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ByronTau

RT @AP Friend the pope? John Paul II gets Facebook page http://apne.ws/fDAanF 13 minutes ago via web
@CEMcFarland If you don't know sadness how can you feel happiness? 14 minutes ago via web in reply to CEMcFarland
@macyd @FixRachel Snoop cont'd: "she heads for the women's room, only to be told "The men's room is over there!" http://wapo.st/ezLNrG about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
RT @curiouser_georg: Listen my children&u shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere And how a wrong turn on 128 Caused him to NH 2 veer about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck
Rep. Laura Richardson may be facing an ethics inquiry http://politi.co/gcYSL5 4:35 PM Mar 11th via TweetDeck
The Iowa FAMiLY LEADER lowercases the "I" to "to emphasize the individual’s submission before God" http://nyti.ms/e9DhQ1 11:47 AM Mar 11th via TweetDeck
@yahelc Right. State legislature. 11:47 AM Mar 11th via TweetDeck in reply to yahelc
New Hamsphire has one House member for every 3,000 people. If the U.S. Congress had that rate of representation, 102,335 members of Congress 10:48 AM Mar 11th via TweetDeck
"When I hear Hitchens, I feel sorry for cancer," http://bit.ly/fAcSp4 9:47 AM Mar 11th via TweetDeck
NPR "brought a Tote Bag to a Knife Fight" http://bit.ly/fCNpZ2 9:24 AM Mar 11th via TweetDeck
@FixRachel SEE, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. RT @macyd: @ByronTau I didn't either until she was on No Reservations. 9:11 AM Mar 11th via TweetDeck
Robert Reich calls Walker's union bill a "coup d'etat" http://bit.ly/fgEsRL 9:01 AM Mar 11th via TweetDeck
Other Wire trivia: in 2008, Wire writers asked people serving on juries in drug cases to always vote to acquit. http://ti.me/i4wqxo 1:53 PM Mar 10th via TweetDeck
@FixRachel I thought she was just a young boy! 1:48 PM Mar 10th via TweetDeck in reply to FixRachel
So who else from the Wire is female that I don't know about? 1:45 PM Mar 10th via TweetDeck
Maybe I"m a serious idiot, but I did not realize that "Snoop" from the Wire was female...http://slate.me/gwyu4c 1:44 PM Mar 10th via TweetDeck
Hell yes. RT @mikememoli: RT @NationalsPR Stephen Strasburg is now on twitter (@stras37). 10:50 AM Mar 10th via TweetDeck
@JamilSmith Hey, leave Mariah Carey alone. 10:21 AM Mar 10th via TweetDeck in reply to JamilSmith
@tnr YES. PLEASE STOP. 9:58 AM Mar 10th via TweetDeck in reply to tnr
RT @jaketapper: At the White House, experts talking about ending bullying. On cable, lessons on how to start. 9:51 AM Mar 10th via TweetDeck

Name Byron Tau
Location Washington D.C.
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