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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Back to the old grinding stone of suffering. "Damned GERD again!" So full of gas, I'm in pain. I pray this passes over so I can finish the news later. If I do, it won't be until after noon sometime, thank you. I will do what I can, and if I can't do the full news, I will post a notification.

I've been sick for too many days, and it's physically taking its toll on me. I'm wearing out from not enough rest in between sessions of torture. I will be seeing my gastroenterologist in a couple of weeks, thank G-d. I need something to make this "dungeon torturer" in my stomach tolerable. As for the weather... the usual, CRAP! I don't even bother looking outside anymore; it only adds to my depression. ♪♫♭｡♪˚♬ It'll get sunny when it gets sunny, which year I do not know! ♪♫♭｡♪˚♬

Now that the pressure in my stomach has subsided, it's heavenly to just sit here and feel *NOTHING! FULL STOP!*.<-big period, that's it.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

How much is that doggie in the window?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rJo9yJxd5M

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Question: What are the prices we pay as consumers, including the markup we pay from the time the brand item leaves the factory?

🔹AI Overview

Consumer prices for branded items often reflect a total markup of 200% to 500% or more over the factory cost. After leaving the factory, products incur costs for shipping, duties (landed cost), marketing, overhead, and retailer profit, often leading to a standard retail markup of 50%–100% or more over the wholesale price.

That's markups, which are part of marketing nowadays, and no one polices what is legal and what isn't. You will find the same process in all the items you buy in a store. Ex.

Question: Meat and weight discrepancy in grocery stores

🔹AI Overview

Recent investigations have found that major Canadian grocery chains (Loblaw, Sobeys, Walmart) have overcharged customers by selling underweight meat, often by including packaging weight in the final price. These discrepancies can inflate prices by 4% to over 16%, with meat sometimes appearing 10–20g lighter than labeled after removing the packaging

Question: What other Grocery Chains have price discrepancies on their products?

🔹AI Overview

Several major grocery chains in Canada and the U.S. have been identified in investigations, lawsuits, or consumer reports regarding price discrepancies, including inaccurate shelf-to-scanner pricing and underweight product labeling.

Major grocery chains with reported price discrepancies include:

Canadian Grocery Chains

• Loblaw Companies Limited:

• Sobeys Inc./Empire Company Ltd:

• Metro Inc./Food Basics:

• Walmart Canada:

• Giant Tiger:

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U.S. Grocery Chains

• Albertsons/Safeway:

• Kroger:

A Consumer Reports investigation found widespread pricing errors, including expired sale tags, with customers being overcharged at the register for items that were marked as being on sale. Common Issues and Identified Causes

Common Issues and Identified Causes

Question: Price discrepancies in other items in a grocery store?

🔹AI Overview

Price discrepancies in grocery stores—where the scanned price at checkout is higher than the shelf price, flyer, or sticker—are common, frequently resulting in shoppers paying 18% or more above the advertised price. These errors often occur due to outdated sale tags, misplaced items, or system lags when updating prices

Question: Telephone and Internet Soliciters

🔹AI Overview

Unlawful telemarketing involves deceptive, fraudulent, or harassing calls that violate regulations like the National Do Not Call List (DNCL) or, in the US, the TCPA. Illegal practices include false claims, calling registered numbers, or using automated, pre-recorded messages. Victims can file complaints through the CRTC or FTC.

• Common Unlawful Telemarketing Practices:

• Violating the National DNCL:

• Deceptive Marketing:

• Hidden Fees/No Disclosures:

• Illegal Robocalls:

• Ignoring Internal Do Not Call Lists:

• Calling Outside Permitted Hours:

• How to Take ActionAid Italia

Penalties For Violators

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Next, corporate theft.

REMEMBER: Much of the money stolen through fraudulent soliciting involves "your credit card NUMBER!"

Grumbleeee! BEWARE! There are Thieves and Pirates everywhere, crap in your underwear! 💩🩲

Yes, Mrs. McGee, the Canada Geese stand for peace, holding up proudly the big red maple leaf. 🪿🍁

Unfortunately, we do have our share of thieves and pirates in CANADA as well. First, I wish to extend my thanks to Mr. Carney for catching the thieves since he took office. That I've noticed. My question is: are we, We, The People, aware of this, Mr. Prime Minister Carney, and are we DOING MORE to cut down on theft and reduce the deficit?

Unfortunately, we do have our share of thieves and pirates in CANADA as well. First, I wish to extend my thanks to Mr. Carney for catching the thieves since he took office. That I've noticed. My question is: are we, We, The People, aware of this, Mr. Prime Minister Carney, and are we DOING MORE to cut down on theft and reduce the deficit?

So far, we have covered Underweight Meat, Scanner Inaccuracy, Legal Internet and Telephone Solicitors, how about the biggest thieves of all, The Corporate Thieves:

Question: What other Grocery Chains have price discrepancies on their products?

• Albertsons/Safeway:

Sued by the Washington Attorney General for deceptive "buy one, get one free" (BOGO) promotions, where prices were raised before the deal

• Kroger:

• Common Issues and Identified Causes Underweight Meat:

• Scanner Inaccuracy:

•"Surveillance Pricing":

• BOGO Deception:

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Next Question: Corporate Thieves:

🔹AI Overview

Corporate thieves encompass both external actors and internal employees who engage in industrial espionage, intellectual property theft, or fraud to steal trade secrets, proprietary data, or assets for commercial gain. Common methods include creating phantom vendors, manipulating financial records, and insider trading, often causing significant financial damage.

Key Forms of Corporate Theft

• Industrial Espionage:

• Employee Theft & Pilfering:

• Financial Fraud:

• Intellectual Property Theft:

Common Methods of Perpetration

• Impact and Prevention

• Prevention: risks.

• Legal Protections:

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Just how much Federal Money DOESN'T GET to the destination intended because it gets collected by a den of thieves, pirates, highwaymen, scalpers, pickpockets, and leeches, more leeches than there are in an Amazonian swamp. That will be the New America after the Orange Pus Bag has destroyed any semblance of law and order.

Yeah, have at it, hoss, internet gamers, never mind a reenactment game on a computer monitor when you can play Thunder Dome, FOR REAL. I'll take the dune buggy! 🏜️🚙.•*

Lastly, organized crime.

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Question: Statistics for organized crime

🔹AI Overview

As of 2026, over 2,000 organized crime groups (OCGs) operate in Canada, with 73% involved in violent activities and 80% maintaining collaborative links with other groups. These groups increasingly use digital tools, with 69% operating across multiple markets, such as narcotics and money laundering, often exploiting international connections in 77+ countries.

Key Organized Crime Trends & Data (Canada Focus)

• Violence:

Organized crime is strongly linked to the rising trend of firearm-related homicides, which have surpassed stabbings and beatings as the most common method of homicide in Canada.

• Operational Scope:

• Drug Trafficking:

• Infiltration:

• Financial Impact:

These groups engage in, and are actively involved in 29% of cases, money laundering, often using legitimate small, cash-based businesses to disguise proceeds.

Global Organized Crime Index 2025 Findings

• Criminality Rise:

• Top Threats:

• International Links:

Canadian OCGs maintain significant ties with counterparts in the United States, Mexico, and Colombia.Organized

Crime Offender Characteristics

• Violent Profiles:

• Recidivism:

• Sentencing:

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I BELIEVE MR MUSK WENT AFTER THE WRONG PEOPLE, WOULDN'T YOU SAY?

BREAKING NEWS:

Exclusive: Deleted tweets reveal new surgeon general pick criticized Trump and RFK Jr. health policies

Just two months before she was selected as President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Nicole Saphier suggested the administration was hiding that measles was spreading widely enough in the United States for the country to lose its “elimination” status until after the midterm elections.

“Seems like they may not want to admit the U.S. Measles elimination status is is (sic) gone until after midterm elections,” Saphier wrote in March.

• Tweets took aim at Trump:
• A move toward more mainstream nominees:
• Saphier warned Kennedy-led reforms were creating ‘chaos’:

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PUBLISHED May 6, 2026, 5:00 AM ET - 7 hr ago

'The rats are like a storm': Palestinians seeking refuge in rubble struggle with rodent infestations

Israeli military agency says pest control materials have been delivered to enclave

Rats scurry among the tents at the Yarmouk stadium in Gaza City. It's dark and they're hard to see, but their fast movements tip over piles of garbage and send residents of the tents into a frenzy.

Palestinians displaced after Israeli airstrikes have sought refuge amid the rubble of the stadium, pitching tents made of tarps near a garbage dump.

Those sheltering in the tents say large black rats run through them and sit on people as they sleep, sometimes biting them and leading to the spread of disease...

WATCH | Palestinians live among rats in camps in Gaza:

Video - Gaza ceasefire at 6 months: Israel, Hamas still fighting, Gazans still starving:

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Posted: May 06, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 hours ago

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"That is so PETHETIC! I pray that the Great Spirit - G-d expedites an equal proportion of that Karma Pie, WANKERS!"

US VS IRAN - Animated film -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPop9j_DBkk