Saturday, January 26, 2019

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: JANUARY 20-26, 2019

JANUARY 26 IS AUSTRALIA DAY.🌏
JANUARY 26 IS ALSO REPUBLIC DAY IN INDIA.
JANUARY 31 IS NATIONAL GORILLA 🦍SUIT DAY,
ACCORDING TO MAD MAGAZINE.
FEBRUARY IS NATIONAL HEART💓 HEALTH MONTH & BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
FEBRUARY 2 IS GROUND HOG’S DAY.


AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌍RLD THIS PAST WEEK…
*Will the current crisis in Venezuela lead to Cold War 2??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Genetically “edited” babies???
*Did you see the meteorite strike the “super blood wolf full moon”??? (There are 2/TWO 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.

😢PASSING PARADE…
*Professional Makeup artist Daniel C. Striepeke (Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump) is no longer with us.
*Film Producer Andrew G. Vajna (Nixon, Terminator 3) has passed away.
*Singer Maxine Brown of The Browns (“The Three Bells”) is no longer with us.
*Singer (“Fly Me To The Moon”) and actress (The Mothers-In-Law, The Doris Day Show) Kaye Ballard has taken her last bow on life’s stage.
*Comedian Kevin Barnett has passed away.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…
POLITICALLY…
*Sorry President Trump, but women’s rights DO matter! Yet unfortunately double standards between men and women still exist, including the blessed event of pregnancy! (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)
*Fact check time! Trump’s latest claims concerning the border wall and even the weather.
*Former Trump adviser Roger Stone has been indicted for lying to Congress as the investigation into Russia's possible interference in the 2016 Presidential election continues.
*Does the Trump Administration plan to end Medicaid WITHOUT Congressional approval???
*For now, transgender personnel cannot serve in the military under President Trump as Commander-In-Chief.
THE BUDGET BATTLE…
*The shutdown began at midnight December 22, 2019.
*Congress came back into session with its newly elected members January 3, 2019.
*Fact Checking President Trump’s latest address to the nation on the budget versus wall situation.
*No pay? No work!
*Lara Trump says the President thanks the furloughed workers’ for “their support and sacrifices”.

*President Trump FINALLY reopened the Federal Government January 25, but the temporary measure is only good until February 15 as folks try to work out a more long term budget and he hopes for wall money. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*The winners and losers, provided those terms are applicable. (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)
*So what happens next???
MEANWHILE…
*Congress came back into session with its newly elected members January 3, 2019.
*Although the government is temporarily reopened, the on going (since December 22, 2018) Federal Budget Crisis has yet to be fully resolved, as reported in the section above this one.
*Since it’s always been by official invite, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has announced President Trump can NOT give the upcoming State of the Union address scheduled for January 29 in the House of Representatives chambers until Trump ends the government shutdown. What will the President do??? Wait until the shutdown is officially over, apparently. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*But with the temporary reopening, will the State of the Union address be delivered now???
*With everything going on, what happens to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell??? Especially considering he killed another reopening bill??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
ELSEWHERE…
*Until the investigation(s) into possible illegal activities are concluded, there is still one undecided race from the 2018 mid-term elections!
*It all comes down to the New England Patriots versus the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl 53 🏈February 3.
*Facebook is planning an app merger.
*And the 2019 Oscar nominees are…
*The 2019 inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame will be…
*The new Yankee is #0???⚾

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