a President who seeks pay-off of $230 million from his own Justice Department (since 20 Jan. 2025)

 $230 million

CNN dot-com

POTUS 47 could be seeking

an amount due to him of

nearly a quarter-of-a billion dollars. . .

Songs nominated -- Original compositions - could win Academy Award next year

from Ryan Coogler's

Sinners

"I lied to you" &

"(Last time)

I seen the sun" (a duet)

Niles (MI) H.S. Vikings upcoming Friday Football versus Edwardsburg "Eddies" --

Friday Night Lights

H.S. Football (present season)

 the Vikings defeated the Vicksburg Rockets (away)

42 - 7

Friday Oct. 10, 2025

7 p.m. Eastern

_______________________________________

Sept. 19, 2025 FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

Niles Vikings play Otsego Bulldogs at home - 7 p.m.

57 - 27

APPLE FESTIVAL WEEKEND

Friday Sept. 26, 2025, 7 p.m.

Niles Vikings play at Sturgis Trojans FB Field - 7 p.m.

49 - 6

________________________

Friday Night Lights

HOMECOMING

Oct. 3 (Friday) Three Rivers Wildcats

H.S. FB plays Niles Vikings

at Niles, MI

49 - 0

__________________________________________

Oct. 17 Niles Vikings play Plainwell High School FB 

at Niles, MI (High School football field)

49 - 14

Oct. 24 Vikings travel to play the "Eddies" of Edwardsburg 

(Cass County neighbor)

at Edwardsburg Football Arena

POSSIBLE PLAYOFF schedule to be announced if eligible

_______________________________________________

2019 High School Football Game -- will start at 5:30 p.m. 

instead of evening regular time

October 4, 2019 
Portage Northern High School versus Niles High School Vikings (boys Football)
at High School athletic field

Director of Notre Dame Kellogg Institute for International Studies -- Attacks off Venezuela are unprecedented for Military of U.S. ever before

 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

SPRINGSTEEN: Deliver Me From Nowhere -- biopic of musician / lyricist / composer

 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.

Ryan Coogler's SINNERS (2025) set for re-release Oct. 30, 2025 in IMAX theaters

 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

Golan Heights archaeological site : 1,500 year old synagogue unearthed

 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 confuses wanting GAZA Peace with his ordering IDF to destroy HAMAS -- "if I asked them (Israeli fighters)"

 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

Netanyahu "throws under the bus" his Security Chief for Qatar targeted assassination raid by air this year / Oct. 7 blameworthiness

 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's deep-fake AI Video showing him as Crown bearer flying over protesters -- Composer/Singer Kenny Loggins insists "Scrub" my copyrighted song/performance

 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 . . .

Many Canadians continue to boycott U.S. & Trump but . . .

 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

It's WHAT you WEAR and who's your personal DESIGNER that matters . . .

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

Oct. 26, 2025 : Argentine one-day-only Elections [fate of Trump ally Milei will also determine Executive Branch bail-out of Monetary crisis there]

 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

Do U.S. Farmers want a bailout like Trump snuck Argentina's President Milei (ahead of that nation's 10/26 elections)? - USA TODAY Chris Brennan snubs it, asks for Free Market

 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 . . .

Nebraska junior Senator GOP MAGA Fischer posts opposition to Argentine Beef Imports on social media

 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

Russian bombardment plunges hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians into blackout

 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. . .

"Jerusalem" (hymn) -- lyric/ poetic imagery of William Blake in 1808

 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 ]

World Series 2025 : Los Angeles Dodgers (NL) versus Toronto Blue Jays (AL)

 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

Trump beligerantly voices dislike of major Pacific ally diplomat (Kevin Rudd of Australia) while the Ambassador to U.S. in that very room

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 . . .

Summit in Budapest -- Foreign Minister Lavrov (Putin diplomatic intermediary) says "Meeting on HOLD"

 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.

Fall Festival - Sat. Oct. 25 (4th Weekend) -- Niles, MI 49120-- DOWNTOWN & History Center /Library (some indoors/ some outdoors)

 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

Run for your Life 5K Sat. 10/25 Race benefitting Free Health Clinic Fundraiser - 9 a.m.

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

Free Soup -- offered to the Community 5:30 p.m. - Niles-Buchanan (MICH.) YMCA

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

Book Discussion (Community-wide) - Oct. 29 (4th Wed.) 6 p.m. = I CHEERFULLY REFUSE

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 

How many Toronto Blue Jay fans are there? Spread across Canada?

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.

 

ALCS Pennant to be awarded in 7th Game; next World Series FOX entertainment TV Network -- Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada

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.

This second Game 7 finale in Blue Jays history -- Mariners lose -- BLUE JAYs win 4 - 3

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/

Ballroom architecture - - - has demolished White House in part -- $250 million project underway 20 Oct. 2025 -- TRUMP 2.0 admits plans need to be reviewed Constitutionally

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.

James M. Comey moves to quickly dismiss Trump's "vindictive/selective" prosecution - - Oct. 20 day in Courth

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

Daniel Garcia Pena

 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).

Budapest, Hungary -- time for another "Summit" of Russian leadership with America's War-Peace President

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.

Vanity of Vanities! All is Vanity!

 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

Senior Staff for the U.S. Senate (100 for 2025-2026) -- will not be paid during Shutdown

 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.

Senators return to D.C. after hiatus / vacation : unlikely to compromise on Day 20 of Trump 2.0 shutdown

 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.

Senior Democrat on House Appropriations Committee to make inquiry

 Ms. Noem --

please clarify the funding source

SIGNED,

Rosa DeLauro

Connecticut -- House of Representatives,

Congress

(see Article II, U.S. Constitution)

Top of Line GULFSTREAM Jets -- one for the warrior Queen Kristi, one for her deputies

 $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"

Visitors Vance, Kushner, Witkoff to act on behalf of Trump's 20-point plan for "Peace" between Hamas & Israel

"Trump Envoy

in Israel to meet with Netanyahu"

BBC.com/news/live/c2kpx7yyq9pt

Map shows more than 1,500 Measles cases nationwide

 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

Shortly after Alina Habba's appointment as an interim U.S. Attorney in March 2025

She proudly crowed that her

job was to

turn New Jersey "red"

a rare overt political

expression from a 

prosecutor . . .

August 21, 2025 ruling disallows Trump giving ALINA HABBA a "temp" job over NJ Atty.'s office

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

3rd circuit court of appeals to hear Alina Habba's appeal of her firing by lower court judge in August 2025

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.

Netanyahu weekly trial hearings have been cancelled : memorial service for fallen soldiers to be held

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.

THE_HAUNTING_OF_HILL_HOUSE - discussion of the novel - Niles District Library - 6 p.m. (one-hour) Board Room Monday 20th October

 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/

Marine Corps Birthday Celebration (California) - Vance and Hegseth presiding - 155-mm. shell detonates over protective detail for Vice President

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

U.S. Capitol Police work to protect Congress -- they are not being paid during Shutdown

 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

Trump counter-accuses President Petro of being an "illegal drug leader", seems ready engage his "Department of War" w/out Congress Act declaring War on Venezuela

 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

Nazi War Criminals stood trial 80 years ago

 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)

Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order - Alexandria, Egypt near ancient Christian monastery - Friday Oct. 24, 2025

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.

Trump eases off implementation of his own 20-point "peace" plan between HAMAS and Israel IDF

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."

Rand Paul, Libertarian U.S. Senator from KY

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!"

Everybody knows now about Tomahawk (anti-missile technology); and Putin calls to Pres. Trump

 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. . .

Micro-Manager in Chief -- all the levers of power in D.C.

 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.

President Gustavo Pedro accuses Trump of "Murder"

 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.

Humongous salad -- updated for Disney's California adventure park

 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

National Wildlife Refuges -- Trump by way of Interior Secy. allows hunting during Financial Shutdown

 According to WASHINGTON POST this a.m.

"Trump allows hunting

in National Wildlife Refuges

during Shutdown 2025"

Sunday Oct. 19, 2025

Give and Take

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.

Which Night for Trick-or-Treating (children activity)? - late afternoon - early evening on School Night?

 Mayor Nick Shelton

Niles Michigan

may move away from a

Friday -- TRICK-or-Treat

activity to Thurs. 10/30/2025.

Stay Tuned!

Robbery took place Sunday a.m. at world famous LOUVRE Museum

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.

Ro Khanna (D) of California

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

Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo

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/

Mount Kilauea

 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).

Writer - Narrator - Host wins Daytime Emmy at age 99 years, 5 months -- establishing him as Oldest EMMY Winner

 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.

DONETSK : Trump triangulates with Putin War-Criminal and stiffs Zelensky of Tomahawk anti-missile technology

 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

USC - Notre Dame FOOTBALL Oct. 18 -- final score 34 - 24

 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

Gaza Stabilization Force -- which Muslim-majority countries may supply troops?

 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

October 2025 blog statistics

 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

Notre Dame versus USC : Back to Coach Knute Rockne era and the commercialization of College FOOTBALL Sport$ events

 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

Shohei Ohtani

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.

Alex Acosta -- FL official who negotiated Jeffrey Epstein trial or lack thereof

 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.

Next Step

 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

Caribbean strike survivors of U.S. Southern Command -- to be returned to Ecuador and Colombia

 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

Friday Oct. 17, 2025 Michigan Natl. Guard (Kalamazoo) head off to Texas national border (Michigan LIVE! story)

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.

Pray for the families of surviving injured and for those grieving 16 fatal, exploded employees -(TN) -

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.

The Shapes of Leaves - - - - Poet Laureate Arthur Tze

 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.

TOP 5 Box office movies from Jan. 1 - mid-October: will they remain in this order after Dec. 31, 2025?

 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)

____________________________

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

Happy 73rd Birthday to Chuck Lorre, TV series producer / writer / musician

 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

"Autumn" - comment by Leonardo da Vinci "NOTEBOOKS"

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).

Heart of Autumn by Poet Laureate Robert Penn Warren

 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.

Doors locked at Smithsonian's 17 museums, National Zoo, conservation biology institute (Virginia) during 2025 Trump-Vance govt. shutdown

 Details at The Hill

dot-com/

smithsonian-museum-closures-government-shutdown/

October 11, 2025

Silverbrook_ Cemetery (Niles, Michigan 49120)

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

Hinkle Fieldhouse saw Butler Bulldogs Men's BB play the Fighting Irish of N. Dame close to a 76 -77 finish

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/

George Santos - TRUMP 2.0 has announced commutation / release from PRISON - Oct. 17, 2025

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)

___________________________________

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

A kind of pagan or heathen figure

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

______________________________________________

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

Gene Hackman Art collection to be auctioned

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

Royal Title to be surrendered

 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

Marshall Bruce Mathers III is 53 today (October 17)!

 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

Election Day - county-wide Ballot proposals / Township referendum

 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.

Venezuelan Boats being shelled by Southern Command, U.S. Military (6,000 of our troops) - 2 survivor passengers taken on board

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

National Archives closed due to Funding Resolution remains at impasse (October 2025) -- no view of Founding Documents (school children, secondary/college learners)

 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

Indiana's MAGA Governor takes credit for Gerrymandering all across Hoosier State

 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 ]

Bolton (Former W. House National Security Advisor) pleads not guilty

 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

Marketing Assistance Loans -- John Thune (SD) quietly asks Trump-Vance-Bessent to open Financial assistance (multi-billion package)

 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 . . .

Trump preparing to re-open Alaska wildlife refuge for oil drilling

 POLITICO dot-com

Friday Oct. 17, 2025

11 a.m. Eastern

online article

a "new suit" filed by Donald John Trump against the NEW_YORK_TIMES after previous one was blasted by Judge who heard his Personal Lawyers' presentation

 $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

John Bolton -- post about INDICTMENT Oct. 16 / June 19 ahead of Iran nuclear sites missile strikes by U.S. fighter bombers / cruise missiles

Oct. 16 -- John Bolton indicted in

Federal court in Maryland -- Thurs.

on charges of mishandling classified

information . . .

see LIVE Update NYTimes.com/

________________________

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.

Trump 1.0 and his tumultuous relationships with National Security advisers -- 5 in that job over 4 years / 48 months

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)

Admiral Alvin Holsey -- is leaving his post over the SOUTHERN COMMAND (which includes Caribbean & S. America) after only a year

 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"

The case brought against Trump 1.0 on his mishandling of Classified Documents (in bathrooms Mar-A-Lago) and Bolton Indictment Thursday 10/16

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

Hegseth and the high-ranking African-American Military leaders he has shuffled out of Pentagon authority

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

Columbus Day (2nd week Sun. - Sat.)

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 

Mitch McConnell (senior Senator from KY) stumbles and falls in Capitol

 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

Diane Keaton - cause of death

 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

Happy 63rd Birthday to Director Kenneth Lonergan!

 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)

M.I.T. and Brown Universities reject Trump-Vance proposed compact that steers public govt. funds only to schools that submit absolutely

 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.

MacKenzie Scott -- philanthropist

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

Tariffs on imported Timber, Lumber, Kitchen Cabinets, take effect Oct. 14 : Trump's next deadline = Nov. 1 (16 days away)

 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

More on how 2023 submersible on expedition to imploded : shoddy engineering

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

Jewish Holy Day : Simchat Torah (eve of Oct. 15, 2025 until dusk)

 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.

Four early Stephen King novels (pen name Richard Bachman)

 The Running Man (May 1982 paperback)

Rage

The Long Walk

Road Work

10th Assembly of World Council of Churches (Busan, Korea) -- Oct. 30, 2013 until Nov. 8 -- assemblies are held every 8 years customarily

from http://wcc2013.info/ Join the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace” is the title of the Message of the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC). The assembly in Busan, Republic of Korea, was convened on 30 October 2013 and drew to a close on 8 November 2013. An assembly, the highest governing body of the WCC, is held once every seven to eight years to endorse policies, review projects and point the future direction of the organization. The “Message” of a WCC assembly is meant to report the spirit of the event as well as common commitments of representatives from 345 member churches, related religious bodies and partner organizations. It reflects the theme of an assembly, adopted beforehand by the WCC central committee. The theme of the Busan assembly was this brief prayer: “God of life, lead us to justice and peace.” The original WCC assembly at Amsterdam in 1948 sent a message to the churches and the world that included the phrase “We intend to stay together.” The Message of 2013 affirms, in the context of the churches’ invitation to the pilgrimage of justice and peace, “We intend to move together.” Describing their time in Busan and other parts of the country, participants in the 10th Assembly offered this affirmation: “We share our experience of the search for unity in Korea as a sign of hope in the world. This is not the only land where people live divided, in poverty and richness, happiness and violence, welfare and war. We are not allowed to close our eyes to harsh realities or to rest our hands from God’s transforming work. As a fellowship, the World Council of Churches stands in solidarity with the people and the churches in the Korean peninsula, and with all who strive for justice and peace.”

33 years divides two in spring 2026 political party primary : a 46-yr.-old Gulf War Veteran or an 79-yr.-old lawyer-politician (who was elected first 50 yrs.ago)?

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 . . .

Mel Gibson is proceeding to follow up "The Passion of the Christ" (2004) with a 2026 "The Resurrection of the Christ"

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/

Happy 60th birthday to Stephen Tompkinson (British actor, "Ballykissangel")

 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"

Broadview, IL

 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

Venezuela's Government

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