Abulsme.com: Saturday, December 3rd, 2016

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Nice Snuffle

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan return to the normal non-election format. The three main topics are fake news, Trump’s conflicts of interest, and how to respond to Trump. They also talk a bit about MacBook Pros, iPads, Fidel Castro, Standing Rock, Syria, and even more! Join us as things start to settle into the new normal.

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Recorded 2016-12-01
Length this week – 1:55:48

(0:00:10-0:21:20) But First
- Agenda
- MacBook Pros and huge iPads
- Trackpads/mice/trackballs
- Gestures
(0:22:29-0:47:37) Fake News
- How it gets created and spreads
- Engagement algorithms
- Possible solutions?
(0:48:25-1:05:40) Trump Conflicts
- Trump’s plan to minimize conflict
- Trump International
- Who can do anything?
- Trump supporter regrets?
(1:06:59-1:28:42) Responding to Trump
- How to respond to lies and crazy?
- Outrage fatigue
- Taking Trump’s phone?
- Presidential alerts
- Congressional strategy
(1:29:20-1:55:28) Lightning Round
- Congressional earmarks
- Fidel Castro died
- Standing Rock
- Columbia plane crash
- Electoral College update
- Daylight Saving Time
- Syria

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@abulsme tweets from 2016-12-02 (UTC)

00:48:04 Reading – Shouting match erupts between Clinton and Trump aides (Tumulty/Rucker) https://t.co/xsyOPTHjVH
02:21:26 Retweeted @RVAwonk 01:30:32 #Trump tells Cincinnati rally that violent crime is at a 45-year high. It's actually at a 51-year low, according toвЂ¦ https://t.co/UzbVEBiVqH
02:46:38 Reading – вЂThere's No Such Thing Any More as Facts’ (James Fallows) https://t.co/1v0cHCGK20
02:46:50 Retweeted @BrendanNyhan 02:20:22 Listening to this again. Considering if it's the moment where the Enlightenment dies. Staggering that we're debatinвЂ¦ https://t.co/VokItJ7PDn
02:50:07 Retweeted @NateSilver538 02:15:52 One takeaway from the @HarvardIOP conference is that Kellyanne Conway is not the savvy, winking SNL caricature. She's a True Believer.
02:55:40 Retweeted @SethAMandel 02:40:01 CW was GOP needed to be socially liberal and fiscally conservative. Turned out the people wanted fiscally liberal and socially conservative.
02:59:33 Retweeted @ObsoleteDogma 02:19:25 1. The "literally/seriously" thing isn't getting enough attention as a matter of democratic norms.
02:59:36 Retweeted @ObsoleteDogma 02:21:37 2. If we act like words have no meaning, how can we hold politicians accountable? Oh, I said I'd protect Medicare? Didn't mean it literally! in reply to ObsoleteDogma
02:59:40 Retweeted @ObsoleteDogma 02:23:24 3. It's part of a post-truth politics where you can always find a "source" on Facebook or in an email forward to tell you what you want. in reply to ObsoleteDogma
02:59:43 Retweeted @ObsoleteDogma 02:40:02 4. It's ultimately a defense of cognitive dissonance. "I know banning Muslims is wrong, so I'll pretend my candidate didn't really mean it." in reply to ObsoleteDogma
02:59:46 Retweeted @ObsoleteDogma 02:41:57 5. It's part cult of personality but also part negative partisanship, where nothing your candidate says can convince you to not support them in reply to ObsoleteDogma
02:59:49 Retweeted @ObsoleteDogma 02:44:45 6. If it's now "elitist" to say that words mean things, then our democracy is in big, big trouble. in reply to ObsoleteDogma
03:00:52 Retweeted @marcambinder 02:44:26 So here's some good news: there is a new American citizen today, and his name is Andrew Sullivan.
03:01:16 Retweeted @observingjapan 02:42:05 How much of the literature about totalitarian regimes literally addresses the demolition of the very idea of truth? https://t.co/U2HiYole6l
03:08:14 Reading -Ivanka Trump, climate czar? (Annie Karni) https://t.co/2cbwtwskVQ
03:37:12 Retweeted @AndreaChalupa 03:30:54 .@HamiltonElector managed to steal 7 Clinton electoral votes not Trump's. Before election founder pledged to vote aвЂ¦ https://t.co/88hM8dwwhz
03:40:23 Retweeted @HeerJeet 03:28:24 Trump continues to talk up Bannon-style populism but his cabinet is filling up with old school rightwing plutocrats. Somethings gotta give.
04:24:32 Retweeted @JohnFPfaff 04:06:41 Oh, FFS. It’s the largest PERCENT jump in 45 years because it’s currently so LOW. This lie is unkillable.вЂ¦ https://t.co/5vyOFTcryh
04:37:17 Reading – GOP in talks about helping insurers after ObamaCare repeal (Peter Sullivan) https://t.co/9aNIczjmPx
04:37:26 Retweeted @dceiver 02:27:26 sweet zombie Jesus there's to be a TAXPAYER FUNDED BAILOUT of the FUCKING INSURANCE INDUSTRY https://t.co/acZGLpJGo2
04:37:52 Retweeted @Redistrict 2016-12-01 03:47:52 House GOP's 4% geography bonus:
2012: 49% of 2-party vote, 53% of seats
2014: 53% of vote, 57% of seats
2016: 51% of vote, 55% of seats
06:01:49 Retweeted @MEPFuller 05:56:39 What's amazing is this one little Carrier deal is *still* gonna stick in people's minds as Trump saving manufacturing jobs.
Facts are dead. in reply to MEPFuller
06:03:27 Retweeted @attackerman 2016-11-30 20:58:20 Nearly every Senate intelligence Dem, including incoming ranking member Warner, ask for declassification on info reвЂ¦ https://t.co/Y8b0JnL5KZ
06:08:45 Retweeted @TheCrosstab 05:45:16 Running a quick trend tells us that, in fact, EDU the biggest predictor вЂ” that and white percent. https://t.co/VXppZugz07 in reply to TheCrosstab
06:18:22 Retweeted @jbillinson 2016-12-01 18:07:00 WHO MADE THIS?! <symbol><symbol><symbol> https://t.co/RfOM1mT38E
06:25:14 Reading – Trump’s Breezy Calls to World Leaders Leave Diplomats Aghast (Mark Landler) https://t.co/vt6ArcZq0c
06:28:09 Retweeted @paulbradleycarr 05:26:12 People freaking out that Uber is advertising on Breitbart. B/c a neo-Nazi site is last place you expect to see ads for a co. called UBER.
06:28:15 Retweeted @paulbradleycarr 05:29:10 Ok, yes, Uber threatens reporters, attacks women, hires spies to smear folks suing them. But why would they advertise on a Trump fan site?
07:02:51 Retweeted @DonCheadle 06:29:14 Donald Trump is shocked his working-class supporters believed his BS: https://t.co/1jxxjsb1v7 via @slate
07:07:26 Retweeted @marcambinder 06:40:34 I know my advice sounds obvious, but cable chyrons and well-written text pieces will not be sufficient, persuasive or shared with friends. in reply to marcambinder
08:17:01 Reading – Netherlands and Belgium to end lawless border oddity by swapping land peacefully (Adam Taylor) https://t.co/v330pwFw1w
08:52:19 Retweeted @EliotHiggins 08:50:01 We've looked into this account, it's certainly posting images from a specific location in Aleppo, so seems genuine https://t.co/40tGPSTyox
16:35:36 Recount making a huge difference so far! :-) -> First Day Of Wisconsin Recount Nets Hillary One Vote (Blake Neff) https://t.co/ke0VMC3IkT
16:37:00 Retweeted @moorehn 16:30:11 Hey everyone who lost their minds over Trump's flag-burning tweet and its "importance": this is the real First AmenвЂ¦ https://t.co/xHLVA1koZE
16:43:45 Reading – Don’t get distracted. Trump and Republicans are set to inflict radical, disruptive change. (Greg Sargent) https://t.co/iwAlEsJf4f
16:58:11 Retweeted @DrewLinzer 16:45:38 State-level presidential polls underestimated Trump's vote share, by a lot. Anyone still saying the polls were ok iвЂ¦ https://t.co/Q8a38sEY4a
17:24:27 Retweeted @ryanbeckwith 17:22:54 If reporters aren’t supposed to take Trump literally, can someone tell me how we’re supposed to do our jobs? I mean this literally.
17:26:04 .@ryanbeckwith Note but don't obsess over verbal statements. Pay very close attention to actions. Appointments. Meetings. Signed documents. in reply to ryanbeckwith
18:22:49 Retweeted @liamstack 18:00:14 Pence and Trump: "the free market" has been wrong "every time." Is that the new @GOP position on capitalism? https://t.co/gxUJeql995
18:39:13 Retweeted @csawula 18:10:27 Somewhere, Paul Ryan is sobbing over his copy of Atlas Shrugged. https://t.co/KvxTfwHWKA
19:45:35 Retweeted @ChaseMit 18:47:03 TRUMP: I won in a landslide
ALSO TRUMP: Millions of people voted illegally
SOMEHOW ALSO TRUMP: Please don't check tвЂ¦ https://t.co/ctCOc30YkM
23:35:25 Listening to Episode 152: Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy in America (PEL Live!)
via iCatcher! https://t.co/N9ewY8N95u
23:39:18 Retweeted @OKnox 22:34:58 Over to you, Beijing. (And possibly to Obama's State Department). https://t.co/H5C863aEbY
23:39:21 Retweeted @ThePlumLineGS 22:36:49 Countless diplomats currently asking selves whether this statement is meant to be taken seriously and not literallyвЂ¦ https://t.co/COgzTJm556
23:39:40 Retweeted @kurteichenwald 23:32:37 China just waking up. It's going to a very ugly weekend – completely unnecessary. Im sure Kerry on phone with em right now calming em down.
23:40:16 Retweeted @aedwardslevy 23:28:13 What if we look back upon 2016 as a paragon of relative normalcy
23:42:10 Reading – Trump speaks with Taiwanese president, a major break with decades of U.S. policy on China (Anne Gearan) https://t.co/VHpcA94GGD
23:47:10 Retweeted @goldengateblond 23:30:57 We've been worried about Donald Trump having nukes when what we really should've been worried about is Donald Trump having a phone.
23:58:43 Reading – Holy Conflict of Interest! The Firm Holding Much of Trump's Debt May Be Up for Sale. (Russ Choma) https://t.co/811b91F2OM
23:59:02 Retweeted @ClaraJeffery 20:10:21 Michael Bloomberg or Jeff Bezos should buy Trump's debt: https://t.co/po4GNgeWVa
23:59:05 Retweeted @MarkLGoldberg 20:28:07 The implications of this @russchoma piece are jaw dropping. A savvy foreign power could simply buy Trump's debt. ToвЂ¦ https://t.co/CUltlDDJyd
23:59:09 Retweeted @natsecHeather 23:53:22 Or already has? https://t.co/Y26Gz76Ua8

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