Sunday, 7 September 2025

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Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

Hi! I was sitting here at my laptop on the kitchen table next to the sliding glass door overlooking my green space, my usual perch during the summer months.

I was sipping on my coffee, and this image pops into my mind: if you put the entire world on its stage as it is right now, the whole enchilada or the whole ball of wax, what do you have? #1: A very bad cartoonist drawing the script, or #2: A sadistic cartoonist's comic strip. Those kinds of comic books appear to be closely related. In psychology, it is called Paraphilic Disorder.

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Paraphilic disorders are recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, urges, or behaviors that are distressing or disabling and that involve inanimate objects, children, or nonconsenting adults, or suffering or humiliation of the person or a partner, with the potential to CAUSE HARM.

I can keep current with the latest in psychology in Psychology Today Magazine right here on the NET. I find the function of the human brain quite fascinating, especially from the conscious mind and beyond into the subconscious mind.

Well, it again appears I have already dropped all the eggs out of my basket on my way here. Let's see, I can backtrack to one of those eggs for the discussion of the day.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Ah, yes! Today's Divine Comedy.

DIVINE COMEDY 2025

Are Dante's Inferno and Divine Comedy the same?

Inferno (Dante) - Wikipedia

Inferno (Italian: [iɱˈfɛrno]; Italian for 'Hell') is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century narrative poem The Divine Comedy, followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. The Inferno describes the journey of a fictionalised version of Dante himself through Hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil.

THE QUESTION IS, if Dante's vision is correct, then in my opinion, humanity as we know it is about to fall off the precipice back down to a level or circle of Hell, or back to number one in the seven circles of Hell.

It's simple to change that conundrum from repeating itself, to keep from falling over the precipice. All you need is to grow a heart ❤️, care, love, protect, help, inspire, aspire, and be faithful to your actual being, the being of light within you.

I rest my case. 🙇‍♀️ 🛏 💼 Now on to the News 📰

BREAKING NEWS:

South Korean workers detained in Georgia ICE raid to be sent back to South Korea following negotiations, official says

South Korean workers detained during a massive immigration raid in Georgia Thursday will be returned to South Korea on a chartered flight following negotiations, an official announced Sunday.

“Negotiations for the release of the detained workers have been concluded, after swift responses by the relevant ministries, business agencies, and companies,” said South Korean Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik. “However, some administrative procedures remain, and once they’re completed, a chartered plane will depart to bring back our citizens,” he added.

The workers were among 475 detained Thursday during a large-scale immigration raid at the Hyundai Metaplant in Ellabell, Georgia, which houses an electric vehicle battery plant jointly operated by South Korea-based companies Hyundai and LG Energy Solution. About 300 of those detained are South Korean, officials said...

A spokesperson for Hyundai said in a statement Friday, “Hyundai is committed to full compliance with all laws and regulations in every market where we operate. This includes employment verification requirements and immigration laws.

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Updated Sep 7, 2025, 7:03 AM ET - Updated 2 hr ago

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Will RFK Jr.’s wrecking-ball approach to vaccines and public health lead Trump onto thin political ice?

As Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intensifies his drive to reverse decades of vaccine policy, the medical profession joins a growing list of fields and institutions facing unprecedented threats from the federal government under President Donald Trump. But this time the administration may have chosen an adversary with more capacity to fight back than the law firms, major universities and media organizations it has targeted so far.

To many medical professionals, Kennedy’s hostility toward vaccines represents the greatest threat to the nation’s public health system in memory. Medical groups fear that Kennedy’s wide-ranging actions — such as firing all the members of a prestigious advisory committee that advises the federal government on vaccine policy; narrowing access to the latest Covid vaccine; and pledging to soon release a study that will probably reexamine the widely debunked claim that childhood vaccines cause autism — will trigger a resurgence of deadly diseases, particularly among children.

“It’s overwhelming; it’s a complete frame shift,” said Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia...

Exemptions for required school vaccines have surged in recent years

About 138,000 kindergartners attended the 2024-25 school year without full vaccination coverage.

Share of kindergartners exempt from at least one state-mandated vaccine

CHART INCLUDED:

Medical professionals have leverage — but so does Trump:
Kennedy’s moves may be leading to a sea change:
A shift away from expertise:

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2025, 6:00 AM ET - 4 hr ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:

These homes generate power for the grid — and residents don't worry about blackouts

Battery-based virtual power plants are energy efficient, save money on grid upgrades

AnalysisIs the zero-emission vehicle mandate dead or merely sleeping?;
What on Earth will regular power cuts soon be part of Canadian summer?:
Plug-in balcony solar panels could mean cheaper power:

When there's a local power outage, it doesn't affect Rebecca Calder's house in Edmonton's new Blatchford neighbourhood. The Wi-Fi network, the fridge and the heat pump that heats and cools the townhouse all keep humming along, thanks to a backup battery in her basement.

"It's great," she said — and not just for power outages.

The battery charges from solar panels on the roof of the three-bedroom home she shares with her husband, Daniel, and five-year-old daughter, Ida.

What are virtual power plants?:
How do they work?:
Benefits for the grid:

What if you got paid to use less power during heat waves?

Room to grow?:
Could the 'virtual power plant' model convince more Albertans to switch to solar?:

WATCH | Taking on power outages with a giant battery in your home ...

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Posted: Sep 07, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 22 minutes ago

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Hail, wind left 200-km 'scar' across Alberta that's visible from space

Aug. 20 storm affected 425,000 acres of crops and other land in southern part of the provinc

Wind and hail that cut across the southern Alberta prairie last month left a "scar" visible from outer space.

On Aug. 20, 2025, 150-kilometre-per-hour gusts shredded crops and stripped grass and ground cover. The storm slashed from south of Calgary to Saskatchewan, affecting about 425,000 acres of insurable crops, plus pasture and native grassland.

Severe thunderstorm in southern Alberta downs power lines, damages cars

Trail of destruction in Brooks, Alta., after golf ball-sized hailstorm rips through

That most intense zone of the storm — a sort of epicentre that dragged for hundreds of kilometres — left behind a "hail scar" that can be seen in satellite images published by U.S. space agency NASA. A patchwork of green shades, representing crops, hay and clumps of trees is replaced by a smear measuring about 15 kilometres wide and 200 kilometres long...