Abulsme.com: Sunday, August 5th, 2018

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Long Waves of Something

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan do get into politics a bit, talking about the trade wars, 3D printing guns, attacks on Election 2018, and the separated kids at the border. But mostly the show is a lightning round show, so there are a lot of non-political things too. So you also get to hear about the rest of Sam’s road-trip, some books and movies, Apple’s milestone, and some feedback we received a while ago.

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Recorded 2018-08-04
Length this week – 1:59:34

(0:00:20-0:31:17) Sam: Road Trip Continued
- Day 2 Revisited: Bad Hotels
- Day 4: Things not done, Corn Palace
- Day 5: Bighorn and Yellowstone
(0:32:02-1:16:40) Lightning Round 1
- Ivan: Trade War
- Sam: Book: The Autobiography of Mark Twain Volume 3 (2015)
- Ivan: 3D Printing Guns
- Sam: Movie: Computer Chess (2013)
- Ivan: Movie: Mission Impossible – Fallout (2018)
(1:17:56-1:59:14) Lightning Round 2
- Sam: Feedback on Ivan rant on Boomers
- Ivan: Apple at One Trillion
- Sam: Attacks on Election 2018?
- Ivan: Separated Kids

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

00:12:59 FFS https://t.co/tPNwCvHron
00:22:36 @HuffPostPol At this point there really should be serious talk about what penalties will be applied to the administвЂ¦ https://t.co/lb9Kn0Ze2w in reply to HuffPostPol
02:37:07 Yup https://t.co/gkhN7knQob
03:08:57 Retweeted @TomKludt 2018-08-03 21:11:11 I have to hand it to my former boss @joshtpm: in an era typified by media layoffs and ill-fated “pivots,” @TPM hasвЂ¦ https://t.co/SpnGZWNMx0
19:22:50 Retweeted @andrewsweiss 12:10:48 Hmm, is this a good time to remind folks that the Trump foreign policy aide who took Maria Butina to a Styx concertвЂ¦ https://t.co/2sXkUcTBwv
20:28:37 Wut? https://t.co/CLpOKwXrVR
21:17:17 Retweeted @Kertrats 20:35:20 Picard may not be a captain anymore… It may be a very different situation. 20 years after the end of Nemesis. NoвЂ¦ https://t.co/sRZBegp5kA
23:08:40 Retweeted @BNONews 23:06:44 BREAKING: Drone involved in apparent attack targeting Venezuelan President NicolГЎs Maduro; the president is safe https://t.co/fjYiRpfIb6

@abulsme tweets from 2018-08-03 (UTC)

00:54:55 Shout out to the @googlenews weather widget for allowing Kelvin as a choice for displaying the temperature! https://t.co/JWrMaj1y4T
15:56:28 As one does. https://t.co/XG7Rbxvl0g
18:24:22 Thread. https://t.co/OuK2WK0HtE
19:11:00 Retweeted @clayrfuller 2018-08-02 18:42:09 Authoritarianism has long been associated with political #corruption. The post-Cold War era has seen a significantвЂ¦ https://t.co/gKDBd6idqa
19:42:58 Retweeted @StuartHumphryes 18:27:08 I was browsing an archive of photos taken in 1864 of veterans from the American War of Independence (1775-1783). I’вЂ¦ https://t.co/PNf9SqHe6k
20:01:52 Reading – ‘Be brave’: Russian firm seeking to nix Mueller indictment pleads case to judge – POLITICO https://t.co/sc76xEEz7c
20:05:02 Retweeted @Botanygeek 2018-08-02 06:29:20 Maize is an artificial species created entirely thanks to human ingenuity (right).Its closest wild relative is aвЂ¦ https://t.co/zZz4fi1zcX
20:30:53 Retweeted @sippey 05:12:49 Good job everyone, excellent praying. https://t.co/zVirYgGGd3
20:39:13 Retweeted @Cwossie 2018-08-02 08:59:20 He got the job!!! https://t.co/4F18SX1GQL
22:22:36 Retweeted @joshgreenman 22:13:53 The conclusion of the federal judge’s new DACA ruling. https://t.co/RNzH2K0zXx https://t.co/yZCyJijSMc
22:30:26 Retweeted @rubycramer 21:25:13 In a new and notable riff at Netroots, @SenKamalaHarris takes on the language around вЂњidentity politics.вЂќвЂњI haveвЂ¦ https://t.co/oYfU8IvGYK
23:33:15 Don’t do this. https://t.co/FbH2ghmKGD

@abulsme tweets from 2018-08-02 (UTC)

01:39:28 Retweeted @levionhiatus 00:40:19 @brendancoots @AnaMardoll @leebrill @diannaeanderson @docfreeride https://t.co/C3ZAoLmocz in reply to brendancoots
03:19:32 Retweeted @mletterle 00:10:55 Is nobody going to mention the fact that this is a story about the cops going after a sentient plant brain thief!? https://t.co/VENGLwLeX5
10:15:20 Convinced that EVENTUALLY the economics of this will change. Eventually may be centuries though. This thread is fasвЂ¦ https://t.co/mSxwjrLoEF
16:18:29 Retweeted @benthompson 16:05:07 I wonder at what point Apple decided to make sure the Stocks app could display a вЂT’ <symbol> https://t.co/XASHBAUrMl
18:28:51 Retweeted @JarrettBlanc 14:19:59 Wow.”the U.S. president is seen not as a practitioner of U.S. foreign policy but as a mechanism for disrupting itвЂ¦ https://t.co/vCDpuSFJqA
18:57:48 Retweeted @KariByron 2018-07-31 20:19:11 My kid asked, “What the craziest thing you have ever built with LEGO?” I started to laugh when I realized she hasnвЂ¦ https://t.co/1UL74TOgEF
18:58:35 Still? Sigh. https://t.co/9x9kWrMwIH
20:37:21 When this list first came out I would have bet on 2 or 4. Now I’m thinking 5 or 6. -> Seven Theories of the Case, UвЂ¦ https://t.co/lP2OBdOXRs
20:46:21 This makes very good points as well. Boosts the case for #6. -> Lawfare’s Theory of L’Affaire Russe Misses the KompвЂ¦ https://t.co/idohmJ2tSU
20:49:44 Retweeted @vpostrel 19:11:36 “College-educated Republican women are extinct” https://t.co/ay7eoCyJBU https://t.co/LBRftr15V3
20:56:02 Oops https://t.co/0yI09Okezt

@abulsme tweets from 2018-08-01 (UTC)

00:15:30 Retweeted @JasonLeopold 2018-07-31 21:53:27 BIG SCOOP by @a_cormier_ & me$300K in suspicious transactions between 2014 & 2017–much of it cash– involving MaвЂ¦ https://t.co/WEyxnN7Jwd
01:02:28 Retweeted @EdOverbeek 00:59:13 Let’s be clear. They separated families *because* it would be horrific for children. They wanted a deterrent. So thвЂ¦ https://t.co/W66YikQYst
01:08:36 Retweeted @kurteichenwald 00:46:58 Some people are getting the right conclusion: frigging vote. STOP sending messages no one hears or cares about. GetвЂ¦ https://t.co/TcLSPwEkTb in reply to kurteichenwald
01:15:48 Retweeted @20committee 2018-07-31 13:02:53 RE-UP:The key question facing Team Trump is: Does Robert Mueller have a VENONA 2.0 in his back pocket?
https://t.co/efNFEQZ7Xt
02:35:21 Retweeted @olsonista 2018-07-30 20:29:13 So Seattle implemented a new rule. No plastic straws, only paper straws. So here, folks, is a paper straw wrapped iвЂ¦ https://t.co/uQMZw1w13B
04:00:08 Thread https://t.co/FwVpPgJJAT
04:46:39 No words. https://t.co/wuLEATBkrj
15:31:28 Retweeted @BenjySarlin 13:47:20 There’s a weird kind of genius to Trump just constantly tweeting demands to end an investigation into his campaign.вЂ¦ https://t.co/ciCTSeGbTb
15:34:57 Thread https://t.co/EMhnlc40zY
16:41:11 Reading – Manafort Trial Day 2: Judge reins in mention of oligarchs – POLITICO https://t.co/o4vDZV548P
18:18:27 Video from INSIDE the plane. https://t.co/3BGdj5F9CK
19:55:55 Retweeted @thehill 18:55:03 Judge in Manafort case tells lawyers to stop rolling their eyes after talking to him https://t.co/DyOxKSRB9U https://t.co/7BfxZklN2t
20:46:05 Want a pod @AmyNotAmy?cc: @Scatterbrandy https://t.co/jWh8kP127h
21:09:49 We’ll get right on that then. :-) https://t.co/ZYpZsOMgWi
21:45:49 Retweeted @sewellchan 21:12:46 We interviewed survivors of yesterday’s miraculous AeromГ©xico crash in MexicoвЂ”in which all 103 people on board liveвЂ¦ https://t.co/wEJ5J5yQBT

@abulsme tweets from 2018-07-31 (UTC)

07:53:28 Home https://t.co/B1DnAd4DFI https://t.co/0xyPeAjwDe
13:39:42 Retweeted @business 10:22:15 Here’s how America uses its land https://t.co/QdrokaMfI9 https://t.co/ipfMznx2gk
18:14:00 Reading – Facebook takes down suspected Russian network of pages (O’Sullivan/Herb – CNN) https://t.co/hCxtBWWaa0
19:43:05 Retweeted @SpicyFiles 18:18:13 Welcome to the Rocket Docket.
FWIW Judge Ellis is a Master to Courtroom & Case management.
He does not feed in to cвЂ¦ https://t.co/iwc4ceJyeh
20:23:29 Retweeted @moscow_project 20:23:04 Don’t worry, guys, the president’s campaign chairman only did all that shady, likely illegal stuff because the KremвЂ¦ https://t.co/57Ekn2uTQl
22:57:05 Thread. https://t.co/u2dybn7TwL
23:18:15 Retweeted @eorden 22:28:32 NEW: Another MUELLER referral to SDNY. Mueller has referred an inquiry involving lobbyists Tony Podesta and Vin WebвЂ¦ https://t.co/TVS6Hi5eO6
23:39:43 Retweeted @NatashaBertrand 22:18:43 We also got the first glimpse of Manafort’s defense strategy: the argument that Mueller’s mandate was too broad hasвЂ¦ https://t.co/EMZWWq2HXT
23:55:10 Reading – вЂHas mom been tested for STDs?’ The Manaforts’ home life and why it matters (Cockburn – Spectator) https://t.co/QTu5u4wfND

@abulsme tweets from 2018-07-30 (UTC)

09:05:53 Retweeted @WotDpod 00:53:06 Today’s episode of featured Wiki of the Day is on the article Octopus.Listen to the new episode here:вЂ¦ https://t.co/UxyhjOeIpD
13:45:12 @natsecHeather Congrats on the milestone Heather! in reply to natsecHeather
13:50:02 I see Rudy is вЂњhelpingвЂќ again. https://t.co/2z7C4MtPJn
14:03:18 Retweeted @AngryBlackLady 13:42:09 If you’re analyzing of the 2016 election and talking about lower turnout among people of color and you’re not talkiвЂ¦ https://t.co/yzQ9w8eDgO in reply to AngryBlackLady
14:07:33 Retweeted @CoreyRobin 13:41:41 That’s not what’s interesting about these admissions from Obama alums. The day after the election, they realize thiвЂ¦ https://t.co/5h1FSTOSCS
16:31:52 A Little Detour https://t.co/UFK8V5vqOv https://t.co/RF1TyHWQ7k
20:09:54 Retweeted @barryrushwater 20:02:19 We have moved backward on the political continuum from an expectation of finding a consensus to a strong preferenceвЂ¦ https://t.co/AwZBOz1xUG
20:25:23 Retweeted @joshtpm 14:58:06 So Rudes Just Admitted that Top Trump Brass Met to Plan for the Russian Dirt Meeting Two Days in Advance and CooperвЂ¦ https://t.co/t16ExaCUtr
20:37:37 Important clarification. https://t.co/TIZSUWp6YP
20:38:24 Retweeted @trisweb 2018-07-28 15:59:26 Just watched a woman who was blind try to make a purchase at a restaurant touch-screen point-of-sale. Not
great.-вЂ¦ https://t.co/kISjs9oVIX
20:48:26 Retweeted @stealthygeek 20:46:07 When Al Gore’s campaign was given damaging info on Bush from unknown persons, they immediately called the FBI and rвЂ¦ https://t.co/3kS26MkNdj
21:36:45 This is very important. It is long. But read it. Gets right to the heart of a lot of what is going on right now inвЂ¦ https://t.co/MnU0uDyBcd
22:13:24 Retweeted @ZivaBranstetter 21:27:49 An @reveal investigation found children at a Texas shelter were being forcibly drugged and in some cases assaulted.вЂ¦ https://t.co/XhsbUXjxZ3

@abulsme tweets from 2018-07-29 (UTC)

00:43:22 Retweeted @HoarseWisperer 2018-07-28 06:30:43 I’ll never forget the scandalous email Hillary sent to Huma Abedin asking вЂњShould we be bad? Should we get a cremeвЂ¦ https://t.co/QIpyKJZm59
06:50:03 Retweeted @RepKarenBass 2018-07-27 01:31:56 Last week, I spoke to a grandmother (in a cage) who the government had deemed “ineligible” to stay with her grandchвЂ¦ https://t.co/uKFFCsjf5Z
07:06:03 Retweeted @cstross 2018-07-28 07:54:02 I just saw the phrase “the time of maximum political power for the lead-damaged generation” In the ongoing Brexit cвЂ¦ https://t.co/lFZjmbiI9x
07:07:32 Retweeted @sirDukeDevin 2018-07-26 21:16:21 The child reunification deadline was today, as you know.Old news, right?
As each day passes, I see fewer retweetвЂ¦ https://t.co/wnFsrJ7Iz1
15:24:16 Retweeted @technowarlock1 2018-07-28 15:29:44 Clippy! Is that you, old friend? https://t.co/R7cCSfen4O
17:35:12 Half Way: Corn Palace https://t.co/jotyqXfEMc https://t.co/mtucMgE6Xj
19:12:15 Retweeted @thomas_violence 2018-07-27 02:32:03 literary fiction is defined as fiction that doesn’t have cool shit like space ships or wizards in it. no one does cвЂ¦ https://t.co/XJB8Po8P4A
19:21:24 Retweeted @JeffSharlet 18:49:20 I wrote a thread on race, power, & trouble at the Canada/US border with my 9-yr-old daughter. Didn’t know about theвЂ¦ https://t.co/Yf3iZHXioq
19:39:07 Retweeted @FaceTheNation 16:09:42 NEW CBS POLL: nearly all strong supporters of President Trump say they trust him for accurate information, while onвЂ¦ https://t.co/MiSq33sJOy
20:06:13 Retweeted @marceldirsus 19:33:17 Maybe the coolest map ever: How long it would take to travel to places from London in the 1880s https://t.co/kSHRNEywLH
23:01:51 Retweeted @LyssAnthrope 21:09:32 Most Trump voters were not working class.
https://t.co/MqLtJ3PBK2
“…economic hardship among white working-class AвЂ¦ https://t.co/FFFG6o5VEw

@abulsme tweets from 2018-07-28 (UTC)

04:56:27 Dirt Road Detour https://t.co/gs4et7iEdo https://t.co/zap6yYjd7J
14:28:43 TIL there are gravity truthers out there. Like, the whole notion of gravity is a fraud – scientists are conspiringвЂ¦ https://t.co/o6fL7BwWww
15:42:29 Retweeted @SamWangPhD 15:41:18 The flip side of that is that many of the most accurate takes and predictions of where we’d end up post-2016 came fвЂ¦ https://t.co/Lq8W3tazXE
15:43:42 Retweeted @BrendanNyhan 02:03:23 The education gradient in 2016 at the precinct level is staggering https://t.co/rTP6ntS5Ud https://t.co/bYKeVy6mAM
17:45:43 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Goaty Little Hooves https://t.co/auMjY3LrWE https://t.co/nWVCIk1dOA
23:42:11 Retweeted @CA_120 23:31:07 This graphic shows the total number of voters of each age 18-80, with a dot for the number that actually voted in tвЂ¦ https://t.co/xhX2mXNl8x in reply to CA_120

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