Friday, January 3, 2020

News for Week Ending Friday, Jan 3, 2020


1.   According to Politico, at a holiday celebration at Mar-a-Lago President Trump casually mingled with the guests and was “just another guy in the buffet line.”  ***  And after the holidays his armored SUV was just another car in the line at the McDonalds drive-thru.

2.   As Pope Francis was greeting people in St. Peter’s Square on New Year’s Eve, a woman suddenly yanked the pontiff toward her and he angrily gave her two quick slaps on the hand.   ***   That was a shock—normally priests are taught to exercise restraint and only use that kind of slap when someone tries to reach into the collection basket.

3.   Queen Elizabeth has awarded Olivia Newton-John a “damehood” for “services to charity, cancer research, and entertainment.”  ***   A ceremony to bestow the honor will be held as soon as Prince Charles is ready to show off a few dance moves while singing, “I got chills…they’re multiplyin’…”

4.   In a new tourism campaign, the government of the Netherlands points out that Holland is actually just two of the country’s 12 provinces, so referring to the entire country as “Holland” is not accurate.   ***   They said it’s like referring to the 50 American states as “United.”

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