International Law

Twitter Updates for 2008-10-01

By Rob Hyndman

• Honestly, she said one of her best friends is gay. So there. #
• @jbminn http://tinyurl.com/4qtfgv #
• McCain blames Obama for blaming McCain for blaming Obama for bailout collapse. http://tinyurl.com/4mpabh #
• “like, second grade”? OK. We readying an attack on, like, the Taliban? Or securing, like, the border? Or bailing out, like, the banks? #
• Publishers should twitter extracts from their books to promote. Would be great to explore a book by following a twitterstream from it. #
• @gruber He’s the Herman Munster of the WH. #
• Stewart: “John McCain, the only man who can impulsively overreact to something 10 days old.” #
• @steverubel there are no *rules* in a knife fight! #
• @motionblur great idea. was thinking of doing it for hot, flat and crowded #
• Will lowers the boom on McCain / Palin. Again. http://tinyurl.com/4z5k46 #
• The best minds of Canadian political journalism are at the Canadian Press: http://tinyurl.com/3pfzee #
• I wish people would stop exaggerating the importance of Palin not knowing the names of SCOTUS cases. #
• Coyne’s right on the Harper plagiarism case - it’s a dumb issue. http://tinyurl.com/3o6e64 #
• NNW: experiencing huge growth in visitor activity. Due to this, image use will be lim for time being as site is redesigned to handle growth. #
• Very impressed with NNW’s growth. I wanted to do this several years ago but doubted there was an audience in Canada. #
• Repubs have their debate script down for Palin - they’re going after the moderator, Gwen Ifill. #
• *So* impressed with the work Nate Silver is doing at 538.com: http://tinyurl.com/4qpkzs #
• Friedman: Repubs and Dems so out of practice working together that they can’t even come together in crisis. http://tinyurl.com/3kk4xa #
• That’s true measure of Gingrich’s accomp in Wash. He injected so much poison and antagonism that true cooperation is almost impossible. #
• Eg. Senate “compromise” bill bribes conserv Repubs with tax breaks unrelated to bailout. Is that *really* what it takes to get cooperation? #
• CNBC commnttr on Mon, when asked what positions best to ride out storm: “cash and fetal”. http://tinyurl.com/3kk4xa #
• What chance do politicos have to meet in the middle when talk radio and socmed loonies scream at them from both ends? #
• “In 1991, McCain railed against raising the FDIC insurance limit from $40,000 to its current $100,000 level.” http://tinyurl.com/49eggu #
• I wish the Obama campaign wouldn’t go after Fiorina. It’s a dumb move, and it’s the wrong thing to do. #
• Testing Twittertools integration with the blog. Move along, nothing to see here. #
• @defrag He needs to stop getting his info off of FriendFeed, and then go outside for a walk. #
• @jayrosen_nyu True heroes don’t market their heroism. #
• @jayrosen_nyu Journalists can’t have opinions. Unless they’re employed by Fox, and then they have to. #
• @batterista You didn’t mention the tax credits. What about the tax credits? How can we have a bailout if there aren’t tax credits? #
• My dog is snoring. It’s the loveliest sound in the world. #
• Toronto Sun FAIL: http://tinyurl.com/4ugprj #
• @batterista Agreed, was just pulling your leg. I’m still waiting for everything else to make it into the bill. Like a cheese sandwich. #
• Powerline in 2005: “[T]here is little reason to fear a catastrophic collapse in home prices”. Hilarious. http://tinyurl.com/4qugxd #
• @pfferreira I wish they would separate that out & deal with it on its own. Also, wait until *after* election. They have no mandate now. #
• Malkin: Tons of readers recomm that SP open her debate remarks by congratulating Ifill on book and asking her to tell everyone the title. #
• Yes, I think it wld be great for SP to do everything she can to present as an unfortunate, oppressed victim of everyone around her. You go! #
• GOP to McCain: Your attacks on Obama & your egotistical grandstanding are costing you votes. Please do it again. http://tinyurl.com/3hy6yt #
• @rozsavage It ought to - & they ought to do a commercial with you using one #
• @ccarmichael did you get any ideas for a Canuck Cafepress? #
• That’s two MBP power brick and cords that have crapped out on me in the last two weeks. #
• @batterista Pork to get the Repubs onside? #
• @ccarmichael nope. presumably the mkt’s too small … #
• @Branedy heh - well, she’s my buddy. Best. Dog. Ever. #
• @jevon A picture of a picture being taken of a picture being taken for a Tineye search? #
• @jbminn I yam what I yam #
• Harper’s plagiarist-in-chief edited book on intellectual property in which he argued for stronger IP protection. http://tinyurl.com/3npudr #
• Was going to comment on a blog post, but then saw the other comments, all pretty garbage-y. Then I realized, wow - that happens *a lot* #
• Dion condemned Harper’s copied speech, says Harper should be expelled from party. This is now the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard in politics. #

None Found

Full post as published by Rob Hyndman .com on October 02, 2008 (boomark / email).