Showing posts with label January 24-30. Show all posts
Showing posts with label January 24-30. Show all posts

Saturday, January 30, 2021

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: JANUARY 24-30, 2021

BEWARE ANY VERSION OF

FEBRUARY IS AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AWARENESS MONTH.
FEBRUARY IS HEART💖 HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
JANUARY 31 IS INDEPENDENCE DAY IN NAURU.
JANUARY 31 IS NATIONAL GORILLA🦍 SUIT DAY IN THE UNITED STATES.
FEBRUARY 2 IS GROUNDHOG’S DAY.
FEBRUARY 4 IS THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATION.
FEBRUARY MARKS THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF
DC’S THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS MINI-SERIES BY FRANK MILLER.

AM😷NGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌍RLD THIS PAST WEEK…
*Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has been re-elected President of Portugal.
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.

THE CLIMATE CHANGE CHRONICLES…🌐

😢PASSING PARADE…
*Actor Gregory Sierra (Barney Miller, Sanford and Son, more) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.
*Actress Jeanette Maus (Charm City Kings, Your Sister’s Sister, more) has taken her last bow on life’s stage.
*Movie producer Alberto Grimaldi (Last Tango In Paris, Gangs of New York, more) is no longer with us.
*Frank Shankwitz, co-founder of the Make A Wish Foundation, has passed away.
*Actor Bruce Kirby (Stand By Me, LA Law, more) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.
*Former professional baseball⚾ player and Minor League Manager Ron Johnson is no longer with us.
*Actor Peter Vere-Jones (The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, Xena: Warrior Princess, more) has taken his last bow on life’s stage.
*Actress Cloris Leachman (credits too numerous to mention) has taken her last bow on life’s stage.
*Actress Cicely Tyson (credits too numerous to mention) has taken her last bow on life’s stage.
*Musician/producer Sophie Xeon is no longer with us.
*Journalist Mitchell Krauss, the CBS Network's Middle East correspondent, has passed away.
*Author Kathleen Ann Goonan (Queen City Jazz, War Time, more) is no longer with us.
*Guitarist Hilton Valentine of The Animals has passed away.
*Saxophonist Grady Gaines (active since the 1950s) is no longer with us.
*Freddy, world’s tallest dog🐕 of current record, has crossed the Rainbow Bridge.🌈

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”. President Joseph Biden nullified the emergency January 20, 2021; but other matters pertaining to these issues still have to be dealt with.
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 health and safety of all the “detainees” as well as the various costs under Donald Trump 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.
CAPITAL CHAOS: JANUARY 6, 2021>AFTERMATH
*150+ arrests, to date! And more coming! (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)
POLITICALLY...
*Biden’s Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State have been approved. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Although Trump nixed the Obama Administration idea, Harriet Tubman may replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill after all.
SOCIAL (IN)JUSTICE…
*Biden reversed another Trump anti-LGBTQ policy, but this guy has other ideas. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*HUH???
😷THE US VERSUS COVID-19… (separated from the purely political news)
*The state of your state, from two different sources. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*“All information was censored.”—Dr. Brix, on life under Trump.
*Mask advice: the good ones versus the bad ones. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*President Biden has ordered additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine(s), an expenditure “President” Trump never wanted to make.
IT’S FACT CHECK TIME!✅
MEANWHILE, IN CONGRESS…
*With Republicans hoping to regain control after the 2022 mid-term election, Senators Portman (Ohio), Toomey (Pennsylvania) and Burr (North Carolina) have announced they’re not running for re-election.
*Republicans Kelly Anne Conway and Marjorie Taylor Greene: shouldn't they know better??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
ELSEWHERE…
*Gone but not forgotten: Trump versus Republicans continues. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*While never declared a “holiday” until 1976, National Gorilla🦍 Suit Day was first conceived by MAD magazine’s Don Martin in 1963!
😀AND FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS…
*There actually was some in 2020! (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
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Saturday, January 30, 2016

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: JANUARY 24-30, 2016

JANUARY 31 IS INDEPENDENCE DAY IN NAURU.
FEBRUARY 4 IS THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE USO.

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD THIS PAST WEEK...
*Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has been elected the new President of the Portuguese Republic.
*Hilda Heine has been elected President of the Marshall Islands by local Parliament, becoming the country's first female president.
*In France: taxi drivers, air traffic controllers and school teachers have gone on strike over working conditions and competition from non-traditional services such as Uber.
*A computer program called AlphaGo, powered by DeepMind, beat the European Go champion Fan Hui, 5-0, in the ancient Chinese abstract strategy board game.


 TERRIBLE TERRORIST ACTIVITIES...
*Boko Haram suicide bombers killed at least 32 people and injured 66 others in northern Cameroon.
*An ISIS/ISIL suicide bomber killed at least 22 people, including a dozen soldiers at a Syrian Army checkpoint in Homs.
*Several more suicide bomber attacks have been reported across the Middle East this past week.
PASSING PARADE...
*Actor Frank Finlay (The Pianist, The Three Musketeers) has taken his last bow on life's stage.
*Paul Kantner, musician and co-founder of Jefferson Airplane, is no longer with us.
*Marvin Minsky, famous scientist in the field of Artificial Intelligence, has passed away.
*Actor Abe Vigoda (The Godfather, Barney Miller, Fish) has taken his last bow on life's stage.
*British explorer Henry Worsley died while attempting to be the first person to cross Antarctica unaided.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...
POLITICALLY...
*The race to determine who shall be the next President of the United States begins in earnest with the Iowa Caucuses February 1st.
*While he still will not discuss his plans post-January 2017, President Barack Obama has publicly stated that, even if was legal for him to do so, he would not have sought a third term.
ELSEWHERE...
*U.S. federal authorities have finally arrested militia leader Ammon Bundy and several of his followers following an exchange of gunfire at a traffic stop on U.S. Route 395 in Harney County, Oregon.
*New York State park system officials have proposed a temporary "shut off" of the American Falls portion of Niagara Falls within three years to replace two 115-year-old pedestrian stone bridges that are unsafe.
*Facebook and its photo-sharing subsidiary Instagram, have officially banned private, person-to-person sales of guns via its services.
*A "mega yacht" is suspected of destroying 80% of West Bay's protected Caribbean coral reef.
*BELIEVE IT OR NOT: A Kentucky high school student was forced to kneel so school officials could determine whether or not her dress was too short!
*The 50th Super Bowl will be between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers February 7th.

For more news at any time, either scroll down to our IN OTHER NEWS feature at the bottom of your screen or visit any other reputable news source.
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