Sold for 2.3 million euros
It was found in a private townhouse
in Paris, France.
Scientific analysis of pigment
and paint layers
This work of art had disappeared in
the 1600s.
details
abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/WireStory/
long-lost-rubens-painting-depicting-crucifixion-
sells-27m-127981308
Nov. 30, 2025 10:56 a.m. posted
at ABC News website following the airing
of Live -- THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE
STEPHANOPOULOS (Sundays , 9 a.m.
weekly News-Interviews-Political Panel)
+ 1,400 flights cancelled
45-car pile-up on one Indiana
highway
abcnews.go.com/US/1000-flights-
canceled-nationwide-survey-snowy-
weather-hits-upper/story?id=127964896
POTUS Trump 2.0
promises to release results of Nov. 2025
MRI -- claims no knowledge of what body
part was scanned
NBC News. Associated Press
release of Press interview
11/30/2025
9:45 p.m. Eastern
The Convenion has been meeting
in Uzbekistan from Nov. 24 -
Dec. 5, 2025
National Representatives from 185
countries discuss proposals to
adjust trade regulation for species
(oceanic and otherwise)
Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species of wild
Fauna (animals) and Flora (plants)
https://cites_ dot-org
Good Food / Good sight-seeing
Enjoy the great outdoors
Great golf courses
Nov. 30 annually
when that falls on
the weekend, the next Monday
or the Friday before is a day
off work.
Even though their patron saint
Andrew (one of 12 disciples/apostles)
lived and was martyred in the
first Century C.E., he became the
patron saint of Scotland in 1320 when
the country's independence was celebrated
with the Declaration of Abroath.
visitscotland.com/things-to-do/events/st-andrews-day
Chess Tournament
First Saturday of the month | 10 am - 2 pm | Rotunda | All Ages
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Address: 620 E. Main Street, Niles, MI
MICHIGAN 49120
phone 269-683-8545
info@nileslibrary.net
Judge Beryl Howell ruled Monday
May 19, 2025
that
the U.S. Institute of Peace
president and board members
were fired illegally when
POTUS Trump 2.0 moved to
dismantle the organization and
its operations. (March 2025
when staff lost access to email
accounts and all of their work).
In a 102-page ruling, the Federal
district judge ruled that transfer of
the institute's assets and Headquarters
seizure were
null and void.
Dec. 2025 -- renamed
"Trump Institute of Peace"
USA TODAY
on
Pertussia a.k.a. "whooping cough"
usatoday.com/story/news/health/2025/11/29/whooping-cough-
pertussis-infant-deaths-kentucky
Winter Storm Warning
until Sunday Nov. 30, 7 p.m.
____________________
Berrien, Cass counties (MI)
day-by-day VISITs & VIEWs of my BLOG -- faithfor2008.blogspot.com
11/1 3,489 -- blog articles / news / trivia / best wishes
11/2 2,434
11/3 3,486 [ most visits for 30-day period ]
11/4 1,114
11/5 695
11/6 1,045
11/7 1,385
11/8 732
11/9 985
11/10 887
Veterans Day 997
11/12 879
11/13 1,059
11/14 811
9,000th posting on this BLOG since 2007
11/15 1,021
11/16 886
11/17 782
11/18 973
11/19 877
11/20 886
11/21 1,362
11/22 1,389
11/23 667
11/24 948
11/25 867
11/26 866
Thanksgiving Day 1,514
11/28 1,179
11/29 1,195
Sunday 30th 1,425
Total for
NOV 1 - 30 36,835
average of 1,200 per day (VISITS & VIEWS)
Two months later (11/30/2025
Repr. Don Bacon (sent by Nebraskans in urban large
capital city as their Congress Representative)
accused the Trump-Vance
administration of sending "mixed
signals" on Ukraine's
settlement for end of Russia's
missiles drone attacks on civilian
and infrastructure targets -- 11/30/2025
politico.com/ moral-clarity-Ukraine
13 days later -- in reply to Lindsey Halligan's move
to Prosecute James Comey, former
FBI Director,
Don Bacon, Repr. from Nebraska
expressed concern on social media
LAWFARE undermines our great county
/ / /
the continued escalation will only hurt us all
_______________________________________________
THE HILL reports that on 13 Sept. 2025
Don Bacon (R but not MAGA) House Repr. from
Nebraska's urban / purple district denounced Trump
"Mr. President, Putin
is the invader . . .
you'll be judged in history
books by your actions
or lack thereof. . ."
thehill.com/homenews/house/5502201-don-bacon-trump-russia-ukraine-war/
September 13, 2025 (Saturday) 1:26 p.m. Eastern Time posted
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".
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
LaPorte, IN (GOP not MAGA)
State lawmaker
Mike Bohacek tells
his IN State House of
Representatives "Whip"
and "Speaker" -- his vote is
"NAY" for Trump & Braun-
ordered redistricting at 5th year
since 2020 census . . .
offended by Trump's insult
and unrepentant approach to
"jam through" in special session
matters that reverse the "will of
the entire voting electorate"
Nations who voiced possible supply of
armed forces to help IDF (Israel) disarm HAMAS:
Indonesia
United Arab Emirates,
Egypt
Qatar
Azerbaijan
___________________
many of these have not
made firm commitments
Exclusive to the NY Times
nytimes.com/2025/11/30/style/cory-booker-wedding-alexis-lewis.html
For 2024 (Biden-Harris last growing / harvest of
SOYBEANS -- China bought $12.6 billion
For 2025 (Trump-Vance present year growing / harvest
$0 sold to China markets
NY TIMES -- SOYBEANS were America's biggest single
export item in terms of value
_____________________________________________
Brooke Rollins -- Trump 2.0 - Vance Sec. of Agriculture
will release $3 billion to a
Commodity Credit Corporation
so that Farmers in Red or Purple states can receive
help to "Manage to Break Even amid the Largest Corn
and Soybean Crops" 2025.
The HILL reports / WSJ originated the 10/21/2025 online
news reporting.
Most famous-significant plays :
Rosencranz & Guildenstern are Dead
Leopoldstadt
Most significant and award winning movie
scripts : Shakespeare in Love
Empire of the Sun
Brazil (director Terry Gilliam)
Stoppard died at home in Dorset, U.K.
on Sat. Nov. 29, 2025.
First to marry while in Office as PRIME MINISTER
Anthony Albanese
married fiancee
JODIE HAYDON
photos at BBC.com/news/world
Prime Minister Albanese's party has won a
majority , powered by a backlash to
Trump-style MAGA tactics by opposition.
POLITICO.com/2025/05/03/donald-trump-cost
conservative-australia-election-takeaway/
_______________________________________
As Australians cast ballots on Saturday,
the superpower that looms_ , wielding tariffs
is America / not China. !
President Donald John Trump has raised questions
on whether Australia can depend on its longstanding
military alliance with the United States.
Political winds have shifted from domestic concerns
buffeted by the global tumult unleashed by #DJT part 2.0.
"We are Canada-lite; we don't have the same exposure
but Trump is very unpopular among the Australian public."
nytimes.com/2025/05/02/world/asia/australia-election-trump-china.html
Australian public's trust in the United States has sunk to its
lowest point in two decades. . .
FLOTUS Nancy (Davis) Reagan
appeared on an episode of
Diff'rent Strokes (1983 season)
as well as
Sesame Street (in 1985).
In both cases she was not
promoting herself but instead
Reading
&
the "Just Say No" campaign.
_________________________
Mrs. George H.W. Bush (Barbara)
appeared on an episode of
Sesame Street in 1989 (#2660);
Hillary Clinton in 1993 for the
Season 25 premiere episode;
among a list of appearances,
FLOTUS Michelle Obama
appeared in 2009 for the show's
40th Anniversary, talking about
her non-profit "Let's Move"
initiative on healthy exercise
and eating for kids & youth.
"Melania" documentary
is on schedule for Jan.
2026 theatrical release
hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/
melania-trump-production-company-muse-films-
1236432711/
This sets a historical precedent for a FLOTUS while
in Office to seek to make films under the aegis of
a for-profit Production company (Hollywood, CA).
Past First Ladies like Nancy (Davis) Reagan who
had a film and TV career were not releasing
film documentaries for profit about their impact
on Washington, the nation, and the world.
While on X or "Truth" Social,
POTUS Trump 2.0 declared that
he will hereby terminate
any document signed by
POTUS 46 using an autopen.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-
admin-live-updates/?id=127815197
. . .
were meant to be lethal
kinetic
NBC NEWS
international coverage of the Nov. 29, 2025 Papal
tour / conferences with area R. Catholics and Eastern
Rite Maronites
POPE LEO XIV
stopped in Istanbul to go into the Blue Mosque, removing
in a respectful way but did not himself pray in the
interior.
NBC News dot-com/
29 November 2025
part of his 4-day visit to Turkey and the Middle East
Friday Nov. 28, 2025
the Prime Minister of Canada has announced
new measures with the collapse and paralysis
of trade talks with the Trump 2.0 - Vance
Executive Branch of the U.S. Government :
a new tariff on steel products
a reduction in the amount
of foreign steel allowed in Canada
a lowering of costs to move lumber by rail.
Carney has announced that he will be in Washington, DC
for the upcoming FIFA World Cup as a political leader of a host nation (2026 schedule).
Producer - director - writer
born 29 Nov. 1954
Minneapolis, MN
Married to Oscar-winning
actress Frances McDormand
since 1984.
Films often center around or
include a botched crime :
Raising Arizona (1987)
Fargo (1996) and later
TV series.
TRIVIA: Roderick Jaymes,
credited for editing Joel &
Ethan's films, actually doesn't
exist. That name is a
pseudonym for work the two
brothers undertake for
themselves.
Their father Edward Coen
was an economist at the
University of Minnesota and
their mother an art historian
at St. Cloud State University.
Alexander Jones, Christ's College, Liverpool
June 1966
Introduction to the Psalms (150)
The Psalter (Greek, Psalterion,
the string-instrument used for the
accompaniment of these songs/Psalms)
is a collection of 150 Psalms.
From Psalm 10 to Psalm 148
the numbering of the Hebrew Bible
(adopted for the Jerusalem Bible)
is one figure ahead of the Greek
and Vulgate which join 9 and 10 and also
114 and 115, but divide 116 and 147 into
two.
In Hebrew this book is called
Tehillim 'hymns'. . . other Literary forms are
Entreaty
Thanksgiving
Exception and composite forms
Royal Psalms and Messianic Psalms
Psalm 99
God, Righteous and Holy King
Yahweh is King, the nations tremble;
he is enthroned on the cherubs,
earth quakes; Yahweh is great in Zion.
He is high over all nations;
may they praise your great and
terrible name, 'Holy is He' and mighty!
You are a King who loves justice,
insisting on honesty, justice, virtue,
as you have done for Jacob.
Let us extol Yahweh our God,
and worship at His footstool,
'Holy is He' !
Moses, Aaron one of his priests,
and Samuel his votary, all invoked
Yahweh: and He answered them.
He talked with them in the pillar of cloud;
they obeyed his decrees, the Law he gave them.
Yahweh our God You responded to them,
a God of forgiveness for them,
in spite of punishing their sins.
Extol Yahweh our God,
worship at His holy mountain,
'Holy is Yahweh our God!'
[the general editor of The JERUSALEM
BIBLE (1966) -- published
by Doubleday & Company, Inc.
was Alexander Jones, L.S.S., S.T.L., I.C.B.
b. 1906, for many decades
a Lecturer at Christ's College
Liverpool, U.K.
passed away to his heavenly
reward in 1970]
Born Nov. 28, 1961
Mexico City, Mexico
Film Maker of
"A Little Princess"
"Children of Men"
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
"Gravity" (2013) which won 7 Academy Awards.
Frequently works with Cinematographer Emmanuel
Lubezki . . .
Now lives in London.
UPDATE (Nov. 28)
Gov. Tim Walz who was referenced by POTUS in his
"Thanksgiving" social media barbs and outright verbal
assaults has called for the resident of 1600 Pennsylvania
Ave. to release his MRI results
______________________________________________
Nov. 22 online reply of Walz
to Trump "tirade/Social rant"___
It's not surprising that the president
has chosen to broadly target an entire
community. This is what he does to
change the subject . . .
[ Ghislaine Maxwell taking the "Fifth"
as far as clearing her and Epstein's
affiliation and "cover" for his purported
activity now laid bare in the to-be-exposed
"EPSTEIN CLIENT LIST / FILES" ]
Atty. General of Minnesota
Keith Ellison also reacted decisively --
Somali folks came to Minnesota fleeing
conflict, instability, and famine and they
became an integral part of our state, culture
and community . . .
details at
NY TIMES .com Nov. 27, 2025
us/guard-shooting-suspect-profile.html
REPORT filed by Campbell
Robertson, Hamed
Aleaziz, Jack Healy
he was 5 years old,
living in Afghanistan
when 19 hijackers (Saudi
nationals + egyptian
Mohammad Atta) flew
planes into the World
Trade center Twin Towers,
the Pentagon in Alexandria,
VA and a field near Shanksville,
Pennsylvania
His paramilitary work was with
"Zero Unit" of Afghans working
with the U.S. anti-Taliban forces
Friday
Nov. 28, 2025
near Iznik (140 km. south of Istanbul, Turkey)
Celebration of the 1,700th
anniversary of the Nicene Creed.
DETAILS Forthcoming as far as complete list
of attendees.
from July's estimate (before
demolition) of $200 million
to NOV. 2025
$300 million.
Now expected to seat
1,000.
Billionaire donors and
corporate sponsors (who
will expect name benefits)
are being sought to make
this TRUMP re-do of the
building in place since
the John Adams (POTUS 2.0)
administration.
God rest her soul --
she was sent by the governor of W. Virginia
on the National Guard mission of protecting
D.C. from gun violence.
Hopefully this will have meant changes for the
good as far as the short- and long-term
application of National Guard deployments.
A 20-year-old who joined up following H.S.
graduation.
Trump who himself never served in volunteer
military service calls her "magnificent" -- as
he telephoned in a Global - Transnational
conversation all those who are following
the call in regular military & National
Guard deployment he insisted were needed
in major urban locations (both in Blue states
and some cities of "RED" states recently).
Papal letter from POPE Leo XIV
ahead of trip to Iznik, Turkey
_________________________
site of ancient Nicaea
where the Ecumenical Council
took place 325 A.D.
vaticannews.va/en/Pope/news/2025-11/pope-leo-issues-letter-
in-unitate-fidei-on-nicaea.html
UPDATE : Nov. 26, 2025
SCOTUS (Supreme Court) - Chief Justice
John Robert
stood in the way Wednesday, 11/27
from the planned firing of Copyright
official SHIRA PERLMUTTER.
see CNN.com/. . . politics / supreme-court-
library-of-congress.html
The head of the Copyright office
is suing the Executive Branch POTUS
Donald John Trump , arguing her
abrupt ouster from the position
violated the Constitution's separation
of powers POLITICO.com/2025
5/22/ousted-head-of-copyright-office
challenges-trump-administration-00377020
Shira Perlmutter
will be escorted out of her office when she reports
Monday morning May 12, 2025
and must turn in her keys and
passwords as well as Parking Pass.
Federal Office of Copyright Head administrator.
Fired immediately when notified this past
weekend or at 12:01 a.m. by H.R. - DOGE branch.
PSALM xCix
Psalme 99
Jehovah 'tis that reigns_,
let people be in dread:
'midst Cherubs he remained,
th'earth let it be moved.
Jehovah is
in Sion great,
in highnes_ set
he is likewise
Above all the people.
Let them confesse_ thy Name
so great and terrible:
for holy is the same.
The King his might
doth love justice:
thou dost 'stablish
things that be right:
Judgement thou dost, also
in Iacob righteousness.
The Lord our God doe you
set up in his highnes,
and worship yee
his footstoole at:
by reason that holy is hee.
Moses also Aron
among his Priests, likewise
Samuell all those among
that to his name send cryes:
called they have the Lord upon,
and he alone them answer gave.
He unto them did speake_ in
th' cloudy pillar them;
they kept his records, eke
his ordinance he gave them.
Lord, thou who art our God
didst hear, and didst answers
to them impart.
Thou wast a God pard'ning them,
although thou vengeance upon
their works didst bring.
The Lord our God advance,
and woe yee downe_
at's holy hill: for our God's the Holy-One!
Psalm 99
The Lord reigneth, let the people tremble:
he sitteth between the cherubims, let the earth
be moved.
The Lord is great in Zion:
and he is high above all people.
Let them praise thy great and terrible name:
for it is holy.
The king's strength also loveth judgement_;
thou dost establish equity;
thou executes judgement and righteousness
in Jacob.
Exalt ye the Lord our God and worship
at his footstool:
for he is holy. [ footnote or it is holy ]
Moses and Aaron among his priests,
and Samuel among them that call upon his name:
they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.
He spoke unto them in the cloudy pillar:
they kept his testimonies,
and the ordinance that he gave them.
Thou answeredst_ them, O Lord our God;
thou wast a God that forgavest them,
though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
Exalt the Lord our God,
and worship at his holy hill:
for the Lord our God is holy.
Published by the Oxford University
Press, its delegates - the British
and Foreign Bible Society and the
National Bible Society of Scotland
Psalm 99 -- in U.K. vernacular
The LORD is king, the peoples
are perturbed;
he is throned on the cherubim,
earth quivers.
The LORD is great in Zion;
he is exalted above all the peoples.
They extol his name as great
and terrible;
he is holy, he is mighty,
a king who loves justice.
Thou hast established justice and
equity;
thou hast dealt righteously in
Jacob.
Exalt the LORD our God,
bow down before his footstool;
he is holy.
Moses and Aaron among his
priests,
and Samuel among those who
call on his name,
called to the LORD and he
answered.
He spoke to them in a pillar
of cloud;
they followed his teaching and
kept the law he gave them.
Thou, O LORD our God, thou
didst answer them;
thou wast a God who forgave
all their misdeeds
and held them innocent.
Exalt the LORD our God,
bow down towards his holy hill;
for the LORD our God is holy.
The Lord is king; let the peoples tremble;
he is enthroned upon the cherubim,
the earth quakes.
Great is the LORD in Zion,
exalted above all the peoples.
Let them praise your great and awesome name:
holy is he!
O mighty king, lover of justice,
you have established fairness;
you have created just rule in Jacob.
Exalt the LORD , our God;
bow down before his footstool;
holy is he!
Moses and Aaron were among his priests;
Samuel among those who called on his name;
they called on the LORD and he answered them.
From the pillar of cloud he spoke to them;
they kept his decrees, the law he had given them.
O LORD, our God, you answered them;
you were a forgiving God to them,
though you punished their offenses.
Exalt the LORD, our God;
bow down before his holy mountain;
holy is the LORD, our God.
[ 2023 latest revisions posted online at USCCB.org
Scripture Text - Liturgical and Study Usage ]
The Lord rules -- the nations shake!
He sits enthroned on the winged
heavenly creatures -- the earth
quakes!
The LORD is great in Zion;
he is exalted over all the nations.
Let them thank your great and
awesome name. He is holy!
Strong king (correction)
who loves justice,
you are the one who established
what is fair.
You worked justice and righteousness
in Jacob.
Magnify the LORD, our God!
Bow long at his footstool!
He is holy!
Moses and Aaron were among
his priests, Samuel too among
those who called on his name.
They cried out to the LORD,
and he himself answered them --
he spoke to them from a pillar
of cloud.
They kept the laws and the rules
God gave to them.
LORD our God, you answered
them. To them you were a
God who forgives
but also the one who avenged
their wrong deeds.
Magnify the LORD our God!
Bow low at his holy mountain
because the LORD our God is holy!
[ see Psalm 2:6 ]
Translated from the ancient
Greek version / translation
called the SEPTUAGINT :
[ A New English translation of
the Septuagint Oxford Univ.
Press, 2000 ]
A Psalm. Pertaining to David.
The Lord became king; let peoples
grow angry! --
he who sits up on the cheroubin;
let the earth shake!
The Lord is great in Sion;
he is high before all the peoples.
Let them acknowledge your great
name for it is awesome and holy!
The king's honor loves justice;
you provided uprightness,
you executed justice and righteousness
in Iakob.
Extol the Lord our God;
worship at the footstool of his feet,
because holy is he!
Moyses and Aaron were among his priests,
Samouel also was among those who called
on his name.
They called on the Lord, and he hearkened
to them.
He would speak to them in a pillar of cloud;
they would keep his solemn charges,
and the decrees that he gave them.
O Lord our God, you would hearken to them;
O God, you were being very merciful to them,
but an avenger of all their practices.
Extol the Lord our God,
and worship toward his holy mountain;
for the Lord our God is holy.
Translated into English formal
language from the HEBREW Text of
100th Psalm of David (nine verses):
The Lord reigns!
Let the people tremble!
He sits enthroned upon
the cherubim; let the
earth quake!
The Lord is great in Zion;
he is exalted over all
the peoples.
Let them praise thy great
and terrible name!
Holy is He!
Moses and Aaron were
among his priests,
Samuel also was among
those who called on his name.
They cried to the Lord our
God; worship at his
footstool! Holy is He!
He spoke to them in the
pillar of cloud;
they kept his testimonies,
and the statutes that
he gave them.
O LORD our God, thou didst
answer them;
Thou wast a forgiving God
to them, but an avenger
of their wrongdoings.
Extol the LORD our God,
and worship at his holy
mountain, for the LORD
our God is holy!
The MICHAEL CURTIZ
1942 film premiered at
NY City's Hollywood
Theater -- Nov. 26, 1942.
One of the best WARNER
BROTHERS Studio films
of the 1940s -- a personal
favorite of mine!
Breaking News -- after departure of
CBS co-hosts John Dickerson and
Maurice Dubois
______________________________
New December 2025 anchor will be
Tony Dokoupil
interim until Jan. 26 is
Kim Harvey
11/26/2025 UPDATE :
Anti-woke crusader BARI WEISS
was hired to overhaul the CBS NETWORK
News division (Nightly News, 60 Minutes,
other programming of the past -- weekend
anchors, 48 Hours, FACE_THE_NATION,
[ she was hired to do that overhaul / mass firing
by David Weiss, new owner of PARAMOUNT + /
CBS ]
November 2025
April 28, 2025 (7 months ago)
CBS Producer BILL OWENS of
_60 Minutes_
resigned instead of being fired
by Paramount Corporation that
owns CBS News and CBS Entertainment
See CBS News.com for
"The Last Minute" Scott Pelley impersonates
Andy Rooney and tells why everyone on the
Staff is upset about his resignation after 4 decades
QUOTATION OF Pelley former Nightly News anchor:
Paramount began to
supervise our content
in new ways. . ./ / /
No one here is happy
about it. . .
BREAKING NEWS -- John Acree, Exec. Director
claims the GHF model will be continued into
further U.S. "food box" approach --
thetimesofisrael.com/gaza-humanitarian-foundations-announces-end-
of-operations-in-strip-after-five-months
Monday Nov. 24, 2025 8 p.m.
Distribution takes place at militarized hubs (few in number)
that monitor the fragile "Cease-Fire"
_____________________________________
UPDATE: May 26 announcement of resignation
Jake Wood -- Director -- his departure followed
growing acrimony within the growing aid sector
and the four sites in southern Gaza have been
under continued pressure during threat of mass
famine and starvation. . . He was co-founder of
Team Rubicon and had overseen dozens of
humanitarian operations across Myanmar, Sudan,
and Haiti -- breaking news 4 a.m. Monday 26th May.
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May 14th - Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
aligned with Trump-Vance group thinkers
wants to arrange for U.S. directed commodities
to be distributed what with the 3-month blockade
of food and fuel truck deliveries.
nytimes.com/2025/05/14 -- spokesperson declared
that it will have agreements with Israel to begin
before May 31 this year.
a handful of distribution zones would each serve
food to several hundred thousand Palestinians each
Ambassador Mike Huckabee of Jerusalem
said that "the danger is not doing anything. . ." / /
as in today's status quo which already began doing
nothing back in the spring of 2025
Approved the council directives of
325 A.D.
including the
Nicene-Constanpolitan
Creed still used in Christian
confession / worship
to the 21st Century
From
Collected Poems by Herman Melville
(Penguin Books, 2006) : from
John Marr and other sailors (1888)
Through storms you reach them
and from storms are free,
Afar descried_, the foremost drear_ in hue,
But, nearer, green; and on the marge, the sea
Makes thunder low and mist of rainbowed dew,
But, inland, where the sleep that folds the hills
A dreamier sleep, the trance of God, instills ---
On uplands hazed, in wandering airs aswoon,
Slow-swaying palms salute love's cypress tree
Adown in vale where pebbly runlets croon
A song to lull all sorrow and all glee.
Sweet fern and moss in many a glade are here,
Where, strown_ in flocks, what cheek-flushed myriads lie
Dimpling in dream --- unconscious slumberers mere,
While billows endless round the beaches die.
A Senior Trump administration who is leading
"ALTERNATIVE SAFE COMMUNITIES"
funding uncertain
small scale
how does this fit the scale of Gaza Territory's
2 million residents?
PRIME MOVERS OF THE PROJECT are :
U.S. Officials who along with Israeli Govt.
officials who will provide on-ground support.
Cost for clearing the land would be in the tens
of millions of dollars just to initiate a prototype
"community" -- modular dwelling similar to
some used in earthquake relief zones, Syrian refugee
housing, U.S. troops in military bases across the
Middle East.
Lightstone's team works out of Tel Aviv in
Kempinski and Hilton, two luxury hotel/resorts.
He was also CEO of the "Abraham Accords" institute,
founded in Trump's first term by his son-in-law Jared
Kushner, real estate magnate.
U.S. (Executive Branch)
plans compounds (ALTERNATIVE
SAFE COMMUNITIES) to house
Palestinians / Gazans in Israeli-held
half of Gaza Strip (Palestinian
area comprised of those apart from
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY whose
capital is Ramallah, West Bank)
nytimes.com/2025/11/25/world/middleeast/
us-compounds-palestinians-israel-gaza-strip.html
Trump seize control of
Republicans' midterm
election control strategy
REUTERS.com
Nov. 25 [subscription
required]
recent meetings in
construction-area
West-Wing and Rose
Garden "club" meetings
of incumbent Representatives
as well as most GOP Senators
NPR offers details
National Security Adviser/ SECY. of State
Marco Rubio of Florida
is "making progress" in Geneva, Switzerland
to amend the "peace plan" offered to Russia &
Ukraine by outsider "influencer" the U.S. (Trump-
Vance executive branch)
npr.org/2025/11/24/g-s198998/geneva-us-ukraine-report-progress
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in April 1945
Richard Milhouse Nixon
in 1994 (20 years after resignation)
______________________________
Richard Cheney of WY
in 2025 did not get a State Funeral only
family funeral with invitation not offered
to incumbent POTUS and VP - service
handled at National Cathedral (D.C.) with
military escort and military singers/orchestra
by end of year 2025 : the nation of Iran
is admitting that its infrastructure is failing --
no water where citizens
live (mostly in cities/towns);
Tehran may be evacuated
at end of 2025
details at
Washingtonpost.com / Nov. 25, 2025
July 31, 2025 -- U.S. and NATO allies warn of
ongoing threats by Iran's intelligence services
to kill, kidnap, and threaten citizens in many
countries
AP News. online US - NATO - IRAN
July 31, 2025 posted article
______________________________________
"Dry Taps, Empty Lakes, Shuttered Cities :
a water crisis batters Iran" NY TIMES dot-com
world/middleeast/iran-water-crisis-drought.html
July 2025
Iran's leaders turn to a new birth of
a fusion of Shi'ite identity and Irani
nationalism
NYTimes.com/2025/07/22/world/middleeast/
iran-nationalism-israel-us-attacks.html
Tuesday July 22 (online article - NY TIMES)
__________________________
UPDATE: July 18
Iran's Fordo Nuclear site was badly
damaged and potentially destroyed by
the 12 bunker-buster bombs the U.S.
military dropped on it June 2025 --
details in article (David Sanger, Julian
Barnes, Eric Schmitt)
NYTimes.com/2025/07/17/us/politics/iran-nuclear-sites.html
_________July 12, 2025__
Iran's foreign minister
Abbas Araghchi
said that his country would accept a resumption
of the nuclear talks as long as the U.S. agreed
it would not again use B-2 Stealth bombers with
megabombs and Cruise Missiles on nuclear
and missile sites.
See FURTHER: apnews.com/article/iran-us-nuclear-talks-
araghchi- . . .
Tehran, Iran 10:45 a.m. US. EASTERN time zone.
CNN covers "panic in the office"
CNN.com/2025/11/25/politics/lindsey-halligan-justice-department-
prosecutors-dont-know-whos-in-charge
How will Halligan follow-up this bizarre behavior
Oct. 8, 2025
when Court Trial Judge will conclusively rule
Nov. 24, 2025
on the legality of her "installation" with no
experience as a prosecutor / only an insurance lawyer
before stint as personal lawyer for then Candidate
Trump at his felony charge trials at Manhattan, NY
and "classified documents" trials in Florida . . . ? ? ?
_____________________________________
The young defense lawyer of POTUS 47
Rocked and nodded back and forth as a
junior federal prosecutor from NC made
the case against Comey in the Eastern District
of Virginia -- where Trump 2.0 installed her
as a prosecutor after her previous specialization
was in "Insurance Law"
Ms. Halligan did not speak in court today . . .
Oct. 8, 2025
____________________________________
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.
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.
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
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
WVPE (Elkhart, IN) NPR affiliate
tells the story of a golden retriever
"Therapy Dog" / Firehouse mascot
who will be part of the city of GOSHEN,
Indiana who is being trained by
"Top Notch Canine" in her obedience
studies and following orders of the
various Fire Dept. and EMT teams she
would work for.
DETAILS of Maple at
wvpe.org/wvpe-news/2025-11-20/
maple-the-therapy-dog-joins-goshen-fire-departments-
wellness-efforts
FOLLOW-up
NYTimes.com/2025/11/23/style
"Mamdani's meeting with Trump
OVAL OFFICE
reactions-fuentes-bannon.html
scrambled the MAGA Sphere
Anti-Semite Fuentes called
for a total immigration ban
and for US State Dept. to
cut ties with Israel. . .
NBC News online platform
"Trump offers
Zohran Mamdani
nothing but praise"
Nov. 21,
2025
At Nuremberg WAR TRIALS
Nov. 20, 1945
21 stood trial while 3 others charged had committed suicide:
Adolph Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Robert Ley
Hermann Goring (subject of Nov. 2025 film)
Hans Frank
Wilhelm Frick
Hans Fritzsche
Rudolph Hess
Alfred Jodl
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Wilhelm Keitel
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen & Halbach
Konstantin von Neurath
Franz von Papen
Erich Raeder
Alfred Rosenberg
Fritz Sauckel
Hjalmar Schacht
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Albert Speer
Baldur von Spirach (leader of Hitler Youth)
Julius Streicher
MARTIN BORMANN (tried in absentia)
Nov. 22, 1963
POTUS John F. Kennedy assassinated in
motorcade at Dallas, TX. Also wounded
from the sniper was Gov. Connally riding
in the same car as Kennedy.
LBJ sworn in that afternoon aboard
returning Air Force One that carried the
corpse of the young President.
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
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.
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
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/
NOVEMBER 22, 2005
20 yrs.ago
Angela Merkel
sworn in as nation's first
female chancellor
at that nation's Parliament.
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
