The View from Here

Today’s featured image is from behind Tinkers Falls. The falls are located in the Labrador Hollow unique area complex in Madison county NY. The image to the right is the falls from the access trail.


Remember when Keith Olberman did sports? I kinda enjoyed his repartee with Dan Patrick on sportscenter on ESPN. Unfortunately, both Keith and ESPN have gone off the rails politically. The latest from Olberman was a tweet that’s since been deleted.

However, the internet is forever, and we can all see what a racist A-hole Olberman is deep down inside. Well, given that he actually thought it was a good idea to tweet that out, not all that deep. Should have stuck to sports commentary Keith. ESPN too.


Give this video a listen, a trucker breaks down what he saw on a recent run from Michigan to California. It gives me hope. . . .


The North Carolina board of elections has voted to delay the release of results until 2015. There were apparently some technical issues at some of the polling places in the Tarheel state. They have extended voting at 4 sites due to the issues and that will delay reporting.


One of the perpetrators of the Vienna shootings yesterday was a “known wolf”. Kujtim Fejzulai, a 20-year-old Islamic extremist armed with an automatic rifle and a fake explosive vest fatally shot four people before he was killed by police, Austrian authorities said Tuesday. The Austrian-North Macedonian dual citizen had a previous terror conviction for attempting to join the Islamic State in Syria. He was released after serving only 8 months of a 22 month sentence.


The first election results are in. Dixville Notch and Millsville New Hampshire traditionally both open their polling stations at midnight. This year was no exception. Biden got all 5 votes cast in Dixville Notch and Trump got 16 of the 21 cast in Millsville.



Because I feel like lightening the mood a bit, enjoy these fine memes.

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