Abulsme.com: January 2019

@abulsme tweets from 2019-01-10 (UTC)

00:32:48 Retweeted @LarrySabato 00:17:12 BREAKING: Surprise Announcement for POTUS: VA Gov. Ralph Northam(D-VA) in his State of the Commonwealth address, juвЂ¦ https://t.co/xQAfAQCJAm
01:42:35 Retweeted @WakeUp2Politics 01:38:21 So far it looks like two ideas have emerged as possible solutions to the shutdown:1) Trump declares national emerвЂ¦ https://t.co/PIg7TQUzcZ in reply to WakeUp2Politics
01:54:20 Retweeted @Noahpinion 2018-03-31 00:26:51 Most cities that have had high immigration since 1980 have seen crime rates drop substantially:вЂ¦ https://t.co/ou0rThVSaT
02:02:05 Retweeted @esaagar 2019-01-09 21:35:56 To sum up the last 20 days: Trump demands 5.7 billion for a wall, Dems say no. Trump offers 2.5 billion for a wall,вЂ¦ https://t.co/h8I75kg8DO
07:01:36 I liked a @YouTube video https://t.co/L7ZwwUs7pN The History of the World: Every Year
17:11:54 Retweeted @jbouie 14:04:23 amazing to me that we had a week long controversy over a congresswoman saying вЂњmotherf***erвЂќ when steve king is jusвЂ¦ https://t.co/aD3UdVH3iW
17:12:41 Retweeted @ericisajoke 2019-01-09 13:12:34 I was wondering if spider-man’s spider sense is based on an actual thing spiders can do so I googled “can spiders sвЂ¦ https://t.co/uOgAQpVF7M
17:15:38 Retweeted @KatzOnEarth 16:48:19 The point is to be racist. вЂњBrown people are bad, they’re invading America, we’re going to do medieval shit to stopвЂ¦ https://t.co/6X5cMbUb77 in reply to KatzOnEarth
17:20:07 Retweeted @jimsciutto 16:59:49 Here you go: WH counsel’s office is prepping legal justification for national emergency, including advising WH to rвЂ¦ https://t.co/oQrYsvS2cy
19:26:01 Retweeted @BrandiKruse 18:54:35 “I am a pediatrician. It is very easy for me to diagnose a tantrum”: Just a week into her term, @RepKimSchrier (D-WвЂ¦ https://t.co/PtxIVjffnl

@abulsme tweets from 2019-01-09 (UTC)

00:13:37 Retweeted @ObsoleteDogma 2019-01-08 22:47:24 Trump’s victory in 2016 postponed the Republican civil war, but it still looks like it’s coming at some point soon.вЂ¦ https://t.co/t8H67qxHtf
00:21:55 Infrastructure week returns! https://t.co/Enck8hY6At
02:09:25 He is just so horribly bad at talking. But at least when he is reading a speech someone else wrote the words themselves make sense.
02:12:39 Lots of sniffling. Just like the debates with Clinton.
02:14:46 Now, if we had a nice modern Dem on next they would start their response with вЂњWhat a crock of shit! Let me explainвЂ¦ https://t.co/M0JsTmf10p
02:17:20 Thank you
02:19:31 Nancy and Chick both have their strengths, but giving this kind of speech is not one of them.
02:21:57 All three of these people suck at this kind of speech. So monotonous and boring. Would it kill any of them to show some energy or passion?
02:27:51 Retweeted @natsecHeather 02:20:06 For one glorious second I was hoping Schumer was going to say, “Mr President, tear down this wall.”
03:06:52 Retweeted @djrothkopf 02:50:13 A distinguished, very smart Mexican diplomat refutes the president’s speech completely and utterly with a few potenвЂ¦ https://t.co/o8nM8pcOCr
03:48:00 This timeline sucks. https://t.co/KjccAPWgj1 https://t.co/S20jEnSF4B
03:49:54 Retweeted @DavMicRot 03:47:24 The “pee tape” is just all of the blackmail the Russian picked up from years of illegal business and political scheвЂ¦ https://t.co/fTQWsQlh9Z in reply to DavMicRot
03:51:21 Retweeted @AndyOstroy 03:47:13 Everyone was worried #Trump would come out swinging, like the strongmen dictators he worships, declaring a nationalвЂ¦ https://t.co/jxLz1CNaO3
04:00:58 Retweeted @brianbeutler 03:45:42 Today’s revelations give the story more form, but this is where we’ve been headed for quite a long time. https://t.co/LcqA7q0PJb
13:51:12 Retweeted @joshtpm 03:21:23 I think the full meaning and impact of the Times revelation about that polling data hasn’t sunk in yet. Trump’s camвЂ¦ https://t.co/68fWAzDVFF
15:03:57 Ha! https://t.co/vBpwAGsMjN
20:40:54 Retweeted @shearm 20:39:04 Often when covering a White House, it is a challenge to confirm how a private, Oval Office meeting really went whenвЂ¦ https://t.co/Mz0l9rJt62
20:51:02 Retweeted @emptywheel 20:38:46 Manafort’s redaction fail yesterday not only let us all read what was behind his “redactions,” but provides a guideвЂ¦ https://t.co/lNjidzLGkn in reply to emptywheel

@abulsme tweets from 2019-01-08 (UTC)

01:40:32 Retweeted @ThePlumLineGS 01:31:06 The networks are capitulating to Trump. The only way for them to redeem this is to break major new ground rebuttingвЂ¦ https://t.co/hW8tKJRLYn
02:01:43 Retweeted @KevinReuning 01:20:17 Jesus. https://t.co/Y2MStLafkJ https://t.co/jnoNYL52bz
02:08:38 Retweeted @RVAwonk 00:00:41 This is what I’m talking about –> Facebook was aware of their “fake news” problem and had the tools to fix it. ButвЂ¦ https://t.co/CA2GxfuOFe in reply to RVAwonk
02:19:31 Retweeted @joshtpm 02:03:46 It’ll be far from the worst thing he’s done but the presidentвЂs state of emergency for a wall is really textbook imвЂ¦ https://t.co/MuMHwUVgjU
02:33:37 Retweeted @dandrezner 01:42:19 My hot take: a Trump address from the Oval Office will have zero effect on public opinion, because: a) polarizationвЂ¦ https://t.co/P7wzH2eKc5
17:24:43 Thread https://t.co/iMMCaRmTUA
19:21:11 Thread https://t.co/RrERtQn82u
21:34:53 Retweeted @NatashaBertrand 19:24:20 Things we learned today from Manafort’s lawyers’ redaction errors: Manafort is alleged to have met in Madrid w/KiliвЂ¦ https://t.co/MDV6ryPo4e
21:40:59 Fun fun fun… -> Supreme Court rules against mystery corporation from вЂCountry A’ fighting subpoena in Mueller invвЂ¦ https://t.co/b2x0YCJl64
22:13:25 Retweeted @natsecHeather 21:49:23 The robot appears to come with a bullet hole pre-drilled in its forehead. https://t.co/0VuLL9bv3E
22:23:29 Hilarious. https://t.co/FhTExQchRh

@abulsme tweets from 2019-01-07 (UTC)

16:05:10 Retweeted @jonathanchait 15:53:26 Trump shut down the government without anybody in his administration knowing the basic details of what would happen. https://t.co/AUdZdt1zCf
21:56:41 Retweeted @tribelaw 21:17:42 Sneaky too. Violating the Constitution in ways that are guaranteed to prove popular and to hurt nobody in particulaвЂ¦ https://t.co/gfVORSu5G3

@abulsme tweets from 2019-01-06 (UTC)

01:06:58 Listening to Freakonomics Radio How to Be Happy (Ep. 345 Rebroadcast) https://t.co/7FwXw09IkG
04:01:15 Interesting thread https://t.co/do30JKIy7o
04:05:19 @imbou Your next desk setup? https://t.co/bbJ1TqGAfz
08:56:02 We’ll see if I get the latest episode of Curmudgeon’s Corner published before the power goes outвЂ¦ https://t.co/fU3pe0kjJc
10:12:34 Retweeted @WALeXMXeLAW 06:41:47 We Destroy Solar Systems!: https://t.co/rMu9YHWM8n via @YouTube
10:41:19 Curmudgeon’s Corner: 2018 Predictions Review https://t.co/VaIbjkzlif https://t.co/TCZseD5dDn
10:48:03 Retweeted @SnoPUD 10:29:56 We’re receiving reports of outages. Remember never call 9-1-1 to report an outage. To report an outage:<symbol> 425-783-вЂ¦ https://t.co/KEyBmfXre0
11:19:03 I liked a @YouTube video https://t.co/auXhWmRj21 Star Wars: The Complete Canon Timeline (2018)
17:15:27 Retweeted @neal_katyal 17:08:14 Indeed, we do. That’s why it’s unconstitutional and a betrayal of everything Hamilton and Madison thought about cabвЂ¦ https://t.co/smjYLi9hX8
17:20:09 Retweeted @NataliaAntonova 16:17:01 So the GOP’s moral panic over the very presence of @AOC in politics is actually:Amplifying her message
Making hвЂ¦ https://t.co/b96ksVOCF4
17:28:57 Thread https://t.co/ehJh3Bl4X7
17:41:32 Retweeted @innesmck 17:39:37 gender neutral toilets are great for a lot of trans people, but they’re not *just* great for trans peoplethey alsвЂ¦ https://t.co/wi896TyPtq
18:37:58 Retweeted @page_eco 08:28:44 How people come up with вЂњrandomвЂќ numbers:A: вЂњPick a random number from 1-10вЂќ
B: <symbol>В°(1 and 10 are too obvious. 5 stвЂ¦ https://t.co/qd4auZIPYz

Curmudgeon’s Corner: 2018 Predictions Review

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@abulsme tweets from 2019-01-05 (UTC)

01:28:44 Retweeted @MrDane1982 01:21:36 Impeach the mothafucker!!! https://t.co/hO3Prcfwn5
02:45:40 Retweeted @WotDpod 02:40:13 Today’s episode of popular Wiki of the Day is on the article Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.Listen to the new episodeвЂ¦ https://t.co/uboXju1t8O
07:53:36 Retweeted @Hominid_Views 2019-01-04 18:09:38 Rep. @RashidaTlaib got it almost right… https://t.co/CqmLGzQyMp
22:48:55 Retweeted @NickFalacci 22:36:00 Trump is EXACTLY the kind of president that our Founders were thinking of when they created the process of impeachmвЂ¦ https://t.co/xV2wugb9xV
23:27:01 This is relatively long, but as a Gen X’er myself it was worth reading. It all describes a very different experiencвЂ¦ https://t.co/Uww2ZTOgNu

@abulsme tweets from 2019-01-04 (UTC)

00:31:53 Retweeted @JillFilipovic 2019-01-03 23:44:25 Just confirming with the GOP: dancing bad; grabbing by the pussy good?
01:46:40 Retweeted @WotDpod 01:45:16 Today’s episode of popular Wiki of the Day is on the article Nancy Pelosi.Listen to the new episode here:вЂ¦ https://t.co/72neXbiazU
02:56:11 Retweeted @MEPFuller 02:55:03 House passes the minibus to reopen closed agencies 241-190, with seven Republicans defecting to join all DemocratsвЂ¦ https://t.co/BFQaExgrd0 in reply to MEPFuller
04:21:19 Retweeted @MEPFuller 02:35:33 House passes stopgap spending bill for DHS, and five Republicans break ranks to support it.Bill passes 239-192. in reply to MEPFuller
04:32:12 Retweeted @prchovanec 04:07:58 If Obama had … oh never mind. https://t.co/S7l76yTMQd
05:15:35 Retweeted @coreyspowell 2019-01-03 21:28:28 The two best color images of #MU69 so far. Much more detailed views are coming later in the month. (My favorite parвЂ¦ https://t.co/kY4lp0BIPo in reply to coreyspowell
05:16:25 Retweeted @DavidPriess 02:00:46 Yes, this is the most distant object yet visited by human spacecraft.Yes, the image was processed by astrophysicвЂ¦ https://t.co/qM3OXrbjOS
07:37:43 Retweeted @claytoncubitt 07:35:44 Pretty sure Jon Cryer retweeting Ally Sheedy boosting Molly Ringwald is Gen X rapture https://t.co/ivd2RdU4v9
07:44:16 So of course there is now @aoc_dances. Of course.
15:35:35 Retweeted @Phil_Mattingly 15:34:16 Fed Chair Jerome Powell, asked by @Neil_Irwin if he would resign if President Trump asked him to: “No.”
15:42:24 Retweeted @brianstelter 15:32:15 Trump is the mis-leader in chief вЂ“ spreading falsehoods every single day вЂ“ so why should TV networks carry his liesвЂ¦ https://t.co/tLn6U5h22l
18:08:11 People are freaking out about Rep Tlaib’s language I see. To be honest I just thought it was funny. People need to get over themselves.
18:08:14 Retweeted @BrianMc_Fadden 16:31:29 Please don’t dance and cuss. It sets a bad example for the babies in our concentration camps.
18:09:15 Retweeted @imillhiser 2019-01-03 22:02:02 Pelosi’s not wasting any time. House just voted 225-190 to require Sam Alito to marry Neil Gorsuch in a pagan ceremвЂ¦ https://t.co/EnVQ22fnrT
18:11:52 Retweeted @The_Law_Boy 17:45:32 ADVISOR: Mr. President, they’re saying Rashida Tlaib’s language was a violation of our norms.TRUMP (looking at thвЂ¦ https://t.co/ctr9yMrsHJ
18:18:12 Retweeted @Lawrence 14:39:07 Nixon won 49 states. House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach him 18 months later. https://t.co/iBqgE6x6Ud
18:46:00 Yay! https://t.co/lFYXdLLGBG
18:54:19 Retweeted @matt___nelson 16:07:56 an actual dog did write it stephen do you see the blue check https://t.co/bhjGP6r64E
19:54:46 Retweeted @jdawsey1 19:24:21 “I did say that. Absolutely,” Trump says, when Major Garrett asks if he threatened a shutdown of “months or even yeвЂ¦ https://t.co/6ZdDeBfB8t

@abulsme tweets from 2019-01-03 (UTC)

00:25:27 Listening to The Wright Show The Year in Trump (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus) https://t.co/G5IT7it4bK
04:18:49 2018 Reading List https://t.co/nq4CPStbmZ https://t.co/wOwV21sL1C
17:35:53 Retweeted @DaviSusan 17:15:34 The visual representation of the full House today is striking. On one side, House GOP almost entirely white men. AnвЂ¦ https://t.co/38Bz5kgHhN
18:03:52 Retweeted @Celeste_pewter 18:01:00 The House is currently voting re: Speaker. If everything goes well (as expected), the new Presidential order of sucвЂ¦ https://t.co/3Z7aEw4fxq in reply to Celeste_pewter
18:47:17 Retweeted @_Drew_McCoy_ 17:12:14 I wonder if Trump has any idea of what he’s going to face in the next two years with the Democrats running the HousвЂ¦ https://t.co/ssCAyWkjjM
18:58:30 Retweeted @DKElections 18:51:37 Final list of 2019 House speaker votes for candidates other than Nancy Pelosi & Kevin McCarthyвЂ¦ https://t.co/MYRw9FrYEE in reply to DKElections
19:08:21 Retweeted @frankthorp 19:07:26 House Speaker Election Results:
Pelosi – 220
McCarthy – 192
Jim Jordan – 5
Bustos – 4
Tammy Duckworth – 2
Abrams -вЂ¦ https://t.co/iSpoLnmXe7
19:29:58 Retweeted @markknoller 19:29:05 .@GOPLeader presents Speaker Pelosi with her gavel, which she then proudly displays to the Chamber. https://t.co/xfpnbd6a3u
19:51:27 There ya go. Pelosi gavels the House to order.
20:42:30 Shocker. https://t.co/8HnEoENqH4
21:28:41 Retweeted @mirandacgreen 19:44:53 IMO this video of @AOC, that was recently dug-up of her dancing in a music video in college, will just add to whatвЂ¦ https://t.co/WrgniG7WQH
21:28:44 I liked a @YouTube video https://t.co/NdeN6I7MQj Phoenix – Lisztomania – Boston University Brat Pack Mashup
22:21:09 Retweeted @colinwilhelm 21:46:49 Reporter walks up to Bernie Sanders just now, who’s looking a little lost in the Capitol Visitor Center annex.RepвЂ¦ https://t.co/ncdT8pov40
22:39:44 Retweeted @atrupar 22:06:25 The optics of these respective events which took place within hours of each other is remarkable https://t.co/8bP7mo5fIc
22:56:13 Retweeted @emptywheel 16:59:50 Impeachment and the Narcissist’s Off-Ramphttps://t.co/6bWsZyvRk2
23:30:34 Retweeted @cpuGoogle 02:21:57 I was bitching about time in operating systems when I came across this 1857 time table.. https://t.co/c7ZFIkDBkD
23:34:21 Retweeted @sahilkapur 22:46:34 Newly-minted Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) walked on the House floor and sat on the Republican side of the aisle until he waвЂ¦ https://t.co/ugloqajOMN

@abulsme tweets from 2019-01-02 (UTC)

00:29:05 %@$#^@$^ – I just discovered that an analysis of 2008-2016 results on @ElectionGraphs that I have been working on oвЂ¦ https://t.co/KyVMHfjDGa
00:35:13 @hootdad @ElectionGraphs Was hoping to finish up my blog post on the analysis today, then actually start standing uвЂ¦ https://t.co/IXoBNrBhrG in reply to hootdad
06:11:03 Retweeted @guardian 05:49:31 Australian man screaming at spider ‘why don’t you die?’ triggers full police response https://t.co/iTPqRY1GRh
18:03:32 Retweeted @prashantrao 2018-12-28 19:07:00 President Trump’s visit to Iraq confirmed one thing: the US has to get a better handle on evading hobbyist plane-spвЂ¦ https://t.co/gU0lotcdgI
20:24:07 Interesting listen from the вЂњother sideвЂќ as myself. -> Listening to The Michael Knowles Show Ep. 272 – Last Call FoвЂ¦ https://t.co/9UHGMBL1AQ
20:47:43 Listening to TIL Reddit Recap Tuesday, January 1st 2019 https://t.co/IxV3Lf5DPF
21:21:25 Thread https://t.co/AjeEboZrs6
21:32:55 Retweeted @natsecHeather 20:15:52 lolsob https://t.co/Bfw6Iswk6n
21:44:19 Retweeted @dangillmor 21:19:54 An ongoing master class in how to cover a pathological liar. https://t.co/GeBRvIorxQ
21:51:41 Retweeted @RonBaalke 21:28:17 Meet the Solar System’s largest snowman – ~20 miles long and 44 AU away. Also known as Kuiper Belt Object 486958 (2вЂ¦ https://t.co/ZH9Zsiw2kb
23:39:43 Retweeted @JoAnnaScience 19:18:38 Ok but for real. We’ve now seen #2014MU69 up close. What can it tell us? How did it form? A thread comic. (1/5)вЂ¦ https://t.co/fOMYVy82nw
23:48:34 Retweeted @Cha51brolll19 16:44:33 To the teenager that flipped me off for honking at you, your phone is on top of your car.
23:54:54 Retweeted @JHUAPL 19:49:07 THIS is #UltimaThule.The image taken by @NASANewHorizons – shown in its original version (left) & sharpened versвЂ¦ https://t.co/66JXqLXBD7
23:55:14 Retweeted @BeckePhysics 21:01:06 The #UltimaThule вЂњto scaleвЂќ comparison you’ve been waiting for. (At least I have)
@NASANewHorizons @NASA @AlanSternвЂ¦ https://t.co/OhZFCih8xC

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