Rock and Roll All Nite
I Was Made for Lovin' You
Beth
Detroit Rock City
from 1975 and 1976 albums
Dressed to Kill
&
Destroyer
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The group found early success
in Detroit, Michigan; two of the
above songs reached the Top 10
of Billboard but they never had
a #1 hit on the main Top 100 list
Gene Simmons appeared on Season 8 of
The Apprentice (Trump
as "You're Fired" emcee
and network TV producer);
Ace Freehley said he was a Trump-Pence supporter
in 2020.
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The band KISS was inducted into the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 at the Barclays Center
in Brooklyn, NY -- simultaneously NIRVANA
was also inducted. The original band members
declined to perform at the induction since there
was dispute about which group deserved the
title of ORIGINAL lineup. They could have
been voted in as early as 1999 if fan support had
boosted them into the eligible by vote category.
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Paul Stanley, lead singer and chief songwriter,
doesn't smoke or use drugs. As he introduces
songs at concerts, he shouts in a heavy NY Queens
accent. [ Queens is one of the five New York
City Boroughs ]
at the Cass District Library
Main Branch
Cassopolis, Michigan
telephone 866-808-7323
Begins at 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Enjoy a day of holiday
shopping and browsing
at Cass County's main
branch library; local
vendors are bringing in
homemade baked goods
specialty crocheted items
jewelry
specialty body care products.
E-MAIL contact is
sknepple@cassdistrictlibrary.org
Michiana Chamber Orchestra
4 - 5 p.m.
SUNDAY Dec. 6, 2025
FREE TO THE PUBLIC when
you bring along a canned
good for local SPERO Food
Pantry
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Must enter the Niles District
Library ROTUNDA Entrance
[ not main entrance/exit
as Library is closed except
for this arts - music
event ]
details at
nileslibrary.com/single-event/michiana-
chamber-orchestra-christmas-concert-2/
Yesterday Dec. 5, 2025
newly sworn-in U.S. Representative Adelita Grijalva
was attacked, along with others, by ICE Agents --
along with masks ICE wore tactical gear to subdue and arrest those
at the restaurant
Taco Giro
AZMIRROR.com/briefs/
arizonas-congresswoman-grijalva-
says-she-was-pepper-sprayed . . .
during Tucson ICE raids
More on Alternate to use of invading troops into Venezuela
itself :
NCR online.org/Vatican/press-conference-pope-leo-
says-us-has-another-way-besides-attacking-venezuela
story filed by Justin McClellan -- National Catholic Reporter
December 2025 from Vatican City
POLITICO Platform (Dec. 2025)
"Pope Leo XIV warns against
military action in Venezuela" reporters
Jacob Wendler, traveling with the Pontiff
another reason not to engage in a U.S. - Venezuela Ground fighting / invasion
war for Trump-Vance "National Security - "Dept. of War" teams
"DRUG BOATS FROM Venezuela are mainly moving
Cocaine to Europe not
Fentanyl to USA"
NBC News.com/ military/drug-boats-
venezuela. . .moving cocaine
NBC NEWS coverage by Dan DeLuce, Courtney Kube,
Gordon Lubold [Nov.21, 2025 5 a.m.]
NOTRE DAME "Kellogg Institute" director
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
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/boat-strike-shows-survivors.html
Friday summation of Admiral & Chief of Staff of Military
testimony and Experts' questioning of what video
really shows of those bombed and then hit again with missile
__________________________
Oct. 2025 Trump Boat Strikes
Venezuelan armed conflict boats /
drones . html
WHAT Does the AMERICAN PUBLIC
deserve to know and offer a valid thumbs up
or thumbs down to ? ? ?
PRESS CONFERENCE --
Military attacked boat off Venezuelan Coast --
I "ordered it" says Trump-Vance Secretary of
"War"
4 killed in lethal strike
See FURTHER:
Congress told
Trump 2.0 'determined'
the U.S. is in a war with
drug cartels
(Oct. 2, 2025)
nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/trump-drug-cartels-war.html
Give these scientists a gold
medal, a big monetary reward,
and a chance to be heralded as
"LAUREATES" in the history
of science in 20th- 21st centuries!
www.nobelprize.org
Three scientists are
co-winners of the 2025 NOBEL PRIZE FOR
Chemistry
Oct. 8, 2025
5 a.m. Eastern US Time
S. Kitagawa
R. Robson
O. Yaghi
for the development of
metal-organic
frameworks
In Stockholm, Sweden
the Prize ceremonies for 2025 begin
December 6 with
Chemistry;
next Physics; Biology/Medicine;
Literature; Peace; Economics
He designed some of the world's
most recognizable buildings; Frank
Gehry died at home in Santa Monica
California Friday at the age of 96.
obituary at NY TIMES --
ONLINE ARTICLE Dec. 5 - 6, 2025
nytimes.com/2025/12/05/arts/design/
frank-gehry-dead.html
example of striking design and his
use of computers :
WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
in Los Angeles, CA
This Saturday 12/6/2025
MSP and several helping agencies announce
Stuff a Blue Goose!
How to help others in the
ADVENT /
Pre-Christmas / Hanukkah seasons
December 6, 2025 (at Wal*Mart Niles, MI
and MEIJER, Stevensville, MI)
State Police Post at Niles, MI
for this region of Michigan --
seeking items for families in
Food Crisis / stresses in Budget
and affording needed household
items.
Non-perishable / shelf-stable products
like mac-n-cheese boxed, canned meat,
ramen, pancake mix, cooking oil, syrup,
cereal. Personal items like shampoo,
conditioner, toothpaste, soap, laundry
detergent, liquid soap.
What is collected will be dispersed by
a number of already existing Social
Service / Charity organizations.
PHONE for information 269-
845-6183
her song
"I Will Survive"
- - - it was a #1 hit - - -
Sylvester Stallone
won a "Lifetime Achievement" award in 1997 from
the Academy of
Science Fiction,
Fantasy,
& Horror Films,
USA
"Trump's Pipe Bomb Conspiracy
blame game for Jan. 6, 2021
preceded Dec. 5, 2025 arrest"
Dan Bongino, former far-right PodCaster
now 2nd in command of FBI,
gets his man from Virginia
Brian Cole
who must be tried
in a Court of Law --
Trump after 2021
2nd Impeachment had
said it was an "inside job"
to "steal his 2nd Term
after the Jan. 6 insurrection". . .
USA TODAY - -
Dec. 5 , 2025 breaking news ONLINE Article
"Marcus DuBois exits CBS EVENING NEWS /
who will take over?"
Michael Crawford is 83
Gloria Gaynor is 82
Sylvester Stallone is 79
George Strait is 73
members of KISS range from
76, 73, and 67
the honor is to be given posthumously
to drummer Ace Freehly who died at age
74 this fall.
Over George Strait's
long career as a country
music performer / songwriter,
he has a proud 16 nominations
and a win in 2009 "Best
Country Album for Troubadour;
he did have 51 Country Music
Award nominations (CMAs)
and 51 ACM (Academy of
Country Music) nominations.
Sylvester Stallone
received one People's Choice
"Favorite Movie Actor"
statuette in 1986; in 1985 in
the category he was doubly
nominated for Rocky IV &
Rambo II (years 1978, 1979, 1980)
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1984 winner of
"Star" on the Walk of Fame
Motion Picture
HQ for Salvation Army, NILES Michigan 49120
1707 Miller Drive
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Ring the Bell to help your
neighbors in need!
Thereby you assist others
to get
food,
shelter,
essentials
volunteer.uwsm.org/
need/detail/?need_id=1147329
The Emperor Constantine I called the
Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (modern-day Turkey)
from May 20 until June 19, in the year 325.
Around 300 bishops attended that Council.
See Further:
christianitytoday.com/1990/10/325-first-council-of-nicea/
Breaking News:
Pope Leo XIV, leader of the world's
Roman Catholics along with
Eastern Catholic Rite aligned Christians
will visit IZNIK as part of his
Religious Itinerary to TURKEY !
UPDATE (July 11, 2025)
Panel focused on impacts and perspectives on the
NICENE CREED
regarding contemporary religion, world mission,
and eco-justice transformation.
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Document from International Theological Commission
scholars remind believers :
we should not see the NICENE CREED
as a list of things we believe, but look at
it with awe because it recounts the
greatness of God's love and gift of
salvation
On APRIL 3, 2025 the Commission document was released
in German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish [English to
be released soon]
DETAILS: NCR online.org/Vatican/vatican-news/
Nicaea-anniverary-inspires-faith-strengthens-mission-theologians-say
For this year, the prayers and reflections
for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
tie in with the anniversary of the Ecumenical
Council of Nicaea (325 C.E.) convoked by
Emperor Constantine and was attended by
318 Fathers, mostly from the East. . . Focus
on the meaning of believing and on the
affirmation of faith both "I believe" and "we
believe" (the Nicene Creed).
wcc.org/oikoumene.org
World Council of Churches
NPR includes archaeological hypothesis of
lost ancient site having been buried at bottom
of lake
npr.org/2025/11/28/nx-s15621985/pope-leo-prays-nicaea-turkey-patriarch
The Church location for the
1700 years ago
Council of Nicaea where
Emperor Constantine convened
the meeting of bishops and
preachers - theologians in 325 A.D.
Associated with
then-Bishop of Myra,
Nicholas and others
attending the Council of
Nicaea ,
the meeting of
POPE LEO XIV along
with Archbishop Bartholomew,
head of the Orthodox Church
and other Christian episcopal
leaders was Nov. 28, 2025
(one week ago) at what is
nowadays called
Lake Iznik.
Herbie Hancock
Bonnie Raitt
- - both on 2026 tours of
concert dates already fixed
The Olympic Flame (lit at Olympus, Greece)
has arrived via a plane landing at Rome
International airport Thursday. Its
torch relay will begin Saturday 12/6.
details:
www3.nhr.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20251205_12/
March 2020 book published titled
Hamnet : a novel of the Plague
"This December
Hamnet (directed by Chloe Zhao)
is understated,
ardent,
searing,
brimming with emotion . . ."
Alissa Wilkinson review
"The Rest is Silence"
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Sarah Bahr background interview
about director Zhao and novelist
Maggie O'Farrell
nytimes.com/2025/12/05/movies/hamnet-chloe-zhao-maggie-ofarell.html
The Federal Trade Commissioner
Rebecca Slaughter
continues to fight
Trump 2.0 for the
right to her job on
the Commission.
She has taken it to
SCOTUS (the highest
court in the Constitutional
Government).
30 minutes into a glitzy show at D.C.'s
Kennedy Center -- award given by
FIFA president
Golden Trophy
Golden Medal
a Certificate (paper)
First ever Global Peace winner of the
FIFA (soccer) Prize
presented by
Gianni Infantino
to his BFF
Donald John Trump
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The prize, announced in
Nov. 2025 without prior
approval from its board,
is given by FIFA Council
headed by G. Infantino.
FIFA never announced nominees
nor how its Prize could be
won by a deserving nomination.
In a news release it does plan
to give the award to
individauls who have united
people all over the world in
peace and deserve special
and unique recognition . . .
The eight wars Trump 2.0 claims
to have ended are both the
Israel - Hamas conflict and the
Russian- Ukraine invasion and
slaughter of civilians by Putin.
Another contentious inclusion that
has ruffled advocates and long-term
peace negotiators was mention of
"solving the India-Pakistan War"
(ongoing since 1948).
the Dec. 5 program was slated to
end with the Village People
performing its anthem, "YMCA."
Rocky
and sequels / spin-offs
First Blood / Rambo
(Vietnam veteran/commando)
since 2022 Tulsa Kings
a TV (made for cable) series
2016 Winner for
"Best Supporting Actor"
Creed
his portrayal of
"Rocky Balboa"
The movie was in theaters 2015.
8 - 11 p.m.
Eastern Time
[ DATE now switched to Dec. 23rd,
2025 ]
this breaks the tradition of
WEEKEND airing of the
entertainment
from a Sunday 4 - 6 weeks later.
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The honorees will be featured along
with emcee Donald John Trump,
producer, "star" of The Apprentice
(long-running NBC series) who
will introduce his "picks" :
Michael Crawford, "Star of Broadway/
London Stage" [for many years, Phantom
of the Opera ]
George Strait, "Star of Country Music"
Gloria Gaynor, "First Lady of Disco Music"
KISS, "Stars of Glam Rock, Heavy Metal"
Sylvester Stallone, "Star of Action Films /
film franchises / TV series "Tulsa
King" (current).
2025 begins a "new chapter" for the former
Kennedy Center Honors . . .
Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025 [two days before
Christmas morning]
Instead of a earlier reception 48
hours before at
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. D.C., the group
of honorees will just assemble there before
limousines take them POTUS & FLOTUS
to the Kennedy Center itself late Sunday
afternoon 12/7/2025.
UPDATE: high for
Friday only 25 degrees.
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Very atypical for
first week of December :
before sunrise low
temperature reading could be
4 degrees Fahrenheit!
Make sure your
outside animals /
companion pets are
NOT left without some
heat source or warming
area.
News told of McCrery firing and replacement with
a D.C. based firm
Shalom Baranes
following the wishes of
Trump who has already demolished
the East Wing and intends in short
duration to erect a "Ballroom" addition.
Previous
Designer of
new TRUMP
Ballroom -- dimensions now
seem to have been approved for
90,000 square feet.
Reports channeled to the Press
indicate he and the POTUS 47
(Trump 2.0) have argued about
how this will dwarf the remainder
of the entire WHITE HOUSE
(only 55,000 square feet) Nov. 28
[over long Thanksgiving 2025 break].
"Grand Jury is said to
DECLINE to re-indict
Letitia James"
Dec. 4, 2025
Remains of Thai national Agricultural
worker -- Suthislak Rinthalak - were turned over
by his captors this week ; only one Israeli Kibbutz
member remains unaccounted for from the Oct. 7, 2023
attacks / kidnappings / hostage taking from bases in
Gaza . . . details at AP News dot-com/
israel-palestinian-west-bank-gaza-hamas-hostages-thai
These are the times that try
men's souls . . . Tyranny,
like hell, is not easily conquered. . .
Tis surprising to see how a panic
will sometimes run through a country.
All nations and ages have been
subject to them. (Panics') duration
is always short; the mind soon
grows through them and acquires
a firmer_ habit than before. (Panics')
peculiar advantage is, that they are the
touchstones of sincerity and hypocrisy,
and bring things to light which otherwise
might have lain_ forever undiscovered.
. . .Let it be told to the future world that,
in the depth of winter, when nothing
but hope and virtue could survive, that
the city and country, alarmed at one
common danger, came forth to meet
it and to repulse it!
Harriet Beecher Stowe :
The bitterest tears shed over graves are
words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
Author
Jane Austen
will be celebrated by her
fans worldwide and those
with tickets for the Birthday
Ball (extreme fans call themselves
Janeites) Saturday, December 13
(in the area she lived).
nytimes.com/2025/11/26/books/jane-austen-birthday.html
a 250th celebration is called a
semiquincentennial
(in contrast to 200 years called
a bicentennial)
See coverage in Jerusalem Post
of the Colombian - born (S. American)
Cleveland-area Car Dealer / millionaire's
latest MAGA notion to eliminate foreign
nationals / those seeking to have 2 passports
and to affirm homeland and new U.S. Citizenship
jpost.com/american-politics/article-879110
The Winter Solstice
is
10:03 a.m.
Sunday
December 21, 2025;
only 9 hours and 10 minutes
daylight.
photos at Associated Press article (12/5/2025)
AP News.com/article/congo-rwanda-trump-peace-deal-conflict-us. . .
Dec. 4 "Publicity" day for
POTUS Trump 2.0
who wants accolades
for bringing "Peace",
"Goodwill toward Men"
in Africa nations --
hosted Signing ceremony
between Rwanda's President
Kagame and D.R.Congo's
Pres. Tshisekedi at the
Oval Office or "Trump
Institute of Peace".
December 4, [possible
"deportation deal" being
made to ship Africans
with visa problems to Rwanda]
Dec. 2025 UPDATE:
NCR Online dot-org [National Catholic Reporter
platform]
The idea of the walk grew from the frustration and
helplessness of seeing families endure sudden deportations
and detentions.
NCR online.org/news/after-900-mile-trek-chicago-priest-
urges-action-and-empathy-deportations
story posted 12/4/2025 online
After 900-mile trek that
Fr. Gary Graf
began at Dolton, IL (near Pope Leo XIV's childhood
home,
and traversing mainly rural route/trek 50 days from
October until December (approximate) to
arrive at Ellis Island, NY
Harbor
thedialog.org/national-news/father-gary-grafs-50-day-trek-
on-foot-to-new-york-city-highlights-migrant-families-affected-by-ice-raids/
The full moon for December 2025 is
the Cold Moon,
a Supermoon.
Dec. 4 is peak illumination
at 6:14 p.m. Eastern.
ENJOY!
Month of December
2025
December 1 (Monday) 1,959 [almost two thousand visits, views]
Dec. 2 1,522
Dec. 3 1,712
Dec. 4 1,166
Dec. 5 772
Dec. 6 (St. Nicholas' Day) 552
2nd Sunday of Advent
Total (entire month, 31 days) = 7,685
Chapter about to open in
2026
founder of MY PILLOW
Mike Lindell has filed
paperwork to enter the
GOP Primary race for
the governor's office
(see Washington Post.com)
Dec. 3, 2025 online "breaking
news"
Monday July 7, 2025
Judge Nina Wang of the U.S. District Court
(Denver, CO) ruled and admonished two of
Mike Lindell / MyPillow_ corporate lawyers
who used A.I. to prepare court documents
with computer-generated non-existent basis
that had fraudulent references / were sloppy;
the Defamation case concerning the 2020
Presidential Election results and the false
"Big Lie" promoted by the Minnesota
entrepreneur MAGA conspiracy theorist Mike
Lindell. She issued fines in the $2 million damages
libel-defamation federal court action - lawsuit.
more at USA TODAY online article
news/nation/2025/07/08/mike-lindell-attorneys-fined
artificial intelligence/
Outcome in the SmartMatic voting machine
lawsuit is deferred to a jury trial later than 2025.
see further MPR News dot-org (Minnesota
Public Radio) file archives online about
the Minnesota CEO / internet "celebrity"
in the MAGA - verse.
Philanthropist MACKENZIE SCOTT
has awarded the Upper Peninsula Michigan
college
Bay Mills College
$9 million grant
as the Bay Mills Indian
Community
announced Dec. 2, 2025
mlive.com/news/2025/12/mackenzie-scott-of-amazon-fame-
gives-9m-unrestricted-donation-to-UP-college.html
Chess Tournament
First Saturday of the month | 10 am - 2 pm | Rotunda | All Ages
Chess Tournaments are for Chess Federation members. If you would like to join us for an official UCF Tournament, stop by the Rotunda, Niles District Library, Niles, MI. 1/2 hour ahead of the start time.
Address: 620 E. Main Street, Niles, MI
MICHIGAN 49120
phone 269-683-8545
info@nileslibrary.net
UPDATE (BBC world news)
No progress after 5-hour bilateral conversation (?)
between Witkoff and Putin
Tuesday Dec. 2, 2025
Hosted in Russia by the war criminal / slaughterer
of innocents
During bilateral talks between
Steve Witkoff - Jared Kushner team
and the
Russia "team" headed by Vladimir Putin,
the Russians claim they have control of
the Ukrainian city of
Pokrovsk.
However, Ukrainians (not
invited to the bilateral negotiations)
deny this takeover . . .
Dec. 2, 2025.
WICKED: FOR GOOD
totalled at Box Office Bonanza
its first weekend $150 Million
GLOBAL Estimate for November 2025 is $233 million
(ZOOTOPIA 2 to be success as animated feature sequel) - $158.8 million +
global receipts - $586 million (Dec. 3, 2025) all reporting
countries
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The big hitters thus far in Jan. - Nov. 15, 2025 are:
A Minecraft Movie ($423 million)
Lilo & Stitch ($423 million also)
Superman ($354 million)
Jurassic World Rebirth ($339 million)
Sinners ($279 million)
Fantastic Four: First Steps ($274 million)
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Predator: Badlands
to Nov. 25th made $76.5 million domestic box
office and another $40 million
overseas thus far in Nov. 2025.
Tron: Ares (a sequel in a Disney
franchise) made $73 million since 10/10;
also stumbling is
Taylor Swift: Official Release Party of
Life of a Showgirl only made $34 million
since Oct. 3, 2025 * * * * * * * *
About to premiere in theaters
are Wicked: For Good - Nov. 21
Frankenstein (del Toro, director) after a 3-week
run the blockbuster will go to NetFlix
The Running Man -- Nov. 14 also global release
started slowly with $26.9 million
as of Nov. 25th
Zootopia 2 -- will debut Nov. 26 -- $158.8
between Wed., Thanksgiving, Black Friday -
Sunday 30th Nov.
Hamnet - near Xmas / New Year's
Avatar: Fire and Ash -- Dec. 19, 2025
various other titles / sequels / reboots
Already reported
BOX OFFICE total on Thursday 11/27/2025
for
Zootopia 2
$156 million
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To date (Dec. 3)
its worldwide Gross
total receipts are
$589.2 million
Wed. 12/3 NBC Network
"Christmas in Rockefeller center"
to be aired live TV
Dec. 3, 2025
(one week and one day from now)
from 8 - 10 p.m. Eastern
The Rockefeller Center "holiday tree"
has arrived in New York -- it will be
lit later this month.
The 2025 tree measures
75 feet tall.
Nov. 9, 2025
_______________
NBC-Universal will
have tree-lighting
(LED energy-efficient
ones)
details of Sat. Dec. 13, 2025
event to support the church and
its ministries:
Holy Trinity Ukrainian
Orthodox Church --
61314 Cty. Road 21
Goshen, IN
Event is from 10 a.m. -
3 p.m. - Bake Sale,
Silent Auction, Gift items
from Ukraine
INSIDE the Church Hall
(separate building behind the
church) - Come shopping for
the holidays - Christmas Bazaar
Evening of December 14, 2025
(a Sunday) until
Monday, Dec. 22, 2025
(day after the Winter Solstice this year)
https://skiswissvalley.com
2 new Magic Carpet lifts;
new redesigned beginner area
Jones, Michigan [ near Three Rivers, MI ]
has website,
FaceBook,
Dec. 12, 2025
8 p.m. Eastern Time
"The End of An ERA"
9 - 10 p.m.
"Taylor Swift The ERAS tour:
The Final Show" -- taped live
for re-broadcast
ICE video posted in 2025
utilized
Kenny Loggins - "Danger Zone";
Sabrina Carpenter song
"Juno_";
and Semisonic song
"Closing Time".
b. 2 December 1925
died in 2013
born in Grosse Point, Michigan
a daughter of an investment banker
and a nurse
She began acting on Broadway
at age 19; gained fame for work
on Broadway and feature film
version of
The Member of the Wedding;
also starred in this major films =
East of Eden (director Elia Kazan)
The Haunting (director Robert Wise)
Hamlet (1964)
Harper (1966)
The Belle of Amherst (on stage and TV).
She won 5 Tony Awards from 10 nominations.
UPDATE: (Dec. 2, 2025) -- coverage in THE_HILL platform
Over 800 people are missing after
flooding in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Cyclone Ditwah
death count has reached
355 on Monday 1 December
2025
nytimes.com/2025/12/01/world/Asia/
sri-lanka-floods-cyclone.html
Over a million people affected
by floods as entire towns are
under water.
What does a New Year bring us?
POET Dana Gioia offers an answer in his
13th of 99 Poems (2016, Graywolf Press)
"New Year's"
This is the feast of our mortality,
the most mundane and human holiday.
. . . . .
The New Year always bring us what we want
Simply by bringing us along -- to see
A calendar with every day uncrossed,
A field of snow without a single footprint.
Jon Hunt Plaza
211 N. Michigan St.
Community Chanukah
Ceremony sponsored by
City of South Bend, IN
and the Jewish Federation
of St. Joseph Valley, IN
FREE to all ages.
Together those who attend
will light the first light of the
8-night festival; we'll hear from
leaders of our community
and light the Chanukiah outdoors.
Thanks to the South Bend, IN
Police Department for providing
security for this evening.
thejewishfed.org/news-events/events.html/event/2025/12/14/
downtown-south-bend-celebrates-chanukah/545652
WORLD AIDS DAY -
annually Dec. 1 globally
Here in Berrien County, Michigan
the Health Department provides a range of
HIV Services designed to support community
members through confidential and compassionate care.
Also Education Services and Prevention measures.
Appointments for HIV Services are
Mondays - Thursdays
1 - 4 p.m. at 2149 Napier Ave.,
Benton Harbor, MI and
9-11 a.m. and 1 - 4 p.m. M - TH
at the Niles Office.
Online appointment can be
done at the website and one can
telephone 269-926-7121.
berriencounty.org/278/Health-Department
Actress
Comedian
Singer
Producer
Her first big album was produced by Barry Manilow;
awarded a Star on the "Walk of Fame" (Hollywood)
in 1985
won 4 major Grammys as "Best New Artist" (1973)
and Record of the Year for "Wind Beneath My Wings"
for movie soundtrack (1988)
from 99 Poems
by poet Dana Gioia
Entrance
Whoever you are: step out of doors tonight,
Out of the room that lets you feel secure,
Infinity is open to your sight.
Whoever you are.
With eyes that have forgotten how to see
From viewing things already too well-known,
Lift up into the dark a huge, black tree
And put it in the heavens: tall, alone.
And you have made the world and all you see.
It ripens like the words still in your mouth.
And when at last you comprehend its truth,
Then close your eyes and gently set it free.
[ from the German verse of
Rainer Maria Rilke ]
The LORD reigns,
let the nations tremble;
HE sits enthroned between the
cherubim, let the earth shake.
Great is the LORD in Zion;
HE is exalted over all the nations.
Let them praise Your great and
awesome name -- HE is holy.
The King is mighty, HE loves justice --
You have established equity;
in Jacob You have done what is just and right.
Exalt the LORD our God and worship
at his footstool;
HE is holy.
Moses and Aaron were among His priests,
Samuel was among those who called
on His name;
they called on the LORD
and HE answered them.
HE spoke to them from the pillar of
cloud;
they kept His statutes and the decrees
HE gave them.
LORD our God,
You answered them;
You were to Israel a forgiving God,
though you punished their misdeeds /
or
God, an avenger of the wrongs
done to them.
v.9
Exalt the LORD our God and worship at
His holy mountain, for the LORD our God
is holy.
[published by Zondervan, Grand Rapids, MI
copyright owned by Biblica, Inc. TM ]
UPDATE: Dec. 1, 2025
Ms. Habba, a personal attorney for Trump during his
criminal trials / classified documents federal hearing,
is OUT OF A JOB as a NJ Prosecutor -- ABC News.go.com
today 10 a.m. Eastern
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
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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
Dec. 1, 2025 -- Alina Habba is OUT
as a U.S. Attorney -- she never
got Senate approval/hearing . . .
She proudly crowed that her
job was to
turn New Jersey "red"
a rare overt political
expression from a
prosecutor . . .
Linda Raedisch The Secret history of Christmas baking
Llewellyn Books, 2023
chapter 10
"Stirring Things Up"
Homemade fruitcake, which was originally
a wedding and special occasion cake,
beat gingerbread to the American
Christmas table by at least a hundred years. . .
The giant fruitcake or "great cake" with
which Martha Washington welcomed her
husband home for Christmas 1797 was
more like a raisin cake than what we
think of as a fruitcake today. The only
fruits in it were dried currants, which
may have been all Martha could get
at the time. The idea of a heavier cake
in which roughly chopped fruits and
nuts took the lead was reintroduced to
America by later immigrants from Ireland,
where fruitcake baking is begun a month
or more before 12/25. Some Irish cottages
even have a special niche in an outside wall
where the brandy-anointed cake can be
kept while it matures. The last step
before 12/25 is to cover the cake,
like Queen Victoria's wedding cake,
in marzipan and royal icing.
"Supreme Court
hears asylum case for Salvadoran Refugees"
who seek asylum
amid threats in his native country
c-span.org
Dec. 1, 2025
12 Noon e.s.t.
Oral Argument before the 9 justices
AP NEWS
"Pope in Lebanon prays for peace at tomb
of saint revered by Christians & Muslims alike"
(who lived 1828 - 1898 :
St. Charbel Makhlouf )
city of ANNAYA, Lebanon
POPE Leo XIV
"for the world we ask for
peace; for the Levant
and for Lebanon"
Sold for 2.3 million euros
It was found in a private townhouse
in Paris, France.
Scientific analysis of pigment
and paint layers
This work of art had disappeared in
the 1600s.
details
abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/WireStory/
long-lost-rubens-painting-depicting-crucifixion-
sells-27m-127981308
Nov. 30, 2025 10:56 a.m. posted
at ABC News website following the airing
of Live -- THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE
STEPHANOPOULOS (Sundays , 9 a.m.
weekly News-Interviews-Political Panel)
+ 1,400 flights cancelled
45-car pile-up on one Indiana
highway
abcnews.go.com/US/1000-flights-
canceled-nationwide-survey-snowy-
weather-hits-upper/story?id=127964896
POTUS Trump 2.0
promises to release results of Nov. 2025
MRI -- claims no knowledge of what body
part was scanned
NBC News. Associated Press
release of Press interview
11/30/2025
9:45 p.m. Eastern
The Convenion has been meeting
in Uzbekistan from Nov. 24 -
Dec. 5, 2025
National Representatives from 185
countries discuss proposals to
adjust trade regulation for species
(oceanic and otherwise)
Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species of wild
Fauna (animals) and Flora (plants)
https://cites_ dot-org
Good Food / Good sight-seeing
Enjoy the great outdoors
Great golf courses
Nov. 30 annually
when that falls on
the weekend, the next Monday
or the Friday before is a day
off work.
Even though their patron saint
Andrew (one of 12 disciples/apostles)
lived and was martyred in the
first Century C.E., he became the
patron saint of Scotland in 1320 when
the country's independence was celebrated
with the Declaration of Abroath.
visitscotland.com/things-to-do/events/st-andrews-day
Judge Beryl Howell ruled Monday
May 19, 2025
that
the U.S. Institute of Peace
president and board members
were fired illegally when
POTUS Trump 2.0 moved to
dismantle the organization and
its operations. (March 2025
when staff lost access to email
accounts and all of their work).
In a 102-page ruling, the Federal
district judge ruled that transfer of
the institute's assets and Headquarters
seizure were
null and void.
Dec. 2025 -- renamed
"Trump Institute of Peace"
FRIDAY (day after Turkey Day)
November 28, 2025 up to Dec. 31 (New Year's Eve)
Frankenmuth, MI
will be the location for an upcoming
display - retail event
Christkindlmarkt
at Harvey Kern Community
Pavilion, 601 Weiss Street
details at;
M LIVE dot-com/news/saginaw-bay-city/
2025/11/frankenmuth-christkindlmarkt-
returning-soon-for-2025-holiday-season.html
[ opens Nov. 28 all weekend until Nov.30 ]
Friday 4 - 9; Saturday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
frankenmuthfarmersmarket.org
USA TODAY
on
Pertussia a.k.a. "whooping cough"
usatoday.com/story/news/health/2025/11/29/whooping-cough-
pertussis-infant-deaths-kentucky
Winter Storm Warning
until Sunday Nov. 30, 7 p.m.
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Berrien, Cass counties (MI)
day-by-day VISITs & VIEWs of my BLOG -- faithfor2008.blogspot.com
11/1 3,489 -- blog articles / news / trivia / best wishes
11/2 2,434
11/3 3,486 [ most visits for 30-day period ]
11/4 1,114
11/5 695
11/6 1,045
11/7 1,385
11/8 732
11/9 985
11/10 887
Veterans Day 997
11/12 879
11/13 1,059
11/14 811
9,000th posting on this BLOG since 2007
11/15 1,021
11/16 886
11/17 782
11/18 973
11/19 877
11/20 886
11/21 1,362
11/22 1,389
11/23 667
11/24 948
11/25 867
11/26 866
Thanksgiving Day 1,514
11/28 1,179
11/29 1,195
Sunday 30th 1,425
Total for
NOV 1 - 30 36,835
average of 1,200 per day (VISITS & VIEWS)
Two months later (11/30/2025
Repr. Don Bacon (sent by Nebraskans in urban large
capital city as their Congress Representative)
accused the Trump-Vance
administration of sending "mixed
signals" on Ukraine's
settlement for end of Russia's
missiles drone attacks on civilian
and infrastructure targets -- 11/30/2025
politico.com/ moral-clarity-Ukraine
13 days later -- in reply to Lindsey Halligan's move
to Prosecute James Comey, former
FBI Director,
Don Bacon, Repr. from Nebraska
expressed concern on social media
LAWFARE undermines our great county
/ / /
the continued escalation will only hurt us all
_______________________________________________
THE HILL reports that on 13 Sept. 2025
Don Bacon (R but not MAGA) House Repr. from
Nebraska's urban / purple district denounced Trump
"Mr. President, Putin
is the invader . . .
you'll be judged in history
books by your actions
or lack thereof. . ."
thehill.com/homenews/house/5502201-don-bacon-trump-russia-ukraine-war/
September 13, 2025 (Saturday) 1:26 p.m. Eastern Time posted
KENNEDY Center says it's being paid millions to host
the FIFA draw
SOCCER's world cup organization claims to have pledged $
and given sponsorship opportunities, etc. etc.
the Hill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5618893-kennedy-
center-world-cup-draw/
Claim of $7.4 million "income" to host FIFA Draw
seems a bit off-the-books -- THE HILL does
detective work on that conglomeration of "pledges"
and cancellation of Holiday programming --
Trump 2.0, President of the Kennedy Center
will host the
KENNEDY Center "Honors"
musical-nostalgia variety
show that airs Dec. 21, prime time
for those he 98% picked =
Glam-heavy metal rockers KISS;
Sylvester Stallone, star of Movies/TV;
George Strait, Country Western star;
Michael Crawford, stage Singer/entertainer;
Gloria Gaynor, Disco "queen vocalist".
OPEN due to death of Sylvester Turner who had been
elected Nov. 2024 -- and will be filled only on Jan. 31,
2026. Turner died March 2025 and state law determines
how that CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT (the 18th in Texas)
will fill the seat from public run-off plurality winners.
the Hill.com/homenews/campaign/5609509/texas-18th-district-runoff . . .
POLITICO reports Nov. 5 after no one
received a majority -- two advance in a run-off to be
held between Democratic party survivors of the field
politico.com/ "TX Special election for
Sylvester Turner SEAT in Congress (D-Texas)"
Due to a death in the Congressional delegation,
the people of Houston, TX have been without
representation more than 6 months and will be
represented only after a First Tuesday election
in November 2025. NY Times reporter J.David
Goodman (having interviewed many voters
there in TX) has much to tell the nation about
the confusion from the gerrymander / re-districting
taking place in urban and rural Houston and nearby.
"Republican Redistricting Is Sowing Chaos in Houston"
nytimes.com/2025/09/22/us/politics/texas-redistricting-houston.html
LaPorte, IN (GOP not MAGA)
State lawmaker
Mike Bohacek tells
his IN State House of
Representatives "Whip"
and "Speaker" -- his vote is
"NAY" for Trump & Braun-
ordered redistricting at 5th year
since 2020 census . . .
offended by Trump's insult
and unrepentant approach to
"jam through" in special session
matters that reverse the "will of
the entire voting electorate"
Nations who voiced possible supply of
armed forces to help IDF (Israel) disarm HAMAS:
Indonesia
United Arab Emirates,
Egypt
Qatar
Azerbaijan
___________________
many of these have not
made firm commitments
Exclusive to the NY Times
nytimes.com/2025/11/30/style/cory-booker-wedding-alexis-lewis.html
Friday November 21, 2025
ISAAC HERZOG
is the President of Israel;
for him to pardon Netanyahu
before the trial has been completed
with full evidence presented would
be a travesty of justice denied . . .
nytimes.com/live/2025/11/21/us/
trump-govt-shutdown-news#israels-
president-says-trump-asked-him-to-
pardon-netanyahu-who-has-not-been-
convicted
For 2024 (Biden-Harris last growing / harvest of
SOYBEANS -- China bought $12.6 billion
For 2025 (Trump-Vance present year growing / harvest
$0 sold to China markets
NY TIMES -- SOYBEANS were America's biggest single
export item in terms of value
_____________________________________________
Brooke Rollins -- Trump 2.0 - Vance Sec. of Agriculture
will release $3 billion to a
Commodity Credit Corporation
so that Farmers in Red or Purple states can receive
help to "Manage to Break Even amid the Largest Corn
and Soybean Crops" 2025.
The HILL reports / WSJ originated the 10/21/2025 online
news reporting.
Most famous-significant plays :
Rosencranz & Guildenstern are Dead
Leopoldstadt
Most significant and award winning movie
scripts : Shakespeare in Love
Empire of the Sun
Brazil (director Terry Gilliam)
Stoppard died at home in Dorset, U.K.
on Sat. Nov. 29, 2025.
First to marry while in Office as PRIME MINISTER
Anthony Albanese
married fiancee
JODIE HAYDON
photos at BBC.com/news/world
Prime Minister Albanese's party has won a
majority , powered by a backlash to
Trump-style MAGA tactics by opposition.
POLITICO.com/2025/05/03/donald-trump-cost
conservative-australia-election-takeaway/
_______________________________________
As Australians cast ballots on Saturday,
the superpower that looms_ , wielding tariffs
is America / not China. !
President Donald John Trump has raised questions
on whether Australia can depend on its longstanding
military alliance with the United States.
Political winds have shifted from domestic concerns
buffeted by the global tumult unleashed by #DJT part 2.0.
"We are Canada-lite; we don't have the same exposure
but Trump is very unpopular among the Australian public."
nytimes.com/2025/05/02/world/asia/australia-election-trump-china.html
Australian public's trust in the United States has sunk to its
lowest point in two decades. . .
