Abulsme.com: Saturday, March 2nd, 2019

Curmudgeon’s Corner: Tug on the Thingy

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the Cohen hearings, the North Korean summit, Ivan’s trip to Vietnam, the Florida sex trafficking ring, and the India/Pakistan conflict. Plus, a reminder of the upcoming Seattle meetup.

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Recorded 2019-03-02
Length this week – 1:46:54

(0:00:20-0:22:38) But First
- Agenda
- Seattle Meetup
- Ivan in Vietnam
(0:23:22-1:08:54) Cohen Testimony
- Everything priced in?
- Republican response
- AOC performance
- Cohen’s receipts
- Cohen denials
- Democratic plans
(1:10:03-1:24:01) North Korean Summit
- How not to do a summit
- Trump trusting dictators
- Credit for Trump?
(1:25:21-1:46:34) Mini Lightning Round
- Ivan: Florida sex trafficking ring
- Sam: India and Pakistan

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@abulsme tweets from 2019-03-01 (UTC)

16:21:03 Retweeted @WALeXMXeLAW 10:21:29 3 Year Anniversary Specialhttps://t.co/TjiQ8oWX5R
16:24:44 Retweeted @AdamSchiff 00:00:03 Trump on Putin: “He said he didn’t meddleвЂќ in our electionOn MBS: He вЂњvehemently deniesвЂќ arranging Khashoggi’s murder
On Kim: вЂњI will take him at his wordвЂќ on Otto Warmbier’s death

Trump has yet to find a dictator he won’t trust over our own intel agencies

Or common sense.
16:26:56 Retweeted @HoarseWisperer 2019-02-28 15:15:59 I’m seeing some confusion about the difference between CPAP and CPAC.A CPAP is a machine that delivers a continuous flow of oxygen to the brain.
CPAC is a conference for conservatives who have had that oxygen flow cut off.

#CPAC
17:20:13 Retweeted @ThePlumLineGS 15:56:33 Trump’s corrupt, nepotistic grant of security clearance to Kushner may blow up in his face.House Dems can subpoena memos from John Kelly and Don McGahn arguing against the move.
I spoke to legal experts about this. It’s a ticking time bomb.

My piece: https://t.co/mpPGz3HcaJ
21:36:48 Retweeted @danholler 2019-02-28 19:58:37 it doesn’t fit the press narrative, but there is interesting policy work happening in Congress.@marcorubio and @ewarren teaming up on a #JOBs bill https://t.co/wGo82SuJSy
21:41:46 @SimoneReports @Q13FOX He will have flamed out of the Presidental race long before that. in reply to SimoneReports
23:51:25 Retweeted @MuslimIQ 23:49:55 I’m currently on the front page of Reddit for this tweet.I think the guy I responded to actually deleted his account.
ВЇ\_(гѓ„)_/ВЇ
#MurderedByWords
https://t.co/sXbmtwiB19 https://t.co/uEQkFODiGb
23:55:24 Retweeted @amyklobuchar 22:17:02 Time to make history for #WomensHistoryMonth, and celebrate four women senators running for President. Thanks to my friends @KamalaHarris @SenGillibrand and @ewarren
Just think…it wasn’t that long ago that we didn’t even have four women in the Senate!

@abulsme tweets from 2019-02-28 (UTC)

00:56:02 Retweeted @RepJayapal 00:12:18 sorry not sorry ВЇ\_(гѓ„)_/ВЇ https://t.co/LfngVXaNkX
01:03:05 Reading – Here are five felonies Trump committed вЂ” if Cohen is telling the truth (Max Boot) https://t.co/vwR9nfZn8K
01:29:46 Retweeted @JacquelynGill 2019-02-27 13:45:12 I have a #GED! I dropped out of high school after being failed due to >10 absences during a senior year fraught with parental conflict, homelessness, depression and high-achiever anxiety. Don’t let anyone tell you you’re less deserving because of the path you took. https://t.co/rmiOzQAzz4
02:13:46 Retweeted @Peter_Wehner 01:43:28 “Republicans on the committee tried to destroy the credibility of Cohen’s testimony, not because they believe that his testimony is false, but because they fear it is true.вЂќ My latest @nytimes piece
https://t.co/mYTjc3TyiJ
02:23:40 вЂњOK, I’ll delete it.вЂќ https://t.co/7669okBftL
03:54:42 @shelleyaw123 Alternately, bein in office protects him from prosecution. Once out of office he is more vulnerable absent a pardon or non-prosecution agreement a la Agnew. in reply to shelleyaw123
04:08:54 Retweeted @JohnRMoffitt 00:34:34 The Republicans spend a lot of hate on #AOC as it becomes increasingly obvious that she’s smarter than the whole lot of them put together.#BecomingAnAOCFan https://t.co/uOW73GaPIF
06:24:31 She is really really good at this. https://t.co/4v3echs7Qi
06:37:02 Oops https://t.co/D8mxlRBn0D
11:15:07 Retweeted @ElieNYC 03:15:05 I have a theory for why @AOC and @AyannaPressley handled their hearing better than other, older Dems.It’s bc they didn’t *need* the national TV attention. TV is not how they reach their constituents. They didn’t need to *look* like they were working, they could just work.
15:52:18 Retweeted @kkondik 13:49:52 Crystal Ball: A first look at the Electoral College – 248 R, 244 D, 46 Toss-up https://t.co/SjAYkMxwZz https://t.co/k4c3atG0Kj
15:54:16 Retweeted @GlennKesslerWP 2019-02-27 21:52:11 Some lessons that other lawmakers could learn from @AOC‘s good questioning of Cohen: a) follow-up on previously asked questions that still need answers b) be precise and detailed and c) avoid much grandstanding. You might elicit news.
19:33:48 Retweeted @indigogloves 19:32:08 Ten days until Daylight Savings Time. This is not a drill. ☀️
22:24:25 Listening to Future Tense – ABC – RN Does the Meritocratic ideal have merit? https://t.co/7tPx4NFXdb

@abulsme tweets from 2019-02-27 (UTC)

15:31:34 Retweeted @IAmSophiaNelson 15:29:24 Dayuuuuuuuuum.
Cohen: “I know what Trump is–he is a racist. He is a cheat.”
#HouseOversightCommittee
15:38:16 Retweeted @MattZeitlin 15:37:03 just wait until the sanders-schultz-trump presidential debates https://t.co/wfm5zAPvZF
15:40:27 вЂњDid we know about the drop of hacked emails in advance? The answer is yes.вЂќ
15:44:55 The room is dead quiet while Cohen is reading his statement.
15:45:18 Retweeted @JarrettHill 15:40:00 вЂњTrump would often say, this campaign was going to be the вЂgreatest infomercial in political history.’ He never expected to win the primary. He never expected to win the general election. The campaign вЂ“ for him вЂ“ was always a marketing opportunity.вЂќ Michael Cohen
15:49:25 Retweeted @politicalwire 15:40:03 If you have any bad news, now would be a really good time to release it
15:53:59 Text of the prepared remarks for reference: https://t.co/TZMz7Zir2q
15:54:41 Retweeted @jeffjarvis 15:54:04 “The meeting is all set.”
15:55:42 Retweeted @flyosity 15:54:19 Cohen looks right into the camera and says he’s not Trump’s fixer anymore. Straight gangster.
15:56:45 Retweeted @BenjySarlin 15:12:39 I know it’s the last best option, but it still amazes me that “This guy who was my personal fixer until less than a year ago is an obvious criminal liar!” is the line that’s supposed to clear up all these scandals
15:57:08 Retweeted @dandrezner 15:54:30 Here’s what I don’t get: If this is correct, why all the desperate dirty tricks to tarnish Clinton? Was it to keep the score close, which would enhance his brand? Some campaign folks not in on the scheme? https://t.co/i6QOegyeio
16:02:51 Retweeted @emptywheel 16:00:30 Don Jr signed one of the reimbursement checks!!(And Weisselberg.)
Buhbye Uday. in reply to emptywheel
16:15:23 Retweeted @MileHighBrendan 16:12:28 Most of the specifics we’re focused on now re: Cohen will be forgotten, but this pointвЂ”which various post-presidency biographies & memoirs will surely confirmвЂ”will be central to what students in the latter half of this century will learn about the Trump era in history class. https://t.co/bTekuBsWp8
16:20:34 The Republican questioning of Cohen so far is pathetic.
16:31:11 Retweeted @Popehat 16:25:15 Witness: I killed six people for the defendant.
GOP Defense Lawyer: Isn’t it true you killed EIGHT people for the defendant?
Witness: Oh, right. Sorry.
GOP Defense Lawyer: [nods smugly and crosses his arms]
Prosecutor: [hums a happy little tune] in reply to Popehat
16:31:52 Retweeted @_Drew_McCoy_ 16:25:21 Wait. Cohen says he’s not sure how many times Trump had him pay women off in 2015 and 16.When Maloney asked him for a number he said he’d have to check but “it was certainly the two that we know about”.
So….there were others?
16:32:15 Retweeted @emptywheel 16:25:26 Cohen: I believe they amended a financial disclosure form. There’s a footnote.Maloney: Catch and Kill.
Cohen: AMI, They would contact me that there’s a story percolating. You contact the individual, and purchase rights from them. Involved in several of these. in reply to emptywheel
16:32:39 Retweeted @NatashaBertrand 10:02:44 Great catch by @ScottMStedman: Trump told Mueller in writing that Roger Stone did not tell him about WikiLeaks, per CNN. But Cohen now says Stone told Trump about the impending WikiLeaks release in July 2016. If Mueller can prove Cohen’s story… https://t.co/TIsC7foVTI
16:32:59 Retweeted @gtconway3d 16:22:32 They are disgracing themselves forever on the pages of history. And for what? https://t.co/NVOtO1ndoM
16:38:24 Somebody should ask Cohen to reconcile the вЂњTrump never wanted to winвЂќ part of his story with the вЂњTrump took illegal actions in order to winвЂќ part of his story.
16:46:19 @realCerealKillr I can speculate myself too. There are a number of answers that make sense, including yours below. I want someone to ask COHEN to hear HIS version of an answer. in reply to realCerealKillr
16:59:28 This should be getting more attention than it is. https://t.co/dwcL5U9URO
17:07:57 Retweeted @zachdcarter 15:37:16 The narrative Cohen is presenting here — that Trump never believed he had a chance to win, and used the 2016 presidential run as a way to drum up scammy business — is just a magnification of the way many leading Republicans have used presidential campaigns for years.
17:10:18 Retweeted @Popehat 17:04:48 GOP Defense Lawyer: Isn’t it true, sir, that by testifying about my client’s crimes, you’re violating a lawyer’s duty of loyalty and confidentiality?Witness: I guess?
GOP Defense Lawyer: AH-HAH! in reply to Popehat
17:15:34 Retweeted @busblog 17:14:42 Donald Trump’s long-time lawyer: Trump did a shitload of illegal things, here are the receipts.GOP: https://t.co/D7IqTvEVEx
17:17:16 Like Cohen, they will regret this some day. https://t.co/9ZqI3kBgNG
17:19:13 Retweeted @ddale8 17:12:11 Asked if he’s seen Trump threatening physical violence to people, Cohen says, “No. He would use others.” Asked to clarify that Trump would hire people, Cohen says, “He didn’t have to hire them. They were already working there.” in reply to ddale8
17:40:42 Retweeted @TODAYshow 17:36:44 вЂњI just find it interesting, sir, that between yourself and your colleagues that not one question so far… has been asked about President Trump. That’s actually why I thought I was coming today. Not to confess the mistakes that I’ve made. I’ve already done that.вЂќ вЂ“Michael Cohen https://t.co/rPySbRWrwC
17:44:07 Retweeted @fordm 17:42:08 “Why didn’t you stop him from committing all these crimes?” is, once again, an amazing line of questioning from the president’s congressional supporters.
17:47:45 вЂњAre you aware of other crimes the President was involved in that we haven’t talked about?вЂќ вЂњYes, they are active subjects of the SDNY investigation and they have asked me not to talk about them.вЂќ
17:48:20 Retweeted @chrislhayes 17:42:24 It’s…weird to me no GOP rep has asked about Prague. It’s a slam dunk for them in terms of knocking down the “dodgy dossier” right? in reply to chrislhayes
17:49:03 Retweeted @jbarro 17:40:46 “If you’re such a good lawyer, why did you do the crimes that the president asked you to do instead of telling him you can’t do crimes for him?” in reply to jbarro
17:50:17 Retweeted @Ugarles 2019-02-26 16:09:13 it is insanely funny that the white house tries to smear michael cohen with the phrase “convicted liar” when the lie he was convicted for telling was “donald trump did nothing wrong”
17:51:16 Retweeted @normative 17:41:19 He’s repeatedly intimidated there’s a long history of other hush money payoffs, and nobody’s followed up on it.
18:50:35 I actually hadn’t heard this particular rumor beforeвЂ¦ https://t.co/zoL5pG9Cps
18:51:12 Retweeted @KenDilanianNBC 18:50:33 Cohen just denied under oath having ever been in Prague, and he also said he never met with Russians on his 2016 trip elsewhere in Europe. That would seem to drive a stake in the heart of a story that has refused to die.
19:19:58 Retweeted @CAPAction 17:27:06 вЂњEverybody’s job at the Trump Org was to protect Mr. Trump. Every day, most of us knew we were coming in and we were going to lie for him on something.And that’s exactly what’s happening right now in this country. It’s exactly what’s happening here in government.вЂќ #CohenHearing https://t.co/8qJSTxag4z
19:20:34 Retweeted @TreyYingst 18:38:00 India/Pakistan update:-Air bases in Pakistan at “war alert levels”
-Indian PM Modi reportedly gives “free hand” to military
-Heavy clashes reported now in the Kashmir region
-Pakistani PM Khan calls for talks
-Many countries urging calm between the two nuclear armed powers
22:01:19 Oh god, just turned the hearings on again after having gotten back from a lunch meeting. They are yelling at each other about who is racist. Seeing the hearings are going well. All good.

@abulsme tweets from 2019-02-26 (UTC)

05:49:33 ADHD thread. https://t.co/hcEcw8eAUh
16:05:12 <symbol> https://t.co/GVqoyg5EvW
16:45:56 Retweeted @jameshohmann 16:22:11 At a House intelligence committee hearing, Madeline Albright just formally apologized to Mitt Romney for making fun of him in 2012 when he said Russia was our biggest geopolitical foe. She says the now Utah senator was prescient.
16:50:10 Retweeted @jamisonfoser 16:37:18 Important piece from @ThePlumLineGS. We do not need to learn a single additional fact in order to know Trump is supremely unfit to be president and a danger every moment he remains in office. https://t.co/zXxZWlM7iK https://t.co/zlHFXGssqX in reply to jamisonfoser
21:40:38 Retweeted @Popehat 21:31:38 Dear Representative @mattgaetz …. are you represented by federal criminal defense counsel? Let me tell you why I ask./1
https://t.co/30Njk25F00

@abulsme tweets from 2019-02-25 (UTC)

04:11:08 Retweeted @dandrezner 00:38:54 This is a terrifying read for anyone who cares about foreign policy. вЂњPrivately, Trump often talks about his fondness for the Venezuelan expats who frequent his golf club in Doral.вЂќ https://t.co/iexeKFchGh
04:12:12 Retweeted @planet4589 02:48:24 So apparently @DrBrianMay is NOT the first astrophysicist to open the Oscars. That is amazing. https://t.co/vOwieds0Dm
06:41:03 The puppy came running into the room, desperate for a little help. He was stuck. https://t.co/7TY3qnjCYG
07:00:00 Stuck https://t.co/mIPEHpqFEg https://t.co/hk9xznGqiT
17:08:07 Fun thread https://t.co/8j01gfCq38
18:48:10 Retweeted @ErynnBrook 18:46:22 I’m gonna watch this little bot go! <symbol>It may seem counter-intuitive but I actually do like bots. I just don’t like them when they’re evil. <symbol><symbol>‍♀️
@AutoAttribot
22:23:12 Retweeted @USEmbassyNepal 11:43:43 Well someone’s got to be prepared…. https://t.co/4qrMvTFRHy

@abulsme tweets from 2019-02-24 (UTC)

00:28:32 Reading – Ultimate Ultima: New Horizons team shares sharpest view of space snowman (Alan Boyle, Geekwire) https://t.co/CJPMx1pIAf
02:08:16 @SarriaPaul @glennkirschner2 @Sanity__please I mentioned this possibility in the episode of my Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast which will drop later tonight. But I dismissed it as a too good to be true fantasy scenario that couldn’t possibly be true. :-) in reply to SarriaPaul
08:45:35 Retweeted @OrlyLobel 2019-02-23 06:42:00 Man arrested for putting fake arrows on the floor in IKEA and creating a labyrinth with no exit https://t.co/Ix2UBJxbg4 via @9GAG
09:31:56 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Where It’s Supposed To Be https://t.co/DxnnZ18HSk https://t.co/gXEz4mwPap
16:09:09 Retweeted @DavidCornDC 2019-02-22 19:45:43 Not saying it was appropriate conduct, but the @amyklobuchar fork story has now received more coverage in less than a day than Donald Trump’s mob ties received during the entire 2016 campaign.
20:02:38 Liked on YouTube: 10 Letters We Dropped From The Alphabet https://t.co/8IG0AAYBbI

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