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@abulsme tweets from 2017-12-24 (UTC)

02:29:21 Retweeted @DepressedDarth 01:16:18 Trump: вЂњI’ve been attacking the FBI on TwitterвЂќEmperor: вЂњGood.. good..вЂќ https://t.co/Ky7yghlZeQ
02:30:49 Retweeted @gamingbible 2017-12-03 19:00:47 ‘My mum had a go on the VR and was so scared she grabbed the wrong end of the dog.’ <symbol><symbol> https://t.co/MOxrlZ4v5R
03:24:53 Retweeted @jeffjarvis 03:21:19 The thread continues, tragically: https://t.co/b17HTQ0mc1
04:12:18 Retweeted @ebruenig 03:54:09 then i realized: ah, coffee and tea are each just dirty water and people are trying to numb the pain with tasty thiвЂ¦ https://t.co/Ihg35gLxbP in reply to ebruenig
07:50:03 Retweeted @el33th4xor 2017-12-22 15:17:57 Excellent paper on the unintended effects of atmospheric nuclear tests in Nevada. Short summary: we killed as manyвЂ¦ https://t.co/gAMjHvBxwn
17:40:49 Retweeted @kierongillen 10:44:23 Finished the Silmarillion. Main takeaway is that first age Galadriel would have totally taken the Ring of Power ifвЂ¦ https://t.co/hfTIxleatB
17:41:56 Retweeted @NASAClimate 17:20:11 This iconic image speaks volumes: the vastness of space, the loneliness of the cosmos & our home planet’s fragilityвЂ¦ https://t.co/qSJxy2XZd5
19:12:19 Watching – NASA | Earthrise: The 45th Anniversary (NASA Goddard) https://t.co/clMCkb5TNg

@abulsme tweets from 2017-12-23 (UTC)

06:35:52 Retweeted @elonmusk 02:50:45 Nuclear alien UFO from North Korea https://t.co/GUIHpKkkp5
18:03:48 Reading – Stoking Fears, Trump Defied Bureaucracy to Advance Immigration Agenda (Shear/Davis) https://t.co/fbKznHUobQ
18:34:41 Reading – The last person into a speculative frenzy such as bitcoin never gets out before it’s too late (Ron Insana) https://t.co/adFmSouLGi
20:09:26 Retweeted @MaxBoot 19:52:22 First Comey. Now Baker and McCabe. Trump is purging FBI of dedicated leaders whom he views as a threat to his ruleвЂ¦ https://t.co/rGJ33g7rCV
20:09:51 Retweeted @benjaminwittes 19:52:18 A word of caution on the Andrew McCabe story. I have always assumed that McCabe would retire in March to let Wray bвЂ¦ https://t.co/HA652IpwRx
20:50:32 Retweeted @Alex_Panetta 20:35:13 Fight with witnesses in obstruction of justice investigation doesn’t usually have such a clear paper trail. https://t.co/UzjraXaqmM
21:08:24 Retweeted @shannonrwatts 19:14:16 Donald Trump’s guide to diversity:Haitians: Have AIDS
Nigerians: Live in huts
American Indians: Pocahontas
BlackвЂ¦ https://t.co/h2jE6dPLrt
21:12:36 Retweeted @Rainmaker1973 20:08:14 70 years ago #Today, the transistor was first demonstrated by Walter H. Brattain and John Bardeen to their higher-uвЂ¦ https://t.co/Xuqf1GU98Y
21:26:44 Um… https://t.co/xrwmdCbvUK
21:33:08 Retweeted @AwardsDarwin 2017-12-22 22:55:24 Dressing like a zebra in the African bush. https://t.co/wK6VeNVihX
21:38:52 Retweeted @pt 04:19:03 2010: вЂњIt’s a currency.вЂќ2013: вЂњIt’s a protocol.вЂќ
2017: вЂњIt’s an investment.вЂќ

I cannot wait to see what BitcoinвЂ¦ https://t.co/UUIrqfsXJZ
21:41:26 Retweeted @seanoconnz 2017-12-22 07:57:41 BREAKING NEWS: Smoke is billowing out of the chimney at Papa John’s Corporate Headquarters, it seems the board has chosen the new Papa.
22:05:52 Retweeted @JasonRitter 05:56:00 I wrote a very short story https://t.co/hSO2nPtxq1
22:12:21 Retweeted @owillis 17:56:27 in 2018 lets kill the term “racially charged” with fire. it is “racist.” just say it is.
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan do their duty and talk about the tax bill… how the Republicans managed to get it done, how it will impact people, and what the political ramifications are. Then they put politics aside for a bit and talk about movies. All kinds of movies. From Star Wars to Dunkirk to Ninjago and others. Rounding out the show, some bits on Apple slowing down phones, Bitcoin, Ivan meeting an (acting) ambassador, an update on Puerto Rico… and more!

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Recorded 2017-12-23
Length this week – 1:47:01

(0:01:16-0:13:56) Intro
- Agenda
- Ivan and the Ambassador
- Ivan ankle twisting
(0:14:36-0:47:40) Tax Bill
- How’d the R’s pull it off?
- The actual bill
- The politics
(0:49:23-1:08:16) Movies
- Ivan: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
- Ivan: Her (2013)
- Sam: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
- Ivan: X-Men Movies (2000-2017)
- Ivan: Dunkirk (2017)
- Sam: The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
- Ivan: Rough Night (2017)
- Sam: Calling All Engines (2002)
- Sam: Escape from Witch Mountain (1995)
- Sam: The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
(1:09:31-1:46:10) Random Stuff
- Ivan: Atlanta airport power failure
- Sam: Feedback from Diane
- Ivan: Apple slowing down phones
- Sam: Puerto Rico update
- Ivan: Bitcoin
- Sam: Swiftkey and Swype
- Ivan: Trump challenge coin

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@abulsme tweets from 2017-12-22 (UTC)

03:48:46 Oops https://t.co/HEZjQZ8VmZ
05:55:40 Retweeted @NWSSeattle 05:51:58 A GOES East view of the sunset across the Western Hemisphere on the solstice. Seattle gains a whole 4 seconds of daвЂ¦ https://t.co/Aop7UHOn7S
08:04:48 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 08:04:13 Your neighbor knocked a screw loose, my dude. https://t.co/sBifLcq3aU
16:53:41 Oops https://t.co/4qRmJ4mrY5
17:09:07 Retweeted @McLaughlinGroup 16:48:52 We are extremely pleased to announce @McLaughlinGroup will be back on the air Sundays at 12 noon on @ABC7News WJLAвЂ¦ https://t.co/hYprurmhMm
17:22:43 Oops https://t.co/neR1E7F9Wx
17:49:13 Retweeted @Vallmeister 03:25:08 This is a masterpiece https://t.co/K0lqg4GfBh
17:53:41 Retweeted @ScottSKOMO 17:45:47 Various models and ensembles still running with a general 1-2″ amount of snow forecast around the Puget Sound areaвЂ¦ https://t.co/9smTxsNNco
18:59:42 Retweeted @DavidOAtkins 18:58:14 If Bitcoin rebounds a bunch of people will congratulate themselves on their “foresight” by buying low.But it’s noвЂ¦ https://t.co/YYpNI2EVMG
21:35:20 Reading – The Democrats’ Wave Could Turn Into A Flood (Harry Enten) https://t.co/KAUqoDVj21
22:58:28 Retweeted @stevesilberman 21:16:15 Oh. My. F*cking. God. Trump replaces “E pluribus unum” on presidential coin with “Make America Great Again” and hisвЂ¦ https://t.co/b5MLq3qgSi

@abulsme tweets from 2017-12-21 (UTC)

01:34:29 Retweeted @JacquelynGill 2017-12-20 20:05:04 Periodic reminder that this “work until you die” attitude isn’t supported by actual research on productivity. TakeвЂ¦ https://t.co/B9evxW9zEv
01:50:35 Hey people. Don’t vote like this. Mark one bubble please. https://t.co/GdW95wqUye
02:09:26 Retweeted @bcburden 02:06:45 Here’s the “early generic ballot” against the numbers of Seats actually won. We are in new territory.вЂ¦ https://t.co/bYUhWMTJit
02:17:18 @imbou Judge determined the intent was Yancey (R) because the vote for Simonds (D) was crossed out. in reply to imbou
04:05:35 Retweeted @NumbersMuncher 03:48:04 If the GOP wants to make their tax plan popular, they should invite everyone to read the progressives on Twitter moвЂ¦ https://t.co/fq0pxVrIIw
04:12:57 Reading – White House Counsel Knew in January Flynn Probably Violated the Law (Murray Waas) https://t.co/hRJQurL4Mz
05:37:12 Reading – Why Don’t Most Americans Know They’re Getting a Tax Cut? (David Graham) https://t.co/D4uD4KxFpf
05:52:49 Reading – Trump Can’t Believe No One’s Thrown a Parade in His Honor (Bess Levin) https://t.co/O1UElmmYZi
06:04:53 Retweeted @dandrezner 00:08:56 Good Lord this is a thread. https://t.co/DbyUYXDJDN
06:06:57 Retweeted @goldengateblond 2017-12-20 08:59:41 If life truly begins at conception then this baby can legally celebrate her own birth with a martini. https://t.co/BnDjZIbSy8
06:19:16 Thread. https://t.co/w4BYgT2g5U
18:59:50 Retweeted @lgbtkenobi 2017-12-20 01:18:56 my favorite part of this scene is obi wan just watching luke point the lightsaber in his face like “jesus christ iвЂ¦ https://t.co/cTFbP42ZEy
19:56:43 Retweeted @JuliusGoat 19:46:25 *scanning the news in 2017, as a pedophile runs for high office, a sexual predator wins the presidency while promotвЂ¦ https://t.co/FQ2lXRgKgB in reply to JuliusGoat
20:11:22 Retweeted @JanelleCShane 15:35:45 I trained a neural network to write Christmas carols and it got confused. In retrospect I should have seen this comвЂ¦ https://t.co/v6AlrvxuAk
21:11:42 Reading – No, naming and shaming sexual offenders doesn’t always help (Rebecca Hamilton) https://t.co/0wgYejt49V
23:17:22 I thought the judge just ruled the plaintiffs didn’t have standing to sue, not anything on the underlying issue. No? https://t.co/ySw3GDKuxo
23:21:16 I’m sure the podcast I do with @imbou ( https://t.co/oGKzQgIAlj ) made it this year!!! вЂ¦lookingвЂ¦lookingвЂ¦lookingвЂ¦ oh. https://t.co/QyNK6XI2yd

@abulsme tweets from 2017-12-20 (UTC)

00:11:39 Reading – Procedural Snag Delays GOP Tax Victory (NPR) https://t.co/134wUP5ZoF
00:29:36 Heart warming story. Go airport woman! https://t.co/WUw1DVt1tM
00:58:11 @imbou I ask my wife every day when she will have an income that can replace mine so I can be a stay at home houseвЂ¦ https://t.co/5kqez7JhhC in reply to imbou
02:53:12 Retweeted @WotDpod 00:34:21 Today’s episode of random Wiki of the Day is on the article Cain Manor.Listen to the new episode here:вЂ¦ https://t.co/MVLYQe9dqR
04:59:25 Oops https://t.co/wiXplfzReg
06:56:04 Retweeted @RyanMaue 06:48:40 How many planes does @FedEx have landing in Memphis? All of them? https://t.co/KlUsavPnvZ
07:20:02 Another one of these. Look at the shift, not the win or loss. Almost every significant race in the last year has loвЂ¦ https://t.co/Sgbs5c2xQe
12:01:40 As I’ve mentioned on my podcast, I don’t see Dem approach here working. In 1st year, most voters will see $ comingвЂ¦ https://t.co/2VOh7wupOf
12:04:50 Retweeted @JRubinBlogger 06:41:37 Since the tax bill includes repeal of individ mandate shouldn’t tax calculators include increase in individ premiumвЂ¦ https://t.co/WGYQKMuLA2
12:15:08 вЂњOh god, I can tell you it wasn’t Gary Johnson.вЂќ https://t.co/hBuobzUwmn
12:22:37 Retweeted @btitus 12:22:04 @abulsme I guess if people want to sell out the world for $200/mo, we deserve what’s coming. I personally can’t imaвЂ¦ https://t.co/WQ7VPxNqi3 in reply to abulsme
12:26:20 @btitus Time horizon on people evaluating things is short. Anything that happens more than 6-12 months out won’t beвЂ¦ https://t.co/hHCiyD9X0F in reply to btitus
12:28:14 @btitus And also in the end people will evaluate on their personal experience only. вЂњDo I feel like I have more monвЂ¦ https://t.co/jGLZkJZ1bQ in reply to abulsme
12:30:37 @btitus And finally a lot of the more negative things other than just вЂњredistribution upвЂќ will be related to healthвЂ¦ https://t.co/aAOWjrSBs5 in reply to abulsme
12:33:25 @btitus Oh, and of course, when cuts do start to expire in a few years, any Dems not agreeing to efforts to extendвЂ¦ https://t.co/xoTrZ6hEv0 in reply to abulsme
17:26:30 @imbou I think people will notice. Deficit is disingenuous because Dems don’t actually care about that either and wвЂ¦ https://t.co/VtGdJ2ozkR in reply to imbou
17:38:34 Retweeted @Redistrict 17:24:08 Tsunami alert. Only problem for Dems; election still 10+ months away. https://t.co/LoloFtnXTR
18:54:33 Reading – Coinbase probes possible insider trading after sharp rise in bitcoin cash (Reuters) https://t.co/sq875yBeMO
19:35:33 Holy something expletive. This means this will be decided by a coin flip, doesn’t it? https://t.co/2wnQDiUVOR
19:50:52 @btitus The amazing thing is control of the whole house of delegates rests on this. Incredible. in reply to btitus
19:56:38 Yup. вЂњBy LotвЂќ. Wow. This determines control of the VA House of Delegates. Amazing. https://t.co/BtauGPdGIk
20:05:03 Agree with this. Result is that general perception in the 1st year (the only year that really matters because of atвЂ¦ https://t.co/yEfK5bM6YC
20:48:11 вЂњBut it doesn’t end there. If the loser of the coin toss is unhappy with that result, he or she can seek a second rвЂ¦ https://t.co/YC61iMI9hk
20:53:57 Retweeted @JoePerticone 20:21:40 AL FRANKEN resigning on January 2, 2018, per spokesman.
21:17:04 It took until the 227th episode, but fWotD got snagged by Wikipedia vandalism. The edit in question, putting Star WвЂ¦ https://t.co/w91728AGuu
21:56:13 Reading – Jim Clapper Just Nuked the Trump Presidency (John R. Schindler) https://t.co/PGRfWQAVgx
22:17:14 Retweeted @Satar_Gaza 05:20:47 A deer entered one of the shops in Colorado. The shop owner gave him some chocolate biscuits and chocolate. He cameвЂ¦ https://t.co/WDe4J7o1lX
22:33:20 Retweeted @courtenlow 20:07:38 Can literally no one read the room? Any room? https://t.co/uGq1ycJIS3

@abulsme tweets from 2017-12-19 (UTC)

05:18:37 Retweeted @WotDpod 00:25:33 Today’s episode of featured Wiki of the Day is on the article Chad Harris-Crane.Listen to the new episode here:вЂ¦ https://t.co/gG8pxFbJcl
05:49:10 Retweeted @JoeStGeorge 2017-12-18 22:35:36 Colorado Democratic Party announces a new name for their annual dinner. It used to be called вЂњJefferson Jackson DinвЂ¦ https://t.co/XMIDlUBrqb
06:13:56 My 8 year old son did not take kindly to my suggestion that candy canes were made out of snow mixed with elf blood.
17:28:29 Reading – Why hasn’t Trump fired Mueller yet? Because he’s better off not doing it. (Renato Mariotti) https://t.co/LpeitJgmoQ
20:43:51 Retweeted @mviser 20:34:58 To anyone, no matter your party affiliation, who thinks their vote doesn’t matter or count: The entire balance of pвЂ¦ https://t.co/vqnAUSNqtE
20:58:07 Reading – Democrat wins Va. House seat in recount by single vote, creating 50-50 tie in legislature (Gregory S. SchвЂ¦ https://t.co/W6Ev7JOCBK
20:58:40 Retweeted @jdawsey1 20:58:14 Senior GOP aide said Trump loved round numbers — ending in 0 or 5 — which influenced some tax rate discussions. “вЂ¦ https://t.co/zGknZc9cMW
23:02:41 Reading – Jennifer Rubin, Charles Cooke, and the Future of Conservatism (David Frum) https://t.co/CXA1781Pz0

@abulsme tweets from 2017-12-18 (UTC)

00:19:19 Retweeted @byHeatherLong 2017-12-17 23:29:17 Just In: Senator Bob Corker claims he did NOT know about the last minute change in the tax bill benefitting real esвЂ¦ https://t.co/WsIeMRcEnC
02:03:25 Yup -> The Other Tech Bubble (Erin Griffith) https://t.co/aCfb4VkZd6
02:54:33 Retweeted @WotDpod 00:15:45 Today’s episode of featured Wiki of the Day is on the article Galaxy Science Fiction.Listen to the new episode hвЂ¦ https://t.co/aBPnm5K1JY
03:23:52 Retweeted @ananavarro 03:08:46 The power went out at ATL for hours, affecting tens of thousands of people, leaving them stranded in the dark.TвЂ¦ https://t.co/XGILstnumZ
08:02:31 I normally don’t retweet Seth Abramson stuff cause there is often lots of somewhat tenuous stuff, but this thread iвЂ¦ https://t.co/zyr6RsKm44
14:54:36 Saw it last night. Enjoyed it, but wasn’t blown away. In the end I think I agree with most of this -> It’s time toвЂ¦ https://t.co/4lkCqloQFA
15:00:38 Reading – Spoiler-Free Observations on The Last Jedi (John Scalzi) https://t.co/iX8GRYyvLU
15:03:26 Retweeted @nycjayjay 13:55:29 As a former corporate litigator, I find the idea that Mueller obtained transition team emails from the GSA which hoвЂ¦ https://t.co/Im3Trh9eS7
17:21:58 Reading – Mark Hamill reflects on Luke’s unexpected destiny and his much-missed friend Carrie Fisher (Tara Bennett) https://t.co/jt5QMcth3q
17:24:24 :-( https://t.co/AjFp5tTCaD
17:27:43 Retweeted @DavidKlion 17:21:19 We need to worry less about what Russia will do in future US elections, especially since we’re all paying attentionвЂ¦ https://t.co/W5le6fNxPj
17:36:10 Reading – The Plot Against Bob Mueller (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/FfPRlAH5On
18:11:48 Retweeted @Olivianuzzi 2017-12-15 20:50:58 Sounds amazing, maybe Mueller can indict me next? https://t.co/bk0pQDVcxQ
20:24:49 Retweeted @ColinKahl 20:21:16 Trump’s Nat’l Security Strategy declares: “After one year, the world knows that America is prosperous, America is sвЂ¦ https://t.co/SlmG4rPLcZ
23:52:28 Retweeted @mattyglesias 23:42:30 I mean, she was seated at the Putin/Flynn table at the RT banquet in Russia вЂ” I don’t think the notion of some furtвЂ¦ https://t.co/5hn3zhka5k

@abulsme tweets from 2017-12-17 (UTC)

01:04:00 Retweeted @PreetBharara 2017-12-16 04:03:41 Agreed. Robert Mueller’s attackers are virtually all political operatives & ideologues. They have always been the sвЂ¦ https://t.co/Saa443b9QF
01:08:42 Thread https://t.co/24ogzxrsEp
02:27:48 Reading – Glowing Auras and вЂBlack Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program (NYT) https://t.co/vF4fwx6WpC
04:44:45 Retweeted @WotDpod 00:35:36 Today’s episode of random Wiki of the Day is on the article Hann Range.Listen to the new episode here:вЂ¦ https://t.co/nUeuCL1ese
08:25:27 Retweeted @NatashaBertrand 02:43:34 .@chrisgeidner spoke to a senior GSA lawyer, who said of the Trump transition team: вЂњIn using our devices,” transitвЂ¦ https://t.co/5v4lA4UHpc
12:01:52 Retweeted @evanperez 06:19:43 Peter Carr, Special Counsel spokesman:
вЂњWhen we have obtained emails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigвЂ¦ https://t.co/xUzrteaFg0
12:59:20 Reading – Key Officials Push Back Against Trump Campaign’s Claim That A Federal Office Illegally Turned Over EmailsвЂ¦ https://t.co/uitWjRpt0u
16:09:18 Retweeted @PreetBharara 05:03:39 Good luck with that. Maybe these Trump transition lawyers are the ones who prepared judicial nominee Matthew “whatвЂ¦ https://t.co/gqTjmdftmH
16:10:45 Retweeted @TheRickWilson 15:13:52 Logic is hard. https://t.co/pEHfFd6GvJ
16:18:55 Reading – That Sinking Feeling (Josh Marshall) https://t.co/bGFIXZkFbK
16:24:20 Retweeted @danpfeiffer 2017-12-16 22:40:07 We are moving much faster towards Trump firing Mueller and the GOP being totally cool with it than anyone thinks https://t.co/tYGMQZU6L3
16:24:53 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 16:01:58 TRUE: Democrats hold biggest lead in generic ballot since 2008 https://t.co/gB0W9jAZ3HALSO TRUE: Republicans holdвЂ¦ https://t.co/WPV2mHjdy0
16:25:15 Retweeted @edbott 16:01:49 They were warned. They were given an explanation. Nevertheless, they persisted in storing their email on a server tвЂ¦ https://t.co/7q4KeHqSGZ
16:45:27 Retweeted @MrsCupcake79 2017-12-13 17:21:31 7yr old: Mum, what happens if you eat lots of tinsel?
Me: probably emergency surgery to prevent obstruction somewheвЂ¦ https://t.co/zWlDlXwRIG
17:39:50 Retweeted @erinscafe 17:32:09 Say fetus. https://t.co/p7VHVbzhLj
20:50:48 Reading – Sen. John McCain returns to Arizona, will miss vote on GOP tax bill (CBS) https://t.co/NxcSx9y573
21:29:53 Retweeted @smotus 21:23:17 My life is a lie. https://t.co/cNeWgX3CPU
21:32:33 Retweeted @mcclure111 00:34:42 What if single payer, but with a blockchainNo, no, hear me out. Here’s the plan: We create a single payer system.вЂ¦ https://t.co/9vUpfMXh9a
21:40:02 Good thread https://t.co/X5TyjcK3RL
22:25:39 Retweeted @funugly 2017-12-16 23:08:31 how come everyone worries that food stamps will get spent on junk food and no one worries that tax cuts for the weaвЂ¦ https://t.co/48UcbfJpbQ
22:29:38 Retweeted @jayrosen_nyu 2017-12-16 16:22:09 For me, this is the quote of the year. From 1951. https://t.co/cUcCBfmkXD

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