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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Papa Bou

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner…

Sam and Ivan talk about:

  • Ivan’s News / Republicans
  • Europe / Economy / Airlines
  • Carrier IQ / SpyFiles

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Peak Gingrich Soon?

Really, we have to hit Peak Gingrich soon, don’t we? Or is he going to somehow manage to keep this going until after voting actually starts?

(Poll Chart from Real Clear Politics.)

@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-08 (UTC)

  • Reading – Crocodile Tears From the Credit Card Industry (Kevin Drum, Mother Jones) http://t.co/QcHhUKDR #
  • Reading – Two Ron Paul Winning Scenarios (Chris Weigant) ://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/12/07/two-ron-paul-winning-scenarios/ #
  • Reading – Hillary Campaign Conspicuously Emerges (Paul Bedard, US News) http://t.co/nm0pplkD #
  • Reading – Could We See An Historic Triple Flip In 2012? (Sheri Rivlin and Allan Rivlin, Centered Politics) http://t.co/I159VQce #

@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-07 (UTC)

  • Reading – A Debate With John Yoo, Who Misunderstands the Constitution (Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic) http://t.co/GkyR2AXS #
  • Reading – Newt Catches A Break On The Ohio Filing Deadline (Pema Levy, TPM2012) http://t.co/kG25sHc4 #
  • Reading – Gingrich struggles with state deadlines for filing (Susan Crabtree, Washington Times) http://t.co/EyDyz1v6 #
  • Reading – Romney Support Dropping in First Four States (Charles Franklin, Polls And Votes) http://t.co/GltPmKj0 #
  • Reading – Ignore Thise Polls! (Jonathan Bernstein, APBAP) http://t.co/N1MuonG6 #
  • Reading – Russian Mars Probe Phobos-Grunt Is Doomed (Carl Franzen, TPM Idea Lab) http://t.co/z7gY0GrU #
  • Reading – Mythbusters Accidentally Shoot House (Mathew Luschek, NBC Bay Area) http://t.co/jgPAvD4d #
  • Reading – Alec Baldwin kicked off plane at Los Angeles airport (Courtney Hazlett, Scoop) http://t.co/3PpqydXF #

@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-06 (UTC)

  • Reading – The Muppets Are Communist, Fox Business Network Says (Huffington Post) http://t.co/7hfuHhFH #
  • Reading – Recent Developments in Full Disclosure (Bruce Schneier, Schneier on Security) http://t.co/ziMi8puK #
  • MT @ppppolls: 33% of Iowa GOPers think Newt would be strongest against Obama – 23% for Mitt. Dems glad they think that: http://t.co/yzXf9Gjy #
  • Reading – NASA’s Kepler Finds First Planet in ‘Habitable Zone’ (Carl Franze, TPM) http://t.co/ZGtiuUFJ #

@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-05 (UTC)

@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-04 (UTC)

  • Reading – The Terrorists Have Won (Mark Steyn, The Corner) http://t.co/LSiHE6r1 #
  • Reading – The dreaded octopi (mathwhiz, Math Fail) http://t.co/SLtEZ8Hp #
  • RT “@TPM: DMRegister Iowa poll: Newt 25, Paul 18, Mitt 16, undecided 11, Bachmann 8, Cain 8, Santorum 6, Perry 6, (per @JenniferJJacobs)” #
  • Reading – Conservatives Starting To Catch On That Jon Huntsman Is A Conservative (Evan McMorris-Santoro, TPM) http://t.co/xmvvp7pK #

@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-03 (UTC)

@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-02 (UTC)

  • Reading – Is Iran Already Under Attack? (Jeffrey Goldberg,The Atlantic) http://t.co/qj4qozyx #
  • MT @steven_moffat: …any Doctor Who movie would be made by the BBC… star the current TV Doctor and certainly NOT be a Hollywood reboot. #
  • Reading – Why Occupy? (Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic) http://t.co/eXZiguE2 #
  • Reading – Gary Johnson eyes Libertarians, who eye Ventura (Reid J. Epstein, Politico) http://t.co/q62ShGZJ #
  • MT “@ggreenwald: I wonder how the power to secretly order US citizens assassinated w/o due process… would look on Newt…” #
  • Reading – Group calls for Bush arrest (Byron Tau, Politico) http://t.co/3u9AqXCl #
  • WOW. “@fivethirtyeight: Was inferring… Newt might be ~10% ahead of Romney… But he's 21%(!) ahead in new poll. http://t.co/mcwDL7p0” #
  • Reading – The Spyfiles (WikiLeaks) http://t.co/9NiP9Vi7 #

@abulsme Updates from 2011-12-01 (UTC)

  • Reading – Don’t Just Ask: Why Women Don’t Negotiate (Megan McArdle, The Atlantic) http://t.co/XUzYPvLD #
  • Reading – Congress endorsing military detention (Glenn Greenwald, Salon) http://t.co/3FLX7IRj #
  • RT “@AmazonSES: We’re live on Twitter now! Follow @AmazonSES for the latest on email trends and product developments.”
  • Reading – Carrier IQ is on iOS (chpwn) http://t.co/04Do4nFq #
  • Reading – Mitt Romney vs Bob Forehead (Andrew Sullivan, Daily Beast) http://t.co/kwKKPRHD #
  • RT “@fivethirtyeight: What the GOP polls really look like: Gingrich 13, Romney 10, Paul 5, Cain 5, Perry 3, Bachmann 2, Huntsman 1, Santorum 1, undecided 60”
  • Ha! “@fivethirtyeight: Short memo to Christie, Palin, Daniels, Ryan, Thune, Huckabee, Barbour, Pawlenty, Jindal, Rubio and DeMint: oops.” #
  • Reading – Mitt’s Darkening Horizon (Josh Marshall, TPM) http://t.co/UdpkQadV #
  • Reading – ‘We Are the 99 Percent’ Joins the Cultural and Political Lexicon (Brian Stelter, NYT) http://t.co/oUbQrCTY #