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Good morning! I pray the Great Spirit be with you 🙏

This morning was a much more pleasant outing in my green space, more like an early summer morning. The hazy sun 🌅 is out and the birds were a-singin'' but otherwise, it was as quiet as a tomb, silence as though we were living in the middle of the bush or something. I could hear the humming of the ship's engines 🚢 at port in the Welland Canal, somewhere about a mile down the road. I used to walk there in the summer and sit by the edge of the canal, watching the ships go by. I also used to walk 3 miles to Sunset Beach. And many pictures of Walker's Creek; I believe I still have those on my phone. I'll share them sometime.

*I love this place!* It's just as good as retiring in Florida, pre-Trump, that is. Well, it's kind of like living in the bush; the apartment building is recessed within a nature park. One chance in a million of finding an apartment building inside a park? Well, actually, twice. There were woods across the street from the last apartment building we lived in, in central Ontario, before we moved to B.C.

We weren't in B.C. long, with the coat summers and overcast skies most of the year, and all, "yuck!" They can keep their mountains, 🗻 too. You can't see them most of the time anyway because of the clouds. ☁️ Okanogan Valley 🏞 is a much better place than the Vancouver area. It's OK if you like barnacles on your feet and moss in your underwear. 😲 😮 That will be enough from me before I get distracted by all the Zs in the room. ZzZzZz ~ ♪♫♭ ~ ♪♫♭

It's now time for the discussion of the day. Thank you for reading the News. 📰

Today's Discussion:

Boiling The Frog

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The "boiling frog" is a metaphorical idiom describing a situation where an individual or group fails to recognize a gradual deterioration of a situation or environment until it is too late to escape or react effectively. The classic example is a frog placed in lukewarm water that is slowly heated; the frog, not experiencing a sudden change, fails to perceive the danger and is cooked alive.

I was reading someone's post last night on one of the social networks. This person was remarking about the people demonstrating No Kings Day in the streets of most major U.S. cities. The post read something to the effect: "It is sad to see these poor, misinformed, brainwashed masses on the streets." You see, no matter what we, the people, say, we are the saboteurs; those who stand for democracy and justice are the brainwashed masses.

Yes, all to confuse, to make people doubt, and become paranoid as to who is in charge to tell us, we the people, the what, where, when, and why the master sh-t in whose underwear? Is it the truth or just a pack of parroted lies? But then, if you sell enough Kool-Aid and parrot enough lies, you get what is called the slowly boiling the frog effect.

✌️ "VIVE LA RESISTANCE!" ✌️

Or it's...

Goodbye, America, and a good morning, "Nazi style salute to the Kink Orange sack of shit.!" Now on to the News:

BREAKING NEWS:

NEXT UP: The idiot of the day. Who gets the dunce hat for the world record for arseholery in war mongering and mass murderering? A trophy for being a little evil cockroach war lord 🪳 🧌

Israel's not pausing for a moment as fresh blasts rock Tehran

• NEW: Israel detects more missiles:

Israel’s military says more missiles were launched from Iran on Sunday, warning citizens across to stay near shelters.

• Fresh blasts rock Tehran:

• Israeli toll mounts:

• Iranians flee:

• No end in sight:

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25 min ago

Israeli citizens allowed to leave shelters after Iran launched first daytime missile barrage

Israeli citizens have been told they can leave their shelters by the Home Front Command, but must remain nearby, after Iran launched its first daytime missile barrage since the latest conflict erupted on Friday.

Israel’s national emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) said there have been no reports of injuries as of yet.

Israel has continued to strike Iran throughout the day on Sunday, with reports of fresh blasts in the capital Tehran.

JUST IN: Israeli military detects missiles launched from Iran, warns citizens to stay near shelters

From CNN’s Tamar Michaelis and Caitlin Danaher

Israel’s military has detected more missiles launched from Iran on Sunday, warning citizens across the country stay near shelters.

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its defensive systems were operating to intercept the threat.

Israel’s military has detected more missiles launched from Iran on Sunday, warning citizens across the country stay near shelters.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its defensive systems were operating to intercept the threat...

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Updated 9:49 AM EDT, Sun June 15, 2025 - CNN -

Trump pursues his agenda after a week of protests across the US

What We're Covering:

• Anti-Trump rallies:

Huge crowds attended “No Kings” protests across the country yesterday, denouncing what organizers describe as President Donald Trump’s authoritarian policies.

• Military parade:

• Immigration crackdown:

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Padilla says "serious questions" remain for Homeland Security secretary after news conference incident

Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla said there are “some serious questions” for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after he was forcefully removed from a news conference she held last week in Los Angeles.

Asked by CNN if he agrees with some Democrats, including fellow California Sen. Adam Schiff, that Noem should resign, Padilla answered, “that’s maybe not my focus right now, but I do think there’s some serious questions.” ...

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Updated 10:49 AM EDT, Sun June 15, 2025 - CNN -

CANADIAN NEWS:

Where the G7 came from — and where it might go in the era of Trump

Summit faces tricky balance of presenting unified front amid U.S.-driven trade war and other global stressors

Historian Samuel Beroud has a pet peeve whenever anyone asks him about the origins of the annual Group of Seven (G7) summit.

As the well-worn narrative goes, the G7 (originally the G6 before Canada joined In 1976) was set up as a forum among the world's leading industrialized nations following the economic shocks of the early 1970s, including the collapse of the Bretton Woods monetary system and the oil price crisis.

The first summit was hosted by French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in 1975. The two leaders met with the heads of the U.K., Italy, Japan and the U.S. for a fireside chat at the Château de Rambouillet, just outside of Paris.

Carney's first foreign policy test begins at G7 — amid Middle East crisis and Trump's trade war

AnalysisCan the G7 leaders still find anything to agree about?

• Questions Of Relevancy:
• Conversation doesn't always need consensus:

On the road to the G7 in Kananaskis, a popular wilderness retreat locks down

Carney defends inviting India's Modi to G7 summit as Liberal MP calls it 'a bad idea'

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Posted: Jun 15, 2025 10:36 AM EDT | Last Updated: 28 minutes ago

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Indigenous people fleeing wildfires face immense mental health burdens. Experts say they shouldn't have to

Psychologists say more resources, better communications needed to provide supports to Indigenous evacuees

Jeewa Liske was four months pregnant in August 2023 when she had to flee wildfire smoke in Yellowknife and make a difficult 20-hour drive to safety.

"I was wanting to leave just 'cause it was so smoky and it was so hard to breathe," Liske, now 23, recalled of the day the city issued an evacuation order. She said she was barely able to see the sides of the road as she and three friends drove to Edmonton.

Now living with her mother-in-law in Lkwungen territory on Vancouver Island...

A line of people waiting to get on evacuation flights out of Yellowknife on Aug. 17, 2023, when the entire city was ordered to evacuate because of wildfires threatening the area. (Francis Tessier-Burns-CBC)

As wildfires rage across the country, how can Canadians help evacuees?

Wildfires can take a heavy toll on mental health. Here's what researchers say should be done to help evacuees

• Separation From Family:

Small northern communities face unique struggles in fighting wildfires

N.W.T. gov't had a plan for 2023 wildfires but staff didn't know about it*...

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Posted: Jun 15, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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♪♫NATURE'S SOUNDS AND MUSIC TO SOOTH THE SOUL♪♫

🪷 ~Time to release the darkness and allow the light of Gaia to heal the soul~ 🪷

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_zBc1ASZSI