Abulsme.com: Saturday, December 1st, 2018

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Master Rambler

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk for a bit about the incident that happened on the border between Tijuana and San Diego. Then they jump into the Trump/Russia scandal for the rest of the show, discussing both the end of Manafort’s cooperation agreement, and Cohen’s guilty plea on lying to Congress, and all the ramifications of both.

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Recorded 2018-11-30
Length this week – 1:32:53

(0:00:20-0:23:25) The thing at the border
(0:24:05-0:49:43) Manafort
(0:50:27-1:32:32) Cohen

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@abulsme tweets from 2018-11-30 (UTC)

00:40:14 Oops https://t.co/OiS1jV0mOA
01:01:37 Retweeted @JMilesColeman 2018-11-29 14:15:20 This month, Kim Schrier became the first Democrat ever to win a House race in #WA08. Shaped like a Scottie dog, it’вЂ¦ https://t.co/QckezTIXXv
03:35:38 This would be great! (Although I still prefer my notion of choosing congress people and electors for the electoralвЂ¦ https://t.co/hWHsFSL31W
03:36:15 <symbol> https://t.co/E8IEf890e7
03:45:22 Retweeted @chrisgeidner 03:37:52 As always, read what @Popehat has to say. https://t.co/XNq7tsvFje https://t.co/YL26avPp9d
03:46:43 Retweeted @joshtpm 01:42:56 Let’s step back and state the obvious https://t.co/HmsmoKVS4F via @TPM
03:50:40 Aw, poor baby. https://t.co/0oHQwQaGdt
04:07:05 Retweeted @leahmcelrath 03:51:28 I’m going to say something that might make me unpopular, but:These stories that we are all are glad are being repвЂ¦ https://t.co/bYxKEUUbjx
04:11:35 Retweeted @DavidOAtkins 03:58:13 People who entrust their legal defense to Rudy Giuliani get what they deserve.
https://t.co/yYKrnXr1VE https://t.co/ubjF0vqOec
04:21:21 Retweeted @Redistrict 2018-11-29 16:09:59 Hats off to @NateSilver538 & the @FiveThirtyEight crew for absolutely nailing 2018. Their final Classic model had DвЂ¦ https://t.co/FZCsPFpruN
13:15:00 Retweeted @peterkrupa 12:40:22 i keep thinking about this thing a guest said on @chrislhayes podcast (i think @AnandWrites) that we need to stop lвЂ¦ https://t.co/oUotzROSym
13:56:07 Retweeted @smotus 06:25:11 вЂњI didn’t know crimes were against the law.вЂќ https://t.co/TDOql6XdwU
14:44:00 Retweeted @mcnees 13:36:06 Maybe electing a failed businessman and pathological liar who kept his crumbling real estate empire afloat by immerвЂ¦ https://t.co/PJw7ZG2gy3 in reply to mcnees
20:53:23 Retweeted @PoliticsWolf 18:35:31 Note that this vote was bipartisan. Could end up resulting in a new election if significant fraud was found #NC09 https://t.co/3XVkqGMoEJ

@abulsme tweets from 2018-11-29 (UTC)

00:02:09 Listening to Bag Man 6 – Episode 6: A Disappearing Act https://t.co/tzFkgjXzAy
00:49:45 Retweeted @kristinrawls 00:47:09 I need all these old white men who already had a shot to sit the fuck down. in reply to kristinrawls
03:17:42 I read the first two parts of this series, and didn’t quite make it through the third cause I got busy. But very woвЂ¦ https://t.co/hVzJYRIi4z
03:18:38 Retweeted @_Drew_McCoy_ 03:03:18 Democrats are going to start announcing they’re opposed to her just to get some sort of payoff.One idiot with baвЂ¦ https://t.co/MVr7QhQyqW
15:01:03 Fun fun fun. https://t.co/GHTHiw3grd
15:34:36 As usual, he incriminates himself with his own statements. <symbol> https://t.co/vuQfJCanVO
16:40:35 HmmmвЂ¦ https://t.co/NsRqBsbovA
21:50:39 This is hilarious. https://t.co/iXB28H0WA6
23:07:25 Hahahaha https://t.co/Y7CqcLMM6p
23:17:55 Retweeted @AlexParker 22:59:56 <symbol> Southwest issues apology after gate agent accused of mocking child named ‘Abcde’ https://t.co/TMVRe9yfXP
23:18:45 Retweeted @tomtomorrow 22:46:32 BREAKING: White House staffed by bafflingly ignorant people. https://t.co/8UntSoDsuS
23:19:19 Retweeted @robferdman 21:32:11 One heck of a correction from the WSJ today https://t.co/4YoNJfDcvk
23:59:52 This stuff is coming like a firehose this week. https://t.co/QzoR3L3wF2

@abulsme tweets from 2018-11-28 (UTC)

00:10:54 These things are always so hard to read. https://t.co/NfgDnd7kLg
00:26:07 Retweeted @mattmfm 00:22:05 The President is a colossal idiot. https://t.co/OaA6ijs5hp
00:26:43 Retweeted @davidagordon9 00:10:59 A lot of people will gloss over this but the Blue Dogs just elected the most progressive members of their caucus asвЂ¦ https://t.co/UVwRGPmbvi
00:59:12 Thread. https://t.co/dWeDMJM8sq
01:10:17 Retweeted @KatyTurNBC 2018-11-27 23:44:59 MSNBC declines to allow Sarah Sanders to dictate its programming https://t.co/YCyrn6pPwj
01:12:18 Retweeted @Nate_Cohn 01:09:42 The polls are closed in Mississippi. NYT results are live: https://t.co/1D5dsisr5l
01:13:12 Retweeted @morningmoneyben 01:09:22 He’s talking about the Fed not buying as many assets (mortgage bonds/Treasury bonds) and reducing the size of its bвЂ¦ https://t.co/pV6b4sws2S
01:19:32 Retweeted @tribelaw 00:21:09 Why mince words? Manafort is probably scared Putin’s goons will do to him or his family what the Saudi Crown PrinceвЂ¦ https://t.co/NHBp2HK0hG
01:21:34 Retweeted @pbump 01:06:00 [resets the ‘It has been ___ hours since the Stone-WikiLeaks timeline was updated’ sign to zero] https://t.co/6sxwZhryBa in reply to pbump
01:26:09 Retweeted @micahcohen 01:18:44 In case you needed a needle fix (I’m just reusing my code from Nov. 6):https://t.co/NoNp8za0GS https://t.co/DMCBq0hJ66
01:27:02 Retweeted @behindyourback 2018-11-27 21:45:10 *Chuck Schumer walks into negotiations with the Joker*Schumer: We’re only going to let you burn HALF the world anвЂ¦ https://t.co/XjQUn78gjl in reply to behindyourback
01:31:27 Retweeted @kriss_lowrance 2018-11-27 01:06:17 YIP YIP YIP YIP YIP YIP YIP https://t.co/9hGGjAKDHz
01:39:36 Retweeted @Wilson__Valdez 00:53:38 And this is why I try to almost never tweet out ‘instant outrage’ quotes before the full context is actually availaвЂ¦ https://t.co/6AMNSVSCG9
01:39:48 Retweeted @joshtpm 01:30:26 I say we go with the GOP approach. Espy is currently up 61-39. I’m not sure we need to count anymore. We’ve seen enough, I think.
02:15:25 Retweeted @vgr 02:10:49 News вЂcycle’ is now several distinct waves as something crests on different media. The usual execution order is: suвЂ¦ https://t.co/mcFOHftPkH
02:29:07 Retweeted @ForecasterEnten 02:28:03 I mean this looks like a single digit Hyde-Smith win… probably towards the middle of that single-digits… Is anyвЂ¦ https://t.co/348MNXZWHB
02:46:23 Retweeted @gelliottmorris 02:25:10 Espy (D) swing decreasing as more votes come in. Now doing about 11 points better than the first round (needs to beвЂ¦ https://t.co/vjiMM3DnOM in reply to gelliottmorris
02:48:18 Retweeted @Redistrict 02:24:46 DeSoto Co. is now 92% reporting & Hyde-Smith (R) is up to 57.9% there, which is a hair above her statewide win targвЂ¦ https://t.co/NWddsRjLqE
02:49:23 Retweeted @ChazNuttycombe 02:24:35 If Espy has a closer-than-expected loss, it bodes REALLY well for Dems’ chances in #MSGOV in 2019.
02:53:34 Retweeted @Redistrict 02:52:22 The only question now is the final margin. This looks like a mid-to-high single digit Hyde-Smith (R) win at the moment. #MSSEN
02:54:05 Retweeted @Nate_Cohn 02:52:18 In general, CHS enjoying a stronger turnout in white areas than Roy Moore did, but Espy not as obviously getting aвЂ¦ https://t.co/J7tquKsmp0
03:02:27 Isn’t that special. https://t.co/AOwMX470VK
03:03:49 Retweeted @tribelaw 02:50:56 Dangling the prospect of a presidential pardon in return for a co-conspirator’s pretending to flip so as to becomeвЂ¦ https://t.co/ITsMwDugxQ
03:30:36 Retweeted @jgm41 00:50:56 President @GeorgeHWBush was very pleased to receive President @BarackObama this afternoon during his visit toвЂ¦ https://t.co/1lUWV9PkWf
03:56:47 Retweeted @AstorAaron 03:51:54 Pattern in GA, TX, TN is holding true in MS too: Dems made significant gains in urban/suburban counties (DeSoto, MaвЂ¦ https://t.co/DW9DS29mqP
03:56:50 Retweeted @busblog 03:54:44 Mississippi is exactly who we think it is.
04:47:07 Retweeted @realmarylittle 02:34:33 When I was a prosecutor working for Rudy Giuliani, if a defense lawyer representing a cooperating witness continuedвЂ¦ https://t.co/BwoQp1yCle
12:57:44 Retweeted @marinamaral2 12:38:55 Harry Leslie Smith, veteran turned social activist, dies at 95 | CBC News https://t.co/RSzd5bny02
15:33:39 Retweeted @imillhiser 01:15:35 Fuck bipartisanship.Republicans are bad. They have bad morals and bad ideas. The goal should be to eliminate theвЂ¦ https://t.co/lZqF1hmUoa
19:44:48 Retweeted @Redistrict 19:23:59 Projection: T.J. Cox (D) has defeated Rep. David Valadao (R) in #CA21, an upset that brings Dems to a *40 seat* gaiвЂ¦ https://t.co/aXJEjsTS4g
19:45:19 Retweeted @AshaRangappa_ 2018-11-27 16:23:40 So basically Trump is getting ready to do something really stupid https://t.co/rFHhLWim3M

@abulsme tweets from 2018-11-27 (UTC)

00:01:51 Oops https://t.co/p1aIlL5gUb
00:03:20 Retweeted @JEFordNCTOY 2018-11-26 03:27:28 Every time I hear someone say, вЂњThis is not AmericaвЂќ I feel a profound sense of failure as an educator. It’s a remiвЂ¦ https://t.co/Jcfh2EyBRl
00:07:25 Retweeted @ashleyfeinberg 2018-02-23 21:40:45 my name is paul manafort and i fuckin love crimes
00:10:48 Retweeted @RBReich 2018-11-26 21:42:35 Trump won Michigan in 2016 by 11,000 votes. That’s fewer than will be laid off by GM. https://t.co/Umg0rfaedm
00:22:44 Retweeted @washingtonpost 00:06:45 Special counsel accuses former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort of lying during questioning, violating plea agreeвЂ¦ https://t.co/eHfPYYOtkb
00:31:59 Retweeted @renato_mariotti 00:07:58 THREAD: What can we make of today’s status report filed by Mueller indicating that Manafort lied to the FBI and toвЂ¦ https://t.co/foSHdDJsQp
00:38:05 Retweeted @nadabakos 00:13:37 These guys are not only very corrupt, they are also really dumb. Mueller likely knows the answers to the questionsвЂ¦ https://t.co/Dn4u1BFPrh
00:52:55 Retweeted @CATargetBot 00:41:42 #CD21 Update https://t.co/l3w71WURlv
00:54:47 Retweeted @chrisgeidner 00:20:09 So, after being accused of a series of lies regarding his work, Paul Manafort was accused of trying to get others tвЂ¦ https://t.co/Hf1kOPLfRc in reply to chrisgeidner
00:56:30 Retweeted @ScottMStedman 00:45:26 The Democrats appear to have flipped their 40th seat in the House. https://t.co/Vu5SsJt9kk
01:00:11 Retweeted @Pappiness 2018-11-26 21:59:18 Dear Trumbull County, OH,You voted for Obama by 23 points in 2012.
You voted for Trump by 6 points in 2016, a 3вЂ¦ https://t.co/dJ8cxIl9So
01:07:27 Or both. https://t.co/w1VKGvN21j
01:13:30 Retweeted @williampietri 2018-11-26 16:31:27 What I would like to be true: social media execs fight abuse because they don’t want their platforms to be instrumвЂ¦ https://t.co/7ip37psdTi in reply to williampietri
01:29:23 Retweeted @jeremynewberger 01:18:41 My daughter just asked me if the guy on the left was interviewing himself as an old man. https://t.co/WRjMc9WhD5
03:31:57 @dog_rates Our older dog Miley has a new little puppy friend. His name is Jetski. He was born at a local shelter juвЂ¦ https://t.co/eJbX9ElD1j
03:42:22 Retweeted @ericawerner 03:03:19 We’re less than two weeks out from a partial shutdown — and Trump’s not in a mood to compromise on the Wall. w/вЂ¦ https://t.co/fe5uhMUpwR
03:44:52 Retweeted @DanRather 03:09:07 Looking at Manafort and Trump on one side and Mueller on the other, one is reminded of the old adage of one side “pвЂ¦ https://t.co/J4XdPKtuxe
03:49:47 This thread made me turn blue from laughing so hard. https://t.co/KJpA8XIaYQ
04:04:10 Retweeted @dawgbone98 03:21:17 @innesmck https://t.co/DubcmsFfX5 in reply to innesmck
14:37:39 Oops! https://t.co/2IOLxzcdIc
14:49:34 Watching Planet Money VIDEO: The Price Of Coke Stayed The Same For 70 Years вЂ” Why? https://t.co/Y2kp3UKySa
15:54:23 Fun fun fun -> Manafort held secret talks with Assange in Ecuadorian embassy (The Guardian) https://t.co/0qy5ZBZtJN
22:04:37 Listening to Reply All #131 Surefire Investigations https://t.co/Xxw7vgfqSE
23:41:39 Retweeted @Taniel 23:34:22 I don’t know who will win Mississippi’s Senate election. But we do know that 1 in 6 black Mississippians were barreвЂ¦ https://t.co/NWyTQEBsg7
23:47:53 Retweeted @ShonaDav 21:19:09 Want to know how to stop the ‘challenging behaviour’ of the child in your care?One thing to try, is to examine yoвЂ¦ https://t.co/1QGNLZp86r

@abulsme tweets from 2018-11-26 (UTC)

00:02:37 Retweeted @smotus 2018-11-25 18:10:35 The argument that scientists fabricate findings that are hostile to the interests of the wealthiest corporations inвЂ¦ https://t.co/2PdKzdHOXR
00:25:36 Retweeted @page_eco 2018-11-20 14:43:24 Great animation to see that trying to look for meaning in small samples’ differences is often staring at random noiвЂ¦ https://t.co/FBYNhmOOum
00:49:42 Retweeted @JSwiftTWS 00:23:04 If lots of your favorite accounts keep getting suspended maybe consider that your favorite accounts probably suck. It is not a conspiracy.
02:57:03 There are places where we have to be careful. But put me on the side of being more excited by the possibilities thaвЂ¦ https://t.co/FkSBrL6W7x
12:09:00 Retweeted @Will_Bunch 11:10:20 I’m worried that the big problem with today’s bevy of “Cindy Hyde-Smith may be imploding” stories is that she’s proвЂ¦ https://t.co/ME4Z0qnmBy
15:43:05 Winning! https://t.co/BmM3kjl5Dl
17:47:55 Retweeted @tweetsoutloud 17:31:54 This week, Monday is the best day of the week because it’s time for a Mars landing.And it’s free to watch.
CoverвЂ¦ https://t.co/ztJ6ajh0Yj
19:42:03 Mars landing stuffs -> https://t.co/hCfNnopkdt
19:49:59 Retweeted @JohnRMoffitt 19:49:43 Feeling the tension as we enter plasma blackout.3000 degrees Fahrenheit
#MarsLanding in reply to JohnRMoffitt
19:52:17 Retweeted @TheSpaceGal 19:51:25 What’s crazy is that InSight is already on the surface of Mars – we just are waiting on the data to come back to EaвЂ¦ https://t.co/x4gHKO4fRd
19:52:21 Retweeted @planet4589 19:52:08 Parachute confirmed to have deployed!
19:53:47 Retweeted @jeff_foust 19:53:33 Standing by for touchdown.
19:54:50 Touchdown confirmed! The people at mission control going nuts. Always nice to see that.
20:09:44 Retweeted @NASA 20:03:24 <symbol> Wish you were here! @NASAInSight sent home its first photo after #MarsLanding:InSight’s view is a flat, smoothвЂ¦ https://t.co/ZbbR0C9IgC
23:23:22 Retweeted @The_Viking95 23:01:29 Another map I’ve updated since the initial election results is the Florida Senate race. Margin went from 0.42% to 0вЂ¦ https://t.co/F3h2FCdNTk
23:23:54 Retweeted @RVAwonk 23:11:07 Trump to Mississippi rally: ‘No one knows how many zeroes are in a trillion.’ in reply to RVAwonk
23:28:40 Retweeted @MadisonKittay 2018-11-07 15:04:45 Andrew Gillum would be governor of Florida if not for three “progressive” candidates attacking from the left. https://t.co/b2U97aJ1CR
23:41:16 Listening to GeekWire Geared Up Tech Holiday Gift Guide: 2018 https://t.co/Q77kvWhJEx

@abulsme tweets from 2018-11-25 (UTC)

14:11:17 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Chain of Events https://t.co/FxSova8RUX https://t.co/YYJC1LRd5E
16:47:19 Oops https://t.co/FoHSyb4de5
20:06:20 Retweeted @marcushjohnson 19:04:56 Rural areas and the WWC are gone for Dems forever and people need to recognize this. Dems didn’t need them for a maвЂ¦ https://t.co/EscbTnRJgk
20:28:02 Retweeted @Statistikhengst 20:25:39 @marcushjohnson @abulsme Hmmmm, the election results per CD just don’t back this up. The Republicans lost ground inвЂ¦ https://t.co/Hr1kf3agHh in reply to marcushjohnson
20:42:24 Sigh https://t.co/U779GeRj2r
20:49:01 Oh boy. :-/ https://t.co/y6cj4fwgsL
22:03:04 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 15:42:24 “The age of testing hot stoves by touching them has begun.” https://t.co/Kuu7DngMY7
23:13:25 Listening to The Jay & Farhad Show Elon’s Twitter Rampage https://t.co/03QHgVnR3w
23:24:31 Retweeted @LeaKissner 18:33:02 Names are really, really, really complicated and virtually impossible to handle even vaguely correctly.RTing becвЂ¦ https://t.co/2vDVcEJ32Z
23:31:38 Retweeted @axios 22:53:23 SCOOP: Trump twice raised to the Iraqi prime minister the idea of repaying America for its wars with Iraqi oil, a hвЂ¦ https://t.co/UuuGBfeHPo

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