"CBS Saturday Morning" hosts + exec. producer fired by Management

 Nov. 22, 2025 was their last morning and

beginning 

Nov. 29 and all of December

on into 2026 there will be

more continuity with M - Friday

format.  CBS has new 

Managers over all Paramount - 

CBS News division.

Monday Dec. 1 will be "Rosa Parks Day" at Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI

 Michigan Live! Platform

announces that the central Michigan (Dearborn)

museum will waive parking and admission fees

to guests / tourists

on Dec. 1 (Monday), 2025.

You can see the actual Montgomery

AL Bus that was where the civil rights

activist made history with her stance

and non-cooperation with an evil statute.

9:30 a.m - 5 p.m. at 20900 Oakwood Blvd.

in Dearborn, Michigan.

It is the 70th anniversary of the 

Civil Rights historic act.

Nov. BLOCKBUSTER feature films (update since WICKED FOR GOOD opened Nov. 21 - 23)

WICKED: FOR GOOD 

is expected to total at Box Office Bonanza

its first weekend $150 Million

GLOBAL Estimate for November 2025 is $226 million

________________________________________________ 

The big hitters thus far in Jan. - Nov. 15,  2025 are:

A Minecraft Movie ($423 million)

Lilo & Stitch ($423 million also)

Superman ($354 million)

Jurassic World Rebirth ($339 million)

Sinners ($279 million)

Fantastic Four: First Steps ($274 million)

____________________________

Predator: Badlands

to mid-Nov. made $66.9 million domestic box

office and another $40 million

overseas thus far in Nov. 2025.

Tron: Ares (a sequel in a Disney

franchise) made $72.7 million since 10/10;

also stumbling is

Taylor Swift: Official Release Party of

Life of a Showgirl only made $34 million

since Oct. 3, 2025  *   *   *   *   *   *    *     *

Yet to premiere in theaters

are Wicked: For Good - Nov. 21

Frankenstein (del Toro, director)  after a 3-week

run the blockbuster will go to NetFlix 

The Running Man -- Nov. 14 also global release

started slowly with $17.5 million

as of Wed. 11/19

Zootopia 2 -- will debut Nov. 26

Hamnet - near Xmas / New Year's

Avatar: Fire and Ash -- Dec. 19, 2025

various other titles / sequels / reboots

One of a trio of Horror Cinema Icons : Boris Karloff born on this date 1887

William Henry Pratt was born 

in Camberwell, London, England on

Nov. 23, 1887.

His superstar career as a

lead / star in Univeral

Horror movie standards

began

in 1931 with Frankenstein

(director James Whale) and 

continued with The Mummy,

Bride of Frankenstein, Mask

of Fu Manchu, The Raven,

and his last movie (director

Peter Bogdanovich) Targets

in 1968.  Also well known for

voice acting the Grinch in the

TV Xmas special (25 minutes)

and Narrator.

Back to the "old" Trump (rude at Oval Office verbal slug-fest) -- claims falsely that Ukraine is "not showing gratitude"

 NBC NEWS (Sunday evening 11/23/2025)

"With Talk Ongoing,

Trump 2.0 adds new tension

with claim UKRAINE 

has zero gratitude"

[ a bold-faced lie ]

Steve Davis and 7 other Dept.Gov.Eff. core staffers leave in July 2025 along with Elon Musk -- DOGE gone and never really "on the level" with transparency . . .

REUTERS dot-com

DOGE Doesn't exist

with 8 months left on its "charter"

update 11/25

"DOGE" claims of slashing budget

expenditures impossible to actually document

since it was non-transparent or following

established accounting practices to show

what it accomplished.

_____________________________

UPDATE: July 11, 2025

DOGE Staff departures story at

POLITICO.com / 00448823

also Brad Smith who decimated HHS,

Chris Stanley, Emily Miller, Amanda Scales,

James Burnham, & Tom Krause.

_____________________________

For more than 20 years, the engineer

has devoted himself to fulfilling Elon

Musk's desires following him to

SpaceX

and the social media Twitter, renamed

X [ Davis also oversaw layoffs there]. . .

Davis is an engineer who will throw

himself at any task, even if he has

no expertise in the area. . .

nytimes.com/2025/03/20/technology/

elon-musk-steve-davis-doge.html

Kennedy Center for Performing Arts -- busy weekend Dec. 5 - 7,2025 FIFA "Draw" / Honors for KISS, Stallone, Geo. Strait, M. Crawford.G. Gaynor

 KENNEDY Center says it's being paid millions to host

the FIFA draw

SOCCER's world cup organization claims to have pledged $

and given sponsorship opportunities, etc. etc.

the Hill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5618893-kennedy-

center-world-cup-draw/

Claim of $7.4 million "income" to host FIFA Draw

seems a bit off-the-books -- THE HILL does

detective work on that conglomeration of "pledges"

and cancellation of Holiday programming --

Trump 2.0, President of the Kennedy Center

will host the

KENNEDY Center "Honors"

musical-nostalgia variety

show that airs Dec. 21, prime time

for those he 98% picked =

Glam-heavy metal rockers KISS;

Sylvester Stallone, star of Movies/TV;

George Strait, Country Western star;

Michael Crawford, stage Singer/entertainer;

Gloria Gaynor, Disco "queen vocalist".

Trump's lavish reception for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was NOT a "State Dinner" but a Petro-leader to Petro-leader Tuxedo / Saudi show-off time

 Noah Schachtman Writer on National Security

THE REAL REASON 

TRUMP

is fawning over

SAUDI ARABIA's RULER

22 November 2025 (online analysis)

nytimes.com/2025/11/22/opinion/

trump-saudi-crown-prince-fossil-fuel.html

New Songs [ "No Place Like Home" and "The Girl in the Bubble" ]

 Wicked : For Good

sequel to 2024 blockbuster

musical - feature film

Maple the Therapy Dog signs on

 WVPE (Elkhart, IN) NPR affiliate

tells the story of a golden retriever

"Therapy Dog" / Firehouse mascot

who will be part of the city of GOSHEN,

Indiana who is being trained by

"Top Notch Canine" in her obedience

studies and following orders of the

various Fire Dept. and EMT teams she

would work for.

DETAILS of Maple at

wvpe.org/wvpe-news/2025-11-20/

maple-the-therapy-dog-joins-goshen-fire-departments-

wellness-efforts

Brahms Requiem (Today at Kern Road Mennonite Church, South Bend, IN) - 2:30 p.m.

 Vesper Chorale &

Vesper Chamber Orchestra

(N. Indiana arts organizations)

on Sunday Nov. 23, 2025 will

present at 2:30 p.m. Eastern

at

KERN ROAD MENNONITE CHURCH

18211 Kern Road, S. Bend, IN

$25 adults; $20 seniors;

$5 children/students.

Event lasts until 5 p.m.

a timeless masterpiece that

offers solace and hope in

the face of loss

musicalartsindiana.org

Tickets at Zeffy dot-com

House of Representatives (Speaker Mike Johnson) will give themselves another work break (NOV. 23 - 28) -- maybe return with scheduling of votes Dec. 1 (probable?)

 After a long break since Sept. 19, the House

of Representatives began work again on Nov. 12;

don't worry

they have another November weekday break planned :

Nov. 23 - 28.

Actually earlier -- Friday Nov 21

since the Senate is already off for

the Monday - Friday surrounding

the 4th Thursday of November 2025.

Nazi War Criminals stood trial 80 years ago at Nuremberg

 At Nuremberg WAR TRIALS

Nov. 20, 1945 

21 stood trial while 3 others charged had committed suicide:

Adolph Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Robert Ley

Hermann Goring (subject of Nov. 2025 film)

Hans Frank

Wilhelm Frick

Hans Fritzsche

Rudolph Hess

Alfred Jodl

Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Wilhelm Keitel

Gustav Krupp von Bohlen & Halbach

Konstantin von Neurath

Franz von Papen

Erich Raeder

Alfred Rosenberg

Fritz Sauckel

Hjalmar Schacht

Arthur Seyss-Inquart

Albert Speer

Baldur von Spirach (leader of Hitler Youth)

Julius Streicher

MARTIN BORMANN (tried in absentia)

On this date in HISTORY

 Nov. 22, 1963

POTUS John F. Kennedy assassinated in

motorcade at Dallas, TX.  Also wounded

from the sniper was Gov. Connally riding

in the same car as Kennedy.

LBJ sworn in that afternoon aboard

returning Air Force One that carried the

corpse of the young President.

Uptick in Influenza spread and other illness (contagious, person-to-person)

 Flu season is getting a late start but 

experts fear new

Type A H3N2

virus ; also 2 million fewer flu

vaccinations this year in comparison

to 2024.

abcnews.go.com/Health/WireStory/flu-activity-low-experts-worry

new-strain-vaccination . . .

Only state with moderate hospitalization

activity to severe influence-related

contagion is

Louisiana

Nov. 22 (online article)

State Dept. (2014 online article) From 1776 forward, the 13 colonies united take to gain INTERnational INDEPENDENT status among nations? [posted 4July2014]

Online posted article on the effects diplomatically of the DECLARATION of INDEPENDENCE: The Declaration of Independence, 1776 By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists’ motivations for seeking their independence. By declaring themselves an independent nation, the American colonists were able to conclude an official alliance with the government of France and obtain French assistance in the war against Great Britain. Throughout the 1760s and early 1770s, the North American colonists found themselves increasingly at odds with British imperial policies regarding taxation and frontier policy. When repeated protests failed to influence British policies, and instead resulted in the closing of the port of Boston and the declaration of martial law in Massachusetts, the colonial governments sent delegates to a Continental Congress to coordinate a colonial boycott of British goods. When fighting broke out between American colonists and British forces in Massachusetts, Continental Congress worked with local groups, originally intended to enforce the boycott, to coordinate resistance against the British. British officials throughout the colonies increasingly found their authority challenged by informal local governments, although loyalist sentiment remained strong in some areas. Despite these changes, colonial leaders hoped to reconcile with the British Government, and all but the most radical members of Congress were unwilling to declare independence. However, in late 1775, Benjamin Franklin, then a member of the Secret Committee of Correspondence, hinted to French agents and other European sympathizers that the colonies were increasingly leaning towards seeking independence. While perhaps true, Franklin also hoped to convince the French to supply the colonists with aid. Independence would be necessary, however, before French officials would consider the possibility of an alliance. Throughout the winter of 1775–1776, the members of Continental Congress increasingly viewed reconciliation with Britain as unlikely, and independence the only course of action available to them. When on December 22, 1775, the British Parliament prohibited trade with the colonies, Congress responded in April of 1776 by opening colonial ports—this was a major step towards severing ties with Britain. The colonists were aided by the January publication of Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense, which advocated the colonies’ independence and was widely distributed throughout the colonies. By February of 1776, colonial leaders were discussing the possibility of forming foreign alliances and began to draft the Model Treaty that would serve as a basis for the 1778 alliance with France. Leaders for the cause of independence wanted to make certain that they had sufficient congressional support before they would bring the issue to the vote. On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee introduced a motion in Congress to declare independence. Other members of Congress were amenable but thought some colonies not quite ready. However, Congress did form a committee to draft a declaration of independence and assigned this duty to Thomas Jefferson. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams reviewed Jefferson’s draft. They preserved its original form, but struck passages likely to meet with controversy or skepticism, most notably passages blaming King George III> for the transatlantic slave trade and those blaming the British people rather than their government. The committee presented the final draft before Congress on June 28, and Congress adopted the final text of the Declaration of Independence on July 4. The British Government did its best to dismiss the Declaration as a trivial document issued by disgruntled colonists. British officials commissioned propagandists to highlight the declaration’s flaws and rebut the colonists’ complaints. The Declaration divided British domestic opposition, as some American sympathizers thought the Declaration had gone too far, although in British-ruled Ireland it had many supporters. The Declaration’s most important diplomatic effect was to allow for recognition of the United States by friendly foreign governments. The Sultan of Morocco mentioned American ships in a consular document in 1777, but Congress had to wait until the 1778 Treaty of Alliance with France for a formal recognition of U.S. independence. The Netherlands acknowledged U.S. independence in 1782. Although Spain joined the war against Great Britain in 1779, it did not recognize U.S. independence until the 1783 Treaty of Paris. Under the terms of the treaty, which ended the War of the American Revolution, Great Britain officially acknowledged the United States as a sovereign and independent nation. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1776-1783/declaration

Pray for philanthropist and music "legend in her own time" -- DOLLY PARTON

 At her fan platform

last week

"Dolly Parton posts video

addressing 'health challenges'

that have forced her to

cancel performances &

to miss several high-profile

tributes (acting Lifetime

honor : Film 9 to 5."

Christkindlmarkt Nov. 28 - December days of Advent season [ Frankenmuth, MI ]

FRIDAY (day after Turkey Day) 

November 28, 2025 up to Dec. 31 (New Year's Eve)

Frankenmuth, MI

will be the location for an upcoming

display - retail event

Christkindlmarkt

at Harvey Kern Community

Pavilion, 601 Weiss Street

details at;

M LIVE dot-com/news/saginaw-bay-city/

2025/11/frankenmuth-christkindlmarkt-

returning-soon-for-2025-holiday-season.html

[ opens Nov. 28 all weekend until Nov.30 ]

Friday 4 - 9; Saturday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Sunday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

frankenmuthfarmersmarket.org

End of Semester POTLUCK : next Monday Nov. 24, 2025 - Forever Learning Institute, South Bend, IN

 Monday

11/24/25

11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Eastern Time Zone

LITTLE FLOWERS CHURCH / FOREVER LEARNING

INSTITUTE participants

Sept. - Nov. 2025 Semester for +60 and older senior learners

Come share a meal and a conversation; FLI will supply

paper plates, beverages, utensils.

Attendees will enjoy table displays and performances. . .

Classic Cinema -- in Yiddish -- Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Hall - Tomorrow, 4 p.m. Notre Dame, IN

 The Dybbuk

Michal Waszynski, director

________________________

FILMS TO TALK ABOUT

Nov. 23, 2025, 4 p.m. - 6:05

series

co-sponsored by Brogan endowment for classic

cinema and Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Cty.

South Bend, IN

how to get tickets

performingarts.nd.edu/event/18947/the-dybbuk-1937/

$7 adults / $5 senior citizens / non-Notre Dame student $4

Kirill Dmitriev -- sanctioned Russian Foreign negotiator -- who met with Witkoff, J. Kushner while being on outs of GOVT. OK'd Russian workers/embassy

 REUTERS

breaks the Sat. afternoon news that

"UKRAINE 28-part peace proposal"

Fronted by

Trump 2.0

was actually re-figured in

hiding in Miami, FL

by Steve Witkoff & Jared Kushner

with a not-to-be-allowed

Russian official acting on Putin's

best interests

www.reuters.com [subscription]

Turkey Day - Four days away (Nov. 27 is 2025's 4th Thurday)

 Thanksgiving Day

NOV. 27, 2025

some require early fee to guarantee

T-shirt, team OK for some;

HERE ARE a number of sponsored

events to run ahead of your

Banquet / Feast =

Faith Mission Turkey

Stampede  (Elkhart, IN)

Portage IN 25th Anniversary

Turkey Trot (5K, 1K for kids)

Culver Turkey Trot 5K

Niles, MI YMCA Turkey Trot

(5K, 1mile, 10K)

Valparaiso Turkey Trot

Construction Supervisor-in-Chief : CNN breaks details of how Trump is himself OK'ing how to demolish and construct new "Billionaires' Ballroom" over EAST WING wreckage

 for CNN Subscribers

"How Trump is overseeing White House

renovations the same way he oversaw

building his towers, clubs, golf courses"

Weekend of Nov. 22- 23, 2025

Minneapolis newly re-elected Mayor Jacob Frey

Early Saturday

11/22/2025

replied to Trump screed_ SOCIAL MEDIA

against all Somalis in state of MN and city of

Minneapolis :

Standing with our Somali

community today.

Minneapolis has your back

always.

TSA gonna charge you $18 if you have insufficient I.D. at airports

 NEWS (Breaking for Thanksgiving Air Travelers)

TSA to charge

$18

for travelers without proper I.D.

Gov. MINNESOTA - Nov. 22 following Social Media Blast / missile attacks by Trump on his SOCIAL MEDIA - loudspeaker

 It's not surprising that the president

has chosen to broadly target an entire

community.  This is what he does to

change the subject . . .

[ Ghislaine Maxwell taking the "Fifth"

as far as clearing her and Epstein's

affiliation and "cover" for his purported

activity now laid bare in the to-be-exposed

"EPSTEIN CLIENT LIST / FILES" ]

Atty. General of Minnesota

Keith Ellison  also reacted decisively --

Somali folks came to Minnesota fleeing

conflict, instability, and famine and they

became an integral part of our state, culture

and community . . .

Trump to seek to end protection to Somalis needing protection in Midwest / Minnesota

 Minnesota STAR-Tribune

reports 10:25 a.m. Saturday

11/22/2025

"Trump says he's

ending TEMPORARY STATUS

for Somalis in Minnesota" (a blue state

that voted for Harris - Walz 56 weeks ago

in 2024 Presidential Election -- its governor

is Tim Walz who was chosen by Harris,

then-VP of the USA -- 

Trump used "smear" tactics

of propaganda, calling an

entire group of respectful

immigrants / new workers

"a money laundering gang"

startribune.com/trump-ending-

protected-status-somalis-minnesota-

tps-ilhan-omer-walz-601531436

Friends Book Sale - Nov. 29, 2025 - Lower Level Classroom

 Details :

"Friends Book Sale"

Niles District Library (Niles, Michigan)

11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Every purchase supports the

FRIENDS Organization

Library

and

the History Center.

Used / removed/withdrawn

FICTION &

Non-Fiction - a variety

Hardback & Paperback

ALL AGES WELCOME !

Prices 50 cents PB / $1 hardback

Attacks off Venezuela are unprecedented for Military of U.S. ever before / / / Nov. 22 (one month later) -- NBC News on Actual Drugs & Destination

"DRUG BOATS FROM Venezuela are mainly moving

Cocaine to Europe not

Fentanyl to USA"

NBC News.com/ military/drug-boats-

venezuela. . .moving cocaine 

coverage by Dan DeLuce, Courtney Kube,

Gordon Lubold [Nov.21, 5 a.m.]

NOTRE DAME "Kellogg Institute" director 

Anibal Perez-Linan, prof. of

political science & global affairs.

Also commenting was Prof. Mary

Ellen O'Connell of the Law School

and concurrent professor of 

international peace studies:

"International law on the use of force leaves no room for

using military force to kill individuals or groups suspected

of any crimes"

ND Student-journalist : Grace Sullivan article posted early

10/16/2025

ndsmcobserver dot-com

nd-professors-comment-on-u-s-attacks-against-suspected-drug-trafficking-boats

Dearborn, MI immigration - religion protesters + counter-protesters scuffle mid-Nov. 2025

TUESDAY Nov. 18, 2025

Detroit Free Press

covered a outsider-anti-

immigration protest event

that clashed with local

activists and other pro-

immigrant, Islam,

minorities' rights to

live and flourish counter

protesters who called for UNITY :

freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/

2025/11/18/dearborn-protesters-religion-

anthony-hudson-jake-lang/8733503007. . .

Thomas Massie - - forces Vote on Discharge Petition UPDATE and grand jury materials - "THIS WEEK" (Sunday Nov. 16, 2025)

Nov. 22 further update as ATTY. GENERAL

did in S. Florida file motion for Grand JURY Materials

to be released

the Hill.com/regulation/court-battles/5618441-epstein-grand-jury-transcripts-bondi.html

UPDATE (11/16/2025)

Interview by ABC White House chief correspondent

Jonathan Karl

"Trump wants investigations opened so they hold out a last-ditch

excuse to keep the Files CLOSED" ABC News.go.com

THIS WEEK w/ George Stephanopoulos

Update (Sat. Nov. 15, 2025)

Latest asinine "slap" back by a powerful figure in

the highly insulated "Alice through the Looking

Glass" world of Social Media :

after landing in West Palm Beach for a 3-day weekend

Trump 2.0 posted a screed

against the KY Trump opponent

who is a GOP Maverick (non-MAGA

conservative) his new wife will soon find that she is married to a loser

The HILL Platform -- "Thomas Massie

announces marriage to former Congressional staffers"

Monday Nov.3, 2025

Deseret News (Utah statewide media - newspaper)

Repr. Thomas Massie told reporters that

he has already upped his

security, given that he is

in the center of MAGA and

GOP Frustrations; "there is

a lot of rhetoric.  POTUS

himself engages in it.  It's

amusing sometimes. . .some

people take it literally, and

he (TRUMP) should tone

that down himself. . ."

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/

Also on this date in History (Nov. 22 anniversary) for the nation of Germany --

NOVEMBER 22, 2005 

20 yrs.ago

Angela Merkel

sworn in as nation's first 

female chancellor

at that nation's Parliament.

After Trump embraced Democrat Socialist MAYOR of New York City -- Extremists object : Stefanik in race for NY Governor, Laura Loomer ideologue

 NBC News online platform

"Trump offers

Zohran Mamdani

nothing but praise"

Nov. 21,

2025

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9,000th posting on this BLOG since 2007

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AMERICAN_REVOLUTION (concluded Nov. 21, 2025) - limited TV series

 Tonight between

8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Eastern Time Zone

the intense and historically

unbiased telling of the

"fight for freedom" and

many unintended consequences

of the bitter, heavily violent

and vengeful acts of war between

many parties

PBS -- directed / produced

Ken Burns, filmmaker, historian

Ukraine delegation meets with POPE Leo XIV over abducted children

 Ukrainian delegation of leaders

and concerned parents, grandparents met

at Vatican City with the POPE and official

representatives to talk about the

Children kidnapped after Russian invasion who

remain missing and under-reported.

Nov. 21, 2025

washington post dot-com

PEOPLE magazine checks off the list of those not attending Dick Cheney Funeral Service

 Trump, Donald & Melania

[ he claimed to be receiving

an intelligence report 11 a.m. ]

Vance, JD & Usha Shukuri

[ he was on a call-in PODCAST

Breitbart program ]

Obama, Barak & Michelle

Clinton, Bill & Hillary

_______________________

of 6 living Vice Presidents, the

absent one Thursday 11 a.m.

was JD Vance of Ohio

Louisiana's Cassidy (U.S. Senator & M.D.) -- updated Nov. 21, 2025

During pre-Senate Confirmation hearing days with then-

nominee of HHS

Sen. Bill Cassidy (Louisiana)

got pledges from RFK, Jr. that he would

work closely together on any VACCINE

announcements (blame or praise) --

THIS HAS BEEN Broken, ignored, sidestepped

&

Kennedy pledged to protect access to vaccinations

BUT -- he has cancelled $500 million for development

for new mRNA vaccines and changed the recommendation

of who should get the newly available update to the

COVID-19 virus VACCINE  . . .

UPDATE: Nov. 21, 2025  ANNIE KARNI coverage

NYTimes.com

POLITICO reports that

Senator Bill Cassidy (R - Louisiana) also a M.D.

wrote into Trump Omnibus / Tax Break for billionaires bill

a $2 billion break for the Rum Industry, saying

"we have the highest per Capita intake of liquor in the nation."

POLITICO.com/news/2025/07/04/from-rum-to-gun-silencers-tailored-tax-

breaks-add-billions-to-megabill

Did two vice-presidents ever die on the same date? YES

 John Adams (VP for George Washington)

and 

Thomas Jefferson (VP for John Adams)

both died on

July 4, 1826

New Trump 3.0 has to "backtrack" and take back "Seditious Behavior worthy of Death Penalty" talk

 "Trump says he wasn't threatening

Democrats he accused of

seditious behavior"

Bolton (Former W. House National Security Advisor) pleads not guilty -- his trial to be deferred to 2027 -- Classified data not yet de-classifed to lead to indictments

One month later -- Nov. 21 -- Bolton's trial

may be delayed an entire 12 months due to

issues of classified items and chargeable offense

over what he send emails out concerning

washingtonpost.com/ (Publisher Jeff Bezos) 

UPDATED: 11 a.m. Friday Oct. 17, 2025

NBC News at federal grand jury in Maryland

COULD FACE 10 years in prison

/politics/justice-department/john-bolton-surrender-

authorities-federal-indictment-rcna238146

With no campaign rallies admittedly called for, Trump still seeks $1 million per plate fundraiser dinners at Golf & Mar-A-Lago sites

 "Candle-light" dinners (one on Dec. 31 - Jan. 1)

at Golf Course near D.C.

and second for his POLITICAL ACTION committee

on Feb. 27 next year.

Space is limited for the reservation dinners -- Billionaires

with deep pockets always welcomed to Trump Golf

Courses / Restaurants . . .

Grennell (JFK Performing Arts) rents out stages at $20,000 discount for Friends of Trump / CPAC

 NYTimes.com/ Nov. 21, 2025

"Senate Democrats investigate

Kennedy Center deals with Trump

allies (CPAC & FIFA)"

FIFA's December "free deal" was

worth $5 million

Who was buried in 1924 in the crypt of the Bethlehem Chapel inside National Cathedral, D.C.?

 Former President

Woodrow Wilson

who is the only President

buried in the National 

Cathedral (Episcopal

Church) in NW District

of Columbia.

Rockefeller Center

The Rockefeller Center "holiday tree"

has arrived in New York -- it will be

lit later this month.

The 2025 tree measures

75 feet tall.

Nov. 9, 2025

_______________

NBC-Universal will

have tree-lighting

on Major primetime

occasion -- check your

local listings.

Many Canadians continue to boycott U.S. & Trump but . . .

Canada-U.S. travel drops for 10th straight month

(Jan. - Oct.)

24% drop in air travel

+30% drop in car travel.

Also a drop-off happened

after 9/11/2001 :

details : NYTimes.com/

2025/11/13/us/canada-us-travel-decline-flights.html

Isaac Herzog admits that Trump 2.0 sent letter pressuring him to pardon accused Netanyahu before trial is done

 ISAAC HERZOG

is the President of Israel;

for him to pardon Netanyahu

before the trial has been completed

with full evidence presented would

be a travesty of justice denied . . .

nytimes.com/live/2025/11/12/us/

trump-govt-shutdown-news#israels-

president-says-trump-asked-him-to-

pardon-netanyahu-who-has-not-been-

convicted

End of "SHUTDOWN" - Senate passes $ benefit/provision for 8 GOP MAGA Senators to hypothetically sue for $500,000 apiece

The House of Representatives yesterday (Wed.

Nov. 19, 2025)

vote to kill the legislative 

provision that had created

a legal "Avenue" to sue

the United States for $500,000

a piece -- details two days ago (online article

NYTimes.com/. . . house-vote-to-

kill-bill-allowing-senators-to-sue-government

FOLLOW-up

"Republicans Clash [ Nov. 16, 2025 6 a.m.] 

over phone-records-lawsuit-funding-bill"

legislative language was "slipped into" the bill

to allow $500,000 lawsuit limit for GOP members

suing the FBI who tracked their phones during

Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection -- Capitol Break-in by

MAGA hordes of violent extremists

_________________________________________

see details (Subscription)

Politico.com/ news / 2025/11/03/

congress-longest-shutdown-record-00632927

____________________________

For TV and online footage to be

distributed --

#DJT in Oval Office signing ceremony

with staff who also stayed up late

Wed. 11/12 for Mike Johnson to hand

the paperwork over directly from the

House of Representatives floor - scribes.

Coward", "threat to our Republic" is how Dick Cheney described then-candidate Trump in 2024 : thin-skinned Real Estate Developer has no respect for traditions of American's History - Consensus Building

 Other Republicans like

POTUS 43

George W. Bush and Speaker

of the House of Representatives

Mike Johnson of Louisiana

praise the late Dick Cheney

of Wyoming

nytimes.com/2025/11/04/us/politics/

republicans-honor-dick-cheney.html

When was the end of America's Revolutionary War?

The Treaty of Paris (8 years, 5 months after Lexington & Concord

severe battles)

September 4 (ON THIS DATE IN 1783)

Noticed in "Writer's Almanac" (American Public Media: Garrison Keillor): 

 The U.S. War of Independence officially ended on September 3 in 1783 

with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The war, which began at Lexington 

and Concord in the spring of 1775, had more or less been over for two years, 

since Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown, but the American Navy 

continued harassing the British. And by the time the treaty was signed, 

the American fleet had captured dozens of British ships. 

The treaty required Britain to recognize the independence of 

the United States and to cede all lands east of the Mississippi to the U.S.

Lindsey Halligan -- Trump lawyer he hand-picked as a Federal Prosecutor - Courtroom behavior at Oct. 8 indictment [ after installation by Trump for E. District Virginia ]

How will she act 

when Court Trial Judge will conclusively rule

on the legality of her "installation" with no

experience as a prosecutor / only an insurance lawyer

before stint as personal lawyer for then Candidate

Trump at his felony charge trials at Manhattan, NY

and "classified documents" trials in Florida . . . ? ? ? 

_____________________________________

The young defense lawyer of POTUS 47

Rocked and nodded back and forth as a

junior federal prosecutor from NC made

the case against Comey in the Eastern District

of Virginia -- where Trump 2.0 installed her

as a prosecutor after her previous specialization

was in "Insurance Law"

Ms. Halligan did not speak in court today . . .

Oct. 8, 2025

____________________________________

her assignment from her boss was to obtain 

3 indictments of former FBI Director James

Comey -- she got a signed indictment

from the Grand Jury foreperson but did not

show all the charges to the entire group

of Jurors as is required by law / legal precedent.

_________________________________

a second motion filed by Comey's defense lawyer

in court today argues that

the appointment of Lindsey Halligan by

Trump 2.0 was illegal.

VPs (still-alive set of politicians) who were invited -- incumbent was not invited by Liz Cheney and widow Lynn Cheney

Dan Quayle (VP 1989 - 1992) 

Albert Gore (VP 1997 - 2000)

Joseph Biden (VP 2009 - 2016)

Mike Pence (VP 2017 - 2020)

Kamala Harris (VP 2021 - 2024)

incumbent JD Vance (sworn to uphold Constitution

2025 in Capitol Rotunda - before those gathered indoors)

_____________________________

speaking Thursday at National Cathedral

Nov. 20, 2025 was George W. Bush

POTUS 43; Cheney was his VP for 8 years and

Secy. of Defense for George H.W. Bush (1989-1992),

and chief of staff for POTUS 38 Gerald Ford (1974-1976)

______________________________

Present from the Supreme Court were:

Chief Justice Roberts, associate justices

Thomas, Kagan, Kavanaugh

Op-Ed : Trump "crosses a line" when he tells Israel president to pardon P.M. Bibi Netanyahu

Jerusalem Post op-ed

"Trump's call for

Netanyahu pardon

crosses a line in

Israeli sovereignty "

HEART: an American Odyssey

 co-Authors

Dr. Jonathan Reiner, M.D.

&

former VP of the United States

Dick Cheney of Wyoming

released Oct. 2013

Not all Presidents / VPs get the same treatment once dead : which two 20th Century presidents did NOT get a state funeral?

 Franklin Delano Roosevelt

in April 1945

Richard Milhouse Nixon

in 1994 (20 years after resignation)

Sarah Botstein (co-director, "The AMERICAN Revolution") PBS limited series this week, Nov. 2025

 PBS

Ken Burns & Sarah BOTSTEIN

are co-directors of the

American Revolution

limited PBS prime-time series

(12-hours meant to be viewed

6 nights in 2-hour episodes)

c-span.org/program/america-250/

ken-burns-and-sarah-botstein-

on-their-documentary/667985

Which Presidents have had a 21st Century funeral?

 Jimmy Carter died Dec. 29, 2024

and his funeral services including

a State Funeral (requiring flags at

half-mast) in January following

from

Jan. 9 - 14, 2025 at

D.C. and Plains, Georgia.

Members of the 119th

Congress also participated

at the Rotunda paying of

respects for POTUS 39.

Those respectful services

were conducted during the

Biden-Harris administration.

_____________________

During the Trump-Pence

administration, the funeral

arrangements (including

Episcopalian service at the

National Cathedral, D.C.)

for George H.W. Bush were 

held at D.C. Dec. 3 - 6, 2018

and his burial was at Houston, TX.

____________________

Gerald Ford -- funeral at Nat. Cathedral

and D.C., California, + Grand Rapids, MI

late Dec. 2006 and Jan. 4, 2007.

_____________________

Ronald Reagan's funeral was held

in 2004 both in D.C. and California

where he was buried.  His service

was also held at the National Cathedral

June 7 - 11, 2004.

VP Mondale died in 2021; VP Dick Cheney died Nov. 3, 2025 -- what are their major differences? how differently will the two VEEPs be eulogized / regarded by historians - casual patriotic folk?

 After losing in re-election on Carter-Mondale

ticket in 1980, Mondale next ran for his party's nomination

in the 1984 Presidential election; he chose as running-mate

Geraldine Ferraro of NY (a congresswoman)

to historically bring a woman to the ticket as co-nominee.

WHEREAS, in 2000 (before GOP Convention to

nominate George W. Bush as Presidential nominee)

Cheney accepted the VP slot after helping George W.

Bush narrow his VP selections down to one potential

successor : himself.  

___________________________________________

Which of these two political / business figures:

Who served as an Ambassador to Japan? Mondale did.

Whose spouse outlived him?  Lynne Cheney did.

Who was from the Midwest? Mondale hailed from MN

Who was from the West? Cheney born in Lincoln, NB but called

WYOMING home and served as Congress Repr.-at-large.

Mondale enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1951; Cheney got

a draft-deferment having a wife and 2 daughters to support

out of college / grad. school.

The Mondales had a daughter who died, Eleanor, in 2011.

Klimt Portrait sells for $236.4 million / / Frida Kahlo portrait also auctioned for $55 million

A new record for Modern Art

Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer

artnews.com/art-news/news/gustav-klimt-portrait-elisabeth-

lederer-auction-record-1234762083

Highest price for any modern piece of art

$236.4 million

___________________________

The Frida Kahol portrait was painted

in 1940.

Fred Upton - - veteran Michigan Honorable Congressman -- will attend D.C. Funeral of Cheney - - tomorrow 11 a.m. Eastern

 Fred Upton

veteran Congressman who along with

Peter Meijer (also of Michigan)

voted for the first 

Trump Impeachment

in the House of Representatives

will attend the Funeral of former POTUS 43

Vice-President =

Richard Cheney

tomorrow.

Justice Dept. mistaken-ridden -- Judge weighing Lindsey Halligan's qualifications as a no-experience Federal Prosecutor (Trump appointee)

washingtonpost.com/

Prosecutor - admits she did not

tell / show entire grand jury the charge/s against

Comey -- case will be thrown out 

Cameron McGowan Currie

indicated in court Thursday 11/13

that she will rule on whether

E. District Virginia appointee

Lindsey Halligan

may continue or if she was

unconstitutionally appointed

by Donald John Trump to

a Federal Prosecutorial role

when she had been career-long

focused on Insurance and

defense of defendant Trump

during 2021 - 2024 trials.

Speaker Johnson rebuffed by Senate Majority Leader Thune -- 427 vote measure "adequately legal" says SENATOR

 House Speaker

MIKE JOHNSON

(Louisiana), himself a

lawyer,

asked the Senate to include

additional name protection

and whistleblower name

protections

but was rebuffed.

politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/18/

congress-johnson-thune-epstein-files-gop-

00658475

Mike himself didn't dissent from the

427 - 1 vote of approval for the discharge

petition to force the Dept. of Justice

to release the "Epstein Files" but 

voice his intention to "demand changes."

NONE OF THAT MATERIALIZED.

Mark Leibovich : Dick Cheney didn't care what you thought, making him a pariah for the MAGA Right and for the far-left in 2025 America

 The Atlantic (upcoming

print, current online

article)

Dick Cheney didn't

care what you thought:

the former VP's

indifference to approval

made him a boogeyman

for the left and the right

. . .In life or death he

wouldn't have cared much

either way. . .

Vice Presidents who lived to be 90+

 WIKIPEDIA

list these long-lived Vice Presidents

of the United States - -

John Nance Garner - lived 98 years

John Adams - lived 90 years

Levi Morton - lived 96 years

Gerald Ford - lived 93 years

George H.W. Bush - lived 94 years

________________________

almost making the list was:

Harry S Truman who lived 88 years,

232 days 

POTUS 33 passed away 4 weeks to

the day ahead of LBJ (vice President

to JFK) -- end of 1972, beginning

of 1973

S. Arabia will buy from U.S F-35 fighter jets : Monday 11/17/2025 Trump Announcement

Monday 17 Nov. ahead of visit by Prince

Mohammed bin Salman = "They've been a

great ally" -- we'll be doing that, we'll be selling them

Trump told reporters with a happy tone and expectation

of the good vibes in the OVAL OFFICE meeting . . .

48

F-35 fighter jet squadron.  DETAILS

FORTHCOMING 

Friday Nov. 15, 2025 ahead of his

3-day mid-month break to

Mar-A-Lago Golf Course / restaurant

Trump 2.0 clued in the

Press Reporters travelling

with him that the Kingdom

of Saudi Arabia will "join"

the Abraham Accords nations

as in diplomatic alliance with

the nation of Israel.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin

Salman will be his guest in the

Oval Office ahead of the

Nov. 20 funeral of Dick Cheney

(Vice President for 2 successive

terms to POTUS 43 : George W.

Bush) at Washington, D.C.

National Cathedral.

Two who resigned : Spiro Agnew of Maryland and Richard Nixon of California; who died first?

Richard M. Nixon died

April 22, 1994 -- Agnew

did attend that funeral

at Yorba Linda, CA.

Agnew died Sept. 22, 1996 

of leukemia  --

at age 77.  Nixon's two

daughter, Tricia and Julie,

did attend their dad's VP's

funeral.  Judy Agnew survived

16 more years and passed 

away in 2012 during the Obama-

Biden administration.

427 - 1 decisive vote followed by Unanimous Vote of 100 Senators -- OPEN those Epstein-Maxwell files, Pamela Jo Bondi!

In the U.S. Senate this evening (Tuesday 11/18/2025)

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer scrambled to get the

Attention of the 100 senators to unite and not one of them

to dissent and block a full-throated order to the POTUS'

desk at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. -- OPEN THOSE

Epstein / Maxwell files from their hidden status at

Dept. of Justice -- Pamela Jo Bondi's desk (as she 

bragged this winter after her swearing - in) 

By uniting their effort,

Democrats and a tiny minority

of GOP Representatives (Thomas

Massie of Kentucky and 3 GOP

women - Boebert, Greene, Mace)

succeeded in forcing the legislation

by PETITION to make fellow

House members vote for or against

the release of Epstein-Maxwell

files held now by the Pamela Jo

Bondi Dept. of Justice . . .

427 - 1 who opposed = Higgins,

                    Louisiana

Of the 5 out of 433 total

members of the House who did

not cast a vote or voted present

3 were Democrats, and 2 GOP.

Cartel de Los Soles

 Pete Hegseth's "Southern Spear" names it

as a narco-terrorist organization

Cartel de Los Soles

does not exist -- it is a "Figure

of Speech" referring to

generals corrupted by drug money . . .

Three-judge Panel in Texas blocks redistricting map drawn by MAGA gov. Abbott

"Federal Court Blocks Texas'

Republican-friendly Congressional map"

2025/11/18/us/politics/texas-map-ruling-redistricting.html

More of Josephus' explication of MOSES and the Court of Pharaoh

 Josephus

Antiquities of the Jews

Book 2

She told Pharaoh that she had taken thought

for the succession, if, indeed, by the will of

God she should not happen to have a child of

her own, by raising a child both divine in appearance

and distinguished in intelligence, and having

received him wondrously, thanks to the river, "I

thought that I would make him my child and the

successor to your kingdom."

Saying these things, she placed the newborn

child in the hands of her father, and he, having

taken it and having clasped him to his breast in

a manifestation of affection placed his crown upon

the newborn in order to please his daughter.  But

Moyses (Moses)  taking it away, threw it down upon

the ground, and in childishness, stepped up on it

with his feet.  This seemed to indicate an omen for

the kingdom.

Book 2: #232 - #234

Infant Moses of the Hebrews and his adoptive mother, Princess Thermouthis

 Second book of

The Antiquities of the Jews (transl.

by Louis H. Feldman (Brill Publishing,

2000) pages 194 - 200

. . .he (Moses' Hebrew

father) believed that

God would provide

every assurance that there

should be nothing false in

what had been said (God's

promise through Abraham).

Having said this, they (mother,

sister, father of Moses newborn)

devised wicker-work made of

papyrus, similar in shape to

a basket, having made it of

sufficient size so that the 

newborn child might lie in it

in spaciousness; then, having smeared

it with asphalt (to bar the entrance of

water thru leakage), they left the

newborn's welfare in God's hands.

The river received and carried it, and

Mariame (MIRIAM) the sister of the

child, having been bidden by her other, went

along beside him as he was carried to see

where the wicker-work would go.

Then also God showed clearly that human

intelligence is worthless, but that all He

wishes to accomplish attains a good end,

and that those who, for the sake of their

own security, condemn others to ruin

fail utterly, even if they employ much

zeal toward this end. . .(Princess Thermouthis)

bestowed this name on him [mou which means

"water" in Egyptian] and those who have been

saved [ ses ].  By common consent, in

accordance with the production of God,

the newborn was both in greatness of intelligence

and contempt of toils [ GREEK ponon kata

phronesei ] (a typical Stoic phrase)

the best of the Hebrews.  For Habramos

(his 7th ancestral grandfather was ABRAHAM)

was a seventh father to him. . .His

intelligence grew and far exceeded his age,

when he attained the age of three, God gave

him wondrous increase of his stature. . .The

vast and undiluted childish charm that

enveloped him captivated those who saw him.

. . .In his nurture, he received much care

and the Hebrews placed their hope completely

in him but the Egyptians regarded his

upbringing with suspicion.

Generations of Adam

 From Isaiah Horowitz's

The Generations of Adam

(p. 270)

source was Rabbi Yom Tov

ben Abraham Asvili:

The rabbis of France were asked,

'How is it possible that both can be

words of the Living God, when one

forbids and the other permits?'  

They answered that when Moses 

ascended on high in order to receive

the Torah, he was shown forty-nine ways

to decide each case as a prohibition

and forty-nine ways to decide each case as

permitted.  So he asked the Holy One,

blessed be He, about this.  He said that

the power to decide is entrusted to the 

true sages of Israel in every generation.

This is correct, according to homiletic

interpretation, and there is also a

kabbalistic reason.

Isaiah Horowitz

 The Sheney Luhot

ha-Berit of R. Isaiah

ben Abraham Horowitz

known as "The Holy Shelah"/

The generations of Adam

(English transl. volume in

Classics of Western Spirituality

Paulist Press 1996)

Its author interweaves different

threads of rabbinic learning

to produce a seamless garment

of mystical pietism.

The soul is composed of 248 white limbs and 365

red sinews which are spiritual; it clothes itself

in the human body, in accord with [Job 31:2 ]

You clothed me in skin and flesh, and wove me

of bones and sinews,

in the soul's image and pattern.

In the pattern that was made for it,

in the garment of the 248 white, physical

limbs, which are the white bones of the

human body and the 365 red, physical sinews

which are the red sinews of the human body 

that are full of blood.  For the garment has

to be made in the pattern and likeness

of the one who wears it. . .The soul must

resemble God, just as the Holy One, blessed

be He, is called a person. [Ezekiel 1:27]

. . .and on the likeness of the Throne, a likeness

resembling the appearance of a person.  This

is the secret of YHVH which when spelled in

full, equals Adam"  (page 194, transl. Miles

Krassen, also editor/introducer for CWS Series).

Tatsuya Nakadai

 b. 1932 in Tokyo

died Nov. 8, 2025 in Tokyo

age 92 years 11 months

actor

well-known for portrayal of Hidetora

in Akira Kurosawa's

Ran (dramatic reimagined

epic based on King Lear,

play by William Shakespeare).

He was married at age 24 to

Yasuko Miyazaki (she died

1996).

In 2016 he won a Special Award

of Honour from the Japanese

Academy Association.

QUOTATION:

I'm quieter than average, and a

bit solitary.  I think maybe those

characteristics have something

in common with the positive elements

of Samurai.  I'm a loner.  I worked

hard as a film actor, but essentially

I'm a theatre actor.  For sixty-some 

years I served those two masters,

but I never signed with a film company.

Maybe you can call that lone wolf

behavior a connection.

Two "open" unfilled seats in the 435-member HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES (Article II, Constitution)

 18th Cong. District

seat "open" due to death

in March 2025 of Sylvester

Turner (it will be filled in

Jan. 31, 2026 by the winner

in a two-way run-off election)

by voters in that district;

Tennessee 7th Cong. District

will be filled from that State

election laws since, incumbent

Mark Green (GOP)  quit Congress

this summer to "enter the public

sector" -- DETAILS

at the Hill.com (article by Max Rego)

11/17/2025 4:59 p.m.

18th Cong. District election -- Houston, TX area voters to choose in run-off Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards [ date is Jan. 31, 2025 ]

OPEN due to death of Sylvester Turner who had been

elected Nov. 2024 -- and will be filled only on Jan. 31, 

2026.  Turner died March 2025 and state law determines

how that CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT (the 18th in Texas)

will fill the seat from public run-off plurality winners.

the Hill.com/homenews/campaign/5609509/texas-18th-district-runoff . . .

POLITICO reports Nov. 5 after no one

received a majority -- two advance in a run-off to be

held between Democratic party survivors of the field

politico.com/ "TX Special election for

Sylvester Turner SEAT in Congress (D-Texas)" 

Due to a death in the Congressional delegation,

the people of Houston, TX have been without

representation more than 6 months and will be

represented only after a First Tuesday election

in November 2025.  NY Times reporter J.David

Goodman (having interviewed many voters

there in TX) has much to tell the nation about

the confusion from the gerrymander / re-districting

taking place in urban and rural Houston and nearby.

"Republican Redistricting Is Sowing Chaos in Houston"

nytimes.com/2025/09/22/us/politics/texas-redistricting-houston.html

Gaza Stabilization Force -- part of the Trump "GAZA PEACE PLAN" -- U.N. Security Council action (Nov. 17, 2025)

part of the Trump-Vance "plan" for GAZA

is the use of different nations' security forces (NOT the U.S.

Military) -- all details being "hammered out"

More News on this FRONT Forthcoming

FOX News (Sat. 10/25 online article also mentions

Qatar, Egypt, Turkey +

Indonesia, Azerbaijan 

Vance Address

NYTimes.com/2025/10/23/world/middleeast/rubio-israel-gaza.html

early on at "Peace Conference"

these are the Nations pledging

troops for the TRUMP Peace

Plan immediate force to keep

a Cease-Fire in place:

Indonesia,

Pakistan,

Azerbaijan,

maybe also: Egypt,

Qatar,

United Arab Emirates.

Jerusalem Post

also adds that a technocratic

govt. may be overseen by

a Trump-chaired

"BOARD of PEACE"

jpost.com/international/article-870690

Award from O.J. Simpson estate

$58 million paid

from the estate of the famous athlete / movie

actor / defendant in criminal and then civil

court proceedings

TO THE FATHER

of Ron Goldman

__________________________________

NBC News.com/news/us-news/oj-simpsons-estate-agrees-

to-pay-nearly-58m-ron-goldmans-father-rcna244346 

GUIDE _ OF _ THE _ PERPLEXED

 Maimonides produced a

large number of writings

of which the most important

is without doubt his masterwork,

written in Arabic: Dalalat al-Har'iri

known in Hebrew as : Moreh Nevukhim

and in English as The Guide of the Perplexed.

He worked indefatigably. . .Maimonides

himself died in Fustat in 1204, probably 

of exhaustion.  He was sixty-six years old. 

Jews around the world mourned

for their loss, and in Fustat itself, 

both Jews and Arabs went

into a 3-day public mourning, while in

Jerusalem, the rabbinical authorities

proclaimed a general fast.  Maimonides'

body was taken to Tiberias on the Sea

of Galilee (Lake Kinneret), where his

tomb quickly became a place of pilgrimage.

His books have ever since been a cornerstone

of Jewish thought and Jewish identity, and

his medical knowledge has secured for him

a distinguished place in the history of

medicine.

Maimonides

 from Alberto Manguel's book in the

Yale University Press series: JEWISH LIVES

2023

"Maimonides' large, multitudinous self

was interested in almost everything:

religion,

law,

mathematics, 

logic,

rhetoric,

astronomy,

ethical behavior,

social morals,

politics,

the question of what can be known.

Music and the visual arts did appeal to him, but

everything else did.  There is Maimonides the

defender of tradition and Maimonides the thinker

who sought to reshape it, Maimonides the student 

of Aristotle and Maimonides the critic, Maimonides

the believer and Maimonides the skeptic.  Which is the

real Maimonides?

Festival of Carols - Dec. 7, 4 p.m. Sauder Hall, Goshen, IN

 Tickets are $20 for adults

$5 for Goshen College student

________________________

Features four choirs and an

orchestra

Christmas Carols

Spirituals

Scripture readings

Sacred works of music

goshen.universitytickets.com

Sixteen local authors-personalities will sign and sell you a book (Nov. 29, 2025 at Niles District Library, Niles, MI) 11 a.m. - Free

 alphabetic list

Denise DeLoach

Kristen N. Dobson

J.A. Flanagan

G.L. Gracie

Julian D. Hasan

Ashley S. Hattle

Sylvia Hubbard

Lucie Naylor Kubash

Chriss Lyon

Sarah E. Pearsall

Amy Piper

Dominick Russo

Cindy Lynn Sawyer

Anne Stone

Dr. John D. Van Dyke

Chelsea Williams

While Second Lady (VP's wife) -- Dr. Jill Biden did attend the funeral of Joan Mondale in Minnesota Feb. 8, 2014 - Protocol - do FLOTUS and Second Lady care about predecessors?

 The service for the former

"Second Lady" Joan Mondale

was held at Westminster Presby.

Church, Minneapolis, MN.

The full-time College Writing

professor, Mrs. Biden, Ed.D.

did attend with her husband

who eulogized Joan Mondale

for her commitment to the

arts and activism on issues

like women's civil rights and

equal pay.

Whether the mother of three,

Mrs. Usha Chilukuri Vance, will

take the time to be driven over

to the National Cathedral remains

to be seen later this week.

Project Prometheus

 Founded by Jeff Bezos with

an initial grant of $6.2 billion

________________________

"Jeff Bezos creates an A.I.

start-up where he will be

Co-Chief Executive"

article by Cade Metz

4:15 a.m. Nov. 17, 2025

N Y Times dot-com

Hegseth initiative : "Southern Spear" - waters off Venezuela thus far in 2025

UPDATE: 

Trump ups_ the ante in

Venezuela Stand-off 

(Nov. 17 -- battleships 

&aircraft being amassed)

The Hill (Thursday Nov. 13, 2025)

Pentagon Chief

Secretary Pete Hegseth

announces operation to

squash narco-terrorists

thehill.com/policy/

defense/5605091-joint-task-force-

southern-spear/

Hostilities between Taliban (Afghanistan rulers) and Pakistan's government

UPDATED Coverage

"At a shared symbol of jihad,

the Taliban defy their old ties

to Pakistan" 

Nov. 17, 2025

12:25 a.m. Eastern article posted by

reporter Mujib Mashal 

_____________________________

REUTERS intl. news platform

is reporting that the

Afghanistan-Pakistan

Peace Talks have

collapsed even if

the cease-fire end to

violent warfare continues.

reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/

afghanistan-pakistan-peace-talks-

collapse-ceasefire-continues-taliban-say

Edward VI died of Lung Cancer ( a disease hidden from the U.K. subjects - others in the realm)

 Nowadays,

the British Monarch 

and his health matters are

more "transparent" than in

the past; however, no official

word on what cancer (organ/s

affected) has been diagnosed

and is under ongoing treatment

for the Monarch (age 77).

Former Prince of Wales celebrated Birthday Friday in South Wales

 Now- KING Charles III

of the United Kingdom

turned 77 at South Wales

where he enjoyed birthday

cake and shared with his

subjects and his wife, Queen

Camilla.

14 Nov. 2025