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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan hit all the usual politics stuff you would expect. Updates on polling. Hunter’s laptop. Social media battling misinformation. The dueling town halls. SCOTUS. The pandemic. All of that sort of thing. But before that, they also talk a bit about the new iPhones, just being exhausted, and an old movie. So, pretty much your normal month before the election type of show. Enjoy!
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Recorded 2020-10-16 Length this week – 2:15:48
(0:00:23-0:41:28) But First
Microphone technique
Situational exhaustion
New iPhones
Revisiting 2016
Sam movie: Jurassic Park (1993)
(0:43:29-2:15:26) Politics
Election Graphs update
Hunter’s laptop
Social media vs misinformation
Dueling town halls
Fizzled October surprises
SCOTUS and the Senate
Stimulus talks
SCOTUS hearings
Scorched earth
Pandemic update
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about all of this week’s political developments, from Trump’s health to the latest election polling, to the Senate and SCOTUS, as well as a few other things. But first, talk of microphones, glasses, malls, remote work, a movie, and even a little sports. You can even stay on after the end for a blooper. Fun times!
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Recorded 2020-10-09 Length this week – 2:14:03
(0:04:18-0:41:55) But First
New microphone!
New glasses
Feedback on malls
Remote work
Sam movie: DanTDM Presents The Contest (2019)
Live sports
(0:45:16-2:10:57) Politics
Trump health update
Superspreaders
Polling update
Unhinges Trump
Debates
SCOTUS and the Senate
Regeneron
The deplorables
The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.
Our intro is “The Oh of Pleasure” (Amazon MP3 link)
Our outro is “Celestial Soda Pop” (Amazon MP3 link)
Both are from the album “Deep Breakfast” (iTunes link)
Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s main topics are the COVID pandemic, SCOTUS developments and their political ramifications, and of course Election 2020. Really, what else would they talk about this week? Oh. Yeah. Headphones. They also talked about headphones. Because of course they did.
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Recorded 2020-09-26
Length this week – 2:16:02
(0:00:23-0:15:16) But First
Headphone choices
Podcast audio quality
(0:15:57-0:51:07) Pandemic
Florida is done
Schools
Data-driven decisions
Retail collapse
The recovery
(0:53:09-1:30:11) SCOTUS
Vote timing
The downward spiral of failing democracy
Delaying tactics?
Election cases?
(1:30:58-2:15:40) Election 2020
Possible election results shenanigans?
The interregnum if Biden wins
Election Graphs’ odds
The interregnum if Trump wins
Scenario if Biden wins, but Republicans keep the Senate
The election is close now
The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.
Our intro is “The Oh of Pleasure” (Amazon MP3 link)
Our outro is “Celestial Soda Pop” (Amazon MP3 link)
Both are from the album “Deep Breakfast” (iTunes link)
Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, the two serious topics are school reopenings in the face of the pandemic, and the ramifications of the latest batch of Supreme Court rulings. In addition, Ivan talks about air conditioning maintenance, and Sam talks about Alex creating Minecraft mods. Also, Sam talks about not talking about something. Odd that.
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Recorded 2020-07-10 Length this week – 2:23:02
(0:00:01-0:08:23) Avoidance
(0:08:46-0:44:37) Light and Frothy
(0:46:38-1:33:59) School Reopenings
(1:34:41-2:22:41) SCOTUS Cases
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan do another lightning round show. They discuss the recovery of global travel, the gamble being taken on a pandemic second wave, some of the recent SCOTUS decisions, Trump’s health, a movie, and even real-time reactions to the beginning of the Berman situation as the news broke while they were recording.
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Recorded 2020-06-20 Length this week – 1:53:00
(0:00:22-0:35:45) Lightning 1
Ivan: Travel picking up again
Sam: Opening too fast?
(0:36:23-1:13:01) Lightning 2
Ivan: SCOTUS Decisions
Sam: Berman Situation
(1:14:17-1:52:40) Lightning 3:
Ivan: Ivan Movie: Lawnmower Man (1992)
Sam: Trump health
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Brandy joins Sam to talk about earthquakes, preparedness, Congressional investigations, walking in a parade, running for local office, the redistricting SCOTUS case, and finally the census SCOTUS case. Then everything descends into chaos as Jetski (a dog), Miley (a dog), and Alex (a 9-year-old boy), all try to “help” with closing out the show. Enjoy!
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Recorded 2019-07-06 Length this week – 1:59:16
(0:04:54-0:25:43) Brandy: Earthquakes and Preparedness
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the Trump administration stonewalling of any and all Congressional inquiries, Trump’s latest financial disclosures, and the rash of new anti-abortion laws across the country. Oh, and Ivan raves about a movie he saw.
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Recorded 2019-05-18 Length this week – 1:30:37
(0:01:06-0:51:59) Round One
Ivan: Ivan Movie: Apollo 11 (2019)
Sam: Trump obstruction
(0:53:08-1:30:16) Round Two
Ivan: Trump’s financial disclosure
Sam: New abortion laws
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s main topic is of course the Kavanaugh hearings. They cover the new allegations and other developments that came up before the hearings, Dr. Ford’s testimony, Judge Kavanaugh’s testimony, and Senator Flake blowing everything up to end the week. Before all that though, they talk about Sam’s phone usage, Sam reviews a couple movies, and Ivan read a book!
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Recorded 2018-09-29
Length this week – 2:09:27
(0:02:41-0:37:47) But First
Yawning again
Agenda
Sam’s Screen Time
Spanish Ninjago
Ivan Book: Twelve Years of Turbulence (2018)
Sam Movie: The Sandlot (1993)
Sam Movie: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
(0:38:23-1:00:53) Before the Hearings
New allegations
Judge and other witnesses
The “mistaken identity” accusation
The calendar
Hearing negotiations
The Fox interview
(1:01:37-1:16:03) Dr. Ford’s Testimony
The opening statement
Mitchell’s questioning
Reactions at midday
Was Mitchell a mistake?
(1:17:18-1:39:44) Judge Kavanaugh’s Testimony
The opening statement
Mitchell’s questioning
Ranting Republicans
Democratic focus on FBI Investigation
Unnecessary lies
At the end of the day
(1:40:24-2:09:06) Flakey Friday
The elevator
The Senator Coons connection
The Flake delay
FBI Investigation
What else happens in a week?
Flake saving the Republicans from themselves?
More to the deal?
Do they have the votes?
Who do we believe?
What does Avenatti have?
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s topics are the Supreme Court nomination and surrounding issues, Trump’s path of destruction through Europe, and the latest developments in the Trump/Russia scandal, including the new indictments.
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Recorded 2018-07-14
Length this week – 1:59:59
(0:00:20-0:08:39) But First
(0:10:21-0:50:50) SCOTUS
(0:52:10-1:12:10) Trump in Europe
(1:12:55-1:59:38) Trump/Russia
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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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