Friday, 4 July 2025

TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

It's a beautiful day out, but that droning sound and a bunch of backup beepers kind of spoil the usual tranquility here at the tree house. Can't even enjoy the birds. I think that noise is keeping them away. But it is still lovely to sit here at the kitchen table by the sliding glass doors, where I can see the sun shining down on my green space.

There is not much else to report from the Newsroom this morning, so I believe I will go on with the topic of the day.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

The Soul Consciousness

My interpretation: the inner consciousness, what some call instincts, the true inner self, is where the senses become the evolution of the spirit, more in tune and in harmony with the infinities of the universe. In the evolution of the spirit, the deeper you go, scientifically or spiritually, the image becomes more blurred; it can be perceived, but it is not conceivable in the finite mind. It's more like something you feel from the heart. ❤️

- Google Search -

Soul Consciousness:

Soul consciousness refers to the awareness of oneself as a soul, a conscious entity separate from the physical body and mind. It involves recognizing the soul's inherent qualities of peace, love, and purity, and living in alignment with these qualities. This shift in perspective from ego-consciousness (identifying with the body and mind) to soul-consciousness is considered a path towards inner peace, deeper understanding of self and others, and a more fulfilling life.

____________________________________

Majide Bou Tiybe's

There is a pain within me that I cannot express in words…

Pain is like being born to become something you never wanted, like finding yourself in a place you do not belong.

Yet, this pain doesn’t matter to me, for I am holding onto something I want to achieve—something I must do.

It doesn’t matter whether it succeeds or not.

In the end, this life is just a passage; everything will fade away.

But within me, there is something eternal… something that will last forever—and I feel it deeply.

So there is no need to worry…

Let that feeling of pain drift away like passing clouds.

Clinging to the past and overthinking the future are the true sources of pain.

Let the past go, and don’t dwell too much on the future—it is only an illusion.

[We are souls… here to learn.]

From pain, from joy, from every challenge we face.

And what we must do—what truly matters—is to contemplate…

To reflect on the beauty of nature, the beauty in everything around us.

To be still for a moment… to look at the sky, the trees, the light, the existence itself.

For in that contemplation, the secrets of life are revealed, and God speaks to us through beauty.

So let us not burden ourselves with needless worry.

A day will come when we leave this life—and what will remain is what our souls have learned from it.

— Majide 🌿🌌

https://www.facebook.com/groups/747115742929120/

Personally, the only thing that differs slightly for me from the above is that I never got to reach my goals. If I were a boxer, I would have been hit by too many right hooks 🥊 to the left cheekamonga. 🥴

First, once I learned to care for myself, I learned to care for others; that still is my mission in life to care and inform and shine the light for others. I also like a little sprinkle of humor 😂

Putting humor aside, the post above could reflect my own raison d'être quite well.

BREAKING NEWS:

Trump says he is about to raise tariffs as high as 70% on some countries

On April 9, President Donald Trump gave the world a three-month window to negotiate trade deals with the United States or face higher “reciprocal” tariffs. With just five days remaining in that tariff moratorium, the White House is expected to begin delivering a message to a dozen or so countries: Time is up, and here’s your new tariff rate.

Trump early Friday at Joint Base Andrews told reporters that he would notify 10 to 12 nations a day over the course of the next five days, detailing their new tariffs in letters that the White House would begin sending on Friday. In most cases, the new rates would go into effect August 1, Trump said. “They’ll range in value from maybe 60% or 70% tariffs to 10% and 20% tariffs, but they’re going to be starting to go out sometime tomorrow,” Trump said. “We’ve done the final form, and it’s basically going to explain what the countries are going to be paying in tariffs.”

In April, Trump imposed “reciprocal” tariffs as high as 50% on most of America’s trading partners. So tariffs of 60% or 70% would exceed those rates, which sent stocks crumbling into bear-market territory, while bonds and the US dollar sold off sharply. US stocks and bonds markets were closed for Independence Day Friday, but stock markets and futures fell around the world...

‘How many deals could you make?’:

So far, the administration has signed narrow frameworks for trade deal negotiations with just two partners: the United Kingdom and China. Trump this week said his administration has also reached an agreement with Vietnam, though the status of that arrangement remains unknown, and a framework does not appear to have been signed. The White House has not provided terms of the Vietnam agreement beyond a social media post from Trump...

Read More:

Published 8:56 AM EDT, Fri July 4, 2025

- CNN -

In the meantime, Canada, along with the EU, is working out trade deals among themselves, even in aiding and arming Ukraine and F--k BUTHOLETRUMPS tariffs.

A Little Catching Up Since The Beginning Of The Trade War

- Google Search -

Canada, along with the EU, is working out trade deals

Canada and the European Union (EU) are actively engaged in trade negotiations and agreements. The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is a key example, aiming to eliminate tariffs and facilitate trade between the two partners. This agreement is currently in force provisionally and is expected to be fully implemented once all EU member states complete the ratification process...

Read More:

Canadian minerals trade with the EU has seen significant growth, with a notable 34% increase, particularly driven by the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

The arms and military equipment Germany is sending to Ukraine

Germany provides support for Ukraine by supplying equipment and weapons, these come from supplies of the Federal Arms Forces and from deliveries from industry financed from the Federal Government’s funds for security capacity building.

An overview as of April 17, 2025. The list will not be updated further.

Air defence is one of the focus areas of the German deliveries. This picture shows the Patriot air defence missile system.

Foto Included:

This list provides an overview of military assistance provided by the Federal Republic of Germany to Ukraine. This military assistance is delivered in two different ways: on the one hand, there are the Federal Government funds for security capacity building, which are used to finance deliveries of military equipment and other material from industry...

Read More:

April 17, 2025 - Updated today July 4, 2025

- bundesregierung de breg -

Russia launches record number of drones at Ukraine after latest Trump-Putin phone call

The smell of smoke and explosives saturated the air in Kyiv on Friday as residents emerged from shelters across the city following a record Russian drone attack that came just hours after US President Donald Trump said he had made “no progress” towards a ceasefire in a call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

The massive aerial assault stuck multiple buildings and residential areas in the capital in what has been described by Ukrainian officials as one of the worst attacks of the three-year conflict. At least one person died in the overnight attack, according to local Kyiv emergency services. Earlier Friday, city and military authorities said at least 23 people were wounded in the attack, which lasted 13 hours. Ukraine intercepted 476 out of a record 539 Russian drones, according to the country’s air force. It said Russia also launched 11 cruise and ballistic missiles. Sixty Russian drones were taken down by Ukraine’s new interceptor drones, regional officials said.

Thousands of residents spent the night in shelters, including in subway stations or underground parking lots, as explosions and the sound of drones echoed through the city in the early hours of Friday morning...

Firefighters work at the site of a Russian drone and missile strike in the Ukrainian capital on Friday. State Emergency Service of Ukraine:
Residents in Kyiv have described growing accustomed to almost nightly aerial assaults from Moscow. State Emergency Service of Ukraine:
People gather near a building damaged following Russian drone and missile strikes in Kyiv. Alina Smutko:

Read More:

Updated 10:14 AM EDT, Fri July 4, 2025

- CNN -

CANADIAN NEWS:

Automakers want Canada to scrap its EV sales mandate. What would that do to emissions?

Mandate requires hybrids and EVs make up 20% of sales next year and 100% by 2035

When Prime Minister Mark Carney met with automotive sector CEOs Wednesday about U.S. trade negotiations, one of the key issues the industry said they wished to discuss was the government's zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate. The mandate requires a certain percentage of light duty vehicles — passenger cars, SUVs and trucks — that are sold to be either fully electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids, starting with 20 per cent in 2026 and rising to 100 per cent by 2035.

Brian Kingston, president and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association, told CBC News on the way to the meeting that "the targets that have been established cannot be met" given current market forces .He later added that Canada already has other policies to meet its greenhouse gas emission targets. Burning fossil fuels such as gasoline and diesel is the main cause of climate change, and transportation is the second-biggest source of emissions in Canada after the oil and gas industry.

The ZEV mandate is part of Canada's strategy to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles and decarbonize the transportation sector. But if the mandate were scrapped, analysts say that would hurt efforts to fight climate change — and make it harder to find an EV for sale in parts of the country. Here's a closer look at why.