Abulsme.com: Saturday, April 22nd, 2017

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Because We Just Can’t

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Ivan and Sam cover all sorts of developments, both foreign and domestic. From the latest events in Turkey, the UK, and North Korea to the latest with Trump-Russia, healthcare reform, tax reform, and the death penalty. Along the way they also touch on flight simulators, random trips, a band from the 70’s, some feedback, and more!

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Show Details:

Recorded 2017-04-21
Length this week – 1:43:44

(0:00:55-0:20:43) But First
- Agenda
- X-Plane
- Movie: War Greatest Hits Live (2008)
- Random Trips
(0:22:43-1:06:18) International
- St. Petersburg
- Axis of Adults
- Approval Ratings
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- North Korea
- Russians in Alaska?
- Julian Assange
(1:07:39-1:35:09) Domestic
- Trump Russia
- Jason Chaffetz
- Healthcare
- Tax Reform
- Death Penalty
(1:36:51-1:43:24) Not a Lightning Round
- Feedback from Ed
- Feedback from Jenn
- Contact Info

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@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-21 (UTC)

00:11:56 Retweeted @JohnDingell 00:11:38 Safe to say @realDonaldTrump has had the least productive first 100 days in office.Except maybe Harrison, who died of pneumonia on Day 31.
00:14:09 Retweeted @CassiniSaturn 2017-04-20 23:31:55 Zoom into Cassini’s last view of Earth and you can also see the moon вЂ“ a smaller, fainter dot to the left.вЂ¦ https://t.co/doS7oJHWvk
04:34:30 Retweeted @rebliv 04:27:58 Every time I see the name Erdogan I think of Lord of the Rings.
04:34:59 .@rebliv https://t.co/eEws0YjSYA https://t.co/22IUsxvo6O in reply to rebliv
04:54:13 Retweeted @rebliv 04:37:46 @abulsme Whoah, I hadn’t read that before! in reply to abulsme
21:21:42 Retweeted @briangoldman 20:51:44 9th Cir. DENIES Hawaii’s request for initial hearing en banc in #HawaiivTrump. Case remains on calendar for 5/15 inвЂ¦ https://t.co/H1C0UPBDh4
23:55:57 Reading – Louise Mensch Has A List Of Suspected Russian Agents (Joseph Bernstein) https://t.co/DTIIBDO5Pj

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-20 (UTC)

01:01:36 Retweeted @mlcalderone 00:15:59 Difference a day can make https://t.co/1DKx8cpWoK
03:19:03 Reading – Some Republicans Think They May Have A Health Care Deal (Fuller/Cohn) https://t.co/n0ud9515f3
14:24:22 Reading – Juice Machines and Red Flags (Matt Levine) https://t.co/0fxosZpjMg
14:46:49 Retweeted @jonfavs 14:43:17 Estimated spike in premiums if you have…
Lung cancer: $73k
Breast cancer: $28k
Diabetes: $5k
Autism: $5k
Asthma:вЂ¦ https://t.co/xlR8Mbz9jq
16:23:17 Reading – Determined honey bee removes a massive nail from a wall (SRC-TV) https://t.co/CtOIAD66Lc
16:46:45 Retweeted @daveweigel 16:42:32 Honestly, if Trump started insisting that they already passed the bill, 50% of GOP voters would believe him. https://t.co/VOABPHAVb6
16:49:47 Retweeted @JoeBeOne 15:19:17 “most Senate IDs have a photo of a chip printed on them, rather than a real chip.” omgwtfbbq https://t.co/ZQ40qpLGXn

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-19 (UTC)

00:16:59 Retweeted @EsotericCD 00:16:10 Vote in is ONLY early vote in the most strongly D part of GA6, DeKalb County. Can’t really draw any conclusions yet. https://t.co/RKzmlyTwzW
00:17:31 Retweeted @Nate_Cohn 00:15:53 It’s going to be a long night. This is not what the GOP is looking for. https://t.co/MpafZP4yP1
00:19:07 Retweeted @DecisionDeskHQ 2017-04-18 22:59:59 Crew on the ground in GA-6 say at least 30 ppl turned away in a short time bc they don’t live in the district. Many very angry.
00:19:24 Retweeted @Nate_Cohn 00:16:48 Turnout is near midterm levels in these DeKalb precincts, which is going to raise the burden even higher on the GOP in Cobb
00:21:52 Retweeted @LakeChip 00:11:14 Gonna be a long night. Ossoff exceeding HRC numbers in Dekalb. Will be close to 50% by end of night. https://t.co/ZwYFFJHjnR
00:30:57 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 00:27:57 Synthesizing all of this #GA06 precinct talk for you:@ossoff is very close to being on track towards 50%. BUT, Its early, will change in reply to gelliottmorris
00:31:18 Retweeted @Nate_Cohn 00:26:01 Well, the Election Day vote better be great for the GOP. Because the early vote is simply much better than expectedвЂ¦ https://t.co/H6QY3PObH1
00:31:48 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 00:30:38 No serious projections can be made until we have at least ~60% of total Election Day votes. And if it’s tight we will be here all night… in reply to gelliottmorris
00:32:05 Retweeted @Redistrict 00:30:31 Breaking: Ossoff (D) wins 61% of Fulton’s in-person absentees. Again, it’s almost *precisely* what he needs to be on track for 50%. #GA06
00:32:48 Paging @imbou https://t.co/RYXK0YjUXW
01:31:42 Retweeted @Redistrict 01:28:46 PROJECTION: #GA06 is headed to a 6/20 runoff between Jon Ossoff (D) & Karen Handel (R). @CookPolitical still rates race a Toss Up.
01:43:17 Retweeted @emptywheel 01:24:39 Wait. GA gets reports from paperless voting machines over dial-up modems? https://t.co/cS7YPc9EQF
01:45:13 Retweeted @kkondik 01:42:52 Matching Clinton or just barely exceeding isn’t quite good enough for Ossoff in getting a first-round win https://t.co/bGD0Fc57nZ
01:45:44 Retweeted @Redistrict 01:41:50 BREAKING: Ossoff (D) down to 50.8% of the vote w/ 119k votes counted. He’s not even close to where he needs to be for 50% overall. #GA06
01:52:15 Retweeted @Redistrict 01:49:25 Now thinking Ossoff will end up somewhere between 44% and 48%. #GA06
01:58:24 Retweeted @Bencjacobs 01:57:54 Looks like Ossoff’s percentages are starting to line up almost precisely with Clinton in 2016. This is good for Handel but bad for Trump.
01:58:56 Retweeted @geoffreyvs 01:57:17 A bit more of Cobb came in, Ossoff down to 50.1% #GA06At this point, 88% of Cobb is in, 95% of DeKalb, just 16% of Fulton.
02:08:51 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 02:06:58 Comparing @Ossoff‘s margin with Clinton’s looks like he will clock in a little above her, maybe 48.That is good for an R+8 district! in reply to gelliottmorris
02:09:14 Retweeted @thegarance 02:05:17 If Ossoff vote settles at 47-48%, he will have improved over previous D congressional candidate in 6th by same margin Thompson did in Kansas
02:09:53 Retweeted @Redistrict 02:07:35 DeKalb has completely reported, and Ossoff (D) won 58.5% there. That’s just not good enough to avoid runoff. #GA06
02:10:27 Retweeted @Nate_Cohn 01:45:55 Ossoff’s attrition should probably slow down a bit now that so much of Cobb County is in, but still tracking toward a 48/48.5 type finish
02:11:47 Retweeted @Alex_Roarty 02:06:51 Very interesting! Also worth noting both are open seats, so seems unlikely Ds would be poised to make quite same inвЂ¦ https://t.co/0INGe4WI4k
02:12:12 Retweeted @ForecasterEnten 02:10:24 To sum up, this result is reasonably in-line w/ expectations. Sets up what shud be tight runoff. Handel/Ossoff will end up w/ terrible favs.
02:12:24 Retweeted @SeanTrende 02:10:30 So, Ossoff ran 1.6% ahead of Clinton in DeKalb. Running 1.5% ahead of her in Cobb with 96% in. Would work out to 48% overall.
02:13:52 Retweeted @DecisionDeskHQ 02:10:48 Our #GA06 map with 50% of precincts in (and all of DeKalb County). 1) Everyone 2) R votes only 3) Two-party share 4вЂ¦ https://t.co/f6Q9lBjcQp
02:25:37 Retweeted @pmiller1693 02:25:23 Runoff spin from politicos is silly lipstick on a pig. GA6 & KS4 have deep R roots. Never should have been in play. Rs should be concerned.
02:26:34 Retweeted @EWErickson 02:07:03 Significant to note that among the GOP tonight in GA06, the more closely aligned a candidate was with Trump, the worse said candidate did.
02:35:14 Retweeted @AP 02:34:57 BREAKING: Trump administration certifies Iran complying with nuclear deal, extends sanctions relief but says review underway.
02:51:01 Retweeted @jbarro 02:50:32 Trump’s surprisingly coherent argument about the Iran Deal was that it was a bad deal, but once made it was a deal & you had to work with it in reply to jbarro
02:52:05 Retweeted @EsotericCD 02:49:59 .@DecisionDeskHQ A JOKE: “Fulton County mules.”NOT A JOKE: Fulton Co. really does use dial-up modem for uploadedвЂ¦ https://t.co/7HNR3IhZBT in reply to EsotericCD
03:16:25 Retweeted @williamjordann 03:14:20 Democratic performance in GA-06 since 2006. https://t.co/1Ub53nEi1U
03:42:36 Retweeted @wsbtv 03:37:48 JUST IN: Rare data error from one of the cards means Fulton Co. will have to manually go through hundreds of cards to find the culprit.
03:43:49 Retweeted @EsotericCD 03:39:33 .@DecisionDeskHQ Unconfirmed reports that Fulton County Elections Preparation Center has been advised to “wiggle thвЂ¦ https://t.co/XOvzTzCi1y in reply to EsotericCD
03:43:57 Retweeted @Redistrict 03:39:33 These things could be simultaneously true:1) Dems could strike out in all 3 of #KS04 #MTAL #GA06
2) All 3 results could be bad for GOP
03:44:37 Retweeted @DecisionDeskHQ 03:31:36 One card out of hundreds created an error. They need to manually go through them and re-upload everything in #Fulton #GA06
03:46:21 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 2017-04-18 22:30:18 EXCLUSIVE: What to expect from #GA06 and what it will mean for Democrats in 2018. https://t.co/l9PjgPpkGV
03:46:32 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 03:38:42 Jon @Ossoff is likely to wind up in the вЂњgood for DemocratsвЂќ part of this curve. Result is *near* expectations. HarвЂ¦ https://t.co/8A6aVA7BFd in reply to gelliottmorris
04:12:28 Retweeted @JMilesColeman 04:10:46 #GA06 with 177/210 precincts in. Ossoff at 48.6%. 1) All candidates 2) R candidates only 3) two-party total 4) OssoвЂ¦ https://t.co/Unxx6dX87f
04:14:20 Retweeted @katherinemiller 04:09:55 Thanks to @B_M_Finnigan and the @DecisionDeskHQ team for smart, fast, accurate stuff on a looooong night
04:16:59 Retweeted @Nate_Cohn 04:07:31 Adding all the candidates together: R 50.49, D 49.41 in reply to Nate_Cohn
04:21:01 Retweeted @ericbradner 04:16:41 Romney won #GA06 by 23. Trump carried it by less than 2 вЂ” same year Price was re-elected by 23. @ossoff nearly hitвЂ¦ https://t.co/aOiDnpIFA9
04:21:30 Retweeted @RyanMaue 04:18:36 Harmonious result in GA-06 as both sides won, gave victory speeches, and stand ready to saturate Atlanta airwaves with more attack ads.
04:22:05 Retweeted @AndreaChalupa 04:18:35 Dear #Indivisible, you’re in charge now. https://t.co/hlFh6265YK
11:39:05 Retweeted @Taniel 04:15:47 The polls that showed a Ossoff-Handel runoff tied (if not with a tiny Ossoff lead) also had Ossoff at 41-45% in the 1st round. #GA06
12:53:33 Retweeted @HawkinsUSA 12:50:47 Per @DecisionDeskHQ tally, Ossoff finished ~ 92,390 votes. The top 4 GOP contenders ~ 92,590. All candidates combined: GOP 51% Dems 49%.
13:02:52 Retweeted @tripgabriel 12:43:47 As Trump claims his tweets/robocall kept @Ossoff below 50 bear in mind:
1. His 48% was +5 over poll average
2. All 4 Trump allies did poorly
13:11:52 Retweeted @williamjordann 04:52:30 In chart form: Democratic performance in #GA06 versus national House vote, since 2006. https://t.co/CMdAndzlWr in reply to williamjordann
13:25:07 Retweeted @chrislhayes 12:55:21 Outside the box idea; just have the president host the 8pm hour on Fox. I think he’d enjoy it more than presidenting.
13:56:23 Listening to Data Skeptic [MINI] GPU CPU
via iCatcher! https://t.co/bhb4JsL97x
17:25:23 Worth reading on gaslighting about Clinton campaign -> I Write Letters (@shakestweetz) https://t.co/rGrL5AkOvF
18:32:06 Buh Bye https://t.co/WGmsy2ND1G
19:59:08 Retweeted @PeterGleick 19:49:05 O’Reilly isn’t out because he’s a sexual predator. Fox was willing to pay & pay for that. He’s out because of public & advertising pressure.
20:21:35 Reading – The new Mac Pro: The audacity to say вЂњYesвЂќ in a design culture of вЂњNoвЂќ (Marco Arment) https://t.co/sxVcTrOV35
20:42:24 Angry -> вЂI don’t like to be touched’: Video shows 10-year-old autistic boy getting arrested at school (Bever) https://t.co/hGO2Y4BVRP
23:20:34 Retweeted @Redistrict 04:36:33 Story of #GA06: Ossoff (D) won 77% of mail ballots & 62% of in-person absentees.But 3/4 of votes were cast on EDay & GOP won 58% of them.

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-18 (UTC)

00:19:01 Retweeted @InternetHippo 2017-04-17 22:26:30 If only there were a precedent for what happens when you take this approach https://t.co/tHo3nZGDZE
01:08:30 Reading – I Thought I Understood the American Right. Trump Proved Me Wrong. (Rick Perlstein) https://t.co/buvlb4wL3Y
01:20:30 Reading – House Democrat introduces bill to amend presidential removal procedures (Cristina Marcos) https://t.co/ovhe5qUSaQ
01:21:52 Retweeted @StuPolitics 2017-04-17 23:30:34 @DKElections If Ossoff gets only 42%, it will be a huge disappointment for Dems. Hillary got 46.8%. He must do bettвЂ¦ https://t.co/eoSn1W6Sda in reply to DKElections
01:27:15 Retweeted @Sargent 01:05:47 me: Time to write!
brain: If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch
me: Hang on
brain: you must first punch a tree for wood
me: what in reply to Sargent
01:27:19 Retweeted @Sargent 01:06:20 Next thing I know, an hour has passed and I’ve registered https://t.co/A41XxZhvSp. in reply to Sargent
01:28:30 .@Sargent But no site there yet! Was all ready to share it with my Minecraft playing family members! :-) in reply to Sargent
01:33:55 Retweeted @Sargent 01:33:19 @abulsme noooooo do not tempt me in reply to abulsme
01:34:23 .@Sargent Now that you have thought of it, you MUST do it. :-) in reply to Sargent
01:53:53 Seriously? :-/ https://t.co/ZFNBYQ4jWY
02:35:44 Retweeted @ProfHansNoel 2017-04-17 11:57:15 Teaching my son about #taxday by buying him ice cream, eating 38% of it, then providing public goods unavailable from the private sector.
02:48:29 Retweeted @JPMajor 2017-04-16 18:08:06 Color-composite of #Saturn made from raw #Cassini images acquired on April 14, 2017 https://t.co/JYzoI8W3Sc
03:54:38 Listening to The Axe Files with David Axelrod Ep. 139 – Lisa Monaco
via iCatcher! https://t.co/EO7vVv8BCQ
04:46:45 Listening to BhTV: Drezburt (audio) Heather Hurlburt & Daniel Drezner
via iCatcher! https://t.co/62orgsQJc8
13:02:08 Retweeted @joe_hill 12:27:54 Say what you want about Trump but he was always open about being a venal manipulative con man who adores the brutal application of force.
18:28:36 Reading – Could that Peter Capaldi cameo in The Day of the Doctor be more significant than we realised? (Fullerton) https://t.co/iawK8yZyIU
18:30:36 Reading – The first Time Lord will be joining Peter Capaldi for Doctor Who Christmas special (Nicola Methven) https://t.co/7rIc40EeXb
19:43:11 From December but still interesting -> Listening to Keepin’ it 1600 Ep. 62: The Road Ahead in 2017
via iCatcher! https://t.co/O5Lt7B6W9V
21:47:28 Retweeted @W7VOA 21:46:41 Former President George H.W. Bush back in the hospital https://t.co/QUYLSEolEK via @KHOU
23:05:21 Retweeted @MerriamWebster 22:46:50 In scientific reasoning, a theory explains things that have already been substantiated by data. It is not a guess. https://t.co/FUX975oSU9
23:07:05 Retweeted @geoffreyvs 23:03:32 Aaaaaaaaaaand they’re off in #GA06. The vote counters, that is.
23:07:32 Retweeted @Redistrict 23:04:01 Rule of thumb: to be on track to hit 50% and *avoid* a runoff, Ossoff probably needs around 62% in DeKalb, 51% in Fulton, 45% in Cobb. #GA06

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-17 (UTC)

03:12:08 Reading – New Power Center in Trumpland: The вЂAxis of Adults’ (Kimberly Dozier) https://t.co/4S8MJl4G9U
04:37:16 Just watched #DoctorWho The Pilot. Didn’t expect to like Bill but I did. Loved the call backs to show history too. Good start to Series 10!
04:42:35 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 04:42:14 @abulsme WHO IS BILL in reply to abulsme
04:46:07 .@AmyNotAmy You need to catch up and watch last season to find out what happened before this! But new companion. ThвЂ¦ https://t.co/w5Ni7j8mPE in reply to AmyNotAmy
16:03:30 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 15:59:06 Currently listening in to my dad bribing my brother with “a fourth shirt” to wear over his other shirts.
17:53:26 Retweeted @politico 15:51:59 A kid asks Trump to sign his hat at the White House Easter Egg Roll. The president signs … and then tosses the haвЂ¦ https://t.co/uhPfgL5Xaa
17:54:35 Retweeted @davidfrum 17:32:44 And seriously: the people who fвЂ”ed up the White House Easter Egg roll are asking America to follow them into war without allies in NE Asia
19:26:17 Reading – The North Korea Paradox: Why There Are No Good Options (Max Fisher) https://t.co/YVc96VGqpX

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-16 (UTC)

00:33:06 Listening to 053 w/ Michael Weiss – вЂњThe MOAB Doctrine: Technically, Bombing Stuff is A StrategyвЂќ – The Fifth Column https://t.co/HYJANSFotP
07:49:18 Reading – North Korean Missile Launch Fails, and a Show of Strength Fizzles (Sang-Hun/Sanger/Broad) https://t.co/xcnGGBXDET
07:49:30 Retweeted @joshtpm 01:50:34 <symbol> https://t.co/mgrajZmkEF https://t.co/93ljYb2JDU
13:56:06 Retweeted @brianefallon 13:50:02 If you showed up at a #taxmarch event yesterday, your voice was heard and you are inside the President’s head.
https://t.co/alyv0y7ytC
21:26:25 7 year old, coming up to me hiding a tool in his hand: вЂњClose your eyes and don’t listen. I am going to do surgery on you.вЂќ Uh. OK?
22:23:08 Always reluctant to link to Mench’s stuff because it is so “out there” compared to mainstream reporting. But she has more out today. Shrug.

@abulsme tweets from 2017-04-15 (UTC)

00:30:26 Listening to Episode 109: Doing Mozambican HistoryвЂ”Dams, Development & Going Digital
via iCatcher! https://t.co/rKOCdP1C14
01:57:32 Watching – A Tribute To Carrie Fisher https://t.co/QLeGC1qtSw
02:13:13 Retweeted @ForecasterEnten 01:54:51 The polling story right now in GA-6. W/ an average like this, we’d expect Ossoff to get over 50% roughly 30% of theвЂ¦ https://t.co/vQ2qVeTlsZ
02:51:49 Ooo fun. Blackmail! -> Mike Cernovich Threatens to Drop вЂMotherlode’ If Steve Bannon Is Ousted (Ben Collins) https://t.co/AqXOHNwa8S
14:59:02 Reading – Here’s What Every Scene in the New Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer Means (Alex Fitzpatrick) https://t.co/1MVqegQLkh
15:18:17 Reading – Focused on Trump’s Successes, Many Supporters Are Unfazed by His Reversals (Jeremy Peters) https://t.co/nGRj3DYWnj
15:44:31 Reading – We Can Calm Down: Microsoft Already Patched Most of the Shadow Brokers Exploits (Joseph Cox) https://t.co/ahJqa6WlmF
16:03:04 Reading – Former MI6 chief Richard Dearlove says Donald Trump borrowed money from Russia (Mythili Sampathkumar) https://t.co/t0S1rFRjGC
17:05:56 Retweeted @AFP 17:05:28 #BREAKING Italian Emma Morano, last known survivor of 19th century, dies at 117: reports
18:05:26 Retweeted @williamjordann 17:57:52 Share of Republicans who say the amount of income taxes they pay is fair:April 2016: 39%
April 2017: 56%

(Gallup)
19:25:36 Retweeted @arimoonpie 19:21:32 *cries in gallifreyan* #DoctorWho https://t.co/rAD31D7EnW
19:27:40 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Clear Thoughted https://t.co/mk7BJRj3cB https://t.co/ivhUX4BAmH
20:25:06 Reading – No One Will Admit It But Never-Trump Conservatives Are Now Officially Vindicated (John Ziegler) https://t.co/qFA4jTk4c6
21:41:13 Reading – New Who ‘revealed as Kris Marshall takes over from Capaldi and has already joined the cast’ (Greenwood) https://t.co/RBl2nzfbRu

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