Saturday, March 23, 2019

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: MARCH 17-23, 2019

MARCH 24 MARKS THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE INFAMOUS EXXON VALDEZ CRASH.
MARCH 24 IS ALSO WORLD TUBERCULOSIS AWARENESS DAY.
MARCH 25 IS GREECE’S INDEPENDENCE DAY.
MARCH 25 MARKS THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY COLOR TVS BEING AVAILABLE.
MARCH 26 IS BANGLADESH’S INDEPENDENCE DAY.

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌏RLD THIS PAST WEEK…
*In the wake of their recent terrorist attack, New Zealand has followed through on their promise of stricter gun laws! WHY NOT OTHER COUNTRIES??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan has decided to resign. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is now President, and renamed the capital in his predecessor’s honor. (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)
*American President Donald Trump has overturned US Treasury Department sanctions that affected North Korea.
*England has officially requested a delay of Brexit proceedings from the European Union, but there are problems with the timing of that request. Yet a lot of people DON'T want to leave! (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)
*Besides their previous interest in trying to host a future Summer Olympics, North and South Korea are now considering joint hosting of a future FIFA Women’s World Cup tournament too.
*No more aluminum cans???
*March 25, 1954; RCA made the first color TV set commercially available. The 12 and a half inch screen sold for $1000!
*Jupiter's Europa has a jet stream???

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…
*Special Effects and film director John Carl Buechler (Troll, Friday the 13th Part 6) has passed away.
*Actor/voice artist/radio personality Tom Hatten (credits too numerous to mention) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.
*Writer Larry DiTillio (Fat Albert, original and revival of He-Man, original She-Ra, Babylon 5) is no longer with us.
*The King of Surf Guitar Dick Dale (aka Richard Monsour) has passed away.
*David White of The Spokesmen and Danny and the Juniors is no longer with us.
*TV writer/producer Eunetta T. Boone (One on One, The Hughleys) has passed away.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…
THE BORDER WALL-KIDS-IMMIGRATION ISSUES…
*President Trump declared the lack of a border wall a “national emergency”. There have since been legal and legislative battles initiated over this.
*The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Trump Administration concerning detainment in some instances.
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 FOUR detainees, let alone if anyone might actually be making a profit from this situation.
TARIFF TALK…
*Side effects of Trump’s current trade war.
POLITICALLY…
*Donald Trump STILL doesn’t like deceased Senator John McCain??? Let’s fact check Trump. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)
*The President certainly doesn’t like his critics either! (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*OOPS! “We missed the deadline.”
*Maybe he’s too busy reducing overtime and increasing waste dumping. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Is Donald Trump’s fund raising guilty of money laundering???
*Trump’s latest Twitter Tour. Should Congress take action??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Robert Mueller has turned in his final report concerning the investigation into Russia’s possible interference in the 2016 Presidential election. What happens next??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*President Trump has overturned Treasury Department sanctions that affected North Korea.
*An interesting statistic about Trump’s Presidency, so far.
*Fact check time again!
MEANWHILE…
*Just how many Democratic contenders are there now for the Presidency in 2020???
ELSEWHERE…
*How can you sue a COW🐮 that has its own Twitter account??? Yet you can defend using the “N” word??? (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)
*Just what should a “lame duck🦆” do???
*Trying to do the right thing legally, although it’s against the law.
*Disney now owns part of FOX.
*The Flintstones can’t live here???
*Mike Trout for $430 MILLION dollars over 12 years???
*Ichiro Suzuki has officially retired from playing baseball.

😀AND FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS…
*March 28 is the start of the 2019 Baseball⚾ Season!

Although our IN OTHER NEWS feature at the bottom of your screen was suspended when Blogger updated its gadgets, we have ADDED a new TRANSLATE feature in the upper right hand corner!

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