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Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

I thought that I would stop by and update everyone on our present status. Yesterday, we spent the day wandering around town and then stopped by the local hot dog stand. It was closed, so we drove across the road to a pasta wagon, where we enjoyed Italian-style spaghetti.

Mmm! Enjoyed eating outside at a picnic table. Loved the ambiance. Besides the pasta stand, there was a yard with bushes and trees, where old, damaged travel trailers sat, which got me wondering - that happens a lot. One train of thought leads to another, like links in a chain. So there I was, sitting in my own little world, thinking about the history of those trailers or the stories they could tell if they could speak.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Ω ☮️ VIVE LA RESISTANCE ☮️ Ω

Now that all semblance of a balanced and fair legal system in the U.S is fast going to the sh-t house, it is fast breaking down into lawlessness or the law of the land, to an insane narcissistic senile sadist older man. How nice of the misled voters, Magat 🪰🪱 cult. I know in my heart of hearts what a true American is. I have certainly been around them for enough years, with the porous border, and I even lived on both sides for a time. Don't discard the entire bushel basket of potatoes just because one potato is spoiled. Without Kink Magot, 👑 🪱 the flies 🪰 will disappear.

So, in the meantime, I can't see why the French Underground System, adopted during the Second World War in France, can still be implemented. Just everyone does their part to be contrary, like petting the cat backwards. May the Great Spirit bless you all.

We will be visiting my niece this afternoon, but I'm not certain when. I will drop by later this evening.

From The Fairy Lady. 🧚‍♀️

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

🌺 🌸 ~ Allow yourself to flow to nature's melody ~ 🌸 🌺

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMmJNbDs74Q

 

TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

My pet peeve of the day: I still haven't learned how to go off page to copy and paste back on the page I was on on a cellphone. I have to write it down on paper. That eats time when you are operating a sequence of activities, if scrunched. I get a mess like a pile-up on I-75. Or that 50 pounds of compressed 💩 in a 5-pound ziplock bag hitting the wall at 60 miles an hour.😂 Aaah! Just get it done and put the 💩 in a sock. Open the window, wind it around like a baseball pitcher, and let it fly. That was one of my mom's favorite sayings for getting rid of 💩. I guess I should smoke some 💩. After all this, how 💩 can one be? 🤣 😂 😆 🥲 🥹 🤨 😫 😭

NOTICE!: 🛑

I will be busy over the next few days and will be away from July 17 until the morning of July 21 to visit my sister. I will continue with the usual Newsroom report and a couple of breaking news briefs, depending on the time I have available. Thank you for reading the news.

PRAYER OF THE DAY:

Now is the time to take a moment of silence in mind for prayer and meditation, to help sanity return to America. 🙏

Ω -☮️~🌷VIVE LA RESISTANCE🌷~☮️- Ω

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

EVIL NARSISTIC DUDES:-

- Google Search -

How Narcissists Use DARVO to Escape Accountability

Narcissistic Abuse By Manya Wakefield Apr 30, 2020

DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse, Victim, and Offender) is a tactical maneuver manipulators use to groom individuals, and, indeed, entire social groups. It involves controlling people's perception of events through a specific sequence of actions. Those who experience the DARVO process often feel disoriented as the perpetrator of abuse actively revises the facts and distorts the truth. By crafting a fictional narrative that bears no resemblance to reality, they sow seeds of doubt. Bystanders, regrettably, accept the manipulator's lies as truth. Meanwhile, the recipient of the abuse becomes a scapegoat and a target of vilification.

My Opinion:

Who wants the hot seat for being the worst narcissist in the world right about now?

CONTESTANTS:

Not Necessarily in Pecking Order:

.1 Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin

NOTE> .2 and .3 Pakistan and India are variables: After Trump pokes them in the eye with a sharp stick with his tariffs and sanctions, they could easily become in league with Putin

.4 Ayatollah Ali Khameini

.5 Xi Jinping

.6 Kim Jong Un

.7 Now the Trumpet, stands alone above all! So, who gets the Nobel Peace Prize for being the most deserving of the 'Dunciest of Dunces' trophy? 🤡 🙃 🔺🤔 🥴 😵‍💫 Aka Trumpeter's Dunce Brigade. Narcissists are frauds programmed to parrot the horsemanure and drivel of the Kink of parrots, the orange arse pick!

BREAKING NEWS:

US wholesale inflation was unchanged last month despite tariff rollout

US wholesale inflation was muted in June, despite expectations for an increase amid the rollout of tariffs.

The Producer Price Index, which measures the average change in prices paid to producers, was unchanged from May, and the annual rate of wholesale-level inflation slowed 2.3%, helped lower in part because of base effects (where the year-ago period experienced higher inflation). Economists had expected that prices would rise 0.2% on a monthly basis and 2.5% annually, according to FactSet...

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Published 8:34 AM EDT, Wed July 16, 2025

- CNN -

Trump’s 50-day shift on Ukraine is a big deal — but probably not for Putin

New developments Tuesday reinforced the idea that President Donald Trump has significantly shifted his view of the Ukraine war.

But his short time horizons and lack of specificity on what exactly he will do for Ukraine, which are hallmarks of his leadership, mean the most critical factor preventing an end to the conflict will remain unchanged. There is little reason to believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin will change his own calculations on a war he sees as a historic imperative and that may be existential for him politically.

Still, some things have undeniably changed. Worst-case scenarios for what the first six months of Trump’s second term could mean for Ukraine didn’t come to pass...

• A recalibration of expectations:
• How long will Trump’s new outlook last?:
• NATO basks in Trump’s rare praise:
• New moves in Congress:

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Published 12:00 AM EDT, Wed July 16, 2025

- CNN -

Why Donald Trump is facing doubts in the ‘manosphere’

Why Donald Trump is facing doubts in the ‘manosphere’Justin Centers fits the profile of many younger men who helped power Donald Trump’s political comeback last fall.

He's a 21-year-old autoworker from the Detroit suburbs and was newly eligible to vote in presidential elections — a cross-section of traits Trump aggressively targeted in his bid to reclaim battlegrounds like Michigan. He's also a longtime fan of Theo Von, the shaggy-haired, free-wheeling comedian and podcast host whose viral interview with Trump last August signaled an emerging political shift among millennial and Gen Z men.

Centers ultimately voted for Trump, and Von had a VIP seat at the inauguration. But in recent months, Von has expressed growing dissatisfaction with Trump's second stint in the White House — sentiments that were echoed by Centers outside Detroit's Fox Theatre as he waited to catch Von's stand-up tour...

• Warning signs:
• Anger over Epstein:
• Democrats wade in:

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Published 6:00 AM EDT, Wed July 16, 2025

- CNN -

RFK Jr. fires top aides in HHS shakeup

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired two of his top aides in an abrupt shakeup of the leadership at the nation's sprawling health department, two people familiar with the matter told -CNN-

Kennedy this week ousted chief of staff Heather Flick Melanson and deputy chief of staff for policy Hannah Anderson, dismissing them after only a handful of months on the job. The decision came after Kennedy lost confidence in them as part of his leadership team, one of the people familiar with the matter said, although it was unclear whether there was a single triggering event that prompted the firings.

In a statement, an HHS spokesman confirmed the moves and said the department's White House liaison, Matt Buckham, would serve as acting chief of staff...

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July 16, 2025 - Updated 1 hr 42 min ago

- CNN -

CANADIAN NEWS:

9 Ontario First Nations speak at Queen's Park after challenging federal, provincial bills

-CBC- News is livestreaming the conference here

Nine First Nations in Ontario that launched a constitutional challenge against a pair of federal and provincial laws meant to fast-track infrastructure projects are speaking at Queen's Park on Wednesday.

The Indigenous communities said in the legal challenge filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice that the federal law known as Bill C-5 and the Ontario law known as Bill 5 both represent a "clear and present danger" to the First Nations' self-determination rights to ways of life on their territories.

Bill C-5 allows cabinet to quickly grant federal approvals for big projects deemed to be in the national interest such as mines, ports and pipelines by sidestepping existing laws, while Ontario's Bill 5 allows its cabinet to suspend provincial and municipal laws through the creation of so-called "special economic zones."...

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Posted: Jul 16, 2025 9:28 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

- CBC -

Carney's major projects bill passed. Now he says 'the real work begins'

Cabinet holding meetings over the summer to decide which projects get fast-tracked

Now that Bill C-5 is the law of the land, Prime Minister Mark Carney says "the real work begins" to fast-track major projects. Here's what comes next — and what experts say needs to happen. Parliament passed the bill before it rose for the summer. The second half of the bill, the Building Canada Act, enables the federal cabinet to pick projects deemed to be in the national interest, approve them upfront and override federal laws, environmental reviews and the permitting process.

Those provisions around major projects face pushback from critics, who warn the bill weakens environmental protections, constitutional rights, and democracy itself...

• Stuck in the 'slow lane':

_Khosla is now executive director of economic and energy policy at the Public Policy Forum. The think-tank produced a roadmap named Build Big Things, which lays out in stark terms that Canada has fallen behind its peers in GDP per capita growth._

• Making time for Indigenous rights:

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Posted: Jul 03, 2025 2:02 PM EDT | Last Updated: July 3

- CBC -

May G-d Bless! - Amen!

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

🪷🌿🍃~Rest for a moment in Nature's healing garden~🍃🌿🪷

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feDzq4NIUpU

 

TREEHOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

The system was acting like a bug stuck in molasses in January, or a snail with bursitis. So, I sent my system to the Bug Cleaners; I hope it pressed the bugs out and it comes back wrinkleless. 🤔 If not it may have to go see the Laptop Doctor.

Well, outside of the laptop farts, I am doing fine. The sun is shining, it's a little humid, but we have a portable air conditioner that seems to do quite well at keeping the temperature at least comfortable. Who needs air conditioners to the point where you have an icicle hanging on the end of your nose, turning blue, wrapped in a blanket? Me, Wrapaho, 🗞 Publisher of Tree House News, and meet my partner, Chief Bent Feather 🪶 🤣, who is also my Editor-in-Chief.

Now, let us take a moment to meditate and pray for our brothers and sisters south of the border.🙏

Ω - ☮️~ VIVE LA RESISTANCE ~ ☮️ - Ω

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Defenition of Lunicy

- Google Search -

"Lunacy" is an outdated term for a form of insanity, particularly one believed to be influenced by the phases of the moon. It can also refer to any form of insanity or the legal definition of psychosis. More generally, it can describe acting in a silly or stupid manner.

- Google Search -

Lunatic:

An Insane Person

noun. (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) An insane person. A person whose actions and manner are marked by extreme eccentricity or recklessness.

How does a lunatic behave?:

If you describe someone as a lunatic, you think they behave in a dangerous, stupid, or annoying way. Her son thinks she's an absolute raving lunatic. If you describe someone's behaviour or ideas as lunatic, you think they are very foolish and possibly dangerous.

In my opinion: here is a good example of an addled mind.

You know, for the love of heaven, I can't understand why Trumpet thinks that tariffs are such a good tool to use to bargain with other nations. It is so ridiculous, it's like he's on the stage in his underwear, spotlight beaming down on him while he whips himself with his own whip! Looney son of a twitch. I do not care to think of seeing the landscape under that suit and red tie. Enough said about that goofball.

The fat, orange Whack-a-Mole loony bin bat in the belfry that uses baby feces for makeup. Taco Kink of Bizzaromarica. Someday, I will come up with the perfect adjective for that pile of 💩 Now, let us move on to the News.

BREAKING NEWS:

US inflation rebounded in June to highest level in four months

US inflation heated back up in June, rising to its highest level in four months, as price increases — including those from tariffs — packed a bigger punch.

Consumer prices rose 0.3% last month, pushing the annual inflation rate higher to 2.7%, the highest since February, according to the latest Consumer Price Index data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tuesday’s data came right in line with what economists were expecting, as gas prices rose for the first time in five months and other prices increased in key services and goods categories.

• Tracking US inflation: How recent numbers compare to the last decade:

The Consumer Price Index increased slightly to 2.7% for the last 12 months ending in June.

Read More:

Updated 9:33 AM EDT, Tue July 15, 2025

- CNN -

Trump flails as Epstein storm rages around his government

Donald Trump very rarely loses control of his own story. But the Jeffrey Epstein saga is beyond his powers to quell.

It’s a new twist for the president, being at odds with the loudest and most conspiratorial faction of his MAGA movement. For once, he’s becoming the victim of an out-of-control conspiracy, not the initiator of one. He looks like the insider covering up, not the ultimate outsider and deep-state destroyer.

Some of MAGA’s most visible personalities are speaking up. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene warned Monday of “significant” reverberations in the movement over what some Trump supporters see as a cover-up. “It’s just a red line that it crosses for many people,” she told CNN’s Manu Raju...

• The political fallout:
• What will Trump do next?:
• The conspiracist-in-chief:
• How the Epstein storm could hurt the country:

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Published 12:00 AM EDT, Tue July 15, 2025:

- CNN -

Trump’s new stance toward Russia changes the calculus in Ukraine. Why now?

To appreciate the dramatic shift in President Donald Trump’s policy towards Ukraine, consider two scenes in the Oval Office, months apart:

On February 28, Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in front of the global news media, declaring that he has “no cards” and effectively no choice but to sue for peace with Russia and largely on Russia’s terms. Shortly after that meeting, the United States announced a temporary pause on all military and intelligence support for Ukraine.

On July 14, Trump met with the secretary general of NATO, Mark Rutte, and announced significant new cards for Zelensky, in the form of billions of dollars in military equipment, including advanced anti-air systems, and new sanctions on Russia to go into effect 50 days from now if Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to prosecute the war...

• Dancing with a bear:
• Diplomatic inertia:
• Inflection point:
• New approach: leveraged diplomacy:
• Can it work? Yes:
• Conclusion:

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Published 6:00 AM EDT, Tue July 15, 2025

- CNN -

Flash flooding swamps Northeast metro areas as extreme rain threatens millions

Water gushes near a ticket turnstile at the 28th Street station in New York City Monday.

Millions across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic remain under flash flood watches early Tuesday as slow-moving summer storms brought heavy showers to the East Coast, impacting transportation and leaving people stranded in vehicles on waterlogged roads. Flooding was reported near Newark, New Jersey, New York City, northern Virginia and southern Maryland, according to the National Weather Service, with more rain to come Tuesday.

A state of emergency was declared in New Jersey due to ongoing flooding, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday night, warning residents to “remain off the roads unless absolutely necessary.” The weather service has warned that more rain is expected Tuesday after heavy showers swept east, including across New York City, which experienced its second wettest hour on record Monday night after a little over 2 inches fell between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. local time...

Read More; VIDEO's Included:

July 15, 2025 - Updated 3 hr ago

- CNN -

CANADIAN NEWS:

Inflation rate rose slightly to 1.9% in June as vehicle and clothing prices climb

Pace of inflation increased after holding steady at 1.7% in May

The pace of inflation sped up to 1.9 per cent in the month of June as costs for cars and clothes increased, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

Passenger vehicles prices rose significantly in June — rising 4.1 per cent year over year, compared to a 3.2 per cent increase in May. Used passenger vehicles had their first year-over-year increase in 18 months, according to Statistics Canada. New cars also increased in price, with the inflation rate climbing to 5.2 per cent in May. Costs for clothing and footwear accelerated last month, rising two per cent year over year in June. Statistics Canada says that came as a result of tariff uncertainty hitting the clothing industry in particular.

And in the grocery aisle, prices rose 2.8 per cent, after rising 3.3 per cent the month prior. Price growth in that category slowed in large part due to price decreases for fresh fruits and vegetables — the first decline in that category since October 2021, says the data agency.

Statistics Canada said gasoline prices were nearly unchanged in June as higher crude oil prices and geopolitical conflicts ratcheted up pressure at the pumps.

The new numbers come after the agency said the pace of inflation held steady in May at 1.7 per cent...

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Posted: Jul 15, 2025 8:39 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

- CBC -

After major issues with tenants, these Ontario landlords blame their real estate agents

Some Ontario landlords are calling for change, saying contracts don't match agents' verbal promises

Sanaulhaq Zarawar has a tenant who won't pay rent and won't move out. It's the kind of stressful situation he says he wanted to avoid when he hired a real estate agent to find him a "good" tenant for his only rental property, a four-bedroom house in Whitby, Ont., shared with multiple family members as an investment.

"Why else would I have paid a Realtor than to make sure I have a good tenant and to do the vetting and background checks?" he said. The tenant moved into the home in 2023. Several months in, Zarawar says, he stopped paying. Panicked, Zarawar took a closer look at the application and began calling the references himself.

That's when he says he realized he may be dealing with a fraudulent tenant...

VIDEO Included:

• High stakes in a hot housing market:
• Not a real estate agent's job:
• Calls for change to standard contract:
• 'This is your investment':

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Posted: Jul 15, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 14 minutes ago

- CBC -

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

🌱 ~Seed Of Gaia | Calm The Mind & Nurture The Soul~ 🌱

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9XuLz1uq2A

 

TREEHOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

Well, it's a cloudy morning, but still a little muggy out. Hey there, Bugsy! says Mugsy as he takes out Spiky for a walk to Mikey's to buy a pair of Nikes. Yep! It's not just the coffee that's a' perkin', so is the cerebral cortex. Clouds or not, I still love the summer, especially taking time to sit out in my green space. It rained last night, and the trees almost look like they're glowing.

Speaking of the cerebral cortex, I watched a documentary last night about the function of the brain, not just the physical, but the psychological.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

A BABY WHAT?

Even back before the Second World War, some experimented with telepathy and other superior psychological abilities. Functioning on a higher level mentally and physically, to outperform the norm. There were no organized studies of telepathy, and no proof of its power.

Drug use in German society became popular in the 1920s, especially among college students studying all night for tests and exams. The drug they used kept them awake, attentive, and learning for days at a time. The drug had a brand name, but it was actually crystal meth.

The use of heroin, cocaine, and crystal meth was rampant in Germany when Hitler and his Nazi party took control in 1933. Their campaign to build a strong Aryan society included the gathering of drug addicts into concentration camps for execution with other "undesirables."

The German army experimented with crystal meth in their project to build the ideal soldier. The use of crystal meth in large doses made a human male soldier into a cold, unfeeling killing machine devoid of empathy.

Governments continue to experiment with drugs to this day, supposedly on a voluntary basis. The drugs will always be around; it all depends on what and who a government wants to concoct with these chemicals. A BABY WHAT?

Have you ever wondered what has evolved from the technology we have developed since the beginning of the industrial age? For instance, what's really behind the defence system, Area 51, Lockheed, or behind the door of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York? I mean, all the underground facilities in all countries, with today's technology? It's as easy for us to bore through the earth as it is for earthworms, ants, and weasels.

Today, boring holes through a mountain is like boring holes in cheese with an electric drill. There you go! Now we know how they make Swiss Cheese. So it's not mouseholes after all. So much stuff that could be right in front of our noses, and we wouldn't know it. Not just underground but also above ground, even the ruler of that country, the Orange Clown, isn't privy to what these men in black do behind their closed doors. Personally, I believe it would be awfully dumb, dumb, 🗿 of them not to have a backup plan, especially since the Cold War.

The safety networks are falling apart very fast. Without a safety network and hurricane and tornado season underway, the place is going to be a wasteland. Everybody's arse has been fired, and they're sitting at home watching the fireworks. Hell, sitting in a tent. Maybe even in an internment camp. The safety network will no longer exist after this year. History repeats itself, and better pray there is someone left to hit the reset button after the dust settles.

BREAKING NEWS:

Epstein fallout poses a loyalty test: Trump — or MAGA?

In the days since the Trump administration released a memo about Jeffrey Epstein directly at odds with conspiracy theories pushed by the president and some of his top lieutenants, Trump’s movement and most ardent supporters are in revolt.

The Justice Department and the FBI released a memo last week concluding there was no evidence that Epstein had a list of powerful men who participated in his alleged underworld of sex trafficking and pedophilia. It also said the disgraced former financier died by suicide and was not murdered in his New York jail cell.

Yet after years of big promises to the president’s base, the memo failed to produce a smoking gun, undercutting Trump and his team’s own words. And MAGA world isn’t happy, pitting the president’s closest allies against one another...

President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up to Attorney General Pam Bondi, bottom right, ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 final in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Sunday.

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Published 4:00 AM EDT, Mon July 14, 2025

- CNN -

How Trump came around to a novel plan to send weapons to Ukraine

When President Donald Trump won last year’s election, European officials quickly began discussing how to sustain US weapons shipments to Ukraine under a leader who had vowed to pull back American support.

Eight months later, the results of that plan are coming into view, with Trump on board with a novel idea to sell US weapons to European nations that will then transfer them to Kyiv. The president is expected to announce the plan around a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Monday.

In addition to Patriot missile batteries — the top item on Kyiv’s wish list and one Trump said Sunday was vital to Ukraine’s defenses — the US could also sell short-range missiles, Howitzer rounds and medium-range air-to-air missiles to NATO members, which would then be transferred to Ukraine, a person familiar with the deliberations said.

The thinking behind Trump’s decision is multifold, officials said...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a visit to a military training area to find out about the training of Ukrainian soldiers on the “Patriot” anti-aircraft missile system, at an undisclosed location, in Germany, June 11, 2024.

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Published 9:18 AM EDT, Mon July 14, 2025

- CNN -

Some Tesla shareholders want a full-time CEO. That’s not how Musk works

This is a crucial year for Tesla. Just ask Elon Musk.

In January, he described 2025 as “maybe the most important” in the company’s history, with the admittedly ambitious goals of releasing its long-promised robotaxi service and humanoid robots. But Musk’s attention was monopolized by a high-profile role in the Trump administration as problems at Tesla began to mount. Even after stepping very far away from that role, Musk remains focused on a wide range of activities outside of Tesla, including starting a third political party and trying to fix problems at X, his social media platform.

That leaves Tesla — the most valuable automaker on the planet, employing 125,000 worldwide — missing one thing every other major company has: a full-time boss focused on its future...

• Plunging sales, more problems coming:
• ‘He doesn’t want to be in the car business’:

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Updated 6:41 AM EDT, Mon July 14, 2025

- CNN -

Told you that months ago, politics don't mix with science. One is built on facts, the other is built on mirages. Today, it's who can lie, weasel something out of somebody, or just outright steal the most and get away with it, and we, the People, pay for their theft. PIRATES!

Now we have Kink Orange Turd Head and his Merry Weasels of Nottingham - Marilago -

CANADIAN NEWS:

Dozens more alleged victims come forward as Brampton man accused in real estate fraud faces new charges

Moiz Kunwar says he’ll defend all allegations, Peel police issue warning about him

A Brampton man accused of defrauding more than a dozen would-be homeowners is now facing additional criminal charges, while a civil lawyer says dozens more alleged victims have recently come forward claiming they were also defrauded. Moiz Kunwar, 28, is accused of taking deposits for pre-construction homes he was not authorized to sell, which were built by a legitimate developer he had no connection with.

Last month, Kunwar was charged with fraud over $5,000 and possession of property obtained by crime. That's on top of two counts of each charge already laid against him in February and March of this year, according to Brampton court records. The criminal charges against him have yet to be tested in court...

• 40-50 more people believe they were scammed: lawyer
• Kunwar previously denied fraud allegations:
• Accusations as recent as last spring:

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Posted: Jul 14, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

- CBC -

"Gotcha! One more less thief of mass destruction gets caught with a hand still in the jar. I hate tiefs, "While I was sleeping de tief stole me teeth!" 😂

Frostbite and fear: Inside a journey into Canada with human smugglers

Chidi Nwagbo says he paid a high price while fleeing to Canada to avoid immigration crackdowns in the U.S.

Chidi Nwagbo says he made a "stupid" decision paying human smugglers to get him into Canada that left him permanently scarred and in the hands of the very U.S. immigration authorities he was trying to flee.

The 57-year-old says he paid $2,000 US in cash to a human smuggling organization in New Jersey to escape the immigration raids sweeping the U.S. He says the smugglers lied to him about the dangers of the journey that almost killed him along the borderlands between New York State and Quebec in February of this year. "If I had known that this would have been the outcome, I don't think I would have done it," said Nwagbo in a phone interview with CBC News from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centre in Batavia, N.Y.

He's now warning others not to follow in his footsteps...

• The choice to leave the U.S.:
• The frozen path to Canada:
• *The price of the journey:
• 'They might eliminate him':

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Posted: Jul 14, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

- CBC -

And so goes life with Kink Orange Pus Bag and Dunce Brigade in Natsimarica. Welcome to the land where happiness goes to die.

🙏My sincere prayers go out to all who are still sane🙏

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

🎇 🪷 ~Cleanse All That Drains You, let go of the Fear, Stress, Sadness~ 🪷 🎇

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YgQJ0mz_vc

 TREEHOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

_*I got up this morning; it was 6:20 am, and it was still dark out. I slept in almost an hour and a half later than usual. It was so dark I had to turn on the light 💡 to find my clothes and put them on. It was really dark, with thick clouds out, ☁️, and I thought we were in for a good thunderstorm. It is now 7:00 am, and all is clearing up, with blue sky. It did rain, but not enough to quench the thirst of an earthworm standing on end with its tongue hanging out.🪱

Well, there isn't much more going on in the Newsroom at the moment. I believe that when I get to the national news, it will undoubtedly make up for it.

Topic of the day, I haven't thought of one yet. I plan to take a coffee break in my green space first to get energized for the really

big show! 🥁I am not really coming up with any special topic this morning. That can only mean The Orange Puke Bag is on the golf course today, or he ate a bad hamburger, or he couldn't find his artificial ear. Boy, it's going to be boring without him being the butt end of everyone's joke, who thinks they're a comedian, laughing like a bunch of jackasses at their own jokes. Some of them were downright clever, I must say.

Today's Brief Discussion:

What Does G-d stand for?:

- Google Search -

We could always pick on the next dummy who thinks he or she is a tin can god to be the butt of our jokes. We are of the stock from the DNA of a human genome. What happened after that?

What really happened when Eve listened to the serpent in search of knowledge?

NO MORE TIN CAN GODS! Please, G-d, my interpretation, with the big G, stands for greatness and or respect, the - dash = ∞ infinity.

I pray that the human race doesn't stray too far back on the evolutionary scale and that it finds it will way back on track, and not end up at the bottom of the pit, like worms mucking about in the oozy mud, as it was in the beginning. At this rate, it won't bode well either; we're evolving with this attitude, and I'm a Tin Can G-d. I have my universe, go get your own! Type of Mindset. Alternatively, we can choose to remain forever trapped, like crabs in a bucket, at the end of evolution. It's your choice, and you don't have an infinity to choose from. Do not go by way of the cerebral cortex but through your heart.

Now for news time. I wish I could break the news, like sticks for the campfire. 🥢 🔥

• BREAKING NEWS:

How Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ frames the defining debate for 2026

The massive tax and budget bill President Donald Trump signed into law this month could prove a major challenge for Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections — but probably not in the places that will be hurt the most by it.

Democrats still expect to compete in very few of the House districts that face the greatest losses from the bill’s historic cuts to the Medicaid program. The same is true in the districts with the most to lose from the bill’s cancellation of the tax incentives for clean energy manufacturing approved under President Joe Biden. Many of the most exposed districts in both categories are small-town and exurban places where the cultural hurdles for Democrats remain nearly insurmountable, even after the passage of a bill that could so directly harm their economic interests.

Instead, the sweeping policy bill may threaten Republicans more in places that are offended than affected by it. That includes not only suburban seats with large numbers of college-educated voters who tend to support activist government, but also blue-collar communities where the bill’s cuts to the social safety net may help Democrats win back some of the working-class voters of all races who have moved away from them in the Trump era.

• The districts most affected are highly unlikely to swing toward Democrats:
• The bill could alienate key segments of the GOP coalition:

The "big, beautiful bill" is seen during an enrollment ceremony at the US Capitol on July 03, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers his budget address for the 2025-26 fiscal year to a joint session of the state House and Senate at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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Published 6:00 AM EDT, Sun July 13, 2025

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Florida lawmakers allowed into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say detainees packed into cages

Deep in the hazardous and ecologically fragile Everglades, hundreds of migrants are confined in cages in a makeshift tent detention facility Florida’s Republican governor calls “safe and secure” and Democratic lawmakers call “inhumane.”

Two days after filing a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for being "unlawfully denied entry" to inspect conditions at the facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," members of Congress and state representatives were given a limited tour Saturday to inspect conditions after calling the lack of access a "deliberate obstruction meant to hide what's really happening behind those gates," according to a joint statement from lawmakers.

They said they heard detainees shouting for help and crying out "libertad"— Spanish for "freedom" — amid sweltering heat, bug infestations and meager meals.

• Lawmakers shown empty cells:
• Detained migrant's family reports difficult conditions, no access to lawyer:
• 'Alligator Alcatraz' set up in just eight days:

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July 13, 2025 - Updated 21 min ago

- CNN -

CANADIAN NEWS:

10 ways ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding has evaded arrest for 10 years

Canadian on FBI's most-wanted list allegedly leads a murderous drug empire

Once a Team Canada Olympic snowboarder, Ryan James Wedding has spent more than 10 years on the run from authorities, while allegedly leading a murderous, transnational drug-smuggling empire. Listed as one of the FBI's ten most-wanted fugitives since March, the U.S. State Department is offering a $10-million US reward for information leading to his arrest.

So, how has Wedding, 43, evaded capture for so long? CBC News has spoken with current and former investigators and reviewed court files and public statements by authorities. What emerges is a multi-faceted strategy involving technology, money and high-level connections that appears to have allowed Wedding to consistently remain one step ahead of U.S. and Canadian authorities.

• Who is Ryan Wedding?:

Born into a skiing family in Thunder Bay, Ont., Wedding later moved to Coquitlam, B.C., and appeared destined for a promising career in snowboarding, reaching the 2002 Olympic Games in Utah.

• 1. Cartel connections:
• 2. Getting tipped off:
• 3. Global allies:
• 4. Fear and violence, and more:

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CBC News · Posted: Jul 13, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

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Half of requests for complex dental work are being rejected under national insurance plan

*Dental association says government dealing with 'avalanche' of submissions*

As federal dental care expands to cover most uninsured Canadians, providers say some procedures are being bogged down by paperwork and processing delays. Health Canada says 52 per cent of requests for pre-authorized dental work between November 2024 and June 2025 have been rejected.

While the vast majority of claims don't need pre-authorization, it's required for more complex and often more expensive procedures, like crowns or partial dentures. Clinics must submit extra documentation like X-rays and dental charts to show the work is medically necessary before it can be covered and completed. "There's been a lot of confusion for dentists who send in what we would normally send in to a private plan, and it comes back rejected," said Dr. Bruce Ward, a Vancouver dentist and president of the Canadian Dental Association.

"It's a much, much, much higher rejection rate than private plans."

• Missing information:
• Growing pains:
• Not a 'free' program:

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Posted: Jul 13, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

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I pray that Canada is not thinking of cutting back on government services. Is there not a better way than using the Natsi stuff Trump is pulling? Let the Arse pick Junp off the cliff, that's his choice, and it seems the people don't have any problems in taking the plunge off the cliff with him into the seventh circle of HELL! Bunch of MAGA crocodiles. If the Dems were serious about this, they would have a fire-eating representative dominating the media by now.

WE NEED A FIRE EATER! One who knows how to speak using simple, formal English that even dunces can understand.

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