Curmudgeon's Corner

2018-10-27: Surprise vs Shock

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This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan talk MAGAbomber, the caravan, and Election 2018. But not before some shorter notes on credit cards, books, and movies. Enjoy!

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Recorded 2018-10-27

Length this week - 2:00:06

  • (0:00:30-0:31:19) But First
    • Agenda
    • Cutting Cards
    • Sam Book: A Study in Scarlet (1887)
    • Sam Movie: North by Northwest (1959)
    • Ivan Movie: Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
    • Correction
    • (0:31:55-0:54:15) MAGAbomber
      • Background
      • False flag?
      • Intent to murder? Or just scare?
      • Equivalencies and responses
      • Motivations and responsibility
      • Stupid bomber
      • (0:54:54-1:27:16) Caravan
        • Paid for by Dems?
        • Fear and Lies vs reality
        • Racism against immigrants
        • Melting pot
        • Port-truth persuasion
        • Root causes
        • (1:28:32-1:59:45) Election 2018
          • Odds summary
          • Prognostications
          • Turnout and enthusiasm
          • Lies as campaign strategy
          • Dem strategy
          • Normalization

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

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

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

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