Marist Manuevers

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Brother, can you spare a band? On what should be a happy 200th-anniversary celebration for The Marist brothers, the organization has become involved in a political controversy that neither Saint Marcellin Champagnat, founder of the Marist Brothers nor the folks at The Marist Poll could have possibly predicted.

As a former distinguished visiting professor and a faculty member there, I can say that Marist has some notable alums like Fox News' Bill O'Rielly, but not The Donald. The question which begs to be asked is why is Trump's alma matter not marching at his own inaugural?

Russian Payback?

President Obama threw Russian spies out of the US. As payback, Russian hackers could have taken down the US Customs computer system on the busiest travel day of the year causing them to go manual.

All as a cover to a fresh team of spies arrival at US airports slipped thru the system to do their tasks in the US just as undocumented people instead of known Foreign Diplomats.

Using Internet connections in the US instead of foreign IP addresses which would easier to trace and harder to filter out. Trump did say something about the hacking would soon be coming to light.

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Challenging Government

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Civil disobedience has been an important part of the fabric of this country and a key to social change from the earliest days of the country’s development, through the Vietnam War protests, to the work of the civil rights movement and beyond.

As a new administration is set to begin its work within a divided country, acts of civil disobedience are on the horizon – some being organized now to be held before, during and after the inauguration of President Trump.

WHO NEEDS ETHICS?

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The GOP party has already started without an RSVP and there's not turning back America.
Who was it who promised to drain the swamp? Republicans have apparently decided they don't need not stinking ethics committee.

House GOP votes to gut independent ethics office https://apnews.com/a349ef57fb6b4b4f82809b3c7b0d4c68

House GOP votes to put independent Office of Government Ethics under lawmakers’ control http://www.wsj.com/articles/house-gop-votes-to-put-independent-office-o…

Free Democracy

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For the first time in a long time, Washington DC is controlled by The GOP and Congressional leaders are preparing an ambitious political agenda.

We've seen years of partisan gridlock, and Republican leaders of the 115th Congress begin their new session eager to advance their own policies, which have been stalled for years.

There is now a new website that allows everyone to make recommendations to their government while everyone else can see these suggestions and determine how much support they have.

ARTIC AIR

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The Cold town, winter in New York City, where temperatures may struggle to get much past the freezing mark next weekend.

Freezing temperatures will moderate from west to east during the second week of January.

The moisture will spread northeast toward the region. Clouds will increase overnight, and light precipitation is expected to move into the area from the southwest during the morning hours Monday.

Idiots or Innocents?

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These terms may apply to an individual, a small or large group of people. I personally watched this unravel with the latter. Today is Sunday, Jan. 1, the first day of 2017 with what could turn out to be 364 global crazed days to follow.

He was a rebel leader who led a successful revolt against the establishment was ready to exercise a triumphal victory with his forces as he prepared to move into the capital.

NEW YEARS CELBRATION

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Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest Festivities in LA and Times Square in NYC.

http://abc.go.com/watch-live

Join EarthCam for its 21st New Year’s Eve webcast on live from Times Square, New York City. Now available for the first time ever in live streaming 4K video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWmgUvSPDJM

The only Times Square live stream you'll need on New Year's Eve http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/times-square-new-years-eve-ball-dro…

Happy News Year

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What a strange, and surreal year it's been as it finally ends with an additional second as if we wanted to hang on to it longer.

After all the weird things that occurred, why not have some fun New Year's Eve as you kick 2016 right in the keesters. If you're going out, know that many cities are bolstering security, especially in the light of the most recent deadly truck attack in Berlin.

Adios, 再見, Goodbye to people of all backgrounds, creeds, and cultures who celebrate and honor the tradition of seeing off the past year and greeting 2017.

Yearning for 2017?

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While this leap year was certainly one for the history books, some fear what will happen next year. The fake news cycle generated by hatred and vile turned 2016 into a horror film version of the X-Files.

2016 has been insanely good in some instances but also very bad, but despite the denialists, it's the year that made climate change undeniable.

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