03:37:17 Retweeted @20committee03:35:59 Trump is screwing the whole country. But most of all he’s screwing the morons who believed his absurd lies. Have no pity, do laugh at them.
06:32:17 Aside from the completely obvious racism here, he knew the victim? How does someone who knows the victim get past j… https://t.co/Tkmw8T7PBT
04:59:21 I could see this. But lower office first please. Having said that, if she chose to run, she would instantly be in t… https://t.co/BZI1XYY9IZ
05:54:15 Retweeted @moorehn05:41:30 The fact that the idea of Oprah running makes so many men so mad – madder than they are about *every woman who can run* – is why she should
06:13:23 Retweeted @moorehn05:58:13 It’s the “this woman” attack. “Sure, a woman should run -but *this woman* is too rich/opportunistic/grasping/cold/I don’t trust her.” in reply to moorehn
07:21:33 Retweeted @RWitherspoon07:04:57 I will now officially divide time like this : Everything that happened before @Oprah speech : Everything that will happen after.
07:53:38 Retweeted @epicciuto07:26:17 My biggest Oprah objection is not that she’s a celebrity or lack of public service but Dr. Phil. Anyhow. It was a lovely speech.
15:26:45 Reading – Sources: Oprah Winfrey ‘actively thinking’ about running for president (Brian Stelter) https://t.co/mXSYjzAdNs
16:47:55 Retweeted @KilloughCNN16:39:37 “I think this: If he doesn’t call himself a genius, nobody else will.” — @LindseyGrahamSC on The View about Trump calling himself a genius
17:25:15 Retweeted @brennanmgilmore17:10:19 love all these people on twitter acting like in 2020 we’ll have an election and won’t be scavenging radioactive woodlands for acorns
07:57:14 Eight months after I launched it, and about nine months after I started work on it, I finally finished working my w… https://t.co/8P1mCTRG1M
18:20:45 I’m starting to feel less confident about the predictions I made LAST WEEK that we will make it through the year wi… https://t.co/C3QEfEr6MS
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan review the predictions they made a year and a week ago for 2017. They covered politics, economics, technology, international issues, and a variety of other things for good measure. What did they get wrong? What did they get right? Did they do better or worse than in the year before? Which topics did they excel in? Where did they fail completely? This week, you’ll find out!
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Recorded 2018-01-06
Length this week – 2:03:58
(0:01:13-0:22:21) Intro
(0:23:29-1:05:38) Politics
(1:06:18-1:15:05) Economics
(1:15:50-1:24:08) Technology
(1:25:51-1:43:58) International
(1:45:14-1:53:09) Hodgepodge
(1:55:11-2:03:37) Final Results
The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.
04:19:01 Who is tracking time of day for Trump tweets? It seems the frequency of late night tweets vs early morning tweets i… https://t.co/GqjxW3vmvB
06:26:58 How about peanut butter? That is the only condiment I will eat on hot dogs. I think it is great. But I have learned… https://t.co/3Jk6oorwO4
17:06:24 I dunno. There has to be some level of appeal just from the place and perceived power. The witness to history thing… https://t.co/PcZylOjMTH
17:42:44 At this point I feel like if I just keep reading all the excerpts and highlighted passages from the Wolff book I se… https://t.co/JAo4HxDRhZ
17:52:09 Well, once you are in, I imagine many feel somewhat trapped. Like it or not, their reputations are now tied to Trum… https://t.co/iXR2fg6iA1
18:05:25 Very true. My impression is that anybody who has been paying attention had already heard almost everything we are s… https://t.co/pd3D3tButV
18:39:45 I find all the journalistic distinctions between different types of background and off the record and such somewhat… https://t.co/ALfNyYwSip
18:46:43 These are rarely if ever codified in any sort of legally binding way like an NDA. It is just a matter of norms and… https://t.co/f6gxb4otUP
22:04:43 Reading – Michael Wolff: Trump had little interest in repealing Obamacare, floated ‘Medicare for All’ (Kimberly Leo… https://t.co/hwXTfCrXId
22:09:39 This shouldn’t be unthinkable. This should be normal. There should never be any such thing as an uncontested electi… https://t.co/rjD7OAfMP0
04:07:54 Retweeted @BillKristol02:41:20 A few hours ago I was reading up on possible Iran sanctions. Now I’m reading up on Section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment.
16:11:39 Reading – Trump Tower meeting with Russians ‘treasonous’, Steve Bannon says in explosive book (David Smith) https://t.co/KzI2WYtTfZ
19:26:29 This article is so depressing. -> Donald Trump’s Year of Living Dangerously (Susan Glasser) https://t.co/qUPFFtBMNQ
19:37:07 Retweeted @BNONews19:12:04 U.S. Senator Al Franken has resigned, effective immediately; he previously said he would step down over allegations of sexual misconduct