My goal is to make you brilliant among your friends at least for this Saturday evening dinner discussion. Here’s your chance
(1) The Ukrainian President is extending the 72 hour seize fire with Russia
(2)The U.S. Special Envoy who was supposed to broker a peace between the Palestinians and Israel’s has resigned.
(3) The Vatican has defrocked one of the highest officials of the clergy over child sexual abuse.
(4) The Chinese Premiere is going to visit South Korea before visiting North Korea.
(5) The White House review of the VA Hospital health system suggests it must be restricted for it to improve its accountability.
(6) There have been protests at Las Vegas University over the $225,000 that Hillary Clinton will be receiving for a speech.
(7) Ukraine Billionaire Kolomoisky leads a major front against Russia’s push into the Ukraine
(8) 2/3 of the American Youth wouldn’t make the armed forces today.
(9) Wimbledon has seen an abundant crop of strawberries for this years tournament.
(10) Phone searches by the NSA have expanded by 50 % this year.
(11) Baby boomers have held on to their houses rather then moving to smaller places to live once there children have left.
(12) Rand Paul is testing his foreign policy position against those in his party that might be at odds.
(13) Republicans are stalling Ambassador nominees as they seek revenge from Harry Reid eliminating the 60 vote filibuster on judges.
(14) The U.S won’t acquire new land mines.
(15) Kurds won’t relinquish land they won from battles with ISIS to the national government.
(16) Power outages continue in Venezuela including in the capital.
(17) ISIS in Iraq has a willingness to not only attack the innocent but the artifacts that Iraq has possessed for hundreds of years.
(18) The Export Import bank needs to be disabled according to a commentary in the paper.
(19) The “Showboat Casino” is the latest Casino in Atlantic City to collapse after business in A/C has fallen.
(20) There is a great effort by some to make “Ultimate Frisbee” a professional sport in NYC.
(21) Argentina is close to default in their loans to the world banks.
(22) Afreeza was approved by the FDA as an inhaled Insulin for those who suffer from Diabetes