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
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None of my business, but the heavy volume of Twitter messages posted to your blog dilutes the creative visualisations you make. Hardly worth scrolling through to find the good stuff.
Al,
Thanks for the note. I’ve updated the blog so that my Twitter updates are safely hidden behind the “read more” link. My big problem was that I wanted a good way to save all my Twitter updates and I couldn’t think of a better way than to save them to my blog.
Unfortunately, that adds these really long posts because I’m a complete freak. Hopefully, this solution will help keep the main blog cleaner while letting me keep my Twitter posts somewhere safe.
Glad you found an all-around solution. This is so much easier to browse! It’s a “visual” thing, you know…
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