Abulsme.com: July 2019

Curmudgeon’s Corner: A Full Grasp

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Ivan discusses the situation with the Governor of Puerto Rico, then reacts in real-time to the Governor’s resignation, which happened during the recording of this episode. Then Sam and Ivan discuss the Mueller testimony, the reactions to it, and what comes next.

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Recorded 2019-07-25
Length this week – 1:28:50

(0:00:20-0:37:16) Ivan: Puerto Rico
(0:37:56-1:28:30) Sam: Mueller Testimony

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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Spread Those Memes!

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan spend the bulk of the show talking about Trump’s latest racist comments, and the reactions to them. But they also talk about the end of the SDNY campaign finance case, the whole FaceApp kerfluffle, and Sam read a book!

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Recorded 2019-07-19
Length this week – 1:54:30

(0:00:20-0:54:59) Sam: Racist Trump
(0:56:42-1:21:06) Ivan: Barr and SDNY
(1:21:47-1:27:37) Sam: Book – The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
(1:28:57-1:54:01) Ivan: FaceApp Controversy

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@abulsme tweets from 2019-07-14 (UTC)

00:33:19 Retweeted @mostlybree 00:30:42 The Dora novelization was clearly written by a sleep deprived parent of toddlers, and I want to read it now https://t.co/wKJ4csDCTG
01:58:28 Thread https://t.co/HHTgdxd5SP
06:07:17 Curmudgeon’s Corner: Sitting in Your Closet https://t.co/IrwQ1f1Wyc https://t.co/dVp0Oy5lrZ
16:12:38 Retweeted @dandrezner 12:38:10 There’s a lot of repellent stuff in these tweets, but it’s interesting that Trump presumes Ayanna Pressley (born in Chicago), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born in NYC), and Rashida Tlaib (born in Detroit) were not born in the USA. https://t.co/2vHjEnMdRs
16:12:42 Retweeted @endeavoringE 13:17:49 This happens to anyone who isn’t white – and perpetuates the notion that an вЂњAmericanвЂќ is nothing more than that, when, in fact, an American is an idea, not an ethnicity. And this is how the monsters win. https://t.co/MRa1Xdljje
16:12:51 Retweeted @AmandaMarcotte 12:50:14 His assumption that people of color aren’t legitimate citizens is why it’s fair to call him a white nationalist. https://t.co/SQm4xG2YCl
16:13:18 Retweeted @4lisaguerrero 15:57:56 Make no mistake. Telling people of color to вЂњgo back where they came fromвЂќ is racist. If people criticize this administration or it’s policies it doesn’t make them less вЂњpatrioticвЂќ, in fact the most patriotic thing you can do is to stand up & speak out against hate & intolerance.
16:28:22 Retweeted @jonfavs 2019-07-13 15:55:22 Hey, all you Democrats who work in Washington together: maybe get off Twitter, get into a room next week, and work out your problems like adults because DONALD FUCKING TRUMP IS PRESIDENT.
16:31:22 Retweeted @brianschatz 16:09:16 You misspelled racist. https://t.co/Qja8Z4vsi1
16:36:27 Retweeted @blackwomenviews 16:07:07 For those that think of immigration as just a Latinx issue. People from all backgrounds are being targeted. https://t.co/5AU4d3Jgxs
16:39:10 Retweeted @BreeNewsome 2019-07-13 14:43:36 I ask again, what does “bipartisanship” mean when one of the parties is blatantly white nationalist & is implementing murderous, racist policies??? WTF, y’all.
17:04:02 Retweeted @stevesilberman 16:42:27 Blatant lying like this is no accident. In classic Orwellian fashion, Trump is pounding a cleaver – BAM! BAM! BAM! – right through the center of his supporters’ brains, so they can’t access an accurate internal model of reality. LOVE ME, he whispers, I AM BETTER THAN REALITY. https://t.co/nnCnXbzram
18:48:25 Retweeted @JustinPeligri 18:37:35 And I…oop! https://t.co/QJDQGFvdOX
21:55:00 Retweeted @natsecHeather 20:54:25 I love peanut butter too. A college classmate died b/c a restaurant didn’t disclose peanut butter in its chili. By the time they realized, it was too late. Epi-pens, desensitization are great but they aren’t magic. A little inconvenience vs actual human lives. Please reconsider. https://t.co/54xgkQ4WjS

@abulsme tweets from 2019-07-13 (UTC)

01:36:30 Retweeted @natsecHeather 2019-07-12 19:53:37 Handy compendium here of ideas that science, and fancy names like Simon Baron-Cohen and Steven Pinker, gave us about autism that are outdated, disproven, offensive and wrong. Great quick read before the next time you hang out with someone with loved ones on the spectrum. https://t.co/UTWEDMVBF4
02:34:42 That Look https://t.co/RjqaMyc1Ga https://t.co/Mg0Zafpu4F
05:22:44 Retweeted @joshtpm 03:49:56 Democrats are talking about some dumb shit tonight. Pelosi has done herself/her caucus no favors with her dismissive comments. It’s also mind boggling that AOC and crew can try to upend their caucus at every turn and then be shocked they’re вЂњsingled outвЂќ.
16:30:17 Retweeted @matthewamiller 15:43:50 I’ve been answering Star Wars q’s about the force and lightsabers and on and on for two years, but out of nowhere my four year old just asked вЂњwhy is Leia’s dress still all white after they come out of the trash compactor,вЂќ and…..I got absolutely nothing.
16:33:09 Retweeted @mattdpearce 2019-07-12 23:04:02 This is one of the most mind-bending election charts I feel like I’ve seen. https://t.co/M2YGFnihtx https://t.co/M2TVbxdPcX
16:42:14 Retweeted @Taniel 16:11:28 It’s worth reading @kanishktharoor‘s essay breaking down why this literal sacralization of borders is “zealous and dangerous:” https://t.co/Gwpj8F6c1W https://t.co/ozv5S92g0p in reply to Taniel
16:48:22 Retweeted @kellymagsamen 12:13:49 This image is stunning. White men in sports blazers casually staring at Hispanic men in a crowded cage. My God. https://t.co/fRVGEhIPk9
16:52:24 The election doesn’t elect the president. The election elects a slate of electors, who in turn can vote for whoever they want. Put Pence or another generic Republican on the ballot, the electors pledge to vote for Trump anyway. Not like CA is in play of course. But if it was. https://t.co/2JVWgjwoZJ
17:45:15 Interesting thread and responses. https://t.co/plTWNA4qzy
18:24:06 Liked on YouTube: Mark Hamill Does a Perfect Impression of Harrison Ford https://t.co/xoyUTReZnw

@abulsme tweets from 2019-07-12 (UTC)

01:29:05 Retweeted @mkraju 2019-07-11 19:56:26 NEW: House Intelligence Committee met today with David Archey, a senior FBI official on Mueller’s team, behind closed doors, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The committee is reviewing counterintelligence gleaned from Mueller probe. w/@jeremyherb
01:31:04 Thread https://t.co/j4rL1vTQZm
01:48:18 Retweeted @washingtonpost 00:46:07 Opinion: An impeachment inquiry is risky. Not opening one is riskier. https://t.co/1NJemv8TZu
10:04:33 I felt nothing because I was asleep. But my wife woke me up because she felt it, as did my daughter. I feel left out. 4.7 earthquake 10 miles from home. https://t.co/KxTlYKkb5n
10:18:07 Retweeted @MorganKIRO7 10:11:50 Latest per @PNSN1 website at 3:10amвЂ¦ #earthquakesM4.7 at 2:51:37am, 3.7 miles deep
M3.5 aftershock at 2:53:59am, 12.8 miles deep

Not in exactly the same spot. #wawx #waquake https://t.co/d8itqDDDzS
10:25:56 Retweeted @PrestonTVNews 10:22:02 Earthquake that just hit north of Seattle has been downgraded to a 4.4 magnitude. @USGS now saying it was 0km SSW of Three Lakes, Washington. Here’s the intensity map for this earthquake and the shake map that shows how far out the earthquake could be felt. https://t.co/URvordDgb5
16:25:37 Retweeted @moorehn 16:13:32 Good update on the legal machinations to get Trump’s tax returns, by @imillhiser https://t.co/KtxBOJafZr
19:57:45 Retweeted @fmanjoo 19:49:34 This @michaelbd criticism of my column has this interesting bit. personally I can’t understand anyone who doesn’t question every inherited part of the culture and seek to justify it. That’s the point of reason, I feelhttps://t.co/5yvqO7URme https://t.co/1uoAhpYih4
20:08:38 Retweeted @notcapnamerica 17:32:05 .@KamalaHarris “Any of us that has raised a daughter, when they hit puberty they start to develop breasts & hips. Don’t you dare say that because they take on those physical attributes that she is less of a child. They are babies.” https://t.co/RPjQn0rFfv in reply to notcapnamerica
20:58:34 Retweeted @SnoCoSheriff 20:54:12 Are you signed up to receive text/email/voice alerts from Snohomish County? AlertSense allows emergency response agencies to issue alerts to warn citizens of events such as need for immediate evacuation, crime/imminent danger, and local area emergencies. https://t.co/1T9XCbzdQq
21:37:32 Paying off witnesses doesn’t work as well if they catch you doing it. https://t.co/Jex12AL0ve

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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Sitting in Your Closet

This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ed joins Sam to talk about how psychology and politics may relate, and wealth inequality in society. But of course,вЂ‹ they also talk about the Epstein arrest. And Sam saw a movie!

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Recorded 2019-07-12
Length this week – 1:53:55

(0:00:20-0:42:06) Ed: Intuitive vs Rational Thinkers
(0:43:09-1:17:56) Sam: Epstein Arrest
(1:21:11-1:41:20) Ed: Wealth Inequality
(1:42:36-1:53:35) Sam: Movie: Detective Pikachu (2019)

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@abulsme tweets from 2019-07-11 (UTC)

05:37:23 Retweeted @JacquelynGill 2019-07-10 01:48:20 Okay, so: I was understandably incredulous to read this. 41,000 years is unheard of in terms of an organism surviving deep freeze, by orders of magnitude. So, I went to the source. https://t.co/7dD4FwnNSF
13:39:37 Retweeted @EoinHiggins_ 12:34:16 So to review:Trump threatens family raids
Calls them off on condition that Democrats fund вЂњborder securityвЂќ
Dems fund it over objections of party’s left-leaning members
Trump schedules raids anyway
16:00:50 Retweeted @JoyAnnReid 15:29:25 “Pelosi is willing to confront Trump, or his officials, but only to a point. She not only believes the center will hold; she seems to think that it will, once some unspecified red line is crossed, topple Trump and his administration without any direct intervention on her part.” https://t.co/cSeDrTjF3A
18:20:58 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 18:14:12 Put another way: President finds out he can’t just do something that is un-Constitutional just because he wants to.
But he tried. He’ll try again, with other things. https://t.co/e0ZNspCnjj
19:59:49 The whale was better. https://t.co/kAhOrKgcHf
20:01:06 Best net approval for Trump in the RCP average since March 2017. https://t.co/kFMZ1RfeOe https://t.co/R3HniCJ7e3
20:20:10 For reference, @RealDonaldTrump‘s Twitter follower count over the last year. https://t.co/1QTOOrHthe https://t.co/1JsftUka6v

@abulsme tweets from 2019-07-10 (UTC)

01:13:24 Retweeted @kylegriffin1 00:49:23 NBC: The poor treatment of migrant children at the hands of border agents extends beyond Texas to include allegations of sexual assault and retaliation for protests, according to dozens of accounts by children held in Arizona collected by case managers. https://t.co/Grk5Vopj7k
01:21:29 Retweeted @WotDpod 01:19:36 Today’s episode of popular Wiki of the Day is on the article Ross Perot.Listen to the new episode here: https://t.co/P5XXngxQpZ
See our archives or subscribe here: https://t.co/UAkEBr5nFx
03:42:29 My question: If the stuff the Feds found when they searched Epstein’s house actually had evidence of something like this, like blackmail videos, how much time would we expect to pass before they start arresting the people who were blackmailed? Weeks? Months? Years? Never? https://t.co/W5SbEyXiUa
03:47:19 This will be handy when it is done! https://t.co/xZtJo6GBiZ
03:54:18 Oh. In that case, fuck him. Sorry I liked him in 92. https://t.co/TcSOwAUzEV
04:15:57 Retweeted @VickyPJWard 00:14:41 Yes, you read that right: “THEY.” https://t.co/dYtKRMHbDF
04:16:33 Retweeted @tobyjoe 00:12:09 Watching Dems plod along, assuming the GOP efforts to rapidly reprogram the entire modern world through brute force is just a phase brings to mind news outlets a decade ago, hoping FB and reprogrammed attention spans were a phase.Dinosaurs didn’t see the asteroid, either.
04:31:22 @shelleyaw123 At the time (in 92) I thought his concern about the deficit was important, and the charts and graphs made him seem data driven and pragmatic rather than dogmatic, which I liked. Emphasis on NAFTA was not a plus. As the years went by I liked what I heard less and less. in reply to shelleyaw123
05:22:47 Retweeted @DeadlineWH 2019-07-09 21:46:11 вЂњThe reason a lot of Republicans haven’t read the Mueller report isn’t because they aren’t illiterate, it’s because they don’t want to read what’s in there. They don’t want to see the truthвЂќ @Peter_Wehner w/ @NicolleDWallace https://t.co/flI9m3UZNG
16:48:05 Retweeted @Ashley_Reynolds 16:22:00 That one comment from Kamala really knocked his team on their ass huh? https://t.co/cJDtPxiLyN
16:50:14 Retweeted @tribelaw 10:17:57 Nothing to see here. Just more witness tampering in plain view.https://t.co/TQYng9vUjQ
17:06:29 Retweeted @anniekarni 11:01:11 вЂMother Is Not Going to Like This’: The 48 Hours That Almost Brought Down Trump – POLITICO Magazine https://t.co/I6QVeA2l9a
17:13:51 Retweeted @yashar 15:51:37 ‘Don’t tweet about it’: Pelosi scolds progressives https://t.co/HHPGnPbEAr
17:32:08 Retweeted @HoarseWisperer 17:29:24 House Dems on impeachment: There aren’t enough votes in the Senate so it’s pointless.House Dems on passing futile bills: There aren’t enough votes in the Senate… but we’re sending a message!
17:59:32 Retweeted @yashar 2019-07-09 23:21:44 Over the past few days I’ve spoken to seven prominent money managers, three of whom are billionaires, and asked them if they have any idea how Epstein made money or who his clients areAll of them said they had no idea and have never been able to figure out the answers https://t.co/TgBh4JtPUO
18:42:25 Retweeted @AdamParkhomenko 18:00:18 YES, COLLUSION: Trump’s Campaign Coordinated With Russia https://t.co/SY3ljrUW5a
18:58:12 Retweeted @TheViewFromLL2 18:53:38 He’s dancing around it, but the core of Acosta’s explanation for why his office agreed to such a lenient deal is that, in the reasoned judgment of experienced prosecutors, there was a strong chance a jury would not believe the testimony of any of the 36 victims the DOJ had found. in reply to TheViewFromLL2
19:01:24 Retweeted @KlasfeldReports 18:58:50 Acosta is truly defending everything to the hilt, not giving an inch about any aspect of his deal. in reply to KlasfeldReports
19:53:50 Retweeted @nycsouthpaw 19:34:17 Acosta press conference was frustrating. 2008 was not so different than today. People without the resources of a US Attorney’s office have gathered tons of evidence. It’s embarrassing for the US Attorney to be afraid to go to court on Epstein’s record.
21:17:51 Retweeted @Popehat 21:07:55 Dear @SecretaryAcosta:I do not believe we have spoken since graduation. I regret encountering you under these circumstances.
I was not able to attend your press conference, but I do have some questions.

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