Paying Attention: Yesterday, 1 March 2017, this site put up it’s 1000th post. That post was, appropriately, a classic quote from singer/songwriter Warren Zevon on politics–perfect for our times. Starting in 2011, the site has been publishing on a regular basis, typically three or four times a week, but over the last year, increasingly moving to …
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The Nightshift: 2 March 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning. It’s Thursday, 2 March 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The New York Times and The Washington Post both published new and revelatory articles last night about the Trump/White House dalliance with Russia. There’s enough obfuscation and strenuous …
The Nightshift: 1 March 2017
Embed from Getty Images Press Clippings: Good Morning. It’s Wednesday, 1 March 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. President Trump made his first speech before the assembled U.S. Congress. It was understated, repeated the themes and objectives he made during his campaign, and had a totally different …
The Nightshift: 28 February 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning. It’s Tuesday, 28 February 2017, the last day of February, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The fallout from the Academy Awards mixup continues as the Academy has launched an “investigation” into how it all happened. Inevitable. Their time might be …
The Nightshift: 27 February 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning. It’s Monday, 27 February 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The Academy Awards Show last night suffered one of the worst mistakes in history, when it mistakenly announced the wrong winner for the nights’ biggest award: Best Picture. Announced …
The Nightshift: 26 February 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning. It’s Sunday, 26 February 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The Academy Awards are tonight: expect glamour (and some big misses) on the Red Carpet, a Hollywood-style opening for tonights’ host, Jimmy Kimmel (good luck, Jimmy–the long knives will …
The Nightshift: 25 February 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning. It’s Saturday, 25 February 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The war behind the White House and the press continues. It’s going to be a long and contentious one. Catch up on the news in the rest of the …
The Nightshift: 24 February 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning. It’s Friday, 24 February 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) is taking up all the political media time as yesterday Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus spoke and today President Donald Trump is …
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The Nightshift: Stardate 23 February 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning. It’sThursday, 23 February and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. We may not be alone. NASA has found seven (7)planets that they believe could support life (or at least life as we know it on earth) . They’re about a …
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