This week's Curmudgeon's Corner is the annual predictions show! Sam and Ivan give all their predictions for 2018 on the topics of politics, the economy, technology, international issues, and other random things too. Basically, predictions on anything they can think of. How will they do? Listen now and every week for the next year, and you will find out!

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Recorded 2017-12-28

Length this week - 2:35:11

(0:00:15-0:19:33) But First

(0:20:42-0:53:49) Politics I

(0:54:34-1:22:22) Politics II

(1:25:40-1:45:51) Economics

(1:46:30-2:00:21) Technology

(2:02:03-2:15:02) International

(2:15:42-2:34:51) Hodgepodge

 

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This week on Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan do their duty and talk about the tax bill... how the Republicans managed to get it done, how it will impact people, and what the political ramifications are. Then they put politics aside for a bit and talk about movies. All kinds of movies. From Star Wars to Dunkirk to Ninjago and others. Rounding out the show, some bits on Apple slowing down phones, Bitcoin, Ivan meeting an (acting) ambassador, an update on Puerto Rico... and more!

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Recorded 2017-12-23

Length this week - 1:47:01

(0:01:16-0:13:56) Intro

Agenda

Ivan and the Ambassador

Ivan ankle twisting

(0:14:36-0:47:40) Tax Bill

How'd the R's pull it off?

The actual bill

The politics

(0:49:23-1:08:16) Movies

Ivan: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

Ivan: Her (2013)

Sam: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

Ivan: X-Men Movies (2000-2017)

Ivan: Dunkirk (2017)

Sam: The Secret Life of Pets (2016)

Ivan: Rough Night (2017)

Sam: Calling All Engines (2002)

Sam: Escape from Witch Mountain (1995)

Sam: The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)

(1:09:31-1:46:10) Random Stuff

Ivan: Atlanta airport power failure

Sam: Feedback from Diane

Ivan: Apple slowing down phones

Sam: Puerto Rico update

Ivan: Bitcoin

Sam: Swiftkey and Swype

Ivan: Trump challenge coin

 

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 talk about the Alabama Senate results, possible bias in the Mueller investigation, the Republican Tax Bill, Net Neutrality, Trump's judicial nominations, and the Patreon fee structure misfire. Plus Ivan makes fun of Sam's speech, and Sam's son Alex pipes up a few times.

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Recorded 2017-12-15

Length this week - 1:37:02

(0:00:15-0:03:39) But First

(0:05:21-0:30:41) Alabama

(0:32:42-0:53:09) Mueller Bias

(0:53:49-1:06:59) Tax Bill

(1:08:46-1:18:13) Net Neutrality

(1:18:51-1:24:01) Judicial Nominations

(1:24:41-1:36:42) Patreon Misfire

 

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, Ivan is back from Moscow and joins Sam to talk about his impressions of Russia. They also hit most of the last week of Trump administration craziness, they talk about Franken, Franks, Conyers, and Moore as part of the latest round of sexual harassment fallout, and they round it out with a little discussion of Bitcoin, CryptoKitties, iPhone X, and even Sam's somewhat different Christmas tree.

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Recorded 2017-12-08

Length this week - 1:30:53

(0:00:15-0:29:27) But First

Thomas rap

Agenda

Bitcoin

iPhone X

Sam's screen

Sam's tree

(0:30:42-0:47:32) Ivan in Russia

Impressions of Moscow

Russian views on Putin

Sanctions

Russian views on the USA

Pee Tape

(0:48:18-1:21:58) Trump Stuff

Trump admitting obstruction?

Can the President obstruct justice?

Can the President be indicted?

Constitutional edge cases

SCOTUS on Travel Ban

Manafort's OpEd

Ollie North is back!

Jerusalem

Other Stuff

(1:23:42-1:30:27) Politicians Who Harass

Franken

Franks

Conyers

Moore

 

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 is joined by Ed, Darryl, and Jenn while Ivan is visiting Moscow. The topics this week are the CFPB leadership fight, Trump's mental health, sexual harassment, and of course the Flynn plea deal and developments on the tax bill. Enjoy hearing about everything from a few different angles than we usually get from Ivan! You still have the same old Sam though. Sorry about that.

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Recorded 2017-12-02

Length this week - 2:17:52

(0:00:15-0:05:21) Intro

(0:06:01-0:26:55) Ed: CFPB leadership fight

(0:28:55-0:58:41) Darryl: Trump's mental health

(1:00:23-1:29:51) Jenn: Sexual harassment

(1:30:30-1:58:47) Sam: Flynn plea deal

(1:59:32-2:17:32) Sam: Tax bill

 

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 try to keep it short, but still go over 90 minutes. With no big huge central stories this week, it is an all lightning round show. Topics include Trump's master plan, Flynn cooperating with Mueller, the Uber data breach, Plume Wifi, the Allison Mack sex cult, Star Trek and Star Wars, Trump being stupid again, initial iPhone X impressions, and much more. Those were only about half of the topics, so tune in to hear everything else they talked about too!

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Recorded 2017-11-25

Length this week - 1:31:58

(0:00:30-0:07:45) But First

Slow News Week?

Agenda

Feedback

Ivan travel

(0:08:54-0:38:29) Lightning Round #1

Ivan: Trump Fed Chair appointment

Sam: Trump judicial appointments

Ivan: Uber data breach and payoff

Sam: Movie: The Princess Bride (1987)

Ivan: Star Trek and Star Wars movies and TV

Sam: Allison Mack sex cult

Ivan: Nude Barton pics

(0:40:12-1:31:38) Lightning Round #2

Sam: Rogue Twitter employee

Ivan: iPhone X impressions

Sam: Plume WiFi

Ivan: Flynn Cooperating

Sam: Stupid Trump Family

Ivan: Trump master plan

Sam: AT&T / Time Warner merger

Ivan: Stupid Trump

 

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 out talking about travel things again. Ivan talks about "mileage runs". Sam talks about the dramatic end to his DC vacation. But then they move on to the news. The travails of Flynn, Page, Sessions, Don Jr, and Kushner with Turkey, Russia, Russia, Russia, and Russia respectively. Then the GOP tax plan. Then of course the mounting evidence that all men are scum, and what should be done about it.

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Recorded 2017-11-17

Length this week - 2:27:00

(0:00:45-0:37:58) Travel adventures

(0:40:35-1:20:18) Turkey Russia Russia Russia Russia

(1:22:18-1:42:25) GOP tax plan

(1:44:09-2:26:38) All men are scum

 

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 do eventually talk politics... namely Donna Brazile, this week's election results, and the accusations against Roy Moore... but first they talk about some more pedestrian things. Ivan has ants! Sam and his wife have issues with iPhones! Sam and his family have an adventurous vacation! So a lot of everything this week. Enjoy!

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Recorded 2017-11-10

Length this week - 1:51:07

(0:00:15-0:03:25) Intro

(0:04:34-0:11:44) Ivan's Ants

(0:12:59-0:29:58) iPhone Travails

(0:30:43-0:44:13) Sam's Trip

(0:45:55-1:02:42) Donna Brazile Book

(1:03:22-1:27:57) Election 2017

(1:29:33-1:50:46) Ray Moore

 

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 is joined by guest hosts Ed and Darryl. They of course talk about the Manafort and Gates indictment, the Papadopoulos guilty plea, and the ramifications of all that to the Mueller investigation. In addition, they discuss the continuing revelations on the degree of influence social media has on our political process, the civil wars in both the Republican and Democratic parties, an old Ehrlichman interview, the opioid crisis, and gerrymandering.

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Recorded 2017-11-02

Length this week - 2:10:09

(0:00:15-0:03:03) But First

Introductions

Agenda

(0:03:39-0:38:01) Indictments

Reactions to Manafort and Gates

Financial Crimes vs Russian Collusion

Coordinated distractions

Papadopoulos

Rejecting the rules

Predictions

(0:38:47-1:09:21) Social Media

The Texas rallies

Extent of exposure

Anybody else can too

Social media character assassination

Manipulating emotions

Viral spin

Transparency

(1:11:21-1:45:51) Partisan Civil Wars

Driving off that cliff

Fate of Trump

Republican primary voters

The lost middle

Congressional races

Bernie vs Hillary

Origins of the Democratic fight

How serious a division?

Purity Democrats

(1:46:32-2:09:49) Other Stuff

Old Ehrlichman interview

Opioid crisis

Gerrymandering

 

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 talk about sexual harassment again, Senator Flake and Senator Corker's rebellious statements, the possible scandal with the selection of Whitefish to restore electricity to Puerto Rico, and the massive churn of non-stories that seemed like they were a prelude to something big dropping... which did indeed happen... the indictment news... but only after we recorded the show. So we'll talk about that next week...

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Recorded 2017-10-26

Length this week - 1:23:48

(0:01:30-0:21:28) But First

Feedback

Bush the assgrabber

Scoble the ass

O'Reilly settlement

(0:22:06-0:40:56) The Flake and the Cork

Senator statements

Retiring vs staying

anti-Trump conservatives aren't liberal

Temporary party flipping

Flake leaving a Trump victory?

(0:42:16-1:03:50) Russia Crap

Funding for Steele Dossier

It is all about Clinton, not Trump, right?

Why the push on this issue right now?

Distracting from what?

(1:04:35-1:23:27) Whitefish

Bid process

Is Whitefish fishy?

Attention to corruption

 

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.