Friday Nov. 28, 2025
the Prime Minister of Canada has announced
new measures with the collapse and paralysis
of trade talks with the Trump 2.0 - Vance
Executive Branch of the U.S. Government :
a new tariff on steel products
a reduction in the amount
of foreign steel allowed in Canada
a lowering of costs to move lumber by rail.
Carney has announced that he will be in Washington, DC
for the upcoming FIFA World Cup as a political leader of a host nation (2026 schedule).
Already reported
BOX OFFICE total on Thursday 11/27/2025
for
Zootopia 2
Producer - director - writer
born 29 Nov. 1954
Minneapolis, MN
Married to Oscar-winning
actress Frances McDormand
since 1984.
Films often center around or
include a botched crime :
Raising Arizona (1987)
Fargo (1996) and later
TV series.
TRIVIA: Roderick Jaymes,
credited for editing Joel &
Ethan's films, actually doesn't
exist. That name is a
pseudonym for work the two
brothers undertake for
themselves.
Their father Edward Coen
was an economist at the
University of Minnesota and
their mother an art historian
at St. Cloud State University.
Details :Saturday Nov. 29, 2025 (price adjustments)
"Friends Book Sale"
Niles District Library (Niles, Michigan)
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Basement Classroom)
admission FREE
Every purchase supports the
FRIENDS Organization
Library
and
the History Center.
Used / removed/withdrawn
FICTION &
Non-Fiction - a variety
Hardback & Paperback
ALL AGES WELCOME !
Prices 50 cents PB / $1 hardback
Kids and YA 25 cents apiece
Audio-visual items -- included
as well as print materials of many
kinds
[new prices Nov. 2025]
Cass County MI
both N. Berrien County and
Southern Berrien County
(Buchanan, Niles, New Buffalo)
expecting 8 - 14 inches snow
accumulation
Travel could be very difficult
Storm Warning continues
from early Saturday until
7 p.m. Sunday early evening
(Nov. 30).
NILES DISTRICT LIBRARY, Niles, Michigan
49120
phone 269-683-8545
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday Nov. 29, 2025
Rotunda area upstairs - ground level
nileslibrary.com (overall website)
alphabetic list
Denise DeLoach
Kristen N. Dobson
J.A. Flanagan
G.L. Gracie
Julian D. Hasan
Ashley S. Hattle
Sylvia Hubbard
Lucie Naylor Kubash
Chriss Lyon
Sarah E. Pearsall
Amy Piper
Dominick Russo
Cindy Lynn Sawyer
Anne Stone
Virgil Lee Tanner
Dr. John D. Van Dyke
Chelsea Williams
Alexander Jones, Christ's College, Liverpool
June 1966
Introduction to the Psalms (150)
The Psalter (Greek, Psalterion,
the string-instrument used for the
accompaniment of these songs/Psalms)
is a collection of 150 Psalms.
From Psalm 10 to Psalm 148
the numbering of the Hebrew Bible
(adopted for the Jerusalem Bible)
is one figure ahead of the Greek
and Vulgate which join 9 and 10 and also
114 and 115, but divide 116 and 147 into
two.
In Hebrew this book is called
Tehillim 'hymns'. . . other Literary forms are
Entreaty
Thanksgiving
Exception and composite forms
Royal Psalms and Messianic Psalms
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
Psalm 99
God, Righteous and Holy King
Yahweh is King, the nations tremble;
he is enthroned on the cherubs,
earth quakes; Yahweh is great in Zion.
He is high over all nations;
may they praise your great and
terrible name, 'Holy is He' and mighty!
You are a King who loves justice,
insisting on honesty, justice, virtue,
as you have done for Jacob.
Let us extol Yahweh our God,
and worship at His footstool,
'Holy is He' !
Moses, Aaron one of his priests,
and Samuel his votary, all invoked
Yahweh: and He answered them.
He talked with them in the pillar of cloud;
they obeyed his decrees, the Law he gave them.
Yahweh our God You responded to them,
a God of forgiveness for them,
in spite of punishing their sins.
Extol Yahweh our God,
worship at His holy mountain,
'Holy is Yahweh our God!'
[the general editor of The JERUSALEM
BIBLE (1966) -- published
by Doubleday & Company, Inc.
was Alexander Jones, L.S.S., S.T.L., I.C.B.
b. 1906, for many decades
a Lecturer at Christ's College
Liverpool, U.K.
passed away to his heavenly
reward in 1970]
Exclusive to Washington Post
Nov. 28, 2025
reporters
Alex Norton and Ellen Nakashima
for the Sept. 2 firing
on an unarmed
suspected drug boat,
Sec. Hegseth ordered,
"Kill all on board" & SEALS
dropped a second missile. . .
Reuters (Nov. 28)
[subscription required]
Previous status of the Suspect
was "ASYLUM GRANTED"
by then-President Trump 1.0
Washington Post
Nov. 28 Breaking news update
Counter-terrorism
officials vetted Nat.
Guard shooting suspect
before he entered U.S.
Born Nov. 28, 1961
Mexico City, Mexico
Film Maker of
"A Little Princess"
"Children of Men"
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
"Gravity" (2013) which won 7 Academy Awards.
Frequently works with Cinematographer Emmanuel
Lubezki . . .
Now lives in London.
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.
UPDATE (Nov. 28)
Gov. Tim Walz who was referenced by POTUS in his
"Thanksgiving" social media barbs and outright verbal
assaults has called for the resident of 1600 Pennsylvania
Ave. to release his MRI results
______________________________________________
Nov. 22 online reply of Walz
to Trump "tirade/Social rant"___
It's not surprising that the president
has chosen to broadly target an entire
community. This is what he does to
change the subject . . .
[ Ghislaine Maxwell taking the "Fifth"
as far as clearing her and Epstein's
affiliation and "cover" for his purported
activity now laid bare in the to-be-exposed
"EPSTEIN CLIENT LIST / FILES" ]
Atty. General of Minnesota
Keith Ellison also reacted decisively --
Somali folks came to Minnesota fleeing
conflict, instability, and famine and they
became an integral part of our state, culture
and community . . .
details at
NY TIMES .com Nov. 27, 2025
us/guard-shooting-suspect-profile.html
REPORT filed by Campbell
Robertson, Hamed
Aleaziz, Jack Healy
he was 5 years old,
living in Afghanistan
when 19 hijackers (Saudi
nationals + egyptian
Mohammad Atta) flew
planes into the World
Trade center Twin Towers,
the Pentagon in Alexandria,
VA and a field near Shanksville,
Pennsylvania
His paramilitary work was with
"Zero Unit" of Afghans working
with the U.S. anti-Taliban forces
Film director
and documentary maker of "Melania" (FLOTUS
upcoming Jan. 30, 2026 theatrical documentary feature)
Brett Rattner will get his
recent comedy - action
feature film distributed by
Paramount (CBS) due to
the intervention of Trump 2.0
(POTUS 47) see details
apnews.com/Rush-Hour-4-brett-rattner-trump - . . . .
Jake Coyle article 11/26/2025 1:50 p.m. Eastern Time Zone
Warner Brothers which had distributed RUSH HOUR #1 through #3
passed on the most recent film made by Rattner with
Jackie Chan and Christ Tucker . . .
Kilauea Volcano
Hawai'i
US Geological Survey/service
as Breaking News to
abcnews.go.com/
__________________________
UPDATE:
Nov. 28, 2025
abcnews.go.com/
kilauea-displays-lava-fountains-37th-time-eruption-began-
127887192
CNN asks the question:
Could this finally be
Sears Dept. Store final
Black Friday?
It could be going into
its final shopping season.
at the Grand LV, downtown Niles, MI
Local & handmade artisans, small shops,
boutiques;
Staycation "Passport" available at 10 a.m.
Pick one up at the NODE, 2nd Street, Niles
Buchanan Floral company
and Greenhouses;
Hilltop's Creekside Cafe;
Little Bucks Kid Care;
Fernwood Botanical Garden;
Bucktown Parlor;
West End Graphics;
Lehmans Farmhouse Brewery;
Roti Roti Art Center (host an
ornament painting workshop, $5);
Bucktown Boutique;
Bucktown Nutrition;
McCollum's.
5th Saturday
two days following Thanksgiving Day 2025
Niles area businesses observing this day with a
"Book Fair" is
Niles Brewing Company,
206 E. Main Street :
Noon until 4 p.m.
wide selection of popular
books at discounted prices
Bookish items & gifts
Raffles for prizes
_____________________
Glendora Bookshop
downtown Buchanan, Michigan
Holiday-themed and best-of-the-year
books
Gifts and surprises
for our store's 2nd birthday we'll
have treats and drinks
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Nov. 27, 2025
for most Americans at 10 a.m.
a time to gather with family and enjoy
Thanksgiving foods - drinks - desserts
POLITICO.com tells :
"Mike Johnson [on Conference
telephone call]
set to
huddle with Indiana House
Republican members about
how to "go all-red" as
Trump & Vance are demanding"
mike-johnson-redistricting-00670570
Friday
Nov. 28, 2025
near Iznik (140 km. south of Istanbul, Turkey)
Celebration of the 1,700th
anniversary of the Nicene Creed.
DETAILS Forthcoming as far as complete list
of attendees.
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
from July's estimate (before
demolition) of $200 million
to NOV. 2025
$300 million.
Now expected to seat
1,000.
Billionaire donors and
corporate sponsors (who
will expect name benefits)
are being sought to make
this TRUMP re-do of the
building in place since
the John Adams (POTUS 2.0)
administration.
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).
USA TODAY dot-com
"Dolly Parton shares Thanksgiving 2025
update
amid health challenges "
At her fan platform
last week
"Dolly Parton posts video
addressing 'health challenges'
that have forced her to
cancel performances &
to miss several high-profile
tributes (acting Lifetime
honor : Film 9 to 5."
God rest her soul --
she was sent by the governor of W. Virginia
on the National Guard mission of protecting
D.C. from gun violence.
Hopefully this will have meant changes for the
good as far as the short- and long-term
application of National Guard deployments.
A 20-year-old who joined up following H.S.
graduation.
Trump who himself never served in volunteer
military service calls her "magnificent" -- as
he telephoned in a Global - Transnational
conversation all those who are following
the call in regular military & National
Guard deployment he insisted were needed
in major urban locations (both in Blue states
and some cities of "RED" states recently).
Venezuela's Nobel Peace Prize
Laureate (Winner for Dec. 2025) may be
pushing false claims about Maduro
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/world/America's/
/Maria-Machado-maduro-venezuela.html
___________________________________
more about her
work as a Venezuelan election mobilization advocate =
NYTimes.com/live.2025/10/10/world/nobel-peace-prize
Nov. 10, 2025 (Scandinavian capital)
Live (not pre-taped)
from Oslo, Norway --
a crack-of-dawn
presentation where the
"nominees" are not
assembled in the room
as they are in the
HEISMAN TROPHY
presentation . . .
day-by-day
11/1 3,489
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
11/29 453
Sunday 30th
Total for
NOV 1 - 30 34,668
Papal letter from POPE Leo XIV
ahead of trip to Iznik, Turkey
_________________________
site of ancient Nicaea
where the Ecumenical Council
took place 325 A.D.
vaticannews.va/en/Pope/news/2025-11/pope-leo-issues-letter-
in-unitate-fidei-on-nicaea.html
Michigan Live! Platform
announces that the central Michigan (Dearborn)
museum will waive parking and admission fees
to guests / tourists
on Dec. 1 (Monday), 2025.
You can see the actual Montgomery
AL Bus that was where the civil rights
activist made history with her stance
and non-cooperation with an evil statute.
9:30 a.m - 5 p.m. at 20900 Oakwood Blvd.
in Dearborn, Michigan.
It is the 70th anniversary of the
Civil Rights historic act.
HQ for Salvation Army, NILES Michigan 49120
1707 Miller Drive
_____________________
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
UPDATE : Nov. 26, 2025
SCOTUS (Supreme Court) - Chief Justice
John Robert
stood in the way Wednesday, 11/27
from the planned firing of Copyright
official SHIRA PERLMUTTER.
see CNN.com/. . . politics / supreme-court-
library-of-congress.html
The head of the Copyright office
is suing the Executive Branch POTUS
Donald John Trump , arguing her
abrupt ouster from the position
violated the Constitution's separation
of powers POLITICO.com/2025
5/22/ousted-head-of-copyright-office
challenges-trump-administration-00377020
Shira Perlmutter
will be escorted out of her office when she reports
Monday morning May 12, 2025
and must turn in her keys and
passwords as well as Parking Pass.
Federal Office of Copyright Head administrator.
Fired immediately when notified this past
weekend or at 12:01 a.m. by H.R. - DOGE branch.
TRUMP Admits his aide
Steve Witkoff had been
meeting with Ukrainian and
Russian officials - -
"it's a standard thing. . .
it's what a deal maker does. . ."
nytimes.com/
2025/11/26/us/politics/Witkoff-leaked-transcript-deference-russia.html
ESPN
Fubo
Sling TV
YouTube TV
will carry the late-starting game at Stanford (Palo Alto, CA)
Saturday 11/29/2025 that begin 7:30 local CALIFORNIA
time which is 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
________________________________________________
Planet without Apes (2012)
by Professor Craig B. Stanford
ISBN : 978-0-674-06704-2
It's 2150.
The world has changed
in ways no futurist can
predict. . .Global population
growth, long forecasted to
plateau around 12 billion,
has yet to level off. The
Human Tsuanimi has swept clean
much of the natural world that
in the early 21st century we
had still hope to save for
posterity. . .For example
Indonesia is a developed
country now, with cities
replacing all of the forests.
In the few-and-far between
patches of forest that remain
in Africa, many are empty of
larger animals. Large mammals
and other animals must now be kept
safely under guard in fenced,
patrolled sanctuaries that are
little more than large zoos. . .
Chimps have fared worse than
lowland gorillas, perhaps due
to their need for relatively
undisturbed habitat full of
fruit trees. Their numbers
plummeted during the outbreaks
of Ebola that hit central
Africa hardest during the
mid-twenty-first century
and took a further hit from the
civil war that split the former
Democratic Republic of Congo
into three separate nations.
If apes are reduced to a total
global population of only a few
thousand in 2150, by 2250 they
will be all but gone from the
Earth. . .Only by preserving
enough of their habitat can
we hope to have wild great
apes on Earth a hundred or 200
years from now. . .
PSALM xCix
Psalme 99
Jehovah 'tis that reigns_,
let people be in dread:
'midst Cherubs he remained,
th'earth let it be moved.
Jehovah is
in Sion great,
in highnes_ set
he is likewise
Above all the people.
Let them confesse_ thy Name
so great and terrible:
for holy is the same.
The King his might
doth love justice:
thou dost 'stablish
things that be right:
Judgement thou dost, also
in Iacob righteousness.
The Lord our God doe you
set up in his highnes,
and worship yee
his footstoole at:
by reason that holy is hee.
Moses also Aron
among his Priests, likewise
Samuell all those among
that to his name send cryes:
called they have the Lord upon,
and he alone them answer gave.
He unto them did speake_ in
th' cloudy pillar them;
they kept his records, eke
his ordinance he gave them.
Lord, thou who art our God
didst hear, and didst answers
to them impart.
Thou wast a God pard'ning them,
although thou vengeance upon
their works didst bring.
The Lord our God advance,
and woe yee downe_
at's holy hill: for our God's the Holy-One!
Psalm 99
The Lord reigneth, let the people tremble:
he sitteth between the cherubims, let the earth
be moved.
The Lord is great in Zion:
and he is high above all people.
Let them praise thy great and terrible name:
for it is holy.
The king's strength also loveth judgement_;
thou dost establish equity;
thou executes judgement and righteousness
in Jacob.
Exalt ye the Lord our God and worship
at his footstool:
for he is holy. [ footnote or it is holy ]
Moses and Aaron among his priests,
and Samuel among them that call upon his name:
they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.
He spoke unto them in the cloudy pillar:
they kept his testimonies,
and the ordinance that he gave them.
Thou answeredst_ them, O Lord our God;
thou wast a God that forgavest them,
though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
Exalt the Lord our God,
and worship at his holy hill:
for the Lord our God is holy.
Published by the Oxford University
Press, its delegates - the British
and Foreign Bible Society and the
National Bible Society of Scotland
Psalm 99 -- in U.K. vernacular
The LORD is king, the peoples
are perturbed;
he is throned on the cherubim,
earth quivers.
The LORD is great in Zion;
he is exalted above all the peoples.
They extol his name as great
and terrible;
he is holy, he is mighty,
a king who loves justice.
Thou hast established justice and
equity;
thou hast dealt righteously in
Jacob.
Exalt the LORD our God,
bow down before his footstool;
he is holy.
Moses and Aaron among his
priests,
and Samuel among those who
call on his name,
called to the LORD and he
answered.
He spoke to them in a pillar
of cloud;
they followed his teaching and
kept the law he gave them.
Thou, O LORD our God, thou
didst answer them;
thou wast a God who forgave
all their misdeeds
and held them innocent.
Exalt the LORD our God,
bow down towards his holy hill;
for the LORD our God is holy.
The Lord is king; let the peoples tremble;
he is enthroned upon the cherubim,
the earth quakes.
Great is the LORD in Zion,
exalted above all the peoples.
Let them praise your great and awesome name:
holy is he!
O mighty king, lover of justice,
you have established fairness;
you have created just rule in Jacob.
Exalt the LORD , our God;
bow down before his footstool;
holy is he!
Moses and Aaron were among his priests;
Samuel among those who called on his name;
they called on the LORD and he answered them.
From the pillar of cloud he spoke to them;
they kept his decrees, the law he had given them.
O LORD, our God, you answered them;
you were a forgiving God to them,
though you punished their offenses.
Exalt the LORD, our God;
bow down before his holy mountain;
holy is the LORD, our God.
[ 2023 latest revisions posted online at USCCB.org
Scripture Text - Liturgical and Study Usage ]
The Lord rules -- the nations shake!
He sits enthroned on the winged
heavenly creatures -- the earth
quakes!
The LORD is great in Zion;
he is exalted over all the nations.
Let them thank your great and
awesome name. He is holy!
Strong king (correction)
who loves justice,
you are the one who established
what is fair.
You worked justice and righteousness
in Jacob.
Magnify the LORD, our God!
Bow long at his footstool!
He is holy!
Moses and Aaron were among
his priests, Samuel too among
those who called on his name.
They cried out to the LORD,
and he himself answered them --
he spoke to them from a pillar
of cloud.
They kept the laws and the rules
God gave to them.
LORD our God, you answered
them. To them you were a
God who forgives
but also the one who avenged
their wrong deeds.
Magnify the LORD our God!
Bow low at his holy mountain
because the LORD our God is holy!
[ see Psalm 2:6 ]
Translated from the ancient
Greek version / translation
called the SEPTUAGINT :
[ A New English translation of
the Septuagint Oxford Univ.
Press, 2000 ]
A Psalm. Pertaining to David.
The Lord became king; let peoples
grow angry! --
he who sits up on the cheroubin;
let the earth shake!
The Lord is great in Sion;
he is high before all the peoples.
Let them acknowledge your great
name for it is awesome and holy!
The king's honor loves justice;
you provided uprightness,
you executed justice and righteousness
in Iakob.
Extol the Lord our God;
worship at the footstool of his feet,
because holy is he!
Moyses and Aaron were among his priests,
Samouel also was among those who called
on his name.
They called on the Lord, and he hearkened
to them.
He would speak to them in a pillar of cloud;
they would keep his solemn charges,
and the decrees that he gave them.
O Lord our God, you would hearken to them;
O God, you were being very merciful to them,
but an avenger of all their practices.
Extol the Lord our God,
and worship toward his holy mountain;
for the Lord our God is holy.
Translated into English formal
language from the HEBREW Text of
100th Psalm of David (nine verses):
The Lord reigns!
Let the people tremble!
He sits enthroned upon
the cherubim; let the
earth quake!
The Lord is great in Zion;
he is exalted over all
the peoples.
Let them praise thy great
and terrible name!
Holy is He!
Moses and Aaron were
among his priests,
Samuel also was among
those who called on his name.
They cried to the Lord our
God; worship at his
footstool! Holy is He!
He spoke to them in the
pillar of cloud;
they kept his testimonies,
and the statutes that
he gave them.
O LORD our God, thou didst
answer them;
Thou wast a forgiving God
to them, but an avenger
of their wrongdoings.
Extol the LORD our God,
and worship at his holy
mountain, for the LORD
our God is holy!
announced Nov. 26th
2025
CBS EVENING NEWS
co-anchor
John Dickerson,
son of former NBC D.C. ace reporter
Nancy Dickerson has announced he
is leaving the weekday broadcast.
6:30 p.m. Eastern
The MICHAEL CURTIZ
1942 film premiered at
NY City's Hollywood
Theater -- Nov. 26, 1942.
One of the best WARNER
BROTHERS Studio films
of the 1940s -- a personal
favorite of mine!
UPDATE :
Anti-woke crusader BARI WEISS
was hired to overhaul the CBS NETWORK
News division (Nightly News, 60 Minutes,
other programming of the past -- weekend
anchors, 48 Hours, FACE_THE_NATION,
[ she was hired to do that overhaul / mass firing
by David Weiss, new owner of PARAMOUNT + /
CBS ]
November 2025
April 28, 2025 (7 months ago)
CBS Producer BILL OWENS of
_60 Minutes_
resigned instead of being fired
by Paramount Corporation that
owns CBS News and CBS Entertainment
See CBS News.com for
"The Last Minute" Scott Pelley impersonates
Andy Rooney and tells why everyone on the
Staff is upset about his resignation after 4 decades
QUOTATION OF Pelley former Nightly News anchor:
Paramount began to
supervise our content
in new ways. . ./ / /
No one here is happy
about it. . .
WICKED: FOR GOOD
is expected to total at Box Office Bonanza
its first weekend $150 Million
GLOBAL Estimate for November 2025 is $226 million
________________________________________________
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)
____________________________
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
Hamnet - near Xmas / New Year's
Avatar: Fire and Ash -- Dec. 19, 2025
various other titles / sequels / reboots
BREAKING NEWS -- John Acree, Exec. Director
claims the GHF model will be continued into
further U.S. "food box" approach --
thetimesofisrael.com/gaza-humanitarian-foundations-announces-end-
of-operations-in-strip-after-five-months
Monday Nov. 24, 2025 8 p.m.
Distribution takes place at militarized hubs (few in number)
that monitor the fragile "Cease-Fire"
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UPDATE: May 26 announcement of resignation
Jake Wood -- Director -- his departure followed
growing acrimony within the growing aid sector
and the four sites in southern Gaza have been
under continued pressure during threat of mass
famine and starvation. . . He was co-founder of
Team Rubicon and had overseen dozens of
humanitarian operations across Myanmar, Sudan,
and Haiti -- breaking news 4 a.m. Monday 26th May.
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May 14th - Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
aligned with Trump-Vance group thinkers
wants to arrange for U.S. directed commodities
to be distributed what with the 3-month blockade
of food and fuel truck deliveries.
nytimes.com/2025/05/14 -- spokesperson declared
that it will have agreements with Israel to begin
before May 31 this year.
a handful of distribution zones would each serve
food to several hundred thousand Palestinians each
Ambassador Mike Huckabee of Jerusalem
said that "the danger is not doing anything. . ." / /
as in today's status quo which already began doing
nothing back in the spring of 2025
Pope Leo XIV's
visit to Lebanon is the first
papal visit to the Christian-Muslim
nation since Benedict XVI was
there in 2012 as a civil war raged in
neighbor nation Syria.
His 2025 visit will support Maronite
Christians who represent the largest
group of Catholics in the entire
Middle East.
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
Approved the council directives of
325 A.D.
including the
Nicene-Constanpolitan
Creed still used in Christian
confession / worship
to the 21st Century
Thursday Nov. 27
tour of a war-torn region of
Mideast & Turkey that is
wracked by religious divisions;
besides religious leaders, he
will meet with
Turkey's Pres. Erdogan
and Lebanon's Pres. Aoun
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
At Press Conferences / Talk Q/A
time on Air Force One,
Trump blurts out offensive language to
deter women reporters from asking
probing questions -- calling them
in offensive language
Piggy / Ugly
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online coverage
Katie Rogers & Dylan Freedman
NY TIMES Reporters - correspondents
Nov. 26, 2025 article:
at meeting on Weight-Loss injections with
Drug - PHARMA company executive where
one fainted and had to be carried out by others
Trump 2.0 himself appeared to doze on and off;
he stood up only when the CEO was hauled off
to be revived. . .
In 2020 his peak weight reached 244 lbs. . .
the number of his appearances has shrunk 39%. . .
Goes off on long rambles about long-dead relatives
like an Uncle, a Professor at M.I.T., falsely claiming
that he told his nephew TRUMP 2.0 how bad a student
the "Unabomber" was [ actually that terrorist never attended
M.I.T. ]
He does dwell in his musings on the afterlife -- six times
bringing about whether he is a good-deed-doer and
deserves Heaven straightaway . . .My report card up there
is a "beautiful thing".
Choice after Primary winners earlier in November voting
Aftyn Behn (D)
and
Matt Van Epps (GOP - MAGA)
Who are the next
recipients?
Why a pair of avian Domesticated Birds, plump
and ready for the Table (Nov. 27)?
Their 1600 Pennylvania Avenue appearance
seems well-suited for an cameo role in
MELANIA (2026) documentary directed
by Hollywood "star Director" Brett Rattner.
From
Collected Poems by Herman Melville
(Penguin Books, 2006) : from
John Marr and other sailors (1888)
Through storms you reach them
and from storms are free,
Afar descried_, the foremost drear_ in hue,
But, nearer, green; and on the marge, the sea
Makes thunder low and mist of rainbowed dew,
But, inland, where the sleep that folds the hills
A dreamier sleep, the trance of God, instills ---
On uplands hazed, in wandering airs aswoon,
Slow-swaying palms salute love's cypress tree
Adown in vale where pebbly runlets croon
A song to lull all sorrow and all glee.
Sweet fern and moss in many a glade are here,
Where, strown_ in flocks, what cheek-flushed myriads lie
Dimpling in dream --- unconscious slumberers mere,
While billows endless round the beaches die.
A Senior Trump administration who is leading
"ALTERNATIVE SAFE COMMUNITIES"
funding uncertain
small scale
how does this fit the scale of Gaza Territory's
2 million residents?
PRIME MOVERS OF THE PROJECT are :
U.S. Officials who along with Israeli Govt.
officials who will provide on-ground support.
Cost for clearing the land would be in the tens
of millions of dollars just to initiate a prototype
"community" -- modular dwelling similar to
some used in earthquake relief zones, Syrian refugee
housing, U.S. troops in military bases across the
Middle East.
Lightstone's team works out of Tel Aviv in
Kempinski and Hilton, two luxury hotel/resorts.
He was also CEO of the "Abraham Accords" institute,
founded in Trump's first term by his son-in-law Jared
Kushner, real estate magnate.
U.S. (Executive Branch)
plans compounds (ALTERNATIVE
SAFE COMMUNITIES) to house
Palestinians / Gazans in Israeli-held
half of Gaza Strip (Palestinian
area comprised of those apart from
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY whose
capital is Ramallah, West Bank)
nytimes.com/2025/11/25/world/middleeast/
us-compounds-palestinians-israel-gaza-strip.html
Trump seize control of
Republicans' midterm
election control strategy
REUTERS.com
Nov. 25 [subscription
required]
recent meetings in
construction-area
West-Wing and Rose
Garden "club" meetings
of incumbent Representatives
as well as most GOP Senators
NPR offers details
National Security Adviser/ SECY. of State
Marco Rubio of Florida
is "making progress" in Geneva, Switzerland
to amend the "peace plan" offered to Russia &
Ukraine by outsider "influencer" the U.S. (Trump-
Vance executive branch)
npr.org/2025/11/24/g-s198998/geneva-us-ukraine-report-progress
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in April 1945
Richard Milhouse Nixon
in 1994 (20 years after resignation)
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Richard Cheney of WY
in 2025 did not get a State Funeral only
family funeral with invitation not offered
to incumbent POTUS and VP - service
handled at National Cathedral (D.C.) with
military escort and military singers/orchestra
After a long break since Sept. 19, the House
of Representatives began work again on Nov. 12;
don't worry
they have another November weekday break planned :
Nov. 23 - 28.
Actually earlier -- Friday Nov 21
since the Senate is already off for
the Monday - Friday surrounding
the 4th Thursday of November 2025.
NBC announces
"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
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NBC-Universal will
have tree-lighting
(LED energy-efficient
ones)
by end of year 2025 : the nation of Iran
is admitting that its infrastructure is failing --
no water where citizens
live (mostly in cities/towns);
Tehran may be evacuated
at end of 2025
details at
Washingtonpost.com / Nov. 25, 2025
July 31, 2025 -- U.S. and NATO allies warn of
ongoing threats by Iran's intelligence services
to kill, kidnap, and threaten citizens in many
countries
AP News. online US - NATO - IRAN
July 31, 2025 posted article
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"Dry Taps, Empty Lakes, Shuttered Cities :
a water crisis batters Iran" NY TIMES dot-com
world/middleeast/iran-water-crisis-drought.html
July 2025
Iran's leaders turn to a new birth of
a fusion of Shi'ite identity and Irani
nationalism
NYTimes.com/2025/07/22/world/middleeast/
iran-nationalism-israel-us-attacks.html
Tuesday July 22 (online article - NY TIMES)
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UPDATE: July 18
Iran's Fordo Nuclear site was badly
damaged and potentially destroyed by
the 12 bunker-buster bombs the U.S.
military dropped on it June 2025 --
details in article (David Sanger, Julian
Barnes, Eric Schmitt)
NYTimes.com/2025/07/17/us/politics/iran-nuclear-sites.html
_________July 12, 2025__
Iran's foreign minister
Abbas Araghchi
said that his country would accept a resumption
of the nuclear talks as long as the U.S. agreed
it would not again use B-2 Stealth bombers with
megabombs and Cruise Missiles on nuclear
and missile sites.
See FURTHER: apnews.com/article/iran-us-nuclear-talks-
araghchi- . . .
Tehran, Iran 10:45 a.m. US. EASTERN time zone.
CNN covers "panic in the office"
CNN.com/2025/11/25/politics/lindsey-halligan-justice-department-
prosecutors-dont-know-whos-in-charge
How will Halligan follow-up this bizarre behavior
Oct. 8, 2025
when Court Trial Judge will conclusively rule
Nov. 24, 2025
on the legality of her "installation" with no
experience as a prosecutor / only an insurance lawyer
before stint as personal lawyer for then Candidate
Trump at his felony charge trials at Manhattan, NY
and "classified documents" trials in Florida . . . ? ? ?
_____________________________________
The young defense lawyer of POTUS 47
Rocked and nodded back and forth as a
junior federal prosecutor from NC made
the case against Comey in the Eastern District
of Virginia -- where Trump 2.0 installed her
as a prosecutor after her previous specialization
was in "Insurance Law"
Ms. Halligan did not speak in court today . . .
Oct. 8, 2025
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her assignment from her boss was to obtain
3 indictments of former FBI Director James
Comey -- she got a signed indictment
from the Grand Jury foreperson but did not
show all the charges to the entire group
of Jurors as is required by law / legal precedent.
_________________________________
a second motion filed by Comey's defense lawyer
in court today argues that
the appointment of Lindsey Halligan by
Trump 2.0 was illegal.
Nov. 22, 2025 was their last morning and
beginning
Nov. 29 and all of December
on into 2026 there will be
more continuity with M - Friday
format. CBS has new
Managers over all Paramount -
CBS News division.
William Henry Pratt was born
in Camberwell, London, England on
Nov. 23, 1887.
His superstar career as a
lead / star in Univeral
Horror movie standards
began
in 1931 with Frankenstein
(director James Whale) and
continued with The Mummy,
Bride of Frankenstein, Mask
of Fu Manchu, The Raven,
and his last movie (director
Peter Bogdanovich) Targets
in 1968. Also well known for
voice acting the Grinch in the
TV Xmas special (25 minutes)
and Narrator.
NBC NEWS (Sunday evening 11/23/2025)
"With Talk Ongoing,
Trump 2.0 adds new tension
with claim UKRAINE
has zero gratitude"
[ a bold-faced lie ]
REUTERS dot-com
DOGE Doesn't exist
with 8 months left on its "charter"
update 11/25
"DOGE" claims of slashing budget
expenditures impossible to actually document
since it was non-transparent or following
established accounting practices to show
what it accomplished.
_____________________________
UPDATE: July 11, 2025
DOGE Staff departures story at
POLITICO.com / 00448823
also Brad Smith who decimated HHS,
Chris Stanley, Emily Miller, Amanda Scales,
James Burnham, & Tom Krause.
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For more than 20 years, the engineer
has devoted himself to fulfilling Elon
Musk's desires following him to
SpaceX
and the social media Twitter, renamed
X [ Davis also oversaw layoffs there]. . .
Davis is an engineer who will throw
himself at any task, even if he has
no expertise in the area. . .
nytimes.com/2025/03/20/technology/
elon-musk-steve-davis-doge.html
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".
Noah Schachtman Writer on National Security
THE REAL REASON
TRUMP
is fawning over
SAUDI ARABIA's RULER
22 November 2025 (online analysis)
nytimes.com/2025/11/22/opinion/
trump-saudi-crown-prince-fossil-fuel.html
Wicked : For Good
sequel to 2024 blockbuster
musical - feature film
WVPE (Elkhart, IN) NPR affiliate
tells the story of a golden retriever
"Therapy Dog" / Firehouse mascot
who will be part of the city of GOSHEN,
Indiana who is being trained by
"Top Notch Canine" in her obedience
studies and following orders of the
various Fire Dept. and EMT teams she
would work for.
DETAILS of Maple at
wvpe.org/wvpe-news/2025-11-20/
maple-the-therapy-dog-joins-goshen-fire-departments-
wellness-efforts
FOLLOW-up
NYTimes.com/2025/11/23/style
"Mamdani's meeting with Trump
OVAL OFFICE
reactions-fuentes-bannon.html
scrambled the MAGA Sphere
Anti-Semite Fuentes called
for a total immigration ban
and for US State Dept. to
cut ties with Israel. . .
NBC News online platform
"Trump offers
Zohran Mamdani
nothing but praise"
Nov. 21,
2025
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)
Nov. 22, 1963
POTUS John F. Kennedy assassinated in
motorcade at Dallas, TX. Also wounded
from the sniper was Gov. Connally riding
in the same car as Kennedy.
LBJ sworn in that afternoon aboard
returning Air Force One that carried the
corpse of the young President.
