Abulsme.com: Saturday, April 14th, 2018

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Failed Lightning

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan try to do an all lightning round show, but fail spectacularly. Their first segment is… movies!! Both Sam and Ivan talk about their thoughts on some movies they have seen recently. Then they do a segment on the Cohen raid and all the implications that arise from that. Then a mini-segment on Syria… recorded before the US/UK/France airstrikes… then FINALLY they do an actual lightning round to finish things up, including brief discussions on Scooter Libby, Zuckerberg’s testimony, international corruption, an update on tariffs, and much much more!

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Recorded 2018-04-13
Length this week – 1:43:26

(0:01:05-0:26:11) Movies
- Ivan: Darkest Hour (2017)
- Ivan: Burn After Reading (2008)
- Sam: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- Sam: Coco (2017)
- Sam: Black Panther (2018)
- Sam: The Luck of the Irish (2001)
(0:27:32-0:52:17) Cohen Raid
- The raid itself
- Repercussions and reactions
- Clarifications on predictions
- Love child payoff
- Lordy there are tapes!
- Firings coming?
(0:53:59-1:02:33) Syria
- Chemical Weapons
- What good will a strike do?
- Americans killing Russians
(1:04:33-1:43:06) Lightning Round
- Ivan: Scooter Libby
- Sam: Changing approach to Russia?
- Ivan: Trump/Panama thing
- Sam: UK/Russian spy recovering
- Ivan: Zuckerberg testimony
- Sam: Corruption around the world
- Ivan: Paul Ryan decision
- Sam: Boehner and marijuana
- Ivan: CBO deficit estimates
- Sam: Did China blink on tariffs?

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@abulsme tweets from 2018-04-13 (UTC)

00:37:56 Lordy I hope there are tapes. https://t.co/cDJQZjoqGx
00:41:38 Retweeted @lynnv378 00:37:58 Comey speaking right now & his book is opening wounds up that have only partially healed. I’m laughing at some of tвЂ¦ https://t.co/g2Jh4nW9KS in reply to lynnv378
00:49:43 Retweeted @DavidCornDC 00:36:32 The most important Jim Comey news: Trump didn’t care when briefed about the Russian attack. https://t.co/dBfq7izVYU
01:04:16 Retweeted @stevesingiser 2018-04-12 22:49:44 I’ve said this before, but love her or hate her, Clinton had a bunch of bad shit happen to her simply because thoseвЂ¦ https://t.co/vSCLev8vrl
01:08:08 Retweeted @howardfineman 00:30:46 Here’s a cheeky question from a @YaleLawSch friend, arising if #Trump is indicted in a criminal case. Conviction rвЂ¦ https://t.co/3sVhrKuR2G
02:51:23 Woo? https://t.co/yoPeYWtoBg
13:27:18 Listening to The Rachel Maddow Show Rachel Maddow got an early copy of James Comey’s book https://t.co/KzLuxURbLh
15:00:06 Retweeted @TheIncredibles 12:00:03 It’s time to get back to being Incredible. Watch the new trailer for #Incredibles2 now <symbol> https://t.co/fFTIfeM4C9
15:52:30 Great thread and article on creative solutions Maxine learning algorithms have come up with. https://t.co/wX94sgDFdr
16:48:34 How could he not be prepared? The possibility has been discussed for many many months. Presume he has planned out eвЂ¦ https://t.co/SqXplbg9bd
17:05:05 Rosenstein shouldn’t be fired. But it IS probably true that he should have recused from at least the obstruction paвЂ¦ https://t.co/sVM72neTBo
17:59:52 Retweeted @WotDpod 01:18:09 Today’s episode of popular Wiki of the Day is on the article Mark Zuckerberg.Listen to the new episode here:вЂ¦ https://t.co/IE8Y4U7ghv
18:31:32 Retweeted @RosieGray 18:14:29 read @AdamSerwer for a smart critique of Comey: https://t.co/Sc9HQ66pSi
19:28:15 Not that I have time to read it right now, butвЂ¦ here it is. https://t.co/9GgWUmgrUi
20:40:34 Retweeted @NintendoAmerica 18:00:28 26 years ago today Link began his first journey on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System! Talk about a Link to thвЂ¦ https://t.co/w19jq16VOa
21:00:24 Retweeted @magmidd 14:57:28 Your monthly reminder from me: “Millennials” were born in the 80s and early 90s. If you are talking about college sвЂ¦ https://t.co/plFP2ZnJrI
21:04:35 Retweeted @BuzzFeedNews 20:39:00 A 35-page report from the Justice Department’s Inspector General states that former deputy FBI director Andrew McCaвЂ¦ https://t.co/Iiig0DwpVn
21:29:35 WTF https://t.co/Y7J2mrxvjx
21:31:22 I knew I recognized the name… https://t.co/IvcZhMeGft
21:42:09 Retweeted @BNONews 21:39:39 Trump is pushing for a sweeping strike against Syria, but Defense Secretary Mattis disagrees and canceled a windowвЂ¦ https://t.co/A0ed7ubVeJ
21:42:28 Retweeted @PolReformNA 15:26:40 Don’t forget! The application for our (paid!) summer internship closes on Monday, 4/16. https://t.co/OZGlIYPSbQ
21:44:05 Retweeted @peterwsinger 20:19:00 Siri, Tell Me the Names of Some Women Leaders in TechA pitiful number of Americans can name female tech leaders,вЂ¦ https://t.co/dPS7AMZWHW
23:58:29 Boom. BOOM. BOOM. This was the one thing from the dossier we thought had actually been shown to be false so far. GuвЂ¦ https://t.co/Krs9nUpSXe
23:59:14 One thing has become very clear the last few days. Mueller may run a tight ship, but SDNY leaks like a sieve.

@abulsme tweets from 2018-04-12 (UTC)

00:03:23 Forget the governorship. He needs to be in jail. https://t.co/X89sS83BZP
00:17:05 Yup https://t.co/Wd30pee2cd
00:20:36 Retweeted @HansNichols 2018-04-11 23:01:53 I hesitate to post the Pentagon Press Parking Index (PPPI) tonight because if it’s flashing red tomorrow, I may notвЂ¦ https://t.co/4HNe4OSucM
00:54:12 The scary thing is this would no longer be surprising in the slightest. https://t.co/U3dXnlKPn4
12:32:05 Hmmmm…. https://t.co/N9jyLQAzL1
12:38:36 Retweeted @SimonMaloy 2018-04-11 15:41:09 who could have known that cutting taxes would cut the amount of revenue from taxes https://t.co/R42z0wTMmN
16:30:57 Cause that whole leaving it thing was so yesterday. https://t.co/EQkfIwfRns
18:04:58 All empty because this has been telegraphed for days and days now. https://t.co/BtFZmRQ2DJ
18:06:22 Rod must really like these meetings. https://t.co/GsxzaEYZAz
18:44:18 Retweeted @ryanbeckwith 18:30:34 Everything right and wrong with humanity is encapsulated here https://t.co/IP6MwK4Cjy
19:44:13 Retweeted @DanAmira 19:38:28 The Daily Show writers won @hqtrivia today and all it took was an entire room of people working together plus one pвЂ¦ https://t.co/OBsF8R7AgC
19:57:01 Retweeted @20committee 13:16:36 If you read only 1 piece today, make it this one from @MollyMcKew — great stuff.https://t.co/NqB7ETyNKI
20:22:08 Can’t Mueller just force this with a subpoena whenever he wants to if he feels it is actually necessary? NegotiatinвЂ¦ https://t.co/wd0OoQkuEb
20:49:49 @varadmehta In the relevant Nixon and Clinton cases, weren’t appeals expedited all the way to the Supreme Court verвЂ¦ https://t.co/VX2wXYvrA1 in reply to varadmehta
20:54:38 @gtumuluri @varadmehta I would think also Mueller doesn’t NEED the conversation with Trump. So he may or may not waвЂ¦ https://t.co/nJDe5vunDJ in reply to gtumuluri
21:08:58 @varadmehta @gtumuluri The reports today certainly seem to indicate Mueller considered direct questioning of POTUSвЂ¦ https://t.co/TTMapwzXif in reply to varadmehta
21:15:47 Nice https://t.co/Dt5VaQMVwo
21:25:54 Retweeted @Popehat 21:23:32 I would like to edit this to “The Trump administration throws off legal issues like a law school professor writingвЂ¦ https://t.co/vSKo9WDOQX
21:28:10 He is such an idiot. https://t.co/K722vNknxq
21:34:35 Doesn’t everybody say this about their bosses? https://t.co/XJ1tFKxUWR
22:55:23 This. Military involvement in Syria isn’t helping anything, and arguably makes things worse. An open door to anybodвЂ¦ https://t.co/amjMifWwev
23:42:37 Retweeted @ezlusztig 23:29:19 I won’t stop saying it: This is an astonishing thing to admit publicly. That you chose to kneecap a candidate becauвЂ¦ https://t.co/yRiTHOWncs
23:45:10 Retweeted @swin24 23:27:35 I forget who first made this joke but it was something to the effect of вЂњdon’t think the pee tape is real but if IвЂ¦ https://t.co/Vp9r5yKTcU

@abulsme tweets from 2018-04-11 (UTC)

00:35:49 Retweeted @iDudeness 2018-04-10 23:26:22 @Scatterbrandy @abulsme Their graphics editor is a little more direct, I think… https://t.co/LYCvZympLL in reply to Scatterbrandy
00:46:34 Nothing new in the hour I took to drive home from work. So maybe not yet. Or maybe still soon. We know nothing untiвЂ¦ https://t.co/RKsV0EVkiv in reply to abulsme
00:54:40 Presuming Mueller org already has arrangements to share relevant data with other potentially interested parties ifвЂ¦ https://t.co/pW5UtZG8jN
03:14:26 Retweeted @EWErickson 03:04:27 Best line of the night from talking to a GOP congressman: “It’s like Forrest Gump won the presidency, but an evil,вЂ¦ https://t.co/PTvLAbauC2
04:21:14 Retweeted @ActorAaronBooth 03:11:33 Result now final in Iowa #SD25. GOP holds the seat with an 11.97% margin of victory. This is a 14.29% swing fromвЂ¦ https://t.co/lle6LhRisR
04:30:09 Looking forward to the next few days of tweets. https://t.co/fgrF8mgFdm
04:37:00 Pence has been awful quiet lately.
04:42:27 Retweeted @becket 2018-04-10 23:18:07 Photo of Zuck’s notes, by AP’s @andyharnik https://t.co/wF0WAkDdI4
05:05:52 @Scatterbrandy I’ve been waking up most nights just in time to see his first tweets before trying to go back to sleвЂ¦ https://t.co/h6axNUxy5i in reply to Scatterbrandy
05:06:57 Retweeted @Scatterbrandy 04:48:59 Which really means that we aren’t paying attention to the people in our lives. https://t.co/kanBQElLRr
10:45:25 Retweeted @TheDweck 2018-04-10 01:15:25 How dare you all question the integrity of the president on the same day *checks notes* his fake university’s fraudвЂ¦ https://t.co/6Y0Of5CM1P
13:08:01 Buh bye Paul. https://t.co/L5IWaUWsCm
17:17:13 Unfortunately true. https://t.co/W88Rr6UCal
21:29:49 Not holding my breath. https://t.co/YyYXGH0TZD
21:30:56 Listening to RADIO FREE BURRITO dot COM Radio Free Burrito Episode 51: the super happy brain club https://t.co/OX6EvEWFv5
23:13:40 Hmmm… https://t.co/o6iSpjPEiD
23:16:19 Great. To prove Trump isn’t beholden to Russia, the Trump administration is going to ramp tensions up further. ThatвЂ¦ https://t.co/tulaEg9F4c
23:28:51 Retweeted @aravosis 15:22:43 GOP strategist @TheRickWilson on why Trump is a traitor, Michael Cohen is a вЂњdouchebag,вЂќ and the biggest danger AmeвЂ¦ https://t.co/BkQifeQ9p3
23:34:18 Oops. -> Pompeo failed to disclose Chinese business connection | McClatchy Washington Bureau https://t.co/ditUszSOML
23:39:14 Retweeted @scalzi 22:26:47 It’s called rape. He’s a rapist. https://t.co/l0nBNKB4ph

@abulsme tweets from 2018-04-10 (UTC)

00:19:10 Behind a paywall, but Josh and TPM are worth it. So subscribe if you haven’t. :-) https://t.co/yO37E5cjpb
00:26:00 Retweeted @AaronBlake 2018-04-09 23:11:08 Somewhere, Rachel Brand is feeling very good about her life choices.
01:21:28 Oops https://t.co/mcMbGMy51z
01:22:44 He’s gunna blow! https://t.co/4lRMmot249
01:23:20 Retweeted @tommedvetz 2018-04-09 21:29:57 it’s so obvious who’s gonna play Michael Cohen in the movie https://t.co/vehqXRRHp5
01:33:05 Retweeted @peterwsinger 01:17:22 The @FoxNews stories in the “break in case of Trump emergency” file are amazeballs: https://t.co/R2guQc67wg
10:58:14 So sad for them. https://t.co/l3SaUH3Hx5
11:03:16 Retweeted @JuliusGoat 10:47:39 What’s happened to Ingraham, and what happened to Kevin Williamson, is being framed by the right as the left shuttiвЂ¦ https://t.co/adKJW8KKov in reply to JuliusGoat
11:15:04 Witch hunt, witch hunt
Roly-poly witch hunt
Witch hunt, witch hunt
Eat it up, yum! https://t.co/3aWxIRnifC
11:17:55 Retweeted @HeerJeet 03:46:53 Guys. Guys. I’m starting to think giving the most powerful job in the world to a bigoted mobbed up reality show staвЂ¦ https://t.co/CjiOGOChaE
15:32:29 Thread https://t.co/TU7xMUnqGx
16:26:05 Someone is going to be annoyed. https://t.co/YjJZkw2VZY
16:26:45 Important. https://t.co/jp9YbtGS3c
18:08:24 Listening to SyrupCast Podcast Ep. 165: Pumping the brakes on Facebook https://t.co/rXieGTHhfq
19:27:24 Ha! https://t.co/q1kxWiJqa8
19:28:50 I’m actually NOT listening to Zuck live, cause, well, work. But occasionally glancing at Twitter to see if anything big has happened. :-)
20:01:17 Haven’t been listening live, but a quick glance at Twitter says the main Zuck takeaway right now is that all the SeвЂ¦ https://t.co/ktbEBt5KjK
20:05:45 Retweeted @KaivanShroff 18:53:09 Tech companies pretend they don’t understand the subtlety of the bias their platforms introduce, but OF COURSE theyвЂ¦ https://t.co/Iy4slswnKO
20:37:20 Listening to Savage Lovecast Savage Love Episode 598 https://t.co/4FtSIvS9RD
21:16:59 OoooooвЂ¦ https://t.co/HLvFvTEMgv
23:02:56 Listening to EconTalk Vincent Rajkumar on the High Price of Cancer Drugs https://t.co/S12VeFsrkg
23:09:23 Seeing a few references to this on Twitter so far, but hasn’t exploded to the mainstream places yet. But looks likeвЂ¦ https://t.co/4Rj72RP73r
23:15:53 CNN running breaking news that Trump is вЂњconsideringвЂќ firing Rosenstein and maybe Sessions too. But report is justвЂ¦ https://t.co/7GPL6SKgyY
23:17:40 I am dissapoint. https://t.co/k7OwEKMs6f
23:20:02 Retweeted @Scatterbrandy 23:19:07 @abulsme Poor baby. Don’t worry. I sure your data can be compromised by others. in reply to abulsme

@abulsme tweets from 2018-04-09 (UTC)

01:36:59 Solo: A Star Wars Story Official Trailer https://t.co/zoiShlgbLi via @YouTube
04:38:23 Oops https://t.co/7JbYvEqg9r
04:43:45 Retweeted @originalgriz 04:33:11 And scene. https://t.co/352coEQISD
20:04:20 Oops https://t.co/zLWePE8VL7
23:09:07 Is America great again yet?

@abulsme tweets from 2018-04-08 (UTC)

02:05:10 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Tic for Tac https://t.co/dGDtW4GQew https://t.co/pnU4EDjDvD
13:44:43 Since it has come highly recommended by POTUS… https://t.co/vpzH5gnTI5
20:08:25 Listening to The Jason Stapleton Program 749: Get Ready for an All-Out Trade War https://t.co/kYfNJHwQiD
21:39:02 Retweeted @io9 21:27:00 Watch the joyful, tear-filled, and cat-interrupting experience that is building the 7,541 piece Millennium Falcon LвЂ¦ https://t.co/h4mMvTE0KI
21:43:21 Listening to Mom and Dad Are Fighting Fascist Haircut Edition https://t.co/rJqmw7FkCD
22:15:11 Listening to Things That Go Boom What Shakespeare can teach us about PTSD https://t.co/9qQX0goRBj

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