Saturday, June 21, 2025

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: JUNE 15-21, 2025: NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

BREAKING NEWS (June 21)
(There are 2/TWO separate links in this headline.)

WEAR A MASK😷 WHEN NECESSARY
& BEWARE ANY VERSION OF

JUNE IS PRIDE🌈 MONTH, WORLD OCEANS MONTH, CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND BLACK MUSIC MONTH.
JUNE 21 IS INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY, CANADA’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY, INTERNATIONAL SURFING DAY🏄 AND WORLD MUSIC DAY.
JUNE 22 IS WORLD RAIN FOREST DAY
AND WINDRUSH DAY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
JUNE 23 IS CREATIVE WRITING DAY.
JUNE 25 IS GLOBAL BEATLES DAY.
JUNE 30 IS ASTEROID AWARENESS DAY.
2025 MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST JAWS MOVIE.
JUNE IS THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BAND-AID.🩹

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌍RLD THIS PAST WEEK…
*The reported COVID state of the world, as of June 21, 2025.
FACT BASED OPINION

(There are 2/TWO separate links in the header.)
*Fact checking Donald Trump at the G7 June 16.
*While the summit continues, Trump returned to the White House.

IN THE MIDDLE EAST…
*Concerning Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Gaza Strip and more. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)
*As Israel versus Iran continues... (There are 3/THREE 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…
*June 22 is World Rain Forest Day.

🌌SPACE NEWS...
*June 30 is Asteroid Awareness Day.

😢PASSING PARADE…
*Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, the first female President of Nicaragua, has passed away.
*Former professional baseball⚾ player and four time World Series champion turned doctor Ron Taylor is no longer with us.
*Actor David Hekeli Kenui Bell (live action version of Lio and Stitch, more recent versions of Mangum PI and Hawaii 5-0) has taken his last bow on life's stage.
*Leonard Lauder, who took Estee Lauder Cosmetics global, has passed away.
*Actor Jack Betts (Spider-man 1, One Live To Live, lots more TV and movie work) has taken his last bow on life's stage.
*Actress Lynn Hamilton (Sanford and Son, Root: The Next Generation, 227, The Waltons, more) has taken her last bow on life's stage.
*Actor Gailard Sartain (The Buddy Holly Story, Hee Haw, the Ernest franchise, much more) has taken his last bow on life's stage.
*Cavin Yarbrough of Yarbrough and Peoples (♫Don’t Stop The Music♫, other hits) is no longer with us.
*Ron Woodbridge of The Searchers (♫Needles and Pins♫, ♫Love Potion #9♫, many more hits) has passed away.
*Singer/songwriter Lou Christie (♫Lightning Strikes♫, ♫I’m Gonna Make You Mine♫, many other hits) is no longer with us.
*Chef Anne Burrell of The Food Network has passed away.
*Oscar winning screenwriter Mark Peploe (The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky, more) is no longer with us.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…

WE NEED MORE
GUN RESPONSIBILITY
NOW!

ALL INEQUALITY HAS TO STOP!


POLITICALLY…
ON FOREIGN ISSUES…
FACT BASED OPINION
*Trump briefly attended the G7 Summit in Canada. See items above for more details.
BREAKING NEWS
THE TRUMP TARIFF TURMOIL…
ON IMMIGRANT ISSUES…
POTENTIAL ADVICE

*ICE is overbudget and running out of funding??? It could affect other departments. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
...IN CALIFORNIA...
BREAKING NEWS
ON DOMESTIC ISSUES...
*Apparently Trump doesn't like some holidays, let alone Juneteenth. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Speculations: Trump doesn't want any female athletes??? But he apparently does want them to have more children. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
...JUNE 14, 2025>AFTERMATH...
Parade montage
*A review of Trump's Birthday Parade.
ALSO…
*Opinions: A look at the Trump involvement with Crypt Currency. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
MEDICAL NEWS…
*A look at the Vaccination Data Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy, Junior doesn't think exists.
⚖THE SUPREME COURT REPORT…
NEWS INFORMATION
SOCIAL (IN)JUSTICE…
*One Trump supporter wants women to go to college, but only long enough to find a husband???
*On June 28, 1969; authorities raided the Stonewall Inn of New York City. Protests ensued that led to the LGBTQ+ Pride movement.
✅IT’S FACT CHECK TIME!
*Fact checking Trump at the G7 June 16 .
*The 2020 Presidential Election that Joseph Biden won. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
OPINION
MEANWHILE, IN CONGRESS…
*Republican Senator Mike Lee's bad texts and his plan to sell of public land. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
THE BUDGET BATTLE...
ELSEWHERE…
*US Steel stock is no longer available as Nippon Steel prepares to take over the company, disproving Trump's claim that it would be an equal partnership between the two companies.
*Professional Basketball's🏀 Los Angeles Lakers are about to be sold.
😀AND FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS…

ALL MEMES COURTESY OF FACEBOOK.
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THE PUZZLE CORNER: JUNE 21, 2025

😎 FUN FACT
While now a major historical event that some consider the prelude to Woodstock in 1969, 1967’s Summer of Love was actually unplanned.

⌚TRIVIA TIME
What is Monochromatism?

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?
The Pritchetts meet the Griffins.

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the June 14, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS
Who do we know Farrokh Bulsara better as?
Freddie Mercury of Queen.

HUH? (misquotes)
The misquote is below. All you have to do is give us the correct quote and source. Ready?
♫Hold me closer Tony Danza.♫ = ♫Hold me closer Tiny Dancer.♫, a seriously misheard line from the classic Elton John song.

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Sunday, June 15, 2025

SUNDAY FUNNIES: HAPPY FATHERS' DAY 2025

 Hello Everybody! 

Today you have both Koda Canine AND Piper D. Katt here as we celebrate FATHERS' DAY!
That's right Koda. Dads come in all shapes and sizes, but they all love their children. So we're going to celebrate FATHERS' DAY with some DAD JOKES.
Ready? Let's go!

 A boy was bragging that he had two half brothers.
"Different fathers?" another child asked.
 "No," the boy replied. "My Dad is a lousy magician."

The Sun🌞 was shining on our planet one day and said, “Hey Earth.”
The Earth🌎 replied, “Hey Sun.”
Confused, the Sun said, “Dad?”

A man was advising a co-worker, "If  you're addicted to DAD jokes. you need to go on one of those 12 step programs.” 
The co-worker replied, “That dozen work.”

A father asked his son if the kid had seen the newspaper.📰
The son replied that newspapers were old school and people used tablets nowadays before handing the father his.
That fly🦟 didn’t stand a chance!😉

What kind of music♫ did the kids play for their dad on Father’s Day?
Pop music.

What did the Panda🐼 give his daddy on Father’s Day?
A big bear hug.💗

What did the baby corn say to his mommy?
"Where's pop?"

When asked if she knew how old her father was, the daughter replied, "My age. I've known him my whole life."

What's the first thing any dad does on Father's Day?
Wake up.

So on that note♫, please remember that being a parent is serious business.
After all, anyone can be a father. That's just simple biology.
But it takes someone special to be a dad.

In any event, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, and please be back next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!
PDK and KC.
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Saturday, June 14, 2025

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: JUNE 8-14, 2025: NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

 
WEAR A MASK😷 WHEN NECESSARY
& BEWARE ANY VERSION OF

JUNE IS PRIDE🌈 MONTH, WORLD OCEANS MONTH, CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND BLACK MUSIC MONTH.
JUNE 14 IS WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY.
JUNE 15 IS NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY📸 DAY.
JUNE 16 IS THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF DISNEY’S LADY AND THE TRAMP.
JUNE 17 IS WORLD JUGGLING DAY.
JUNE 18 IS INTERNATIONAL PICNIC DAY & AUTISTIC AWARENESS PRIDE DAY.
JUNE 19 IS JUNETEENTH.
See the Social (In)Justice section below for more details.
JUNE 20 IS WORLD REFUGEE DAY.
JUNE 20 IS THE SUMMER SOLSTICE FOR THOSE NORTH OF THE EQUATOR
AND THE WINTER SOLSTICE FOR THOSE SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR.
JUNE 21 IS INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY, CANADA’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY AND WORLD MUSIC DAY.
JUNE 22 IS WORLD RAIN FOREST DAY.
JUNE 23 IS CREATIVE WRITING DAY.
JUNE 25 IS GLOBAL BEATLES DAY.

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌍RLD THIS PAST WEEK…
*The reported COVID state of the world, as of June 14, 2025.

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…
*June 15 is Nature Photography📸 Day.
*June 22 is World Rain Forest Day.

🌌SPACE NEWS...

😢PASSING PARADE…
*The innocent lives lost to war.  
*Author Fredrick Forsyth (The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, much more) is no longer with us.
*Founding Beach Boy Brian Wilson has passed away.
*Former MTV VJ Ananda Lewis is no longer with us.
*Actor Harris Yulin (Ghostbusters 2, Scarface, much more) has taken his last bow on life's stage.
*Actress Betsy Gay (many roles during the Golden Age of Hollywood: before sound; as well as numerous parts throughout other movies, TV and radio) has taken her last bow on life's stage.
*Actor Clifton Jones (many TV and movie roles between 1958-1994) has taken his last bow on life's stage.
*Sly Stone, founder of Sly and the Family Stone (♫Everyday People♫, ♫Family Affair♫, other hits)
*Former professional basketball🏀 player David Greenwood is no longer with us.
*TV writer and producer Terry Louise Fisher (LA Law, Cagney and Lacey, much more) has passed away.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…
JUNE 14 IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE US ARMY
FIRST FORMING AS THE CONTINENTAL ARMY.
JUNE 14 IS ALSO FLAG DAY.
EVERY AMERICAN MUST HAVE A “REAL ID”.

"WHEN TYRANNY BECOMES LAW, REBELLION BECOMES DUTY."
Founding Father and Former President Thomas Jefferson.

WE NEED MORE
GUN RESPONSIBILITY
NOW!

ALL INEQUALITY HAS TO STOP!

BAN BOOK BANS!

POLITICALLY…
ON FOREIGN ISSUES…
FACT BASED OPINION
ON IMMIGRANT ISSUES…
*"Dismiss your cases so we an arrest them." The Current Department of Justice to Immigration Judges.
*Speculation: Will ICE soon start raiding soccer⚽ games??? All potential attendees are being warned to have a valid ID with them. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
...IN CALIFORNIA...
OPINION OF UPCOMING EVENT
*Apparently California's Governor will not be arrested, for now.
*California Governor Gavin Newsom's national address June 10. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*JUNE 11: More deployments???
ON DOMESTIC ISSUES...
OPINION OF A FORMER PRESIDENT
ON DONALD TRUMP'S BIRTHDAY PARADE... 
*And those who don't like the Trump/Republican regime had their own parades. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.
*Despite the weather Trump got his parade, but the crowds did not reach expectations. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.
*Yet besides all the NO KINGS parades, someone else might have also had a bigger audience.
ALSO…
OPINION
*The DC Bar (of Lawyers) has a new leader.
FACT BASED OPINION
MEDICAL NEWS…
THE SUPREME COURT REPORT…
FACT BASED OPINION
SOCIAL (IN)JUSTICE…
*On June 19, 1865: Blacks in Galveston, Texas were finally notified they were officially free, despite the fact that the Emancipation Proclamation had been active since January 1, 1863 and the Civil War ended on April 9 of that year. The day has since become a Federal holiday known as Juneteenth.
✅IT’S FACT CHECK TIME!
OPINION
MEANWHILE, IN CONGRESS…
ANALYSIS
THE BUDGET BATTLE...
*The House suddenly wanted to change the Bill! They re-voted on a revised version June 11, which made the Senate have to restart their review. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
ELSEWHERE…
*Harvey Weinstein: Guilty and Not Guilty.
*First it's ghost weapons, now it's ghost cars.
😀AND FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS…

ALL MEMES COURTESY OF FACEBOOK.
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