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rgmerk

  1. @annarose watch out for troopers... 12 minutes ago via Twitter for Android in reply to annarose
  2. Ash Abdou wins stage 4 of C grade #3dt by 33 minutes? #dontbelieveit #electronictimingfail about 2 hours ago via web
  3. Stuck in a hotel room in Kuala Lumpur. Anybody with #3dt updates? about 2 hours ago via web
  4. @elizabergin @Livgiant You there at the race today? #wouldappreciatelivetweets about 2 hours ago via web in reply to elizabergin
  5. Zurich - a better model, but not perfect wp.me/p2khL2-1Z about 15 hours ago via WordPress.com
  6. @kashfarooq @TomChivers the precautionary principle isn't that simple - see crikey.com.au/2012/02/20/the… 6:01 AM Jun 9th via Twitter for Android in reply to kashfarooq
  7. @UCI_Overlord is Cyclismas down at the moment? Can't access any pages. 3:28 PM Jun 6th via web
  8. @beneltham I can't believe they could write a whole article about this and not mention the global price outlook once. 2:12 AM Jun 6th via web in reply to beneltham
  9. However what they missed is that the global price remains high only while the USA doesn't export. 2:06 AM Jun 6th via web
  10. Yes, we're going to have to pay the global price of gas. theglobalmail.org/feature/the-re… 2:05 AM Jun 6th via web
  11. I am away... wp.me/p2khL2-k 11:33 PM Jun 5th via WordPress.com
  12. So what has SpaceX achieved? wp.me/p2khL2-1T 10:17 PM May 27th via WordPress.com
  13. Not picking on a student trying their best, but pointing out the characteristic problem, which you see all the time from "professionals". 9:31 PM May 27th via web
  14. Bad journalism 101: 100% factually correct, but missing crucial context crikey.com.au/2012/05/25/edu… 9:30 PM May 27th via web
  15. @davidbewart ah, it's true for USA. Not true for Australia. Cheers. 8:52 PM May 27th via web in reply to davidbewart
  16. @davidbewart citation please. real incomes have been rising. Not as fast as Gina Rinehart's, but this is true if every income decile. 7:51 PM May 27th via Twitter for Android in reply to davidbewart
  17. If you want the wit and wisdom of the #SBSeurovision songwriter in English turn on your subtitles. #makesnomoresenseanyway 3:07 AM May 27th via Twitter for Android
  18. @Andrew_Zammit fair enough. 9:52 PM May 25th via web
  19. @Andrew_Zammit eg JFK fuel supply bomber msnbc.msn.com/id/18999503/ns… 9:34 PM May 25th via web in reply to Andrew_Zammit