Pray for the children from Wed. a.m. Mass
Shooting at
Annunciation R. Catholic church, Minneapolis, MN
August 27, 2025
join with
Teachers,
Students,
Nurses,
as well as police officers.
One such victim is 12-yr.-old Sophia Forchas
in critical condition after undergoing surgery
abcnews.go.com/
grief-turns-hope-minneapolis-rallies-kids-hurt-school
School Supplies soar 7.3% amid tariffs
for parents shopping for their children's
September needs.
abcnews.go.com/US/school-supply-prices-soar-73-
amid-tariffs/story?id=12561130
September 4, 2025
online coverage of inflationary trend nationwide
Bristol, IN
Annual CORNDOG_ Festival
Saturday all day
September 6, 2025
10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
new and improved
bristolcorndogfest.com
Prizes for the
"Wiener Dog" / Dachshund
Costume Contest are sponsored
by Goshen (IN) Physicians
RULES =
all contestants must be one year or older
dogs must be sociable with other dogs, adults, children
only one costume per pet
all pets must be up-to-date with vaccinations and provide
proof from your veterinarian
pets must be leashed and under control at all times
people-costume allowed but are not judged
obscene, lewd, or cruel costumes NOT PERMITTED
costumes must be safe and comfortable for the dog
no dogs in heat
owners-handlers must clean up after pet
FEE : $20 per pet
online registration includes waiver signature (required)
bristolcorndogfest.com/wiener-dog-contest/
Host of WASHINGTON WEEK in review
with the Atlantic
PANEL: Friday Sept. 5, 2025
Elisabeth Bumiller, NY Times
Leigh Ann Caldwell, Puck
Stephen Hayes, The Dispatch
Vivian Salama, The Atlantic
details
NCR online.org/Vatican/pope-meets-israeli-president-discusses-tragic-situation-gaza
The Israeli President will meet
Pope Leo XIV
and Vatican Sec. of State
at Vatican City
September 4, 2025.
jpost.com/israel-news/article
Focus will be on
hostages,
antisemitism,
protecting Christians in
the Middle East.
Yes the ship bound for port outside
Gaza arrived with
baby food, formula,
canned goods :
see specifics at
wck.org/news/gaza-questions-answered
updated as of
September 4, 2025
Doug Beck,
stepped down August 25, 2025
abruptly telling his staff in an email
after leading the Pentagon's "DEFENSE
INNOVATION UNIT"
He is a Naval Reserve captain;
that unit is responsible for
fielding Drone technology and
AI-driven weapons through the
Replicator Initiative of the Pentagon/ D o D.
The HILL platform / Capitol D.C. news
Ashley Manning, principal
assistant Secretary of Defense
for cyber policy
and Jonathan Owen, acting
deputy assistant of Defense
for homeland defense integration
and defense support to civil
authorities
resigned recently (Sept. 2025).
The noted psychiatrist / author
OBITUARY :
nytimes.com/2025/09/04/obituaries/robert-jay-lifton-dead.html
from Committee member
Senator Raphael Warnock (D - Georgia)
RFK, Jr. had never been
to the CDC before the gunman
attacked it in Atlanta this year;
he has not been briefed by any
of its scientists / employees
about vaccines.
Many CDC employees believe
Kennedy is to some extent
responsible for misinformation
that led to the crazed gunman's
attack where bullets entered office
windows.
_____________________________
Kennedy's back-and-forth with
New Hampshire Sr. Senator
Maggie Hassan is the most striking
example of his disdain for members
of the Finance Committee and his
disregard for Capitol protocol.
"You're just making things up. . ."
to which the Senator replied:
"Sometimes when you make an
accusation, it's a kind of confession,
Mr. Kennedy"
Kennedy asserted that "there are no
cuts to Medicaid" // by 2034, the CBO
estimates that there will be 7.8 million
persons without health insurance.
September 7, 2025
7 p.m. rescheduled from
April 6, 2025 (due to hand surgery)
Part of "HOWARD CENTER
PRESENTS" series
Andrews University,
Berrien Springs, MI
southwest Michigan
andrews.edu/agenda/65491
__________________________
One of the most talented
guitarists in music today,
Phil Keaggy continues to
delight audiences across the U.S.
He has been an audience-pleaser
for more than 40 years. . .
HOWARD Performing Arts Center
Ticket prices primarily
$10 - 30 but upper level seating
starts at $49 and up to around $200+
Web connection = hpac@andrews.edu
phone 269-471-3560
100th Home Run
as a
Los Angeles Dodger
(California, USA)
coverage in NHK (Japan) platform
wws3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250903_07/
His 100th Home Run was measured
as his fastest exit-velocity in his
MLB (American) career.
POSSIBLE (not yet actuated)
Charges begin to emerge from Pamela Jo Bondi
Trump attorney general -- Bolton to face
espionage act violations, other crimes
[ gathering and retaining classified information ]
REUTERS.com/ September 4, 2025
Trump 2.0 continues to blame Bolton,
calling him one of the "stupid people"
making it harder to end the Ukraine war.
He fails to offer evidence that Bolton leaked
classified information.
selections from
The Room Where It Happened (2020)
Simon & Schuster
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 7 : "Trump heads for the door in
Syria and Afghanistan, and can't find it"
chapter 8 : "Chaos as a way of life"
Chapter 12 : "Trump loses his way,
and then his nerve"
__________________________________
Epilogue (pages 483 - 494)
As the line in Hamilton
goes, that "I am not
throwing away my shot. . ."
Readers can be assured that
in my book (ROOM) I have
faithfully presented the substance
of Trump's conversations with
foreign leaders, and mine as well.
[for the "classification review"]
Almost no changes in my manuscript/
final draft (ROOM) were required in
my discussion of conversations between
Trump and his subordinates (page 492). . .
POLITICS and PROSE
bookstore is official bookseller
at the Convention Center
NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 2025
the 25th annual
Sat. Sept. 6, 2025
8:30 - 7:30 all day!
politics-prose.com/bookmark/national-book-festival-all-ages
Washington, D.C.
our nation's capital
HEADLINE:
"Pfizer responds to Success of
Operation Warp Speed
(rapid development using mRNA
technology to produce COVID-19
vaccine in 2020) and re-affirms
it will transparently and consistently
disclose its research findings"
THIS Heralds the $1 trillion saved by
use of vaccines to save lives
and health care costs --
pfizer.com/news/announcements/pfizer-responds-success-
operation-warp-speed-and-affirms-transparency-covid
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 10 a.m. -- NEW YORK, NY
President Trump 2.0's call for transparency
is welcomed. . .We stand by the integrity of our
data. . .
Run Walk
runsignup.com/
11 a.m.
$20 race + $2.20 fee
Registration ends Sept. 19 for the
Sat. Sept. 20, 2025
Race/Events/MI/Baroda/MTTGreatLakesStory5k
Niles, Michigan (Berrien County) - SW Michigan High School
Friday Sept. 5 : at Lakeshore
Sept. 12: at Paw Paw
Sept. 19: versus Otsego
Sept. 26: versus Sturgis
October 3: vs. Three Rivers
Oct. 10: at Vicksburg
Oct. 17: vs. Plainwell
Oct. 24: at Edwardsburg
after a pre-season game
against the St. Joseph (MI)
Bears, the Vikings have a 1-0
record to date.
Saturday Sept. 6, 2025
Free
expected are +200,000
9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Eastern Time
on BOOK TV
C-Span cable channel
2025 National Book Festival from
Walter e. Washington Convention Center,
Washington DC
among guests and authors :
Ron Chernow
Peter Cozzens
Stephen Grant
Garrett Graff
Jill Lepore
Greg Lukianoff
Kate Marvel
Robert Newlen
Clay Risen
c-span.org
"acting" CDC director will be for immediate future
a biotechnology executive whose degrees were from
Yale and U. Chicago (a B.A. and a M.A. in Humanities)
Jim O'Neill
____________________________________________
RFK, Jr. Sought to Fire CDC Director
Susan Monarez over
COVID-19 Vaccine Policy. . .
RFK, Jr. fumed at a Texas News
Press Conference saying, the
CDC is a "cesspool of corruption". . .
There's a lot of trouble at CDC
(Atlanta, Georgia)
"it's going to require getting rid of
some people over the long term in
order for us to change the institutional
culture". . .
ADMIRAL Brett Giroir, a physician
who helped lead the nation through
recent pandemics said:
I DON'T KNOW WHO's IN
CHARGE HONESTLY and
THAT's FRIGHTENING !
August 28, 2025
5 p.m. Eastern Time
September 1 (Labor Day) 3,787 visits - (most of entire 30-day month)
Sept. 2 2,227
Sept. 3 844
Sept. 4 676
Sept. 5 52
Month of September (first - 30th) : Running Total = 7,586
to this Web GOOGLE BLOG
faithfor2008.blogspot.com/
Seeking Faith and Understanding
Timothy J. Shaw
My Part of the
CITY
STATE
NATION / / / WORLD / / / SOLAR SYSTEM
Galaxy
Universe
September 3 (two days after Labor Day 2025)
the SMITHSONIAN replied stating :
it has authority over its
programming and content
arts/design/smithsonian-
bunch-trump.html
_______________________
The director of the Smithsonian
Lonnie Bunch,
historian + current
director of the Smithsonian
museums
lunched Aug. 28, 2025 with
Donald J. Trump & review
operative Lindsay Halligan,
a special aide/assistant to
POTUS, who is leading a
review detailed here =
NYTimes.com/2025/08/28/arts-design-trump-bunch-lunch-smithsonian.html
Sept. 3, 2025
Five Republicans in "swing" districts sided with Democrats
as a whole to stop the House Leadership's censure over
her defensive, non-violent interaction with law enforcement
at a New Jersey "deportation site" // she is a member of the
U.S. House who was properly at that location in May 2025.
Charges were dropped by the D of J's Prosecutor /
U.S. attorney ( term officeholder Alina Habba) against Newark
Mayor.
Some Republicans voted "present" / No Opinion and the
winning side prevailed.
She is a member of the House Black Caucus and
a freshman from New Jersey.
The punitive measure would also have removed her from
a legislative committee.
The Louisiana Congressman who forced the entire House
to vote on her censure is
Rep. Clay Higgins. . .
In OVAL OFFICE photo-op
with newly-elected POLAND
President-elect
POTUS Trump makes broad hint that
transactionally he and Hegseth will promise
that U.S. Troops will be stationed there --
independent of any other factors, just out of
give-and-take from that European leader . . .
3 September 2025 -- mid-day
see major news media coverage of that
open-air flattery and under-the-table approach . . .
Sept. 3, 2025 4:58 p.m. Eastern
Judge Burroughs has ruled and Trump has lost --
he broke the law when using the power of the
Executive Branch against the institution of Harvard
University (founded 1634) --
see today's breaking news
NYTimes.com/2025/09/03/us/harvard-trump-funding-ruling.html
_____________________________________________
UPDATE -- July 21, 2025 -- Judge Burroughs in
her courtroom will hear from Harvard's lawyers that
the Trump team of lawyers is attempting to curb
the +388-year-old American institution's
rights to free speech.
NY TIMES.com/ 2025/07/21/us/trump-administration-harvard-hearing.html
Pamela Bondi, Trump's A.G. at the D.ofJ. argues that
the Trump-Vance administration has the clear authority
to halt research across the entire university departments.
After today's arguments, it is not clear when she will issue
her ruling.
_________________________________________
UPDATE: June 20 -- Yes, Judge Burroughs
rules in favor of Harvard's continuance to
admit international students.
NYTimes.com online BREAKING NEWS 4 p.m.
Friday June 20
______________________________________
Update: June 16, 2025
NPR is reporting that the Judge will delay until
Monday the 23rd of June.
NPR.org/2025/05/16/nx-s1-5432750/harvard-lawsuit-international-students-hearing
____________________________________________
Judge Allison Burroughs (Fed. District) -- insisted that
the Status Quo remain in place. . .
details on Kristi Noem revocation -- see ABC News.go.com
"Breaking News"
Thursday May 29, 2025
Harvard University attorneys will make their first in-person
arguments before a Boston, Mass. federal courtroom
Its strategy is to use the POTUS Trump's statements
as evidence that the government is on a political
crusade against the school.
At stake is the 70-year-old Harvard
tradition of admitting top students
from around the globe; a visa ban
would affect 7,000 students currently
enrolled and other incoming students
who had expected to enroll in summer
and fall.
_________________________________
On the Trump-Vance side,
Lawyers on the Dept. of Justice have not
yet submitted any written arguments on
the case.
_________________________________
Revoking a university's right to host
international students is an extraordinary
measure. In court papers, Harvard has
maintained that the Trump-Vance lawyers/
legal complainants bypassed detailed
procedures that might lead to a revocation.
runsignup.com
$110 or $150 for Open Division
Noon - 2 p.m.
October 4, 2025
over 40 obstacles -- runners and their
pups on leash : everyone gets finisher medals and hat,
live music, vendors - food trucks,
food / beer / overnight camping nearby.
"MIDWEST Canine Obstacle 5K Run"
must register by Oct. 2 to participate that
Saturday (48 hours advance)
Wooded Trails,
Creek Beds,
Dirt
Water obstacles
RUN with the best to
see how you stack up!
as of Sept. 4 -- White House is NOW
declaring that viral video showing
black disposable bag being thrown out of
White House to dispose of health / quarantine
materials is
"FAKE"
____________________________________
THE HILL.com
"Maggie Haberman says,
Trump
has never been
transparent about his
health"
He appears at public events
with his hand caked with make-up.
(August 25, 2025)
NBC News termed it in a summary article
"Trump, who questioned
his opponents' health,
rebuffs rumors about his
own"
nbcnews.com/politics/
donald-trump/trump-rebuffs-
health-speculation-golf-hand-
bruise-biden-clinton-rcna228542
If you want an "APPLE FESTIVAL 5K"
experience,
cross the state line and enjoy:
Nappanee (IN)
APPLE FESTIVAL 5K
and 1 mile run that
begins at Missionary Church
2 miles north of Downtown
Nappanee -- date this year
September 20, 2025 , 8:30 a.m.
Eastern Time
findtherun.com/race/14960/nappanee-apple-festival-donut-dash-5k-and-1-mile-donut-dash
Details at
abcnews.go.com/US/Monsoon-season-us/story?id=125098088
Daily patterns of mostly dry
mornings with storms
developing later in the day
with heavy rains occuring in
the afternoon and evening hours -
also known as a diurnal cycle.
[California, southern Nevada, Arizona]
Read all about SW Michigan (Berrien County)
sites and events :
Farmers Markets
U-Pick Orchards & Flower Farms
Farms and Farm Tours
Fruit and Vegetable Shopping
Plants and Gardens
Organic Goodness
more at
harborcountry.org/
15311 Three Oaks Road,
Three Oaks, MI
49128
telephone 269-469-5409
stay connected FaceBook,
Instagram, Pure Michigan
Three - day weekend
Oktoberfest at
INDIANA DINOSAUR MUSEUM
October 3 - 5, 2025
Noon - 6 p.m. each day
German music,
food & beer, hayrides
to our Pumpkin Patch,
Pumpkin Pie eating
contest
visitsouthbend.com/event/oktoberfest-at-the-
indiana-dinosaur-museum/8142/
7102 Dinosaur Way,
South Bend, IN 46628
According to NHK World News,
Japan set a new record for hottest
summer average temperatures:
a record 13 days with daytime highs
greater than 30 degrees Celsius or
higher. In August, Isesaki City in
Gunma Prefecture recorded the
highest-ever temperature of 41.8 degrees
C.
[story posted Monday Sept. 1, 7:20 a.m.]
Military chief of staff
Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir
Head of Mossad spy agency
David Barnea
National Security adviser
Tzachi Hagnebi
Foreign minister
Gideon Saar
ABC News breaks this story
Sept. 2, 2025
Politics/WireStory
Accepting the award will be
Patricia de Stacy Harrison,
longest-serving president
and CEO of Corporation for
Public Broadcasting.
Most of its staff positions end
Sept. 30, 2025; Trump 2.0 and the
GOP House and Senate have
defunded public TV programming. . .
apnews.com Online Article
2 September 2025
The CPB now ends almost 6 decades
of producing education programming.
In remote Marra Mountains
in western Sudan
bbc.com/news/articles/cdj2jygzzk9o
Days of heavy rains caused the landslide
Sunday Aug. 31, 2025
NY POST offered details
of who on "invite list"
09/02/ NY post.com/
"Trump issues surprise invitation to
UK State Banquet hosted by King Charles - report/
Friday Sept. 12, 2025
4 - 5:15 p.m.
Leighton Concert Hall, DeBartolo P.A. Center
Citizenship and Constitutional Govt.'s YOU Tube channel
see details to register for this closed to University event
events.nd.edu/events/2025/09/12/
jeanie-poole-oshaughnessy-memorial-lecture-
a-conversation-with-supreme-court-justice-
amy-coney-barrett
Univ. of Notre Dame,
South Bend, IN
46556
Graham Greene, well-known First Nations
indigenous Canada actor - celebrity,
died September 2025
age 73
OBITUARY to follow
nominee for performance as "Kicking Bird"
in Dances with Wolves
Grammy winner, Gemini Award, Canadian
Screen Award, Dora Mavor Moore Award,
Governor General's Performing Arts Award (2025)
American Heart Association
Blood Pressure Criteria
normal is less than
120 / 80
elevated is greater than
121 - 129 / less than 80
Stage 1 Hypertension is
130 - 139 /80 - 89
Stage 2 is
greater than 140 / greater than 90
UPDATE: 10 accusers to hold press event
on steps of Capitol Wed. Sept. 3, 2025
___________________________________
The Hill platform / web news supplier at 6 a.m.
posted the story Sept. 2, 2025 :
GOP Lawmakers
to be confronted by
Jeffrey Epstein
saga as they
return to Congress
_______________________________
Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna have a
press conference upon the opening hours
with survivors of Epstein's and Ghislaine
Maxwell's sex trafficking / conspiracy /
sexual exploitation of minors crimes.
Their "discharge petition" will require a
vote by all 435 Representatives.
The House Rules Committee will have to
resolve its impasse by either sweeping
matters under the "carpet" or admitting
that the "Epstein Files" was part of
mis / dys_ / Disinformation concocted
by MAGA and Trump-Vance operatives. . .
thehill.com/homenews/house/547730-
epstein-files-gop-congress/
September 2, 1945
Foreign minister of
Japanese empire signs
formal surrender treaty
while General MacArthur
looks on aboard the USSS
Missouri stationed at
Tokyo Bay -- thus bringing
World War II to an end.
apnews.com/today-in-history/september-2
C-SPAN dot-org
will have coverage of an
80th Anniversary
commemoration today.
c-span.org/event/us-house-of-representatives/us-house-of-representatives/436044
The House of Representatives begins its fall
schedule of important fiscal and budgetary-spending
work on September 2, 2025 as does the U.S. Senate.
On Thursday 9/4 HHS Secretary RFK, Jr. will
testify before the Senate Finance Committee and
his words / agenda will be under great scrutiny.
Chairing that committee is Senator Crapo of Idaho
and ranking member (D) is Ron Wyden of Oregon.
_________________________________________
The Supreme Court (headed by Chief Justice
Roberts) returns to its 2025- 2026 term on the
first Monday of October next month. It too
will be under great scrutiny by the citizens of
the United States as to whether it will continue
the constitutional principle of "Checks and Balances"
on the two other branches of Federal governance.
Because he values his private life,
Keanu Reeves
doesn't participate in
social media.
[ other trivia about the
actor - philanthropist :
although he has starred in
Shakespearean films and plays,
he does believe that Edward
de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford,
wrote the works of Shakespeare. ]
He established a private foundation
to support children's hospitals
and cancer research. He donated
a large portion of his earning from
the Matrix films to charity.
Economists / accountancy experts
estimate his net worth to be
$380 million.
Keanu Charles Reeves,
whose first name means "cool breeze
over the mountains" in Hawaiian
was born September 2, 1964 in
Beirut, Lebanon. His father was
born in Hawai'i of native Hawaiian
and Chinese ancestry while Keanu's
mother is originally from Essex,
England. In high school, Keanu was
lukewarm toward academics but
took a keen interest in ice hockey
and drama. SEE FURTHER :
imdb.com/name/nm0000206/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
Archbishop (R. Catholic)
of Minneapolis- St. Paul, MN
prayer should be
coupled with action
thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5480203-
minneapolis-archbishop-prayer-school-shooting/
September 1, 2025
[ after Annunciation Church
mass shooting ]
This means coming together
to work with officials, to
work with our legislators,
to see how it is that we might
be able to diminish that
pandemic of arms!
refers to POPE Leo XIV
prayer that the pandemic of
arms / weapons may be
reduced and eliminated!
The Boys in the Boat
NINE AMERICANS & THEIR
EPIC QUEST FOR OLYMPIC
GOLD AT THE BERLIN
OLYMPICS (1936)
_______________________
It won a GoodReads Choice
Award [354,399 ratings]
and was published June 4, 2013
with a subsequent filming by
director George Clooney. Was the
BOOK better than the Amazon-
MGM Film ? Discussion hosted
at NILES (Michigan) Public Library
September 15 (3rd Monday, 6 - 7 p.m.)
FREE -- nileslibrary.com -- Adult Services
Sixth World Conference of
the
WORLD COUNCIL of
CHURCHES (global
ecumenical body)
oikoumene.org/
Where now for
visible unity?
By invitation only --
the centrepiece to the
W.C.C.'s 1700 year
anniversary of the
Council of Nicaea
Peace with Creation
September 1 - Oct. 4,
2025
oikoumene.org/events/season-of-creation-2025
Edwardsburg, MI Public Schools begin
September 2, 2025 (K students
begin on Wed., 9/3/2025)
New Buffalo Schools begin
Tuesday Sept. 2 for K - 12
with a half-day.
Reuters Press Agency
has "EXCLUSIVE" --
RFK, Jr.'s new
Autism Data Science Center
aims to mine large datasets
to investigate possible contributors
to Autism;
and to evaluate outcomes of
existing treatments.
_____________________________
AUTISM : Senator (Oklahoma) James Lankford
Autism is NOT caused by Vaccines
to Kristen Welker, MEET THE PRESS
NBC News dot-com August 31, 2025
_______________________________________
Rebuttal : by FL Congressman Maxwell Frost
RFK, Jr.'s comments are disrespectful and flat-out lies
Autism is neither a virus nor a disease. . .it's a
neurological condition with a wide spectrum. Many
Americans with autism work, pay taxes, and are living
happy and healthy lives" the hill.com/homenews/house/
5254311-maxwell-frost-rfk-jr-autism-disrespectul/?tbref=hp
Autism Prevalence has increased to 1 in 31
children across all 50 states;
rates of diagnosing are increasing;
environmental factors may be in play.
_______________________________
April 16, 2025 news conference
RFK, Jr. : Studies suggest autism risk is
heavily rooted in genetics (80% estimated).
Epidemic, Surge, Tsunami are
descriptive terms used in the discussion/presentations
for the reporters and agency staff gathered in
the District of Columbia office space.
He was joined to answer technical questions by
Clinical Psychologist Walter Zohorodny, professor
Rutgers University.
RFK, Jr. also claimed, we "know" that it's an
environmental exposure. . .
abcnews.go.com/health/rfk-jr-lays-new-studies-autism-
shuts-diagnoses . . .
AP NEWS :
Preliminary Labor Statistics show that
under Trump 2.0 - Vance there are
1.2 million less laborers due to the
disappearance from Census Data,
primarily in California's workers in
farming, fishing, forestry . . .
AP News.com/article/labor-day-immigration-trump . . .
From APRIL 13, 2025
until OCTOBER 13, 2025
the Expo Osaka 2025
marks the 20th year
anniversary as a return
since the Aichi Expo 2005.
see further
www.japan-guide.com/event/expo-2025/
ALSO coverage on
NHK (Japanese Public television network/platform)
Sunday Aug. 31, 2025
two people were aboard both aircraft
and Morgan County officials report that
one person was killed and 3 injured.
thehill.com/policy/transportation/5479881-
mid-air-collision-colorado-airport/?tbref=hp
STATUS in 2025 as far as COVID Vaccination
ABC NEWS online article
September 1, 2025
In 34 states, the customers of CVS can receive the
current COVID-19 vaccination; in 13 states and the
District of Columbia, Americans can be vaccinated,
depending on age, with a prescription. In 3 states,
Massachusetts,
New Mexico,
Nevada
the COVID Vaccine isn't being offered.
_________________________________________________
from FACEBOOK site article
Niles High School will host a Covid Vaccination clinic next Wednesday, June 9, 2021 from 3:00-6:00 p.m.
➡️ Students that are 12-15 must have a signed consent form and be accompanied by a parent.
➡️ 16 and 17 year olds only need the consent form signed by the parent to participate.
Hard copy consent forms are available in the main office at the high school.
Actress, writer, producer
Lily Tomlin was born
September 1, 1939 in
Detroit Michigan. She
began her career by doing
stand-up comedy in clubs
in Detroit and NY City.
Nominated as Best Actress
for the 1975 directed-Robert-
Altman comedy "Nashville".
Nominated 25 times for
Primetime Emmys -- won
in 2013 as "Narrator" for
An Apology to Elephants
and in 1981 for her comedy
special Lily : Sold Out.
Three other Emmy wins --
her first nominations were for
Rowan & Martin Laugh-In
series (1971, 1972, 1973).
UPDATE ON BBC World News
Afghan quake victims buried on Mountain top
_____________________________________
Early Monday morning September 1, 2025
local time
a 6.0 magnitude earthquake
shook eastern Afghanistan
as relief and rescue workers
rushed to reach those hit hardest
by the quake, with 2,800 injuries
immediately counted and treated.
nytimes.com/2025/09/01/
afghanistan-earthquake-jalalabad.html/
South Bend, IN
Mass transit buses will be available for the
event see DETAILS
ABC57.com/news/transpo-announces-service-to-
zach-bryan-concert-on-september-6
[game day express route will continue to be free
for all riders; FREE PARKING available at
Century Center Parking Lot, downtown S.B., IN]
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First 5-week, first 7-week,
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By SEPTEMBER 3, 2025
House members will by procedure / protocol
face a Sept. 3, 2025 vote to discharge the
"EPSTEIN FILES" -- Ro Khanna and Thomas
Massie in a bipartisan effort will force
Mike Johnson & MAGA to face the eventual
truth-telling on the FBI's and D o J's EPSTEIN
Files -- more to come
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Alex Acosta who gave Epstein "sweetheart" deal
in 2019
will face questioning from the House
Investigations Cmte.
democracynow.org/2025/08/26/headlines
August 26 -- Media reports that Investigations
committee (GOP - MAGA) Repr. Comer has
phrased his request
any document or record that
could be reasonably construed
to be a potential list of clients
involved in sex, sex acts,
or sex trafficking . . .
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Friday 22nd web article/posting
epstein-files-land-on-capitol-hill-00519851
Today (Friday 8/22) House
Investigations committee day received from DoJ (Dept. Justice)
files on Epstein & Maxwell -- Friday Aug. 22, 2025
see POLITICO dot-com
/congress-trump-doj-epstein-files.html
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UPDATE (August 18, 2025) House of Repr. (D.C.) Investigations
committee's
GOP/ MAGA leader Chmn. James Comer of KY promises by
August 22 -- to release the "Client List" or
"EPSTEIN Files (Grand Jury)"
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Virginia Giuffre's family
now July 31 is asking:
What did Donald John Trump know
about the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein
and Ghislaine Maxwell?
nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/Virginia-Giuffre-family-trump-epstein.html
cnn.com/2025/05/12/politics/library-of-congress-trump-justice-blanche.html
Paul Perkins
Brian Neves
senior lieutenants of D o J underling
TODD BLANCHE (Trump's
chosen lawyer of 2024 (before & after)
who lost at trial for then-candidate Trump's
34 felony convictions, Manhattan)
The two designated subs were not allowed into
the offices. Until Congress itself
gives direction, the Executive Branch lawyers
at Dept. Justice will be frustrated . . .
MAY 15 update
POLITICO fills in details of House
Administration chair & ranking Member
finding out in Nashville, TN of the ouster
of Carla Hayden when meeting with
music industry officials about AI issues.
May 14 POLITICO.com/2025/05/14/library-of-congress-trump-takeover-carla-hayden
According to HISTORY dot-com
the earliest recipe / version of a
lemonade drink in record was
kashkab
made of fermented barley, mint, rue,
Citron (Lemon) leaf
10th Century Egypt
Robert Irwin
(son of the late Reality
TV Star STEVE IRWIN)
is himself a Wildlife
Conservationist who confirmed
his participation on social media
August 31, 2025
also Andy Richter, comedian - sidekick
Pentatonix singer Scott Hoying
August 1, 2025 1,390
visits to this GOOGLE Blog
Saturday August 2 2,172 (third-greatest # of daily visits)
Sunday August 3 218
August 4 207
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August 11 1,483
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August 15 1,367
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August 31 (end of month) 2,322 (2nd greatest # of daily visits)
website : faithfor2008.blogspot.com/
Entire month (August 1 - 31) : total for this month 25,220
NPR (Friday 29 Aug.)
A day after Kash Patel said the
attack at ASSUMPTION SCHOOL
in Minneapolis was motivated by
Hate-Filled ideology / NPR interviewed
counselors - staff at "Institute for
Countering Digital Extremism"
NPR.org/2025/08/29/. . ./minneapolis-shooting-motive
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St. Francis of Assisi School
2270 E.Stadium Blvd. in Ann
Arbor, Michigan
2 Police officers stationed
outside "out of an abundance
of caution"
mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/
2025/08/police-at-ann-arbor-
catholic-school-as-precaution-
following-minnesota-shooting.html
Thursday August 28, 2025 1 p.m. online article
NY TIMES dot-com
inspiring Media coverage of the
acts of heroism last week
in Minneapolis during
and following the shootings
at Annunciation R. Catholic
Church, Minneapolis, MN
Students and staff shielded
the youngest children,
police officers stopped
victims' bleeding, a nurse
abandoned protocol to hold
a scared child's hand ! ! !
WHAT Motivated the Minneapolis Shooter
who killed 2, injured many including elderly
worshippers at Annunciation R. Catholic,
Minneapolis, MN?
see further: NYTimes.com Analysis piece
8/31/us/minneapolis-school-shooter-motive.html
Despite early and misguided
comments by Kash Patel and
Kristi Noem, Dr. Jillian Peterson
of Hamline University Criminology
dept., St. Paul, MN:
"It's this sort of self-hatred that turns
outward, and then you have this really
angry person who plans to go out in
a blaze of glory". . . The 23-yr.-old
shooter fits a profile of one who shoots
children who themselves are young,
isolated, depressed, and angry individuals
who become obsessed with previous
slayings that have generated extensive
media coverage.
The Minnesota funeral home employee,
a husband and father of 5, on the other
hand, provides an entire set of
confounding explanations :
in a letter to Kash Patel (FBI Director
2025) he called the plot to shot point-
blank at MN State legislators and spouses
part of his "dark plot to involve Gov.
Tim Walz (incumbent) and competition
for the state's 2 U.S. Senate seats".
More recently, he told reporters that
his motive was "COVID-19 vaccines."
The well-known actor and humanitarian,
Richard Gere
who was born in Philadelphia, PA
August 31, 1949
has been an actor of stage, movies, & TV
since 1973, having left college after
two years. In the early 1980s,
he traveled to Honduras, El Salvador,
and Nicaragua amidst political violence
and wars. He founded TIBET HOUSE
a non-profit organization dedicated to
the preservation of Tibetan culture.
An accomplished pianist and music writer.
IMDb.com/name/nm0000152/bio/?ref_=
nm_ov_bio_sm
Early
Sunday / late Saturday August 31 --
POTUS Trump 2.0 declares
"HE WILL DO AWAY WITH
Mail-in Voting : that practice
he falsely claims
"is corrupt" . . .
Demetre Daskalakis
director of the National Center
for IMMUNIZATION and
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
who resigned from HHS
interviewed on MSNBC
"Wake up. This is where Fascism Lives"
msnbc.com/
YOU TUBE August 30, 2025
USA TODAY photographers
spotted Trump leaving the White Office
Saturday August 30, 2025
and then arriving at his Trump National
Golf Course at 9:15 a.m. in Sterling, VA.
His grandchildren, 18-yr.old Kai and 12-yr.-old
Spencer were also spotted at that location
with him.
His calendar (released to reporters &
the Executive Branch) has no public events
for the duration of Labor Day up to Tuesday.
usatoday.com/story/news/politics/
2025/08/30/
trump-spotted-golfing-in-virginia-
over-labor-day-weekend . . .
2025 - Mary Steenburgen &
Ted Danson
2022 - Sean Penn
2010 - George Clooney
2004 - Danny Thomas
2002 - Oprah Winfrey
Emmy Awards Ceremony (Prime Time)
TV sitcoms, dramas, variety, series, special one-time
shows / specials /technical & leading recognition
for the 2024 - 2025 eligibility year
Sunday night Sept. 14, 2025
8 p.m. given in Hollywood
[local time is 5 p.m. Pacific]
on CBS entertainment
broadcast channel
Prime Time awards
and acceptance speeches will be
given during the 77th
annual ceremony
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January 15, 2024
8 p.m. Eastern Time
on FOX Television network
75th Ceremony Award nominations are based on 2022-23 seasons
shows & Specials (June 1, 2022 programming until May 31, 2023)
Television Arts and Sciences -- broadcast & Cable
Variety dot-com (online entertainment
platform) reports that
on
September 14, 2025
the Hollywood couple
will receive the
BOB HOPE
Humanitarian Award
during the 77th Emmy
Ceremony.
CBS News report (August 2025):
Social Security Admin.'s chief data officer resigns
after whistleblower reveals that Elon Musk's
DOGE uploaded to a vulnerable
cloud environment
the entire SSA database of
American contributors / recipients
of Social Security records. . .
cbsnews.com/news/social-security-
admin-chief-data-officer-resigns-
after-filing-whistleblower-complaint
August 29, 2025 9:30 p.m. Eastern
Borges had served in his Data Officer
position since January 2025; administration
officials declined to comment.
A first for the Trump 2.0 administration,
ICE Agents arrested at 9 a.m. Wednesday
AUGUST 27, 2025
Mexican contractors who were helping to
tackle a wildfire in Olympic National Forest
Washington State -- details at NBC News
news/us-news/federal-agents-arrest-fire-crew-members-
washington-wildfire-rcna227797
on a "Daily Caller" program Question -
Answer segment, POTUS Trump 2.0 stated that
the bilateral meeting between Russian invader/
dictator V. Putin and democratically elected
President of Ukraine Zelinsky is unlikely to
occur. . .
Aug. 30, 2025 12:57 p.m. Eastern Time Zone
reported on ABC News platform go.com
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August 26, 2025
Washingtonpost dot-com reports
that most on Norway's NOBEL PRIZE
selection committee (part of Nobel
Prizes given in December annually)
are opposing and certainly not favoring
Donald John Trump when
the announcement will be
made in approx. 6 weeks
(early October).
June 24, 2025 -- AP NEWS reports
Katie Britt -- calls Trump 2.0
Historic! The President of Peace
Bernie Moreno [as recently as Nov. 2024
Cleveland auto dealership magnate]
Moreno defeated incumbent D. Senator from
OHio Sherrod Brown; the car dealer will next stand
for re-election in 2030.
"nominated Trump for the Nobel Prize for Peace"
apnews.com/article/iran-strikes-israel-congress-trump. . . .
TODAY (July 19, Saturday)
Ross Douthat : Julie K. Brown interview "What remains
to be revealed about Epstein's 2nd arrest in 2019 for sex
crimes, about what the govt. COULD release but hasn't,
and how the story is bigger than Epstein.
NYTimes.com/2025/07/19/opinion/interesting-times-julie-k-brown-epstein.html
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Ross Douthat focused on Faith / Religion / Conservative Politics /
Philosophy / Political movements & 21st Century / History
NY TIMES columnist / acclaimed author
OPINION PAGE:
. . .I think of Trump as, persistently,
a kind of pagan or heathen figure,
much more than he is a Christian
figure. Not withstanding the attempts
to claim him as a kind of King David
or Emperor Constantine. . . The
bargain for religious conservatives
with Trump is for protection and support.
A transactional bargain. . .Particular
steps Trump-Vance administration has
taken are anti-Christian. . .the way in
which the foreign aid programs were
reshuffled and cut off was a failure of
Christian duty. . .
April 25 column / op-ed / 2025
Also excerpt from St. Augustine of N. Africa
COMMENTARY ON Psalm 49
Are we to think that only
153 just people will be at
his right? No, scripture
suggests thousands of thousands.
And read the Apocalypse: it
would seem from what is said
there that there will be twelve
times twelve thousand from the
Jewish people alone [Rev. 7:4].
Then think of the huge number
of martyrs. To go no further
afield, our own Massa Candida
numbered more than 153 martyrs.
[martyred at UTICA, north of
Carthage in Emperian Valerian's
reign (circa 258)] -- a legend
grew up that they were thrown
alive into quicklime, which
reduced their bodies to white
powder _______________________
. . .The 153 fish do not
correspond to the exact number
of the saints and the righteous,
so that by a hundred and fifty-three
we may understand all those who
have part in the resurrection to
eternal life.
Expositions of the Psalms vol. 2
WSA Translation for the 21st Century
by Maria Goulding (text & notes)
III/16 New City Press, New York, NY
St. Augustine of Hippo
Commentary on Psalm 49 (transl. Maria Boulding)
WSA 21st Century : Works of St. Augustine for the 21st Century
"After his resurrection the
Lord orders his disciples to
cast the net to starboard,
and 153 fish are hauled up,
yet large as they were, the
apostle tells us (Gosp. John
21: 6 - 11) the nets did not
split. . .BY neither saying
cast the nets right NOR left,
he indicated that both good
and bad are to be taken, mixed
up together. And caught
they were, as the gospel's
reliable account testifies. . .
The catch symbolized the present
age and the torn nets symbolized
the rents and tears made by
heretics and schismatics. But
the Lord's action after his
resurrection signified what will
happen for us after our own
resurrection, in that multitude
in the heavenly kingdom. . .
The United States' longest war
from Oct. 2001 til August 2021
ended with the withdrawal of troops
in C-17 cargo planes . . . The Taliban
then fired their guns into the air,
ending a 20-year insurgency.
AP News "On This Date" online almanac
Canada had withdrawn its troops from
Afghanistan on August 26, 2021.
Wed. Aug. 27, 2025
NY POST headline
"Trump Personnel Honcho
Sergio Gor picked as Ambassador
to India after POST reporting
on Musk feud, vetting controversy"
Gor, age 38, sparked Trump's
explosive feud with trillionaire
Elon Musk in June and had
dragged his feet on disclosing
necessary security clearance paper-
work, despite having vetted
thousands of Trump 2.0 appointees
himself since Jan. 20, 2025.
Gor's homeland is the island of
Malta although officials in that
nation have no such record.
The Times of Uzbekistan reported
in July that Gor was born in their
nation before its independence
from the former "Soviet Union."
In 2021, the publishing executive
rocketed from obscurity as a publisher
of Trump's books/autobiographies/
self-help/business advice tomes. . .
The NY Post also reported the Gor
ambassadorial apptmt. will come with
Special Envoy for South & Central Asian
affairs. To be an ambassador requires
Senate hearing and majority vote (at
least 50 and VP Vance) but the Envoy
position is at the President's pleasure. . .
NY Post.com US News/2025/08/22 . . .
ONLINE Breaking News
Reuters news agency / platform
30 August 2025
"Trump Demand for Japan to
Buy More Rice Snagged Trade Talks
- - - Nikkei says"
the Nikkei report was posted Saturday
While Pakistan has 19% tariffs,
Brazil and India
are alone with 50%
tariffs, higher than
any other trading partner
August 30, 2025
Wed. August 27 -- Trump announced the punitive,
punishing tariffs and dropped a visit to India from his
Fall 2025 schedule.
"The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call:
how the Trump-Modi relationship unraveled"
nytimes.com/2025/08/30/us/politics/trump-modi-india.html
online article on Modi's frustration with Trump gaslighting
NYTimes.com/2025/08/30/us/politics/trump-modi.html
BREAKING NEWS:
The war between Congo and Rwanda continues . . .
AP News.com/ Wed. Aug. 27, 2025
DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Rwanda
[ actually no sign it is over ]
Egypt and Ethiopia [ little sign the war concluded ]
India and Pakistan [ evidence is lacking of U.S. peace-making ]
Kosovo and Serbia [ no evidence of U.S. involvement to stop fighting ]
Armenia and Azerbaijan [ true, its Constitutional leaders did sign treaty in Oval Office ]
Cambodia and Thailand [ technically all they have is a cease-fire not a peace treaty ]
Israel and Iran [ Trump claims he stopped Iran from firing nuclear weapons;
Trump without Declaration of War from GOP Congress did drop
bunker-busting barrage of Mother-Of-All-Weaponry on hidden labs ]
Somehow -- that adds up to SEVEN -- but who's counting?
"Will the CDC Survive?"
Apoorva Mandavilli reporter on science & global health
nytimes.com/2025/08/29/health/cdc-kennedy-public-health.html
(Online article -- Friday - Sat. Aug. 29 - 30, 2025
August 29, 2025
federal Appeals judge rules
they were illegal and unauthorized
live2025/08/29/us/trump-news
50% Tariffs leveled in a trade war against Brazil, the largest
economy in the Southern American nations --
HOWEVER,
last year U.S. had a $7.4 billion surplus
on about $92 billion total
in trade with Brazil . . .
online article July 30, 2025
nytimes.com/2025/07/30/world/Americas_/trump-sanctions-brazil-judge-bolsanaro.html
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia
is now headed by a deputy of an Environmental
Lawyer / Presidential Candidate [ R.F.K. junior ]
after the current scientist (not an M.D.)
Susan Monarez
was pushed out of her job by RFK and
White House Personnel notification (e-mail).
The scientist-administrator had
Senate-approval and Presidential appointment to
the job.
O'Neill previously held between 2002 - 2008 the
office of Speech and Editorial Division for HHS
(Bush-Cheney administration)
further qualification / resume positions at
hipaajournal.com/deputy-hhs-secretary-national-coordinator-for-health-it/
Blame Trump-Vance-Rubio-cowardly Senators-complicit MAGA Reprs.
read the article entirely
science.org/content/article/guinea-united-states
helped-beat-back-malaria-now-disease-set-soar
7 August 2025
2 p.m. Eastern US Time Zone
are expected in the post-summer 2025
to move into the Papal Apartments, Vatican
City when
Pope Leo XIV
moves as an order of
those in the Order
of St. Augustine . . .
see details at NCROnline
dot-org article
August 25, 2025
vatican-news/pope-leo-xiv-
include-housemates-apostolic-palace
National Catholic Reporter platform
St. Augustine of Hippo died in
Hippo Regius (North Africa)
of a fever during the area's
siege by invading Vandal army;
he asked that the Pentential
Psalms be written on the walls
of his room and he prayed them
as he lay dying.
The bishop's last words were:
Your will be done; come, Lord
Jesus!
Ahmad Sadeghi
The ambassador from Iran sent to Australia
has been expelled over domestic sabotage and
attempted arson in that country.
August 28, 2025 a.m. local time
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BREAKING NEWS (AUG. 26, 2025)
Mike Burgess, head of Intelligence has reported
to the Government and the people of Australia
that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps was behind both this attack in early July
as well as organized crime . . .
see : NYTimes.com/2025/08/26/world/Australia/
australia-iran-antisemitic-attacks.html
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East Melbourne Australia
[ this country has the highest percentage of
Holocaust survivors after Israel among its
population ]
State of Victoria where Melbourne is capital
none of the 20 worshippers inside were injured.
The front door was damaged by a small blaze.
The attack came hours after tensions flared
elsewhere in the center of Melbourne.
Friday's attack followed a larger attack last
December.
July 4, 2025
