SHOCKER! First it was Michael Bloomberg, coming out of the bushes saying "I am all in! I want to be president, too!" NEXT: 'Whispers'....Pssst. Eric Holder is about to announce... 20 BILLION:Michael B can finance his own NATIONAL campaign. He can spend as much as 100 million - one-tenth of his fortune. His 'main reason' for running? To have a national stage just to pound and pounce on president Donald 'Bone Spurs.' NOW- today!!!, Santa Claus will announce that he is going to enter the Dem primary, bringing the total number of Dem presidential candidates to 82.

OBAMACARE! Tell your friends! It is worth spending 30 minutes just to find out what your MONTHLY Premium would be. It costs you nothing to find out. Folks here in Carteret County - Give one of our 'Get Covered Carteret' Navigators a call: Call this number - 'at least' talk to a Navigator here in Morehead City or Beaufort:252-422-1354, Barbara Thomas. 252-646-1550, Karen Baggott. 252-269-0775, Helene Kelly. 919-218-3210,Fred Harvey. We have a great group of volunteers wanting to help! The 'average' premium last year was $89.00! We are sponsored by the North Carolina Legal Aid Society out of Raleigh.

National Shame: American military drones have seen evidence of Kurdish fighters being executed. Refugees fleeing their homes tell of Turkish military executing Kurdish civilians. History: The Kurds have fought alongside of US troops in Syria; the Kurds volunteering to take the leading role. routing out the mail ISIS force, reducing ISIS to just a shadow. Now hundreds of ISIS prisoners have escaped the jails they were in - Now they are free to begin terrorizing European cities again. So far, the Kurdish military, fighting both ISIS and Turkish military, they have had over 11,000 dead. Now, we have abandoned them - and we also abandoned all of our multi-million dollar US military bases in NE Syria - US fighters, firing Tomahawk missiles were ordered to destroy our own bases and buildings to keep them out of the hands of Russian and Turkish military. Donald Trump NEVER even consulted any of his Pentagon, or CIA, or any of the members of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. He 'just announced' - "We are now pulling out the last of our troops in Syria!" No warning was given to the Kurdish generals. The back story: Trump did this to 'appease' Turkish president Erdogan who had begun to criticize Trump - 'threatening' to remove his name from Trump Tower in Ankara if he did not remove US troops from Syria. Erdogan's long-time goal has been to totally wipe out the last Kurdish fighters in Turkey. Now, he is free to do that. Vladimir Putin and the Turkish president got this 'gift' from 'our US president'. Trump chose to protect a Trump asset - at the expense of Kurdish freedom fighters lives. General 'Mad Dog' Mattes resigned over this one issue - Trump wanted to do this earlier. Mattes opposed him in meetings. The US SHAME? Sadly, so many Americans do not even know this. The TV station they watch - never mentions Syria - rarely ever criticizes the worst behavior of their president. Every lie, every crime is 'OK"> Therein lies a US tragedy. Amazing - About 15% of the Kurdish military fighters are women.

CARTERET WRITERS GROUP: Do you like to write? Thinking of getting your work published one day? Here's the place. We meet the 2nd Wednesday each month, at Clawson's Restaurant, 11:30AM. We have interesting guest speakers - Editors, published writers, poets. Go the to Carteret Writer's Group website.

ZANTAC WARNING: The FDA announced the recall of over-the-counter ranitidine tablets, prescription capsules and syrup due to unacceptable levels of N-nitrosodimethylamine or NDMA. The Food and Drug Administration is alerting patients and medical professionals of a voluntary recall of a popular heartburn medication, ranitidine, also known as Zantac. Cartoons, 1 and 2, Guardian of London. Bloomberg:from Stock.XCHNG.Santa Claus from WikiCommons.