12:30:57 Retweeted @cmclymer04:41:24 1/ I have some things to say about the Texas shooting. It’s gonna piss some people off, and that’s too bad. It needs to be said. (thread)
05:16:38 Retweeted @jemisha_johnson2017-11-05 21:52:52 If Texas shooter is:Muslim: More travel restrictions!
Black: More blacks in prison!
Mexican: Build the wall!
White: Protect 2nd A!
09:28:48 This is not the first time a “Trump does something stupid” picture has looked way different in the full context of a video. Lesson learned.
14:40:48 Reading – She flipped off President Trump — and got fired from her government contracting job (Petula Dvorak) https://t.co/jJ16zNXnfl
15:59:39 I’ve seen speculation along those lines. But nothing solid. If it was a rando would have been stronger charges. His… https://t.co/g0QbzmGzG2
20:39:28 Retweeted @TheNewMeat2017-11-03 22:24:17 People who say “Hitler was a socialist cuz his party included the word socialist” must be incredibly confused that the titmouse is a bird
21:56:47 Retweeted @Mikel_Jollett19:52:45 Once. Just once, I want a news journo to say: “We’re not covering latest Clinton thing bc after 20 years we’ve learned they’re bullshit.”
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam is joined by guest hosts Ed and Darryl. They of course talk about the Manafort and Gates indictment, the Papadopoulos guilty plea, and the ramifications of all that to the Mueller investigation. In addition, they discuss the continuing revelations on the degree of influence social media has on our political process, the civil wars in both the Republican and Democratic parties, an old Ehrlichman interview, the opioid crisis, and gerrymandering.
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Recorded 2017-11-02
Length this week – 2:10:09
(0:00:15-0:03:03) But First
Introductions
Agenda
(0:03:39-0:38:01) Indictments
Reactions to Manafort and Gates
Financial Crimes vs Russian Collusion
Coordinated distractions
Papadopoulos
Rejecting the rules
Predictions
(0:38:47-1:09:21) Social Media
The Texas rallies
Extent of exposure
Anybody else can too
Social media character assassination
Manipulating emotions
Viral spin
Transparency
(1:11:21-1:45:51) Partisan Civil Wars
Driving off that cliff
Fate of Trump
Republican primary voters
The lost middle
Congressional races
Bernie vs Hillary
Origins of the Democratic fight
How serious a division?
Purity Democrats
(1:46:32-2:09:49) Other Stuff
Old Ehrlichman interview
Opioid crisis
Gerrymandering
The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.
Yeah, second timelapse in a week, but we just had the first snow of the season. And the AbulCam was still pointed at the driveway and caught all of the snow falling… then rapidly melting again. It also caught me, Brandy, and Alex leaving for a trip to the east coast. So we missed the snow! Anyway… enjoy!
Although I’ve missed a few, most years lately I’ve tried to do a timelapse of the trick-or-treat hours at my house. Here is this year’s. I think it came out pretty well this time!
Some facts:
The first trick treaters arrived at 1:01 UTC (6:01 PM Pacific)
The peak 20 minute period was 1:40 UTC to 2:00 UTC (6:40 PM to 7:00 PM Pacific).
The last visitors came at 3:10 UTC (8:10 PM Pacific).
Total for the night was 143 people, including both kids and parents.
And here is the histogram of when people came based on analysis of the timelapse:
You can of course also see my family getting ready, going out ourselves, and cleaning up afterwards. Oh, and the 21 additional hours of November 1st (UTC) after all that was over.
And of course, all this is possible because finally, about a year since it stopped being fully functional and I didn’t have time to fix it because I was swamped with electiongraphs.com, the AbulCam is back and better than ever. I upgraded both the hardware and software behind it in the last few weeks to be ready for Halloween. So enjoy and check by any time. It will probably usually be mounted in my home office, but at the moment it is still pointed at our driveway. Over time I may move it to other interesting places depending on what I feel like. :-)
10:19:01 Hey @imbou, remember a few years ago on the show when we joked about the possibility of liquidating everything & pu… https://t.co/9o5k9LX1N9
10:44:08 I always love that story of the Bitcoin pizza purchase & how much that would be worth now. That guy must be reminde… https://t.co/3kd851QjO2