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Wednesday June 19, 2013 Juneteenth. The day Blacks in Texas and Louisiana found out they no longer had guaranteed jobs.

Today was Twitter-heavy.

I learned on Twitter that Gary Schiff had dropped out of the Minneapolis mayoral race. Which saves me the trouble of deciding whether to keep him as my first choice, or go with Betsy Hodges.

Note: The tweet which informed me was from a twice-monthly publication, the Southwest Journal. The Star Tribune didn't have the story till later. The Pioneer Press didn't have it when I checked, but presumably did later. So much for relying on daily papers for the latest news.

***Also from Twitter:
The Economist ‏@TheEconomist
Making buses and subways free would increase passenger numbers and save time by reducing road congestion http://econ.st/1bVRHZc

Copyediting ‏@Copyediting
"You put a comma in. You take a comma out. You do the comma-pokey and you turn the text around. That's what it's all about!" #amediting

Kevin Green ‏@FixedOpsGenius
RT @SuuperG: "Every time I find the meaning of #life, they change it" #quote Reinhold Niebuhr

weeklystandard ‏@weeklystandard
June 17, 1953: Today, speaking at the Brandenburg Gate, President Obama paid appropriate tribute to the brave ... http://bit.ly/16KjFXp
Retweeted by FPI

***Why do I have doubts about authenticity here? From the "secret admirers" column in the Minnesota Daily (University of Minnesota student paper:)

To Any Girls Out There Who Are True Star Wars Fans,
If you come watch the original trilogy with me on this rainy day, you can ride me like a Tauntaun later.
--A Guy Who Can Make the Kessel Run In Less Than Twelve Parsecs

To The Guy Who Makes The Kessel Run Look Easy,
Stop doing the easy things and get with me. The idea of riding you like a Tauntaun makes my heart beat faster than the Millennium Falcon. In the words of EV-9D9, "I think you'll fit in nicely" so let's start these movies so I can see you work that forceful lightsaber of yours.
--A True Star Wars Fan