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Hello folks, just a note to let everyone know I may be on only occasionally over the next week, starting today and tomorrow, until the 25th of July. I will spend whatever time I have updating you on the latest here on Tree House News.*_

Happy Trails. See you all later, EH! Elbows up, kiss a moose, and wave that Maple Leaf... "OOPS!" and all that good stuff, don't ya know

Be in touch later to let you know we arrived safely at my sister's

Bye for now

Could have been Happy Trails, but I fell off my hossy and got all spin-dizzy from the sun, so I didn't know if I was riding horseback or on foot at the time.

Bye The Fairy Lady

 

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Possibly a good morning, depending on the person's perception of the day's environment as it presents itself. Is it good, bad, or indifferent? Positive, negative, or you still havent's made up your mind about the positive or negative until ya touches de wire ⚡️🤭 ? See, I haven't been watching Stephen Colbert for all those years without learning a few tricks in satire 😉 When you get older, ya can see a lot more pieces in both ends of the telescope.

TODAY's DISCUSSION:

WHAT IS REALITY MADE OF?

For instance, in this reality as we know it, everyone is looking for the shortest, flaw-free way to get from point to point, like connecting dot A to dot B on a physical map.

Most seem to overlook one thing: all the other tiny details of the actual unforeseen land-level hazards and perils and around abouts they will encounter getting to dot 2

In science, the researchers seem to overlook one thing: Within this fabric of chaotic space, the discoveries, both the good and bad, that we will have to go through to get to dot 2 on the map are unknown at this time, but my bet is in the rebound stage, going back to the beginning. The universe is now suspected of doing exactly that: a rebirth or a new Big Bang.

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QUESTION: The Second Big Bang

🔹AI Overview

The "second Big Bang" refers to the "Dark Big Bang" theory. Scientists propose a second cosmic event occurring weeks after the original Big Bang that generated dark matter. This idea suggests dark matter evolved independently of ordinary matter and is testable through gravitational wave signatures...

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Consider all the tiny mechanisms that keep everything in motion, creating the fabric of time and space itself, and in between each dot or point in this fabric, in which even the universe is ensconced. How much stuff, or POTENTIAL STUFF, is there in this endless spacetime fabric? How many universes, dimensions, etc., or how many pages are there in the manual of life?

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QUESTION: Tiny mechanisms that keep everything in motion, creating the fabric of time and space itself

🔹AI Overview

At the subatomic level, the fabric of space and time is a restless, shifting ocean of microscopic phenomena rather than a smooth, empty vacuum. The universe might be stitched together and kept in motion by these fundamental, infinitesimal "mechanisms."...

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QUESTION: Bible - Let There Be Light

🔹AI Overview

"Let there be light" (Latin: fiat lux) is the iconic phrase from Genesis 1:3. It marks the very first creative act in the Bible, where G-d, the Consciousness, SPEAKS, THINKS, CONSCIOUSNESS MANIFESTING LIGHT into existence to dispel the FORMLESS void and darkness

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Science is coming up with more sophisticated and powerful instruments to see through the darkness, learning, evolving as we should.

QUESTION, Quarks:

🔹AI Overview

Quarks are fundamental elementary particles that combine to form matter. They are the building blocks of hadrons, such as protons and neutrons, which make up the nuclei of atoms. Together with electrons, quarks make up essentially all observable matter in the universe...

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QUESTION: Bible, Multiply as the stars

🔹AI Overview

The phrase *"multiply as the stars" Genesis 22:17:* refers to the Abrahamic Covenant, where God promises Abraham that his descendants will be as numerous and uncountable as the stars in the sky. This promise serves as a symbol of God's faithfulness and the immense future growth of Abraham's lineage...

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BREAKING NEWS RECAP:

'Large and deadly flood wave' threatens Texas Hill Country

Water rescues are underway as relentless rain hits the same area of last year's Camp Mystic flooding.

Here's The Latest:

• A "large and deadly flood wave" is surging down the Guadalupe River in the same areas of Texas Hill County devastated by a similar flood wave last July. Flash flood emergencies — the highest level of flood warning — were issued there early this morning as slow-moving storms dropped several inches of rain in just a few hours.

• The Guadalupe River at Comfort, Texas, rose more than 25 feet in one hour and topped levels hit during last year's deadly floods. About half a year's worth of rain has already fallen in southern Texas.

• The relentless rain has led to dozens of water rescues and evacuations. Residents have been urged to shelter in place, and thousands are without power.

• The impacts are being felt in a region still scarred by last year’s July Fourth floods, which left more than 130 dead, including 25 girls and two counselors at Camp Mystic...

Read More:

6 min ago

New flash flood emergency issued in Uvalde County, Texas

More To Read:

Updated 9:50 AM EDT, Thu July 16, 2026

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Donald Trump is out of ideas

This primetime address promises to be a presidential clip show, stitching together something not fully satisfying out of old material.

resident Donald Trump is planning to give a prime-time address Thursday evening — but the White House is being coy about what exactly he’ll be addressing. A senior adviser told Axios on Monday that the speech “will be a potpourri” of whatever Trump feels the nation most needs to hear from him. If that’s the case, the only thing then differentiating this speech from any other time Trump is in front of cameras would be the timing.

• The only thing then differentiating this speech from any other time Trump is in front of cameras would be the timing:

More from MS NOW Daily

• What we’re forced to do then is pretend that Trump playing a remix of his greatest hits is particularly interesting:

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Jul. 16, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Canada pauses applications for parent, grandparent immigration sponsorship program

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says move will help reduce wait times

Listen to this article - Estimated 4 minutes

The federal government will not accept any new applications this year from people who want to sponsor their parents and grandparents to come to Canada as permanent residents under a program meant to promote family reunification.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said the change is part of an effort to responsibly manage the system and reduce wait times.

In a statement posted online on Wednesday, the department said interest in the program continues to exceed the number of available spaces...

• Immigration support dropped in 2023, 2024:

Liberal government expands Express Entry immigration program for some skilled workers

Toronto refugee lawyers see clients 'panicking' as new federal law limits asylum claims

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Posted: Jul 16, 2026 9:06 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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Smoke-filled skies, poor air quality warning remain across GTA

Air quality health index is at 10+ or 'very high risk,' as of Thursday morning

A thick, smoky haze continues to envelop the Greater Toronto Area as an orange-level air quality warning is still in place Thursday from Environment Canada.

The air quality health index (AQHI) across the GTA, including Mississauga, downtown Toronto and Oshawa, was at 10+ or at "very high risk" as of 9 a.m. Thursday. On Wednesday, AQHI levels were at 10+ until noon and then decreased down to 7 through the day.

Drifting smoke from forest fires in northwestern Ontario is causing poor air quality and reduced visibility for much of southern Ontario, according to Environment Canada. The national weather agency warned that everyone's health, regardless of age or condition, was at risk due to heavy smoke conditions...

WATCH | What to know about wildfire smoke in Toronto:

MAP Included | Wild Fiere Smoke:

• Smoke, poor air quality is 'new normal' during wildfire season: expert:
• Use air purifiers to reduce smoke smell indoors: experts:

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Posted: Jul 16, 2026 6:51 AM EDT | Last Updated: 41 minutes ago

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Toronto rolls out six clean air spaces amid wildfire smoke | Here's where they are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bNseUCwVYg

 

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Good morning! Maybe not so good, wildfire smoke again. I know it's not local because we had tons of rain in the Niagara Region, all the way north to Barrie and the Muskoka Region for the last couple of weeks; everything is saturated and unlikely to burn. It's in the northwest regions of Ontario, where there is a huge fire problem! The fires are burning across districts including Nipigon, Sioux Lookout, Red Lake, Dryden, Fort Frances, and areas along the Ontario-Minnesota border. Significant wildfire activity is also occurring near Wabakimi Provincial Park, Quetico Provincial Park, Lake Nipigon, Lac la Croix, Armstrong, Whitesand First Nation, and several remote Indigenous communities.

St. Catharines, which is within the Niagara Escarpment, has a totally different climate, and it really shows in the much more temperate weather we get than most around us; it's called a microclimate. The Niagara Escarpment microclimate differs from the climate of the rest of northern Ontario and from those of the other states and provinces around us. It's more like the Okanogan Valley Region of B.C, except on a smaller scale.

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🔹AI Overview

Lake Ontario has the lowest elevation of all the Great Lakes at 243 feet (74 meters) above sea level. Therefore, all other Great Lakes are higher:

🔹AI Overview

Niagara Escarpment | North America, Ontario, Great Lakes ...The Niagara Escarpment creates a warmer microclimate than surrounding areas through a combination of thermal air drainage and heat retention from the Great Lakes. Because of these factors, the Niagara Region enjoys a longer growing season, making it an ideal environment for tender fruit and wine production.

Okanogan Valley has a longer, warmer, drier climate. It would have been my second choice to reside there, but the time zone difference just about drove me out of my tree 🌳🦦 That! And on the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, all you see all summer long is grey clouds ☁️ hanging around the mountains 🏔️ like the mountains acting as flies stuck on 🪰📏 flypaper, ya know, like once they hit the mountains you have a big case of CONSTIPATION IN THE NATION. There are only three kinds of weather on B.C.'s Lower Mainland during the summer. It's going to clear up, maybe, then be .*1 CLOUDY* with sunny *.2 SHOWERS,* and a heat wave in July is WARNING! 🔊 *.3 HEAT WAVE 60° F I would sooner live in London, England.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Building Structures Resistant To Climate Change

Just a thinkin', our homes and other buildings could be made resistant to violent atmospheric disturbances, to survive with minimal damage. Change the building codes if these destructive atmospheric activities become the norm. The biggest problem is no longer floods. It's also the forest fires

Begin with a metal roof, metal joists and framing in new construction, and brick or other noncombustible exteriors, no exposed wood. If upgrading existing structures is too expensive for owners, levels of government, the building materials industries, and the property insurers could form a co-op to aid in financing.

Next step up: Building Quonset huts and dome-shaped metal structures that could withstand hurricanes and possibly even a tornado, if the dome is aerodynamically designed correctly. How about underground, above the water table, of course?

Changing Structural Design to Resist Mega Storms.

Dome shape 🪩or 🩹< Quonset hut with rounded ends

For Example. WATCH:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELihrjm7ffk.

We're going to have to change some building codes and bylaws before anyone can actually build a Quonset hut or a dome-shaped structure, which is much more resistant than any of the common rectangular, square with flat perpendicular wind-resistant walls and angled or flat roofs 🏢 🏠 And hurricanes love eating flat and angled roofs. WHICH IS IDIOTIC 🙃👅🤪 in these new climates and environmental activities ⚡️🌬️🌪⛈️💨🔥 we're experiencing as of late. It seems to have become a normal pattern from year to year.

Quonset huts and domes using the material shown in the video above. The dumb-dumb engineers at the federal level are going to have to start thinking out of the box with the environment and that dam**d dirty old oil crap. Let's get on with alternates, even the big oil companies could make themselves heroes if they could develop A TRUE NON-CARBON FUEL, and the thievin (‿ˠ‿) holes 🕳️ they could, they won't because they can fleece us all they want with their dirty fuel, the greedy 👺 cockroaches 🪳

That is about aaaaaaaaaall I have for the moment. Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News 🏡

Now for a short coverage of today's Breaking News Update.

BREAKING NEWS Update:

Trump attorney general pick faces questions at confirmation hearing

Todd Blanche defended his handling of the release of the Epstein files and called the president’s US Capitol riot pardons “generous.”

VIDEO | Included:

Happening Now:

• Key nomination hearing: Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, is facing a high-stakes Judiciary Committee hearing. In his opening, Blanche argued he is “restoring American trust” in the Justice Department.

• Defends handling of Epstein files: Blanche acknowledged there were some errors in the vetting of Epstein files that were released to the public, but defended his handling of the case. • GOP’s thin majority: Blanche’s confirmation isn’t assured. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sudden death left the Judiciary Committee Republicans with just one vote to lose, a razor-thin margin of error.

• Other nominees: Meanwhile, Jay Clayton, the president’s nominee for director of national intelligence, had a tense exchange with Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff over former director Tulsi Gabbard’s presence while a search warrant was served tied to President Donald Trump’s push to question the 2020 election. Erica Schwartz, Trump’s pick to lead the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is also facing questions at separate confirmation hearings...

Read More:

17 min ago

Blanche and Clayton say they are speaking with New Mexico officials about Epstein’s Zorro Ranch

More To Read:

Updated 12:52 PM EDT, Wed July 15, 2026

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We’ve worked with Todd Blanche. He shouldn’t be attorney general.

Blanche has prosecutorial experience — but the judgment he’s displayed since becoming a senior Justice Department leader should disqualify him.

Todd Blanche is an experienced prosecutor and lawyer. Those are necessary qualifications to serve as attorney general, but they are far from sufficient. The office demands more, including a willingness to exercise judgment based solely on the law and the interests of the American people. Since becoming part of the Justice Department leadership in March 2025, Blanche has repeatedly demonstrated that he cannot be trusted to exercise that independence. For that reason, the Senate Judiciary Committee should reject his nomination to be attorney general.

We write as lawyers who worked alongside Blanche for several years in the Southern District of New York and once considered him a close friend. SDNY is known for its independence from politics and outside influence. Our office pursued investigations and cases vigorously...

• We write as lawyers who worked alongside Blanche for several years in the Southern District of New York and once considered him a close friend.:

A Justice Department run as the president’s personal firm is not a strong one.

• Blanche’s training makes the actions he has already taken all the more disturbing, because he knows that the DOJ should not be used as a tool of personal power.:

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Jul. 15, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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Another Numbskull, Idiot Cadet

CANADIAN NEWS:

Orange warning issued for poor air quality, heavy smoke in Toronto: Environment Canada

Torontonians advised to cancel outdoor activities due to high smoke levels from wildfires: Environment Canada

Environment Canada has updated its poor air quality warning to orange in Toronto due to heavy smoke conditions from wildfires. In the orange-level air quality warning, the federal weather agency says smoke from forest fires in northwestern Ontario is causing poor air quality and reduced visibility for much of southern Ontario.

The poor air quality began Tuesday night and may last through to Friday morning, the weather agency says. The warning comes as the city remains under a yellow heat warning...

MAP | WildFire Smoke:

• City opens up relief spaces against smoke, heat:
• Number of days above 30 C nearly double for mid-July:

WATCH | Heat wave makes Toronto one of the hottest cities in Canada right now:

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Posted: Jul 14, 2026 8:03 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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Trump Warns of Expanded Targets in Iran | News on The 700 Club - July 15, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TIJDCKMYLQ

Who knows what the true reports are after being filtered through Trumpo The Typo's Lying Diapered 💩🏳️ (‿ˠ‿) 🕳️

 

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Hello there! Welcome to The Fairy Lady's Comedy Hour.

As I mentioned in yesterday's news, sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't join the Elephant 🐘 Testicles 🫁 Watchers 🔭 Club 🏵️, ya know! Like about as useful as watching paint 🫟 dry. Or wasting my time doing the Chicken Little thing, THE SKY IS FALLING 🐥💫! Thank you for reading.

Well, today I would like to invite you aboard my Good Ship Lollipop, my sky-sailing ship of imagination, cruising among the clouds with the Yellow-feet Boobies at starboard, headed for the boonies, or how about going for a ride aboard my Mellow Yellow Submarine, complete with screen doors? Ya! Of course, we need the screen doors; the darn scuba diving horseflies are terrible around here at this time of year.

I will not be on for long today, for I have someone else's clock 🕐. I need to leave time for an appointment. I wish I could schedule the appointments to come to my house. I suppose if I had lots of money, I could do that. That's why those who earn around a million dollars a year can afford to pay for healthcare insurance. Now we know who the blood suckers are on our National Health Service, both here and in America; both are going for the rich and dropping or neglecting the poor. OK, keep on neglecting the poor until you have none left to run your government or private industries because, *REMEMBER:* EVERYONE WILL BE SICK IN BED OR DEAD!

REMEMBER COVID-19: if they hadn't come up with a vaccine in time, that bug would have really done a number on the entire world population. What about next time? With a shortage or lack of research teams in both Canada and the U.S., and funds desperately needed, the lifeblood transfusion that keeps medical institutions going is being restricted, if not blocked, by Provincial or State Thieves. In the U.S.✨🟰, Congress is the enabler to the White House Orange Pirate and his band of thieves. In Canada, they are called Corporate Welfare Beaters - THIEVES!

In Canada 🍁, it's BECAUSE OF PROVINCIAL THIEVES. The Provincial system, especially in Ontario, our dear leader Ford is doing all he can to divert health care money belonging to We, the People for our public healthcare system into private hands. To me, that means a lot of sick people who will die at home in their beds because they can't afford to see a doctor, and there is no hospital to go to.

DO YOU EFFING REALIZE THE MEGA MESS THAT WILL BE CREATED From this Mess? AND DON'T THINK BECAUSE YOU HAVE MONEY YOU'LL BE SAFE WITH YOUR OWN CONCIERGE MEDICAL HELP. VIRUSES ARE NOT CHOOSY🐛👾🦠🧪🧬

WHAT IF A PANDEMIC RUNNING WILD WERE TO STRIKE?

With all the dead bodies lying around, one couldn't even gather enough armies together to bury them all. Dead bodies mean viruses, and a lot of rodents to spread them around. Putting your head between your legs and smooch your arse or anyone else's arse, all you want, won't make any difference; the bug 🐛 will find you.*_

THINK ABOUT IT, DUNCES!

That leaves a shortage of researchers to study and develop a vaccine. THE ENTIRE PLANET COULD BE JEOPARDIZED, and why? because of weezly, greedy vampires sucking off the federal government titty

Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News. I will keep the Breaking News short today since I have an appointment this afternoon. Thank you again.

BREAKING NEWS RECAP

US and Iran intensify conflict, with naval blockade set to resume

Global oil prices have risen to their highest levels in over a month, as shipping is targeted in the Strait of Hormuz and explosions are reported in Iran.

Here's the latest:

• Strikes continue: Explosions in an Iranian port city have been reported by Iranian state media, after Iran targeted two UAE tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and US regional allies, as the conflict between the US and Iran escalates following a night of strikes by the US military.

• Ceasefire in tatters: US Central Command says it will restart its naval blockade starting at 4 p.m. ET today, and President Donald Trump says the US will impose a 20% fee on cargo moving through the strait. An Iranian security source also says Tehran will deliver a “devastating response” if the US attacks suspected underground nuclear site Pickaxe Mountain.

• Oil price rise: Global oil prices are up sharply following the collapse of the ceasefire and the threat to resume the blockade. The benchmark Brent crude rose by its highest level since June 12.

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4 min ago

Why Saudi's strike on a Yemen airport shows the US-Iran war is escalating

More To Read:

Updated 10:46 AM EDT, Tue July 14, 2026

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The courts won’t give cover to Trump’s IRS self-dealing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izDAOvHz5Wc

 

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Good morning! It's another beautiful sunny Monday morning here at the Tree House Newsroom. I was sitting in my Green Space to relax and meditate, while enjoying my first cup of coffee. It is supposed to be in the 90F today, but it doesn't seem like it at this time. It is refreshing, an almost sweater-wearing refreshing. If they're right, I may be remembering the cool freshness of typing this thought here this morning, rather reverently. Well, we have a portable air conditioner that does the job if we close off all the extra rooms we don't use during the day.

My health report, in shorts 🩳. Ya know something? I have been feeling more normal every day now for the past while, and learning how to get more solid foods in me without waking up the GERD python, and I still got all my marbles, see -> ∘˙○˚.•o Hee, hee, hee, hee...

End of Report.

Now is the time for Today's Discussion.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

The Discussion today is about the popular view of the end of the world as ending in fire. I believe that if this is what you have come to understand as what is written in the book, you may want to revisit that part of the Bible and reread it.

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Question: Is the world really going to end in fire as stated in the Bible?

🔹AI Overview

Biblical scholars and theologians hold varying interpretations regarding whether the end of the world described in the Bible will be a literal fire.

While passages like 2 Peter 3:10 suggest the elements will melt with (INTENSE HEAT), MY NOTE, which would also mean intense light, like in the beginning. - Many traditions view this as a metaphor for divine purification, the end of an era, or the renewal of the Earth rather than its total physical destruction.

*The concept of a fiery end is primarily rooted in the New Testament writings of the Apostle Peter:*

"But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the Earth and everything done in it will be laid bare."

ME - Not an empty void, but bare of anything? Back to being chaos.

Question: Science, what's in chaos

🔹AI Overview

Studies systems governed by strict, deterministic rules yet remain entirely unpredictable in the long term.

Because chaotic systems are non-linear, making long-term predictions is impossible—even with nearly perfect initial data. However, this does not mean the systems are completely random.

Chaos theory reveals that beneath apparent disorder, these systems have underlying, recurring patterns known as fractals, and they follow strict mathematical boundaries...

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My theory is that the Fabric of chaotic space itself is an anomaly of chaotic quanta packets of potential energy and mass.

And those are my thoughts only on this topic for today. An additional idea for what the beginning/end will be: the question should be, "When is the end of the universe?" In between is an Armageddon to get through, yet to worry about. Then the thousand-year reign, just how much of the time we count in a modern-day year compared to the biblical representation of proportions of 1000 and 7's

Who or what dictated that the information be written into the books of human history for a mortal mind to conceive? I call it the voice within; we all have it if we have a conscience. It speaks from the heart, being aware of the original thought, without the distortions of other anomalous thoughts diluting it.

Now go home and say three Hail Marys or the whole rosary, depending on the weight of your bag of sins. The priest weighs them by the pound nowadays. Saves time. 🙏 AMEN! 😉

BREAKING NEWS RECAP:

Ceasefire disintegrates as Trump says US will reinstate blockade of Iranian ships in Strait of Hormuz

Regional tensions ramp up as US strikes reach farther inland and Iran-backed Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of airport attack.

Here's The Latest

• Strikes intensify: US strikes on Iran have increased and expanded beyond coastal areas, according to reports of explosions from Iranian media, as US allies came under fire from Iran after a volatile weekend in the Middle East.

• What Trump says: US President Donald Trump again vowed to hit Iran “very hard,” criticizing Tehran for failing to agree to a deal. He also said the US would become the Strait of Hormuz’s “guardian.”

• Diplomatic breakdown: Iran says the US is undermining talks with Oman on ensuring safe passage through the strait. The weekend’s escalation has threatened the fragile agreement between Washington and Tehran.

• Oil prices climb: Brent crude and US crude prices are rising as concerns deepen over Tehran’s declared closure of the strait, with traffic dropping in the critical waterway.

• In the region: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out strikes on the capital’s airport, warning it marks the end of a years-long de facto truce...

Read More:

24 min ago

Trump reinstates blockade of Iran ports and plans to charge shippers for passage

45 min ago

UK to make support for Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps a criminal offense

More To Read:

Updated 10:39 AM EDT, Mon July 13, 2026

- CNN -

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Lindsey Graham’s death deepens the GOP’s headaches caused by McConnell’s absence

The Kentucky Republican played a key role in spending negotiations before his hospitalization. But Graham’s unexpected death makes things even more complicated.

Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sudden death over the weekend has intensified a problem that was already hampering the GOP’s plans on defense spending: Sen. Mitch McConnell’s health.

After being hospitalized on June 14, McConnell’s monthlong absence has left lawmakers wondering when he might return. More urgently, it has created practical problems for Republicans at a pivotal moment for the Pentagon’s budget — a topic over which McConnell has disproportionate control.

Now, Graham’s death only complicates those problems.

McConnell and Graham served as two of the most powerful advocates for a hawkish foreign policy — foils to some of the more isolationist voices in President Donald Trump’s administration...

• Without McConnell, GOP committee leaders can’t advance partisan spending bills on their own, leaving negotiations even more dependent on bipartisan agreement at a time when lawmakers remain deeply divided over defense and domestic spending:
• Why the process of choosing Lindsey Graham’s successor won’t be easy:

Jul. 13, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Former public servant accused in foreign interference case involving China

Dennis Lu, retired from Natural Resources Canada, charged with breach of trust, unauthorized use of a computer

Former federal scientist in an alleged foreign interference case is accused of copying more than 2,000 documents off a shared departmental server to share with China as his lifelong career was nearing its end, CBC News has learned.

Dennis Lu faces trial in Ottawa next year. He researched clean energy with Natural Resource Canada’s Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology for decades, specializing in carbon capture and decarbonization. He was fired during the week of his scheduled retirement in August 2023.

The 65-year-old is charged under the Criminal Code with two counts of unauthorized use of a computer and one count of breach of trust relating to his federal duties. The alleged breach dates from the day Lu began a leave of absence to travel to Taiwan and China in 2023 to the date of his arrest in 2024...

• CSIS briefed Lu's employer about him:
• Arrested, charged by Ottawa INSET:
• Lu had expectation of privacy at work: defence:

Posted: Jul 13, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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Oppressive heat expected across 4 provinces, Environment Canada warns

Potentially hazardous temperatures forecast in much of Manitoba, most of Ontario

Environment Canada's warning maps from the southeastern corner of Saskatchewan to the western edges of Quebec are evocative of flames, yellow and orange — which should feel about right this week, as four provinces sizzle under temperatures that will feel like mid-40s C with the humidity.

Southern and central parts of Manitoba and almost all of Ontario, including Toronto and Ottawa, are under heat warnings, with the weather agency warning of high humidity, heat exhaustion and, in some places, bad air...

MAPE | Included: Weather Alerts In Canada:

• Records fall in Manitoba:

MAP Included: Map of last *48-hour temperature forecast:*

• Tips on keeping safe:

_Is this weather normal? Track climate changes in your area here._

Posted: Jul 13, 2026 11:02 AM EDT | Last Updated: 13 minutes ago

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Rural Alberta school moving to 4-day week, losing a teacher amid funding challenges

WHAT THE "H!" IS WRONG WITH THESE PROVINCES THAT THEY DON'T HAVE FUNDS FOR EDUCATION AND MEDICINE? THESE ARE ONLY TWO OF THE FUNDAMENTAL NECESSITIES OUTSIDE OF FOOD, CLOTHING, SHELTER, TRANSPORTATION, AND A JOB. IF YOU LIVE IN A MODERN SOCIETY. YOU NEED TO BE HEALTHY, FIT, PROFICIENT IN A PROFESSION, TRADE, OR SALEABLE SKILL, AND PRODUCTIVE. NOT SICK IN BED. IF NO ONE IS MANNING THE MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY, THE NATION COMES TO A DEAD STOP. "DUNCES 🥳🙃𓉴 !"