Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Tuesday, 21 November 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift. The Daily Grope: Charlie Rose, the previously revered television journalist, has been suspended from CBS, PBS, and Bloomberg TV after allegations arose that he was involved in inappropriate behavior with as many as …
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The Nightshift: 20 November 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Monday, 20 November 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift. Charles Manson, leader of a cult that killed seven people in August of 1969 has died. Manson was 83 and died in prison. The Daily Grope: Senator Al Franken (D-Minnesota) has been accused …
The Nightshift: 19 November 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Sunday, 19 November 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift. In Zimbabwe, the ruling party has finished the job the military started with a coup early last week and dismissed long-time ineffective President Robert Mugabe, installing Vice President Emerson “Crocodile” Mnangagwa as head …
The Nightshift: 18 November 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Saturday, 18 November 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift. A high ranking Russian official, Alexander Torshin, allegedly tried to organize a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. The initiative has been described as a “back door” invitation; the meeting never materialized …
The Nightshift: 17 November 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Friday, 17 November 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift. The House of Representatives passed a draft of their tax reform bill. The bill takes away many important deductions for the middle class and has severe differences with the tax reform bill proposed …
The Nightshift: 16 November 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Thursday, 16 November 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift. An extremely rare Leonardo da Vinci painting, “Salvator Mundi”, sold on Wednesday evening for $450 million (price includes fees), which shatters the previous high price for artwork sold at auction. The painting, little …
The Nightshift: 15 November 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Wednesday, 15 November 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift. The Military of Zimbabwe has staged a coup to oust long-time leader Robert Mugabe from power. Mugabe has been an ineffectual leader for decades, tanked the country’s economy, and is accused of looting …
Ansel Adams on photography
“You don’t take a photograph. You make it. “
Desert Storm
Paying Attention: Embed from Getty Images Last week, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (“MBS”), son of the current King of Saudi Arabia, rounded up some of the most prominent businessmen, politicians, and Saudi royal family members and had them placed in confinement in the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Riyadh. The stated rationale: various charges including money …
The Nightshift: 14 November 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Tuesday, 14 November 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift. Alabama Republican Roy Moore, running in the Senate race to replace Jeff Sessions, the former Alabama Senator who resigned to become Attorney General, is facing more accusations of inappropriate behavior with teenage girls. …