Saturday, August 31, 2019

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: AUGUST 25-31, 2019





AUGUST 31 IS INDEPENDENCE DAY IN MALAYSIA.
SEPTEMBER 1 SADLY MARKS THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY
OF WORLD WAR 2 BEGINNING.
SEPTEMBER 2 IS LABOR DAY.
SEPTEMBER 6 MARKS THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF TERRYTOONS’ HASHIMOTO-SAN.
SEPTEMBER 7 MARKS THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE ORIGINAL LAND OF THE LOST.

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌏RLD THIS PAST WEEK…
*Unfortunately, the current Ebola crisis continues.
*NO deficit!
*Oleksiy Honcharuk is the new Prime Minister of the Ukraine.
*There is no “gay” gene!
*A "Straight Pride" Parade???
*The latest in the historic search for Amelia Earhart.
*What’s on the moon???🌒
*🌞Star families!



NEWS FROM ENGLAND...
*NO British Parliament???
*But that possibility is being challenged.
*The people don’t like the thought of no Parliament.
*Will Brexit happen???

THE G7 SUMMIT🌍
*Discussions on Iran.
*Vowing to help the Amazon Rain Forest. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*SURPRISE!
*Everyone's wary of Donald Trump???
*The summit ended amid Trump’s current thoughts on the ongoing trade war.

THE CLIMATE CHANGE CHRONICLES…
*Macron must apologize first if others want to help fight the Amazon Rain Forest fires??? (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)
*Oh, deer???🦌

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…
*Guitarist Neal Casal has passed away.
*Reb Foster, former manager of The Turtles and Three Dog Night is no longer with us.
*Land speed record holder and host (Myth Busters) Jessi Combs has passed away.
*Entertainer Donnie Fritts (credits too numerous to mention) is no longer with us.
*Singer Nancy Holloway (credits too numerous to mention) has passed away.
*Actress Valerie Harper (The Mary Tyler Moor Show, Rhoda, The Hogan Family) has taken her last bow on life’s stage.
*Former Mister Olympia and actor (Terminator 1, Conan the Barbarian 1) Franco Columbu is no longer with us.
*Writer Gordon Bressack (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, etc) has passed away.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…
THE BORDER WALL-KIDS-IMMIGRATION ISSUES…
*With families being separated upon apprehension, President Trump declared the lack of a border wall a “national emergency”. There have since been legal and legislative battles initiated over this.
*Children of overseas US citizens may NOT be citizens???
*With Dorian approaching, bad timing on taking that FEMA money! (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
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 (known to date), let alone if anyone might actually be making a profit from this situation.
TARIFF TALK…
*Trump’s current thoughts on the trade war.
*If you don’t like the tariffs, you’re a bad company???
POLITICALLY…
*Trump versus Fox News, again???
*Next???
*Future law suits???
*News jealousy???
*Bed bugs???
*NUKE a hurricane??? And Trump isn’t happy his question went public. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Is Trump still unhappy with Puerto Rico???
TRUMP TWEETS
*Trump versus Fox News, again, redux.
IT’S FACT CHECK TIME!
*“Putin outsmarted Obama.”—Donald Trump.
*Who’s buying the corn???
*Concerning Puerto Rico.
MEANWHILE…
*Congress is on vacation recess until after Labor Day 2019.
*The GOP versus "The Squad".
*Republican contingency plans for post 2020???
*Republicans don’t think the Civil Rights Act covers LGBT people! Will the Supreme Court agree with them this fall???
*Trying to influence the Supreme Court???
*And a new REPUBLICAN contestant enters the Hopefuls Race for the 2020 Presidential nomination while a Democrat drops out. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
ELSEWHERE…
*You might NOT want to take your dog🐕 swimming.
*Although deceased, Jeffrey Epstein’s troubles continue. (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)
*Johnson & Johnson lost their opioid trial, but plan to appeal. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
😀AND FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS…
*♫The ink is black. The page is white. Together we learn to read and write.
*And the friendship since then.
*READ!
*The case of the Ruby Slippers.

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