On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan and Sam discuss the Republican National Convention, the events in Kenosha and their aftermath, and the latest pandemic news. Along the way they revisit the debate on what constitutes a website, they discuss ceramic car coatings, and spin tales of fender benders and dog walks. Enjoy the madness!
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Recorded 2020-08-29 Length this week – 2:20:47
(0:00:22-0:23:36) But First
Trump avoidance
What is a website?
Ceramic car coating
(0:24:21-1:15:52) Republican National Convention
Sam story
Trump speech
Tricked participants
Chasing Rand Paul
Superspreader event
Hatch Act
After Trump
(1:17:53-1:57:20) Black Lives Matter
Kenosha Overview
Differential treatment of Blake
Rittenhouse incident
Lives vs property
Sports strikes
Systemic Racism
(1:58:37-2:20:24) Pandemic
Trends
Behavioral waves
Doing the minimum
Asymptomatic testing
Rushed approvals
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss their impressions of the Democratic National Convention and all the latest updates on Trumpworld scandals. Plus they talk a little bit about the charms of people broadcasting from home, which sorta kinda, but not quite, includes them.
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Recorded 2020-08-21 Length this week – 2:19:33
(0:00:22-0:18:10) But First
Broadcasters at home
Charming interruptions
(0:18:48-1:17:26) Democratic National Convention
Pros and cons of the virtual format
Kamala Harris and Barack Obama speeches
Anti-Trump coalitions and post-Trump Republicans
Michelle Obama and Joe Biden speeches
(1:18:43-2:19:02) Trump Scandals
Speech times
Steve Bannon indictment
Trump financials
Senate Intelligence report
RNC Preview
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, on the politics side, Sam and Ivan discuss Biden picking Harris, election models, current polling, and cutting people off over politics. On the pandemic side, they talk about testing and tracing, people being reckless, and many of the half measures being taken. Before all that though, Ivan reviews a book and goes on a rant about Twitter, and they discuss that Fortnight/Apple/Google thing. Enjoy!
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Recorded 2020-08-15 Length this week – 2:05:59
(0:00:43-0:32:21) But First
Ivan Book: Manuel Bou Gali Vida y Obra de un CorozaleГ±o [2013]
Twitter is not a website!
Fortnight / Apple / Google thing
(0:32:25-1:23:16) Politics
Biden picks Harris
Election models
Current polling
Cutting off people over politics
(1:24:25-2:05:38) Pandemic
Current situation
Testing and tracing
People being reckless
Half measures
Relief measures
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About a quarter of the way through 2018, I lamented that I wasn’t reading enough books, and made a resolution to do better. I did finish more books in 2018 than in either 2016 or 2017. But I plummeted in 2019, coming nowhere near my goal of 12 books for the year.
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan do the usual round of political news, discussing dirty tricks on the campaign trail, the latest veepstakes talk, the New York investigation into Trump, and possibilities of a disputed election. But first, they respond to some feedback, review a book Sam read, talk a little about family history and how 2020 sucks, and react to the explosion in Beirut. A full show as usual!
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Recorded 2020-08-08 Length this week – 2:08:10
(0:00:22-0:37:53) But First
Feedback
Sam Book: The Two Towers (1954)
Family history
2020 sucks
Beirut explosion
(0:39:54-1:21:23) Campaign 2020 Dirty Tricks
Foreign interference
Controlling the narrative
Kanye West
Historical dirty tricks
Slowing down the mail
(1:22:40-2:07:50) Campaign 2020 Clean Tricks
Veepstakes
Trump interview
New York Trump investigation
Laws with no teeth
Disputed election?
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss the latest in politics and pandemic news as they always do. But this time you also get a book review from Ivan, some insight into Sam’s sleep patterns, some economic talk, and even a bit on the tradeoffs between global and domestic sourcing of products. Plus a fun electoral vote strategy to consider!
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Recorded 2020-08-01 Length this week – 2:31:36
(0:00:22-0:31:19) But First
Ivan Book: Underwater [2020]
Hurricane headed for Ivan
Sleep Patterns
(0:32:04-1:07:58) Politics
Veepstakes
Delegitimizing the election
Problems with mail-in voting?
(1:09:08-1:50:07) Pandemic
Ivan goes to Disney
Sports bubbles
Latest stats
(1:52:08-2:31:08) Potpourri
Economic Update
Political responses to the virus
Domestic production of critical supplies?
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s main topics are Trump’s mind through the lens of Mary Trump’s book, Trump’s current attempts to position himself for the election, and the pandemic. But first, the curmudgeons respond to a listener comment, Ivan delivers on a promise from last week, and Ivan rants about a local political candidate. Enjoy!
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Recorded 2020-07-25 Length this week – 2:33:58
(0:00:22-0:27:51) Random Stuff
Comment from Sam’s Mom
Ivan Movie: Downfall [2004]
Irv Slosberg’s Campaign
(0:28:32-1:02:22) Trump
Ivan Book: Too Much and Never Enough [2020]
Trump’s UK Golf Thing
Trump’s Cognitive Test
(1:04:06-1:46:40) Election 2020
Federal Surge Into Portland
Trump Campaign Developments
Polling Update
(1:47:18-2:33:37) Pandemic
Latest Stats
Next Covid Bill
Masks
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan review the latest pandemic news, they answer a “Question for the Corner” on what post-Trump Republicans might look like, they cover the current state of the Presidential race, and they discuss the recent hack of Twitter. Before all that though, they discuss the household projects they have been working on during the lockdown. Enjoy!
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Recorded 2020-07-17 Length this week – 2:06:53
(0:00:21-0:29:59) Household Projects
(0:32:00-0:54:34) Pandemic
(0:55:53-1:41:08) Politics
(1:42:12-2:06:32) Hacks
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, the two serious topics are school reopenings in the face of the pandemic, and the ramifications of the latest batch of Supreme Court rulings. In addition, Ivan talks about air conditioning maintenance, and Sam talks about Alex creating Minecraft mods. Also, Sam talks about not talking about something. Odd that.
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Recorded 2020-07-10 Length this week – 2:23:02
(0:00:01-0:08:23) Avoidance
(0:08:46-0:44:37) Light and Frothy
(0:46:38-1:33:59) School Reopenings
(1:34:41-2:22:41) SCOTUS Cases
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan try to keep things pithy and concise by having only two topics but fail utterly and completely as they go in-depth into the latest Trump nonsense as well as the latest pandemic related developments. Plus Ivan tells us about his light summer reading! So there you go.
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Recorded 2020-07-03 Length this week – 2:33:06
(0:00:22-0:12:55) But First
Agenda
Ivan book: Social Security Made Simple [2019]
(0:13:32-1:33:35) Trump Nonsense
Russia paying to kill US troops
Calls with world leaders
Polling update
Racist callouts
(1:34:40-2:32:41) Pandemic
Cases and Deaths
Reasons for the 2nd wave
Reactions to the 2nd wave
School reopening plans
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