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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan’s main topics are the Republican Civil War that is brewing, and various Trump administration mini-scandals from the last week. But they also spend some time on the solar eclipse, MacBook Pros, Powerball, the military transgender ban, if Trump will have a primary challenger in 2020, the recent Navy crashes, Trump’s Arizona speech, and more!
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Recorded 2017-08-24
Length this week – 2:12:05
(0:00:36-0:28:02) But First
Agenda
Sam and the Eclipse
Ode to Macbook Pro
Powerball
(0:28:46-1:01:15) Republican Civil War
McConnell article
Cracks in the wall
Obstruction of Congress
Approval ratings
Trump agenda
Congressional agenda
(1:02:58-1:35:57) Mini-Scandals
Carl Icahn
Ryan Zinke
Louise Linton
Steven Mnuchin
Secret Service
Ben Carson
(1:36:36-2:11:45) Lightning Round
Movie: The Jungle Book (1967)
Military Transgender Ban
2020 primary challenge for Trump?
Navy Crashes
Trump’s Arizona speech
Unstable Trump
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about… things other than Trump! Amazing! Topic include the Senate healthcare bill, Philandro Castile, Charleena Lyles, Grenfell Tower, useless press briefings, escalation in Syria, the special elections in Georgia and South Carolina, layoffs at pollster.com, Uber, Sam’s thoughts on recording candidate forums… and even some movies Ivan watched recently! A lot packed in this week… but relatively Trump light! OK, we couldn’t avoid him entirely. But closer than we have come for awhile!
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Recorded 2017-06-22
Length this week – 2:29:24
(0:00:15-0:34:25) But First
Paper
Agenda
Overshadowed
Forum adventures
Ivan movie: Interstellar
Alex interlude
Ivan movie: Sully
(0:35:40-1:04:51) But Second
Leaks on the Senate healthcare bill
Will they get 50 votes?
Healthcare cost drivers
Repeal or tweak?
Cynical ploys
(1:06:34-1:34:04) But Third
Philando Castile verdict
Charleena Lyles shooting
Grenfell Tower fire
Dealing with emergencies
(1:35:24-1:56:40) But Fourth
Useless Spicer briefings
Critical press, not stenographers
Spicy’s future
Syrian drones and planes
(1:57:19-2:29:04) But Fifth
Special election spin
Pollster.com layoffs
Approval ratings
Polling accuracy
Uber
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about the latest developments on Trump’s immigration policies, but after that, they do something they haven’t done in a while. Lightning rounds! And ones that include some non-political things too! They can’t avoid SOME additional political talk, but they also discuss wireless headphones, the new discovery of 7 potentially Earth-like planets, Cloudbleed, and more!
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Recorded 2017-02-24
Length this week – 2:03:03
(0:01:30-0:09:17) But First
Shouting at customers
Agenda
(0:10:33-0:43:27) Immigration
New travel ban planning
Prioritization changes
Roundups and escalations
Role of laws and congress
Scared people
Only some countries matter
Relations with Mexico
(0:45:27-1:17:52) Lightning Round 1
Cab accident
Movie: Nightmare before Christmas (1993)
Movie: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Flagged for abusing Trump
Wireless headphones
New Earth-like planets
Republican town halls
Obamacare
(1:18:56-) Lightning Round 2
Cloudbleed
Trump infosec
Trump polls
What might move polls?
Choices for Democrats
IC trying to bring down Trump?
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan’s main topics are the debate on Donald Trump’s “legitimacy”, the fun of the final week of the transition, and the Chelsea Manning commutation. In addition though, they discuss reviving old computers, the “wet foot, dry foot” policy, Joe Biden, an odd Presidential succession edge case, and more!
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Recorded 2017-01-19
Length this week – 1:57:57
(0:00:10-0:20:34) But First
2017
Agenda
Reviving old computers
(0:21:13-0:45:08) Legitimacy
Trump “legitimate”?
Comey, Dirty Tricks, Fairness
Voters made their choice
Unfollowing Trump?
Skipping the Inauguration?
Anti-Trump Protests
(0:45:56-1:04:56) Transition
Cabinet not talking to Trump
Cabinet incompetence
Cabinet Hodgepodge
Unstaffed positions
Normal policy disputes vs Crazy/Unqualified
(1:05:41-1:25:11) Manning
Why this release date?
Manning vs Snowden
Consistency on leaks?
(1:25:50-1:56:37) Lightning Round
Wet Foot Dry Foot
Book: 2001 (1968)
Old Postcard from Sam
Movie: Rogue One (2016)
Biden for President
Succession Edge Cases
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This week on the Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast Sam and Ivan start out trying to talk about things other than Trump. Thanksgiving, Puerto Rico, Apple, some books and movies… and that is well and good. But of course then they do talk about the latest week full of Trump developments as the transition continues. Then they wrap up with Jill Stein’s recount campaign, the electoral college, and other ways of messing with election results that either won’t happen or won’t change anything.
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Recorded 2016-11-25
Length this week – 2:15:49
(0:00:41-0:43:47) Not Trump
Duck
Sam’s Thanksgiving
Ivan’s Thanksgiving
Puerto Rico
Apple Stuff
Book: Autobiography of Mark Twain Volume 2
Book: The Hobbit
Movie: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
(0:45:47-1:31:23) Trump!
Water Bottle
Policy reversals
Staffing picks
Conflicts of Interest
25th amendment
Maintaining outrage
neo-Nazis
Trump as Berlusconi
Deals and getting things done
Trump and SCOTUS
Delegation
(1:31:52-2:15:35) Recounts and other craziness
New York Magazine Article
Jill Stein!
Why recount won’t change anything
Why are people donating?
Clinton’s position
Luke’s GoFundMe
Working the Electoral College again?
Congress rejecting electors
Get rid of electoral college?
Voting your own interests?
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan’s main topics are the San Bernardino shooting, Election 2016, and Climate Change. The show gets rounded out with smaller bits about math homework, new Apple products, political correctness, and more!
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Recorded 2015-12-03
Length this week – 1:46:28
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast Sam and Ivan talk about the situation with Turkey, Russia and Syria for awhile, then cover Election 2016, with, of course, a concentration on the Trump phenomenon and what it continues to mean for the Republican nomination race. Those are the “big topics”, but we also touch on car shopping, some movies Sam watched recently, Argentina, Baby Hitler, demographics of the folks who like the podcast on Facebook, and a lot more.
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Recorded 2015-11-26
Length this week – 1:34:54
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In any case, 2012 was extremely slow for movies. In the whole year I only watched three. So here goes:
2012-01-02 (Theater): Hugo [2011] – Great! – I really liked this movie. A cute story of an orphan boy who is good with machines and eventually gets entangled with a famous pioneer of movie making. They say the end is sort of a love story to the art of moviemaking, but I actually was more into the story of the boy, the girl, and the automaton.
2012-02-19 (Theater): The Woman in Black [2012] – Eh, OK – Harry Potter actor decides to expand to grown up roles, does a horror movie. I basically had no memory of this until I skimmed the Wikipedia page. It had the requisite bits of creepy, and I remember the ending was disturbing. But nothing extraordinary. Plus, I’m just not that into hour movies usually.
2012-12-15 (Theater): The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey [2012] – Eh, OK – Amy and I saw this opening night, got the free t-shirts and everything. Saw it in 3d with the high frame rate and everything. I had high hopes, but like most people was wary that they were expanding a short book into three long movies, as well as trying to “adult it up” to match the tone of the Lord of the Rings rather than follow the book, which was unashamedly a kid’s book. And yup, it was overly long and dragged quite a bit. Some parts were fine, but overall it just desperately needed an editor to cut out about half of the film.
In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Iván talk about:
* SNL40 / Theaters / Feedback
* Radical Islam / Obama Words
* Equation / Gemalto / Lenovo
* Apple Car / Car Play / Jonny Ive
* Lightning Round
Recorded 2015-02-20
Length this week – 1:29:48
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Diane Minter { Happy Birthday, Sam. Seems like the whole family is doing really well. Brandy running for office, Alex having play dates and talking a mile a... } on 16801.141 Days at 16 September 2017 11:47:05 UTC
Ruth Brandon { 1971 it was - in the afternoon - happy birthday - see you tomorrow when the rest of the world calculates it is your birthday!... } on 16801.141 Days at 16 September 2017 04:26:48 UTC
Ruth Brandon { Not me - I don't think I laughed - but I was glad you proclaimed you were okay with at most a bruised knee and... } on Sam rides Alex's new scooter... at 13 September 2017 17:03:09 UTC
Diane Minter { Glad you are more or less OK, though that knee looks painful. I don´t find it funny but glad everyone else had a good laugh. } on Sam rides Alex's new scooter... at 13 September 2017 11:33:10 UTC
Ruth Brandon { He chatters a mile a minute with me lots of times - but NOT when I ask him direct questions - then he has no... } on Alex is EIGHT!! at 12 September 2017 18:37:00 UTC
Diane Minter { Happy Birthday Alex!!! Sounds like this is going to be a good year and great progress has been made. Congratulations to all since I know... } on Alex is EIGHT!! at 12 September 2017 15:43:46 UTC
Diane Minter { Have a wonderful year Alex. I see that you and Ella both like blue!! } on Newly Minted Second Grader at 6 September 2017 22:28:01 UTC
Abulsme { Since she may not see comments here, I have relayed the message. :-) } on Brandy is running for office! at 11 June 2017 03:09:52 UTC
Diane Minter { Congratulations Brandy!! for running and of course, I am sure, for winning. Keep us posted. } on Brandy is running for office! at 10 June 2017 23:24:14 UTC
Ed Haines { Your discussion of Donald Trump's strategy re Syria makes clear what I was attempting to point out in a FB post discussing strategic planning. Before... } on Curmudgeon's Corner: Magic Eight Ball at 8 April 2017 23:25:51 UTC
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