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Wednesday, March 05, 2014
Today's Best Tweets--March 5
Here are some tweets that caught my eye today...
Illinois Policy @illinoispolicy 14h
@moodysratings cuts Chicago's credit rating — now only three notches away from junk bond status http://illin.is/1ooM63X
Nico Hines @NicoHines 1h
London has conquered New York as the world's greatest city http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/05/wealth-report-london-not-new-york-is-world-s-greatest-city.html … (for rich people, anyway)
Keith Olbermann @KeithOlbermann 6m
While @DianaNyad and others go to @DancingABC With The Stars. It's true: they asked me, I laughed, I spared humanity
Huffington Post @HuffingtonPost 13m
Pope Francis suggests Catholic church may tolerate civil unions http://huff.to/1g0sbaL
Harry Shearer @theharryshearer 15m
"charter schools don’t have an academic advantage; they have a significant risk of leading to increased segregation" http://bit.ly/1gabS7m
Gawker @Gawker 27m
Florida judge will release censored videos of Justin Bieber's dick. http://gaw.kr/uS2h5RL
steve rosenbloom @steverosenbloom 31m
Waiting to see Javi Baez play regularly. And waiting. And . . . The RosenBlog: http://bit.ly/1cui3rC
Guardian news @guardiannews 38m
Rebekah Brooks denies covering up hacking as News International chief http://gu.com/p/3na37/tf
Phil Plait @BadAstronomer 40m
The White House budget proposal for NASA this year is like giving a haircut to a bald guy. http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/03/05/nasa_budget_2015_more_cuts_more_politics.html …
Deadspin @Deadspin 39m
Hockey fight turns players into bloody messes: http://deadsp.in/KORfzib