On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss weddings and anniversaries. Oh, and of course also Turkey, Syria, the Ukraine Scandal, and the investigation of the oranges, yes oranges, of the Russia probe. Enjoy!
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Recorded 2019-10-25 Length this week – 2:00:39
(0:00:00-0:05:09) Cold Open
(0:05:34-0:17:22) Weddings and Anniversaries
(0:19:23-0:47:03) Turkey and Syria
(0:48:07-1:19:41) Ukraine Scandal
(1:21:13-2:00:19) Investigating the Investigators
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Brandy joins Sam, and they get a bit carried away with an almost three-hour show. Oops. Maybe consider it three separate shows and take it in bits. First, they talk about the latest Turkey/Syria developments. Second, a review of this week’s Trump scandal news. And finally, a review of the Democratic primary race in the wake of the fourth debate.
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Recorded 2019-10-19 Length this week – 2:48:43
(0:01:32-0:36:16) Turkey and Syria
(0:38:51-1:32:17) Trump Scandals
(1:33:26-2:48:13) Democratic Primary
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan start with the situation with Turkey and the Kurds. Then they move on to Rudy. This week lots of things just seem to center around Rudy. Finally, they round up some of the other scandals of the week.
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Recorded 2019-10-12 Length this week – 2:05:36
(0:00:43-0:10:32) Intro
(0:12:32-0:41:46) Trump, Turkey, and the Kurds
(0:43:07-1:28:04) Rudy, Rudy, Rudy
(1:28:41-2:05:14) Other Scandals
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ed and Bruce join Sam to cover a wide variety of topics. Election 2020 updates. Discussions on Syria and Iran. Some thoughts on populists and on nuclear power. And finally economic stats and machine learning. We’ve got about everything this week!
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Recorded 2019-05-10 Length this week – 2:14:34
(0:00:20-0:36:43) Intro
Agenda
Democratic Nomination
Election Graphs Update
(0:38:04-1:08:56) Round One
Ed: Civilian Casualties in Syria
Bruce: Iran escalation
(1:09:36-1:35:42) Round Two
Ed: Populists and why they get elected and want recounts
Bruce: Three Mile Island closing
(1:36:58-2:14:13) Round Three
Ed: Income and Employment
Bruce: Machine Learning everywhere
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss the Shutdown/Wall and Trump/Russia. Again. Then they squeeze in some international topics. Before that though, Ivan complains about the severe bone chilling 49 degree Fahrenheit cold spell in Southern Florida.
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Recorded 2019-01-25 Length this week – 1:56:18
(0:01:54-0:13:58) But First
Agenda
Predictions show correction
Slack invites
Ivan and Cold
(0:14:38-0:52:57) Shutdown
Trump’s first deal offer
Negotiating positions
Trump caves on the SOTU
The blame game
Trump on the ropes
A moral issue?
Ways out
Let them eat cake!
Escalating consequences
(0:54:40-1:29:09) Trump/Russia
Buzzfeed on Trump suborning perjury
Giuliani still an idiot
Russian asset?
Master plan vs stupidity
Clearances
Cohen testifying?
Open crimes vs hidden crimes
(1:29:46-1:55:57) International
NATO
Venezuela
Syria
Russia
Davos
Brexit
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s biggest topic is the Michael Flynn case and everything surrounding that. Beyond that, they also hit the closure of the Trump Foundation, the mystery case going through the DC Federal Courts, Trump announcing a withdrawal from Syria, the current state of Obamacare, some movies Ivan watched, and lots more!
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Recorded 2018-12-20 Length this week – 1:46:19
(0:01:42-0:13:27) But First
Agenda
Ivan Movie: Adrift (2018)
Ivan Movie: A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Ivan Movie: Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011)
Ivan Movie: The Children Act (2017)
Next week’s predictions show
(0:14:11-0:47:21) Mike Flynn
Recap
Trump reactions
Things Flynn touched
Things that don’t add up
What is lurking?
Connecting the dots
(0:49:03-1:16:59) First Lightning
Ivan: Syria withdrawal
Sam: Prison reform bill
Ivan: Obamacare signups
Sam: Trump Foundation
(1:17:40-1:45:58) Second Lightning
Ivan: Fundraising for the wall
Sam: Mystery case going through the DC Federal Courts
Ivan: Stock Market
Sam: Republican power grabs in Wisconsin and Michigan
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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 try to do an all lightning round show, but fail spectacularly. Their first segment is… movies!! Both Sam and Ivan talk about their thoughts on some movies they have seen recently. Then they do a segment on the Cohen raid and all the implications that arise from that. Then a mini-segment on Syria… recorded before the US/UK/France airstrikes… then FINALLY they do an actual lightning round to finish things up, including brief discussions on Scooter Libby, Zuckerberg’s testimony, international corruption, an update on tariffs, and much much more!
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Recorded 2018-04-13
Length this week – 1:43:26
(0:01:05-0:26:11) Movies
Ivan: Darkest Hour (2017)
Ivan: Burn After Reading (2008)
Sam: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Sam: Coco (2017)
Sam: Black Panther (2018)
Sam: The Luck of the Irish (2001)
(0:27:32-0:52:17) Cohen Raid
The raid itself
Repercussions and reactions
Clarifications on predictions
Love child payoff
Lordy there are tapes!
Firings coming?
(0:53:59-1:02:33) Syria
Chemical Weapons
What good will a strike do?
Americans killing Russians
(1:04:33-1:43:06) Lightning Round
Ivan: Scooter Libby
Sam: Changing approach to Russia?
Ivan: Trump/Panama thing
Sam: UK/Russian spy recovering
Ivan: Zuckerberg testimony
Sam: Corruption around the world
Ivan: Paul Ryan decision
Sam: Boehner and marijuana
Ivan: CBO deficit estimates
Sam: Did China blink on tariffs?
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan start out talking about getting vaccinations for travel, and how the crazy news of the last two years has resulted in Sam reading fewer books, and what he will do about it. But quickly enough, the conversation gravitates where it almost always does these days. Trump! First they try to stay focused very specifically on policy issues. Trump on Syria. Trump on tariffs. Trump on Mexico. Things like that. But for the last segment, they do once again concentrate on Trump’s various scandals. The Mueller investigation. Stormy and McDougal. Pruitt. Sorry, it just can’t be avoided!
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Recorded 2018-04-06
Length this week – 1:43:54
(0:01:00-0:19:41) Travel Vaccinations / Not Enough Books
(0:21:23-1:05:50) Stupid Trump Policy Stuff
(1:06:29-1:43:34) Stupid Trump Scandal Stuff
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