As we navigate the early days of September, let’s commemorate Friday, the 5th of September, 2025, for its recognition of National Cheese Pizza Day. Our focus drifts to Chicago, where a unique style of pizza, dubbed ‘tavern style,’ gains much of its fame from its distinctive square-shaped portions.
This type of pizza gained momentum amidst the local pubs of Chicago’s South Side in the 1930s. Its identity is built around an ultra-thin and crunchy base that perfectly aligns with the essence of a light snack. Notable for its generously distributed ingredients extending to the crust limits, the tavern-style pizza epitomizes shareability.
The underlying purpose of this culinary invention was to serve as a small and manageable pub snack that would not dampen patrons’ appetites for beverages. One of the trademark characteristics of tavern-style pizza lies in its crust. Deep-baked, flaky, and often infused with a buttery flavor, it complements a dusting of cornmeal that enhances its taste and texture.
In aligning with the culinary vibe, we also recognize National Chianti Day, a perfect companion to fava beans and a slice of liver, and the global celebration of Samosa Day. Meanwhile, political news pertains to President Trump’s proposition to modify the ‘Department of Defense’ to its earlier denomination as the ‘Department of War’.
The reinstatement of this title through an executive order is expected to take place this Friday. This move essentially takes the department back to its original name, in use for a considerable part of its existence before transitioning to the Department of Defense post the Second World War.
This information, sourced from a non-authorized White House official, was furnished to NPR. The name ‘Department of War’, according to a White House document, is projected to coexist with the ‘Department of Defense’, serving as a secondary option, offering choice in its utilization.
The recent appointment burst in President Trump’s regime includes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of HHS. Given Kennedy’s history and his stands on numerous subjects, the inclusion is noteworthy, particularly his viewpoints on vaccines.
Facing rigourous scrutiny from the Senate committee specific to his vaccine policy and experience as health secretary under President Trump, Mr. Kennedy’s responses have been marked by sardonic disregard and frequent rejection of public health figures.
During his meeting with the Senate Finance Committee, Mr. Kennedy leveled blame at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the loss of American lives during the Covid-19 outbreak. Inaccurately stating that the domestic policy bill under President Trump did not impose any Medicaid cuts, the assertions drew considerable attention.
His tenure has witnessed the incorporation of skeptics contributing to vaccine policy, limited availability of COVID-19 vaccines, and the cancellation of important grants and contracts aimed at vaccine development. The discourse of his stint as health secretary resonates with the recent announcement by Florida’s surgeon general.
On Thursday, Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo announced a plan to abolish all statewide vaccine mandates, affecting even school-going children. In a press conference alongside Governor Ron DeSantis, Ladapo described every vaccine mandate as ‘an embodiment of disdain and servitude’.
There’s an evident push towards altering the U.S. vaccine policy backed by the Trump administration and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the founder of an anti-vaccine organization. Meanwhile, reports suggest a potential shift in New York City’s political relations, putting the Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani at the epicenter.
Reports released by The Free Press include discussions surrounding the potential risks of electing Democrat Zohran Mamdani as the mayor of New York City. The primary concern lies with the existing Mayor, Eric Adams, potentially being defeated by Mamdani as several people, including President Trump, counsel him to withdraw from the primary race.
While politics unfolds in the real world, a peculiar natural case presents itself. A female queen of species A, for some unresolved reasons, can’t generate progeny after mating with males of her species, leading her to cross-breed with males from species B.
The result is a generation of male hybrids of species B localized in areas where species B was non-existent. This ensures that the females of species A have a presence of species B males during the mating season, fundamentally altering their cross-breeding cycle.
In a contrasting and amusing scenario, imagine a snail seeking companionship with a dating profile that reads ‘good listener, stable home, likes broccoli, seeks love’. This particular snail faces an unusual challenge of a lifetime of involuntary celibacy due to his left coiling shell. Unlike the right-coiling majority of snails, his genial parts don’t match up with others of his species. New Zealand’s stringent biosecurity controls imply that finding love from far off lands might not be possible.
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