Curmudgeon's Corner

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Ivan starts out with a couple of select rants on things that have been bugging him. Then Sam and Ivan discuss Election 2019, Election 2020, and the polls. And of course, they don't miss the latest impeachment developments. Also, at the insistence of Sam's son Alex, this week's show has been cleansed of the usual salty language. Instead, you get ducks. Enjoy!

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Recorded 2019-11-07

Length this week - 2:03:26

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.

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam goes solo for the first time in years. He talks about the state of the presidential election race at the one year away mark. And of course, the latest impeachment developments are not ignored. Then some thoughts on Facebook and Twitter's differing responses to political advertising, and the use of their platforms for social manipulation in general. Finally, a few thoughts on local elections, specifically the one Sam's wife is running in.

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Recorded 2019-11-02
Length this week - 1:28:00

• (0:00:27-0:35:55) Election 2020
• (0:36:40-0:58:40) Impeachment
• (0:59:50-1:15:19) Political Ads
• (1:15:57-1:27:37) Local Election

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.

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss weddings and anniversaries. Oh, and of course also Turkey, Syria, the Ukraine Scandal, and the investigation of the oranges, yes oranges, of the Russia probe. Enjoy!

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Recorded 2019-10-25
Length this week - 2:00:39

• (0:00:00-0:05:09) Cold Open
• (0:05:34-0:17:22) Weddings and Anniversaries
• (0:19:23-0:47:03) Turkey and Syria
• (0:48:07-1:19:41) Ukraine Scandal
• (1:21:13-2:00:19) Investigating the Investigators

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.

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Brandy joins Sam, and they get a bit carried away with an almost three-hour show. Oops. Maybe consider it three separate shows and take it in bits. First, they talk about the latest Turkey/Syria developments. Second, a review of this week's Trump scandal news. And finally, a review of the Democratic primary race in the wake of the fourth debate.

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Recorded 2019-10-19
Length this week - 2:48:43

• (0:01:32-0:36:16) Turkey and Syria
• (0:38:51-1:32:17) Trump Scandals
• (1:33:26-2:48:13) Democratic Primary

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.

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan start with the situation with Turkey and the Kurds. Then they move on to Rudy. This week lots of things just seem to center around Rudy. Finally, they round up some of the other scandals of the week.

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Recorded 2019-10-12
Length this week - 2:05:36

• (0:00:43-0:10:32) Intro
• (0:12:32-0:41:46) Trump, Turkey, and the Kurds
• (0:43:07-1:28:04) Rudy, Rudy, Rudy
• (1:28:41-2:05:14) Other Scandals

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.

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner: Sam and Ivan talk about the things you know they would talk about. Almost all of the show is on the latest crimes and misdemeanors... and the corresponding developments with the impeachment process. They do manage to get a few minutes in on some random tech things as well to balance it off. But really, it is mostly Trump scandals again.

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Recorded 2019-10-05

Length this week - 1:57:47

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.

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, there really wasn't much choice about what Sam and Ivan would talk about. With the crazy pace of developments in the last week, the whole show is about the Trump/Ukraine scandal, and the related developments on the impeachment front. Could it really have been about anything else?

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Recorded 2019-09-27
Length this week - 1:59:49

• (0:01:53-0:36:16) Ukraine Call
• (0:38:01-1:11:18) Coverup
• (1:11:55-1:59:28) Impeachment

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.

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan talk quite a bit about the Trump/Ukraine/whistleblower scandal, but before that, they also hit vaping, the economy, the Israeli elections, and the situation with Iran and Saudi Arabia.

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Recorded 2019-09-21

Length this week - 1:52:14

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.

On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Ed joins Sam to talk about new iPhones, the ethics of donations from bad people, Brexit, Trump's aborted meeting with the Taliban at Camp David, and then, of course, the 3rd Democratic debate. Fun stuff!

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Recorded 2019-09-14
Length this week - 2:06:48

• (0:00:20-0:30:54) Random Stuff
  • New iPhones
  • Donations from bad people
• (0:34:28-1:02:29) International Stuff
  • Brexit again
  • Trump's Taliban initiative
• (1:03:05-2:06:27) Presidential Stuff
  • VPs of popular presidents running for president
  • Yang's $1000 a month contest
  • The 3rd Democratic debate

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.

This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about feedback to the show, Gerrymandering, Brexit, and Hurricane Dorian first. The hurricane transitions naturally into Sharpiegate, and from there to more generalized Trump corruption, which of course leads to the expansion of the investigations being done by the House Democrats. And that's a show!

Show Details:

Recorded 2019-09-07
Length this week - 1:45:25

• (0:01:48-0:45:00) Non-Trump Stuff
  • Feedback and structure
  • Gerrymandering
  • Brexit update
• (0:45:45-1:45:03) Trump Stuff
  • Hurricane Dorian update and Sharpiegate
  • Trump corruption
  • Expanding congressional investigations

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.