03:39:35 Retweeted @PDPJ03:17:19 Watching Baton Rouge, Minneapolis, Chicago, NYC protester/police clashes on my timeline, all seem to be escalating simultaneously
06:29:12 Retweeted @sppdPIO06:05:11 At least five SPPD officers were injured by people throwing rocks, bottles, fireworks and bricks. None seriously. #I94closed
12:09:21 Retweeted @billmon105:59:23 Look at where we are now, and reflect on the fact that within 40 years (give or take) USA will be majority non-white. This can't go on.
14:55:28 Retweeted @owillis14:25:51 great. you had another g-d rally and people got arrested. did you accomplish a single thing? does a single politician feel pressure? nope.
14:55:59 Retweeted @owillis14:28:40 "dr king why are you assembled here, is there a law you want repealed or passed?"
"we're simply here to raise awareness and vent"
"oh. mkay"
14:56:05 Retweeted @owillis14:31:17 like i said, im in the minority on the left on this. every time i point it out i get push back about how great it is to have a drum circle
14:56:10 Retweeted @owillis14:31:44 its stupid, but its endemic to the left. its why we didn't stop the iraq war and are constantly in the position of reacting to shit.
14:56:22 Retweeted @owillis14:36:34 you strike with policy proposals when the iron is hot. all the left keeps doing on police violence is having protests wo a point
14:56:39 Retweeted @owillis14:43:51 every time some black person gets mowed down, state/local officials should be asked if they support Plan X To Stop This Shit.
14:56:44 Retweeted @owillis14:44:23 eventually theyll get tired of being asked why they havent passed it. then theyll pass it. and less people wll die. until then its useless.
17:28:47 Retweeted @DavidOAtkins16:58:55 You know that "crushing Trump" won't end Trumpism, right? He paved a Trumpist path to winning GOP primary; next Trump will be disciplined.
05:00:26 Retweeted @ericbradner04:52:30 This is actually true: The Democrats are now having their biggest fight yet over whether to keep going or call it a night and go to bed.
06:30:06 This will be his 2nd time watching it. It took him a couple days to get through it last time. He didn’t watch straight through. But still… in reply to abulsme
20:00:21 Reading – A curveball in Trump’s Veep search: He’s seriously considering a retired general (Robert Costa) https://t.co/N1Uu3VHlqP
20:30:52 Retweeted @Acosta19:40:31 Sources familiar w veep process tell me Flynn is being considered for VP, Newt is "actively lobbying" and Pence is high on list – "full vet"
20:57:29 Retweeted @billmon119:37:11 Flynn royally pissed off The Blob with criticism of Syria intervention. Suspected of leaking info to Sy Hersh debunking Sarin attack claims. in reply to billmon1
21:19:53 Retweeted @Taniel20:57:46 So strongest GOP bench in decades—or whatever it was called—has come down to veepstakes between Newt, Christie, Mike Pence, & Michael Flynn.
23:25:04 For anyone getting worked up about platforms, please remember they mean nothing. Nobody reads them or pays attention to them in any way.
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan spend the most time on Election 2016. So you will hear all about the latest Trump craziness and the Clinton email scandal. But there is a lot more here too! We recorded before Philandro Castile’s death or the attacks in Dallas, so that will have to wait until next week, but Sam has an adventure with the IRS and we talk about our theme music by Ray Lynch! And in a lightning round we briefly cover over a dozen other topics from the space probe at Jupiter to Puerto Rican bankruptcy to how Sam rigs the election polls… and more!
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Recorded 2016-07-07
Length this week – 2:01:41
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(0:01:58-0:20:23) But First
Agenda
Sam and the IRS
Ivan Family
Ray Lynch
(0:21:03-1:02:56) Election 2016: Republicans
Star of David Tweet
Trump likes Saddam Hussein
Trump throwing the election?
Trump rape charges
Free the delegates?
(1:04:12-1:27:12) Election 2016: Democrats
Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch
Clinton Email Scandal
Sanders Foot Dragging
Veepstakes
(1:27:53-2:01:21) Lightning Round
Juno at Jupiter
Brexit Fallout
Tesla Crashes
Non-Western Terror Attacks
EgyptAir Update
Puerto Rican Bankrupcy
Chilcot Report
Alton Sterling
Christian Mingle
ALeXMXeLA.com
Gretchen Carslon lawsuit
Book: Earth Afire
Trump and the Frozen book
Rigging the Polls for Clinton
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The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.
03:10:51 Seeing the events in Dallas now too. Sigh. :-(
03:22:13 Retweeted @dangillmor03:20:40 Everyone: Please please please do not trust immediate reports/rumors from Dallas or anywhere else. Some — most? — of it is WRONG.
03:43:03 Retweeted @sarasidnerCNN03:36:12#Dallas Police Chief: Three officers are dead. 7 more wounded in gun battle with two snipers. Scene still active.
04:13:44 Retweeted @reportedly04:12:19 Person of interest’s brother: “It’s not him.” Says his brother surrendered his gun to an officer at the time of the shooting.
04:41:40 Retweeted @AndyParas04:38:51 Twitter feed observation: Same people who want open carry laws nervous when they see a black man openly carrying.
04:44:14 Retweeted @meekwire04:41:45 Darkness fell in Dallas as the "sniper" shootings commenced. Doubtful anyone knows yet precisely what happened or whodunnit. Keep open minds
04:48:08 Retweeted @billmon104:38:32 Is anyone else thinking of the mysterious hotel roof snipers in Kiev who helped turn the Euromaidan protests into an insurrection?
04:50:54 Retweeted @DLoesch04:40:44 Please note — open carry guy pictured carried PEACEFULLY, handed his unloaded rifle to LEO, and turned himself in. He’s a GOOD GUY. STOP.
05:18:09 Retweeted @BadAstronomer05:11:39 AFAICT, no one has any idea who the #Dallas snipers are, or why they’re doing this. Speculation will only hurt until we have facts.
05:45:48 Retweeted @PatrickSvitek05:35:12 Dallas police chief: We're in negotiations w/ suspect in parking garage. Suspect's been "exchanging gunfire and not being very cooperative."
05:47:20 Retweeted @reportedly05:35:35#Dallas police chief: We have in custody a female who was near the garage, and followed two suspects with camo bags, also now in custody
05:47:27 Retweeted @Bencjacobs05:35:52 Dallas chief of police says suspect has told negotiators that "the end is coming" and "he will hurt and kill more of law enforcement"
05:52:15 Retweeted @WFLAJosh05:41:30 Dallas Chief: 4 people working together with rifles, triangulated in positions for attack.
06:03:16 Retweeted @j_zimms05:48:32 The Dallas snipers are terrorists, not protestors. This isn't a matter of semantic soft-shoe; this is just what those words mean.
06:07:03 Retweeted @MikeLeslieWFAA05:51:16 Facebook video of DPD's original person of interest, handing over his weapon to authorities
06:08:03 Retweeted @JamilSmith05:52:43 The murderers in Dallas just took the attention off the murderers in Baton Rouge and Falcon Heights. Mission accomplished, motherfuckers.
06:30:58 Retweeted @RobertWilonsky06:26:07 Near El Centro, where suspect is believed to be. Seconds ago, DPD told us to move. Then, a loud boom and what sounded like shattering glass.
07:03:28 Retweeted @sdaglas06:59:27 Fox4 TV Dallas now reporting the #Dallas suspect holed up in parking garage is "down", shot more than once. DPD deploying robot to check him
15:10:22 Retweeted @charlie_simpson03:09:03 I don't want black men shot at traffic stops. I don't want cops shot by snipers. I don't want kids shot at school. I don't want any of this.
17:07:13 Curmudgeon’s Corner once again won’t be out until Saturday. Over 48 hours after it was recorded. Hate that, but evening time limited lately…
20:36:33 Retweeted @KagroX15:50:13 Also another reminder that certain semi-automatic weapons make it pretty easy to make you think "there HAD TO BE multiple shooters."
22:09:22 Retweeted @davidfolkenflik19:16:10 Dallas shooter planned attack for some time and acted alone, per reporting of NPR's @NPRDina, citing two informed law enforcement sources
23:31:50 Listening to The Gaggle with David Helfenbein Paul Singer, Washington Correspondent, USA Today
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01:59:22 Retweeted @heatherwilhelm00:41:05 Things Trump just triple downed on: 1) Star of David tweet 2) Saddam Hussein an A+ killer, yay! 3) Don King 4) Being insane
02:37:37 Retweeted @mattyglesias02:37:21 Would it be so hard for GOP elected officials to salvage some dignity and endorse Gary Johnson?
07:24:00 Retweeted @diallo05:39:26 To all who claim to be pro-Police: getting cops who have no business carrying a gun off the streets is the most pro-Police thing you can do
20:04:59 Reading – He knew the kids and they loved him: Minnesota shooting victim was an adored school cafeteria mngr (Brown) https://t.co/mrzFUrSb6F
20:31:14 Retweeted @varadmehta19:57:36 Clinton is +12 with white college grads overall. As many commentators have been noting, the GOP has never lost that group. Never ever. in reply to varadmehta
00:49:10 Retweeted @wpjenna00:48:20 Trump supporter to his friends as they watch protesters: "I understand they have freedom of speech. I just wish they was better educated."
00:55:36 So wait, Trump really praised Saddam today? I thought that was a joke. Ok then.
01:05:37 Retweeted @ajjaffe00:26:37 Speakers on Free the Delegates call tonight seem to be sensing losing battle, moving past rule change & focusing more on floor fight
01:34:32 I hope secret tapes of Clinton coordinating w/Trump on which crazy thing he will do next don’t come out until Oct. Max confusion that way.
01:40:08 Retweeted @Bear2theRight01:19:42 Aide: "FBI director just hammered Hillary over her email. Perfect time for you to-"
Trump: "Praise Saddam Hussein. Got it."
02:35:25 Retweeted @politicalmath02:27:11 Paul Ryan: Look Mr. Trump. Just don't. Say. Anything.
Trump: Saddam Hussein was pretty great.
PR: Do you have… Tourette's or something?
04:01:45 .@ScottNY71 I actually think Trump really thinks everybody loves him & things he does. His ego will be in for a massive shock when he loses. in reply to ScottNY71
23:22:53 Retweeted @kylegriffin121:37:52 JUST IN: NBC News has learned Clinton & Sanders in talks for joint event as early as next Tuesday in NH — per 2 sources familiar w/ talks.
23:39:03 Reading – Whoa: Pro-Trump RNC member claims nearly 700 delegates are anti-Trump 900 more are “in play” (Allahpundit) https://t.co/XOdDKBryZj
23:49:35 Retweeted @JenniferJJacobs23:36:49 Ohioans yell Neeeeeeeewt.
"I’m not saying it’s Newt but if it's Newt, nobody’s going to be beating him in those debates that’s for sure."
02:18:50 Retweeted @gregbeacham00:54:28 So the trained bald eagle flying around Dodger Stadium pregame just flew past its handler, out of the park and didn't come back #Murica
03:35:33 Retweeted @Pharaoness03:34:41 Verified with tones &Doppler that burn started, change in velocity recorded. Doppler being monitored. About halfway through burn #Juno#JOI
03:37:15 Retweeted @AstroKatie03:34:08 NASA has received both the tones (saying “All good!”) and doppler signals showing the speed of the spacecraft. ALL STILL GOOD. #Juno
03:37:28 Retweeted @jccwrt03:35:04#Juno is now at perijove! Jupiter is filling just under half – 172 degrees – of the sky right now!
03:54:23 Retweeted @planet458903:53:45 And we have confirmation on Earth that @NASAJuno has switched off its main engine and reached a close-to-target orbit!
03:54:57 Retweeted @cbs_spacenews03:53:50 Juno JOI: Confirmation of a full-duration JOI burn received at JPL! At 11:53pm as expected; cheers and applause all 'round!
03:55:01 Retweeted @NASAJuno03:54:09 Engine burn complete and orbit obtained. I’m ready to unlock all your secrets, #Jupiter. Deal with it.
03:59:26 Retweeted @RandomSpaceFact03:56:40 Humans now have orbiters at Venus, Earth, the Moon, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, and Saturn. Way to go humanity! #Juno
04:30:15 Retweeted @AstroKatie04:13:57 As soon as #Juno achieved its PERFECT ORBIT the fireworks really got going here. Pretty sure everyone was waiting to be sure.
04:52:28 Retweeted @AstroKatie04:21:23 Assuming all goes well, #Juno will give us amazing science for 20 months, doing 37 orbits. Then, the euphemistic “de-orbit” into Jupiter.
15:04:14 FBI statement is indeed about Clinton. Here we go! Woo! :-)
15:04:26 Retweeted @eilperin15:04:18 "They do not know what I'm about to say" Comey says about @FBI decision on Clinton's emails, referring to WH, Justice leadership
15:04:30 Retweeted @AriMelber15:04:19 FBI Dir says email inquiry focus was on legal standard of whether classified info was mishandled intentionally, or in grossly negligent way
15:08:24 1000s of work related emails not turned over. 100s of classified emails. Nice!
15:09:37 Retweeted @scottbix15:09:11 "No evidence" that additional emails were "intentionally deleted" by Hillary Clinton or her team.
15:10:49 Retweeted @LisaDNews15:10:29 COMEY: @HillaryClinton's lawyers in 2014 didnt read all her emails, "highly likely" they missed things. No evidence her deletions intentnl
15:12:44 “No intentional misconduct” but “extremely careless”. In other words exactly what we have known for over a year.
15:13:07 Retweeted @ChrisMegerian15:12:28 "Any reasonable person" … "should have known" that private email was not appropriate for these conversation, FBI director says
15:14:46 Retweeted @TheFix15:14:39 This seems like it will come up short of an indictment but man it is damning for Clinton.
15:15:10 Retweeted @mviser15:14:56 “It is possible that hostile actors gained access to Secretary Clinton’s account.” — FBI director James Comey
15:15:29 Retweeted @ggreenwald15:15:21 Comey: although there is "evidence of potential violations," no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case.
15:17:16 No indictment as expected, but enough here to give the issue new life from now until November.
15:18:39 Retweeted @shaneharris15:16:49 FBI bottom line: lot of carelessness with Clinton's use of private email. Big security risks. But criminal charges not appropriate.
15:20:27 Bottom line here is that FBI confirms everything we knew all along. Nothing really new here. No indictment. But lots bad to talk about.
15:21:21 We were always going to hear about the emails straight to November, but report negative and direct enough to boost it even further.
15:22:11 Retweeted @jbarro15:21:55 "Extremely careless" would be a powerful talking point for any GOP nominee who wasn't Donald Trump.
15:23:43 If Sanders had gone all in on the email issue last fall, the Dem results might have been different. He declined.
15:25:43 Someone at 1st press conf on this should have asked: “So in your administration doing stupid things will be fine as long as they are legal?”
15:26:18 Retweeted @EsotericCD15:26:10 Today might potentially be a bad media cycle for HRC, which is why I expect Trump to RT something crypto-racist/anti-semitic any second now.
15:27:28 If Clinton was running against any other Republican this would be very damaging even with no indictment. But Trump.
15:30:25 Larger issue that HRC has admitted… Being completely clueless on tech in general. Not really ok for ANY senior official in 2016.
15:35:08 Retweeted @AndrewHClark15:30:55 Also important to keep in mind that FBI didn't single out Clinton. Entire culture in Clinton world was careless, reckless.
15:44:18 .@imbou You think this issue is dead? Ha ha! We will hear about this constantly! Will it change minds? No. Everybody set on this for a year. in reply to imbou
15:45:34 .@imbou They were to a degree. There were issues there too. But HRCs use of this sort of email by all reports much more extensive. in reply to imbou
16:23:42 Retweeted @tobyharnden16:13:27 Problem for Clinton is this raises huge issues of trust, honesty, judgement & temperament. Problem for GOP is her opponent is Trump.
16:31:26 Retweeted @THELuisAMendez16:13:55 I'd get worked up about the Hillary stuff but there's a nutjob who shouldn't have nukes as her opponent. Call me in 2020
16:56:55 Good summary -> Jim Comey's Statement on the Clinton Emails: A Quick and Dirty Analysis (Benjamin Wittes) https://t.co/tEwfJHUqCY
17:33:54 Retweeted @KevinMKruse15:53:25 So the presidential election is between a grandma who can't figure out her email and a grandpa who believes every spam he receives? Great.
17:36:32 Retweeted @ktumulty17:12:55 "Rigged" system is like "skewed" polls. On left and right, means "didn't come out the way I wanted it to."
22:33:10 .@AmyNotAmy I don’t think it will change anything. Reinforces everybody’s previous opinions. Does not change many minds at all. in reply to AmyNotAmy
02:53:48 Retweeted @monty_ashley01:49:43 The line "Are you telling me that you built a TIME MACHINE out of a DELOREAN?!" no longer makes sense, because that's all DeLoreans are for.
07:23:58 Retweeted @Hopey33306:50:42 If you light off fireworks 2 days before thru 2 days after the 4th I probably don't like you
07:47:41 Retweeted @AP07:41:28 BREAKING: Iraqi officials: Death toll climbs to 142 from Sunday's suicide bombing claimed by IS in busy Baghdad commercial area
21:19:32 Listening to StarTalk Radio Extended Classic: Cosmic Queries: Space Probes with Dr. Amy Mainzer
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22:40:02 Retweeted @xeni2016-07-03 07:38:21 Dude ISIS is bombing Muslim people in Muslim communities during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan how is ISIS Muslim no they're psychopaths
22:48:04 Staked out our traditional spot for fireworks in Bellevue. Rest of family will be with me shortly. https://t.co/qdnVa0aS2f
23:56:19 .@imbou No fire yet, but there might be soon. And seriously, when you hear this kind of thing about Trump, it is barely even surprising. :-/ in reply to imbou
18:32:24 Retweeted @ElecCollPolls18:32:13 That’s it for today’s round of polls. New polls in Ohio and Pennsylvania. For once no changes that trigger a blog post at @ElectionGraphs.