Sunday, October 19, 2025

SUNDAY FUNNIES: WEEKEND PUPDATE, OCTOBER 2025

 AND NOW IT’S TIME FOR WEEKEND PUPDATE
WITH YOUR HOST KODA CANINE.

Hello Everybody!
I’m Koda Canine, and  pizza🍕 should always taste better than the box it came in.

Our top story...
Most bobcats are not named Bob.

In the time of rising prices, talk is cheap because supplies exceed demands.

Scientists have proven that ducks🦆🦆 awaken for the day at the quack of dawn.
Why? I prefer to sleep in till around 9 each morning myself.

Psychologists say that if you’re having second thoughts about something, then you are two ahead of most people.

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Now, back to what passes for the news.

Scientists are striving to create new advances in artificial intelligence.
Shouldn’t they work on trying to improve natural intelligence first?

Early winter weather forecasts from the North Pole call for reindeer.🦌🦌

Now it’s time for my editorial.
Salons have hair on the floor. Garages have oil on the floor.
Banks, what's your problem?

Turning to sports, turkeys🦃🦃 are terrible at playing baseball⚾ because they only hit fowl balls.

This just in. Police have arrested a man for selling his homing pigeon on Ebay.
For the twentieth time.

And finally: 
It has been completely dis-proven that you can stop a rhino🦏 from charging by taking away its credit card.💳
Man, I'd hate to be the one who told the rhino it had to pay cash for everything.

On that note♫, take care.
STAY SAFE!
Have a great week and please be back next weekend for more Sunday Funnies when I team up with Piper D. Katt for our annual Halloween🎃 Hijinks.
For Weekend Pupdate, I’m Koda Canine.

Saturday, October 18, 2025

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: OCTOBER 12-18, 2025: NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

 
WEAR A MASK😷 WHEN NECESSARY
& BEWARE ANY VERSION OF

OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH 🎗
AND FILIPINO AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
OCTOBER 18 IS INTERNATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY DAY AND
THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORIGINAL NINTENDO NES.
OCTOBER 20 IS INTERNATIONAL SLOTH DAY.🦥
OCTOBER 22 IS THE 105TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE SCHOLASTIC CORPORATION.
OCTOBER 28 IS WORLD LEMUR DAY AND MOTHER IN LAW DAY.
OCTOBER 29 IS REPUBLIC DAY IN TURKEY.
FOR THOSE CELEBRATING, OCTOBER 31 IS HALLOWEEN.🎃

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌍RLD THIS PAST WEEK…
*The reported COVID state of the world, as of October 18, 2025.
*The 2025 Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt.
*Analysis: The No Kings movement isn't isolated to just the United States. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*October 20th is the 30th anniversary of France, Britain and America signing a treaty that banned atomic bomb testing in South Pacific, but it didn't take effect until 1996 after France finished their tests.

IN THE MIDDLE EAST…

*Concerning Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Gaza Strip and more. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)


THE TERRORIST REPORT…
*The Free Choice E-zine does not support terrorism, no matter what the “cause” or alleged “justification”. Thus we will only be posting news items in this section whenever terrorists are brought to justice through arrest and trial.

🌐THE CLIMATE CHANGE CHRONICLES…
*October 20 is International Sloth🦥 Day.
*October 28 is World Lemur Day.

🌌SPACE NEWS...

😢PASSING PARADE…
*R&B/Soul singer D’Angelo (Michael Archer) has passed away.
*Founding KISS member Paul Daniel “Ace” Frehley is no longer with us.
*Actress Anna Kyriakou (Zorba the Greek; many other roles in her native Greece) has taken her last bow on life's stage.
*Actor Tony Caunter (many TV and film roles from 1962-2019) has taken his last bow on life's stage.
*Artist Drew Struzan (a decades long career of many notable images) is no longer with us.
*Former Major League Baseball⚾ player turned coach Sandy Alomar, Senior has passed away.
*Former professional football🏈 player Larry Williams is no longer with us.
*Actress Penelope Milford (many film, TV and stage roles from 1968-2013) has taken her last bow on life's stage.
*Actress Samantha Eggar (a long and distinguished career from 1960-2012) has taken her last bow on life's stage.
*Actor Jacob Ericksson (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, other roles across Europe from 1994 until his passing) has taken his last bow on life's stage.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…

More details below.



WE NEED MORE
GUN RESPONSIBILITY
NOW!

ALL INEQUALITY HAS TO STOP!

BAN BOOK BANS!

POLITICALLY…
ON FOREIGN ISSUES…
FACT BASED OPINION

*Now Qatar will NOT be establishing a military facility in Idaho??? Or will they??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)

THE TRUMP TARIFF TURMOIL AND THE ECONOMY…
ON IMMIGRANT ISSUES…
*Speculation: The fate of protestors???
*Speculation: So who's correct???
FACTS!
ON DOMESTIC ISSUES...
*Navy Admiral Alvin Holsey, the head of U.S. Southern Command, has announced his impending retirement too.
THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN…
*While Trump was overseas, more Federal employees were fired.
*No more Special Education programs??? Every employee within the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, that helps children with disabilities, has been fired. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Although they still have the funds, the Trump/Republican regime is suspending all SNAP food benefits for November unless the Shutdown ends in their favor before Halloween.
*Speculation: Will children go hungry???
FACT BASED OPINION
THE OCTOBER 18 NO KINGS RALLIES...
*The Trump/Republican regime is reportedly spreading false information about the No Kings rallies scheduled for October 18. (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)
*A look at various events across the country. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Analysis: The No Kings movement isn't isolated to just the United States. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
ALSO…

*Speculation: Has Trump been over using his Presidential powers??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Speculation: The future of the IRS???
CITY SEIZURES…
NOTE: Washington, DC is the only city the Trump/Republican regime has any official authority to act within. The rest are questionable, at best.
THE GERRYMANDERING ATTEMPTS…
NOTE: With the 2026 mid-term elections drawing near, the Trump/Republican regime is trying to make sure the Republican Party maintains control of the House of Representatives and the Senate to continue their agenda.
FACT BASED OPINION
THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN SITUATION…
*NOTE: Any possible crimes happened BEFORE his first Presidential campaign so as a potential civilian suspect, Donald Trump is NOT covered by the Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling in The Jeffrey Epstein Situation.
THE CHARLIE KIRK SITUATION>AFTERMATH…
FACTUAL IRONY
MEDICAL NEWS…
THE SUPREME COURT REPORT…
*The Court will not hear a case from Colorado nor the Alex Jones appeal. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
FACT BASED OPINION
DEFENDING FREE SPEECH…
*"The fight is bigger than you think."—Former President Barack Obama.
SOCIAL (IN)JUSTICE…
*No more Special Education programs??? Every employee within the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, that helps children with disabilities, has been fired. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Opinions: The thoughts of young Republicans??? And the Trump/Republican regime's opinions of them. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
IT’S FACT CHECK TIME!
MEANWHILE, IN CONGRESS…
*Who left the Swastika??? And what action(s) will be taken about it??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Opinion: House Minority Leader, Representative Hakeem Jeffries on current events.
ELSEWHERE…
😁AND FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS…

ALL MEMES COURTESY OF FACEBOOK.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: OCTOBER 18, 2025

 😎FUN FACT
Author Stephen King is not a fan of adverbs.

THE 50/50 CHANCE
Just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question except there are only two possible answers, hence the even odds of getting it right. Ready?
TRUE or FALSE: The Betty Crocker icon is based upon a real person.

BEFORE AND AFTER
Two separate items share at least one word, and so can be combined to create something new. Based upon the clue below, do you know what the new thing is?
A woman’s magazine’s original readership?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the October 11, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚
Considering you have six chances to guess a five letter word, what are the six possible scores in WORDLE?
01. Genius (which only happens if your starting word is the right answer)
02. Magnificent
03. Impressive
04. Splendid
05. Great (and)
06. PHEW! (emphasis mine)
If you still don’t get it, the game ends with the answer revealed.

COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it is?
01. {The Marx Brothers, Queen} = Both have experienced A Night At The Opera and A Day At The Races.
02 {Jay Garrick, Barry Allen} =Both have been the superhero speedster known as The Flash.

Sunday, October 12, 2025

SUNDAY FUNNIES: CATTY CELEBRITY CITINGS: OCTOBER 2025

 Hello Everybody! Piper D. Katt here.
Important announcement at the end but right now it's time for meow's CATTY CELEBRITY CITINGS!
As usual, a quote from an actual celebrity past or present will be followed by a (hopefully) witty remark by yours truly.
Ready?

"Humans invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would construct a mouse trap".~~ Famous Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein.
Maybe so Albert, but thankfully mice🐁🐭 are still dumb enough to get caught.
Except for the animated ones. My celluloid cat cousins never seem to have any luck with Jerry, Mickey, Mighty and the rest.

"Our anxiety comes not from the future. It comes from wanting to control it."~~Author Khatil Gibran.
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. The courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Otherwise, I'll take a new cat bed and unlimited supplies of cat food and fresh kitty litter.

"One common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely fool proof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."~~Hitchhiking author Douglas Adams.
I hear humans are working on artificial intelligence.
Shouldn't they try to improve natural intelligence first?

"Every storm runs out of rain."~~Poet Maya Angelou.
True, but how long before it stops?

"If I ever achieve humility, I will be proud of it."~~Famous author Mark Twain.
I already am of mine.😼

"Reason obeys itself. Ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it."~~American Revolutionary Thomas Paine.
"I think, therefore I am."~~Philosopher Rene Descartes.
"`Nuff said."~~Stan Lee, founder of Marvel Comics.

So on that note♫, Koda Canine will be doing his Weekend Pupdate next weekend because we'll be teaming up at the end of October for our annual Halloween Hijinks.🎃
Otherwise, take care.
STAY SAFE!
Have a great week and please be back next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!PDK.

Saturday, October 11, 2025

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: OCTOBER 5-11, 2025: NEWS HIGHLIGHTS


 BEWARE
TROPICAL STORM
JERRY!

WEAR A MASK😷 WHEN NECESSARY
& BEWARE ANY VERSION OF

SEPTEMBER 15-OCTOBER 15 IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH🎗
AND FILIPINO AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
OCTOBER 11 IS WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY.
OCTOBER 12 IS SPAIN’S NATIONAL DAY & WORLD EGG🥚 DAY.
Koo-koo-koo-choo😉
OCTOBER 15 IS WORLD ARCHAEOLOGICAL DAY.
OCTOBER 20 IS INTERNATIONAL SLOTH🦥 DAY.

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌍RLD THIS PAST WEEK…
*The reported COVID state of the world, as of October 11, 2025.

ALFRED NOBEL
THE NOBEL PRIZES…
Over the course of the past week, the following were announced.
*MEDICINE: The team of Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi won for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance October 6.
*PHYSICS: The team of John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis for their work in Quantum Mechanics October 7.
*CHEMISTRY: The team of Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M Yaghi for their work on metal-organic frameworks October 8.
*LITERATURE: Was awarded to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai October 9.
*PEACE: Venezuelan politician Marina Corina Machado for her non-violent struggles to promote democracy against "a brutal South American Government" October 10.
*The winner(s) for the Nobel Prize in Economic Science is scheduled to be announced October 13.

IN THE MIDDLE EAST…
*Concerning Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Gaza Strip and more. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)
*Considering that Israel keeps attacking Gaza, Hamas wants assurances before agreeing to any ceasefire, let alone peace treaty.
*Phase 1 of a potential cease fire between Israel and Hamas was finally reached October 8. Action to initiate it began October 10. Yet while a hostage exchange has yet to occur, there is hope but much work to still be done. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)


THE TERRORIST REPORT…
*The Free Choice E-zine does not support terrorism, no matter what the “cause” or alleged “justification”. Thus we will only be posting news items in this section whenever terrorists are brought to justice through arrest and trial.

🌐THE CLIMATE CHANGE CHRONICLES…
*There are 2/TWO new mysteries on the ocean floor. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*October 20 is International Sloth🦥 Day.

🌌SPACE NEWS...

😢PASSING PARADE…
*Award winning actress Diane Keaton (many memorable roles from 1966-2024) has taken her last bow on life’s stage.
*Actor Ben Lewis (productions of Love Never Dies, The Phantom of the Opera, more) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.
*Actor John Woodvine (many roles from 1952-2022) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.
*Actor-director Ron Dean (much TV and film work from 1976-2016) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.
*John Lodge of the Moody Blues is no longer with us.
*Drummer Thommy Price has passed away.
*Singer (The Flamingos) songwriter and producer Terry “Buzzy” Johnson is no longer with us.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…


OCTOBER 13 IS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES'/COLUMBUS DAY.

WE NEED MORE
GUN RESPONSIBILITY
NOW!

ALL INEQUALITY HAS TO STOP!


POLITICALLY…
ON FOREIGN ISSUES…
THE TRUMP TARIFF TURMOIL AND THE ECONOMY…

ON IMMIGRANT ISSUES…
FACT! Circa World War 2
ON DOMESTIC ISSUES...
*With no budget as of October 10, more Federal layoffs have begun.
FACT BASED OPINION
ALSO…
*New York Attorney General Letitia James now faces a Federal indictment. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Speculation: Was the home of a judge who ruled against Trump intentionally destroyed??? No. The fire was ruled accidental.
FACT BASED OPINION
CITY SEIZURES…
*Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem went on an inspection tour of Portland, but the worst thing she saw was graffiti.
*Illinois is suing over the National Guard being sent to Chicago. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Governor Pritzker's response to the arrest threat. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
FACT BASED OPINION
NOTE: Washington, DC is the only city the Trump/Republican regime has any official authority to act within. The rest are questionable, at best.
THE GERRYMANDERING ATTEMPTS…
NOTE: With the 2026 mid-term elections drawing near, the Trump/Republican regime is trying to make sure the Republican Party maintains control of the House of Representatives and the Senate to continue their agenda.
FACT BASED OPINION
THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN SITUATION…
*NOTE: Any possible crimes happened BEFORE his first Presidential campaign so as a potential civilian suspect, Donald Trump is NOT covered by the Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling in The Jeffrey Epstein Situation.
THE CHARLIE KIRK SITUATION>AFTERMATH…
MEDICAL NEWS…
FACT BASED OPINION

*Robert F. Kennedy's current poll numbers as Director of Health and Human Services aren't good.
THE SUPREME COURT REPORT…
DEFENDING FREE SPEECH…
FACT BASED OPINION
SOCIAL (IN)JUSTICE…
IT’S FACT CHECK TIME!
*About your blue eyes...👓
MEANWHILE, IN CONGRESS…
*The House of Representatives is currently in recess, leaving only the Senate still active.
*Even before the shutdown, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson still won't swear in new Representative Adelita Grijalva.
ELSEWHERE…
😀AND FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS…

ALL MEMES COURTESY OF FACEBOOK.