This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan is back from Moscow and joins Sam to talk about his impressions of Russia. They also hit most of the last week of Trump administration craziness, they talk about Franken, Franks, Conyers, and Moore as part of the latest round of sexual harassment fallout, and they round it out with a little discussion of Bitcoin, CryptoKitties, iPhone X, and even Sam’s somewhat different Christmas tree.
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Recorded 2017-12-08
Length this week – 1:30:53
(0:00:15-0:29:27) But First
Thomas rap
Agenda
Bitcoin
iPhone X
Sam’s screen
Sam’s tree
(0:30:42-0:47:32) Ivan in Russia
Impressions of Moscow
Russian views on Putin
Sanctions
Russian views on the USA
Pee Tape
(0:48:18-1:21:58) Trump Stuff
Trump admitting obstruction?
Can the President obstruct justice?
Can the President be indicted?
Constitutional edge cases
SCOTUS on Travel Ban
Manafort’s OpEd
Ollie North is back!
Jerusalem
Other Stuff
(1:23:42-1:30:27) Politicians Who Harass
Franken
Franks
Conyers
Moore
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan start out talking about travel things again. Ivan talks about “mileage runs”. Sam talks about the dramatic end to his DC vacation. But then they move on to the news. The travails of Flynn, Page, Sessions, Don Jr, and Kushner with Turkey, Russia, Russia, Russia, and Russia respectively. Then the GOP tax plan. Then of course the mounting evidence that all men are scum, and what should be done about it.
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Recorded 2017-11-17
Length this week – 2:27:00
(0:00:45-0:37:58) Travel adventures
(0:40:35-1:20:18) Turkey Russia Russia Russia Russia
(1:22:18-1:42:25) GOP tax plan
(1:44:09-2:26:38) All men are scum
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about sexual harassment again, Senator Flake and Senator Corker’s rebellious statements, the possible scandal with the selection of Whitefish to restore electricity to Puerto Rico, and the massive churn of non-stories that seemed like they were a prelude to something big dropping… which did indeed happen… the indictment news… but only after we recorded the show. So we’ll talk about that next week…
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Recorded 2017-10-26
Length this week – 1:23:48
(0:01:30-0:21:28) But First
Feedback
Bush the assgrabber
Scoble the ass
O’Reilly settlement
(0:22:06-0:40:56) The Flake and the Cork
Senator statements
Retiring vs staying
anti-Trump conservatives aren’t liberal
Temporary party flipping
Flake leaving a Trump victory?
(0:42:16-1:03:50) Russia Crap
Funding for Steele Dossier
It is all about Clinton, not Trump, right?
Why the push on this issue right now?
Distracting from what?
(1:04:35-1:23:27) Whitefish
Bid process
Is Whitefish fishy?
Attention to corruption
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The week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about Ivan’s evacuation from Florida in anticipation of Hurricane Irma, more general thoughts on Hurricane Irma as it approaches Florida, Trump’s recent moves that are making Congressional Republicans upset, Information Warfare in the age of Facebook and Twitter, and finally the Equifax data breach.
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Recorded 2017-09-09
Length this week – 1:54:32
(0:00:30-0:40:39) Hurricane Irma
Agenda
Ivan’s Evacuation
Irma’s size
pre-Florida Irma damage
Forecast uncertainty
Florida vs Texas
Evacuation decisions
Hurricanes and climate change
Preparations
One location vs another
(0:41:15-1:06:07) Trump vs Republicans
Pivot!
DACA
Debt Limit
Congressional reaction
Possibilities for centrist policies
Trump the Democrat?
Trusting Trump
Lack of understanding
Independant Trump?
(1:08:05-1:34:56) Facebook and Russians
Eric interlude
What Russians bought
Facebook reach per dollar
Facebook disclosure
Information warfare
Information bubbles
Reporting rules
(1:36:06-1:54:13) Equifax
Taking security seriously
Equifax data and impact
Privacy is dead
Informed consent?
Security is too annoying
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On Curmudgeon’s Corner this week guest cohost Ed joins Sam to discuss Hurricane Harvey, the pardon of Sheriff Joe, Schneiderman teaming up with Mueller, gerrymandering, and partisan sorting as their bigger topics. But they also touch on Sam wearing a suit for the first time in over a decade, the speakers at the event he went to, and the possibility of just paying Democrats to move to red states.
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Recorded 2017-08-31
Length this week – 1:59:04
(0:01:30-0:29:19) But First
Agenda
Ed’s athletics
Sam in a suit
Dem fundraiser speakers
Addition vs subtraction
(0:29:55-1:01:38) Hurricane Harvey
The damage
Nobody predicted?
Evacuation decisions
Planning for foods
Reactions to climate change
Trump’s visit
Asian flooding
(1:02:47-1:26:00) Trump Stuff
Sheriff Joe
Schneiderman and Mueller
Moscow Trump Tower
(1:26:39-1:58:44) Gerrymandering and Such
The basics
Pennsylvania
Hard to change
But I like mine
Partisan sorting
Pay people to move?
Realignment
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On Curmudgeon’s Corner this week, Sam and Ivan dive into the latest developments in the Trumpcare saga, the revelation of the second Trump/Putin meeting, and Trump’s revealing interview with the New York Times. Rounding out the show, shorter discussions of wearing different sorts of glasses, John McCain’s diagnosis, odd happenings in Florida, and some factoids from Wiki of the Day.
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Recorded 2017-07-20
Length this week – 2:15:16
(0:00:58-0:38:59) But First
Agenda
Glasses
John McCain
Beep update
Mensch correction
Florida tag
WotD factoids
(0:39:38-1:12:56) Healthcare
Feedback
Several rounds
The conservative case
Entitlement ratchet
Deal making
Bipartisan approach
Odds for Trumpcare
Obamacare crash and burn
Logic of repeal only
(1:13:32-1:38:47) Trump and Putin
Trump on Russian winters
1st Trump/Putin meeting
2nd Trump/Putin meeting
Perceptions
Expanding Don Jr meeting
7 circles of Trump
Too stupid to know?
Quid pro quo?
(1:40:07-2:14:57) Trump Interview
Trump on Sessions
Staffing agencies
Christie’s cellphone
Why aren’t more people quitting?
Trump on Mueller
Manafort finances
Trump on other people
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan focus on the “nothingburger” of the Donald Trump Jr meeting everybody has been talking about. Nothing to see there, right? But before that, they do manage to get in some conversation on Trump’s performance at the G20, and on completely non-Trump matters, they talk about unlimited data plans, kids and YouTube, and revisit the minimum wage. Lots of meat in that nothingburger!
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Recorded 2017-07-14
Length this week – 2:08:38
(0:01:30-0:38:35) But First
Andy Pandy
Agenda
Unlimited Followup
Kids and YouTube
Christmas Drone
Feedback
Minimum Wage/Income
(0:39:55-1:01:24) Trump at the G20
Godfather
Trump Isolation
Micromanager or Disengaged?
Cooperating with the world?
Ivanka’s participation
Nobody resigning
(1:04:53-2:08:18) Donald Trump Jr
Background
Back to the dossier
The dangle
Digital operations
Conspiracy theories
Crimes this week
Treason?
State vs Federal
What about DNC/Ukraine?
All the crimes
Do Republicans ever bail?
Peter Smith suicide
Back to the primaries?
How much more is there?
Bernie Bros
Bring on Gen X
McMullin 2020
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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 Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the Baseball shooting in Virginia and the related issues about the tone of our political discourse these days. Of course they can’t forget the Trump scandal developments of the week too. In between they squeeze in some talk about healthcare, Puerto Rican statehood, the great butter shortage, and a few other things. But most importantly, a very rare but special gift from Ivan. Tune in to hear what it is!
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Recorded 2017-06-15
Length this week – 1:25:11
(0:00:15-0:32:27) But first
Agenda
Healthcare Own Goal?
Not visiting the White House
Puerto Rican statehood
iTunes U: Lord of the Rings I
Weekend Plans
But first at the but end?
(0:33:07-1:04:34) Baseball Shooting
Butter shortage
The shooting
Heated rhetoric
What do you do?
Partisan differences?
The Trump Wing vs Mainstream R’s
Any changes?
Trump influence in Europe
Polling
(1:06:34-1:24:51) Trump Scandals
Obstruction investigation
Self inflicted wounds
Sleepy Ivan
Talking points
Sleepy Ivan 2
Expanding investigations
Attacking the investigators
Investigative duty
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On Curmudgeon’s Corner this week, Sam and Ivan dissect the Comey hearings and related issues, but there is a lot more too! They cover the Reality Winner case, Qatar, the UK Elections, WWDC, the lottery, Sam’s new couch, and that isn’t even all!
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Recorded 2017-06-10
Length this week – 1:55:41
(0:02:04-0:27:35) But First
Agenda
New Couch
Projector Screen
(0:28:11-1:11:41) Trump/Russia/Comey
Liar!
Vindicated?
Russian Interference
Misrepresentation
Sessions
Comey/Clinton
Standing up to Trump
The Admirals
Trump Defense
Reality Winner
Russian Spearfishing
Obliviousness
(1:12:44-1:44:07) International
Qatar
Trump Staff
Merkel on trusting America
Kabul Bombing
China/Ivanka
UK Election Results
Paris Agreement Feedback
French Special Forces
Trump and NATO
(1:45:16-1:55:15) WWDC
Video Autoplay
Optimized iMessage Storage
iOS Control Center
Live Pictures
Do not disturb while driving
Augmented Reality
iPad features
Home Pod
Lottery
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