Abulsme.com: August 2017

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Pour My Brain

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan’s main topics are the Republican Civil War that is brewing, and various Trump administration mini-scandals from the last week. But they also spend some time on the solar eclipse, MacBook Pros, Powerball, the military transgender ban, if Trump will have a primary challenger in 2020, the recent Navy crashes, Trump’s Arizona speech, and more!

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Show Details:

Recorded 2017-08-24
Length this week – 2:12:05

(0:00:36-0:28:02) But First
- Agenda
- Sam and the Eclipse
- Ode to Macbook Pro
- Powerball
(0:28:46-1:01:15) Republican Civil War
- McConnell article
- Cracks in the wall
- Obstruction of Congress
- Approval ratings
- Trump agenda
- Congressional agenda
(1:02:58-1:35:57) Mini-Scandals
- Carl Icahn
- Ryan Zinke
- Louise Linton
- Steven Mnuchin
- Secret Service
- Ben Carson
(1:36:36-2:11:45) Lightning Round
- Movie: The Jungle Book (1967)
- Military Transgender Ban
- 2020 primary challenge for Trump?
- Navy Crashes
- Trump’s Arizona speech
- Unstable Trump

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@abulsme tweets from 2017-08-25 (UTC)

02:09:56 Reading – Did enough Bernie Sanders supporters vote for Trump to cost Clinton the election? (John Sides) https://t.co/NM13yruGTI
02:10:01 Retweeted @smotus 2017-08-24 20:00:00 Those Sanders-Trump voters weren’t Democrats in the first place. Great analysis from @monkeycageblog & @b_schaffner
https://t.co/AZg2tqWnp0
03:37:22 Retweeted @AMSweather 00:02:57 What you are looking at here is a 100 hr loop !
Everyone needs to pray this does not verify. Seriously.. https://t.co/kR8NVwOFVf
15:30:03 Retweeted @bhensonweather 15:07:05 New NHC forecast (10 am CDT Fri) keeps Houston in onshore flow from nearby hurricane or tropical storm for close toвЂ¦ https://t.co/SyCjzRUvnY
16:33:59 Retweeted @NWS 16:31:45 Harvey’s forecast path is slow and meandering, meaning a long duration flood threat with catastrophic results.
TakeвЂ¦ https://t.co/fMuTY7pblr
18:19:42 Reading – Kasich, Hickenlooper eye joint 2020 bid (Mike Allen) https://t.co/tDcPEqb7qn
18:53:43 Retweeted @DecisionDeskHQ 2017-08-24 17:49:44 Our initial 2018 U.S. House forecast, by @gelliottmorris, is now up! Race ratings tomorrow. https://t.co/iKsp4C39nh https://t.co/YAh4vbYQPN
19:07:58 Retweeted @NHC_Atlantic 18:56:28 #Harvey is now a category 3 #hurricane with 120-mph winds & a pressure of 943 mb (27.85″) See the latest advisory aвЂ¦ https://t.co/G2XaRuv3er
19:18:57 Retweeted @NBCNews 19:16:41 JUST IN: President Trump appears likely to pull the plug on DACA, per several government officials, @PeteWilliamsNBC & @JuliaEAinsley report
20:21:51 Retweeted @HerzogWeather 20:09:34 Unlike the hoaxes that were spreading around yesterday, this is legit.From @NWSDirector Louis Uccellini. Will thiвЂ¦ https://t.co/0JD0YEuDoj
20:23:41 Retweeted @PollsAndVotes 20:09:00 @bandmanakers @SeanTrende Meanwhile, here are all presidents since FDR so you can get a sense. https://t.co/z29X9kq7Zp in reply to bandmanakers
20:38:20 Retweeted @MyEverettNews 20:34:14 Sounds like a large fire in 132nd SE east of 35th ave SE just outside of Mill Creek
20:42:36 Retweeted @SnoCo_Scanner 20:36:44 Sounds like a big grass fire going with multiple exposures in #millcreek area. 132nd & 39th Ave SE.
20:46:38 Retweeted @SnoCo_Scanner 20:44:19 re: brush fire off of 132nd. Command asking for 2 more brush trucks to respond. Situation sounds urgent.
20:57:45 Retweeted @beyond90seconds 20:56:32 Mill Creek brush fire# WA #breaking https://t.co/eogNEv12mG
20:58:40 Tweeting about this Mill Creek brush fire because it is about half a mile from my house, near my son’s school. So close to home.
21:12:24 Retweeted @MyEverettNews 21:02:30 132nd SE closed at 39th for 2 alarm brush fire. https://t.co/pO7fhxFnMU
21:12:53 Retweeted @MyEverettNews 21:09:17 Right now damage is to abandoned building and brush. https://t.co/aILMrfhi66
21:24:40 Retweeted @adrian_gray 21:20:02 Trump is +9 with non-college whites, -25 with college whites https://t.co/4iGnz9amHj in reply to adrian_gray
22:04:52 Retweeted @Gus_802 22:03:34 Conspiracy theorist’s lawsuit dissmissed. Also, Zach Haller is an asshole and classic dudebro. https://t.co/wGThjZCDmy
22:24:09 Retweeted @MaraWilson 17:38:48 This doesn’t surprise me, and I completely believe it, @DannyDeVito is a very caring person: https://t.co/PH2sdgJDQm Heartwarming.
22:40:32 Retweeted @JaxAlemany 22:01:16 NEWS: Per WH official, Trump signed exec memo giving DOD/ DHS formal authority to expel transgender people from the military earlier today
22:42:02 Retweeted @MorganKIRO7 22:02:32 A very rare NWS product — an Extreme Wind Warning — just issued by @NWSCorpus. #Harvey #txwx https://t.co/QrYHQpRu2d
22:43:22 Retweeted @jonkarl 21:57:47 ABC News has learned 6 PR firms tied to Paul Manafort and/or Michael Flynn have received subpoenas from Robert Mueller h/t @JTSantucci
22:43:55 Retweeted @marcfox10 21:49:41 People who don’t evacuate Corpus Christi ahead of #HurricaneHarvey told to write their names/SSN on their arms so their bodies can be ID’d.
22:45:20 Retweeted @splillo 21:55:29 That moment when the entire NHC forecast cone is contained within the 5-day uncertainty radius.
Just sits for days.вЂ¦ https://t.co/V6SX7n66Y0

@abulsme tweets from 2017-08-24 (UTC)

00:30:37 Reading – Top Trump aide’s email draws new scrutiny in Russia inquiry (Raju/Cohen) https://t.co/k3csOOp4cg
00:35:55 Retweeted @_Almaqah 2017-08-23 23:25:52 Bc they didn’t lose to Donald Fucking Trump, how is this hard https://t.co/jM4cxyCdMK
00:43:14 Reading – Trump clashed with multiple GOP senators over Russia (Dawsey/Schor) https://t.co/kswf1eaXFG
00:44:55 Retweeted @TheOnion 2017-08-23 23:59:30 вЂњI’m not suggesting it’s entirely your fault, but, let’s be frank, 99 percent of it is.вЂќ https://t.co/T4SRuE5WHR https://t.co/UDjf642oZP in reply to TheOnion
00:46:09 Retweeted @cubanahumana 2017-08-23 15:37:34 This breaks my heart.
#ImpeachTrump https://t.co/JqPMYHiae8
00:46:55 Retweeted @natemcdermott 2017-08-23 15:42:53 Trump voters would prefer Jefferson DavisвЂ”a man who committed literal treasonвЂ”as president over Barack Obama by 45%вЂ¦ https://t.co/zuJeT9RWot
02:46:40 Retweeted @MattGlassman312 2017-08-23 12:48:25 I sketched out September for Congress. All roads lead to a bipartisan deal that jams House conservatives. https://t.co/PmdeiRDvDZ
02:47:55 Retweeted @ComfortablySmug 01:46:04 If you won Powerball, which politician would you buy first?
06:16:53 Retweeted @EricHolthaus 2017-08-23 16:37:21 Just-completed GFS model (12Z) shows nothing less than a flooding catastrophe for Texas. 24-48″ of rain in 3 or 4 dвЂ¦ https://t.co/KiqfxnKKGs
07:03:39 Retweeted @RVAwonk 03:47:15 Crying Nazi Chris Cantwell turned himself in and is currently sitting in jail facing 3 felony charges. https://t.co/xd3QpyJZCg
07:17:45 Retweeted @hackedgrande 2017-08-23 02:24:43 this dude has a weird love for Cheetos and went to their Production Factory and bought 28 industrial sized bags. itвЂ¦ https://t.co/R0rWKiCLK1
20:48:57 Reading – Kelly moves to control the information Trump sees (Johnson/Cook) https://t.co/tLmxt6i4tG

@abulsme tweets from 2017-08-23 (UTC)

00:13:44 Retweeted @btitus 00:06:38 Although it is 100% inadequate, all I can think of myself is WFT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE????? https://t.co/5Bvy07zgJY
00:33:39 What a headline -> Military leaders consolidate power in Trump administration (Costa/Rucker) https://t.co/qPuTYnuxEf
00:42:37 Retweeted @elonjames 00:35:24 Is he trolling? He gotta be trolling. https://t.co/KsGY7eCpTe
00:44:42 Retweeted @elonjames 00:34:26 Um, screw you @facebook. NOBODY WANTS THIS. https://t.co/uRwYURVt73
00:45:38 Retweeted @davepell 00:33:23 Tonight’s episode of President will be filmed in front of a live audience in Arizona.
04:37:22 Retweeted @eliselabottcnn 04:22:08 Former DNI James Clapper on CNN says Trump unfit for office, worried about Trump having access to the nuclear codes. “Pretty damn scary.”
04:53:23 Retweeted @adamcbest 03:47:13 The best speech by a Don tonight was by Don Lemon. His response to Trump’s rally is phenomenal. Nailed it. https://t.co/Y9iX9IDMV3
04:53:28 Wow https://t.co/PZKD0Urbl1
05:04:04 Retweeted @CharlesPPierce 03:24:43 Man, just fck anybody who ever wrote a word about e-mails.
05:56:05 Retweeted @rebliv 04:59:45 Thank god for Haley’s “personal” talk w/Trump & Ivanka’s moderating influence & for the order J. Kelly brings. What a difference they make!
12:59:45 Retweeted @NumbersMuncher 03:28:12 JOHN KELLY: Mr. President, you made progress last night to bring America together. Just keep up the calm, unifyingвЂ¦ https://t.co/uuwMnHjOeB
13:17:37 Reading – As Trump ranted and rambled in Phoenix, his crowd slowly thinned (Jenna Johnson) https://t.co/p9wEXU1TFP
17:17:53 Retweeted @PoliticoCharlie 15:22:10 Amazing. More than 20% of Bernie voters did not vote for Hillary Clinton — and 12% voted for Trump https://t.co/Qo3uTbf5sG
17:28:04 Reading – Unspoken aim of Trump’s ire: his own aides’ advice (Kevin Liptak) https://t.co/tPKkJDO30x
17:39:40 Reading – These Firefighters Celebrated Rescuing Some Piglets By Eating Them And People Are Pissed (McNeal) https://t.co/jAh2Zta8ry
17:43:48 Retweeted @Celeste_pewter 17:32:54 BTW: ICYMI, the first letter of each paragraph spells out “impeach”:https://t.co/WrETsqpClL
19:18:05 Retweeted @mims 19:15:31 this is 60 times what NASA estimates it would cost to put the first person on Mars https://t.co/HpqZ8PjnQk
19:49:21 Retweeted @Taniel 19:23:48 That’s not out of historical precedent; 16% of Clinton primary supporters who voted in 2008 general election went fвЂ¦ https://t.co/V7lHycpKyk
20:11:12 Reading – The GOP Is Enabling an Increasingly Dangerous Demagogue (James Fallows) https://t.co/TbHE9WO8iZ

@abulsme tweets from 2017-08-22 (UTC)

01:03:27 Trump sounds out of breath.
01:07:48 Retweeted @mikeseidel 00:21:56 WOW! Kirsten Jorgensen in Lewiston, ID was about to pack up & go inside then saw the plane. She ran to the cameraвЂ¦ https://t.co/wWhStjfucZ
01:08:16 Retweeted @dandrezner 01:06:46 Trump isn’t really selling this portion of the speech, but props to the speechwriter who subtweeted Trump’s Charlottesville gaffes.
01:10:46 Seriously, he seems a bit out of breath and like he is struggling a little to speak. He sounds like I do when I need a puff of my inhaler.
01:17:30 Retweeted @natsecHeather 01:17:17 important point. President is going against his domestic base here.Worth understanding domestic, foreign policies oвЂ¦ https://t.co/OpBajM0Aib
01:49:26 Retweeted @goldengateblond 01:26:23 STOP IT STOP IT FOR GOD’S SAKE STOP IT https://t.co/cS6tLUMz4C
01:58:54 Retweeted @MiriamElder 01:24:46 Not really hearing much new here aside from that the admin will no longer tell American people about military plans, incl deployment numbers
02:04:04 Retweeted @joncoopertweets 01:24:41 BREAKING: After alt-right organizers saw huge counter-protests in Boston, they’ve canceled 67 “America First Rallies” scheduled in 36 states
02:06:55 Retweeted @KevinMKruse 01:33:53 If you’re tempted to write a “Trump turned presidential!” piece tonight, remember he’s going to be unleashed at a campaign rally tomorrow.
02:16:20 Retweeted @ChuckWendig 01:48:02 *trump pivots, steps on a baby*”Wow, what gravity.”
*trump pivots again, steps into big pile of dog shit*

“He just became president.”
03:17:35 Retweeted @JeremyDDickey 03:16:50 He <symbol><symbol> Is <symbol><symbol> Running https://t.co/MyqNsZLHdE
03:18:28 Retweeted @ChuckWendig 2017-08-21 13:24:46 Just to clarify, it would seem that not only did our president bankrupt the Secret Service, but funneled that money to his own businesses.
03:32:05 Retweeted @ed_kilgore 01:59:10 Now that he’s been all presidential for an evening, I’d guess Trump will really bust loose in Arizona tomorrow night. Could get scary.
03:49:43 Reading – US Navy ship lost steering control before collision (CNN) https://t.co/UVZUpPXLL4
03:52:31 Retweeted @Amy_Siskind 03:29:33 Get it together guys!https://t.co/O1YEFZijqj https://t.co/vZNP05WNm1
03:55:14 Retweeted @DavidMDrucker 03:25:03 POTUS does something Republicans can cheer, sigh of relief builds like a windstorm => https://t.co/USr8KXdcfP
07:05:05 Retweeted @Crommunist 06:45:00 Make sure that you can make the opposing side’s argument in terms they’d accept. THEN explain where it’s wrong.
14:53:59 Retweeted @HamiltonElector 2017-08-21 23:04:15 The President and Vice President of the United States https://t.co/8Sy8iaDMIa
21:00:05 Reading – US Navy collisions stoke cyber threat concerns (Time Johnson) https://t.co/tq411PUP1j
21:54:09 Is the tide finally turning? -> Trump and McConnell Locked in a Cold War, Threatening the GOP Agenda (Burns/Martin) https://t.co/ow1I3lFYe6
22:13:29 Reading – Glenn Simpson, key figure behind million-dollar ‘dossier,’ to face questions (ABC News) https://t.co/WHJBnIw48Q
22:40:02 Thread https://t.co/G0LxidWty5

@abulsme tweets from 2017-08-21 (UTC)

00:56:37 Reading – Talk of вЂPreventive War’ Rises in White House Over North Korea (David Sanger) https://t.co/DQNN7KcV2a
01:06:59 Reading – Ignore The Bullshit: iPhones Are Not Destroying Teenagers (Elizabeth Nolan Brown) https://t.co/IU62A0VR96
01:09:54 Retweeted @tomgara 2017-08-20 23:40:29 Loved this detailвЂ”much of the rise in so-called “millennial narcissism” is really just women becoming more assertivвЂ¦ https://t.co/GgHLWWHpFI
01:34:57 Retweeted @maggieNYT 01:07:51 Per Pool: “the president responded to shouted questions about today’s collision of the USS John S. McCain: ‘That’s too bad,’ he said.”
01:54:55 Thread https://t.co/XaLtN3Yczh
04:55:10 Retweeted @kathbarbadoro 04:06:12 My friend who runs an optical shop explaining why you really should not look at the eclipse https://t.co/UHj6bZshKY
07:19:41 Retweeted @CUTEST_ANlMALS 03:54:46 I don’t know what’s funnier the baby elephant chasing the birds, or when he fell and ran to his mom https://t.co/OTIwIVTEJ1
07:35:25 Retweeted @Rainmaker1973 06:51:03 Total #Eclipse2017 weather update: Idaho and Wyoming ideal, Oregon hazy, Nebraska and east partly cloudyвЂ¦ https://t.co/N3dxsMyaAT
07:36:15 Retweeted @NWSSeattle 06:49:08 The latest cloud cover forecast valid at 10 AM Monday morning near the peak of the Eclipse. Favorable viewing for mвЂ¦ https://t.co/xd0LqUbdsl
15:04:35 Retweeted @becky1505 09:50:22 If you can’t get your hands on #EclipseGlasses for #Eclipse2017 check out the shadow a colander makes! <symbol> during UKвЂ¦ https://t.co/Ou29LXtNh4
15:06:59 Retweeted @NASA 14:29:04 Can’t get solar viewing glasses? You can view #Eclipse2017 by building your own pinhole projector. Safety first!вЂ¦ https://t.co/DhyFYW68PR
15:13:15 Reading – Secret Service depletes funds to pay agents because of Trump’s frequent travel, large family (K Johnson) https://t.co/mWWT9Dfn1t
16:33:21 Eclipse Watching https://t.co/bTDUShTOR5 https://t.co/jA2FqTpyjd
17:49:50 Retweeted @nasahqphoto 17:44:04 Watch @Space_Station transit the Sun as captured by a high-speed camera at 1,500 frames per second! #Eclipse2017вЂ¦ https://t.co/4FoR82ykOw
17:50:30 Retweeted @TheRealBuzz 2017-08-19 21:45:13 It occurred to me that I got to see quite a few solar eclipses. Every time we orbited into the shadow of the moon. #Apollo11 #eclipse2017
17:51:30 Retweeted @yamphoto 17:45:58 Happy totality as seen from Salem, Oregon. May we live long and prosper. #SolarEclipse https://t.co/aDHPOo7DiM
17:53:40 Retweeted @daM00N_ 16:35:00 i will block the sun https://t.co/bvLVZvg1wR
18:13:51 Retweeted @NPRinskeep 17:44:17 The moment. https://t.co/gpRF5OhJKh
18:22:30 Retweeted @Space_Station 17:07:30 It’s the moon, sunspots AND the station in front of the sun. @NASA photographer captures station transiting sun durвЂ¦ https://t.co/3qqrKLPcaw
18:31:01 Retweeted @cbquist 12:36:15 During the eclipse, DO NOT look right at the sun. Make yourself look big, make noise, and back away slowly. Don’t provoke a solar attack.
18:31:42 Retweeted @MCSOInTheKnow 18:03:01 I5 @ Jefferson Exit Marion County. Please be patient and have a safe trip home. https://t.co/wDjikkm2CM
19:12:07 Of course he did. https://t.co/ANfa8iXDXC
20:25:20 Retweeted @Space_Station 20:22:04 Millions of people saw #Eclipse2017 but only six people saw the umbra, or the moon’s shadow, over the United StatesвЂ¦ https://t.co/FvKEJOZoBz
21:22:54 My Eclipse Sequence https://t.co/Hg2S0GWK1b https://t.co/ST9ATtIO4s
21:33:12 Retweeted @NumbersMuncher 21:28:38 <symbol><symbol><symbol> #SolarEclipse2017 https://t.co/v43E6rAHwh
21:34:44 Retweeted @AnnieLLane 20:34:46 so, at least three distinct times? https://t.co/f6RwaE8Iv8
21:41:37 Retweeted @brhodes 21:23:39 Why is it always deemed presidential by pundits to extend or escalate wars and bomb other countries? https://t.co/mkPJ6aqd6y
21:42:11 Retweeted @christinawilkie 13:45:25 Source: “Clinton treated USSS agents like friends. Bush treated them w great respect. Obama, like family. Trump treвЂ¦ https://t.co/yKrh6AML7T
21:42:59 Retweeted @GeorgeHWBush 18:57:17 Four generations of family taking in the partial eclipse today. Already looking forward to the next one in Texas inвЂ¦ https://t.co/bEtYcOyzU3
21:43:12 Retweeted @jamiesont 19:14:52 Literally the only thing you had to do today was to walk onto a balcony and not look directly at the sun https://t.co/jfvs5KA45z
21:43:54 Retweeted @DanLindsey77 21:01:30 The decision of what to choose for today’s #GOES16 Loop of the Day was not a difficult one – #Eclipse https://t.co/4vFJ2FSfxs
21:59:30 Watching – How To Make A Blockbuster Movie Trailer (Auralnauts) https://t.co/IjaxVcMXG7
22:06:10 Retweeted @ramez 21:54:28 The eclipse from Corvalis, Oregon. https://t.co/XkWsrXDgDt
22:07:33 Retweeted @zaidbenjamin 19:57:52 That moment of #SolarEclipse2017 https://t.co/8u8Xz79aWi
22:07:40 Retweeted @JPMajor 21:50:12 Bits of the Sun peeking out from behind the Moon. #SolarEclipse https://t.co/80GEReI7uB
22:17:41 Retweeted @NWSCLE 18:55:26 Watch the #eclipse17 race across the US minute-by-minute on GOES-16. Data prelim and non-operational. https://t.co/l2TkExUtRr
22:18:02 Retweeted @NOAASatellites 19:23:16 Watch the moon’s shadow move across the US in this geocolor loop from #GOES16! See more #SolarEclipse imagery @вЂ¦ https://t.co/4roV21XrNI
22:18:49 Retweeted @NWSOPC 19:42:15 path of totality, as seen via #Goes16 daytime convection RGB #Eclipse2017 https://t.co/Lh9uLBnKFq
22:55:02 Retweeted @BradyHaran 22:22:28 Watch the eclipse as seen on my Snapchat here in England. I do all my own VFX. https://t.co/e25rpq22Y4
22:56:54 Retweeted @sunnyright 22:20:08 To answer your 10pm question now…no, this isn’t a pivot.
No. This isn’t the moment he became president.

Saved you a tweet.
23:15:48 Retweeted @GregorMoulton 22:53:36 Glory of the Heavens via NASA https://t.co/x0fd0EHvzQ https://t.co/hly0B5ssgP
23:48:03 Retweeted @coderobe 2017-08-20 18:34:02 Android…
Android stop
Android what are you doing https://t.co/3lhZN9VE7x
23:51:53 Retweeted @twitjb 23:29:35 More than 350 sun worshippers at the Forty Acre nudist Club near Londell, Mo. watch the beginning of the eclipse frвЂ¦ https://t.co/UwNkeMgOb4
23:53:57 Retweeted @EmilyJillette 23:32:26 Oh yes. Very this. https://t.co/a3mFFTUhLt

@abulsme tweets from 2017-08-20 (UTC)

00:58:16 Retweeted @Six_Pack_Mom 2017-08-19 23:12:22 5y.o: “What’s for dinner?”Me: “It’s veg-”
5: “-I don’t want it.”

Me: “I didn’t even get to say it.”

5: “It wasn’t going anywhere good.”
01:25:21 Retweeted @AstroKatie 2014-10-05 09:40:35 <symbol><symbol><symbol> <– lunar eclipse<symbol><symbol><symbol> <– solar eclipse
<symbol><symbol><symbol> <– apocalypse
01:27:55 Retweeted @stevesilberman 2017-08-19 18:38:53 This week in a single image [via @ianbremmer] https://t.co/aZBwum1yNw
02:55:06 Retweeted @neeratanden 2017-08-19 14:19:07 I have an idea – At least 10% of voters went from supporting Trump to neutral or opposing. Why don’t folks find andвЂ¦ https://t.co/YCh693ac31
03:01:56 Retweeted @KWintie 2017-08-19 18:36:15 Props to the woman who carried this in Boston. Wanted to give it a signal boost on Twitter. https://t.co/lxliNL0dEo
04:31:31 Reading – Charlottesville Was a Preview of the Future of the Republican Party (Alex Pareene) https://t.co/A6WBzJ7qBO
04:36:01 Retweeted @misterbrilliant 2017-08-19 10:31:05 I love how this dog looks at this egg, like he’s learned absolutely nothing. https://t.co/SgXGa4XBtr
04:46:56 Retweeted @pronounced_ing 2017-08-18 13:06:03 This, from an interview with autistic author Naoki Higashida in TIME, is really beautiful. https://t.co/p3lWAC1Er8
17:10:00 Reading – Why top White House officials won’t quit Trump (Mike Allen) https://t.co/3al99VhpSa

@abulsme tweets from 2017-08-19 (UTC)

00:38:01 Retweeted @paleofuture 2017-08-18 16:38:54 “May the shadow of the moon fall on a world at peace.” ABC News report from February 26, 1979 about the world of AuвЂ¦ https://t.co/nmuO8nIE3z
02:07:26 Retweeted @BFriedmanDC 01:43:06 Trump’s new Twitter banner photo: 14 people, 13 white men. This is so WEIRD. https://t.co/tjai8aI9GA
02:58:34 Retweeted @darth 02:05:01 @chrisgeidner wait wat chris https://t.co/LExZ7hPVkL in reply to chrisgeidner
03:05:38 Retweeted @VeraMBergen 01:43:27 The White House just sent out this photo of Trump signing four bills today. Really worth zooming in on each face inвЂ¦ https://t.co/9sNPOtiSqF
03:11:35 Thread -> https://t.co/YQPywYwKMr
04:16:27 Retweeted @JYSexton 02:58:34 I tell you, for a culture that loves history so much it’s weird that there aren’t statues of Nat Turner and John Brown all over the South.
04:38:40 Retweeted @mitchellreports 04:07:58 Politico says McMaster blocked Bannon plan for Erik Prince to pitch privatizing Afghan war at Camp David today; w/ Bannon out so was Prince
04:55:56 Reading – President Trump Is More Isolated Than Ever (Olivia Nuzzi) https://t.co/lQOEkgqYTW
04:56:48 Retweeted @K8brannen 01:16:34 Hearing Trump made decision on Afghanistan today. Going w/ the consensus plan: Stay the course, modest troop increaвЂ¦ https://t.co/dCHKtUCnVy
05:01:05 Preferably 6. Maybe 7 would be OK. If there is no other food available I’ll reluctantly eat 8. Won’t touch any of tвЂ¦ https://t.co/yjcsDOFeEA
05:33:12 Watching – 10 Most Pointless Star Wars Movie Changes You Never Even Noticed (WhatCulture) https://t.co/xBftLnaIZq
15:08:20 Watching – Wonderverse Sizzle (Brett Blake) https://t.co/462AC3myB7
15:10:31 Retweeted @NWSWPC 14:19:11 Here is our latest sky cover forecast for the upcoming solar eclipse. The Pacific Northwest and Tennessee have theвЂ¦ https://t.co/LRlBTdcfZr
15:17:38 Retweeted @voxdotcom 14:45:03 7 things Republicans could do to check Trump without ditching conservative policy https://t.co/kk2RBDasKS https://t.co/FqtugBQIUY
19:19:49 Retweeted @Gus_802 19:18:26 This is essentially your national polling. Give me a break with the congressional district generalizations. https://t.co/A8bw4w3e0N
19:40:52 Retweeted @JohnJHarwood 16:03:00 prediction just in from top R strategist: Trump resigns “once Mueller closes in on him and the family,” Pence makes Rubio VP, “GOP recovers”
19:41:59 Retweeted @SenJohnMcCain 18:06:07 The three amigos together again! https://t.co/IciasfFaPJ
19:43:24 Retweeted @OnlyInBOS 19:12:11 100 vs 30,000…#Boston<symbol>: @ccm1234 https://t.co/5K0G8CnbrZ
20:42:42 Retweeted @W7VOA 20:42:27 And now corrected on the third try from “heel” to “heal.” https://t.co/v3ORSbrHYs
20:48:23 Retweeted @Gus_802 20:47:33 BREAKING: Someone took Trump’s phone away from him for a minute. https://t.co/YruX4S0ALM
20:50:47 Retweeted @ashleyfeinberg 20:50:25 based on how quickly the second tweet followed the first, there’s no way he did em himselfcongrats 2 hope hicks oвЂ¦ https://t.co/fPfgBiVe5E
20:53:00 Retweeted @aravosis 20:52:19 Ouch. https://t.co/TREg5oes3m
20:58:15 Retweeted @mediagetreal 20:57:54 @JohnJHarwood @abulsme Resigns for “health reasons” and starts roaming around 5th Ave in bathrobe like crazy mafia don did a few years ago. in reply to JohnJHarwood
21:29:47 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 21:29:14 @byrdinator There’s always 2024. https://t.co/SX2xOlAdmD in reply to byrdinator
23:01:33 Thread https://t.co/6kDyxeWRdY
23:07:43 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Punch the Cupcakes https://t.co/OJGJwUd7n0 https://t.co/mLlVpG6GEx
23:10:15 Hey @Blatherscribe, my wife and I debate the same thing you and I debated here from 1:15 to 2:03 on this podcast ifвЂ¦ https://t.co/tdZaGGj1QW in reply to abulsme

My Eclipse Sequence

OK, I’m no pro, but not too horrible for a first attempt and just shooting through the filter glass in the box. Perhaps I’ll try again in 2024. :-)

Eclipse Watching

#14 welding glass taped into an cardboard box of approximately head shape. We only made one, so we have to take turns. We’re going to get to 90.8% in our zip code.

Taking a few pictures of the eclipse itself putting the camera in the box too, but it is a bit of a pain. Next time around need a separate rig for the camera.

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