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BruceWriter

  1. Bill Leonard speaks for many of us: "A Baptist Shame" ow.ly/1MI2Sn about 15 hours ago via HootSuite
  2. Wonder how many people even know they can be held indefinitely -- “Bill to end indefinite detention fails in House huff.to/Le2Lms” 7:15 PM May 18th via Tweetbot for iOS
  3. @cattleprod -- Perhaps. Might always be too soon, a la Lincoln jokes. Can't really tell till you try, unfortunately. 9:39 AM May 14th via HootSuite in reply to cattleprod
  4. RT @wave3news: Cardinal Kyle Kuric proposes to girlfriend during graduation bit.ly/J4zIXe #wave3news 9:35 AM May 14th via HootSuite
  5. @TPMLiveWire -- is "Romney" becoming a verb? "Robertson About To Romney"? 9:34 AM May 14th via HootSuite
  6. JP Morgan's $2B trading loss was 4x their estimated cost of financial regulation. RT @wcgirl1 9:22 AM May 14th via HootSuite
  7. Any bets on which news channel would have the highest BCL rating? :-) 9:15 AM May 14th via HootSuite
  8. All TV should come with a BCL (Brain Cells Lost) ratings. Displayed onscreen, like health dept ratings for restaurants. 9:13 AM May 14th via HootSuite
  9. RT @andreaprasow: Malaysia convicts Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and the torture lawyers, in absentia, for war crimes. 6:01 AM May 13th via HootSuite
  10. RT @thinkprogress: In Germany, police fired 85 bullets in all of 2011. In the US, police fired 90 shots at 1 unarmed man in Los Angeles.... 5:44 AM May 13th via HootSuite
  11. RT @Nouriel: How Greece could leave the eurozone – in five difficult steps gu.com/p/37gn9/tw via @guardian 5:43 AM May 13th via HootSuite
  12. Another journalistic icon gone: "The Wall Street Journal Has Been Fox-ified" (nytimes.com) fb.me/1JREcv8j8 5:38 AM May 13th via HootSuite
  13. RT @LOLGOP: Thank the Arizona GOP for pointing out that true freedom is when your boss can interrogate you about your endometriosis. 5:32 AM May 13th via HootSuite
  14. Hmm … || RT @thinkprogress: NBC's David Gregory to headline conference for major Republican advocacy group thkpr.gs/KgHptu 4:52 AM May 13th via HootSuite
  15. Link here: “@dailykos: Mitt Romney announces bold new expansion of Second Amendment bit.ly/IXpBDA” 7:01 PM May 12th via Tweetbot for iOS
  16. Syntax matters: "As president, Mitt will work to expand … opportunities for Americans to hunt, shoot, and protect their families [...]" 7:01 PM May 12th via Tweetbot for iOS
  17. @DustinSlaughter -- all I get is a page with "Request Invite." Any URL with actual details? 6:45 PM May 12th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to DustinSlaughter
  18. FBI: We need wiretap-ready Web sites - now cnet.co/KlAqAu via @CNET -- Wish we had more technical details on this. Bad, or real bad? 6:42 PM May 12th via Tweet Button
  • Name Bruce Maples
  • Location Louisville, KY
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  • Bio Writer, teacher, manager, progressive policy dude
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