Wow. What a week. On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about the Inauguration of Donald Trump, the Women’s Marches all over the country, and the first week of the Trump presidency, including both the official actions that the administration has taken, and the chaos and craziness surrounding Trump himself. A lot has happened since the last show, and it has only been a week!
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Recorded 2017-01-27
Length this week – 2:20:21
(0:00:32-0:19:11) But First
Agenda
Trying to slow down
Trump Management Style
Chaos and Confusion
(0:19:56-0:36:28) Inauguration
The Speech
Useless Box Interlude
Peaceful Transfer of Power
Punching Nazis
Inauguration Size
(0:37:37-1:08:11) Women’s March
So many people…
Funded by Soros?
Positive vs Negative
What next?
Voter regrets?
Non-voters
Honeymoon?
Republican acceptance
Trump’s Phone
Crazy Trump vs Real Trump
(1:10:12-1:58:03) Real Trump
Note on Immigration
Obamacare EO
Bureaucratic obstruction
Rapid Fire Strategy
The Wall
Regulation Freeze
Mexico City Rule
TPP Withdrawal
Hiring Freeze
Pipelines
Federal Agency Gag Orders
Government Twitter in Exile
(1:58:41-2:20:01) Crazy Trump
Crazy Guy and his enablers
Size obsession
Voter fraud delusion
Spicer Briefings
CIA Briefing
Staff Turnover
Press should “shut up”
Spicer passwords
Private Emails
Trump’s distractions
Crisis Inevitable
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan’s main topics are the debate on Donald Trump’s “legitimacy”, the fun of the final week of the transition, and the Chelsea Manning commutation. In addition though, they discuss reviving old computers, the “wet foot, dry foot” policy, Joe Biden, an odd Presidential succession edge case, and more!
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Recorded 2017-01-19
Length this week – 1:57:57
(0:00:10-0:20:34) But First
2017
Agenda
Reviving old computers
(0:21:13-0:45:08) Legitimacy
Trump “legitimate”?
Comey, Dirty Tricks, Fairness
Voters made their choice
Unfollowing Trump?
Skipping the Inauguration?
Anti-Trump Protests
(0:45:56-1:04:56) Transition
Cabinet not talking to Trump
Cabinet incompetence
Cabinet Hodgepodge
Unstaffed positions
Normal policy disputes vs Crazy/Unqualified
(1:05:41-1:25:11) Manning
Why this release date?
Manning vs Snowden
Consistency on leaks?
(1:25:50-1:56:37) Lightning Round
Wet Foot Dry Foot
Book: 2001 (1968)
Old Postcard from Sam
Movie: Rogue One (2016)
Biden for President
Succession Edge Cases
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It is back to the normal grind on this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner with Sam and Ivan. As if there was anything else, they have to start out talking about the explosive “Trump Dossier” and everything surrounding that. Trump and hookers and bribery, oh my! With that out of the way, they talk about Trump’s press conference and the latest developments with the Congress and Obamacare as well.
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Recorded 2017-01-13
Length this week – 1:42:52
(0:00:38-0:04:15) But First
UTC
Agenda
(0:05:19-0:49:14) The Dossier
Order of events
Allegations
Origin of doc
Confirmation?
Alex interruption
Believable?
Press reaction
Trump reaction
Contrast with Obama/Pence
Disagreements with cabinet
(0:50:30-1:13:05) Trump Press Conference
Was it a disaster?
Alex again
Trump changes the topic
The next election
Conflicts of interest
Things changing quickly
(1:13:41-1:42:32) Obamacare
ACA is actually Obamacare
What is congress doing now?
Possible consequences
Democratic response
Claim victory and go home?
Trump/Congress relationship
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan review the predictions they made a year and a week ago for 2016. It is called accountability in punditry. They covered Tech, Politics, the Economy, Domestic and International issues, and other things as well. What did they get wrong? What did they get right? Did they do better or worse than in the year before? Which topics did they excel in? Where did they fail completely?
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Recorded 2017-01-07
Length this week – 1:44:39
(0:00:30-0:09:54) But First
(0:10:43-0:24:15) Economics
(0:25:30-0:43:36) Tech
(0:44:45-0:55:36) Domestic
(0:56:11-1:06:18) International
(1:06:56-1:25:55) Politics
(1:27:15-1:35:57) Hodgepodge
(1:37:00-1:14:19) Grand Totals
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This week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner is the annual predictions show! Sam and Ivan give all their predictions for 2017 in the realms of politics, the economy, technology, international issues, and a hodgepodge of other random things. Basically, we do predictions on just about anything we can think of. How will we do? Subscribe and listen to the podcast all year long to find out!
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Recorded 2016-12-30
Length this week – 2:11:58
(0:00:10-0:07:57) But First
(0:09:00-1:02:19) Politics
(1:03:07-1:19:00) Economics
(1:19:39-1:38:20) Technology
(1:39:35-1:56:53) International
(1:58:12-2:11:39) Hodgepodge
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about the assassination in Turkey, the truck attack in Berlin, and of course another week of the Trump transition. We also cover artificial Christmas trees, upside down Christmas trees, the right way to wrap presents, the final electoral college vote, federalism, Ivanka flying coach, and more!
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Recorded 2016-12-23
Length this week – 1:48:43
(0:00:33-0:18:37) But First
Agenda
Sam gets a fake tree
Upside down trees
Pre-lit trees
Sam wrapping
(0:19:58-0:46:47) Turkey and Berlin
Assassination in Turkey
Possibilities for escalation?
Russia/Turkey closer together?
Syria connection
Price of intervention
Berlin attack
Connections to immigration?
Leaving wallets?
Granting citizenship
How do you defend? Should you?
(0:48:47-1:19:38) This Week in Trump
Random download
Things Obama did
Trump lies
Everyday Twitter
Pardons for illegal orders?
Eventual impeachment?
Disarray and Chaos
Reality vs Perception
Private Security
Fundraising kids
(1:20:19-1:48:23) Lightning Round
Timer Master
Final Electoral College Vote
Direction for the Democrats
Federalism
Ivanka flying coach
Uber self-driving car issues
Wrap Up
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s biggest topic is of course Russia Russia Russia, as we discuss all of this last week’s hubbub about Russian interference with the election, and everybody’s responses to that. But we also take one last look at the Electoral College before they vote, and do a segment on Apple products. Rounding it out, we cover being sick, taking parents or kids to work, the drama over the North Carolina governorship, Ivanka as First Lady, and more…
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Recorded 2016-12-17
Length this week – 2:25:37
(0:00:10-0:17:15) But First
Agenda
Everybody sick
The unknown friend
Bring parents/children to work days
Sick kids at school
Salt rooms
(0:18:00-1:03:59) Russia Russia Russia
Didn’t we know this?
Intentional misdirection?
Was it decisive? Does it matter?
Clinton team blaming everything but themselves
Obama’s response
Tillerson Nomination
Hacking vs Disinformation/Propaganda
Republican response
Retaliation?
Snowden Comparison
Trump denial/connection?]
(1:04:38-1:29:35) Electoral College
Hamilton Electors
How many will be faithless?
Who will they vote for?
Record number of faithless electors?
House scenarios
State binding laws
(1:30:44-1:53:57) Apple Stuff
New TV app
MacBook Pro battery
Ivan’s iPad Pro
iPhone 6s batteries
Apple News
AllSides
(1:54:37-2:25:17) Lightning Round
North Carolina Governor drama
Some more Trump appointments
Facebook fake news effort
Sam and Brandy donations
Ivanka as First Lady
Trump can’t divest?
China goading Trump?
Trump Tower visitors
Future of Obamacare
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s main topics are Trump’s appointments so far, his call with the President of Taiwan, and the Pizzagate gunman incident. Aside from those, they talk a little about Sam’s “day of smells” and an issue with a computer monitor. Ivan’s brain exploded after talking about Pizzagate though, so no lightning round this week. Also, we recorded before the latest on Russia election interference, so maybe next week on that! :-)
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Recorded 2016-12-09
Length this week – 1:26:25
(0:03:30-0:15:33) But First
Agenda
Day of Smells
Monitor
(0:17:33-0:47:12) Trump Appointments
Who is really picking?
Generals? Regular Republicans? Crazies?
Against their own agencies
Executive power
Specific appointments
(0:48:25-1:05:40) Trump Conflicts
Trump’s plan to minimize conflict
Trump International
Who can do anything?
Trump supporter regrets?
(0:47:57-1:10:19) Trump Calls
How calls happen
Pakistan call
Taiwan call
Trump theatrics
(1:11:46-1:26:05) Pizza Gate Gunman
Crazy Stories
What is Pizzagate?
The gunman’s “investigation”
Fake news again
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan return to the normal non-election format. The three main topics are fake news, Trump’s conflicts of interest, and how to respond to Trump. They also talk a bit about MacBook Pros, iPads, Fidel Castro, Standing Rock, Syria, and even more! Join us as things start to settle into the new normal.
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Recorded 2016-12-01
Length this week – 1:55:48
(0:00:10-0:21:20) But First
Agenda
MacBook Pros and huge iPads
Trackpads/mice/trackballs
Gestures
(0:22:29-0:47:37) Fake News
How it gets created and spreads
Engagement algorithms
Possible solutions?
(0:48:25-1:05:40) Trump Conflicts
Trump’s plan to minimize conflict
Trump International
Who can do anything?
Trump supporter regrets?
(1:06:59-1:28:42) Responding to Trump
How to respond to lies and crazy?
Outrage fatigue
Taking Trump’s phone?
Presidential alerts
Congressional strategy
(1:29:20-1:55:28) Lightning Round
Congressional earmarks
Fidel Castro died
Standing Rock
Columbia plane crash
Electoral College update
Daylight Saving Time
Syria
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This week on the Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast Sam and Ivan start out trying to talk about things other than Trump. Thanksgiving, Puerto Rico, Apple, some books and movies… and that is well and good. But of course then they do talk about the latest week full of Trump developments as the transition continues. Then they wrap up with Jill Stein’s recount campaign, the electoral college, and other ways of messing with election results that either won’t happen or won’t change anything.
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Recorded 2016-11-25
Length this week – 2:15:49
(0:00:41-0:43:47) Not Trump
Duck
Sam’s Thanksgiving
Ivan’s Thanksgiving
Puerto Rico
Apple Stuff
Book: Autobiography of Mark Twain Volume 2
Book: The Hobbit
Movie: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
(0:45:47-1:31:23) Trump!
Water Bottle
Policy reversals
Staffing picks
Conflicts of Interest
25th amendment
Maintaining outrage
neo-Nazis
Trump as Berlusconi
Deals and getting things done
Trump and SCOTUS
Delegation
(1:31:52-2:15:35) Recounts and other craziness
New York Magazine Article
Jill Stein!
Why recount won’t change anything
Why are people donating?
Clinton’s position
Luke’s GoFundMe
Working the Electoral College again?
Congress rejecting electors
Get rid of electoral college?
Voting your own interests?
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