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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Acceptable to the Leg

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan do an all lightning round show. Twelve separate exciting subjects. These include… the newest Brexit developments, the Trump vs Acosta ruckus, the resistance to Pelosi as speaker, Trump’s eventful visit to Europe, a book review by Sam, the Lion Air crash… and six more things. You didn’t think they would all be in the summary did you? But they are all exciting. Really.

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Recorded 2018-11-17
Length this week – 2:02:38

(0:00:20-0:40:40) Lightning #1
- Ivan: Border Troops
- Sam: Book: Hands-On Data Science and Python Machine Learning (2017)
- Ivan: Trump in Europe
- Sam: Heading to DC
(0:42:40-1:19:55) Lightning #2
- Ivan: Assange
- Sam: Puppy?
- Ivan: Lion Air
- Sam: Pelosi
(1:20:30-2:02:18) Lightning #3
- Ivan: Brexit
- Sam: Brazil
- Ivan: Acosta
- Sam: Avenatti

The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

Our intro is “The Oh of Pleasure” (Amazon MP3 link)

Our outro is “Celestial Soda Pop” (Amazon MP3 link)

Both are from the album “Deep Breakfast” (iTunes link)

Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.

Um, so this happened…

Our older dog Miley has a new little puppy friend. His name is Jetski. He was born at a local shelter just under two months ago, and we adopted him a few hours ago. Welcome Jetski.

@abulsme tweets from 2018-11-17 (UTC)

03:52:39 Wut? https://t.co/6htCs2v6ZU
04:07:04 Retweeted @nytimes 03:43:53 On Friday, the kilogram shed its earthly form for all time. Here's how scientists made it happen. https://t.co/RkAopG5r1a
04:12:23 Retweeted @VIEWSFROMJAY23 2018-11-15 05:17:13 im crying im so happy for them https://t.co/QjPhAY9MTc
16:28:17 Retweeted @FreyaHolmer 03:22:20 A thread, on the ever so lovely BГ©zier curve ✨ https://t.co/2Mo5OjVIJ9
17:15:34 Retweeted @SilverAgeTV 15:48:50 45 years ago today in 1973, the memorable #SchoolhouseRock episode #ConjunctionJunction aired for the first time onвЂ¦ https://t.co/nHqL8Zbr0D
21:55:11 Retweeted @nicholaskitchel 18:33:18 This is the photo taken at the White House right after @HouseGOP voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act last year.вЂ¦ https://t.co/hyzzB23gSa
23:25:39 Retweeted @ForecasterEnten 22:37:19 I believe 8.6 points would be the largest win in the national House vote for a minority party heading into the elecвЂ¦ https://t.co/Ms3EbPUgjK

@abulsme tweets from 2018-11-16 (UTC)

05:20:05 Retweeted @CBSNews 04:33:04 Nancy Pelosi has a math problem in her race to be House speaker https://t.co/9LUeUMa0XH https://t.co/c5gIccImzn
06:04:52 Oops https://t.co/LjEn9l0lQR
23:46:30 Retweeted @washingtonpost 23:16:46 The CIA has concluded that the Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, people familiar with theвЂ¦ https://t.co/bF7HLxcpvi

@abulsme tweets from 2018-11-15 (UTC)

05:02:10 Retweeted @franglophonic 2018-11-13 02:11:40 how’d this NYC rat get to France https://t.co/hqGdXmPGS6
05:28:38 Retweeted @b_fung 2018-11-14 15:35:21 An interesting thing about having digital natives in Congress is the way they're using social media (and not in theвЂ¦ https://t.co/OVUQWwgO2T
08:20:15 Retweeted @RachelBitecofer 2018-11-14 14:04:52 Lately, I've been asking people why they dislike Pelosi. Turns out, most people don't know WHY they hate her, theyвЂ¦ https://t.co/gv3YZLWVid
15:40:20 Retweeted @Pottell 13:13:06 The sign language interpreter doing the Brexit Agreement on BBC News is perfectly conveying the perplexing fuckeryвЂ¦ https://t.co/U4QBlbc0ie
15:42:50 Retweeted @KING5Seattle 15:30:41 Tickets for first flights out of Everett's Paine Field go on sale https://t.co/3Oz5c792Cj https://t.co/VRChLQI38d
15:46:47 Retweeted @JKCorden 07:45:19 Holy shit. This commercial. https://t.co/aXewAG5C3i
17:12:18 Listening to POLITICO's Nerdcast Trump comes to grips with divided government https://t.co/pn7PHT1BPQ
18:27:27 Retweeted @vaiseys 15:32:39 What group differences look like vs. how people talk and think about them. https://t.co/4ROSCN9f4Y
19:15:38 Ranked choice is cool and should be adopted more widely. https://t.co/AqLR6XiVHU
20:27:59 Listening to Freakonomics Radio 358. Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible вЂ” But It Doesn’t Have to Be https://t.co/7FwXw09IkG
20:43:20 Retweeted @BrianKarem 12:24:41 WH staffer on POTUS: вЂњHe always seems angry. Now he seems mad at the furniture too.вЂќ @realDonaldTrump

@abulsme tweets from 2018-11-14 (UTC)

03:15:02 Oops https://t.co/qdR1aY2jRS
03:28:45 Oops https://t.co/oyGX3OUsq5
06:08:12 Retweeted @imillhiser 2018-11-13 22:45:20 MERRICK FUCKING GARLAND https://t.co/FXJTnVdp5A
06:10:49 Retweeted @PatrickSvitek 2018-11-12 06:42:33 Haven't seen anybody crunch these numbers yet, so here goes вЂ” Texas' 191 rural counties contributed 11% of theвЂ¦ https://t.co/G1Am8NfOsH
06:17:36 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 2018-11-13 18:50:18 We're not paying enough attention to the fact that poor ballot design in Florida very well could have cost Bill NelвЂ¦ https://t.co/H39uVl69xV
08:41:17 Retweeted @WotDpod 01:45:48 Today's episode of popular Wiki of the Day is on the article Kyrsten Sinema.
Listen to the new episode here:вЂ¦ https://t.co/ejYNC74yG6
16:19:03 Retweeted @astroehlein 2018-11-13 04:17:28 Everything about this is wonderful… https://t.co/ydiBa6Vzpt
17:52:20 Listening to We The Podcast Social Wealth Funds with Matt Bruenig https://t.co/Jz9zMsSgGP
23:00:06 Oops. https://t.co/dBb8DrrmZb

@abulsme tweets from 2018-11-13 (UTC)

01:13:05 Retweeted @sahilkapur 01:10:34 The latest in Senate 2018 flips <symbol>
вЂў INDIANA: GOP gain
вЂў MISSOURI: GOP gain
вЂў NORTH DAKOTA: GOP gain

вЂў NEVADA: DEMвЂ¦ https://t.co/Og5VAyB04r in reply to sahilkapur
02:51:43 Retweeted @Kharunya 2018-11-12 17:55:54 Today marks exactly eight years since Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest, and shows her long journey fвЂ¦ https://t.co/G6RGnb61ve
05:55:02 Retweeted @gallifreyan 05:24:15 Don’t blink. https://t.co/xeWHkl70WS
05:55:36 Retweeted @evansiegfried 2018-11-11 15:17:23 The turnout for the 2018 midterm election now exceeds 49%, 115 million voters, which makes it the highest turnout rвЂ¦ https://t.co/yRZiFOKSem
09:01:24 Retweeted @AlecMacGillis 2018-11-12 14:23:29 Wow. In 1992, Republicans still held half of the 30 House districts with the highest level of educational attainmenвЂ¦ https://t.co/olnvmP4ZhZ
15:17:41 Retweeted @cydharrell 15:07:15 "when we're 'data-driven' we're giving over decision-making to something with no moral compass. be data-informed &вЂ¦ https://t.co/WnQjjtQL4f
17:22:01 Oops https://t.co/nRQBejx0DP
18:23:08 Amen. https://t.co/VeLZCdVmnC
18:27:55 Retweeted @WotDpod 01:37:04 Today's episode of popular Wiki of the Day is on the article Stan Lee.
Listen to the new episode here:вЂ¦ https://t.co/eARNugwtgW

@abulsme tweets from 2018-11-12 (UTC)

04:09:06 Retweeted @Redistrict 2018-11-11 21:19:13 Just crunched: the percentage of white men as a share of House Democrats is set to decline from 41% to 38% as a resвЂ¦ https://t.co/QE68UQr3n3
04:09:22 Retweeted @WotDpod 01:44:53 Today's episode of popular Wiki of the Day is on the article World War I.
Listen to the new episode here:вЂ¦ https://t.co/gMwMa0PS5q
19:02:12 Retweeted @BNONews 18:53:52 BREAKING: Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee has died at the age of 95 – TMZ
21:51:47 Listening to Embedded The Hearing https://t.co/YzzOuv3tK4
22:49:35 Listening to Pod Save America вЂњWe won.вЂќ https://t.co/1CC529VKe2

@abulsme tweets from 2018-11-11 (UTC)

00:17:32 Retweeted @mdudas 2018-11-10 08:42:14 вЂњHustle porn. This is one of the most toxic, dangerous things in tech right now. This idea that unless you are suffвЂ¦ https://t.co/RA3eTdkumm
00:17:52 Retweeted @Redistrict 2018-11-10 22:18:29 The story developing as the full picture of Tuesday's results comes into focus is significantly more favorable to DвЂ¦ https://t.co/xbmRkSkmMZ
00:28:30 Retweeted @Redistrict 2018-11-10 23:04:20 Staggering: if every uncalled race breaks as I expect, House Dems' class of 61 freshmen would include *35* women &вЂ¦ https://t.co/TgpMZ2s5H7
08:05:46 Retweeted @dandrezner 2018-11-10 22:28:17 I know we used to take this for granted, but Ducey, McSally, and Reagan all deserve praise as Republicans acting reвЂ¦ https://t.co/4oyu4i4NDR
10:35:30 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Another Coffee Boy https://t.co/XdvXzks9kF https://t.co/ZjyYSZfcB5

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Another Coffee Boy

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s main topics are of course the mid-term election results, and the replacement of Sessions with Whitaker. Before that, a little on this year’s new iPhones, and Sam finally catches up on the movies he’s seen lately.

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Recorded 2018-11-10
Length this week – 1:53:12

(0:00:20-0:17:44) But First
- iPhones
- Agenda
- Sam Movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
(0:21:41-1:17:30) Election 2018
- Quality predictions
- No tsunami
- Undecided Florida
- Republican spin
- Implications of the Governors, State Houses, House, and Senate results
- Last minute moves?
(1:18:09-1:52:52) Sessions and Whitaker
- Trump’s beef with Sessions
- Legality of Whitaker appointment
- Trump doesn’t know him
- Non-Mueller Whitaker issues
- Mueller-related Whitaker issues
- You ain’t seen nothin’ yet

The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

Our intro is “The Oh of Pleasure” (Amazon MP3 link)

Our outro is “Celestial Soda Pop” (Amazon MP3 link)

Both are from the album “Deep Breakfast” (iTunes link)

Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.

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