Abulsme.com: October 2017

@abulsme tweets from 2017-10-08 (UTC)

01:42:21 The вЂњfine peopleвЂќ are back. <symbol> https://t.co/hFOTO1aMOg
02:35:30 Reading – Lisa Bloom, Lawyer Advising Harvey Weinstein, Resigns Amid Criticism From Board Members (Twohey/Barr) https://t.co/UQHgQnmStL
03:36:59 Retweeted @ZekeJMiller 03:36:13 Jason Aldean opens SNL with вЂI Won’t Back Down”
04:24:07 Retweeted @KevinHearne 2017-10-07 23:39:11 1/ Neighbors are not playing when it comes to pumpkin carving. Yes those are pumpkins. https://t.co/nazRxvlkJz
05:30:59 Retweeted @ava 2017-10-07 15:27:45 Fierce camera placement. Firm, but flexible approach with actors. Even choreography! #DirectorialGoals xo @Kaaiiiii0 https://t.co/AdfjDUhH7K
05:33:38 Thread https://t.co/tHNKtx6ApM
10:57:11 Watching – Jason Aldean cold open (SNL) https://t.co/eKFuHhkgHl
11:14:22 Retweeted @starwars 11:00:02 Get ready. Trailer tomorrow. #TheLastJedi https://t.co/woC9KF4GH8
11:55:07 Watching – New New New New Doctor (OnlyLeigh) https://t.co/3mygEyTRjl
12:12:40 Rachel Maddow reviews October 7th 2016 -> Media: https://t.co/o1WEqYue0J
12:18:37 Retweeted @JaneSamuels 12:02:04 Fans of Portal will enjoy these security turrets I met yesterday. Everyone else should be very afraid. https://t.co/F2hD0GHt2g
13:45:36 Retweeted @GMA 11:01:50 Brand new @StarWars: #TheLastJedi trailer TOMORROW during Monday Night Football on @ESPN. https://t.co/dbEXCHzPTi
13:59:54 Reading – String of Breaches at NSA Reveal Security Issues Plague Agency (John Schindler) https://t.co/gmX6vkgJ6v
14:07:54 Watching – Justice League Trailer https://t.co/eNPgUVzhph
14:10:42 Retweeted @johnbiggs 14:00:02 1200 days until Inauguration Day 2021.
15:33:24 Retweeted @normative 15:32:50 A surprising number of people are leaping to the inference that a Republican who dislikes Trump will vote against RвЂ¦ https://t.co/2Wr2H1qqFq
15:33:38 Retweeted @SenBobCorker 15:13:43 It’s a shame the White House has become an adult day care center. Someone obviously missed their shift this morning.
17:18:58 <symbol> https://t.co/fi2NT7jvGo
17:37:30 Retweeted @aravosis 17:17:11 I didn’t see you walking out of your own inauguration. https://t.co/mtTYP1Za5E
21:07:56 Retweeted @chessninja 15:35:42 @Kasparov63 Fun Fact: A group of disgraced Trump officials is called a вЂњcollusionвЂќ. in reply to Kasparov63
22:19:56 Reading – Harvey Weinstein Is the (Whispered) Talk of Hollywood [Brooks Barnes] https://t.co/N6ZlnUo76R

@abulsme tweets from 2017-10-07 (UTC)

02:05:51 Retweeted @ABC2NEWS 2017-10-05 20:19:41 UPDATE: A spokesman for the Baltimore City Fire Dept has confirmed the source of the odor was a pumpkin spice air fвЂ¦ https://t.co/F14xRdxbF9
05:24:27 вЂњThat’s how life works. You find a friend and you fly with them.вЂќ @WALeXMXeLAW Age 8. Then, after a slight pause, вЂњIf you are a bat.вЂќ
06:44:37 Reading – Rex Tillerson at the Breaking Point (Dexter Filkins) https://t.co/Y6nGXsbHZD
07:19:33 Reading – Diagnosing Donald Trump, and His Voters (Masha Gessen) https://t.co/GaXY9sGFBw
14:34:08 Retweeted @Blatherscribe 13:22:42 @abulsme @WALeXMXeLAW I think that may be all I’ve ever wanted from life as a human. in reply to abulsme
17:20:35 Retweeted @roaringgirle 17:17:18 UPPER CASE / LOWER CASE*always* one of the biggest ah-ha! moments of the semester. https://t.co/XfWBBBSoyn
19:50:08 I see Donald is spending his Saturday responsibly de-escalating world conflicts again. NOT!
19:56:21 Retweeted @ianbremmer 19:56:07 Trump nails it. Recognizing North Korea as a nuclear power the only feasible option for US. https://t.co/HRv8Kl8kWy
22:07:10 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Exodus https://t.co/6YjGaJsU0b https://t.co/F4HtKuIbtw
23:34:51 Retweeted @itsboyschapter 2017-10-04 11:50:31 These octopus kites are insane! <symbol><symbol> https://t.co/e69tXoN26i

Amy is TWENTY TWO!

According to my calculations, taking into account all the geeky things I take into account, at 13:22 UTC today (6:22 AM Pacific, 9:22 AM Eastern), Amy will be exactly 22 years old.

Happy Birthday Amy!!!

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Locked In

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about Hong Kong, the Republicans who are starting to worry about Trump, Trump’s executive actions on healthcare and Iran, and Harvey Weinstein. Oh. And Sam gets locked in his office. Fun times!

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Recorded 2017-10-14
Length this week – 1:58:02

(0:01:05-0:23:08) But First
- Agenda
- Ivan in Hong Kong
- Trump Puerto Rico comments
(0:24:24-1:03:55) Worried Republicans
- Trump-Tillerson IQ challenge
- Corker comments
- Alex Interlude #1
- Republicans containing Trump
- Robert Reich post
- Roy Moore
- Breaking the wall
- Trump understanding things
- Downward spiral
- Trump attacks on the press
- Pence alternative
- Fitness for duty
- Alex Interlude #2
(1:05:04-1:32:44) Executive Actions
- Birth control requirements
- ACA Subsidies
- Expanding low quality plans
- 3 in Three Interlude
- Tradeoffs
- Alex Interlude #3
- Iran false start
- Locking the door
- Iran Deal
(1:35:28-1:52:31) Weinstein
- More and more stories
- Blaming the victim
- Blocking the story
- Impact of Trump
- The Pence rule
- Locked in

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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Exodus

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about the Las Vegas massacre, the Catalonian independence referendum, and the ongoing drama within the Trump administration… with this week’s highlight of course being Tillerson calling Trump a moron. Before all of those topics though, updates from Ivan on the recovery from the recent natural disasters in both Mexico City and Puerto Rico.

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Recorded 2017-10-05
Length this week – 2:09:59

(0:00:15-0:08:07) But First
- Agenda
- Mexico City Update
(0:08:46-0:47:21) Puerto Rico Update
- How bad is it?
- Bou rescue flight
- Mass Migration
- Still worried?
- Death tolls
- Mayor of San Juan
- Trump’s visit
(0:48:41-1:29:19) Las Vegas
- A smaller scale event
- Mass shootings vs individual shootings
- The usual nothing on gun control?
- Long term trends and divisions
- The Vegas shooter and his plans
- Victim stories
- Amount of carnage
(1:29:56-1:49:43) Catalonia
- Background
- US Civil War comparison
- Why not a legal mechanism
- Problems with referendums
- Predictions?
- Implications for Europe
(1:50:59-2:09:39) Trump Administration Drama
- Fucking Moron
- Non-Denial Denial
- Cabinet Suicide Pact
- 25th Amendment again
- Mutiny on a nuke order?
- Chaos presidency
- Tax proposal

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@abulsme tweets from 2017-10-06 (UTC)

03:21:15 Retweeted @conradhackett 2017-10-05 16:41:21 NEW: The gap between the political values of Democrats & Republicans is the largest ever measured by @pewresearchвЂ¦ https://t.co/KIpRugQEih
03:45:10 Reading – Inside Tim Murphy’s reign of terror (Politico) https://t.co/q9uBmutc5a
03:47:09 Retweeted @pwnallthethings 03:35:00 Wait til you see the storm before you judge the calm https://t.co/xKDwMnXV6i
03:47:33 Retweeted @stevendupler 03:17:41 @olgaNYC1211 Steele: Highly trusted & respected USIS asset for years. He ran the goddamn Russia desk for MI6 for yeвЂ¦ https://t.co/kqZfkUKUbL in reply to olgaNYC1211
14:17:54 Retweeted @SteveKopack 13:45:44 AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is shutting down for good on December 15 https://t.co/Dgn32o9N4X
15:16:59 Reading – вЂThings we’ve never seen before’: The Russia investigation is moving into uncharted territory (Sheth)
https://t.co/Cpp7Yz4et5
22:09:46 Read in chunks since long, but worth it -> Alt-White: How the Breitbart Machine laundered racist hate (Bernstein) https://t.co/6lYmEW9ISO

@abulsme tweets from 2017-10-05 (UTC)

00:17:48 Retweeted @MyDaughtersArmy 2017-10-04 16:17:22 Man at Equifax breach hearing dressed as the guy from Monopoly. https://t.co/KX4GHePpYz
01:52:40 This is where my mom lives. :-(. She is fine. But… https://t.co/jTeDLeIZ4X
01:52:44 Retweeted @EverettPolice 01:46:54 Juvenile male has passed away at the hospital. Detectives continue investigating the case to develop suspect info. https://t.co/2Jblj2F3uq
01:52:53 Retweeted @MyEverettNews 01:51:24 Sad to report juvenile male victim from Walden Pond has passed away
Search on for shooter. https://t.co/gACZe7igTc
01:53:04 Retweeted @KIRO7Seattle 01:52:20 The young man shot in Everett has died.What we know >> https://t.co/u2rvvVZpKq
Latest on KIRO 7 at 7 p.m. https://t.co/tdcSXlRCKK
02:36:36 Reading – вЂDeath spiral’: Tillerson makes nice but may not last long with Trump (WaPo) https://t.co/Nsr4Q3v1UQ
05:27:23 Retweeted @owillis 2017-10-04 15:16:13 remember when hillary had to hold a presser because she called obama a moron? no? yeah me either. https://t.co/MFstq5fv9L
05:32:01 Reading – Security guard took on Las Vegas gunman unarmed (Julia Jacabo) https://t.co/1TIsXOaSSY
05:54:07 Retweeted @natsecHeather 02:34:02 Why yes, US forces are in combat in Niger. https://t.co/LcI4yoMyAQ
06:30:51 Retweeted @MorganKIRO7 06:15:05 #Seattle length-of-night is increasing by more than 3 minutes per night. (Hours:Minutes) #wawx #fall https://t.co/V9rtnyctQ6
11:50:46 Retweeted @davidfrum 2017-10-04 20:06:28 вЂњGo out there & deny that you called me a moron.вЂќ
вЂњThat’ll only make it a bigger story.вЂќ
вЂњYou heard me.вЂќ
вЂњYes, Mr President.вЂќ
CLICK
вЂњMoron”
17:44:13 This was at my mom’s apartment complex. So sad. :-( https://t.co/gallwap4yY
23:16:21 Reading – Mueller’s team met with Russia dossier author (CNN) https://t.co/cqtwm3nOom
23:21:13 Retweeted @BBCJamesCook 21:34:29 Fifty-nine people died here. Since then at least 87 more people have been shot dead in the US. That’s a Las Vegas massacre every three days.
23:24:46 Reading – John Kelly’s personal cell phone was compromised, White House believes (Politico) https://t.co/RH76xbQVy0
23:27:28 Reading – H.R. McMaster hinted he’s not behind Trump on Iran (Dana Bash) https://t.co/TOyD6PDW2j
23:42:02 Reading – For Republican Leaders in Congress, the Headaches Keep Mounting (Martin/Burns) https://t.co/atJh8Qba1p
23:45:49 Thread https://t.co/8PhS7vk082
23:48:16 Eye roll. (Please don’t start a new war.) https://t.co/95ZEJc26lB

@abulsme tweets from 2017-10-04 (UTC)

00:06:29 Thread https://t.co/1V41KmrII4
02:24:06 Reading – Russian-linked Facebook ads targeted Michigan and Wisconsin (CNN) https://t.co/4ZcoDOcz77
02:49:57 Reading – United States rejects UN resolution condemning use of death penalty to target LGBTQ people (Zack Ford) https://t.co/MPDeLlam4e
02:55:16 Reading – 6 Fresh Horrors From Equifax CEO Richard Smith’s Congressional Hearing (Lily Hay Newman) https://t.co/99xJaEynD8
04:49:20 Reading – What Did He Do? (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/jeXnYKTV6Q
11:41:52 Reading – Tillerson’s Fury at Trump Required an Intervention From Pence (NBC) https://t.co/qqgtTrf8Im
14:43:09 Hopefully Tillerson will say вЂњI said he was a moron because he IS a moron and I stand by my statement.вЂќ Or something like that. :-)
14:56:37 Hurry up Rex. I need to start getting my son and I ready for school / work.
15:02:41 This doesn’t sound like вЂњYes, he is a moron, peace out.вЂќ Oh well.
15:04:36 Cleanup on aisle three. Cleanup on aisle three. https://t.co/rYTB3Nzr2n
15:12:07 Retweeted @IvanTheK 14:59:56 Shorter Tilllerson: I’m still committed to serving this moron.
15:13:20 Retweeted @BecketAdams 15:00:53 Come forward and collect your winnings, Seth. https://t.co/xh3RABdH0c
15:25:29 Retweeted @originalgriz 15:02:21 Lying while groveling is the Trump cabinet brand at this point.
15:39:11 Retweeted @natsecHeather 15:06:46 Doesn’t deny… doesn’t apologize. https://t.co/iWu9vEsVrw
16:02:30 Retweeted @politicalwire 16:02:19 NBC stands by report: вЂњMy source didn’t just say he called him a moron. He said he called him an fucking moron.вЂќ
https://t.co/dVi1x7zJI5
20:07:33 Retweeted @sesamestreet 2017-10-03 14:37:31 Sending love & kindness to all those who need it right now. https://t.co/1PQUs9AN8x
20:18:12 Retweeted @jaketapper 20:17:46 Reminded of Scaramucci saying “There are people inside the administration that think it is their job to save AmericвЂ¦ https://t.co/hnDNWhWyNs
22:15:21 Retweeted @KevinMKruse 12:33:24 https://t.co/zCD9n84OC8
22:34:00 Retweeted @B_M_Finnigan 22:32:26 *whispers*
And neither of them actually mattered, because Pennsylvania https://t.co/1fqTFhgm9m
22:54:24 Reading – How the New Math of Gerrymandering Works (Cohn/Bui) https://t.co/bs6UvBi0uR
22:56:57 Retweeted @dog_rates 22:31:20 This is Blue. She thinks her favorite white ball got stuck in the sky. 13/10 (vid by Jessica Raspbury) https://t.co/L5imVJpyeP
23:07:15 I want to know more about the вЂњsuicide pactвЂќ -> Today Tillerson Tried To Kill The “Rexit” Rumors (John Hudson) https://t.co/JHpQp0Z87a

@abulsme tweets from 2017-10-03 (UTC)

00:25:46 Reading – Google and Facebook Have Failed Us (Alexis Madrigal) https://t.co/fO4RNWwhIa
00:28:37 Retweeted @isteintraum 00:05:20 You think “coastal elites” don’t show you respect? And the way you wanted to earn it was to vote for this moronic piece of shit? Come on. in reply to isteintraum
00:41:03 Retweeted @sciam 00:00:18 The destruction on Puerto Rico could spawn one of the largest mass migration events in recent U.S. history https://t.co/e0UfHdhsQI
05:24:49 Jimmy Kimmel on Vegas. https://t.co/ynLG9vykPt
06:01:48 Retweeted @lindseywasson 05:25:23 .@NPR, readers demand to know if Ramona is going to get a cat. Or, plot twist, is Ramona also a cat? #ramonaupdates https://t.co/Je4npr3Y1i
06:07:25 Retweeted @woahaydrian 02:37:48 THATS HOW YOURE SUPPOSE TO DO IT?? my dumbass been pouring it into the strainer just to pour it back into the pan aвЂ¦ https://t.co/TiRxlMbAMW
18:57:36 Reading – Forget Russian Trolls вЂ” Facebook’s Own Staff Helped Win The Election. (Kreiss/McGregor) https://t.co/jHAW9BfhVe
23:45:09 It seems almost universal that domestic violence is a warning sign. https://t.co/ZQX9SRWYYn

@abulsme tweets from 2017-10-02 (UTC)

01:33:53 Reading – Trump urges staff to portray him as “crazy guy” (Jonathan Swan) https://t.co/dO6RnmZ1bv
03:24:47 My son is about as impressed with my idea for toothpaste chip cookies as he is with my idea for carbonated cheese. That is, not impressed.
03:27:10 I have been reminded that my previous idea was for cheese flavored soda, not carbonated cheese. But hey, both wouldвЂ¦ https://t.co/CFEXa5dXUv in reply to abulsme
04:44:44 Retweeted @SarahBurris 2017-09-27 20:56:32 “Chendra the elephant from Oregon Zoo was taken around to meet some of the other animals. The sea lions were her faвЂ¦ https://t.co/7a2vbXO7YM
06:21:08 Retweeted @Celeste_pewter 06:12:06 Important reminder about breaking news as the situation in Vegas unfolds. https://t.co/fqOiLdwa0O
06:26:58 Going to resist retweeting all the breaking tweets from Vegas. Remember heat of the moment info is often wrong. We will know soon enough.
06:34:28 Also, holy shit. Here we go again. :-(
06:41:15 Retweeted @s_m_i 06:40:38 may the news deities preserve us from the folks who think police scanners are the same as вЂњconfirmedвЂќ.
07:58:17 Retweeted @BBCWorld 07:56:27 Map shows where the #LasVegas mass shooting happened:https://t.co/hZkyqrjzz5 https://t.co/QhmGrQt0ji
08:34:15 Retweeted @RalstonReports 08:34:05 “I cannot give you an accurate number at this time…excess of 100 injured and excess of 20-plus who have died.” — @Sheriff_LVMPD
FFS
08:36:31 Retweeted @NoahGrayCNN 08:36:05 Police say they’re “Pretty confident” no longer a threat. Suspect is dead & he is “the sole aggressor” & reports of other shooters false
08:59:45 Just realized I have 2b awake in less than 4 hours to get to work for an early meeting. Guess it is time to stop watching LV and sleep. :-/
13:36:09 And of course all the numbers went way up in those few hours. Not surprising, but so very sad. :-( https://t.co/TMARCbwQe0 in reply to abulsme
13:36:47 Retweeted @iamlaurenp 11:58:06 Domestic terrorism is still terrorism. Domestic terrorism is still terrorism. Domestic terrorism is still terrorismвЂ¦ https://t.co/uscRJvtjD1
22:21:25 Common user response: вЂњThis may be a bot, but it says things I agree with a lot, so I trust it. It is a good bot. IвЂ¦ https://t.co/2T4o8LYzE1

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