Abulsme.com: Friday, September 1st, 2017

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Two Humps

On Curmudgeon’s Corner this week guest cohost Ed joins Sam to discuss Hurricane Harvey, the pardon of Sheriff Joe, Schneiderman teaming up with Mueller, gerrymandering, and partisan sorting as their bigger topics. But they also touch on Sam wearing a suit for the first time in over a decade, the speakers at the event he went to, and the possibility of just paying Democrats to move to red states.

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Recorded 2017-08-31
Length this week – 1:59:04

(0:01:30-0:29:19) But First
- Agenda
- Ed’s athletics
- Sam in a suit
- Dem fundraiser speakers
- Addition vs subtraction
(0:29:55-1:01:38) Hurricane Harvey
- The damage
- Nobody predicted?
- Evacuation decisions
- Planning for foods
- Reactions to climate change
- Trump’s visit
- Asian flooding
(1:02:47-1:26:00) Trump Stuff
- Sheriff Joe
- Schneiderman and Mueller
- Moscow Trump Tower
(1:26:39-1:58:44) Gerrymandering and Such
- The basics
- Pennsylvania
- Hard to change
- But I like mine
- Partisan sorting
- Pay people to move?
- Realignment

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@abulsme tweets from 2017-08-31 (UTC)

03:30:16 Retweeted @Reagan_Airport 2017-08-30 14:14:11 Has anyone seen this lost stuffed badger? Beloved animal slept w 6 yr old every night since infancy. Lost betweenвЂ¦ https://t.co/OvvYD4G5Kf
13:33:36 Retweeted @janmpdx 2017-08-30 05:19:24 It’s Mary Shelley’s birthday. Celebrate by creating something you can’t control and wondering whether it wants to eвЂ¦ https://t.co/gIAJTrVqJD
13:56:33 Retweeted @ianbremmer 2017-08-30 16:43:39 Houston.
Mumbai.
Niger.All within the past week. https://t.co/CWk1N4ae7N
13:56:38 Retweeted @junkyardmessiah 07:02:05 And Sierra Leone two weeks ago. https://t.co/vRQVxps7wV
15:35:18 Retweeted @BoingBoing 12:20:23 Bread storage alignment chart https://t.co/NeoxtI7rEb https://t.co/kB2Fk6WJgr
16:11:48 Thread https://t.co/WLDqGc0zN1
21:10:10 Retweeted @KevinMKruse 21:02:36 Trump’s Gallup approval rating is down to 34%, lower than Ike, JFK, LBJ, Ford, Reagan, Clinton or Obama ever had duвЂ¦ https://t.co/uyepv2x2Dr
21:10:15 Retweeted @KevinMKruse 21:04:35 Truman only went lower than 34% in December 1950, when the Chinese army entered the Korean War & WWIII suddenly seeвЂ¦ https://t.co/FM4sDoKqdC in reply to KevinMKruse
21:10:19 Retweeted @KevinMKruse 21:06:15 Nixon only sank below 34% deep into the Watergate investigations, after John Dean’s testimony and revelations aboutвЂ¦ https://t.co/rP7hprMLTU in reply to KevinMKruse
21:10:25 Retweeted @KevinMKruse 21:09:33 Carter only crossed 34% late in his term, in May 1979, as the energy crisis began and unemployment started to soar. https://t.co/d0UXBzSVm1 in reply to KevinMKruse

@abulsme tweets from 2017-08-30 (UTC)

01:57:25 Retweeted @natsecHeather 01:55:51 Whole dissertations in civ-mil relations will be written on these highlighted sentences. https://t.co/Fjz6QLPEr6
04:05:54 Retweeted @RobbieGramer 04:05:29 Every other headline I saw said Mattis snubbed/defied/disobeyed Trump’s order, which is inaccurate/incredibly misleвЂ¦ https://t.co/IESb5SERPY
14:27:09 Reading – Trump’s shrinking West Wing (Annie Karni) https://t.co/sahlNFuTwp
20:19:44 Reading – These Women Entrepreneurs Created A Fake Male Cofounder To Dodge Startup Sexism (John Titlow) https://t.co/wyqJqZitJG
22:26:14 Retweeted @aravosis 22:25:40 It’s not just morons. This is a coordinated disinformation campaign. https://t.co/ykvPJ1LG1K
23:31:46 Reading – Chemical plant struck by Harvey now apt to explode (Matt Dempsey) https://t.co/zAQvEsYleH
23:52:27 Reading – Mueller teams up with New York attorney general in Manafort probe (Josh Dawsey) https://t.co/FSXm8rYzkP

@abulsme tweets from 2017-08-29 (UTC)

00:16:02 Nobody should be surprised by this at all -> Lurid Trump allegations made by Mensch & co came from hoaxer (Swaine) https://t.co/LiPimk5TaF
00:20:49 UmвЂ¦ https://t.co/DyBdQ1Hym1
00:50:16 Retweeted @benjaminwittes 2017-08-28 23:02:35 This is very interestingMueller Team Asking If Trump Tried to Hide Purpose of Trump Tower Meeting – NBC News https://t.co/ZVc7kSVUqE
15:13:17 Retweeted @emjbourne 12:13:38 On this anniversary of #HurricaneKatrina making landfall let us never forget…Barack Obama wasn’t president.
SвЂ¦ https://t.co/pxFhMbASxq
19:31:24 Retweeted @KT_So_It_Goes 18:17:31 pls kill me https://t.co/e4jlkshM11
20:29:48 Reading – People who approve of Trump do so *because* of his behavior in office, not despite it (Philip Bump) https://t.co/oNs0KMr9J2
23:44:27 !!! https://t.co/pRM8owUkIW

@abulsme tweets from 2017-08-28 (UTC)

02:46:17 Retweeted @CorbettMatt 00:07:18 A Houston floodsplainer:
(caveat, I’m not a pro, just someone interested in how my city works. If a real pro finds an error, please LMK)
03:33:52 Reading – Trump’s business sought deal on a Trump Tower in Moscow while he ran for president (WaPo) https://t.co/BxwMPlt1Hw
04:38:41 Retweeted @mannyNYT 04:24:34 This is an amazing before-and-after Harvey video, shot by friends and colleagues https://t.co/kbFzDwj7em
04:39:37 Retweeted @Mike_Hixenbaugh 2017-08-27 21:00:42 Pro tip: Don’t touch the floating fire ant colonies. They will ruin your day. #Harvey https://t.co/uwJd0rA7qB
04:42:49 Reading – Trump vents in Oval Office, “I want tariffs. Bring me some tariffs!” (Jonathan Swan) https://t.co/raPdogfls9
14:11:45 Retweeted @EricHolthaus 13:17:06 Buffalo BayouвЂ”the main river in downtown HoustonвЂ”now expected to rise another *11 feet* above current levels by TueвЂ¦ https://t.co/6TMk4PbqsW
14:15:17 Retweeted @gdebenedetti 14:00:28 There seems to be a misunderstanding about the scale of what’s happening. Houston has more people (2.3 million) than 15 different states.
14:29:10 Retweeted @ElectProject 13:37:03 Gerrymandering really doesn’t get more self-serving than this https://t.co/c91aWOGOcU
16:21:57 Retweeted @simongerman600 16:06:36 #Map shows ethnicities and state borders across the #MiddleEast. What could possibly go wrong?вЂ¦ https://t.co/NogeztP9Ov
19:00:59 Reading – It’s Time: Congress Needs to Open a Formal Impeachment Inquiry (Chong/Wittes) https://t.co/Tl8lcYf3gh
19:05:17 Reading – Trump Associate Boasted That Moscow Business Deal вЂWill Get Donald Elected’ (Apuzzo/Haberman) https://t.co/OiMTsuYy3l
20:42:06 Sigh https://t.co/frCxAAgHVC
20:49:17 Trump just thought two women reporters were the same reporter? Really? Sigh.

@abulsme tweets from 2017-08-27 (UTC)

06:56:15 Retweeted @NWSHouston 06:45:05 1:45 AM CDT FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY LIST UPDATE. CATASTROPHIC LIFE THREATENING FLOODING ONGOING ACROSS SE TEXAS.вЂ¦ https://t.co/XTAXD0DTLV
08:11:18 Retweeted @planetforgium 2017-08-26 13:17:12 Just a twitter reminder that Cassini now has less than 20 days left before it becomes a part of Saturn forever. https://t.co/9MYtLOxAVC
08:36:21 Retweeted @TTrogdon 07:57:01 This is *the* worst case scenario for Houston and surrounding areas. Look out for your neighbors and help each otheвЂ¦ https://t.co/1q1PTMnNTQ in reply to TTrogdon
15:05:08 Retweeted @kylegriffin1 14:48:50 Must-watch. Wallace asks Tillerson if Trump speaks for American values: “The President speaks for himself.” (Note WвЂ¦ https://t.co/l9RCB84IrP
15:07:56 Retweeted @EricHolthaus 13:10:27 There are no words. https://t.co/zbrFENCDsA
15:08:50 Retweeted @blkahn 2017-08-25 23:43:22 What meteorologists had to track Carla, the last Category 4 storm to hit Texas in 1961 vs. what they’re looking atвЂ¦ https://t.co/PlHxfbrete
15:15:24 Retweeted @TimBuckleyWX 14:43:09 There’s a highway under there. https://t.co/ZYACzDGMO1
15:48:07 Retweeted @NWS 15:44:09 This event is unprecedented & all impacts are unknown & beyond anything experienced. Follow orders from officials tвЂ¦ https://t.co/UkEGUihDrU
15:49:22 Retweeted @gerrycanavan 15:44:24 We’re at no one could have predicted with three days of rain to go. https://t.co/0lQGbKbMJ4
15:51:49 Retweeted @NBCNewsPR 13:41:20 EXCLUSIVE — > Kasich shuts down rumors on 2020 run WITH Hickenlooper https://t.co/rOK6cRjgZb
18:05:51 Retweeted @renato_mariotti 00:01:53 THREAD: Why is the news that Trump asked Sessions to kill the Arpaio investigation the most important obstruction evidence since Comey?
19:04:14 Retweeted @amanbatheja 18:00:43 The debate of whether Houston should have issued a mandatory evacuation is more complicated than many probably realize 1/x
19:11:52 Reading – Harvey is causing вЂepic catastrophic flooding’ in Houston. Why wasn’t the city evacuated? (Wang/Wootson) https://t.co/CrvB4I83gZ
19:18:10 Retweeted @abc13houston 15:32:09 We don’t have any safe routes to tell you. Our crews aren’t able to get around either. Officials ask that you not lвЂ¦ https://t.co/m38hV5FLUU
20:40:26 Retweeted @OmarVillafranca 16:06:27 Fire ants form a protective island as they float out the #Houston flood https://t.co/UBORwAzA4R
21:16:16 Retweeted @Weather_West 17:33:38 Latest models: meandering #Harvey to bring ADDITIONAL 20-30 inch to #Houston (total 50+). Genuinely horrifying scenвЂ¦ https://t.co/PHZAVDTJJz
21:29:22 Retweeted @blkahn 19:59:37 Rescue boats swerve around stranded cars in Dickinson. Harvey turning Houston metro area into a real life Waterworld https://t.co/pHOqaXCiPI
21:32:25 Retweeted @ABC 19:55:04 Startling image prompts emergency evacuation of nursing home in Dickinson, TX; 20-25 residents safely evacuatedвЂ¦ https://t.co/mUzc1Fv4Ba
22:59:05 Retweeted @scoejarborough 2017-08-26 01:53:25 so uh HOLY FUCK, joe arpaio’s department set a house on fire and when a dog ran out and they forced it back inвЂ¦ https://t.co/ujcURsJxAG

@abulsme tweets from 2017-08-26 (UTC)

01:16:25 Retweeted @jason_kint 00:11:53 Do I have this right?Friday night:
North Korea – missiles
Texas – Category 4 Hurricane
Transgender military ban
Pardon racist
End DACA
01:17:58 Wait until he pardons himself, his whole family, and anyone else in his admin implicated in either Russia issues orвЂ¦ https://t.co/NpEeuwISvV
01:28:15 Retweeted @BNONews 01:15:33 The eyewall of Hurricane Harvey is beginning to move onshore of the middle Texas coast – NHC https://t.co/DsLYUZXhk8 in reply to BNONews
01:28:49 Retweeted @MayorStanton 00:52:57 Joe Arpaio illegally targeted and terrorized Latino families. Our community voted him out of power. Donald Trump caвЂ¦ https://t.co/CQrM2NZxFF
01:29:11 Retweeted @imbou 01:28:53 @abulsme Of course a pardon doesn’t stop impeachment! in reply to abulsme
01:29:20 Or state charges. https://t.co/hKHLcWABlQ
01:35:47 Retweeted @wxbrad 00:22:51 That’s the strongest looking hurricane on satellite I have ever seen at #Landfall in the U.S. #Harvey https://t.co/XKDaRM2DrG
01:36:11 Retweeted @Accu_Jesse 00:53:04 I’ve only seen one…
https://t.co/ntSAc8tU4u https://t.co/uKvDl6Mp96
01:36:36 Retweeted @bobcesca_go 00:59:26 The Arpaio pardon is meant to distract us from Gorka which is meant to distract us from transgender ban which is meant to…….Ah fuck.
01:58:21 Retweeted @BNONews 01:57:25 Geocolor image taken 55 minutes ago shows Hurricane Harvey making landfall on the coast of Texas – NOAA https://t.co/DLEOhvtCyA in reply to BNONews
02:50:56 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 02:14:08 I was gonna go take a shower but I’m sure I’ll come out to find that North Koreans have landed in Seattle and the whole Cabinet is indicted
04:04:46 Retweeted @zatchry 2017-08-25 23:28:37 Absolutely brutal takedown by the judge in the dismissal of the frivolous #DNCFraudLawsuit.
https://t.co/UK73HUOJ3Z https://t.co/xvENtrxe6p
04:05:20 Retweeted @JoshuaChavers 03:06:55 Category 4 landfalling hurricanes in the US:2017 – Harvey
2004 – Charley
1989 – Hugo
1961- Carla
1960 – Donna
1957 – Audrey
1954 – Hazel
04:07:42 Retweeted @alexhern 2017-08-24 21:13:05 That was an unexpected turn of events https://t.co/mhEr5uxWqR
04:27:47 Retweeted @BradMossEsq 04:02:03 If you’re still up, here’s my thoughts on the real motive behind the #ArpaioPardon. Hint: it’s about #russiagate. https://t.co/Y631GLBl6z
04:27:54 Retweeted @SeaTimesSports 04:27:03 Cliff Avril joins Michael Bennett on the bench near the end of the national anthem before Seahawks-Chiefs on FridayвЂ¦ https://t.co/4iDq843ZX1
04:46:54 Retweeted @AndyRichter 2017-08-25 06:03:28 Kids doing poorly in school because they can’t afford eyeglasses. EYEGLASSES. Now tell me again how rich white pplвЂ¦ https://t.co/sHYgErUK9k
04:51:44 Retweeted @willwilkinson 04:38:54 There’s a hell of a lot of constutional amending to do, huh?
04:57:41 Retweeted @pppapin 04:12:15 Taking a step back from #Harvey‘s landfall, this was a remarkable #RI event. From TD->Cat4 #hurricane in 48h & +85kвЂ¦ https://t.co/Mp8L62Vs0L
10:49:54 Retweeted @SykesCharlie 03:34:10 Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the mentality of the Trumpist Right. It’s all about liberal tears. https://t.co/On1MT6lRY8
10:51:21 Retweeted @phoenixnewtimes 02:01:50 We’ve been covering Joe Arpaio for more than 20 years. Here’s a couple of things you should know about him… 1/many
11:51:30 Retweeted @JamesMelville 2017-08-25 09:32:31 The breakdown of Britain’s relationship with the EU condensed into a conversation.
#Brexit https://t.co/R3jCRfi7sg
18:01:34 Retweeted @TheRock 16:51:53 I gotta shake the hand of a real life 10yr old hero.
Jacob, I’m gonna fly you and your familyвЂ¦ https://t.co/M02sek4KeD
18:04:07 Retweeted @FHQ 18:03:27 Important difference between the DNC and RNC rules: Dems have pledged delegates, GOP has bound delegates.
https://t.co/9GoUCZeffx
19:55:35 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Pour My Brain https://t.co/3PiYDCo6q2 https://t.co/ACpZavR7Sh
22:31:49 Retweeted @Breaking911 22:15:36 WATCH: Houston man claims a hawk would not leave his taxi as Hurricane Harvey barreled toward Texas Friday – NBChttps://t.co/2BLWljeW5R
23:36:29 More attempted obstruction -> Trump asked Sessions about closing case against Arpaio (Rucker/Nakashima) https://t.co/Rv4pRoEhFL
23:49:27 Retweeted @seanbonner 23:16:42 This is actually how justice and the rule of law are supposed to work. https://t.co/qlLL7dNrdM

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