Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Sunday, March 30, 2025

SUNDAY FUNNIES: CANINE COMEDY (misc. jokes)

Hello Everybody! Koda Canine here!
I don't know about things where you are today, but in my neck of the woods it's gloomy, overcast and cool.
I think Spring needs a better travel agent because it hasn't arrived yet!
In any event, since I didn't go out today unless it was absolutely necessary for "personal business", I dug through The Free Choice E-zine's joke file to entertain you folks.
Ready?

I just found out there is an Amazon river.
What’s next? Lake Facebook? Mount Paypal?”

My people once trimmed my fur too short, but the style grew on me.

If people speak to their garden plants, do Jack and the beans talk?

How come every winner of the annual Miss Universe pageant is from Earth?🌎
The Joke File

I hear humans complain a lot about being retired.
The biggest problem with retirement I'm aware of is you have to get old to do it.

What kind of dog doesn’t bark?
A Hush Puppy.😉

If I'm ever fortunate enough to meet a member of The Moody Blues, I would love to know what the knights in white sat in.

Did you hear about the kid who got a remote controlled airplane for Christmas?
He has been droning on and on about it ever since.

Where do bad rainbows🌈🌈 go?
They go to Prism. It’s a light sentence and gives them time to reflect.

And finally, for every minute you're angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness.

So on that note♫, take care.
STAY SAFE!
Have a great week and please be back here next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!—KC.

Saturday, March 29, 2025

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: MARCH 23-29, 2025: NEWS HIGHLIGHTS


WEAR A MASK😷 WHEN NECESSARY
& BEWARE ANY VERSION OF

MARCH IS WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH.
FOR THOSE OBSERVING, RAMADAN IS MARCH 1-29.
MARCH 29 IS INTERNATIONAL MERMAID DAY.
MARCH 30 IS PENCIL🖉 DAY.
APRIL IS JAZZ🎷 APPRECIATION MONTH AND GARLIC🧄 MONTH.
APRIL 1 IS THE 120TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE FIRST MORSE CODE “SOS” BEING SENT.
APRIL 1 IS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF SIN CITY: THE MOVIE.
APRIL 1 IS ALSO APRIL FOOLS’ DAY.
APRIL 2 IS WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY.
APRIL 3 IS WORLD AQUATIC ANIMAL DAY.
(♫Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea...♫)

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌍RLD THIS PAST WEEK…
*As American Vice President JD Vance led a visit there, President Donald Trump announced “We will go as far as we need to to get control Greenland.” (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*The COVID state of the world, as of March 29, 2025.

IN THE MIDDLE EAST…
*Concerning Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Gaza Strip and more. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)
*Hamas apparently doesn’t like the unrest in Gaza as the fighting continues. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)


THE TERRORIST REPORT…

*The Free Choice E-zine does not support terrorism, no matter what the “cause” or alleged “justification”. Thus we will only be posting news items in this section whenever terrorists are brought to justice through arrest and trial.


🌐THE CLIMATE CHANGE CHRONICLES…
*April 3 is World Aquatic Animal Day. (♫Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea...♫)

🌌SPACE NEWS...

😢PASSING PARADE…
*The innocent lives lost to war.  
*Former US House of Representatives member Mia Love is no longer with us.
*Former US Senator J. Bennett Johnston has passed away.
*Famous artist Hy Eisman (The Katzenjammer Kids, Popeye, much more) is no longer with us.
*Actor Denis Arnot (many roles from 1974-2018) has taken his last bow on life's stage.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…
WE NEED MORE
GUN RESPONSIBILITY
NOW!

ALL INEQUALITY HAS TO STOP!


POLITICALLY…
ON FOREIGN ISSUES…
*As Vice President JD Vance led a visit there, President Donald Trump announced “We will go as far as we need to to get control Greenland.” (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Although part of the United States, Alaska has sided with Canada, for the moment.
ON IMMIGRANT ISSUES…
*First a Canadian visitor was detained by ICE, now a British one. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*The Trump regime is still battling the Judge against the 1798 Alien Enemies Act deportations. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
ON DOMESTIC ISSUES...
*The Internal Revenue Service/IRS estimates that the Department of Government Efficiency/DOGE, so far, has LOST America more money than it’s allegedly saved for the country.
*Why changing the US Institute for Peace could actually hurt America. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*The DOGE claims hardly anyone has actually been fired. But what about all the layoffs???
THE SIGNAL SCANDAL...
*They TEXTED war plans??? Why not use more secured communications??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*The actual texts, including what The Atlantic received and published. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)
*CNN and The New York Times analyzed the messages. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*As the War Plans Text Scandal Investigation begins… Trump has appointed Elon Musk as his investigator. (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)
*Speculation: Was alcohol involved???
ALSO...
*Another investigation into voter fraud is underway, whether there actually is any or not.
*Mixed reviews for Trump’s current actions affecting West Virginia. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Trump has penalized two more law firms that prosecuted him in the past. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Speculation: Are our elections safe???
*Opinion: Bribes accepted???
*April 1 is the 55th anniversary of then President Richard Nixon signing a ban on cigarettes advertising on radio and television that went into effect January 1, 1971.
MEDICAL NEWS…
THE SUPREME COURT REPORT…
SOCIAL (IN)JUSTICE…
OPINION
*Donald Trump apparently is planning to rewrite history, starting with the Smithsonian. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*After pardoning all of them, Trump is now considering compensation payments for the January 6, 2021 Congressional rioters who were arrested, prosecuted and jailed. Guess where the money would be coming from…
*The University of Michigan has ended its Diversity, Equality and Inclusion/DEI program, while an Arizona hospital removed its display of local Native American tribal flags. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Opinion: Republican hypocrisy in action. Judges against Obama and Biden, good. Judges against Trump bad.
*Research funding to protect pregnant women from domestic violence has been ended under Trump’s anti-Diversity, Equality and Inclusion/DEI beliefs.
IT’S FACT CHECK TIME!
*About whales.🐋🐳
MEANWHILE, IN CONGRESS…
*House Representative Elise Stefanik is no longer in consideration to be America’s United Nations Ambassador because Trump doesn’t want to risk the Republican majority. (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)
*House Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene hopes to end National Public Radio/NPR and the Public Broadcasting System/PBS and had an “encounter” with a British Journalist.
ELSEWHERE…
😀AND FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS…
*The 2025 Major League Baseball⚾ season has begun!

THE PUZZLE CORNER: MARCH 29, 2025

 😎FUN FACT
The 2025 Major League Baseball⚾ season has begun.

COMMON BONDS
While everybody within the subsets below are the scoreboard designations for specific baseball teams, each group also has something else in common. Do you know what it is?
01. {LAD, OAK, PIT, SEA}
02. {ARI, MIA, TEX}
03. {DET, MIN}

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇
Who was the very first “007”?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the March 22, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

WHAT’S THAT SONG?
Words from a tune of the past are below. All you have to do is give us the song title. Ready?
♫Love is but a song we sing.
Fear’s the way we die.♫
“Come on, people now.
“Smile on your brother,
“Everybody GET TOGETHER
“Try to love one another right now.”
BY THE YOUNGBLOODS.

COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it is?
01. {keep, made} = Anadromes. They still spell words backwards, but not the same word like palindromes. (keep = peek, made = Edam, a type of cheese)
02. {Serling, Steiger} = First name Rod.

Sunday, March 23, 2025

SUNDAY FUNNIES: CATTY CELEBRITY CITINGS (March 2025)

 Hello Everybody! Piper D. Katt here!
It's time once again for meow's favorite routine, Catty Celebrity Citings!
As usual, I'll post an actual quote from a famous person first and then make some witty/catty remark about it afterwards.
Ready?

"What we know is a drop. What we don't know is an ocean." ~~ Famous scientist Isaac Newton.
Cats are curious by nature, but you'll never get me near water unless I'm thirsty.

"I'd rather regret the risks that didn't work out, than the chances I didn't take at all." ~~ Famous Olympics athlete Simone Biles.
Being a cat, I'm quite lithe and athletic myself. But even though my people don't like some of the places I climb, if I never scaled the bookcase or some of the other furniture in this house, when would my people ever dust them? 😼

"Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact." ~~ George Eliot ~ Novelist, poet.
"Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt." ~~ American founding father Benjamin Franklin.
Why don't more people remember that today?
Us cats never speak unless we have something to say but it ain't our fault most of you humans don't understand what we're trying to tell you. We have to repeat ourselves over and over and over again until you folks start complaining that we're "caterwauling". What's a cat to do?

 "Why do they keep misspelling my name?" ~~ Anonymouse.
I have no idea. Care to join me for dinner and we'll discuss it. Just show up and I know what I'll be having that meal. 😼

"We are all broken. That is how the light gets in." ~~ Famous author Ernest Hemingway.
♫How does your light shine, in the halls of Shambala?♫ ~~ Three Dog Night.
Why there was never a Three Cat Night group I have no idea but seriously, we need the light to see by and find our way, both at night and at other times in our (nine) lives.

So on that note♫, take care.
STAY SAFE!
Have a great week and please be back next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!PDK.

Saturday, March 22, 2025

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: MARCH 16-22, 2025: NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

 
WEAR A MASK😷 WHEN NECESSARY
& BEWARE ANY VERSION OF

FOR THOSE OBSERVING, RAMADAN IS MARCH 1-29.
MARCH 22 IS WORLD WATER🌊 DAY.
MARCH 23 IS PUPPY DAY.
MARCH 24 IS WORLD TUBERCULOSIS AWARENESS DAY.
MARCH 25 IS GREECE’S INDEPENDENCE DAY.
MARCH 26 IS BANGLADESH’S INDEPENDENCE DAY, “LIVE LONG AND PROSPER” DAY (STAR TREK), THE 105TH ANNIVERSARY OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD’S THIS SIDE OF PARADISE & THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF DOCTOR WHO’S RETURN TO TELEVISION.
MARCH 28 IS THE 105TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SILENT MOVIE VERSION
OF DOCTOR JEKYLL AND MISTER HYDE.
MARCH 29 IS INTERNATIONAL MERMAID DAY.
MARCH 30 IS PENCIL ✐DAY.

AMONGST EVENTS AROUND THE W🌍RLD THIS PAST WEEK…
*One French Politician thinks “America has sunk so low under the Trump regime that they should give us back the Statue of Liberty!”
*The COVID state of the world, as of March 22, 2025.

IN THE MIDDLE EAST…

*Concerning Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Gaza Strip and more. (There are 4/FOUR separate links in this item.)
*Sadly, the killings in Syria continue, with many more people still unaccounted for.

*Russia has agreed to stop attacking Ukraine energy targets for 30 days as negotiations for a formal ceasefire continue.

THE TERRORIST REPORT…

*The Free Choice E-zine does not support terrorism, no matter what the “cause” or alleged “justification”. Thus we will only be posting news items in this section whenever terrorists are brought to justice through arrest and trial.

🌐THE CLIMATE CHANGE CHRONICLES…
*March 22 is World Water🌊 Day.

🌌SPACE NEWS...
*Because of Trump's anti-Diversity, Equality and Inclusion position, NASA has canceled its plans to have the first woman and first person of color on the moon!😢

😢PASSING PARADE…
*Kitty Dukakis, wife of 1988 Presidential hopeful and former Massachusetts Governor Mike Dukakis, is no longer with us.
*Singer/songwriter Jesse Colin Young of The Youngbloods has passed away.
*Famous heavy weight boxing champion George Foreman has stepped out of the ring for the last time.
*Former professional football🏈 players Derrick Gaffney and Kenneth Sims are no longer with us. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*George Bell of the Harlem Globetrotters🏀 has passed away.
*Former professional football🏈 player and Super Bowl 1 & 2 Champion Bob Long is no longer with us.
*TV writer David Steven Cohen (many animated productions in his career) is no longer with us.
*Former professional basketball🏀 player Vernon Hatton has passed away.

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…

WE NEED MORE
GUN RESPONSIBILITY
NOW!

ALL INEQUALITY HAS TO STOP!

BAN BOOK BANS!

POLITICALLY…
ON FOREIGN ISSUES…
*Russia has agreed to stop attacking Ukraine energy targets for 30 days as negotiations for a formal ceasefire continue.
*One French Politician thinks “America has sunk so low under the Trump regime that they should give us back the Statue of Liberty!”
*Trump still hopes to “acquire” Greenland, but wants to buy eggs from Denmark???
ON IMMIGRANT ISSUES…
*The court battles continue as we recap the situation. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
ON DOMESTIC ISSUES...
*DOGE and Musk raided and closed the independent US Institute of Peace! (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
ALSO...
*Apparently Donald Trump is getting back into the real estate market. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Now in control of the organization, Trump vows to “fix” the Kennedy Center.
*Trump plans to eliminate 2/TWO California monuments. The fact that they were established by former President Joseph Biden is allegedly just a coincidence.
*Although a lot of documentation concerning the John F. Kennedy assassination has been released, former agents personal information should have been removed.
*Analysis: Trump's poll numbers aren't good. What about JD Vance's??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Speculation: The future of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation/FDIC, which protects your bank accounts.
*Opinions: Another weekend of golf while being happy over current events. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
MEDICAL NEWS…
*The measles crisis continues. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
*Now the H7N9 version of the Bird Flu strikes! Yet Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Junior thinks it best to just let the virus “run its course”??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
THE SUPREME COURT REPORT…
SOCIAL (IN)JUSTICE…
*First it was downsizing. Now Trump is closing as much of the

Department of Education as he legally can. The Consequences??? (There are 3/THREE separate links in this item.)
*What has happened to America’s heroes??? (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
IT’S FACT CHECK TIME!
MEANWHILE, IN CONGRESS…
*Even if Dr. Oz doesn’t become the new Director of Medicare and Medicaid, will Oz pay his back taxes???
*More Republicans are not having good Town Halls. (There are 2/TWO separate links in this item.)
ELSEWHERE…
😀AND FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS…