Twitterstorm delong: December 5, 2011

• pareene Alex Pareene Has Newt Gingrich come up with any ideas regarding the new Earth-like planet yet or is he saving his A material for the Trump debate 1 hour ago Retweeted by delong

• jbarro Josh Barro We get it Slate, you're quirky and contrarian and blah blah. A quasi-favorable LMFAO review is still a bridge too far http://slate.me/sIu30R 2 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• bradplumer brad plumer To be sure, countries like Sweden and Denmark do exist: http://bit.ly/uuLcVs 2 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• TedDixon Ted Dixon @ @TheStalwart So the UK is last man standing in G5 with AAA stable...who'd of thought 3 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• delong J. Bradford DeLong Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post Takes to Her Fainting Couch Again http://bit.ly/vs3QqC 3 hours ago

• kaysteiger kaysteiger RT @RyanLizza: Hilarious. All the historical figures to whom Newt has compared himself: http://bit.ly/w2RjT3 (via @elspethrb) 3 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• RyanLizza Ryan Lizza Oh and don't miss @elspethrb's follow-up from today: A Quarter Century of Gingrich Dirt http://bit.ly/vSHCgQ 3 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• grossdm Daniel Gross While they're at it S&P should downgrade luxembourg from "country" to "curiosity" 3 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• dsquareddigest Dan Davies Seriously, which is more likely to be around in 100 years - France, or Moody's Investor Services? 3 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• delong J. Bradford DeLong @ @dsquareddigest @crookedtimber FEAR THE TEDRA!!! 3 hours ago

• dsquareddigest Dan Davies By the way, @crookedtimber is likely to be taking a rather more aggressive policy toward sexist trolls in the near future ... 3 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• alanbeattie Alan Beattie @ @dsquareddigest You know my new trading rule, right? Buy on the summit, sell on the communique. 3 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• markos Markos Moulitsas Gotta admit, Ron Paul FTW. Read the update at bottom: http://is.gd/0G8rat 4 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• daveweigel daveweigel Victorye! RT @mikeallen: AP: Former Vice President Dan Quayle is endorsing Mitt Romney 4 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• TheStalwart Joseph Weisenthal RT @Kelly_Evans: S&P PUTS ITALY, BELGIUM, MALTA, AMERICAN SEAFOOD, J. CREW ON OUTLOOK NEGATIVE 4 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• brianbeutler Brian Beutler Best quote eva RT @ggreeneva "What a waste it is to lose one's mind, or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."-Quayle 4 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• wired Wired In 2002, Newt Gingrich called for ringing the planet with space lasers. http://bit.ly/vjOWJm MT @dangerroom 5 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• pdacosta Pedro da Costa Fed must act now to boost economy, Evans says http://reut.rs/w4s9o9 5 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• David Roberts: The brutal logic of climate change http://t.co/FtfEBsuF5 hours ago

• What You Are Supporting When You Support Ron Paul http://bit.ly/s5rH3U 5 hours ago

• delong J. Bradford DeLong @ @DemocratMachine You are off message! Until the RNC, Newt is a thoughtful intellectual statesman and the one the DemocraticMachine fears!! 5 hours ago

• DemocratMachine VivaMachine! Of course the Muppets are part of the Democrat Machine. They started on PBS. You know what the P stands for, right? 5 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• afrakt Austin Frakt Henry Aaron predicts SCOTUS will sustain the mandate by 7-2 or 8-1. That and other wisdom. at http://bit.ly/sMHTP2 7 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• AmandaMarcotte Amanda Marcotte http://nyti.ms/sZ2qFW Shocking: there is no sexting epidemic amongst minors. In other news, rock'n'roll isn't Satan's music. 6 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• TheStalwart Joseph Weisenthal RT @TheArmoTrader: $$ The 8 countries that would be left with "AAA" ratings are countries who can.....print their own money! (h/t @mbusigin) 6 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• Hoisted from Comments: Spiff on David Brooks http://bit.ly/vtqKuA 7 hours ago

• Division of Labor Cheeseburger Blogging http://bit.ly/vnEeRP 9 hours ago

• emptywheel emptywheel So the Republicans are fixing to nominate a Freddie Mac lobbyist as their Presidential candidate? 9 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• delong J. Bradford DeLong My Diagnosis: Twittering Having First Gotten into the 'Shrooms bit.ly/urwSyD 10 hours ago

• alanbeattie Alan Beattie FACT: eurozone policymaking is slow because every e-z finance minister needs to eat his/her own bodyweight in bamboo every day. #pandasummit 10 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• AmandaMarcotte Amanda Marcotte http://bit.ly/vEeP7N Townhall is using The Grapes of Wrath as evidence that high unemployment is no big deal. No. Seriously. 10 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• alanbeattie Alan Beattie For the limiting case of expensive pointlessness I propose daily eurozone panda summits, starting tomorrow. 10 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• ryanavent Ryan Avent Ah, 2:30 pm in London, when the December sun begins to set. 11 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• jayrosen_nyu Jay Rosen If both parties aren't equally dependent on it, public untruths as a 2012 strategy eludes the capacity of our press. http://j.mp/uvYYwS 12 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• EricKleefeld Eric Kleefeld Just got tip that a woman who had affair with Newt is going to surface — Callista is hitting the campaign trail. 11 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• ThePlumLineGS Greg Sargent Good point MT @BrendanNyhan Romney aide calling ads "manipulative pieces of persuasive art” reminds me of Bush "reality-based community" 11 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• Duncan Weldon: The IMF on what caused the UK’s debt http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2011/10/19040/ #counterparties 11 hours ago

• sarahkliff Sarah Kliff If I have a reporting question, about 50% chance that statehealthfacts.org has the answer. #somuchinformation #sundaynightwriting 23 hours ago Retweeted by delong

• ProSyn Project Syndicate Now most commented on our site: "The 70% Solution" by J. Bradford @DeLong. Join the discussion: http://bit.ly/rtjuwh 56 minutes ago

• SMKPoliticus Sean M. Kelly @ @pareene @delong No chance-he already has enough problems due to his not-entirely-absurd position regarding another set of "aliens" #uspoli 1 hour ago

• KarenRegis Karen RT @delong RT @pdacosta: Fed must act now to boost economy, Evans says http://reut.rs/w4s9o9 3 hours ago

• grant_mcdermott Grant McDermott Dolphins! Aliens! Limitless energy!... You had me at David Icke. http://t.co/uIqNJ0Rc @delong @chrislbecker 4 hours ago

• AmandaMarcotte Amanda Marcotte @ @delong Shush now. I thought my line about making soldiers for the homeland was totally snarky. 4 hours ago

• MarkHedgesUSA Mark Hedges @ RT @delong Roman Reps // If Maximin hadn't screwed it up, making Christianity necessary, would've conquered Persia; math = nukes by 10th cen 8 hours ago

• SMKPoliticus Sean M. Kelly @ @delong 1/2 The same point can be made regarding the Battle of Thermopylae - the "iconic" clash between East & West. Do we really want to associate the "West" with militarist, oligarchic salve-holders who controlled the helot population via ritualized genocide? 9 hours ago

• alanbeattie Alan Beattie Busted. RT @delong My Diagnosis: Twittering Having First Gotten into the 'Shrooms bit.ly/urwSyD 9 hours ago

• fillups44 fillups44 @ @delong @tanehisi is such a graceful writer who gets to the essence of the Cain debacle. There is a general horror at these Repub debates 10 hours ago

• polit2k Tim Coldwell RT @delong: Thomas Edsall: The Reinvention of Political Morality http://t.co/bHlLJmWM 11 hours ago