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Lucky Tuna, Radio Battles, and the Army's Existential Crisis

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Ray Gustini 354 Views Jan 6, 2012

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

That is one HUGE (and apparently, lucky) tuna fish http://t.co/aOIxOZdPFri Jan 06 23:15:06 via HootSuite


The lucky tuna fish is the richest man in South Dakota in spirit-animal form. That's why he's so big, and has sacks of money in his gills.

In case you missed yesterday's epic public radio Twitter battle http://t.co/ChDc5wUPFri Jan 06 17:02:59 via web

Not just a public radio: an epic public radio battle. With chainmail, and pledge drives for new suits of armor, and shows on Saturday mornings where they talk about how to make your own grog.

Army and Marines facing existential crisis from budget cuts Obama announced yesterday: http://t.co/JKRWYLJmFri Jan 06 16:05:06 via SocialFlow



Didn't the Army already go through one of these? Wasn't that the whole point point of those "Army of One" ads?

Perfect gift for the lazy and impatient (PHOTOS) http://t.co/w0WE4T7UFri Jan 06 22:42:03 via The Huffington Post


This is why the the universal remote never caught on: nobody was marketing it using those exact words.


Actually, they agreed to waive Gingrich's confidentiality agreement, which will allow him to talk about more of the consulting work he did for the mortgage company. That showed him!

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