$230 million
CNN dot-com
POTUS 47 could be seeking
an amount due to him of
nearly a quarter-of-a billion dollars. . .
My part of the city, state, nation, world, solar system, galaxy, universe
$230 million
CNN dot-com
POTUS 47 could be seeking
an amount due to him of
nearly a quarter-of-a billion dollars. . .
from Ryan Coogler's
Sinners
"I lied to you" &
"(Last time)
I seen the sun" (a duet)
Anibal Perez-Linan, prof. of
political science & global affairs.
Also commenting was Prof. Mary
Ellen O'Connell of the Law School
and concurrent professor of
international peace studies:
"International law on the use of force leaves no room for
using military force to kill individuals or groups suspected
of any crimes"
ND Student-journalist : Grace Sullivan article posted early
10/16/2025
ndsmcobserver dot-com
nd-professors-comment-on-u-s-attacks-against-suspected-drug-trafficking-boats
To open nationally
in theaters (Oct. 24, 2025)
_____________________
fourth Friday this month
_____________________
Springsteen's journey
in crafting his 1982
album Nebraska which
emerged as he recorded
Born in the USA with the
E Street Band. Based on
Warren Zanes' book.
IMDb (Internet Movie Data base)
web platform informs its users that
the April 2025 blockbuster will get
a re-release to wide-screen, super-sound
Theaters Oct. 30th since its Spring 2025
box office competition was cut short with
the release of "Thunderbolts" by Marvel Studios.
Imax 70 mm
Jerusalem POST
Oct. 2025
"Ancient 1,500 year old synagogue uncovererd
in Golan Heights Nature Reserve"
It was built of basalt and hewn stone
INSIDE and around the structural walls
archaeologists unearthed menorah and lamp
motifs, elements interpreted as parts of Ark of
the Covenant
jpost.com/archaeology/article-869947
Trump threatens to ERADICATE
Hamas if it doesn't uphold the
cease-fire he wants credit for
in Gaza and boundary areas . . .
usatoday (Oct. 21, 2025)
Reporter Joey Garrison cites
quotations trump-hamas-ceasefire-deal-israel-gaza
USA TODAY politics / trump-news
Tzachi Hanegbi
[ see details at Jpost.com ]
Jerusalem Post - 21 Oct. 2025
Hanegbi was a long-time
"National Security Chief"
in Netanyahu enablers / paid
"fixers"
Trump Social media
Deep-Fake
AI
Video of "King" flying over "No-Kings" protesters
must
take down accompanying music
track -- No Permission Granted by
Kenny Loggins for his song
Danger Zone . . .
after buying cheapest Seattle Mariner stadium
ticket possible and not drinking the beer nor
spending the night in a Seattle, WA (USA)
hotel -- diehard Blue Jay fans still long for
a return to 1992 : the last time they won a
World Series.
APnews.com/article/canada-boycott-trump
world-series-toronto-blue-jays-seattle-mariners
October 17, 2025
2 p.m. Eastern TIME
The HILL covers the story
Trump 2.0 compliments
Zelensky's very "stylish" jacket
August 18, 2025
President Zelinskiyy "shines"
in a Gilded Age White House
OVAL OFFICE when his
Look is stylish, new, and
unexpected . . . the fashion
critic that matters is married
the 3rd time to a Fashion
Super-Model . . .
"Zelinsky Suits Up for Trump"
nytimes.com/2025/8/18
zelinsky-suit-trump-meeting.html
After winning Trump's $20 billion,
President Milei (anarcho - populist)
must win votes from voting public
SUNDAY October 26, 2025
as ARGENTINA's industry reels
AP News dot-com
article/argentine-javier-milei-donald-trump-
midterms-cc419ed02f1cdcb0c6ab399078oa9fbb
Chris Brennan, USA TODAY
"Trump's Tariff War with China :
US SOYBEAN crisis is a 'man-made' one"
usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/10/15/
trumps-tariff-war-china-soybean-farms-risk . . .
Deb Fischer (recently elected NB Senator)
has objected to the "deal"
made between POTUS 47
and Argentine President
Milei to import into U.S.
consumer markets
Argentine Beef. No word
whether she will also seek
to gain shipment from Farm
Belt of Soybean overproduction
into Argentine markets since they
have taken over the huge China
market need for an annual Soybean crop. . .
further : at The HILL dot-com
Details at REUTERS (British press agency platform)
dot-com
Tuesday Oct. 21, 2025
News of Putin- Trump bilateral summit is also disappearing
along with hope of "Peace" - President bringing resolution
to Ukraine's devastation from missiles, bomb strikes, drone attacks. . .
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
Bring me my bow of burning gold:
Bring me my arrows of desire:
Bring me my spear: O clouds unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land
[ the visionary poet William Blake
was inspired by the legend of Jesus
visiting Glastonbury, England
with relative Joseph of Arimethea ]
Games for the series (best of seven)
Friday Oct. 24 : at Toronto
Sat. Oct. 25 : at Toronto
Monday Oct. 27 : at L.A.
Tuesday Oct. 28 : at L.A.
if necessary 5th / 6th / 7th
Wed. Oct. 29 at L.A.
Friday Oct. 31 at Toronto
Saturday Nov. 1 at Toronto
ALL GAMES SHOWN ON
"Free TV" - Fox Entertainment
network/channel 8 p.m. Eastern
even for the Pacific Time games
Oct. 27, 28, 29 which would be
5 p.m. Los Angeles, CA Local Time
Monday Oct. 20, 2025 -- reported by POLITICO's
Jacob Wendler
"I don't like you either
and I probably never will" --
see details of this awkward,
stubborn thin-skinned voicing of
Trump's essential "transactional" requirement:
I Like those ingratiating before me /
I Despise anyone who holds out praising me
politico.com/news/2025/10/20/trump-australian-ambassador-rudd-meeting-00615379
Trump in the past has attempted
to bully the Australian former
P.M. slandering him as
not the brightest bulb in the shed . . .
Unidentified / unnamed sources
are hedging about the
Budapest, Hungary -- RUSSIA-
USA Executive Branch
meeting that Trump 2.0
intends to move on with
a kind of appeasement result
as far as the Ukrainian populace
and those still in the crosshairs
of the Russian - Belarusian - N. Korean
troops - artillery - drones . . .
No Word means "no such action likely in
next 10 days"/ if not far longer.
FaceBook page
Noon -- Artisan Market
at Iron Shoe Distillery (3rd at Broadway, downtown)________
"Odd & Unusual" Tour (all day)
NILES History Center
Pet Costume Contest (Iron Shoe
Distillery) - bring your pet (any kind)
in costume where they will snap
an e-photo and post at FaceBook for
online voting -- Prizes t.b.a.
Downtown Trick-or-Treating
4 - 5 p.m. -- please accompany
kids from business to business.
visit UNCOVER NILES dot-com web platform
16th Annual
Holland FREE HEALTH
CLINIC
Fundraiser
in the charming town of Holland, Michigan
Saturday Oct. 25, 2025
Fees range from $6.30 to $38.10
Two races see
findarace.com/us/events/run-for-your-life-5k-5
Little Pumpkins race is at 8:45 a.m.
HOLLAND, Michigan
Tuesday Oct. 21, 2025
Greater Niles CHAMBER event
greaternileschamber.com/community-events
Sponsor: Circle Credit Union
5:30 - 7 p.m. as supply lasts
O'Brien Room, YMCA
Enjoy a complimentary bowl
of soup and meet one another
in a community setting!
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025
third Tuesdays monthly
I Cheerfully Refuse
Leif Unger
those who sign up and RSVP
can receive a free copy;
date of the panel (Community
Leaders) discussion is
October 29, 2025
6 p.m. at the
BUCHANAN (Michigan)
DISTRICT LIBRARY
go to:
www.buchanandlibary.org/2025-10-29-one-book-one-buchanan-community-wide-discussion
LEARN MORE and COME TO SHARE opinions / reactions
15.8 million
over half of whom
live outside of Ontario
(province where the MLB
stadium is located). That
is the strongest fan base of
any Canadian professional
team in any sport.
3 for visitors
HOME TEAM - Toronto
Blue Jays (A.L.) 4
Visitors Seattle Mariners
hosted by
TORONTO BLUE JAYS
starts at 8 p.m. Eastern Time
Game 7 of the American League
MLB Championship (for Pennant
bragging rights) ahead of the World Series 2025
also shown on
SportsNet and SportsNet+ in
Canada.
Tonight
Monday Oct. 20, 2025
second time that the Toronto
Blue Jays will play in a clinch
game for an American League Pennant
and a chance to advance to a World Series.
The last time was in October 1985, 40 years ago.
nytimes.com/athletic/6731944/2025/10/19/mariners-blue-jays-game-6-
score-result-alcs-playoff-mlb/
October 21 -- 9 p.m.
REUTERS platform
"White House says it will submit
ballroom plans for review
now that demolition is
underway" Reuters.com
Jonathan Edwards & Dan Diamond reporters
"Part of White House demolished for ballroom,
contradicting Trump's claim"
see Washington POST dot-com
coverage of the immediately proceeding of the
clearing of White House planted trees (some historically
significant on the grounds of the landmark U.S. residence
of POTUS & FLOTUS) -- 15 Sept. 2025
_____________________________________________
NBC NEWS has the details
PETER NICHOLAS Story
posted Saturday 9/13/2025
5:38 p.m. Eastern
"Trump says the
new WHITE HOUSE
ballroom will be a
little bigger than initially
planned "
ESTIMATES at
$200 million -- to be
personally paid by "donors".
40% increase so as to accomodate
900 dancers / socialites / guests.
Washington Post dot-com -- Monday 10/20/2025 8 p.m.
"Comey asks judge to
dismiss criminal case against him,
calling it vindictive
reporters:
Jeremy Roebuck
Perry Stein
Salvador Rizzo
official Ambassador from Colombian government
has been recalled to Bogota after
Trump 2.0 called Colombia's president
an illegal drug leader and will soon make
announcements of new Tariffs to punish
the Latin American ally and to discontinue
any A.I.D. help and funding from
Secy. of State / US AID Head Marco Rubio.
Rubio who is also the Archivist of the United
States continues to serve as National Security
adviser to President Donald John Trump
(2nd term).
THIS Time around it will either be October or November
for the U.S. POTUS and the Russian President in a
bilateral negotiation that may well carve up Ukraine's borders
and strategic regions / cities / strengths-resources.
[ Trump continues to "tease" that he and Putin will meet
in Viktor Urban's capital -- world city Budapest, Hungary ]
_____________________________________________
Thirty-one years ago,
then-POTUS Bill Clinton met with
Russian president Boris Yeltsin
and Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk
in
Budapest, Hungary
for a tri-party talk in
August
1994.
Trump mulls about whether the NOV. 2025 cover
of TIME magazine
makes his "hair" disappear --
also read comments about the swelling of his legs
and how no one will see him in a "bathing suit"
usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/14/trump-time-magazine-cover/86686592007
details at
CNN dot-com
each of the 48 contiguous states
(AZ - WY) and the 49th and 50th
States (Alaska, Hawaii) have
two Senators even if some low-population
states have a single Congress Repr. for < 750,000
citizens.
BTW the District of Columbia does have more than
750,00 residents and sends only an elderly
Congressional Repr. but she is non-voting
and 0 to the
U.S. Senate.
Details at CNN.com/
The chamber is expected to
vote again on the GOP
funding bill : it failed to reach
60 votes as neither side will
compromise on ACA Health
Subsidies for poor and lower-
middle-class Americans.
Ms. Noem --
please clarify the funding source
SIGNED,
Rosa DeLauro
Connecticut -- House of Representatives,
Congress
(see Article II, U.S. Constitution)
$172 million --
call me old-fashioned but I thought
Congress spent the money . . .
"COAST GUARD BUYS
two private jets for
Noem, contract amounts to
$172 million"
"Trump Envoy
in Israel to meet with Netanyahu"
BBC.com/news/live/c2kpx7yyq9pt
EXPLANATION:
"Map shows more than 1,500 measles cases. . . ."
CBSnews.com/news/measles-outbreak-us/map
NBC Affiliate S. Bend / Elkhart, IN
WNDU has the story
2025/10/15/more-than-100-students-quarantined-amid-measles-outbreak-
south-carolina-schools . . .
Spartanburg county, GREENVILLE, SC
Global Academy and Fairforest Elementary
She proudly crowed that her
job was to
turn New Jersey "red"
a rare overt political
expression from a
prosecutor . . .
Judge Matthew Brann, Pennsylvania's Middle District
(Federal Court Judge) rule on August 21, 2025
that Alina Habba is acting UNLAWFULLY
as "Acting" U.S. attorney and her actions are VOID.
NBC NEWS Breaking News update on 8/21st
see POLITICO.com online article following a 4-hour
hearing where both sides argued vociferously . . .
Alina Habba - Trump personal lawyer -- her successor
at NJ "Acting" U.S. attorney was fired by Pamela Jo
Bondi and Donald John Trump -- this maneuver will
be sorted out in U.S. District Judicial court by
Matthew Brann -- see politico.com/2025
08/01/federal-judge-will-decide-whether-trump-ally
alina-habba-can-lead-prosecutions-in-new-jersey-00489575
____________________________________________
Trump's pick for
Interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey
Monday March 24, 2025 (her temp position only
could have 120-day limited impact).
She was his personal lawyer in
sexual abuse and defamation lawyers.
She will immediately begin to supervise
the work of about 150 prosecutors.
She previously ran a small firm
specializing in civil litigation;
her style is pugilistic, openly political.
Swearing-in ceremony
rollcall.com/factbase/Trump/transcript/
donald-trump-remarks-aline-habba
Another of Trump's personal lawyers must
be defended in an appeal court setting today --
see ABC News coverage (Oct. 20th , 12:03 a.m.)
Her actions since July could be argued as
Void.
Jerusalem POST
Monday Oct. 20, 2025
israel-news/defense-news/2025/10/20/live-updates-870986
Netanyahu had been scheduled to testify
between 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
and on Tuesday between 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
at the Jerusalem District Court.
Niles District Library
Niles, MICHIGAN
near downtown on Cedar, 600 block
next to History Center.
3rd Monday topic -- Readers' discussion
also entails Viewing a Movie / TV limited
run series :
The "Book" is Better than the "Movie"
Group leader will ask
readers - fans of Shirley Jackson
and
The Haunting of Hill House
(1959) a signature novel
of the popular American
Gothic writer: Shirley Jackson
DETAILS of meeting (Third Monday) - free to public
6 - 7 p.m.
October 20, 2025
NILES (MI) District Library
Board Room --
2018 NetFlix adaptation
nileslibrary.com/single-event/the-book-was-better-book-club/
4-2/2025-10-20/
Artillery shrapnel did hit vehicles . . .
6:19 p.m.
Sunday night -- during an afternoon event PACIFIC Time
Premature detonation of an explosive shell fired
Over INTERSTATE 5
in California -- Gov. Newsome
had warned Vance and Hegseth
of the inherent danger to motorists
and audience members, but the
two proceeded ahead -- causing
the damage to the protective detail.
us/politics/shell-interstate-5-marines-california.html
NPR dot-org
online coverage of the LAW Enforcement
personnel
npr.org/news 2025-10-18
as-they-go-unpaid-capitol-police-are-a-daily-
reminder-for-lawmakers-of-shutdown-pain
Using "X" / formerly Twitter
the President of the United States angrily lashed
back at a Latin American country's leader calling him
an illegal drug leader --
#DJT was provoked by a similar
SOCIAL MEDIA posting by
elected President GUSTAVO PETRO.
nytimes.com/live/2025/10/19/trump-news
At Nuremberg WAR TRIALS
Nov. 20, 1945
21 stood trial while 3 others charged had committed suicide:
Adolph Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Robert Ley
Hermann Goring (subject of Nov. 2025 film)
Hans Frank
Wilhelm Frick
Hans Fritzsche
Rudolph Hess
Alfred Jodl
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Wilhelm Keitel
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen & Halbach
Konstantin von Neurath
Franz von Papen
Erich Raeder
Alfred Rosenberg
Fritz Sauckel
Hjalmar Schacht
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Albert Speer
Baldur von Spirach (leader of Hitler Youth)
Julius Streicher
MARTIN BORMANN (tried in absentia)
OCTOBER
24 - 28, 2025
ancient St. Bishoy_ Monastery
at Wadi El Natrun, Alexandria,
Egypt
Details at
oikoumene.org/events/nicaea-2025#sixth-
world-conference-on-faith-and-order
"Where now for visible unity?"
The See of Alexandria is
historically significant for
early/ancient Christianity,
with an important role in
the debates that led to
the Council of Nicaea.
In an interview on FOX NEWS dot-com/ live TV
Trump obfuscates =
"there's a time line . . . not
a hard line . . .they've lived
there a long time. . .they're
very violent . . ." -- such
repeated assertions despite
his own 20-point plan that
called for HAMAS' disarmament
as a key demand made by Israel's
negotiators at the secret, hidden
cease-fire peace negotiations . . .
At one point Trump bruskly
left behind peace-rhetoric, saying
if HAMAS did not leave behind
the arms/weapons, "We Will Have
NO Choice But To Go & Kill Them."
The junior Senator told MEET THE PRESS:
Around a quarter of ships
that the Coast Guard stops
near Miami to inspect have
no drugs onboard; an equal
number of boats on which
POTUS authorized lethal
missile strikes could have
innocent passengers on board.
"The President shouldn't
do
this by
himself. The attacks
go
against
all our tradition!"
Comments on
MEET THE PRESS
(longtime NBC News
interview / panel Sunday "show")
Pres. Zelensky who blamed the
delay of such technology transfer both
on POTUS 46 (Biden) and the
current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue who remains in touch with
War Criminal Putin who hope to
meet soon in conference at Budapest,
Hungary. . .
POLITICO dot-com platform collaborative article
on how
"Trump grabbed all the levers
in washington_ : He's Micro-
Managing Phenomenally"
reporters Brendan Bordelon,
Amanda Chu,
Caitlin Oprysko
Sunday Oct. 19, 2025 11 a.m.
BBC (UK News Platform)
reported that
Colombia's President
has accused POTUS 47 of
'murder' after strike on boat
in Atlantic / Caribbean;
Gustavo Pedro added to the
known details of the undeclared
war action where citizens not only
of Venezuela but also Colombia
and Ecuador were exploded --
the vessel had its distress signal
on when it was struck by the
Southern Command in September 2025.
Starting as a "TA CUP"
sold by Fritos and Disney concessions
the 20th Century Taco Salad
has been updated as a
Large Taco Shell, containing :
Romaine Lettuce
Chipotle Ranch Dressing
Chicken
Corn
Bell Pepper
Cotija cheese
Avocado
According to WASHINGTON POST this a.m.
"Trump allows hunting
in National Wildlife Refuges
during Shutdown 2025"
Sunday Oct. 19, 2025
Before Zelensky was rebuffed by Trump 2.0 as
far as the "Deal Maker"-in-chief's reneging on
promises to help Ukraine defend itself from
War Criminal-Mastermind Putin whose missiles,
jet fighters, and drones continue to lethally hit
Ukraine's forces and civilian population --
he met with Energy Secy.
Chris Wright (Trump-
Vance bureaucrat) and met
with Bechtel,
GE Vernova,
Westinghouse Electric,
Lockheed Martin,
Raytheon.
These companies want
to help restore an energy
infrastructure ahead of a brutal
Winter as well as capitalize on
the rare earth and critical minerals
used in everything from electric
batteries to weapons and airplanes.
RYAN MANCINI article for
The-Hill.Com Friday 17th Oct.
Mayor Nick Shelton
Niles Michigan
may move away from a
Friday -- TRICK-or-Treat
activity to Thurs. 10/30/2025.
Stay Tuned!
UPDATE: The Apollo gallery was broken into from
an outside window with the burglars in daytime escaping
by way of motorbikes. The stolen jewels were from the
FRENCH Crown jewels.
Sunday
October 19, 2025
Paris, France
Rachida Dati
FRENCH Culture minister
only disclosed that there
were no injuries, the LOUVRE
would be closed and Paris
Police remain on the scene.
Committee Ranking Member for
HOUSE
Armed Services committee --
Shannon Bream, Fox News Sunday hostess
is sure to ask him about whether
Armed service military and necessary
civilian employees will be paid during this
record-setting Government Shutdown of
the two "Trump" eras : Trump 1.0 - Pence
of 2017 - 2020 and Trump 2.0 - Vance
2025 - current.
foxnews.com/shows/fox-news-sunday
Athletes in
MOUNTAIN BIKING
and
TRAIL RUNNING
are combining in a Trail Survival race called
Okukuji "X"
see NHK world/en/news/2025/10/19_02/
erupts again in
Hawai'i October 18, 2025.
The volcano continues to
shoot lava from its summit
crater. It is between 210,000
and 280,000 years old and
is on the "Big Island," Hawai'i.
see further USGS (Geological
Survey).
Sir David Attenborough
narrator - host for
NETFLIX
Secret Lives of Orangutans
in DAYTIME Emmy Ceremony
at Pasadena, CA on
Friday Oct. 17, 2025.
Attenborough has an eight-decade
career in BBC Presentations and
as a spokesman for Nature & Ecology.
The Russian invasion - autocratic
dictator's singular focus/lust for the vital
Donetsk region of UKRAINE
suggests that he is NOT backing
away from past demands that have
left his 2010s invasions and civilian
onslaught in the present-day stalemate
and genocidal slaughter . . .
Michael Birnbaum analysis in Washington
POST (online article - Sunday 10/19/25)
Exclusive for Subscribers only
WNDU.com/weather
NBC affiliate near both St. Mary's College
and Univ. of Notre Dame du Lac, S. Bend, IN
First Alert
Scattered thunderstorms to move in ahead of
7:30 p.m. Home Stadium game
Saturday Oct. 18, 2025 afternoon
on into Sunday 19th Oct.
Rain
Thunderstorms
Wind
Indonesia
Pakistan
Azerbaijan
maybe also: Egypt
Qatar
United Arab Emirates.
Jerusalem Post
also adds that a technocratic
govt. may be overseen by
a Trump chaired
"BOARD of PEACE"
jpost.com/international/article-870690
First days of a new Month (Oct. 2025) --
Oct. 1, 2025 Visits 456
Oct. 2, 2025 visits 494
Friday Oct. 3 417
Sat. Oct. 4 480
Sunday Oct. 5, 2025 364
10/6 514
First Tuesday 10/7 705
10/8 363
Thurs. 10/9 587
Friday 10th 2,476
Sat. Oct. 11 2,955 [ most visits / views this month ]
10/12/ 2,874
10/13 2,619 -- happy Columbus Day
10/14 2,210
10/15 2,464
10/16 1,131
Friday 17th 1,581
10/18 1,712
Oct. 19 1,112
Monday 20th 1,483
Oct. 21 1,143
Oct. 22 132
Oct. 23
Friday 24th
This month total = 28,379 visits / views
Last month's total (Sept. 1 - 30,
2025) was = 36,844
Last month's end 9/30 # of visits / views was
354
ND Student media
ndsmcobserver.com
Oct. 15, 2025 online article
posted at 12:01 a.m.
From the Coliseum (USC)
University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
to the Cathedral of
College Football
South Bend, IN :
The USC - ND rivalry
by student
Payton Dymek
observer / 2025/10/ from-the-coliseum-to-the-cathedral
Hit 3 homers
Struck out 10
Milwaukee Brewers
in the National League Pennant
playoff.
He did it at Dodger Stadium, Los
Angeles with a 5 - 1 victory Friday
Oct. 17, 2025. Their opponent in the
World Series from the American League
is to be decided
last two games are in Toronto
Blue Jays
who must defeat the Seattle
Mariners.
CNN.com/2025/10/17/politics/
acosta-interview-epstein-house-oversight
Bipartisan committee (INVESTIGATIONS
House of Repr.)
released transcript of its "closed-door"
interview with the Trump 1.0 official
who was also a Federal U.S. Attorney
for S. Florida.
Washington POST exclusive
2025/10/18
"With shutdown cuts,
Trump moves closer to eliminating
Education Department" altogether
[ its PELL GRANTS and other support
to individuals & to institutions might
be taken over into Cabinet departments
such as Treasury and Commerce ]
REPORTERS
Laura Meckler
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
Reuters platform
reports that the 2 from a semi-submersible vessel
had been retrieved and rescued after a missile
hit them in the Caribbean.
4 p.m. Saturday 10/18/2025
mlive.com/politics/2025/10/michigan-national-guard-
receives-send-off-as-120-troops-head-to-texas-border.html
Army Reserve National Guard's
1430th Engineer Co.
It is anticipated to be one year in length.
NY TIMES -- Sunday Oct. 12, 2025
coverage of the Saturday explosion
where 16 were killed --
ammunition plant
60 miles west of Nashville
Accurate Energetics System.
Hickman & Humphries
Counties, TN
ATF -- part of federal investigatory
arm of Executive Branch already on site
[ DOGE devastated its staff during
post - Jan. 20, 2025 cuts/layoffs/transfers/
forced retirements ]
SINCE 2020 AES
has received tens of millions of dollars
in federal contracts, mostly from the Army,
supplying explosives used in weapons work.
U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Tze
from collection Archipelago (1995)
Gingko, cottonwood, pin oak, sweet gum, tulip tree:
our emotions resemble leaves and alive
to their shapes we are nourished.
Have you felt the expanse and contours of grief
along the edges of a big Norway maple?
Have you winced at the orange flare
wearing the curves of a curling dogwood?
I have seen from the air logged islands,
each with a network of branching gravel roads,
and felt a moment of pure anger, Aspen gold.
I have seen sandhill cranes moving in an open field,
a single white whooping crane in the flock.
And I have traveled along the contours
of leaves that have no name. Here
where the air is wet and the light is cool,
I feel what others are thinking and do not speak
I know pleasure in the veins of a sugar maple,
I am living at the edge of a new leaf.
The big hitters thus far in Jan. - October 2025 are:
A Minecraft Movie ($423 million)
Lilo & Stitch ($423 million also)
Superman ($354 million)
Jurassic World Rebirth ($339 million)
Sinners ($278 million)
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Tron: Ares (a sequel in a Disney
franchise) made $54 million since 10/10;
also "trending" is
Taylor Swift: Official Release Party of
Life of a Showgirl has made $34 million
since 10/3. Yet to premiere in theaters
are Wicked: For Good
The Running Man
Zootopia 2
Nuremberg
Hamnet
various other titles / sequels / reboots
Notable small screen MEGA - successes
Roseanne (supervising producer)
Two and a half Men (2008)
The Big Bang Theory (2007 - 19)
Young Sheldon
Georgie, Jr. & Mandy 1st Marriage
In the autumn
you will make things
according to the progress
of the season, that is,
the trees begin to fade in
their leaves on the oldest
branches, more or less,
depending on whether the
tree is represented as
growing on sterile or
fertile soil, and even more
pale and reddish those
kinds of tree that were first
to produce fruit. (p. 170,
Oxford World's Classic
edition).
Robert Penn Warren
(1905 - 1989)
Wind finds the northwest gap, fall comes.
Today, under gray cloud-scud and over gray
Wind-flicker of forest, in perfect formation, wild geese
Head for a land of warm water, the boom, the lead pellet.
Some crumple in air, fall. Some stagger, recover control,
Then take the last glide for a far glint of water. None
Knows what has happened. Now, today, watching
How tirelessly V upon V arrows the season's logic.
Do I know my own story? At least, they know
When the hour comes for the great wing-beat. Sky-strider,
Star-strider -- they rise, and the imperial utterance,
Which cries out for distance, quivers in the wheeling sky.
That much they know, and in their nature know
The path of pathlessness, with all the joy
Of destiny fulfilling its own name.
I have known time and distance, but not why I am here.
Path of logic, path of folly, all
The same -- and I stand, my face lifted now skyward.
Hearing the high beat, my arms outstretched in the tingling
Process of transformation, and soon tough legs.
With folded feet, trail in the sounding vacuum of passage,
And my heart is impacted with a fierce impulse
To unworkable utterance --
Toward sunset, at a great height.
Details at The Hill
dot-com/
smithsonian-museum-closures-government-shutdown/
October 11, 2025
According to Public Works (Niles, MI 49120)
webpage official News / legal ownership,
Silverbrook Cemetery
70 acres of land within
city limits
is city-owned and operated.
The cemetery grounds are open
from 7:30 a.m. to dusk, daily
Information concerning burial lots,
columbarium niches, or fees :
call 269-683-8421 or in person
at the Cemetery Office, Niles, Michigan.
The oldest burial dates to September
1830 (Isaac Gray).
Keep in mind these prohibitions
if you participate in WALKING TOUR
No glass receptacles; No dogs; No fence,
curbing, brick, stone, or other edging
placed upon any grave. All potted
plants must be placed so as not to
impede mowing operations.
Halloween decorations permitted
Oct. 1 - 31; decorations and flowers
left after the removal dates will be
considered unwanted and will be
removed. FURTHER DETAILS/rules
nilesmi.org/department_and_divisions/
department_of_Public_Works/
silverbrook_cemetery.php
Back on Feb. 15, 1995
was the last time at Hinkle Fieldhouse
for a scheduled game of the two NCAA
powerhouse Men's BB programs. On that
occasion the Bulldogs beat the Irish 76 - 60.
In the history of Men's Basketball recorded
competitions, the first time that
the Butler Bulldogs hosted the Irish of S. Bend
was on
January 27, 1909
Over the history of the two athletic programs,
the schools/university BB teams have played
103 times, in regular and post-season match-ups.
On Friday
Oct. 17, 2025 7 p.m. at
HINKLE FIELDHOUSE,
The IRISH of South Bend, IN
won in a barn-burner 77 - 76.
Tickets ranged from $29 to $68
ticketmaster.com/butler-bulldogs-mens-basketball-vs-notre-indianapolis-10-17-25/event/
the $374,000 he was ordered to pay in
Restitution
he replied to questions, saying "ONLY
if I'm ordered by law . . ."
The New York area disgraced Congress Repr.
was released from prison Friday 17 Oct.
Evening of Oct. 17, 2025 -- the disgraced member of
House of Representatives -- POTUS 47 has
commuted all but 3 months served of
the penalty part of his federal Convictions.
washingtonpost dot-com (Jeff Bezos, publisher)
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Santos (GOP Congressman) pleaded "GUILTY" to federal
Charges:
Wire Fraud
Aggravated Identity Theft
Central Islip, NY court
AUGUST 19, 2024
Minimum sentencing requires 2 years in fed. prison,
restitution of $373,000
TODAY (July 19,2025 Saturday)
Ross Douthat : Julie K. Brown interview "What remains
to be revealed about Epstein's 2nd arrest in 2019 for sex
crimes, about what the govt. COULD release but hasn't,
and how the story is bigger than Epstein.
NYTimes.com/2025/07/19/opinion/interesting-times-julie-k-brown-epstein.html
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Ross Douthat focused on Faith / Religion / Conservative Politics /
Philosophy / Political movements & 21st Century / History
NY TIMES columnist / acclaimed author
OPINION PAGE:
. . .I think of Trump as, persistently,
a kind of pagan or heathen figure,
much more than he is a Christian
figure. Not withstanding the attempts
to claim him as a kind of King David
or Emperor Constantine. . . The
bargain for religious conservatives
with Trump is for protection and support.
A transactional bargain. . .Particular
steps Trump-Vance administration has
taken are anti-Christian. . .the way in
which the foreign aid programs were
reshuffled and cut off was a failure of
Christian duty. . .
April 25 column / op-ed / 2025
Nov. 19, 2025
New York
Press contact: Morgan Potts
Morgan.potts@bonhams.com
Bonham's : The Gene Hackman collection of
13 works by
Auguste Rodin (19th Century)
Milton Avery (1885 - 1965)
Richard Diebenkorn (1922 - 1993)
bonhams.com/press_release/ 40628
There will no longer be a
Prince of York
says Andrew, 2nd son of
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip of Greece.
He surrenders the royal title effective
Oct. 17, 2025 due to a cascade of scandals.
See NY Times dot-com
2025/10/17/world/Europe/prince-andrew-duke-of-york-title.html
Eminem born
ON THIS DATE in 1972,
settled after custody battle
between his parents in
the East Side of Detroit, MI.
Well-known for music and
starring in the
movie 8 Mile directed and
written by Scott Silver and
directed by Curtis Hansen.
An American rapper, songwriter,
record producer and record
executive
imbd.com/name/nm0004896/bio
Nov. 4, 2025
Berrien County is allowing
votes to be cast on the day
(no special set-up at locations)
See CITY Clerk if you need an
absentee application -- 7 a.m.
until 8 p.m.
Friday -- REUTERS reports that
2 survivors of a U.S. Military attack
on vessels in the Caribbean are held
for questioning -- EXCLUSIVE -- Reuters.com
Sunday 13 Oct. 2025
Face the Nation
interview with Repr. Jim Himes, House Intelligence Cmte.
You have been asking for legal justification for the
shelling of 4 boats off coast of Venezuela . . .
Congress is being told
nothing about this . . .
cbsnews.com/news/jim-himes-connecticut-
face-the-nation-transcript
October 12, 2025
Washington POST online article
THE FIRST SHUTDOWN since
Jan. 2019.
White House officials
(TRUMP- VANCE) signal
plans to use the closed agencies
to vastly re-shape the federal
governance / government.
Oct. 1, 2025
WVPE.org (NPR affiliate
Elkhart, IN)
every day,
every week,
it moves in that direction . . .
2025-10-16/gov-braun-still-working-on-timeline-for-special-session-
for-redistricting
[ another word for GERRY MANDERING ]
UPDATED: 11 a.m. Friday Oct. 17, 2025
NBC News at federal grand jury in Maryland
COULD FACE 10 years in prison
/politics/justice-department/john-bolton-surrender-
authorities-federal-indictment-rcna238146
Details of this move to shore up
a solid part of the MAGA base :
rural Red / Purple State
Soybean Farmers
see POLITICO.com
Thune (GOP Senate
"fixer") quietly asks
Trump to open_up_Farm_
LOANS during shutdown --
as soybean farmers themselves bring in a crop
likely to set records yields yet Trump - China
Tariff War is likely to mean no "Market" for those
SOYBEANS . . .
POLITICO dot-com
Friday Oct. 17, 2025
11 a.m. Eastern
online article
$15 Billion
see
bloomberg.com
"Trump Refiles Shorter NYT
Lawsuit Judge Blasted as Too Long"
Oct. 17, 2025 - Friday a.m.
new venue will be Tampa, FL
Oct. 16 -- John Bolton indicted in
Federal court in Maryland -- Thurs.
on charges of mishandling classified
information . . .
see LIVE Update NYTimes.com/
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Back on June 19, 2025 -- ahead of Trump 2.0
massive Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Sites:
John Bolton, a Washington POLITICO
who served as national security adviser
during part of Trump-Pence administration,
was a big advocate for the War on Iraq,
and now remains a big supporter of bunker-
busting BOMBs for Fordo, the secretive
location where nuclear testing/storage/
enrichment/device development-research
has been ongoing in isolated regions
of Iran.
Mr. Bolton didn't know
whether Trump 2.0
will decide when he will issue
orders to Hegseth's Pentagon to drop that
"first-strike" weapon. But in his
experience (2017-Jan. 19, 2021),
Bolton describes Trump 1.0 as
frantic and agitated in national
security crises.
Beginning in January 2017
Trump told Michael Flynn, "You're Fired!"
and for 7 days brought in Keith Kellogg.
H.R. McMaster served that position
Feb. 2017 until April 2018;
Trump as well hired then fired
John Bolton (hired April 2018, fired Sept. 2019);
also hired for the remainder of his 2017 - Jan. 2021 term:
Robert O'Brien (Sept. 2019 until Jan. 19, 2021
which was 13 days after the Jan. 6 attempted
insurrection)
The admiral in Hegseth's Defense/War department
is leaving less than a year into his tenure
as the Pentagon escalates
attacks against boats in
the Caribbean Sea. . .
nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/politics/southern-command-stepping-down.html
Typically Admirals are appointed
for a 3-year job; Holsey is in the
midst of the biggest operation in
his 37-year career. . . . Sources tell
the NY Times that he had raised
concerns about the mission and the
attacks on the alleged "drug boats"
NY TIMES.com
Charlie Savage article (online) - Thursday Oct. 16
"How the Bolton Indictment Compares to
the Trump Classified Documents Case"
[ D of J special prosecutor Jack Smith ]
it was thrown out by FL judge Aileen
Cannon [who sided with the POTUS
who had placed her in a high position
in the Federal Judiciary]
us/politics/trump-bolton-indictment-documents.html
Admiral Holsey (currently leaving position: Southern Command)
Charles Q. Brown, Jr. (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff)
Admiral Lisa Franchetti
Vice-Admiral Shoshana Chatfield
Lt. Jeffrey Kruse (head of the Defense Intelligence Agency)
Air Force General David Allvin
Blog Statistics for "Seeking Faith & Understanding"
faithfor2008.blogspot.com/
Visits / views for
October 10 2,476
October 11 2,955 (most this
entire month)
October 12 2,874
Columbus Day (Monday) = 2,619
October 14 2,210
October 15 (Wed.) 1,989
Oct. 16 = 1,131
Oct. 17 = 1,581
Sat. 18 Oct. = 1,712
MONTH to date:
24,794
Month of Sept. 2025:
36,844 total visits / views
The 83-year-old fell in the basement on Thursday,
making his way to a vote in the Senate Chamber.
nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-fall-capitol.html
NY TIMES reports that the death certificate
for Diane Keaton nee' Diane Hall
indicates she died of bacterial pneumonia
Thursday online news -- Oct. 16, 2025
Born Oct. 16, 1962
New York City, NY
recognized playwright, screenwriter, director
You Can Count on Me (2000)
he co-wrote Gangs of New York (2002)
wrote Manchester by the Sea (2016)
NY TIMES dot-com
2025/10/15/us/brown-university-trump-contact-funding.html
mid-October
rejection of "COMPACT" for 9 elite universities to limit
international students, abolish their free speech units /
stances on academic freedom/s.
IN Mid-October news:
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced
that she will donate $40 million to help
preserve and keep before the public
Black History.
NYTimes.com/2025/10/15/realestate/mackenzie-scott-donation-black-history.html
The former wife of Jeff Bezos,
MacKenzie Scott,
did not attend her ex-husband's
wedding to Lauren Sanchez, test
pilot in the city of Venice, Italy.
Nor has she commented publicly
on the gala which ignited protests
in the European city / port.
The notoriously private author has
donated to charities $19.2 billion
since 2019. She married the AMAZON
founder in 1993 and raised their young
family of four children.
more at sheknows.com/entertainment/articles
China Trade War
how much is BLUSTER? how much will
POTUS 47 be walking quickly back once
threats on rare earths / lithium / titanium
meet China's 100% tariff threat ? ? ?
nytimes.com/2025/10/14/business/economy/trump-tariffs-lumber-furniture-china.html
mid-October 2025
BBC covers the OceanGate scandal & inquiry only
now in October 2025 revealing details
BBC.com/news/articles/cdeg7y4171xo
from ABC News (local affiliate ABC 57, S. Bend, IN)
The TITANIC-bound submersible that went missing Sunday June 18, 2023
with a crew of 5 onboard suffered a "catastrophic implosion" killing
everyone on board. . .Earlier Thursday (today) the Coast Guard
located a debris field in the
search area near TITANIC that has been assessed
to be from the external body of the submersible.
https://abc57.com/news/us-coast-guard-says-debris-field-discovered-within-search-area-for-missing-titanic-bound-submersible
Following 7 joyous days of
Sukkoth (Fall Harvest),
Simchat Torah commemorates
the giving of the TORAH (Moses
writings and other parts of
the first five Books: Genesis,
Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers,
Deuteronomy).
23rd day of the month TISHRI.
The Running Man (May 1982 paperback)
Rage
The Long Walk
Road Work
Update (Oct. 15, 2025)
Official declaration / first TV commercials stressing the
33-yr-age difference
NYTimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/seth-moulton-ed-markey-massachusetts.html
Democratic Pol. Party
primary voters (in-person and by-mail)
will likely face two if not more choices
Seth Moulton (age 46)
[ in 2014 he defeated an old-guard
politician for House Repr. seat ]
or
Ed Markey (age 79) --
who 50 years ago was elected
to the House of Repr. in 1976
from his home state of
Massachusetts . . .
Variety dot-com
reports the casting of
Jaakko Ohtonen
as Jesus the Christ
and Mariela Garriga
as Mary Magdalene.
variety.com/2025/film/global/mel-gibson-resurrection-of-the-christ-
new-jesus-mary-magdalene-1236552209/
born Oct. 15, 1965
played significant character -
R. Catholic priest from England
Fr. Peter
assigned to Ballykissangel, Ireland -
also appeared in BBC Productions
"The Vicar of Dibley" (1997)
"Tales of Sherwood Forest"
NBC News coverage of how
it is the center of resistance to Kristi Noem -
DHS - ICE - Trump 2.0
anti-immigrant rights in the Midwest . . .
it has become a chaotic militarized town
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/broadview-illinois-ice-protests-chicago-immigration-rcna236519
NBC News : Such admissions of intervention
by the CIA into other countries
are extraordinary as CIA actions are secret.
________________________________
BREAKING NEWS (New York Times)
"Trump Administration authorizes
covert action by CIA
inside Venezuela" -- Oct. 15, 2025 3 p.m.
Eastern Time Zone USA
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Out of spite, revenge, retribution
the Government of Nicholas Maduro
(President, Venezuela) has
closed the embassy
of Norway in Caracas
(capital city of
Venezuela).
reported in BBC.com/news/article Oct. 14, 2025