Press Clippings: Good Morning, It’s Sunday, 7 May 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed. The French Presidential runoff is in process. French voters will chose either between a centrist (Emmanuel Macron) or a far right/alt-right candidate (Marine Le Pen). The extreme choice between the two final candidates in the …
Monthly Archives: May 2017
Flat out: Moto GP, April 21-April 23 at Circuit of the Americas, Austin, TX
There is racing and then there is Moto GP racing. Moto GP racing is the F1 of motorcycle racing. The bikes are extreme, the drivers are absolutely fearless and phenomenally skilled, and the action and visual presentation of the sport is without equal. It is a sport that is visibly, incredibly dangerous. On the weekend …
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The Nightshift: 6 May 2017
Press Clippings: Good Morning, It’s Saturday, 6 May 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed. The French Presidential election runoff is this weekend. Macron, a centrist and one of the two candidates involved in the runoff (Le Pen is the other) said that his election headquarters was the victim …
The Nightshift: 5 May 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, It’s Friday, 5 May 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed. The Trump administration scored its’ first big administrative win when it managed to pass in the House of Representatives a highly revised version of Trumpcare, it’s proposed medical insurance replacement …
Transitions: Ueli Steck (1976-2017)
Paying Attention: “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering. All the rest are merely games…” Earnest Hemingway… There wasn’t a Ueli Stick before he arrived on the international mountaineering scene and there won’t be one now that he is gone. He was unique, a multi-faceted alpinist with a deep reservoir of …
Woody Allen on Success
“Eighty percent of success is showing up….”
The Nightshift: 3 May 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, It’s Wednesday, 3 May 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed, as we return to a more regular posting schedule. Russia continues to shadow American politics. President Trump had a phone call with Soviet Premier Vladimir Putin yesterday. They are seeking …
Woody Allen on Confidence
“Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem….”
The Nightshift: 2 May 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, It’s Tuesday, 2 May 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed, as we return to a more regular posting schedule. Fox News continues to implode. Co-President Bill Shine is out–most likely not because of what he did but what he didn’t do …
The Nightshift: 1 May 2017
Editor’s Note: The Nightshift will be published in abbreviated form (and late) tonight. Tomorrow..it reverts to long form. Thanks for reading. Press Clippings: Good Afternoon, It’s Monday, 1 May 2017, and this is the Evening Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed. One of the co-presidents of Fox News, Bill Shine, has been dismissed. The purge continues …