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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Well, it is a nice, bright, sunny morning, so far, I just wish the air was a tad warmer, at least warm enough so I don't have to wear that dumb jacket anymore to go out in my Green Space. I seem to have dodged the bullet on the morning sickness this morning. I wasn't sure, but it felt nice waking up this morning and feeling nothing. I was so comfortable I drifted off for a while longer, later than usual. That's all the personal news I have from the Newsroom for today. Sometimes, I like a slow news day.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Corporate Theft

BREAKING NEWS:

Canadian steel companies pay US$19 million to settle allegations they lied about their steel shipments

*U.S. steel companies have long complained that Canada has acted as a backdoor for cheaper, unfairly subsidized steel*

Two Canadian steel companies and one of their part owners agreed to pay US$19 million as part of a settlement with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) that they illegally circumvented duties on steel from China, Indonesia, Italy, Turkey, and Vietnam.

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Brampton, Ont.-based Royal Canadian Steel Inc., Farjess Inc., and Feroz Jessani, president and part-owner of the two companies, allegedly misrepresented the steel as being from Canada or the U.S., according to the DOJ.

Between May 2019 and January 2025, Royal Canadian Steel, Farjess, and Jessani avoided duties by "knowingly misrepresenting … the country of origin of certain flat-rolled steel," the DOJ said. ...

Canadian steel magnate offers $1,000 reward to whistleblowers who report foreign steel in public projects

Zekelman, a supporter of Trump's steel tariffs, says Canada's been lax in allowing foreign-made steel to enter North America

VIDEOS | Included:

Energy markets: pricing the shock—or missing the strain?

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Published May 21, 2026

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JUST HOW MANY NO GOOD FOR NOTHING GREEDY IDIOT BUBBLE HEADED NINCOMPOOPS DO WE HAVE RUNNING THINGS, STEALING OUR MONEY AND SENDING THE DEFECTIVE PARTS BACK TO YOU in a nice NEW, well-wrapped box.

Talk about 💩 in your own 👖 WELL!

THERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF CORPORATE THIEVES,

I pray that the Carney Government become even more stringent on corporate theft

Then on the other side of the border, we have a demented orange JABBA the HUTT. If that wasn't enough, then the saints came marchin' in, the fakees, the fake news, spammers, coo-coo demented individuals, the Jabba the Hutt's arse kissers, who think they're above the law and holier than thou. FAKES, the whole lot of them! Like, how about some cornflakes and raisins? Ever take a close look at the picture on the box? That's flies, not raisins. See, they lied to you again. You're lucky they didn't charge you for the meat.

Oh, yeah... then Paranoia Time! sets in, and you're looking around the room for a hidden camera lens. THE MEN IN BLACK ARE COMING! Hey ma! Put on the tea, we have company.

Money, power, and greed, that's all that matters today. If you don't have a $, it's tough luck, better hope you at least have a tent to sleep in, and do THEY care?

I'M REALLY GOING TO MISS STEPHEN COLBERT

THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS

‘We were lucky’: Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ bids farewell in final broadcast on CBS

VIDEO | Included:

Stephen Colbert put on an emotional and existential final episode of “The Late Show” Thursday night, thanking his staff, studio audience, and viewers for eleven years of laughs. Colbert walked on stage to deafening cheers at the Ed Sullivan Theater, where longtime friends and VIPs filled the rows of seats.

“If you’re just tuning into ‘The Late Show,’ you missed a lot,” he quipped, alluding to CBS parent company Paramount’s controversial and politically charged decision to cancel the show. Paramount cited financial pressures, but many Colbert fans blamed political pressures, namely President Donald Trump’s contempt for Colbert’s frequent criticism of him. Paramount was urgently seeking the Trump administration’s approval of a media merger at the time Colbert was given marching orders last summer.

• Paul McCartney appeared as Stephen Colbert's final guest on "The Late Show" Thursday.

• Stephen Colbert hosts the final episode of "The Late Show" on Thursday

STREAMING NOW: “The Last Laugh: Stephen Colbert,” examining the legacy of one of America’s most influential satirists.*

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Updated May 22, 2026, 7:37 AM ET - 2 hr ago

- CNN -

I can't stop crying every time I read this article. It's all in the past, The Last of the Mohicans, possibly an era lost somewhere on the fabric of time and space.

Republicans revolt over Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

The Trump administration’s push for a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund derailed Senate Republicans’ plans to pass the president’s priority immigration enforcement package Thursday. Senators left Washington for their Memorial Day recess with Republicans saying they were blindsided by the Justice Department’s announcement of the fund and at odds over how to rein it in.

The issue had become so toxic for the Senate GOP that there were doubts they could muster 50 votes needed to pass the broader bill that would provide tens of billions of dollars to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and border patrol. President Donald Trump had demanded the package land on his desk by June 1, but GOP lawmakers will now almost certainly miss that deadline...

It was just the latest example of the party’s revolt against Trump, whose separate request for $1 billion in US Secret Service funding and East Wing ballroom security also seemed likely to be stripped from the package in part because of GOP opposition.

‘A galactic blunder’:

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Updated May 22, 2026, 8:29 AM ET - 1 hr 45 min ago

- CNN -

The DNC achieved the worst of all worlds with its 2024 autopsy

DNC Chair Ken Martin’s incompetence is matched only by his fear of accountability.

VIDEO | Included:

In a surprising turn of events, Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin on Thursday released an unfinished, error-laden draft of the 2024 election autopsy report he had commissioned last year but then refused to release in December on the grounds that it would be a “distraction.”

Martin wrote a peculiar note announcing the unexpected release of the 192-page report, which read, in part:

I am not proud of this product; it does not meet my standards, and it won’t meet your standards. I don’t endorse what’s in this report, or what’s left out of it. I could not in good faith put the DNC’s stamp of approval on it. But transparency is paramount. So, today I am releasing the report as I received it – in its entirety, unedited and unabridged – with annotations for claims that couldn’t be verified

The report is also striking for what it doesn’t include.

The DNC report itself is at once both boring and a mess. And the drama surrounding its release distills how utterly disastrous Martin’s handling of the autopsy has been from start to finish.

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May. 22, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

CANADIAN NEWS:

Foreign affairs minister condemns 'appalling abuse' of Canadian flotilla activists detained in Israel

Activists say they were beaten and subject to mistreatment, which Israel denies

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is calling for Israeli officials responsible for "appalling abuse" of Canadian activists to be held accountable, after its forces intercepted a Gaza-bound flotilla earlier this week and detained hundreds of participants in the aid effort.

"I have just received information from my officials which details the appalling abuse of Canadians who were detained in Israel," the minister said in a post on X on Friday. "Canada unequivocally condemns the grave mistreatment of Canadians in Israel."

According to Global Sumud Canada, 12 Canadian citizens were among the participants on the latest flotilla effort aiming to break ​Israel's blockade of Gaza by delivering humanitarian assistance. Anand said they arrived in Turkey after being deported from Israel on Thursday...

WATCH | Activists say they were beaten, subject to 'systemically dehumanizing treatment:

WATCH | Israeli ambassador summoned over incident:

Activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla are carried on wheel stretchers upon their arrival at Istanbul Airport on Thursday. Emrah Gurel The Associated - Press

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Posted: May 22, 2026 9:08 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

- CBC -

Breaking down the Democrats' 2024 election autopsy report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exTN-Jgb6Vo

 

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

I pray that you all be well today. Yesterday, I went to see my stomach specialist in the Big Smoke, Toronto. Interestingly, traffic into the city was slow, but everything went according to schedule, with some time left over. The traffic on the return trip was slower and heavier. We hadn't had supper, so we looked for a place to stop on the way home. The difficulty of finding a restaurant near the QEW in Oakville was surprising! We ended up at a "modern" McDonald's with automated ordering and a decor like a departure lounge. Three things I didn't like. The darned air conditioning was on when it's only 60°F outside. I'm a French Metis Canadian, not an Inuit, and I'm from southern Ontario. I'm more like Chilly Willy 🐧 I have to put on my overcoat 🧥 before opening the fridge door 🗄️🥹 Back home, they used to call me the "Wrapaho," because I was always cold and would wrap myself in a blanket when I was outside. And the poutine I ordered was not worth the money. All told, the trip went well

I went out to sit in my Green Space for a few moments, to do my best to relax and gather my thoughts after another bad start to the day, but I am feeling much better now. The air is cool again this morning, but at least it's a nice, bright sunny day. With the early morning sun shining brightly down on the new growth of leaves in the trees, they appeared actually to glow a golden green. Early mornings are very spiritual, especially the quiet ones like this. I can close my eyes and feel the early morning PEACE and HARMONY, that twilight zone of peace before the crazies wake up.

That's about it for my report from the newsroom, Beautiful bright sunny Thursday, May 21, 2026.

I would also like to add:

G-D BLESS STEPHEN COLBERT FROM THE LATE NIGHT SHOW, AND HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED

Final Episode of 'Late Show With Stephen Colbert' Set to Air

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFreqqpr1e0

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ONTRARIO HEALTH UPDATE

And now for the latest research and report on the:

Do I Still Smell a Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road For Ontario Health Care?

This is scary, after I read this myself. Now! We all know that the *Trudo government gave funding to Ontario to shore up the medical care* ... Yes, the federal government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Ontario government under Premier Doug Ford signed a $3.1 billion health-care funding agreement. Date: February 9, 2024

- Google Search -

Question: What is happening with the healthcare crisis in Ontario May 20, 2026

🔹AI Overview

Ontario’s healthcare crisis is deepening as chronic provincial underfunding forces widespread hospital deficits and layoffs. Emergency room wait times are skyrocketing statewide, and healthcare unions are actively protesting service cuts. Meanwhile, a massive family doctor shortage leaves millions without primary care.

• Key Developments: Hospital Funding and Layoffs:
• Record Emergency Wait Times:
• Primary Care Shortage:

The Ontario College of Family Physicians projects that up to 4.4 million Ontarians will be without a family doctor. The provincial government has invested a portion of its $3.4 billion Primary Care Action Plan to attach hundreds of thousands of people to care teams, but millions remain stranded without a primary provider.

IT'S HAPPENING AT ALL HOSPITALS NEAR YOU

"Another Russia coming down!" To many Oligart Fn Thieves.

Update on the healthcare crisis in Ontario,

May 20, 2026

HEALTH CANADA 🍁

Canada-Ontario Agreement to Work Together to Improve Health Care for Canadians (2023-24 to 2025-26)

• Tables of contents

• Funding agreement

(the "Agreement")

Between:

His Majesty the King in Right of Canada (hereinafter referred to as "Canada" or "Government of Canada"), as represented by the Minister of Health and the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health (herein referred to as "the federal Ministers")

- and -

His Majesty the King in Right of the Province of Ontario (hereinafter referred to as "Ontario" or "Government of Ontario") as represented by the Minister of Health (herein referred to as "the provincial Minister")

*Referred to collectively as the "Parties", and individually as a "Party"*

Preamble

Whereas, on February 23, 2023, Canada and Ontario announced an overarching agreement in principle on Working Together to Improve Health Care for Canadians, supported by almost $200 billion over ten years in federal funding, including $46.2 billion in new funding to provinces and territories;

Whereas, Working Together to Improve Health Care for Canadians includes a federal commitment of $25 billion in bilateral funding to provinces and territories over ten years, focused on four shared health priorities:

Whereas, on February 23, 2023, Canada and Ontario announced an overarching agreement in principle on Working Together to Improve Health Care for Canadians, supported by almost $200 billion over ten years in federal funding, including $46.2 billion in new funding to provinces and territories;

Whereas, Working Together to Improve Health Care for Canadians includes a federal commitment of $25 billion in bilateral funding to provinces and territories over ten years focused on four shared health priorities:

expanding access to family health services, including in rural and remote areas;

supporting our health workers and reducing backlogs;

improving access to quality mental health and substance use services; and modernizing health systems with health data and digital tools.

Whereas, in the area of mental health and substance use, Working Together to Improve Health Care for Canadians also includes a commitment by Canada and Ontario to continue to work to support collaboration on the Common Statement of Principles on Shared Health Priorities (hereinafter referred to as the "Common Statement", attached hereto as Annex 1), supported by the federal Budget 2017 investment of $5 billion over ten years;

Whereas, Ontario has the primary responsibility for delivering health care services to its residents and makes ongoing and significant investments in health consistent with its broader responsibilities for delivering health care services to its residents and in supporting diversity, equity, and the needs of underserved and/or disadvantaged populations, including, but not limited to First Nations, Inuit and Métis, official language minority communities, rural and remote communities, children, racialized communities (including Black Canadians), and LGBTIQA2S+;

Whereas, Canada authorized the federal Ministers to enter into agreements with the provinces and territories, for the purpose of identifying activities that provinces and territories will undertake in respect of the four shared health priorities, and for funding in this Agreement associated with the federal investment for mental health, substance use, and addictions services consistent with the Common Statement (and menu of actions outlined in Annex 1);

Whereas, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act authorized the provincial Minister to enter into agreements with the Government of Canada under which Canada undertakes to provide funding toward costs incurred by the Government of Ontario associated with the federal investment for four shared health priorities, and mental health, substance use and addictions services consistent with the Common Statement; and

Now therefore, this Agreement sets out the terms between Canada and Ontario as follows:

1.0 Key principles and collaboration

Much more to read:

- Google Search - Health Canada -

It would be a good idea to save a copy of this report, and again,

WATCH THE NUMBERS. Keep the thieves 🥷🏴‍☠️ out of the health treasury, especially "Ford the weasel brain.

BREAKING NEWS:

How bushmeat, burial rites and disinformation make the DRC an Ebola hotspot

In rural Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a lethal Ebola strain has torn through local communities – claiming over 100 lives and triggering a global health emergency. The virus was first discovered in the DRC in 1976, and remains an enduring threat. The central African nation has seen 17 outbreaks, more than any other country – a severe outbreak between 2018 and 2020 left 2,299 people dead.

Ebola, an often fatal virus that causes severe symptoms, including high fever and both internal and external bleeding, originates in wildlife. It is transmitted to humans through close contact with the blood or fluids of infected forest animals, such as “fruit bats, porcupines and non-human primates” like monkeys, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)...

• The poison in the prey:
• Rumors and rituals:
• Bleak timeline:

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Updated May 21, 2026, 10:55 AM ET - 51 min ago

- CNN -

DNC releases autopsy of devastating 2024 election cycle

The release marks a reversal from the party's earlier decision to keep the full report under wraps.

VIDEO | Included:

The Democratic National Committee on Thursday published a sweeping internal autopsy of its 2024 collapse, as party chairman Ken Martin simultaneously released and repudiated the report, saying it “does not meet my standards.”

The release came after months of pressure on Martin, who told DNC members in a December message that the full report would not be public while the party instead focused “on implementing our findings.” “I am not proud of this product; it does not meet my standards, and it won’t meet your standards. I don’t endorse what’s in this report, or what’s left out of it...

• Attorneys for Renee Good’s family release independent autopsy

• DNC chair says releasing full 2024 election autopsy would cause ‘navel-gazing’

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May. 21, 2026, 11:19 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

CANADIAN NEWS:

Trump purged his Republican critics. Here's why he could soon regret it

Targeted GOP members now have nothing to lose by thwarting Trump's agenda in Congress

U.S. President Donald Trump is celebrating back-to-back victories in his push to oust his critics from the Republican Party, but there are clear signs that his revenge campaign could come back to bite him.

In the past few days, Trump succeeded in persuading Republican voters to block a pair of sitting GOP lawmakers from seeking re-election on the party's ticket this fall: Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie and Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy. Trump also endorsed a challenger to Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican who has held the seat for 24 years but ran afoul of the president over perceived disloyalty. "He was not supportive of me when times were tough," Trump wrote on social media.

WATCH | Trump gets vengeance on senator who had voted for his impeachment:

• Harder for Trump to control Congress:
• Just 4 Republicans can tip Senate balance:
• Trump's $1B ballroom ask gets scrutiny:

WATCH | Here's who could cash in on Trump's 'anti-weaponization' fund:

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Posted: May 21, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 14 minutes ago

- CBC -

Nixon goes to finance, LaGrange swaps health roles in Alberta cabinet shuffle

Six ministers moved or promoted in advance of Premier Danielle Smith's announcement on separation referendum

Premier Danielle Smith has installed one of her most veteran lieutenants as Alberta’s new finance minister, in a cabinet shakeup announced in the shadow of a looming separatist referendum.

Jason Nixon, who’s been a senior minister for much of the United Conservative government’s seven-year reign, is now tasked with stewarding Alberta’s fiscal house through oil-price gyrations. He replaces outgoing finance minister Nathan Horner, who delivered the last three Alberta budgets but requested to be excluded from this reshaped cabinet because he isn’t running in next year’s election...

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Posted: May 21, 2026 9:39 AM EDT | Last Updated: 15 minutes ago

- CBC -

Ontario hospital funding in crisis: report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAjqOQGi9ao

 

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

I pray that you all have a productive and safe day. I don't intentionally write offensive material, and I recognize that there are topics that, by their nature, tend to draw comments that some may find offensive. If I have crossed the line with yesterday's post, published May 19, 2026 - 20 hrs ago, I apologize. If not, thanks for reading and visiting! Please carry on!

I think my 'followers' went for scuba-diving lessons yesterday, and they were all below sea level from my Newsroom. Or was that, take the hint and take a hike? 😉😁

Not sure if it was my essay on the fake news? My being Ill again, or maybe the Topic du Jour? When I do the news, I search for the truth hidden within all the lies and omissions before I post anything about the breaking news. That's all I want to share with you, the readers.

NOTICE: TODAY I WILL NOT BE AT HOME. I AM GOING TO SEE MY STOMACH SPECIALIST TODAY IN BIG SMOKE.

I expect that I'll be back at my usual station here again tomorrow May 21, 2026

Thank you, Dear Readers and Followers, for reading the Tree House News.

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning, everyone. I pray that all is well with you, dear readers, and that you are blessed. I pray that each day is better than yesterday, one day at a time 🙏👼

When I do the news, I search for the underlying truth hidden within all the lies and omissions. According to Google Search, we are inundated with global polling showing that over (86\%) of internet users report exposure to false online news. Fake news every day on the news channels and the internet is getting drilled into our minds. It's like real subliminal messaging. The rage of the age back in the 60's. Can subliminal messaging confuse the line between good and bad?

- Google Search -

Question: Subliminal Messaging

🔹AI Overview

Subliminal messages are hidden signals, images, or audio designed to bypass conscious perception and influence behavior. While widely used in self-help media and advertising, scientific consensus shows they have no real power to force actions, though they can temporarily prime moods or reinforce existing biases

There is no confusion if you stop long enough to let the controversial thoughts take a rest for a couple of minutes, then FEEL WHAT IS TRULY IN YOUR HEART. Confusion is being on the edge of the dark, bottomless precipice. Do you turn right or left? If you are an empath, you have that little alarm bell that warns you. Once that little bell goes off, I can feel my way around or away from that precipice, especially after having the past experience of falling into it a few times in my life. You get to listening to your feelings 😉

Below is a beautiful essay about how to deal with this deranged world.

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The Awakened Souls Collective

Judie Lavender

My heart has been so heavy lately, watching what families are facing in this world. In my 58 years of life, I never imagined we would live in a time with so much division, anger, confusion, and disconnection from one another. Everywhere you turn, it feels like there is pressure, fear, agendas, and constant noise pulling at the hearts and minds of our children and grandchildren.

As a grandmother, it cuts deep. You look around and wonder… where did compassion go? Where did respect go? When did simply loving, guiding, protecting, and teaching our children become so complicated? Parents today are carrying worries so heavy it's affecting their health, their peace, and their spirit.

I try so hard to stay grounded. I try to protect my energy, focus on light, love, and the good that still exists in this world. But some days it's hard. Some days my soul aches for the innocence that feels lost. My insides scream and cry for my grandchildren and the world they are growing up in. 💔

But even in my heartbreak, I refuse to stop believing that good people still exist. I refuse to stop being a light, a safe place, and a voice of love and truth for the people around me. Maybe that's where healing begins — in our homes, in our hearts, in how we treat one another every single day.

Hold your families close. Teach kindness. Teach strength. Teach love. The world may feel heavy, but we do not have to become the darkness we see around us. 🙏✨

My Comment:

Cynthia grlx.

It is very hard to stay grounded these days; it's hard to keep from flying off the handle and end up in the maelstrom of confusion with the rest of the Dunce Brigade out there. Empathy, caring, and love are so crucial during these times, but these qualities feel more like whimsical dreams that can never be realized during this darkness. But it is in times like these that I do my best to share my truth.

🏞️

BREAKING NEWS:

The war in Iran so far, moment by moment

From catastrophic and deadly strikes to wars of words: CNN's reporters discuss the war’s inflection points as they happen

Since the opening US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran’s supreme leader, the war in Iran has reshaped the Middle East in real time, with brinkmanship over the Strait of Hormuz and a haphazard final push toward ceasefire.

Through reporting from Tehran, Tel Aviv, Washington and beyond, CNN journalists trace the conflict’s defining moments — the military escalations, devastating human toll, market shocks and political reckonings that altered the course of the war, moment by moment...

More To View and Read:

The war in Iran so far, moment by moment

From catastrophic and deadly strikes to wars of words: CNN's reporters discuss the war’s inflection points as they happen...

Published May 19, 2026

- CNN -

The parable and paradox of Thomas Massie

Thomas Massie says he represents 40% of the GOP. And without him, he thinks those voters will be disenfranchised. He warns that Republicans may be about to make a big mistake.

I’ve been meaning to write this story — with this exact headline — for at least seven years now. It’s been so long that the entire point of the parable has flipped. I first met Thomas Massie sometime in 2013, when I was just a young congressional reporter writing stories that no one outside the Capitol would read. Massie made an impression on me.

He was inarguably an independent voice. He was principled on spending, and obstinate when Republican leaders wanted to use the same old broken processes lawmakers had used for decades to ram through legislation. As people tend to say about Thomas Massie when they’re trying to be polite: I may not have agreed with everything he said, but I appreciated that he spoke his mind.

Only I wasn’t just being polite. When I interviewed him, I found myself nodding along at his points and chuckling at the jokes coming from a baby-faced congressman who was almost twice my age. We got to know each other better over the years. At some point, a leadership staffer tipped me off that Massie — a proud double graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — was basically the godfather of “dildonics,” which is exactly what you think it is...

• “The Precious” referred to his congressional member’s pin. And just like in The Lord of the Rings, Massie contended that if you keep it on too long, it would start to turn you into a worse version of yourself — like Sméagol transforming into Gollum.

• Massie hasn’t actually run away from Trump.

In many ways, he’s doing something more damaging.

• He suggested that, among the roughly 220 Republicans in the House, there are 30 who are “just bad people.”

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May. 19, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

GEEZ MAN! GO AHEAD AND ROCK THE DAMNED BOAT! SOMEBODY HAS TO ROCK THOAT!

Make big waves and wash the 💩 out of the brown 💩 🛖 house, and make it the White 🏛️ House again. I don't care if you're a Republican from planet Pluto, I only pray that there is a cold place on Pluto as long as you have a fair and JUST heart.

Canada's annual inflation rate rose to 2.8% in April, thanks to soaring energy prices

When energy prices are ignored, however, core inflation measures rose much slower

Canada's annual inflation rate rose to 2.8 per cent in April, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday, in large part due to soaring prices at the pump. Energy prices overall rose a whopping 19.2 per cent year-over-year in April, following a 3.9 per cent increase the month before.

Statistics Canada said the cost of gasoline specifically rose even quicker, and was 28.6 per cent higher year-over-year, thanks to the supply crunch in the Strait of Hormuz and because of the switch to the more expensive summer blend of gasoline.

The U.S. and Israel's war with Iran has shuttered the strait, which has driven prices for energy up worldwide...

CHART | Annual Inflation Rate In Canada

All items, excluding gas

CHART | Annual Inflation Rate In Canada

All Items | Groceries | Shelter

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Posted: May 19, 2026 8:38 AM EDT | Last Updated: 39 minutes ago

- CBC -

Does Canada have a personal bankruptcy problem? | About That

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsaNS0s1KQI

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning, all! And it's another beautiful, typically sunny springtime morning here at the Tree House. It's forecast to be a bit on the warm side, up to °30 C, that's mid °80's on the F scale. It's hard to believe that kind of heat today, a July temperature, with strong thunderstorms this afternoon. Beware, folks, ya' all know what happens when you get a sudden shift from hot to cold weather. Thunderstorms form high up in the atmosphere, as gusts of warmer air rise, and gusts of cooler air sink, and a twisting behemoth column of air is born. They're called TORNADOES. At this time, according to Accuweather, the red zone is just below the Great Lakes, extending from west to east as far as northern Ohio, Pennsylvania, and possibly New York State.

NOTE: AccuWeather for southern Ontario, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, Niagara Peninsula area: More clouds than sun, windy and humid with a heavy, gusty thunderstorm in the afternoon; thunderstorms can bring localized damaging wind gusts. Let us pause for a moment and pray/meditate that it will not damage anything, anywhere. AMEN!

Also, let us pray 🙏 for all the folks who remain homeless from last year's catastrophes because of the Teenie Orange Penis Erctus in Shitty Diaper lunatic demented cockroach who took the FEMA funds away. May the Great Spirit look after this horse's arse soul and give it the perfect justice it deserves. PLEASE EXPEDITE THIS PRAYER. Great Spirit, thank you. AMEN!🙏

P.S. Great Spirit; I also pray that my little Green Space will also survive coming storms, Thank You.

Think about it, folks! Especially south of the border. No FEMA, no healthcare, no food banks, no shelters for the homeless, just tents, people, garbage, rats, and illness. no care at all for anybody except those at the top. The Tin Can gods. Without laws and regulations or any semblance of order anywhere in the land, chaos. That's not even Nazism;

Even the Nazis had order, and to have order, you need to have laws and regulations, although in a Nazi-run government, the laws and regulations are at the great leader's discretion to change, command, and suit his purpose.

"BEWARE, KEEP OUT! 🔴" Isle of the Pirates; aka USA 🏝️🥷🏴‍☠️

I am not a religious person; I consider myself spiritual, or, as the encyclopedia would probably describe, a spiritual person. To me, I am who I am. Although I will not knock anyone's religious or spiritual beliefs, I am open-minded and curious enough to listen, then compare their insight with my own knowledge, and/or add to my knowledge. Teacher/student relationships are the best.

In quantum mechanics, it is stated that information is never lost. As I see it, everything that is, traces back to "THE THOUGHT!" that conceived this universe BEFORE the Big Bang.

Something had to think this, or how can it exist to be seen, interpreted, and conceived by our own conscious minds, if nothing thought of all this? There would be just... nothing.

- Google Search -

Question: quantum mechanics information is never lost

🔹AI Overview

In quantum mechanics, the fundamental rule of information conservation dictates that the physical information defining the state of a quantum system is never truly lost or destroyed. Because quantum evolution is mathematically unitary, past and future states remain perfectly reversible, meaning the universe retains a record of all its history.

* Why Information Is Never Lost:*

* Unitarity:*

* No-Hiding Theorem:*

• The Conservation of States:

VIDEO | Included

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BREAKING NEWS:

Guns on the television and in Iran’s streets as Trump renews war threats

Tehran — As night falls over Iran’s sprawling capital, and the snowy peaks of the Alborz mountains fade into the darkness, thousands of Iranians have been routinely taking to the streets for state-sponsored rallies aimed at mobilizing supporters against the United States.

Near Tajrish Square, an upscale neighborhood of Tehran, the inevitable chanting of “Death to America” blares out over a sea of Iranian flags, while street vendors hawk tea and souvenirs, like patriotic baseball caps and patches, to the enthusiastic crowd.

“I am so ready to sacrifice my life for my country and for my people,” one young woman named Tiana, wearing glasses in the colors of the Iranian flag, told me above the deafening chants...

One male anchor, Hossein Hosseini, on the state-run Ofogh channel, fired his rifle – on live television – into the studio ceiling after receiving a lesson from a masked member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC.

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Updated May 18, 2026, 9:05 AM ET - 1 hr 19 min ago

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Iran eyes a new source of power deep beneath the Strait of Hormuz

Emboldened by its successful wartime blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is turning to one of the hidden arteries in the global economy: subsea cables beneath the waterway that carry vast internet and financial traffic between Europe, Asia, and the Persian Gulf.

The Islamic Republic wants to charge the world’s largest tech companies for using the subsea internet cables laid under the Strait of Hormuz, and state-linked media outlets have vaguely threatened that traffic could be disrupted if firms don’t pay. Lawmakers in Tehran discussed a plan last week that could target submarine cables linking Arab countries to Europe and Asia.

“We will impose fees on internet cables,” Iranian military spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaghari declared on X last week. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards-linked media said Tehran’s plan to extract revenue from the strait would require companies like Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon to comply with Iranian law while submarine cable companies would be required to pay licensing fees for cable passage, with repair and maintenance rights given exclusively to Iranian firms...

• ‘Cascading digital catastrophe’:
• Cable warfare isn’t new:
• Emulating the Suez Canal:

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PUBLISHED May 17, 2026, 12:01 AM ET - May 17, 2026

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House Democrats accuse Trump of ‘corruption unparalleled’ over IRS settlement talks

House Democrats filed an amicus brief arguing Trump is working to “undermine the Constitution” by seeking a settlement from the IRS over the leak of his tax returns years ago.

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In a new court filing, House Democrats objected to a potential settlement in the works between President Donald Trump and his own administration, warning it creates the “specter of corruption unparalleled in American history.”

In a new amicus brief filed Monday in the Southern District of Florida — and shared first with MS NOW — the Democrats argue the president is working to “undermine the Constitution” through his months-old lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and a reported pending deal, which they say amounts to a “slush fund” for the president and his allies.

These Democrats urge Judge Kathleen Williams to dismiss the president’s lawsuit and closely scrutinize any potential deal. “Never in the history of the United States has a sitting President sought a monetary settlement from the government he leads — let alone sought many billions of dollars in taxpayer funds,” the Democrats wrote...

May. 18, 2026, 9:15 AM EDT

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THE WHITE HOUSE OF PIRATES

As I said yesterday, Trumpo The Typo is too stupid to think of all this stuff. And Congress, if they wish to keep their salary, they keep their mouth shut. What about after the mid-term elections, eh? Even if the Dunce Brigade gets back it, what does Trumpo the Trypo need those useless appendages for? And if the Dems get in, their arses are out.

CANADIAN NEWS:

Trump administration quits Canada-U.S. advisory board on defence

Canada 'failed to make credible progress' on defence spending commitments, says Pentagon official

The Trump administration is walking away from a long-running body that works on Canada-U.S. defence initiatives, claiming Canada has failed to meet its commitments on defence spending.

U.S. Undersecretary of War Eldridge Colby announced Monday the Pentagon is "pausing" participation in the Permanent Joint Board on Defence, an advisory body on North American continental defence established in 1940. "Only by investing in our own defense capabilities will Americans and Canadians be safe, secure, and prosperous," Colby wrote in a series of posts on X ...

"Canceling it is a needless provocation that sends the wrong message to Ottawa and other U.S. allies," Bayoumi told -CBC News

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Posted: May 18, 2026 10:52 AM EDT | Last Updated: 18 minutes ago

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?????? We are spending the 5% requieremnt. LYING 💩 EATING COCKROACH! 🪳

TRUMP FURIOUS as F-35 DATA SCANDAL BLOWS UP— EU

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