Curmudgeon's Corner

2018-04-13: Failed Lightning

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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan try to do an all lightning round show, but fail spectacularly. Their first segment is… movies!! Both Sam and Ivan talk about their thoughts on some movies they have seen recently. Then they do a segment on the Cohen raid and all the implications that arise from that. Then a mini-segment on Syria… recorded before the US/UK/France airstrikes… then FINALLY they do an actual lightning round to finish things up, including brief discussions on Scooter Libby, Zuckerberg’s testimony, international corruption, an update on tariffs, and much much more!
Show Details:
Recorded 2018-04-13
Length this week - 1:43:26
  • (0:01:05-0:26:11) Movies
    • Ivan: Darkest Hour (2017)
    • Ivan: Burn After Reading (2008)
    • Sam: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
    • Sam: Coco (2017)
    • Sam: Black Panther (2018)
    • Sam: The Luck of the Irish (2001)
    • (0:27:32-0:52:17) Cohen Raid
      • The raid itself
      • Repercussions and reactions
      • Clarifications on predictions
      • Love child payoff
      • Lordy there are tapes!
      • Firings coming?
      • (0:53:59-1:02:33) Syria
        • Chemical Weapons
        • What good will a strike do?
        • Americans killing Russians
        • (1:04:33-1:43:06) Lightning Round
          • Ivan: Scooter Libby
          • Sam: Changing approach to Russia?
          • Ivan: Trump/Panama thing
          • Sam: UK/Russian spy recovering
          • Ivan: Zuckerberg testimony
          • Sam: Corruption around the world
          • Ivan: Paul Ryan decision
          • Sam: Boehner and marijuana
          • Ivan: CBO deficit estimates
          • Sam: Did China blink on tariffs?
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