Soccer coach pride

We had a rough one today for the 5 year olds.. Four of our players did not make it.. The three that remained played the entire game without too many breaks. Ayden, my son, had a run in with his child crush.. And her kept allowing her to steal the ball from him without figthing back much. But my team perservered.. the they not give up.. they kept strong and they ended up on the losing end of the goal race but victorious in their ablity to work together and be a team. Loved seeing it, and my wife and I especially had some pride knowing that the weeks of coaching may be paying off..

Metallica released a new song.. and is releasing a brand new...

Metallica released a new song.. and is releasing a brand new album..

The listing:

Disc One
Hardwired
Atlas, Rise!
Now That We’re Dead
Moth Into Flame
Am I Savage?
Halo On Fire

Disc Two
Confusion
Dream No More
ManUNkind
Here Comes Revenge
Murder One
Spit Out The Bone

Metallica always had and always will have a special place in my heart. There were some people from my past who I shared memories with over a song or two.. and even today there are times my son jams out to songs from last century when he hears them..

Pre-orders for Hardwired…To Self Destruct are available through Metallica.com.

This is the GFS model *(run today)* for 276 hours from now.. it...

This is the GFS model *(run today)* for 276 hours from now.. it shows a pretty substantial tropical system developing along the East Coast of the United States.

If this holds true, get ready..
An early warning for weather watchers along he coast..
There is lots of time for this to change. Or for you to get ready.

The future of the building formerly known as Cardinal Brennan High School

Some local flare for a Friday night..

There have been a ton of opinions about what should happened to the shuttered and sad former high school Cardinal Brennan (my alma mater in the coal region of the Eastern mines) .. North Schuylkill school district purchased it, auctioned off the internals.. The building is vacant. Some believe it should be knocked down, others say keep it.

Some encouraging news took place recently from the camp keep it..

Substantial optimism was expressed at the latest North Schuylkill School Board meeting for the possibility of saving the main Cardinal Brennan High School building–built in 1926.. an all girl’s school then that eventually become an integrated Catholic high school that closed in the mid 2000s..

During a presentation to the board, a professional expert advised he believed the building is structurally sound and can be rehabilitated much more inexpensively than if it were razed and replaced by a new school building.

A decision is still to come. But this is giving many hope that the building which once houses voices and laughter of children will once again do the same..

A blast from the coal region past.. The “Ashland Daily News”...

A blast from the coal region past.. The “Ashland Daily News” doesn’t exist anymore.. but in 1949 it reported that homes were demolished – homes in the path of proposed stripping.. The road mentioned in the brief snippet is what is now called “Snake road” that ties together Ashland and Mt Carmel..

All the stripping left the landscape vanquished. What exists now? Dirt, rubbish, couches, and just about any piece of garbage people can dump along a highway.

The world begins to turn on Ryan...

The world begins to turn on Ryan Lochte

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Scientists find likely cause of 2011 Virginia earthquake, believe there may be more to come

Scientists find likely cause of 2011 Virginia earthquake, believe there may be more to come

The ADVOCATE in Louisiana hits: Vacation or not, a hurting Louisiana needs you now, President Obama | Our Views | theadvocate.com

The ADVOCATE in Louisiana hits: Vacation or not, a hurting Louisiana needs you now, President Obama | Our Views | theadvocate.com:

The ADVOCATE writes,

Now that the flood waters ravaging Louisiana are receding, it’s time for President Barack Obama to visit the most anguished state in the union.

Last week, as torrential rains brought death, destruction and misery to Louisiana, the president continued his vacation at Martha’s Vineyard, a playground for the posh and well-connected.

We’ve seen this story before in Louisiana, and we don’t deserve a sequel. In 2005, a fly-over by a vacationing President George W. Bush became a symbol of official neglect for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The current president was among those making political hay out of Bush’s aloofness.

If anyone is looking for any last minute birthday gifts for me,...

If anyone is looking for any last minute birthday gifts for me, this toilet paper would be great.

This scene is horror is suddenly becoming commonplace in...

This scene is horror is suddenly becoming commonplace in Louisiana .. Massive flooding–worse than even Katrina for some locations–is causing coffins to rise from their burial plots and float down waterlogged streets..

A true disaster of epic proportions .. Not seen for …well, 11 years or so since late August ‘05..

The last thing any of these locations would need now is another superstorm to even wreck more..

In mentally regrouping a bit

I feel like a certain new chapter in life has just started.. But I can’t yet close the old one.
I need the right line to finish this current states before moving on.. But time doesn’t wait for an author to create the perfect word. And if I don’t finish the book, someone else will..
The beat goes on.

Two Killed, Another Injured at Martin County Home Where Man Found Eating Victim's Face

Two Killed, Another Injured at Martin County Home Where Man Found Eating Victim's Face :

Florida: Martin County Sheriff William Snyder told reporters that Austin Harrouff may have been on hallucinogenic drugs when he attacked Michelle Mishcon, 53, and John Stevens III, 59, at their Tequesta, Florida, home.

John McLaughlin dead at 89…John McLaughlin, the...

John McLaughlin dead at 89…

John McLaughlin, the stalwart political commentator who created television’s “McLaughlin Group,” died Tuesday at his home in Virginia. He was 89.

His death came less than two days after he missed the first episode of his show in 34 years.

“As a former Jesuit priest, teacher, pundit and news host, John touched many lives,” the show’s producers wrote on Facebook.

This is South Center Street in Pottsville PA, sometime on a day...

This is South Center Street in Pottsville PA, sometime on a day in 1880…

App maker insists: Trump will win election: Zip founder has widely different results from opinion polls

App maker insists: Trump will win election: Zip founder has widely different results from opinion polls:

Militi insists his replies are a cross-section of voters in age, gender and geography. “These are the same results we saw when he (Trump) was in the primaries,” he says. He contends that most media polls are just flat-out wrong and that smartphone answers are the future.

A car burns after violence erupted during a standoff...

A car burns after violence erupted during a standoff between police and an angry crowd near N. 44th St. and W. Auer Ave.(Photo: Calvin Mattheis / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

USA TODAY:

A standoff between police and an angry crowd turned violent Saturday night in the hours after a Milwaukee police officer shot and killed an armed suspect during a foot chase.

After an hours-long confrontation with officers, police reported at 10:15 p.m. CT that a gas station was set on fire. Police said firefighters could not get close to the blaze because of gunshots.

CNN:

The incident started in the afternoon when two officers stopped two people in a car in the city’s north side, according to the Milwaukee Police Department.

Shortly after, both occupants fled on foot and officers pursued them, police said. During the chase, one officer shot a 23-year-old man who was armed, according to authorities.“He (officer) ordered that individual to drop his gun, the individual did not drop his gun,” Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said. “He had the gun with him and the officer fired several times."The man died at the scene.

Saturday nights are made for fighting.. 
But this is no way to handle anything..

FRIDAY NIGHT HACKS: Guccifer 2.0 back ... Publishes List Of Cell Phone Numbers, Private E-Mails For Most House Democrats.. promises more to come..

FRIDAY NIGHT HACKS: Guccifer 2.0 back ...  Publishes List Of Cell Phone Numbers, Private E-Mails For Most House Democrats.. promises more to come..:

From the SMOKING GUN website:

In a post to his WordPress blog, the vandal–who previously provided nearly 20,000 Democratic National Committee e-mails to Wikileaks–uploaded an Excel file that includes the cell phone numbers and private e-mail addresses of nearly every Democratic member of the House of Representatives.

The Excel file also includes similar contact information for hundreds of congressional staff members (chiefs of staff, press secretaries, legislative directors, schedulers) and campaign personnel.

In announcing the leak of the document, “Guccifer 2.0” reported that the spreadsheet was stolen during a hack of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “As you see I wasn’t wasting my time! It was even easier than in the case of the DNC breach,” the hacker wrote.

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Trump Rally-Goer To CNN Reporter: "I Am A Patriot And You Are A Traitor!" | Video | RealClearPolitics

Trump Rally-Goer To CNN Reporter: "I Am A Patriot And You Are A Traitor!" | Video | RealClearPolitics:

Scenes from America during an election.. Anger during a political campaign.. And a sudden burst of anti CNN furor over their coverage of the election of 2016..

The brutal aftermath.. Hope Solo rips Sweden! ZIKA chants win! the United States women’s soccer team loses with penalty kicks deciding a game for the first time in Olympics history!

The United States’s women’s soccer team lost at the Rio games today.. penalty kicks.. it was intense.

After the match remained tied at 1-1 through 120 minutes, it went to penalty kicks for the first time in Olympic women’s soccer ..

Victory parties were already planned back stateside.. but the anti-US Olympics fans, most yelling “ZIKA” at Hope Solo for the duration of the games so far, seemingly had the last laugh..

The aftermath seems more brutal than other Olympics losses..

HOPE SOLO garnered the most attention post loss.. she called Sweden cowards.. explaining why:

“Sweden dropped off. They didn’t want to open play. They didn’t want to play great soccer. It was a combative game, a physical game. Exactly what they wanted and exactly what their game-plan was. They dropped into a 50. They didn’t try and press. They didn’t want to open the game. And they tried to counter with long balls. We had that style of play when Pia [Sundhage] was our coach. I don’t think they’re going make it far in the tournament. I think it was very cowardly. But they won. They’re moving on, and we’re going home.”

A USA today headline screeched afterwards: 

Calling Sweden ‘bunch of cowards’ should be last straw for Hope Solo

Pia Sundhage’s response to Hope Solo’s cowards comment: I don’t give a crap. I’m going to Rio, she’s going home ..

The United States players were advised to go back to the states and resume their NWSL playing in the wake of their dramatic and unexpected loss..

Z I K A    W I N S 

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More headlines:

Hope Solo calls Sweden 'bunch of cowards’ and trashes former ..

Hope Solo tried to 'ice the kicker’ in a penalty shootout. It didn’t work.

SLATE: 

How “Zika-Proof” Hope Solo Became the Biggest Villain of the Rio

The WRAP proclaims that the Daily Beast Shows Just How 'Sleazy, Dangerous, and Wildly Unethical' It Can Be... they are right... someone posing as gay on a dating app only to lure gay athletes out and then shame them is despicable..

The WRAP proclaims that the Daily Beast Shows Just How 'Sleazy, Dangerous, and Wildly Unethical' It Can Be... they are right... someone posing as gay on a dating app only to lure gay athletes out and then shame them is despicable..:

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The Daily Beast comes under fire from activists and news organizations after straight writer lures gay athletes at Olympic Village for sport