Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Dr. Brandon Rogers Sings on Instagram

Dr. Brandon Rogers Sings on Instagram: Dr. Brandon Rogers has passed away. The young physician's musical talent landed him a spot on America's Got Talent.

Saturday, May 27, 2017

Who will be king when the Queen dies – Prince Charles or Prince William?

Who will be king when the Queen dies – Prince Charles or Prince William?

KING CHARLES III imagines what might happen after the Queen dies, with a fictional Charles and William warring over the crown. But who will be our next king?


Who will be the next king?

 is first-in-line to become king after the , although many have speculated whether he might step aside to make way for .
At 68-years-old, the Prince of Wales is the longest serving heir in UK history and would become the oldest ever British monarch to take the throne on accession.
In recent years, Charles has been the subject of much controversy, with his divorce from Diana, Princess of Wales, his affair with Mrs Parker-Bowles and his “black spider memos” to government ministers all sparking outrage.
Sources have claimed that Charles plans to make “heartfelt interventions” on public affairs when he becomes king, leading to fears that he could bring down the monarchy and spark calls for a republic.
William enjoys better approval ratings than his father and is almost as popular as the Queen. 
Prince Charles and Prince William
Charles has never spoken about the possibility of stepping aside to make way for William, to do so would break with royal protocol.
In recent years he has taken on many of the Queen’s responsibilities as the 90-year-old lightens her workload. He has spent most of his adult life in training to become king, and is enthusiastic about his royal duties.
Regardless of his personal feelings, if Charles were to step aside for his son he could spark a constitutional crisis.
Author Vernon Bogdanor explained: “You can't just decide to skip a generation, it's not going to happen."
A 2016 poll found that 79 per cent of Britons support William, while just 60 per cent are in favour of Charles. The Queen garners 81 per cent approval.
The Ipsos Mori survey revealed that 76 per cent are in favour of keeping the monarchy, but it is thought that support for the royals is largely linked to the Queen’s personal popularity.
Under the Act of Settlement of 1701, the eldest son of the monarch took the crown even if they have an older sister
But the Succession to the Crown Bill of 2013 changed the law so that males no longer precede their elder female siblings.
Prince William is second-in-line to the throne, with his son Prince George third and his daughter Princess Charlotte fourth.
They are followed by Prince Harry, Prince Andrew, his daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, and the Queen’s youngest son Prince Edward

Sunday, January 1, 2017

Drunk pilot arrested in Canadian cockpit before take-off

        

Sunwing Airlines BoeingImage copyright Mark King/Sunwing Airlines

A pilot who was drunk in the cockpit has been arrested shortly before take-off in Canada.
Two hours after his arrest, the 37-year-old man was found to have more than three times the legal limit of alcohol in his body.
His plane, part of the Sunwing budget airline, later left Calgary for Cancun, Mexico, with a different pilot. There were more than 100 people on board.
The incident happened at 07:00 local time (14:00 GMT) on Saturday.
Airline staff noticed the pilot behaving strangely, and then he passed out. They alerted the authorities and the man was escorted from the cockpit.
He has now been charged with being in charge of an aircraft while being impaired.
Calgary police have named him as Miroslav Gronych, 37, a Slovak national.
Police spokesman Paul Stacey said: "It had all the potential for a disaster but I'll tell you this much - the likelihood of a pilot on a major airline like this actually being able to take off when they're impaired like that is pretty slim, because there's a lot of checks and balances.
"There's the other flight crew and there's gate crew and they're all about safety.
"So, I'm not surprised that he got caught before (the plane) left the terminal."
But Mr Stacey said: "He won't be flying anytime soon."

Sky Views: Has a conman been elected President?

Greg Milam, US Correspondent

The legendary American swindler Mel Weinberg once told me: "No-one wants to admit they've been conned - that's why they keep coming back for more."
We keep putting faith in the conman, he said, because the alternative is to recognise we've been done.
The millions of Americans who voted for Donald Trump will soon find out if they were right to believe his campaign promises - or if they have fallen for the greatest mind trick in political history.
Plenty of people - including high profile Republicans like Mitt Romney and Marco Rubio - accused the billionaire of being a conman during the presidential campaign.
And since he won, his big-slogan threats and promises - "lock her up", 'build the wall", "drain the swamp" - have either been disavowed or significantly fudged.
On that "swamp" thing, supposedly exposing and removing the powerful special interests who riddle Washington bureaucracy, even top advisers admit it will not be a priority.

Trump will have to walk the walk very soon and the problems that reach the Oval Office are usually the most intractable ones.
Greg Milam

All the while Trump loads his cabinet with billionaires, businessmen, Wall Street high-fliers and political veterans.
No sign of even a representative from the angry, white, working class who propelled Trump to the White House. Not even a token one.
Those voters remain, it seems, convinced that Trump was the right choice and they dismiss media punditry and the significance of his somewhat unpredictable pre-inauguration tweets.
But Trump will have to walk the walk very soon and the problems that reach the Oval Office are usually the most intractable ones.
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Mel Weinberg - the inspiration for the movie American Hustle - was selling dodgy loans. Trump will be leading the free world.
How long will it be before the leaders of Russia or North Korea try to test him? How will he react?
Roger Mansfield, a small business owner from Pennsylvania, told the Associated Press recently: "We have to trust him. He's going to be our president.
"Wishing him to fail would be like getting on an airliner and hoping the two pilots don't know what they're doing. My gut says he will do the right thing."
Ask Americans for their predictions for the Trump presidency and you will hear everything from a Reagan-style "Morning in America" to their next president getting bored or impeached.
Or what the Beverly Hills resident told the Los Angeles Times: "He's the person who is going to make America glorious again. I love him.
"I believe that he is going to be like Richard Nixon."
America has never forgotten how his presidency ended.

Sky Views is a series of comment pieces by Sky News editors and correspondents, published every morning.

Previously on Sky Views: Sophy Ridge: Let's stop whinging and be grateful