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Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

Another pleasant sunny morning here at The TreeHouse. I put on the coffee and got busy with a couple of things around the kitchen usual breakfast prep. Two bowls and two spoons and milk for cereal, which is corn flakes for me in the morning just something to keep the stomach quiet. Then, when the coffee was done, I woke my partner and went out onto my Green Space, in just my nightgown. It was undoubtedly on the cool side, but with the sun shining down on me and no wind, it felt like spring. While I was out there, I cleaned one of the bottom windows that I had missed the other day.*_

That's typical you can always see the tiniest smudges you missed on a window's glass in bright sunlight. Try to get them out, especially if they have an oily base — like a fingerprint — which are the usual suspects on glass, and they have dried there for some time; it's hard to get off. Maybe I could do as I suggested to my partner a while back about cleaning the oven. I say, "Flatten the ends of the lead slugs the business ends of the bullets for a six-shooter; you could use them for chisels." But then you have to be a precision shot and I'm not talking about shooting pool, or shooting ducks or fish in a barrel, if you can stuff ducks in a barrel. That class is next door.

This is the How to Remove Fingerprints on Glass Class. Pay attention, eh! 🤣

Enough nonsense from the Newsroom for today. On to the Discussion of the Day...

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Removing Fingerprints... Err.. We're done with that one, Ma! Put on the Next film in the projector, please! 😂😆

Sensory Processing Sensitivity or SPS

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Sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) is a personality trait characterized by an increased sensitivity of the central nervous system and deeper cognitive processing of both physical and emotional stimuli. Individuals with SPS are more aware of subtle environmental details and can be more easily over-aroused by sensory input like bright lights, loud noises, or strong smells. This trait is a heritable personality disposition, with about 20-30% of the population considered "highly sensitive".

From my own experience, I know that when I go to the depths of my perceptions—from the sensory and visual levels to the not-usual or to a much deeper sensory level than the visual—there are more details on the sensory level than on the visual level.

To most people, they either fall asleep from boredom or think it's all fairy tales or unicorn 💩

In time, all I have changed is the manner in which I present a proposition, which is that I include the little details in pieces, in a storyline analogy.

Thank you for reading the Tree House News.

BREAKING NEWS:

Hurricane Melissa causes 'significant damage' in Cuba after devastating Jamaica

What We're Covering

• Cuba landfall:

Cuba suffered "significant damage" after Melissa made landfall there Wednesday morning as a Category 3 hurricane. Around 140,000 people are cut off by rising river levels as the storm lashes the country and heads toward the Bahamas.

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• Deadly storm:

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9 min ago

National Hurricane Center's forecasts for Melissa have been unusually accurate

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12 min ago

Jamaica's water systems "held up well," but telecommunications infrastructure was damaged, says government

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Updated 11:26 AM EDT, Wed, October 29, 2025

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Fed looks set to cut rates for second time this year despite data blackout

What We're Covering Here

• The Federal Reserve is set to announce its latest decision on interest rates at 2 p.m. ET, with most economists anticipating another quarter-point cut to support the waning job market.

• Central bank officials are forced to make their monetary policy determinations this month without any federal economic data due to the government shutdown.

• If the data blackout persists for much longer — obscuring how the world’s largest economy is faring — central bankers may need to hold off on any rate cuts until there’s better clarity.

6 min ago

Dow crosses 48,000 points for first time ever

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18 min ago

Here’s what lower rates means for housing

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Updated 12:13 PM EDT, Wed October 29, 2025

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Why Trump’s growing politicization of the military could backfire

What’s the difference between the flight deck of a mighty US aircraft carrier and a MAGA rally? Not much in the mind of President Donald Trump.

The commander in chief used a speech on the USS George Washington, moored in Japan Tuesday, to revive 2020 election falsehoods and to campaign for his constitutionally questionable plan to send troops into US cities. Once, such political activity using the military as a backdrop would have provoked shock back home. But Trump has infringed so many customs of the presidency that it came as no surprise.

The president recently had service members cheering a deeply partisan speech at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, that troubled many former senior officers. He staged a parade through Washington to mark the Army’s 250th anniversary — which coincided with his birthday. He rambled in a speech before top brass flown from around the globe in Virginia last month. The generals and admirals were also treated to an anti-“woke” screed from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Most notoriously, in his first term, Trump enlisted Gen. Mark Milley to march with him after demonstrators were cleared from outside the White House. The then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff apologized for being pulled into domestic politics and landed on Trump’s forever enemies list.

• The military isn’t immune from politics — but tries to avoid them:
• Presidents always walk a fine political line with the military:

PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2025, 12:00 AM ET - 12 hr ago

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"Wars And Rumors of War"

Matthew 24:6: "You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come."

Never resign to defeat. I fought, I'm still standing here, adorned with the scars of my personal inner and external war wounds. I hold my sword of light, empathy, on high. If you have mercy, you have empathy, and if you have empathy, how can there not be caring, compassion, love, and peace in your heart?

CANADIAN NEWS:

Bank of Canada lowers key interest rate to 2.25%, suggests it's done cutting rates for now

Central bank can't undo structural economic changes from trade war, says governor

The Bank of Canada lowered interest rates to 2.25 per cent on Wednesday, but cautioned that monetary policy can't fix the structural economic damage caused by the U.S. trade war. The central bank said it made the 25-basis-point cut as weakness ripples through the Canadian economy and with inflation expected to stay close to the bank's two per cent target.

"For many months, we have been stressing that monetary policy cannot undo the damage caused by tariffs," said Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem in his opening statement...

• Weak growth expected:

Macklem also indicated that if inflation evolves broadly in line with the bank's current expectations — hovering around the two per cent target — it will hold rates at their current level.

However, if the outlook changes, "we are prepared to respond," he added...

• Weak growth expected:
• Rates are 'at about the right level':

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Posted: Oct 29, 2025 9:51 AM EDT | Last Updated: 32 minutes ago

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Ford urges U.S. ambassador to ‘bury the hatchet,’ apologize after profane tirade

U.S. ambassador delivered expletive-laced rant at Ontario trade representative on Monday: witnesses

U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra’s expletive-laced tirade towards Ontario’s trade representative was “absolutely unacceptable” and “unbecoming of an ambassador,” said Premier Doug Ford on Wednesday.

It comes days after Hoekstra was seen in a heated rant towards David Paterson, Ontario’s trade representative, at a Canadian American Business Council event in Ottawa on Monday, multiple witnesses told

-CBC- News.

Sources at the event spoke with CBC News on the condition that they not be named...

Trump calls off trade talks with Canada over Ontario's anti-tariff ad

Despite Trump's anger, Canadian politicians won't say Ontario's anti-tariff ad was a mistake

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Posted: Oct 29, 2025 12:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 16 minutes ago

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I know you're a WEEZLE, Mr. Ford, but I must say you deserve a pat on the back for that one and also for the Regan commercial, which at least had no expletives in it.

This song is just TOO good! Stand tall, sing loud—CANADA 🍁 will stay FOREVER STRONG!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPBEF8LpgZQ