TREE HOUSE NEWS🏡

Land of Whispering Pines🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

Well, I am here, and not feeling particularly bouncy today, but hey! I ain't complaining, I got no aches and pains in the butt, discomforts, and that's heaven. But let me share with you some of the news I came across while scrolling through my phone. Whether fake or genuine, it doesn't matter; both are carriers of gloom.

I don't like gloom; it reminds me of those dull grey winter clouds, day after day. YUK! 👅 Each day, the news is beginning to sound more like an unflushed toilet, 🚽 Hey Ma! Let's move away from LA, they say it's all a' slippin' away. Well, park the boat 🛶 in Idaho and make our way to James Bay in Ontario. America no longer needs our Canadian water. But Ma! Think about the fortune we could make a sellin' water wings, snorkels, and flippers down there!

Ruba dub dub The Fat Orange Jabba the Hutt in a tub,

a playin' with his rubber ducky, called Dick 😉

Shango - Day After Day (It's Slippin' Away)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxjU8vhV67A

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

RESISTANCE

Would you join the resistance if stuck in an authoritarian regime? Here's the psychology

Most of us like to believe we would have opposed the rise of Nazism in 1930s Germany. We may even like to imagine that we would have bravely fought for the resistance to Nazism in the 1940s. But would we? Our ability to take a stand may be put to the test as authoritarianism is increasing worldwide.

All electoral democracies can transform into autocracies. These are governments that restrict political and civil rights, centralise executive power, manipulate elections, and minimise the diversity of political views.

• Psychological profile:
• Leadership characteristics:
• Building resistance:

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Published: April 3, 2025, 11:03 am EDT

- theconversation com -

This is the most recent report I could find on any type of Resistance movement. We're no longer in Kansas, Ma!

Dorothy Gale - Wizard of Ozz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N77NaxlGlU

Never stop BELIEVING! in that rainbow and resist, assist, and persist, and follow the Yellow Brick Road. The Yellow Brick Road will take you beyond the rainbow, one brick at a time.

BREAKING NEWS:

Trump envoy headed to Egypt for ceasefire talks as 20 reported killed in Gaza

*What We're Covering*

• Israel’s government and military are preparing for the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan after Hamas said it has agreed to “immediately” enter negotiations for the release of all hostages.

• Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, will travel to Egypt this weekend for negotiations on details of the hostage release and other aspects of the proposal, according to two US officials.

• The planned visit comes after Trump wrote on social media that he believed the militant group was “ready for a lasting PEACE” and called on Israel to stop its bombardment of Gaza in order to extract hostages.

• Twenty people have been killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza over the past 12 hours, according to information from Gaza’s hospitals. Meanwhile, Hamas has stopped short of accepting Trump’s proposal unconditionally, with a finalized ceasefire deal far from certain...

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13 min ago

Trump focusing on what Hamas did agree to — rather than what it didn’t

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39 min ago

Witkoff and Kushner headed to Egypt for Gaza hostage talks

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More Realated NEWS:

Updated 10:13 AM EDT, Sat October 4, 2025

- CNN -

Where things stand in Portland and Chicago as Trump officials promise imminent National Guard deployments

The Trump administration is pointing to renewed unrest in Chicago and Portland, Oregon, to justify an imminent deployment of federal troops to the two Democrat-led cities, seizing on new rounds of protests and the recent arrest of a conservative influencer.

“We’re sending in the Department of War … I put a request in today for them to come to Chicago,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson Friday during a visit to Illinois, where another round of protests at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility led to more than a dozen arrests.

Federal troops would also be “rolling in” to Portland “within the next 24 hours,” the DHS secretary said, appearing to cite the arrest late Thursday of conservative influencer Nick Sortor as one of the justifications for federal intervention...

• Portland attorneys argue ‘perception versus reality problem’:
• Rising tensions in Chicago following sweeping immigration enforcement:

- CNN -

Updated Oct 4, 2025, 10:09 AM ET - Updated 16 min ago

- CNN -

The boys of Robert Land

They say they were terrorized at the military-style academy. Years later, they learned some of their instructors were

To 15-year-old Ian Longfield, the man standing before him naked in the woods was someone he must obey. As the sun set, that man, Mark Boland, told Longfield and five other boys to strip, Longfield says. Confused, Longfield took off his clothes, even his underwear, standing on them to protect his feet from the frozen ground.

It was a cold spring in 1996 and Longfield was a student at Robert Land Academy — Canada’s only military-style, all-boys private boarding school — in Ontario’s Niagara Region. He was on a month-long road trip out west, led by Boland.

That evening at a campsite somewhere near Calgary, Boland instructed the boys to pick up handfuls of snow and rub it across their skin — bitingly cold on their arms, legs and genitals. Longfield says he reluctantly did as he was told, feeling exploited and vulnerable as Boland watched. “I’d never seen a staff member naked before and it didn’t seem right,” Longfield said in a recent interview...

• The Somalia affair:
• A military-style dream:
• Broken legs:
• 'I think about it every day':
• Forging ahead:

Oct. 4, 2025

- CBC -

Energy Minister Tim Hodgson is brushing off questions over whether the Liberal government will repeal the tanker ban in B.C.'s northern waters, calling them "hypothetical" since Alberta has not formally submitted a pipeline proposal for consideration.

Speaking to reporters Friday afternoon in Montreal, Hodgson addressed Alberta's announcement that it plans to pitch a new bitumen pipeline to the northern coast of B.C. — a move that drew a sharp rebuke from B.C. Premier David Eby. "What we've said is that if Alberta wants to be a proponent [and] they want to put the money forward to work as a proponent for a pipeline, that's their right to do," Hodgson said...

• Tanker ban protects B.C. economy, province says:
• Energy company chair disputes B.C. arguments:

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Posted: Oct 04, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

- CBC -

How the U.S. trade war uncorked a surprising boom for wineries across Canada

*The 'Buy Canadian' movement has sparked a big uptick in local vino sales

Countless industries in Canada were stung when the trade war with the United States began earlier this year after U.S. President Donald Trump took office, but new life has been poured into one particular business.

Thanks in large part to the patriotic "Buy Canadian" movement, which has changed consumer habits and reshaped parts of the retail landscape, winemakers across the country say they're enjoying a rare and fruitful moment.

Several provinces — including Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec and Alberta — pulled U.S. alcohol products off their store shelves after the Trump administration slapped 25 per cent tariffs on almost all Canadian goods in February...

• 'A huge uptake' on products, winemaker says:
• Maintaining the momentum:
• Making the switch:

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Posted: Oct 04, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

- CBC -

Hearing a little bit of good news for a change these days is like the bee looking for the early morning flowers to bloom. 🐝🌺🌸

~ ✊ VIVE LA RESISTANCE ✊ ~

‘Lied his A-- OFF’: Trump now openly embracing Project 2025.

September 10, 2025.

- MSNBC -

It's time for The Tennessee Bird Walk.

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

 

TREE HOUSE NEWS🏡

Land of Whispering Pines🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

Again, I'm a little later than usual, just doing a bit of cleaning and picking up, that sort of thing, as I made my way to the kitchen to put some coffee on. Then I went out to sit in my Green Space and just let my mind... hmm, space out. I guess that's what we used to call it. Now here I am at the kitchen table with my coffee and laptop, getting ready to begin my preach of the day. Partner is up now, and we're both sitting at the kitchen table with the sun streaming in from the sliding glass doors. I love the brilliance, warmth, silence, and peace of early morning... life and living.*_

_*Just feeling alive, that inner glow is precious. It is even greater than the magic of any bejeweled princess in a lovely gown at a ball in a fantasy movie. Sparkly, crystal castle in the clouds, with a vault the size of Mt. Everest filled with gold and jewels, that type of dream come true? This morning, I feel like I have that inner glow, that part of it, and I pray that I still feel that way by the end of the day, living one day at a time. Didn't you know that one brick at a time, you can build your own castle? Better think about that. Perhaps you have already built that castle, possibly several times over in your lifetime. Sometimes the most significant rewards are all the little ones bagged in one bag, the bricks of your castle.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

You Reap What You Sow

Bible "reap what you sow" Galatians 6:7-9

OH me, Oh my sayeth me! I fear that I did do a little of the Sow - ing part, Jees, if they were Stanfield Long Johns, I would have Sow - n enough of them in one lifetime to suit up the Canadian armed forces. I got my payback for handing out holy bags to my listeners to put their 💩 in. I GOTS PAID BACK IN FULL In Technicolor! _*Along the pathway to recovery and sobriety, I found many bricks along the way, 🧱 one at a time, to put in my knapsack to add to my castle.

Thank you for reading. Now it's onto the LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS REPORTS OF THE DAY.

BREAKING NEWS:

Government shutdown likely to linger as Trump administration warns of layoffs

Where Things Stand Now

• Shutdown, day 3:

The federal government remains shut down as a deadlocked Congress still hasn’t reached a funding deal. Republicans and Democrats are at odds over enhanced Obamacare subsidies.

• How long will it last?:

• Jobs on the chopping block:

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8 min ago

9 min ago

Thousands of federal employees have been furloughed. Here's where they work

Federal employees who are not deemed essential were furloughed as part of the government shutdown.

• Here’s how many employees have been affected:

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25 min ago

Analysis: Trump’s curious decision to invoke Project 2025

More To Read:

Updated 9:57 AM EDT, Fri October 3, 2025

- CNN -

Liberal advocacy groups gird for attacks from the Trump administration — and make plans to fight back

Employee messages at a Washington liberal advocacy group no longer linger on the office’s internal chat platform. Instead, they are deleted after seven days, to better protect communications from being subpoenaed as part of a government investigation.

Other groups are mulling shifting some of their operations from nonprofit arms to corporate entities so they can continue their work should the government abruptly revoke their tax-exempt status. And across the progressive philanthropic and nonprofit world, executives are taking new steps to safeguard their security, from monitoring social media for threats to scrubbing their websites of material that could be used to find and target or harass individual employees...

• An ‘unnerving’ time:
• ‘Solidarity works’:

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PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2025, 6:00 AM ET - 4 hr ago

- CNN -

Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to the 4th Reich!

Massive fire breaks out at Chevron refinery near Los Angeles

A large fire broke out Thursday night at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, a city south of Los Angeles, officials said.

The fire turned the night sky orange in the area surrounding the refinery, with towering flames and plumes of smoke visible from afar, images posted on social media showed. Fire crews arrived at 9:30 p.m. and were able to contain the flames to one section of the refinery, El Segundo Fire Department Division Chief Casey Snow told CNN. Hours later, at least one tank at the refinery was still burning, Snow said.

“We’re applying water to it – to the gasoline and diesel fuel that’s burning … We’re working on cooling everything until fuel burns itself out,” Snow said...

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Updated Oct 3, 2025, 5:39 AM ET - Updated 4 hr ago

- CNN -

CANADIAN NEWS:

Carney to return to Washington as Trump's tariffs hit sectors hard

Prime minister facing pressure from opposition to land a win

The prime minister is expected to visit the White House on Tuesday to meet face-to-face with U.S. President Donald Trump after he publicly brought up his 51st state idea again and tariffs continue to pummel some Canadian industries.

Mark Carney's office said he will travel to Washington on Monday ahead of talks.

"The Prime Minister's working visit will focus on shared priorities in a new economic and security relationship between Canada and the U.S.," the prime minister's office said in a statement. t's been more than two months since Canada and the U.S. blew past a deadline they jointly agreed on to reach a trade deal. Carney rescinded a tax on big U.S. technology firms at Trump's request and dropped retaliatory tariffs to try and advance talks.

So far, there's no sign of a deal.

• Trump again floats Canada joining the U.S. as the 51st state
• Carney's U.S. point person says tariffs deal hasn't hit a 'dead end'

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- CBC -

Sextorters are targeting young boys online — and flaunting how rich the scam is making them

Sextortion has led to 5 suicides in Canada in the past 4 years

For self-proclaimed scammer "John," luring foreigners into sending him money is a full-time job. "We look for them through Facebook or Instagram," he told CBC's Marketplace. "We look through celebrities' accounts, followers' accounts, then we add them."

He's one of Nigeria's "Yahoo Boys," whose scams include coercing teens into sending nude photos of themselves, then using that to blackmail them for money. John, which is not his real name, lives in Lagos, and agreed to speak to Marketplace confidentially so that we could get insight into how these scammers are able to do what they do.

For the full investigation, watch 'The Sextortion Network' on Friday at 8 p.m. (8:30 in N.L.) on YouTube, CBC TV and CBC Gem.

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- CBC -

Meet Costco's newest shoppers — young people on the hunt for deals and trending products

Wholesaler says nearly half of new member signups now come from people under age 40

Karen Kuo started shopping at Costco while studying at Western University. She and her roommates made it a monthly trip — they'd go together, hunting for bulk deals and popular items they'd seen on social media. And they weren't alone. Kuo says the aisles were filled with other students, carts overloaded with stuff. As a content creator, Kuo posts lifestyle content, including some of her trips to Costco, where she says the comments are always flooded with younger people interested in the latest new product or holy grail snack at the wholesale shopping centre.

"Grocery shopping is just a very standard part of a weekly routine, but Costco has the ability to kind of make it fun and make it interesting," Kuo said...

• On the hunt for bulk deals;
• Costco's cult following:

Costco's ability to stock items consumers want because of online buzz has contributed to the store having a "cult following" of sorts, Patterson says — no small feat, given it comes at a time when retailers like Nordstrom and Hudson's Bay have either pulled out of Canada or closed altogether.

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Reading discouraging, despairing, and sad. Just think of all that human negative thinking is, no wonder Mother Gaia, the environment, is saying that some of its homosapien parasites are DEPLORABLES oozing their poison into Mother Gaia's veins.

Need something cheerful after stirring all that chamber pot stew. 🚽🍲

I'll put on my gumboots and commence a dancin' when The Orange Pus Bag 😡👃🧳 is six feet under, havin' an intelligent conversation with the earthworms 🪱 and centipedes. 🦐

And we'll do a little gumboot cloggin-do a little gumboot cloggin-do a little gumboot cloggin 👢

ELBOWS UP GUYS AND GALS, 💪 EH! 🍁

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dldv4u3Neqg

 

TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

Today will be an OPPEN MIKE DAY

DISCUSSION: All Topics;

Ya know, like Karaoke without the music.

Well, it's a beautiful sunny morning once more here at the Tree House. I am finally sitting behind my laptop, winding up for the Newsroom morning report with coffee in hand, as I serenely look out at my green space. With a sip of my coffee, I am a' thinkin' how much my taste buds for things have improved lately. I haven't had sore teeth for the past couple of days, either; it may be related to that. Anyway, I will be seeing the dentist on October 8, 2025. I'm going to get abducted by aliens, 👽🛸😮, and "no one will ever see me again!"

Meanwhile, on planet Scrapoid in the Delta Quadrant, Sector 22 of Stargate Region 16, in the Velexor Galaxies, there are only three planets to the left of the Star of Pus Bags, just past the third Pus Bag planet. The entire voyage to the Alpha Quadrent, to the third rocky planet of the star Sol, takes 3 days, 4 minutes, and 36 seconds. The Planet, Tera Firma, shows a strong possibility of supporting live petri dish specimens. Species X 2-11 have reached the critical point; will they evolve beyond this point? Or will a Brigade of Dunces hit the repeat button again?

Many are not far removed from having evolved past the amoeba stage in that imaginary petri dish, Eh! Or maybe closer to actual than we think. Anyway, it won't be hard for those on the lower rung of evolution to go back; they were always reluctant to leave the petri dish in the first place.

As I see it from the major observatory, Starship Android model X 3 of 2 is the commander from planet SX-32 of 46 and a 1/2. You know! The Borg Species. They're OK once they get to know you.

PRAYER FOR THE DAY:

Or is there hope? Will most humanoid species develop a soul and complete the evolutionary process? Thank you, Buddha, Manitou,

G-d, Allah, Creator, Universe, Great Spirit; AMEN!

BREAKING NEWS:

The government shutdown is a slow-boil political crisis

It’s too early to blink, but the pressure is slowly beginning to rise.

The government shutdown drama is still in its opening act with Democrats and Republicans each heaping blame on the other side. And despite deepening partisan bitterness in Washington, nothing has changed the equation that led to the impasse: Republicans and Democrats both saw a greater political advantage in letting the government close than in keeping it open.

But the earliest signs were evident Wednesday of the political strains that will eventually crack the unity of one or both parties — whether it takes days or weeks — and end the standoff. ...

• Day One saw the rollout of initial battleground strategies:
• The blame game will be crucial:
• White House plays hardball:
• How health care could be the key to unlocking the crisis:
• Are you worried the federal government shutdown will affect you? Share your story:

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PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 AM ET - 11 hr ago

- CNN -

How the Supreme Court is fast-tracking Trump cases

As President Trump continues to test precedents, the Supreme Court is seeing a high number of “shadow docket” cases. Here’s why that’s so controversial.

VIDEO:

October 2, 2025

- CNN Politics -

CANADIAN NEWS:

After losing billions of dollars on Keystone XL and tank cars, Alberta is pursuing another pipeline

Danielle Smith announces new proposal, but says government won't actually build it

After months of Premier Danielle Smith vowing to find a company willing to develop a new oil export pipeline, the Alberta government itself is taking the plunge. As a result, Smith is the third Alberta premier in a row to commit taxpayer money in an attempt to help the industry export more oil out of the province. The move is already drawing both praise and concern from the oilpatch, which wants a new pipeline but is cautious about government intervention.

• Pipes filling up:
• Past Alberta investments:
• Hurdles ahead:

Imperial Oil to cut 900 jobs, will mostly leave Calgary

Alberta's oilsands to hit record production high in 2025

Posted: Oct 02, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

- CBC -

Carney and Smith want a new pipeline. So far, no company has stepped up to build it

None of the major pipeline companies have announced new projects in Western Canada

For all the talk of whether Canada needs a new oil pipeline, there's one thing missing: a company wanting to build it. In June, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said there was "no proponent" and no proposal on the table by any company, but pledged, "There will be soon."

So far, that has yet to materialize.

'A lot of reasons why proponents aren't coming forward'

Continued interest in oil

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Posted: Sep 09, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: September 9

- CBC -

Canada announces Defence Investment Agency to manage purchase, delivery of military equipment

Agency mandated to work more closely with allies including U.K., Australia and France

The Liberal government has unveiled its long-awaited, long-promised agency to co-ordinate and speed up the purchase and delivery of equipment to the Canadian military. The new Defence Investment Agency (DIA) was announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney's office in a statement Thursday morning.

The new organization will be expected to consolidate procurement processes by removing duplicative approvals and red tape. It is also intended to provide the defence industry with greater clarity and certainty on the government's plans...

Decades-old problems are plaguing federal contracting system, watchdog says

Analysis Defence procurement vs. defence production: What's best for Canada?

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Posted: Oct 02, 2025 7:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

- CBC -

Aaaah! What a Wonderful World!: ~♪♫♭ ♪♫~

Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqhCQZaH4Vs

 

🧚‍♀️ TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

It is another beautiful day here in the Land Of The Rising Sun. 🌄

Well, here I am again at my work station at the kitchen table, looking out onto my Green Space. The nice thing about my green space is that it remains green all year round, thanks to artificial plants, which I intentionally use, allowing me to see some green during the dull winter months. I prefer not to spend too much time dwelling on the thought of winter. For as long as we get reasonably nice weather, I will live each, one day at a time.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

How Fast Can a Tree Fall?

How fast does a tree fall in the forest? Does the size make a difference?

Does it matter if you predict that it would not fall for a hundred more years? But then even great and mighty trees grow old and gnarly and will fall sometimes. The Point is that the tree fell and it landed on my roof. It's a good thing it's only an imaginary roof. You will never know, anyway, unless you're in the forest observing the tree fall.

- Google Search -

A tree doesn't have a set falling speed, but its tip velocity can be as high as ~1.41√(h), where 'h' is the height of the tree. This is a calculation for free-fall objects and doesn't account for wind resistance, root strength, or the complex way trees fail. Trees typically fall due to high winds, and the speed at which they begin to fall can range from 55-63 mph, with widespread failure occurring at higher speeds.

I believe Trumpo is the wind, creating his own tornadoes and hurricanes of self-destruction by creating a tremendous tidal wave or tsunami of human emotions, confusion, anger, and hate.

I have been the publisher of the TREE HOUSE NEWS for about 2 years on Facebook. In the past year, I have extended it to five different Social Networks, just me, my partner editor, and my Imaginary friend Bobby McGee, the screenwriter. I noticed last night that the ratings on my daily news report, *views* were as weird as what Trumpo's must have been last night after his speech to the high-ranking individuals of the armed forces, General and flag rank officers, and their enlisted assistance, who did their best to remain silent and emotionless while sitting around listening to Trumpo's GOBLE-DE GOOP "DROOL!" GOO-GOO KA-KA IN DIAPER speech.

I guess Trumpo's Dunce Brigade is going to be busy trying to stick that one on the Democrats. How often can they get away successfully blaming the democrats for Trumpo's 💩 diaper? I guess for as long as Trumpo has the Supreme Court in his back pocket, but then, that's a different colored horse to talk about later. I know, because Whistle Butt, my imaginary Hossy, told me, and she has more horse sense than Trumpo's and his entire Dunce Brigade can ever dream of having.*_

So the motto of this conversation, as well as the 🙏 prayer for the day. 🙏 It doesn't matter how big the tree grows, or whether it was beneficial or not; good or bad trees, both great and not-so-great trees, they will both fall sometimes. I pray to the Great Spirit to dispel the bad one, or as they say today, to disappear them. AMEN!

BREAKING NEWS:

Government shuts down after Trump and Congress fail to reach deal

Where Things Stand Now

• The federal government shut down at midnight after a deadlocked Congress failed to reach a deal on funding. Republicans and Democrats are at odds over enhanced Obamacare subsidies, with leaders of both parties determined not to take the blame.

• Every government shutdown differs, but typically functions that are critical to protect lives and property are deemed essential and remain open. Federal agencies released contingency plans detailing what will continue and how many employees will remain on the job.

• For example, while the Department of Education said it will furlough most of its staffers in a shutdown, most Department of Homeland Security personnel will continue working. Will this government shutdown affect you? Share your story here

• There is deep uncertainty about how long the shutdown could last, with the White House budget office telling agencies ahead of the funding lapse to prepare plans for mass firings. ...

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31 min ago

White House budget director expected to speak with House GOP this afternoon

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41 min ago

Vance blames Democrats for shutting down the government over unmet demands

More To Read:

Updated 9:51 AM EDT, Wed October 1, 2025

- CNN -

No injuries reported so far as Bronx high-rise building partially collapses with a ‘loud boom’

A high-rise building in the Bronx has partially collapsed, the Fire Department of New York posted on X.

It was not immediately clear what caused the partial collapse of the building at 207 Alexander Avenue. There were no immediate reports of injuries, authorities said. But a search-and-rescue mission is underway.

One witness said she called 911 after seeing smoke near the building this morning...

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Updated Oct 1, 2025, 10:01 AM ET - Updated 19 min ago

- CNN -

The US economy lost 32,000 private-sector jobs in September

Private payrolls plunged in September, complicating the picture for the US economy as policymakers and investors struggle to assess the state of the labor market amid a government shutdown.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is unlikely to release the monthly jobs report this Friday due to the closure. That means many flying blind without critical economic data are having to key into any information they can get, including Wednesday’s private sector jobs data from payroll company ADP.

US private-sector businesses lost 32,000 jobs in September, according to the report. August’s previously estimated 54,000 payroll gains were downwardly revised to negative 3,000. Small private-sector businesses drove last month’s decline, and losses were widespread across industries (with some of the largest losses being in professional and business services and leisure and hospitality), ADP reported. The bulk of the hiring occurred at health care businesses...

• A low-turnover environment:

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Updated Oct 1, 2025, 9:34 AM ET - Updated 51 min ago

- CNN -

CANADIAN NEWS:

Both reviled and admired, former U.K. PM Tony Blair is poised to play a key role in Gaza

Detractors derided him for waging war against Iraq but supporters praised him as peacemaker

More than a quarter century ago, a youthful Tony Blair was the unlikely peacemaker who defied long odds by bringing apparently irreconcilable opponents together in a grand bargain. Back in 1998 and elected Britain's prime minister only a year earlier, the 43-year-old Labour Party leader thrust his energies into resolving the conflict in Northern Ireland that had divided Catholics and Protestants — often violently — for seven decades.

The result, thanks in large measure to American mediation, was the Good Friday Agreement that among other things changed the constitutional relationship between Northern Ireland and Westminster by devolving powers, thereby bringing "the Troubles" to an end...

• 'He thinks he can solve it':
• 'Get things done':
• 'Tony Blair occupation?':

Planting seeds among rubble — how Palestinians are desperately trying to stave off famine and starvation

This doctor takes us through a day at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City

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Posted: Oct 01, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

- CBC -

GM is moving production from Oshawa to Indiana. Here's what they're saying across the border

Shift cut announced for Ontario plant after 250 temporary workers were hired in Fort Wayne

Rich LeTourneau is blunt as he sets down his beer on the union hall bar, located just a stone's throw away from the General Motors plant in Fort Wayne, Ind. where he's put in 38 years.

"I respect Canadian unions, I respect the Mexican union. We didn't raise our hand and say … 'I'll take what you guys got.' That decision was made way above our head," he told CBC News.

"But when the company comes to me to increase volume, I'm not gonna tell them no, either, because it's job security for my people, and hell, if I can corner the market, I will." ...

• Oshawa's auto city identity still resonates:
• GM 'complements' Fort Wayne: commissioner:

Posted: Oct 01, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

IN THIS CASE, Canadians, you are in charge of your wallet. Buy whatever is made in Canada, whether that be from Japan, China, or any other country with a factory in Canada. Leave if you wish, but don't look back, ya bunch of Orange Pus Bag arse kissers.

A Bunch of spineless slime bugs jumping ship on CANADA, THANK YOU, GM, remind me never to repurchase a piece of American 💩 GM again. I'll stick with Jeep ya RAT FINKS!"

Vancouver's real estate industry concerned about thousands of unsold condos sitting empty

Industry professionals say unbought condos could lead to big layoffs

Executives in Vancouver's real estate industry are warning of a glut of newly built condos sitting unsold and empty throughout the region. About 2,500 new condos are sitting unsold and empty in Metro Vancouver, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).

That number is double what it was last year, according to CMHC.

Anne McMullin, president and CEO of Urban Development Institute, says the reason is that condos cost more to build than local residents can afford...

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Posted: Oct 01, 2025 7:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

- CBC -

HERE IS WHAT I THINK OF THE NEWS TODAY!

😁😆🥹😂🥲🤣😝🙃😝

Witch Doctor - Ooh Eeh Ooh Ah Aah Ting Tang Walla Walla Bing

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TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

Good morning? Or Eh, I think I'll crawl back under my rock. "I'm an earthworm, see!" I suppose one's perspective on the day largely depends on one's perception of what they feel about this day at this particular time. Don't forget, time moves on; it doesn't wait for you to catch up. What you decided to do a minute ago, you have already done in this moment. So that tells me we are only in control of the present moment. Whatever we choose to do now will be etched on the fabric of time and space one minute behind you, as all the other moments and millennia behind that moment.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

LITTLE VOICE:

You can only look back on it from the present moment; by now, you are either smiling because you got it right, or you're crying in your beer because you bet on the wrong horse. The trick is to follow your instincts, trust your gut feeling, which is the inner voice speaking to you. TRUST THE LITTLE VOICE! 👼 The Id, 👶 your little voice, will help you make the right decision, one minute at a time, one day at a time. We only have control of this one day. "Stand by for heavy rolls, as the ship comes about!" "Don't just twitch in your clothes, move! Like, step aside for the bus, please!" 🚌

I do have a dumb hospital appointment for a CT scan. IT'S THE BEST PLACE TO COLLECT BUGS. I usually don't get sick until I go into one of those places, cockroach! They should have more CT scan machines in clinics, not just hospitals. However, you then need technicians and more doctors to operate the machines, and this stubborn government is steadfastly clinging to old, outdated red tape and rules from the past, when wooden ships were the norm; they are preventing or discouraging new technicians and doctors from coming to Canada.

DEAR GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, do you, arse picks, think the public is a bunch of dumb dumbs like Trumpo's Dunce Brigade? If we don't begin to get things in gear and not just windbag it, we will lose. Poilievre is right for once. Slowly and inexorably, I see Canada hanging over the precipice of Trumpitis and his Dunce Brigade infiltrating our freedom and rights as Canadians. So at this point, I will say adieu. Having a clock hanging on the end of my neck like an albatross, I could never concentrate on anything else outside of worrying about running out of time. For me, to do work that requires concentration, I need to put all the clocks in my imaginary drawer out of sight.*_

I will be signing off for now. I will return at a later time, permitting, with the latest on the Breaking News.

~ INNER VOICE - BELIEVE! ~