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We’re here. We’re finally at the election. So of course Sam and Ivan talk about the definition of Univeral Time. Well, just for a few minutes. Then they skip the rest of the usual random stuff and just get to the politics. We know that is what you are all here for. They do a final look at the Election Graphs analysis of the polling situation. They talk about the latest attempts to make something happen with Hunter Biden. They talk about both the possibilities of Trump pulling out another win by the skin of his teeth and the possibility of a Biden landslide. Of course, they touch on voter suppression, SCOTUS, and the pandemic as well. Oh, and Ivan might be live streaming election night. So watch out for that! So here we go. The last show before election day!
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Recorded 2020-10-30 Length this week – 1:57:13
(0:00:01-0:04:46) Cold Open
(0:05:11-1:56:52) Politics
Universal time
Hunter Biden nothing burgers
Glen Greenwald resignation
Old media vs new media coverage
Election Graphs update
Early vote numbers
Trump odds vs blue wave odds
Voter suppression and SCOTUS
Pendemic trends and the campaign
CC livestream
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan continue the countdown to the election. A new polling update via Election Graphs, discussion of the last debate, talk about Hunter’s laptop, a review of current Covid trends. All the politics you would expect this close to the election. Before that they talk a bit about recalled messages and changing norms on social media sharing and sexting, school reopening choices, and once again Sam talks about a movie he watched almost a year ago. So pretty much what you would expect from the Corner.
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Recorded 2020-10-24 Length this week – 2:06:13
(0:00:22-0:45:15) But First
Recalled messages
Shaming for sharing
Misc Misc Misc
School choices
Sam movie: Midnight Cowboy (1969)
(0:47:15-2:05:51) Politics
Election Graphs update
The last debate
Hunter’s laptop
Foreign interference/li>
Covid numbers
Rudy
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.
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan hit all the usual politics stuff you would expect. Updates on polling. Hunter’s laptop. Social media battling misinformation. The dueling town halls. SCOTUS. The pandemic. All of that sort of thing. But before that, they also talk a bit about the new iPhones, just being exhausted, and an old movie. So, pretty much your normal month before the election type of show. Enjoy!
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Recorded 2020-10-16 Length this week – 2:15:48
(0:00:23-0:41:28) But First
Microphone technique
Situational exhaustion
New iPhones
Revisiting 2016
Sam movie: Jurassic Park (1993)
(0:43:29-2:15:26) Politics
Election Graphs update
Hunter’s laptop
Social media vs misinformation
Dueling town halls
Fizzled October surprises
SCOTUS and the Senate
Stimulus talks
SCOTUS hearings
Scorched earth
Pandemic update
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)
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan recorded an entire show talking about Election 2020, including the Presidential debate, Trump’s taxes, and a bunch of other things. The also talked about a movie and thanked the patrons for paying for a new microphone. Fun stuff like that. Then Donald Trump tested positive for Covid. So they went back and recorded a whole extra special segment on that new development. Then after that Trump went to the hospital. Sigh. Things are happening too quickly! Anyway, enjoy the show!
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Recorded 2020-10-02 Length this week – 2:33:11
(0:00:01-0:00:59) Trump Hospitalized
(0:01:03-0:37:45) Trump has Covid
(0:38:00-0:57:04) But First
Emergency Alerts
Microphone for Ivan
Sam Movie: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
(0:57:50-2:32:49) Election 2020
Presidential Debate
Election Polling
Hope Hicks Infection
Trump Taxes
Guilfoyle and Parscale
What about Biden?
Election Week
Election Graphs Update
The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.
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Our outro is “Celestial Soda Pop” (Amazon MP3 link)
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s main topics are the COVID pandemic, SCOTUS developments and their political ramifications, and of course Election 2020. Really, what else would they talk about this week? Oh. Yeah. Headphones. They also talked about headphones. Because of course they did.
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Recorded 2020-09-26
Length this week – 2:16:02
(0:00:23-0:15:16) But First
Headphone choices
Podcast audio quality
(0:15:57-0:51:07) Pandemic
Florida is done
Schools
Data-driven decisions
Retail collapse
The recovery
(0:53:09-1:30:11) SCOTUS
Vote timing
The downward spiral of failing democracy
Delaying tactics?
Election cases?
(1:30:58-2:15:40) Election 2020
Possible election results shenanigans?
The interregnum if Biden wins
Election Graphs’ odds
The interregnum if Trump wins
Scenario if Biden wins, but Republicans keep the Senate
The election is close now
The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.
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Our outro is “Celestial Soda Pop” (Amazon MP3 link)
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Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan start the show with a special reaction to the news of Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death recorded right after the news broke on Friday. Then you get the show that was already in the can before that upended everything. In that show from the before times, they talked about Election 2020 and the pandemic, fantasized a bit about vacations once the pandemic recedes, and Sam plugged a live stream.
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Recorded 2020-09-18
Length this week – 2:21:38
(0:00:01-0:33:16) RBG Special Report
(0:33:39-0:57:25) But First
Livestream of CC editing
Post-pandemic vacations
(0:59:23-1:43:39) Election 2020
Election Graphs update
Biden advantages compared to Clinton
Trump campaign
Biden campaign
What can still change?
(1:44:17-2:21:15) Pandemic
Current trends
Careless people
Trusting CDC and FDA
Schooling situation
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.
This week on Cumrudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan discuss Election 2020, including all the latest Trump scandals. They also discuss pandemic misinformation, and the challenges of the new school year. But first, they discuss some feedback, some numerical patterns, and frustrations with Facebook notifications and streaming television.
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Recorded 2020-09-05 Length this week – 2:14:31
(0:00:22-0:49:21) But First
3-2-1
Feedback
Facebook notifications
Streaming TV
(0:51:50-1:43:17) Election 2020
Early voting
Polling stability
Trump and the military
Violence in the cities
Additional Trump scandals
Should Biden investigate Trump?
(1:43:55-2:14:10) Pandemic
Covid misinformation
New school year
Sports approaches
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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 Corozaleño [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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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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