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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Mostly Private Traffic

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:

Sequester Again
Apple Stuff Again / Stock Market
Groupon CEO / Windfalls
Iraq Anniversary / Iran / North Korea

Recorded on 4 Mar 2013

Length this week – 1:05:21


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@abulsme tweets from 2013-03-07 (UTC)

Reading – New Dish, New Media Update (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/34bstJSbfN 03:27:53
RT @PatrickRuffini: Minute by minute Twitter mentions of Rand Paul over the last 8 hours. http://t.co/tWh7oN0wCJ 03:57:49
MT @OKnox Dear late-comers to politics of national security: Left/Right alliances are downright routine on civil liberties and human rights. 04:46:15
Reading – Dems reaping what they sowed with weak filibuster reform (Greg Sargent) http://t.co/Y04ond46Sy 05:05:34
Reading – A great day for the filibuster, and for filibuster reform (Ezra Klein) http://t.co/0JwFIvcPTZ 05:10:51
Most R’s (and D’s) think the pres SHOULD have these powers MT @michaelbd: Who’s going to venture that Paul is winning 2016 nomination today? 05:27:27
Reading – Rand Paul and Ideology vs. Partisanship (Hans Noel) http://t.co/unWgRjMal7 05:30:43
MT @ggreenwald Progressives mocking a Senator for objecting to due-process-free execution orders issued against US citizens in secret 05:34:20
Filabuster over! Woo! 05:42:05
RT @SenRandPaul: Are we going to use the standard that the 5th Amendment applies when we think it applies, but doesn't apply when we don … 05:47:30
RT @StevenJDuffield: Regardless of merits of Paul position, this is a great moment in Senate history. Extended, substantive debate of a … 05:48:05
RT @ggreenwald: As @CoreyRobin says, if you want a nice Dem Senator to lead this fight instead of Paul, find one and tell them to do it 05:49:34
RT @akalsey: During takeoff and landing I can now legally whittle a stick with my pocketknife, but I cannot legally read my Kindle. 05:50:14
RT @kgosztola: RT @JameelJaffer Impressed that Rand Paul brought up signature strikes, not just targeting of American citizens. 05:53:55
Took them long enough. Good. -> RT @johntabin: RT @sahilkapur: The two-sentence letter from Eric Holder to Rand Paul http://t.co/5Ts41T4BdP 19:09:53
Reading – Gresham’s Law in the Senate: How Filibuster Reform Begot Rand Paul’s Filibuster (The Math Of Politics) http://t.co/wSGBflSDeT 19:54:18
Reading – What You Won’t Hear About Hugo #Chavez in the Establishment Press (Rania Khalek) http://t.co/fD44781Val 20:02:03
Reading – Problems seen in transactional messages (Denny Watson) http://t.co/kKqzSOjK5z 20:20:18
Reading – Sorry, Nerds, But Obama Was Right About The Jedi Meld (And Metaphysics) [Petey, MIT Center for Civic Media] http://t.co/YXlPppETFC 20:33:36
Reading – Watch This Robotic Dog Throw Cinder Blocks With Its Head (Spenser Ackerman) http://t.co/cBR7cysfaE 20:40:20
Reading – Bob Woodward, Demonstrable Liar (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/k9iNW9wKH6 20:43:02
Reading – #OnlyOnTwitter: Mr. Paul Goes to Washington and the Senate filibuster (Twitter Blog) http://t.co/wN71BnalM2 20:51:08
Reading – Bipartisan bill to re-legalize cellphone unlocking introduced in Senate (Terrence O'Brien) http://t.co/JtzoSaDeEG 21:50:34

@abulsme tweets from 2013-03-06 (UTC)

Reading – The Honest Toddler revealed (Ann Hoevel) http://t.co/9zwufiBo2I 00:27:35
Reading – A Day in the Life of a Freelance JournalistвЂ”2013 (Nate Thayer) http://t.co/5jfX3BJKNx 00:53:11
MT @AriMelber: Since kicking in, searches for the sequester have crashed. Attention is another WH challenge. Graph: http://t.co/bM5Spm0And 02:24:00
Reading – Obama’s Picks for EPA and DOE Drive the Right Into a Frenzy (Charles Johnson) http://t.co/bYEmaOWipO 02:27:03
Reading – Jon Stewart To Take Hiatus From вЂDaily Show,’ John Oliver To Serve As Interim Host (Tom Kludt) http://t.co/WdgfN8GRSf 02:29:13
Reading – Negotiating With….Republicans (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/wch0oTCA3p 02:31:46
Reading – Obama Administration Says President Can Use Lethal Force Against Americans on US Soil (Adam Serwer) http://t.co/iY85SZB1NM 02:49:44
Reading – 3D Printed Car is Strong, Light and Close to Production (Steph, WebUrbanist) http://t.co/sIZvRcUiCZ 02:52:43
MT @owillis: if god forbid we had another 911 i dont think anyone expects the military to sit on its hands and let natguard/police handle it 03:07:06
MT @owillis: i guess preferred resp would be holder saying "we would do nothing if we had a catastrophic attack on us soil. nothing." ??? 03:33:59
RT @owillis: dow closes at all time high in america's communist worker's paradise 04:02:22
Reading – Update on the Comet that Might Hit Mars (Nancy Atkinson) http://t.co/1NUxKKzu1h 06:54:21
Reading – A Pope by Any Other Name (Michael Brendan Dougherty) http://t.co/4BiyegRkqs 15:20:37
Reading – Venezuela After ChГЎvez (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/Kgyc9pEIaT 15:29:19
Reading – Rand Paul launches talking filibuster against CIA nominee (Ramsey Cox) http://t.co/bx7XHpZHCh 19:43:42
Reading – How Twitter Ruined Twitter For Chuck Grassley (John Stanton) http://t.co/nOwq39dt4f 21:28:26
MT @radleybalko: In an alt universe, Sen Obama just joined Sen Paul's filibuster against Pres McCain's use of drones against U.S. citizens. 22:08:25
MT @GarrettQuinn: Kind of amazing that we're debating whether or not the pres has the right to use a flying death robot to kill US citizens. 22:20:28
Reading – Harry Reid Fails To End Filibuster Of John Brennan Nomination (Igor Bobic) http://t.co/dTX9Mi8qym 23:07:46
MT @kgosztola: Paul making good point on disgusting statements about how Abdulrahman al-Awlaki should've had more responsible father 23:18:28
Reading – Live Blog: Rand Paul’s Talking Filibuster of John Brennan (Jordan Bloom) http://t.co/2DjrkF9sN5 23:26:09

@abulsme tweets from 2013-03-05 (UTC)

Alex’s goldfish Hush finally passed away on Friday. He was flushed a few minutes ago in a quiet ceremony. Alex has now asked for a new Hush. 07:01:29
P
Polku 11:35:15
(That was Alex) 11:35:34
MT @mmurraypolitics: This sentence prettymuch sums up Romney's failed prez bids: вЂњWhat I said is not what I believe" [on his 47% comment] 17:27:16
Reading – Green Shoots On The Right, Ctd (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/1hvh2ltp1s 17:31:24
Just used Find My iThing for the first time to locate my iPad. It was under the passenger seat in my car. 19:18:36
Reading – The 12 Worst Things in the Star Wars Expanded Universe (Rob Bricken) http://t.co/8D3W2o0pi0 19:52:20
So that is a yes -> MT @BreakingNews: Holder: No drone strikes on Americans in US, except in вЂextraordinary circumstance’ – @NBCNews 21:49:34
Reading – вЂThe Folly Of Mocking Radicalism’ (Rod Dreher) http://t.co/DnzdDQRlhb 23:15:40

@abulsme tweets from 2013-03-04 (UTC)

Reading – Geeks are the New Guardians of Our Civil Liberties (Habriella Cpleman) http://t.co/zAiPMYRpvL 17:32:17
Reading – False Equivalence: The Pictorial Version (James Fallows) http://t.co/kVscJLUPXd 17:35:39
Reading – The Hawks’ Hyperbole (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/rFR8vbGiPc 17:46:16
Reading – The Folly of Sober-Minded Cynicism (Ta-Nehisi Coates) http://t.co/plWrdasVY0 18:08:41
Reading – Sir Richard Branson Chides Bloomberg & Mayer, Says The Office Will Be A Thing Of The Past (Alex Williams) http://t.co/meQWcsWGzV 18:13:08

@abulsme tweets from 2013-03-03 (UTC)

Reading – This is why Obama can’t make a deal with Republicans (Ezra Klein) http://t.co/prHD2IFlLl 00:01:29
Reading – Fact-checking the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (James Carter) http://t.co/Y5z9N17DD9 05:00:13
Reading – Curiosity enters 'safe mode' after memory is corrupted, possibly by cosmic rays (Jacob Kastrenakes) http://t.co/lXsx8ucRS5 05:10:51
Reading – Is Jay Leno’s Run As Tonight Show Host Finally Over For Real This Time? (Garrett Quinn) http://t.co/5nFtta2Zmv 07:50:25
MT @mattyglesias Odd that taking Republicans at their word that they won’t raise taxes no matter what is considered a partisan slam on them. 17:47:29
Separate Thoughts -> Reading – In Previous Eras, a Schism Like This Would Involve the Death of Millions (John Scalzi) http://t.co/5ysb95w4qQ 17:58:14
Reading – Republicans force President Obama into a corner (Taegan Goddard ) http://t.co/mKpOvzVpd6 20:47:35

@abulsme tweets from 2013-03-02 (UTC)

Reading – Our Melting Planet (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/ddE5OqS382 06:47:56
Reading – James Fallows on Threat Inflation (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/Lw81bCe43C 06:52:56
Reading – As We Near the 10th Anniversary of the Iraq War (James Fallows) http://t.co/2vxARjQmIC 07:15:04
Reading – Two Popes, One Secretary (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/YOYp19EqPK 15:09:01
Reading – вЂњA Truly Depressing Visit to JCPenneyвЂќ (Peter Cohen) http://t.co/Ew1o6ztudQ 15:56:27
Drat! -> RT @politicalmath: As sequestration hits, the fed gov't will be unable to continue monitoring your porn viewing habits 18:59:49
Reading – California GOP Leader: Rape Pregnancy Is Rare Because вЂњThe Body Is TraumatizedвЂќ (Charles Johnson) http://t.co/SBiqvpPv4L 19:03:11
Reading – An Economic Tragedy That Everyone Saw Coming Is Now Unfolding In EuropeвЂ¦ (Joe Weisenthal) http://t.co/2fIxecLPgc 19:49:06
Sigh -> Reading – Aerial photography ban proposed for all but government (Mark Frauenfelder) http://t.co/5asZ2KpGkF 19:58:20
Reading – Machinima to host 'Portal'-themed live action web series (Louis Goddard) http://t.co/eHMQEKjekY 20:40:20
finished A Time to Kill: A Novel by John Grisham http://t.co/q5Jsh5fcV5 22:06:03
Reading – How Marissa Mayer Figured Out Work-At-Home Yahoos Were Slacking Off (Nicholas Carlson )http://t.co/o5kN1rFplu 23:12:25
Reading – America's six-strikes copyright system is a nightmare (Cory Doctorow) http://t.co/0dWA218Jkm 23:14:12
Reading – A Star Wars family tree that shows it really was a soap opera (Michio Hasai) http://t.co/taerJldMba 23:56:00

@abulsme tweets from 2013-03-01 (UTC)

Reading – SpaceX rocket launched but problem with thrusters (Marcia Dunn) http://t.co/YfumEe6dSh 16:21:00
Reading – Sequestration Is Here: Don't Expect Anything To Happen (Matthew Yglesias) http://t.co/lyWs2oP4ac 16:31:35
Reading – Groupon’s CEO writes the best resignation letter ever (Brad Plumer) http://t.co/hNflHZLEng 19:56:40
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Curmudgeon’s Corner: People are Going to Leave

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:

Word from Home / Yahoo
Pipl / Sequester

Recorded on 28 Feb 2013

Length this week – 48:34


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@abulsme tweets from 2013-02-28 (UTC)

Reading – xkcd: ISO 8601 (Randall Monroe) http://t.co/GEohYr5uf7 02:11:56
Reading – NuSTAR Puts New Spin On Supermassive Black Holes (Tammy Plotner) http://t.co/fFZtGVm22a 02:18:39
Hush still hanging on. Poor thing. 03:51:00
RT @charlesmurray: I don't have an informed opinion on the sequester, but this is a memorable graph: http://t.co/ueDXoJUKPJ 14:13:15

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