Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07

Sunday, January 30

• New visualization on the Federal budget freeze http://bit.ly/aecLHy #
• @ToddThurman It\’s not too late! 🙂 I\’m rolling out my aggressive video promotion push all this week. in reply to ToddThurman #

Monday, February 1

• It\’s Monday morning; a great time to check out my new video on the Federal budget freeze http://bit.ly/aecLHy #
• @JonahNRO Try this URL for the visualization http://bit.ly/9TR2mZ in reply to JonahNRO #
• Obama\’s 2011 budget proposal is $200+ billion more than he projected last year #
• The 2010 federal budget ended up being $169 billion bigger than originally proposed #
• Calvin and Hobbes author Bill Watterson gives first interview in 20 years http://bit.ly/9ZWgyd #
• .@D_B_Inman observers that somehow, with a budget freeze, the budget grew more than expected. Odd. #
• @rizzuhjj I\’m just looking at the \”outlays\” category, so I think it\’s pure spending. in reply to rizzuhjj #
• Please, no: Jeb Bush is back, and some think he\’s looking presidential http://bit.ly/bdVXbB #
• A data visualization on data visualization types [meta overload] http://bit.ly/aomI3g #
• RT @alexlundry: Great interactive #dataviz from @usatinteractive: where your federal tax $\’s go: http://bit.ly/bb6Qht #
• Stumping for a friend: Heather Logas, designer of Sam & Max games, needs $500 in kickstarter funds for independent game http://bit.ly/bnCrpl #
• @rizzuhjj The summary is here: http://bit.ly/af9yt8 But the separate sections don\’t seem to add up. Strange. in reply to rizzuhjj #
• @Logicologist \”Calvin and Hobbes\”: 8th wonder of the world. I\’ll vote for that. in reply to Logicologist #
• RT @amandacarpenter: trying to compile a list of spending efforts since 2008: C4C, stimulus I & II, banking, housing, etc. See anything? #
• @amandacarpenter I\’ll bet you someone at @Heritage has a list of spending projects in reply to amandacarpenter #
• Sweet: @BreitbartTV picks up my latest video on the budget freeze http://bit.ly/dCxek9 #
• Steve Jobs: \”Puppies are stupid. I kick them. Also, let me show you my new iPuppie. Puppies are awesome\” #
• RT @IMAO_: I\’m still not quite sure what a hipster is, but I\’m pretty sure I want to punch them. #
• 4th Quarter Recovery.gov jobs report is out: 599,108 jobs \”saved or created\” http://bit.ly/d0X78u #
• @sybilll Do you have a link to that? in reply to sybilll #
• @sybilll Sweet! Me and the Gov. Tim Pawlenty… together at last. in reply to sybilll #
• Budget forecasts and reality visualization from @nytimes http://bit.ly/aFxIla #
• Obama\’s 2011 budget compared with 2010. Great interactive visualization from @nytimes http://bit.ly/c2Kzjb #
• @D_B_Inman Can you point me to where in the budget we see the health care savings factored in? in reply to D_B_Inman #
• @seanhackbarth @alaskan Someone needs to do a semi-comprehensive list of budget \”tricks\” used to manipulate the numbers in reply to seanhackbarth #
• The 2011 federal budget assumes $743B savings via health reform over 10 years #WishfulAccounting (via @D_B_Inman) #
• If you\’re interested in a deep dive into the budget data, check out @jamiedupree\’s work http://bit.ly/9bKXwA #
• @ObamAmerican48 Please direct your questions to my video comparing Bush spending to Obama spending http://bit.ly/dBYOMc in reply to ObamAmerican48 #
• RT @seanhackbarth: My mom -> Goldman Sachs -> Woodrow Wilson #glenbeck\’s chalkboard never lies #
• @andylevy @JonahNRO Avatar trees were a pushover. They just sat there and burned. #StupidTrees #
• @seanhackbarth Am I crazy? I loved Beck\’s radio show years ago… thought it was smart, funny, self-depreciating. Have things changed? in reply to seanhackbarth #
• @seanhackbarth @collegepolitico Used to play his comedy bits to my friends. Funny as hell. Not sure I\’m interested if there\’s no humor #
• @jimmiebjr where did they get their data? I counted $743 billion in savings from health care reform in reply to jimmiebjr #
• @jaketapper Can you tell me where in the budget you got the $150 billion saved via HCR? #
• @jaketapper The reason I ask is b/c I thought it was $743 billion in HCR savings (Analytical file, page 188, toward the bottom) #
• @jimmiebjr I means where in the budget document is that number written down. Which file & page? Looks like Tapper doesn\’t know. in reply to jimmiebjr #
• @jimmiebjr Fair enough… life is tough for a data guy who wants to dig deep 🙂 in reply to jimmiebjr #
• @jimmiebjr Well, that\’s the REALLY frustrating thing, the budget rhetoric is 50% wishful accounting, designed for soundbites in reply to jimmiebjr #
• @jimmiebjr Yet they\’re not subject to any long term accountability… grrr, I need to take a break; this topic makes me angry…HULK SMASH! in reply to jimmiebjr #
• @MelissaTweets In case you missed it earlier, I\’ve got a new video up: Visualizing the Budget Freeze http://bit.ly/9TR2mZ in reply to MelissaTweets #
• @Mo9er I\’m still trying to get my mind around the data. I thought the new budget was $3.83 trillion, a 6% increase… much faster than GDP in reply to Mo9er #
• @Mo9er I\’ll try to get something on my blog when I finally grok it all, but the budget is a complicated beast in reply to Mo9er #
• RT @JimNorton: I taped #RedEye tonight with @SECupp. Her white sweater will make you want to give her repeated standing ovations. #
• @freemanhunt Are you in some kind of \”tablet\” mode? in reply to freemanhunt #
• RT @VodkaPundit: Nothing gives you better rest than a long day spent working hard at a job you love. And scotch. And a sleeping pill. #
• @seanhackbarth @MelissaTweets Hey… don\’t bash \”We are the world\”. Don\’t you remember how they solved world hunger? #
• @seanhackbarth I don\’t remember a thing… I be surprised if I ever heard it;. I wasn\’t allowed to listen to non-Christian music till 1992 in reply to seanhackbarth #
• @seanhackbarth After that, it was pretty much punk, prog metal and classical. in reply to seanhackbarth #
• I wonder how much of the O\’Keefe follow-up (which is looking pretty good for O\’Keefe) will make the @nytimes front page #
• @JonHenke Repressed childhoods of the world unite! We need a handshake or something. in reply to JonHenke #
• Cleaning up the final draft of my book chapter… #
• @snarkandboobs I\’m worried that if I follow too many #redeye guests I\’ll feel dirty. This looks like a job for #lotion! Wait… in reply to snarkandboobs #

Tuesday, February 2

• You want to know who the REAL Oscar contenders are? The ones with Best Director noms. Sorry @tommyxtopher #
• Punxsutawney Phil predicts 6 more weeks of winter. President Obama states, \”I inherited this groundhog from Bush\” #
• Question for budget geeks: Isn\’t this the first budget that war spending has been part of the actual budget? #
• @collegepolitico It\’s one of the promises President Obama made… I just don\’t know if it\’s in there. in reply to collegepolitico #
• @mitrebox I\’ll bet you that groundhog drives a truck. Anyone can go buy a truck http://tweetphoto.com/10241254 in reply to mitrebox #
• I\’ll bet you that groundhog drives a truck. Anyone can go buy a truck http://tweetphoto.com/10241254 #
• @JonahNRO It\’s Groundhog Day. As the official spokesman, would you like to say a word? in reply to JonahNRO #
• How is there a new Wallace and Gromit short and no one told me? http://bit.ly/aqldUa #
• RT @JonahNRO: 819 followers until 6K, at which point the vampire with a soul will play a role in the apocalypse | I miss #Angel #
• To go with @philipaklein \’s \”Obama Is Bigger Spender than Bush\”, I offer my Debt Road Trip video http://bit.ly/dBYOMc #
• .@philipaklein\’s \”Why Obama Is an Even Bigger Spender Than Bush\” http://bit.ly/aRjpjF #
• This just seems wrong. RT @mitrebox: Chris Matthews on Punxsutawney Phil, \”I forgot his shadow was black\” #
• Sarah Palin doesn\’t want us using the word \”retarded\”? That… um… well, you know http://bit.ly/axB0HW #
• Huge collection of data visualizations, must revisit later http://tinyurl.com/ya8mv36 (via @bbbco) #
• From Fish to Infinity: the first in a series about math from the basic to the baffling http://bit.ly/cr4WH7 #
• RT @MelissaTweets: RT @brendanloy: Glenn Beck saw his shadow, was afraid for our country. He then wept. #groundhogday http://ff.im/-fgPJj #
• For anyone who missed it yesterday: Video visualization of the Budget Freeze http://bit.ly/9TR2mZ #
• @vboykis Thanks for the pointer… even if it makes me sad. in reply to vboykis #
• @IPDave I\’m skeptical of the admin projections, but it\’s instructive that even their projections show a marginal improvement in reply to IPDave #
• @collegepolitico Dangit… I forgot. I\’ll put it up and try to get my next one (working on it!) up there first. in reply to collegepolitico #
• @RobWaterson Excellent (taps fingers a la Mr. Burns) The next stage in my plan to conquer the world is complete. in reply to RobWaterson #
• @jimgeraghty About your video… How are you counting \”discouraged\”? in reply to jimgeraghty #
• Looking for an easy job w/ money & \”social impact\”? Guess who\’s hiring. Go on! Guess! http://bit.ly/bFfRa8 #
• @seanhackbarth @pinkelephantpun I got to Season 2 of Lost till I realized they were just yanking my chain in reply to seanhackbarth #
• Does your movie feel like it needs some gravitas? Call Sam Elliot #InstantGravitas #UpInTheAir #
• @mitrebox Gahh! Dammit… where is my brain soap? in reply to mitrebox #
• @simonowens I think that depends on what he has to say. Hard to judge a book simply by the title. #
• @simonowens Also, @JonahNRO noted that \”Liberal Fascism\” isn\’t his phrase, it\’s was a suggestion from progressive HG Wells #
• RT @blovesmath: Watching Biggest Loser whilst eating chocolate cake. Am I a bad person? | Nope… that makes you even awesomer #
• @MelissaTweets When & where is the CPAC tweet-up? in reply to MelissaTweets #
• OK… that\’s funny. \”Rahm Emanuel compares Dems to retards, then apologizes to retards.\” http://bit.ly/dpGZsk #
• @leonwolf I think I\’ll join you on the Johnnie Walker. in reply to leonwolf #
• @jaketapper Heh. You\’re a bad person. #messingwithwestcoasters in reply to jaketapper #
• I want to comment on the @brendanloy @dmataconis back and forth, but it might just be more interesting to play spectator #
• @brendanloy On data perfectibility: Do you think that scientists have oversold some claims? Or that a sort of science fetish a la CSI… in reply to brendanloy #
• @brendanloy …& BoingBoing & Wired has oversold the concept of science as the omniscient arbiter? I\’d love to hear your thoughts. in reply to brendanloy #
• @MelissaTweets @dmataconis The pilot was intriguing. But by season 3 it was a game of \”mind@#$% the viewers!\” No fun. #
• @dmataconis @MelissaTweets Deadwood. Angel. Firefly. Arrested Development. Futurama. Rocky & Bullwinkle. #
• My first book chapter is now officially complete! Unless my editors say it isn\’t. #
• @vermontaigne Thanks! Writing is a love-hate thing for me. I love doing it. I hate starting it. in reply to vermontaigne #
• Now, with my O\’Reilly book chapter completed, I get to work on my rap battle. My life is weird. #
• @seanhackbarth Exactly. (No… it\’s a nerdcore rap battle about mobile web development vs. native application dev. Really) in reply to seanhackbarth #
• @seanhackbarth It\’s actually for the Ignite Salt Lake City speaking event. Which is what started this whole video nonsense 1 year ago. in reply to seanhackbarth #
• @MelissaTweets @seanhackbarth Some kids cartoons get stupider with age. Rocky and Bullwinkle ages like wine. #

Wednesday, February 3

• I\’ve been told that @STU_GBP just played my video during the break of the @glennbeck show. (thanks @whotnaught) #
• Your staff buys a new set of Clockwork Orange chairs for the daily briefing #youtalk2much #
• Your pet parrot commits suicide rather than trying to mimic your speech patterns #youtalk2much #
• Telemarketers have put you on a \”do not call\” list #youtalk2much #
• If you like my videos, Dan Roam\’s \”Back of the Napkin\” is a fantastic book on visual communication http://bit.ly/bJbxM5 #
• @_victor_ @midlifechick The \”budget as % of GDP\” would be a more effective argument if liberals pointed it out during Bush years in reply to _victor_ #
• The common item on your staffs\’ resumes? Ability to \”hold it\” for an indefinite amount of time. #youtalk2much @VodkaPundit #
• If Ayn Rand fans are begging \”Just get to the point already!\” #youtalk2much #
• @dmataconis If Fidel Castro releases a picture of himself holding today\’s newspaper to prove he didn\’t die during your remarks #youtalk2much in reply to dmataconis #
• @_victor_ Bush\’s budget-to-GDP % was between 18.5 – 21.8. Obama\’s has been 24+… and that assuming insane growth in the next 2 years in reply to _victor_ #
• @_victor_ I\’m not saying that is bad per-se (counter-cyclical spending and all that), but the \”Bush is crazy spender\” language… in reply to _victor_ #
• @_victor_ …of the last 8 years has made defending the Obama budgets difficult for liberals. in reply to _victor_ #
• @_victor_ Again… not saying these budgets aren\’t defensible. But it feels a lot like double speak in reply to _victor_ #
• @_victor_ So (correct me if wrong) your issue isn\’t strictly one of finance… it\’s the discrepancy between finance and rhetoric? in reply to _victor_ #
• To those with blogs: What\’s the best way to promote my videos? Tweet you directly when I have a new one? E-mail? Leave you alone? #
• RT @alexlundry: Had a chance to look at @markos poll; I agree w/prev. criticism: bad questions encourage acquiescence bias. Demos look off. #
• Me: How can I get bloggers to promote my stuff? @maphet: cold, hard cash | Heh #
• @seanhackbarth If it\’s at Salt Lake City, you can party at my place. in reply to seanhackbarth #
• @ExJon BREAKING: Obama to give pre-Oscar red carpet presentation on healthcare reform #EnoughAlready in reply to ExJon #
• BREAKING: In Iron Man 2, Tony Stark will grab a beer with Barack Obama to chat about closing Gitmo #EnoughAlready #
• BREAKING: Legislation introduced to have Barack Obama give ALL the commencement addresses this May #EnoughAlready #
• @sarahk47 @leonwolf What… you don\’t want to marinate in Andy\’s cerebral juices? (Eeeeewww) #
• BREAKING: Next year, Barack Obama will deliver the State of the Union AND the rebuttal #EnoughAlready #
• RT @CalebHowe: RT @Hawthorne President Obama signs lucrative multiyear contract as Snuggie spokesperson #EnoughAlready #
• BREAKING: Barack Obama to appear on \”Will It Blend\” with bobble-head of Sarah Palin #EnoughAlready #
• @bucknelldad Good call… I\’ll have to keep that in the back of my head for next time in reply to bucknelldad #
• There\’s a new professor at Hogwarts this summer. That\’s right… Barack Obama #EnoughAlready #
• Barack Obama invites Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren to Beer Summit to work out differences #EnoughAlready #
• @willwilkinson I\’m walking through the Best Pic noms. Best so far is District 9, then Inglorious Basterds. I have hopes for A Serious Man in reply to willwilkinson #
• RT @mitrebox: Town to hold Obamahall #EnoughAlready #
• Bill Watterson to bring back \”Obama and Hobbes\” with a few minor tweaks #EnoughAlready #
• Wow. I can\’t top this one. RT @mitrebox: At Superbowl, Obama to bow to the coin toss winner. #enoughalready #
• Fantastic visual analysis on why 824K jobs will disappear in Feb http://bit.ly/bGdA37 (Thanks @WakeT) #
• @CPACnews The #SeanPAC10 app will be appearing on the back of a bar napkin near you! @seanhackbarth in reply to CPACnews #
• Is it impossible for people at Fox News to give me a heads up before using my visualizations? @glennbeck I\’m talking in your direction #
• @collegepolitico Yeah… apparently Stu showed it to him during one of the breaks this morning (an Insider told me) in reply to collegepolitico #
• @Zirinsky Intellectual property? What\’s that? Only REAL people like Metallica have that. in reply to Zirinsky #
• Dear @glennbeck and @STU_GBP… Can you please let me know if you\’re using my visuals? Even just a heads up would be good. #
• @datavortex It\’s like the 4th time they\’ve done this. And if they\’re using my idea (and not the video itself) I have no real recourse in reply to datavortex #
• Anyone watching the Glenn Beck show? Can you tell me how they used this today? http://bit.ly/9TR2mZ #
• @ABelmares Thanks! I\’ll take a peek this evening. in reply to ABelmares #
• @collegepolitico But no mention of me or where they got the idea? in reply to collegepolitico #
• @collegepolitico I don\’t want to sound like a whiny, self-absorbed PITA but… grrrrrr in reply to collegepolitico #
• @collegepolitico Maybe I should cry about it. I hear he responds well to that. 🙂 in reply to collegepolitico #
• Looks like I came into the #demonsheep meme half-way in. Now for the tedious task of figuring out what is going on. #
• @garyteal Oh (#demonsheep) in reply to garyteal #
• @garyteal My (#demonsheep) in reply to garyteal #
• @garyteal God (#deamonsheep) in reply to garyteal #
• @chalms @garyteal tipped me off. I don\’t even have words. http://bit.ly/9AjC6c in reply to chalms #
• Though I walk through the Napa Valley of the shadow of death, I will certainly fear #demonsheep #
• @TheLibertyShip I think you mean it needs more #demonsheepbell in reply to TheLibertyShip #
• RT @bdomenech: RT @fenriswolfkpc: Are ewe better off than you were 4 years ago? #demonsheep #
• @sarahk47 Silence of the #Demonsheep #demonsheepmovies in reply to sarahk47 #
• @sarahk47 Ewwwww… in reply to sarahk47 #
• \”Maybe if we were the last two people alive, and there were no #demonsheep. Are there #demonsheep?\” #
• RT @snarkandboobs: A Flockwork Orange #demonsheepmovies | That was too awesome. I\’m not worthy #
• RT @sarahk47: #demonsheep is people! It\’s people! #

Thursday, February 4

• @D_B_Inman My only thought is that it\’s easy to get estimations wrong and very hard to get them right. But it should be HUGE news. in reply to D_B_Inman #
• @vermontaigne Go easy. This will be President Obama\’s first chance to talk in nearly five whole minutes… in reply to vermontaigne #
• @mitrebox if you tweet your urinalysis, I will never re-tweet you again. Unless you say something funny. in reply to mitrebox #
• RT @philipaklein: #demonsheep/Zombie Reagan 2012!!! #
• If you were busy with real work early this week, you might have missed my video on the budget freeze http://bit.ly/9TR2mZ #
• By the way, @glennbeck mimicked my video last night and butchered the numbers http://bit.ly/9K8dQS (at 7:30) #
• @collegepolitico He wasn\’t even close. I\’ll have a blog post on it soon. He won\’t come out well. in reply to collegepolitico #
• @collegepolitico That would be helpful. I\’ll hat-tip you on the blog post. in reply to collegepolitico #
• Most important jobs stat you\’ll see today is about how the stat is calculated http://bit.ly/bGdA37 #
• @vermontaigne Sullivan is living \”Momento\”; what is in his brain at any moment is absolute truth, to be forgotten the next moment in reply to vermontaigne #

Friday, February 5

• The employment news in a nutshell? It looks like things have stopped declining. #
• @midlifechick We\’ll have to wait till February to see if this is a blip or a trend. in reply to midlifechick #
• I gotta admit… I\’m confused about the job situation. Translation: Journalists have no clue what\’s going on. #
• @midlifechick Payrolls aren\’t the same as jobs. Payrolls could fall while jobs rise. in reply to midlifechick #
• @midlifechick I wouldn\’t say that this is a \”solid\” jobs report. The underlying number still seem fragile. in reply to midlifechick #
• @midlifechick But we didn\’t see the labor force drop and we didn\’t see \”ppl who want a job\” rise… like I said, it\’s not worse. in reply to midlifechick #
• Does not the demon shepherd leave the 99 to find the 1 lost #demonsheep? Who is probably off eating babies? #
• My dance of humility to @rsmccain is complete. Also I talk about narrative and false memories http://bit.ly/avWuBp #
• More like watching the Super Bowl commercials RT @lheal: Following @IMAO_ and @SarahK47 is like watching the Super Bowl every day. #
• @IMAO_ Common, admit it. You\’re totally sock-puppeting the @demonsheep account. Right? in reply to IMAO_ #
• @lheal How do you know? (wary glance) Are you now or have you ever been a #demonsheep? in reply to lheal #
• How is it that I wasn\’t following @lheal before now? There… problem solved. #
• We have 400,000 fewer jobs than the last time unemployment was at 9.7% #
• @cboyack I do base my stuff on official gov\’t data. They\’re only \”manipulated\” in the sense that statistics must be calculated somehow in reply to cboyack #
• RT @jimmiebjr: @michellemalkin \”Two! Four! Six! Eight! How Do We Enumerate? Census! Census! Yaaaaay Census!\” #
• @adamjcavanaugh August. Unemployment rate was 9.7, # of jobs was 139,433K in reply to adamjcavanaugh #
• 5 months ago, unemployment rate was 9.7% & we had 139,433K jobs. Today, rate is 9.7% & we have 138,333K jobs #
• @IMAO_ Can we replace Special Agent Booth (David Boreanaz) with a puppet too? #nationalpuppetday in reply to IMAO_ #
• @seanhackbarth I think #RedEye #RobotTheater should be eligible for the NEA funds. It\’s transgressive! in reply to seanhackbarth #
• RT @_victor_: Little Sheep Of Horrors #DemonSheepTheMusical #p2 #
• @ronnie_diorio Federal jobs increase were a marginal # of employed (20K), gov\’t jobs as a whole are down from December in reply to ronnie_diorio #
• @seanhackbarth How dare you! By mocking the snow, you\’re putting our brave bus drivers at risk! in reply to seanhackbarth #
• 2003: Nancy Pelosi says \”OMG! Unemployment is 6.2%! Bush is a failure!\” http://bit.ly/d6WmXm #
• @marcuslynn Good call. in reply to marcuslynn #
• @ronnie_diorio We\’ll see. This could just be a statistical blip a la August 2009. in reply to ronnie_diorio #
• @_victor_ I like the Droid based on the physical keyboard; I can\’t stand on-screen keyboards for email & tweets in reply to _victor_ #
• How to lose 1.1 million jobs but keep the unemployment rate the same http://bit.ly/bAgoRI #
• .@chuckdevore can\’t rid the world of @demonsheep anymore than he can fight the tides #
• @MBDil That\’s from my Not All Money Is Created Equal post http://bit.ly/6ROoIi in reply to MBDil #
• Heh. Professor Bainbridge: \”36% of Americans are, to be blunt, idiots\” http://bit.ly/aHlJHc #

Saturday, February 16

• My brother just called @mkhammer a \”super genius celebrity\”… #

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