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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan concentrate on the Paris attacks and the worldwide reaction to them. This is a big enough topic that we spend most of the show on it rather than having several smaller topics. We hit on why Paris resonates more with Americans than terrorist attacks elsewhere, the Syrian connection or lack there of, the anti-refugee backlash, where things go from here, and more. Before that starts we do spend a few minutes on Sam’s power outage and Ivan’s driving habits… but really, this is a one topic show this time.
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Recorded 2015-11-20
Length this week – 1:06:46
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Show Details:
- (0:00:10-0:12:56) But First
- Sam in the dark
- Insurance Driver Tracking
- Agenda
- Generators
- Food Going Bad
- Showers
- (0:13:40-0:36:44) Paris Attacks
- Seeing Lights
- Why does Paris resonate?
- Syrian non-Connection
- anti-Refugee reaction
- Reflection on Republicans
- Obama Reaction
- (0:37:22-1:06:26) More Paris Reactions
- Bombing ISIS
- Eliminating the Grey Zone
- Calling it Radical Islamic Terrorism
- Xenophobia + Islamophobia = Good Politics?
- Comparing Risks
- What next?
- If it happens here
- non-Encryption connection
- Parallels to Gun Debate
- Presidential Candidates on Paris/ISIS/Refugees
This week on the Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast, Sam and Ivan talk about Russia’s involvement in Syria, the chaos around the race for Speaker of the House, and of course the weekly rundown of the 2016 Presidential race. In the lightning round we spend way more than the allotted 2 minutes on self driving cars, but also touch on Jade Helm, drug prices, singing Happy Birthday, and more! Oh yeah, we also mention the coming apocalypse that will destroy us all!
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Recorded 2015-10-09
Length this week – 1:53:43
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Show Details:
- (0:00:15-0:05:33) But First
- (0:06:36-0:28:07) Syria and Russia
- Who is Russia Targeting?
- For Domestic Consumption?
- Good or bad for Russia?
- Accidental Escalation?
- US Reaction
- (0:28:45-0:48:19) Speaker of the House
- How the speaker election works
- McCarthy Out
- Paul Ryan?
- The other options
- (0:49:27-1:27:31) Election 2016
- Election Graphs Analysis: Rubio beats Clinton!
- Election Graphs Analysis: Others vs Clinton
- Continued Clinton Deterioration
- RCP vs Pollster
- Democratic Race
- Republican Race
- Carson/Bush Dumb Comments
- (1:28:46-1:53:23) Lightning Round
- Jade Helm
- Apocalypse?
- Self Driving Cars
- Predatory Drug Price Increase
- Happy Birthday Copyright
- Afghanistan Child Abuse
- Movie Serial: Radar Men from the Moon
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast, Ivan joins Sam again to complain a bit about Cleveland and last week’s conversation about Volkswagen. Then the main topics for this week: Election 2016, the Speaker of the House, and Syria. To close it off, a lightning round talking about Breaking Bad, Star Wars, iPhones, that Raccoon story that has been going around, and more!
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Recorded 2015-10-01
Length this week – 1:44:41
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Show Details:
- (0:00:15-0:18:03) But First
- Cleveland
- Agenda
- Ivan on Volkswagen
- (0:18:41-0:50:33) Election 2016
- Post Debate Republican Polls
- Thinning the Field
- Clinton Attitude
- Biden Getting In?
- Fundraising
- Clinton Email
- (0:51:37-1:10:48) Speaker of the House
- Resignation
- Republicans Divided
- Kevin McCarthy Different?
- Republican Agenda Hurt by Hardliners?
- Congressional Gridlock
- Government Shutdowns
- (1:11:49-1:22:27) Syria
- Russia jumping in
- US Approaches
- (1:23:43-1:44:21) Lightning Round
- TV Show: Breaking Bad
- Pope Visit
- iOS 9
- Ad Blockers
- iPhones one handed
- Movie: Return of the Jedi
- Raccoon Story
This week on the Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast, Sam is joined by guest cohost Bruce. Together they discuss the Volkswagen cheating debacle, the situation with Syria and Syrian refugees, and of course this week’s developments in the 2016 Presidential race. In the final lightning round they also cover the Super Moon Eclipse, the Fed’s interest rate decision, that kid who made the clock, and more!
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Recorded 2015-09-24
Length this week – 1:51:54
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Show Details:
- (0:00:10-0:10:38) But First
- No Ivan today, but we have Bruce
- This Week’s Agenda
- In House pre-School
- School Scheduling Craziness
- (0:11:40-0:26:02) Volkswagen Cheating
- What they did
- Possible Fixes
- Impact on VW
- What were they thinking?
- (0:26:41-0:48:13) Syria
- Refugee Crisis
- Turkish Connection
- What do you do?
- Russian Involvement
- Assad must go?
- Coordination with Russia
- (0:49:35-1:30:27) Election 2016
- Rand Paul
- The Xenophobic Racist Party
- Primary and Caucus Rules
- Carson on Muslims
- Walker Drops Out
- Republican Polling since the Second Debate
- Democratic Polling
- Deadlines for Shadow Candidates
- Clinton Declines
- More on Clinton Email
- (1:31:07-1:51:34) Lightning Round
- Super Moon Eclipse
- Queen Elizabeth Milestone
- Federal Reserve Interest Rate Decisions
- TV Show: Best of Carson
- Pope Visit / Chinese President Visit
- The kid who made the clock
On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner Podcast instead of a handful of big topics, Ivan and Sam once again go full show Lightning Round! We talk Election 2016, Sandra Bland, Cecil the Lion, MH370, Movies, Books, Windows 10, Gun Control… and lots more… 26 separate topics this week by our count! One for every letter of the alphabet! So start singing your ABC’s and listen!
Recorded 2015-07-23
Length this week – 1:37:02
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Show Details:
- Intro
- Yard Camping
- Kids and Tech
- Lightning Round I
- Sanders, O’Malley and Black Lives Matter
- More Trump!
- Thinning the Republican Field
- Lightning Round II
- Sandra Bland
- Police Escalations
- Cecil the Lion
- Internet Mobs
- Clinton Emails again
- Huckabee on Ovens
- Lightning Round III
- Piece of MH370 found?
- Movie: Thomas and Friends: The Adventure Begins
- Kids and Cars
- Curmudgeon’s Corner Eight Years Old!
- Onstar Hacking
- Tech Earnings
- Windows 10
- Book: Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume I
- Lightning Round IV
- Cuba Embassy Opens
- We’re on Stitcher!
- Louisiana Shooting and Gun Control
- Jonathan Pollard Parole
- Turkish Air Strikes
- Syria
- Upcoming Republican Debate
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