As positive a mantra as you can get to start a rainy workweek.. a rainy day.. and a day filled with the joy and might that life can bring, along with the pains and surprise tribulations it can so often equally contain.
May your day be bright and cheery even if your skies are not.
You are alive, after all. If you are reading it.
If not, you found your path to the other side.
And for those in between, smile and eat some fruit. It will do a body good.
As positive a mantra as you can get to start a rainy workweek.. a rainy day.. and a day filled with the joy and might that life can bring, along with the pains and surprise tribulations it can so often equally contain.
May your day be bright and cheery even if your skies are not.
You are alive, after all. If you are reading it.
If not, you found your path to the other side.
And for those in between, smile and eat some fruit. It will do a body good.
Big waves pounded NorCal coast Saturday: Record breakers in Monterey Bay
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All of United Airlines’ domestic flights were grounded Sunday night because of a computer outage, the Federal Aviation Administration said as scores of angry travelers sounded off on social media.
International flights weren’t affected by the ground stop, which the FAA said was issued at United’s request.
The ground stop initially was scheduled to end at 8 p.m., but United tweeted at 8:06 that it was still “working on a resolution.” The FAA later extended the ground stop to 9 p.m. ET.
The feat follows Captain America: Civil War ($1.153 billion), Finding Dory ($1.028 billion) and Zootopia ($1.024). All four films to pass the $ 1 billion mark were created by Disney.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the stand alone Star Wars prequel hit $512.2 million in North America and $499.1 million overseas over the weekend, making a total of $1.011 billion at the box office since its release in December last year. It crossed the $1 billion mark on its 39th day in cinemas.
A series of furious storms roared through the Southeast on Sunday, killing at least 18 people, splintering homes and toppling trees and power lines in the path.
Officials said 14 people were killed in Georgia.
Catherine Howden, a spokeswoman for the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, said Sunday evening that three deaths were confirmed in Georgia’s Dougherty County, and local officials said search and rescue operations were underway after a reported tornado caused widespread destruction in the county.
Know anyone in central Florida? Vacationing at the Orlando-area theme parks? Visiting the Florida Space Coast? Relaxing in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area?
HELP US GET THE WORD OUT: A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION / TORNADO WATCH has been issued for this region. This rare but extremely severe watch is issued when theres'a high chance of life-threatening tornadoes.
Tornadoes can be large, extremely strong, and pursue very long touch-down tracks across many towns.
If you or your loved ones are in this area, make sure they are aware of this imminent danger. People in this zone should constantly monitor the National Weather Service for TORNADO WARNING information and take IMMEDIATE ACTION should a Tornado Warning be issued for their county --you may only have minutes to save your life!!!
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL LOSS OF LIFE. PLEASE TAKE THESE THREATS SERIOUSLY AND TAKE EVERY PRECAUTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY.
IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING.. THE TWEETING WILL CONTINUE.. The president of the United States seems to have the professionals using the @POTUS account.. meanwhile the private Tweetstream continues unabashed.
If he fails or succeeds one thing is clear: This is going to be a transitional president, and for better or worse (depending on your political stance) a very historic figure..
Those watching this storm along the East Coast should be bracing for extremely high winds.. very heavy rains (strange for January, actually) and for those who see snow? Lots of heavy wet snow.
Don’t be surprised that a warm ground has made a saturated landscape, so much so that trees are uproots and wires come down.
But the winds? … those winds.
This would be an epic blizzard all along the East Coast if one thing was there: Cold air. But this year? None.. Instead of a January thaw it’s been a constant pre-freeze.
After the storm rolls through, something else will occur: A rush of warmth along the East Coast for Wednesday. And then all bets are off..
There is a chance–albeit slim if you look at the overall pattern since about November–that winter may actually strike for a few weeks in February.
The chances..
Until then>>
The chance of rain. Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. Wind thrown in for good measure.
Not really.
This happens with the modern phase in of a new administration.. old pages go, they get archived, and new ones get created.
That said, the true test may be seen when we watch to see if certain pages or topics actually come back again..
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, October 17, 1909
A flashback to 1909… the. Breathalyzer of choice seemed more dangerous than the liquid that got one intoxicated to begin with!
Donald Trump traveled to CIA headquarters Saturday to offer reassurance to the workforce after he spent weeks criticizing American intelligence, but his unscripted, self-referential remarks before a wall of stars memorializing fallen officers are drawing criticism, including a pointed denunciation from the agency’s recently departed director.
“Former CIA Director Brennan is deeply saddened and angered at Donald Trump’s despicable display of self-aggrandizement in front of CIA’s Memorial Wall of Agency heroes,” Nick Shapiro, a former aide to John Brennan at CIA, told NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell.
Brennan, Shapiro said, believes Trump “should be ashamed of himself.”
Trump was greeted with cheers by the CIA officers who volunteered to be there to greet him on a Saturday.
But the wall of 117 stars in the CIA lobby is a revered place, and presidents who have spoken there tend to do so carefully and with a close attention to their subject — usually the sacrifices of the CIA officers and their families.
Beautiful places no? These are images of the first class suites on the Titanic…
as the band played on..
This is my Saturday night! And I am completely happy about it.
The nuclear button!!
One day I may consider this ..
SPLIT is out now.. but the SIXTH SENSE still means business..
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 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.
Take a screen shot while you can.. a Trump Twitter account with no Tweets..
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 at the moment..
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 both the POST and DAILY NEWS show the same headline along with the same image..
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.
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.
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..
