20:39:28 Retweeted @TheNewMeat2017-11-03 22:24:17 People who say “Hitler was a socialist cuz his party included the word socialist” must be incredibly confused that the titmouse is a bird
21:56:47 Retweeted @Mikel_Jollett19:52:45 Once. Just once, I want a news journo to say: “We’re not covering latest Clinton thing bc after 20 years we’ve learned they’re bullshit.”
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam is joined by guest hosts Ed and Darryl. They of course talk about the Manafort and Gates indictment, the Papadopoulos guilty plea, and the ramifications of all that to the Mueller investigation. In addition, they discuss the continuing revelations on the degree of influence social media has on our political process, the civil wars in both the Republican and Democratic parties, an old Ehrlichman interview, the opioid crisis, and gerrymandering.
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Recorded 2017-11-02
Length this week – 2:10:09
(0:00:15-0:03:03) But First
Introductions
Agenda
(0:03:39-0:38:01) Indictments
Reactions to Manafort and Gates
Financial Crimes vs Russian Collusion
Coordinated distractions
Papadopoulos
Rejecting the rules
Predictions
(0:38:47-1:09:21) Social Media
The Texas rallies
Extent of exposure
Anybody else can too
Social media character assassination
Manipulating emotions
Viral spin
Transparency
(1:11:21-1:45:51) Partisan Civil Wars
Driving off that cliff
Fate of Trump
Republican primary voters
The lost middle
Congressional races
Bernie vs Hillary
Origins of the Democratic fight
How serious a division?
Purity Democrats
(1:46:32-2:09:49) Other Stuff
Old Ehrlichman interview
Opioid crisis
Gerrymandering
The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.
Yeah, second timelapse in a week, but we just had the first snow of the season. And the AbulCam was still pointed at the driveway and caught all of the snow falling… then rapidly melting again. It also caught me, Brandy, and Alex leaving for a trip to the east coast. So we missed the snow! Anyway… enjoy!
Although I’ve missed a few, most years lately I’ve tried to do a timelapse of the trick-or-treat hours at my house. Here is this year’s. I think it came out pretty well this time!
Some facts:
The first trick treaters arrived at 1:01 UTC (6:01 PM Pacific)
The peak 20 minute period was 1:40 UTC to 2:00 UTC (6:40 PM to 7:00 PM Pacific).
The last visitors came at 3:10 UTC (8:10 PM Pacific).
Total for the night was 143 people, including both kids and parents.
And here is the histogram of when people came based on analysis of the timelapse:
You can of course also see my family getting ready, going out ourselves, and cleaning up afterwards. Oh, and the 21 additional hours of November 1st (UTC) after all that was over.
And of course, all this is possible because finally, about a year since it stopped being fully functional and I didn’t have time to fix it because I was swamped with electiongraphs.com, the AbulCam is back and better than ever. I upgraded both the hardware and software behind it in the last few weeks to be ready for Halloween. So enjoy and check by any time. It will probably usually be mounted in my home office, but at the moment it is still pointed at our driveway. Over time I may move it to other interesting places depending on what I feel like. :-)
10:19:01 Hey @imbou, remember a few years ago on the show when we joked about the possibility of liquidating everything & pu… https://t.co/9o5k9LX1N9
10:44:08 I always love that story of the Bitcoin pizza purchase & how much that would be worth now. That guy must be reminde… https://t.co/3kd851QjO2
01:46:35 Retweeted @KagroX01:46:19 This idea that Trump “revels in chaos” keeps coming up. Yes, he creates chaos, but that’s bc he’s a fucking idiot & can’t do anything right.
01:55:42 Reading – Mystery Professor in Mueller Case Had Contacts With Russian Officials (Levintova/Corn) https://t.co/2kmO28QNri
01:56:54 Retweeted @mkraju2017-10-30 21:08:27 Flake just now told me Congress would push back if Trump were to fire Mueller or seek pardons of the three. Warns it's the "third rail"
04:38:36 Retweeted @danpfeiffer2017-10-30 23:16:21 There’s a real contradiction between Facebook saying Russian ads had no impact and Facebook telling brands to spend millions on Facebook ads
05:34:04 Reading – вЂI forgot my PIN’: An epic tale of losing $30,000 in bitcoin. (Mark Frauenfelder) https://t.co/RJ47FB7LCf
03:25:59 Retweeted @HeerJeet2017-10-29 19:22:06 Donald Trump is never going to forgive Hillary Clinton for losing the election and making him president.
03:56:02 Retweeted @MaxBoot2017-10-29 16:18:53 On Monday we will find who in GOP believes in rule of law and who believes in rule of Trump. I fear the answer.
04:31:36 Retweeted @rgoodlaw00:31:50 All eyes on Manafort-Flynn, but what if … Mueller indicts Russians Monday (or soon)?
It would be a game changer in several ways… <THREAD>
06:27:27 Retweeted @benshapiro06:18:45 Note to media: when an A-list actor quasi-admits to attempted molestation of a 14-year-old, the headline isn't that he's coming out as gay.
07:58:41 Retweeted @fakedansavage04:54:33 Nope to Kevin Spacey's statement. Nope. There's no amount of drunk or closeted that excuses or explains away assaulting a 14-year-old child.
12:38:27 So Manafort. To start with. -> Paul Manafort, Who Once Ran Trump Campaign, Surrenders to F.B.I. (Matt Apuzzo) https://t.co/9HSgGgwv8A
12:43:58 I see the “Just Manafort, for financial stuff, nothing to do with Trump, no big deal” chorus has begun.
12:52:40 Oh. And Rick Gates. Gotta look up some info on him to be honest. Smaller name. Might therefore be more interesting in terms of new stuff.
14:10:36 Retweeted @ZoeTillman13:59:58 Just in: Manafort and Gates will make their first court appearance at 1:30pm before US Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson, per court official in reply to ZoeTillman
14:18:16 Retweeted @ABC14:15:41 BREAKING: Former Trump campaign advisor George Papadopolous has pleaded guilty to making false statements to FBI ag… https://t.co/tDu53rWTe1
00:58:47 Retweeted @JoyAnnReid2017-10-28 11:37:51 It's clear that every Republican surrogate has been given the same marching orders: switch the Russia topic to Hillary Clinton.