Abulsme.com: Friday, June 15th, 2018

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Tell Me Something New

Ed joins Sam on this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner. Ed educates Sam on the new “Right to Try” law. They discuss if Trump actually has malicious motivations or actually believes he is doing positive things, specifically with regard to how he is handling relations with America’s allies. And finally, they talk about how a complicated story like the Trump/Russia investigation just leaves people confused and tired, while constant repetition of “witch hunt!” is a simple clear message that penetrates to those who are inclined to believe it. Yet another full show!

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Recorded 2018-06-14
Length this week – 1:26:40

(0:00:15-0:06:52) Intro
(0:08:35-0:34:32) Right to Try
(0:35:51-1:00:00) Trump’s Motives
(1:00:45-1:26:20) Complex Crimes, Simple Distractions

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@abulsme tweets from 2018-06-14 (UTC)

05:20:32 Retweeted @cmMcConnaughy 2018-06-13 21:02:32 Our humanity is being tested and we are failing.And it does not matter who started it when. It’s not relative. https://t.co/27WG6ieVRo
05:26:41 Retweeted @rudepundit 05:20:34 Or, and I mean this with all possible disrespect, you and every MAGA drone can go fuck yourselves. https://t.co/5RvhaTGy1x
06:30:41 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 05:09:12 I haven’t seen this stated so baldly anywhere else. https://t.co/Z8OnoYkKMB https://t.co/t20g9xqoVJ
17:01:38 Retweeted @JesseFFerguson 15:21:17 BREAKING from @BuzzFeedNews -“Trump Told World Leaders Crimea Is Russian Because Everyone There Speaks Russian”
https://t.co/a4F1jIT69y
17:02:07 Oops https://t.co/aJJjdG0Aiy
17:17:23 Retweeted @joshtpm 17:08:13 The issue in IG Report is not that it somehow fails to prove Trump’s arguments. Democrats need to be on the attack.вЂ¦ https://t.co/QtlpSEumUE
17:28:39 Retweeted @joshtpm 17:27:43 Today is a good object lesson for understanding Trumps strategic use of bullshit. Most commentary is that report **вЂ¦ https://t.co/If2ETOTaaf
17:30:17 Thread https://t.co/HlcNjy98Oi
17:38:15 Retweeted @drvox 17:37:53 All those who pretended to care about the fake scandals around the Clinton Foundation must be completely outraged aвЂ¦ https://t.co/avODDJreF2
17:45:32 Retweeted @NoahCRothman 17:45:03 How вЂњextremely carelessвЂќ of him. https://t.co/S9hnddGxKy
18:02:01 Retweeted @paleofuture 18:00:44 At some point we’re going to see a literal smoking gun and it still won’t matter. None of it matters to people whoвЂ¦ https://t.co/QG6ox2gbED
18:04:07 There is no way I’m going to read 500+ pages, but here it is. I’ll wait for good well documented summaries which wiвЂ¦ https://t.co/8fgZPh986d
18:06:27 Retweeted @Wilson__Valdez 18:01:41 Right. One thing that everyone (especially those super savvy folks in the media) knew is that pretty much everyoneвЂ¦ https://t.co/O0hoXzhhLA
18:08:21 The executive summary is only 14 pages. MAYBE I’ll carve out time to read that later todayвЂ¦ https://t.co/0Uy0xjwT8u in reply to abulsme
18:37:03 Retweeted @kyledcheney 18:02:54 Source briefed on the IG report says issue of alleged leaks to Rudy about Clinton investigation info isn’t limitedвЂ¦ https://t.co/DWifqWU0yo
18:39:03 Retweeted @RVAwonk 18:37:59 HOW ARE THEY ARE SO BAD AT THIS? https://t.co/uJrwFPZVFc
18:48:11 Retweeted @JohnJHarwood 18:27:30 to sum up: Justice Dept Inspector General concluded that bias did NOT affect Clinton email investigation, that FBIвЂ¦ https://t.co/1G08i6AAwJ
19:22:28 Retweeted @HashtagGriswold 14:59:15 Incredible: the Trump Foundation treasurer didn’t even know he was treasurer until federal investigators told him. https://t.co/YRcAZbtPNO
19:23:40 Retweeted @LarrySabato 18:38:59 Just today I’ve seen umpteen stories on many old and new Trump scandals and scandal-ettes. Oddly, this is providingвЂ¦ https://t.co/lSPNs1j5Bn

@abulsme tweets from 2018-06-13 (UTC)

00:47:43 Retweeted @joshscampbell 2018-06-12 22:27:45 Developing: Justice Department turns the tables on politicized House Intelligence Committeehttps://t.co/Er454BcRBN
02:10:35 Retweeted @WotDpod 02:01:38 Today’s episode of popular Wiki of the Day is on the article Kim Jong-un.Listen to the new episode here:вЂ¦ https://t.co/tKhfavSaol
02:26:02 Retweeted @MalloryNoePayne 00:40:44 The night of the woman in #Virginia. In the four seats Dems are targeting, they’ve chosen to run an all-female slatвЂ¦ https://t.co/A8VAcM3fQ8
03:29:42 Retweeted @hot_guac 03:29:04 #mprraccoon stay safe… https://t.co/TscBhHERcX
03:33:38 Retweeted @timnelson_mpr 03:31:16 The #mprraccoon is that little dark spot up on the building. He’s coming down, one floor at a time. Four stories soвЂ¦ https://t.co/IFFWD6lzrO
05:23:45 Retweeted @timnelson_mpr 05:18:28 Here’s your midnight update: The #mprraccoon is moving…laterally. Still on 17th floor, making its way around the building.
05:52:25 Retweeted @ASmallFiction 05:41:07 Dog worried when his people left.They were bad smellers. What if they couldn’t smell a way home?
But somehow they did.

Dog was so proud.
10:47:09 Retweeted @timnelson_mpr 07:48:45 The #mprraccoon just made it to the roof! Video courtesy @DPet_KARE11News https://t.co/Wb5xPsANZh
10:48:11 Retweeted @WCCO 10:38:17 The moment you’ve all been waiting for… The #mprraccoon finally made it to the roof! https://t.co/2jcQ3Jzakr https://t.co/dOztFl5Kxy
14:17:57 Retweeted @ubs_plaza 12:29:56 After a delicious meal of soft cat food, #mprraccoon has been caught and will be picked up by Wildlife Management.вЂ¦ https://t.co/BMd6bHtLqC
14:19:34 Retweeted @alicialewisKARE 09:16:20 What you’ve all been waiting for… #MissionImpossible #MPRraccoon <symbol> @kare11 @ElleryTV @DPet_KARE11NewsвЂ¦ https://t.co/UX1XpRPm20
15:32:20 Retweeted @timnelson_mpr 15:17:03 Here is the #mprraccoon being picked up by technicians from Wildlife Management Services just now. Taken away by trвЂ¦ https://t.co/CahC5V3IEd
16:04:22 Fun week. https://t.co/sP9dQJU2Z2
23:28:02 Retweeted @marceldirsus 13:04:11 This is part of a speech given by German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas today. We are witnessing a seismic shift in woвЂ¦ https://t.co/UCXSkXCIvk

@abulsme tweets from 2018-06-12 (UTC)

00:52:55 @btitus See article. Quail Ridge. in reply to btitus
01:05:00 There ya go. Two dumbasses.
01:57:23 Retweeted @DevonESawa 01:53:41 Is this real life? https://t.co/RP0tNVdoBS
02:34:15 Retweeted @MaxBoot 01:20:48 For both men the summit is already a success. The spectacle is all. Both leaders revel in the spotlight and want meвЂ¦ https://t.co/3vCFd6YrZB
02:56:39 Retweeted @ryanstruyk 02:03:52 If you’ve never read the United Nations report from 2014 about the egregious human rights violations and crimes agaвЂ¦ https://t.co/AwNkymJQ6t
03:13:39 Retweeted @PhilippeReines 01:46:14 If youвЂre Kim Jong Un and your entire experience w America is Donald Trump & Dennis Rodman, would you give up your nukes?
06:03:43 Retweeted @EmmaKennedy 05:57:53 That’s code for вЂњWe don’t want to be asked questions about it at the Press Conference because we all know it’s emptвЂ¦ https://t.co/yu2nxlAofb
06:11:28 Retweeted @GoAngelo 04:47:27 America’s strongest allies: Hey, will you sign this statement just summarizing what we just talked about at our annвЂ¦ https://t.co/A1sVGQzSxg
06:15:13 Retweeted @BBCMonitoring 01:24:10 Screenshots taken at the same moment on TV in South Korea, China, Japan and North Korea. #TrumpKimSummit https://t.co/AZ4uYv02cW
06:27:06 Retweeted @LarryDiamond 06:22:10 “The President of the US just legitimated one of the world’s worst dictators, and we don’t know what we got for thaвЂ¦ https://t.co/idi0SXejlS
06:27:51 Retweeted @martyn_williams 06:19:02 North Korean TV just came on the air for Tuesday. Leading the broadcast was a short report, accompanied with no phoвЂ¦ https://t.co/O9tUGe7DDW
06:59:58 Thread with agreement text from picture at signing. Nice. https://t.co/3CkE4hYSLy
07:04:24 Retweeted @r0wdy_ 06:44:24 @MaxBoot Congrats are in order for Trump, who managed to negotiate the same non-binding agreement the Bush admin agвЂ¦ https://t.co/lyL5PnEPkh in reply to MaxBoot
07:06:19 Retweeted @Robert_E_Kelly 06:50:51 Wow. If this is it… this is depressing. This is even thinner than most skeptics anticipated. I figured Trump wd aвЂ¦ https://t.co/wHFwIQ4PfC
07:06:49 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 05:53:32 I just watched a completely clueless President proclaim a special bond with one of the most ruthless murderers in tвЂ¦ https://t.co/JntvaLCJpX
07:10:15 Retweeted @prchovanec 06:46:43 I honestly didn’t know what to expect.
But it looks like what just happened is that President Trump gave Kim Jong-uвЂ¦ https://t.co/dCq7GhAcJl
09:27:11 Retweeted @ZekeJMiller 09:17:03 Trump says in six months he may get up and say he was wrong about Kim/NKorea if they don’t follow through on promisвЂ¦ https://t.co/Xso0PakhSH
18:37:09 <symbol> https://t.co/nnvzTSfIWs
18:49:36 I would consider that this was an intentional attack on newspapers, but I’m not sure that they are smart enough toвЂ¦ https://t.co/UDSAuVXx0t
20:39:58 Oh noвЂ¦ good luck little guy. https://t.co/ncKly3PUCS
21:06:20 Retweeted @donnelly_law 20:48:31 He is on the ledge on our floor. He seems to be doing well. We’ve been told that the building has live traps on theвЂ¦ https://t.co/yaXldhzZz2
21:25:22 Retweeted @sarahgranger 20:22:21 And oh by the way… 70+ internet pioneers to the EU: you are transforming the internet into a “tool for automatedвЂ¦ https://t.co/cUAvAjEEAe
22:01:42 I know #mprraccoon is probably not going to end well, but I can’t help from checking every 15 minutes or so.
22:49:52 Retweeted @MayorCarter_ 22:37:23 Even wild animals know @cityofsaintpaul is a great place to reach for higher heights. We’re working with staff & buвЂ¦ https://t.co/hVfHm6k83g

@abulsme tweets from 2018-06-11 (UTC)

01:59:59 Retweeted @ananavarro 01:43:11 вЂњFool TradeвЂќ is what we got when 46% of America traded the US Presidency for a bad reality show starring a narcissiвЂ¦ https://t.co/VVyiI56Oyh
02:02:25 Retweeted @carolecadwalla 2018-06-10 23:21:38 Dear America, you need to get to grips with story dominating UK press. Today, we reveal how Russian ambassador grooвЂ¦ https://t.co/Q9g5yBa2Er
04:00:20 Retweeted @gamespot 02:23:55 Here’s uh… Skyrim Very Special Edition #BethesdaE3 #E32018 #GameSpotE3 https://t.co/c4smi1aGH1
05:33:33 Retweeted @ImACultHero 2018-06-06 12:26:42 Me and the 3 followers that always like my tweets https://t.co/Qi95a7iWKg
05:44:45 Retweeted @chantastic 2018-06-10 18:34:35 i told a friend, in photography, what the tech teams considers “soft skills.”he laughed and said “your industry iвЂ¦ https://t.co/YLu2YyIYUE
08:44:54 Retweeted @Carpedonktum 2018-06-10 20:25:09 Kim Jong Un shows respect for President Trump by playing “Rocket Man” during the opening ceremony.
https://t.co/KOXrohVqAy
09:25:03 Retweeted @360Netlab 06:48:17 Remember this old twitter we posted? Guess how much these guys have in their wallets? Check out this wallet addressвЂ¦ https://t.co/IvHhzX4YwN
12:47:28 Retweeted @Robert_E_Kelly 12:45:26 This looks more and more correct: KJU zips in for the much-wanted pics and some empty, non-CVID get-to-know-you chiвЂ¦ https://t.co/2pux1LGsL2
14:17:59 :-/ https://t.co/0QuwAw3cIc
16:17:13 Thread. https://t.co/jf5fuIToRL
16:37:46 Thread. https://t.co/DfyuUFPPAI
18:36:17 Retweeted @CBSNews 01:03:07 Hero dog warns family of house fire, drags baby out by diaper to safety https://t.co/MpyFRPgUMQ https://t.co/2TEuVdyFhm
19:36:51 Retweeted @kylegriffin1 18:35:50 A senior White House official recently defined the Trump Doctrine on foreign policy: “We’re America, Bitch.” https://t.co/iTaEyz539k
19:38:44 Retweeted @evanhalper 19:24:15 BREAKING: Trump administration will stop granting asylum to victims of domestic abuse and gang violence. Tens of thвЂ¦ https://t.co/AIyejO6Xbk
19:44:40 Retweeted @Fahrenthold 19:35:30 Hadn’t seen this before: @chronopinion suggests G-7 countries battle Trump’s trade moves by imposing penalties on TвЂ¦ https://t.co/lN0uExCYIS
20:15:56 Retweeted @NativeApprops 18:38:02 Lewis and Clark: WE WILL DISCOVER THIS UNTAMED WILD LAND B/C WE ARE MIGHTYNative folks: Oh, you want to get overвЂ¦ https://t.co/zlbfa9wn0q
23:47:03 It appears Jared Kushner now owns the apartment complex in Plainsboro, NJ that I lived in from 1997 to 2003. That’sвЂ¦ https://t.co/09a9PhxAVD

@abulsme tweets from 2018-06-10 (UTC)

01:35:14 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Bubbles of Exasperation https://t.co/4oS15O2cz9 https://t.co/MOgc8Zp9WM
02:14:30 Retweeted @NarangVipin 2018-06-09 23:28:07 Let me get this straight: Trump agreed to the G7 communique before leaving the summit and then reversed his positioвЂ¦ https://t.co/SNH5CkxIII
02:21:24 Retweeted @natsecHeather 02:15:57 вЂњBalked at the phrase вЂrules-based international order’…вЂќ https://t.co/b5xn6MlFJC
02:23:39 Retweeted @HeerJeet 02:21:48 This a crucial point: USA commitment to global order depended on bipartisan elite consensus from 1945-2016 which alвЂ¦ https://t.co/mxC5mAyjMA
03:11:28 I weep for my country, and for those we are mistreating. https://t.co/XxvEwmr4bA
03:25:54 Retweeted @20committee 03:12:16 Dear Canada:Sorry again. We have no idea what’s wrong with this asshole. Except for the secret Russian agent thinвЂ¦ https://t.co/p9RwnyE4iV
03:31:26 Retweeted @KEBrightbill 03:27:05 So the guy who defends himself against a Nazi waving a gun around is the one who gets prosecuted https://t.co/iVFHnFNJxg
03:38:03 Retweeted @dandrezner 01:26:05 вЂњThe U.S. president did not appear to be listening during some of the trade presentations, another G7 official famiвЂ¦ https://t.co/O1Sz24stp9
03:40:54 Thread https://t.co/pAaACzZ99Y
04:30:38 Yes. They will do nothing. https://t.co/fMeL9HsRWm
05:51:10 Thread https://t.co/e6d27AA4b0
06:01:22 Retweeted @benjaminwittes 01:40:43 https://t.co/UXeYXTprHp in reply to benjaminwittes
06:21:12 Good https://t.co/JlyiPYEg8u
16:54:00 Alex is live again! -> duck set https://t.co/m0V7XiQTni via @YouTube
17:22:38 Alex is now playing Splatoon 2 with an improvised live stream setup. -> DUCK set https://t.co/Dbsh3WhZ76 via @YouTube
17:57:26 Now Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. https://t.co/RjDtrVxr5B in reply to abulsme
18:11:42 Now Sonic. https://t.co/COURGM03Zc in reply to abulsme
18:23:07 Retweeted @JRubinBlogger 16:18:51 Trump’s behavior, quite simply, makes him a threat to our national security. Hawks like John Bolton and sycophanticвЂ¦ https://t.co/nk0mrsbSRV
18:42:25 Dan. None of those are Fox and Friends, so they clearly don’t count. https://t.co/YboknDUGsJ
19:07:37 Now doing Just Dance 2018 -> DUCK set https://t.co/Dbsh3WhZ76 via @YouTube
19:19:16 You guys are missing out on me trying and failing miserably to dance with this game. https://t.co/TLt0pAhsUo in reply to abulsme
20:13:42 Retweeted @APDiploWriter 16:22:30 This is quite something from a former prime minister of #Belgium: https://t.co/oe4TwpyqSY
20:23:06 Retweeted @adamcbest 14:53:17 Fox & Friends accidentally said this about the Singapore summit: “regardless of what happens in that meeting betweeвЂ¦ https://t.co/LFSCSpxQdC
21:16:49 WTF https://t.co/6dsROCpwdm
21:20:29 Retweeted @HoarseWisperer 21:02:08 Hi @JustinTrudeauSorry to bother you with this.
Was just on the Canadian gov site.

I can’t find the form whereвЂ¦ https://t.co/x7R2rHuPAN
21:58:13 What are the chances than since these folks have been fired, nobody is piecing documents together any more. No mattвЂ¦ https://t.co/t7MJJFXxNy
22:53:03 8 year old son loves pugs. Bought. Thank you Senator… :-) https://t.co/xDhshg4JJ1

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