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Before I begin my morning entry, the main topic today is:

FABRIC of Time and Space.

It's a spring-like sunrise out there, so nice in the early morning. So peaceful, like the entire world was at rest. No matter how worn out, Nature must be from our constant raging insanity that is spreading like a cancer, slowly poisoning her like a plague, she stubbornly remains in places like those I view from my balcony Green Space. Sitting here in my Green Space, with the splendid shimmering orange orb rising over the trees, the mild temperatures, and the melting snow, I feel like I am in a mother's arms. It feels like a rebirth, a new life, rather than the death throes of a tortured soul.

I believe that Mother Gaia is a self-healer; no matter what we do to her, eventually, she will return to her original state. I recommend you watch the History Channel series *Life After People*, which I believe gives a reasonably good idea of what would happen to Nature after humans. A Living, Striving, Bold New World is born.

I am out here in my Green Space, wearing only my nightgown and a light jacket, in the warm light of the Sun rising above the trees. I feel more like I am in the arms of a mother, a oneness, not something trying to snuff me out.

Something To Think About:

Fabric Of Time And Space

The fabric of time and space could be imagined as a cosmic grid or network that creates the Temporal World we see, feel, touch, hear, and taste. The cosmic web of galaxies and the neural network in the human brain possess striking, quantitative similarities in complexity and structure.

If we humans were to learn to live in interconnectedness with one another and Nature, we could be the next intergalactic visitors to another green planet, to teach its species how to do the same. I can only pray that we find that Oneness at some point in our evolution.

That's one curriculum in the school of life we can't afford to miss: The Interconnectedness of ALL LIVING THINGS WITH CONSCIOUSNESS, NO MATTER WHERE IN INFINITY. Infinity is simply being nowhere and everywhere at the same time, like a state of complete absence of motion, at 0 degrees Kelvin, where not even matter and energy molecules, atoms, or even subatomic particles or energy waves stop vibrating.

Total absence of time and space? Naw, that would only mean there is no consciousness there to witness what's there. But what if everything is there, but there's no one there to witness it? Without consciousness, there is no life, and without life, what's left is meaningless, chaos, eh! Like the school yard bullies used to say, the stars are just a bunch of rocks. IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO DO TO THIS PLANET? A barren third rock from Sol?

Interesting what - Google Search - have to say:

🔹AI Overview

My Question: 0 kelvin time stops?

Thermal Motion vs. Time

Temperature is a statistical measure of the internal kinetic energy of particles.

While O K represents the point where classical vibration ceases, Quantum Mechanics dictates that particles still possess zero-point energy. Because particles fluctuate and maintain nonzero energy states due to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, physical processes and interactions persist, meaning time continues to flow.

- Google Search -

🔹AI Overview

My Question: How can one have time and space if the void is a complete vacuum, 0, zilch?

In modern physics, the concept of a "complete vacuum"—a region with absolute zero matter, energy, or structure—is considered impossible. While a vacuum is defined as a space devoid of matter, it is never truly "nothing" due to quantum fields, which fill all of space and time

- Google Search -

🔹AI Overview

• My Question: The Fabric of Space:

"The fabric of space" (or spacetime) is a theoretical, four-dimensional continuum ( space + time) that Einstein's general relativity describes as a dynamic, flexible, and continuous entity capable of bending, stretching, and twisting. It is not a literal fabric but a geometric representation of gravity in which massive objects curve the field, causing other objects to follow curved paths.

What Lies Under the Fabric of Space-Time?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmSU03WBrIU

OK, that's my two cents on this topic for today, From the Newsroom.

In my opinion, what I would really like to do is:

I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing - New Seekers - Coca-Cola

😂🤣🥰😘🫲😢🫱🫣☺️❤️💞💕💝

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR_7Swtv0XM

BREAKING NEWS:

Even Republican election officials are balking at Trump Justice Department’s voter roll crusade

As the Trump administration has sued 25 mostly Democratic state election chiefs for their voter rolls, it has also encountered quieter resistance from Republican officials who have balked at the Justice Department’s demands for confidential voter registration information.

At least a half-dozen Republican-led state election offices have declined the Justice Department’s request for non-public voter data, which can include a voter’s Social Security number, driver license ID number or current residence, according to interviews, local media reporting and records obtained by CNN and by the Brennan Center, a left-leaning think tank that researches election issues.

“They can have the voter rolls. They’re gonna pay for it like everybody else,” West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner told CNN last month, referring to the public list that can be purchased in his state for $500. “They’re not going to get our personal information.” ...

• Doubts about DOJ’s intentions for the data:
• Behind the scenes arm-twisting:

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PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2026, 5:30 AM ET - 5 hr ago

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Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie grapple with fallout from parents’ Epstein scandals

London:

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Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have been swept into the maelstrom that has engulfed their parents, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, forcing them to grapple with renewed scrutiny swirling around the British monarchy. The sisters, now 37 and 35 respectively, are named hundreds of times in the latest tranche of the so-called “Epstein files” recently published by the US Department of Justice. At least one of the references is highly embarrassing, referring to a young Eugenie’s private life.

Beatrice and Eugenie are among the few members of the Windsor clan to hold “HRH” titles, meaning “His” or “Her Royal Highness,” but they do not represent the monarch as working members of “The Firm.” Much of the criticism of the York family, as they were known in Britain, has centered on Mountbatten-Windsor’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein...

• The Miami lunch:
• A low profile:
• Lives outside of royal duties:
• King’s unprecedented moves:

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PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2026, 3:14 AM ET - 7 hr ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:

PM Carney taps former head of public service to spearhead CUSMA negotiations

Janice Charette to serve as Canada's chief trade negotiator to the U.S., PMO says

Prime Minister Mark Carney has chosen former clerk of the Privy Council Janice Charette to head Canada's trade negotiations as it prepares for a review of the North American trade pact this year.

Charette's title is chief trade negotiator to the United States, according to a Monday news release from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). She'll be a senior adviser to Carney and Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc.

The announcement comes as the federal government prepares for a scheduled review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) this year...

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Posted: Feb 16, 2026 10:44 AM EST | Last Updated: 24 minutes ago

- CBC -

Canada bets on ‘Build at Home’ defence strategy to reclaim sovereignty — and revive readiness

Plan aims to award 70% of federal defence contracts to Canadian firms within a decade

Canada’s new defence industrial strategy sets out a series of important, extraordinarily high benchmarks for the country to achieve over the next decade, including buying and maintaining most of the military’s equipment domestically. The long-awaited plan, which was developed more as a response to NATO’s call for industrial clarity among allies than to annexation threats by the Trump administration, sets a goal of awarding 70 per cent of federal defence contracts to Canadian firms within a decade.

It also proposes to raise the servicability rates of Canadian military equipment to 75 per cent of the navy’s ships, 80 per cent of the army’s vehicles and 85 per cent of the air force’s planes...

• Cutting down on foreign suppliers:
• Partnerships with Canadian companies:

Posted: Feb 15, 2026 4:29 PM EST | Last Updated: February 15

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmSU03WBrIU

 

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BREAKING:

I have run across this Question on some social networks,

Is Russia Headed to a Big War?

I was unable to connect it to a source in - Google Search -

But I did come up with the following information from SNOPES

Did Putin Threaten Nuclear Retaliation Against Anyone Who Gets in His Way?

During a Kremlin speech, the Russian president said there would be "consequences" like "never seen in history" to those who interfere with Russia's military incursion into Ukraine.

Putin warns the West: Russia is ready for Nuclear War

Summary

• Russia is ready for nuclear war, Putin says
• Putin warns United States against sending troops
• Putin says Russia is ready for talks on Ukraine
• Putin says the West has failed to defeat Russia

MOSCOW, March 13 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin told the West on Wednesday that Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that if the U.S. sent troops to Ukraine, it would be considered a significant escalation of the conflict.

Putin, speaking ahead of a March 15-17 election which is certain to give him another six years in power, added that the nuclear war scenario was not "rushing" up and he saw no need for the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

"From a military-technical point of view, we are, of course, ready," Putin, 71, told Rossiya-1 television and news agency RIA when asked whether Russia was really ready for a nuclear war.

Putin said the U.S. understood that if it deployed American troops on Russian territory - or to Ukraine - Russia would treat the move as an intervention. Moscow claims to have annexed four regions of Ukraine and says they are now fully part of Russia.

"(In the U.S.) there are enough specialists in the field of Russian-American relations and in the field of strategic restraint," said Putin.

"Therefore, I don't think that here everything is rushing to it (nuclear confrontation), but we are ready for this."

Putin has often warned of the risks of nuclear war but says he has never felt the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

NUCLEAR DOCTRINE

Reuters reported last month that Putin's suggestion of a ceasefire in Ukraine to freeze the war was rejected by the U.S. after contacts between intermediaries.

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns said this week that, without more Western support, Ukraine would lose more territory to Russia which would embolden Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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March 14, 20243:12 AM EDTUpdated March 14, 2024

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Topic: PUTZ OR TWITCH

Happy Monday morning, everyone. Well, it is here now, but by the time this publication hits the cyber airways, it will most likely be afternoon. But regardless, if I can get past my stomach acting up in the morning, I love getting up just as the sun is coming over the tree line. When I step out onto my Green Space, coffee in hand, I am greeted by mostly silence, such a serene and peaceful time of day. It feels like it was back at the homestead.

I'm a little slow; the computer is working fine, but I think I have a faulty vacuum tube at my broadcasting station upstairs, if you know what I mean. I'm slow getting started, and I'm all thumbs at the keyboard.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

PUTZ OR TWITCH

I call them my TWITCH days, when everything I start to do is just a little off plumb. Like the hand is truly faster than the eye, there was a misconnection between my brain and my hand. The only way to get around that is to THINK and LOOK before I move that hand, whilst remembering that the hand IS quicker than the eye. I really believe that's correct, especially once you're past 70. We are all prone to what I call the Old Putz Syndrome. One of the symptoms is *twitching* stuff 👩‍🦳 don't you know. Like Trumpo The Typo driving a bus at you, and you only TWITCH instead of jumping away! 🤣

- Google Search -

PUTZ

A Fool or Idiot: It is a term for a silly, foolish, or misguided elderly person.

MY DEFINITION OF TWITCH: knocking things over or dropping things, or chain reactions of things seeming to be pulling sideways on me all day, like trying to drag me off the tracks, more like knocking me off my rocker; it all equals stress. It's like being on a planet where gravity is pulling sideways.

I am still not certain what triggers this; on some days, I may be more susceptible to stressing out than on others. But it appears that when I'm on the high side of the mania part of bipolar, the stress is nearly non-existent, and I feel more like I'm moving through clear water instead of the murky waters of gloom or just plain numbness. On those days, I retreat within; I don't want to feel anything stressful.

- Google Search -

PUTZ

Question: Putz (Slang): A Yiddish-derived word meaning a stupid, foolish, or ineffectual person. It is sometimes used as a mild insult.t

- Google Search -

Question: Old age loss of perspective twitch reaction?

"Old age loss of perspective twitch reaction" refers to a combination of age-related cognitive changes (often resulting in more rigid, less nuanced perspectives) and a slowing of physical or neuromuscular reaction times, commonly known as a "twitch reaction."

• Cognitive rigidity: The natural slowing of processing speed.

I know from my own experience that when I was not aware of what was happening to me, it would drive me Bug F....d! Believe me! It gets a lot less complicated and stressful not fighting it. Accept it and work with it, building a new rhythm in which mind and hands feel more in sync—simply finding the right shortcut to the frontal Cortex by bypassing the premotor Cortex. also referred to as Cortical Remapping. "Eh!" It would take more than one blog entry to explain just one function, too much for one blog entry and my twitchy fingers. Now it's time to move on to the News. Thank you for reading the Tree House News.

BREAKING NEWS:

Trump has chipped away at the long-standing wall between church and state. It’s just the beginning

At first glance, the December meeting of a little-known government panel looked like ordinary bureaucratic business. But then, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s advisory board opened its proceedings in an unusual way: with a Christian prayer.

The benediction was delivered by a White House official. “Thank you for your son, Jesus, who died for our sins,” the official said at one point, according to two sources who attended the meeting. Under President Donald Trump, moments like this, rare in recent administrations, are becoming commonplace. A series of faith initiatives championed by the White House have led to a systematic religious revival within the government’s operations, culture, and policy...

• A new environment:
• Fissures emerge:

On Monday, a hearing on antisemitism grew heated after one commissioner, former beauty pageant contestant Carrie Prejean Boller, challenged Jewish speakers about their beliefs and Israel’s war against Hamas.

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I believe that's a question that has been on most people's minds worldwide since the onset of the Hamas and Israel war. One would have to be blind not to see it's more of an Israeli war against Palestinians, as I see it 🔘<- Big Period That's It.

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PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2026, 5:00 AM ET - 5 hr ago

- CNN -

AIN'T NOTHIN NEW UNDER THE BLAZIN' DESERT SUN OF HELL PLANET AND THE ORANGE SADIST KINK OF THE PUS BAG DUNCE CADETS

America is on the verge of a new type of racial reckoning

The Black Lives Matter signs that once graced front lawns across America are no longer fashionable. The best-selling anti-racism books gather dust. The armies of protesters that once poured like lava through cities chanting, “I Can’t Breathe” have disappeared.

But keep an eye on Minnesota. What’s been happening there marks the beginning of a new type of racial reckoning. It won’t have the spectacle or lofty expectations of the 2020 George Floyd protests. It could, however, have more staying power. This claim may sound implausible. Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer sparked what some have called the largest protest movement in US history.

White support for the Black Lives Matter movement reached an all-time high. Elected officials removed Confederate monuments, and former President George W. Bush, a Republican, issued a public statement asking, “How do we end systemic racism in our society?” White people were “forced to confront racism” and face “unpleasant truths.” ...

• There’s been a racial awakening on immigration:
• White martyrs make it ‘everybody’s fight’:
• ‘Clicktivism’ can’t replace community:
• Protests are spreading beyond Minnesota:

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PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2026, 9:07 AM ET - 1 hr 48 min ago

- CNN -

CANADIAN NEWS:

Tourism was once an 'economic locomotive' in Cuba. Now, the train is coming off the tracks

U.S. administration choking oil supply is hitting the communist-run country where it hurts: foreign visitors

For decades, Cuba's tourism sector has enjoyed a reputation as an "economic locomotive" — a term used by authorities who saw it as the lifeblood of the Caribbean island country's economy. But the industry has been in decline since its 2018 peak, and the U.S. government's squeeze on Cuba's oil supply has pushed the nation's most crucial industry closer to its breaking point.

The Trump administration has threatened to impose tariffs on countries that supply fuel to Cuba — part of an effort to strangle the communist-run country after the fall of its close ally and main energy supplier, Venezuela, in January. As a result, Canadian, Russian and European airlines have suspended flights and resorts have shuttered, staunching the flow of international visitors...

WATCH | What are the U.S. motivations for cutting off Cuba's oil supply?:

• How tourism reshaped the Cuban economy:

Chart Included: Trips to Cuba by Canadians since January

• Sector generated $3.3B US in 2017:
• Frustration over government mismanagement:

Posted: Feb 15, 2026 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

- CBC -

The art of no deal: A Greenlandic carver’s vengeful response to Trump shows opportunity amid crisis

U.S. president's threats against Greenland have created new opportunities for some

Greenland artist Kim Kleist-Eriksen doesn't just carve intricate pieces of Inuit mythology out of sperm whale teeth and walrus tusks — he also carves political rebuttals.

When U.S. President Donald Trump's geopolitical circus arrived in Greenland and "the guy from the United States" started treating his home like a real estate deal, Kleist-Erkisen says his young daughter told him she was scared. "I was pissed. I wanted to do something with my art," he told CBC News in his Nuuk studio. Kleist-Eriksen is a Kalaaleq, or Inuk, from Sisimiut, Greenland...

• Crisis brings new opportunities:
• Increase in tourism:
• Shifting political landscape:

Posted: Feb 15, 2026 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

- CBC -

Stompin' Tom fans push Saint John council for statue of Canadian icon

Saint John-born Stompin' Tom Connors is known for 'The Hockey Song,' other Canadian classics

A group of New Brunswickers are pushing for a statue on the Saint John waterfront to honor a Canadian music legend and one of the port city’s own.

Charles Thomas Connors — popularly known as “Stompin’ Tom” for his habit of stomping his heel to keep rhythm — would have celebrated his 90th birthday this week. He is behind The Hockey Song, easily recognized by its chorus “the good ol’ hockey game," regularly heard in hockey stadiums in the country since the early 1990s.

Connors is already remembered for his contribution to the “Canadiana” genre, with a statue erected for him in Sudbury, Ont., in 2015, two years after his death. But Greg Hemmings and three others want to go further and have him remembered for where he was born and spent his early life — Saint John...

• A Saint John story of ‘grit':

Posted: Feb 15, 2026 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

- CBC -

Fuel Crisis Hits Cuba Beach Resorts | Tourism Arrivals Already Down to 20-year Low | Top Stories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZM9YW1pBdo

 

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Topic: Science and Psychology:

Maybe a good morning, eh? I put the white flag up, and no one threw any rotten tomatoes at it, so I guess all's quiet on the waterfront for now this morning. Good, thank you, Great Spirit. Well, so far, the sun is still peeking through the clouds, and there's a chance of RAIN this afternoon with a balmy temp. of 37 ° F

What's a flashback? When I came into the Newsroom and fired up old Betsy here, my large computer monitor and a real keyboard, the Google image that popped up on my screen just about blew me out of my chair. It was like a snap of the fingers, and I was sitting on the floating dock back at the homestead, looking across the early morning misty lake at the majestic pine trees that crowned the island there.

That island used to be my childhood playground, just me, my collie, a fishing pole, a tomato can, and a leaky rowboat. When I get flashbacks like that, I just don't feel them; they're as real as reality itself.

Well, folks, here I am, ready to begin another day on my pet project, The Tree House News, to inform and, hopefully, shine a light of truth, caring support, and prayers to everyone in need. That's about it for me from the Newsroom for today.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

What Is A Flashback?

Flashbacks: some are good, and some are like symptoms of PTSD; most times I get flashbacks, they are nice memories. I have some of the bad ones, too. I just don't go there, PERIOD. Don't need to go there; they've been dealt with. Why go a rattlin' old skeletons in that closet unless there's a need to? But the bad reactions to those memories can pop up unexpectedly, like a sudden noise, like someone rolled a live grenade under your door.

I prefer to share my concept without getting into the math. I sometimes post the math to better illustrate a concept. If I know what I'm looking for on - Google Search -, I can and do assist with the math. In my daily comments, I would rather continue to explain these scientific terms and theories in plain language for anyone to read. Then, if needed, use Google Search to verify.

I often wondered if flashbacks are exactly that, flashbacks to information stored in time and space. If so, awesome! Imagine if one could flash back all of history from whatever one would call the infinitesimal or quanta. A beginning and an end? Maybe in one cycle in time and space, but what about echoes or gravitational waves? - Google Search - Invisible, fast-moving ripples in the curvature of spacetime, or black holes.

Where does the INFORMATION come from? Would not information require thought processing, with thoughts and consciousness serving as the receiver and analyzer of the information sent, as in *T.H.O.U.G.H.T.* form, which is part of the *process of awareness?* <- big period that's it! Something, someone, a consciousness has to be aware of the universe, for the universe to mean anything. If not, even if it existed, it would be irrelevant; without consciousness, order, there's nothing there that's of relevance, chaos.

P.T.S.D.

(PTSD) is a mental health condition *triggered by experiencing

(the grenade effect as I mentioned above)

or witnessing *terrifying events*, such as *abuse,* accidents, or combat. Symptoms—*including flashbacks, nightmares, severe anxiety, and avoidance of reminders*—must last over a month to be diagnosed. It can severely impact daily life, causing *social withdrawal, emotional numbness*, and difficulty maintaining relationships.

NOTE: Sobriety through AA was where I also found spirituality, and a good shrink, who helped me a lot.

- Google Search -

Question: What Is A Flashback?

A flashback is a sudden, vivid, and often involuntary re-experiencing of a past memory, where an individual feels as if they are reliving a previous, usually intense or traumatic, experience. In literature and film, it refers to a scene that interrupts the chronological narrative to show earlier events.

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Question: Flashbacks of Good Memories

*Flashbacks of good memories*, or positive involuntary autobiographical memories, are sudden, vivid, and spontaneous recollections of happy, warm, or peaceful past moments, often triggered by sensory cues like scents, sounds, or sights. These involuntary memories can act as mental, comforting "postcards from the past" or as a coping mechanism during periods of stress, low stimulation, or emotional turbulence, providing a sense of comfort.

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Question: Quantum Mechanics And Information

Quantum mechanics governs the behavior of matter and light at the subatomic scale, treating information as a fundamental, conserved, and quantum-mechanical quantity (qubits) rather than just classical bits. It uses phenomena such as superposition, entanglement, and nonlocality, enabling exponential processing power in quantum computing while ensuring information is never lost in unitary, time-reversible systems...

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Quantum mechanics governs the behavior of matter and light at atomic scales, treating information as a fundamental, conserved, and quantum-mechanical quantity (qubits) rather than just classical bits. It utilizes phenomena like superposition, entanglement, and non-locality, allowing for exponential processing power in quantum computing, while ensuring information is never lost in unitary, time-reversible systems...

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BREAKING NEWS:

Search for Nancy Guthrie reaches 2 weeks, no arrests after authorities swarm nearby home

*What We're Covering:*

• Law enforcement activity: An operation linked to Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance Friday night ended without any arrests, a law enforcement official says. More than a dozen vehicles, including those from SWAT and forensics, were seen at the location before roads reopened after about four hours.

• DNA being tested:

• Details on suspect emerge:

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34 min ago

What family members and officials have said about Nancy Guthrie's health

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Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser to US President Donald Trump, discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take down” the pontiff, according to newly released files from the US Department of Justice. Messages sent between the pair in 2019, released in the massive document dump last month, reveal Bannon courted the late financier in his attempts to undermine the former pontiff after leaving the first Trump administration.

Bannon had been highly critical of Francis whom he saw as an opponent to his “sovereigntist” vision, a brand of nationalist populism which swept through Europe in 2018 and 2019. The released documents from the DOJ appear to show that Epstein had been helping Bannon to build his movement...

Francis, meanwhile, was a counterweight to the Trumpian worldview, strongly critiquing nationalism and making advocacy for migrants a hallmark of his pontificate.

The recently released DOJ files reveal Bannon messaged Epstein on several occasions in his efforts to undermine the late pope.

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Updated Feb 14, 2026, 6:07 AM ET - Updated 4 hr ago

- CNN -

A partial government shutdown has hit the Department of Homeland Security. Here’s what that means

The Department of Homeland Security has been ensnared by a partial government shutdown as Congress did not act to fund the agency by the end of Friday. But nearly all DHS workers will remain on the job — even if many won’t get paid until the lapse ends — and the public probably won’t notice much of a change.

DHS is the last federal agency lacking funding for the remainder of fiscal year 2026, which runs through September 30. Since the record-long shutdown ended in mid-November, lawmakers have passed a series of spending bills for the rest of the government. The most recent package, approved at the end of January, only funded DHS for two weeks to give Congress more time to negotiate reforms in the agency’s immigration enforcement operations — a demand by Senate Democrats after federal immigration agents fatally shot two US citizens in Minneapolis in January...

• What is the debate around funding DHS?:
• Will this shutdown affect air travel?:
• What does the shutdown mean for ICE and CBP?:
• How will the lapse in funding affect other agencies under DHS?:
• Will the IRS or other government agencies be affected?:

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Updated Feb 14, 2026, 7:24 AM ET - Updated 3 hr ago

- CNN -

CANADIAN NEWS:

Amid 'Buy Canadian' fervour, Canada's top pension funds still heavily invested in U.S.

CPP announces record $780B in assets — 47% in the U.S.

For all the fear over the U.S. trade war and President Donald Trump's threats to Canadian sovereignty, this country's biggest pension funds remain heavily invested in the U.S.

The Canada Pension Plan (CPP), the largest pension fund in the country, announced this week that it has grown to a record $780.7 billion in assets, with 47 per cent invested in the U.S., compared to only 13 per cent in Canada. That level of U.S. ownership hasn’t budged in the year since Trump retook office, according to third-quarter results released on Friday...

• CPP investments in U.S. and Canada Chart Included:

• Investment in U.S. vs. Canada Chart Included:
• Calls for domestic investment:
• Pensions, feds met on Bay Street:

WATCH | Ottawa urges pension funds to invest in Canada:

• Looking long-term:

Posted: Feb 14, 2026 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

- CBC -

Head of military's space division warns Russia is considering putting nuclear weapons in orbit

Brig.-Gen. Christopher Horner says access to spaceports is a challenge

The head of Canada's military space division says the country "should absolutely be" concerned about Russia's potential capabilities amid global fears the Kremlin is considering putting nuclear weapons in place to target satellites.

"That would be cataclysmic," said Brig.-Gen. Christopher Horner, Commander of 3 Canadian Space Division during an interview with CBC's The House. "Everything that we have come to rely on from a communications platform level or from a GPS level — if [Russia] were to deploy a capability like that and then detonate it — would be wiped out," Horner told host Catherine Cullen.

White House confirms reports of Russia's 'troubling' anti-satellite weapon capability

U.S. briefs Canada, other allies about Russian nuclear threat

WATCH | Horner explains why Canada should be concerned about Russia:

• 'Sovereign space launch capability':

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Posted: Feb 14, 2026 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 8 hours ago

- CBC -

Does Consciousness Influence Quantum Mechanics?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT7SiRiqK-Q

 

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I have been up since 3:30 am with an upset stomach. I got up, went out to the living room, and sat still, reclining on the couch for a while. It faded away as I rested, made the sign of the cross, and began crying.

Is it another flu bug this soon after the last recovery, just a couple of weeks ago? I believe another bout with that deadly flu will be the end of me; I just haven't recovered enough to fight it off, not at 105 lbs, I've got nothing left for it to take. I was scared. I just sat there and did nothing, didn't even move, just doing my best to relax, and it felt nice; with the lap blanket, I felt warm and cozy, and I drifted away for a while.

After some rest, I woke up and looked at the clock. It was 6:00 am, and I was beginning to feel somewhat better, so I scrolled through my phone for a while, made the coffee, and sat down again. I believe that was just a GERD attack; it seems to be fading now. There is still some nausea there, but quite diminished; just a plain discomfort zone now. And this is where I decided to get my mind occupied, and here I sit at my keyboard, ready to begin writing my daily Tree House News.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

BE TRUE TO YOURSELF

I am Not Really an Official News Agency of any sort. It's just me, a blogger, as publisher; my partner is my editor. I share my opinions and comments on world and local affairs. I'm a retired social worker and thought I might continue serving people by informing them as best I can by sharing the truth about daily breaking news, world events, and other man-made debaucheries 😲 Thank you for reading the 🏡📰

PEOPLE, YA NEED TA WAKE UP! Ya need to recognize the sheep from the wolves here. If you are so blind that you can't distinguish a wolf in sheep's clothes from a real sheep, especially Chief Orange Pus Bag's OUTLAW-MAKERS, MURDEROUS THUGS, and MASKED D.U.N.C.E CADETS. Be honest: you are losing your farm, your small business, you sold your car, your wife and kids left, the dog ran away, the house is being repossessed, and the cat pissed in your shoe.

Where did all the people who were fired from their federal jobs last year go? What happened to them? Living in tents on the street? No unemployment, no medical care, no FEMA aid? The shortage of shelters, the shortage of food banks, and it gets worse as goods get harder to get because of the high prices on account of tariffs, that's just for starters, TELL ME what's to like about this pile of ORANGE FECES? What in Hell did He do that was beneficial to anything? Now he wants to accelerate the country's pollution with coal again and pump for more oil. He's a narcissist, sadist, psychotic, demented old bag of a lowly thief, a liar, murderer, and back stabber, for starters.

This is the kind of person the Supreme Court would once have had jailed so fast his head would have spun. Maybe the useless Chief Justice Roberts and his gang of marauders, Thomas, Alito, Barrett, Gorsuch, and Cavanaugh, should be run out of town on a rail. I would love to have a portrait of them behind bars, in the same cell as Trumpo The Typo; they can be bum buddies.

I HAVE ABOUT AS MUCH TRUST IN THOSE JUDGES AS DO TRUMP'S BRAIN, A CAN OF FLESH-EATING WORMS 🥫🪱🪱🪱

THEY ARE ALL EVIL PEOPLE THAT FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER ARE DETERMINED ON MAKING AMERICA A NAZI NATION.

This is as plain as though the print was chiseled in stone 🪨

If we, the people, let them, there will be no coming back. The system was a mess before, with theft exploiting loopholes and many outdated laws and rulings that no longer apply to today's rules and regulations. They should be updated, changed, discarded, or new rules added for better safeguard against the liars and thieves. But THE OLD SYSTEM WAS FIXABLE. How do you fix Nazism fused to insanity?

They all have the IQ of a MAGAt. If you can't be honest with yourself, then you are one of them, a zombie. I pray that when this insanity is over, We, the People, will have names and numbers of the thugs Trumpo turned loose on the American people. Masks won't do them any good to hide behind, either.

I'm glad I got all the house cleaning done yesterday; I believe today will be just another sit on my arse day. SO WHO'S THE BAD GUY HERE? You would need to be blind and dumb not to see that. If you don't, then your soul is well on its way to becoming not even worth a scum virus. All I can do from here is to get on my knees and pray that G-d expedites their Karma, like real quick, please! AMEN!

I also wish to thank you, *MS - Now* for all the productive news last night. And also Thank You to *Rachel Maddow* for all the good work of digging up the news we don't hear about throughout the week.

BREAKING NEWS:

DHS on brink of shutdown as lawmakers leave DC without a deal

Where Things Stand:

• DHS shutdown: A bitterly divided Washington is headed for its third government funding lapse of President Donald Trump’s second term — this time, a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security over the issue of federal immigration enforcement.

• On Trump’s schedule: The president will travel to Fort Bragg in North Carolina today to meet with US military members involved in the capture of ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, according to the White House.

• Gathering in Germany: Overseas, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is attending the Munich Security Conference throughout the weekend, along with more than 50 members of Congress. As he left for Munich — where he is expected to have discussions about Ukraine and Greenland — he said, “The old world is gone, frankly.”

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Updated 9:43 AM EST, Fri February 13, 2026

- CNN -

Kathy Ruemmler, top Goldman Sachs lawyer, resigning amid Epstein fallout

Kathy Ruemmler, the chief legal officer at Goldman Sachs, said Thursday night she is resigning amid fallout from the Justice Department’s release of millions of pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents.

Her resignation is effective June 30.

Her announcement comes as she has weathered numerous news stories in recent weeks examining her relationship with the disgraced financier. Ruemmler and those around her have insisted she had a professional relationship with Epstein...

12 hr ago

PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2026, 9:30 PM ET

- CNN -

IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE NAMES EPSTEIN AND TRUMPO THE ORANGE TURD 😡💩 ARE LIKE A REVERSE KING MIDAS 🫅 TOUCH. INSTEAD OF TURNING THINGS INTO GOLD 🏵️ THESE DUNCES ARE TURNING EVERYTHING THEY TOUCH INTO A BIG PILE OF SH💩💩💩 COMPLETE WITH THE GAG FLIES 🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰 May as well turn into an ostrich and bury your head in the sand.

CANADIAN NEWS:

Cuba is pushed to the brink

Cuba has been facing rolling blackouts, food shortages, and rationed hospital resources after a month with no oil imports. The energy crisis has also been a major blow to the country’s tourism industry, as major airlines suspended service to the country.

The cutoff came after the United States severed the island’s access to Venezuelan oil in January, and then warned any country supplying Cuba it could face retaliation. The New Yorker’s Jon Lee Anderson has been reporting on the region for decades. He joins us to talk about how the Trump administration hopes this could end communist rule in the country...

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Posted: Feb 13, 2026 6:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

- CBC -

Canadian physics professor steps back from job over Epstein questions

Epstein files place Perimeter Institute's Lee Smolin and other prominent Canadians under scrutiny

A highly regarded theoretical physicist is stepping away from the Ontario institute he helped found, after his ties to the late American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in recently released files.

Lee Smolin, an American-Canadian professor of physics and philosophy, has "agreed to pause his working relationship" with the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ont., according to an email on Thursday from Perimeter's executive director, Marcela Carena. Smolin was a founding faculty member of the independent research centre, which is known around the world for pioneering work in quantum theory, and got much of its initial funding from BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis...

• Files appear to belie Smolin's account:
• Smolin calls Epstein a friend in messages:

Posted: Feb 12, 2026 10:35 PM EST | Last Updated: 12 hours ago

- CBC -

THIS EPSTEIN STUFF IS BEGINNING TO SOUND LIKE A PANDEMIC. Forget Covid-19, now we have The Epstein- 2026. Also sounds like some brand of Studebaker. I'll take the Studebaker, please!

You know, I used to own one of them when I was still living at the homestead. In the 70's, I had a yard full of playthings: boats, cars, a camper, a 25-ft trailer, a 25-ft cabin cruiser, a Volkswagen dune buggy, a hotrod made from a '58 V8, 400 ci Mercury, skidoos, ya name it... I liked to play, I still would if I thought I could.

Protecting Pedophile Predators: Carole Cadwalladr on Jeffrey Epstein & the Elite's Veil of Silence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0P8GrAlTEk