Saturday, June 4, 2016

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: MAY 29-JUNE 4, 2016

JUNE 4th IS UNITY DAY IN HUNGARY AND INDEPENDENCE DAY IN TONGA.
JUNE 5th IS NATIONAL DONUT DAY IN THE UNITED STATES.

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD THIS PAST WEEK...
*Thankfully, North Korea has yet to successfully launch a ballistic missile capable of striking South Korea or Japan.
*The Gotthard Base Tunnel has officially opened in the Swiss Alps as the longest railway tunnel in the world.
*Rodrigo Duterte has been proclaimed President of the Philippines.
*You might eventually be able to own a home in China, but the government will still own the land your house is standing on.





TERRIBLE TERRORIST ACTIVITIES...
*Bombs are still the weapon dujour in this past week of attacks on civilians and military targets.
*Are ISIS/ISIL fighters trying to sell their sex slaves?

PASSING PARADE...
*Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali has passed away.
*Noted Humanitarian Rupert Neudeck is no longer with us.
*Famous sitcom writer Carla Lane (The Liver Birds, Butterflies, Bread) has passed away.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...
POLITICALLY...
*Did you know that Congress will not allow the Center For Disease Control to study gun violence?
*President Barack Obama will not use the "T word" because he doesn't want to "advertise" for you-know-who, but still can't believe Congress has taken no action to consider his Supreme Court nominee!
*The Libertarian Party has announced Gary Johnson as their 2016 Presidential candidate with William Weld as his running mate.
*While there is much talk of a possible third party candidate entering the 2016 Presidential Race to oppose presumed Republican nominee Donald Trump and whoever will represent the Democratic Party, many GOP members fear a repeat of the 1996 election between Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush where third party candidate H. Ross Perot took votes away from Bush to allow Clinton the victory.
*California Governor Jerry Brown has officially endorsed Hillary Clinton while other Republicans question U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan's endorsing Donald Trump for President of the United States.
*So, did Donald Trump donate to Veteran causes or not? Meanwhile, has Trump University been nothing but a lie all these years?
ELSEWHERE...
*Research by the University of North Carolina reports that 26% of cancer patients can't afford to pay for their treatment, and 18% can't afford their prescriptions!
*Autopsy results reveal that Prince died of an overdose of fentanyl, an opioid painkiller 50 times more powerful than heroin!
*Pizza Hut promises to improve its ingredients by 2020.
*Driver Alexander Rossi won the 100th Indianapolis 500.
*The 2016 National Basketball Association Championship will be between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
*The World Golf Championship, previously held at Trump National Doral just outside of Miami, Florida; will be moving to Mexico City
*Whatever happened to mini-golf?


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