Saturday, December 29, 2018

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: DECEMBER 23-29, 2018

DECEMBER 31 IS NEW YEAR’S EVE. PLEASE PARTY RESPONSIBLY.
JANUARY 1 IS NEW YEAR’S DAY.
JANUARY 5 IS BIRD DAY.
JANUARY 5 MARKS THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT.

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌍RLD THIS PAST WEEK…
*A trade deal between China and the United States???
*Will Japan resume commercial whaling???
*Thailand has approved marijuana for medical use and research.
*It took 53 days, but Colin O'Brady has become the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided.
*The 35th annual hacker convention.

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…
*Felipe Gomez Alonzo and Jakelin Caal.
*Actor Herb Ellis (TV’s Dragnet, The Fortune Cookie) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.
*Actress June Whitfield (Last of the Summer Wine, Absolutely Fabulous) has taken her last bow on life’s stage.
*Actor Frank Adonis (Goodfellas) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.
*Richard Arvin Overton, the oldest surviving U.S. veteran from World War II, as well as the oldest American man, lived to be 112!

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…
THE BORDER-KIDS-IMMIGRATION ISSUES…
*WHO is responsible for the deaths of Felipe Gomez Alonzo and Jakelin Caal???
*Will Trump actually close the border because of the ongoing budget battle???
NOTE: While we are doing our best to provide coverage, the above is a serious, ongoing issue. Especially since no one has yet to discuss the costs of separating families, let alone if anyone might actually be making a profit from this situation.
POLITICALLY…
*A trade deal between China and the US???
*Will Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H. Powell be the next to leave the Trump Administration???
*President Trump visited the troops in Iraq and defended the withdrawal from Syria and the government shutdown. Even FOX News questioned this, but the trip was supposed to be a secret. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)
THE BUDGET BATTLE…
*The shutdown began at midnight December 22.
*Is it all because of Trump wanting a border wall???
*No wall, no government reopening??? Does that include the actual border??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*“We do NOT support the shutdown!”—Federal employees.
*WHO’S fault is this???
*Do Trump’s comments on a similar situation from 2013 still apply today???
*“Let’s make a deal.”
*Don’t look for this matter to be settled until sometime after Congress comes back into session with its newly elected members January 3, 2019.
MEANWHILE…
*The North Carolina Congressional election may have to be reheld.
*Will departing Republicans get what they want???
*Don’t look for the budget battle to be settled until sometime after Congress comes back into session with its newly elected members January 3, 2019.
ELSEWHERE…
*Firing a Bishop for doing the RIGHT thing???
*A touching Christmas story.

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