Friday, 7 November 2025

TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good Morning! May Great Spirit bless🙏

You wouldn't know it now, but today, Friday, started as another beautiful sunny morning. We experienced a power disruption this morning. I thank the Great Spirit that the coffee was done when the power went out. Then I noticed the power was only out in the kitchen. But not entirely out, the lights began to flash on and off, like when something is shorting out. Those flashing lights can confuse a person's mind, so I turned them off, fearing that I might blow a fuse in my own power supply to the neosynapses, causing them to unravel into a bowl of gelatinous spaghetti.

That's how I feel at times when I get one of those stomach derangements, different levels of nausea. Once they subside, I'm still tensely awaiting the next attack by the aliens 👽 from planet Puke-Ville. 🤮 Then, I sit there looking for an encore for an award winner in the competition for best performance for The Ad-Nauseam Academy Award Winners Trophy Of The Year. 🏆

I should at least get a tin badge, ya know, like the ones you use to get in a box of cornflakes, or one of those little plastic submarines and the soda trick in the bathtub. That was fun, and they worked well. My dad's shoes only floated until they got waterlogged. Those little windup boats with a real propeller and rudder were also fun in the tub. My favorite toy was Bobbie McGee, a doll I had. I made her up in my imagination as my imaginary or invisible friend. I could talk to her when I was alone about stuff I didn't trust to tell anyone else.

Toys were whatever turned my crank; then, once the novelty wore off, I moved on to something else, which was a significant part of my life's story before I got into Social Work. It didn't matter to me what the job was: a farm, a ranch, a truck stop, a factory, any day job, just enough to keep moving. I wasn't looking to get rich; I was looking to travel, explore, discover, and learn. Today, I thank the Great Spirit for being with me on this guided tour and for the experiences I had on the road, such as the life of an itinerant traveler - how much freer can you be? My journey was priceless.

What have I got to lose? Well, let's put it this way: I indeed thank all my lucky stars and the Creator that I decided to let go of the messes I had in my life, and I braved my way through the jungle alone, following my heart as my guide.

BELIEVE ME, it works, but you do truly have to believe in the Higher power to work within you. THE SLIGHTEST DOUBT will upset the apple cart ⚫️ <- big period that's it.

BREAKING NEWS:

Supreme Court to weigh longshot bid to overturn same-sex marriage precedent

The Supreme Court will meet behind closed doors Friday to consider a longshot bid to overturn its decade-old same-sex marriage precedent, an appeal that is churning fear among some LGBTQ advocates even though the justices themselves have repeatedly signaled little appetite for reopening the landmark decision.

The pending appeal comes from Kim Davis, a former county clerk from Kentucky who refused to issue marriage licenses after the Supreme Court’s blockbuster 2015 decision, Obergefell v. Hodges, allowed same-sex couples to legally marry. Davis, who has fought her case for years, has directly asked the court to jettison that decision. “The time has come,” Davis argued in a recent filing, for a “course correction.”

The Supreme Court will meet Friday, like it often does this time of year, to consider which appeals it will hear in coming months and which it will deny. The Davis appeal is one of dozens of cases the justices will consider in that private meeting, and the court could announce as soon as Monday what it will do with the case...

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

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Flight cuts underway after FAA orders reduction due to government shutdown

What Were Covering:

• Flight cuts begin:

A 4% reduction in domestic flights is in effect following an order from the Federal Aviation Administration. It currently affects 40 airports in major US cities, but further cuts are planned in coming days, due to staffing issues caused by the government shutdown.

• Hundred of flights affected:

• Duffy warns of future impacts:

• Gridlock in Congress:

24 min ago

Thune expects Senate to stay in session this weekend if funding vote fails today

Senate Majority Leader John Thune indicated he expects the Senate to be in session this weekend if Democrats block a plan today to reopen the government.

Asked if senators will work through the weekend if the funding vote fails, Thune told reporters, “I think that should be the expectation.” Senate Democrats are expected to oppose a vote to reopen the government, as they seek more commitments on dealing with rising health care costs...

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32 min ago

Q&A: Why is the disruption to air travel happening now?

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44 min ago

In pictures: What it's like at America's airports this morning

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Updated 11:24 AM EST, Fri November 7, 2025

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Canada gains a surprise 67,000 jobs in October, beating economists' expectations

Unemployment rate edges down to 6.9%

The Canadian economy added a surprising 67,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate ticked down to 6.9 per cent, Statistics Canada said on Friday, beating economists' expectations for the month.

While the majority of the jobs gained in October were part-time positions, "that doesn't do much to detract" from the strong headline number, wrote CIBC senior economist Andrew Grantham. Both full-time and part-time work were up on a yearly basis. By sector, the influx of work was driven by wholesale and retail trade — which added 41,000 jobs — as well as transportation and warehousing, information, culture and recreation, and utilities...

Unemployment Rate In Canada - CHART:

Canada's economy added 60,000 jobs in September, with gains led by manufacturing ...

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Posted: Nov 07, 2025 8:29 AM EST | Last Updated: 24 minutes ago

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💫💥✨🍷🍻"WHOOPIE! for Canada🍁 Can you beat that Trumpo, with a Master's degree in Goofology 👀 Do us all a favor and go fly a 🪁 in traffic Butthole (‿ˠ‿) 🛻 🚕 🚓 🦼🛺 🚕 🛵 🚛 🚲 🚌 🏍 🛴 🦼 🩼 🚒 🚜 🚙 on I-75

Worried about being fingerprinted? What snowbirds need to know about U.S. registration requirement

The registration requirement sounds simple, but it can actually be quite complex

As snowbirds flock to the border to escape the Canadian winter, many are encountering the new U.S. registration requirement for the first time.

The rule, which took effect in April under the Trump administration, makes it mandatory for Canadians staying longer than 29 days to register with the U.S. government. The regulation sounds simple, but it’s actually complex. Not all long-term travellers need to register, and for those who do, there’s more than one way to complete the process.

Further complicating matters, there’s no central U.S. government website that lays out all the options for travellers, and those who register at the border will likely be photographed, fingerprinted and charged $30 US...

Option 1: Register at the border:
WATCH VIDEO| Snowbirds fingerprinted, photographed at border:*
Option 2: Register in the U.S.
A warning about the G-325R form:
What about Nexus members?:

CBP told CBC News on Oct. 21 that they’re exempt. However, on Nov. 6, CBP said Nexus members aren’t exempt.

A note about facial biometrics: ...

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Posted: Nov 07, 2025 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 8 hours ago

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That will be about it for now from the TREE HOUSE NEWS. Thank you for reading. I will announce any further updates on the Supreme Court in America or changes in the latest status of our Canadian Budget as soon as they become available. As far as I can gather, everything right now is an air sandwich 🥪 floating somewhere between here and Alpha Centauri. ✨ ISN'T IT IRITATING! Like an itch you can't quite get at, that's Trumpo the clown. 🤡