On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan throw the previous plan out the window, and spend the entire show talking about the January 6th attack on the Capitol and all the ramifications of that attack. There really was no other possible topic this week. They’ll circle back around and do the review of their 2020 predictions some other time.
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Recorded 2021-01-08 Length this week – 1:34:28
(0:00:22-1:34:07) Attack on the Capitol
2020 Review delayed
Could have been worse
Security / Use of force / Arrests
Administration responsibility?
Counting the Electoral Votes
MAGAworld Reaction
What about the Inauguration?
Fleeing rats
25th Amendment?
2nd Impeachment?
Resignation?
Emotional impact
Not out of danger
Consequences
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner… lightning rounds! Sam and Ivan talk about a total of 17 different topics this time around. These include… the snow in Seattle, Roger Stone, the Green New Deal, Paul Manafort, a correction to something Sam said last week, food delivery, translating Trump into other languages, the National Emergency, an upcoming Seattle Curmudgeon’s Corner meetup, and of course eight other things too. Enjoy!
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Recorded 2019-02-16 Length this week – 2:40:00
(0:00:20-0:28:09) But First
Trump translations
Agenda
Curmudgeon’s Corner Seattle meetup
Correction about Tucson
Seattle snow
Food delivery
(0:29:53-1:10:31) Lightning Round I
Ivan: Glenn Greenwald
Sam: Book: The Zimmerman Telegram (1985)
Ivan: Movie: Geostorm (2017)
Sam: Green New Deal
(1:12:32-2:04:20) Lightning Round II
Ivan: Paper Bank Statements
Sam: Doing a “Clinton Email”
Ivan: Manafort
Sam: Stone
(2:05:29-2:39:42) Lightning Round III
Ivan: National Emergency
Sam: Bill Weld 2020
Ivan: McCabe and the 25th
Sam: Democratic debate rules
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about the Las Vegas massacre, the Catalonian independence referendum, and the ongoing drama within the Trump administration… with this week’s highlight of course being Tillerson calling Trump a moron. Before all of those topics though, updates from Ivan on the recovery from the recent natural disasters in both Mexico City and Puerto Rico.
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Recorded 2017-10-05
Length this week – 2:09:59
(0:00:15-0:08:07) But First
Agenda
Mexico City Update
(0:08:46-0:47:21) Puerto Rico Update
How bad is it?
Bou rescue flight
Mass Migration
Still worried?
Death tolls
Mayor of San Juan
Trump’s visit
(0:48:41-1:29:19) Las Vegas
A smaller scale event
Mass shootings vs individual shootings
The usual nothing on gun control?
Long term trends and divisions
The Vegas shooter and his plans
Victim stories
Amount of carnage
(1:29:56-1:49:43) Catalonia
Background
US Civil War comparison
Why not a legal mechanism
Problems with referendums
Predictions?
Implications for Europe
(1:50:59-2:09:39) Trump Administration Drama
Fucking Moron
Non-Denial Denial
Cabinet Suicide Pact
25th Amendment again
Mutiny on a nuke order?
Chaos presidency
Tax proposal
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, guest host Brandy joins Sam to talk about this week’s news. The main topics for the week are of course the events in Charlottesville, everybody’s reactions to Charlottesville, the reactions to the reactions to Charlottesville, and the debate over Nazis and free speech. In addition, they also discuss Bannon’s departure, what that means to the administration, if we’re heading toward an invocation of the 25th amendment, Bannon’s “war”… and if the left should double down on their base or try to reach the Obama voters who flipped to Trump in 2016… and a few other things too.
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Recorded 2017-08-19
Length this week – 2:26:15
(0:00:17-0:20:30) But First
Agenda
Intro to Brandy
Base vs Middle
Why Fire District?
(0:21:15-1:14:42) Charlottesville
What happened?
Why is this different?
Motivating resistance
Has Trump done damage?
Trump’s reactions
Trump racist himself?
Why is anyone surprised?
Trump vs Pence
What can R’s do?
What’s next?
Provoking violence
(1:15:48-2:03:00) Free Speech and Nazis
Disclaimer
Why Charlottesville isn’t a good example
Sam and Ivan conversation
Sam gets extreme on free speech
What about politicians and war?
Who gets to decide?
Judging entire groups
Actual speech vs symbols and code words
What about private speech, newspapers, websites?
Limits on government
How big is the threat?
Old doesn’t mean good
(2:04:08-2:25:55) Bannon Out
Chaos or Improvement?
Kelly in control?
Trump and his Staff
Controlling Trump
25th Amendment
Bannon declaring war
Everything messy
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about… well… could it be anything else? Almost the whole show is on the many Trump-Russia developments from the last week. Developments in the Mike Flynn story. Trump talking about tapping conversations. Trump meets with Russians and says things that get him in trouble. Reports on Trump-Comey conversations. The Special Counsel. The continuing investigation. Talk of Impeachment and the 25th amendment. Basically all Trump this week. Except for a Wiki of the Day update.
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Recorded 2017-05-20
Length this week – 1:57:21
(0:00:54-0:14:08) But First
All Trump
Things not covered
Negative news tone
Wiki of the Day update
Alex interlude
(0:14:56-0:45:31) Trump-Russia Part 1
Ignored warnings about Flynn
Trump tapes?
Trump meeting with Russians
Trump is a moron
Fox effect
(0:46:36-1:25:09) Trump-Russia Part 2
Taking notes at meetings
Trump/Comey meetings
Coverup vs Crime
Special Council
Follow the money
McCarthy/Ryan on Trump/Russia
Kushner is a person of interest
Trump still likes Flynn
Russians bragging about Flynn
Who Trump people trust
(1:25:50-1:57:01) Removal Options
No President Hatch
Impeachment Route
25th Amendment Route
What next?
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Ivan is back, joining Sam to talk about the issues of the day. On the agenda… Russia, Russia, Russia… for some reason Russia keeps coming up when we talk about Trump. Also, the disfunction and incompetence in the Trump administration have been on display again, and they spend some time talking about the ramifications to Trump and the rest of the Republicans. And they celebrate an anniversary… sorta! Oh, yeah, and Ivan’s voice was going, so he sounds like a frog. Enjoy!
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Recorded 2017-02-18
Length this week – 2:09:09
(0:00:00-0:08:13) Retrospective
(0:08:30-0:23:36) But First
Sick Ivan
GPS Mishap
Milestone
(0:24:51-1:08:05) Russia Russia Russia
Mike Flynn
Broader Russia contacts
The craziest conspiracy theories
Trump approach to Russia
(1:09:25-2:08:50) Incompetence
List of fails
Agenda stalled
Republican tradeoffs
What if Trump was liberal?
Weak ineffective Trump?
25th Amendment math
Trump pool
Unhinged presser
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It isn’t going to slow down, it is? Ivan and Sam take on Week 2 of the Trump presidency, which was just as nuts as the first week. They cover the immigration executive order and the reaction to it, the NSC shuffle and Trump’s contentious calls with Mexico and Australia, the riots in Berkley, the SCOTUS nomination and the Democratic response, what Republicans are planning on Obamacare, 25th amendment possibilities… and a lot more! Oh, and it was Ivan’s birthday. Happy Birthday Ivan!
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Recorded 2017-02-03
Length this week – 2:16:23
(0:00:36-0:20:22) But First
Happy Birthday Ivan
Agenda
Busy week
Ivan’s campaigns
Attending protests
Opinions changing?
(0:22:21-1:00:45) Immigration Order (mostly)
Was it a Muslim ban?
What the order did
Incompetence or cunning?
Process and purpose of EOs
Polling on the Order
Impacted people
Spontaneous demonstrations
Defying court orders?
Monday Night Massacre
(1:01:54-1:31:01) International Issues (mostly)
NSC shuffle
Russia call
Mexico call
Australia call
Yemen raid
Berkley riot
Quebec attack
(1:31:50-2:16:03) Domestic Stuff (mostly)
SCOTUS Nominee
Democratic Response
Trump vs Republicans
Bowling Green Massacre
Obamacare
25th Amendment
How will the Trump presidency end?
Retreating from the news
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