- 04:06:53 Retweeted @AuthorLMendez 2018-07-20 20:37:11 2018 Midterm Predictions: 07.20.2018.@TheDemocrats are 71% favorites to flip the House, @GOP are just 55% favorit… https://t.co/0aep83hYnB
- 05:04:51 @bloggingcaesar Looking forward to it! in reply to bloggingcaesar
- 05:07:54 Retweeted @0xKruzr 2018-07-20 05:08:36 Context: the heat index was 110, so they offered this little guy a drink of water. He had other plans. <symbol> https://t.co/J6vlQYKYJ2
- 05:17:13 Retweeted @Wolfe321 2018-07-20 22:26:57 A meme for our time. https://t.co/Hq5K5fijfY
- 05:18:54 Retweeted @DanRather 2018-07-20 15:56:49 When I hear the faux outrage about the so-called “Deep State”, I really think it’s more raging against being confin… https://t.co/oveqPwHvGN
- 05:32:39 Retweeted @GavinNewsom 2018-07-20 15:48:00 A 10-year-old who was kept in a room with no windows and was not allowed to know the time of day.A 2-year-old ke… https://t.co/pEkCLE73Kz
- 05:37:56 Wonderful thread about trains. https://t.co/v1HqYKKF1R
- 05:40:09 Flying from Seattle to DC now. DC for a day or so, then a train to Philly. Then driving from Philly back to Seattle… https://t.co/Wv2D2PMOnK
- 11:15:17 Retweeted @jdawsey1 2018-07-19 22:58:26 Asked a foreign diplomat for any intel on Trump/Putin meeting. “If Dan Coats doesn’t know, how the hell do you thin… https://t.co/D9ueGOaAXq
- 11:21:00 Retweeted @jmpalmieri 02:50:49 WHAT THE HELL? The ad traffic move happened on OCTOBER 7th?!Do you know what else happened that day? Obama Admin st… https://t.co/cqtvkDwMgA
- 11:27:16 This is not OK. Judge needs to expand the class. https://t.co/hfTIIPkerc
- 11:42:02 Retweeted @JohnWDean 02:52:29 ICYMI posted 7/16. If interested in the Mueller investigation don’t miss this analysis! Must read! https://t.co/I35JuQ4KA2
- 11:51:15 Retweeted @QuantaMagazine 08:30:03 ICYMI: The effort to create a quantum theory of gravity is the biggest problem in physics. Has an old idea been ove… https://t.co/oD98KLcIlh
- 11:59:00 Retweeted @OsitaNwanevu 2018-07-20 23:22:35 It’s cool that when the BBC reports that multiple people have accused the president of going after “young women” at… https://t.co/YKKfAn1obx
- 12:03:09 Retweeted @sarahchurchwell 2018-07-19 15:24:56 Umberto Eco wrote a 1995 @nybooks essay called “Ur-Fascism” in which he named 14 features of fascism. He said only… https://t.co/tNQE3S4w7W
- 12:24:55 Retweeted @pkmacdonald 12:02:56 “Officials have become increasingly convinced that Trump is not fully absorbing their briefs, even when they are ta… https://t.co/FouDaraG0N
- 12:26:04 Retweeted @tribelaw 10:28:56 Trump’s base is being conditioned to accept a dangerous new syllogism: It’s good for America that Trump defeated Cl… https://t.co/w7EUP1kn5y
- 18:18:20 This account seems to be fully supporting the “he is an idiot” hypothesis over the “he is compromised by Putin” hyp… https://t.co/sysHuMHU4k
- 18:45:45 Reading – Trump Doesn’t Really Put America First (Beinart – The Atlantic) https://t.co/AvrnHTNgN1
Alex didn’t want to go to Crystal Lake Cave, and he didn’t want to go see the world’s largest popcorn ball, so that left the “fun thing of the day” an earlier detour we took when US-20 was closed for a stretch, then the next turn the GPS told us to take was closed too, and later a third road was closed too. So we spent an hour or so (at least) on back roads in rural northwestern Illinois. A good portion of those roads were dirt roads! Alex verdict: Whatever I was doing there? Brandy verdict: It was funny and a little scary. Sam verdict: I love dirt roads. YEE HAW!!
None of the nearby Atlas Obscura spots this morning were universally enticing, so we went to African Safari Wildlife Park in Port Clinton, Ohio. These two posed for pictures. The bison gave me a nice lick. Alex verdict: Too many animals. Brandy verdict: They have no manners. Sam verdict: They wanted to get in the car.
Atlas Obscura stop for today: the Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike. We did not hike the two miles to the first of the two tunnels on the abandoned stretch. Neither Brandy or Alex were up for that today. Alex’s verdict: Not worth it. Brandy’s verdict: Didn’t like the hill. Sam’s verdict: Wanted to see the tunnel. This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the chaos surrounding the Trump/Putin summit, the case of Maria Butina, and the reports on the detail given in the January 2017 briefing where Trump was told about Russian interference in the 2016 election. Oh, and before that, just a little about bugs. The flying kind, not the computer kind. Click below to listen and subscribe!
Show Details: Recorded 2018-07-19
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