The Coal Speaker

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The State of the Union 'will be strong' and other likely things

The union is strong.?As it is every year. Along with commentators stating ‘this is the most important speech of {insert president} political life!’ and ‘this is a make or break moment!’

Not saying it’s not meaningful.. Or that I won’t watch it. But I just most likely watch the post-speech nonsense from talking heads with talking points and overpaid pundits.

And it makes me long for a day that existed long before I lived: When the President would report a state of a union via letter. No cable news.. And no talking heads. But I guess it’s all relative.

The web is running out of addresses!

Monday, January 24, 2011

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Until next time..Goodnight.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

A little note that may interest Coasties

I’ve listened, often with a grain of salt, to Coast to Coast AM since I was a teenage kid growing up during the late 80s and roaring 90s..UFOs, cyberland, crazy guests, Y2K.. but those days are suddenly changing.

Art Bell, the often-retiring host, seems to have retired once more, and maybe this time for good.

George Snoory I mean Noory has hosted for a few years, but never quite replaced Art Bell..

This past weekend, guest host George Knapp, responding to a caller’s question, said Art Bell has retired, that it was his choice, and that the door of Coast to Coast AM is open for him to come back.

In my mind, and maybe my mind is wrong, this effectively kills the show as Art Bell created it.. It will be interesting to see how many Coast ‘insiders’ kill their renewals now that Knapp’s news on Sunday told of Art’s supposed retirement.. Somewhere in Manilla, a ham radio operator now exists named Art Bell, retired from the once great American Southwest..

Love him or hate him, he created a format that many still try to copy.

LIKE A BAD ODOR, IT'S BACK: THE BILL TO ALLOW OBAMA TO HAVE THE INTERNET 'KILL SWITCH' WITH NO COURT REVIEW

"We’re not trying to mandate any requirements for the entire Internet, the entire Internet backbone," said Brandon Milhorn, Republican staff director and counsel for the committee.

CBS news reports:

The revised version includes new language saying that the federal government’s designation of vital Internet or other computer systems “shall not be subject to judicial review.” Another addition expanded the definition of critical infrastructure to include “provider of information technology,” and a third authorized the submission of “classified” reports on security vulnerabilities.

The idea of creating what some critics have called an Internet “kill switch” that the president could flip in an emergency is not exactly new.

LIKE A BAD ODOR, IT'S BACK: THE BILL TO ALLOW OBAMA TO HAVE THE INTERNET 'KILL SWITCH' WITH NO COURT REVIEW