This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan is back from Moscow and joins Sam to talk about his impressions of Russia. They also hit most of the last week of Trump administration craziness, they talk about Franken, Franks, Conyers, and Moore as part of the latest round of sexual harassment fallout, and they round it out with a little discussion of Bitcoin, CryptoKitties, iPhone X, and even Sam’s somewhat different Christmas tree.
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Recorded 2017-12-08
Length this week – 1:30:53
(0:00:15-0:29:27) But First
Thomas rap
Agenda
Bitcoin
iPhone X
Sam’s screen
Sam’s tree
(0:30:42-0:47:32) Ivan in Russia
Impressions of Moscow
Russian views on Putin
Sanctions
Russian views on the USA
Pee Tape
(0:48:18-1:21:58) Trump Stuff
Trump admitting obstruction?
Can the President obstruct justice?
Can the President be indicted?
Constitutional edge cases
SCOTUS on Travel Ban
Manafort’s OpEd
Ollie North is back!
Jerusalem
Other Stuff
(1:23:42-1:30:27) Politicians Who Harass
Franken
Franks
Conyers
Moore
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam is joined by Ed, Darryl, and Jenn while Ivan is visiting Moscow. The topics this week are the CFPB leadership fight, Trump’s mental health, sexual harassment, and of course the Flynn plea deal and developments on the tax bill. Enjoy hearing about everything from a few different angles than we usually get from Ivan! You still have the same old Sam though. Sorry about that.
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Recorded 2017-12-02
Length this week – 2:17:52
(0:00:15-0:05:21) Intro
(0:06:01-0:26:55) Ed: CFPB leadership fight
(0:28:55-0:58:41) Darryl: Trump’s mental health
(1:00:23-1:29:51) Jenn: Sexual harassment
(1:30:30-1:58:47) Sam: Flynn plea deal
(1:59:32-2:17:32) Sam: Tax bill
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