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MikeRiggs

colsonwhitehead "I'll break it down: AB Wang Chunging. A-always. B-be. Wang Chunging. Always Be Wang Chunging. Tonight especially." - Glengarry Wang Chung about 1 hour ago via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by MikeRiggs and 27 others
Congrats! RT @MattHardigree: Vacation is over. First day as EIC of Jalopnik starts now. about 3 hours ago via UberSocial for BlackBerry
Apparently unemployment creeping to 8.2% is worse for Obama than it is for Americans who can't find work. I'm sure he has their sympathy. about 3 hours ago via UberSocial for BlackBerry
Must-read: @jacobsullum on how Charlie Rangel's outrage shifted from drugs to drug penalties: ow.ly/bhMmJ about 13 hours ago via HootSuite
therealelp i cant believe i live in a city run by a guy who thinks if he makes large cups illegal people will stop being fat fucks. about 15 hours ago via web Retweeted by MikeRiggs and 80 others
@2ndCityHockey @BvrlyBrewmaster Magary writing about the NY soda ban on Gawker. Atrocious. about 17 hours ago via UberSocial for BlackBerry in reply to 2ndCityHockey
Drew Magary should not write about public policy. Ever. about 17 hours ago via UberSocial for BlackBerry
@calebhannan They have lots of readers. They have big traffic. Not saying they have a comprehensive demo. about 18 hours ago via HootSuite in reply to calebhannan
johntabin @MikeRiggs Both are also widely read by the professionals who revile them. about 18 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to MikeRiggs Retweeted by MikeRiggs
Business Insider reminds me of The Daily Caller: Widely reviled by professional journos, widely read by everybody else. about 19 hours ago via UberSocial for BlackBerry
RT @jcmeloni: I am currently enjoying @paulcarr vs @BusinessInsider about 19 hours ago via UberSocial for BlackBerry
@LucyStag @CynthiaCBell I just got one a week ago! about 19 hours ago via UberSocial for BlackBerry in reply to LucyStag
@lucystag @CynthiaCBell Every time I see you two tweet about girly stuff, this is what I imagine: ow.ly/bhpFa about 20 hours ago via HootSuite in reply to LucyStag
@abeaujon @dave_jamieson I believe they are called "riggsers." They are wrong. about 22 hours ago via HootSuite in reply to abeaujon
Hippie-dippy reporter goes hog-hunting with Florida Tea Partier, hilarity ensues: ow.ly/bhcYd #longreads about 22 hours ago via HootSuite
Despite Deaths in Honduran Raid, US to Press Ahead With New Antidrug Policy: ow.ly/bhaCZ Because it's only two dead pregnant women! about 22 hours ago via HootSuite
RT @real_kaplan: Look "Mikey," I'll give up my Big Gulp when you give up your Jeroboam of Chateau Mouton Fucking Rothschild. Ok? about 22 hours ago via UberSocial for BlackBerry
@ssstrom Word. about 23 hours ago via HootSuite in reply to ssstrom
NYT Room for Debate: Should Latin America End the War on Drugs? ow.ly/bh645 about 23 hours ago via HootSuite
Shani Hilton is leaving City Paper?! Will Sommer is the porcupine?! ow.ly/bh5D0 about 23 hours ago via HootSuite

Name Mike Riggs
Location D.C./St. Pete
Web http://popsins.tu...
Bio Law enforcement and drug policy reporter for @reason; itinerant essayist; native Floridian; @caitlinreagan's lesser half. Say hi: mriggs@reason.com