@jackshafer: RT @lehmannchris: Today’s Politico Playbook starts a countdown to the fiscal cliff. It’s sponsored by GE, which pays no taxes. #nowords
pbump September 26, 2012 at 08:08AM
@pbump: “The hopes for a revitalized market are not high,” said a Somali pirate. Times are tough all over. http://t.co/pYkU37uz via @nastasyatay
Register exclusive: Obama says re-election will send message to Republicans | The Des Moines Register | desmoinesregister.com
“What I think most Iowans certainly believe,†the president said in a telephone interview with The Des Moines Register, “is that if the majority of the American people have said, ‘This is the direction we need to go,’ and the Republicans in Congress say, ‘No, we’re going to go in the exact opposite direction,’ that’s probably not going to leave them to keep that majority too long.â€
Twitter mulls killing follower counts – The Washington Post
We’ve all seen the social media “experts†who signed up for Twitter accounts yesterday and have eleventy-billion followers today, and we all know how exactly how they get them. Now Twitter might be considering a replacement metric for follower count that more accurately measures how influential users are.Speaking at a BuzzFeed panel in New York yesterday, Twitter co-founder and board member Evan Williams said that reach is a much more important measure:
via Twitter mulls killing follower counts – The Washington Post.
Slate September 26, 2012 at 12:37AM
@Slate: An insane amount of money is being spent because of Citizens United. This is exactly how much: http://t.co/qu9s0pWw
ClaraJeffery September 26, 2012 at 12:26AM
@ClaraJeffery: “Though Ryan had already decided to distance himself from the floundering Romney campaign, he now feels totally uninhibited.”
kaysteiger September 25, 2012 at 11:38PM
@kaysteiger: RT @ryanjreilly: “Did you read the story? You got to get rid of everything. The s–t hit the fan!†http://t.co/blhtO46z
Game Show Trickery Lawsuit: Do the Contestants Have a Case? (Guest Column)
What happens when producers of a game show tell two contestants there will be no trick questions and then ask what might be considered a “trick question,†causing those contestants to blow $580,000 in potential winnings?
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via Hollywood Reporter – THR, Esq. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/game-show-lawsuit-contestants-million-dollar-money-drop-374210
Death of Libyan rebel raises calls for vengeance
One of the young Libyan rebels credited with capturing Moammar Gadhafi in a drainage ditch nearly a year ago died Tuesday of injuries after being kidnapped, beaten and slashed by the late dictator’s supporters — the latest victim of persistent violence and instability in the North African country.
via Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines http://news.yahoo.com/death-libyan-rebel-raises-calls-vengeance-220259309.html
Subway grind pervert may dodge justice
A subway pervert who became a poster boy for law enforcement’s inability to keep underground “grinders†in jail may get off clean because prosecutors aren’t ready to pull the trigger on a trial.