Curmudgeon's Corner

2022-11-19: Hail To The Waffle

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On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss the Musk, and Bankman-Fried, and Holmes, all of whom have been in the news this week for their disastrous implosions. Then of course there is more on the fallout from Election 2022. But also, sleeping TikTokers, Home Repair, the challenge of deactivating things, and more!

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Recorded 2022-11-19

Length this week 2:26:56

  • (0:00:22-0:33:16) But First
    • Sleeping TikTokers
    • Ivan Home Repair
    • Deactivating Things
    • (0:33:55-1:27:21) Fraudsters and Hucksters
      • Old Commercial
      • Elon Musk
      • Sam Bankman-Fried
      • Elizabeth Holmes
      • (1:28:28-2:26:31) Politics
        • Rule vs Coin
        • Congressional Results
        • McCarthy's Challenge
        • Generational Turnover
        • Trump Stuff
        • Artemis I
        • Games in Meetings

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