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bencrair

  1. Oops bad formatting. Not true @slaskow. Read @elizalgray @mtredden. There. 2:47 PM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
  2. Not true! Read @elizalgray and @mtredden @slaskow 2:47 PM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
  3. Fuck MT @BreakingNews: NASA predicts our galaxy will collide with the nearby Andromeda galaxy in 6 billion years - @TPM bit.ly/LNSRwe 10:48 AM May 31st via TweetDeck
  4. .@melmason don't stop at the lede! "I was just in awe," said a star of the film, Mr. Marcus. "Who gets to have sex on the Coliseum floor?" 8:08 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
  5. @BenjySarlin @pareene @max_read Worth a reminder every few years. 7:57 AM May 30th via TweetDeck in reply to BenjySarlin
  6. "Asia rising, Facebook, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar " 7:48 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
  7. .@pareene @max_read My favorite bad column ever. I think it ran on a weekend when no one read it. 7:48 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
  8. .@pareene @max_read Friedman on Simon doesn't quite match Roger Cohen's classic: "Start the fire" nytimes.com/2009/01/19/opi… 7:47 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
  9. Beatrix Kiddo. Guy from Billy Madison. RT @BenjySarlin People who have secret kill lists: Arya Stark, President Obama nyti.ms/JLSJui 6:56 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
  10. Jose Cancesco has Obama's back: "Do you actually fucking believe that in four years you're going to fix the deficit?"http://es.pn/MHdFXN 9:31 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck