This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan review the predictions they made a year and a week ago for 2018. What did they get right? What did they get wrong? Were they amazing prognosticators, or would you have done better tossing coins or reading entrails? Tune in to find out…
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Recorded 2019-01-05 Length this week – 2:08:50
(0:02:05-0:18:00) But First
(0:18:39-0:52:58) Politics
(0:53:35-1:11:26) Economy
(1:13:27-1:24:13) Technology
(1:25:33-1:39:32) International
(1:40:13-1:59:03) Hodgepodge
(1:59:48-2:08:30) Results
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This week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner is the annual predictions show! Sam and Ivan give all their predictions for 2019 on the topics of domestic politics (both Trump and non-Trump), international politics, economy/business, technology, and other random things too. Tune in this week to hear the predictions, then listen every week in 2019 to see how they do!
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Recorded 2018-12-28 Length this week – 2:53:50
(0:01:09-0:05:47) Intro
(0:07:47-0:48:17) Domestic Politics [non-Trump]
(0:49:01-1:54:34) Domestic Politics [Trump]
(1:55:14-2:10:25) International Politics
(2:13:02-2:25:06) Economy / Business
(2:25:44-2:39:55) Technology
(2:40:34-2:53:30) Hodgepodge
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s biggest topic is the Michael Flynn case and everything surrounding that. Beyond that, they also hit the closure of the Trump Foundation, the mystery case going through the DC Federal Courts, Trump announcing a withdrawal from Syria, the current state of Obamacare, some movies Ivan watched, and lots more!
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Recorded 2018-12-20 Length this week – 1:46:19
(0:01:42-0:13:27) But First
Agenda
Ivan Movie: Adrift (2018)
Ivan Movie: A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Ivan Movie: Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011)
Ivan Movie: The Children Act (2017)
Next week’s predictions show
(0:14:11-0:47:21) Mike Flynn
Recap
Trump reactions
Things Flynn touched
Things that don’t add up
What is lurking?
Connecting the dots
(0:49:03-1:16:59) First Lightning
Ivan: Syria withdrawal
Sam: Prison reform bill
Ivan: Obamacare signups
Sam: Trump Foundation
(1:17:40-1:45:58) Second Lightning
Ivan: Fundraising for the wall
Sam: Mystery case going through the DC Federal Courts
Ivan: Stock Market
Sam: Republican power grabs in Wisconsin and Michigan
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ed joins Sam to talk about all of this weeks Trump troubles. They have all your Flynn, Manafort, and Cohen updates. But they also talk about Trump’s housekeepers, a double jeopardy case at SCOTUS, the North Carolina election fraud investigation, and a milestone for the show.
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Recorded 2018-12-08 Length this week – 1:12:36
(0:00:20-0:35:02) Trump Troubles
Flynn
Manafort
Cohen
(0:36:22-1:12:16) Sorta Lightning Round
Ed: Trump’s housekeepers
Ed: Double jeopardy
Ed: North Carolina election fraud
Sam: Episode 600
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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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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam is joined by Ed and Jon for another lightning round show. Twelve topics, including the stock market, an update on Sam’s dad, Sam’s thoughts on his new Apple Watch, Nancy Pelosi swatting down the attempt to challenge her for Speaker, that unfortunate encounter with the Sentinelese, some thoughts on spankings… and six more things.
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Recorded 2018-11-24
Length this week – 2:15:22
(0:00:20-0:26:39) Lightning #1
Sam: Dad update
Jon: Sentinelese encounter
Ed: Roberts vs Trump
(0:28:22-1:06:35) Lightning #2
Sam: Apple Watch
Jon: Movie: Eighth Grade (2018)
Ed: Climate Report
(1:07:50-1:43:38) Lightning #3
Sam: Nancy Pelosi
Jon: Stock Market
Ed: Comey Deposition
(1:45:54-2:15:02) Lightning #4
Sam: Trump and Saudi Arabia
Jon: GoFundMe fraud
Ed: Spanking
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan do an all lightning round show. Twelve separate exciting subjects. These include… the newest Brexit developments, the Trump vs Acosta ruckus, the resistance to Pelosi as speaker, Trump’s eventful visit to Europe, a book review by Sam, the Lion Air crash… and six more things. You didn’t think they would all be in the summary did you? But they are all exciting. Really.
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Recorded 2018-11-17
Length this week – 2:02:38
(0:00:20-0:40:40) Lightning #1
Ivan: Border Troops
Sam: Book: Hands-On Data Science and Python Machine Learning (2017)
Ivan: Trump in Europe
Sam: Heading to DC
(0:42:40-1:19:55) Lightning #2
Ivan: Assange
Sam: Puppy?
Ivan: Lion Air
Sam: Pelosi
(1:20:30-2:02:18) Lightning #3
Ivan: Brexit
Sam: Brazil
Ivan: Acosta
Sam: Avenatti
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s main topics are of course the mid-term election results, and the replacement of Sessions with Whitaker. Before that, a little on this year’s new iPhones, and Sam finally catches up on the movies he’s seen lately.
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Recorded 2018-11-10
Length this week – 1:53:12
(0:00:20-0:17:44) But First
iPhones
Agenda
Sam Movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
(0:21:41-1:17:30) Election 2018
Quality predictions
No tsunami
Undecided Florida
Republican spin
Implications of the Governors, State Houses, House, and Senate results
Last minute moves?
(1:18:09-1:52:52) Sessions and Whitaker
Trump’s beef with Sessions
Legality of Whitaker appointment
Trump doesn’t know him
Non-Mueller Whitaker issues
Mueller-related Whitaker issues
You ain’t seen nothin’ yet
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan and Sam’s two big topics are the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh including all the surrounding issues relating to the climate that leads to such things, and their final pre-election thoughts on the 2018 midterms. But as usual, there are smaller topics to round things out, including thoughts on a movie, a book, a new iPhone, the economy, and even Gary Hart. Also, after you listen… go vote!
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Recorded 2018-11-03
Length this week – 2:06:38
(0:01:38-0:32:18) But First
Agenda
Local candidates, amendments and initiatives
Sam Movie: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (2017)
Sam Book: Arrow of God (1964)
Mistake from last year
Sam’s new iPhone XS Max
(0:34:18-1:04:24) Pittsburgh and Trump
Sam and Ivan Pittsburgh connections
Long term trends
Synagogue security
anti-Semitic motives
Presidential responsibility and response?
Trump and racists
(1:05:09-1:45:53) Election 2018
Current Numbers
Early voting
Polling errors
Reactions if the Democrats win
Reactions if the Republicans win
Go vote… Democrat please.
(1:47:09-2:06:17) Mini Lightning Round
Ivan: Economy update
Sam: Gary Hart’s Monkey Business
Go vote. Really.
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk MAGAbomber, the caravan, and Election 2018. But not before some shorter notes on credit cards, books, and movies. Enjoy!
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Recorded 2018-10-27
Length this week – 2:00:06
(0:00:30-0:31:19) But First
Agenda
Cutting Cards
Sam Book: A Study in Scarlet (1887)
Sam Movie: North by Northwest (1959)
Ivan Movie: Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
Correction
(0:31:55-0:54:15) MAGAbomber
Background
False flag?
Intent to murder? Or just scare?
Equivalencies and responses
Motivations and responsibility
Stupid bomber
(0:54:54-1:27:16) Caravan
Paid for by Dems?
Fear and Lies vs reality
Racism against immigrants
Melting pot
Port-truth persuasion
Root causes
(1:28:32-1:59:45) Election 2018
Odds summary
Prognostications
Turnout and enthusiasm
Lies as campaign strategy
Dem strategy
Normalization
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