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Jon Huntsman, Barbed Wire, and Daring Heists

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Ray Gustini 1,100 Views Nov 1, 2011

We respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. But sometimes we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites. 

 

Breaking: Jon Huntsman can't really speak Chinese. http://t.co/cJjEKFEeTue Nov 01 15:51:29 via SocialFlow


The officially-sanctioned "only adult" in the GOP presidential field is actually a high school sophomore trying to impress his best friend's brainy older sister? If it were still October, this would be an October surprise.

NOT GOOD: Robot can walk, run, do pushups [VIDEO]: http://t.co/7LRNvp40 #welcomeournewrobotmastersTue Nov 01 18:45:15 via bitly


Why do we automatically assume the running, push-up enthusiast robot will be a bad thing? He could be just what Duke needs this year at power forward.

How the invention of barbed wire single-handedly ended the era of cowboys http://t.co/g3DRUj6WTue Nov 01 22:15:04 via HootSuite


And yet Cowboys & Aliens still got made.

The Slutty Pumpkin finally makes her debut! http://t.co/um0KGg7STue Nov 01 16:10:01 via TweetDeck


You heard it here first: this is the next Gretchen Mol.

Michael D Higgins is no poet http://t.co/f8W9c5AoTue Nov 01 13:41:24 via twitterfeed


This is what happens when Jewel gets her own column. Nobody's a poet except for her. And Skeet Ulrich, because they were in that Ang Lee Civil War movie together.

Crooks board train, make off with $200 worth of pigs' feet http://t.co/Ulhuh8prTue Nov 01 17:01:32 via HootSuite

Oh come on: they saw that in Heat.

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