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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 three main topics are the USA’s alliances and the strains Trump is putting on them, the upcoming North Korean summit, and a hodgepodge of legal related stuff like last week’s SCOTUS cases, the Obamacare lawsuit, the new Manafort charges, and the Trump legal team’s letter to Mueller. Before all that though, they mark an anniversary, discuss Ivan’s recent trip to China, talk about the destruction of Sam’s son’s iPad, and more!
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Recorded 2018-06-09
Length this week – 1:59:30
(0:01:45-0:37:04) But First
Agenda
Anniversary
Ivan in China
Ivan book: Understanding Air France 447 (2013)
Alex iPad destruction
Macron handshake
(0:37:43-1:01:30) Alliances
Anthony Bourdain suicide
G7 Summit
What is Trump’s plan?
Are Canada and the EU really screwing the US?
Fed up allies, happy Putin
Rules are for suckers
(1:02:15-1:19:19) North Korea
All about the attitude
Giving things for free?
Path to opening?
Predictions
Parkland again
(1:21:01-1:59:09) Legal Stuff
Gay wedding cake case
Abortion case
Obamacare lawsuit
New Manafort charges
Trump letter to Mueller
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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 with Sam and Ivan, three main themes: Schneiderman, Cohen, and international messes. On Schneiderman and Cohen, they hit all the developments in those scandals, as well as talking about the possible implications for the future. Internationally, they hit the developments in North Korea and with the Iran deal, as well as the newest blow up in the Israel/Iran/Syria conflict. To round things out, bits about sharpening knives, milkmen, fresh bread, and even a bonus rant about Skype. Enjoy!
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Recorded 2018-05-12
Length this week – 1:54:32
(0:03:06-0:14:02) Intro
Knife Sharpeners
Milkmen
Fresh Bread
Agenda
(0:15:21-0:44:49) Schneiderman
The accusations
Information sourcing
Why didn’t Trump use this?
How did this last so long?
Comparisons
(0:46:05-1:17:34) Cohen
Kickbacks to Trump?
Normal in DC?
Follow the money
Speculations
Disqualifiers
(1:18:42-1:54:12) International
North Korea
Iran Deal
Israel/Iran/Syria
Incompetence good?
Election 2018
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ed and Darryl join Sam. Ivan was gallivanting in Brazil or something. Four main topics this time. Syria. North Korea. Comey. Cohen. Maybe a few other things around the edges, but that’s the gist of it.
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Recorded 2018-04-19
Length this week – 1:31:03
(0:00:15-0:02:29) Intro
(0:04:29-0:28:36) Syria
(0:29:56-0:47:18) North Korea
(0:49:00-1:05:01) Comey
(1:05:40-1:24:47) Cohen
(1:25:23-1:30:43) Outro
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about Hurricane Maria, the Mexican earthquake, and all the latest Manafort news. Then they move on to a lightning round, with shorter bits on Trump at the UN, Trump vs ESPN, North Korea, Cassini, the Clinton Book, and more!
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Recorded 2017-09-21
Length this week – 2:04:19
(0:00:40-0:11:28) But First
Agenda
Time zone challenges
Naps
(0:12:05-0:42:08) Natural Disasters
Hurricane Maria
Mexican Earthquake
Back to the hurricane
(0:42:47-1:11:13) Manafort
Four Stories
Manafort’s history
Meuller’s strategy
(1:12:33-2:03:59) Lightning Round
Movie: Cars 3 (2017)
Trump at the UN
North Korea
Trump and ESPN
Cassini
Clinton Book
iPhone Repair
Healthcare comes at you fast
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about North Korea, that Google document, Venezuela, the raid on Manafort, the latest from Trump, a book Sam read, and more! Oh, and we announce a Slack for the show. Enjoy!
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Recorded 2017-08-11
Length this week – 1:39:50
(0:00:30-0:10:54) But First
Agenda
Show Slack
Tired and Sleepy
(0:12:41-0:40:05) North Korea
Fire and Fury
Bluffing
25th Amendment
High Risk
Containment
Trump Engagement
(0:40:51-1:02:12) Google Doc
Lip Service
Distributions
Ivan’s Evolution
Should he have been fired?
What if this was external?
(1:03:33-1:39:30) Lightning Round
Venezuela
Book: Spam (2013)
Manafort Raid
Leaks and Infighting
Trump Statements
Divisions on the left
New download record
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On Curmudgeon’s Corner this week, Sam and Ivan’s main topics are North Korea and the dust up between CNN and the guy on Reddit. They pack a lot of smaller topics in this week too though. Rick Perry on Economics. The 2014 Annie remake. Dress codes in Congress and elsewhere. The Seattle minimum wage. A listener fact checks our last episode. And much much more…
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Recorded 2017-07-07
Length this week – 2:04:17
(0:01:05-0:26:59) But First
Fireworks
Agenda
More fireworks
Plane Incident
Fact Check!
Jones vs Bell
Couch Update
(0:28:08-0:47:41) North Korea
Cobol and Y2K
The missile
Motivations
Trump strategy?
Escalation?
Trump engaged?
(0:48:57-1:11:07) Trolling CNN
Air Conditioner
Jill Innocenti
The meme
The troll
CNN threat
Incitement?
Found her?
(1:12:53-2:03:58) Lightning Round
Changing the battery
It is not her
Rick Perry economics
Movie: Annie (2014)
Dress codes
Youtube shooting
Trump dissed?
Seattle minimum wage
Illinois budget
Alex interlude
Trump-light again
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Here is a quick and dirty Google Maps chart showing the areas of the world roughly within range of the North Korean missile tested today if early analysis is correct. Pyongyang and Seattle marked for reference. Everything on the Pyongyang side of the red curve potentially in range.
(Created by constraining my random spot generator to points 6700 km from Pyongyang, apologies for the Mercator projection.)
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan deviate from politics for a little while to talk some tech! Namely, Juicero, cord cutting, and Apple’s pro strategy. Of course after that they get back to the news and politics of the week… That would be Trump’s 100 day milestone, Trump’s tax plan, the budget deadline and Obama making money on speeches on the domestic side. Internationally they discuss tariffs on Canada, “The Wall”, and NAFTA. Along the way there are also some corrections, a milestone for this podcast, and Trump’s Big Red Button.
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Recorded 2017-04-28
Length this week – 1:52:35
0:01:13-0:14:28 But First
Agenda
Corrections
Milestone
0:15:08-0:55:28 Tech
Juciero
Cord Cutting Update
Apple Pro Strategy
0:56:36-1:33:39 Domestic
100 Days of Trump
Tax Plan
Budget Deadline
Obama Speeches
1:34:55-1:52:14 International
Canadian Tariffs
The Wall
NAFTA
North Korea
Electoral Maps
Big Red Button
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So what to do for 2020? – Election Graphs { […] the 2016 post mortem here is a list of where a bunch of the election tracking sites ended […] } on Electoral College: Post Mortem at 1 February 2019 00:04:01 UTC
Predicting 2016 by Cheating – Election Graphs { […] does this compare to where other folks were at the end of 2016? I looked at this in my last regular update prior to... } on Electoral College: Trump makes it tight again at 30 January 2019 00:01:22 UTC
Clearing things out for 2020 – Election Graphs { […] Election 2016 Post Mortem […] } on Electoral College: Post Mortem at 28 January 2019 07:59:19 UTC
Polling Averages vs Reality – Election Graphs { […] one of the key elements I called out in my 2016 Port Mortem was the need to “trust the uncertainty” and look at the range... } on Electoral College: Post Mortem at 27 January 2019 00:01:04 UTC
Ruth B { hmm! These prognosticators are right less than two-thirds of the time - but at least they are having a good time doing it! Go guys! } on Curmudgeon's Corner: 2018 Predictions Review at 7 January 2019 05:18:11 UTC
Abulsme.com: 2018 Reading List { […] a quarter of the way through 2018, I lamented that I wasn’t reading enough books, and made a resolution to do better. My goal... } on I'm not reading enough. I blame Trump. And Twitter. at 3 January 2019 04:18:43 UTC
Ed Haines { Re Roger stones: If I believed in corporal punishment, I would buy one to use at his stoning. PS, I still would oppose capital punishment. } on Curmudgeon's Corner: Dotted Lines at 23 December 2018 16:22:19 UTC
Abulsme { It was a good year! But he still usually won't answer direct questions! } on Alex is EIGHT!! at 2 November 2018 04:10:12 UTC
Abulsme { More messages I never answered on the website until over a year later... Oops. Yes, I was OK. Just a scraped knee. It was a... } on Sam rides Alex's new scooter... at 1 November 2018 05:38:31 UTC
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