Saturday, November 29, 2025

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: NOVEMBER 23-29. 2025: NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

 
WEAR A MASK😷 WHEN NECESSARY
& BEWARE ANY VERSION OF

NOVEMBER IS MANATEE AWARENESS MONTH
AND NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
NOVEMBER 29 IS ALBANIA’S LIBERATION DAY.
DECEMBER 1 IS WORLD AIDS AWARENESS DAY, ROMANIA’S GREAT REUNION DAY AND ANTARCTICA DAY.
DECEMBER 3 IS HUGS DAY.
DECEMBER 4 IS INDIA’S NAVY DAY AND SOCKS🧦 DAY.
DECEMBER 4 IS ALSO THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF GEMINI 7.
DECEMBER 5 IS INTERNATIONAL NINJA🥷 DAY.
DECEMBER 6 IS FINLAND’S INDEPENDENCE DAY.

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌍RLD THIS PAST WEEK…
*The reported COVID state of the world, as of November 29, 2025. But why has there been no data from the United States since January 21, 2025???
*Sadly, December 8 is the 45th anniversary of the world losing John Lennon.

IN THE MIDDLE EAST…

*Concerning Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Gaza Strip and more. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)
*The total death toll in Gaza (civilians and military personnel) has now reached over 70,000+.😢
*Speculation: Can there ever be peace???

*The Ukraine wants peace and its land back.

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 through arrest and trial.

🌐THE CLIMATE CHANGE CHRONICLES…
*November is Manatee Awareness Month.

🌌SPACE NEWS...
*December 4 is the 60th anniversary of Gemini 7.

😢PASSING PARADE…
*U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom died from her wounds in Washington DC after a November 26, 2025 shooting.
*Former professional baseball⚾ players George Altman and Dave Morehead are no longer with us. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Actor Udo Kier (many roles from 1966-2025) has taken his last bow on life's stage.
*Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Jimmy Cliff (♫I Can See Clearly Now♫ and many more hits) is no longer with us.
*Puppeteer, Muppeteer and actor Danny Seagren, the first to portray a life action Spider-man on TV, has taken his last bow on life's stage.
*Playwright/Screenwriter Sir Tom Stoppard (The Real Inspector Hound, Shakespeare In Love, much more) is no longer with us.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…
PEARL HARBOR WAS ATTACKED ON DECEMBER 7, 1941;
HURTLING THE UNITED STATES INTO WORLD WAR 2.

WE NEED MORE
GUN RESPONSIBILITY
NOW!

ALL INEQUALITY HAS TO STOP!

BAN BOOK BANS!

POLITICALLY…
ON FOREIGN ISSUES…
*The Trump/Republican regime plans to grant a full pardon to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who is currently serving time on a Federal drug conviction.
THE TRUMP TARIFF TURMOIL AND THE ECONOMY…
ON IMMIGRANT ISSUES…
FACT BASED OPINION
ON DOMESTIC ISSUES...
*The cases against New York Attorney General Letitita James and former FBI Director James Comey have been dropped due to improper proceedings. James is grateful and vows to continue doing her job while Comey warns that the Trump/Republican regime may try again not only against him but other people as well. (There are 5/FIVE separate links in this item.)
*The state of Georgia has canceled ALL investigations and possible charges involving Trump interfering with the 2020 Presidential election.
THE BALLROOM BLITZ...
ALSO…
CITY SEIZURES…
NOTE: Washington, DC is the only city the Trump/Republican regime has any official authority to act within. The rest are questionable, at best.
THE GERRYMANDERING ATTEMPTS
NOTE: With the 2026 mid-term elections drawing near, the Trump/Republican regime is trying to make sure the Republican Party maintains control of the House of Representatives and the Senate to continue their agenda.
THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN SITUATION…
*The clock is ticking on whether or not, let alone how, the Department of Justice will comply with releasing the Epstein Files.
*NOTE: Any possible crimes happened BEFORE his first Presidential campaign so as a potential civilian suspect, Donald Trump is NOT covered by the Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling in The Jeffrey Epstein Situation.
FACT BASED OPINION
MEDICAL NEWS…
*The Federal Food and Drug Administration/FDA has suddenly issued a warning against the COVID vaccine???
DEFENDING FREE SPEECH…
SOCIAL (IN)JUSTICE…
FACTS

*December 1 marks the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks refusing to surrender her bus seat to a white person, sparking the year long Montgomery, Alabama Bus Service Boycott on the road to civil rights.
IT’S FACT CHECK TIME!
*The suspect in the attack on 2/TWO National Guard soldiers November 26 actually entered America legally earlier this year under Trump.
FACT BASED OPINION
MEANWHILE, IN CONGRESS…
*Congress is in holiday recess until December 1.
ELSEWHERE…
😀AND FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS…

ALL MEMES COURTESY OF FACEBOOK.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: NOVEMBER 29, 2025

 😎FUN FACT
Being traditionalists, our annual Christmas themed puzzles will start next week with the December 6, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚
What is actor Michael J. Fox’s middle name?

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇
Who was the very first person to portray a live action Spider-man on television?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the November 22, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

BEFORE AND AFTER
Two separate items share at least one word, and so can be combined to create something new. Based upon the clue below, do you know what the new thing is?
A Stooge pilots the Spruce Goose.
(Either Moe, Curly or Shemp) Howard Hughes.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you make out of the letters in THANKSGIVING?
Out of the letters in the word THANKSGIVING, you can make the following words:
A, aging, ah, akin, an, angst, as, at,
Gag(s), gain(s), giant(s), gas, gat(s) <old 1930's slang for guns>, gig(s), gin(s), gist, git(s) <Hillbilly slang for scram>, giving
Hag(s), haggis <a Scottish delicacy>, hang(s), has, hat(s), having, hi <short form of "hello">, hiking, hint(s), hit(s)
I, ink(s), in(s), inn(s), is, it, its
Kin, king(s), kit(s), knight(s), knit(s)
Nag(s), nigh, night(s)
Sag, saint, sank, sat, saving, shag <a type of carpeting>, sight, sighting, sign, signing, sink, sinking, sin, shin, shining, sit, skin, skit, snag, snit, stag, staging, stain, staining, stank, sting, stinging, stink, stinking
Tag(s), tan(s), tank(s), than, thank(s), thin(s), thing(s), think(s), this, tin, vain, vat(s), visit, Viking(s), (AND) vista.
Other words besides the 117 above might be possible. But IV (the medical term) didn’t count because it’s an abbreviation. The Roman numerals II and IV are debatable, but the cuss word for human waste was not listed since this is a family oriented E-zine.

Friday, November 28, 2025

BLACK FRIDAY 2025

 The following is an editorial.

At the stroke of midnight Eastern Standard Time within the United States starts November 28 and the
increasingly misnamed "Black Friday".

The practice began when retail stores opened well before dawn the day after Thanksgiving to start Christmas sales early, but it has been seriously extended over the years to begin up to at least the week before the actual holiday in November, if not earlier.

The staff and management of The Free Choice E-zine has no problem with any business making an honest income, but does wonder if perhaps this event needs to be reorganized since it has far outgrown its original intentions and time frame.

In any event, may we present our annual ode to Black Friday...

SOME DARE BRAVE THE GLOOM OF BLACKEST NIGHT,
QUESTING FOR BARGAINS UPON THEIR TREK,
TO HIT EVERY SALE BEFORE DAYLIGHT.

ME? I PLANNED WELL AHEAD.
NO NERVES, CREDIT, OR CAR SUFFERED WRECK.
JUST RESTFUL SLUMBER WITHIN MY OWN BED.

Lee Houston, Junior
Editor-In-Chief, The Free Choice E-zine

The above was an editorial.

Thursday, November 27, 2025

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2025

 For those who will be celebrating with family and/or friends November 27...


Sincerely, The Free Choice E-zine.

Sunday, November 23, 2025

SUNDAY FUNNIES: WEEKEND PUPDATE, NOVEMBER 2025 EDITION

 AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR WEEKND PUPDATE
WITH YOUR HOST, KODA CANINE.

ON THE ANCHOR COUCH.
Hello Everybody!
I’m Koda Canine, and  does anyone know how to throw away a boomerang?🪃
Just asking for a friend.

Our top story:
Due to budget cutbacks, the local zoo is making their animals help out around the establishment.
Word is the lion🦁 sweeps🧹 tonight.
The punchline to that joke really was just a whim a way, a whim away...

A bus🚌 carrying detectives to a mystery convention accidentally crashed into a truck🚚 delivering beer.
Many cases were cracked in the incident.

Authorities are looking into who cast an evil spell on the fair princess.👸
The only clue they have is the perpetrator has a nervous tick, so they need to find out which witch twitched.

And now, a word from our sponsor.
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Now, back to what passes for the news.

Historians report that not everyone thought Cleopatra was beautiful, but that was how Julius Caesar.

This just in. Police caught the man robbing the city on a crime spree.
But as they were hauling him off to jail, the suspect kept shouting “Four more years! Four more years!”

Now it’s time for my editorial.
Of all the types of marine life available on sea food menus, the least appetizing is the electric eel.
It is revolting! At least, that’s my current opinion.

And finally: Scientists have discovered SMONDAY. The exact moment that Sunday stops feeling like a Sunday and the anxiety of Monday kicks in.
But who said Mondays have to be bad?
Be a rebel and have a good day anyway.

On that note♫, take care.
STAY SAFE!
Have a great week and please be back next weekend for more Sunday Funnies.
For Weekend Pupdate, I’m Koda Canine.

Saturday, November 22, 2025

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: NOVEMBER 16-22, 2025: NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

 
WEAR A MASK😷 WHEN NECESSARY
& BEWARE ANY VERSION OF

NOVEMBER IS MANATEE AWARENESS MONTH
AND NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
NOVEMBER 22 IS THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE MAN OF LA MANCHA’S STAGE DEBUT.
NOVEMBER 22 IS THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF TOY STORY 1.
NOVEMBER 23 IS FIBONACCI DAY.
NOVEMBER 26 IS INDIA’S CONSTITUTION DAY.
NOVEMBER 27 IS THE 105TH ANNIVERSARY OF
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS VERSION OF THE MARK OF ZORRO.
NOVEMBER 29 IS ALBANIA’S LIBERATION DAY.
DECEMBER 1 IS WORLD AIDS AWARENESS DAY, ROMANIA’S GREAT REUNION DAY AND ANTARCTICA DAY.

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌍RLD THIS PAST WEEK…
*The reported COVID state of the world, as of November 22, 2025. But why has there been no data from the United States since January 21, 2025???

IN THE MIDDLE EAST…

*Concerning Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Gaza Strip and more. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)

*The Trump/Republican regime has proposed a new plan to end the war between Russia and the Ukraine.  However it favors Russia as the Ukraine faces a Thanksgiving deadline to accept itYet now US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denies anyone in America authored the proposal. (There are 4/FOUR 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 through arrest and trial.

🌐THE CLIMATE CHANGE CHRONICLES…
*November is Manatee Awareness Month.

🌌SPACE NEWS...

😢PASSING PARADE…
*The innocent lives lost to war.  
*Musician, songwriter and producer Garry “Jellybean” Johnson (The Time, other acts) has passed away.
*Former professional baseball⚾ players Randy Jones and Bart Shirley are no longer with us. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Former professional football🏈 player Randy Burke has passed away.
*Singer, songwriter, musician, engineer, producer Walt Aldridge (The Shooters, other acts) is no longer with us.
*Actor/Stuntman Carl Ciarfalio (many films between 1979-2025) has taken his last bow on life's stage.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…


NOVEMBER 27 IS THANKSGIVING WITHIN THE US.

WE NEED MORE
GUN RESPONSIBILITY
NOW!

ALL INEQUALITY HAS TO STOP!

BAN BOOK BANS!

POLITICALLY…
ON FOREIGN ISSUES…
FACT BASED OPINION

*The Trump/Republican regime has proposed a new plan to end the war between Russia and the Ukraine. However it favors Russia as the Ukraine faces a Thanksgiving deadline to accept it. Yet now the Secretary of State denies anyone in America authored the proposal. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)
THE TRUMP TARIFF TURMOIL AND THE ECONOMY…
*"What affordability crisis?"—The Trump/Republican regime.
ON IMMIGRANT ISSUES…
*All charges against Marimar Martinez have been dropped after new evidence shows a different story than what ICE Agents reported.
FACT BASED OPINION
ON DOMESTIC ISSUES...
*The Federal Government may be reopened, but many could still lose their SNAP/Food Card benefits!
*After Democrats told the military they didn't have to obey illegal orders, Trump now allegedly wants those same Democrats executed! The Democrats respond as they maintain their positionOne has reportedly experienced a bomb threat since. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)
*The latest on the Trump/Republican regime's battle over FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
OPINION VERSUS FACT
THE BALLROOM BLITZ...
FACT BASED OPINION
ALSO…
*Analysis: Trump and pardons.
CITY SEIZURES…
*A Federal Judge has ruled that summoning the National Guard to Washington DC was illegal since there was no actual emergency or request from the city to do so.
NOTE: Washington, DC is normally the only city the Trump/Republican regime has any official authority to act within. The rest are questionable, at best.
THE GERRYMANDERING ATTEMPTS…
*The Trump/Republican regime is now suing California to prevent their pro Democrat redistricting plans to offset Texas' pro-Republican gerrymandering.
NOTE: With the 2026 mid-term elections drawing near, the Trump/Republican regime is trying to make sure the Republican Party maintains control of the House of Representatives and the Senate to continue their agenda.
THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN SITUATION...
FACT BASED OPINION
FACT BASED OPINION
*Now Trump WANTS the Epstein files released??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*The House of Representatives passed the release measure November 18 in a record 427-1 vote.
*Analysis: Is Trump within the Epstein Files??? His brother says "Yes". (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Analysis: A look back at Trump's known history with teenage females from 2/TWO different sources. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Analysis: One victim's story. And another's. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Analysis: What happens now???
*Opinion: The Republicans seem not be be worried about Epstein, but are still trying to protect Trump. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Other assorted opinions from Senator Chris Murphy, the GOP, and Trump's niece Mary, (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)
*NOTE: Any possible crimes happened BEFORE his first Presidential campaign so as a potential civilian suspect, Donald Trump is NOT covered by the Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Ruling in The Jeffrey Epstein Situation.
FACT BASED OPINION
MEDICAL NEWS…
POSSIBLE TRANSLATIONS
DEFENDING FREE SPEECH…
*Trump versus Late Show host Seth Meyers continues, but this time over a rerun.
SOCIAL (IN)JUSTICE…
*Speculation: What really is the current status of women in America??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
🛑STOP THE SENSELESS VIOLENCE!
IT’S FACT CHECK TIME!
*"Reality. What a concept."—Robin Williams.
FACT BASED OPINION
MEANWHILE, IN CONGRESS…
*The House and the Senate both passed the Release Jeffery Epstein Files bill in record time November 18. Trump didn't sign the release bill until November 19, but the Department of Justice still has 30/THIRTY days to honor the act. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)
*After Democrats told the military they didn't have to obey illegal orders, Trump now allegedly wants those same Democrats executed! The Democrats respond as they maintain their positionOne has reportedly experienced a bomb threat since. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)
ELSEWHERE…
😁AND FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS…

ALL MEMES COURTESY OF FACEBOOK.