Abulsme.com: November 2013

@abulsme tweets from 2013-11-22 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 11/21/2013: 7,710 steps and 5.7 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:45
Reading – Lady Gaga to Sing in Space in 2015 (Nicole Eggenberger) http://t.co/2c2G2o6sIa 15:11:16
Reading – Steven Moffat interview (Cameron McEwan) http://t.co/mdaKeeRsmI 15:15:39
Reading – Why Democrats Partially Nuked the Filibuster (Jonathan Chait) http://t.co/sB55S7U4gO 15:20:53
Reading – The Tea Party’s Biggest Gripe With Christie (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/uHg0eKO32L 15:48:38
Reading – Switch to e-books was 'an unmitigated disaster', says school principal (Denise Calnan) http://t.co/whN0O7g7s3 15:50:48
Reading – The Five Doctors Reboot (Blogtor Who) http://t.co/qsaV565SPB 16:03:38
Reading – Does Microsoft need a turnaround expert? (Watts Martin) http://t.co/O3R9g4i3Mv 16:07:25
Reading – The Senate Really Can't Get Much More Dysfunctional at This Point (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/65xOsytoDR 16:14:48
Reading – 7 lost episodes of Doctor Who 1964 series Marco Polo filmed by fan to be unveiled next month (Halina Watts) http://t.co/dRZ3dDTxqr 16:20:36
Reading – How Astronomers Came to Think We Are Probably Not Alone (Lane Wallace) http://t.co/7tfbeyctyn 16:58:13
Reading – There That Day (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/Zfs8d5FUQP 17:01:13
RT @BlogsofWar: RT @Bitcoin_Altcoin Huge Bitcoin transaction spotted on block chain worth 194,993 BTC May want to keep an eye on… http://вЂ¦ 21:20:24
Watching "3 Simple Ways to Time Travel (& 3 Complicated Ones)" [Minute Physics] http://t.co/Crl1BRXEjm 21:26:51
[Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: The Continuing Debacle http://t.co/GhdSSO5vIm 21:44:03
Watching – To a Black Girl Whose Hair Was Deemed "Unacceptable" [Melissa Harris Perry] (divinelynaptural) http://t.co/lz3MGiQn1C 21:47:11
RT @DWArchive: A sick note from the Doctor for tomorrow for anyone who needs it http://t.co/rtgQ6PP8hT 21:55:10
RT @PollsAndVotes: A caller asked for this today. President Kennedy's Job Approval with events and televised national addresses. http://t.cвЂ¦ 22:01:45
RT @steveambielli: So after being a parent I sometimes wonder what I did with all the free time I had. #parenting 22:24:33
Over 10k now! Follow now or miss the fun of the next ones! :-) RT @_primes_: 10007 23:14:31
RT @DWArchive: 23rd November 2063 100th anniversary #savetheday 23:19:47

Curmudgeon’s Corner: The Continuing Debacle

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

Hodgepodge
Obamacare
JP Morgan Twitterfail
Bitcoin

Recorded on 19 Nov 2013

Length this week – 1:07:39


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@abulsme tweets from 2013-11-21 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 11/20/2013: 10,462 steps and 7.9 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:02:15
Reading – Just in case it escaped your… (Jack's Getting Fitter) http://t.co/QoB6DvVXdj 01:24:26
Reading – GM says self-driving vehicles not ready in 'foreseeable future'; Nissan vows by 2020 (Shepardson) http://t.co/AROxnUoxfa 01:28:45
Reading – 24,000-Year-Old Body Shows Kinship to Europeans and American Indians (Nicholas Wade) http://t.co/jh7sQfEPQH 01:38:48
Reading – Worth It! (WannaLOL) http://t.co/gz04RWn3gB 01:47:51
Reading – The Reality Of The Affordable Care Act, Ctd (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/y4SGPQqNXR 02:11:58
Reading – The вЂњFish DrвЂќ Revealed? The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot [DWTV] http://t.co/prnEvB0dp3 04:31:47
RT @imbou: @abulsme GM's track record at being right is not good.., 04:49:09
RT @BuzzFeedNews: Dreamlifter 747 stuck at Jabara Airport in Kansas after landing at the wrong airport, @KWCHDani reports http://t.co/3T0KKвЂ¦ 05:33:40
Alex just walked the dog! Meaning he held the leashвЂ¦ For the entire normal route we take. I didn’t have to take over even once! 06:00:34
Near where I went to high school -> Reading – 5-Year-Old Survives Apparent Murder-Suicide; 3 Dead (NBC Washington) http://t.co/RlCBp95kOZ 06:06:28
Reading – Massive Plane Mistakenly Lands At A Tiny Kansas Airport And Is Stuck There (Jon Passantino) http://t.co/VhnpidznFi 06:24:40
Reading – Filibuster Reform May Be Just Hours Away (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/3ulP1n4zEQ 06:30:47
Reading – Rethinking Reagan (A.J. Delgado) http://t.co/GSRkXB34dp 06:36:04
Reading – Amtrak Investigating How Manhattan-Bound Train Ended Up In Philadelphia Suburbs (CBS New York) http://t.co/6v1aiaw7uV 06:48:43
Reading – Edward Snowden is almost broke (Cory Doctorow) http://t.co/NHK3iVuj1J 17:03:24
Reading – Michael Jacobs on McGann’s Return, Spin-off & TV Movie (DWTV) http://t.co/Ix1pratEeQ 17:05:43
RT @Chris_Moody: Well played, Amtrak. Well played. RT @Amtrak Everyone quietly moves to the quiet car. RT @tommatzzie: I'm on @Amtrak 17:08:18
Reading – Why The Senate GOP Should Fold On Filibustering Judges (In One Chart) [Bill Scher] http://t.co/yV2N8FeLT5 17:13:32
There it is -> MT @breakingpol: US Senate votes 52-48 to change voting rules on executive, judicial nominees http://t.co/9xGRTEar2D 17:36:27
They excluded Supreme Court though. Might as well go all the way. Keep filibuster, but only as delay, not stopвЂ¦ On everything. 17:38:57
Super majorities should only be required on the things where it is explicitly required in the constitution. If we want more, amend. 17:40:01
Elections should actually have consequences, the majority should (usually) be able to get its way. Just as true no matter who wins. 17:41:29
Reading – How to interact with the introvertedвЂ¦ (TheMetaPicture)
http://t.co/BD2UTpWgVN 18:11:50
Reading – Why The Nuclear Option Is On The Table (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/eyRgkjkLvl 18:21:52
Reading – McCain: Dems Will Pay 'Heavy, Heavy Price' For Changing Filibuster (Dylan Scott) http://t.co/Mj2pB2pjca 18:29:09
RT @laurenweinstein: GOOGLE: Doctor! Daleks! Help me! Doctor! – http://t.co/rkjZ6oVmcc (google dot nz) 21:33:52
Reading – All Of The Turkeys Obama Has Pardoned Are Dead (Doug Mataconis) http://t.co/JfraV9ftHL 22:28:59
RT @GlennThrush: Hypothetical email from White House: Got anybody you want to nominate, you know, for anything? 22:30:08

@abulsme tweets from 2013-11-20 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 11/19/2013: 5,145 steps and 3.8 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 00:02:05
Reading – Because, in 1 Chart (Alexis C. Madrigal) http://t.co/Ujyhef8d6W 00:08:58
Reading – iOS 7.1: What to expect from the update (Chris Gaylord) http://t.co/bWOaJRgm5N 02:20:27
Reading – Healthcare Socialism 1; Healthcare Capitalism 0 (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/OHAOfV1sRo 06:42:54
Reading – Democrats Finally Getting Ready to Kill the Filibuster (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/j9zjcZBJ2V 06:58:00
Listening to "Show 263 – Press Clippings" (Common Sense) http://t.co/kjqOpzapye 14:33:41
Reading – Lavabit’s primary security claim wasn’t actually true (Moxie Marlinspike) http://t.co/cRCtE6S3DZ 14:53:26
Reading – Long commutes are making Americans more politically apathetic (John Sides) http://t.co/udiLxyEoW4 14:57:28
Reading – World Powers Renew Push on Iranian Nuclear Program (Cumming-Bruce/Erdbrink) http://t.co/5bu5zxhT8r 15:02:08
Reading – Silk Road 2.0 Has a New Dread Pirate Roberts (Sean Vitka) http://t.co/wUovAWoTrS 15:32:44
Reading – Fisa court documents reveal extent of NSA disregard for privacy restrictions (Spencer Ackerman) http://t.co/9HGVMza8uh 18:49:37
RT @Nate_Cohn: The good news is that I'm joining The New York Times as a political writer for the new @DLeonhardt data-journalism project 18:51:25
RT @samdolnick: .@DLeonhardt comes out guns blazing with new NYT project. He hires @BeschlossDC @JustinWolfers and @nate_cohn among others.вЂ¦ 18:51:51
RT @dylanmatt: It's impressive how @mattyglesias is trolling Left Twitter and Right Twitter equally today. https://t.co/VD2jMxhLQ3 https://вЂ¦ 19:27:49

@abulsme tweets from 2013-11-19 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 11/18/2013: 7,531 steps and 5.6 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:50
Reading – Introducing Deep Dish (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/rm3kLxbkEc 01:33:26
Reading – Another Terrible Idea for U.S. Meddling in Syria (Daniel Larison) http://t.co/H0eUNnKdwa 01:53:15
Reading – Yahoo vows to encrypt Ll its users’ personal data (Michael Liedtke) http://t.co/EBzkNRBHSy 02:01:07
Reading – George Zimmerman arrested in Florida (Steve Almasy) http://t.co/LpZBcMLi7x 02:05:19
Reading – (Mostly) Believe The Bitcoin Hype [John Biggs] http://t.co/ZnNffAHxuR 02:42:18
Reading – iPad Mini display schooled by Amazon, Google tablets in tests (Devin Coldewey) http://t.co/HO6s9EIuwa 02:45:57
This week’s CC recorded. Topics included Obamacare, JP Morgan, and Bitcoin. Out later in the week as usual. 04:31:27
Reading – Boy Found Handcuffed with Dead Chicken Around Neck; Foster Parents Arrested (Morning Call) http://t.co/jsmWfWQ4jB 07:04:17
Reading – Anand was 14 seconds away from winning game 7 (Susan Polgar) http://t.co/Bk2F8BnDy5 07:08:22
Reading – Reviewed: The Night of the Doctor (Kasterborous) http://t.co/pHYxc3ZgPZ 08:12:05
Reading – Wife beats husband in Maine municipal election (AP) http://t.co/DHyFnuRI8A 15:01:52
Reading – White House, Republican governors finally find Obamacare agreement (Sarah Kliff) http://t.co/gTO2ad53DV 15:05:32
Reading – Deeds critically wounded; son dead from gunshot (Jim Nolan) http://t.co/CfbYR5LjAd 15:16:57
Reading/Watching – If 3 Little Girls Did This To My House… (Adam Mordecai) http://t.co/twoXPvCISg 15:33:46
Reading – Sick To My Stomach (Josh Marshall) http://t.co/piCOfcpDcR 16:32:47
Reading – Wealth Inequality in America (politizane) http://t.co/YBr92JnWho 16:54:38
Watching – How I Feel About Logarithms (Vihart) https://t.co/7bhMsxhQgn 17:02:55
We finished the process of picking a new preschool for Alex. We will do all the paperwork and stuff tomorrow, and he will start Monday. 18:50:26
Last thing was a 30 minute trial in the new classroom. It went very well. He still says he would rather just stay home, butвЂ¦ 18:51:45
Reading – New Pricing From Adobe Campaign Will Disrupt Email Marketing (Robert Brosnan) http://t.co/KDRJXNCeT1 19:34:50
Watching – Email Marketing Flashback (SubscribersRule) http://t.co/D0jI4v838H 21:56:32

@abulsme tweets from 2013-11-18 (UTC)

[Abulpost] Alex decided I needed a sandwich… http://t.co/Tx95BUBYqu 00:10:07
My fitbit #Fitstats for 11/17/2013: 5,473 steps and 4 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 02:02:19
Reading – The Day of the Doctor – BBC Breakfast set report (BlogtorWho) http://t.co/4jDIfyc1ay 09:57:22
Reading – Public Supports NSA Spying On Their Email, Neighbors And Foreign Leaders (Gregory Ferenstein) http://t.co/jynePv645Y 16:55:06
Reading – Katrina killed more than 1,800 people. Obama’s Web site doesn’t work. Stop comparing. (Ezra Klein) http://t.co/2tYRwtbgkX 17:01:29
Reading – The Cheneys And The Republicans (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/ToxxGr1VBh 17:06:38
Reading – Supreme Court Declines to Stop Verizon Metadata Handover to NSA (Randall Gross) http://t.co/X7iwLrF60b 18:02:43

Alex decided I needed a sandwich…

He made it for me by himself (mostly). It was yummy!

And it came just when I needed a snack!

Edit 00:14 UTC: I should add, he does not like peanut butter. He made me a peanut butter sandwich because he knows I do! :-)

@abulsme tweets from 2013-11-17 (UTC)

Reading – Three Leaks, Three Weeks, and What We've Learned (Mark Jaycox) http://t.co/4geC3rE2nd 01:00:56
My fitbit #Fitstats for 11/16/2013: 4,549 steps and 3.4 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:51
Reading – Now, Let’s Have No More Curiosity About This Bizarre Cover-Up (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/Ya1COko8VF 01:33:40
RT @StephenFleming: Good Lord. Click on this: RT @JamesASexton: Titanic to scale in front of a modern passenger ship http://t.co/pCmW3LhhJT 01:38:18
Reading – Why red velvet cake was originally red (and why it can't be anymore) [Esther Inglis-Arkell] http://t.co/2QchHcPVsU 01:43:12
Reading – Here’s how The Post covered the вЂgrand social experiment’ of the Internet in 1988 (Barton Gellman) http://t.co/EKOUYlMW18 02:53:53
Reading – The Doctor вЂ“ The Reluctant Doomsday Device (Paul Brown) http://t.co/9H10WHhgjs 03:00:03
RT @studentactivism: Just realized when I expressed skepticism about Warren-Clinton chatter, I was PROGNOSTICATING ON THE 2016 PRESIDENTIALвЂ¦ 03:21:02
Reading – Hillary in 2016? Not So Fast (Frank Bruni) http://t.co/KA0Sy4Qp05 04:01:35
Reading – Chess: Challenger Takes Lead Over World Chess Champion (Dylan Loeb McClain) http://t.co/OzFyIsBc89 04:25:53
Reading – Absolutely unimaginable this could happen in America (Jen Hayde) http://t.co/HPdTKyS6AX 17:12:31
Alex decided he was going to make me a peanut butter sandwich for a snack. He is doing a great job! 23:57:46

@abulsme tweets from 2013-11-16 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 11/15/2013: 11,659 steps and 8.6 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 00:01:05
Reading – Apple hides a Patriot-Act-busting "warrant canary" in its transparency report (Cory Doctorow) http://t.co/omoxR10cWE 00:31:01
Reading – After Obama Meeting, Insurers Question Plan’s Workability (Abelson/Craig) http://t.co/r0YXSALtq7 04:54:55
Reading – Beheading in Syria Is Called a Mistake (Liam Stack) http://t.co/ZLQfRepK8q 08:54:27
Reading – F.D.A. Ruling Would All but Eliminate Trans Fats (Sabrina Tavernise) http://t.co/ywLEUdSjjN 08:58:01
Reading – The Foggy Crystal Ball (Will Durst) http://t.co/DpIl7Xd67g 09:04:04
RT @PeterDavison5: Come followers and follow @dayoftheFishDr
Spread the word far and wide! #FDR #FishDr 09:05:39
Awake, so watching chess. :-) -> Game 6 – Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen | FIDE World Chess Champion http://t.co/7jGWf8tQZZ 11:13:24
Reading – REVIEW: An Adventure in Space and Time at the BFI (Cameron K McEwan) http://t.co/DvNjas4gzw 17:58:32
Reading – Aquatic center in final stages (Eric Stevick) http://t.co/QjXt2kvjin 21:36:14
Reading – The Hidden Technology That Makes Twitter Huge (Paul Ford) http://t.co/ftKuuHqnnb 22:18:44

@abulsme tweets from 2013-11-15 (UTC)

Well duh! -> Reading – R2-D2 Will Be Back In Next Star Wars Movie (Charlotte Alter) http://t.co/wTIE8eSIdR 00:27:58
My fitbit #Fitstats for 11/14/2013: 14,868 steps and 11 km traveled. http://t.co/yvGq0OoOT9 01:01:54
RT @AmyNotAmy: Finally, I know what the longer, non-spiked thing on a sea urchin are! They're tube feet! http://t.co/JvUsd0shpp 02:28:22
Reading – FAA: Fla. pilot says passenger fell into ocean (CBS News) http://t.co/0EUmZmjikh 02:35:49
RT @jamespoulos: Oof. RT @lachlan: James Madison weighs in on the president's Obamacare fix http://t.co/LeEgC1vQqq 02:49:53
RT @Nolan_Mc: Oh hell, I give up. http://t.co/i1N62c0m92 02:51:27
RT @gerrycanavan: If you liked your old cynicism about the utter uselessness of the Democratic Party, you can keep it. 03:02:01
RT @michaelbd: Is there any doubt that a post-presidency Obama will say that single-payer would have been better, but he played the card heвЂ¦ 03:03:57
RT @feedly: we just pushed out a new version of the title view and the cards view. See http://t.co/zcxKzl9kJn for more information #control 03:31:08
RT @robertcostaNRO: Ran into a Jeb pal earlier today. Says the fmr Gov is losing weight and keeping it off. Adds: Columba isn't opposed. 03:34:04
Reading – Council plans to strip Rob Ford of mayor's power (Don Peat) http://t.co/HF2q9O3La8 03:45:43
RT @IFLScience: http://t.co/F7WxH9syBg 03:51:40
Reading – Doctor Who: 10 amazing things that happened in The Night of the Doctor minisode (Simon Swift) http://t.co/OENLt8flLU 07:11:00
Reading – Steven Moffat on The Night Of The Doctor (The Doctor Who Team) http://t.co/6LErFDMA7F 07:50:37
Reading – Eight Thoughts About Doctor Who: The Night Of The Doctor вЂ“ SPOILERS (Rich Johnson) http://t.co/w0fF3jGMTd 07:53:21
Reading – The Night Of The Doctor: a fan reaction to the Doctor Who mini-episode (Andrew Blair) http://t.co/5b6bNmtByN 07:58:07
Reading – Doctor Who Minisode: The Night of the Doctor (Kyle Anderson) http://t.co/2Mrd3bVct9 08:00:32
Reading – Colin Baker: Classic Doctors Are вЂњExcess BaggageвЂќ (Except, Presumably, McGann) [Andrew Reynolds] http://t.co/Md6d413veG 08:41:44
Reading – My Doctor fills in the gap вЂ¦ ? (Matthew Jacobs) http://t.co/KoGzNdPqVU 08:48:42
Reading – Doctor Who: Why Night if the Doctor Means the World
(James Hoare) http://t.co/abVpEeOGdo 08:52:42
RT @BYUfan: .@abulsme I'm confused. Last week you wanted to start a nuclear war to de-populate the planet. Now you're pacifist? 16:50:56
.@BYUfan To be fair, I only wanted to nuke uninhibited areas. No harm in that right? A few nukes for fun? We could sell tickets to watch! in reply to BYUfan 16:52:10
RT @BYUfan: .@abulsme I'm happy to hear you're becoming pacifist. Listening to @scotthortonshow Anti-War radio has made me so. http://t.co/вЂ¦ 16:52:16
.@BYUfan @scotthortonshow I’ve always had pacifist tendencies. Huge family history of pacifism. Always had high bar for use of violence. in reply to BYUfan 16:54:05
.@BYUfan @scotthortonshow Always allowed violence might sometimes be needed. In last years the height of my bar has been going up and up. in reply to BYUfan 16:56:06
.@BYUfan @scotthortonshow At this point think should be absolute last resort in extreme sits. And only if very sure net reduction in harm. in reply to BYUfan 16:59:38
.@BYUfan @scotthortonshow Close at this point to Just War Theory http://t.co/V7PJ9eQSOD but applied more broadly to non-war violence too. in reply to BYUfan 17:02:50
.@BYUfan @scotthortonshow But because of uncertainty not sure the 4 main points can actually ever be truly met. Which leaves no real cases. in reply to BYUfan 17:04:08
.@BYUfan @scotthortonshow And certainly it doesn’t cover ANY of the recent military adventures the US has been a part of. None. in reply to BYUfan 17:05:52
RT @BYUfan: .@abulsme Yeah! Front row seats! Er, uh oops, we already tried that. :-) http://t.co/RyKnQNoZVE 17:06:05
.@BYUfan Maybe we nuke the moon instead? No help 4 climate change, but perhaps a nice light show! And no people, penguins, or plastic trees! in reply to BYUfan 17:08:12
RT @BYUfan: .@abulsme @scotthortonshow History has shown nothing is ever sure…especially with war Also war is *always* sold as a humanitaвЂ¦ 17:08:19
.@BYUfan @scotthortonshow War is always for noble purpose. But calculus of benefit only positive if don’t count the harm to the losing side. in reply to BYUfan 17:10:31
.@BYUfan @scotthortonshow Because of course the вЂњother sideвЂќ never counts, do they? They aren’t real people after all. Are they? :-/ in reply to BYUfan 17:11:09
RT @BYUfan: @abulsme No need. Natural stellar fireworks are happening now. http://t.co/3pHXxC9wOu Unfortunately WA cloudcover prevents enjoвЂ¦ 17:11:49
RT @BYUfan: .@abulsme Racism, bigotry, xenophobia…all in their worst form. 17:14:21
Uh, uninhabited. Uninhibited would be completely different. MT @abulsme: .@BYUfan To be fair, I only wanted to nuke uninhibited areas. 17:24:37
RT @BYUfan: @abulsme Dang, I wish I had caught that. :-) 17:25:53
Reading – Obamacare is having one huge success nobody knows about (Ezra Klein) http://t.co/34r0RS6V0z 18:06:40
Reading – Obama overwhelmed (Jennifer Rubin) http://t.co/VOjE6KIvMf 22:09:20
Reading – Local News Coverage Of Obamacare Has Been Brutal (Andrew Kaczynski) http://t.co/jK7z8KNyi0 22:17:58
Reading – Dems leaders struggle to contain the damage (Greg Sargent) http://t.co/TVv1VlmnmC 22:32:03

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