Curmudgeon's Corner Episode 534

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[Ep 534] Two Humps [1:59:04]
Recorded: Thu, 2017-Aug-31 UTC
Published: Fri, 2017-Sep-01 18:36 UTC

On Curmudgeon's Corner this week guest cohost Ed joins Sam to discuss Hurricane Harvey, the pardon of Sheriff Joe, Schneiderman teaming up with Mueller, gerrymandering, and partisan sorting as their bigger topics. But they also touch on Sam wearing a suit for the first time in over a decade, the speakers at the event he went to, and the possibility of just paying Democrats to move to red states.

(0:01:30-0:29:19) But First
- Agenda
- Ed's athletics
- Sam in a suit
- Dem fundraiser speakers
- Addition vs subtraction
(0:29:55-1:01:38) Hurricane Harvey
- The damage
- Nobody predicted?
- Evacuation decisions
- Planning for foods
- Reactions to climate change
- Trump's visit
- Asian flooding
(1:02:47-1:26:00) Trump Stuff
- Sheriff Joe
- Schneiderman and Mueller
- Moscow Trump Tower
(1:26:39-1:58:44) Gerrymandering and Such
- The basics
- Pennsylvania
- Hard to change
- But I like mine
- Partisan sorting
- Pay people to move?
- Realignment

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