Abulsme.com: December 2012

@abulsme tweets from 2012-12-30 (UTC)

Reading – Senate votes to let the NSA keep spying on you without a warrant until 2017 (Adi Robertson) http://t.co/NIOeJM7R 01:45:03
Reading – The Neocons Rally Against Hagel, Ctd (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/MysHAXby 01:48:24
RT @BuzzFeedAndrew: RT @sahilkapur: Won’t it be awkward when a GOP president is elected & Democrats have to dislike executive power … 01:53:46
Reading – US Whistleblowers on Being Targeted by the Secret Security State. (Kevin Gosztola) http://t.co/dHsHTcrO 02:01:59
Reading – The first-ever image of a massive river system on another world (Annalee Newitz) http://t.co/58pPKD3z 02:55:04
RT @ZekeJMiller: President George H.W. Bush out of ICU per spox @jgm41. “President Bush’s condition has improved” 03:40:53
Reading – FBI Documents Reveal Secret Nationwide Occupy Monitoring (Partnership for Civil Justice Fund) http://t.co/8ZZOyfyD 03:50:30
RT @Redistrict: Stand by for a colossal new vote dump from NYC that will certainly push @BarackObama past 51% of the popular vote…(and … 04:00:15
Reading – GOP ‘fiscal cliff’ endgame: Let big government sting the middle class? (Patrik Jonsson) http://t.co/2iWZBIV7 04:07:18
RT @Redistrict: NYC reports 270,900 new votes for @BarackObama, just 51,431 for @MittRomney. Obama jumps to 51.06% U.S.: https://t.co/jC … 04:08:05
Reading – More Guns, Fewer Deaths? Not So Fast. (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/71m37dEh 04:13:38
RT @TheStalwart: This is supposedly Russian car dascham footage that was taken of today’s plane crashing off the runway. http://t.co/KqN … 04:15:24
Reading – 4 Popular Theories on the 50th Anniversary (DWTV) http://t.co/qNs6O8JM 04:18:43
RT @BuzzFeedAndrew: Obama hits 51% in the popular vote, first President since Eisenhower to win more than 51% twice. https://t.co/EObGIL5l 04:38:56
Reading – The Republicans’ Moment of Truth (Michael Tomasky) http://t.co/8T6LayAe 04:45:22
RT @BuzzFeedAndrew: Also, Romney’s final share of the popular vote? Yep, 47%. https://t.co/qdYAznFJ 04:48:56
Reading – Reforming the Senate at a Snail’s Pace (Sarah Binder) http://t.co/ryvzGZFT 08:20:17
Reading – Top 10 Ways the Middle East Changed, 2012 (Juan Cole) http://t.co/BxMceiaM 08:49:51
[Abulpost] Alex sings Alphabet Train: Alex sings along to one of his favorite v… http://t.co/iUD8E4Fw 09:39:15
Reading – Is Our Austerians Learning? (Paul Krugman) http://t.co/2tcWBOp1 19:04:34
Reading – The Hostage Drama Begins (Paul Krugman) http://t.co/l9iCyVNc 19:07:21
RT @TheFix: Amazing 2012 factoid from @redistrict I am using for my column tomorrow: Just 15 of 234 House GOPers sit in seats Obama won. 19:50:16
Reading – 2012 вЂ“ The Year That Was (Part 1) [DWTV] http://t.co/pw2n63j2 19:58:19
RT @BuzzFeedAndrew: RT @ChadPergram: McConnell on cliff :”I feel fine” Of course, that’s the rest of the REM lyric “It’s the end of the … 20:00:38
Reading: Ability to sit and rise from the floor is closely correlated with all-cause mortality risk (Mark Frauenfelder) http://t.co/pPncYjHR 20:02:20
RT @ZekeJMiller: RT @chrisgolden: NBC: “major setback” in negotiations- Reid says worse place than 24 hours ago 20:19:13
Reading: For Republicans, It’s All About the Rich, the Very Rich, and the Super-Rich (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/1klTM1zc 20:24:50
RT @jamisonfoser: The next few days in a nutshell: How bad a solution to the wrong problem will we come up with? 21:23:38
Reading – McConnell Reaches Out For Help From Biden In Waning Hours Of Budget Fight (Brian Beutler)
http://t.co/sJucZB8Z 21:52:50
RT @speechboy71: Maybe? RT @Goldfarb: There may just be a calculation among GOP that better to wait until after cliff than affirmatively … 21:55:25
Reading: GE 2012: NY almost completely in: Obama 51.06%, +3.85% (Bonncaruso) http://t.co/FIzfEWrt 22:00:42
RT @mikeviqueira: The short story is that the two sides, acc to GOP aide, have not spoken since 7 last night, and things look bleak at t … 22:04:41
Reading – Fiscal Cliff Fiasco Part CCXXVIII (Brian Beutler) http://t.co/FyROWkKh 22:14:54
RT @BuzzFeedAndrew: Police blotters are sometimes hilarious. http://t.co/0lusBZze http://t.co/ARiWA1t5 22:16:56
RT @EdEspinoza: FYI: In 2011 both parties created a deficit reduction package. In 2012 Wall Street didn’t like it and branded it a “Fisc … 22:27:44
Reading – Jacob Appelbaum on Resisting the Surveillance State (Kevin Gosztola) http://t.co/WK6RzDrA 22:47:24
RT @ZekeJMiller: RT @mikememoli: This is the point in The West Wing episode where the president walks to the Capitol and sits outside Bo … 22:49:17
Reading: The Pointlessness of Today’s Fiscal Cliff Drama (Matthew Yglesias) http://t.co/R8M3oYGy 22:50:36
RT @jbendery: Sen. Harkin: “There is no real cliff … It’s a slope anyway. The world won’t end. Remember Y2K?” Says we can deal w/seque … 22:52:20
Reading: GOP Drops Social Security Cut Demand In Fiscal Cliff Negotiations (Brian Beutler) http://t.co/fxGQShH7 22:55:07
Reading: The Republican Party in one tweet (Ezra Klein) http://t.co/qiSi9rT1 22:58:23
RT @GlennThrush: Senate Dems feeling good — but worried Biden will swoop in and take a crappy deal, according to 2 D sources w/ knowledge 23:01:18
Reading: Will GOP allow вЂBush tax cuts’ to become the вЂObama middle class tax cut’? (Philip Klein) http://t.co/O4o7nYwG 23:08:07

Alex sings Alphabet Train

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Alex sings along to one of his favorite videos: Alphabet Train.

(Video taken December 2nd)

@abulsme tweets from 2012-12-29 (UTC)

RT @RamCNN: RT @tomgara: More ways to feel old: The first Gulf war is as long ago today as the Vietnam war was when the first Gulf war b … 00:41:34
Reading – Two Cautionary Tales of Gun Control (Joyce Lee Malcolm) http://t.co/pOqKTrKf 05:05:33
RT @JosephDickerson: It wasn't the Mayan Apocalypse, but on Dec. 21st Disney officially bought LucasFilm and #StarWars. #GeekApocalypse? … 08:00:16
RT @BYUfan: Swing voters dying out. RT @dandrezner This seems like a pretty important chart, courtesy of @fivethirtyeight: http://t.co/ … 16:54:16
.@BYUfan Not swing votersвЂ¦. Swing STATES. Maybe voters too, but that chart is about electoral votes. in reply to BYUfan 16:58:39
.@BYUfan Actually, spoke too soon. Congressional Districts I think. Gotta go find actual article instead of just looking at graphicвЂ¦. :-) in reply to BYUfan 17:00:35
Reading – As Swing Districts Dwindle, Can a Divided House Stand? (Nate Silver) http://t.co/jkMs6oWj 17:10:22
.@BYUfan So, revised commentвЂ¦. Not swing voters, swing house districts! There might be a swing voter decline too, but not shown here. in reply to BYUfan 17:11:37
.@BYUfan This more about geographic distribution of votes, including redistributing and gerrymandering. in reply to BYUfan 17:12:30
.@BYUfan Uh, redistrictingвЂ¦. Autocorrect. :-) in reply to BYUfan 17:14:46
Reading – Graph of the day: Americans are drinking less and less milk (Brad Plumer) http://t.co/Dp4to92K 17:23:24
RT @BYUfan: .@abulsme voters also concentrating themselves. People moving to red and blue neighborhoods. Free State Project on steroids. 17:26:41
.@BYUfan Yup, that was an interesting part of the article. Unhealthy I think. Better to have ideologically mixed areas. in reply to BYUfan 17:29:12
.@BYUfan Having ideologically sorted geographically is dangerous I think. Feedback loop of polarization. in reply to BYUfan 17:31:31
.@BYUfan Much easier to consider the other side вЂњevilвЂќ and вЂњotherвЂќ if you don’t have them as neighbors and friends. in reply to BYUfan 17:31:47
.@BYUfan Autocorrect galore. That should have been вЂњHaving ideology sorted geographicallyвЂ¦вЂќ. :-) 19:07:36
RT @LSPollack: That is awful RT @reddit A show about a detective w/ OCD, & this is how they design the box cover for the last season … 22:58:11

@abulsme tweets from 2012-12-28 (UTC)

RT @BreakingNews: More: US official says retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf has died; he was 78 – @AP http://t.co/TlZqaiCG 00:35:17
[Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: Navigating off the Cliff: In the latest Curmudgeon's Corner Sam and Iv… http://t.co/tGB48EpB 00:39:37
Reading – Is One Pound Fish Man the Next Trololo Man? (Jesus Diaz) http://t.co/xCcm0DhN 00:44:08
RT @markknoller: Longtime aide to former Pres GHWBush tells @petermaercbs that Bush "would ask me to tell you to please put the harps ba … 01:55:00
Reading – How Technical Sounding Nonsense Can Boost Your Career Prospects (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/rxS9Syz6 03:46:23
RT @JohnJHarwood: How productive has last day been? Senate Dem leadership aide, who yesterday said 50-50 chance of pre-Jan 1 deal, says … 03:55:14
Reading – My Migration from Paper (Josh Marshall) http://t.co/7eIZfGUo 03:59:58
Reading – The iMac In A World Of MacBooks On The Brink Of iPads (MG Siegler) http://t.co/FlSoD2PY 04:41:29
Reading – Typo Of The Day (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/Jgq1LQDF 04:44:14
After just a little more than 48 hours using my iPad, the iPhone feels positively tiny. 06:10:12
Reading – Washington State Senators Cross Aisle and Tilt Ideological Balance (Kirk Johnson) http://t.co/55gxIICa 06:30:08
Grr. Kidney stone pain again. It hit Thursday afternoon. It was Horrible for a few hours until the pain pills kicked in. Then seemed fine. 13:30:39
Of course, that was an illusion. Just woke up in pain. The pills wore off. Took another pill. Now waiting, in pain, for it to kick in. :-( 13:32:52
Reading – Yes, the 1990 Budget Deal Spending Cuts Were Real (Josh Barro) http://t.co/3xY1N7bP 13:41:50
Reading – My Rights. My Privacy. My Everything. (Josh Marshall) http://t.co/Wh6gjDBP 13:51:21
RT @TheStalwart: When are we going to get a 3rd Amendment controversy? 14:02:09
Reading – Should Retirees Emigrate? (Matthew Yglesias) http://t.co/SXyXZzfb 14:04:11
Does the fact that I signed on to work & have been doing work stuff for 30 min mean I am actually up and not going back to sleep? :-( 14:56:46
Reading – Irving Kristol on Desmond Tutu (Andrew Gelman) http://t.co/YCP0WSBF 15:10:09
RT @dandrezner: This seems like a pretty important chart, courtesy of @fivethirtyeight: http://t.co/Z1SHGfCf 23:30:39
Reading – Obama Calls for Open Votes on Mini-Bill if Reid-McConnell Negotiations Don't Bear Fruit (Matthew Yglesias) http://t.co/mtxS55xt 23:33:25
Promised Alex another trip to visit work, the Streetcar, the Monorail, & model trains at Armory between XMas & New Year. So here we are! 23:36:52

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Navigating off the Cliff

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

Busy Times / Fiscal Cliff
iPhone Navigation Apps / Touch to Share

Recorded on 24 Dec 2012

Length this week – 52:33


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@abulsme tweets from 2012-12-27 (UTC)

Reading – Senate Approves Warrantless Email Snooping (Andrew Kaczynski) http://t.co/XLGivC61 00:15:55
RT @radleybalko: I'm pro gun rights, but I wish there were a political price for peeing on the 4th Am the way there's been for the 2nd h … 00:16:07
Reading – Fukushima Debris to Keep Hitting the Pacific Coast This Winter (Mario Aguilar) http://t.co/RlAu3EDG 01:05:47
RT @littlecalculist: Dear unsubscribe links that immediately unsubscribe me instead of making me confirm I want to unsubscribe by checki … 01:14:04
Reading – The Great Republican Recession of 2013 is Now Five Days Away (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/NNDfOQyU 01:19:35
RT @mattyglesias: Crazy idea: Instead of Chuck Hagel, drive neocons crazy by appointing a SecDef who actually opposed Iraq invasion. 01:24:35
Reading – Bush Spokesman Says Ex-President’s Fever Rising (Ramit Plushnick-Masti) http://t.co/HkZOQn2w 02:45:15
[Abulpost] Alex Finds His Tree: [tube]http://t.co/UGwOiaxF] Recorded right a… http://t.co/ywST4Bi3 06:55:59
RT @Atrios: Mint the damn coin 07:07:00
RT @ZekeJMiller: RT @AlexJamesFitz: RT @igorbobic: Here's Geithner's letter to Congress saying we reached debt limit, again: http://t.co … 07:18:28
RT @BreakingNews: Former President George H.W. Bush has been in intensive care unit at Houston hospital since Sunday, spokesman says – @ … 08:02:17
Reading – Inky Plans To Reinvent Email (For Real This Time) [Sarah Perez] http://t.co/uIQVKN1P 20:23:15
Reading – Changing History (Josh Marshall) http://t.co/dYQvcaZi 20:34:07
Reading – Wild Dolphins Giving Gifts to Humans Is a Real Thing That Happens (Kyle Wagner) http://t.co/c5b9SVZV 20:41:06
Reading – Breaking Hard-Disk Encryption (Bruce Schneier) http://t.co/cwERRYi6 20:43:15
Reading – Pundit Audit 2012 (David Weigel) http://t.co/HcAClgZX 21:02:45
Reading – Who Was First in the Race to the Moon? The Tortoise. (Alexis Madrigal) http://t.co/3KysAqaS 21:36:13

Alex Finds His Tree

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwgAxvMo-88[/tube]

Recorded right after Alex woke up Christmas morning.

@abulsme tweets from 2012-12-26 (UTC)

First tweet from new iPad! Woo! Thanks Brandy! 01:26:45
Reading – The men who would save Mali’s manuscripts (John Thorne) http://t.co/B6cuVRZ0 03:48:00
Reading – Doctor Who: 50th Anniversary stamps confirmed (Chuck Foster) http://t.co/i4FWz4Be 10:06:11
After 3 AM. I really should stop playing with the new iPad and go to sleep. Oops. 11:11:30
Reading – Apple’s Siri has a rival: Google voice search (Chris Gaylord) http://t.co/L2HylZ3D 11:14:48
Reading – The Snowmen Spoiler-Free Review (DWTV) http://t.co/oCYOqB5U 11:51:32
Reading – Grow A Pair, Mr President (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/YkeCX63W 11:56:18
Reading – Which Cans To Kick? (Jonathan Bernstein) http://t.co/ZUwMyz7k 17:01:29
Reading – Chuck Hagel Gets His Second Wind (Robert Wright) http://t.co/DaMflO8i 17:11:47
Reading – Obama Needs to Nominate a Secretary of Defense. Now. (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/WOxpAhJv 18:01:10
Reading – Link your contacts with Facebook to get auto-updated details, clean up your address book (David Chartier) http://t.co/SDKwEr0w 18:09:27
Reading – Barack Obama’s Problem: Fanatic Republicans and Mushball Democrats (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/zJiqfcsh 18:12:57
Reading – The Libertarian Impulse on Guns (and Most Everything Else) [Jeffrey Goldberg] http://t.co/HZhtCU9B 22:46:11

@abulsme tweets from 2012-12-25 (UTC)

RT @SarcasticRover: DON’T PUT A STAR ON YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE! It’s a giant thermonuclear ball of fire and will destroy you! 07:56:22
Reading – The Last Best Hope For A Fiscal Cliff Deal Before January 1 (Joe Weisenthal) http://t.co/wy2EqgNw 10:19:48
[Abulpost] Santa Train: On Saturday, we took a little trip into the mountains. (Photo above by Amy.) … http://t.co/s8pgzDWi 13:57:29
[Abulpost] Happy Santa Day Everyone!: http://t.co/8OXKf6rj 21:45:56

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