It has a secular constitution,
guaranteeing religious freedoms;
formerly it had been a Hindu
kingdom - now is a democracy.
What %age Buddhist?
approx. 8.2% practicing
Buddhists but for some,
Hinduism and Buddhism blend
together in daily practice --
it is a culturally significant fact
that the Buddha was born in
Nepal (city of Lumbini).
MOVIES! TV network
[ check local listings ]
approx. 2 hours
stars
Katharine Hepburn
&
Spencer Tracy
Keeper of the Flame
MGM Studios
IMDb.com/
"The Ghost and Mr. Chicken"
1966
also
Saturday night 10:30 - 11 p.m.
9/19/2026 on Me TV (local
antenna 57.2)
BATMAN (1966) pilot episode
"Hi Diddle Riddle" which originally
aired Jan. 12, 1966 in prime time.
Event at
Niles DISTRICT Library
(Niles Michigan 49120)
Sept. 14 (Monday), 2026
11:00 until 11:30 a.m.
Community room (basement)
Ages 18 +
FREE
this presentation is a nonpartisan
overview of what poll workers do,
Qualifications, time commitment
information Q / A, may be
offered virtually as well as this
one-time event
supportmiclerks.com (WEBSITE)
________________________
do not need to pre-register at
269-683-8545
also do not need to bring library
card to take part
Downtown NILES, MICHIGAN
49120
Free! [ Niles History Center tour guide ]
Meet at the Riverview Park
amphitheater at 10 a.m.
Friday Sept. 4, 2026
Learn about and view the
EAGLE Lodge & Bar (caved-in this week)
FOUR FLAGS HOTEL
CARNEGIE LIBRARY (now a comedy venue
/ bar )
SODA SHOP (transformed into grill-diner)
aired on CW
network
Thursday Sept. 3, 2026
8 - 10 p.m Eastern
based on the Country Music
star's inspiring true story;
starts with her being 9 years old
in honor of the late
Singer-Songwriter-
Philanthropist
Dolly Parton;
her funeral was kept
private, family-only.
Besides her Tennessee
theme-park, she was quite
impactful on the cause of
child literacy by her
"Imagination" distribution
to children, worldwide,
age 0 - 5 years old.
The author a.k.a. Keffe D
is charged with
murder with a deadly weapon
with the intent to promote,
further, or assist a criminal
gang in the rapper Tupac
Shakur's death
ABC News,
NBC NEWS (trial
w/prosecution's case began
Monday Aug. 17, 2026 in Las Vegas)
the killing took place in 1996.
Jury Selection is Aug. 10, 2026
with the entire proceeding
through jury verdict lasting 2 weeks
in Nevada.
Benton Harbor Area (K-12) half-day
on August 31, 2026
likewise Coloma Schools half-day
THESE districts have full day 1 - 12
and Kindergarten later (Sept. 1, 2026)
Edwardsburg, Brandywine, Niles,
St. Joseph (MI), Buchanan, Eau Claire,
more in Berrien County
Cassopolis Schools, Dowagiac already
began Monday 8/24/2026
G-20 finance leaders meet
in Asheville
live-updates/live
5 - 4
see this emergency vote
described at SCOTUS Blog.com
The White House BALLROOM
construction (has never been approved
by vote of Congress) . . .
TIME dot-com
dates are not yet set by her estate
and charities
ABC / Disney
GMA 3 (third hour)
congratulates the film for its
mass global appeal and setting
box office records; likely at the
2027 Oscar Ceremony it can only
count on a single Category
NOMINATION: Visual effects.
Trump 2.0 executive order (8/28)
only establishes a "Commission"
to design a
"SPACE ACADEMY"
THE Executive Branch cannot
give it a
Budget,
establish its governance,
outline necessary legislation.
Asheville, NC
is the site for a G-20 world
meeting of financial ministers;
Treasury Secy. Bessent has denied
press credentials to certain
NY Times
WSJ
Bloomberg News
regular beat reporters - interviewers.
8/31/2026
concerns
YOSEMITE National Park
California
www.cnn.com/
"Trump administration faces
pushback after trying to
privatize land on Yosemite National
Park"
updated Aug. 29, 2026
Upset by Argentina's
Navone (a 25-year-old) in 5 sets
Sunday August 30, 2026
DETAILS:
ESPN.com/ Aug.31 online article
"What went wrong for Novak Djokovic
upset Mariano Navone"
___________________________________
The Olympic gold medalist for the
2024 Olympic Tennis Men's Singles
is
Novak Djokovic
of Serbia; the silver
Medal went to Carlos
Alcaraz of Spain.
August 4, 2024 (Olympics
at PARIS, France)
The number of missing Nepalis
and tourist visitors has jumped up
to 4,247
with
more than 900 dead
(can be cremated and
buried with official
death certificates)
following the
August 26, 2026 catastrophic
flood and wiping out of
entire settlements / tourist
area sites.
August - September 2026
Detroit Public Schools - - Aug. 24, 2026
Jackson (MI) Public Schools - - 1/2 day Aug. 26
Ann Arbor Public Schools begin -- 8/31 (today) with a half-day
New Buffalo Area Schools begin -- 9/8 (Tues.) after the Labor Day Federal Holiday on first Monday of September this year.
b. July 20, 1973 [ birthday to
be celebrated by all Norwegians ]
age 53
as crown prince he became
king upon his father's death
(King Harald V died August
28, 2026)
his spouse is Queen Mette-Marit
Even though the Autumnal
Equinox is 24 days away,
Meteorological Fall
Season
will be announced on Tues.
September 1, 2026. The First
Day of Fall for some will be
12:01 a.m. Sept. 1, 2026.
AUTUMNAL Equinox arrives
Sept. 22, 8:04 p.m. in
Northern Hemisphere.
for the students
26% are Freshmen : 217 expected
to be enrolled August 31;
28.2% are Sophomores : 233
in this part of student body;
22.4% are Juniors: 185 only
are in this group (ages 16 - 17)
while 23.2% are seniors ages
17 - 19 who may graduate next
May 2027. The class for now
is expected to count up : 192
Two immense beams of blue light will rise in
the sky from the Lower Manhattan site
FROM Dusk Sept. 11 until
Dawn Sept. 12, 2026
______________________________
also "Calling of the Names"
to be done at
St. Paul's Chapel, Broadway at Fulton Street
1:30 p.m. at Sept. 11, 2026
SOUTHWESTERN Mich.
College (2-year, SMC)
Dowagiac Main;
Niles Branch campus.
LAKE MICHIGAN COLLEGE
Benton Harbor Main;
Bertrand Crossing, South Haven
satellite campuses.
No classes begin on Labor
Day (Monday, 9/7/2026).
On September 3 annually,
the FEAST day is
St. Gregory the Great --
a saint focused on higher learning
and the arts
also a reversed Medieval Western Pope
He authored a substantial book
Dialogues
USC Trojans
Southern Cal
1 - 0
QB Jayden Maiva threw 2 touchdowns,
ran one in for_ score;
passed for 286 total
pre-season expected at
No. 14 overall but until
other regular games, it is
#1
Lac Ontario
(English: Great Lake Ontario)
now and always
______________________
new billboard campaign in
Canada's south Central Province
THE POLITICO Desk
"Stars & Stripes journalists facing firing
get one week reprieve" Thursday 8/27
Jet Fuel -- costs 70% more
Fertilizer for farmers globally -- peaked at 44% higher
War has cost U.S. tens of billions of dollars thus far
Trump's own holdings in oil and gas stocks
have soared by +$15 million . . .
ABC News summations "Investors prosper,
consumers pay - - Iran war - - exacts uneventful"
Roger Federer
[ Sat. 8/29/2026 ]
he is "still writing the
love letter to the sport
that meant the world
to him" . . .
DETAILS of
the
AUGUST 29 balloting
in the island-nation - -
The HILL .com
2026/08/30
reporters Kwiyeon Ha
and Brian Melley, A.P.
REUTERS coverage of the 8/29/2026 comments by
PRESIDENT of Venezuela
expects the energy agreement to
last 25 years
&
target an increased
level of production to
1.5 million barrels per day
bpd
__________________ her
official line that the "deal"
will preserve the country's
sovereignty over its natural
resources
Shown together on
the MOVIES! TV network
August 30 (Sunday) 2026
start time for 1st title
Wild in the Country
is 1:25 p.m. Eastern
2nd title is
Love Me Tender
at 3:55 p.m.
[ produced by Hal Wallis
deservedly famous Hollywood
A-list Producer ]
followed at 5:55 p.m.
is
Flaming Star
where Elvis plays "Pacer", a
biracial Texas frontier
hero to two conflicting
groups of the Kiowa
People and white
settlers of dubious
intents and power /
lethality . . .
They gained independence in
1979
and
1990
from former status
as U.N.-Administered
trust territories . . .
________________
a POTUS cannot just
label and suggest what
he wants to control
over foreign regions. . .
POLITICO dot-com
Sat. 8/29/2026
article 5:06 p.m.
Judge Declares Rubio's
speech-based student
deportations
violate the Constitution
Aug. 29, 2026
"A New Form of Colonialism
Venezuelans bristle
at a U.S. Oil Takeover"
Julie Turkewitz - reporter
for NY Times
/world/Americas_/venezuela-oil-US-Takeover
b. August 29, 1915
Stockholm, Sweden
d. August 29, 1982 (age 67)
Chelsea, London, England, U.K.
cause of death: Cancer
How can Trump 2.0 and
former Vice President of Venezuela
Delcy Rodriguez
operate a linkage
of U.S. Governmental
control over Venezuelan
oil reserves (proven)
by linking with
Private Operators . . . ? . . . ?
May 26, 2026
"Iceland, rattled by Trump,
weighs joining the European Union"
possible SUMMER 2026 referendum
on applying to join E.U. (Brussels)
formerly neutral as far as diplomacy
- NATO island nation
that lacks a military
Reyjkavik is its capital
POPULATION = 400,000
nytimes.com/2026/05/26/world/Europe/
iceland-EU-membership-trump.html
online article by
Amelia Nierenberg and
videographer on location
Sergey Ponomarev -- TIMES
more detail
ABC News "Trump Greenland threats casts shadow on
Iceland EU Vote"
8/29/2026
Washington POST (Online)
"Iceland eyes hookup
with European Union
after Trump's grab for
Greenland"
The Trump "deal" for
Venezuela's Oil barrels
will take time to
impact prices, analysts
say
- - - WSJ (Wall Street Journal)
8/29/2026 online article
who will succeed the retiring
United Nations Secretary-General?
Rafael Grossi (Argentina)
Michelle Bachelet (Chile) - former President
Rebeca Grynspan (Costa Rica)
Macky Sall (Senegal) - former President
also Chairman AFRICAN UNION
add these two
Caroline Rodrigues-Birkett (Guyana)
Maria Ferninda Espinosa (Ecuador)
________________________
Antonio Gutteres will leave his
U.N. Leadership position
next year on January 1.
unwatch.org/analyzing-the-
candidates-for-un-secretary-general
In co-operation with
private business . . .
see his SOCIAL MEDIA postings
____________________________
no additional press conferences /
official statements until regular
Monday - Friday explanations
and Q / A from the press
correspondents at White House, D.C.
and Mar-A-Lago / other of Trump's
Golf Course hangouts . ..
The HILL platform / web page
.com/regulation/court-battles/
6057732-trump-criminal-court-
conviction-removal
federal-court-denied
GOP Governor seeks 2-year start on naming
Nashville, TN Airport
after
late singer - philanthropist
DOLLY PARTON.
thetennesseean.com/
story/news/local/2026/08/28/
nashville-airport-dolly-parton-renaming
Detroit FREE PRESS
online article
"Eminem, Jack White, . . .
honor Dolly Parton"
he called her
an icon, a superstar in
every sense. Rest easy, Dolly
updated Friday 8/28
Rasuwa -- area north of Kathmandu
flash floods have swept away villages
BBC dot-com/news/world
August 26-27, 2026
CNN Details / online article / full story
Donald Trump a lifelong
NEW YORKER
will forgo the 25th
commemoration - observance
at the WTC - Twin Towers
location . . .
opting instead to only attend
the PENTAGON memorial where
he will gladly give a prolong
rally-like speech during the Friday
event held in Alexandria, VA
His Secretary War PETE HEGSETH
will gladly also be in charge there.
cnn.com/2026/08/28/politics/
trump-9-11-anniversary-pentagon-ground-zero
11 a.m. EASTERN
C-Span covered the presentation to
the ARTEMIS II
crew that included
CANADIAN
Jeremy Hansen
who is the first
non-U.S. astronaut to receive
such a Congressional
SPACE AWARD
_____________
chroniclejournal.com
[ Canadian media coverage ]
Aug. 28, 2026
"Birthright Israel Foundation"
is building 8 therapeutic gardens two years
after a Hezbollah missile attack
(July 27, 2024) killed
12 children in the town of Majdal Shams
details : J POST .com/ israel-news/article-904954
WORLD NEWS 6 a.m. 14 Nov. 2025
a new round of clashes between Druze
armed groups and Syrian Government
forces in province of Sweida had subsided
Friday but left fears of another escalation.
AP News.com/ WORLD NEWS
___________________________________________
The Druze numbered more than one million in the
early 21st century and are located mainly in Lebanon,
Syria, Israel, and Jordan, with a large diaspora (separated
family - extended relatives in other nations, far & near).
In Lebanon they have long lived intermingled with especially
the Maronite community in the Mountain area (Mt. Hermon). . .
In the rural areas occupied by Christians and Druze, holy
sites can be observed side by side in mixed villages like
'Abayh with its 8 churches, the famous Druze maqam of
Abdalla al-Tannukhi and a khilwa (community house for
religious leaders).
Among the saints revered by the Druze are a few from
different religions such as the "Prophet" Job (Arabic
Ayyub) and the "Prophet" Seth (Arabic Nabi Shayt).
from _Druze Reincarnation Narratives_ (Peter Lang
publisher, 2021) Essay by Nour Farra Haddad "Devotions
to a Druze Saint" pages 145-6
WSJ
Wall Street Journal
Democrat El-Sayed Tries
to sell / showcase
his Michigan Roots
b. 8/28/1969
The actor / singer
is 57 today!
He was born in Santa Monica, California
POLITICO.com/news/
2026/08/22/canada-us-trade-deal-tariffs-01046723
Mayor of Brampton
told CNN News source
that it's "a bit preposterous"
for POTUS 47 to sign an
executive order changing
a body of water to
"Lake of America"
Mayor Brown of
Brampton, Ontario Province,
Canada will refuse to call
it "Lake of America".
ajc.com/
food-and-dining/
2026/08/
national-peach-day-dishes-desserts-recipes/
"Israel locates Altalena ship intact
on Mediterranean seafloor,
78 years after IDF Sinking"
Jerusalem POST
history/article-906395
NBC Washington.com/
news/local/
Kennedy-Center-tells-court-
it-wont-restore-trumps-name-
to the building before Sept.8
NBC News article (online)
politics/2026-election/
judge-blocks-trumps-postal-
service-regulation-mail-ballots-
rcna594692
Early Friday in
Oslo, Norway
nytimes.com/
"Harald V dies at 89,
as Tradition and Modernity
Collided"
2026/08/28
California 14th Congressional district
won a plurality vote late Tuesday - Wed. Aug. 19, 2026
AISHA WAHAB succeeded resigned Congressman
Eric Swalwell . . .
Aisha Wahab was a
member of California's
STATE LEGISLATURE . . .
August 29 is the
General Church day to honor the
martyrdom /
beheading of
the JOHN Baptizer
of all 4 Gospels who
preceded and Baptized
Jesus in the Jordan River.
His Church honoring day is
the day JOHN was unjustly
killed by royal edict in
a beheading.
_____________________
Patron saint in the
Christian tradition of
converts
tailors
prisoners
the nation of Jordan
the territory of Puerto Rico
Epileptics
French Canada
the "goal" is to lower prices as a
25% discount so as to
meet the high inflation
from costs for consuming
families of ground beef
NBC News (sat. Aug. 22, 2026)
"GOP Lawmakers criticize Trump Beef Import
plan amid BlowBack from Nebraska farmers
and Cattle Ranchers"
/trump-administration/
REUTERS dot-com
Trump to drop import ban / raise quota of up to
300,000 metric tons of ground beef
in order
to address the high prices in butcher shops,
supermarkets, online sales of the consumer quantity/
cut of meat / processed beef
product
DATELINE : D.C.
8/21/2026 in SOCIAL MEDIA
post POTUS bragged of his
allowing more beef into a
protected "market"
MICHIGAN's next Lunar
Eclipse : 12:18 a.m. on
early Aug. 28 having begun
at 9:23 p.m. on August 27th,
2026.
The full moon
annually this part of
summer is
STURGEON MOON;
full illumination
it rises soon at sunset
8:27 p.m. Eastern
8/28/2026 (Friday)
next week
Dogstar -- is the band's name
All In Now
one night ony
is their 2026 international tour that
makes a Concert appearance at
nearby New Buffalo FOUR WINDS
CASINO stage -- Friday Aug. 28, 2026
late evening
details
business.harborcountry.org/events/details/
dogstar-all-in-now-21854?calendar month=2026-08-01
TICKETS
at Ticketmaster dot-com
Secret visit of
CIA Director
John Ratcliffe
"It's semi-routine
for a Cabinet official
/ former DNI Director
of National Intelligence
to travel to Kremlin, Moscow,
HQ of Russia's totalitarian
government"
He had traveled there for
talks; his arrival was only
confirmed through anonymous
sources. The only prior visit this
decade was in 2021 : speculation that
he was warning PUTIN not to invade
other NATO Countries or allied
democracies . . . OR . . . that he
was warning off PUTIN from stopping
the effects of the Bessent-Trump
"D-Day of Economic Sanctions" against
belligerent opponent IRAN.
next month -- in two weeks
Details of the
Friday National Prayer Event
Sept. 11, 2026
9/11 at 5:15 p.m. Eastern TIME Zone
event at
https://
nationalshrine.org/event/
mass-to-commemorate-the-25th-anniversary-of-9-11/
SEE
Washingtonpost (ONLINE
ARTICLE)
by Warren P. Strobel
analyst - military/Nat. security
5:30 p.m. 8/27/2026
The HILL dot-com
Wed. 26 Aug. 2026
"GOP Rep. Ralph Norman (S. Carolina
congressman) concedes he lost with
acceptance" . . . 6051267
9 to 5
Steel Magnolias
Rhinestone
Straight Talk
Joyful Noise
_____________
TV featured appearances
The Porter Wagoner Show
46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors Show
58th Annual Country Music Awards - host
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction
2020 Dolly Parton's Coming home for Xmas
National Dog Day was founded in 2004 by Animal Welfare Advocate Colleen Paige;
it celebrates all breeds, pure and mixed, serves to help galvanize the public to recognize the number
of dogs that need to be adopted each year.
http://nationaldogday.com/
To be called at final months of 2026 =
The HUT
_________________
it is the largest
and most iconic
Pizza Chains of the
U.S.A.
now owned by
Private Equity firm
LONGRANGE Capital
mlive.com/ Aug. 21, 2026
Michigan Live!
2:19 p.m. Eastern TIME Zone
Now out of its Persian Gulf
assignment / Strait of Hormuz
sailors of the USS Abraham
Lincoln will get shore leave
in Thailand while en route
back to home assignment
at San Diego, CA shipyard !
abcnews.com/2026/08/26
will stop in THAILAND
for REST & RECOVERY
NYTimes.com/
TOP Gaza Official
for Trump's 15-point plan
trump-official-israel-jeopardizing-
gaza-cease-fire.html
Today
8/26/2026
reporter Natan Odenheimer
UPDATE : Aug. 20, 2026
State Dept. tells Congress it is funding
Gaza Plan to disarm Hamas and
Israel to withdraw -- however,
Netanyahu has no such intention
nytimes.com/ GAZA-peacekeepers.
funding.html
"Trump Officials move to fund
ISRAEL Rejects Trump's 15-point
plan Hamas disarmament - Gaza re-settlement dot-html
morning of Sunday 8/9/2026
due to pressures of the
Iran - U.S. War (started Feb. 28
earlier this year)
nytimes.com/2026/08/24/
world/Asia/us-south-korea-
military-drills-iran.html
NBC News
reporters
Gary Grumbach & Dareh Gregorian
_____________________________
breaking news 1:53 p.m. Tuesday
25 Aug. 2026
Trump Justice Dept. threatens to
level Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts . . .
reported in
WSJ (Wall Street Journal)
"Four Takeaways"
Aug. 26, 2026
Nobody is trying to push
sharia law on anybody else;
I would never want anybody
to push their faith on me
and I would never want to
push my faith on someone else
on the eve of the Presidential
Vice-Presidential swearing in
(Jan. 19, 2025)
POTUS 47 by Tweet
brags that he "fired"
Jose' Andres from the
President's Council on
Sports, Fitness, and
Nutrition
after 12:01 p.m., Jan. 20, 2025.
REGARDLESS,
The celebrity chef and
humanitarian said that
he was proud about the work
accomplished on behalf of the
American people
the hill.com/homenews/administration/5097601/trump-fires-appointees/
MORE INFORMATION about Chef and Humanitarian Andres
at ABC news.go.com/GMA/Food/chef-jose-andres
responds-trump-dismissal-presidential-medal online article
Darline_ Graham
Little Sister of deceased
career politician - JAG
in Marines (military lawyer)
defeated Repr. Ralph
Norman : both of
S. Carolina :
R. Norman had 47.5% of the
vote
Singer-songwriter-
actor - philanthropist -
recent widow
Dolly Parton
(1946 - 2026)
died after a brief bout
with Cancer.
details since
12:11 a.m. Eastern TIME
news from results of non-partisan PRIMARY
forwarding of top 4 candidates
POLITICO.com/
news/2026/08/26/
dan-sullivan-alaska-senate-race-
010150349
veteran
AMY MADIGAN
[ her first Oscar nomination
was in 1986 feature film
Twice in a Lifetime ]
__________________
Korean POP feature animators
K-Pop Demon Hunters
won best Animated Feature
and Best Song "Golden"
__________________
Frankenstein
wins best costume design
Make-up and Hairstyling
and Production Design
___________________
Sean Penn wins Best supporting
actor -- One Battle after Another
[ he opted to be in Ukraine ]
___________________
Avatar: Fire and Ash
best visual effects
___________________
Best Film Editing
One Battle After Another
____________________
Best Sound
F1
_____________________
Best International Film
Sentimental Value (Norway)
______________________
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian
Award: Dolly Parton
Happy 80th Birthday Dolly Parton!
Life-size for what a coat to fit would
stretch out to --
composed of 20 different cakes,
layered and shaped . . .
Baker presented it herself to
DOLLY PARTON
25 Jan. 2026
Ms. Maxwell has had
her bid to overturn
the conviction for aiding
Jeffrey Epstein
thrown out.
8/25/2026
REUTERS dot-com
REUTERS dot-com
"Canada slaps
$20 billion
retaliatory tariffs"
NY TIMES dot-com
Trump votes by mail again (for
August 18, 2026 Florida PRIMARIES)
in Florida (Mar-A-Lago, Palm Springs
precinct, County CLERK office)
HER
book (2026) is titled
Learning the Language of
Creation: Catholic Social
Teaching and Integral Ecology
_______________________
Professor / Sister
Franciscan Sr. of the EUCHARIST
FSE
is a visiting professor and is
concurrently appointed to the
McGrath Institute for Church Life
events.nd.edu/
Thursday Sept. 17
5:15 GOLD MASS for Scientists & Engineers
held at BASILICA (main worship center of campus);
6:15 p.m. Light refreshments at JORDAN HALL OF SCIENCE,
campus main laboratory / learning rooms-auditorium
7:15
at Lecture Hall 109 Jordan Hall of Science
BOOK SIGNING with
Sr. Savino FREE
as is Lecture that follows . . .
Pre-details of the bold re-imagining of
The
TRAGEDIE_
of
MACBETH
Shakespeare at Notre Dame
C-Span.org/
"Treasury Secy. Bessent" press conference
/event/news-conference/treasury-secy-bessent-
holds-news-conference-on-iran-sanctions/446338
Washington POST
Secret White House Bunker
undercuts
Trump's ballroom lawsuit,
ex-officials say
to
reporters : noah robertson_
and dan_ diamond
IN IOWA,
a Democrat U.S. Senate
candidate's uphill battle
comes with wheels
_____________________
the maverick rural-state
unlikely candidate participates
in RAGBRAI (annual rural
bicycle - wheelchair pedaling
marathon between far-apart
towns - regions)
TUREK is a paralympic
Gold medalist . . .
nytimes.com/2026/07/26/
us/politics/
turek-iowa-senate-democrat.html
UPDATE: Aug. 21, 2026
The Message behind Trump's Threats of all-out
Economic Warfare against Iran's forces / alliances
see NY TIMES (subscription required)
Anton Troianovski &
Alan Rappeport
"With DONALD JOHN TRUMP,
the buck stops somewhere else:
AP News dot-com
looks at Trump's avoidance of
blame when things go awry"
SUNDAY Aug. 16, 2026
reporters
Will Weissert
. . . many examples of Administration's
failures and lack of attention / follow-through . . .
Who Won?
Kyle Kirkwood 4 p.m. Checkered Flag
nytimes.com/2026/08/22/
us/politics/dc-grand-prix-
indycar-traffic-damage.html
Alex Palou (series Champion)
clipped another car's tire -- DRIVE
THROUGH Penalty; spun out 3:30
2 hours into the race
__________________________
Felix Rosenqvist (INDY 500 winner)
Kyle Kirkwood
13 rows of paired drivers
including
Christian Lundgaard
Josef Newgarden
Pato O'Ward
General seating is
First-come, First-served
__________________
not official being pre-counted
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Free to those present
Not just for Trump-Vance
campaign donors . . .
mid-week (4th week of August 2026)
USA TODAY
covers this abrupt drop
from the schedule 8 - 10 p.m.
Eastern on the
CW Network.
ANTHONY ROBLEDO -- reporter
AP News.com/
article/
china-space-lunar-probe-mission-
ae23e66a64dadfdea1c7baadcc1f4da8
On Monday Sept. 14, 2026
at the JORDAN HALL OF SCIENCE (campus
historic building)
winner of Notre Dame's CARRIER MEDAL
will lecture on her Nobel-Prize sharing work
that shows how
the directed evolution of
enzymes can teach biology
to carry out entirely
new chemistry :
Frances Arnold, Ph.D.
a professor of Chemical Technology
at the California Institute of
Technology -- a co-winner
of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry!
ndsmcobserver.com/article/chemistry-nobel-prize-to-lecture-
and-win-carrier-medal-20260821
after LABOR DAY
as observed in U.S. (50 states)
CBS News
this morning
8/23/2026
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targeting Steel,
Dairy Products,
Appliances,
Agricultural equipment,
Pulp
Paper
Electronics
Dairy Products such as
Milk
Cream
Powdered dairy
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also on Trump's
TARIFF List are:
Honey
Motorcycles
Clothing
Plants
Essential Oils
Dog Leashes
Construction materials
Paper
SmartPhones
Trump 50% tariffs to
cover products shipped
from Canada to U.S. --
Hockey Equipment
also including sticks
and gloves will face
steep Tariff (since Sat.
a.m. 8/22/2026)
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also involved in the
"Trade War" is:
Crown Royal Whiskey,
Canadian Club,
Black Velvet Whiskey . . .
CANADA's
prime minister
Mark Carney
stands up to TRUMP 2.0
in trade war despite the risks
[ Carney's team walked away from
what they thought was a bad trade
deal with the U.S. economy ]
With less than an hour to go
on a midnight deadline for a new
round of 50% tariffs -- he announced
a retaliatory round on the U.S.
"dollar for dollar" . . .
BREAKING NEWS -- early Saturday 22 Aug. 2026
the deadline is passed and 50% tariffs put in place
by Trump 2.0 Trade / Canada diplomatic relations - N. American
Trade regulators
Autos
Steel
Aluminum
Provincial restrictions on U.S. Alcohol
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Thursday 8/20/2026
U.S. Trade Repr. Jamieson Greer
met 3 hours with Dominic LeBlanc
and Janice Charette of CANADA
Washington POST
online expectation :
the Trump Trade representatives will make
official during the weekend of
Grand Prix racing that
50%
Tariffs will be enacted on
Whiskey
&
Hockey Sticks among many items.
MLive.com/ Michigan Live!
Oakland County MICHIGAN
Groveland Twp. off Dixie Highway
[ this is the 47th year in its latest form
with each weekend having a different
theme ]
"Pirates and Pups" to begin;
$29.95 for adult admission,
$27.95 for seniors
$19.95 for children ages 5 - 12
plus fees
Children under age 4 are free!
/see-you-anon-michigan-renaissance-festival . . .
FREEDOM 250
celebrating the
Patriotic anniversary
with FREE ADMISSION
www.freedom250gp.com/
Grand Prix
August 22 - 23, 2026 (4th Saturday)
Obituary of the Kansas lawmaker /
moderate voice in the GOP
nytimes
2026/08/22/
us/politics/
nancy-kassebaum-dead.html
Adam Clymer article
4:28 p.m. Eastern
Saturday 22nd Aug.
had been a senator from
1978 - 1997
born 1932
to Progressive Kansas
republican governor and
mother (a pianist & harpist)
AP (Associated Press)
Aug. 22, 8:27 a.m., 2026
apnews.com/
"Trump Looms Large in
Congressional District
(OMAHA, Nebraska)"
reporter = Will Weissert
AP News.com/
includes data that first one of
FOUNDING FATHER was a gift
(from anonymous donor) while
several others are loaned reclining
statues . . .
"Trump Transforms the White House"
reporters Darlene Superville
ASSOCIATED PRESS
see Politico.com
August 2026
"Mark Sanford endorses Ralph Norman
over Darline Graham for
TUESDAY 8/25 vote by GOP - MAGA
voters in state of South Carolina"
WASHINGTON POST -- 21 August 2026
updates possible pricing to
$1,000 2026
abcnews.com/GMA/news/
poll-parents-expect-spend-average-
900-per-child-back-to-school/
story?ID . . .
69775 on M-62 highway
Edwardsburg, Michigan
August 22, 2026
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Plenty of parking
Food Truck refreshments / u-pick among variety
ALSO:
Puppet Show
Four Baskets (drawn
at
10 a.m.
11, 12 Noon, 1 p.m.)
need not be present to win
from all who register name
& phone #) - come and
sign up -- winners will be
announced and telephoned
if not there for 4-hour open
house. . .
Questions: phone
574-303-9588
info@michianavet.com
what are the latest
bestselling political / governmental
perspective - campaign literature?
Marco Rubio's Decades
of Decadence ;
Gavin Newsome's
Young Man in a Hurry ;
Mike Pence's
What Conservatives Believe
and
many
more forthcoming
and hot off the presses
THE Library of Congress event
today (9 a.m. - August 22, 2026)
Politicians are not
invited to host open-ended
and unscheduled, non-partisan
commercial sales of books/
pamphlets/booklets . . .
see LOC dot-org
Library of Congress
1866
then a former General
of the ARMY
Troops commander
Ulysses S. Grant
had been stopped for
speeding with his
horse-drawn carriage
POTUS 18
also obsessed and pulled over by Police Officer
William H. West for
racing his team of horses
YEAR 1872 (first of
his two terms at
White House, D.C.
1600 Pennsylvania)
through streets / byways
of the DISTRICT of
COLUMBIA
AXIOS coverage
8/19/2026
reporter Alex Fitzpatrick
"NASA Aborts Attempt
To Save Dying Space Telescope"
the Trump-Vance space administrator
Jared Isaacman, billionaire
space veteran / astro-tourist
admitted NASA's ambitious
rescue mission has been called
off and the Space TELESCOPE
will burn up on uncontrolled
entry into the atmosphere.
NASA is aware that it will
re-enter earth's atmosphere later
in 2026. . .and try to
"help fill the gap of telescope
options in the meantime."
Sikorsky a subsidiary (helicopters)
of Lockheed-Martin
may or may not
be paying the bill for the
"Trump Helipad"
abcnews.com/
9:56 p.m. Wed. Aug. 19, 2026
day of TRUMP 2.0 signing
one of the slabs
(multi-million dollar granite)
"It's very exciting,
very exciting, . . .
and I think it will be here
for a very long time" said
tour guide Donald John Trump . . .
WASHINGTON POST
"The National Book Festival" is back
August 22 this year (2026: one day only)
SATURDAY at Walter E. Washington
Convention Center
from
9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
FREE and open to the public
part of the nation's
semiquincentennial celebration
[ see loc.gov : Library of Congress
official website ]
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
James Jeremiah Wadsworth
Adlai Stevenson II
Arthur Goldberg
George Ball
James Russell Wiggins
Charles W. Yost
George H. W. Bush (1971-3)
John A. Scali
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (7 mos. only 1975-6)
William Scranton
Andrew Young of Atlanta, GA (1977-9)
Donald McHenry
Jeane Kirkpatrick (4 yrs. 1981 - 5)
Vernon A. Walters
Thomas R. Pickering
Edward J. Perkins
Madeleine J. Albright (1993-7)
Bill Richards of New Mexico (1997-8)
Peter Burleigh
Richard Holbrooke
John Negroponte
John Danforth of Missouri
John Bolton
Zalmay Khalizad
Susan Rice (2009-13)
Samantha Power (2013-7)
Nikki Haley (2017-Dec. 2018)
Kelly Craft
Linda Thomas-Greenfield (2021
by vote of 78 - 20 early in Biden-Harris
administration - left office at end of 2024)
Mike Waltz (Sept. 2025 - Senate Confirmed
by vote of 47 - 43, 10 members absent)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ acting ambassadors, who were not
Senate-confirmed, omitted from above
listing ]
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annual dues expected in 2026 and
payment toward a $5 billion debt
on behalf of the U.S. :
$850 million
[ credit to Dept. of State ( now
run by Secy. of State / National
Security Adviser / National Archivist
Marco Rubio ) ]
Monday August 17, 2026
7 a.m.
FIRST DAY
Gates close at 10 p.m.
Daily -- Tuesday, Wed., Thurs. , today Friday 8/21
through Sat. Aug. 22, 2026
https://BCYF.us
Berrien Springs, MI
M-139 near Andrews Univ., Berrien
YOUTH
FAIRGROUNDS
U.S. Health agencies report
55 cases of
e. Coli and Salmonella
from infections tied to
alfalfa sprouts
AmericanProgress.org/
article/
The-Trump-Administrations-1-7-billion-
national-guard-deployments-fail-to-reduce-
urban-crime
JULY 13, 2026 online report - free article
Aug. 21, 2026 -- 50th state
Tropical Storm MOKE
headed that way
abcnews.go.com/us/hawaiis-big-island-braces-news-storm-days-after/
HIT
the week of August 10 - 14 by Hurricana
Lala
flooding rain
mudslides
she was born during the reign of
the current king of the U.K.'s
great grandfather EDWARD VII
__________________________August
21, 1909
abcnews.go.com/
WORLD's oldest living person
(Guinness BOOK of RECORDS)
Debate Take-aways
nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/
south-caroline-senate-runoff-debate-
graham-norman.html
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POTUS will be keynote speaker
at Myrtle Beach, SC event today
FRIDAY 8/21/2026
to help her win Tuesday run-off vote
by GOP Primary voting electorate;
the winner next week still has to
win in Nov. General Election 2026.
SUNDAY - Aug. 16, 2026 :
This Week with George Stephanopoulos
segment
on GENERATIONAL DIVIDE to be challenged
when Massachusetts early voters & Sept. 1 PRIMARY
voters decide who will run Nov. 1, 2026 for
Sr. Senator - U.S. Senate D.C.
Update (Oct. 15, 2025)
Official declaration / first TV commercials stressing the
33-yr-age difference
NYTimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/seth-moulton-ed-markey-massachusetts.html
Democratic Pol. Party
primary voters (in-person and by-mail)
will likely face two if not more choices
Seth Moulton (age 46)
[ in 2014 he defeated an old-guard
politician for House Repr. seat ]
or
Ed Markey (age 79) --
who 50 years ago was elected
to the House of Repr. in 1976
from his home state of
Massachusetts . . .
UPDATE:
POLITICO Com interview Nov. 14, 2025
"The Conversation" on Senate bid,
Venezuela, the Epstein Files
9/11
commemorative coin to be given
to all blood donors
August 24 - Sept. 30, 2026
SBMF (S. Bend, IN)
givebloodnow.com/
South Bend (IN)
Medical Foundation & Blood
Donor Centers
Presidents / former presidents / candidates (both parties)
for Presidential campaigns / former VPs
WHO ATTENDED the 9/11 Prayer Service
for victims of the Manhattan,
Pentagon, and Shanksville, PA
terror attacks (al-Qaeda) ?
William Jefferson Clinton
POTUS George Bush
POTUS 41 George H. W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Bob Dole
wives who included FLOTUS
Barbara Bush, Laura Bush,
Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter,
Hillary Rodham Clinton
