Author: diverseskills

Unexpectedly! Obama to hold final presser of term; Straw men to attend?

http://twitter.com/#!/markknoller/status/290824849272762369

https://twitter.com/janelleCNN/status/290827799378395137

Unexpectedly! President Obama is gracing members of the media with his presence today, evidently.

https://twitter.com/whitehouse/status/290828189729710080

https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/290824710185439233

Squee!

https://twitter.com/TheFix/status/290829877140131841

Double squee! Of course, there is a reason for his deigning to meet with the press.

https://twitter.com/stevebruskCNN/status/290827581878575104

https://twitter.com/markknoller/status/290825850486677504

https://twitter.com/BrettLoGiurato/status/290826120830537728

Blame-gaming and finger-pointing! Not unexpectedly.

Twitter users aren’t as excited as members of the media are.

https://twitter.com/GoldwaterGal/status/290835903411261440

https://twitter.com/Rschrim/status/290826977240309761

https://twitter.com/RR_Conservative/status/290830198696452096

https://twitter.com/KatiePavlich/status/290835306498908160

Some think it is very likely that some good, old straw men will attend.

https://twitter.com/Rschrim/status/290826684423340032

https://twitter.com/bradcundiff/status/290825233273872384

https://twitter.com/DrewMTips/status/290836909087928320

Heh. Others snark over potential questions.

https://twitter.com/JohnLibertyUSA/status/290836250305392640

https://twitter.com/johnnynats/status/290824261478801408

https://twitter.com/DickDadamo/status/290832341587345408

The Huffington Post’s Sam Stein ties in the Golden Globes.

https://twitter.com/samsteinhp/status/290826617524211712

Man, as Twitchy reported last night, insight really is needed there.

And, no need to watch now. This helpful Twitter user has already summed it all up for you.

https://twitter.com/AshleyTristanT/status/290838083702775809

Bingo! We at Twitchy are givers, however, and will bring you all the juicy details from the press conference later today.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/01/14/unexpectedly-obama-to-hold-final-press-conference-of-term-straw-men-to-attend/

Israeli helps disarm Palestinian terrorist on a bus. Bonus: With nunchucks

Muhammad Shmasanah, a 22-year-old from the West Bank, was shot and killed by police last night after stabbing an Israeli solider on a bus in Jerusalemin an attempt to get the soldier’s gun.

Attempted to, that is. Passengers, police and onlookers quickly subdued Shmasanah, including one gentleman (ninja?) with a set of nunchuks:

We expect the U.N. will condemn the Jewish ninja for his actions:

And we’d watch this movie:

Of course they will.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2015/10/13/israeli-helps-disarm-palestinian-terrorist-on-a-bus-bonus-with-nunchucks-photo/

New York Times writer argues that ‘Both its and it’s should be spelled it’s’

http://twitter.com/#!/jpodhoretz/status/514134062194499584

Pity the poor copy editor in charge of grammar-checking New York Times technology writer Farhad Manjoo. Manjoo made the argument today that “Both its and it’s should be spelled it’s.” It’s not that tricky to figure out, is it?

@fmanjoo STOP TROLLING THE GRAMMARIANS

— Alex Howard (@digiphile) September 22, 2014

@fmanjoo It's a simple rule: when you use a contraction, you use an apostrophe. Does who's and whose also confuse?

— Gadi Ben-Yehuda (@gbyehuda) September 22, 2014

@fmanjoo this is totally true! That makes sense!

— ONE HUNDRED TABLES (@100tables) September 22, 2014

@fmanjoo makes sense if you think it should also be spelled "hi's" & "her's"

— Michael Selvidge (@selviano) September 22, 2014

@selviano make those the exceptions; in general apostrophe s shows a posessive

— Farhad Manjoo (@fmanjoo) September 22, 2014

@fmanjoo "They're" is a contraction for they are. You wouldn't make it into there or their, right?

— Alex Howard (@digiphile) September 22, 2014

@digiphile Honestly I would (i think all homophones should be spelled the same) but best to start small

— Farhad Manjoo (@fmanjoo) September 22, 2014

@fmanjoo Honestly, then, I have no words that can adequately express what I want to say in reply. And yes, I'm an English professor's kid.

— Alex Howard (@digiphile) September 22, 2014

@fmanjoo But I like to look down on those who make that mistake

— Michael Selvidge (@selviano) September 22, 2014

@fmanjoo don’t take that away from me

— Michael Selvidge (@selviano) September 22, 2014

@selviano me too but we should all rise above

— Farhad Manjoo (@fmanjoo) September 22, 2014

@fmanjoo contractions, how do they work?!

— walk without rhythm (@_chenghiz) September 22, 2014

@fmanjoo We should just go back to drawing pictures, making videos to communicate. Let computers deal with written language.

— Ted Herman (@tedherman) September 22, 2014

@fmanjoo Please surrender your Ivy League credential, sir.

— Marc (@marconi64) September 22, 2014

@fmanjoo your crazy.

— Paul Fidalgo (@PaulFidalgo) September 22, 2014

@PaulFidalgo I think that's fine too.

— Farhad Manjoo (@fmanjoo) September 22, 2014

@fmanjoo The revolution begins now. Very politely, of course.

— Paul Fidalgo (@PaulFidalgo) September 22, 2014

The larger thing is: Theres no purpose to indicating contractions with apostrophes. They dont serve any purpose. Lets stop.

— Farhad Manjoo (@fmanjoo) September 22, 2014

 

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/09/22/new-york-times-writer-argues-that-both-its-and-its-should-be-spelled-its/