Saturday, May 30, 2020

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: MAY 24-30, 2020


MAY IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.πŸŽ—
MAY 31 IS WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY.🚭
JUNE 5 IS WORLD ENVIRONMENT AWARENESS DAY!
JUNE 5 IS CONSTITUTION DAY IN DENMARK.
JUNE 5 IS ALSO DONUTS🍩 DAY.
JUNE 6 IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE HISTORIC D-DAY.
JUNE MARKS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF BAND AID BANDAGES.🩹

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌍RLD THIS PAST WEEK…
*COVID-19/Coronavirus: the never ending battle???
*Vietnam has yet to report a single death during the pandemic!
*American President Trump considers future foreign policy, and the potential results there of. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend the American hosted G7 summit because of the pandemic.
*Civil Rights/Democracy issues continue in Hong Kong.
*Same gender marriages will soon be legal in Costa Rica.
*It's LAUNCH time!
*Virus sniffing dogs???
*A FREE fairy tale from J. K. Rowling!

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…
*George Floyd.
*Saturn the alligator.
*Actor Anthony James (High Plains Drifter, Unforgiven, etc) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.
*Actor Richard Herd (credits too numerous to mention) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.
*Author/journalist Anthony Bailey is no longer with us.
*Actor Tony Scannell (1980’s version of Flash Gordon) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…
THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION…☑
*Republicans are suing to prevent pandemic vote by mail in California.
*Is Trump trying to alter the upcoming election this fall in his favor???
*Trump versus Biden on Memorial Day.
*“Why did he wear a mask?”—Trump on Biden.
*“For safety. Why aren’t you wearing one?”—Biden to Trump.
*Can Trump's re-election campaign successfully go virtual as it courts Asian-Pacific Americans??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*The question of absentee voting continues in Virginia.
POLITICALLY…
*American President Trump considers future foreign policy, and the potential results there of. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend the American hosted G7 summit because of the pandemic.
*Trump and his fellow Republicans consider their political future.
*DETECTIVE Trump???
*Trump’s Memorial Day, when not on the campaign trail.
*Trump versus Twitter???
*Which side of the George Floyd issue is Trump on??? He wants a MAGA rally while others question his viewpoint. (There are 5/FIVE separate links in this item.)
*Attorney General William Barr as his own thoughts on the subject.
*Meanwhile, you still have to pay off your student loans!
THE US VERSUS COVID-19… (separated from the purely political news)
*COVID-19/Coronavirus: the never ending battle???
*America will no longer associate with the World Health Organization???
*Trump has “finished” taking hydroxychloroquine???
*America's current viewpoint on the pandemic: fact or fiction???
*Questioning Trump's current testing strategy.
*Trump versus Baltimore over the pandemic.
*Trump wants the country reopened despite the fact America’s death toll has now surpassed 100,000! (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Joe Biden’s response to the sad number.
*Opinion: shouldn’t Trump be fired for failing America???
*MASKS DO WORK!😷
TRUMP TWEETS...
*Twitter won’t pull Trump’s Tweets, but will warn viewers they can be misleading, which Trump doesn’t like, so now he’s acting against Twitter with an executive order. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)
*But will it work??? Another opinion on the matter. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Trump retweets THIS and wonders why Twitter posted their warning???
*Apparently Joe Biden can Tweet better than Trump.
IT’S FACT CHECK TIME!
*Twitter fact checks Trump Tweets!
MEANWHILE, IN CONGRESS…
*Congressional Republicans plan to sue Congressional Democrats.
*“I was supposed to be exonerated!”—Republican Steve King.
*Even Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is PRO-MASK!
ELSEWHERE…
*A new outbreak in Arkansas???
*Why is Florida lying about their COVID-19 death totals???
*How NOT to share news!
*Virus sniffing dogs???
*The state of your state, as of May 30, 2020.
*The FBI is investigating the police on George Floyd.
*Maybe she should have just let him watch the birds.
πŸ˜€AND FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS…
*A FREE fairy tale from J. K. Rowling!
*It's LAUNCH time!

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