Saturday, May 26, 2018

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: MAY 20-26, 2018

MAY IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
MAY 28 IS MEMORIAL DAY.
MAY 29 IS THE 170TH ANNIVERSARY OF
WISCONSIN JOINING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAY 29 IS THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF SIR EDMUND HILLARY
AND TENSING NORGAY SUCCESSFULLY CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST.
JUNE 2 IS THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF
QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND’S REIGN.




AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD THIS PAST WEEK…
REMEMBER THE VETERANS!
*The latest between Iran and the United States.
*Will the summit between North Korea and the United States ever happen??? US President Trump has canceled it, for now, but North Korea has destroyed the Punggyeri nuclear test site, while that country and South Korea are still talking. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)
*Despite allegations of massive irregularities, President Nicolas Maduro has won re-election in Venezuela.
*New changes to the General Data Protection Regulations of Europe have taken effect.
*Voters in Ireland have overturned that country's ban on abortions.


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.

😭PASSING PARADE…
*Actress Patricia Morison (Kiss Me Kate, The Song of Bernadette) has taken her last bow on life’s stage.
*Legendary movie poster artist Bill Gold (Casablanca, A Streetcar Named Desire) has passed away.
*Actor Clint Walker (Cheyenne, The Dirty Dozen) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.
*Author Philip Roth (Goodbye Columbus, The Human Stain) is no longer with us.
*Pop Artist Robert Indiana has passed away.
*Novelist Richard Peck (A Year Down Yonder) is no longer with us.
*Atari co-founder Ted Dabney has gone to “that great video arcade in the sky”.
*Astronaut Alan Bean (Apollo 12 and Skylab 3 missions) has returned to the stars.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…
POLITICALLY…
*The latest between the United States and Iran.
*Will the summit between the United States and North Korea ever happen??? Trump has canceled it, for now, but North Korea has  destroyed the Punggyeri nuclear test site, while that country and South Korea are still talking. But Donald Trump apparently doesn't like Time magazine's coverage of recent events. (There are 5/FIVE separate links in this item.)
*Is President Trump right or wrong about the MS-13 migrants??? He certainly doesn’t seem happy about the status of America’s borders. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*President Trump has demanded the Justice Department do their own investigation into the 2016 Presidential election.
*President Trump seems to like his new CIA Director.
*President Trump has posthumously pardoned boxing legend Jack Johnson, while giving Navy SEAL Britt K. Slainski the Medal of Honor. (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)
*What Education Secretary Betsy DeVos would like to do with undocumented school children.
*Donald Trump’s latest Tweet inaccuracies and his latest concern: “Spy Gate”. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*President Trump’s latest executive order REDUCES civil service protections!
MEANWHILE…
*Will banking regulations become even more loose???
*The latest primary results.
*Bernie Sanders is seeking re-election as Vermont’s Senator.
*Just WHO should be able to buy a home in California???



ELSEWHERE…
*It’s not just the lava that those in Hawaii have to worry about! (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Can the Supreme Court limit class action lawsuits???
*United Airlines is being sued, again.
*Sarah Rose Summers is the 2018 Miss USA.
*Billboard magazine’s idea of how to acknowledge recent events versus what actually happened.
*The annual Indy 500 auto race is scheduled to be held May 27. It shall also be driver Danica Patrick's last race before retirement.
*Wellington Castillo of the Chicago White Sox has been suspended for 80 games.
*The Carolina Panthers of professional football have a new owner as the National Football League has enacted news rule concerning kneeling during the national anthem, although team owners say they never got to vote on them. (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)

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