Curmudgeon's Corner

2018-09-29: The Big Difference

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This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan's main topic is of course the Kavanaugh hearings. They cover the new allegations and other developments that came up before the hearings, Dr. Ford's testimony, Judge Kavanaugh's testimony, and Senator Flake blowing everything up to end the week. Before all that though, they talk about Sam's phone usage, Sam reviews a couple movies, and Ivan read a book!

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Recorded 2018-09-29

Length this week - 2:09:27

  • (0:02:41-0:37:47) But First
    • Yawning again
    • Agenda
    • Sam's Screen Time
    • Spanish Ninjago
    • Ivan Book: Twelve Years of Turbulence (2018)
    • Sam Movie: The Sandlot (1993)
    • Sam Movie: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
    • (0:38:23-1:00:53) Before the Hearings
      • New allegations
      • Judge and other witnesses
      • The "mistaken identity" accusation
      • The calendar
      • Hearing negotiations
      • The Fox interview
      • (1:01:37-1:16:03) Dr. Ford's Testimony
        • The opening statement
        • Mitchell's questioning
        • Reactions at midday
        • Was Mitchell a mistake?
        • (1:17:18-1:39:44) Judge Kavanaugh's Testimony
          • The opening statement
          • Mitchell's questioning
          • Ranting Republicans
          • Democratic focus on FBI Investigation
          • Unnecessary lies
          • At the end of the day
          • (1:40:24-2:09:06) Flakey Friday
            • The elevator
            • The Senator Coons connection
            • The Flake delay
            • FBI Investigation
            • What else happens in a week?
            • Flake saving the Republicans from themselves?
            • More to the deal?
            • Do they have the votes?
            • Who do we believe?
            • What does Avenatti have?

              • The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch.

              Our intro is “The Oh of Pleasure” (Amazon MP3 link)

              Our outro is “Celestial Soda Pop” (Amazon MP3 link)

              Both are from the album “Deep Breakfast” (iTunes link)

              Please buy his music and support his GoFundMe.

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