Showing posts with label June 15-21. Show all posts
Showing posts with label June 15-21. Show all posts

Saturday, June 21, 2025

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: JUNE 15-21, 2025: NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

BREAKING NEWS (June 21)
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WEAR A MASK😷 WHEN NECESSARY
& BEWARE ANY VERSION OF

JUNE IS PRIDE🌈 MONTH, WORLD OCEANS MONTH, CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND BLACK MUSIC MONTH.
JUNE 21 IS INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY, CANADA’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY, INTERNATIONAL SURFING DAY🏄 AND WORLD MUSIC DAY.
JUNE 22 IS WORLD RAIN FOREST DAY
AND WINDRUSH DAY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
JUNE 23 IS CREATIVE WRITING DAY.
JUNE 25 IS GLOBAL BEATLES DAY.
JUNE 27 IS POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AWARENESS DAY.
JUNE 30 IS ASTEROID AWARENESS DAY.
2025 MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST JAWS MOVIE.
JUNE IS THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BAND-AID.🩹

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌍RLD THIS PAST WEEK…
*The reported COVID state of the world, as of June 21, 2025.
FACT BASED OPINION

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*Fact checking Donald Trump at the G7 June 16.
*While the summit continues, Trump returned to the White House.

IN THE MIDDLE EAST…
*Concerning Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Gaza Strip and more. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)
*As Israel versus Iran continues... (There are 3/THREE 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…
*June 22 is World Rain Forest Day.

🌌SPACE NEWS...
*June 30 is Asteroid Awareness Day.

😢PASSING PARADE…
*Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, the first female President of Nicaragua, has passed away.
*Former professional baseball⚾ player and four time World Series champion turned doctor Ron Taylor is no longer with us.
*Actor David Hekeli Kenui Bell (live action version of Lio and Stitch, more recent versions of Mangum PI and Hawaii 5-0) has taken his last bow on life's stage.
*Leonard Lauder, who took Estee Lauder Cosmetics global, has passed away.
*Actor Jack Betts (Spider-man 1, One Live To Live, lots more TV and movie work) has taken his last bow on life's stage.
*Actress Lynn Hamilton (Sanford and Son, Root: The Next Generation, 227, The Waltons, more) has taken her last bow on life's stage.
*Actor Gailard Sartain (The Buddy Holly Story, Hee Haw, the Ernest franchise, much more) has taken his last bow on life's stage.
*Cavin Yarbrough of Yarbrough and Peoples (♫Don’t Stop The Music♫, other hits) is no longer with us.
*Ron Woodbridge of The Searchers (♫Needles and Pins♫, ♫Love Potion #9♫, many more hits) has passed away.
*Singer/songwriter Lou Christie (♫Lightning Strikes♫, ♫I’m Gonna Make You Mine♫, many other hits) is no longer with us.
*Chef Anne Burrell of The Food Network has passed away.
*Oscar winning screenwriter Mark Peploe (The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky, more) is no longer with us.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…

WE NEED MORE
GUN RESPONSIBILITY
NOW!

ALL INEQUALITY HAS TO STOP!


POLITICALLY…
ON FOREIGN ISSUES…
FACT BASED OPINION
*Trump briefly attended the G7 Summit in Canada. See items above for more details.
BREAKING NEWS
THE TRUMP TARIFF TURMOIL…
ON IMMIGRANT ISSUES…
POTENTIAL ADVICE

*ICE is overbudget and running out of funding??? It could affect other departments. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
...IN CALIFORNIA...
BREAKING NEWS
ON DOMESTIC ISSUES...
*Apparently Trump doesn't like some holidays, let alone Juneteenth. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Speculations: Trump doesn't want any female athletes??? But he apparently does want them to have more children. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
...JUNE 14, 2025>AFTERMATH...
Parade montage
*A review of Trump's Birthday Parade.
ALSO…
*Opinions: A look at the Trump involvement with Crypt Currency. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
MEDICAL NEWS…
*A look at the Vaccination Data Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy, Junior doesn't think exists.
⚖THE SUPREME COURT REPORT…
NEWS INFORMATION
SOCIAL (IN)JUSTICE…
*One Trump supporter wants women to go to college, but only long enough to find a husband???
*On June 28, 1969; authorities raided the Stonewall Inn of New York City. Protests ensued that led to the LGBTQ+ Pride movement.
✅IT’S FACT CHECK TIME!
*Fact checking Trump at the G7 June 16 .
*The 2020 Presidential Election that Joseph Biden won. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
OPINION
MEANWHILE, IN CONGRESS…
*Republican Senator Mike Lee's bad texts and his plan to sell of public land. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
THE BUDGET BATTLE...
ELSEWHERE…
*US Steel stock is no longer available as Nippon Steel prepares to take over the company, disproving Trump's claim that it would be an equal partnership between the two companies.
*Professional Basketball's🏀 Los Angeles Lakers are about to be sold.
😀AND FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS…

ALL MEMES COURTESY OF FACEBOOK.

Saturday, June 21, 2014

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: JUNE 15-21, 2014

Today is the Summer Solstice and the official start of the summer season.

AMONGST EVENTS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD THIS PAST WEEK...
*North Korea is claiming they now have a viable cruise missile.
*An outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has claimed seven confirmed victims.
*Juan Manuel Santos has been reelected President of Columbia.
*Felipe VI is now the King of Spain, replacing his father Juan Carlos I.
*The Audi team of Andre Lotterer, Beniot Treluyer, and Marcel Fassler won the 2014 Le Mans 24 hour auto race.
*Civil unrest continues in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Syria.

FROM THE UKRAINE-RUSSIAN SITUATION...
*Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he is working on a peace plan to present to the Russian government, but does not know if they will accept it.
*Gazprom, the Russian gas company, says the Ukraine must now pay before delivery, claiming problems with past debts.

PASSING PARADE...
*Stephanie Louise Kwolek, the inventor of kevlar, has passed away.
*Alas, radio personality and voice artist Casey Kasem has signed off for the final time.
*Gerry Goffin, famous songwriter, has passed away.
*Noted songwriter and musical arranger Johnny Mann is no longer with us.
*Major League Baseball player Tony Gwynn, who spent his entire career with the San Diego Padres (1982-2001) has left us after his battle with cancer.

FROM THE UNITED STATES...
*President Barack Obama wants to expand the Pacific Remote Islands, Marine National Monument.
*Martin Kaymer of Germany won the 2014 U.S. Open of professional golf.
*The San Antonio Spurs beat the Miami Heat to win the 2014 NBA Finals Championship of professional basketball.

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