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 Cohen revealing there were talks about pardons, that long rambly Trump speech, Fox news acting as an extension of Trump, Representative Omar’s comments, and a bunch more. Yes, it is a lightning round show! You even get Ivan ranting about tangled cables, Sam plugging his Election Graphs site, and another reminder about the Seattle meetup!
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Recorded 2019-03-07 Length this week – 1:47:44
(0:02:28-0:07:58) But First
Agenda
Busy Ivan
Seattle Meetup
(0:09:14-1:01:01) Lightning Round 1
Ivan: Cable Tangles
Sam: Election Graphs
Ivan: Rep Omar
Sam: Cohen Pardons
(1:02:22-1:47:23) Lightning Round 2
Ivan: Trade Deficit
Sam: Tracking journalists
Ivan: Long Trump speech
Sam: Fox News
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan finally gets his Potpourri segments! In those, he and Sam talk about Ivan being cold, reports of Texas voter fraud, an update on the economy and markets, the Huawei fraud charges, and a bunch of other stuff. Including Sam getting blasted by a famous poll watcher. Oh, and of course they talk about the shutdown ending and the continuing Trump/Russia scandals.
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Recorded 2019-02-01 Length this week – 2:12:40
(0:01:26-0:11:37) But First
Agenda
Sam is tired
(0:14:15-0:56:39) Potpourri! Part 1
Nate Silver calls Sam incompetent
Ivan in actual real cold
Economy and markets update
Huawei Fraud charges
(0:57:16-1:19:26) Potpourri! Part 2
Texas bullshit
Venezuela
Brexit
Howard Shultz
(1:20:46-1:39:14) Shutdown
Trump Caves
Negotiations
SOTU
(1:39:45-2:12:20) Trump Russia
Roger Stone
Capone model
Cohen testimony
Mueller almost done?
Cohen rigging online polls
Concord Group papers
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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 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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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, Ed joins Sam to discuss North Korea, how SCOTUS deals with precedent, this week’s story about immigrants in the military being discharged, and the latest in the trade wars and the economy. Before all that, they also do a quick update on the situation with the kids who have been separated from their parents at the border, and we find out if Sam’s family made it to the destination of their big road trip.
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Recorded 2018-07-07
Length this week – 1:26:12
(0:00:15-0:07:32) But First
(0:08:12-0:26:52) North Korea
(0:27:29-0:49:42) SCOTUS and Precedent
(0:50:26-1:03:27) Immigrants in the Military
(1:04:47-1:25:52) Trade Wars
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast, the two big topics are Trump’s pardons and the Economy. Specifically Sam and Ivan talk about the grand plan, or lack thereof, surrounding the pardons and what messages that sends. On the economy, the questions are how much credit Trump should get for good unemployment numbers, does it matter that he tweeted about those results before they came out, and what’s up with the big trade war that seems to be getting started? Along the way, they also cover a health issue in Sam’s family, the Puerto Rican death toll, a little on the Trump/Cohen investigations, and the general trend toward US isolation.
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Recorded 2018-06-02
Length this week – 1:17:12
(0:00:15-0:16:32) Into
Where is Ivan
Agenda
Sam’s Family Medical Issue
Puerto Rican Death Toll
(0:17:11-0:50:30) Pardons and Commutations and Stuff
Answering Machine Messages
Recent and Proposed Pardons
Eating the Pieces
Kardashian Summit
Pardoning Trump cronies?
Rudy’s Strategy
Trump Tapes
Investigation Speed
(0:51:06-1:16:52) Economic Stuff
Where is the Economic Collapse?
Should Trump get credit for good numbers?
Trump unemployment pre-announcement
Trade War!
US becoming isolated
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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 2017. They covered politics, economics, technology, international issues, and a variety of other things for good measure. 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? This week, you’ll find out!
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Recorded 2018-01-06
Length this week – 2:03:58
(0:01:13-0:22:21) Intro
(0:23:29-1:05:38) Politics
(1:06:18-1:15:05) Economics
(1:15:50-1:24:08) Technology
(1:25:51-1:43:58) International
(1:45:14-1:53:09) Hodgepodge
(1:55:11-2:03:37) Final Results
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This week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner is the annual predictions show! Sam and Ivan give all their predictions for 2018 on the topics of politics, the economy, technology, international issues, and other random things too. Basically, predictions on anything they can think of. How will they do? Listen now and every week for the next year, and you will find out!
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Recorded 2017-12-28
Length this week – 2:35:11
(0:00:15-0:19:33) But First
(0:20:42-0:53:49) Politics I
(0:54:34-1:22:22) Politics II
(1:25:40-1:45:51) Economics
(1:46:30-2:00:21) Technology
(2:02:03-2:15:02) International
(2:15:42-2:34:51) Hodgepodge
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