27 (UTC)

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My fitbit #Fitstats for 7/26/2013: 9,581 steps and 7.1 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 03:01:18
Amy has tonsillitis! Yay! 05:12:51
Highly contagious. So we will probably all have it next week! Woo! 05:13:52
RT @BYUfan: @abulsme alright. I've had it. What's up with your incoherent tweets? 06:04:06
.@BYUfan Ok. They will probably end soon. I was fooling around with programmatically tweeting from the command line. So I set up a dailyвЂ¦ in reply to BYUfan 06:05:13
.@BYUfan вЂ¦job that waits for a random time, then scrapes http://t.co/d3Peo05C2q, finds the 100 most commonly used words on the page, thenвЂ¦ in reply to BYUfan 06:06:21
.@BYUfan вЂ¦picks 20 if those at random, then tweets it. Sort of a word salad loosely related to the news of the day. Thought it might beвЂ¦ in reply to BYUfan 06:07:14
.@BYUfan вЂ¦interesting for a bit, or maybe sometimes generate something fun to read. But it really didn’t. Oh well! Will turn it off soon. in reply to BYUfan 06:08:27
.@BYUfan But I might experiment with other things to automatically tweet next time I have some time to kill. :-) in reply to BYUfan 06:10:14
Reading – Who Are We at War With? That’s Classified (Cora Currier) http://t.co/Tyd5cAHT6g 06:39:47
RT @BYUfan: @abulsme Ah, I thought you were trying to confuse the NSA. Careful, the wrong word combo might end with you being detained ;-) 06:40:30
Yes, that’s why you lost. :-/ -> Sarah Palin: I Was Banned From Talking About Jeremiah Wright By Campaign (Kaczynski) http://t.co/JujyX59zfF 18:23:35
Reading – Former CIA Officer & Whistleblower Sabrina De Sousa & the вЂProper Channels’ Myth (Kevin Gosztola) http://t.co/M23Jb9qP6p 19:00:17
RT @RQDammit: @abulsme lol…so wrong! 19:26:04
RT @BYUfan: I'm an invited guest on the Curmudgeon's Corner podcast. Interesting set of topics. #NSA, #filibuster, and #genealogy http://t.вЂ¦ 19:31:14
Reading – Court stops scientists from publishing codes that could wirelessly lockpick Porsches (Jeffries) http://t.co/U3PPm8Cgkr 19:34:30
Reading – How Scientists Stopped Light Dead For a Whole Minute (Jamie Condliffe) http://t.co/FN2vutwAaU 19:53:02
Reading – George H.W. Bush: Shaving head was вЂright thing to do’ (Lauren Sullivan) http://t.co/N0rDnQBuOd 20:51:44
I use wget! -> Notes from the ducking stool: wget as evidence of guilt at the Manning trial (Cory Doctorow) http://t.co/UC989kgmCn 20:54:43
.@RQDammit Sarcastic Yay. :-) in reply to RQDammit 22:39:33

@abulsme tweets from 2013-07-26 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 7/25/2013: 8,843 steps and 6.5 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:52
Reading – The 1930s Bus Station Hidden In A Times Square Hotel (Scouting New York) http://t.co/MaEpduRuLN 01:54:13
Reading – Bradley Manning trial judge increased press security (Xeni Jardin) http://t.co/pwFXOsaKuf 02:01:13
Reading – Google’s Chromecast No Longer Comes With Free Netflix Because Demand Got Too Nuts (Greg Kumparak) http://t.co/BMn43kz5xW 05:34:46
Reading – Here’s how hackers could crash your car (Timothy B. Lee) http://t.co/s7e4IItnRr 06:29:27
Reading – What Congress Could do about NSA Spying if It were Serving the People (Kara Brandeisky) http://t.co/4RDS86mXmJ 06:48:50
Reading – Inside Groundswell: Memos of the New Right-Wing Strategy Group Planning a "30 Front War" (David Corn) http://t.co/wdGxs65j47 08:06:24
Reading – OS X Mavericks Preview: Safari Power Saver cuts Flash off at the knees (Peter Cohen) http://t.co/JulFRxfm0M 08:15:21
[Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: Anything Anyone Wants It To Be http://t.co/RXiP9okiy9 08:38:46
Power just went out hereвЂ¦ For two seconds. Fun. Everything rebooting now. Gotta get one of those UPS things one dayвЂ¦ hint to go to bed? 08:42:42
Reading – Attorney General Eric Holder tells Russians that US won’t seek death penalty for Snowden (AP) http://t.co/jLMatZZLTu 17:41:20
Reading – Dr Who special aired worldwide at exactly same time (Leigh Holmwood) http://t.co/arfUGmOSGK 19:48:22
Reading – The NSA’s Massive Utah Data Center Won’t Store Anything Close To Yottabytes Of Data (Alex Wilhelm) http://t.co/fxiFepHeoB 20:46:44

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Anything Anyone Wants It To Be

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

3 Degrees of NSA
Filibuster Non-Reform
Genealogy is Fun

Recorded on 23 Jul 2013

Length this week – 1:03:38


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@abulsme tweets from 2013-07-25 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 7/24/2013: 1,000 steps and 0.7 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 04:01:12
RT @MultivacUser: @imbou @ggreenwald @abulsme @jeffjarvis Oh sorry, is a poll, we should just believe what you say w/o question or data to вЂ¦ 04:41:51
RT @indecision: His actual full name is Prince George Alexander Louis Harry Potter Dr. Who The Beatles of Cambridge. 05:30:53
Reading – http://t.co/68yuipPIQw Under Surveillance (Kelley Vlahos) http://t.co/Tzi37P4jZu 05:35:37
RT @ericspiegelman: I mean, if we're going to have bipartisanship, it might as well be for something that screws us. 06:12:46
.@ericspiegelman It usually is. The things passed by large bipartisan majorities are often the scariest things. in reply to ericspiegelman 06:13:23
Reading – Meltwater lake forms at North Pole (Dean Putney) http://t.co/jfA90Soelg 06:19:33
Reading – US lawmakers vote against legislation to curb NSA's spying program (Xeni Jardin) http://t.co/U79Pk2hsXa 06:28:53
Took the bus voluntarily this morning. Woo! Was just up and ready to go at the right time, so decided to skip driving in rush hour traffic. 14:52:17
Reading – The Puritanism Of Progressive Parents, Ctd (The Dish) http://t.co/I41dRXG1xK 14:52:38
Reading – NBC News confirms Columbia Center move (Brier Dudley) http://t.co/yU4khtBaeT 14:58:11
Reading – Who voted for and against stopping the NSA phone-tracking program? (Ed O'Keefe) http://t.co/e0wPja5dXh 15:14:54
Looks like my Rep (@SuzanDelBene) voted Yes on the Amash amendment. Good. Full roll call: http://t.co/RiIfSmm19u 15:30:16
RT @conor64: Hear this, Americans: the House is up for reelection every 2 years. 205 to 217 is a VERY surmountable margin. 17:21:12
Reading – Obama says the typical family income barely budged tween 1979-2007. It grew >15%. (Dylan Matthews) http://t.co/lf0kE2cEGJ 17:25:18
Reading – 'Crack baby' study ends with unexpected but clear result (Susan FitzGerald) http://t.co/9AC2vrQA9f 18:23:28
Motion -> Reading – Democratic establishment unmasked: prime defenders of NSA bulk spying (Glenn Greenwald) http://t.co/JQasl0wPws 18:55:41
RT @imbou: @abulsme that less than half a percent. That qualifies as barely budging in my book especially when inflation was higher than tвЂ¦ 21:03:08
.@imbou You mean annualized? That was inflation-adjusted though. Look at charts. Constant 2009 dollars. in reply to imbou 21:04:23
RT @imbou: @abulsme yes I meant annualized. If also depends against what inflation metric which many argue the official one understates it. 21:07:00
.@imbou вЂњBarelyвЂќ is also an undefined term. I would not call 1% a year barely, but you would. Neither is right, it is a vague term. in reply to imbou 21:08:27
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RT @imbou: @abulsme it's all relative especially compared th increase at the top and how inflation is understated 22:31:44
RT @imbou: @abulsme when college tuition and health costs have far outpaced income growth, it's hard to make people believe they are betterвЂ¦ 22:31:47

@abulsme tweets from 2013-07-24 (UTC)

RT @imbou: @jeffjarvis @abulsme @ggreenwald Are you kidding? Look at any news publication and no one cares. Only the same people that caredвЂ¦ 01:08:52
RT @ggreenwald: @imbou @jeffjarvis @abulsme What's that? http://t.co/XKiias0YCq 01:08:58
Reading – Snowden Seen as Whistle-Blower by Majority in New Poll (Jonathan D. Salant) http://t.co/u3HS2gYVFY 01:12:37
.@ggreenwald @imbou @jeffjarvis Very glad of the movement in attitudes. Not sure it is nearly enough (yet) to cause meaningful changes. in reply to ggreenwald 01:14:11
.@ggreenwald @imbou @jeffjarvis But if drumbeat of new revelations continues, maybeвЂ¦. Guess we shall see. :-) in reply to ggreenwald 01:15:04
RT @natsecHeather: @abulsme @ggreenwald @imbou @jeffjarvis Watch who votes w/ @RepJustinAmash tonight, and how unnerved leadership and WH aвЂ¦ 01:29:31
.@natsecHeather @ggreenwald @imbou @jeffjarvis @repjustinamash That will be very interesting test. More tests to follow if that succeeds. in reply to natsecHeather 01:30:17
RT @imbou: @ggreenwald @abulsme @jeffjarvis it's a poll. Like every other poll depends on the question, how many polls show majority is okвЂ¦ 01:30:21
.@imbou @ggreenwald @jeffjarvis Directional movement still useful to look at even in these cases. Q is if move is вЂњenoughвЂќ to move policy. in reply to imbou 01:32:33
RT @imbou: @abulsme @ggreenwald @jeffjarvis neither CNN, NY times or fix have this on their front page. The big news? Weiner! I wish peopвЂ¦ 01:32:41
.@imbou @ggreenwald @jeffjarvis Diff between big media caring and people caring. There is a lag and they sometimes match but not always. in reply to imbou 01:34:03
RT @imbou: @abulsme @ggreenwald @jeffjarvis when was the last time this came up in casual conversation? If the media doesn't push it doesnвЂ¦ 01:38:21
.@imbou @ggreenwald @jeffjarvis Sometimes the media drives, sometimes the media is driven. I hear talk of this вЂњin the wildвЂќ every day. in reply to imbou 01:39:24
RT @imbou: @abulsme you are deluding yourself. 01:45:40
.@imbou I’m not saying it will happen this time. Not enough poll movement yet. But when polls move far enough, media follows the attention. in reply to imbou 01:46:24
RT @imbou: @abulsme this thing is not picking up steam it's fading hard and fast… 01:47:46
.@imbou Maybe. This is why I have always said further movement depends on more big revelations. If this is it, story will indeed fade fast. in reply to imbou 01:48:46
вЂњAdd onвЂќ items at a certain online retailer really piss me off. They just lost a sale. Again. I WANT to buy it from them. (1/2) 02:21:39
I would gladly pay the extra shipping to make the item profitable. The convieniance is worth it. But they won’t take my money. GrrrвЂ¦ (2/2) 02:22:52
UhвЂ¦ (3/2). I know I could add it to cart with other items to buy it, but don’t want to think about that, and use 1-click exclusively. So no. 02:24:00
Reading – House forces vote on amendment that would limit NSA bulk surveillance (Spencer Ackerman) http://t.co/PAZ9HXSkI0 02:34:47
Reading – A Better Secret Court (James G. Carr) http://t.co/yyLvw0koVN 02:41:06
Reading – Quote of the Day: Nine Months Is an Eternity in Apple-Land (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/GKvHm1FjBQ 02:51:24
Ha ha! -> The NSA Says It Can’t Search Its Own Email (Eyder Peralta) http://t.co/0clcraXP2r 03:50:14
RT @ggreenwald: *So* funny: the reason cited by the Obama WH for opposing Amash/Conyers amendment to de-fund NSA bulk spying https://t.co/OвЂ¦ 05:07:33
RT @HKRED: @ggreenwald @imbou @jeffjarvis @abulsme small poll and old 11:53:39
RT @ggreenwald: @HKRED @imbou @jeffjarvis @abulsme It's from less than the two weeks ago. And the sample size is average for a political poвЂ¦ 11:53:43
RT @BreakingNews: Report: Russia gives Edward Snowden documents allowing him to leave Moscow airport, source tells RIA Novosti state news aвЂ¦ 11:56:45
RT @BYUfan: @abulsme @imbou Did Greenwald just DM y'all? #impressed 15:50:13
.@BYUfan @imbou Open replies. Not DMs. But not dot replies. :-) in reply to BYUfan 15:50:57
RT @imbou: @ggreenwald @HKRED @jeffjarvis @abulsme and since this broke there have been a lot of polls showing people valuing security overвЂ¦ 15:51:03
Reading – Michael Hayden on the Effects of Snowden's Whistleblowing (Bruce Schneier) http://t.co/ybbAPvS4ky 20:19:42
Reading – Feds put heat on Web firms for master encryption keys (Declan McCullagh) http://t.co/zc0vHpNRts 20:52:24
Reading – Congress Moves Toward Meaningful Reform of Domestic Surveillance (George Zornick) http://t.co/lwvq21dnnQ 21:06:56
Reading – Statement by the Press Secretary on the Amash Amendment (Jay Carney via Declan McCullagh) https://t.co/CmdCQqTchM 21:13:47
Reading – N.S.A. Director Lobbies House on Eve of Critical Vote (Risen/Savage) http://t.co/6s5EwGls4D 21:17:17
Not unexpected. Sigh. RT @BreakingNews: House votes to continue surveillance program collecting millions of Americans’ phone records – @AP 23:12:17
Close tho RT @frankthorpNBC: Amash NSA Amendment VOTE BREAKDOWN: YEAS: GOP – 94::DEM – 111 // NAYS: GOP – 134::DEM – 83 // TOTAL: 205-217вЂќ 23:13:26
Interesting partisan mix too. Would be interesting to see what other things those 205 could get together on. 23:15:15
.@imbou @ggreenwald @hkred @jeffjarvis Polls both ways. Look at trends. Don't think you would have gotten 205 in house before Snowden. in reply to imbou 23:20:58
.@imbou @ggreenwald @hkred @jeffjarvis Of course, still not enough public concern to force change, also evidenced by 205, not enoughвЂ¦ Yet. in reply to imbou 23:21:55

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