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If you are a person that has looked to the abulsme.com blog for announcements when the new episodes of the Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast comes out, you may have, well, not seen any the last two weeks. Apologies for not putting an announcement here sooner, but well, CC has moved. For the longest time, the Curmudgeon’s Corner podcast has “lived on” abulsme.com. Blog posts announcing episodes were here, the actual podcast episodes were hosted here, and the XML feed files for the podcast were here too.
I have finally gotten around to doing something I have wanted to do for many years, which is set Curmudgeon’s Corner up with a domain of its own.
You will find the latest episodes of Curmudgeon’s Corner, and all the historical archives at curmudgeons-corner.com.
Some of the technical stuff behind the podcast is still linked to abulsme.com, but I’ll be disentangling that over the next few weeks / months. But from a listener’s perspective, that is the podcast’s home now.
Of course, nobody has to go to the website. Most people will find, listen to, and subscribe to the podcast using a podcast player on their phone or computer. You can still find the podcast there the same way you always have.
And I’m tweeting out episode announcements when they come out too.
But this abulsme.com blog will stop posting podcast episodes every week. That had become almost everything posted here lately, with a few exceptions a year. Maybe I’ll figure out something new to do with the blog. Or something old. Dunno. We shall see.
In the mean time, for the podcast, head to one of those other places.
This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam goes solo. Mostly. He discusses the big Texas abortion case at SCOTUS and the implications thereof. He discusses the pandemic, especially the latest on masks. Round it out with a bit on Afghanistan, a little on Hurricane Ida, a bit on a movie, and just a smidge about CPAPs, and you have a show!
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Recorded 2021-09-04
Length this week – 1:37:16
(0:00:22-0:13:51) Segment the First
Agenda
CPAP recall
Sam Movie: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
(0:15:50-0:45:01) Segment the Second
Canine cohost?
SCOTUS and Texas
Democrats vs Republicans using power
Doom and gloom or backlash coming?
(0:46:06-1:03:40) Segment the Third
Mask quality
New mask effectiveness study
Tragedy of the commons
(1:04:41-1:36:55) Segment the Fourth
Vaccine population effects
More on masks
Afghanistan
Hurricane Ida
Proactive vs reactive
Stuff at the end
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan once again concentrate on Afghanistan and the pandemic. On Afghanistan, everything from the aftermath of the bombing at the airport, to the political implications for Joe Biden. On pandemic, a bit on horse dewormers, ventilation, and mask quality. But first, Sam reviews a book, and Ivan shares some news.
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Recorded 2021-08-27
Length this week – 1:49:31
(0:00:01-0:03:39) Cold Open
(0:04:02-0:39:32) But First
Agenda
Ivan news
Sam Book: Grimus (1975)
(0:40:33-1:08:00) Afghanistan
Bombing aftermath
Biden’s performance
Political implications
Could it have been done better?
(1:08:46-1:49:10) Pandemic
Statistics and trends
Horse dewormers
Ventilation
Mask quality
Stuff at the end
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Ivan and Sam’s main topics are Afghanistan and the Pandemic. Would you expect anything else? But Ivan also talks about his car, Sam talks about a book, and, oh yeah, Ivan talks about prepping for a medical procedure and being sick with a virus that is not Covid! Enjoy the show!
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Recorded 2021-08-21
Length this week – 1:54:18
(0:00:22-0:27:46) But First
Agenda
Ivan: Colonoscopy prep!
Ivan: Car update
Sam: Book: Call of the Wild (1903)
(0:28:46-1:03:03) Afghanistan
Collapse
Evacuations
Taliban 2.0?
Resistance to refugees
Kobayashi Maru
(1:05:04-1:53:55) Pandemic
Stats
Florida
Hospitals
Schools
Mandates
Closing
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan talk about the Pandemic, Afghanistan, Infrastructure, Voter Rights Legislation, and the Census/Redistricting for their serious topics. On the lighter side, they engage in some chatter about school drop offs and a movie. This was recorded before the fall of Kabul though, so you’ll have to wait until next week for any discussion specifically on that.
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Recorded 2021-08-14
Length this week – 1:55:12
(0:00:01-0:02:27) Sam from the Future
(0:02:51-0:31:12) But First
Agenda
Ivan: School Drop Offs
Sam: Movie: High Noon (1952)
(0:32:19-1:08:27) Segment One
Pandemic
Afghanistan
(1:10:13-1:54:51) Segment Two
Infrastructure
Voter rights bills
Census/Redistricting
Listener Question
Stuff at the End
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s main topics are the pandemic and Andrew Cuomo. But they also talk about Brandy’s run, old wine, and the possibility of drinking emoluments. A nice little show. Tune in!
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Recorded 2021-08-06
Length this week – 1:47:33
(0:00:23-0:36:28) But First
Agenda
Brandy’s run
Old wine
Drinking emoluments
(0:37:29-1:22:49) Pandemic
Current stats
Anti-vaxxer reversals
DeSantis
Rules against mask rules
Permanent changes
The under 12s
(1:24:51-1:46:18) Andrew Cuomo
The situation
Republican comparison
Due process
Brother Chris
The end stuff
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, two shows in one! Sort of! First off, since Ivan couldn’t make it, Sam essentially does a full length solo show. He discusses Covid stuff, Trump stuff, and Congress stuff. All the usual sort of news stuff. But then, since when he found out there was an opening, Sam’s son Alex immediately volunteered, there is also a second half of the show, where Sam and Alex discuss, what else, Alex’s YouTube channel, video games, and “Why Daddy is stupid.” So yeah. Stay tuned after the first few segments for the bonus Alex segments!
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Recorded 2021-07-31
Length this week – 2:58:55
(0:00:01-0:01:52) Cold Open
(0:02:15-0:05:45) Agenda
(0:06:17-0:35:34) Sam: Covid Stuff
(0:38:09-1:03:17) Sam: Trump Stuff
(1:03:54-1:41:55) Sam: Congress Stuff
(1:43:02-2:10:04) Alex: ALeXMXeLA
(2:11:48-2:36:28) Alex: Video Games
(2:38:29-2:58:34) Alex: Why Daddy Is Stupid
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On this week’s Curmudgeon’s corner the main topic, as it so often has been over the last year and a half, is the pandemic. Current trends, how to encourage more vaccination, all that sort of thing. But there are a lot of smaller topics too. Everything from nick names to infrastructure week (again) to how some MAGA folks think they will get Trump back well before Election 2024 to various other things in between. Have fun!
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Recorded 2021-07-23
Length this week – 1:53:58
(0:00:01-0:01:46) Cold Open
(0:02:09-0:36:08) But First
Names
Agenda
Rich people
Campaign signs
(0:37:55-1:08:57) Pandemic
Worldwide stats
The unvaccinated
Vaccine mandates
Combating hesitancy
US numbers
(1:09:42-1:53:36) Lighting
Ivan: Cuba
Sam: Barrack indictment
Ivan: Infrastructure week
Sam: Reinstating Trump?
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This week on Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan discuss the surge of Trump stories this week from the various new books coming out, and the Guardian reporting on leaked Kremlin documents. Then they discuss billionaires in space. Which of them are doing what and why? But before that, Ivan is involved in a rescue, and Sam talks about a book.
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Recorded 2021-07-16
Length this week – 1:52:11
(0:00:01-0:03:45) Cold Open
(0:04:10-0:38:56) But First
Flashing beeping agenda
Manu for Inclusion 5k
Ivan finds a cop
Sam Book with Alex: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (1979)
(0:39:42-1:12:05) Trump Stuff
Kremlin docs
Anti-coup precautions
Reaction to 6-Jan
Attention
(1:13:26-1:51:50) Space billionaires
Flight costs
Comparisons
What’s the plan?
What’s really new?
Risks
End stuff
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On This week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner, Sam and Ivan’s main topics are the pandemic, a brief dip into Afghanistan and Haiti, and a check in on a few politics issues. But first, they have a wide ranging segment on everything from how Facebook moderates groups, to electric car charging infrastructure, to Disney eliminating covid restrictions, to Twitter avatars, to EPIRBs. And more!
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Recorded 2021-07-09
Length this week – 2:13:24
(0:00:01-0:03:02) Cold Open
(0:03:26-0:39:23) But First
217 is not interesting
Agenda
Sam’s new avatar
Ivan does TikTok
Facebook group moderation
Disney COVID precautions
Electric car charging
Almost running out of gas
EPIRBs
(0:40:01-1:07:08) Pandemic
Current numbers
Vaccinations work
Booster shots and variants
Worldwide trends
(1:10:28-1:34:26) International
Afghanistan
Haiti
(1:35:16-2:13:03) Politics
Trump lawsuit
Trump indictments
NYC ranked choice voting
Stuff at the end
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