Friday, March 22, 2019

News for Week Ending Friday, Mar 22, 2019


1.   After Prince Charles had vacationed in Barbados, his lawyers complained about the paparazzi invading his privacy and taking unflattering photos, such as shots of him in a swimsuit   ***   or with Camilla.

2.   Because of an increased need to rescue poorly prepared hikers, the Italian villages of Cinque Terra are now fining tourists for wearing flip-flops on area trails.  ***   Officials said people with ill-suited footwear wasn’t a big problem until WalMart began offering bus tours.

3.   In a CNN town hall, presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said she wants to get rid of the Electoral College.   ***  President Trump tweeted his disagreement and said, “Hey, just because they had that big admission scam…”

4.   The recent college admissions scam involved several top schools, including Stanford, Yale and UCLA, but there seems to be no evidence that it offered admissions to Harvard.  ***   This prompted Harvard’s president to comment, “Hey, what are we – chopped liver?”

5.   President Trump told Fox News to put Jeanine Pirro back on the air after she had been suspended for her Islamophobic comments.  ***  A Fox executive immediately scolded the President, saying, “Hey, you can’t tell us how to run our network…just because we tell you how to run your country.”

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