Curmudgeon's Corner

2018-05-26: Puppies or Penguins or Something

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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan start out talking about talking about politics at parties, and how news junkies are different from normal people. But the main topics are the mess surrounding the possible North Korean summit, and the shameful policy of separating kids from their parents at the border.
Show Details:
Recorded 2018-05-26
Length this week - 1:16:46
  • (0:00:15-0:21:30) Intro
    • Agenda
    • Politics at Parties
    • Mueller finding crimes?
    • Normals vs News Junkies
    • (0:24:07-0:52:32) North Korea
      • What happened?
      • Where are we now?
      • Impact on allies
      • Can the next president fix it?
      • (0:53:52-1:16:26) Immigration Kids
        • New separation policy
        • Cruelty for nothing
        • Immigration history
        • Genealogical hypocrisy
        • Shame shame shame
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