05:22:46 Retweeted @ChadPergram2017-09-20 17:11:32 Colleague Jason Donner rpts Murkowski just finished mtg Graham/Cassidy in Sullivan’s office. Ready to back health care bill? “Nope, I’m not”
19:02:13 Retweeted @MEPFuller18:28:28 If you want to know how great the Graham-Cassidy bill is for states, the bribe for Alaska is that THEY GET TO KEEP OBAMACARE!!
22:56:13 Reading – Trump’s UN speech echoed the views of another Republican: Ted Cruz (Heather Hurlburt) https://t.co/qvG5uM8eFC
01:45:07 Retweeted @AndrewBeatty2017-09-19 16:37:41 A rather large disconnect between the way Washington is receiving Trump’s speech (Trump gonna Trump) and sense of shock elsewhere.
01:48:59 Retweeted @byrdinator2017-09-19 21:54:56 McCain just told us he wants regular order bipartisan health bill and 10 minutes later Republicans killed the regular order bipartisan bill
17:51:55 Retweeted @JamesArkin17:50:13 “The speaker’s been wrong many times before on counting votes,” Rand Paul says on CNN re: Ryan saying House would pass Graham-Cassidy
04:04:04 Retweeted @BenjySarlin2017-09-18 15:58:56 One thing to keep in mind: G-C is a lot closer to BCRA than the “skinny repeal” vote that McCain killed. BCRA failed by significantly more.
05:04:59 Carter walking in his inauguration. The daily days of Iran hostages count. Then parents upset by Reagan win. Then R… https://t.co/OnN7IZRNEn
14:52:10 Retweeted @NGrossman8114:23:02 Stephen Miller (who clearly wrote this) doesn’t realize “everyone do your own thing” and “let’s stop North Korea” are contradictory #TrumpUN
21:29:52 Retweeted @iowahawkblog17:55:35 UN: we condemn DPRK in the strongest terms
Trump: I will fucking nuke them back to the stone age
UN: OK, maybe not in the strongest terms
23:25:01 Retweeted @LaClason19:36:01 McCain on the lone Finance hearing on Graham/Cassidy: “You think that’s regular order?”
02:40:06 Retweeted @ryanbeckwith02:39:31 That New York Times reporter must have been psyched to learn halfway through a spendy lunch at a steakhouse that it could now be expensed.
03:33:50 Retweeted @matthewjdowd2017-09-17 19:07:36 The Constitution says one needs to be at least 35 yrs old to be President. Can Supreme CT clarify that this means maturity, not just actual.
14:21:00 Retweeted @IsaacDovere12:31:16 The president started his Sunday on Twitter taunting a nuclear threat, fantasizing about hitting Clinton & retweeting what may be a sex bot.
16:13:28 Retweeted @renato_mariotti13:28:53 THREAD: Why news that Mueller obtained a search warrant for Facebook content may be the biggest news in the case since the Manafort raid.
19:34:26 Retweeted @PeteJamison18:14:10 The pro-Trump “Mother of All Rallies” happening on the mall right now appears to have attracted between 200 and 300 people.
On Curmudgeon’s Corner this week, Sam and Ivan review the impacts of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and compare to what Katrina looked like 12 years ago. Then they dive into politics, looking at Trumps latests dalliances with the Democrats and what should or should not be read into that, followed by a discussion on the latest efforts on healthcare from both the Republican and Democratic side. Then at the end, a discussion of this week’s Apple announcements.
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Recorded 2017-09-16
Length this week – 2:15:01
(0:01:00-0:10:09) But First
Turning 46
Agenda
Concorde
(0:10:47-0:39:38) Hurricanes
Irma in Florida
Irma in the Islands
Harvey and Irma vs Katrina
Weathering the storm
Nursing Home deaths
(0:40:24-1:14:20) Independant Trump
Making Deals
Schadenfreude
Transactional Trump
Is Trump Republican?
Democrats too happy?
Will this turn the R’s?
He told you!
Equifax Tidbit
(1:15:00-1:34:35) Healthcare
Bernie Plan
Graham-Cassidy
Fixing ACA?
Give Trump a win?
(1:35:15-2:14:40) Apple Stuff
Apple Watch
AppleTV
iPhone 8
iPhone X
Work Phone
The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.
03:02:03 Retweeted @haroldpollack02:44:11 Hey everyone fighting/prognosticating on single payer: stay focused on defending ACA for two more weeks. Graham-Cassidy has a chance to pass
03:59:09 Reading – North Korea Overflies Japan W/ Another Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile: Early Analysis (Ankit Panda) https://t.co/lioXMQRFSc
04:08:55 Retweeted @planet458903:55:04 Cassini now falling at 38000 km/hr through height of 32400 km above clouds, 381000 to Saturn center: <1 Lunar (i.e. Earth-Moon) distance!
11:51:01 Retweeted @elakdawalla11:50:32 They’re doing one last poll of all the systems. We’re joking in the press room that someone might say they’re no go for impact. One can wish
11:52:01 Retweeted @elakdawalla11:51:46 Impact is inevitable, whether the systems are nominal or not. But it’s nice the engineers get one last chance to say “everything is nominal” in reply to elakdawalla
11:54:15 Retweeted @planet458911:54:09 Two minutes till *predicted* LOS. Here’s were we find out what ACTUALLY happened 83 minutes ago and 1.5 billion km away
11:54:20 Retweeted @elakdawalla11:54:12 Thrusters are starting to work harder, Cassini’s having more trouble maintaining orientation.
01:09:57 Fascinating discussion -> Jamie Weinstein talks to Bill Ayers – On Hugo Chavez, Obama dinners, & “small-C” communism https://t.co/8dpqvDov2M
05:35:31 Retweeted @joshtpm05:25:39 Dem leaders have good hand to play here. If it works out, they save the Dreamers. If it doesn’t, still sow epic dissension in GOP ranks.
12:56:00 Retweeted @jdawsey111:47:02 Source with knowledge of meeting described last night as “jovial.” Trump seemed thrilled to be dining and talking with Schumer and Pelosi.
As of the moment this is scheduled to post, at 0:21 UTC on the 16th (5:21 PM Pacific, 8:21 PM Eastern on the 15th) I was exactly 46 years old. This is of course properly taking into account leap years, the fact years are not even numbers of days, time zones, and the time and place I was born… So I am now 46, although it will be a few hours until most others will admit it.
When I sat down to calculate this date and time, I was actually surprised, because I honestly had thought I was already 46 and was about to turn 47. It is easy to lose track of these things. So I got back an extra year! Yay!