Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-13

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché on October 13, 2009 @ 12:00 am · 0 comments

RT @nprnews FTC Says Bloggers Must Disclose Paid Endorsements http://su.pr/1rgmv6 | The corporatist nanny state strikes again. #
@noor91 Homework sucks. Glad I’m done for good. But now I have to GRADE homework. in reply to noor91 #
RT @bradspangler Over & over again, it’s the same story. The establishment can’t diagnose the problem b/c the establishment IS the problem. #
@noor91 Currently I teach State & Local Politics & an intro seminar on globalism, both online. My specialty is political philosophy though. in reply to noor91 #
@scodtt Thanks! in reply to scodtt #
@noor91 The globalism seminar is new, mostly global warming/environmentalism stuff (I didn’t design it). in reply to noor91 #
@noor91 It’s something all online students have to take at Buena Vista U. now, focuses also on research/writing/oral presentation skills. in reply to noor91 #
RT @bradspangler Another indication gov’t is the reason health care is unaffordable: http://tinyurl.com/ydnsy68 #
RT @hackernewsbot Use an Old Linux Computer to Put your Baby to Sleep… http://bit.ly/KyLtC #NOK #
@thefraggle Google Chrome for Linux has desktop app functionality now. Plus you can activate the flash plugin. Pretty stable. in reply to thefraggle #
@tobiasbuckell @KarlSchroeder But note that “local communities manage forests better than governments…” That’s key. | http://bit.ly/xn76c in reply to tobiasbuckell #
SQUEE!!! RT @TechCrunch Hulu Labs Cooks Up Linux Support For Hulu Desktop, New Publisher Tools http://bit.ly/8hmGf by @jasonkincaid #
@tobiasbuckell I knew there was a reason you were a finalist for the 2008 Prometheus Award! ;o) in reply to tobiasbuckell #
@tobiasbuckell Aw. Well, I still like your fiction. Incidentally, I consider myself libertarian, but neither left- nor right-leaning. in reply to tobiasbuckell #
@XaqFixx Do you have any invites? I’d love one. in reply to XaqFixx #
@feedly_chrome What about the Linux build? That’s what I’m using. in reply to feedly_chrome #
@feedly_chrome Yeah, the extension page is there. in reply to feedly_chrome #
is wondering how a warring, detaining, torturing, murdering, sitting president wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Have people lost their minds!?! #
Answer: Govt bureaucracy. RT @Gizmodo: How Did NASA Manage to Make a Moon Bombing Boring??? http://gizmodo.com/5377937 #rant #lcross #
RT @feedly: RT @feedly_chrome Announcing the Feedly for Chrome preview http://bit.ly/1Mh2Lz #
@TheRenaissance Sorry. I’ve never used Wiffiti. in reply to TheRenaissance #
So the warring, detaining, protectionist, torturing, murdering Obama won the Orwellian Nobel “Peace” Prize. Congrats. #
RT @IndependentInst: Two-parter: #Nobel is for “the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, #
RT @IndependentInst: for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.” -Alfred Nobel #
@noor91 I’ve heard worse, like mining the moon for water could damage its biology and ozone layer. in reply to noor91 #
RT @C4Liberty: The “general Welfare” clause was actually meant as a limit on power – not an excuse to expand it http://is.gd/48xUE #
RT @vanguardist: The Peace Prize Body Count Afghanistan, Feb-July: 886 Iraq, Feb-Aug: 2,629 http://bit.ly/17kzC0 #
The Peace Prize Body Count – Civilian Casualties: Afghanistan, Feb-July: 886; Iraq, Feb-Aug: 2,629 | http://bit.ly/17kzC0 #
RT @masstrovato: RT @SetonMotley Whoopi Goldberg: “Well there’s peace, and then there’s peace peace.” #tcot #tlot #
First-Year Grad Student Wins Nobel Prize in Economics! | http://tr.im/BnsK #
Spangler (too soft) on Francois Tremblay. “Franc’s not a bad guy, but he can be a bit limited at times.” | http://tr.im/BtQM #
@Franc28 You’re confused. in reply to Franc28 #
RT @XaqFixx: Health Care: A Future Free-Market Alternative (plz Read!)http://tinyurl.com/ly873n #
RT @CatoInstitute: Americans catching on that health care overhaul is really about redistributing health. http://bit.ly/QJeea #tcot #hcr #p2 #
RT @IndependentInst: Exemptions from minimum sentences for violent cops? http://bit.ly/RGOKJ #
RT @TheEconomist: Right to bear arms – Support for banning handguns continues to fall in America http://ow.ly/15UptM #
@susanhogarth So I shouldn’t switch for the Android phones then? Spring just got one too, I think; should I stick with Sprint? in reply to susanhogarth #
RT @michaelshermer: Econ Nobel 4 research on private solutions 2 “tragedy of the commons” (top-down governance not needed) http://tr.im/BA5o #

Geoffrey is an Aristotelian-Liberal political philosopher and an adjunct instructor for Buena Vista University. His work has appeared in the Journal of Libertarian Studies, the Journal of Value Inquiry, and Transformers and Philosophy. He lives in Bellevue, NE with his wife and daughter.