August 2010
RT @LilianaSegura: Absolutely horrifying. RT @MaxBlumenthal Israeli youth assist demolition of Bedouin village al-Arakib, vandalize home …
Follow @newyorkist for dispatches from a major crime scene at 118 Elizabeth St. #NYC. @1010WINSNYC @wcbstv @nbcnewyork
RT @nytimesmetro: #Queens Man Fatally Stabbed in Attack at Subway Stop http://nyti.ms/aSaiuv #MTA #JTrain #NYC
RT @nytimes: Recession? Knockoffs Go Downmarket http://nyti.ms/b7hKvI
RT @nytimesmetro: Too Close to Call July as New York’s Hottest Month http://nyti.ms/aq0gRh #NYC #weather #HOT
BP Used Much Dispersant Despite E.P.A. Directive of Rarely http://nyti.ms/ahJZcw /via @nytimes
AP: PLO official says Obama sends warning to Abbas. http://bit.ly/ai40jv /via @JimMacMillan
“In California, the authorities recently seized a shipment of counterfeit Angel...”
– Recession? Knockoffs Go Downmarket - NYTimes.com
BP Used Much Dispersant Despite E.P.A. Directive... →
The Coast Guard approved dozens of requests by BP to spread hundreds of thousands of gallons of surface oil dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico despite the Environmental Protection Agency’s directive on May 26 that they should be used only rarely, according to documents and correspondence analyzed by a Congressional subcommittee.
In some cases, the Coast Guard approved BP’s requests even though...
Running Government as a Cash Business -... →
The folksy Illinois secretary of state, Paul Powell, was under no suspicion of wrongdoing when, in 1970, he died in a hotel room he was sharing with his personal secretary.
After moving beyond the tawdry circumstances of his death, investigators discovered cash in every nook of Mr. Powell’s life: hundreds of thousands of dollars in shoe boxes, bowling ball bags and his office safe. He was...
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VICE cracks open the Anarchist Cookbook… danger ensues.
July 2010
RT @dailykos: Dem proposes blocking tax deduction bailout for BP http://bit.ly/ckn0UL
RT @Task_Force: RT @TI_EU: “There is no good corruption.” http://ow.ly/2jgkC #corruption
Wow, what a surprise, conflicts of interest in govt’s regulation of the oil industry http://wapo.st/99to9A /via @deviatar
Ethics Inquiry on Waters Is Tied to OneUnited Bank http://nyti.ms/bHt09h /via @nytimes
#shutup RT @kanyewest: I love me /via @brianbeutler, who wins the Internet
Funeral cookout, Hagerstown, Md. http://tweetphoto.com/36036740
Rep. Mike Arcuri (D-N.Y.) calls on Rangel to resign. http://ht.ly/2jgnX /via @TheFix
RT @Chanders: RT @dangillmor: Who’s downloading huge torrent of Facebook profile info? Big corporations, among others. http://bit.ly/8Z …
Really good read, fascinating re: middle class. RT @financialtimes Goodbye, American dream http://bit.ly/chgrry /via @moorehn / Fascinating
RT @pwgavin: “@jmartpolitico: News - That Steele funder w/ Breitbart nxt month has been “postponed.” No new date yet. http://politi.co/ …
RT @nytimes: The Saturday Profile: An Unabashedly Sexy Celebrity Gets Political http://nyti.ms/apmw5I
RT @BreakingNews: Death toll in Pakistani floods rises above 800, officials say
A Hamas militant is killed and several are injured by Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip http://bit.ly/ajMhq3 /via @bbcnews
RT @jayrosen_nyu: My alienation from and disgust with the “organized Jewish community” (and the polity of Israel) is close to complete. …
RT @glcarlstrom: WSJ: Mabhouh’s killers used US-based Internet firms to transfer money. http://is.gd/dUu92
RT @FCPA: Long jail term in Haiti bribes case. Miami businessman Juan Diaz gets nearly 5 years. http://bit.ly/b4xZGx #FCPA #bribery
“Life isn’t fair … sometimes you step off the pavement and get hit by a bus.”
– BP CEO Tony Hayward, on how he was “demonised and vilified” in the U.S. after the oil spill. (via officialssay) (via juanamaria)
“I have to say, I don’t know how these Fox viewers do it. Listening to a Beck...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Obama’s ‘Race’ War - NYTimes.com (via evangotlib)
Read everything @albaneselaura’s got on the protest outside #citifield. #FF
In #Hagerstown, Md., along with @delia_p and many others, for the weekend. We’re attending an annual feast called the “Funeral Cookout.”
RT @AlbaneseLaura: Arizona immigration law protest at Citi Field: http://bit.ly/9PUI0c Video should be up soonish. Who’s got mad video t …
2 men carry Mexican flags onto Citi Field outfield during #Mets game against #Diamondbacks http://bit.ly/cYRBgz /via @BreakingNews
Billionaire Brothers Long Suspected of Tax Evasion http://nyti.ms/aJr5WQ /via @nytimespolitics
New Trouble for Terrorist Who Aided Prosecutors http://nyti.ms/bslzLY /via @nytimes
RT @carlabond: RT @fivethirtyeight FIFA needs to ban North Korea from international competition indefinitely. http://bit.ly/94Hwoe
#Arizona governor says she’ll consider changes to “tweak” the #immigration law: http://yhoo.it/cRRRGU /via @YahooNews
RT @GlobalIntegrity: Tough crowd: Fiji rolls back press restrictions slightly, outcry is unabated. http://ow.ly/2j4O7
RT @NY1headlines: Obama Calls Rangel’s Ethics Charges “Very Troubling” http://bit.ly/ci0ymI
RT @NYScanner: #Queens: Northern Blvd & Depot Rd, Person Struck by Train (#LIRR) Is DOA. 8:11:59 PM
Just bought a “Print Aint Dead” t-shirt. Pretty sure the back says, “Psyche!” /via @AlbaneseLaura //Where’d you get it? I want one!
RT @jayrosen_nyu: Amanpour says she will “broaden the conversation” and downgrade “he said, she said” as host of ABC’s This Week http:// …
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MT @bbcworld: Five #Taliban are removed from a #sanctions list by the UN Security Council, a move sought by Kabul to… http://bit.ly/aHhd8O
Off to Hagerstown, Md. for the weekend.
RT @POGOBlog: House Passes Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act http://bit.ly/cKIrWU #whistleblower #oilspill
RT @WSJ: Just months after the U.S. banned certain billing tricks, the credit-card industry has dreamed up new ones http://on.wsj.com/akao6v
RT @ThePlumLineGS: Anthony Weiner doubles down on his big rant, says it was all about exposing GOP tactics: http://bit.ly/9d6r5d
RT @TWI_news: Banks Already Working Around #FinReg Rules - http://bit.ly/aoLkOd