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The Nightshift: 1 April 2017

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Editor’s Note: The Nightshift will be published in abbreviated form for the next couple of weeks due to outside scheduling commitments. Weekend editions will be full-pack, but weekday commentary will be very streamlined.
Good Morning, It’s Saturday, 1 April 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed.
No need for April Fool’s pranks today–Washington has cornered that market. On to other things.
In sports, the longest winning streak in college sports came to a surprising end last night when Mississippi State’s Women’s Basketball Team beat the University of Connecticut’s team, in overtime. Until last night, the UConn women had won 111 games in a row. The game was one of two played in the Women’s NCAA Final Four championship series and sends the Miss State team into the finals against the South Carolina women’s team, who beat Stanford in the other Final Four game (South Carolina’s men’s team plays Gonzaga today in the first game of the Men’s Final Four–they’re having quite a basketball year at South Carolina). The other men’s final four game is North Carolina vs. Oregon. How’s your bracket?
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Le Figaro (Paris)
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The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
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The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
The Fine Print: The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. This post is number 1046 for this site. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.

The Nightshift: 31 March 2017

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Editor’s Note: The Nightshift will be published in abbreviated form for the next couple of weeks due to outside scheduling commitments. Weekend editions will be full-pack, but weekday commentary will be very streamlined.
Good Morning, It’s Friday, 31 March 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed.
Weirdness prevails in Washington (It would be nice if they could get things under control, wouldn’t it?). Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn has offered to testify(“he’s got a story to tell” says his attorney) about the Russian hacking drama if he gets immunity. As one of the Senators investigating the Russian/Hacking/Collusion mess says, “innocent people don’t need immunity”. Draw your own conclusions. The New York Times revealed the names of the two people from the White House who played Representative Devin Nunes by giving him “intelligence” information about supposed “surveillance” that he then brought back to the White House the next day to show the President. Wonder when Nunes will realize that he was tossed under the bus by the White House? His career is effectively over. What a mess. For the record, President Trump has a received a Grade of “F” from voters for his performance so far, according to a poll conducted by Marist/McClatchy. By comparison, Obama received a “B” at the same stage of his presidency. At this point, what’s going on in Washington is about competency and truth. Get it together guys.
Get outside the beltway and there’s very good news: the NCAA Final Four is this weekend, with South Carolina vs. Gonzaga(the Zags are sentimental favorites) and North Carolina vs. Oregon (Carolina was in the Final Four last year). Next week is the Masters. SpaceX, Elon Musk’s personal rocketship company has successfully launched a satellite using a semi-useable rocket. That’s progress. And, Crayola sent the color “Dandelion” (a shade of yellow) to the old colors home and retired it.
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Effective with this edition of The Nightshift, we’re adding in Politico so you can keep up with all the changing political fortunes in Washington and we can concentrate on other news. It’s at the bottom of the click-list.
The International Headlines are all at your fingertips. Have a great weekend:
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Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
The Fine Print: The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. This post is number 1045 for this site. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.

The Nightshift: 30 March 2017

The Nightshift: 29 March 2017

The Nightshift: 28 March 2017

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Good Morning, It’s Tuesday, 28 March 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed.
A semi-quiet day in Washington as the fallout from the failure of Trumpcare continues to resonate. The President’s approval rating is down to 36%(that’s still twice as high as the approval rating for the aborted health care bill). The Democrats, researching the huge Presidential loss in 2016, have apparently uncovered a giant gap in their polling: they missed one entire group of voters (the Republicans didn’t). Next up for the President: tax reform. Will it go better than health care reform? We shall see.
The Oakland raiders have voted to leave Oakland (2018, 2019?) for Las Vegas. This will be the second time the Raiders have abandoned the Oakland fan base that has supported them over the decades.
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The Fine Print: The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. This post is number 1042 for this site. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.

The Nightshift: 27 March 2017

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Good Morning, It’s Monday, 27 March 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed.
Who knows what’s on the agenda in Washington this week? More drama as last week was a bit of a wipe out for the White House and certain Congressional leaders.Count on this: whatever, it won’t be boring.
In sports, the NCAA Final Four was set, with UNC, South Carolina, Gonzaga and Oregon making it to the finals. A great weekend of basketball topped by a terrific Carolina/Kentucky game last night. Congratulations to all the teams who made it to the Final Four…How’s your bracket?
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The Fine Print: The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. This post is number 1041 for this site. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.

The Nightshift: 26 March 2017

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Good Morning, It’s Sunday, 26 March 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed.
The Sunday morning political talk shows are now in progress. Bet on this: lots of post mortem analysis on what happened last week with the Trumpcare health bill. Make it simple: it was a bad program and it failed. Next.
But there’s more drama on the horizon. The Russian hacking/collusion investigation is on-going. It’ll be interesting to see how it plays out, although the diversionary tacts are already at high frequency, with certain people in Congress advancing the idea that “unmasking” is a more important issue than illegal collusion with an adversarial foreign power. Don’t get confused: it’s not.
Great games in the NCAA yesterday. Oregon took down perennial tournament favorite Kansas to earn their first trip to the Final Door. Gonzaga also won it’s first trip, beating Xavier. Today, North Carolina goes against Kentucky and South Carolina takes on Florida for the two final spots. Anyone notice that three SEC teams are still in it? Hmm. How’s your bracket?
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Dr. Seuss on learning

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go….”

The Weekend Concert Series: Chuck Berry

The Hunt for New Music:
A classic to honor a classic: Chuck Berry live at the BBC, in 1972, with Rocking Horse. The camera work is very good (you would expect it from the BBC) and the sound is surprisingly clear (from the soundboard). We lost Chuck Berry this past week but he’s going to be around for quite a while, as his performances and music live on and on and on. Kick this one to the flat screen and run the audio through your sound system. It’s a good one and gives you an idea of the magic that was Berry on stage.
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The Nightshift: 25 March 2017

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Good Morning, It’s Saturday, 25 March 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed.
Trumpcare failed. The plan–to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare)–never made it to the House floor for a vote. because the Republicans, who control both Houses of Congress and the White House, could not muster enough votes to pass the legislation. The bill was intensely unpopular with both Congressional members and the public. The failure was a massive loss for the new administration, the Republican Congress, and Speaker Paul Ryan. We’ll leave it to the pundits to dissect the loss but it’s not a positive start for an administration that had very aggressive plans for new legislation. Something was learned; we’ll see if it gets applied.
In NCAA basketball, Kentucky beat (upset?) UCLA, South Carolina won again, North Carolina won, and Florida beat Wisconsin in a buzzer-beater. Some very great games on Friday night. As predicted, Lonzo Ball of UCLA declared for the NBA draft right after his team lost to Kentucky. There are two more games tonight (Kansas/Oregon; Xavier/Gonzaga) and two more Sunday evening (UNC/Kentucky, Florida/South Carolina). By late Sunday night, the Final Four will be set. How’s your bracket?
Time, Inc.–once one of the most powerful publishing empires in America–is reportedly on the block (again) with a valuation in the $2.0 billion dollar range ($20 share). Fewer media voices are a problem for diverse views. What would Henry Luce think?
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