02:42:55 Retweeted @MicahZenko01:54:32 Trump WH resistance to a Select Committee investigation into Russian hacking allegations will be a big political story in 2017.
03:04:18 Retweeted @GZuckerman2016-12-29 16:30:38 Dow is up 8.15% since Election Day, on pace for best performance from Election Day to year end since Herbert Hoover was elected 1928
03:11:09 Retweeted @AriMelber02:33:02 Donald Trump says “we don’t know” a lot.It’s often a strategic ignorance used to avoid confronting a tough issue. #maddow
03:45:25 Actually true for most issues, as Trump has proved -> This one weird trick will not convince conservatives to fight climate change (@drvox)
04:03:04 The degree of belief in just plain wrong information – on both sides – is appalling -> Americans… believe crazy, wrong things (@crampell)
16:52:26 Retweeted @deray13:43:06 I still haven’t forgotten the folks who hoped for Clinton’s demise for 15 months only to pretend to be shocked at a Trump presidency now.
14:16:04 Retweeted @ddale800:49:42 We’re a year and a half into this. We’ve known for a year and a half that Trump Claims Thing is not a headline that conveys truth. in reply to ddale8
16:53:56 Reading – Why You Are No Longer Invited to Post-Election Potlucks at My House (Laurie Jones Neighbors) https://t.co/0Vnz9qbc60
23:06:52 Retweeted @JoshuaHol21:13:47 Anyway, I have no problem with the idea that HRC was an unpopular candidate who made serious errors AND was fucked over by external actors.
05:40:13 Retweeted @Green_Footballs05:00:46 If you think 2016 was a nightmare year (and it was), just wait вЂtil you see what 2017 has in store for your ass.
15:42:53 .@lessig Any word on lawsuits for 3 electors prevented fr voting how they wished? This election aside, isn’t that important issue to settle?
21:44:05 Good. -> Israel claims “ironclad” proof that the Obama administration was behind U.N. rebuke (CBS News) https://t.co/mPj7pk0x1h
21:55:42 Retweeted @Wheeler18:16:13 “I’m a PEZ dispenser and I’m in the Abnormal Psychology textbook. Who says you can’t have it all?” – Carrie Fisher. Legend.
21:56:38 Retweeted @CelesteKatzNYC21:50:34 Re Trump Tower: 16:35 was the time of the call; FDNY spox reports the dept being asked to ‘come and stage’ at the building by Secret Service
22:01:12 Retweeted @WestWingReport21:58:55 Evacuation of at least the lobby of Trump Tower; pool reports “…numerous NYPD and FDNY units are responding”
22:56:19 Retweeted @KPhed20:45:50 Trumps entire campaign message was “brown people are taking all of your jobs and I’m going to fix it”. Don’t tell me that wasn’t racism.
00:53:31 Reading – Reading Fake News, Pakistani Minister Directs Nuclear Threat at Israel (Russell Goldman) https://t.co/7lOomoGjXx
01:04:58 Retweeted @AngryBlackLady00:52:28 <symbol><symbol>Last Christmas, I gave you my heart and the very next day…<symbol><symbol>I collapsed and died. I should’ve given you a non-essential organ instead.
08:24:53 Retweeted @Kasparov632016-12-13 19:08:55 The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.
17:26:49 Retweeted @maggieNYT17:25:50 PEOTUS is going to disperse remaining Trump Foundation $ and then close it. They're likely bringing on an outside monitor for Trump Org
19:51:04 Retweeted @joshtpm19:26:32 The idea that HRCs narrow defeat is an epic humiliation rests on premise that Trump is the least qualified candidate in history, right?
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about the assassination in Turkey, the truck attack in Berlin, and of course another week of the Trump transition. We also cover artificial Christmas trees, upside down Christmas trees, the right way to wrap presents, the final electoral college vote, federalism, Ivanka flying coach, and more!
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Show Details:
Recorded 2016-12-23
Length this week – 1:48:43
(0:00:33-0:18:37) But First
Agenda
Sam gets a fake tree
Upside down trees
Pre-lit trees
Sam wrapping
(0:19:58-0:46:47) Turkey and Berlin
Assassination in Turkey
Possibilities for escalation?
Russia/Turkey closer together?
Syria connection
Price of intervention
Berlin attack
Connections to immigration?
Leaving wallets?
Granting citizenship
How do you defend? Should you?
(0:48:47-1:19:38) This Week in Trump
Random download
Things Obama did
Trump lies
Everyday Twitter
Pardons for illegal orders?
Eventual impeachment?
Disarray and Chaos
Reality vs Perception
Private Security
Fundraising kids
(1:20:19-1:48:23) Lightning Round
Timer Master
Final Electoral College Vote
Direction for the Democrats
Federalism
Ivanka flying coach
Uber self-driving car issues
Wrap Up
The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.
00:32:09 Retweeted @joshtpm2016-12-22 23:19:49 Remember, virtually all elected GOPs are signed on for this because of a SCOTUS seat and a upper income tax cut.