Repeat tweets from January, 2016:
- Jan 1 2016: RT @CarlyFiorina: "Love my alma mater, but rooting for a Hawkeyes win today. #RoseBowl" Can you say "pander?"
- Jan 2 2016: RT @GroverNorquist: "To understand what Obama wants in our future...Watch the Star Wars movies and imagine that only the storm troopers have guns." Did he just equate the US military and American police to Star Wars storm troopers? Despicable.
- Jan 2 2016: RT @justinc: "Idea: never go for two." Neither team went for two without being required to. Oregon should have gone for two to win but didn't and lost.
After the jump, more repeat tweets.
- Jan 5 2016: Final: Mesquite 62. Berkner 59. Missed a three at the buzzer. :-( #txhshoops.
- Jan 5 2016: Did you read the puff piece on Dale Wamstad in Richardson Living? Read this for the rest of the story: "Family Man" dallasobserver.com
- Jan 6 2016: MT @RichardsonISD: "Missed our most recent Board Meeting? Watch it here." RISD takes big step towards transparency.
- Jan 7 2016: Peak Tea Party? "NTTP Going Inactive" because of burn-out, lack of new recruits, and "nearly zero appreciation." northtexasteaparty.org
- Jan 7 2016: George Clayton, once GOP member of SBOE, then losing Dem. candidate for state rep, now Trump co-chair, soon candidate for RISD school board.
- Jan 8 2016: RT @BarackObama: "The economy added 292,000 jobs in December--a record-breaking 70 consecutive months of private-sector job growth." I'm waiting for Debbie Downer @PeteSessions to tell us why this is bad news.
- Jan 8 2016: TxDOT tells Richardson it's going to widen the railroad bridge over US75 in Plano. Blow to Bush Cotton Belt station? cor.net
- Jan 8 2016: Final in 3 OT: Berkner 77, Richardson 84. What a game! #txhshoops.
- Jan 12 2016: w00t! "An already-historic season became more so as Caltech took sole possession of 1st place in the SCIAC." pasadenanow.com
- Jan 12 2016: Final: Highland Park 56, Berkner 44. Basket had a cap on it tonight. #txhshoops.
- Jan 13 2016: Big Eyes (2014): Biopic of Margaret Keane. Art or kitsch? Innocent fib or fraud? Trapped or complicit? Portrait of a bad marriage. B+
- Jan 13 2016: RT @SpeakerRyan: "The Federal Reserve has given us liberal-style, trickle down economics." A politician inadvertently reveals his own biggest weaknesses by what he accuses his opponents of.
- Jan 13 2016: 4, 8, 19, 27, 34, with a Powerball of 10. Because I always don't play the same numbers, not those, I just saved myself $2. :-)
- Jan 14 2016: Busy Googling "Juneau icefield" and "Chevrolet Vega"
- Jan 15 2016: Winter on Fire (2015): Documentary of Ukraine revolution. Can't praise these people enough for their courage & determination. Stunning. A+
- Jan 15 2016: Why is it when a Dallas Morning News reporter starts getting familiar with the suburbs (@Kristen_Taketa), they are not long for the paper?
- Jan 15 2016: "I make movies for teenage boys. Oh dear, what a crime." -- Michael Bay, director of "13 Hours." vox.com
- Jan 15 2016: Of all the possible charges that can be made against Donald Trump, the one Ted Cruz picked was "New York values."
- Jan 15 2016: Slow demise of the DMN. First we lose @Kristen_Taketa, now we lose even the coffee klatch news, NeighborsGo.
- Jan 15 2016: Final: Berkner 50, JJ Pearce 63. Tie game through three. Berkner reinforcements arrive next week. #txhshoops
- Jan 18 2016: MT @WayneSlater: "You have to wonder about a Legislature that has legally joined MLK Day with Confederate Heroes Day." What's to wonder?
- Jan 18 2016: "Caltech Wins 67-58, Reclaims SCIAC Lead." If you don't know how odd that sounds, you aren't a longtime Caltech fan. pasadenanow.com
- Jan 19 2016: Final: Berkner 56, Lake Highlands 45. #txhshoops. It's a great time to be a Ram.
- Jan 20 2016: Ex Machina (2015): SciFi. Explores what it means to be human. Rich creepy eccentric builds an AI robot. Is it conscious or itself creepy? B-
- Jan 20 2016: New York TImes: "2015 Was Hottest Year in Recorded History, Scientists Say." Scientists say? NYT can't say? Views differ on shape of planet.
- Jan 22 2016: Frida (2002): Mexico in the 1920s. Biopic of Frida Kahlo. Art, politics, and volatile marriage to Diego Rivera. Leaves you wanting more. A-
- Jan 22 2016: I confess that something I did not see coming was the current world oil glut. There, I admitted it.
- Jan 22 2016: I used to avoid analogies because no analogy is perfect and always draws nit-picking arguments. I learned I should just ignore nit-pickers.
- Jan 24 2016: In Trump/Cruz showdown, I did not see the GOP establishment moving as one to Trump. Movement conservatives, otoh, are panicking other way.
- Jan 26 2016: "Why do apostrophes matter? Ultimately they don't, because nothing matters." vox.com
- Jan 26 2016: "Theory Turns Back Clock on Conditions Behind Universe's Origin." If this proves out, a Nobel for UT-D could result. utdallas.edu
- Jan 26 2016: DMN endorses @PeteSessions in District 32. I have to agree that Paul Brown and Russ Ramsland would be even worse. dallasnews.com
- Jan 26 2016: Final: North Mesquite 60, Berkner 71. #txhshoops. It's a great time to be a Ram.
- Jan 27 2016: Spy (2015): 007 parody that's surprisingly more fun than original franchise. Maybe too many vulgarities but they serve a purpose. B-
- Jan 29 2016: Singin' in the Rain at PHS: Great singing, dancing, acting, costumes, set, lighting and sound. All-around hit. marksteger.com
- Jan 30 2016: Grease at BHS: 2016 kids in '80s musical about '50s rock and roll. Great singing and dancing (and sax solo). marksteger.com
- Jan 31 2016: Kiss Me Kate at LHHS: Couple fight and woo onstage and off. Shakespeare, laughs, and talented voices top to bottom. marksteger.com