- 00:00:49 Leap second is now over. Did you all enjoy it? Happy UTC New Years! Goodbye 2016, Hello 2017! in reply to abulsme
- 00:06:32 Retweeted @Alexpettitt 00:03:25 Hats off to @BBCOne for pulling of this awesome Live 360 of the #NewYears Fireworks in London, Live now: https://t.co/khJ9yz9cLV
- 00:07:30 Retweeted @corybe 2016-12-12 23:43:49 Here's the Breaking News staff list. Hire 'em quick! https://t.co/gL0NOz3lxO in reply to corybe
- 00:25:55 Retweeted @dandrezner 00:25:17 Goddammit. https://t.co/26TXAvt2WB
- 00:36:50 Retweeted @KristiCCoulter 00:22:38 If you're already assuming you'll feel like death warmed over tomorrow, take just a minute and think about whether that has to be true.
- 00:44:04 Retweeted @Rattnip 2016-12-31 20:00:12 PSA: Obey horror movie rules when 2016 dies:
Don't say "we got it" or "it's over"
Check if it's behind you
Check if it possessed your friend - 00:48:19 Retweeted @BNONews 00:41:36 Actor William Christopher, best known for his role as Father John Mulcahy on the popular TV show M*A*S*H, has died at age 84 – KABC
- 00:49:41 Retweeted @ComfortablySmug 2016-12-30 20:13:23 2015: Trump won't win the nomination
2016: Trump won't win the general election
2017: Trump won't jail dissidents
2018: салют мать Россия - 01:13:36 Retweeted @speechboy71 2016-12-31 14:15:54 I'll never get my head around the fact that 62 million people wanted this emotionally stunted man-child to be presi… https://t.co/97LkO9osNH
- 01:13:43 Retweeted @pixelkaye 2016-12-31 19:49:28 If you start Star Wars episode IV at exactly 10:02:43 pm, the death star will explode at midnight. You're welcome.
- 01:29:51 Retweeted @ninerchick05 01:09:11 #2016Faves RT @raztweets: Loooooool oh my God. Never leave children alone with technology. https://t.co/Q0NHAqQkOY
- 01:32:56 Reading – Trump kicks biographer off golf course (Kenneth Vogel) https://t.co/7CD18ksn7O
- 01:36:55 Retweeted @NY_Wiseass 2016-12-29 17:03:13 #2016Faves RT @loitersquvdvids: You the burger now https://t.co/ROAiO1qP0X
- 01:39:45 Reading – Trump refuses to face reality about Russia (Washington Post Editors) https://t.co/QBSmkBMkuA
- 02:52:34 Retweeted @shelleyaw123 02:42:06 @abulsme Yes, he does. He may hope that a Senate investigation will do that for him. in reply to abulsme
- 02:54:01 Retweeted @EmperorNorton 02:10:00 McCain is laying out the groundwork for impeachment.
- 02:54:45 Retweeted @mviser 02:13:51 Donald Trump tonight: "I know a lot about hacking. And hacking is a very hard thing to prove. So it could be somebody else."
- 02:55:56 Retweeted @pbump 01:43:55 Trump talked to press tonight.
Pool: "No computer is safe from hacking. Secure messages should be sent via courier like in the old days." - 02:57:57 Retweeted @ComfortablySmug 01:24:30 When you reflect on how awful 2016 was, realize you have no idea of the horrors that await us in 2017.
- 03:02:22 Retweeted @leahmcelrath 02:47:12 ALL 17 U.S. intelligence services agree the Russian government was behind the hacks. All of them.
Trump's comments… https://t.co/TTXWA0WQtw in reply to leahmcelrath
- 03:03:21 Retweeted @baytato 2016-12-31 18:13:11 Timezones are weird because it's 2017 in some timezones but still 2016 in the blue and 1943 in the red https://t.co/OuL3kwfc69
- 03:07:06 Retweeted @dandrezner 02:44:31 Let's go live to the new White House Situation Room: https://t.co/WPpLs6PXjt
- 03:33:50 Retweeted @JohnDingell 02:35:40 I find this to be an archaic viewpoint, and I was born during the damn Coolidge administration. https://t.co/JnFoJwFejN
- 03:41:03 I'm on the west coast and am currently thinking staying up for east coast midnight is already stretching things for me. Yawn!!!!
- 05:49:20 Retweeted @journodave 05:15:47 the end https://t.co/ZBqHoUgvQm
- 05:53:15 Retweeted @sclary 05:18:12 at the stroke of midnight ET, @BreakingNews turned into a pumpkin https://t.co/UoDo4cdRL7
- 05:55:25 Reading – Trump Promises a Revelation on Hacking (Maggie Haberman) https://t.co/pegl2oHAPn
- 06:05:27 Retweeted @mattyglesias 05:37:59 If it turns out Barron was behind the Podesta hack, as Trump keeps insinsuating, that's gonna be really embarrassing for the CIA.
- 06:06:16 Retweeted @JeffYoung 05:13:00 Just put on "Fight Song" at this New Year's party and everyone is angry at me. <symbol>
- 06:07:01 Retweeted @daveweigel 05:12:07 Someone at this New Years party just blasted "Fight Song" as a troll and a riot nearly broke out
- 06:07:56 Retweeted @BettyMWhite 00:19:25 Wanted to wish everyone a very Happy and Healthy 2017! Be safe.
- 06:13:41 Retweeted @B_M_Finnigan 05:51:42 Idea for 2017: SPHERE PIE. Any pie with the filling inside the sphere and the crust on the outside. Size irrelevant. Make this happen.
- 06:16:39 Retweeted @TheMaverick21 05:57:07 4 more minutes til we know. If the Baby New Year sees its shadow, 6 more weeks of 2016.
- 06:20:32 Retweeted @imbou 06:20:17 @abulsme whiner you usually stay up very late! in reply to abulsme
- 06:23:38 .@imbou I'll make it to midnight. I'm not allowed not to. Jan 1 is also our anniversary. We always exchange gifts right after midnight. :-) in reply to imbou
- 07:40:45 Retweeted @MariahCarey 07:00:07 Shit happens <symbol> Have a happy and healthy new year everybody!<symbol> Here's to making more headlines in 2017 <symbol> https://t.co/0Td8se57jr
- 17:03:08 Retweeted @Stonekettle 16:51:56 Future predictions:
1950: domed cities, flying cars
70: nuclear power
90: cyborgs
10: nanotech
16: Hope we get to keep civil rights - 17:22:23 Reading – Even Glenn Greenwald And His Fans Should Fear the Trump-Putin Alliance (David Atkins) https://t.co/cCsujzOPlW
- 17:45:13 Retweeted @MileHighBrendan 17:44:53 Much of Right is in thrall to a tyrant. Much of Left lacks language or perceived credibility to fight him. And then there's @Evan_McMullin.
- 17:48:23 Reading – Why America is so blasГ© about Trump's conflicts of interest (Noah Millman) https://t.co/LdKYJU5cq0
- 17:50:41 Retweeted @BreakingNews 17:50:09 Breaking News (@breakingnews) is shutting down. This account will be quiet while NBC plans for its future. Thank you for following us!
- 18:27:53 Retweeted @USARedOrchestra 17:47:39 In 2017 the MSM needs to remember that journalism is not about maintaining access. A free press is useless if it's… https://t.co/St4eNf1S30
- 18:39:40 Retweeted @dscotto10 17:54:00 @abulsme @varadmehta This is an exceptional piece. in reply to abulsme
- 18:39:52 Retweeted @varadmehta 18:33:24 @dscotto10 @abulsme The point about how it seems unfair Trump should kill his business because he wants to serve the country is underrated. in reply to dscotto10
- 18:39:56 Retweeted @dscotto10 18:36:10 @varadmehta @abulsme right. If you view Trump as a business tycoon rather than a rentier or conman, there's a certain logic to it. in reply to varadmehta
- 19:18:51 Reading – Proxima's Orbit around Alpha Centauri (Pierre Kervella) https://t.co/QJ7qgZAgQ1
- 20:10:07 Retweeted @kioken 2016-12-30 18:10:06 So far, to replace @breakingnews, switching notifications for all tweets of @BNONews and @mpoppel have done a good job!
- 20:10:11 Retweeted @jortron 2016-12-29 22:15:55 With the shut down of @BreakingNews, follow @BNONews. From the original creator of BN. hopefully an app is on the way.
- 20:14:09 Retweeted @varadmehta 20:06:34 This is a good definition. https://t.co/jSntUE5esS
- 20:49:41 Retweeted @0311OpEssexman 20:49:16 @abulsme The blasГ© factor in general, from supporters in particular will sort out when rubber meets the road as in results. 2 yrs ask again. in reply to abulsme
- 20:50:26 Retweeted @solomongeorgio 07:09:34 Bush was so bad, we got to elect our 1st black president. After Trump, our president will be a 50 ft tall militant feminist Latina lesbian.
- 20:51:59 Reading – Five New Realities for the New Year (Dave Pell) https://t.co/H6O9Wra1bU
- 20:52:51 Retweeted @MarkAmesExiled 20:49:11 "Disinformation war" https://t.co/JN0I4RwCB4
- 22:21:49 Reading – Why the West Is Failing to Counter Kremlin Disinformation Campaigns | Observer (Jakub Janda) https://t.co/uGXFHx4502
- 22:23:07 Retweeted @poniewozik 15:20:46 This is how the Overton Window of lying works. Lie so brazenly that news outlets worry they'll look biased by sayin… https://t.co/iIqiqfU0Ci
- 23:08:28 Retweeted @thenatewolf 2016-12-25 20:15:49 American Detective: I solved the case by breaking all the rules
British Detective: I solved the case by noticing a specific umbrella
- 23:46:31 Retweeted @tripgabriel 21:40:49 Former Nixon WH counsel –> https://t.co/a6IJCb2AG3
- 23:47:34 Retweeted @AngryBlackLady 18:37:51 They were fine with bigotry and misogyny. It’s their fault. Stop trying to make them feel better about their crappy… https://t.co/QyPlcBSM1S
- 23:53:25 Retweeted @conradhackett 2016-12-19 02:25:42 Adults with post-secondary degrees (US)
Hindus 96%
Jews 75%
Muslims 54%
Buddhists 53%
Unaff 44%
Christians 36%… https://t.co/nSJyIU8HxL
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan review the predictions they made a year and a week ago for 2016. It is called accountability in punditry. They covered Tech, Politics, the Economy, Domestic and International issues, and other things as well. What did they get wrong? What did they get right? Did they do better or worse than in the year before? Which topics did they excel in? Where did they fail completely? Click below to listen and find out! (And please subscribe while you are there!)
Show Details: Recorded 2017-01-07
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