Well this just scares me to the quick (77 seconds): “We’ll just kill them.” Who will stop him? Will he just have people killed on the streets of the US with no due process? Who will stop him?

I was hoping to have a fun Halloween edition, but frankly I am being overwhelmed by the continuous destruction of our government and the corruption that those at the top are raining down on us to seek favor with the autocrat. It is truly, truly scary.

But I will wedge some Halloween questions in. I need to keep my sanity:

A) First, in a dose of real horror, benefits for what program runs out next Saturday?

B) The leader of what state has vowed to prosecute ICE officers who have committed crimes in his state?

C) In what appears to be a flat out quid-pro-quo, the FIWH pardoned Changpeng Zhao who was the chairman of what Crypto exchange company?

D) Halloween, like Christmas Eve is when all the fun happens. Halloween is the eve of what holy day?

E) Jack Smith, former special prosecutor during the Biden presidency, made what offer last week concerning his testimony?

F) The FIWH has once terminated trade talks with Canada because which province ran an ad disparaging tariffs featuring Ronald Reagan?

G) Who is Terry Rozier and why is he in the news?

H) Black and orange are all over during Halloween. Black, of course, represents death. What does the orange represent?

I)  The national debt has risen over 1 trillion since when in the fastest rise ever except for the covid period?

J) Comics have already given the FIWH’s new ballroom what as a working name?

K) Who ever thought this would happen – Iceland reported the existence of what pest in their country?

L) What is the derivation of the word “bonfire”?

M) In the brazen daytime heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, what was the estimated value of the items stolen?

N) What cloud service went down for a time on Monday causing a huge disruption of the internet?

O) The FIWH called on what OTC drug to change its labeling Monday?

P) What is the name of the Celtic holiday that was the precursor to our current Halloween?

Q) Japan has their first female prime minister in Sanae Takaichi. Unfortunately she compares herself to what British female prime minister?

R) Who was the Headless Horseman in Washington Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow?

S) Senator Chris Murphy pointed out that the money the FIWH gave to what country could have paid for subsidies for the ACA for a year?

T) What legendary character first carried a lantern made of a vegetable to light his way in the night?

Tuesday: Progress Iowa

KIM REYNOLDS NAMED MOST UNPOPULAR GOVERNOR IN AMERICA – AGAIN: For the seventh straight quarter, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds tops the list as the nation’s most unpopular governor, with 53% of Iowans disapproving of her leadership. Under her watch, Iowa has plunged to 49th in economic performance, 48th in income growth, and ranks second for cancer rate increases. After nearly a decade of Reynolds’ failed policies and one-party rule, Iowans are signaling they’re ready for change.

We have been watching Halloween related videos for the past month. It has helped me destress from the world Trump has created. Here is a somewhat long video of kids trick or treating in Cambridge, Ontario. Watch a little or a lot. I like it simply for the color and the mood. Happy Halloween, All!

Answers:

A) SNAP

B) Governor Pritzker in Illinois

C) Binance

D) All Hallows Day or All Saints Day

E) He would testify before the House and Senate Judiciary committees in open session – (of course they won’t) 

F) Ontario

G) Terry Rozier is a basketball player in the NBA who among other has been charged with violating gambling laws. Big scandal in the NBA

H) the harvest

I) since August according to NPR

J) The Epstein Ballroom

K) Mosquitos – hello global warming

L) from bone and fire – a huge fire where bones are burned

M) over $100 million

N) AWS or Amazon Web Service

O) Tylenol – based not on science but on how the FIWH feels about that product

P) Samhain pronounced ‘saw wain’

Q) Margaret Thatcher

R) He was supposed to be a Hessian soldier whose head was blown off by a cannon ball during our Revolution

S) Argentina – shows where the FIWH’s priorities lie

T) Stingy Jack – hence Jack’s Lantern

During a press briefing last week:

DOOCY: What do you see as the biggest difference in diplomacy between Trump and Biden?

ZELENSKYY: President Trump has a big chance now to finish this war. President Biden now is not the president so he doesn’t have a chance to finish this war.

TRUMP: I would say the biggest difference is one is extremely competence and the other is grossly incompetent (note: we agree – ed.)

Finally: the real address that the FIWH is having such a fit over. Yep, Reagan did denounce tariffs: