Curmudgeon's Corner

2017-04-08: Magic Eight Ball

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Recorded 2017-04-08
Length this week - 2:24:17
  • (0:00:35-0:38:13) But First
    • Agenda
    • Pace of News
    • Healthcare Debate
    • The Wall
    • Book: With the Night Mail (1905) and As Easy as ABC (1912)
    • (0:38:59-1:05:50) SCOTUS Filibuster
      • Oops on odds
      • Democratic strategy
      • Impact on the court
      • Better without filibuster?
      • Legislative Output
      • Checks and Balances
      • Fate of Legislative Filibuster
      • Gold Coffee Table
      • (1:07:06-1:32:39) Syria
        • Different Kinds of Death
        • US not innocent
        • Why did Assad do it?
        • How does airstrike help?
        • Why did Trump do it?
        • Telling the Russians and Syrians
        • What is the strategy?
        • (1:33:19-1:59:12) Russia Stuff
          • Corruption story
          • Nunes story
          • Unmasking
          • Obama handling
          • Flynn immunity
          • Mark Cuban theory
          • Who will they get?
          • The Pee Tape
          • (2:00:55-2:23:57) Administration Infighting
            • Sirens in Dallas
            • Method of management
            • Presidential Ages
            • Seating Arrangement
            • Alt-Right Unhappy
            • Trump the Mastermind?
            • Moderating Influences?
            • Self Dealing
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