Curmudgeon's Corner

2018-10-20: Intentional Set

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On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Ed joins Sam to talk about the many forms of disinformation, a congressional debate Ed attended, and they revisit the healthcare debate. Before that though, a welcome to a new patron, a movie review, a couple book reviews, and more!

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Recorded 2018-10-20

Length this week - 2:07:05

  • (0:00:20-0:42:39) But First
    • Agenda
    • New patron
    • New review
    • Sam Movie: A Shot in the Dark (1964)
    • Sam Book: The Brethren (1979)
    • Ed Book: One Person, No Vote (2018)
    • (0:43:55-1:13:41) Disinformation
      • The new election meddling arrest
      • Trump strategy of provocation
      • Everybody doing it
      • Saudi Arabia and Turkey
      • Different types of attacks
      • Example WaPo error
      • Careful vs sloppy vs intention deceit
      • (1:18:45-1:45:44) A Congressional Debate
        • Pennsylvania District 1 profile
        • The candidates in PA-1
        • In person experience
        • Local vs national issues
        • Trump influence on debate?
        • Wallace energy plan
        • Nothing on voting rights
        • (1:46:24-2:06:44) Healthcare
          • Costs for Medicare for All
          • Gradualism
          • Impact on individuals
          • Types of costs and savings
          • Other countries
          • Mitch McConnell

            • 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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