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TODAY'S DISCUSSION TIME DEVOTED TO PRAYER AND MEDITATION

I borrowed this post by Alexandra Zlotnik from Facebook. I thought it was worth reposting this message to the Tree House News for the day. I support it. Please carry this thought with you during your prayer and meditation time today. Thank you!

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By Alexandra Zlotnik

Please pray that the malignant narcissist who is advertising his war crimes plan to the world, to send Iran back to the stone age, does not go nuclear 🤯💥🌎. He has already broken every law imaginable and enjoys hurting everyone. How does he plan to take out all the public infrastructure in Iran in 4 hours? Please pray for peace and share this post.

Dear Creator please stop this sick person suffering not only from malignant narcissism but as well from frontal temporal dementia who has no filter, perception, discretion magnified tenfold by his hate filled heartless attitude. He needs to be removed from office as a President of the United States. He is a danger to all of humanity. Please end this reign of terror that he has embarked on. War is SICK.

(Stupid Ignorant Criminals Killing)

We pray for peace. We pray for the end of the fascist government of the USA.

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~ ☮️✊VIVE LA RÉSISTANCE ✊☮️~

THIS IS SERIOUS, CODE RED! 🔴

THINK! Does an insane person have ethics and feelings? Do they care or even know what empathy is, or the consequences of pushing the red button to others as they watch a big beautiful explosion while wetting their pants?

How do I know what lurks in the president's mind? I'm a retired social worker. I worked with Mental Health Consumers, alcoholics, and addicts, so I pretty well heard and felt the manifestations of many mental and emotional disorders. I am also an Empath. Ya can call it the sixth sense, you just know who is serious and who is pretending or playing games, depending on their level of intelligence.😆😂😅🎭

The 25th - TWENTY FIFTH - AMENDMENT!

This is all I can personally do to contribute to the WARNING. May the Great Spirit Bless.

Maybe this would be a good time for certain individuals to take the disappearing act for a while.

BREAKING NEWS:

The cascading global impact of the Iran war, visualized

The ongoing conflict in Iran has had far-reaching implications for the global economy — from food to fertilizer. Between increasing oil prices, exports caught in the bottleneck or delayed by the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz and widespread security concerns throughout the Middle East, many of these consequences have had a ripple effect on nearly every aspect of daily life. CNN tracks some of these effects and how they compound one another.

Here’s how the war in Iran has shaken countries around the globe.

>🔴< RED ALERT The increasing cost of oil has had a trickle down effect:

• Bottleneck in the strait is causing backlog and price surges for key exports:
• Security concerns intensify as the war continues:

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PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2026, 5:00 AM ET - 3 hr ago

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Get caught up on the Artemis II crew’s journey to the moon. What’s happened so far and what’s next

The Artemis II mission is now headed back toward Earth, with four astronauts having soared around the far side of the moon on an unprecedented path that reached deeper into space than any human has traveled before.

The journey — crewed by NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen — marks the first time humans have left Earth orbit since 1972 with the Apollo 17 mission. And with Glover, Koch and Hansen aboard, the it also represents the first time a Black astronaut, a woman astronaut and a non-American astronaut, respectively, have ventured this far...

CHART | Artemis || mission timeline:

• Live views of the crew:
• A pivotal burn:
• A key comms test:
• Entering the ‘sphere of influence’:
• A record-breaking lunar flyby:
• Chatting with the ISS:
• A flaming-hot reentry:

Updated Apr 7, 2026, 9:00 AM ET - 11 min ago

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After the rough birthright citizenship hearing, Trump makes a social media appeal

The Country can only withstand so many bad decisions from a Court that just doesn’t seem to care,” the president wrote.

By The Associated Press:

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With U.S. President Donald Trump’s deadline rapidly approaching for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face the massive bombing of the country’s infrastructure, Iran on Tuesday urged youths to form human chains around power plants and its president said 14 million people had answered calls to volunteer to fight.

Trump has threatened to bomb all of Iran’s power plants and bridges if Iran does not meet his Tuesday 8 p.m. EDT deadline to allow shipping traffic to fully resume through the strategic waterway, through which a fifth of the world’s oil transits in peacetime...

Trump has threatened to bomb all of Iran’s power plants and bridges if Iran does not meet his Tuesday 8 p.m. EDT deadline to allow shipping traffic to fully resume through the strategic waterway

• No sign Iran will back down ahead of deadline:
• Trump’s threats to bomb civilian infrastructure prompt warnings of war crimes:
• Death toll continues to rise across the region:

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CANADIAN NEWS:

~ Trump says a 'WHOLE CIVILISATION' will die tonight as deadline for Iran to reopen Strait of Hormuz looms ~

U.S. president has threatened to destroy Iran's power plants, bridges at 8 p.m. ET.

The Latest:

• U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post this morning that "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again," as his threatened attacks on Iranian infrastructure loom ahead of an 8 p.m. ET deadline.

• Iran has rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and says it wants a permanent end to the war.

• UN Secretary General António Guterres warned the U.S. that attacking civilian infrastructure is banned under international law.

• The death toll so far includes more than 1,900 people in Iran, 1,400 in Lebanon, 23 in Israel, about two dozen in other countries in the region, 13 U.S. service members and 11 Israeli soldiers.

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24 minutes ago

Negotiations nearing a 'critical, sensitive stage'

More To Read:

Updated April 7, 2026 - 14 minutes ago

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House prices dropping in Canada's most expensive cities, but still out of reach for many

Experts say it's still not a good market for first-time homebuyers, and it may never be

Housing prices are dipping in Canada’s priciest markets, but real estate experts say it’s not necessarily the break for which potential first-time homebuyers have been waiting — and that break may never come. TD Economics said in a report last week that it expects home prices to slide 0.3 per cent across Canada this year, after a weak performance in the market over the last two quarters, with Ontario and B.C. facing the biggest drops.

Interest rates, which determine mortgage payments, are also low by historical standards, though not as low as they were before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ontario, Premier Doug Ford announced a plan to temporarily remove the harmonized sales tax for the next year on new homes valued at up to $1 million, giving eligible buyers a rebate of up to $130,000...

• 'Nobody wants to build':
• Younger generations not getting break: prof:

Posted: Apr 07, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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Good morning, everyone. Well, at least it's sunny out, but still a little cool. The mood I felt this morning was kind of like a passing over, both sad and beautiful, as I sat sipping my coffee and watching the sun rise over the trees. Take a moment, close your eyes, relax, and drift as you listen to the beautiful, befitting ballad below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXfGTrmTPl8

Now, doesn't that flip and twirl your hat right-side up - Like in the cartoons 🐸🤡🐷👀🐰👻😱👒🎩

For those few moments when the dark glasses came off, I could see all the colors of the rainbow of life. In my mind, I was seeing the real world as it should be. I see a very beautiful, peaceful, and harmonious world filled with every shade, color, and hue possible. The air is filled with the scents of the Earth awakening to an early spring morning, and all around are the wonders of nature awakening. The life-giver itself, the golden orb of sunshine, is coming up over the trees.

Mother Nature is saying GOOD MORNING ☀️

AMEN! 🙏

Written by The Fairy Lady, The Infinite Potentials of Imagination

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🔹AI Overview

Question; Bible: World Without End!

Ephesians 3:21

Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus *throughout all ages, world without end*. Amen." It concludes Paul's prayer, declaring that God deserves eternal glory through the church and Christ.

Meaning of "World Without End": This phrase is an old English translation (KJV) for the Greek eis pasas tas geneas tou aiōnos tou aiōnos, meaning "to all generations, forever and ever". It implies eternity, not just the physical world's duration...

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Question: In the bible what do they describe world without end to be like?

🔹AI Overview

Ephesians 3:21

In the Bible, the phrase "world without end" (notably in Ephesians 3:21, KJV) is an idiom for eternity, describing an age that lasts forever and ever. It refers to the eternal kingdom of God and the new, transformed reality that follows the end of the current physical creation.

Based on biblical descriptions of the "new heaven and new earth" and the "world to come," this eternal state is described as:

A Restored Eden: The new world is a renewal of creation that removes the curse of sin, pain, and death that occurred in Genesis.

• The Dwelling Place of God:

• A World Without Suffering:

• Perfect Righteousness:

• An End to History’s Cycles:

• Endless Worship and Service:

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My own conception goes anywhere from the absurd and obscured, to the obvious and not so obvious, the fantastic from the fanatic, and the schizophrenic from genius; from the philosopher to the religious and political zealot, all beating on science's head with their book of sins.

IT SHOULDN'T BE WHY, IT SHOULD BE WHY NOT?

BREAKING NEWS:

Iran rejects temporary ceasefire, as Trump sets deadline for reopening Strait of Hormuz*

Trump and Iran have traded threats over the vital shipping route. Meanwhile, Israel says it has killed two senior Iranian officials.

Here's The Latest:

• Ceasefire proposal: US President Donald Trump has not signed off on a proposal drafted by countries calling for a 45-day ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a White House official said. Iran has rejected a temporary ceasefire and said it has formulated a response to the US’ demands to end the war.

• Trump’s deadline: Trump appeared to set a Tuesday deadline for Iran to reopen the strait. Iran says the consequences of infrastructure attacks will stretch beyond the region. Trump will hold a news conference today on the rescue of an F-15 crew member whose jet was downed over Iran.

• Iranian officials killed: Israel says it killed two senior Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps officials in separate strikes today.

• Latest strikes: Israel said it struck a petrochemical complex in southwestern Iran. Six children were among those killed in overnight Israeli-US strikes on Tehran, according to state media, and four people were killed in an Iranian strike on a residential building in Haifa, Israel.

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49 min ago

Israel strikes large Iranian petrochemical facility, defense minister says

More To Read:

Updated 10:02 AM EDT, Mon April 6, 2026

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Artemis II astronauts will see parts of the moon no human has before. Here’s how*

An animation shows what the Artemis II flyby will look like. NASA

The highly anticipated lunar flyby of the Artemis II mission will take four astronauts on a pioneering survey of the moon Monday,

including the rarely glimpsed lunar far side, which always faces away from Earth. The crew, including NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, will see features on the lunar surface that human eyes have never observed before.

In fact, the astronauts have already experienced what mission control in Houston described as “moon joy” as they’ve drawn closer to the silvery orb over the past few days. Using a camera equipped with a 400-millimeter lens has enabled them, from a distance of more than two-thirds of the way to the moon, to point out specific lunar craters, features and topography — including the vast Orientale Basin, ...

• Apollo vs. Artemis:
• What human eyes can see:

While the Artemis II crew isn’t landing, their observations of color variances could shed more light on the origin and composition of the moon, as well as why the lunar near side and far side appear so different from each other.

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PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2026, 5:48 AM ET - 4 hr ago

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Trump’s DHS paycheck promise is a major problem

The partial shutdown is still ongoing but Trump wants to jump the gun, getting paychecks to DHS staffers before Congress can act.

The end of the longest partial shutdown in history is in sight — but thanks to some House Republicans refusing to rush back to Washington to pass it, the finish line is still almost two weeks away. These pouting House conservatives, however, are getting a reprieve from President Donald Trump. Trump posted on Truth Social last week that he would “soon sign an order to pay ALL of the incredible employees at the Department of Homeland Security.”

He followed through on Friday, signing a memo ordering his administration to “provide each and every employee of D.H.S. with the compensation and benefits” they’d have earned if the department weren’t shutdown. But until Congress says otherwise, the Department of Homeland Security doesn’t have the money to make good on this promise. In his attempt to let lawmakers off the hook, Trump is setting yet another dangerous precedent that threatens the balance of power in America...

There’s no presidential American Express card that allows the White House to spend money that Congress hasn’t apportioned

Even if Trump and his advisers do think he has this ability, where was it earlier in the shutdown? ...

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Apr. 6, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

CANADIAN NEWS:

Cold front: Inside NATO's race to secure the Arctic

Canada is learning how to defend its vast, frigid Far North

No matter where you go and who you talk with in defence circles these days, there's one word — one region — on the lips of most people.

The Arctic.

And it's spoken with a unique, newfound sense of urgency. Defending the region has become the new rallying cry for Canada and NATO writ large.

Without question a lot of it is being driven by U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to annex Greenland from Denmark by force and his opaque security concerns that may be code for coveting critical minerals...

Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with members of the Canadian Forces following an announcement to defend and transform Canada's North in Yellowknife. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

WATCH | Top naval commander on Arctic defence:

Posted: Apr 06, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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Pierre Poilievre says he would cancel high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City

The Tory leader called on Prime Minister Mark Carney to cancel the project outright.

OTTAWA — A Conservative government led by Pierre Poilievre would scrap a proposed high-speed rail line linking Toronto with Quebec City, with the Tory leader calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to cancel the project outright. “This $90-billion Liberal boondoggle does not make sense, and it does not make dollars like everything else the Carney Liberals do,” Poilievre said at a news conference in Peterborough on Tuesday afternoon.

“It will make consultants, lobbyists, lawyers, bureaucrats and other Liberal insiders fabulously rich, while doing nothing for the millions of hard-working taxpayers and landowners who will suffer.”...

Dozens of Ontario farming communities fear losing businesses and land to Canada’s new high-speed train line

Why Canada needs to rethink its high-speed rail strategy before Alto launches

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Updated April 2, 2026 at 1:53 p.m.

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Canada Humiliates Trump In Shocking Auto Move!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ8q8psny9Y

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning, everyone. I pray that you are all safe and well, blessed and guided by the Higher Power of your understanding to make the right decisions on this day. It's a cloudy, cool, grey Sunday morning. At least we didn't get those strong winds they were calling for, which is good; I'm getting rather tired of rearranging my Green Space after a dum-dum 🗿 wind. Now that I have my Green Space 🍃 all set up for the summer months 🌺🐝🌞 the last thing I need is one of those spring winds to blow away a lot of the loose pieces.

I have my garden set up to withstand the usual expected wind on our balcony, but it's the strong, gale-force early-spring winds I can't trust and have to watch for. Today's OK so far; it's almost flat calm out there. The Niagara Escarpment may have saved our butt again from bad weather.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

WASHING A TON

Washington, the Orange Pus Bag Kink of the Shmucarians in Shmucarica.

Washington is a place where ethics and empathy go to die.

WELCOME to the Kinks Castle, The Brown 💩 House on the Hill, and his servants, The Divergents, the Cluster F's, all the way down the ranks to the Dunce Brigade Gestapo. There's also the Den of Thieves, the Liars, and the backstabbing Congress. Can't forget these (‿ˠ‿)

Washing a Ton:

So it goes with Trumpo The Typo's regime change. Go to Washington to wash a ton of 💩 diapers only to create two tons before he even got on the bus, Gus. By the time he gets to Washington, he has three tons of 💩 diapers and four by the time he gets to the coin laundry, and so on; ya know, they multiply like his lies. His catastrophe spreads like a rash from bed bug bites; the bed bugs are the Republicans in general, if not all of them. They are like malaria or Covid-19.

THEY, REPUBLICANS, ARE ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN, SO WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS IMPEACHED AND CHARGED WITH TREASON, AND HE WILL BE, SO SHOULD ALL HIS COHORTS BE IMPEACHED OR INDICTED, TRIED, AND FOUND GUILTY AS CONSPIRATORS OF THE SAME. Like malaria or Covid-19. SOMEONE or many SOMEONES<- 😉 the plural. We, the People, must find an antidote to this mental affliction that may be a runaway genetic disease 🦠🫟🧬🔬💉

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Question: Genetic brain disease:

🔹AI Overview

Genetic brain disorders are conditions caused by gene mutations or variations—inherited or random—that disrupt brain development and function, often causing progressive neurological, motor, and intellectual impairments. Key examples include HHuntington'sdisease, Rett syndrome, leukodystrophies, and Fragile X syndrome.

• Types and Examples of Genetic Brain Disorders:*

Neurodegenerative/Neurogenetic Disorders: Conditions that often present later or show progressive decline, such as Huntington's disease, Spinocerebellar ataxia, and Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

• Leukodystrophies:

A group of rare disorders affecting the white matter (myelin sheath) of the brain, disrupting nerve communication (e.g., Adrenoleukodystrophy).

• Metabolic Brain Disorders:

• Developmental Malformations:

• Neurodevelopmental Syndromes:

• Causes and Mechanisms:

Question: Can Genetic brain disease also bring about schizoid or psychopathic syndromes?

🔹AI Overview

Yes, genetic brain diseases and syndromes can directly cause or significantly increase the risk of developing schizophrenia (psychotic symptoms) and, in certain contexts, traits associated with psychopathy (antisocial personality disorder). These conditions are often the result of abnormal brain development, structural deficiencies, or neurotransmitter imbalances coded for in an individual's DNA.

• Here is the breakdown of how genetic brain issues can lead to these syndromes:

1. Genetic Brain Disease and Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is strongly linked to genetics, with heritability estimates ranging from 60% to 80%

22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (DiGeorge Syndrome): This is a primary example of a genetic brain syndrome that causes psychosis. People born with this syndrome have a 20 to 30 times higher risk of developing schizophrenia by adulthood. This deletion causes significant defects in the white matter of the brain, which affects how neurons communicate.

• Copy Number Variations (CNVs):

• Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1 (DISC1):

2. Genetic Brain Disorders and "psychopath" syndrome (Psychopathy)

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MY CONCLUSION:

This mental disorder seems to be unchecked, growing, like a rampant virus. Is it climate change-related? This strange phenomenon is not only restricted to humans, but also the denizens of nature, like the OUT OF PLACE bugs, birds, mammals, reptiles, and even the fish in the sea migrating to novel habitats, often closer to human populations.

Wild animals usually avoided or ignored us unless there was a reason to fear us, or we got in the way, well, very much the same reaction as we would if a shadowy figure showed up right in front of us in a dark place. First reaction: every hair on your body stands up at attention. An animal does too.

Now people have become vicious and attack people, both verbally and physically, for no apparent reason. We can't deny the aggressive behavior across all kingdoms of nature, even down to messing with the DNA of the plant kingdom at this time; all species in all kingdoms appear to be restless.

THINK ABOUT IT:

No more time for empathy, we are being blinded constantly by the lies and hate. Bad news after bad news, day after day, like no matter what, you end up shoveling 💩 into the wind and no light at the end of the tunnel. Just a fire hose of hate and lies spews from every nook, crack, and cranny, anyplace that has a speaker in it, from micro to macro, without a monitor or those with the large monitors like in stores, and you have the laptops, fixed desk systems, or cellphones.

THEY'RE EVERYWHERE, MAN! Learn to live and cope with it, or learn to live in a cave. Give me my Earthship in the middle of the Amazon with swamps full of alligators all around, man!

OK, now Onto the news;

BREAKING NEWS:

Inside the mission to recover a downed American airman

Hiding alone in a mountain crevice behind enemy lines, the injured American airman knew exactly what to do: survive and evade.

For more than a day, the weapons systems officer whose F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down inside Iran avoided being captured by encroaching Iranian forces. At one point, he scaled the rugged terrain to a ridgeline 7,000 feet above sea level, equipped with little more than a pistol, a communication device and a tracking beacon.

It was into the high mountains that a team of American commandos, accompanied by US aircraft dropping bombs to clear the area, swarmed to locate the officer, bringing him and themselves to safety. Two US officials described the details of the risky operation afterward...

Read More:

Updated Apr 5, 2026, 9:23 AM ET - 1 hr 48 min ago

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More than half way to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts grappled with a toilet problem

VIDEO | Included:

The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission currently hurtling through space have had a largely quiet journey so far. Very few in-flight issues have cropped up that could disrupt their peace of mind.

Except, that is, for the toilet.

The Artemis II crew’s 16.5-foot-wide (5-meter-wide) Orion capsule experienced a waste management-related problem that arose in the early hours of Saturday as Day 3 was winding down. “It’s an issue with dumping the waste out of the toilet,” Artemis II Flight Director Judd Frieling told reporters Saturday morning...

• Glistening space pee:
• ‘The most important piece of equipment’:
• Orion’s legacy:

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Updated Apr 5, 2026, 12:27 AM ET - 10 hr ago

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Trump’s expletive-laced Easter message to Iran: Open the strait or ‘you’ll be living in Hell’

“There will be nothing like it!!” Trump said, alluding to potential U.S. military operations. He added, “Praise be to Allah.”

VIDEO | Included:

Fresh off the daring nighttime rescue early Sunday of the U.S. airman shot down in Iran on Friday, President Donald Trump warned Iran, “Open the F—-n’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH!”

Just before 8 a.m. on Sunday, the president praised the crew member who was rescued and the special military team that got him safely out of Iran...

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Apr. 5, 2026, 11:36 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

CANADIAN NEWS:

On Easter, Pope Leo urges world leaders to end wars, conquest

'Let those who have weapons lay them down!' the first U.S. pope said

Pope Leo urged global leaders in his Easter message on Sunday to end the conflicts raging across the world and abandon any schemes for power, conquest or domination.

The pope, who has emerged as an outspoken critic of the Iran war, lamented in a special message to the thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square that people "are growing accustomed to violence, resigning ourselves to it, and becoming indifferent." "Let those who have weapons lay them down!" the first U.S. pope exhorted. "Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace!" ...

Posted: Apr 05, 2026 9:53 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

- CBC -

🙏 Let us all please take a moment here for meditation and prayer, for all nations to lay down their pitchforks and torches and other implements of war and replace the hate, lies, and schemes for power, conquest, and or domination with love, empathy, and harmony. AMEN!

Yukon man grows pineapple at home — and it only took 9 years

'If you're patient, then good things will come to you,' says Alex Oberg of Whitehorse

Alex Oberg is not the first person to grow a pineapple in the North, but he may well be the most dedicated. It took nine years, from when he first adopted the leafy pineapple crown that some friends had rooted in water, until he was finally able to bite into a golden, homegrown fruit.

"If you're patient, then good things will come to you," Oberg said.

Alex Oberg is not the first person to grow a pineapple in the North, but he may well be the most dedicated...

• 'Fantastic' level of commitment:

"We don't exactly have the conditions that favour their growth."

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Posted: Apr 05, 2026 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

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Question: Is aggression genetic or learned?

All of the studies concluded that environment and genetics both play a complex role in the development of aggression, but their influence varies. Genetics generally has a substantial influence through childhood into adulthood across the board, but environmental and familial influence decreases with age. (Wikipedia)

Why the world is going crazy—and how to win back our minds | Jamie Wheal | Big Think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqJQvJ7i7Ek

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

'Morning all! Well, at least it's a beautiful sunrise here on the Niagara Peninsula. The temps are still cool, but spring is definitely here. We're in what I call the drooping appengage effect phase right now. Ya know, the drooping jetstream effect, eh. Just north of Toronto, they could still probably have snow. They're calling for buckets of rain 🪣💦 here, but I don't see either the buckets or rain falling out there. Ya know how that is. Presently, the sun is shining through broken clouds 🌤️

And I 👩 wouldn't mind that because today is bath day. Well, I could pretend I had an imaginary bath in the imaginary tub 🛁 full of imaginary buckets of rain water 🪣💦 and ya kins "hold the towel, Ma!" 🤕 That reminds me of what they did before running hot and cold water and the bathroom indoors. It was more convenient during the warm weather months, when you could take a bath in the lake, only a few hundred yards behind the house.

During the wintertime, everything took more work and planning. Water just wasn't as plentiful; we had baths in a washtub and went out to the unheated outhouse for as brief a time as possible. We chopped and split a lot of wood for the stove, drew drinking water from the lake, and used melted snow and ice knocked down from the eaves for washing. At 8 years old, I went hunting with a .22 caliber bolt-action rifle and fished with a homemade rod and a cheap reel. We grew a garden and picked wild berries. ANOTHER WAKE-UP CALL!

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

BREAKDOWN IN SOCIAL NORMS.

If it came to that, I believe that the best chance for survival is for folks to begin migrating back out into the countryside but remain connected. It's going to be dog-eat-dog in the larger population centers.

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Question: BREAKDOWN IN SOCIAL NORMS - Migrating back to country living

🔹AI Overview

The migration back to the country living is increasingly driven by a perceived breakdown in social norms and urban quality of life, including rising crime, high density, and social disorder. This trend is fueled by a desire for a slower pace of life, greater privacy, and higher social cohesion, which is often found in smaller communities.

• Factors Driving the Shift:
• Breakdown of Social Norms:
• Remote Work Freedom:
• Financial Pressures:
• Social Cohesion & Health:

Migration Trends

• Exodus from Core Areas:
• Shift to "Small-town Canada":
• Return Migration:

Rebuilding Social Norms

• Rebuilding Networks:
• Community Integration:
• Shifting Family Dynamics:

The shift can also bring stress, particularly for children and teenagers who may face a "reverse culture shock"

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Question: Community Living

Community Living Meaning - in a nutshell 🥜-

Community living involves people or families living in one area, sharing the everyday use of property and facilities, making decisions, and attending to social matters jointly. Living together is more than mere habitation; it focuses on cooperation, complementarity, and people's well-being...

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That will be it for the discussion today. Thank you for reading the Tree House News. Now on with the news.

BREAKING NEWS:

Downed jets puncture Trump’s and Hegseth’s claims of air invulnerability

An Iran war that was already proving quite unpopular with the American people has entered a new, more problematic phase. That comes with the news that a US fighter jet was shot down over Iran.

There remains a lot we don’t know, including the status of the two crew members. While CNN has reported one of them has been rescued and is receiving medical treatment, we don’t know the fate of the other. And that was followed by news that Iran hit a second US combat aircraft on Friday. The pilot was able to navigate the plane out of Iranian territory before ejecting from the aircraft and was subsequently rescued, a US official told CNN.

Neither of these incidents means Iran is suddenly on anything close to an equal footing militarily. And there have thus far been limited American casualties, including no known deaths in the last three weeks...

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Updated Apr 3, 2026, 5:35 PM ET - 15 hr ago

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The global oil crisis is turning into an everything crisis

Taipei, Taiwan — One month into the war in Iran, a growing shortage of crude oil is threatening to morph into something worse: a shortage of nearly everything...

The conflict in the Middle East has crimped oil and natural gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz, reducing global supply by about one-fifth. The disruption has not only sent fuel prices soaring, but has squeezed supplies of petrochemicals needed to make everyday items like shoes, clothing and plastic bags.

That strain is now spreading into every corner of the consumer market as prices rise for materials like plastic, rubber and polyester. The impact is so far most evident in Asia, which accounts for more than half of the world’s manufacturing and is heavily reliant on imports for oil and other commodities.

In South Korea, where people have been panic-buying trash bags, the government has encouraged event organizers to minimize use of disposable items. The conflict in the Middle East has crimped oil and natural gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz, reducing global supply by about one-fifth. The disruption has not only sent fuel prices soaring, but has squeezed supplies of petrochemicals needed to make everyday items like shoes, clothing and plastic bags.

That strain is now spreading into every corner of the consumer market as prices rise for materials like plastic, rubber and polyester. The impact is so far most evident in Asia, which accounts for more than half of the world’s manufacturing and is heavily reliant on imports for oil and other commodities.

In South Korea, where people have been panic-buying trash bags, the government has encouraged event organizers to minimize use of disposable items. Taiwan has started a hotline for manufacturers that have run out of plastic, while its rice farmers told local media they may hike prices because they can’t get vacuum-sealed bags...

• No recourse:
• Moving westward:

“I’m anxious,” Qiu said. “The whole industry feels the same. No one knows how the war will play out.”

Others are trying to cut costs by minimizing the amount of plastic used in packaging.

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Updated Apr 4, 2026, 12:19 AM ET - 9 hr ago

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Trump’s new budget proposal is historic — in one of the worst ways possible

The proposal would double down on last summer’s “big beautiful bill” and its legacy of cutting programs that struggling Americans rely on.

On Friday, the Trump administration submitted its annual budget request to Congress. The document called for dramatically reducing what the United States government does for Americans. The budget called for steep cuts to funding for education, housing and health, funneling resources toward the military as the war in Iran reaches its fifth week. This shift would leave the portion of the budget known as “nondefense discretionary,” or NDD funding, which accounts for most domestic activities aside from Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and SNAP, at its lowest level since at least Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidency.

These NDD programs have already suffered more than 15 years of disinvestment, including particularly sharp cuts over the last three years. In total, the president called to cut NDD funding (excluding Veterans Affairs medical care) by $83 billion below last year’s levels.

• The Trump budget calls for historic cuts to domestic funding:

Base nondefense discretionary budget authority as a percentage of GDP

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Apr. 4, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Burdett 'Burd' Sisler, war veteran and oldest known living Canadian, has died at 110

One of the last Second World War veterans 'will be missed by so many'

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How the Middle East war is already impacting mortgage rates in Canada

War, Strait of Hormuz closure impacting Canadians in ways we may not have expected

The Middle East war is impacting something most Canadians may not have expected: the cost of some mortgages. Last month, three- and five-year fixed mortgages increased by 0.5 per cent in just three weeks, said Marshall Tully, a Toronto-based mortgage broker.

"Unfortunately, it's possible that trend could continue," Tully said. According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), 1.4 million mortgages will be renewed by the end of the year...

• The 'uncertainty premium':

WATCH | How the war is affecting B.C.'s housing market:

• Longer-lasting impacts:

WATCH | Trump's Wednesday update on the war:

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Posted: Apr 04, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen talks about 'incredible' views of Earth in live video call from deep space

It was the first in a series of planned space-to-Earth communications during the Artemis II mission

Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen connected with Earth from deep space early Saturday in a historic first for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), as part of a live question-and-answer session during the Artemis II mission.

Hansen shared his impressions of the journey so far and provided insight into daily life aboard the spacecraft as it travels beyond low Earth orbit...

WATCH | Astronaut Jeremy Hansen shares what it was like seeing Earth from space:

WATCH | Hansen says 1st time in space 'makes me feel like a little kid':

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Posted: Apr 04, 2026 8:23 AM EDT | Last Updated: 25 minutes ago

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April 2026 what is Carney up to with the fuel problem?

🔹AI Overview

As of early April 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing intense pressure regarding high fuel prices driven by international volatility (specifically, disruptions due to the war in Iran). Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the government to remove the fuel excise tax and Clean Fuel Regulations (referred to by critics as "Carbon Tax 2.0") to provide relief, a move the Carney government has so far resisted.

Key Fuel and Energy Issues - April 2026:

• Surging Prices & Taxes:
• Government Focus on Transition:
• EV Strategy Shift:
• International Diplomacy:
• Green Incentives Promise:
• Federal-Alberta Energy Plan:

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What does Canada's EV plan mean for the future of our auto sector? | The Big Story

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