Atlas Obscura stop for today: the Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike. We did not hike the two miles to the first of the two tunnels on the abandoned stretch. Neither Brandy or Alex were up for that today.
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the chaos surrounding the Trump/Putin summit, the case of Maria Butina, and the reports on the detail given in the January 2017 briefing where Trump was told about Russian interference in the 2016 election. Oh, and before that, just a little about bugs. The flying kind, not the computer kind.
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Recorded 2018-07-19
Length this week – 1:38:19
(0:00:20-0:13:30) But first
(0:15:12-0:51:35) The summit
(0:52:55-1:12:53) Red Sparrow
(1:13:30-1:38:00) What did the president know?
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02:38:34 Headline buries the lead. This is about what Trump knew and when he knew it. I hope the “source close to Putin” is… https://t.co/5IeQpCU7nY
02:42:42 Retweeted @JWGOP02:20:53 We’re rightfully freaking out over what the president* did in public with Putin. Try to imagine what happened behind closed doors.
04:23:26 Watching all the statements from R’s being appalled at Trump’s news conference and remembering lots of them said th… https://t.co/uK49O2e3SS
18:52:50 Retweeted @CillizzaCNN18:52:11 Donald Trump reading from prepared remarks is all you need to know about how the White House thinks that Russia summit went yesterday
18:59:39 Actually surprised Trump is admitting to any error at all. “Would” vs “Wouldn’t”. Of course it is BS. But he usuall… https://t.co/3wmEDi9277
22:03:12 Retweeted @ArmsControlWonk21:21:11 Crossing out the pledge to bring “anyone involved in the meddling to justice” is a bit on the nose, don’t you think?
04:28:56 Listening to Science Magazine Podcast The South Pole’s IceCube detector catches a ghostly particle from deep space,… https://t.co/TdsnyQodc6
15:40:22 This press conference is… just as expected I guess.
15:44:34 Mainstream Dems are starting to say out loud the things that had been dismissed as irresponsible speculation for th… https://t.co/J2kRkPjDnt
15:53:07 Seeing a lot of OMG type comments in my timeline about Trump’s performance at the press conference. Come on, really… https://t.co/TaYO79VwA9
16:10:05 Retweeted @natsecHeather15:55:39 Reporter asks “does your government have compromising material on Trump or his family” and the whole room laughs.
16:19:45 Retweeted @justinamash15:58:29 A person can be in favor of improving relations with Russia, in favor of meeting with Putin, and still think something is not right here.
16:27:58 Retweeted @MikeGrunwald16:22:17 I am genuinely amazed that people seem genuinely amazed. Trump has been extraordinarily consistent about taking Putin’s side on everything.
16:32:33 People saying cabinet members with integrity should resign. I’m not sure I believe there are any of those at this p… https://t.co/bG7Qt2MUXi
18:19:49 Retweeted @rebeccagberg16:55:05 “This was not the plan,” a US official directly involved with Helsinki summit says of POTUS remarks, per @jeffzeleny reporting.
18:33:57 Retweeted @HayesBrown16:25:07 “I Think We Can Agree That That Was Fucked Up” is going to be the thesis of, like, 90% of the reaction pieces to the Helsinki summit
15:50:00 Retweeted @Fred_Delicious15:41:26 Who is the real hero though, the guy who saved the Thai children or the petulant man baby who showed up uninvited with a shitty submarine?
17:46:26 When I say “I’m going to have some toast”, it generally means eight slices of toast. With butter. Which, really, if… https://t.co/BIyN2B7De5
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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00:20:19 Retweeted @TalKopan2018-07-13 22:54:37 New court filing gives us our first number of separated children aged 5 and up that will need to be reunified: Approximately 2,551