Saturday, May 5, 2018

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: APRIL 29-MAY 5, 2018

MAY IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
MAY 5 IS CINCO DE MAYO.
MAY 5 IS FREE COMIC BOOK DAY at participating locations.
MAY 7-11 IS TEACHERS APPRECIATION WEEK!
MAY 8 IS THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF TEX AVERY’S “RED”
DEBUTING IN RED HOT RIDING HOOD.

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD THIS PAST WEEK…
*If you Tweet, you might want to change your Twitter password!
*American Vice President Mike Pence has postponed his impending trip to Brazil to focus more resources on the US/North Korea summit.
*Negotiations for Britain’s departure from the European Union continue.
*Are human beings Earth’s second sentient species???




FROM NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA…
*North Korea is willing to close a nuclear “testing” sight and give up its nuclear arms program if the US doesn’t attack them. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Maybe the summit between North Korea and the US will take place here???
*North and South Korea are now on/in the same time zone.
*The summit between South Korea and America has been officially scheduled for May 22.

THE TERRORIST REPORT…
*An Iraqi court has sentenced women found guilty of voluntarily(?) joining ISIL forces.
*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.

😭PASSING PARADE…
*John “Jabo” Starks, former drummer for James Brown, has passed away.
*Actor John Altamura (The Toxic Avenger films) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…
POLITICALLY…
*Stormy Daniels has officially sued Donald Trump for defamation of character. But what is he saying about the situation now??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Aren’t Trump and Rudy Giuliani supposed to be on the same side???
*Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the US will leave the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action if its “flaws” aren’t fixed.
*Will Robert Mueller subpoena President Trump???
*President Trump’s latest executive order now allows federally funded faith based programs/groups more freedom.
*Donald Trump shared his opinions on the White House Correspondents Dinner he didn’t attend and America’s new embassy building in London. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*President Trump has threatened another government shutdown if construction on his border wall doesn’t begin “soon”, but has promised farmers they can still use their “guest workers”??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*But even if he wants to, can Trump REALLY close America's borders???
MEANWHILE…
*Depending upon the results of the 2018 mid-term elections, will impeachment be on the agenda in 2019???
ELSEWHERE…
*Who has been sending “packages” to elementary school girls???
*Kids caught a teacher being bad.
*Volcanic activity has increased in Hawaii, leading to eruption(s). (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Since when is THIS in the cheerleader job description???
*Was it a legitimate ejection, or something else???
*Will T Mobile and Sprint merge???
*Gibson Guitars has filed for bankruptcy protection.
*Pauley Perrette’s last NCIS episode as Abby Sciuto is scheduled to air May 8.
*Albert Pujols has made his 3000th career hit in professional baseball.
* “Justify” won the 2018 Kentucky Derby, the first leg of the annual Triple Crown event of professional horse racing.

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