Monday, February 3, 2014

Repeat Tweets: High School Basketball

Repeat tweets from January, 2014:

  • Jan 3 2014: High school men's basketball final: Richardson 75, Lake Highlands 64. #txhshoops
  • Jan 6 2014: Star Trek Into Darkness (2013): Starships swim, garbage trucks fly, Kirk struts. Safe, formulaic, campy, non-stop bloodless violence. C+
  • Jan 6 2014: Headline: "US marks 4 straight years of slowing health costs." @SenTedCruz repeats his cry for #FullRepeal #wacko
  • Jan 6 2014: Headline: "Health care shrunk as a percent of GDP for the first time since 1997." @SenTedCruz repeats his cry for #FullRepeal #wacko
  • Jan 6 2014: MT @SenTedCruz: "I cannot support Janet Yellen's nomination to serve as Chairman of the Federal Reserve." This is news? Why? #Obstruction
  • Jan 6 2014: MT @SenTedCruz: "Federal judge, nominated by President Obama, finds Chicago's handgun sales ban unconstitutional." Judicial activism.

After the jump, more repeat tweets.


  • Jan 7 2014: Headline: "Ted Cruz's dad, Rafael Cruz, backs Katrina Pierson for Congress over incumbent Pete Sessions." Sessions not #wacko enough I guess
  • Jan 7 2014: High school men's basketball final: Berkner 60, Pearce 34. It's a great time to be a Ram! #txhshoops
  • Jan 7 2014: "The waste of money and humanity is criminal." -- DMN editorial writer Rodger Jones on drug laws. You go, guy! dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/
  • Jan 9 2014: Computer Chess (2013): 1980s B/W documentary about computer chess tourney? No. Avant-garde. Surreal. Bergmanesque. Maybe watch it high. D+
  • Jan 9 2014: @SenTedCruz, they can't already. Quit pandering to tea party. #wacko
  • Jan 9 2014: .@SenTedCruz says US should quit talking to Iran. Do we go to war now or after Iran has a Bomb? #wacko
  • Jan 9 2014: Want smaller govt? Quit making everything a crime. Grits for Breakfast looks at overcriminalization in Texas. gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com
  • Jan 9 2014: @AngieChenButton, what are you doing to reduce gun violence?
  • Jan 9 2014: MT @SenTedCruz: "People need jobs." Then quit with the austerity budgets already. #wacko
  • Jan 9 2014: "I am not a bully." -- Gov. Chris Christie. Remind you of anyone?
  • Jan 9 2014: Midland oilman gave $900K to Empower Texans, >99% of PAC's money. So much for Michael Quinn Sullivan's "grassroots." trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/
  • Jan 10 2014: High school men's basketball final: W.T.White 54, Berkner 78. It's a great time to be a Ram! #txhshoops
  • Jan 12 2014: Russian Ark (2002): Fly-on-the-wall tour of Hermitage Museum. Balls, concerts, court come to life. All in single camera take. *Very* odd. B-
  • Jan 14 2014: The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson: enthralling narrative history of black migration out of the South. Unforgettable people. A-
  • Jan 14 2014: MT @SenTedCruz: "'Iran Celebrates American 'Surrender'; Obama Says 'Give Peace A Chance'". Cruz beats the drums of war with Iran. #wacko
  • Jan 14 2014: MT @SenTedCruz: "Young Americans disillusioned w/ Pres. Obama." They might not even vote for him again in 2016. #wacko
  • Jan 14 2014: Headline: "Richardson girls snap Skyline's 134-game district winning streak." Big kudos to Richardson *and* Skyline. highschoolsportsblog.dallasnews.com/
  • Jan 14 2014: High school men's basketball final: Berkner 66, Richardson 63. It's a great time to be a Ram! #txhshoops
  • Jan 15 2014: MT @SenTedCruz: "If anyone wants to know why we're in fiscal trouble..." The budget deficit is dropping fast, but Cruz and facts don't mix.
  • Jan 15 2014: Headline: "Did Rep. Stefani Carter Use a House Resolution To Commend Her Boyfriend?" Sounds like something she'd do. frontburner.dmagazine.com
  • Jan 15 2014: MT @SenTedCruz: "... most terrifying words were 'I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.'" Yep. Senator Cruz is from the government.
  • Jan 16 2014: Anna Karenina (2012): Sumptuous. Stylistic. Theatrical. Fans of Tolstoy won't like it, but if you must condense to 2 hrs, this will do. B-
  • Jan 16 2014: MT @SenTedCruz: "Obama on campaign trail called $9T national debt unpatriotic." And now budget deficit is falling fastest in 60 years.
  • Jan 16 2014: Confederate Heroes: see oxymoron.
  • Jan 16 2014: Sen. John Carona "sits at the top for the 2 million people living under the rules of the privatized governments." www.texastribune.org
  • Jan 16 2014: State Senator John Carona "is a senator and a special-interest group rolled into one." www.texastribune.org
  • Jan 16 2014: MT @davidfrum: "88% of US college graduates read at least 1 book last year." People lie. Did pollsters ask people to name the book?
  • Jan 16 2014: Headline: "Texas Public Schools are Teaching Creationism." Yep. Milliions of tax dollars are going to teach religion. www.slate.com
  • Jan 16 2014: MT @JohnCarona: "Thx to groups like Texans for Life Coalition, we're winning for Life." And losing for Women.
  • Jan 16 2014: MT @GOP: "Tell us your top issues. Let's win big in 2014." I'm afraid of buying health insurance and then not getting sick.
  • Jan 16 2014: MT @GOP: "Tell us your top issues. Let's win big in 2014." I'm afraid some poor person somewhere isn't suffering enough.
  • Jan 16 2014: MT @GOP: "Tell us your top issues. Let's win big in 2014." I'm afraid some kid in some school somewhere is learning science.
  • Jan 16 2014: MT @SenTedCruz: "Texans' premiums are going up because of Obamacare." No. Health care costs are growing more slowly than anytime in 50 yrs.
  • Jan 16 2014: MT @SenTedCruz: "What have Dems done to protect Americans from Obamacare?" They kept Cruz from denying care cuz of pre-existing conditions.
  • Jan 17 2014: MT @SenTedCruz: "Income inequality is increasing b/c of Obamacare." Isn't income inequality a good and natural outcome of free market?
  • Jan 17 2014: MT @SmithermanTX: "I've sued Obama 7x." Only qualification for Texas Attorney General that matters. Print the bumper stickers.
  • Jan 17 2014: MT @SenTedCruz: "Focus our efforts squarely on those who are most likely to attack us." Let's have an airport line reserved for terrorists.
  • Jan 17 2014: High school men's basketball final: Skyline 65, Berkner 62. :-( #txhshoops
  • Jan 19 2014: This Is Not a Film (2011): Iranian filmmaker banned from making movies, facing prison, turns camera on himself. More protest than art. C-
  • Jan 21 2014: High school men's basketball final: Berkner 81, Lake Highlands 64. It's a great time to be a Ram! #txhshoops
  • Jan 22 2014: Big Star (2012): Documentary of obscure '70s cult band that lacked distribution, not talent. Movie needs more music and less talking. C+
  • Jan 23 2014: Headline: "Richard Sherman was a bad sport." Smart. Talented. Entertaining. Sure. But still a dick in this instance. www.slate.com
  • Jan 24 2014: Spectacular Now (2013): Party boy teaches nice girl confidence. In the end, he learns more himself. Simple, sweet story. Very well acted. B+
  • Jan 24 2014: High school men's basketball final: Skyline 62, Lake Highlands 30. Ouch. #txhshoops
  • Jan 26 2014: Grease at LHHS: Big and talented cast bring slicked hair, poodle skirts and sock hop to life with great singing, dancing, and tech.
  • Jan 27 2014: MT @SenTedCruz: "Obama Admin screwed up health care for millions." Except no lifetime caps, no denial for pre-existing conditions, etc, etc
  • Jan 28 2014: MT @SenTedCruz: "In the nation's history, there is simply no precedent. .." for this U.S. Senator's hyperbole.
  • Jan 28 2014: High school men's basketball final: Sunset 28, Berkner 88. It's a great time to be a Ram! #txhshoops
  • Jan 29 2014: Captain Phillips (2013): Suspense relentlessly builds towards climax. Liberties? So what? Tom Hanks deserves Oscar nom with Barkhad Abdi. B+
  • Jan 30 2014: "Tea party leader Katrina Pierson has raised just $76,187." The free market has spoken and it is never wrong, right? trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/
  • Jan 31 2014: Shrek at RHS: The ogre, the princess, smart-ass donkey, and big cast. Kids let their freak flags fly with clever songs and dancing.
  • Jan 31 2014: High school men's basketball final: Pearce 69, Berkner 44. It's a great time to be a Ram! #txhshoops

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