This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the latest “Infrastructure Week”, the arguments on impeachment hearings, and Biden’s “unity” posture. They also talk about​ trade wars, the economy, and Bill and Hillary’s visit to Seattle. On the non-political front, a little bit on scheduling meetings across time zones, and a horrible scam about a bogus bleach cure that has been going around.
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Recorded 2019-05-23 Length this week – 2:14:44
(0:01:00-0:35:25) Round 1:
Sam: Meetings Across Time Zones
Ivan: Infrastructure Week
(0:37:08-1:11:51) Round 2:
Sam: Impeachment
Ivan: Bogus Bleach Cure
(1:13:36-1:38:46) Round 3:
Sam: Biden “Unity”
Ivan: Abortion
(1:40:02-2:12:24) Round 4:
Sam: Trade Wars and Economy
Ivan: Bill and Hillary
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the Trump administration stonewalling of any and all Congressional inquiries​, Trump’s latest financial disclosures, and the rash of new anti-abortion laws across the country. Oh, and Ivan raves about a movie he saw.
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Recorded 2019-05-18 Length this week – 1:30:37
(0:01:06-0:51:59) Round One
Ivan: Ivan Movie: Apollo 11 (2019)
Sam: Trump obstruction
(0:53:08-1:30:16) Round Two
Ivan: Trump’s financial disclosure
Sam: New abortion laws
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ed and Bruce join Sam to cover a wide variety of topics. Election 2020 updates. Discussions on Syria and Iran. Some thoughts on populists and on nuclear power. And finally economic stats and machine learning. We’ve got about everything this week!
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Recorded 2019-05-10 Length this week – 2:14:34
(0:00:20-0:36:43) Intro
Agenda
Democratic Nomination
Election Graphs Update
(0:38:04-1:08:56) Round One
Ed: Civilian Casualties in Syria
Bruce: Iran escalation
(1:09:36-1:35:42) Round Two
Ed: Populists and why they get elected and want recounts
Bruce: Three Mile Island closing
(1:36:58-2:14:13) Round Three
Ed: Income and Employment
Bruce: Machine Learning everywhere
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan and Sam cover four topics: The 1965 movie Doctor Zhivago, the idea of sending migrants to sanctuary cities, the Mueller/Barr conflicts, and Venezuela. And at the start, Ivan sings! Enjoy!
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Recorded 2019-05-03 Length this week – 1:16:51
(0:00:00-0:01:21) Jenny
(0:01:21-0:02:44) Agenda
(0:02:44-0:17:46) Ivan: Sam Movie: Doctor Zhivago (1965)
(0:17:46-0:29:55) Sam: Illegals to sanctuary cities
(0:29:55-0:56:03) Ivan: Mueller and Barr
(0:56:03-1:13:19) Sam: Venezuela
(1:13:19-1:16:51) Closing
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan go lightning round style again. This time they cover Joe Biden’s launch, the hollowing out of DHS, Trump’s efforts to resist congressional investigations, the question of if the women running for president (specifically Harris and Warren) are getting enough attention, the failure of the Galaxy Fold, some feedback on previous Assange comments, and finally spam, of both the phone and email varieties.
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Recorded 2019-04-26 Length this week – 2:06:20
(0:01:48-1:15:40) Lighting Round #1
Ivan: Joe Biden
Sam: Clearing out DHS
Ivan: Trump resisting investigations
Sam: Shortchanging the women running for president?
(1:17:00-2:06:00) Lightning Round #2
Ivan: The Galaxy Fold
Sam: Feedback on Assange
Ivan: Random foreign calls
Sam: Creative spam
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about, what else… the Mueller Report. They cover the collusion bits, they cover the obstruction bits, they talk a bit about the differences between the actual report and Barr’s letter a few weeks ago, and of course,​ they talk about the potential political fallout. Oh, and Sam talks about universal time, and Ivan reviews a movie. Full show.
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Recorded 2019-04-20 Length this week – 2:30:34
(0:00:40-0:19:34) But First
(0:21:35-0:40:59) What We Know
(0:42:03-1:07:26) Mueller Report Collusion
(1:09:33-1:52:06) Mueller Report Obstruction
(1:53:49-2:30:13) Political Fallout
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This Week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan cover Mayor Pete, Avenatti, Assange, Brexit, accusations that Obama spied on Trump’s campaign, the Democrats not being aggressive enough on investigations, bad sleep habits, and a book Sam read. Oh, and Alex contributes a song.
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Recorded 2019-04-12 Length this week – 1:37:55
(0:03:00-0:06:56) Intro
The nature of lightning
(0:08:00-0:50:08) Lightning 1
Ivan: Sleep
Sam: Mayor Pete
Ivan: Brexit
Sam: Avenatti
(0:51:51-1:37:34) Lightning 2
Ivan: Assange
Sam: Book: The Bull from the Sea (1962)
Ivan: Spying on Trump?
Sam: Dems being weak
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner to make up for last week’s one topic show, Ivan and Sam do an all lightning round show. 12 topics total for the show. These include a Trump/Russia update, because, well, how could we not. But also a bit on Sam’s dogs, the “border emergency”, Joe Biden’s issues with being too touchy, Brexit, nuclear power, and six other exciting things!
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Recorded 2019-04-06 Length this week – 2:16:52
(0:00:20-0:42:00) Lightning Round 1
Sam: Sam’s Dogs
Ivan: Herman Cain
Sam: Border Emergency
Ivan: Nuclear Power
(0:44:38-1:36:10) Lightning Round 2
Sam: Brexit
Ivan: Trump/Russia Update
Sam: Trump Taxes
Ivan: Mar-A-Lago spy arrest
(1:36:47-2:16:31) Lightning Round 3
Sam: Folding Phones
Ivan: 5Ge
Sam: Touchy Biden
Ivan: Trumpcare
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan spend almost the whole show on discussing Trump/Russia, the end of the Mueller investigation, the Barr summary of the Mueller report, and the potential political fallout of all of the above. Before that, a quick recap on everybody catching the flu. Which was fun.
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Recorded 2019-03-28 Length this week – 1:59:15
(0:00:20-0:11:45) But first
(0:13:45-0:41:07) What we know
(0:42:50-1:26:38) Barr summary
(1:27:23-1:58:53) Political fallout
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam, Ivan, Jenn, and Brandy meet in person after the Seattle meetup to discuss how people suck, including the people in the college admissions scandal, and the people running for President, and many others. Basically, people suck. Plus a little on travel, and the Seattle meetup itself. And a movie review. Even a bit on circumcision​. A packed show. If you missed the meetup, listening to the show is the next best thing.
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Recorded 2019-03-21 Length this week – 2:06:01
(0:01:12-0:27:39) But First
Agenda
Seattle Meetup
Space Needle
Ivan’s Flight
Ivan on Seattle
Sam Movie: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
(0:28:18-1:02:52) People Who Suck
Plant Killers
Tucker Carlson
Rep Omar Poster Maker
Christchurch Terrorist
Chelsea Clinton Accoster
Donald Trump
(1:03:32-1:29:23) College Admissions Scandal
What was done
Income inequality
The social status of schools
Grade inflation
Gifted children crashing
Helicopter parents
(1:30:43-2:05:41) Election 2020
20/20
Andrew Yang
Biden and Sanders
Beto O’Rourke
Kirsten Gillibrand
Donald Trump
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