On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, first Ed joins Sam for a lightning round. They of course cover the latest Mueller developments, but also tax refunds, Venezuela, some books Ed read, and more. Then for the last part of the show, Sam is joined by his wife Brandy, who is attending the Power Rising conference and talks about her experiences there, including hearing from Stacey Abrams and Kamala Harris.
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Recorded 2019-02-22 Length this week – 1:48:15
(0:00:20-1:13:12) Lightning Round
Ed: Thwaites Glacier
Sam: Tax Refunds
Ed: Venezuela
Sam: Mueller Time
Ed: Books: Life on the Edge (2015) / Biocentrism (2009)
Sam: Foiled attack on politicians and journalists
(1:13:56-1:47:46) Power Rising
What is Power Rising about?
Movie: Amazing Grace (2018)
What is it like?
Stacey Abrams
Kamala Harris
Memorable highlights
New Orleans
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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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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk the most about voter suppression and Jamal Khashoggi. But they also talk about movies, climate change, that Alpha Bank thing, TV, the space program, using airline miles, upgrading home broadband, and Rosenstein… You know, the usual hodgepodge. They kind of couldn’t stop talking this week. Long show warning!
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Recorded 2018-10-13
Length this week – 2:26:27
(0:00:20-0:35:00) But First
Agenda
Miles and points
Broadband upgrade
TV: Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973-1974)
Sam Movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Bad Movies
(0:35:40-1:04:46) Voter Suppression
VRA Background
Georgia
Texas
North Dakota
Florida
(1:07:21-1:28:35) Jamal Khashoggi
Background
Trump reaction
Financial connections?
Congressional reaction
Saudi reputation
MBS backlash?
(1:29:14-2:26:07) Lightning Round
Ivan: Soyuz Emergency Landing
Sam: What the hell is going on with Rosenstein?
Ivan: Alpha Bank and Trump
Sam: IPCC Climate Report
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ed joins Sam for a discussion on the disaster response in Puerto Rico, the tax reform debate, and the hubbub over NFL players kneeling for the anthem. In addition to those major topics, they also discuss the Trump administrations ongoing approach to Obamacare, energy usage trends, Secretary Price’s private plane flights, a movie Sam saw, and more!
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Recorded 2017-09-30
Length this week – 1:35:00
(0:00:15-0:07:12) But First
No Ivan
Agenda
Friendly Skies
(0:07:49-0:25:07) Puerto Rico
What is an island?
Situation getting worse
USNS Comfort
Military help?
Less attention
(0:25:48-0:48:46) Taxes
Obamacare Repeal done?
Simplification and reform
Cutting taxes
Sustainable growth
Wealth Distribution
Bipartisan approach possible?
Partisan gridlock
(0:49:55-1:06:36) Kneeling
What kneeling represents
What is being protested
Where is the right place?
Non-violence
Trump’s intentions
Time for legislation?
(1:08:36-1:34:40) Potpourri
Obamacare sabotage
Obamacare fixes?
Julia Louis-Dreyfus cancer
Energy usage trends
Movie: An Inconvenient Sequel (2017)
Approaches to climate change
Artificial barriers to solar
Secretary Price flights
Deficit spending
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about the Fed raising interest rates, and of course we spend a long time on the Presidential race. To round it out we briefly touch on wifi networking, dedicated cameras vs smartphone cameras, Star Wars, the Shkeli arrest, hoverboards, self-driving cars, and more. Oh, and 6 year old Alex joins us to talk about the exciting events of Minecraft Storymode Episode 4.
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Recorded 2015-12-18
Length this week – 1:37:29
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan’s main topics are the San Bernardino shooting, Election 2016, and Climate Change. The show gets rounded out with smaller bits about math homework, new Apple products, political correctness, and more!
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Recorded 2015-12-03
Length this week – 1:46:28
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