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Thursday, February 13, 2014
Today's Best Tweets--February 13
Here are some tweets that caught my eye today...
Carrie Muskat @CarrieMuskat 11s
Jason Hammel in #Cubs camp today and asked to throw on the side. Team has yet to announce signing
Brett Taylor @BleacherNation 1m
#Cubs: Cubs Bust Out the New Digs in Arizona with a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony http://www.bleachernation.com/2014/02/13/cubs-bust-out-the-new-digs-in-arizona-with-a-ribbon-cutting-ceremony/ …
Joan Walsh @joanwalsh 5m
Rand Paul's NSA suit is a sloppy Tea Party cut-and-paste job -- just like Paul’s whole career. http://www.salon.com/2014/02/13/rand_paul%e2%80%99s_sloppy_tea_party_showboating_another_plagiarism_mess/
Bill Savage @RogersParkMan 8m
Chicago is NOT "Hog Butcher to the World" anymore, but Sandburg's poem still matters. Next month @NewberryLibrary; http://bit.ly/MIIQEv
davidfrum @davidfrum 8m
That quote about no 2nd act in American lives was the wrongest thing ever http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/paula-deen-comeback …
Al Franken @alfranken 11m
Great to start the day with a men's @USAHockey win in Sochi! Congrats to @dbackes42, @PKessel81, @OSH74, @DerekStepan21....
Ray Long @RayLong 16m
Ron Dorfman: RIP Journalist, media critic http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-ron-dorfman-obituary-met-20140213,0,2802045.story … #twill
Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN 26m
A terrible thing happened to this Roberto Clemente mural. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-roberto-clemente-mural-destroyed-20140212,0,5077144.story …
Susan Krashinsky @susinsky 35m
Beer wars rage on: Molson ad faces off with Labatt over national loyalty around the Olympics http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/marketing/molson-ad-faces-off-with-labatt-over-national-loyalty/article16842970/#dashboard/follows/ … pic.twitter.com/S5Q68QWmD5
Rob Hart @RobHart1980 29m
MIDWEST SNOWSTORM: B-Roll of sliding cars in the middle of the newscast. EAST COAST SNOWSTORM: Lead national broadcast w/local closings.