This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, something different. The whole episode is an interview with Bret Chiafalo. He is one of the co-founders of Hamilton Electors, a group of electors that mounted an effort to deny Donald Trump his electoral college victory in 2016. That effort failed, but the resulting court battles continue. Sam and Bret discuss how the efforts in 2016 played out, and the current state of the legal cases winding their way through the courts. If you are a presidential election junkie, don’t miss this one!
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Recorded 2019-08-23 Length this week – 1:19:15
(0:00:20-0:04:34) Intro
(0:05:18-1:15:04) Interview with Bret Chiafalo
(1:16:14-1:18:55) Outro
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan cover ten separate topics for about ten minutes each, including recent developments in several countries, a 1940’s era movie Sam watched, the Congressional impeachment investigations, Joe Biden’s latest gaffes, the Epstein suicide, and much more. Tune in for a very full show!
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Recorded 2019-08-17 Length this week – 1:59:02
(0:01:49-0:13:44) Ivan: Feedback
(0:15:30-0:24:36) Sam: Sam Movie: Double Indemnity (1944)
(0:25:56-0:36:57) Ivan: Epstein Suicide
(0:37:34-0:48:29) Sam: Impeachment Investigations
(0:49:45-0:59:19) Ivan: Steve King Comments
(1:00:04-1:09:00) Sam: Sam Book: The Ideas Industry (2017)
(1:10:10-1:20:32) Ivan: Biden Gaffes
(1:22:33-1:32:54) Sam: Election Graphs: Blue Texas
(1:34:37-1:44:49) Ivan: Argentina / Hong Kong / Moscow
(1:45:53-1:58:41) Sam: Greenland
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam brings the weighty topics of mass shootings and white nationalism. Ivan is there to lighten things up though, bringing in talk of vacations and shopping for televisions.
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Recorded 2019-08-08 Length this week – 1:35:08
(0:00:35-0:16:28) Ivan: Vacations
(0:17:08-0:42:07) Sam: Mass shootings
(0:43:16-0:52:02) Ivan: Televisions
(0:52:49-1:34:48) Sam: White Nationalism
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ed joins Sam to discuss racism in America. Then, of course, Sam wants to talk about the Democratic debates and the Presidential race.
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Recorded 2019-08-03 Length this week – 1:55:44
(0:00:20-0:45:59) Ed: Racism in America
(0:37:56-1:28:30) Sam: Democratic Debate
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Ivan discusses the situation with the Governor of Puerto Rico, then reacts in real-time to the Governor’s resignation, which happened during the recording of this episode. Then Sam and Ivan discuss the Mueller testimony, the reactions to it, and what comes next.
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Recorded 2019-07-25 Length this week – 1:28:50
(0:00:20-0:37:16) Ivan: Puerto Rico
(0:37:56-1:28:30) Sam: Mueller Testimony
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan spend the bulk of the show talking about Trump’s latest racist comments, and the reactions to them. But they also talk about the end of the SDNY campaign finance case, the whole FaceApp kerfluffle, and Sam read a book!
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Recorded 2019-07-19 Length this week – 1:54:30
(0:00:20-0:54:59) Sam: Racist Trump
(0:56:42-1:21:06) Ivan: Barr and SDNY
(1:21:47-1:27:37) Sam: Book – The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
(1:28:57-1:54:01) Ivan: FaceApp Controversy
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16:12:38 Retweeted @dandrezner12:38:10 There’s a lot of repellent stuff in these tweets, but it’s interesting that Trump presumes Ayanna Pressley (born in Chicago), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born in NYC), and Rashida Tlaib (born in Detroit) were not born in the USA. https://t.co/2vHjEnMdRs
16:12:42 Retweeted @endeavoringE13:17:49 This happens to anyone who isn’t white – and perpetuates the notion that an “American” is nothing more than that, when, in fact, an American is an idea, not an ethnicity. And this is how the monsters win. https://t.co/MRa1Xdljje
16:13:18 Retweeted @4lisaguerrero15:57:56 Make no mistake. Telling people of color to “go back where they came from” is racist. If people criticize this administration or it’s policies it doesn’t make them less “patriotic”, in fact the most patriotic thing you can do is to stand up & speak out against hate & intolerance.
16:28:22 Retweeted @jonfavs2019-07-13 15:55:22 Hey, all you Democrats who work in Washington together: maybe get off Twitter, get into a room next week, and work out your problems like adults because DONALD FUCKING TRUMP IS PRESIDENT.
16:39:10 Retweeted @BreeNewsome2019-07-13 14:43:36 I ask again, what does “bipartisanship” mean when one of the parties is blatantly white nationalist & is implementing murderous, racist policies??? WTF, y’all.
17:04:02 Retweeted @stevesilberman16:42:27 Blatant lying like this is no accident. In classic Orwellian fashion, Trump is pounding a cleaver – BAM! BAM! BAM! – right through the center of his supporters’ brains, so they can’t access an accurate internal model of reality. LOVE ME, he whispers, I AM BETTER THAN REALITY. https://t.co/nnCnXbzram
21:55:00 Retweeted @natsecHeather20:54:25 I love peanut butter too. A college classmate died b/c a restaurant didn’t disclose peanut butter in its chili. By the time they realized, it was too late. Epi-pens, desensitization are great but they aren’t magic. A little inconvenience vs actual human lives. Please reconsider. https://t.co/54xgkQ4WjS
01:36:30 Retweeted @natsecHeather2019-07-12 19:53:37 Handy compendium here of ideas that science, and fancy names like Simon Baron-Cohen and Steven Pinker, gave us about autism that are outdated, disproven, offensive and wrong. Great quick read before the next time you hang out with someone with loved ones on the spectrum. https://t.co/UTWEDMVBF4
05:22:44 Retweeted @joshtpm03:49:56 Democrats are talking about some dumb shit tonight. Pelosi has done herself/her caucus no favors with her dismissive comments. It’s also mind boggling that AOC and crew can try to upend their caucus at every turn and then be shocked they’re “singled out”.
16:30:17 Retweeted @matthewamiller15:43:50 I’ve been answering Star Wars q’s about the force and lightsabers and on and on for two years, but out of nowhere my four year old just asked “why is Leia’s dress still all white after they come out of the trash compactor,” and…..I got absolutely nothing.
16:52:24 The election doesn’t elect the president. The election elects a slate of electors, who in turn can vote for whoever they want. Put Pence or another generic Republican on the ballot, the electors pledge to vote for Trump anyway. Not like CA is in play of course. But if it was. https://t.co/2JVWgjwoZJ
01:29:05 Retweeted @mkraju2019-07-11 19:56:26 NEW: House Intelligence Committee met today with David Archey, a senior FBI official on Mueller’s team, behind closed doors, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The committee is reviewing counterintelligence gleaned from Mueller probe. w/@jeremyherb
10:04:33 I felt nothing because I was asleep. But my wife woke me up because she felt it, as did my daughter. I feel left out. 4.7 earthquake 10 miles from home. https://t.co/KxTlYKkb5n
10:25:56 Retweeted @PrestonTVNews10:22:02 Earthquake that just hit north of Seattle has been downgraded to a 4.4 magnitude. @USGS now saying it was 0km SSW of Three Lakes, Washington. Here’s the intensity map for this earthquake and the shake map that shows how far out the earthquake could be felt. https://t.co/URvordDgb5
20:58:34 Retweeted @SnoCoSheriff20:54:12 Are you signed up to receive text/email/voice alerts from Snohomish County? AlertSense allows emergency response agencies to issue alerts to warn citizens of events such as need for immediate evacuation, crime/imminent danger, and local area emergencies. https://t.co/1T9XCbzdQq
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