Beautiful places no? These are images of the first class suites on the Titanic…
as the band played on..
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Beautiful places no? These are images of the first class suites...
This is my Saturday night! And I am completely happy about it.
This is my Saturday night! And I am completely happy about it.
Delete yourself from the internet by pressing this button
Delete yourself from the internet by pressing this button:
The nuclear button!!
One day I may consider this ..
Why 'The Sixth Sense' Remains the Highest Grossing Horror Film
Why 'The Sixth Sense' Remains the Highest Grossing Horror Film:
SPLIT is out now.. but the SIXTH SENSE still means business..
I swear.. this Super Mario Maker “P is for Pain” round literally...
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I swear.. this Super Mario Maker “P is for Pain” round literally made me have several panic attacks..
George W. Bush had quite the bit of trouble during the Trump...
George W. Bush had quite the bit of trouble during the Trump Inauguration yesterday.. He couldn’t get his poncho on. His wife didn’t help.. Even Dick Cheney let him try without assistance. In the end, it was a reminder of the so many weird things that Bush while president.
Friday, January 20, 2017
Take a screen shot while you can.. a Trump Twitter account with...
Take a screen shot while you can.. a Trump Twitter account with no Tweets..
Anti-Trump protests intensify on morning of inauguration /// Police used pepper spray to disperse hundreds of protesters gathered outside a pro-Trump dinner billed as 'DeploraBall' on the eve of his swearing-in.
Anti-Trump protests intensify on morning of inauguration /// Police used pepper spray to disperse hundreds of protesters gathered outside a pro-Trump dinner billed as 'DeploraBall' on the eve of his swearing-in.:
The inauguration suddenly getting very violent.. Streets are filled with rampaging protesters burning garbage cans, smashing windows, and clashing with police..
There are lots of faces in the crowd that speak for themselves...
There are lots of faces in the crowd that speak for themselves at the moment..
Strange news coverage...
Just now, as Trump and Obama emerged from the White House, Chris Matthews loudly pondered on the air who was taller.. and then seemed angry that Trump doesn’t button his coat..
24 hours news …
A BIG WHOOPS FROM THE NEW PAPERS!Embarrassing tabloid snafu as...
A BIG WHOOPS FROM THE NEW PAPERS!
Embarrassing tabloid snafu as both the POST and DAILY NEWS show the same headline along with the same image..
The Obama era ends.. we age with it. Obama promised change. Today we get it: He leaves and a new Era, for better or worse, is beginning
Just a very personal note.. I am watching the news coverage live of the transition of power. Obama just literally moved some chairs around in the Oval Office and left the room.. coming out to the media and waving goodbye. This is how it works.. This is how power transitions in a nation of peace..
I have had several blogs and websites since the year 1999 .. But this site, Coal Speaker, has existed entirely during the Obama Administration.. The transition from one POTUS to another happens today.
It also forces some of us who think way too much about the march of time that we, also, are aging.. we, also, are marching through time. One transition for the nation.. one personal transition for each of us that realizes how many years someone in the highest office has become the President and then, just suddenly and uniquely in the world, someone knew.
Amazing..
We are a young nation.. there have only been 55th time that the brief oath of office was administered.. There have been some in snow. Rain. Sun. Warmth.. Even on a plane after an assassination.. This nation’s brief history has been through its share of tribulations. They will come and go. But they go. We strive to survive..
So let’s survive..
Raise a glass to history! To the timeless oath that creates a new leader..
When that new leader–regardless of how many Online Muscles he possesses–enters the Oval Office.. something magical happens. He (one day she) realizes that the power of the presidency doesn’t come from him.. no.. not at all. It comes from us.
So let’s lead this nation as one towards the future.
Armies can’t stop ideas whose time has come.
Presidential Inaugurations That Went Sideways
Presidential Inaugurations That Went Sideways:
The most prominent inaugural error in recent memory is, of course, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts leading Barack Obama astray during his oath of office in 2009. “What should have been a great moment,” observes author and expert on presidential inauguration history Jim Bendat in Democracy’s Big Day, “instead evolved into an embarrassing fiasco.”
But, as Bendat chronicles in his book, Roberts’ flub is hardly unique. Richard Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson both screwed up the wording of their vice presidential oaths (in 1953 and 1961, respectively). And another chief justice, Howard Taft, mistakenly said “preserve, maintain and defend the Constitution” (using “maintain” instead of “protect”) while administering the oath to Herbert Hoover in 1929. The mistake was caught by Helen Terwilliger, 13, who was listening on the radio in Walden, New York, and informed the chief justice of the error in a letter.
Most Americans think of John F. Kennedy’s soaring eloquence in 1961 (“Ask not what your country …”), but Johnson’s misstatement was just one of many stumbles that year. As Cardinal Cushing prepared to give the invocation, smoke began rising from the lectern, which had caught fire. Cushing continued with his remarks as the Secret Service quickly fixed a smoldering wire from a heater placed inside the podium to warm speakers. Later, the eminent American poet Robert Frost was forced to abandon a new poem he had written expressly for the occasion (in favor of an old one he had memorized) because the glare from freshly fallen snow on a sunny day made reading the words too difficult.
These Workers Got a Raise Thanks to the Obama Administration. Then Their Employers Took It Away.
These Workers Got a Raise Thanks to the Obama Administration. Then Their Employers Took It Away.:
It might have been instructive to, say, get Trump to address the issue on a debate stage with Hillary Clinton. Many Republican politicians opposed the overtime overhaul, claiming the enhanced protections would cause employers to jettison workers, ultimately harming employment and incomes. One of Trump’s few utterances on it occurred in August, when a reporter with news app Circa brought up the policy. He responded by saying he, “would love to see a delay or carve-out of sorts for our small business owners.”
How Trump will handle this change going forward is unknown. Washington custom dictates a new president’s administration should defend rules promulgated by his predecessor. But Trump’s pick for secretary of labor, Andrew Puzder, the chief executive officer of CKE Restaurants, is a known opponent of the overtime regulations. There’s enough concern that a Trump White House will either cease defending the rule in court or fight for it so half-heartedly that the Texas AFL–CIO has petitioned to be allowed to intervene in the legal case, so that the executive branch isn’t the only one defending the regulation. (One bit of good news: The measure is not subject, as supporters initially feared it would be, to the Congressional Review Act. That’s the law that allows Congress to vote to repeal any regulation approved by the previous administration 60 legislative days before the end of the previous congressional session. The last congressional session ended in mid-June, past the point where the overtime upgrade could be rolled back.)
Our best chance of seeing how the Trump administration wants to proceed is at Puzder’s Senate confirmation hearing, which has been postponed twice already. When it finally takes place, perhaps someone can ask him about the overtime regulations. Millions of Americans would like to know what he thinks.
Interesting article from SLATE.. I am most interested so far in watching the Puzder process and results.. and what the Trump Admin will do with the historic US DOL regulations that were set to start December 1 but then put on hold because of federal court action..
A reg that will go away with the stroke of a pen? Or will the courts work things out..
We will find out very very soon..
whitehouse: It’s a long-standing tradition for the sitting...
President Obama visits the Community Children's Center in Lawrence, Kan.– one of the nation's oldest Head Start providers. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Audience members listen to President Obama as he delivers remarks at a rally on health insurance reform at the Comcast Center, University of Maryland in College Park, Md., Sept. 17, 2009.
President Obama bends over so the son of a White House staff member can pat his head during a family visit to the Oval Office May 8, 2009.
The White House lit with the colors of the rainbow in celebration of the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, June 26, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Obama and the First Lady join hands with Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. as they lead the walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
U.S. Army Ranger Sergeant First Class Cory Remsburg and his father Craig Remsburg greets President Obama at Cory's newly finished home in Gilbert, Ariz., March 13, 2015.
A soldier hugs the President as he greeted U.S. troops at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Following the mass shooting at a church in Charleston, S.C., that claimed nine lives, the President pauses while giving the eulogy at the funeral of one of the victims, Reverend Clementa Pinckney.
President Obama fist-bumps the robotic arm of Nathan Copeland during a tour at the White House Frontiers Conference at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 13, 2016.
President Obama fist-bumps a medical professional in the Green Room of the White House, prior to a health care event, March 3, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
It’s a long-standing tradition for the sitting president of the United States to leave a parting letter in the Oval Office for the American elected to take his or her place. It’s a letter meant to share what we know, what we’ve learned, and what small wisdom may help our successor bear the great responsibility that comes with the highest office in our land, and the leadership of the free world.
But before I leave my note for our 45th president, I wanted to say one final thank you for the honor of serving as your 44th. Because all that I’ve learned in my time in office, I’ve learned from you. You made me a better President, and you made me a better man.
Throughout these eight years, you have been the source of goodness, resilience, and hope from which I’ve pulled strength. I’ve seen neighbors and communities take care of each other during the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. I have mourned with grieving families searching for answers – and found grace in a Charleston church.
I’ve taken heart from the hope of young graduates and our newest military officers. I’ve seen our scientists help a paralyzed man regain his sense of touch, and wounded warriors once given up for dead walk again. I’ve seen Americans whose lives have been saved because they finally have access to medical care, and families whose lives have been changed because their marriages are recognized as equal to our own. I’ve seen the youngest of children remind us through their actions and through their generosity of our obligations to care for refugees, or work for peace, and, above all, to look out for each other.
I’ve seen you, the American people, in all your decency, determination, good humor, and kindness. And in your daily acts of citizenship, I’ve seen our future unfolding.
All of us, regardless of party, should throw ourselves into that work – the joyous work of citizenship. Not just when there’s an election, not just when our own narrow interest is at stake, but over the full span of a lifetime.
I’ll be right there with you every step of the way.
And when the arc of progress seems slow, remember: America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We the People.’ ‘We shall overcome.’
Yes, we can.
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President Barack Obama
Thursday, January 19, 2017
2017 picking up where 16 left off..Miguel Ferrer, ‘NCIS: Los...
2017 picking up where 16 left off..
Miguel Ferrer, ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ Actor, Dies at 61
Miguel Ferrer, the character and voice actor who appeared in shows including “NCIS: Los Angeles” and “Crossing Jordan,” and films such as “RoboCop” and “Iron Man 3,” died on Thursday of throat cancer. He was 61.
Morning views .. in black and white. Color to be added by the...
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Morning views .. in black and white. Color to be added by the day’s experiences, the moment’s joys, and the glimmers of tears that stream down an actor’s face. All the world’s a play. Your stage has been set. Now go steal the show!
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Monday, January 16, 2017
Report: CNN/Buzzfeed to Release Damaging New Trump Tape 48 Hours Before Inauguration
Report: CNN/Buzzfeed to Release Damaging New Trump Tape 48 Hours Before Inauguration:
‘The Apprentice’ out-takes allegedly show president-elect using the n-word..
The report are surfacing on Alex Jones’ INFOWARS.. the story is getting a ton of online traction tonight..
Let the week begin.
THE DREAM
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THE DREAM
In December 2016, wrestling legend Jimmy ‘Super Fly’ Snuka was...
In December 2016, wrestling legend Jimmy ‘Super Fly’ Snuka was put into hospice and given 6 months to live. This weekend, he succumbed to his fate..
Just weeks ago, he was ruled unfit to stand trial in the death of his girlfriend from the 1980s.
Snuka was charged with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter over the death of his girlfriend Nancy Argentino in 1983.
He was declared mentally incompetent at a hearing in June 2016 and was due to attend a hearing to re-evaluate his condition.
Nancy, 23, was taken to hospital gasping for air and oozing yellow liquid from her mouth on May 10, 1983, having spent the night in a hotel room with Snuka.
That is the sad legacy of the wrestling giant– he was famous in his prime.. He couldn’t stand trial to do his time.
And he is gone rot a greater judge and jury beyond the earthly realm today.
Sunday, January 15, 2017
THE TRUMP NATIONAL PORTRAIT On Friday morning, the Smithsonian’s...
THE TRUMP NATIONAL PORTRAIT
On Friday morning, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery did what it’s always done before the inauguration of a new president and revealed a portrait of the man in question. So the public did what it’s always done, and came to see it.
“Why is he tossing an apple?” asked a woman strolling through with two friends.
“Because it’s the Big Apple,” one friend replied.
The first woman said that she liked the inclusion of the apple. “I’m a dietitian, so that’s good.”
This artwork in question: not, alas, a surprise reappearance of the six-foot-tall painting that Donald Trump bought with his charity’s money and which then went AWOL (Have you seen it? Send tips!), but rather a 1989 studio photograph by the photographer Michael O’Brien. Trump, in a suit and tie, stands against a blue sky backdrop, an apple tossed from his hand hanging in midair.
The portrait is temporary. It will hang in its spot on the first floor until the end of February. It’s not an official presidential depiction — those aren’t commissioned until the end of a presidential term, and they join the official gallery upstairs only after the pol has left the White House.
“It’s very witty, and we think a good representation,” said David Ward, the museum’s chief historian who was on hand to answer questions about the artwork. “It’s simultaneously a respectful portrait, but it also references Rene Magritte.” (You have seen the Belgian surrealist’s most famous painting: man in suit and tie, blue-sky backdrop, apple covering his face). The portrait was already a part of the gallery’s collection before the election. “We know Trump liked it, because he used it as the cover of his second book.”
“Well, there he is,” a young woman said, pausing in front of the portrait and considering it with the discernment one gives to portraits of future leaders of the free world hanging in world-class art museums. “There he is,” she said again. “The future A-hole-in-chief.”
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