This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan once again discuss the Shutdown/Wall and Trump/Russia. Before that though, a bit on the fast food feast at the White House, another movie Sam watched, and a story of a broken iPad.
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Recorded 2019-01-17 Length this week – 2:02:28
(0:04:12-0:25:06) But First
Preparation
Agenda
White House Fast Food
Sam Movie: Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Manu’s iPad
(0:25:42-1:07:02) Shutdown continues and repercussions:
Pelosi cancels SOTU
Negotiations
No emergency declaration?
Polls are hammering Trump on shutdown
McConnell strategy
Impacts of the shutdown
No deal in sight, how does this end?
(1:08:11-2:02:08 ) Trump Russia Corruption
Giuliani admits campaign colluded
Giuliani strategy
Putin meeting interpreter notes
Trump non-denial on Russia
FBI Counter-Intel investigation
Collusion with middle east
Trump vs Pence
Emoluments clause
Congressional prerogatives
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan go all “Lightning Round”. They cover a wide variety of topics, including: State polls for 2020, talking policy vs talking scandal, the linked government shutdown and immigration debates, the Space X Falcon Heavy launch, Twitter’s release of Russia data, Ivan’s problems with his door, Rob Porter’s resignation, the aftermath of releasing “the memo”, welcoming a new patron, and much much more.
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Recorded 2018-02-08
Length this week – 2:06:22
(0:00:15-0:40:16) Lightning 1
Sam – Ivan birthday
Ivan – Ivan’s door
Sam – 2020 polls
Ivan – Model 3 Tesla
Sam – Facebook news ranking
Ivan – Falcon Heavy
(0:41:59-1:31:49) Lightning 2
Sam – Twitter Russia release
Ivan – Rob Porter
Sam – Shutdowns and immigration
Ivan – FBI agents affairs on text messages
Sam – New Patron
Ivan – The Memo
(1:32:26-2:06:01) Lightning 3
Sam – Stock Market
Ivan – Polls and Special Elections
Sam – Policies vs Scandals
Ivan – Ben Carson corruption
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the Alabama Senate results, possible bias in the Mueller investigation, the Republican Tax Bill, Net Neutrality, Trump’s judicial nominations, and the Patreon fee structure misfire. Plus Ivan makes fun of Sam’s speech, and Sam’s son Alex pipes up a few times.
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Recorded 2017-12-15
Length this week – 1:37:02
(0:00:15-0:03:39) But First
(0:05:21-0:30:41) Alabama
(0:32:42-0:53:09) Mueller Bias
(0:53:49-1:06:59) Tax Bill
(1:08:46-1:18:13) Net Neutrality
(1:18:51-1:24:01) Judicial Nominations
(1:24:41-1:36:42) Patreon Misfire
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On the Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast this week, most of the show is of course about the presidential election. Ivan and Sam discuss everything you would expect about Clinton, Trump, Sanders and Cruz. And Sam ran a caucus! But in addition, there is plenty of other good stuff about hard drives, Microsoft Tay, being sick, the 5th amendment, and more!
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Recorded 2016-03-31
Length this week – 1:51:50
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan hit all the things you would expect about Election 2016, the attacks in Brussels and the announcements at the latest Apple event. They also talk a bit about fitness, #ManInTree, Waze, Obama in Cuba and more! Even a bit about events in the Nixon administration!
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Recorded 2016-03-24
Length this week – 1:51:13
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about Sam’s son’s trip to the doctor, they respond to a bunch of listener feedback, talk a bit about Apple and Nancy Reagan, and then finally jump into Election 2016. Within that topic they cover the charges of Trump inciting violence, the delegate math, what might happen at a contested convention, explanations for the Sanders win in Michigan… and more!
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Recorded 2016-03-12
Length this week – 1:38:06
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan of course talk about Election 2016, covering both the Democratic and Republican nomination races, then some speculation about what a Clinton vs Trump race may look like. Before that though, they spend some time following up on both the Apple vs FBI case and the SCOTUS vacancy. And there is some feedback to discuss!
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Recorded 2016-02-25
Length this week – 1:32:14
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Show Details:
(0:00:10-0:11:03) But First
Water Heater Fire
Commutes
Agenda
Feedback
(0:12:07-0:28:20) Apple vs FBI
PR Battle
Cracking Safes
Other ways to get info
Test Case
Slippery Slopes
Lavabit comparison
(0:29:06-0:42:09) SCOTUS and Congress
Doing Nothing
Republican Strategies
Options in January
Senate Implications
Republican Factions
Ivan for SCOTUS
(0:42:48-1:01:36) Election 2016 – Primaries
Ivan for SCOTUS continued
Clinton Still Winning
Judicial Murders
Trump SC/NV Wins
Dissipating Trump Denial
Gaming out Super Tuesday
(1:02:16-1:31:53) Election 2016 – Clinton vs Trump
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast Sam and Ivan do indeed talk a lot about Election 2016 and all of the developments there, but there is other news this week too! So first off is a discussion of Apple vs the FBI, then an analysis of the battle following Justice Scalia’s death. Oh, and you get the story of Sam’s drive from Seattle to San Francisco, and a bit about the limitations of video streaming too!
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Recorded 2016-02-19
Length this week – 2:16:56
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