This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan and Sam are all over the place. Topics include scandals in the Catholic Church, racists being unleashed by Trump, a new patron, some movies Sam watched, a look back at the financial crisis 10 years later, Ivan’s new computer, an update on the kids separated at the border, and lots more!
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Recorded 2018-09-14
Length this week – 2:05:07
(0:01:24-0:44:56) But First
Agenda
New patron Bruce!
New iTunes reviews
Ivan’s new computer
Movie: How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Movie: The Pink Panther (1963)
(0:45:35-1:23:09) Lightning One
Ivan: Trillion dollar deficit
Sam: Pope scandal
Ivan: Financial crisis 10 years later
Sam: Status of NAFTA
(1:23:48-2:04:47) Lightning 2
Hurricanes
Manafort plea?
Racists unleashed
Separated kids update
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ed joins Sam to discuss North Korea, how SCOTUS deals with precedent, this week’s story about immigrants in the military being discharged, and the latest in the trade wars and the economy. Before all that, they also do a quick update on the situation with the kids who have been separated from their parents at the border, and we find out if Sam’s family made it to the destination of their big road trip.
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Recorded 2018-07-07
Length this week – 1:26:12
(0:00:15-0:07:32) But First
(0:08:12-0:26:52) North Korea
(0:27:29-0:49:42) SCOTUS and Precedent
(0:50:26-1:03:27) Immigrants in the Military
(1:04:47-1:25:52) Trade Wars
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s main topic is the big immigration debate that has been dominating the headlines recently. They talk about the family separation policies and the larger debate about immigration, and also what watching this debate playing out tells us about our fellow citizens. Before that though, Sam gives his report from attending the Washington State Democratic Convention, and we hear a little bit about Sam’s family’s upcoming travel plans.
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Recorded 2018-06-22
Length this week – 1:47:54
(0:00:25-0:18:58) But First
(0:20:58-0:48:34) Convention
(0:49:54-1:47:34) Immigration
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan start out talking about talking about politics at parties, and how news junkies are different from normal people. But the main topics are the mess surrounding the possible North Korean summit, and the shameful policy of separating kids from their parents at the border.
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Recorded 2018-05-26
Length this week – 1:16:46
(0:00:15-0:21:30) Intro
Agenda
Politics at Parties
Mueller finding crimes?
Normals vs News Junkies
(0:24:07-0:52:32) North Korea
What happened?
Where are we now?
Impact on allies
Can the next president fix it?
(0:53:52-1:16:26) Immigration Kids
New separation policy
Cruelty for nothing
Immigration history
Genealogical hypocrisy
Shame shame shame
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan and Sam talk about the Parkland school shooting, the controversies around White House security clearances, and the budget and immigration debates, all rounded out with a little update on Stormy and Donald. They recorded about 14 hours before the newest Meuller indictments though, so discussion of that will have to wait… oh well!
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Recorded 2018-02-16
Length this week – 1:36:27
(0:01:40-0:11:58) Stormy Situation
(0:13:07-0:39:43) Parkland School Shooting
(0:40:23-1:08:25) White House Security Clearances
(1:09:10-1:33:32) Budget and Immigration
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan go all “Lightning Round”. They cover a wide variety of topics, including: State polls for 2020, talking policy vs talking scandal, the linked government shutdown and immigration debates, the Space X Falcon Heavy launch, Twitter’s release of Russia data, Ivan’s problems with his door, Rob Porter’s resignation, the aftermath of releasing “the memo”, welcoming a new patron, and much much more.
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Recorded 2018-02-08
Length this week – 2:06:22
(0:00:15-0:40:16) Lightning 1
Sam – Ivan birthday
Ivan – Ivan’s door
Sam – 2020 polls
Ivan – Model 3 Tesla
Sam – Facebook news ranking
Ivan – Falcon Heavy
(0:41:59-1:31:49) Lightning 2
Sam – Twitter Russia release
Ivan – Rob Porter
Sam – Shutdowns and immigration
Ivan – FBI agents affairs on text messages
Sam – New Patron
Ivan – The Memo
(1:32:26-2:06:01) Lightning 3
Sam – Stock Market
Ivan – Polls and Special Elections
Sam – Policies vs Scandals
Ivan – Ben Carson corruption
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the politics of the short government shutdown and what that means to the continuing immigration debate, then they move on to reviewing many of the latest developments related to the various scandals surrounding the Trump White House. Along the way, Ivan also reports on his recent trip to Thailand.
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Recorded 2018-01-25
Length this week – 1:39:38
(0:01:20-0:22:18) But First
Agenda
Ivan in Thailand
Ivan on a Zipline
Baby on a plane
Climate change migrations
(0:24:21-0:54:17) Shutdown and Immigration
Should the Dems have forced this?
Should the Dems have agreed to end shutdown?
What next?
(0:56:00-1:39:18) Trump and Mueller
Wendy Murdoch and Jared Kushner
Russia to NRA to Trump?
Mueller/Trump negotiations
Trump’s prospects if he testifies
Discrediting Meuller
Release the Memo
Trump and McCabe
Are we near the end?
Trump Live
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the anniversary of the iPhone, using password managers, the travel ban, the healthcare bill, the newest Trump scandal news, and anti-Trump fake news. Oh, and also the Martian slave colony, and the fact that like the iPhone, this show is now ten years old too. Happy ten years to Curmudgeon’s Corner!
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Recorded 2017-06-30
Length this week – 2:15:35
(00:01:37-0:21:30) But First
Ten years
Agenda
Leavenworth
(0:22:46-0:58:29) Tech
iPhone anniversary
Sam gets a password manager
New cyberattacks
(0:59:38-1:39:36) Policy
Travel ban
Healthcare
(1:40:15-2:15:15) Trump Scandals
Mars slave colony
Russian hackers to Smith to Flynn?
Anti-Trump fake news
Collusion not that bad?
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This week on the Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast Sam is joined by guest co-hosts Ed and Bruce. Ed’s segment is mostly about the healthcare debate, with a touch of budget talk and a note on the Ides of Trump. Then Bruce joins the show to provide a Libertarian perspective on Trump’s first eight weeks in office. And even though he is out this week, Ivan wasn’t going to be left out completely, so he sent in a letter with his thoughts for the week.
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Recorded 2017-03-18
Length this week – 2:35:38
(0:00:11-0:09:45) But First
Agenda
Letter from Ivan
Sam’s Guilt
(0:10:24-1:18:10) Ed from Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Weather
Ides of Trump
Healthcare Debate
Trump Budget
(1:18:49-2:30:44) Bruce from Washington
Television Woes
Election Night Schadenfreude
A Libertarian view of Trump
Better than Hillary?
Ineffective vs Dangerous Trump?
Russia Hype
Surveillance
(2:32:26-2:35:17) Wrap Up
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan hit three big issues: Trump’s accusation that Obama ordered wiretaps, the new Executive Order on immigration, and the plan to replace Obamacare. Along the way we also touch on an odd constitutional edge case, how Priebus is doing as Chief of Staff, and the usual weekly Russia updates.
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Recorded 2017-03-08
Length this week – 1:49:16
(0:00:42-0:13:15) But First
Agenda
Material
Sam Sick Kid
Ivan Travels
(0:14:58-0:54:53) Trump Wiretap / Russia
The Accusation
Not Defending Trump
Trusting Trump
Trump Attention Span
Russia Connections Again
Trump vs Pence
Constitutional Edge Case
(0:55:57-1:14:53) Immigration
New Executive Order
Does it get struck down again?
Knives out for Priebus
(1:16:53-1:48:56) Healthcare
Summary of Republican Plan
Objections from the Left
Objections from the Right
Motives of plan supporters
Politics of the plan
Why not actually repeal first?
Prospects of the plan
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