The Nightshift: 26 February 2017

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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 be out) and lots of political comment from award winners (who will run over their allotted time for thank you speeches). The show will also run long, but America will tune in. Good luck to all the contestants.
In other news, there was an Obama sighting in New York City; Rickie Fowler is leading the Honda Classic PGA Tournament in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida (bring it home Rickie); the Daytona 500 stock car race is today –coverage has been surprisingly muted; the Democrats selected Tom Perez, former Labor Secretary, to head the party going forward.
Donald Trump has said he would not attend the annual White House Correspondents Dinner–given the fractious atmosphere between the media and trump, that’s no surprise.  Chas Danner, who writes for New York Magazine’s excellent “Intelligencer” column, pointed out this telling fact: the last President not to attend the White House Correspondents Dinner was Ronald Reagan, who was recovering from an assassination attempt; Reagan still made an appearance via video link.
And, finally, yesterday was the birthday for George Harrison, the famous “quiet Beatle” who was the lead guitarist for the band. Harrison would have been 74. Harrison died in 2001 and was the youngest member of The Beatles. He was so young when he joined The Beatles that he was once sent home from playing with the band in Germany because he was under age. George Harrison introduced Indian and world music influences to The Beatles’ music, pioneered the use of the Rickenbacker  12 string guitar (the 360/12 model), and wrote some of The Beatles greatest songs, including “Here Comes The Sun” and “Something”.  In addition to a fine solo music career (his “All Things Must Pass” and “Concert for Bangladesh” albums are classics-especially if you have them in vinyl), Harrison was also a fine film producer and possessed a sharp sense of humor.  He’s missed but he’s still with us.
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The Nightshift: 25 February 2017

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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.
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The Nightshift: 24 February 2017

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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 scheduled to speak. It is considered by some political observers as proof that the Trump brand of Republicanism has overtaken the Conservative Republican movement. Expect drama.
The Honda Classic PGA tournament is action this weekend in Florida (Palm Beach Gardens) as the Tour swings from West Coast to East. Back on the West Coast, the Oscars are this Sunday; television and old movie channels will be filled with Academy Award winners from years back. Expect the Academy Awards show to go long.
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The Nightshift: Stardate 23 February 2017

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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 trillion miles away, so planetary crowding won’t be an issue.
Washington remains chaotic, unsettled, and unfocused and the prospects of a change for the better anytime soon are not good. The new normal isn’t normal as the experts keep telling us.  We’ll just have deal with it, as will our rattled allies (and enemies) around the globe.
But hey–there is hope. It just happens to be about a trillion miles away.
Will they have better music?
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The Nightshift: 22 February 2017

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Good Morning. It’s Wednesday 22 February 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed.
The Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, who have struggled over the last decade, made a major move yesterday, bringing in Magic Johnson–the leader during their golden years–as President of Basketball Operations. Johnson, who is one of the owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, will shake up the team, the operations, and the personnel. As noted professor Edward de Bono once said, “You can’t dig a new hole by digging the same hole deeper” and the Lakers were in serious need of a culture change and a turnaround.  Have at it, Magic.
In other news, our elected officials are hearing from the people who elected them in town halls across America. Some of the officials are acquitting themselves well and others are not. All of them are facing crowds of voters who want to know the answer to the big question of the day: what, precisely is going on in Washington and America and what are you going to do about it?  Good question. How about some answers?
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The Nightshift: 21 February 2017

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Good Morning. It’s Tuesday, 21 February 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed.
America has a new (and respected) National Security Advisor. The Russian ambassador to the U.N. has died unexpectedly in New York, fake news is becoming an ever bigger problem, and Snapchat is aiming for a huge IPO.  Bao Bao the Panda has returned to China (courtesy of Fedex) from her stay at the National Zoo. This is, as they say in the biz, a light news day.
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The Nightshift: 20 February 2017

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Good Morning. It’s Monday, 20 February 2017,  President’s Day,  and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed.
SpaceX had a successful launch from the Kennedy Space Center yesterday; the payload was space station cargo. Dustin Johnson won the Genesis Open at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, and in the process became the Number 1 golfer in the world. California is still enduring dangerous levels of rain.
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The Nightshift: 19 February 2017

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Good Morning. It’s Sunday, 19 February 2017 and this is the afternoon edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed.
California is still facing immense danger and problems from the unprecedented amount of rainfall the state has endured in the last two months. From “not enough rain” to “way too much rain” in just a matter of weeks. Nature remains unpredictable and unstoppable.
Today’s the final round of the PGA Genesis Open at the  Riviera Country  Club in Los Angeles; the tournament was postponed on Friday due to…rain and bad weather. The final round will be played today.
The woman who launched the famous lawsuit Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in the United States and has since been one of the most contentious rulings in American history, has died. Norma McCorvey (“Jane Roe” in the case) was 69 years old.
Washington remains stuck in neutral–so the Congress took a break and the President went on a campaign trip.
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