Abulsme.com: Sunday, July 8th, 2018

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Willy Nilly

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ed joins Sam to discuss North Korea, how SCOTUS deals with precedent, this week’s story about immigrants in the military being discharged, and the latest in the trade wars and the economy. Before all that, they also do a quick update on the situation with the kids who have been separated from their parents at the border, and we find out if Sam’s family made it to the destination of their big road trip.

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Recorded 2018-07-07
Length this week – 1:26:12

(0:00:15-0:07:32) But First
(0:08:12-0:26:52) North Korea
(0:27:29-0:49:42) SCOTUS and Precedent
(0:50:26-1:03:27) Immigrants in the Military
(1:04:47-1:25:52) Trade Wars

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@abulsme tweets from 2018-07-07 (UTC)

02:31:23 Retweeted @BrentNYT 2018-07-06 11:51:13 As predicted, the government wrenched children away their families – then lost or destroyed records needed to conneвЂ¦ https://t.co/uir87dKIcG
02:40:44 Retweeted @kylegriffin1 01:55:10 Trump has given his personal cell number to foreign leaders. In 2017, W.H. aides were startled when Canada issued aвЂ¦ https://t.co/14IXID4t7g
07:08:38 Hmm https://t.co/yN52IdR134
10:59:54 Retweeted @byHeatherLong 2018-07-06 13:50:38 NEW: WaPo has a Trump Tariff Tracker:-Trump has put tariffs on $85 billion worth of imports.
-He’s hit all 5 ofвЂ¦ https://t.co/fUwqGR3s8Z
15:04:02 Surprise! https://t.co/UZPEMvwqgX
15:08:27 Retweeted @ColinKahl 13:43:14 To sum up: The Trump-Kim summit produced 1 page of vague, empty promises. Trump claimed victory, but the program acвЂ¦ https://t.co/RRC4rWIG1R
15:09:01 Retweeted @mattyglesias 00:01:11 People keep puzzling over this mystery as if they’ve never heard of the widely reported series of incidents in whicвЂ¦ https://t.co/ljvgZmU9Ox
15:23:50 Retweeted @drvox 2018-07-05 18:21:49 After we abolish ICE, can we abolish the whole pointless pageantry of security theater at airports? It is such a maвЂ¦ https://t.co/wY7DYVxtZG
17:35:37 Retweeted @dodo 2018-07-05 18:01:00 This family’s boat ride turned into a dramatic whale rescue вЂ” and the whale spent an hour thanking them in the mostвЂ¦ https://t.co/7oaSYYBl5x
17:41:34 Retweeted @NarangVipin 16:20:32 This is not the end of the process. It’s a negotiating tactic, but signals several serious things:(1) We aren’t uвЂ¦ https://t.co/sVhTW3syVT
17:57:25 Retweeted @BenjySarlin 13:22:27 One of the most dangerous scenarios in this has always been talks predictably failing and Trump lashing out even fuвЂ¦ https://t.co/WaUAgUtvdh
18:27:17 Retweeted @tarapalmeri 10:49:32 contrary to reports, Sec of State Mike Pompeo did not bring a record of Elton John’s “Rocket Man” signed by Trump fвЂ¦ https://t.co/kV2VHhRfZi
21:44:38 Retweeted @Patrick_J_Egan 21:40:08 Although the ideology of the Supreme Court has shifted quite a lot since the 1930s, its partisanship can be separatвЂ¦ https://t.co/Ep6DwqM3f4

@abulsme tweets from 2018-07-06 (UTC)

00:16:01 Retweeted @mikko 2018-07-05 20:03:05 Internet is getting older. This classic New Yorker cartoon by @plsteiner turned *25* today. https://t.co/fhvorpXNcO
01:25:00 Retweeted @RAICESTEXAS 2018-07-05 17:54:01 Yes, @MichaelAvenatti is right. We’re seeing the same thing with our clients. The administration is hoping everyoneвЂ¦ https://t.co/8hHcB4YN4o
01:33:56 Retweeted @djtweets 01:19:24 Be best. https://t.co/XF7VaMXXzg
01:40:03 Hmmm… https://t.co/HWkoc4gaVX
02:28:13 Retweeted @drvox 01:41:31 I don’t relish this either, but I don’t see any other future. What could knock us off this trajectory at this pointвЂ¦ https://t.co/eqG6r0cfgt
03:44:11 FFS https://t.co/AgitMS44qs
04:04:46 Woo? https://t.co/ioZCSPaNup
05:22:12 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 00:08:18 If Obama had stood on a stage in Montana, praised Putin and Xi, and crapped on GHW Bush like that, the same crowd wвЂ¦ https://t.co/rDv7a0hSQM
05:22:46 This is fine. I hear they are easy to win. https://t.co/Z5GaLOcc0w
07:33:13 Listening to This Week in Science вЂ“ The Kickass Science Podcast 27 June, 2018 вЂ“ Episode 677 вЂ“ This Week in ScienceвЂ¦ https://t.co/5oRRlnH5SJ
07:46:25 Retweeted @clayhebert 07:12:57 As usual, @doctorow nails it.Worth the read.
https://t.co/GhWNVH1oir
18:50:03 Retweeted @CNNnewsroom 17:46:53 вЂњStaying down below with depleted oxygen, that’s not an option now really, they have to come out,вЂќ CNN’s Jonathan MвЂ¦ https://t.co/YSXzIlkAKK
19:37:02 Retweeted @xeni 19:27:02 my drama radar just went off but i don’t understand this yet. https://t.co/NZxtjB2sIT
19:41:42 Awww… its cute! https://t.co/NyAI8xOD85
19:44:32 }^*#{%**} https://t.co/WtGbD90kWq
19:48:46 Retweeted @SenBlumenthal 19:10:15 Just got off the phone w/ HHS. I am furious&horrified after immigration conference call вЂ“ virtually no separated chвЂ¦ https://t.co/lBXWwocAoc
20:12:48 Retweeted @noonanjo 12:58:00 Took the time to dig deeper into this @AP story. Earning citizenship through military service is one of those thingвЂ¦ https://t.co/0Ma7g8TP3j
21:04:09 Retweeted @speechboy71 21:03:33 I’m sorry, what? https://t.co/TmFNJzFE1U

@abulsme tweets from 2018-07-05 (UTC)

01:27:56 Retweeted @dandrezner 2018-07-04 22:50:14 Wow, who could have seen this coming except maybe every expert asked about this prior to the referendum?! https://t.co/rAyi4kG7lD
01:55:09 Retweeted @LouisatheLast 2018-07-04 15:18:07 Small towns in ~America’s heartland~: we’re dying because no one stays here!! Brain drain! We need PEOPLE!!! YoungвЂ¦ https://t.co/0KGlwDqQAt
02:07:12 Retweeted @WotDpod 01:51:31 Today’s episode of popular Wiki of the Day is on the article Independence Day (United States).Listen to the newвЂ¦ https://t.co/i9cLuibc9G
03:00:13 Retweeted @LibyaLiberty 01:22:14 This is the most patriotic thing that will happen in America this July 4th. https://t.co/xPbgGKqFdr
04:05:43 Retweeted @ezralevin 03:40:41 Happy 4th of July! As a friendly reminder, nothing in the Constitution requires:
-435 House seats
-50 states
-100 SвЂ¦ https://t.co/RvCx1NpgNN
04:07:36 Retweeted @laurrrrita 2018-07-04 02:37:33 There are three types of people in this world https://t.co/cDr0TyHRfp
04:08:01 I am slime. https://t.co/17psIL6YTR
04:36:26 Retweeted @NarangVipin 2018-07-04 19:40:14 Either some of us are taking crazy pills and hallucinating about the canyon between US and DPRK interpretations, orвЂ¦ https://t.co/nTxAlQXAhy
07:42:36 Retweeted @KateLibc 2018-07-04 17:49:37 I want to talk about how important industrial control is and why the general public is woefully unaware of how theyвЂ¦ https://t.co/J9hrJQtHoG
16:56:45 Very good discussion -> Listening to Majority Minority Can Democrats win without a Black candidate? https://t.co/El1NsUPjJO
17:11:19 Reading – Thai cave rescue: Boys and coach not well enough to attempt escape (McKirdy/Olarn – CNN) https://t.co/wI6U1UitMX
19:18:27 Listening to World Cafe Words and Music from WXPN Robert Hilburn on Paul Simon https://t.co/MFjUFOPdBP
19:35:34 Listening to FP’s The Editor’s Roundtable (The E.R.) They Took the Children for a Bath and Never Brought Them Back https://t.co/lF4vI7jBPh
19:39:51 That took forever. https://t.co/KQ4amhJLPB
23:10:53 Sigh https://t.co/M6DRdpZ0wn

@abulsme tweets from 2018-07-04 (UTC)

00:00:57 Retweeted @soledadobrien 2018-07-03 12:57:01 This is a great thread and @KevinMKruse has bagfuls of receipts. Anyone interested in how the GOP and Dems ‘swappedвЂ¦ https://t.co/F4KnaOn4aD
00:02:53 Retweeted @Robert_E_Kelly 2018-07-03 23:50:36 Trump really needs to stop talking about N Korea. Everything in this tweet is wrong, other than the test halt, whicвЂ¦ https://t.co/yHMq0H8f8k
00:12:30 It is easy to be swept away by the latest news and the latest outrages, and to вЂњmove onвЂќ. Lets not. Another heartbrвЂ¦ https://t.co/3YBLu0dZJ1
00:33:08 Welcome back! https://t.co/hILVJ61fth
02:29:15 Retweeted @maddow 2018-07-03 21:35:28 Read this.https://t.co/Xgy64V2qNl
05:32:34 Oh FFS https://t.co/kv70PSR4a3
15:36:31 Retweeted @MaxBoot 15:08:16 I join other principled conservatives in rooting for a Democratic takeover of both houses in November. Like postwarвЂ¦ https://t.co/Yt4BAI6V1w
17:00:15 Retweeted @MrJoshPerry 16:58:57 Did.. did Pikachu jump through the window? https://t.co/oOGYCkwJGE
20:28:26 Election Graphs Blog https://t.co/BjQvwa1ug5 https://t.co/A6Fmagi0aZ
21:27:03 Listening to The Truth Fish Girl https://t.co/4JLNh3z0SO

@ElectionGraphs tweets from 2018-07-04 (UTC)

00:35:16 Welcome back to a fellow poll follower! We’ll be ramping up here over the course of the next few months too! https://t.co/ZhAYcJewJH
20:07:13 Clearing things out for 2020 – https://t.co/6qjykfkMVI https://t.co/nbTvyInq85

@ElecCollPolls tweets from 2018-07-04 (UTC)

20:39:29 Retweeted @ElectionGraphs 20:07:13 Clearing things out for 2020 – https://t.co/6qjykfkMVI https://t.co/nbTvyInq85

@abulsme tweets from 2018-07-03 (UTC)

02:08:48 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 2018-07-02 23:07:13 The Trump campaign was penetrated and compromised, and the only question is whether the candidate knew it, learnedвЂ¦ https://t.co/wGITPkBXIW
02:09:26 Retweeted @MichaelSkolnik 01:05:55 SHE HAS A NAME: Three year old Ruya Kadir, was stabbed to death at her birthday party in Boise, Idaho on Saturday.вЂ¦ https://t.co/wSK53qblJt
03:07:32 Retweeted @AP 2018-07-02 17:33:46 Internal records show that Konstantin Kilimnik, indicted for alleged witness tampering along with President DonaldвЂ¦ https://t.co/938tJhJKHS
03:08:37 Retweeted @LeafyEricScott 02:21:08 The word “theory” means “we’re really super certain that its true and explains a bunch of things about the way theвЂ¦ https://t.co/3ISxW0iqkN
04:09:13 Fun fact: I played Garfield’s assassin in a grade school play. https://t.co/62osupkDSS
04:11:39 Retweeted @ACLU 2018-07-02 21:07:06 BREAKING: US district court blocks Trump policy of arbitrary detention of asylum seekers fleeing persecution, tortuвЂ¦ https://t.co/gNGhh54mmB
04:20:21 Reading – 9 days of hell: Inside the race to save a soccer team trapped in a cave (Yan/Simon – CNN) https://t.co/wnwIlJ4dLr
16:16:36 Listening to Democracy Now! Audio Democracy Now! 2018-07-03 Tuesday https://t.co/pDhWhm8imV
16:54:36 Some good interviews with people related to the separated kids storyвЂ¦ https://t.co/Z2B70s2PZA in reply to abulsme
18:52:49 @jennsteele This particular one-pager appears to have 28 pages of appendices. It really is more of an executive sumвЂ¦ https://t.co/PuWHa0hgNi in reply to jennsteele
19:54:41 Retweeted @mattyglesias 13:17:55 People sometimes wonder how the US conservative movement went from Cold War hawkishness to its new love of Russia.вЂ¦ https://t.co/cYee3B0a94
21:05:12 Retweeted @natsecHeather 20:45:38 TSA Officer to woman in front of me: вЂњyou have a large electronic device in your bag.вЂќ
Her, puzzled: вЂњHuh. Oh, wait. I have a …
COWBELL.вЂќ
21:05:29 Retweeted @matthewamiller 14:35:54 FFS it’s still hard to believe this isn’t all a nightmare. Every morning I walk into my bathroom hoping to see Bobby Ewing in the shower. in reply to matthewamiller

@abulsme tweets from 2018-07-02 (UTC)

01:54:10 Hmmm -> Opinion | Trump’s вЂPurple’ Family Values – The New York Times https://t.co/6DwrUyqRga
06:27:52 Like a movie -> Commandos in hijacked helicopter spring notorious criminal from French prison (Hutchinson/Trew – ABвЂ¦ https://t.co/ot2w4QtMLe
07:51:32 Retweeted @WhigDeskHQ 03:00:24 Good people need to self deport from the party and start a Center Right party with no patience for racism, sexism,вЂ¦ https://t.co/bGGmtaZZCE
07:53:54 Retweeted @robotfur 2018-06-30 15:23:06 so I found a door in a tree trunk and it was full of a pile of money and a single frog https://t.co/cyzSZq8OdP
19:33:32 Wut? https://t.co/Ja4JWB6HW0
20:03:06 Retweeted @LarrySabato 18:12:21 Generic ballot for 2018 now +6% D in RCP average. In Q poll out today: +9% D. The gender gap in Q is astounding. MeвЂ¦ https://t.co/UucgCpMHyx
20:10:41 Retweeted @sfmnemonic 20:07:42 European Union, this is just nuts. Please wake up and fix this problem. https://t.co/ctiikAVBhf

@abulsme tweets from 2018-07-01 (UTC)

00:18:58 I’ve never played Fortnite, but this is funny -> Fortnite players are mad after being killed during the epic rocketвЂ¦ https://t.co/yeiHAc5LEQ
00:34:25 Retweeted @StormResist 2018-06-28 12:59:51 Sessions: asylum seekers are like criminals breaking into your house.Real analogy: your neighbor’s husband is shвЂ¦ https://t.co/IEzJ0AF3gH
01:11:49 Retweeted @MaxBoot 2018-06-30 21:11:14 I have never believed that Trump is a Manchurian candidateвЂ”a Russian mole вЂ”but it’s hard to know how he would be acвЂ¦ https://t.co/VTiQIdf7hg
01:31:57 Retweeted @stevenleemyers 01:10:21 вЂњFrom what we’ve seen, the parallels between the Russian intervention in Brexit and the Russian intervention in theвЂ¦ https://t.co/2cUONmCoIy
01:43:29 Willett’s Twitter was fun. He should start tweeting again. Especially if he ends up on SCOTUS. :-) https://t.co/qVxlbeeCRG
01:45:07 Retweeted @socarolinesays 2018-06-30 23:50:22 At what point do people stop thinking millennial is synonymous with teen?Yes we should elect more people in theiвЂ¦ https://t.co/GU7ioAwQqA
02:07:23 Retweeted @ericlaw 2018-06-23 19:02:51 5yo doing a matching game.”Circle the one that is not related”. Picture is:
– Alarm clock
– Watch
– Pile of coiвЂ¦ https://t.co/avoQf48MXw
04:37:26 The Three Rules for Understanding @realdonaldtrump* Perception matters more than reality
* Everything is a zero sвЂ¦ https://t.co/3HrO3M42U3
23:27:12 This seems relevant. https://t.co/yD7b0SMthR

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