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October 2024

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87 blog posts this month

Sheriff

Sept. 30, 2024

The Berrien County (MI) Sheriff's office,

St. Joseph, Michigan is asking

motorists on rural roads

to share the narrow

and one-land roads with

Farm Harvest Equipment/

Combines.

http://heraldpalladium.com

Sunday, September 29, 2024

Happy Birthday, POTUS 39

Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States,

will be 100 years old on

October 1, 2024;

he was born in Plains,

Georgia, USA in 1924.

Friday, September 27, 2024

Rosh Hashanah

This year (2024)

Jewish New Year falls on

evening of Wed. Oct. 2, 2024

The next high Holy day for

Jewish observance is

Yom Kippur,

day of Atonement

begins at sundown

evening of Oct. 11

this year.

Michaelmas

Feast of St. Michael and the Angels

September 30 (annually)

Too early to say what a "fair deal" would be -- #DJT to reporters at Trump Tower

Press Q/A

CNN.com/2024/09/27/politics/trump-zelensky-meeting/index.html


11:45 a.m. During / After

conference between Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and

candidate Trump (MAGA) the 78-yr.-old said

I have my ideas on a fair deal and the

president (Zelenskyy) definitely has

his own ideas.  It has to be fair. . .

We (he and Zelenskyy) have a 'very

good' relationship, and I also have a 

very good relationship with PUTIN;

I think if we (MAGA ticket of Trump

& Vance) win, we're going to get it

resolved very quickly. . .

Quite reminiscent of an earlier Presidential Press conference

when #DJT said "There were good people on both sides . . ."

referring to the Proud Boys domestic terrorists who marched

and carried torches through Charlottesville, VA to the 

chagrin of onlookers and those in the local synagogues /

peaceful protests - demonstrations for equality-justice.

Landfall

Hurricane Helene made landfall as a

Grade 4 storm at Tallahassee, FL

overnight.  It continued as a hurricane

into Georgia with severe storms and

tornadoes.

it is the fourth hurricane this year

to make landfall along the Gulf Coast

this year.  Such frequency has only

been seen 5 times since 1851, according

to meteorological records in Florida

and the Gulf region.

Sept. 27, 2024

Thursday, September 26, 2024

Stopgap measure (signed into law by POTUS)

Thursday 9/26/2024

6 p.m.

at the Oval Office in the White House,

1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington,

D.C.

Pres. Joe Biden signed into law the CR

(Continuing Resolution) that averts

an immediate government shutdown, and

postpones the partisan budget approval process

to a "lame-duck" Congress following Nov. 5

elections and election certifications.

Influenza Vaccine Clinic - Oct. 8, 2024

Tuesday October 8, 2024

11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Niles (Michigan) Senior Center, 1109 Bell Road

Niles, MI 49120 

(269)-683-9380

Bring your Insurance Card;

Martin's Pharmacy (Niles, MI) will provide

the flu vaccine.

I did receive the vaccination at 11:10 a.m.

Trump blames current POTUS

#DJT blamed his rally in Prairie du Chien, WI indoors at

a 750-seat venue and its diminished attendance on

Pres. Biden and "his" Secret Service.

newsweek.com.donald-trump-biden-crowd-size-wisconsin-secret

service-1961059

also

#DJT predicts W.W. III and 1929-style stock-market sudden

unexpected fall

[ he also as then-incumbent POTUS claimed that

his opponents would bring on global war and depression ]

He is still using "Truth Social" to trumpet his bad-news first

approach . . .

Mike Braun + 17 other arch-conservative GOP

The Jr. senator from IN

Mike Braun (who is a lame duck Senator,

due to his running for Governor of Indiana)

voted

Against the

Bipartisan measure

to fund govt. appropriations

with a new deadline to complete

work by Dec. 20, 2024

Dozen who voted in House of Reprs. not to fund the U.S. Govt.

Sept. 25, 2024

Votes against the Speaker's measure to fund in a stopgap

Jim Banks (Ft. Wayne, IN)

Lauren Boebert (CO)

Matt Gaetz (FL)

Nancy Mace (SC)

8 others

Voting Present (neither yes nor nay)

Marjorie Taylor Green (GA)

Thomas Massie (KY)

78 - 18 vote in Senate sends "Stopgap" measure to POTUS

An appropriations stopgap measure passed by both

parts of Congress will go to the President's desk for signature.

It keeps government funding intact and added $231 million

to Secret Service funding, as well as freeing up $20 billion

for FEMA.

Earlier the House of Representatives passed by a vote of

341 - 82 

that measure; while Senate

Democrats + moderate Republicans

approved by 78 - 18 the House Measure.

September 25, 2024

Friday til Sunday (Sept. 27 - 29) -- 2024 APPLE Festival

Four Flags Area annual APPLE Festival

at the Niles Festival grounds (17th at Lake St.)

Niles, Michigan 49120

details at

fourflagsapplefestival.org

Opens 3 - 11 p.m.

Apple Products Building / Concessions Food Trucks

Judging "Biggest Apple" 5 p.m.

at Apple Products Tent

Free Entertainment 7:30 p.m.

The 1985 Band (ABC 57 Entertainment Tent) 

FULL DAY of Annual Arts & Crafts Fair (Saturday)

Sunday includes:

Scarecrow Contest Judging, Apple Giveaway, Apple

Peeling Contest, Apple Pie Eating Contest

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Who is Claudia Sheinbaum?

New President of Mexico (Oct. 1, 2024 inauguration)

she is a climate scientist and a former mayor.

nytimes.com/20204/10/01/world/Americas/mexico-Claudia-sheinbaum.html/


Dr. Jill Biden (FLOTUS) will lead the Biden-Harris delegation for the

first Woman President's ceremony and speech beginning a new term.

thehill.com/Latino/4886599/Dr-jill-biden-claudia-sheinbaum et cetera

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

3 - 10 p.m.

Opening hours of the Four Flags Area Apple Festival

2024 (Thursday 9/26)

Concessions (Food Trucks) & Skerbeck Rides/Carnival

4 p.m. Submit entries for "Biggest Apple Contest"

5 - 7 p.m. Submit entries for Scarecrow Contest

All Ages Welcome - fourflagsapplefestival.org

No Pets

No Weapons

No Smoking at any time

Parking Donation $5

2024 Apple Festival Days (Niles, MI)

Sept. 26 - 29, 2024

Apple Festival Grounds, 17th at Lake Streets

Niles, Michigan 49120 

Hurricanes Helene & John (Sept. 24, 2024)

Hurricane Helene will make landfall at Florida

Tuesday or Wednesday


Next weather extreme storm to hit Mexico on way

to other points at Gulf states.

ONGOING developments

Monday, September 23, 2024

Presenters at AQUINAS 800 : Univ. of Notre Dame [week of Sept. 23, 2024]

 Rev. Serge-Thomas Bonino

Rev. Thomas J. White

Rev. Wojciech Giertych

National Centenarians Day

Today

September 23rd

IS

National CENTENARIANS

Day!  Celebrate good times!

Happy Birthday to Bruce Springsteen!

on SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Bruce Springsteen

is 75!

Sunday, September 22, 2024

UN General Assembly (week of Sept. 23 - 26), NYC headquarters

For 2024

the General Assembly of the United Nations will meet

with heads of states / Presidents / Prime Ministers

to address the diplomatic body at its headquarters

in New York City (Manhattan) NY over 4 - 5 days.

Al Smith Dinner - Hilton Midtown, New York City, NY (Oct. 17, 2024)

Confirmed in attendance: Donald J. Trump;

Host: Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archdiocese

of New York;

Emcee in 2024 is Jim Gaffigan, stand-up comedian;

Declined invitation: Kamala Harris;

She is happy to accept the 2025 annual

dinner invitation if she is elected POTUS.

Other notable candidates who declined were

Walter Mondale (1984),

both Bill Clinton & Bob Dole (1996),

neither of whom were invited.

Both Hillary Clinton & Trump attended in 2016

where the real estate magnate/investor insulted his

opponent and made vicious remarks for all to hear.

IN 2020

Joseph R. Biden made a zoom appearance with

casual, faith-based comments in his dinner address.

The candidate Al Smith in 1928 was the first

to be nominated for POTUS as a practicing R. Catholic.

What themes are pre-announced in Thomistica.net?

The contemporary scholars invited

to address "AQUINAS 800" at

Univ. of Notre Dame (Indiana) during

September 22 - 25, 2024

work in these fields / investigations :

ethics

metaphysics

epistemology

anthropology

political theory

Christology

Trinitarian theology

sacramental theology

ecclesiology (doctrine of the church)

Cokesbury / Abingdon Press to offer Commemorative Studies 1225 - 2025

 Aquinas 800

volume I (available 5/16/2025)

authors/Keynote speakers

David Cory,

Therese Scarpelli Cory,

William C. Mattison III

ISBN 9780813239149

pre-order price $85

Saturday, September 21, 2024

Aquinas at 800

Thomas Aquinas was a medieval scholar-theologian

who integrated philosophical discoveries of his time

(Aristotle from Arabic sources) and the Scholastic

methods of European doctrine & philosophy. . .

World-level CONFERENCE of his Birth 

at University of Notre Dame IN (S. Bend)

and the campus of Saint Mary's College (South Bend, IN)

Ad Multos Annos

4 keynote speakers

including Ethics / Theology professor

Jean Porter, who is John A. O'brien

Professor of Theology at Univ. Notre Dame;

al.ND.edu/events/conference/Aquinas-at-800/

September 22 - 25, 2024

more than 30 invited speakers and +120

speakers will present submitted papers at

concurrent sessions

Youth Day - Sept. 21, 2024

Pre-Apple Festival events for 2024 FOUR FLAGS

fall 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

at Festival Grounds 17th Street at Lake Street

Niles, Michigan 49120

Bike & Trike registration begins at 9 a.m.

9:30 a.m. Race begins at Middle School

Parking Lot

YOUTH PARADE LINE-UP

Noon with parade at Eastside Park 17th at Sycamore

1-3 p.m. Youth Expo from local businesses

FREE HOT DOGS, CHIPS, Water, Snow Cones,

Cotton Candy

Friday, September 20, 2024

LINKIN PARK : cease and desist Order to Trump - Vance campaign

 Don't use our music, specifically

IN THE END

at your Rallies / Twitter postings

Brendan Urie, songwriter "PANIC AT THE DISCO"

One of many composers / singers / performers

who told #DJT Don't use my music

specifically his song

"High Hopes"

billboard.com/lists/

musicians-slam-donald-trump-

music-campaign-beyonce-22

Fighting Illini (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana) play U. Nebraska Friday 8 p.m. FOX

FOX has announced its coverage of a Big 10 (actually 18) match-up

between Illinois and a western-conference opponent (Cornhuskers)

from 8 - 11 p.m. Eastern (7 p.m. in Lincoln NE) at Memorial Stadium

Halftime score 17 - 10 but tied at end of regulation

ILLINI win in Overtime 31 - 24 at Lincoln, NE


Adrian College (South Michigan) - liberal arts college

adrian.edu/ 

HOMECOMING

September 27 11 a.m. EDT

until Sunday Sept. 29, 2024 11 a.m.

adrian.edu/calendar

Kilauea Volcano - September 2024

Thursday 9/19

Hawai'i has an active volcano - Kilauea

It is erupting again in the remote areas of

Volcanoes National Park that is not open to the public

DETAILS: abcnews.go.com/

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Trump's announced appearances with World Leaders on "Campaign Trail"

Cancelled -- such a Sunday 9/23 monument unveiling

North of Philadelphia, PA with POLISH PRESIDENT

Andrzej Duda

Still on schedule of possible events / rallies

with UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT

Volodymyr Zelinskyy and

PRESIDENT OF INDIA

Narendra Modi

details at Reuters.com/world/us/

trump-cancels-appearance-with-

president-duda-pennsylvania-2024

Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation's Broken Heart

Stevie Wonder has announced a 10-day pre-election Tour of

swing states:

Oct. 22 - Detroit's LITTLE 
CAESAR Arena

Oct. 30 - Grand Rapids'

VAN ANDEL Arena

Oct. 8 - Pittsburgh, PA

stops in NC, GA, WI

story at freep.com/story/entertainment

Freed Between the Lines - Sept. 22 - 28, 2024

ALA.org (American Library Association) sponsors

the "Banned Books Week" 2024 with the theme

message being "Freed Between the Lines".

Honorary Chair is

Ava DuVernay

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Fall Equinox - Sunday 9/22

The first day of Fall / Autumn

begins at 8:44 a.m. EDT

September 22 for 2024. 

Opposition to "Right to IVF" Act

These 9 incumbent and up-for-re-election U.S. Senators

voted as a block against the bipartisan legislation

Sept. 17, 2024.  While Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins

and the Indep. senators (Angus King, Bernie Sanders) voted

to consider and debate the proposed Act, authored by IVF

mom (a Veteran) Tammy Duckworth

this group opposed the bipartisan effort, keeping it from

reaching a 60-margin requirement [ Filibuster-proof ]

John Barasso

Marcia Blackburn

Kevin Kramer

Raphael Cruz

Debbie Fisher

Johs Hawley

Rich Scott

Roger Whittaker

Other Networks pick up 9 p.m. VP Debate (Oct. 1)

Scheduling for Tuesday October 1, 2024

indicates that the Republican vs. Democratic

nominees for Vice President on the 2 major

party tickets will take place at CBS studios

90-minute format with moderators/hosts

Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan, CBS

News anchor and FACE_THE_NATION host.

Yes, it will be shared to

other outlets: ABC, NBC,

PBS, CNN, FOX

Dense Fog Advisory (N. Indiana & St. Joseph County, MI)

Wed. Sept. 18, 2024

National Weather Service has issued a

Dense Fog Advisory until

9 a.m. [ less than 1/4

mile visibility ]

HAZARDOUS DRIVING

CONDITIONS

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Pharrell Williams sent "cease & desist" letter to Trump Rally arrangers 2020

The song

"Happy"

used in a campaign rally in Indiana

2020 hours after shooting attack / genocide

slaughter of worshipers at

Tree of Life Synagogue,

Philadelphia, PA

Foo Fighters -- to sue Trump-Vance campaign

Over use of 

"My Hero"

to promote RFK, Jr. walking out on stage

at campaign rally 

2024 

Constitution Day

anniversary of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution

September 17, 1787

Right to IVF Act -- U.S. Senate vote today

Democratic Party MAJORITY leader Chuck Schumer

will put before the 100 senators today --

a "Right to In Vitro Fertilization" act that would

make federal law ensure a Right for individuals

to receive IVF treatment which would override 

any attempt at the State level to restrict access.

Mandate would cover employer-sponsored insurance

plans and expand what is already available under

U.S. military service members and veterans coverage.

cnn.com/   Tuesday 17 September 2024

Monday, September 16, 2024

Happy 100th Birthday, Lauren Bacall!

The noted American actress

was born

Sept. 16, 1924; she gained

fame and acclaim for her

portrayals in

To Have and Have Not;

The Big Sleep;

Key Largo;

How to Marry a Millionaire;

as well as TV roles.

Two AGATHA CHRISTIE adaptations

Appointment w/ Death & Murder

on the Orient Express (1974).

Voyager 1 -- now 15 billion miles away

September 16, 2024

NASA released news today of the Space Probe

Voyager 1

launched Sept. 5, 1977

needed to switch its thrusters to maintain communication

with Earth technology

DETAILS at CNN article

cnn.com/2024/09/16/science/voyager-1-thruster-issue/index.html

Recalled products (Michigan KNOLL FARM CREAMERY)

September 16, 2024

Goat Milk Cheeses,

Chevre',

Feta,

Charbonnel,

Cheddar,

Cabra Borracho,

Quixote,

Rhymney,

Cow Milk Cheese,

and many others

see further:ABC57.com/news/potentially-dangerous-

dairy-sold-at-michigan-markets

phone 1-800-292-3939

Omission and "snubs" from the EMMY 76th Anniversary show (9/15/2024)

Omitted from the list of those TV creative members/ nominees

of the past was:

Shelley Duvall (died July 2024)

twice-nominated for children's

programming (Creator, acting,

executive);

Joe Flaherty (died April 2024)

NBC comedy Freaks & Geeks;

among others.

Sunday, September 15, 2024

The Shepherd of Hermas -- callistus catacomb

from Foucault's Heterotopia in Christian Catacombs:

constructing spaces and symbols in Ancient Rome (Palgrave

MacMillan, 2013) by Eric C. Smith

The composition of the text 

happened in Rome in decades

before the construction &  decoration

of the first Christian catacombs (A.D. 180)

The varied tableau of moral instruction,

practical advice, social & political

critique. . .Vision 3 feature a woman & a tower

while Similitude 1 features a tale of two

cities (Rome & shepherd's native city).

pages 86-90

Friday, September 13, 2024

The debate over Presidential debates is over

Friday the 13th

Trump has declared

NO THIRD

DEBATE

Brennan

Additional moderator named to VP Debate

October 1, 2024 (CBS News)

at New York City

Margaret Brennan

host of FACE_THE_NATION

Who is Laura Loomer?

#DJT new BFF

they had a 9/11 anniversary conversation during

his commuting from Manhattan, NY and Shanksville, PA

commemorations (Engine Company 4 Ladder Co. 15 

station) NY City. 

One year ago she posted a video suggesting that

the al Qaeda attack on WTC was an "inside job."

She is a far-right conspiracy theorist

who has made appallingly racist and extreme statements 

about VP Kamala Harris' maternal heritage as an

Indian-Bahamian child of immigrants

see further:

cnn.com/2024/09/13/politics/Trump-no-debate-rematch-analysis.index.html

McD's 50-cent Double Cheeseburgers

LIMITED TIME:

Only on "National Cheeseburger Day"

September 18 (annually)

CBS to invite Vance & Walz to final debate of 2024 "season"

October 1, 2024

New York City

The sole VP Debate is hosted

by Nora O'Donnell, CBS Anchor

9 p.m. Eastern

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Reproductive Rights on the Ballot (10 states)

Arizona

Colorado

Florida

Maryland

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New York

South Dakota.

ARKANSAS will not due to

the state blocking the citizen

petitions and the State Supreme

Court following the GOP/MAGA

supermajority


Three Rivers, Michigan (SW Michigan county seat)

UPDATE -- A second day of closed schools (Friday 9/13);

authorities did announce that a student in the district

was responsible for an online threat at mid-week.


Thoughts and prayers with the school administrators and

teachers/staff:  Public School district closes K - 12 grades

today Sept. 12, 2024 due to social media threat

wndu.com/2024/09/12/three-rivers-community-schools-

closed-thursday-due-to-social-media-threat/

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

September 2024 full moon - HARVEST - Lunar Eclipse may be viewable

Harvest Full Moon

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Rises at sunset

reaches peak illumination at

10:34 p.m. Eastern

67.1 million viewers / households watching TV

How many homes were tuned to the 2nd Presidential

Debate (Sept. 10, 2024)?

67+ million viewers

according to Nielsen

estimates

nielsen.com/newscenter/2024/

over-67-million-viewers online 

article


RFK, Jr. still on the ballot (Nov.5) for POTUS

UPDATE: NY State Supreme Court rules

that RFK wrongly stated his primary residence falsely

Thus he will not be on the NY Ballot for voting.

These 21 states will still list him as eligible :

Alaska

California

Colorado

Delaware

Hawai'i

Indiana

Iowa

Kentucky

Louisiana

Michigan

Minnesota

Nebraska

Oklahoma

Oregon

Tennessee

Utah

Vermont

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Also = Alabama, Arkansas,

Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois,

Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi,

New Jersey, New Mexico,

Rhode Island, South Dakota,

Washington, also D.C.

he is removed from the other 

18 states' general election

BALLOTS.

Stopgap measure (House Approp. Bill) pulled by House Spkr. Mike Johnson

UPDATE (Mid-September 2024): a "Clean CR" is now

being proposed -- deadline for action before Govt. closure

is Monday Sept. 30, 2024

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana)

pulled a stopgap spending plan

from its Wed. Floor vote that

he had scheduled.  The reason

was that he did not have a

majority of his own MAGA

representatives on board to pass

the measure that would extend

the government services and payments

beyond Sept. 30, 2024.

Dystopian Novel: "1984" published 75 years ago

AUTHOR: 

George Orwell (ERIC BLAIR)

published the shocking tale

of a working censor at the "Ministry

of Truth" in Big Brother's realm.

1949, 352 pages, with new

foreword and afterword

Historical "revisionism" - blatant misrepresentation of actual complicity / conspiring

In Sept. 10, 2024 debate

PREDECESSOR #DJT

I had nothing to do with

(the Jan. 6 insurrection/riot

at the U.S. Capitol)

other than they asked me 

to make a speech

8:45 a.m.

First hijacked plane hits Tower 1

of the World Trade Towers,

Manhattan, NY City, NY

USA

9/11/2001

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Hunger Action Month 2024

feeding America.org/take-action/hunger-action-month

September 1 - 30 annually

Feeding America charity 

12 Standout movie performances from James Earl Jones

 Dr. Strangelove

The Great White Hope

The Man

Claudine

The Bingo Long All-Stars & Motor Kings

Star Wars (voice of Darth Vader)

Matewan

Field of Dreams

The Lion King

Cry, the Beloved Country

A Family Thing

The Second Civil War

2nd and Last Presidential Debate (POTUS 2024: who will be successor to J. Biden?)

 September 10, 2024

9 - 10:30 p.m. Eastern

ABC News moderators

David Muir and Linsey Davis

No "Studio Audience"/Rally

crowd  . . . no opening stmts,

no cross-questioning, only

the moderators will offer

questions and keep time limits

UPDATE:

As of Thursday 9/12/2024

Candidate Trump declines to

participate in any Sept. or Oct.

debate dates proposed by VP Harris

Monday, September 9, 2024

Portolan -- a kind of maritime map

All maps consist of three main components

Drawings,

Written text,

Measurement scales.

In other words, maps have an image, whole

or in part, of the world, with legends

and instructions, and finally, measurable

quantities.

The portolan --

an old maritime map on parchment or,

more rarely, on paper -- is foremost a

spiderweb of fine lines radiating from

focal points on the map's background. . .

In short, it's an abstract schematic over

which coastal outlines are superimposted

and which are labeled in perpendicular

fashion with names of ports, harbors, capes,

and islets.

Jean Parmentier, sailor-poet

from THE GOLDEN AGE OF MARITIME MAPS (2013)

page 10 "Oceanic Overture"

Who shall know the marvels of the sea,

The horror of perishing there

Of emotional and troubling waves

beyond measure?

Who shall witness her roiled

by heavy winds, Shoved,

Roiled, sublimated and destroyed,

And then suddenly tranquil, without

breaks? Who will know his place in

nature's plan?

But who can say: "I have lived such

and such an adventures,"

And who but can sail above of it?

This one can very well state,

without any doubt, "Oh marvelous

and terrible workmanship

Of the marvels that live beneath"!

Niles (Michigan) High School -- SBMF Blood Drive, next month

October 10, 2024

from 8 a.m. until

2:30 p.m.

1441 Eagle Street

Niles, MI 49120

[43 appointments avbl.]

Sunday, September 8, 2024

Super-Infinite (2022 biography of John Donne)

by Katherine Rundell [2022, Farrar, Straus & Giroux]

p. 5

Sometime religious outsider

and social disaster, sometime

celebrity preacher & establishment

darling, John Donne was incapable

of being just one thing.  He

reimagined and re-invented himself,

over and over: he was a poet, lover,

essayist, lawyer, pirate, recusant,

preacher, satirist, politician, courtier,

chaplain to the King, dean of the

finest cathedral in London. . .

Donne loves the trans- prefix:

it's scattered everywhere across

his writing -- transpose,

translate, transport, transub-

stantiate.  In this Latin preposition

he saw both the CHAOS and POTENTIAL

of us.  We are, he believed, creatures

born transformable.

No man is an island - excerpt from Donne's MEDITATIONS

 No man is an island, entire

of itself; every man is a piece

of the continent, a part of the

main; if a clod be washed away 

by the sea, Europe is the less,

as well as if a promontory were,

as well as if a manor of thy

friend's or of thine own were;

any man's death diminishes me,

because I am involved in mankind,

and therefore never send to know

for whom the bell tolls; it tolls

for THEE.

About John Donne

Meditation XVII -- excerpt

When one man dies,

one chapter is not torn out

of the book, but translated into

a better language; and every

chapter must be so translated;

God employs several

translators; some pieces are

translated by age, some by

sickness, some by war,

some by justice; but God's

hand is in every translation,

and His hand shall bind up

all our scattered leaves again,

for that library where every

book shall lie upon to one

another.

Patriot Day 2024

VISITS by the competing Campaigns of

Harris & Trump will cause

overlap and "dual screens" of the

families / friends who memorialize their loved ones

with the two very different partisan wannabes for

POTUS 47.

9/11 is the =

Anniversary of the Terrorist attack

on U.S. aircraft, Pentagon (D.C.) and

the Twin World Trade Towers (Manhattan,

New York City, NY)

and the combined efforts of NY and all

of America to overcome the nearly

2,000 deaths and severe catastrophic

plane crashes in the North and South Towers,

Pentagon, Alexandria, VA and where the plan

crashed in rural Pennsylvania (near Shanksville)

September 11 (Wed.)

Saturday, September 7, 2024

Did Ron Howard direct the JD Vance biopic/memoir "Hilbilly Elegy"

 Yes.

What does he think of Vance's 

political ascent since the screen

adaptation of "ELEGY"?

There's no version of me

voting for Donold Trump

for President, whoever

the Vice President was. . .

variety.com/2024/film/

news/hilbilly-elegy-ron

howard-jd-vance-don-trump

Fumio Kishida visits Yoon Suk Yeol

The President of Japan FUMIO KISHIDA

visited the President of S. Korea

YOON SUK YEOL on Friday at Seoul.

Since early 2023, the two Asian leaders have

sought to repair ties badly frayed over

grievances stemming from Japan's colonial

rule over the Korean peninsula (1910 - 1945).

ONLINE article at

apnews.com/ japan-south-korea-kishida-yoon-visit

Fusion Fest (S. Bend Howard Park annual food & vendors)

September 14 - 15, 2024

11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Saturday

11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday

List of vendors / 30+ restaurants

at sbfusionfest.com/food-vendor/

also =

visitsouthbend.com/event/fusion-fest/5945

988 Day & Grandparents Day (9/8)

988 DAY

a national initiative dedicated to raising awareness

of 988 Suicide and Crisis

Lifeline and 

emphasizing the importance

of mental health and suicide

prevention

ALSO on Sunday 9/8/2024

is 

GRANDPARENTS Day!

Friday, September 6, 2024

Sergio Mendes (1941 - 2024)

The pianist and founder of bossa Nova music (Brasil pop-jazz)

died in Los Angeles Thursday at the age of 83.

His ensemble was Brasil '66

Over decades he had released more than 30 albums,

won 3 Grammy awards, and was nominated in 2012

for an Academy Award for original song in the film

"Rio."

nytimes.com/2024/09/06/arts/music/sergio-mendes-dead.html

John Donne -- poetic excerpt on Maps and our Goals

from Katherine Rundell's biography of Donne

Super-Infinite

the transformations of John Donne (2022)

page 86 from "The Good Morrow"

poem by J. Donne =

Let sea-discov'rers to new world

have gone, Let maps to others, 

worlds on world have shown, 

Let us possess one world, 

each hath one, and is one. 

Watch Party

WHERE: 1735 Titan Drive, IUSB campus, South Bend, IN

Presidential Debate

between GOP & Dem. Candidates

for POTUS

INVITED by IUSB are family &

friends along with IU Community

ENJOY: free food, debate Bingo

Cards, score cards, special prizes.

events.iu.edu/southbend

Thursday, September 5, 2024

First Time to Meet

September 10, 2024

on stage at ABC Presidential Debate

FIRST TIME AT public event / private

conversation

together:

Predecessor #DJT

and VP Kamala #Harris

(The twice-impeached, convicted

felon never attended 2020 

Presidential inauguration 

of his successor, 

POTUS 46)

Coin Toss

September 10, 2024 (2nd of 2 Presidential

Debates ahead of Nov. 5, 2024 election): Coin Toss

Trump wins and gets "Last Speech" at closing

while Harris campaign next picks the

position of the podium to be on RIGHT.

The mics will be switched off for the opposing

candidate while the other is speaking; a group

of pool reporters will be in the room and 

moderators will also have chances to

explain to viewers what is being said.

ALSO, the candidates CANNOT ask

questions of each other.

The Harris campaign said it was acceding to

a wish for continuity with the June 2024 debate

so that Trump would not be a no-show. 

Who is Michel Bernier?

According to Washington Post.com 

President Macron of France has

endorsed

Michel Bernier

as next Prime Minister of France's

Parliament 

Liz Cheney

At Duke University, NC yesterday

#Liz #Cheney (co-chair Congressional Investigation

Committee of Jan. 6 insurrection and attacks on

Capitol Police) endorsed at a public lecture

Kamala Harris for 
President -- Nov. 5 election

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Saving the Animals of Ukraine (Original airing was May 15, 2024)

Episode of PBS.org

"Nature" series

tonight on N. Indiana affiliate WNIT (Elkhart, IN)

household companion animals, zoo animals,

other wild and domesticated animals including

horses & livestock

September 4, 2024

Shepherd of Hermas quotation

The early Christian writing is quoted/cited in St. Irenaeus of Lyons'

ADVERSUS HAERESES (Against the Heresies) : [Book 4, ch. 20]

Correctly, then has the WRITING

expressed itself that says:

"FIRST of all believe that there

is one GOD, who established all

things and adorned them, having

created all things out of nothing

that they might have existence.  

He comprehends all things

but is comprehended by no one!"

Shepherd of Hermas, #2, Sim. 1

translated by Dominic Unger for

ACW volume 72 [books 4-5

of Irenaeus' systematic work]

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

2024 Preaching Conference - United.edu [Trotwood, OH]

United Theological Seminary (UM Church-affiliated) near

Dayton, OH is hosting its 2024 seminar on "Preaching"

Dr. Leah Schade & Dr. Xavier Johnson, speakers

united.edu/preaching-seminar

October 9 - 10, 2024

Isaac Hayes III

The Isaac Hayes estate maintains that #Trump began using

the song "Hold On, I'm Coming" as exit music for rallies

in 2020 and have continued to use his copyrighted-only

music in 2024 as in one of #DJT's recent posts on "Truth"

Social.

"We are very grateful and happy for the decision by 

Judge Thrash -- I want this to serve as an opportunity 

for other artists to come forward that don't want their

music used by DonOld Tr*mp or other political entities."

Judge Thomas Thrash, Jr. made the ruling from the

bench in court in Atlanta, GA.

I DO ORDER TRUMP & HIS CAMPAIGN TO
NOT USE THE SONG WITHOUT PROPER LICENSE

James William Ercolani

Teen heartthrob actor of the 1950s

and TV actor in the 60s and afterward,

star of "Gidget" (movie) has died at age 88.

He leaves behind a wife Evy, three children,

and five grandchildren.

known by acting name of

JAMES DARREN


Sunday, September 1, 2024

Frederick Douglass Display September 2024 Niles District Library MI

abc57.com/news/niles-district-library-and-history-center-presents-

fredrick-douglass-exhibit-program

NDL (Niles MICHIGAN Library) to host

traveling exhibit in Rotunda Gallery space:

Frederick Douglass

(1815 - 1897)

Equality

nileslibrary.com/

Sept. 9 (Monday upcoming)

until Oct. 4, 2024


September 2024

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