Showing posts with label Twitter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Twitter. Show all posts

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Twitter highlights

I haven't updated the recent goings-on over on Twitter (@CrimsonCavalier) lately, so here's a quick batch of highlights from the first couple of weeks of 2012.

I left out a bunch of sports-related posts (there's been a lot, what with the NFL Playoffs and the college football bowl games going on), but I left in the posts about Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, because I really do admire his difficult decision on Ryan Clark, which ultimately (arguably) cost his team a playoff win.
  • It says a lot about America that we can rise up to kill a $2 fee (), but not an assault on our basic rights (NDAA).
  • This also says a lot about America--not sure this time if it's good or bad. Jon Stewart's ratings win...
  • Not a Steelers fan by any means, but I give Mike Tomlin huge credit for making a controversial (but correct) choice.  
  • Disgusting. RT @killagroove: #Paypal orders the destruction of $2500 Violin because they are giant colossal douches  
  • Congratulations to Mittens Romney on his slim Iowa victory last night.  
  • Strangest Xmas season ever: retailers cut prices to below break-even , and everyone bought guns:  
  • Congressional scrutiny on ratings agencies re. MF Global probably unrelated to that li'l downgrade back in Aug, right?  
  • Now that I know that she's not going to further destroy my country, I am really going to miss Michele Bachmann  
  • Now THIS... is a creepy headline: You win, China. You win.
  • It's January 6th, it's 67 degrees outside, and ski resorts are closing all over the place. This is all totally normal.
  • Germans... crack me up every time.  
  • 10 completions for 316 yards, no way that happens if @RealRClark25 is out there. So, props to Mike Tomlin for the difficult decision.
  • This is possibly the saddest thing I've ever seen... Tragic that these clowns are the best we can come up with.
  • I've had my share of Mountain Dew over the years, and... gross.  
  • Siri doubles iPhone data usage rates. That's pretty untenable. Way too much data usage for a specious benefit.
  • Bahahahaha... Nerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrds!!
  • Andrew Napolitano kills it on TDS: If Ron Paul is "Libertarian", then I don't know what "Conservatism" is anymore.
  • Seems like everyone's passing this around, so sure, I'll bite: Mafia is now Italy's largest bank. Appropriate, really.
  • Each day, there's more rejection of the established two parties: Paul should follow suit and reject the GOP, run Indep.
You might be noticing that I'm posting more and more about Ron Paul lately. That's no accident. I support his candidacy unabashedly as a rejection of the two parties as they currently exist. Whether or not he can win, I think his (remarkably consistent) views raise an important counterpoint to the parties (and the politics) that have devastated our nation over the past three decades.

A vote for Romney or a vote for Obama are realistically no different, as they both support a continuation of the two-party politics as they currently exist. A vote for Ron Paul is something else entirely. And that's what we really need now, more than anything--something else.
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Friday, December 30, 2011

Twitter update

Once again, your semi-regular update on what's going on over in the Twitterverse (@CrimsonCavalier).
  • Very well-articulated open letter to Jamie Dimon (and other clueless bankers who think we resent their "success"):
  • This is one of the ugliest shoes I've ever seen: I yearn for the days of the Jordan XI  
  • Fine art outperforms S&P 500: More evidence that the ranks of the super-rich are doing just fine in this economy.
  • An amusing breakdown of "kicking the can", with real-world examples: I love it.
  • Sigh... the top seven highest-grossing movies of 2011 were all sequels.  
  • @CrimsonCavalier Oh... the Jordan XIs are back... neat.
  • Hope all had a great Christmas. Now bring on 2012.  
  • Congrats to Drew Brees. Different game than when Marino played, but still impressive. But, Brees is only 5th in NFL in yards per attempt.
  • Check that, Brees is 6th in NFL in yards per pass attempt (Rodgers, Brady, Schaub, Eli, Carson Palmer)... First in attempts by a mile.
  • Wait, this is a parody, right? It has to be. Somebody please tell me it is. #munsonedouthereinthemiddleofnowhere 
  • A belated congrats to my dad for a very cool honor from the B.A.A.  
  • Wow... I did not know that Jim O'Brien was still coaching anywhere, let alone D-3 ball.  
  • Way to be, LAPD... Hundreds of wrongful imprisonments while all celebrities/Lohans get a free pass. You're doing great.
  • Celts played the Heat on TNT last night. I watched the Belk Bowl instead. I regret nothing. #nbaregularseasonsucks 
  • Corn ethanol subsidies lapse... that's good news. Need many more things like this to lapse.  
  • Please don't do this to me. I'm not ready for Brian Hoyer yet... thank God for the bye.
  • "Wrong turn" brings rare Asian bird to... southeast Tennessee? Well this is not a mundane detail, Michael!
  • Many people donating worthless homes to charity: I guess that's cool, but I can't help thinking about "muffin stumps".
  • These charts may have a partisan slant (if charts can do that), but they're still interesting, esp. on tax policy:
  • Amazing stat: RT @SI_PeterKing: Great note by @AdamSchefter: Bucs are 0-7 with Albert Haynesworth, Pats are 7-0 since waiving him.
Some pretty good little nuggets in there, in particular the open letter to Jamie Dimon and the tax policy charts. Have a Happy New Year, folks. Drive safely.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Twitter update

Another update in what's going on over on Twitter (@CrimsonCavalier).
  • Belichick may be awful in press conferences, but he's great when he's breaking down X's & O's. He clearly enjoys this.
  • Well-earned takedown of Obama: Due process is not a quaint little idea, it's our nation's foundation. #lostfaithingov't 
  • Calvin & Hobbes for the Christmas win:
  • Love this: using Bieber as a torture technique. Whatever works...
  • I feel like this is unnecessary: If they're not close enough for pepper spray, they're probably not too dangerous.
  • CNBC's Brian Sullivan just called $RIMM "one of the greatest collapses in market history"--from $60 to $13 in under a year. Um, $NFLX??
  • What a fantastic concept: the "disloyalty card". I'm intrigued; at the very least, it's a really creative idea.
  • Soon, the entire United States will be owned by "eccentric billionaires" from China and Russia. #thanksFed 
  • 23&Me is at best a very strange phenomenon, and one that weirds me out more than a little bit. This only adds to that: .
  • Congrats to Harvard and UVA men's basketball teams, both ranked this week (in different polls)... never thought this day would come.
  • The culture that is Quebec: Quebec gov't wants Canadiens coach fired because he doesn't speak French.
  • Kim Jong is dead? I didn’t even know he was Il. #toosoon?
  • The end of e-mail? In a word, no. Not sure what's dumber, this article or those that proclaim the "death of the PC".
  • AT&T paying the biggest breakup fee ever Well played, T-Mobile...
  • The power of "I don't know": Admitting ignorance can make/save you a lot of $$$, but it won't get you airtime on CNBC.
  • I shake my head every time the "FedEx Express" truck drives by... the redundancy is delicious.
  • An interesting look behind the scenes at Amazon: "Confessions of an Amazon elf". Enjoy that Michael Buble CD, people...
  • Is this right? 1 in 3 Americans will be arrested by age 23: I assume many of these are low-level drug arrests...
  • Pretty interesting article from Grantland "The Rise of the NBA Nerd". Hip-hop/black culture has changed a lot in 20 yrs
  • A fascinating article on sad recent goings-on at my alma mater: Open the gates back up, Harvard. It's your duty.
  • Not sure how this compares to previous years, but it's still eye-opening Weather definitely seems more volatile lately.
  • Creepy: banks using social media to assess credit risks.  
  • Also creepy: Monsanto threatening public health (again)  
I'm always surprised when I post these Twitter updates to see how many tweets I've posted since the last update. If you're looking for just the best stuff, I'd recommend the last two tweets (the "creepy" tweets), as well as the "Amazon elf" article.

Oh, and the second tweet in the list, the takedown of Obama. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is an absolute travesty, and I think America has died a little bit (or a lot) with its passage. Our government simply is not on our side any more, regardless of what they say. This step by our government is terrifying, and the silence throughout the country in its wake might be even more terrifying.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Twitter update

Oh, boy... looks like I haven't updated my non-Twitter followers on the goings-on over there (@CrimsonCavalier). I've been fairly busy on Twitter for the past week or so, but there's too many tweets to copy here all at once--I know you won't read them all if I do, because I wouldn't. So here's the recent "highlights" from TwitterLand.
  • This year's bowl swag for the "amateur" players. My favorite is the Idaho Potato Bowl--it's cold here boys, bundle up.
  • Cool piece on the impracticality of the cheeseburger. I love to complain about the modern world, but I do like burgers. 
  • #thismarketisbroken RT @zerohedge: Snapshot Of Pure Lunacy  
  • 75 years in prison for videotaping police? This raises some very serious civil liberty issues. Very serious.
  • Per Gallup, "the 1%" is remarkably similar in demographics to "the 99%". I'm not surprised.
  • Swedish firm sells insurance to subway turnstile-jumpers... I LOVE the concept, but I'm sure it'll get shut down soon.
  • Poland getting absolutely screwed by this Euro "agreement". It's okay, screwing Poland has never led to anything bad...
  • Holy crap... These receivers are just outdoing themselves this year. Remember this?
  • About those glowing early Black Friday sales "reports"... #dontbelievethehype 
  • Worth a read, regardless of your political affiliations or beliefs: "My Occupy LA Arrest", by Patrick Meighan.
  • Eric Cantor blocking legislation banning/limiting Congressional insider trading... of course he is. This guy is a joke.  
  • I love this concept: "The Banker's Dozen". I'm officially adopting this, and I intend to use it regularly.
  • More clueless bankers: Hungarian central banker gets clobbered on currency bet. But, but, but... my model says...
I particularly enjoyed reading Patrick Meighan's "My Occupy LA Arrest", and I thought the cheeseburger piece was incredibly well done (reminiscent of Thomas Thwaites' homemade toaster experiment). Always remember that as much as there may be wrong with today's world, we're also blessed with an incredible amount of conveniences that previous generations could never have imagined.

People can do a lot of awesome things, and the world is ultimately a really cool place--that's why we have to make sure we don't take it for granted.
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Friday, December 2, 2011

Twitter update

Your latest episode of Twitter Digest, courtesy of @CrimsonCavalier...
  • Fed can't save the US job market, why do we think it can save the world? Capitalism died a little (more) this morning.  
  • Well said. RT @zerohedge: Here Is What Happened After The Last Global Coordinated Central Bank Intervention
  • $MS closes up over 10% on latest Fed rescue... since July 21, it's had 29 days of 5%+ moves, 7 days of 10%+... #thismarketisbroken
  • More interesting volatility stats from this increasingly manipulated market. #thanksFed 
  • "Hollywood accounting"--this is some seriously disgusting stuff. Thanks @killagroove for the heads-up.
  • "Genetically altered mosquito warriors"? This one has "unintended consequences" written allllll over it. #notthebees 
  • I like some aspects of this, but I'm sure Congress will screw it up and make it just another back-door bank bailout.  
  • Re: last tweet: I specifically like the idea of "crowd funding", but only for a legit small biz--not as a loophole for oh, say, Facebook.
  • Really great little article on comedy: Thought it was an interesting commentary on/ message to critics of all walks.
  • The German city of Koblenz will evacuate as bomb experts gingerly defuse a massive World War II bomb in the Rhine River  
  • Pretty cool new scaffolding concept: "Urban Umbrella" ... the Seinfeld "Urban Sombrero" reference is almost too obvious.
  • Most important part of today's jobs report: participation rate keeps declining. Fewer workers=lower tax base=larger deficits=more debt
  • Updated U.S. employment chart: always keep the big picture in mind. This is still not pretty. #seeyouin2016 
  • I would LOVE to know how these guys did in August: Article doesn't bother mentioning that 22% was "market perform"...
  • In the last year, the population rose by 1,726,000. Yet the labor force fell by 67,000. Those not in the labor force rose by 1,793,000.
  • Over the past year, avg hourly earnings of all employees have increased 1.8%. The consumer price index (CPI-U) is up 3.6%. #thanksFed 
  • I wish I could get paid to eat Skittles: In case anyone is wondering, I'm currently eating Bachman pretzels.
  • Someone tell Mayor Bloomberg that a police force isn't "an army". If that's an army, does that make citizens the enemy?
  • Subway now advertising $2 6-inch subs... at what point do we start asking, "what the hell kind of meat is that?" #soylentgreenispeople 
Have a good weekend, people. Don't do anything I wouldn't do...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Twitter update

In case you're not following me over on Twitter (@CrimsonCavalier), here's what you've been missing. I haven't posted my tweets in a while, so there's a bunch of them...
  • Fantastic political cartoon: #supercommitteesforeveryone 
  • Has the U.S. gone British? Manufacturing jobs may never come back, regardless of our tough-guy stance against China.
  • The loss-leader model run amok: Why not give the turkeys away for free? Please, please buy my high-margin stuffing!
  • I must make this. And eat it all in one day.  
  • RT @pkedrosky: We need a word for people who can, by agreeing with you, make you wish you held a different opinion.
  • Oh, Groupon... Well, at least your stock's killing it, right? #shouldasoldtogoogle 
  • Dear NYC: this is a horrible idea. Learn from Dubai--if it can't work there, it won't work here.  
  • Hope you had a happy Thanksgiving... enjoy a nice slice of cherpumple to wash things down:  
  • A little overwrought, but a pretty interesting summary of how a pencil gets made... there's a lot going on there.  
  • Checking out for the weekend... Go Hoos, beat the Hokies. #badweektobeaturkey 
  • Careful with the Black Friday "statistics"... these aren't exactly statistically rigorous studies. #letsmakeupnumbers 
  • Even if I was excited about the BCS Title Game (I'm not), it's not played for weeks. If the Super Bowl was in mid-March, would anyone watch?
  • Harvard 27th in latest AP basketball poll... #soclosebutyetsofar 
  • Pumpkin mac & cheese is delicious... I highly suggest you try making it. I'm considering adding it to the Thanksgiving repertoire next year.
  • Moronic: Tebow for MVP? Please. He's been worse statistically than Kyle Orton. It's the D, stupid.
  • To those who still treat Hank Paulson like a hero: he was and is a thief and a fraud, and history will prove as much.  
  • Speaking of frauds, go get 'em Urban Meyer. You and Ohio State deserve each other. You're still a bad guy, man.  
  • Can't wait to see what a post-Chapt 11 American Airlines will look like. I expect more fees--can you say pay toilets?  
  • College students focus anger on Wall Street recruiting: If nobody else is hiring, it won't matter... #followthemoney 
  • Guns don't kill people, stupid people kill people. Arizona, you amaze me.  
I'd pay particular attention to the Hank Paulson piece (link here)--that guy's a fraud, and it kills me that some people still defend him. I'd also highly recommend the piece on the British manufacturing industry (link here) and the quick article about Groupon (link here), whose stock is tanking with good reason.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Twitter update

Here's a summary of my recent posts over on Twitter (@CrimsonCavalier). If you're not following me, here's what you've been missing:
I'd pay particular attention to the open letter from an Army veteran (link here), as well as GE's 57,000-page tax return. I may be revisiting both of those topics here in the not-too-distant future.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Twitter Summary, Day 2

If you're still not following me on Twitter (@CrimsonCavalier), now would be a good time to start. Either way, here's what you've been missing:
A little of this, a little of that. I'm a particular fan of the Wells Fargo declaration of a new standard retirement age--I'd love to laugh at their idiocy, but it just might be the most honest thing a banker has said in years.
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    Wednesday, November 16, 2011

    Twitter Summary, Day 1

    I promised I'd occasionally re-post my Twitter posts up here on the main blog, and for those of you who aren't following me yet (@CrimsonCavalier), here's what you've been missing.
    • Dear NBA... It's not as easy as you think to get your fans back. Love, MLB & NHL. #collegehoopsisbetter
    • Price of T'giving dinner is up 13% over last year, largest increase in two decades. Thanks, Fed. #transitoryinflation 
    • Happy American Censorship Day! Important stuff if you agree with the U.N. that internet access is a human right.
    • Awesome, Mark Cuban rules. #figureitoutNBA RT @killagroove: #MarkCuban My Views on Corporate Taxes .
    • In golf, it's always all about Tiger... Can't wait for the Presidents Cup.
    • Always loved Drew Bledsoe, and I've gotta hand it to the man: he knows how to do retirement. Skiing, wine, why not?  
    • What a college football playoff would look like if we had one (we never will):  
    Like I said, mostly quick hitters that didn't quite deserve their own blog post. If you read nothing else, read the Censorship Day link--it's the one thing that I probably could've turned into a full post, if I'd been in the ranting mood today.

    So, follow me on Twitter. Or don't. I'll be posting either way...
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    Tuesday, November 15, 2011

    Follow The Crimson Cavalier on Twitter

    After much deliberation and internal debate (seriously, I avoided Twitter like the plague for a long, long time), I've decided to launch a Crimson Cavalier Twitter account (@CrimsonCavalier). There's a lot of stuff that I come across in my internet travels that isn't quite worthy of a full blog post--or that I can't totally devote the time to fleshing out into a full post--but that I still think is worth sharing. That's what I'll use Twitter for.

    If you, like me, still harbor a deep resentment of Twitter and all that it represents, I'll occasionally post a summary of recent tweets here on the main blog so that you don't miss out. This new development shouldn't impact the frequency or content of my posts here, so have no fear--my Twitter will be a supplement, not a replacement.

    So, follow me: @CrimsonCavalier. Should be great times. See you out there.

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