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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Light and Frothy

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast, the two big topics are Trump’s pardons and the Economy. Specifically Sam and Ivan talk about the grand plan, or lack thereof, surrounding the pardons and what messages that sends. On the economy, the questions are how much credit Trump should get for good unemployment numbers, does it matter that he tweeted about those results before they came out, and what’s up with the big trade war that seems to be getting started? Along the way, they also cover a health issue in Sam’s family, the Puerto Rican death toll, a little on the Trump/Cohen investigations, and the general trend toward US isolation.

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Recorded 2018-06-02
Length this week – 1:17:12

(0:00:15-0:16:32) Into
- Where is Ivan
- Agenda
- Sam’s Family Medical Issue
- Puerto Rican Death Toll
(0:17:11-0:50:30) Pardons and Commutations and Stuff
- Answering Machine Messages
- Recent and Proposed Pardons
- Eating the Pieces
- Kardashian Summit
- Pardoning Trump cronies?
- Rudy’s Strategy
- Trump Tapes
- Investigation Speed
(0:51:06-1:16:52) Economic Stuff
- Where is the Economic Collapse?
- Should Trump get credit for good numbers?
- Trump unemployment pre-announcement
- Trade War!
- US becoming isolated

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@abulsme tweets from 2018-06-01 (UTC)

00:07:05 Retweeted @KeatonPatti 2018-05-30 19:21:13 I forced a bot to watch over 1,000 hours of infomercials and then asked it to write an infomercial of its own. HereвЂ¦ https://t.co/TAghArI3uX
02:13:39 Retweeted @natsecHeather 02:03:17 To be clear: this doesn’t actually benefit any set of American workers. This is all about symbolic punishment of GeвЂ¦ https://t.co/5XdYl6i8hO
02:16:27 Retweeted @dataandpolitics 2018-05-31 22:33:30 Canada is the biggest export market for the purple states.We’re going to grind their economies to dust for no grвЂ¦ https://t.co/rqHCXQ4kJN in reply to dataandpolitics
02:20:40 Retweeted @TheBeatWithAri 2018-05-31 22:25:43 LISTEN: Michael Cohen threatens reporter (via @NPR)”I’m warning you, tread very f***ing lightly because what I’mвЂ¦ https://t.co/vxPiI1ZyGZ
06:53:06 Oh man. I don’t fly often, but was still looking forward to being able to fly out of an airport so close to home. https://t.co/zSNac7fIEn
06:56:23 Retweeted @JuliusGoat 06:31:31 What if we as a society just took care of sick people and left out the debilitating bills, would that be bad? https://t.co/DF5Ak9Rh7Z
09:13:19 Retweeted @PeterGleick 05:08:59 It was all a lie.
All it took was Donald Trump to show that Republicans never really believed in:
Free markets
FamiвЂ¦ https://t.co/nND8PrvOUV
14:00:39 Retweeted @20committee 13:25:46 IMSI catchers right by the White House? Who EVER could it be?? Good thing Trump sticks to secure comms, amirite??вЂ¦ https://t.co/oIwiwEEXJf
17:48:56 Nice to be appreciatedвЂ¦ https://t.co/MMS0Qa2Xwi https://t.co/s2aOTaRpvJ
19:28:54 вЂњStrategic PatienceвЂќ you might say? https://t.co/NJHGKSrwPs
20:05:26 Has anybody posted the derivative of this graph yet? Thinking about doing it myself when I have time later if not..вЂ¦ https://t.co/VQrh3886CL
20:07:17 Retweeted @20committee 19:58:47 HoIS SIGINT Process:Day 1: Holy shit — POTUS is using an open phone line!
Day 2: OMG, this clown tells EVERYONEвЂ¦ https://t.co/9B9fPgzntg
20:14:33 <symbol> https://t.co/6PQEZtgI0o
20:28:53 @natsecHeather @Delta :-( in reply to natsecHeather
20:39:51 Retweeted @Susan_Hennessey 19:52:32 Guy who went to prison after hiring a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law and then attempting to blackmail hisвЂ¦ https://t.co/fE9vgRATFw
21:11:06 Retweeted @normative 16:57:46 Belatedly realizing that it may be helpful to think of the Trump administration as pentesting for American democracвЂ¦ https://t.co/B2Hi4bo6St

Nice to be appreciated…

Part of a profile of himself Alex is doing as homework.

@abulsme tweets from 2018-05-31 (UTC)

00:26:08 Retweeted @Hegemommy 00:24:27 So this is a problem https://t.co/5WuauC2DOb
00:36:27 Retweeted @lynnv378 00:22:57 To the dumb asses who voted for her and to the dumb asses who gave her money for her sham recount, CongratufuckinglвЂ¦ https://t.co/NsqxdaruFE
15:23:09 @shelleyaw123 No. I’m going to have enough trouble getting everything in place for the 2020 presidential race. I’mвЂ¦ https://t.co/11F9vpWSSi in reply to shelleyaw123
17:35:31 Retweeted @stevesilberman 14:44:24 Buried in the debate about whether journalists should say Trump is consciously “lying” is the fact that he’s oftenвЂ¦ https://t.co/tcW2uuzcyi
17:51:41 The common element on all pardons/commutations so far and ones being discussed is that they are for crimes potentiaвЂ¦ https://t.co/oGyNm1dPkB
18:05:55 Trade wars are fun! And easy to win! Or so I hear. https://t.co/YO0RiW9oiG
18:08:33 Retweeted @HamillHimself 2018-05-29 22:39:01 An insult to Jabba. #MakingAmericaSluggishAgain https://t.co/a69dQNzGxe
18:31:52 This quote… https://t.co/QzPhBvaSgp
18:48:08 Retweeted @profmusgrave 17:55:56 If you think the president’s unilateral pardon power ability can lead to abuse, just wait until you hear what’s hapвЂ¦ https://t.co/7nJEcEGbxx
18:50:19 Retweeted @ShaneGoldmacher 18:33:07 NEW: New York’s acting AG, Barbara Underwood, says Trump’s D’Souza pardon adds urgency to push to “close New York’sвЂ¦ https://t.co/WzWTGUoJt0
19:01:21 Avenatti just needs to use his Stormy money to make everybody whole on Tully’s then move on. https://t.co/MHOuM0VMhh
19:02:34 Retweeted @intelwire 18:34:52 Some things are unpardonable https://t.co/9zhT4X5DJ5
20:40:39 Retweeted @dylanmatt 20:39:01 This is an absolutely fascinating chart in like twenty different ways https://t.co/1pXiNBDqps https://t.co/I3H1pwLx6z
21:36:32 Retweeted @TIME 21:30:15 Beer, plane tickets and iPhones are all about to get more expensive. Here’s why https://t.co/AyVRZvdcD2
21:46:33 Retweeted @waltshaub 20:50:18 This makes my head feel like it’s going to explode. While I was banging that un-exploded head against a wall tryingвЂ¦ https://t.co/e1u7Yb5Grq
21:53:43 The Trump admin’s desired result is ending these agreements. Negotiating with them is a waste of time. -> Trudeau sвЂ¦ https://t.co/qL0Q4xt62A

@abulsme tweets from 2018-05-30 (UTC)

15:25:07 Wow. https://t.co/51DEsZL8ra
15:30:28 Retweeted @davidmackau 15:21:42 Audible gasps and applause from reporters as Arkady Babchenko enters the press conference about his ‘murder’ https://t.co/Bp5hlyqrYl
15:40:18 Important. As usual, the key is understanding the uncertainty. Which people are really bad at. https://t.co/BYYP4tVkIS
15:54:44 Retweeted @page88 14:01:24 DMs for the ages. I love my newly awake MAGA brothers and sisters. https://t.co/e5zj04fMig
17:14:23 Yay? https://t.co/uStx8IwtIM
19:00:16 Thread https://t.co/HEtCOWz6pY

@abulsme tweets from 2018-05-29 (UTC)

04:58:07 Good bookmark. https://t.co/6OYblJJnMP
05:23:58 Thread on current events echoing The Lion King. https://t.co/VdtU0RjHUU
15:19:04 Nice! Although sounds like they won’t be resolving the cliffhanger quite yet. https://t.co/6foTLWbR1O
18:53:48 Oops https://t.co/sXhph3grCm

@abulsme tweets from 2018-05-28 (UTC)

04:26:37 Important distinctions here. Thread. https://t.co/132EB08fWL
05:46:11 Retweeted @prchovanec 04:13:29 Nothing to see here. https://t.co/ebkZvCa2SC
09:44:08 Retweeted @koushik7496 2018-05-26 05:21:03 This is the greatest line in movie history. https://t.co/VSsj4lLT5u
10:03:20 Brilliant thread. Read all the replies. What it is like for folks when they go into a non-verbal mode.вЂ¦ https://t.co/d0Z9OxPuAd
10:07:19 Very interesting. Makes perfect sense. Those who can wait are also those who know there will always be more later. https://t.co/IgBIsjqPys
10:20:30 Retweeted @DRG_physics 2018-05-15 23:27:14 Cockatoos chew through HV cables at a radio telescope.
A weasel shuts down the LHC.
Now ravens are causing glitchesвЂ¦ https://t.co/32BxqvOktW
11:18:15 Thread https://t.co/HmPukpM5Ju
14:23:04 Retweeted @moscow_project 13:44:05 Our @maxbergmann on @allinwithchris: Trump and his accomplices in Congress are вЂњrunning a disinformation campaignвЂќвЂ¦ https://t.co/xLAEZNezba
14:38:17 Retweeted @ExumAM 03:52:59 Here’s a quick late-night story to warm your hearts. It takes place in the emergency room of children’s hospital, wвЂ¦ https://t.co/myI2kIfZU6
16:21:37 Retweeted @ThePlumLineGS 13:01:30 This debate is larger than whether to call something a “lie” in any one situation.It’s about the urgent need to aвЂ¦ https://t.co/S4Fz84IBML
16:33:20 This is a completely fair criticism of the frenzy over the Trump tweet about this. https://t.co/Hr02rDCIjG

@abulsme tweets from 2018-05-27 (UTC)

01:57:56 Retweeted @PollsAndVotes 01:56:31 Addendum to my long thread on Ipsos/Reuters generic ballot movement. After sharp drop 5/1, in the last 4 days, IpsoвЂ¦ https://t.co/Qs4OXkLXtv
03:32:20 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 03:31:10 Two interesting late-night charts for the 2018 data nerds.Left: Simulated Democratic win probability in 2018 atвЂ¦ https://t.co/PC1WWpHTdA
03:35:56 Retweeted @jamisonfoser 03:29:55 TRUMP: Reporters routinely murder unicorns using lightsabers.REPORTERS: Not a lie. He might think that’s true. in reply to jamisonfoser
04:34:21 Thread https://t.co/VccWbTfUKK
05:09:06 Retweeted @davidegreenwald 05:05:59 If journalists were truly concerned about this, they would report, “The White House did not respond to a request foвЂ¦ https://t.co/YJa3efgQnp
13:56:48 Everything he touches turns to ash. https://t.co/61cJkP9RF0
16:42:20 Thread on Trump lies vs other terms. https://t.co/75luUUSME7
19:50:34 This is indeed the worst case. Hopefully we can avoid it. https://t.co/ZnLgQh7hGp
20:41:08 Retweeted @MarkHarrisNYC 03:24:00 I don’t want journalists to use the word “lie” because I hate Trump, or because I need my rage ratified. I want jouвЂ¦ https://t.co/xEcOXCPqX6
20:57:02 Retweeted @pkcapitol 15:46:32 This @danbalz piece gets at heart of Trump/Rudy strategy: There is almost no legal strategy there, it’s political.вЂ¦ https://t.co/9Ira7GlOUk
21:03:16 Retweeted @homomorphe 08:16:40 someone said this dog was xtina i’m cRYING https://t.co/JqwGQ49No5

@abulsme tweets from 2018-05-26 (UTC)

00:12:02 Retweeted @matthewjdowd 00:00:57 In the 1940s a majority of white voters were opposed to desegregating schools and interracial marriage. On moral iвЂ¦ https://t.co/GdZ1AIFN97
00:26:12 Seriously, fuck these people. This is not OK. https://t.co/fJ92I9z3zR
02:42:06 More every week. https://t.co/sJCmcnIuRN
02:45:22 This isn’t even people sneaking across the border. This is a family who presented themselves to authorities at theвЂ¦ https://t.co/nXzrTomEVd
05:35:25 Retweeted @SimonWDC 2018-05-25 01:57:48 This is an extraordinary scandal. One in five migrant kids recently placed by HHS into вЂњfoster care or whateverвЂќ hвЂ¦ https://t.co/ZhK8loyAu0
06:13:28 Watching -> Incredible Animation Shows How Deep Humans Have Dug https://t.co/mqwcbxhoc8 via @YouTube
06:36:22 Retweeted @chrislhayes 2018-05-25 22:39:22 I am reading these first-hand accounts of mothers who had their children taken from them, with no word of where theвЂ¦ https://t.co/G8zf1CK9DV
06:39:20 Retweeted @rambledove 2018-05-25 14:38:28 7:30am: #Weinstein turns self in. 9:30am: arraigned with pre-arranged 1M$ bail check ready & courtroom packed. 10:0вЂ¦ https://t.co/Cz4KbB8wXu
15:23:32 Retweeted @waltshaub 2018-05-25 06:50:10 вЂњSubjected a 16-year-old girl to a search in which they вЂforcefully spread her legs and touched her private parts sвЂ¦ https://t.co/X2iYQSi46Q
15:31:28 Retweeted @Spacekatgal 15:22:57 If elected to Congress, I will fund time displacement technology so we can go back to 2016 and escape the Days of FвЂ¦ https://t.co/CZ9MfCUpO8
15:50:20 This latest round of news about these border practices has me more upset about Trump policies than I have been in aвЂ¦ https://t.co/cAENSCfvao
17:49:50 Miley and her sleeping boy https://t.co/XMKawFnhTy https://t.co/mNuBRBQbvY
20:20:42 Important thread comparing ICE abuses under Obama to ICE abuses under Trump. https://t.co/JMgiSHBqmd
20:49:10 Retweeted @paulcalvano 2018-05-25 19:20:44 @USATODAY launched a lightweight version of their site for the EU to comply with #GDPR. The US site is 5.5MB and coвЂ¦ https://t.co/2A9sNfeYYq
21:20:01 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Puppies or Penguins or Something https://t.co/m2yvotxDnn https://t.co/JaR0X3Izmw

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Puppies or Penguins or Something

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan start out talking about talking about politics at parties, and how news junkies are different from normal people. But the main topics are the mess surrounding the possible North Korean summit, and the shameful policy of separating kids from their parents at the border.

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Recorded 2018-05-26
Length this week – 1:16:46

(0:00:15-0:21:30) Intro
- Agenda
- Politics at Parties
- Mueller finding crimes?
- Normals vs News Junkies
(0:24:07-0:52:32) North Korea
- What happened?
- Where are we now?
- Impact on allies
- Can the next president fix it?
(0:53:52-1:16:26) Immigration Kids
- New separation policy
- Cruelty for nothing
- Immigration history
- Genealogical hypocrisy
- Shame shame shame

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