Announced by
Donald John Trump :
after the Supreme Court (SCOTUS)
ruled that he
could not deploy troops in the Chicago
area over the objections of Illinois officials.
12/31/2025
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Ungoverning: The Attack on the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos
Author of a 2024 political science analysis
Ungoverning
Russell Muirhead is interviewed
for the "Democracy Paradox"
podcast [ Kellogg Institute, Notre
Dame ; Keough School of Global
Affairs ]
russell-muirhead-warns-ungoverning-
threatens-democracy
12/24/2025
Hunter Ice Festival 2026 -- 6 professional Ice SCULPTORS -- Jan. 16 - 18 - Niles Riverview Park and display sites
wndu (NBC Affiliate) already gave publicity piece
post-Christmas (12/26/2025)
3 weekends prior to Jan. 16 - 18, 2026
WINTER
WONDERLAND
in Niles, MI (southern Berrien County) - SW Michigan
Friday Jan. 16 - Sunday Jan. 18, 2026.
uncoverniles.com/news-and-updates/2026-Hunter-Ice-Festival
web page/platform for
DOWNTOWN Niles, Michigan and businesses/corporations
phone # 269-687-4332
Supreme Court blocks Trump's use of National Guard (Dec. 2025)
Major Defeat:
Trump 2.0 cannot claim
authority to deploy
National Guard for
law enforcement as if
it is a routine matter . . .
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Colorado federal Lawmaker (both U.S. House & Senate) - - Rest in Strength -- 12/30/25
Tuesday Dec. 30, 2025
OBITUARY / death notice
for former Colorado Senator
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
AP news article/ben-nighthorse-campbell-congressman-dead . . .
Three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives
two terms in the U.S. Senate
passionate about American Indian issues, children's rights, organized
labor, fiscal conservatism . . .
In Memoriam -- 21 names we cherished -- international figures of renown
Jan. 1 - Dec. 27
these 21 figures of culture, politics,
entertainment, those of historic
and 21st century development
have died these last 52 weeks
and are among many we
will long remember and memorialize:
Giorgio Armani;
H. Rap Brown;
Pope Francis (Jorge Bergoglio);
Dick Cheney (VP in 2000 decade);
Roberta Flack;
Frank Gehry (architect);
Jane Goodall;
Gene Hackman;
Diane Keaton;
Val Kilmer;
Charlie Kirk;
David Lynch;
Chuck Mangione;
Willie Mays (sports star);
Rod Paige (Sec. of Education);
Robert Redford;
Rob Reiner;
David Souter (retired Justice);
Sly Stone;
Tom Stoppard;
Brian Wilson (composer;singer)
Jazz New Year's Eve: The Cookers
during former years of regular booking
by status quo Kennedy Center administration
(regular happy-go-lucky Theater - Ballet
bookers - also avant-garde music genres
like Jazz - Classical - many more)
Scheduled for Wednesday 12/31/2025
NEW YEAR'S EVE was
all-star jazz septet
known for hard bop
________________
however
already on Monday
12/29/2025, the
concert likely audience
was hearing in regards to
those pre-sold subscriber tickets
and at-door tickets
that THE COOKERS is CANCELED
because of the "TRUMP"
lettering signage put up
hurriedly after the
Dec. 7 - KCPA Honors
event with POTUS 47 as
Johnny-Carson like emcee
and his "5 pick acts :
Kiss, Michael Crawford, Gloria
Gaynor, Sly Stallone, George Strait".
No one may be "ringing in the New Year"
at the Trump-Kennedy Center, at
least not with Jazz hard bop !
Millions more pages of EPSTEIN FILES yet to be released (will it end and how long to get it past censors BFF of Trump among other GOPs)
New Years lead-in days
Dept. of Justice now admits the yet-to-be-revealed
EPSTEIN FILES of names, photos, et cetera
in the 10s of millions . . .
Xmas EVE Startling revelation of ineptitude :
early in 2025, then-Attorney General just sworn-in
PAMELA JO BONDI
declared that she had the EPSTEIN files on "her desk"
and would share those "binders" with those cleared for
security and at level of required clearances / taking away
names of those victimized
___________________________________________
details on the 1,000,000
pages to go =
nytimes.com/2025/12/24/us/trump-news-#epstein-files-
documents-doj
Devlin Barrett and Michael Gold -- contributors
investigators for the NY TIMES
What organizations bore responsibility for the NAZI war crimes? Seven German organizations charged at Nuremberg, Germany
Law School -- UMKC dot-edu
web pages on "THE Nuremberg Trials:
a chronicle"/Chronology - copyright
online article 2009.
Dec. 18, 1945
Prosecution lawyers begin to present
evidence to prove criminality for these
seven organizations, guilty of war crimes =
NAZI Party leadership,
the German HIGH COMMAND,
the SS,
The SA,
the SD,
the Reich Cabinet,
the Gestapo (Secret Police)
Critics of trump_ arch raise questions about _aesthetics, Costs, ETHICS_ : does one branch of government have such a single prerogative?
Sophia Cai article / exclusive details
from her interview with
Donald John Trump about
the Trump 250 Arch . . .
Politico.com [subscription
required]
12/31/2025
Angel Kelly (Federal District Judge)
Massachusetts Federal COURT
Judge Angel Kelly ruled in her court
to temporarily cease and bar a Jan. 6, 2026
Trump move to revoke
Temporary Refugee Status
for immigrants from
SOUTH SUDAN.
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/
judge-temporarily-bars-trumps-
move-end-protected-status-
south-sudanese-rcna251633
MSF - Medecins Sans Frontieres ( DOCTORS without BORDERS)
Accused of cooperating with HAMAS in Gaza
and the West Bank
MSF / DOCTORS without BORDERS
declared on 30 December 2025 that it
hadn't received any official decision from Israel
over the ban to provide aid in Gaza Territory;
in Gaza, MSF supports around
20 percent of all hospital beds
and supports around the delivery
of one out of three babies.
CARE international, also
said they await official word
from the Israeli government.
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Majority Whip Tom Emmer - GOP Repr. whose district includes many Somali-Americans and Somali nationals who immigrated
Minnesota PUBLIC RADIO mprnews.org
Minnesota branch of Public Radio Network story
"U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer calls for deportation of Somali-Americans
tied to fraud (Day Care scandal / illegal billing)"
Dec. 31, 2025
4 a.m. Minnesota Time Zone (CENTRAL TIME)
Emmer, whose 6th District in Minnesota includes a sizable
East Africa population, did defend those in the country legally
as far back as 2016 but he has now ascended into the GOP Conference
leadership team. Reported by Kristi Marohn, Minnesota NPR
Spero House
SPERO located at 603 N. Second Street -- one block
west of Front Street Pizza location and Riverview Park
next to St. Joseph River in downtown Niles, MI
http://sperohouseniles.org
and FACEBOOK Spero House Niles, MI
269-240-7177
Branch bank locations of United
Federal Credit Union
(North Branch @ Second
Street, Niles Downtown;
South Branch @ 11th Street
South, Niles Twp. near Wal-Mart)
are proudly supporting
a Dec. 2025 donation drive for
local charity SPERO HOUSE,
Niles, Michigan
until Dec. 31, 2025
These items were sought:
Canned goods
Pet food
Hygiene Products
Other non-perishable items
______________________
in each United Federal
Credit Union lobby -
main area there are
collecting boxes to
place your Nov. / Dec.
donations; the charity
thanks you -- the CU
is NOT an affiliate nor
does it profit/benefit
from such in-kind giving.
Dec. 2025 blog Statistics
Month of December
2025
December 1 (Monday) 1,959 [3rd place for most views during entire 31-day month]
Dec. 2 1,522
Dec. 3 1,712
Dec. 4 1,166
Dec. 5 772
Dec. 6 (St. Nicholas' Day) 1,098
2nd Sunday of Advent 1,228
Dec. 8 1,831
Dec. 9 2,736 [most views / visits during 31 days of Dec. ]
Dec. 10 1,446
Dec. 11 2,402 [2nd place date for most visits / GOOGLE views ]
Dec. 12 1,312
Dec. 13 1,511
3rd Sunday of Advent 1,333
Dec. 15 1,372
Beethoven's Birthday 1,307
Dec. 17 1,250
Dec. 18 874
Dec. 19 1,146
Dec. 20 1,178
Winter Solstice 1,197
Dec. 22 676
Dec. 23 738
Xmas Eve 1,144
Xmas Day 681
Merry Christmas to all!
Boxing Day 1,302
Dec. 27 1,348
Dec. 28 1,591
Dec. 29 1,292
Dec. 30 1,094
New Year's Eve 1,472
Total (entire month, 31 days) = 41,711 [fourth largest month in 2025]
total for 2025 (entire 12 months)
I posted 2,538 online articles - summaries - reminders-invitations
from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025
364,052 [ largest month was
July 2025 with 51,575 site
views / visits ]
Monday, December 29, 2025
Grant applications that were arbitrarily frozen, denied, withdrawn
Grants applied for at
NIH (National Institute of
Health) since early in 2025
must be addressed as the
Institute agreed after a lawsuit
to follow its normal evaluation
and consideration.
12/30/2025
reported Monday late afternoon
by REUTERS dot-com and ACLU.org
press-releases/nih-agrees to evaluate
and complete review . . . . . .
Annual TV coverage of "Kennedy Center" honors December (later follow-up on CBS primetime) Dec. 7, 2025 D.C.
6 memorable moments
from Kennedy
Center Honors (live at
Dec. 7, 2025, featuring
KISS, Gloria Gaynor,
George Strait, Sylvester
Stallone)
"We miss Johnny Carson,
don't we? "
"I don't want to tell you
how many times I've seen
you (Michael Crawford) as
Phantom -- there will never
be anything like it" . . .
________________________
POTUS 47 plans to "nominate
himself" for his cultural contributions
in time for Dec. 2026 KENNEDY
HONORS . . .
Trump in a daze : does anyone know what Somaliland is? asks MAGA followers of his Social Media accounts / Tweet postings - queries
Jerusalem POST
tries to cover late-night and while-on-vacation INTERNET
postings of POTUS 47 who is stymied and dazed
by regional condemnation of end-of-week
"recognition" of the break-away region in the sovereign
nation of
Somalia (E. Africa)
jpost.com
28 Dec. 2025
Chuck Redd -- credentials (NPR background piece)
"Jazz Artist CHUCK REDD cancels his
annual Christmas Eve Jazz performance;
he is an international performer on drums and
vibraphone.
REDD has been involved with the Smithsonian
for +2 decades -- serving as artist-in-residence
at the Smithsonian Cafe from 2004- 2008.
spokeswoman Daravi -- email to npr
npr.org/2025/12/27/g-s1-103808/kennedy-center-lawsuit-
chuck-redd-cancellation-trump
Host of Christmas Eve Jazz Music Concert (D.C. annually) threatened with lawsuit by Grenell, Trump's deputy who oversaw new SIGN-lettering adding his boss' name out front
The Building (Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts)
was designated
by act of Congress to be
"living memorial" to JFK
(our 20th Century young President assassinated
Nov. 1963 in Dallas TX).
For 2 decades in D.C.
a variety of Jazz musicians
would perform a Xmas Eve concert;
Mr. Chuck Redd began as host in 2006.
He decided Friday 12/19 when POTUS
Trump 2.0 and the current board/management
added the Trump name to the building
facade and the center's website that he would
cancel the Jazz concert.
NYTimes.com KENNEDY Center chief
threatens lawsuit in a letter [$1 million)
article for TIMES by Tim Balk, 12:47 a.m.
12/27/2025
Uncertainty about whether the ticket buyers would
receive refunds. / / / also reply from the D.C.
musician
Signage change of "Kennedy Center" to the new name ("TRUMP_KENNEDY CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS") -- D.C. residents take note : the Kennedy Center Honors took place before Sign Changing
New Signage installed early on Friday, Dec. 19
CNN Reports that workmen have posted :
"TRUMP KENNEDY"
Dec. 18, 2025 -- following a meeting of the Board of
the National Center for
PERFORMING ARTS -- a voted proposal
from the Trump-Vance officials who now
run the Concert Hall - facilities for music,
dance, theater, symphony performances
to change the name to include POTUS 47
may need a formal
"ACT OF CONGRESS"
to achieve the name
uniting . . .
Mary Tyler Moore (b. Dec. 29, 1936) : would be 89 today
Emmy Winner (7 statuettes)
born Flatbush, NY eldest of three siblings
dancer
actress
even played opposite Elvis Presley in
movie Change of Habit
Fans of her TV work consider her 1980
long-running series The Mary Tyler Moore
show to be among best sitcoms ever.
In 1988 film Lincoln she played the tragic
Mary Lincoln -- lead title character portrayal was
Sam Waterston for the March 1988 two-episode
Mini-series; Ruby Dee played Elizabeth Keckley
and Cleavon Little portrayed Frederick Douglass.
Also won a Tony Award in Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Who are the 5 billionaire Americans whose wealth derived from their music / songs / album sales?
Beyonce'
her husband Jay-Z
Taylor Swift
Rihanna
Bruce Springsteen
Anchor Commitment : made at U.N. Geneva HQ
THE HILL coverage
of the
"Anchor Commitment" language of
$2 billion made by Rubio's State Dept.
thehill.com/homenews/administration/
5665376-us-un-humanitarian-assistance/
Hammonton, New Jersey -- please pray for survivors
update : BBC World News
reports that 2 pilots have died
Sunday Dec. 28, 2025
please pray for the survivors and families
of the deceased from the mid-air collision of
2 helicopters today in NEW JERSEY --
apnews com has details of the 11:25 a.m.
crash and lethal outcome / hospital interventions.
Project Athena - (is this Jared Isaacman's personal plans for space exploration) -- leaked to Sci-American media platform
Leaked plan for
space exploration -
written by Jared
Isaacman :
further reaction of
scientific community
to this billionaire who
has already flown on
mini-space missions
himself
scientificamerican.com
jared-isaacman
November 2025
(online article)
NASA may push Artemis Moon Orbit launch from Feb. 2026 to early March if countdown clock issues worsen
CBS "Astronauts complete countdown"
- - but problems also experienced in Nov.
were back on Mid-Dec. 2025 inside
the ORION space capsule simulation
CBS NEWS dot-com
Gun owner practices Xmas Day afternoon : kills neighbor a few blocks from home [ cautionary tale regarding unpermitted Shooting Targets that ricochet ]
Further specifics -- 33-yr-old is Cody Wayne Adams of
Comanche, OK and his victim lived less than a 1/2 mile away
NBC News
Oklahoma man who had received a Glock 45 for Xmas
now charged with
First degree MANSLAUGHTER
after killing Sandra Phelps
who was sitting on her porch
holding a child when her
family heard shooting a few
blocks away from the man
shooting in his backyard.
The 33-year-old is out on
bond Friday 12/26/25.
DETAILS of the gun usage
tragedy / cautionary tale
for those living near amateur
recreational shooters who kill:
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oklahoma-man-fatally-shooting-
woman-target-practicing-backyard-rcna251138
If convicted of manslaughter he could face 4 years in prison.
Areas with high rates of malarial deaths (children) -- Trump - Rubio called access to lifesaving drugs: "a waste of foreign aid"
How Cameroon Fought to
Save its Malaria Program
after the U.S. cut Critical Funding
[ for artesunate , a first-line
treatment for the disease in E.R.
and pediatric clinic ]
Stephanie Nolen - Global Health reporter for the TIMES.
Sunday, December 28, 2025
Happy 71st Birthday to Denzel Washington!
born Dec. 28, 1954 in Mt. Vernon, NY
middle child in a family of three to a
Pentecostal Minister father and a beautician
mother; caught acting bug while at Fordham
Univ. where he got his degree and enrolled in
American Conservatory Theater.
Won Academy Awards for Glory (supporting actor)
and Training Day (lead actor)
First Sunday of Christmastide - - rainy, windy, high temp. possibly 62 then snow during overnight to Monday
Dec. 28, 2025
expected/ forecasted
high temperature of
around
62 degrees F.
during times of heavy rain,
thundershower
What would surprise Jesus about Christmas 2025? conversation with Bart Ehrman, Scholar of New Testament & Christianity
Nicholas Kristof column
Dec. 21 OPINION
nytimes.com/2025/12/20/opinion/jesus-christmas-religion.html
My rating on the interaction between Kristof (non-Christian
who challenges the Univ. Professor about Christian gap
between idealism and actual history of Christian tyranny,
hypocrisy, and lack of consistent application in fields of
ethics and Christian compassion (today's lack of empathy,
listening, charity for the most impoverished and marginalized) . . .
5* out of a possible 5!
Will Americans celebrate December 31 as a "Cake Day" or Hogmanay (Scottish word meaning "May I have an Oatmeal Cake, Please") ?
Almanac dot-com
THE OLD FARMER's ALMANAC
is promoting
Dec. 31 as
Hogmanay Day;
Scotland's children ask
neighbors / relatives on that day,
"HogManAy?"
may I have an oatmeal cake, Please!
Library rededication taking place Tuesday 12/30/2025
Benton Harbor, Michigan's
public library will be
rededicated on Tuesday the
final week of 2025 as
"Mamie L. Yarborough
Benton Harbor Library"
213 E. Wall Street (Berrien
County) :
11:45 a.m. 12/30/2025.
Israel opts to recognize SOMALILAND, a break-away province of SOMALIA
NYTimes.com/2025/12/26/world/middleeast/
israel-recognize-somaliland.html
On Friday the 26th, Israel became the first nation
to diplomatically recognize the small "SOMALILAND"
autonomous region that broke away from Somalia
34 years ago.
The moves drew condemnation from Egypt
along with Turkey, Djibouti, and Somalia itself.
Most Muslim nations in the Middle East and beyond
but EGYPT and TURKEY are notable exceptions.
STORY By reporters
Abdi Latif Dahir & Richard Perez-Pena of the TIMES
Saturday, December 27, 2025
Pres. Jeffrey R. Holland of LDS Mormon Church dies in office : Salt Lake City, UT
Deseret_ dot-com
ONLINE News Platform
for Latter Day Saints readership
those paying tribute to his
LIFE and
WORDS / preaching
deseret.com/
Sat. Dec. 27, 2025
Apostle
also President of
the CHURCH of
LATTER DAY SAINTS
Christmas TREE's old lights ignite injuring 4 people and 1 dog
Details at Channel 4 Washington DC
re: Montgomery County, MD (Bethesda)
nbcwashington.com/news/local/christmas-tree-fire-
ignited-by-old-lights-injures-4-people-and-dog-in-Bethesda/
4034004
12/26/2025 updated story 7:08 p.m. by investigative reporters
Sundays before Epiphany 2026 (12th day of Christmas)
Dec. 28, 2025
Jan. 4, 2026 (10th day :10 lords_ a-leaping )
Christmastide
IN 1776, how many were resident / men, women, youth, children / in the 13 colonies that would send Representatives to enact a "Declaration of Independence"?
Historians / demographers /
specific experts of the era of
the American Revolution put the #
2.1 to 2.5 million persons (adults -
youngsters of all sorts)
Those counting the entire population
remind those us now alive that
500, 000
of those 2 and 1/2 million were
of African descent (some who would
remain enslaved until Juneteenth 1865
and some who were free persons of color
due to their buying their freedom or
the prior "owners" granting them
emancipation). twenty percent of
Americans in 1776 were either
under "servitude" or had been
granted freedom or had "run away". . .
Will people (average Joes and Janes) read the "Declaration of Independence" in the coming year?
January 1, 2026 (day One
of the 250th Birthday of
the free, democratic
Constitutionally-ordered
representative government)
up to
Dec. 31, 2026 (New Year's eve
one year from now)
Was chattel slavery of American plantations different from the routine slavery of the ancient world?
DISCUSSION:
Apologists for the acceptance of slavery in the Bible
have sometimes asserted that ancient slavery was
different from the chattel slavery of American rural
plantation system. Such an argument can be found in
writings by abolition-favoring writers who display
embarrassment with supporters who cite Bible
exemplars with slave owning instances. NO
SUCH HISTORICAL SUPPORT CAN BE MAINTAINED. .
John T. Noonan, Judge - Author
his 2005 book A Church that can and cannot Change:
the development of Catholic Moral Teaching (Univ.
of Notre Dame Press)
His chapter X begins with granting in 1452 of perpetual
right to reduce Saracens, pagans, infidels to slavery
by Pope Nicholas V to King of Portugal Alfonso V.
page 62
The re-release of an Extended LOTR: The Return of the King will require four and a-half hours
DETAILS at
ign.com/articles/
all-3-Lord-of-the-Rings-movies-
are-returning-to-theaters-in-extended-edition-form-
so-prepare-yourself-for-hours-and-hours-of-
middle-earth-fun-all-over-again
LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (re-release to DBOX theaters) : Jan. 16, 2026 for twenty-fifth anniversary of the Hit Global Feature success
The Fantasy Adventure will be released in its
extended version
2 hours, 58 minutes in this
2026 movie-event (DBOX /4DX).
It is based on the Writings of
J.R.R. Tolkien : LORD of the RINGS
trilogy.
Director Peter Jackson
had also re-released it earlier in 2011 for
a 10-year anniversary.
South Haven, MI -- watch the New Year's "ball" drop at the stroke of midnight
Will host its annual "BEACH BALL DROP"
Dec. 31, 2025 11:59 and Jan. 1, 2026 12:01 Midnight
southhaven.org/events/new-years-eve-celebration
Nigerian consent to US Military jet attacks in Sokoto State, north of Lagos follows Trump earlier threat to end Aid sent to this W. African nation (220 million)
16+ Tomahawk missiles fired from a Navy
ship in the Gulf of Guinea striking camps of ISIS or
Islamic State insurgents/allies
in Tangaza in Sokoto State
ground assessment will be needed in the future
among the Lakurawa
in an area widely populated by Muslim residents . . .
NIGERIAN officials had
denied the truth to the claim that they were
"allowing the slaughter of Christians"
NYTimes.com/2025/
world/Africa/trump-nigeria-military-christians.html
world/Africa/trump-isis-strikes-nigeria-christians-facts.html
Christmas Night
8 p.m. Eastern Time
next day (Nigerian time in
other hemisphere)
washingtonpost.com/
"US Strikes ISIS in Nigeria after
Trump 'warning'/rhetoric about Christian
killings" POTUS claimed a "genocide" was going on
12/25/2025 online article
Friday, December 26, 2025
Newsmaker of the Year: a North Star of moral clarity
Pope Leo XIV
National Catholic Reporter
online names the newly
elected POPE as "NEWSMAKER
of the YEAR"
ncronline.org/opinion/editorial/
pope-leo-xiv-ncrs-newsmaker-year-2025
posted
15 December 2025
"Farmer Bridge Assistance" program -- only for Row Farmers who "check all the boxes"
details about how this
Socialism for the Ag Sector program
may not help any of the hardest hit
but the side-effects / aftermath
of TRUMP
Tariff program placed onto China :
OREGON Public Broadcasting (OPB)
opb.org/article/2025/12/23/oregon-farmers-agriculture-commodity-bail-out.html
Thursday, December 25, 2025
Mark Zaid, Washington attorney for whistleblowers
Trump's authoritarian sweep
to take away constitutional and
national security clearance from
prominent D.C. Attorney
MARK ZAID and 14 other
individuals was denied by
a judge Tues. 12/23 (according
to reporting of PBS and CBS News)
PBS.org/newshour/politics/judge-blocks-trump-effort-to-
strip-security-clearance-from-attorney-who-represented-whistleblowers
Thanks -- Readers and visitors to this Google BLOG -- on this Social Media Page 9 years ago today (2016)
Today - December 1 -- 201 Page Views --
DEC. 2 : 226 page views - -
December 3 : 291 page views
December 4 -- 250 Page Views -- December 5 -- 162 Page Views -- Dec. 6 -- 279 page views - - Dec. 7 -- 261 page views; Dec. 8 -- 209 page views; Dec. 9 - 267 page views; Dec. 10 - 162 page views; Dec. 11 -- 285 page views; Dec. 12 -- 367 page views; Dec. 13 -- 242 page views -- Dec. 14: 296 page views. Dec. 15: 300 page views Dec. 16: 368 page views; Dec. 17: 302 page views; 12/18: 340 page views; December 19 : 271 page views; Dec. 20 : 240 page views; Dec. 21 : 253 page views.Dec. 22 = 434; Dec. 23 = 280.
December 4 -- 250 Page Views -- December 5 -- 162 Page Views -- Dec. 6 -- 279 page views - - Dec. 7 -- 261 page views; Dec. 8 -- 209 page views; Dec. 9 - 267 page views; Dec. 10 - 162 page views; Dec. 11 -- 285 page views; Dec. 12 -- 367 page views; Dec. 13 -- 242 page views -- Dec. 14: 296 page views. Dec. 15: 300 page views Dec. 16: 368 page views; Dec. 17: 302 page views; 12/18: 340 page views; December 19 : 271 page views; Dec. 20 : 240 page views; Dec. 21 : 253 page views.Dec. 22 = 434; Dec. 23 = 280.
Christmas Eve (12/24/2016) = 208 page views.
Thank You for your interest in visiting this compendium of news and notable events and anniversaries. FROM -- Editor and author TIM SHAW
Thank You for your interest in visiting this compendium of news and notable events and anniversaries. FROM -- Editor and author TIM SHAW
faithfor2008.blogspot.com/
Memorial Service (at a later T.B.Announced date)
Rob Reiner
Michele Reiner
were found dead on Sunday
Dec. 14, 2025 -- death certificate
information and expectation on
MEMORIAL SERVICE
variety.com/2025/film/
new/rob-reiner-died-minutes-
after-knife-inuries-memorial-
service-1236616737/
The "death" of Iranian nuclear enrichment sites : Fordo, Natanz, Isfahan
June 22, 2025
"Bunker Busting missiles"
"Mother of all ordinance bombs" [ M.O. A. B. ]
GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator
Trump claims success after bombing
key nuclear sites in Central & N. Iran
nytimes.com/live/2025/06/21/world/
israel-iran-trump
Las Posadas
Las Posadas (Advent tradition with group traveling
from place to place as "Holy Family" of Joseph, Mary, infant
Jesus :
this year at
U.S. Mexico border wall
+200 people (Sat. Dec. 20)
ncronline.org/news/posada-us-mexico-border-highlights-plight-migrants
CHURCH of the NATIVITY: Bethlehem Christmas Tree in Manger Square (West Bank)
Advent Season
pre-Christmas "countdown" to
Dec. 25, 2025
BBC dot-com .UK
reports that the City authorities
and merchants have lit the Christmas
displays for the first time since
Oct. 7, 2023 attacks from HAMAS and
other terrorist kidnapping and killing of
those near Gaza urban and rural locations.
Dec. 6, 2025 -- St. Nicholas (an ancient
church Bishop of Myra [ modern-day Iznik,
Turkey ] who took part in the
Nicaea Council in 325 Common Era --
1,700 years ago this fall.
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
NBC aired from St. Peter's Square -- the Christmas Midnight Mass -- finished at 1:26 a.m. Eastern Time Zone USA
POPE's message
at Christmas 2025
In a world wounded by discord,
violence, and conflict
where we also witness a growth
in aggression and anger,
often exploited by both the
digital sphere and politics
Christmas invites everyone
to work for peace and universal fraternity!
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before the Midnight Mass -- Pope LEO XIV
apologized in English & Italian to those
left outside of the basilica:
Welcome! Basilica of St. Peter's
is very large, but unfortunately
it is not large enough to receive
all of you. I admire and respect
and thank you for your courage
and your wanting to be here this
evening. . .
Despite the weather, we want to
celebrate the Christmas feast
together Please follows the
celebration on the screen.
Another translation of "Stille Nacht" (words by Franz Gruber) -- first posted 2015 -- Dec. 21st ten years ago
1. Silent night, peaceful night!
All things sleep, shepherds keep
Watch on Bethlehem's silent hill;
And unseen, while all is still,
Angels watch above,
Angels watch above.
All things sleep, shepherds keep
Watch on Bethlehem's silent hill;
And unseen, while all is still,
Angels watch above,
Angels watch above.
2. Bright the star shines afar,
Guiding trav'lers on their way;
Who their gold and incense bring,
Offerings to the promised King,1
Child of David's line,2
Child of David's line.
Guiding trav'lers on their way;
Who their gold and incense bring,
Offerings to the promised King,1
Child of David's line,2
Child of David's line.
3. Light around! joyous sound!
Angel voices wake the air;
"Glory be to God in heav'n;
Peace on earth to you is giv'n,
Jesus the Saviour is come,3
Jesus the Saviour is come."
Angel voices wake the air;
"Glory be to God in heav'n;
Peace on earth to you is giv'n,
Jesus the Saviour is come,3
Jesus the Saviour is come."
Note:
Most Complex and Secretive Military operation in history: Crossing the Delaware River
In honor of the U.S. Army's 250th Birthday
how about recognizing and honoring the
Revolution War Forefathers / spies / counter-intelligence
agents and grunts who got General Washington
across the Delaware
to surprise-attack on Christmas
12/25 - 26 / 1776
the British troops occupying
New Jersey colony
?
Producer - director - aviator Howard Hughes born on this date in history
Dec. 24, 1905 in
Humble, TX just north of
Houston. He studied at
Rice University and at the
California Institute of Technology
in Pasadena, CA. Notably
produced blockbuster films in
the 1930s : Hell's Angels
Scarface
The Outlaw.
His business ventures,
Hughes Aircraft and Hughes
Helicopters were worth $5.5
billion when they were sold in
the early 1980s. He died April 5,
1976 of kidney failure.
U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy
AP NEWS coverage
U.S. District Judge McElroy in Providence, R.I.
blocked the transfer of FEMA / Homeland Security
funding away from certain "blue" states . . .
7:01 p.m. 12/23/2025 online coverage by
Kimberlee Kruesli . . .
In total, Kristi Noem and
her implementers reduced
$233 million out of a $1 billion
program intended to be based on
assessed risks and not on the
whims of those currently permitting
or prohibiting state exceptional
status . . .
Five Characters in Search of an Exit -- on MeTV -- 12/24/25 at 12:35 a.m. Eastern
Twilight Zone rerun
episode to
air on MeTV:
Five strangers awaken
in a small room with
no memory of who
they are and no idea
of how to escape
[ check local listings
as far as your MeTV station ]
Fruitcake (in 1700s became associated with Christmas) - Martha Washington
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.
Who is the likely Next Leader in Palestine?
who is the successor to the 90ish
Mahmoud Abbas / "Abu Mazen" who
has held control without re-election over
West Bank and P.L.O. prior authorities?
Jerusalem Post asks about
Hussein al-Sheikh
who has been named
interim president
in the event of Abbas'
sudden disappearance;
Marwan Barghouti -
charismatic leader of
Fatah movement;
Jibril Rajoub;
Muhammad Dahlan;
Salam Fayyam.
jpost.com/jerusalem-report/article-879613
Dec. 19, 2025 14:13
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Four months after Harvard University compromises announcement (8/23/25) $500 million by means of educational measures - Christmas 2025 Harsh PRIVATE Letters being exchanged
Christmas 2025
further developments : NYTimes.com/2025/12/24/us/trump-harvard-letters-deal.html
MORE COMPROMISES on Harvard's part :
NYTimes / us/harvard-changes-academic-freedom-trump-deal.html
August 23, 2025 5 a.m. Saturday Eastern TIME Zone
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Further details (Week of August 11 - 15, 2025)
ahead of Fall Semester 2025
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Monday August 11, 2025 Reporters
Alan Blinder, Michael Bender, Michael S. Schmidt
NY TIMES collaborative NEWS / Politics story
"Harvard nears a deal with the $500 million settlement
that it will pay by means of educational measures -- no
cash- payoff to Trump - Vance . . ."
/us/trump-harvard-settlement-negotiations.html
Wed. April 23, 2025
Harvard University will NOT bend to
the Trump - Vance (graduate of Yale)
administration's demands to change
several of its academic and administrative
policies (particular ones on student protest
and admission of international students and
any student misbehavior).
See details at THE HILL.com/homenews/education/
5265069-harvard-trump-fighting-lester-holt
How many Rob Reiner-directed major films have you seen?
The Bucket List
Rumor Has It
Alex & Emma
Ghosts of Mississippi
The American President
North
A Few Good Men
Misery
When Harry Met Sally. . .
The Princess Bride
Stand By Me
The Sure Thing
This is Spinal Tap
[ my favorites from this list of 13 are:
When Harry Met Sally / Stand By Me /
The Princess Bride ]
Thirteen health characteristics / habits that make one more likely to suffer stroke, depression, dementia
High blood pressure
High BMI (body mass index)
High blood sugar
High total cholesterol
Depressive symptoms
Diet high in red meats, sweets, sodium, sugar-sweetened beverages
Hearing loss
Kidney disease
Pain that interferes with participatory activity
Sleep disturbances
Smoking history
Loneliness or isolation
General stress or stressful life events
Factors that cut your risk of dementia - stroke - depression
Low to moderate alcohol intake;
Cognitive activity (daily word puzzles/reading)
Diet high in vegetables, fruit, dairy, fish, nuts
Moderate or high levels of physical activity
A sense of purpose in life
A large social network
Kennedy Center Honors individuals (from age 83 to age 67) - - 98% picked by POTUS 47 (who also has re-named the institution Trump-Kennedy Center)
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.
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Event done live at the J.F. Kennedy Center
main theater / stage in D.C.
Dec. 7, 2025
________________
Prime Time --
Tuesday, Dec.
23, 2025 8 - 10:30 p.m.
Eastern -- Entertainment
history-making event
featuring POTUS 47
carried only (taped)
on CBS network
(check your local listings)
Ukraine -- funding of $105 billion for the European besieged nation (Ukraine) from EU
Thursday Dec. 19, 2025
THE European Union has announced
$105 billion funding plan
and had intended to use
Russia's frozen assets (since
2021 invasion) -- "This will address
the urgent financial needs of Ukraine"
said ANTONIO COSTA, the president
of the European Council in an early morning
news conference in Brussels (capital /
adm. center) of the EU.
Timing was important as Ukraine was
expected to begin running out of money
early in 2026.
No ifs, ands_, or buts
Wall Street Journal
(owner-publisher Rupert
Murdoch)
reports Dec. 17, 2025 that
DONALD JOHN TRUMP
has been told by his friend-
adviser ALAN DERSHOWITZ
that
the CONSTITUTIONALITY
of a 3rd Term is "unclear"
EXCLUSIVE reporting for
the WSJ.com
stories of those "fired" in 2025 by Trump : 317,000
WVPE dot-org (NPR affiliate
Michiana / N. Indiana Radio station)
wvpe.org/npr-news/2025-12-18/under-trump-317-000-workers-
are-out-of-work-here-are-3-of-their-stories
Liz Goggin, Vet. Administration
Mahri Stanniak, Maine, Office of Personnel Management
Max Stier, Partnership for Public Service
On this date in 1968, 82 crew members of the U.S.S. PUEBLO released by N. Korea
On this date
Dec. 23, 1980
11 months after they were
captured,
North Korean military at last released
the U.S. Naval Crew of the Pueblo
[ it was a covert intelligence-gathering
ship, hiding nearby the N. Korean boundary ]
Monday, December 22, 2025
Rob Reiner's family film _The Princess Bride_
St. Joseph County Public Library's Main Branch
downtown South Bend, IN
sjpcl.com/
part of a LIBRARY sponsored film series
at main library's viewing theater
Leighton Auditorium
Feb. 6, 2026 [ FACEBOOK
online post has entire Series 2025-2026 ]
6 - 8 p.m.
FREE
details at
visitsouthbend.com/event/the-page-to-screen-
film-series/8747
Departure of the House and the Senate for 14-day vacation : no action on Health Care Insurance assistance/subsidies
NBC News dot-com/ politics/ Congress/
Congress-leaves-town-2026- no-health-care-deal-
forcing-premium-hikes-rcna249817
5 a.m. Sat. Dec. 20, 2025
Gone on a Hanukkah and
early winter (Solstice, Dec. 24 - 26, Kwanzaa,
New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Epiphany)
BREAK;
allowing the ACA subsidies to
lapse or leave the minds of
anyone who cared . . .
Nick Fuentes - white nationalist / white supremacist / defamer of VP Vance's wife Usha
further Nick Fuentes story --
dateline Dec. 22, 2025 7:45 p.m.
USA TODAY
JD Vance lashes out after Nick
Fuentes insults his wife Usha
BREAKING NEWS (11/17/2025)
"Trump Defends Tucker Carlson
after Nick Fuentes Interview"
NY TIMES summary - details by
Reporter Chris Cameron
read the details at
www.wired.com/
" For years, influencer
Nick Fuentes was too extreme
for MAGA. Now he's working
his way into the mainstream
and he has a plan for his secret followers
to seize the levers of power"
David Gilbert online article
[subscription] - Sept. 2025
Fuentes has contempt for his
committed followers -- calling them
Groypers.
White Supremacist Ideologues
Christian Nationalist self-described
as "America Firsters".
after a decade of livestreaming
hate-filled diatribes, the death
of Charlie Kirk has accelerated
the venomous attacks of Fuentes
Hallelujah! A soulful celebration (conducted by Quincy Jones) - Grammy Winner
Handel's Messiah
(1992) Grammy win for
MervynWarren.com/discography
The final song on the
CD is
"Hallelujah Chorus"
all- star choir!
At the brink of winter
from The Collected Poems of
William Carlos Williams
"At the brink of winter
planting the bulbs
Sh!
she said to the garden,
They are going to sleep!"
pages 348 - 349
Healthy, natural flavored protein-rich snack pie
From Redefine Foods:
Skippy Oatmeal Protein Pie
(natural flavoring with other
natural flavors) Non-GMO
with 15g Protein and 10g
Dietary Fiber (from Oats &
Peanut & Corn Fiber)
glad I used my CVS "dollars"
for its $2.75 price at Granger, IN
12/22/2025
Queen of Slovenian Desserts : Made every year for Christmas celebrations
This is SLOVENIA
advent online calendar
POTICA -- queen of
Slovenian desserts
slovenia.si/this-is-slovenia/
potica-queen-of-slovenian-desserts
Trove of Critical Minerals / Rare earth elements found in Utah Desert (early December 2025)
Exclusive:
Thursday Dec. 11, 2025
Wall Street Journal online article
Mineral production company IONIC
tells how it discovered 16 rare earth
and critical minerals that will help
the U.S. compete with China . . .
Dec. 11, 2025 5:30 a.m. Eastern
lithium
alumina
germanium
rubidinum
cesium
vanadium
niobium
in Utah's Silicon Ridge.
Sunday, December 21, 2025
At Hanukkah reception (1600 Pennsylvania Ave.) -- $400 million price tag offhandedly given by Redecorator-in-Chief
The Hill platform / web media
reports from a HANUKKAH
reception in WHITE HOUSE
Dec. 17, 2:25 p.m.
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., D.C.
that the new expected spending total
for an enormous BALLROOM (The
Trump Ballroom) will be
$400 million,
twice what he originally
announced and then
commenced demolition
of the East Wing.
thehill.com/ trump-cost-new-ballroom-400m
Super Moon 1st Full Moon of 2026
Saturday
January 3, 2026.
a SUPER MOON.
The first FULL MOON
for calendar year 2026 will be
the FULL WOLF MOON
full illumination at 5:03 a.m.
Eastern Time. see further
ALMANAC dot-com
"Old Farmer's Almanac"
astronomy facts and interesting
trivia
Chloe Zhao's 2025 feature film _HAMNET_
UPDATE: Today it was at the VICKERS THEATRE nearby
in Berrien County (art house sm. town movie house in
Three Oaks, MI) for a 1 p.m.
SUNDAY Dec. 21 (once- only showing) -- should be back in winter/
early spring!
The next big
William Shakespeare film,
Hamnet
had a limited U.S. release 26 Nov. 2025.
With a broader general release on Dec. 5
it is already in Release to Theaters across
the United States. Unlike other major
"contenders" for the award season of 2026,
it will be the major movie of Universal Pictures
upcoming. as a pay-per-view or Cable focussed
feature, details are yet t.b.a. to be announced fully.
It will be interesting to see whether it will be
called "Paul Mescal's" HAMNET or Zhao's Hamnet
during the media blitz upcoming. . .
St. Thomas Day -- how to observe it
Line of poetry / rhyme
Line of advice on Dec. 21 (Winter Solstice)
St. Thomas Day, St. Thomas gray,
The Longest night and the Shortest day.
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In England it was observed as
Thomasmas
people went door to door
"Thomasing_" or "Gooding"
in their communities -- asking
for donations of money or food :
this practice ensured that no one
went without for Christmas.
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In parts of Central Europe
the custom on St. Thomas Day
was to scare away demons or
evil spirits with screeching,
banging, howling with fearful
costumes
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Suggestion: make
Kletzenbrot
a dried fruit bread from Austria
traditionally made on Dec. 21
Stonehenge celebration draws 8,500 to Salisbury Plain
AP (Associate Press) coverage of
Dec. 20 -- alignment of the sunrise
at the WINTER SOLSTICE for
the prehistoric stone circle
AP News.com/article/winter-solstice-stonehenge
Hymn about the doubting Thomas (disciple and later Apostle to India) : lyric by J.R. Darbyshire
Who dreads, yet undismayed
Dares face his terror;
Who errs, yet having strayed
Avows his error --
Him let St. Thomas guide,
Who stirred his fellows' pride
To move to death beside
Their Lord and Master!
Who longs for guidance clear
When doubts assail him,
Nor dares to move for fear
Lest faith should fail him --
For such let Christ's reply
To his discples' cry
'I AM THE WAY,' supply
The light in darkness.
Who grieves that love lies dead
On fate's wheel broken;
And stands uncomforted
By any token --
His faith shall be restored
By Christ's compelling word
When Thomas saw the Lord,
And seeing worshipped!
Thomas Didymus
From GREEK (Koine or Classical)
"Thomas the Twin"
besides THOMAS the APOSTLE
other famous Saint Thomases are
St. Thomas Aquinas (whose feast day is Jan. 28 annually)
and
St. Thomas More (whose feast day is July 6 annually)
Archbishop of Westminster (U.K.) historic bishopric
80-year-old retires
Cardinal Vincent Nichols
(16 years tenure in that
church leadership role (R.Catholic))
as of Dec. 19, 2025;
NEWLY appointed by Pope LEO XIV
is
Bishop Richard Moth to be next
Archbishop of Westminster,
marking a generational change
of leadership in the church in
England and Wales.
Happy Birthday, Samuel L. Jackson!
born Sept. 21, 1948
77 years young!
has appeared in 100+ films
Academy Award nominated at onset of
career for Pulp Fiction (1994);
commercial endorser for CAPITAL One,
financial services/credit card corporation,
D.C. native
served as usher in 1968 for MLK Funeral
Morehouse College
in 1980s-1990s associated with Spike Lee
for trio of films
Saturday, December 20, 2025
Crypto Queen (Wyoming's Jr. Senator in U.S. Senate) -- to retire and not seek re-election
Cynthia Lummis
served only one term as a U.S. Senator
OTHERS to retire in 2026 are
Joni Ernst (Jr. Senator, IOWA)
Thom Tillis (NC)
Tommy Tuberville (AL)
Marsha Blackburn (TN)
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Catie Edmonson mini-profile
of the MAGA Western "power-player"
NYTimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/cynthia-lummia-reelection.html
Friday, December 19, 2025
Chelsea, Michigan : Home to JD (Jeff Daniels) Stage Bistro will undergo renovations
A short distance away in Chelsea Michigan
from the Jeff Daniels'
Purple Rose Theater
(137 Park St.) founded in 1991
--
S. Main Street downtown
details at
M Live! online article entitled
"Jeff Daniels' new Chelsea
venue will have 1920s era
Chandelier & Art Deco Marquee"
mlive.com Dec. 13, 2025 10 a.m.
posted at Michigan Live!
Plans are for the Bistro to open
in 2026 after delays from the 2008
Great Depression that delayed
expansions / improvements.
Trump's EXEC. order easing federal restrictions on Marijuana from Level III to Level I
Happening "under the radar" of
public awareness of a major change
like this
THURSDAY 12/19/2025
POTUS 47 signed the executive order
permitting the use in federal matters of
Marijuana to drop
from a level III
(same as heroin) to
a level I
(misdemeanor). This momentous
act of a Chief Executive deserves
much more public scrutiny as far
as timing and whether lobbyists
for the cannabis-marijuana resale
and growth industries were kept
at arm's length as far the accomplishment
of any "campaign - re-election" promise
or "deal".
Bob Dylan - just announced tour dates for Spring 2026 Mid-America
"Rough and Rowdy Ways" Tour -- Bob Dylan
Mid-America
concert tour for next year :
Scheduled dates include
Thursday April 2, 2026 at DeVos
Performance Hall, Grand Rapids,MI
and Friday April 3 Saginaw,MI
and Saturday April 4 at the Masonic
Temple Hall in Detroit,MI.
mlive.com/ Michigan Live!
includes in online article Dylan's
entire 2026 schedule from
March 21, Omaha, NE until
May 1 Abilene, TX
Abilene Auditorium.
Apollo 17 -- last time Astronauts landed and took off from the Moon
The lunar Mission
Apollo 17,
captained by Eugene Cernan
was the last time U.S. or any
astronauts walked on a non-
terrestrial surface (Dec. 7 - 19,
1972). A scientist was on board
[ geologist Harrison Schmitt ]
and it was the 6th successful
trip from Earth to the Moon.
Warming Centers - Niles MI (December 2025)
City of Niles
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT -- phone 269-
683-4700
FERRY STREET RESOURCE CENTER
683-9860
NILES BUCHANAN YMCA
905 N. Front Street, Niles
Sunday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Monday - Thurs. 5 a.m. -
9 p.m.
Friday 5 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. only
683-1552
SALVATION ARMY, Niles
684-2660
UPDATE: the "Warrior Dividend" will not be given to those at rank of Admiral and General
The one-time disbursement of
$1,776 apiece_ for the
1.4 million plus active military
(Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard,
Air Force, Space Force)
IT IS COVERED through the
monthly housing-allowance allocation.
These are the times . . .
author Tom Paine
work the quoted sentences come from : The American Crisis
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!
Perpetrator who shot an M.I.T. professor (Engineering faculty) as well as 2 others lethally on Brown Univ. campus -- found dead of self-inflicted gunshot
The alleged 48-yr.-old
a former Brown Univ. Student
was found in a storage unit in New Hampshire
dead of a self-inflicted wound.
Dec. 19, 2025
Other students at Brown Univ. were injured in the
perpetrator's attack where he shot and killed 2 who
were taking Final Semester exams.
Jan. 1, 2026
Kick-off for the events of the first year of
America's 250th Birthday
[ reckoning on the specific SIGNING
of the DECLARATION of INDEPENDENCE
from the British Empire on July 4, 1776 ]
Whatever happened to Tom Paine (author of RIGHTS_of_MAN, pamphlet COMMON_SENSE)? Associate of Benjamin Franklin?
The expatriate who left
England for the colonies of
N. America became a citizen here
in 1774, taking an oath of allegiance;
lived out his final years in the City of
New York, dying in 1809, largely
ostracized and having his citizenship
questioned. He did die an American
and was buried in New Rochelle, NY,
before he was later re-interred in England.
He would idealistically often assert that
he was a "Citizen of the world". He had
been made a citizen of France, an honor
granted to him in his lifetime and other
heroes like Alexander Hamilton, George
Washington, Ben Franklin at the time
of the 1789 French Revolution.
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