The Nightshift: 4 February 2018

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Good Morning, it’s Sunday, 4 February 2018,  and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift.
Welcome to February (Congrats…you made it through January!)
The Nightshift is moving to a more streamlined format to accommodate a slate of new  Media Bunker  projects.
Super Bowl LII will be played today, with the Philadelphia Eagles playing the New England Patriots. The Patriots are heavy favorites for the game, which is being played in Minneapolis at the new U.S. Bank Stadium. The game is the center of one of the most intense media storms in modern America, as correspondents, reporters, photographers, videographers, and producers descend–in mass–to interview everyone associated with the game and provide  much-desired content for TV, the press, or sports radio talk shows. It’s a collision of journalistic cultures and always fascinating to be involved in. You may have a favorite (the underdog Eagles, the top running Patriots) or, like most, just want to see a good, competitive game (it’ll be hard to top last year’s amazing comeback by the Patriots), but–even if the game is a bust–there’s still lots to look forward to on this uniquely American Sports Holiday weekend: the always amazing Super Bowlcommercials (at $5 million per 30 second spot); the pre-game over-analysis of offense and defense; the ritual de-coding of Patriots Coach Bill Belichick’s very few public statements; the celebratory, tail-gate food and drink spread laid out just for this one game at Super Bowl parties around the country; and the half-time show, delivered this year by Justin Timberlake, who can both sing and dance very well (expect lots of both). So….dig in and go deep on the Super Bowl. It’s a great break from all the other stuff that’s not nearly as much fun going on in the world. Enjoy the day and the game.
And, while we’re in the mood to let the rest of the world (i.e. that hot mess in Washington) go away, let’s get ready for the Winter Olympics, which are coming up on the 8th of February. Start with this warmup from The New York  Times. 
Nicholas von Hoffman, a sharp, provocative, journalist and columnist for The Washington Post has died at the age of 88.  Mr. Von Hoffman was required reading for those with even a passing interest in politics or current events in the seventies and, if you had journalistic ambitions, he was a North Star for how far a writer could take opinion and reporting, which he combined in seamless fashion. His contributions to journalism and our times are noted; his voice will forever be missed.
Today is National Homemade Soup Day, so get out a pot, and start cooking. Few things are better than homemade soup on a winter’s day. It’s also national “Thank a Mail Carrier Day” but…uh…it’s Sunday, National Day Calendar people and the mail carriers aren’t around to thank. They’re home relaxing and getting ready for the Super Bowl, like the rest of the country they serve. Say thanks when you see them.
What we’re listening to in The Media Bunker: The Valentines 2018 playlist, compiled by our music editor/producer/DJ Tschugge. 
The front pages (and sometimes more) of the world’s great English language newspapers are linked below.
Please check out the CNN “text news” site, which is much faster than their full multi-media site. It’s below at the end of the links.
A new link to the Boston Globe newspaper has been added. We’ve also added a link to The Local, an English language newspaper in Norway.
Also, we’ve added tech site Ars Technia to The Nightshift. To reflect the growing impact of technology in our life, we will be adding more technology centric sites in the future.
The International Headlines are all at your fingertips, below. As always, thanks for dropping by.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica  
The Fine Print: Photo embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing. This post is number 1589  for this site. The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.

The Nightshift: 3 February 2018

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Good Morning, it’s Saturday, 3 February 2018,  and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift.
Welcome to February (Congrats…you made it through January!)
The Nightshift is moving to a more streamlined format to accommodate a slate of new  Media Bunker  projects.
Dennis Edwards, lead singer for The Temptations has died. He was 74. In the opening video (above) Edwards is to the left of David Ruffin. You need to see Dennis Edwards perform to understand his impact on music and the “Motown Sound”.
The Potomac Drama: The White House declassified the “memo” yesterday, clearing the way for its release to the general public. The Republicans say it proves bias against the President;  the Democrats (and the Justice Department, which did not want the “memo” released) say it’s inaccurate, incomplete, massively flawed, reckless, and out of sync with the timing of events. Expect more “memos”; also expect more damaging “leaks” from/about the Administration.  What a mess.
Super Bowl LII will be played tomorrow. For this weekend and into Monday, America will have something to talk about besides the mess in Washington.
The Daily Grope: The CEO of the Humane Society has resigned after charges of sexual misconduct, prompted by actions by the board of the Society and the Society’s biggest donors.
A large New York/Dubai investment fund, the Abraaj Group, has been accused by investors of misusing investment funding. Both the management of the fund and the investors in it have requested audits to sort the situation out.
Today is National Missing Persons Day. Perhaps you or someone you know has a friend or relative who has gone missing. It’s a bit of an epidemic. Pay attention and help where you can.
What we’re listening to in The Media Bunker: The Valentines 2018 playlist, compiled by our music editor/producer/DJ Tschugge. 
The front pages (and sometimes more) of the world’s great English language newspapers are linked below.
Please check out the CNN “text news” site, which is much faster than their full multi-media site. It’s below at the end of the links.
A new link to the Boston Globe newspaper has been added. We’ve also added a link to The Local, an English language newspaper in Norway.
Also, we’ve added tech site Ars Technia to The Nightshift. To reflect the growing impact of technology in our life, we will be adding more technology centric sites in the future.
The International Headlines are all at your fingertips, below. As always, thanks for dropping by.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica  
The Fine Print: Photo embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing. Embed of Dennis Edwards singing with the Temps, courtesy of the BBC and YouTube. All rights belong to their respective rights holders. We thank them for sharing. This post is number 1588  for this site. The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.

Breaking: White House Releases FBI Memo

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The White House, under the direction of President Donald Trump, has released the controversial “memo” that they claim shows the FBI has a bias against the current administration and has used that bias to improperly secure FISA warrants that were used to surveil Trump administration officials and supporters. The FBI strongly advised against the release of the “memo”, which was created under the supervision of Devin Nunes, a Republican congressman from California, saying that it could pose certain national security risks. The advice not to release the memo was ignored despite national security issues and claims the document was inaccurate and incomplete.  The Republicans believe the release of the document proves a bias against the President; the Democrats believe the document is a ploy to de-legitimize the Mueller investigation into Russian meddling and the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with the Russians. The Potomac Drama that is modern day Washington now takes another step into a unique form of governance darkness.
 
 
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The Nightshift: 2 February 2018

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Good Morning, it’s Friday, 2 February 2018  and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift.
Welcome to February (Congrats…you made it through January!)
The Nightshift is moving to a more streamlined format to accommodate a slate of new  Media Bunker  projects.
It’s Ground Hog Day. Punxsutawney Phil made his traditional appearance and saw his shadow: that means six more weeks of winter. Got sweaters?
The Potomac Drama: President Trump is expected to release the “memo” today. It may have certain redactions or it may not. It may be released or it may not. The standoff between the FBI and the White House has intensified. The drama continues.
Super Bowl LII is this weekend, with the Eagles going up against the best big game team of our era, the New England Patriots. The game is being played indoors, in Minneapolis(thank goodness, the windchill is -18). Stock up on wings, nachos, beer, wine, chips, pizza,  bourbon, vodka, scotch, and tailgate food. Remember: even if the game is a bust, the commercials are terrific (one thirty second spot in the Super Bowl is $5.0 million).
Today is National Groundhog Day. Time to dig out the very excellent movie starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell (and brilliantly directed by Harold Ramis) and spend the day watching it. Again and again and again.
What we’re listening to in The Media Bunker: The Valentines 2018 playlist, compiled by our music editor/producer/DJ Tschugge. 
The front pages (and sometimes more) of the world’s great English language newspapers are linked below.
Please check out the CNN “text news” site, which is much faster than their full multi-media site. It’s below at the end of the links.
A new link to the Boston Globe newspaper has been added. We’ve also added a link to The Local, an English language newspaper in Norway.
Also, we’ve added tech site Ars Technia to The Nightshift. To reflect the growing impact of technology in our life, we will be adding more technology centric sites in the future.
The International Headlines are all at your fingertips, below. As always, thanks for dropping by.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica  
The Fine Print: Photo embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing. The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. This post is number 1586  for this site. The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications. It’s rapid iteration. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.

The Nightshift: 1 February 2018

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Good Morning, it’s Thursday, 1 February 2018  and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift.
Welcome to February (Congrats…you made it through January!)
The Nightshift is moving to a more streamlined format to accommodate a slate of new  Media Bunker  projects.
The Potomac Drama: The highly contentions “memo” produced by Congressman Devin Nunes could be released as early as today. The FBI says the “memo” contains classified information and its release would be reckless.
Xerox is done. The company that became a verb for it’s copier machines and a technological powerhouse (they invented the graphic-based computer user interface that is used in modern computer operating systems for Apple and Microsoft) has “combined operations” with Fuji holdings of Japan.
A train carrying Republican congressmen to a retreat crashed into a truck while en route yesterday, killing one person in the truck.
The entire board of the U.S. Gymnastics program has resigned, more fallout from the scandal surrounding team doctor Larry Nasser.
The Daily Grope: Model Kate Upton has accused Paul Marciano, the creative director and founder of the Guess fashion line, of sexually harassing women.
Today is National Get Up Day, a day to remind us of how important perseverance is in life and sport.  And, if you live in Texas, it’s National Texas Day. Celebrate with your boots on.
What we’re listening to in The Media Bunker: The Valentines 2018 playlist, compiled by our music editor/producer/DJ Tschugge. 
The front pages (and sometimes more) of the world’s great English language newspapers are linked below.
Please check out the CNN “text news” site, which is much faster than their full multi-media site. It’s below at the end of the links.
A new link to the Boston Globe newspaper has been added. We’ve also added a link to The Local, an English language newspaper in Norway.
Also, we’ve added tech site Ars Technia to The Nightshift. To reflect the growing impact of technology in our life, we will be adding more technology centric sites in the future.
The International Headlines are all at your fingertips, below. As always, thanks for dropping by.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica  
The Fine Print: Photo embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing. The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. This post is number 1584  for this site. The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications. It’s rapid iteration. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.

The Nightshift: 31 January 2018

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Good Morning, it’s Wednesday, 31 January 2018  and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift.
Welcome to 2018.
The Nightshift is moving to a more streamlined format to accommodate a slate of new  Media Bunker  projects.
A “Super-blue-blood- moon”, an event that has occurred once in the last 125 years, was seen around the world last night and very early this morning. Hope you got a chance to see it; it won’t come again in our lifetime.
President Trump delivered his first State of the Union Address to Congress last night. You can read the full text of the address–the longest SOTU speech ever–here. 
Political correctness is not just an American issue. The Norwegian Olympic Team is being called out for having a symbol on their sweaters that could–possibly–be associated with Neo-Nazis. If you ever read the fascinating book “Three Eggs on My Plate”, you know the Norwegians were stridently anti-Nazi.
Today is National Backward Day. Or, if we were celebrating it in the spirit, Day Backward National.
What we’re listening to in the Media Bunker: The First Day compilation on Spotify, curated by our music editor/producer/consultant DJ Tschugge. This is the last day for “First Day”. A new playlist will be posted tomorrow.
The front pages (and sometimes more) of the world’s great English language newspapers are linked below.
Please check out the CNN “text news” site, which is much faster than their full multi-media site. It’s below at the end of the links.
A new link to the Boston Globe newspaper has been added. We’ve also added a link to The Local, an English language newspaper in Norway.
Also, we’ve added tech site Ars Technia to The Nightshift. To reflect the growing impact of technology in our life, we will be adding more technology centric sites in the future.
The International Headlines are all at your fingertips, below. As always, thanks for dropping by.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica  
The Fine Print: Photo embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing. The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. This post is number 1583  for this site. The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications. It’s rapid iteration. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.

The Nightshift: 30 January 2018

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Good Morning, it’s Tuesday, 30 January 2018  and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift.
Welcome to 2018.
The Nightshift is moving to a more streamlined format to accommodate a slate of new  Media Bunker  projects.
JP Morgan Chase (Jaime Dimon), Amazon (Jeff Bezos), and Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffett) have said they will combine forces to create a new health care company to provide benefits for their employees. The impact of the announcement was enough to send health care stocks down. Warren Buffet has said that health care costs are a “tapeworm feeding on the economy”; the new company will focus on dropping the costs of health care by taking out the profit motive, among other things.  It will not focus on lowering insurance rates, which is what Congress has been using as their “health care solution”, because these guys are smart enough to know that the underlying economics of modern American medicine must be fixed. Period.  Fix the cost side, and the insurance rates will drop rapidly (it’s economics).  Somewhere, Steve Brill is happy to see some action in this direction. As for Congress–they remain clueless on healthcare (among other things).
Blake Griffin, the oft-injured  star forward for the Los Angeles Clippers was traded–unexpectedly–to Detroit yesterday. Griffin now gets to trade t-shirts for overcoats, as he moves from warm winter nights in L.A. to frigid arctic evenings in Detroit. The Clippers have now traded away two of their best players in the last year–Chris Paul and Blake Griffin. In the background is the ultimate basketball talent judge–Jerry West–helping rebuild the team. The last team Jerry West helped rebuild is the Golden State Warriors and that worked out pretty well.
There is speculation in the financial and technical press that Apple is in a spot of trouble with iPhone X sales; the phone is not selling as expected (could it be the $1000 price) and the stock is down, but Apple is still on track to become the first trillion dollar company.
Chris Christie has a new job; the bombastic former New Jersey governor and sometime presidential hopeful will be on-the-air for ABC news. Widescreen TV is the perfect medium for Christie.
Warren Miller, the man who helped turn skiing into a major national sport and pastime through his highly individualistic films on the sport,  has died at the age of 93. 
Today is National Croissant Day. You know how to celebrate (A hot croissant with butter & jam? Yum.).
What we’re listening to in the Media Bunker: The First Day compilation on Spotify, curated by our music editor/producer/consultant DJ Tschugge. 
The front pages (and sometimes more) of the world’s great English language newspapers are linked below.
Please check out the CNN “text news” site, which is much faster than their full multi-media site. It’s below at the end of the links.
A new link to the Boston Globe newspaper has been added.
Also, we’ve added tech site Ars Technia to The Nightshift. To reflect the growing impact of technology in our life, we will be adding more technology centric sites in the future.
The International Headlines are all at your fingertips, below. As always, thanks for dropping by.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica  
The Fine Print: Photo embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing. The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. This post is number 1582  for this site. The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications. It’s rapid iteration. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.

The Nightshift: 29 January 2018

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Good afternoon, it’s Monday 29 January 2018  and this is the mid-day Edition of The Nightshift.
Welcome to 2018.
The Nightshift is moving to a more streamlined format to accommodate a slate of new  Media Bunker  projects.
The Deputy Director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe, has stepped down from his job; he will be on administrative leave until he formally retires in the spring. McCabe had been the subject of blistering criticism from President Donald Trump. Who’s next ?
The Cleveland Indians will retire their famed “Chief Wahoo” logo by 2019. The move comes after pressure from the commissioner of baseball’s office. Political correctness intrudes again……
Bruno Mars took home three Grammys last night, in a major show of commercial viability.  The show had the lowest ratings of any telecast in recent memory and many critics noted that the show honored music’s past instead of its’ future.
Today is National Puzzle Day. Get those puzzles out and start solving them–just don’t do it at work.
What we’re listening to in the Media Bunker: The First Day compilation on Spotify, curated by our music editor/producer/consultant DJ Tschugge. 
The front pages (and sometimes more) of the world’s great English language newspapers are linked below.
Please check out the CNN “text news” site, which is much faster than their full multi-media site. It’s below at the end of the links.
A new link to the Boston Globe newspaper has been added.
The International Headlines are all at your fingertips, below.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
The Fine Print: Photo embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing. The Nightshift is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. This post is number 1581  for this site. The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications. It’s rapid iteration. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.