Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Repeat Tweets: World's Top Research University

Repeat tweets from October, 2015:

  • Oct 1 2015: "The world's top research university? It's Caltech -- again." That's good but US needs to invest more in research. latimes.com
  • Oct 1 2015: What we're doing (following NRA's policy prescriptions) isn't working. It's time for a change.
  • Oct 1 2015: "Rules Chairman Running for Whip: 'Process is Broken.'" That's @PeteSessions, hiding a hammer behind his back. myajc.com
  • Oct 2 2015: Final. Mesquite 28, Lake Highlands 63. #txhsfb
  • Oct 3 2015: @Rangers, I'm not getting back on your bandwagon until you get the third out in the ninth inning of the clinching game of the World Series.

After the jump, more repeat tweets.


  • Oct 4 2015: "1,000 year rainfall event for South Carolina." Funny how often 1,000 years comes around these days. nymag.com
  • Oct 6 2015: "Boy, 11, charged with murdering 8-year-old girl after argument about puppies." Wouldn't have happened if 8-year-old girl had been armed.
  • Oct 6 2015: "The refs, the Seahawks, the Lions and the NFL all screwed up." But not "L". She questioned this call at the time. sbnation.com
  • Oct 7 2015: "Hillary Clinton comes out against TPP trade deal." Oh no! Obama's for it. Clinton's against it. GOP heads are going to explode!!!
  • Oct 7 2015: @RobertWilonsky buried the lede: "So, to sum up: In Dallas toy rifles are illegal, but real ones are good to go." crimeblog.dallasnews.com
  • Oct 7 2015: MT @LonghornNetwork: "Bevo XIV will not attend OU game due to a life-threatening condition." Warning: jokes are easy but in bad taste.
  • Oct 7 2015: RT @DonHuffines: "We are going to phase-out the margins tax and replace it with nothing!" Planning to phase out public education too?
  • Oct 7 2015: RT @DonHuffines "Government is not good at picking winners... But losers are good at picking government." Didn't you pick government?
  • Oct 8 2015: @RepPaulRyan, mulling his options. Give in to tea party and destroy economy, or stand up to tea party and destroy his political future.
  • Oct 9 2015: Edgar Sawtelle: Lots to like in this simple tale of Wisconsin, raising dogs, and coming of age. Joy, tragedy, adventure and action. A-
  • Oct 9 2015: "Paleoclimate Reconstruction Confirms Hockey Stick." GOP can deny it, but eventually we'll all be hockey fans. thinkprogress.org
  • Oct 9 2015: Final: Lake Highlands 37, Richardson 22. #txhsfb
  • Oct 10 2015: "Every country's debt, mapped." Everyone freaking out about USA debt should read this and chillax. vox.com
  • Oct 12 2015: I'm beginning to think today's MLB games in Houston and Arlington will be the last in Texas this year.
  • Oct 13 2015: "From a surface overview, Plano's new comprehensive plan looks smart." -- Peter Simek frontburner.dmagazine.com
  • Oct 13 2015: "Pete Sessions is interested in bid for US House speaker." Yikes. I still blame you, north Texas, for @PeteSessions. trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com
  • Oct 13 2015: I think Somalia is @marcorubio's kind of country. No government taking anyone's guns away there.
  • Oct 14 2015: Rosewater (2014): Jon Stewart's pet project. Shows Iran is evil and Stewart is the best of his class. Good movie. Important message. A-
  • Oct 14 2015: @JasonVillalba equates Democrats with Nazis. Now, even the *reasonable* Republicans are extremists. https://twitter.com/JasonVillalba/status/654167151645884417
  • Oct 15 2015: Senior Day at the State Fair of Texas, hanging out at the Food and Fiber pavilion. You know us oldsters can't get enough fiber.
  • Oct 15 2015: Overhead in the historical Big Texas Music exhibit in the Texas Hall of State: "Are they playing there?" "No, mom, they're dead."
  • Oct 18 2015: The MLB playoffs for the rest of us. It's only the 2nd LCS since 1996 without Yankees, Red Sox, or Cardinals. Enjoy. slate.com
  • Oct 18 2015: Wall Street is doing everything it can to elect a Republican president. The tea party is helping them. Nice trick. nytimes.com
  • Oct 18 2015: "President Bush did keep us safe no matter what anyone says." Except for that one time.
  • Oct 19 2015: Headline: "Federal regulators to require registration of recreational drones." Pro tip: attach a gun to the drone to avoid any regulations.
  • Oct 20 2015: Headline: "Carly Fiorina's Numbers Plunge in Latest CNN Poll." Let's hope that lying in the debate cost her. nytimes.com
  • Oct 20 2015: "How NIMBYs make your paycheck smaller." Homeowners vs apartment dwellers. Rich vs poor. Ever thus. vox.com
  • Oct 20 2015: Sanctuary policies are a response by communities with a reasonable fear of xenophobic policies like @SenTedCruz's.
  • Oct 20 2015: Church sign: "Is the Bible reliable?" Guess what the answer is.
  • Oct 21 2015: Today I learned the answer to a question that's gnawed at me forever: "Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I'm sixty-four?"
  • Oct 23 2015: Leviathan (2014): Things are not good in Russia. Petty corruption, family dysfunction & of course vodka. Book of Job on the Barents Sea. B+
  • Oct 23 2015: Is this the same GOP that went ape-shit when IRS checked if political groups qualified for tax-exempt status?
  • Oct 23 2015: Final: Berkner 14, Richardson 10. It's a great time to be a Ram! #txhsfb @BerknerHS
  • Oct 25 2015: Don't let the cars at the Civic Center keep you from voting. Crowds are there for Muffinmeow Cat Cafe. Sad commentary on civic mindedness.
  • Oct 26 2015: @AngieChenButton, what are you doing to extend health care to the poor? Attacking PP and blocking Medicaid???
  • Oct 26 2015: Dallas Cowboys' fans demonstrate mental compartmentalization by cheering a team with Greg Hardy and Jerry Jones. frontburner.dmagazine.com
  • Oct 26 2015: Old: China will never agree to curb greenhouse gas emissions. New: We're going to Paris to make sure they don't.
  • Oct 26 2015: "Intolerable Heat May Hit Middle East by End of Century." But GOP doesn't want to prepare for this security threat. nytimes.com
  • Oct 27 2015: "In the past five years, at least six Americans have been shot by dogs." Easy solution: arm all dog owners. washingtonpost.com
  • Oct 27 2015: Crazy man murders husband. Wife commits suicide. @SharonGrigsby sees two victims and one villain in this: the widow.
  • Oct 27 2015: "Residents launch petition to repeal Plano Tomorrow development plan." Critics in Plano don't know the law either. planoblog.dallasnews.com
  • Oct 27 2015: Rand Paul defense against Kaczynski: 1. He's partisan. 2. He's smart. 3. He used a book to check Jefferson quotes. I didn't.
  • Oct 28 2015: Shifu: Collection of stories of village life in China by Nobel winner Mo Yan. Only a couple seem polished. Maybe it's the translation. C+
  • Oct 29 2015: Scott Walker is already out. Jeb Bush looks close behind. Who would have guessed those two would be the early dropouts from this GOP field?
  • Oct 29 2015: Final: North Mesquite 38, Lake Highlands 7. #txhsfb
  • Oct 30 2015: Another in a long string of useless gestures by @SenTedCruz, great at politicking, lousy at getting anything done.
  • Oct 30 2015: @SenTedCruz doesn't understand how the debt limit works. The President only spends what Congress tells him to.
  • Oct 30 2015: "As far as them being able to talk, I mean, it's not necessary, and it's hard to get work done." Wrong answer. dallasnews.com