Abulsme.com: Sunday, June 16th, 2019

Curmudgeon’s Corner: The Road Your Horse Is On

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about Trump and his administration and what they are doing, duh… but they also talk about kids being exhausting in the summer, anti-vax idiots, and WWDC. Enjoy the show!

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Recorded 2019-06-14
Length this week – 2:16:13

(0:00:21-0:37:16) Round 1
- Ivan: Summer exhaustion
- Sam: Trump admin ignoring laws and ethics
(0:38:33-1:30:02) Round 2
- Ivan: War with Iran?
- Sam: Trump on taking foreign help
(1:31:45-) Round 3
- Ivan: Anti-vax idiots
- Sam: WWDC

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@abulsme tweets from 2019-06-12 (UTC)

02:01:41 Retweeted @ABCPolitics 2019-06-11 15:51:45 “Your indifference cost these men and women their most valuable commodity: time.”Jon Stewart receives a standing ovation from 9/11 first responders after slamming lawmakers for failing to fund programs providing healthcare to the first responders https://t.co/vSFOq11Wr5 https://t.co/BrAC3UfYMD
07:59:38 Retweeted @superglaze 2019-06-11 11:21:52 Hackers steal old Radiohead recordings and demand $150,000 to not release them. So Radiohead releases them instead.
https://t.co/TkuXUrKIBw https://t.co/CazlpfFiJ1
17:25:28 Retweeted @sarahw 14:44:11 Google Reader died almost exactly six years ago and if I had to pinpoint when the Internet nosedived, that would be the day
19:13:57 Retweeted @AdamParkhomenko 18:42:11 That he still has patience left demonstrates what an absolute fucking joke his efforts have been so far. Less time stalling, less time on tv and more time producing the accountability you were elected to provide. https://t.co/ssa7xupahx
19:16:07 Retweeted @Delavegalaw 16:02:49 Oh, for cryin’ out loud, Dems, please just issue all the subpoenas that need to be issued! Do it all at once and don’t talk about it anymore. We don’t have time to wait around pretending that this administration is ever going to do the right thing. Ever. https://t.co/myJhXJK41p
19:31:36 Retweeted @kenklippenstein 19:03:49 Howard Schultz threw his back out doing centrism https://t.co/rfJVr9qHwk
19:35:20 FFS Joe. <symbol> https://t.co/T6N5CqukZt
19:53:00 @btitus This race would be so much healthier if both Biden and Sanders had just stepped back and not run. There are plenty of other interesting people running. in reply to btitus
20:40:45 Retweeted @geoffreyvs 20:12:01 20 Democrats have qualified for the first debates on June 26-27. Barring any late polls tonight or donor surprises tomorrow, the DNC won’t need tiebreakers to sort out who’s in and who’s out. Bad news is for Steve Bullock, who remains 1 poll short. https://t.co/2iR3qMJKwo https://t.co/rQ1i9Wu5Cz
21:16:46 Bye bye. https://t.co/FYK10GGP7u
23:51:50 Sigh https://t.co/btehsxgEXS

@ElecCollPolls tweets from 2019-06-12 (UTC)

02:55:36 Poll Added: Siena in NY from 2019-06-02 to 2019-06-06 – Gillibrand 58.0% to Trump 34.0% #Election2020 https://t.co/6Kz4dQPMoo
07:24:49 Poll Added: Siena in NY from 2019-06-02 to 2019-06-06 – de Blasio 48.0% to Trump 36.0% #Election2020 https://t.co/x4R2TuhgQv

@abulsme tweets from 2019-06-11 (UTC)

01:23:23 <symbol>‍♂️ https://t.co/soCFLcGPKh
01:23:43 Retweeted @owillis 01:15:37 Biden is pandering to what is probably a majority of Democratic voters with this stupid “the good Republicans” schtick. It’s the same reason House Dems are insisting on Aaron Sorkin cosplay instead of just impeaching Trump. It’s all very dumb but it’s the voters fault, IMO
01:28:48 Thread https://t.co/HQwmcizlan
01:48:07 Retweeted @whstancil 2019-06-10 22:34:00 Nadler going rogue would strengthen his own investigation, too. Right now, after endless coverage of Pelosi’s refusal to impeach, everybody in DC knows Nadler is all bark, no bite. Why listen to a cop who promises not to arrest you?https://t.co/CVTNiydSiW
02:02:46 Retweeted @drskyskull 01:49:18 WE ACCEPT https://t.co/Mx1zQMOghz
02:03:51 Thread https://t.co/XC8c3jEDif
02:06:11 Retweeted @ElieNYC 2019-06-10 15:07:56 So that time I pointed out that @amychua‘s op-ed in defense of Kavanaugh should be read with an understanding that her daughter was going to get a clerkship with Kavanaugh and all the Chua defenders said that her daughter wasn’t applying and I said WAIT A YEAR… I was right? https://t.co/SO1KOVlRZm
02:07:17 Yup https://t.co/XervmpletO
02:10:37 Hmm. https://t.co/NYcPOh4bgd
03:08:16 <symbol> https://t.co/jUpJhrvq5h
03:13:34 Retweeted @Aviation_Intel 2019-06-10 19:55:33 New Air Force One jets to have 1,200 nautical miles less range than originally required:
https://t.co/lKh4rsmyNm
04:02:28 Great thread here. https://t.co/QLglNsfILv
17:00:37 <symbol> https://t.co/2uYCf4pw2c
18:56:04 Sigh https://t.co/x2FQQQ0EJI
18:57:07 This is why you don’t see R’s defecting from Trump. https://t.co/ib5pkLgW6Z
19:07:39 Retweeted @HotlineJosh 19:05:36 “Democrats still have so much post-traumatic stress from the last presidential campaign that they’re unable to recognize the obvious: President Trump is a serious underdog for re-election.”
https://t.co/3nuOx17N8X
20:08:21 That’s me in the black t-shirt on the couch! I barely recognized myself! Many decades later, the Curmudgeon’s Corner show @imbou and I did at @wrct883 lives on as a podcast. But I still miss the days doing it live on the radio! Great place, great people! https://t.co/B5DZRAEzq9 in reply to wrct883
20:29:33 Retweeted @byelin 20:00:58 Highly recommend this dose of realism from @brianbeutler: https://t.co/SNhVpqBfE2.Even if Biden is saying this stuff (Republicans will compromise again!) for cynical political purposes, it is destructive and will cripple his Presidency.
20:51:27 @StevePtweets @MalcolmNance OK, here ya go. Check out all the state level poll detail you want. Choose different candidate combinations or click through on individual states for details. Have fun! https://t.co/SXpvevgMpS (Disclosure, its my site.) https://t.co/t9FhSHlSiF in reply to StevePtweets
22:29:45 This is why you shouldn’t take your foot off the gas and blink when they offer a вЂњcompromiseвЂќ. https://t.co/XiNrasZnDE
23:20:36 Retweeted @mattdpearce 21:42:26 Hung jury: One or more jurors refused to convict border activist Scott Daniel Warren for providing two migrants with water, food and lodging. He faced up to 20 years in prison if convicted. https://t.co/YjKuD0OBo5

@abulsme tweets from 2019-06-10 (UTC)

02:41:31 Retweeted @LedPast 02:00:17 513 DAYS TO GO:
2008 Dem: Clinton led by 8.8 points.
2008 GOP: Giuliani led by 9.5 points.
2012 GOP: Romney led by 11 points.
2016 Dem: Clinton led by 47.5 points.
2016 GOP: Bush led by 0.2 points.
https://t.co/OLynKLRaJh
03:37:10 Retweeted @marcoarment 01:08:41 Something big changed at Apple around the beginning of 2017: https://t.co/6kTp8H7qmg
03:52:49 Retweeted @johnharris1969 2019-06-09 11:54:20 Here’s the essential state of English politics in 96 seconds by my colleague @rafaelbehr https://t.co/hO3aAYLQeY
06:21:27 Retweeted @ASmallFiction 04:13:16 No one notices the ghosts of dogs. Their hauntings are too companionable.They curl at the foot of the bed in the soft early mornings.
Warm. Content.

Urging: just five minutes more.
16:26:19 Retweeted @jonallendc 10:43:48 This @kasie interview with Rep. Rob Woodall, R-Ga., from last night is … pick your word.He didn’t read the Mueller report, and it’s hard to identify a reason in what he says about that that doesn’t come down to plausible deniability about what’s in it. https://t.co/NAKKf8wDnT
16:36:54 Retweeted @nprpolitics 15:55:05 this was supposed to be a politics news tweet but we got so excited watching Sesame Street at the @nprmusic Tiny Desk that we forgot https://t.co/dSXhODlDpd
17:01:49 Retweeted @AdamParkhomenko 16:41:41 I think the words I’ve come to hate the most are вЂњDemocrats have reached a deal with DOJ.вЂќ Keep trying to kick that football, folks. I’m sure Lucy is a completely different person now.
17:03:48 Retweeted @waltshaub 12:21:56 This is the sort of thing that should lead to the impeachment of a corrupt official — that is, if her corrupt husband weren’t in a position to block that impeachment. We are now a full-fledged banana republic. We have nothing to teach the rest of the world except what not to be. https://t.co/UbLPaGM9nK
17:05:22 Retweeted @ThePlumLineGS 16:52:46 The Mexican foreign minister is now flatly contradicting Trump’s claim of secret additional provisions that Mexico supposedly agreed to, the NYT reports.Keep in mind that Trump tweeted that these secret provisions were “fully signed and documented.”
https://t.co/dIkg6LbERU https://t.co/cCVsrLi7Hn
19:23:05 Retweeted @yashar 19:20:12 To think that testimony by John Dean, who appears on CNN multiple times per week, would be agenda-setting and widely watched shows a detachment from reality.It’s not as if Dean is making his first comments since the Mueller probe began. https://t.co/HWJleyrxcn
19:30:12 I am a junky for this stuff, and normally would have been listening to audio for any important hearings and such on my headphones while I work. But I’ve heard John Dean talk dozens of times on this. I didn’t even think about tuning in this time. https://t.co/oWQucsCqNm
23:10:48 Retweeted @petridishes 20:20:44 what if as a nation we just did one BIG Kickstarter once a year to help everyone pay medical bills instead of 327 million individual ones

@abulsme tweets from 2019-06-09 (UTC)

01:57:02 Alex (9 yo) when this came on in the car: вЂњHeaven is NOT a place on Earth. If it was, don’t you think some of the dead people would escape and we would see them walking around? Do you see any dead people walking around? No! Stupid song!вЂќ https://t.co/INxeZlLm8Z
05:56:45 Retweeted @OhNoSheTwitnt 05:53:59 Cool then fire 60% of male managers and replace them with women, simple solution. https://t.co/RDzAT7hiho
07:06:36 Retweeted @djrothkopf 2019-06-08 23:47:33 Imagine any other president said, “I just negotiated this great new deal. Yay, me!” and it turned out the whole thing was BS. What would happen? Trump does it and it’s, “Yawn, just another Saturday.” That’s not him, sheeple, that’s on you.
15:44:42 Retweeted @IRussell729 15:42:36 @NilesGApol Really, the baseline of every 2020 prediction is that Trump won by a razor-thin margin in 2016, has made no substantial electoral gains since and thus has no margin for error. This (thankfully) won’t be tested, but I’m not even sure he’d beat Hillary in a rematch. in reply to IRussell729
15:47:11 Retweeted @nkjemisin 15:41:33 I have dropped 3 eggs this morning. “Make omelets!” says life. No, Life, those eggs fell on the floor, that’s nasty. In other news, I guess I’m having cereal for breakfast.
16:07:18 Thread https://t.co/oFhH8qkyaV
16:09:47 Retweeted @elgindy_ 15:05:17 People tend to feel very strongly about a 1 state solutionвЂ”it’s either totally impossible or the only conceivable outcome. Whatever your view, it’s clearly time for a serious & forthright debate about a 1SS. In fact, given the likely demise of a 2SS, it would be reckless not to. https://t.co/dxAhEQKAGF
16:17:29 Retweeted @zachsdorfman 14:04:45 I finally finished Volume I of the Mueller Report. I say this as someone who writes partially about counterintelligence for a living: it is a complete horror show. It shows pervasive malfeasance from the Trump campaign & administration. & it leaves serious questions unanswered.
17:04:04 Retweeted @gtconway3d 13:48:09 What’s astonishing is the media’s and the nation’s utter failure to confront the fact that we have a psychologically unwell and unfit president. https://t.co/kC6V7QCIwD
17:21:23 Retweeted @SilentDawnLB 15:19:31 This is crazy. https://t.co/kcgxp4SdQA
17:26:41 Retweeted @ColinKahl 14:14:50 On climate change, a senior Trump National Security Council official criticized State Dept scientific testimony by saying вЂњa consensus of peer reviewed literature has nothing to do with the truth.вЂќPolicy liberated from facts and reason is a road to Hell. https://t.co/cGfZsEB1nc
18:58:21 He found a nice place to sit. https://t.co/cqoWOs1OAg
19:49:26 Retweeted @claudiascore 2019-06-08 08:54:43 Tram drivers just sit there like “Ah shit here we go again…” https://t.co/bRh3Nh40kt
23:58:10 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Going Bad https://t.co/1gGrfJSZQT https://t.co/0Bwece40dR

@abulsme tweets from 2019-06-08 (UTC)

00:12:32 Retweeted @WotDpod 2019-06-07 01:34:19 Today’s episode of popular Wiki of the Day is on the article Normandy landings.Listen to the new episode here: https://t.co/Bx9dcIUHGr
See our archives or subscribe here: https://t.co/UAkEBr5nFx
00:53:34 Retweeted @richardjensor 00:47:43 Verdict from Mexican govt official: вЂњThis is the best feeling since we beat Germany at the World CupвЂќ https://t.co/5waecLUUGH
02:53:46 Retweeted @ChaseMit 2019-06-07 22:45:40 Imagine right now it’s your job, your actual career, to type the words вЂњOf course, the president knows the moon is not MarsвЂќ
03:00:09 Retweeted @dandrezner 02:40:30 I am happy to be corrected by immigration experts, but my initial read of this statement is that this represents a diplomatic face-saving gesture by both sides. https://t.co/5wjpc1APlM
03:12:03 Retweeted @LPDonovan 01:57:19 People fairly examining the joint statement and wondering where’s the beef, but it kind of obscures a bigger point. If Trump claims victory, it’s real to 40-some percent of the country. And it’s a trick he should probably pull more often, ideally w/o committing political arson.
03:15:27 Retweeted @crznhwy1 02:26:36 @TheRickWilson https://t.co/dn27RAJx3I in reply to TheRickWilson
03:24:06 Retweeted @JamesGleick 03:19:48 Please read this thread. https://t.co/1LxCYcMa2w
03:26:08 Retweeted @RedTRaccoon 02:47:23 Justice Ginsburg warns of more 5-4 decisions ahead.Read this and listen to what she is saying.
She’s trying to give us a heads up.

https://t.co/Ulh4Zzx5pP
03:28:39 Retweeted @PastelChum 2019-06-06 03:09:54 valve continues to sound like a charming place to work. https://t.co/SRvrgU0hRv
08:03:41 Listening to The Weeds A user’s guide to antitrust https://t.co/dyFNpfuZcZ
08:31:19 Retweeted @marceldirsus 08:20:26 This is what things have come to https://t.co/KhByYzBxh9
08:38:13 Retweeted @N0EWAH 2019-06-07 02:43:09 Watch till the end. Trust me on this one. https://t.co/TrvrlTlP2S
08:42:07 Retweeted @steckel 2019-06-07 02:42:52 holy shit the video is 100x better than the still image ever could have led me to believe https://t.co/SP4WVlZeu1
13:44:19 Retweeted @Devilstower 13:26:22 The Trump Cycle
1. Do this undefined thing, or I kill this puppy!
2. I mean it. Two puppies.
3. I really mean it. Ten puppies.
4. Victory, thanks to my skills as the world’s best negotiator.
5. Let us dance to celebrate how I saved thousands of puppies!
Rinse. Lather. Repeat.
13:51:47 Retweeted @SamWangPhD 13:22:48 Falsehoods like those told by @RepDavidRLewis – not enough time to draw a map, data not even loaded into the computer – are immediately refuted by the public availability of high-quality data, and citizen input. We will close such escape routes for 2021. https://t.co/Gdjd89uszO in reply to SamWangPhD
14:09:46 Retweeted @shannonrwatts 13:21:21 There’s no data showing lockdown drills are effective. Schools should provide training for adult staff on how to respond to active shooter situations, but we must stop traumatizing our children with lockdown drills. https://t.co/b02QYqkfHd
17:23:20 Liked on YouTube: How Lil Nas X Took вЂOld Town Road’ From TikTok Meme to No. 1 | Diary of a Song https://t.co/ztGZE22UGQ
17:48:15 Listening to The Josh Marshall Podcast Ep. 69: What To Expect When SCOTUS Rules On The Census Citizenship Case https://t.co/gltyITKWgt
18:35:14 Read this. https://t.co/TGcxC7Hoqe
20:08:53 Retweeted @ElectionGraphs 20:08:30 Biden makes NC blue, mixed changes in MI, and what about TX?
https://t.co/P0coh8GhrG
#Election2020 https://t.co/C5WhqjA5Dl
20:13:22 @ClistonBrown Any time. Thanks! I just posted my latest update on @ElectionGraphs that includes some discussion of Texas as well as other things. Includes some graphs and charts showing how the other Dems are doing. You might find it interesting. Thanks again! https://t.co/WMSQQpQJED in reply to ClistonBrown
21:25:00 Retweeted @itsJeffTiedrich 21:24:21 Trump: DO WHAT I SAY OR THERE WILL BE TARIFFS
Mexico:
Trump: I’M WARNING YOU
Mexico:
Trump: THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING
Mexico:
Trump:
Mexico:
Trump:
Mexico:
Trump: ok, just keep on doing what you’ve been doing
Mexico:
Trump: I WIN! I WIN! I’M THE BEST! THE BEST! EVERYONE SAYS SO

@ElectionGraphs tweets from 2019-06-08 (UTC)

20:08:30 Biden makes NC blue, mixed changes in MI, and what about TX?
https://t.co/P0coh8GhrG
#Election2020 https://t.co/C5WhqjA5Dl
21:31:54 Of course there was a new Biden versus Trump poll in NC that was released while I was drafting the blog post below. Details of the poll are at @ElecCollPolls for those interested. Not sure yet if I’ll do a blog post with just that update, or wait for more substantial changes. https://t.co/R3v0Ln3V7X in reply to ElectionGraphs

@ElecCollPolls tweets from 2019-06-08 (UTC)

20:09:05 Retweeted @ElectionGraphs 20:08:30 Biden makes NC blue, mixed changes in MI, and what about TX?
https://t.co/P0coh8GhrG
#Election2020 https://t.co/C5WhqjA5Dl
20:24:29 Poll Added: Spry in NC from 2019-05-25 to 2019-06-01 – Biden 41.096% to Trump 51.781% #Election2020 https://t.co/FlidPwVBQK
20:25:07 Biden vs. Trump tipping point change: Biden by 1.9% in NC -> Biden by 0.5% in NC #Election2020 https://t.co/Z8sSbEaEn0

@abulsme tweets from 2019-06-07 (UTC)

05:19:21 Retweeted @DonutOperator 2019-06-06 16:47:47 Wow. https://t.co/NUqG4yFrFT
05:50:53 Retweeted @Edsall 2019-06-06 21:43:42 Another bombshell from the secret files of the GOP’s gerrymandering guru. https://t.co/FOG6JOSRci via @slate
14:28:20 Retweeted @christopherhope 14:17:02 BREAKING Theresa May has formally resigned as Conservative party leader triggering start of race to succeed her.
Letters have been exchanged between Mrs May and the co-vice chairmen of the party’s 1922 committee. Full details at the Telegraph’s live blog: https://t.co/HMRqpMhbmH
16:02:21 Retweeted @ThePlumLineGS 15:00:46 Everyone is mocking Hannity for claiming that wanting to lock up political opponents is “banana republic” stuff.But this is a *feature* of this kind of Trumpian disinformation.
The unabashed nature of the lying is the whole point of it.

My new piece:
https://t.co/Hlmuu4YGpz
16:06:21 Retweeted @KatyTurNBC 16:01:22 Our baby boy got his first Spider-Man bandaid yesterday along with his first round of shots. Get vaccinated, folks. It works. cc @tonydokoupil https://t.co/lMRjIFDjDa
17:55:56 Thread https://t.co/7VKXeYWlTN
18:09:54 Retweeted @ZackBornstein 18:06:53 When the Moon is a part of Mars like a big pizza pie that’s amore https://t.co/HTjTe3mvIm
20:03:16 Liked on YouTube: The History of France: Every Year https://t.co/sdZNdoH6TV
21:49:20 Retweeted @TorEkelandPLLC 21:31:58 How many Democrats does it take to change a lightbulb?Zero. They’re hoping the courts will do it for them.
23:26:22 Retweeted @NatashaBertrand 21:46:44 Scoop: Former aide to Roger Stone has turned over to a grand jury all of his texts with Stone from October 2016 to March 2017, as well as the written agenda for Stone while he was at the RNC in 2016. This follows his 2-hour grand jury testimony last week. https://t.co/38FEXP5O4M

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