Curmudgeon's Corner

2022-01-14: Bally Poppet

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On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss the pandemic, Biden's legislative morass, and the latest on January 6th investigations and indictments. But first, Sam complains about his computer and the difficulties it has been giving him lately, while Ivan fantasizes about a fancy new desk and chopping his current one up into little tiny bits.

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Recorded 2022-01-14

Length this week - 2:11:15

  • (0:00:23-0:42:26) But First
    • Sam's iMac
    • Ivan's desk
    • Sam: Holiday shopping
    • (0:42:43-1:23:25) Pandemic
      • Trends
      • Family anecdotes
      • Confusing guidance
      • Biden admin messaging
      • Mitigation effectiveness
      • (1:24:06-1:41:50) Legislative Morass
        • Voting rights push
        • Limits of 50/50 Senate
        • Electoral Count Act
        • (1:42:51-2:10:54) January 6th
          • Congressional investigation
          • Oathkeeper indictments
          • Connections to Trump?
          • Connections to Congress?
          • Stuff at the end

            • 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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