THE WEEK IN REVIEW: FEBRUARY 3-9, 2019

FEBRUARY IS NATIONAL HEART💗HEALTH MONTH & BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
FEBRUARY 12 IS INTERNATIONAL RED HAND-NO CHILD SOLDIERS DAY!

FEBRUARY 12 MARKS THE 95TH ANNIVERSARY OF

GEORGE GERSHWIN’S RHAPSODY IN BLUE DEBUTING ON BROADWAY.

💘FEBRUARY 14 IS VALENTINE’S DAY. 💕

FEBRUARY 15 MARKS THE 255 BIRTHDAY OF SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI!

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌏RLD THIS PAST WEEK…

*North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un and American President Donald Trump are scheduled to meet on February 27.
*On his latest diplomatic mission, Pope Francis became the first Pope to visit the Arabian Peninsula.
*No more recreational hunting in Colombia???
*Germania Airlines has filed for bankruptcy.
*The NEW magnetic North!
*They finally got a hit. 25 years later...


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…
*Actor Kristoff St. John (The Young and The Restless) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.
*Robert Hubbard, inventor of the Head And Neck Support safety device, has passed away.
*Actress Julie Adams (original Creature From The Black Lagoon, Murder She Wrote) has taken her last bow on life’s stage.
*Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson is no longer with us.
*Actress Carmen Duncan (Harlequin, Another World) has taken her last bow on life’s stage.
*Actress/dancer Nita Bieber (Rhythm and Weep, Summer Stock, The Prince Who Was A Thief) has taken her last bow on life’s stage.
*Actor Albert Finney (Tom Jones, Erin Brockovich) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…
THE BORDER-KIDS-IMMIGRATION ISSUES…
*Just WHAT is going on with the separated children???
*Military funding and disaster relief money will NOT be used in any border wall construction.
*If Trump does declare the lack of a border wall a “national emergency”, Congress MUST vote to make it official. But would it pass???
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 and who is truly responsible for the deaths of two minor detainees, let alone if anyone might actually be making a profit from this situation.
POLITICALLY…

*North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un and President Trump are scheduled to meet on February 27.
*President Trump apparently didn’t like how Congress interviewed his acting Attorney General.
*Are Trump’s Twitter typos intentional???
*Then what about this gaffe???
*The investigation into Trump’s inaugural committee continues.
*What will Trump do???
THE 2019 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS...
*The annual State of the Union Address was presented February 5, with President Trump wanting an end to “resistance politics” and “partisan investigations”, but no details on rebuilding the infrastructure while still worried about the lack of a border wall and migrant caravans without declaring an official national emergency. (There are 5/FIVE separate links in this item.)
*Fact check time. On the economy and other matters. (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)
*The Democrats gave their response to the speech afterwards, yet how have things fared since last year’s address??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Campaigning during the State of the Union address???
*On Nancy Pelosi’s SOTU “applause”.
THE BUDGET BATTLE…
*The shutdown began at midnight December 22, 2019.
*Congress came back into session with its newly elected members January 3, 2019.
*The country is under a temporary reprieve until February 15 in hopes that a new budget agreement can be reached, but it appears to still come down to Trump’s wish for a border wall.
*Can Congress come up with a budget the President will agree to before the deadline??? It might include some kind of border wall project funds after all. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
MEANWHILE…
*Congress came back into session with its newly elected members January 3, 2019.
*Although the government is temporarily reopened until at least February 15, the on going (since December 22, 2018) Federal Budget Crisis has yet to be fully resolved, as reported in the section above this one.
*Military funding and disaster relief money will NOT be used in any border wall construction.
*If Trump does declare the lack of a border wall a “national emergency”, Congress MUST vote to make it official. But would it pass???
*Even President Trump cannot deny the increase of women in Congress.
ELSEWHERE…
*Sorry Louisiana. You’re going to have to rethink that one.
*Yes Fox News, it’s TRUE!
*The New England Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 in Super Bowl #53.🏈
😃And finally, a little good news: lending a helping hand.

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