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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Hey, hey HEY! This is Yogi Bear! I'm smarter than the average bear, don't you know! I'm taking a walk in the Jellystone Park. BETTER WATCH YOUR PIC-A-NIC BASKET! or you'll have to settle for air sandwiches for lunch. And if you forget to watch out for that PESKY BEAR, well, he'll come back for your coffee thermos, too, and your dentures 𓂏 to eat your sandwiches.

Pain in the -> (‿ˠ‿) Orange Bear 🐻 today, who goes poo-poo 💩 in diapers and his Dense Cadets, er, I meant Dunce Cadets, Republicans. What difference does that make anyway? Dunce or dence? - 🤡𓉴 Talk about a bunch of flunkies eating our lunch 🥪 eh? and we are allowing them to do so, willingly handing them our lunch 🍛 on a silver platter 🍽️✨. "Oh me, Oh my! Wasn't that a party?" ~♪˚♬~♫♭𝄞 ~ 🍾🍻💃🕺 LEACHES 🐛 OK, commic book time is over for now.

It's a beautiful sunny day out, but still on the cool side. I wish those darn penguins would point their butts north if they want to pass wind. I've been yearning to do some gardening in my green space for the last three weeks, and the tools of the trade are still sitting on the table, waiting. Now it's on to Today's Discussion.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Rogue Verses Piracy

Question: ROGUE

AI Overview

"Rogue" generally refers to a person, entity, or force that acts independently, uncontrollably, or dishonestly, deviating from accepted norms. It often describes something dangerous (e.g., rogue wave, rogue state) or a dishonest/mischievous individual. (More for attention than gain.) I was there, against the norm, Old Hippie.

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PIRACY:

AI Overview

Piracy is the act of robbery or criminal violence at sea, or the unauthorized reproduction and use of copyrighted intellectual property. It involves stealing cargo/ships or illegally copying software, movies, and music, representing a violation of both international maritime law and copyright laws. *(organized crime)*

Pretty close to the same kind of critter, wouldn't you say?*_

Why do we allow the rich to get richer by eliminating all the rules and regulations? Ever thought of what the consequences will bring about?

A country run by mad men, with no limits as to how much they can steal. I call that piracy. America is fast becoming a rogue country, a

PIRATES DEN!

I will say no more on this topic today. I don't know if there is any way to save America's bacon from getting fried, like in Kentucky Fried Arse (‿ˠ‿) Kink Orange Pus Bag's will someday. After having 'sexual intercourse' with all of America's peeps as this dude did, he should already be stiff from the syph 🤣😂😅

BREAKING NEWS:

Passengers begin to disembark cruise ship hit by hantavirus

MV Hondius docks in Tenerife, as Spain’s Health Ministry says evacuation operation is going as planned.

Here's The Latest:

• Passengers are disembarking the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak, Spain’s Ministry of Health said, in a carefully managed repatriation operation in Tenerife involving multiple nations.

• Since the vessel departed Argentina last month, the deaths of three people have been linked to hantavirus — a rare disease typically caused by exposure to infected rats’ urine or feces. It remains a low risk to the general public, according to the World Health Organization.

• The boat’s arrival had caused tensions in the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain, with the territory’s leader Fernando Clavijo saying earlier in the week that he was opposed to the ship docking.

• Meanwhile, British Army medics parachuted onto remote Atlantic island Tristan de Cunha to treat a UK national with suspected hantavirus. The person disembarked the cruise ship on to the island weeks before the outbreak became clear...

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5 min ago

Aerial footage released by Spanish government captures new angle of evacuation operation

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Updated 8:53 AM EDT, Sun May 10, 2026

- CNN -

Iran’s two-tier internet access fuels anger and exposes cracks in the regime

The internet blackout in Iran is more than two months old, the longest on record. For millions who rely on being online to make a living, the void has been devastating. But some have privileged access through what’s called “Internet Pro” – and that’s causing widespread public criticism.

The program, launched earlier this year, appears to be another weapon enabling hardliners and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to exert control in Iran.

Iran’s state media boasts of the unity of the government and the people in the face of what it calls an “imposed war” by the United States and Israel, but arguments over who gets what internet access have spilled into the media and embroiled the highest levels of government...

• How Iranians connect to the internet:
• Divisions within the regime:
• Public criticism:*

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PUBLISHED May 10, 2026, 5:31 AM ET - 3 hr ago

- CNN -

Black political power is under attack, again

Americans should stop pretending we aren’t seeing a retrenchment of racial power.

A nationwide campaign is underway to systematically dismantle Black political influence. In Tennessee, Republicans are working to eliminate a congressional district that allows the majority-Black city of Memphis to choose its own representative.

In Florida, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed off on a new map that eliminates a South Florida district, which had a near-majority Black electorate. And in Louisiana, Republicans threw out thousands of votes that had already been cast so they could pass a new map that eliminates a congressional district that includes the majority-Black city of New Orleans.

Following the Supreme Court’s lead, Republican lawmakers have cast these as mere partisan exercises or even an attempt to be “race neutral.” But the pattern is not subtle, and Americans should not pretend otherwise...

• I don’t think Americans fully understand the emergency of this moment.:

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May. 9, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

CANADIAN NEWS:

'It haunts my dreams': Heather Winterstein’s mother reflects on marathon inquest into Ontario ER death

*Family hopes lessons learned from what happened to Winterstein in St. Catharines will prevent similar deaths*

*INCLUDES: audio of this article.*

Francine Shimizu-Orgar has nightmares on a regular basis when her mind replays the coroner's inquest into her daughter's death, including when videos capturing Heather Winterstein's final hours in the St. Catharines, Ont., hospital were shown.

But for the mom of the 24-year-old, who died in 2021 of septic shock, shielding herself from the trauma of those videos — including one in which Winterstein collapses in the emergency department waiting room — wasn't an option. Shimizu-Orgar said she had to know what happened to her daughter — the world had to know...

• The family’s longtime search for answers:
• Concerns over possible anti-Indigenous bias:

"We're going to work for change. Our work is not done."

• Family plans foundation in Heather's honour:

Heather Winterstein at high risk of facing layers of 'biases' when seeking health care, Ontario inquest told

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Posted: May 10, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

- CBC -

3 more Canadians may have come into contact with hantavirus

Three more Canadians are being monitored for possible hantavirus exposure after brief contact with an infected person on a flight, bringing the total to six people isolating in Canada.

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May 8, 2026 News - Duration2:47

- CBC -

BIG💧🫟

President Trump Delivers Remarks,

May 8, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IByVie2qY30

 

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Susan Sloan

Alright, I’m saying this as an Australian who is absolutely sick to death of watching the world hold its breath every time this blabbering blubbering blithering blustering baffoon opens his grotesque mouth.

You see folks, as far as I can tell, from the outside, this is what it looks like: America has elected a man who talks and behaves like a megalomaniac, and the rest of the planet is supposed to just trust that he won’t completely lose his grip on reality and drag us all into catastrophe.

• You want to steal Greenland?

• You want Cuba to “make a deal before it’s too late”.

• You talk about bombing or invading Mexico.

• You kidnap a President and knock off the peoples oil in Venezuela.

• You joke about annexing Canada like it should be a shopping centre car park you can just claim because you feel like it.

Do you have any idea how insane that sounds to the rest of us?

This isn’t tough talk. This isn’t strategy. This is a deeply unstable old man threatening sovereign nations like he’s flipping over a Monopoly board because he’s losing. This is not normal behaviour. This is not leadership. This is not strength. This is a walking, talking international crisis.

• And Americans, this is where it comes back to you.

• Not just MAGA, not just the people who voted for him, all of you. Because when the President of the United States starts talking about kidnapping leaders, annexing countries, and issuing ultimatums like a mob boss, the rest of the world doesn’t get a vote. We just get the consequences.

You don’t get to shrug and say, “Well I didn’t vote for him.” That might fly at a dinner party, but it doesn’t fly when nuclear powers are watching this circus and recalculating their own red lines. This is your system. Your presidency. Your responsibility.

From the outside, it looks like America lit the fuse and then wandered off while everyone else stands around the bomb wondering who’s going to cut the wire.

And let’s be brutally honest. This man is nearly 80. He’s frail. He’s clearly deteriorating. He is not some long term visionary playing chess. He’s at the end of his lifespan and acting like nothing matters after him. That is the most dangerous type of leader there is. A man with nothing to lose and an ego that demands constant feeding.

Why should the rest of the world pay for that?

Why should families in Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, anywhere, have to worry about war, trade collapse, energy shocks, or global instability because America couldn’t get its own house in order?

This is not about left or right anymore.

• This is about basic sanity. This is about stopping a psychopath before he does something irreversible!*

Because once a war starts, once a country gets invaded, once alliances fracture beyond repair, you don’t get a reset button.

So yes, this falls on Americans. You got the world into this mess, and you damn well better roll your sleeves up and get us out of it.

IMPEACH HIM, REMOVE HIM, CONTAIN HIM. Do whatever your system allows, but do it fast!

Because the rest of us just want to live our lives, raise our families, pay our bills, and not wake up one morning to find out World War Three started because AN UNHINGED OLD MAN WANTED TO FEEL POWERFUL ONE LAST TIME.

This isn’t funny anymore.

It isn’t theatrical.

It isn’t tolerable.

Get this lunatic under wraps before he ruins it for everyone.

I agree with this statement 100%, Cynthia L Groulx, alias, The Fairy Lady

 

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Again, I pray that it is a good morning for you all. Sitting at the keyboard, I am a little ahead of schedule for a change, and I seem to be mostly pain-free, or at least in no great discomfort. And my dentures are resting in their glass where they belong. I hate those things. On May 13th, I'll be getting a denture secured by implants instead of cement.

OK, it's CINDY'S COMIC BOOK TIME in the Newsroom!

On the 13th of the month, I'll be a' gittin' those new-fangled teeth that connect to implants in the jawbone. The kind you need a socket wrench 🔧 or something to remove them. Now I'll be part Borg 🤖 "A Martian Earth Borg? YIKES! or "Ugh, White Man"! I wonder if Martian Earth Borgs can beat up the Orange Kink Jabba the Hutt in his Mar-a-Loser mother ship from planet Platitude 😁😆🤣😂

Thank you, Creator; my mind is as clear as a bell. Ready for take off, Houston! 10 - 9 -8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 "BLAST OFF!" 💥🚀💨

Like getting shot out at Mach 5 from a hammock tied between two stout oak trees, with a jet backpack, you could reach the Moon's orbit. Now you can do it without a space suit! That would fix the problem and save money. But then, you never know, Jabba is so vacuous between the ears he may not need oxygen. Like a tardigrade, except the tardigrades are smarter 🤣

RED ALERT 🔴 📢၊၊||၊၊|

MY OPINION ONLY: I believe this is the stage we are at with The Orange Kink Jabba the Hutt, SYMPHOROPHILIA

AI Overview

Symphorophilia:

A person who experiences sexual arousal from watching, staging, or setting off explosions—often described as big, beautiful, or chaotic—is typically described within the realm of *symphorophilia.*

Here is a breakdown of the terms related to this specific form of arousal:

• Symphorophilia: This is the primary term, defined as sexual arousal derived from staging or watching disasters, such as fires, explosions, or traffic accidents. A person with this interest is known as a symphorophile.

• Pyrophilia:

• Enopliophilia:

• Paraphilia:

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I don't really know why those with arrest powers and loyalty to the Constitution haven't put the Orange Jabba the Hutt in jail. They fear retribution, but is that worse than the chaos that is called government? There is no Constitutional law or any real law in charge. All the law there is, is just a 💩 show. Under whose law? Just walk in there and cuff him, under the Constitutional Law of the land •<- BIG (‿ˠ‿) PERIOD THAT'S IT! Otherwise, the whole 💩💥💩 show's a goin ta blow 💨 man!

Eeeep, what's up, Doc? 🐰🥕 Well, that's enough of Cindy's Comic Book time 🙃🙀👺👽👻🤥 now it's time to take a peek at today's breaking news and world events. Thank you for reading the Tree House news 🏡📰

BREAKING NEWS:

‘Super Revolutionaries’: The radical Iranian hardliners bent on sabotaging a deal with the US

As negotiations between the United States and Iran enter a critical stage, a small but influential hardline faction has intensified efforts to sabotage a potential deal with Washington, fuelling President Donald Trump’s claims of divisions within the Islamic Republic.

The group shares Trump’s view that the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers was a mistake – but for different reasons. Its positions are so hostile to the West, even by the standards of Iran’s conservative hardliners, that the regime’s efforts to appease it have so far failed.

And as the Islamic Republic’s new leaders project unity in the face of the gravest existential threat the regime has faced, the ultra-hardline group has ramped up efforts across the media, in parliament and on the streets to advocate against an agreement with the US, arguing that only by defeating Washington can Iran secure a favorable deal...

• A new power center:
• Increasingly isolated:

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PUBLISHED May 9, 2026, 5:02 AM ET - 4 hr ago

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US fighter jet’s attack on Iranian tankers explained

GIF IMAGE | of flagged tanker Included:*

A US fighter jet disabled two Iran-flagged tankers on Friday by firing precision munitions into their funnels, the US military said, demonstrating the precision of the weapons in use.

US Central Command, which oversees Middle East military operations, released a video it says shows the tankers – the Sea Star III and the Sevda – being hit by a US Navy F/A-18. It said the vessels were violating the US blockage of Iranian ports.

The video shows slight puffs of smoke from the Sea Star’s smokestack, and then darker smoke rising from it after the strike. In the Sevda clip, a burst of flame is followed immediately by plumes of heavy black smoke...

The tankers were unladen and heading to an Iranian port in the Gulf of Oman trying to evade a US blockade, CENTCOM said.

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PUBLISHED May 9, 2026, 12:34 AM ET - 8 hr ago

- CNN -

Trump’s tariffs keep losing battles in court — but he may still win the war

The U.S. Court of International Trade is the latest court to toss Trump’s tariffs. But the administration will keep going to this well, no matter how unpopular it is.

The U.S. Supreme Court in February struck down the Trump administration’s “Liberation Day” tariffs as illegal and unconstitutional. Soon thereafter, the administration invoked a different provision of federal law to impose new tariffs. Now, the U.S. Court of International Trade, which has jurisdiction over these issues, has ruled that the administration’s second effort to impose tariffs under this different legal provision is also flawed.

But before American small businesses and consumers can breathe a sigh of relief, the administration is likely to appeal. And instead of using the Supreme Court’s decision as cover for a retreat from tariffs, the administration seems committed to pursuing unpopular policies that are bad for an economy which is also seeing consumer prices spike because of events in the Middle East.

• Even if this effort to impose ill-advised tariffs on American businesses and consumers should ultimately fail once again in the courts, the administration is determined to press on:
• At some point, the administration will likely succeed in imposing new tariffs in a way that is consistent with the laws that might authorize them:

May. 9, 2026, - 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

*CANADIAN NEWS:*

B.C. man feels 'very fortunate' to be alive after nearly dying from hantavirus 3 years ago

Cases in Canada are very rare, experts say

The outbreak of hantavirus aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has brought back painful memories for a British Columbia man who nearly died from the rare virus three years ago.

It started out with a horrible headache and chills that "came out of nowhere," Lorne Warburton said in an interview with CBC's The Current this week. "I was popping Advil like candy. The pain in my head was so bad," he said...

Hantavirus: What it is, how it spreads, how often it's fatal

• Cases rare in Canada:

WATCH | Expert on rarity of cases in Canada:

• Health officials don't believe virus will spread:

*WATCH |* Health officials don't expect *virus to spread:*

Posted: May 09, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

- CBC -

Has Toronto's condo market hit its bottom?

Condo prices have dropped by about 25% since 2022 peak, real estate board says

After a year of sluggish sales and cancelled projects, the condo market in Canada’s largest city is showing signs of recovery.

Drawn by lower prices, Tyler Florian was able to buy his first property back in February. He purchased a two-bedroom condo in Fort York, a high-density neighbourhood in downtown Toronto.

"My real estate agent was saying it was almost like 2017 prices," he said.

• Sellers hoping for a rebound:

CHART | Average Condo Price In Toronto

Average rent across Canada fell by 5% in April, according to report

CHART | Significant Region Differences In Major Condo Markets

• Spacious condos in greater demand:

What can Toronto's real estate industry do to solve the city's big problem of small condos?

• Cautious optimism:

Posted: May 09, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

- CBC -

Carney's plan to fast-track major projects draws mixed reaction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY4fHuiyv50

 

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

I pray that it is a good morning for you all. As for myself, I am just grateful to the Great Spirit for being alive to love, care, feel, thrive, grow, discover, learn, and pass it on. That's what the process of evolution should be about. Unfortunately, greed gets in the way, and with greed for money, there follows greed for power.

Then I began to think about the negative side of that card.

One Mentally Unbalanced Person, and everyone trembles on their knees at this Orange Jabba the Hutt's feet, in fear of being run over by his big yellow bus for pissing him off. He even got a very wide plow welded to the front of the very large yellow bus to get as very large a crowd of his perceived enemies as he could. Just kiddin 😉 I wish someone would disappear him. I don't care where, to hell for all I care, as long as he's gone, and brings his soiled diaper with him, too.

THEN LET THE SUN SHINE ☀️ THANK YOU, WHATEVER LORD YOU BELIEVE IN 🙏

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Living Life; as I see It:

To live life, to share, to care, and to nurture life, not destroy it. To discover new things, explore new things, we are like the film in the camera. Which part of the episode are we in on this film? Who knows? It keeps getting broken by wars and hate, before we get to the destination, or the end of the film. Then the film has to be spliced back together again. We never seem to get past the first piece of the film; it keeps getting chewed up by conflicts. Maybe we are no longer able to grow past where we are. Is it fear of leaving the familiar primitive grounds of early evolution? Have suffering and torture become a sport or demonic worship? Maybe all those -conspiracy theories- or what we see in sci-fi comic books, pocket novels, and the movies about survival of postapocalyptic times "DO" then become part and parcel of the Infinite potentialities.

As a species, we can't continue the evolutionary process without devolving each time. At this time, all we have is a flapping, broken film coming out of the projector. How many times since the "Great Groundhog Day in the Sky?" It would very much seem like we are, at this moment, standing on the beach, watching the storm clouds, the smoldering film as the storm clouds that look like giant mushrooms move in.

CODE RED 🔴💥⛈️🍄 NUTCASES BELONG IN A NUTHOUSE 🏣

The great Nuthouse Escapee caper 🌰🥜🫘💼

I present: - Trumpo The Typo -

OK, that's enough about the sychophants, or is that sick in the pants?

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Question: Living Life

AI Overview

• Living Life to the Fullest:

Unveiling the Simple Secret ..." Living the life" means experiencing life to the fullest, embracing joy, passion, and personal fulfillment rather than just existing. It implies creating a satisfying, purposeful, and often unconventional existence by choosing happiness, nurturing relationships, and appreciating the present moment.

Key Aspects and Usage Examples

• Embracing the Present:

• Intentional Living:

• Overcoming Fear:

• Nurturing Relationships:

• Gratitude and Positivity:

• Balance:

Synonyms and Related Phrases - 5

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BREAKING NEWS:

Kamala Harris calls war in Iran: 'Bullshit'

At a fireside chat in Las Vegas, former Vice President Kamala Harris told the crowd at an event hosted by the Nevada Democrats that the war in Iran is "bullshit." Harris' comments come as President Donald Trump warned Iran to sign a deal "fast" after attacks on US destroyers in Strait of Hormuz...

Video | Included:

May 8, 2026 - 03:23 • Source:

- CNN -

Exclusive: Inmates describe being punished for speaking out about Ghislaine Maxwell

Julie Howell did not know what she was getting into last year when she was asked about a new inmate who had arrived at her prison – or that she was about to become an unwitting supporting character in the ongoing drama around convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It started when Howell received an unusual email from her husband in August: A reporter with The Telegraph wanted to know how she felt about the fact that Epstein's co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, had just been transferred to her minimum-security prison camp in Bryan, Texas. Howell had plenty of thoughts, as did some of the other inmates.

After consulting the prison handbook and a fellow inmate to try to confirm there was no prohibition against speaking to the press, Howell — who had recently started serving a one-year prison sentence for stealing almost $1 million from Tarleton State University, where she had been an associate professor — shared her views in a message for her husband to forward to the reporter...

Videos | Included:

• Blowback for talking to reporters:
• ‘The most unusual case ever’:

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PUBLISHED May 7, 2026, 7:01 PM ET - 15 hr ago

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This awkward moment between Pope Leo and Marco Rubio doesn’t speak well of the Secretary of State

Rubio’s visit came on the heels of derogatory remarks about the pope from Donald Trump, who continues to tell the lie that Leo wants Iran to have nuclear weapons.

VIDEO | Included:

On the eve of his one-year anniversary as head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV received U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican. The meeting was not the result of an invitation extended by the pope, but a request made by the United States. In an exchange of gifts after the meeting, Rubio, a Catholic, presented the first American-born pope with a glass football etched with the logo of the secretary of state. Leo reciprocated by giving Rubio a pen of cedarwood, a symbol of peace.

Leo’s response to what amounted to a glass football paperweight from Rubio? “Wow. OK.”

A glass football isn’t the most thoughtful gift for a native Chicagoan who is a fan of baseball’s White Sox

The Vatican put out a brief communique

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May. 8, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

CANADIAN NEWS:

Referendum bid by Alberta separatists stuck in legal limbo, even if petition has enough names

Legal case brought by First Nations over treaty rights prompted temporary injunction in April

Are Albertans going to be voting on separatism anytime soon? A petition with more than 300,000 signatures — well over the required threshold — seeking such a referendum was submitted to Elections Alberta on May 4. But that key step in the process comes amid an ongoing court case about treaty rights, which means things are stuck in limbo for the time being.

*How We Got Here**

Separatist petitions have been the subject of multiple court actions in the past year. The current petition by Stay Free Alberta, submitted by organization leader Mitch Sylvestre, is actually the second one spearheaded by the group...

• If there are enough signatures, will there be a referendum?:
• Why are treaty rights relevant?:
• What about the privacy breach?:

Posted: May 08, 2026 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

- CBC -

Canada's economy dropped 18,000 jobs in April as unemployment rose to 6-month high

Loss follows addition of 14,000 jobs in March

Canada's unemployment ‌rate rose to a six-month high of 6.9 per cent in April as the economy lost 18,000 jobs, Statistics Canada data showed on Friday, indicating a continued weakness in the labour market which has struggled in the ​face of U.S. tariffs and trade uncertainty.

While Canada has added 67,000 jobs since April 2025, since the start of this year it has lost a cumulative 112,000. Last month's loss means Canada has lost jobs in three out of the four months so far this year, showing a rocky start for the labour market in 2026, according to CIBC economist Andrew Grantham...

WATCH | Young Canadians struggling to land jobs:

Bank of Canada holds key interest rate at 2.25%, warning future decisions are clouded by uncertainty

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Posted: May 08, 2026 8:59 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

- CBC -

Watch Pope's Reaction When Rubio Gifts Him a Crystal Football

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcT4LQnhN-0

 

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

It's a reasonably good morn... "actually!" It's a good morning with "no nausea!" I just feel kind of tired out, like I've been dragging a dead body around the house with me all morning. Wonder who's body? Is it Orange? Nah! No such luck. But otherwise I feel OK. At least I can handle the more tolerable annoyances. They disappear in the background once the thought mill begins ta rollin' for the day. I'll limp along till I see the Doc.

Till then, it's Hop Along Cassidy time, eh? 𐚁 "Hey! ♪˚♬ Mr. Dillon, ♪♫ please wait for me! ♫♭｡♪ ~ ♪˚♬𝄞

Flash back to Gunsmoke circa 1955 and 1975

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J86eGuqjzCM

They most sointenly 🐰 knew how to make some good Western movies and TV shows back then, and also some great cartoons, like my friend Bugs Bunny up there. Country music was tops until Rock and Roll was introduced. Lots of good stuff from the sixties and seventies brings back special memories. Why can't people be like that today, warm, kind, caring, and be HAPPY?

🤣😂😆😅🍾💫💥*｡🌟˚👍

Dolly Parton was for all that good stuff.

REMEMBER!

The Coat Of Many Colors:

1971

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_-YbWHs6DE

Light of a Clear Blue Morning

Feb. 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McaD2PG8jOE

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

EMPATHY and COMPASSION

To care for yourself and those around you. You know what that's called? E-M-P-A-T-H-Y, which spells EMPATHY. It's like bacon and eggs without the salt. What happened with the caring? That's how my parents survived the Great Depression. Everyone helped one another in any way they could. No one had money, so barter was used whenever possible. Scarce resources, like tools or machinery, were shared. Give a meal and lodging in the barn to a hobo who just jumped off a freight train, yes, to work on the farm. Or trade your baked goods at the hardware store for a pound of nails. It was about people helping other people; you certainly couldn't depend on the government then either. We, the People, need to learn to have a platform to stand on when the waters begin to rise; we rise with it as well. But then, who listens to me, eh?

"If we want to be a truly free people, we need to RESIST ALL that doesn't serve us justly! The NAZI REPUBLICAN lawmakers and judges are the evil, demented psychopaths who should be the ones locked out of society." Today, some psychopaths are also sycophants, a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important to gain advantage, or maybe just plain sick in the pants. Better sick in their pants than mine, but they make our lives miserable by feeding the ego of the Orange Jabba the Hutt.

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Question: Empathy and Compassion

Empathy is the ability to understand and feel another person's emotional state ("feeling with"), while compassion is the desire to act and alleviate that suffering ("feeling for"). Empathy involves sharing emotions, which can lead to fatigue, whereas compassion is an action-oriented, prosocial emotion that promotes helping without overwhelming oneself.

• Key Differences and Components Empathy:

Mentally stepping into another person's shoes to understand their perspective. It is the "heart's response". Compassion: A deeper level of engagement that adds action to understanding. It is the "heart's movement" to alleviate pain.

The Difference: Empathy can sometimes cause "empathic distress" (personal burnout), whereas compassion is generally positive and energizing.

• Why Both Matter:

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In my experience, burnout will occur only when the empathic pain level exceeds my personal pain threshold, so I need to back off and just be present to give care.*_

There you go, I got him twice in the butt in one sitting, not bad for an eighty-year-old, eh? "MUSH BRAINS!" That one is free; it's on my way out the door.

BREAKING NEWS:

Trump is trapped by his own strategy as he grapples for an exit in Iran

If words won wars, Donald Trump’s Iran conflict would have ended long ago. But the president still can’t find a way out of a war meant to last no more than a month and a half that is now grinding into its 10th week.

Trump is ensnared by two traps of his own making — one geopolitical and the other domestic. Iran’s leverage over the Strait of Hormuz and refusal to fold mean he can’t definitively end the war at an acceptable military price.

• The new US operation that lasted only hours:
• How a military operation failed to yield a strategic success:
• How the US negotiating position has eroded:

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PUBLISHED May 7, 2026, 12:00 AM ET - 10 hr ago

- CNN -

Judge releases purported Jeffrey Epstein suicide note

A federal judge unsealed a purported suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday.

The unverified and undated document was placed on the court docket in the case of a former cellmate of the late convicted sex offender who said he had found the note.

The note — which is not signed — reads, in part:

“They investigated me for month – found NOTHING!!!:

“It is a treat to be able to chose ones time to say goodbye.”

NO FUN – NOT WORTH IT!!

VIEW | Handwritten notes:

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Updated May 5, 2026 - 13 hr ago

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Kash Patel’s personally branded liquor bottles create new challenge for FBI director

The beleaguered director didn’t need another alcohol-related controversy. He has one anyway.

Kash Patel’s tenure as FBI director has featured a lengthy stream of failures and controversies, but a brutal report in The Atlantic last month was among the lowest of the low points. The report, relying on more than two dozen sources, alleged that FBI personnel have expressed concerns about the director’s unexplained absences and excessive drinking, which have reportedly alarmed colleagues and potentially created a security risk.

Patel denied the allegations, accused The Atlantic of being part of an elaborate journalistic conspiracy he equated with organized crime, and filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against the magazine soon after the article’s publication. But the reporter who wrote the piece, Sarah Fitzpatrick, not only stood by her work, she also said the article had generated fresh outreach from new sources within the FBI about the director’s work.

President Trump’s FBI director has a great deal of affection for swag. Merchandise for sale on a website he co-founded — still operating, nearly 15 months into his term — includes beanies ($35), T-shirts ($35), orange camo hoodies ($65), trucker caps ($25), “government gangsters” playing cards (on sale for $10), and a Fight With Kash Punisher scarf ($25).

One thing not for sale is liquor, because liquor is something Patel gives away for free.

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May. 7, 2026, 8:52 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

Contact tracing underway for dozens who got off cruise ship amid hantavirus outbreak

Many passengers disembarked in St. Helena before first case reported, ship's operator says

Countries worldwide scrambled on Thursday to trace people who had left the ‌cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak before it was anchored off the coast of Cape Verde to prevent further spread of the disease, which has so far killed three people.

The ship's operator, Oceanwide Expeditions, said Thursday that 30 people disembarked the MV Hondius in St. Helena, a British territory where the ship ​made a stop on its way to Cape Verde on April 24, before the outbreak was reported. Those 30 passengers included two Canadians and the body of a man who died on board on April 11, the company said...

WATCH | What is known about outbreak and the ship's timeline:

GLOBE MAP | Hantavirus Outbreak Deaths on MV Hondius

• 3 dead, 3 hospitalized:

WATCH | Hantavirus rare in Canada:

Posted: May 07, 2026 7:08 AM EDT | Last Updated: 41 minutes ago

- CBC -

The drone war comes home: Canada scrambles to shield military bases in legal grey zone

Military grappling with how to stop airborne threats without disrupting civilian life or breaking the law

The Canadian military has quietly started deploying counter-drone systems around its major ports and air bases as it grapples with both the technology and the legalities of shooting down uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), CBC News has learned.

The idea is to prevent the kind of grey-zone warfare incidents that have recently paralyzed parts of northern Europe, and to avert the kinds of surprise attacks which have characterized the war between Russia and Ukraine. The effort has largely gone on behind the scenes and is still a work in progress in some cases, mostly because of rapid advances in drone tactics and technology...

WATCH | Canada taking lessons from Ukraine's counter-drone success:

WATCH | Canada's military has a 'number of projects underway,' says vice-admiral:

• Legislative changes:

WATCH | Ukraine conflict has shown impact of weaponized drones:

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Posted: May 07, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

- CBC -

Update! Canadian Navy reveals latest modifications to new River-Class Destroyer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5CGrfMkeSQ