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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan address some feedback on the 2019 and 2020 annual predictions, Ivan gives an update on the Puerto Rican earthquakes, and then, to nobody’s surprise, they spend the rest of the show on Iran conflict developments, and the latest on Impeachment. Enjoy!
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Recorded 2020-01-11 Length this week – 1:44:30
(0:01:57-0:28:26) But First
(0:29:04-1:09:42) Iran
(1:10:27-1:44:09) Impeachment
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, of course, the main topic is the Impeachment of Donald Trump and all the surrounding issues and politics. But Ivan does take some time to discuss his thoughts about Star Trek. Not Star Wars, because that would actually be timely. But Star Wars. Plus just a tad about the Democratic Debate. And a bit about Betelgeuse. Because, why not?
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Recorded 2019-12-21 Length this week – 1:30:06
(0:00:01-0:04:48) Cold Open
(0:05:10-0:26:33) But First
(0:28:34-1:29:44) Impeachment
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ed joins Sam to talk about all sorts of things from Greta Thunberg, to the USMCA, to pardons in Kentucky, to the UK elections, to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. As well as impeachment, the IG report on the origins of the Russia probe, and the 2020 presidential race. Don’t worry, we would never forget those.
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Recorded 2019-12-14 Length this week – 2:16:53
(0:00:20-0:41:43) Segment One
Greta Thunberg
USMCA
Kentucky
(0:43:00-1:34:07) Segment Two
Impeachment
IG Report
(1:34:45-2:16:32) Segment Three
UK Election
2020 Democrats
Kilimanjaro
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan of course talk about Impeachment and the race for the Democratic Nomination. But they also hit a few other things. The UPS truck shootout in Florida, Trump’s reception in Europe, Trump and toilets, and Trump’s phone security. Oh. Most of those were Trump-related too. Oops.
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Recorded 2019-12-07 Length this week – 2:08:21
(0:00:20-0:55:57) Six Smaller Things
(0:56:42-1:27:25) Impeachment
(1:28:03-2:07:57) Democrats 2020
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, the ducks are gone. I know you are all sad. Ivan gets Sam to talk about his crashed computer for way too long, then they get into the Democratic side of Election 2020, and of course the latest impeachment developments.
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Recorded 2019-11-15 Length this week – 2:24:43
(0:00:34-0:32:01) Computer Crash
(0:32:41-1:16:25) Democratic Nomination Race
(1:18:08-2:24:22) Impeachment
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam goes solo for the first time in years. He talks about the state of the presidential election race at the one year away mark. And of course, the latest impeachment developments are not ignored. Then some thoughts on Facebook and Twitter’s differing responses to political advertising, and the use of their platforms for social manipulation in general. Finally, a few thoughts on local elections, specifically the one Sam’s wife is running in.
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Recorded 2019-11-02 Length this week – 1:28:00
(0:00:27-0:35:55) Election 2020
(0:36:40-0:58:40) Impeachment
(0:59:50-1:15:19) Political Ads
(1:15:57-1:27:37) Local Election
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner: Sam and Ivan talk about the things you know they would talk about. Almost all of the show is on the latest crimes and misdemeanors… and the corresponding developments with the impeachment process. They do manage to get a few minutes in on some random tech things as well to balance it off. But really, it is mostly Trump scandals again.
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Recorded 2019-10-05 Length this week – 1:57:47
(0:00:42-0:22:34) Tech Odds and Ends
(0:24:35-1:18:28) Crimes and Misdemeanors
(1:19:37-1:57:27) Impeachment Process
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, there really wasn’t much choice about what Sam and Ivan would talk about. With the crazy pace of developments in the last week, the whole show is about the Trump/Ukraine scandal, and the related developments on the impeachment front. Could it really have been about anything else?
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Recorded 2019-09-27 Length this week – 1:59:49
(0:01:53-0:36:16) Ukraine Call
(0:38:01-1:11:18) Coverup
(1:11:55-1:59:28) Impeachment
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about feedback to the show, Gerrymandering, Brexit, and Hurricane Dorian first. The hurricane transitions naturally into Sharpiegate, and from there to more generalized Trump corruption, which of course leads to the expansion of the investigations being done by the House Democrats. And that’s a show!
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Recorded 2019-09-07 Length this week – 1:45:25
(0:01:48-0:45:00) Non-Trump Stuff
Feedback and structure
Gerrymandering
Brexit update
(0:45:45-1:45:03) Trump Stuff
Hurricane Dorian update and Sharpiegate
Trump corruption
Expanding congressional investigations
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan cover ten separate topics for about ten minutes each, including recent developments in several countries, a 1940’s era movie Sam watched, the Congressional impeachment investigations, Joe Biden’s latest gaffes, the Epstein suicide, and much more. Tune in for a very full show!
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Recorded 2019-08-17 Length this week – 1:59:02
(0:01:49-0:13:44) Ivan: Feedback
(0:15:30-0:24:36) Sam: Sam Movie: Double Indemnity (1944)
(0:25:56-0:36:57) Ivan: Epstein Suicide
(0:37:34-0:48:29) Sam: Impeachment Investigations
(0:49:45-0:59:19) Ivan: Steve King Comments
(1:00:04-1:09:00) Sam: Sam Book: The Ideas Industry (2017)
(1:10:10-1:20:32) Ivan: Biden Gaffes
(1:22:33-1:32:54) Sam: Election Graphs: Blue Texas
(1:34:37-1:44:49) Ivan: Argentina / Hong Kong / Moscow
(1:45:53-1:58:41) Sam: Greenland
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