State Fair Foods / our county has for 6 days YOUTH FAIR at Berrien Springs : that are trend-y or novelty

 Hot Cheetos Fried Oreos

S'Mork (slow-smoked pulled

pork, chocolate chips, marshmallow

fluff on a fried sugar biscuit)

Porky Parm Gnocchi (potato

Gnocchi, Graziano sausage,

parmesan sauce, fresh pesto)

Cosmic Mango Coconut Dirty

Soda (lemon-lime soda mixed

with mango puree and heavy

coconut cream)

Pickle Lemon Shake-up (Traditional

fresh-squeezed

lemonade given a briny, tart twist)

Cubs versus Cards, 3 p.m. Wrigley Field -- MLB

 August 16 (Sunday)

at HOME FIELD

(Wrigley Stadium)

the Chicago Cubs host

the St. Louis Cardinals

local time 2:15 Central

Trump admits his blame on Vandalism of LINCOLN MEMORIAL REFL. POOLS -- was WRONG

 NYTimes.com/

08/10/2026

"Trump concedes that there was

SOME CONTRACTOR ERROR"

/us/politics/trump-reflecting-pool-

renovation-vandalism.html

Ford & General Motors

WSJ Wall Street JOURNAL

dot-com/

Aug. 15, 2026 online background on

the American Automakers :

Reporters Sharon 

Terlep & Gavin Bede

"FORD and GM

are locked in a New

Battle over who is

the most American

carmaker"

80-yr.-old Ed Markey (incumbent Senator - Massachusetts) told voters, "I'll retire in 6 years after you re-elect me this November" [ a verbal "bombshell remark" ]

says he needs one more term to finish the

PROGRESSIVE Agenda - - - 

July 8 debate in

State of Massachusetts --

his Primary opponent (Sept. 1)

is another lawmaker

Seth Moulton, Iraq War veteran

8 July 2026

see YouTube video

Sept. 1, 2026 in MASSACHUSETTS primary showdown: a 46-yr.-old Gulf War Veteran - Seth Moulton or an 79-yr.-old lawyer-politician - Ed Markey?

TODAY - Aug. 16, 2026 :

This Week with George Stephanopoulos

segment

on GENERATIONAL DIVIDE to be challenged

when Massachusetts early voters & Sept. 1 PRIMARY

voters decide who will run Nov. 1, 2026 for

Sr. Senator - U.S. Senate D.C.

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 . . .

UPDATE:

POLITICO Com interview Nov. 14, 2025

"The Conversation" on Senate bid,

Venezuela, the Epstein Files

Endorsements -- two who split the GOP - MAGA vote in S. Carolina's replacement nomination (Aug. 2026) for Lindsey Graham (senior Senator)

Gaining endorsement for her big brother's job

as Senior Senator (GOP nomination for Nov. 3 actual

federal election) Darline Graham

can "bank on"

Jr. Senator Tim Scott,

Russell Fry (3rd place in 9-way

race),

Pamela Evette,

Cody Simpson;

her opponent (Aug. 25)

Ralph Norman (current Congressman)

has backing of other incumbent senators

Mike Lee (Utah) and Rick Scott (FL)

as well as former Gov. Nikki Haley.

see

POLITICO.com/live-updates (Aug. 14

reporter Alec Hernandez