Saturday, October 3, 2015

Repeat Tweets: Blocked Punt for a Touchdown

Repeat tweets from September, 2015:

  • Sep 3 2015: Blocked punt for a touchdown by Berkner with 30 seconds left sends this game to overtime. Naaman Forest 30, Berkner 30. #txhsfb @BerknerHS
  • Sep 3 2015: Final in overtime: Garland Naaman Forest 30, Berkner 33. It's a great time to be a Ram! #txhsfb @BerknerHS
  • Sep 4 2015: 173,000 new jobs in August. Unemployment lowest since March, 2008. Wait for @PeteSessions's statement blaming Obama.
  • Sep 5 2015: Surprising and heartwarming reaction in Germany to refugees. Boosts my faith in humanity.
  • Sep 7 2015: Dallas Morning News Defensive player of the week: Berkner's John Lewis. If you missed the game, sucks for you. dallasnews.com

After the jump, more repeat tweets.



  • Sep 7 2015: Does @AngieChenButton not see the hypocrisy of GOP politicians who can't stand labor unions celebrating Labor Day?
  • Sep 8 2015: The Colbert Report > The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. (Doritos >> Sabra hummus too.) #LSSC
  • Sep 9 2015: Clouds of Sils Maria (2014): A study in aging. Play within a play. Life imitates art. Who is playing which part? Great women's roles. B-
  • Sep 10 2015: Republican push to go to war in Iran blocked by Senate Democrats. IJS. reuters.com
  • Sep 11 2015: "In a depressed, deflationary economy conventional fiscal prudence is dangerous folly." -- Paul Krugman nytimes.com
  • Sep 12 2015: Final: Mesquite Poteet 42, Berkner 16. Pirates spoil Rams' homecoming. :-( #txhsfb @BerknerHS
  • Sep 13 2015: Was that Tom Coughlin who called that pass play instead of running down the clock? I thought it was Pete Carroll.
  • Sep 14 2015: Good: "Australia ousts climate-denying prime minister." Bad: "Position on climate change will stay the same." grist.org
  • Sep 14 2015: Do schools need more money because the Legislature imposed tougher standards on them? Not according to Sandy Kress. dallasobserver.com
  • Sep 15 2015: Trump revels in political incorrectness. Perry felt embarrassed. Trump showed strength. Perry showed weakness.
  • Sep 15 2015: Headline: "Jade Helm 15 ends as troops leave Texas." When's the tea party victory parade for repelling the invaders? trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com
  • Sep 15 2015: Re: Carson, Trump. In what other job is the hiring decision made by people not having direct, actual experience?
  • Sep 15 2015: "Pete Sessions Statement on Hispanic Heritage Month." Surprise, he's for it. It's their language he's against. texasgopvote.com
  • Sep 15 2015: Next time the kid ought to openly carry a gun. "Oh, that's a gun? Well OK then. I was afraid it was a clock."
  • Sep 16 2015: Tig (2015): "I have cancer." Not your typical opening line of a comedy set. Not your typical comedy documentary. But maybe the best. A-
  • Sep 16 2015: In other words, higher density means lower costs.
  • Sep 16 2015: "We're Obliterating Global Temperature Records." Not to worry. Winter's coming. Snow will prove warming is a hoax. motherjones.com
  • Sep 16 2015: "Carly Fiorina won debate, but fact checkers will have a field day." Excuse me, how is telling falsehoods winning? vox.com
  • Sep 17 2015: .@SenTedCruz, you realize don't you that sovereignty residing with #WeThePeople means it isn't given by God? #wacko
  • Sep 17 2015: Thank God for the Richardson ISD. #IStandWithAhmed could never happen here. Right? Right? Anyone?
  • Sep 17 2015: RT @JebBush: "He kept us safe." Except for that one time.
  • Sep 18 2015: Sweeney Todd at PHS: Sondheim's black comic operetta. Delicious dark fun & tragedy. Pearce's voices were up to the challenge. Such talent.
  • Sep 18 2015: Like? Facebook should add a "SMH" button.
  • Sep 18 2015: All this talk about how ad blocking is unethical reminded me I never got around to installing an ad blocker. Fixed.
  • Sep 18 2015: If Carly Fiorina is a rags to riches story, it's a riches to rags to riches story.
  • Sep 19 2015: 180° South (2010): Surfer/climber heads to Patagonia to surf and climb Cerro Corcovado. Adventure. Nature advocacy. I admit, I envy him. B+
  • Sep 19 2015: Hmmm... "You are blocked from following @TomPauken and viewing @TomPauken's Tweets."
  • Sep 21 2015: "Ted Cruz: Barring Muslims from White House violates Constitution." Ironic. Cruz makes news for a change when he says something truthful.
  • Sep 21 2015: Watch out, Wisconsin. Scott Walker is coming home and he's mad. If you thought he didn't do enough damage yet...
  • Sep 22 2015: Give Pope Francis time. He could become scary to American conservatives. Catholic candidates beware.
  • Sep 22 2015: Headline: "Texas is dead last for health insurance coverage." Wasn't small govt supposed to lead to better outcomes? bizjournals.com
  • Sep 22 2015: How can a neurosurgeon have such a huge misunderstanding of the Big Bang theory? He would get an F in science class.
  • Sep 24 2015: Jim Schutze on @IrvingMayor Beth Van Duyne: "If you can’t stick up for a kid, you’re a truly worthless human being." dallasobserver.com
  • Sep 24 2015: "Enhanced security measures"? What, like no clocks allowed???
  • Sep 24 2015: As someone else said, Pope's speech to Congress never would have happened today if we hadn't voted for Kennedy.
  • Sep 24 2015: Headline: "China to Announce Cap-and-Trade Program to Limit Emissions." Why would China agree to this? China will never go along with China.
  • Sep 24 2015: Stephen Colbert is full of himself. I think I liked him better when I could believe it was just an act. @StephenAtHome
  • Sep 25 2015: "What States Have the Most Unfair Tax Systems?" Texas makes the top ten. D'oh. candysdirt.com
  • Sep 25 2015: Halftime. Lake Highlands 42, Berkner 7. I need a marching band halftime show. #txhsfb
  • Sep 25 2015: Oh God, Stefani Carter is sharpening her knife for DA Susan Hawk, possibly in a bid to replace her. dallasnews.com
  • Sep 27 2015: Dancing in Jaffa (2013): Teaching ballroom dancing to kids in Israel. Boys/girls, yuck. Jews/Arabs, oh my! Sad and uplifting at once. A-
  • Sep 27 2015: Pro tip: tomorrow night's moon will be a lot brighter. Hence more spectacular.
  • Sep 29 2015: Paradoxical lesson: The best PR comes from putting children first, even if that leads to some bad PR.
  • Sep 29 2015: I blame you, north Texas, for @PeteSessions even being in Washington all these years.
  • Sep 30 2015: Soon, GOP pols will act as if they always believed in climate change. "Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia"