The Republican four-day infomercial drew to a close at Tampa, Florida on Thursday, even if the first day was curtailed due to the threat of Cyclone/Hurricane Isaac. To no one's surprise, Mittens Romney won the nomination as the GOP candidate for the electoral college candidates who will, in turn, be chosen by the American people on November 6.

20:52 Washington Post's factchecker @GlennKesslerWP on the Mittens acceptance speech -http://t.co/WeZKcIA2 #RNC #
20:46 Clint Eastwood and a chair, the transcript - http://t.co/eN7GoDTk #
18:28 I long ago stopped following @PeterPhelpsMLC, he seemed like a Twitter freakshow to me. But why the sudden disappearance? #nswpol #
17:06 The RNC crowd loved Clint. That surely is no surprise. http://t.co/sesbaxvK #
16:01 Forty-two years before Clint Eastwood talked to furniture, he talked to the trees - http://t.co/2vKRKl1h #paintyourwagon #
15:43 #ff @InvisibleObama Because if Clint Eastwood can see him, then we should follow him too. #
15:19 thank you Clint, you have truly made my day. Oh dear #
15:12 to be fair to Clint, he's just warming up for the 2016 convention #
15:07 I suppose I should watch Clint Eastwood's speech then #
14:22 It always makes me uncomfortable that the anti-CSG movement has adopted Alan Jones as a champion. Another reason why - http://t.co/zVS17r3J #
11:04 @dg79 no. I'm thinking it was better for not going that far. #
10:50 someone must have a trademark on "Labor Supports Motherhood". #nswlocal #
10:49 Run this past me again: "Labor Loves Live Music" is an honest to god, ruly truly campaign slogan? #nswlocal #
09:17 There was no pretend Robert Smith, which is probably a good thing. #thecure #fathersdaybrekky #
09:07 You haven't lived till you've heard The Cure's Close To Me performed by primary school choir accompanied by teachers ukelele ensemble. #
08:37 Best. Cure. Cover. Ever. #fathersdaybrekky #
08:23 Good breakfast but it would be nice if they had a sound system working. Band and choir are almost inaudible in the racket. #fathersdaybrekky #
07:46 #wcbasketball RT @Team_SA_2012: SA 39 Australia 93, tough going, but still plenty of games left yet. #
07:19 It's the Friday before the first Sunday morning in September, and that means one thing: getting up early to attend a Father's Day breakfast #

22:29 Lance Armstrong set to keep his Sydney 2000 bronze medal due to IOC statute of limitations - http://t.co/wlyWZq69 #
21:54 @Jono unfortunately that's part of the problem #
21:47 but what's this on #SBS1 now? The Only School Is Essex? #
21:45 The challenge we face as Australians is to change prevailing attitudes to asylum seekers. It's not going to be easy. Thank you #GoBackSBS. #
21:37 Again. Thank you Cordell Jigsaw and SBS. #GoBackSBS #
20:45 Michael Smith has no idea. Or at least I hope that's his excuse. #gobackSBS #
20:32 it's #GoBackSBS time again #
20:01 @Colvinius I want to see the original cow photo now to see why it has that look on its face #
19:56 and sucked in like thousands of others by a photoshop hoax. Here's the original - http://t.co/VlZYFnsy #
18:44 Just realised that I mistook Prince Edward for Prince Philip this morning. #epicfail #
18:25 #paralympics RT @legsidelizzy: Good work newspapers. Good work http://t.co/AFcynnbS #
18:15 Watching the replay of the #Paralympics #openingceremony. Nothing can ever beat having Stephen Hawking as narrator. #
17:38 Excellent piece by @penbo in the wake of Charlotte Dawson's hospitalisation following cyberabuse - http://t.co/4vDEJfvh #
16:53 Which link would that be? RT @HumanHeadline: Click on this link and it will take you to the only official Hinch Facebook site. #
16:52 Incredible amount of talent and experience lost from the Sydney Morning Herald this week #
08:16 Holst! About the only British music that was missing from the Olympic opening. #openingceremony #paralympics #
08:15 It would have been fun to see Prince Philip deliver the sign language opening message instead of the chap on the Queen's right. #paralympics #
07:46 Zambia. oh yes! #openingceremony #paralympics #
07:43 though the Uruguayan top hat is pretty cool too. #openingceremony #paralympics #
07:42 I don't care what anyone says, I love the American berets. #openingceremony #paralympics #
07:36 back from the shower and I see they're still only up to Turkey. This is huge. #openingceremony #
07:18 Glenelg is on Mars. [insert South Australian joke here] http://t.co/L3pNzkIL #
07:08 Have they replaced La Liga with a Barcelona - Real Madrid game every week? #

21:02 and while the commercial break is on, Andrew Strauss has retired from all cricket #
20:30 Oh dear. #ntpol RT @mfarnsworth: At least Gough let Lance have half the jobs: http://t.co/oRXUZU3e #
20:02 and with Clarkson guesting on QI it must be time to switch to SBS half an hour earlier than planned #
20:01 the QI theme really isn't one of Howard Goodall's tours de force, is it? #
17:05 @newcastleherald excellent, thanks. #
16:19 Omar Slaimankhel heading to Japanese rugby after NZ Warriors decline to renew his contract - http://t.co/klI43HUa #
15:00 City of Sydney. MT @InnerWestNews: A NUDE local council candidate fronted a forum on CSG mining minus his clothes. http://t.co/JdZq2iKs #
12:42 Looks great! When's the Android app coming out? RT @newcastleherald: Our new website is up and running at http://t.co/ADqXuP7x #
12:24 Drill baby drill. RT @andrewjhansen: Odd way for Gillard to make herself more popular, by offering to send everyone to the dentist. #
11:15 Yadier Molina Held Onto This Ball Like "A Man," According To Soon-To-Be-Ex-MLB Employee - @Deadspin http://t.co/eJpG9DpA #
11:00 I really hope Swanny ends his pretence of a 2012-13 surplus now. #auspol #
10:56 @Sue_Dunlevy current exchange rate: 1.25 Greenbacks to the dollar #
10:35 Theological controversy alert: I am about to click on a "submit" button. #
10:00 One of these days I will update all the links in my blog for John Howard interview transcripts to the Pandora archive. It will be a big task #
07:30 Twitter shuts not so much a door as a window on its partners, and stops showing which client you are tweeting from - http://t.co/To5FaMjx #

Storification of my tweets and selected retweets of others during the second and final episode of "Howzat: Kerry Packer's War" screened on Channel Nine on Sunday night, August 26, 2012.

21:40 I hope no one's switched off SBS just yet... this @DatelineSBS program from Sri Lanka is just as important. #gobackSBS #
21:07 oops spoke too soon. #gobackSBS #
21:06 oh. SBS is showing it without ads this year? #gobackSBS #
20:53 and Angry, which part of "legal" don't *you* understand? #gobackSBS #
20:35 against my better judgment I will start watching Celebrity Go Back To Where You Came From. #gobackSBS #
20:26 from the Wiggles, I am dedicating this to Graham Morris - http://t.co/GtMxatp2 #
20:00 Umm I switch on #abc730 late and they're doing a tattoo story? #aca #tt #
19:50 #london2012 RT @CofE_Worship: The Church of England publishes a prayer for the Paralympic Games: http://t.co/0J13T2IU #
17:10 A "regrettable accident". RT @haaretzonline: #Israeli court rules #US activist #RachelCorrie was not killed unlawfully http://t.co/QCl8aadr #
14:17 Paralympics 2012: disabled athletes bending rules in quest for gold medals via @Telegraph http://t.co/ySF4MK4X #london2012 #
13:18 Must say I've never seen a #haka performed away from a sports field before. This is quite moving - http://t.co/Tp3H4ldF via @NZDefenceForce #
13:03 Washington Post tells me that Mittens has more Twitter mentions over the past week than Obama. But do they count references to "Mittens"? #
12:25 EntCent or Allphones Arena and when do tickets go on sale RT @SBSNews: Sydney to host G20 finance ministers http://t.co/Uo0f0a1j #
09:14 "ABC News 24 will be tracking the course of Tropical Cyclone Isaac". Will it do a worldwide weather watch of all sub-hurricane level storms? #
08:53 Ducks holding up peak hour traffic on the M2. You know what the Shooters Party would do. #nswpol #heygladys #
08:41 Fraser was PM during my early years in the workforce. Yes, I remember. #
08:40 I am so looking forward to Malcolm Fraser tweeting about Industrial Relations policy..... #
08:37 Where's your hat? RT @AlboMP: With local MP Bob Katter at Cloncurry #nationbuilding http://t.co/hwpMjgvI #
08:36 That must be the new cartwheeling uniform. RT @liamvhogan When did school kids start having to wear fluoro jackets to walk to school #
08:29 Kathy Jackson doesn't speak out enough. She should get her own radio show. I hear there's a timeslot free in Melbourne. #auspol #
08:19 meanwhile the national broadcaster is giving Kathy Jackson oxygen on live television #
08:17 the Golden Era of the Howard Government began on November 24, 2007 #

22:38 Vin Scully has been calling Dodgers games since 1950. He'll be back next year for his 64th season behind the mike - http://t.co/X5bZNYhx #
22:01 Sana'a, the capital city of Yemen, is running out of water - http://t.co/E0LGip34 #
21:39 oh that sad. People sitting in the cold in Federation Square fiddling with their mobiles. #qanda #
19:08 Vizard impersonating Hinch on Fast Forward. Let's do it again. #
15:18 Obscure pop culture icon alert. RT @NYTObits: Tubesteak Tracy, Surfer Featured in ‘Gidget,’ Dies http://t.co/EhDzburt #
14:41 Pizza delivery Segways banned from Auckland footpaths http://t.co/HKF3PEeb #
14:24 not to mention 368 unread email messages I didn't know existed #
14:22 good lord. Just discovered a gmail account that I have by virtue of being an open university student. And have had for 3 yrs apparently #
13:47 According to the polls, more Australians support Nauruan offshore processing than support same-sex marriage. Play with numbers at your peril #
12:59 Oh dear. Status Quo are touring Australia in 2013. "Proudly presented by Coles". #
12:44 somewhere, in a box, I have Andrew Caro's memoir of his WSC years, "With A Straight Bat". #howzat #
12:08 what's with TAbbott wearing his reading glasses in public? Is this to prove that he reads documents? #auspol #
09:41 http://t.co/6mD1ObcA's curation of coverage of the passing of Neil Armstrong - http://t.co/YjSl2e9q via @SmithsonianMag #
09:38 I like it. RT @latikambourke: Are we all good with LOTO for Leader of the opposition? Saves so many characters v Opposition Leader. #
08:02 Infographic Alert: The rise and fall of Roman numerals in the box office top X... er, ten - http://t.co/qy7TmhR0 #

22:39 #howzat was a really good drama. Well scripted and acted. The dramatic license with facts and events can be totally forgiven. #
22:27 @angelofwrath63 well there was also a tragedy at Hillsborough that changed crowd control at sporting events forever. #howzat #
22:22 There's no way that Packer or anyone would get away with opening the gates like that these days. #howzat #
22:18 pity that the SCG floodlights don't actually light up as fast as that. #howzat #
22:15 Sam Kekovich in the Macca's ad during the break looks and sounds scarily like KFBP in #howzat #
22:05 "and you're up against the best you know / this is Supertest you know" Ah yes they don't write couplets like that any more. #howzat #
22:03 The birth of "Cmon Aussie Cmon" is being drowned out by stock dramatic music. #irony #howzat #
21:39 and the actor playing Andy Roberts has modeled his bowling action off Michael Holding. #howzat #nitpickingnow #
21:37 I'm sorry, but that is not Dennis Lillee's bowling action. Nothing like it. #howzat #
21:30 the Richie Benaud commentary is too verbose for Richie and sounds too much like Alan Jones. #howzat #
21:28 Dennis Lillee's bowling action in #howzat is a pale shadow of the real thing. And Tony Greig's run-up lacks the exaggerated bounce. #
21:26 The biggest suspense for me about episode 2 of #Howzat is whether we actually get to see Braddles or not #
21:06 except they mucked up the "Nutra Grain's a great start if you have to eat and run" line. Not South African enough. #howzat #
21:05 wohoo! they're re-enacted the Nutra Grain ad! #howzat #
21:04 "what do you mean 'If it doesn't rain'? This is Melbourne!" #howzat #
20:59 Gary Sweet in the Househusbands ads. He should be on screen playing Braddles in #howzat. #
20:57 "What is this, cricket or TV?" What a silly question. #howzat #
20:41 waiting patiently for #howzat ep2 to start reminds me that I don't think I've watched a full hour of #60minutes since Paul Lyneham was alive #
19:41 Farewell Neil Armstrong, the Ultimate Test Pilot | Wired Science | http://t.co/jSPDLIZr http://t.co/cMBdABpw #
16:51 South Korean court ends law requiring real names online - http://t.co/bDcg6Xop http://t.co/52WPrJ00 #
14:21 Guest speaker Bob Carter MT @newcastleherald: Rally over Lake's sea level rise policy: http://t.co/Z0PEgDpA #
13:09 Borsellino's in #Petersham is closing temporarily for renovations. (Not permanently as I implied the other day.) #innerwest #
08:23 NBC News Mistakenly Reports the Death of 'Astronaut Neil Young' - National - The Atlantic Wire http://t.co/rCdCLfXa #
07:20 Goodbye, Mr Armstrong, and thank you. #

22:19 from @JeffJarvis defending the posting of graphic images of the Empire State Building shooting - http://t.co/QjZkWMo4 via @HuffPostMedia #
22:16 Carlton ha ha ha ha. #
22:13 so @Ron_Hoenig has a Twitter feed but not a mobile phone. Or should I say, his blogger page's RSS feed is on Twitter. #heffron #nswpol #
21:02 all this talk I am hearing of swings in #Heffron is meaningless when there is no Liberal candidate #
20:40 Q1: Why does Australia's Funniest Home Videos have a live magic act? Q2: Where's my remote? #
20:16 if Robbo takes himself seriously then I wonder what he was expecting to happen in #Heffron. A CDP win? #
20:13 Eh? RT @KevinWilde John Robertson on #Heffron win "is beyond what any of us could have hoped for so soon after the devastating election loss #
19:28 the best thing that can be said about the #Bledisloe debacle is that The Traitor didn't score a try in either game he played #
19:18 the full time whistle blows and let's not hear Clarkie finish his sentence cause we need to cross to a 60 Minutes promo straight away #
19:13 The controversy that hasn't gone away yet: the IOC Athletics Commission #Lollipopgate - http://t.co/xEXl7TS7 #
19:05 Robbie Deans, Robbie Deans, you know what it means, Robbie Deans... #bledisloe #nzlvaus #
19:03 @benraue how is it possible to calculate swings when the Liberals aren't fielding a candidate? #heffron #
18:37 Try to Fred Dagg's little boy. Sonny Bill can hop on the plane to Japan now, the #Bledisloe is won. #nzlvaus #
17:57 Samsung has to pay Apple the same amount Ch9 and Fox Sports have to pay the NRL. Coincidence? I think not. #
17:40 @ConorTee John Fahey rulz. #
13:04 Considering that the USADA doesn't actually administer the Tour de France, how... or am I about to ask a silly question? #
10:10 Lance Armstrong and Gary Kasparov: Explaining heroes to your child http://t.co/sXuh4yYK via @CSMonitor #
09:45 Arctic sea ice levels to reach record low within days http://t.co/MuV8LJ79 via @guardian #
09:33 Oops. The plans to arrest Assange were all written on the clipboard the Met Police officer was carrying - http://t.co/TCTnur4Z #
09:30 I wonder how the experience in the Samsung Experience Store is going this morning. #
09:20 Righteo then. Laurie Oakes' latest column is paywalled on the Herald Sun website but available in full on Adelaide Now http://t.co/Zd98HhFe #

21:58 what is that silly sound effect ch9 plays every time a try is scored? #nrl #nrlcancby #delay #
21:48 I don't know about you, but I quite the like that elderly Spanish lady's restoration of Jesus as an owl - http://t.co/iKdCvfIP #
21:04 more on the tragic death of former Balmain winger Gary Mara in Los Angeles on Tuesday - http://t.co/EDlFC9zL #nrl #
20:45 The evaluation process has begun for the seven sports bidding for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics - http://t.co/IWIFB2QZ #
17:21 Jayant. I was thinking of an Indian cricket administrator there. #
17:20 Top 4 stories on SMH Mobile, in order: Lance Armstrong; Jaywant Patel; Facebook's new iPhone app; Nathan Tinkler. Which are the odd 3 out? #
14:59 #RacismStopsWithMe is a major campaign launched by the Australian Human Rights Commission today. See http://t.co/iFjW2BnC for more info. #
14:07 watching Tony Abbott's interview with Lisa Wilkinson from this morning. My one word summary: Ouch. #
13:31 so much sporting history rewritten: Lance Armstrong's TDFs, Penn State's college football wins, Melbourne Storm's NRL titles #
12:25 and that probably finishes my quota of cycling tweets for 2012 #
12:23 Travis Tygart - that sounds like the name you'd expect of a villain who ties damsels in distress to a train track #
12:19 Lance Armstrong in his own words: http://t.co/OFW86SR1 #
12:15 Lance Armstrong gives up the fight against USADA allegations though still claiming his innocence - http://t.co/QIn8bpoX #
11:33 Twitter slams the door on another partner. This time it's Tumblr. RT @PBSMediaShift: http://t.co/8zIGXS7l #
11:28 Why is the #aleague pre-season so long? #
10:44 @ConversationEDU not a problem :) #
10:33 It must be that time of year for cultural awareness training at the @conversationedu sports desk. #rugby #rugbyunion #rugbyleague #
10:29 Ahem. Rugby and rugby league ars not the same thing MT @ConversationEDU How do #rugby fans miss out in their league's new broadcasting deal? #
10:24 Someone I don't think The Traitor even begins to understand the concept of Loyalty... http://t.co/CC6Mkg03 #nrl #sbw #
10:03 So in the terminology of @131500trains, the loss of human life is reduced to the made-up noun "fatal". "Due to a fatal at..." #
06:43 School's Harry Potter ban outrages parent who doesn't have kids at school - http://t.co/v8EuMJwi #