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Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

Hi! I was sitting here at my laptop on the kitchen table next to the sliding glass door overlooking my green space, my usual perch during the summer months.

I was sipping on my coffee, and this image pops into my mind: if you put the entire world on its stage as it is right now, the whole enchilada or the whole ball of wax, what do you have? #1: A very bad cartoonist drawing the script, or #2: A sadistic cartoonist's comic strip. Those kinds of comic books appear to be closely related. In psychology, it is called Paraphilic Disorder.

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Paraphilic disorders are recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, urges, or behaviors that are distressing or disabling and that involve inanimate objects, children, or nonconsenting adults, or suffering or humiliation of the person or a partner, with the potential to CAUSE HARM.

I can keep current with the latest in psychology in Psychology Today Magazine right here on the NET. I find the function of the human brain quite fascinating, especially from the conscious mind and beyond into the subconscious mind.

Well, it again appears I have already dropped all the eggs out of my basket on my way here. Let's see, I can backtrack to one of those eggs for the discussion of the day.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Ah, yes! Today's Divine Comedy.

DIVINE COMEDY 2025

Are Dante's Inferno and Divine Comedy the same?

Inferno (Dante) - Wikipedia

Inferno (Italian: [iɱˈfɛrno]; Italian for 'Hell') is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century narrative poem The Divine Comedy, followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. The Inferno describes the journey of a fictionalised version of Dante himself through Hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil.

THE QUESTION IS, if Dante's vision is correct, then in my opinion, humanity as we know it is about to fall off the precipice back down to a level or circle of Hell, or back to number one in the seven circles of Hell.

It's simple to change that conundrum from repeating itself, to keep from falling over the precipice. All you need is to grow a heart ❤️, care, love, protect, help, inspire, aspire, and be faithful to your actual being, the being of light within you.

I rest my case. 🙇‍♀️ 🛏 💼 Now on to the News 📰

BREAKING NEWS:

South Korean workers detained in Georgia ICE raid to be sent back to South Korea following negotiations, official says

South Korean workers detained during a massive immigration raid in Georgia Thursday will be returned to South Korea on a chartered flight following negotiations, an official announced Sunday.

“Negotiations for the release of the detained workers have been concluded, after swift responses by the relevant ministries, business agencies, and companies,” said South Korean Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik. “However, some administrative procedures remain, and once they’re completed, a chartered plane will depart to bring back our citizens,” he added.

The workers were among 475 detained Thursday during a large-scale immigration raid at the Hyundai Metaplant in Ellabell, Georgia, which houses an electric vehicle battery plant jointly operated by South Korea-based companies Hyundai and LG Energy Solution. About 300 of those detained are South Korean, officials said...

A spokesperson for Hyundai said in a statement Friday, “Hyundai is committed to full compliance with all laws and regulations in every market where we operate. This includes employment verification requirements and immigration laws.

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Updated Sep 7, 2025, 7:03 AM ET - Updated 2 hr ago

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Will RFK Jr.’s wrecking-ball approach to vaccines and public health lead Trump onto thin political ice?

As Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intensifies his drive to reverse decades of vaccine policy, the medical profession joins a growing list of fields and institutions facing unprecedented threats from the federal government under President Donald Trump. But this time the administration may have chosen an adversary with more capacity to fight back than the law firms, major universities and media organizations it has targeted so far.

To many medical professionals, Kennedy’s hostility toward vaccines represents the greatest threat to the nation’s public health system in memory. Medical groups fear that Kennedy’s wide-ranging actions — such as firing all the members of a prestigious advisory committee that advises the federal government on vaccine policy; narrowing access to the latest Covid vaccine; and pledging to soon release a study that will probably reexamine the widely debunked claim that childhood vaccines cause autism — will trigger a resurgence of deadly diseases, particularly among children.

“It’s overwhelming; it’s a complete frame shift,” said Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia...

Exemptions for required school vaccines have surged in recent years

About 138,000 kindergartners attended the 2024-25 school year without full vaccination coverage.

Share of kindergartners exempt from at least one state-mandated vaccine

CHART INCLUDED:

• Medical professionals have leverage — but so does Trump:
• Kennedy’s moves may be leading to a sea change:
• A shift away from expertise:

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2025, 6:00 AM ET - 4 hr ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:

These homes generate power for the grid — and residents don't worry about blackouts

Battery-based virtual power plants are energy efficient, save money on grid upgrades

• AnalysisIs the zero-emission vehicle mandate dead or merely sleeping?;
• What on Earth will regular power cuts soon be part of Canadian summer?:
• Plug-in balcony solar panels could mean cheaper power:

When there's a local power outage, it doesn't affect Rebecca Calder's house in Edmonton's new Blatchford neighbourhood. The Wi-Fi network, the fridge and the heat pump that heats and cools the townhouse all keep humming along, thanks to a backup battery in her basement.

"It's great," she said — and not just for power outages.

The battery charges from solar panels on the roof of the three-bedroom home she shares with her husband, Daniel, and five-year-old daughter, Ida.

• What are virtual power plants?:
• How do they work?:
• Benefits for the grid:

What if you got paid to use less power during heat waves?

• Room to grow?:
• Could the 'virtual power plant' model convince more Albertans to switch to solar?:

WATCH | Taking on power outages with a giant battery in your home ...

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Posted: Sep 07, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 22 minutes ago

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Hail, wind left 200-km 'scar' across Alberta that's visible from space

Aug. 20 storm affected 425,000 acres of crops and other land in southern part of the provinc

Wind and hail that cut across the southern Alberta prairie last month left a "scar" visible from outer space.

On Aug. 20, 2025, 150-kilometre-per-hour gusts shredded crops and stripped grass and ground cover. The storm slashed from south of Calgary to Saskatchewan, affecting about 425,000 acres of insurable crops, plus pasture and native grassland.

Severe thunderstorm in southern Alberta downs power lines, damages cars

Trail of destruction in Brooks, Alta., after golf ball-sized hailstorm rips through

That most intense zone of the storm — a sort of epicentre that dragged for hundreds of kilometres — left behind a "hail scar" that can be seen in satellite images published by U.S. space agency NASA. A patchwork of green shades, representing crops, hay and clumps of trees is replaced by a smear measuring about 15 kilometres wide and 200 kilometres long...

• Cleanup ongoing:

Millions of dollars in crop damage expected from Brooks hailstorm: insurance provider:

'Basically starting from scratch': Alberta hailstorm wreaks havoc on farmland

• Healing the 'scar':

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Posted: Sep 07, 2025 6:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

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It is Time to Come Home, Children of The Earth

🌏 ~ Sanctuary Earth ~ 🌏

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygFz-NcBRhc

 

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Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

It's kind of a gloomy, grey morning, so I turned on a few extra lights to make it look more like daytime. I seem to be better coordinated in the bright light; otherwise, in the semi-darkness, I would have bruises all over me by the end of the day. I am also learning to slow my thinking down to match my physical actions between point A and point B, ensuring there are no obstructions along the way.

That's a hard one to learn after a lifetime of action, required, reaction, motion, and then done! All in one motion! Without even thinking about the mechanics of doing it step by step, I have been doing it like that for most of my life. My instinctive reaction was well ahead of the physical for most of my life, but more reflexive; now the physical response feels like a snail's pace compared to my mental activity, which hasn't changed. Slow physical reactions with a speeding thought process, like rush hour on an interstate, don't mix well.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

DEAD SKUNK

There's a dead skunk in the middle of the road, a' stinkin' to high♪♫♭ heaven ♪♫. I wonder who will be the dead skunk, and who's that a comin' down US-69 to Zombieville? It's the Devil himself! PUTIN! All dressed up and a totin' his favorite fiddle, the Trumpfiddle, to Georgia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh7BZf7D5Bw

Meanwhile, the guy on Highway 69 is about to get stunk to "high heaven!♪♫

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt-o2xlffWo

To be sure! But who, I wonder? Who? Who? Yes, 🦉s 💩 through 🪶🪶

If that ain't bad enough:

Here I sit in my room a thinkin' about where this world is a goin'?

Are we all gonna go to Hell because of the few? THE GREEDY BLOODTHIRSTY AUTOMATONS WITH NO HEARTS OR BRAINS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_38SWIIKITE

Will it be possible to dream again, THE AMERICAN DREAM?: Que Sera Sera! ~ ♪♫♭ ♪♫ I~

ONLY YOU CAN CHANGE THE FUTURE.

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

Well, that will be about it from me here in the Newsroom, now it's on with Dantes Inferno - (Circle 7) Chapter 2 with a bug in my tuke, "Oh me, oh my! What should I do?", shouts Mrs. Mcgoo!

- Google Search - Dante's Circle 7

BREAKING NEWS:

Experts skeptical of legality of Trump's strike on alleged drug boat

Under intense pressure from Capitol Hill to provide a legal rationale for the unprecedented killing of 11 alleged drug smugglers by the US military, the Trump administration has so far ducked lawmakers and provided a mishmash of public justifications that raise serious questions about the legality of the strike, legal experts and congressional sources say.

The Defense Department on Friday abruptly canceled classified briefings it was set to provide in the morning to several key House and Senate committees, two people familiar with the matter told CNN. Lawmakers and staffers had hoped to ask officials questions about the legal justification for the strike, and even get basic details like which military unit conducted the attack, what type of munition was used and the kind of intelligence gathering that went into determining the identities and intentions of those on the boat...

This screengrab of a video posted to Donald Trump's Truth Social account on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, shows what Trump described as a Tren de Aragua boat carrying drugs from Venezuela, against which Trump ordered a strike. Donald Trump/Truth Social

• Few details on the deceased:

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PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2025, 5:00 AM ET - 4 hr ago

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Inside the raid: How a monthslong federal immigration operation led to 475 arrests at a Hyundai plant in Georgia

A sprawling Hyundai manufacturing plant in a quiet southeast Georgia community became ground zero on Thursday for one of the most extensive immigration raids in recent US history. The operation, months in the making, ended with 475 arrests, most of them Korean nationals.

As state troopers blocked roads leading to the plant and set up a security perimeter, nearly 500 federal, state and local officers poured into the sprawling battery production facility, still under construction. Agents moved swiftly, lining up workers along the walls. Word of the raid spread across the property, triggering a scramble among workers who attempted to flee, with some running to a sewage pond and others hiding in air ducts.

• Workers describe tense, chaotic scene:
• Most of those detained were Korean nationals:
• Months of coordinated planning by multiple federal agencies:

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Updated Sep 6, 2025, 6:54 AM ET - Updated 3 hr ago

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What the latest jobs report means for you … buckle up

After years of plentiful employment opportunities, healthy pay bumps and pandemic savings-fueled spending sprees, American workers now face a sobering economic reality: It’s getting harder and harder to find work, and more and more industries are shedding jobs.

The latest jobs report, released Friday, indicated that the US economy added about 22,000 jobs in August and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%, the highest it’s been in nearly four years. The job market is “stalling,” Glassdoor economist Daniel Zhao told CNN on Friday, “it’s slowing to a dangerous speed.”

• Job growth is practically nonexistent:
• Takeaways from the August jobs report:

(which includes more comprehensive dispatches from US businesses) now shows a net loss of 13,000 jobs.

• More industries lost jobs in August than added them:
• How things can turn for the worse, or the better:

An interest rate cut, even a small one, could unleash pent-up demand:

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

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Manitoba mass stabbing attacker who killed sister was out on bail

13 hours agoNews Duration 2:03 min.

The man who police say killed his sister and injured seven others in a mass stabbing on a First Nation in Manitoba was out on bail. The 26-year-old was released from custody in June and had been told to stay away from his sister, court documents show.

WATCH VIDEO:

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CBC News: The National | Canada’s economy sheds 66,000 jobs

13 hours ago News 45:46 min.

Sept. 5, 2025 | Prime Minister Mark Carney promises billions in new spending after the economy loses 66,000 in August. Loved ones remember the Quebec couple killed in the Lisbon funicular crash. And, Gabriela Dabrowski wins another grand slam title.

WATCH VIDEO:

- CBC -

With fear and uncertainty, residents repopulate Gaza border kibbutz

4 days ago News 6:40 min.

Nearly two years after the devastating Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks, the Israeli government is reopening areas near the border with Gaza, including Nir Oz and Nahal Oz. For The National, CBC’s Susan Ormiston returns to the region and finds complex emotions behind the push to rebuild the kibbutzim as war still rages nearby.

WATCH VIDEO:

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Not much in the way of good news on either side of the border, except for one big difference. The unemployed in Canada WILL RECEIVE EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE with job training programs.

As far as I can see, with the disorganization and confusion in the US, there will be no public safety nets, healthcare programs, or unemployment benefits for the fired Federal workers.

So, Canadians, be grateful that we still have a functional, free, fair, and sovereign government.🍁 Make sure there is "A FIRE!" 🔥 before breaking the glass. 🔨 🪟

~🙏Prayer for the day, Let us pray-meditate for the return of SANITY🙏~

Why doesn't 2025 feel like "the future"?

In the realm of infinite ∞ potentialities, there are infinite potentials of as many different states of being and more that the most active of finite minds, genius class, could possibly perceive. How would you like to see the world in the future? We the people are as one.

SPIRIT OF THE WOODS

♪♫Just relax and dream♪♫

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obeoWPEV3rc&t=270s

 

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BREAKING NEWS:

Carney unveils billions in funding, Buy Canada policy to combat Trump's tariffs

New measures are 1st signs of industrial strategy government says will transform economy

Prime Minister Mark Carney rolled out a series of measures on Friday that he says will transform Canada's economy into a force that can withstand the trade shocks of the Trump administration. The measures announced in the strategy have been targeted to specifically help workers and businesses that have been most impacted by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and trade disruptions.

"If you look back over our country's history, we have turned challenges into opportunities," Carney said in Mississauga, Ont. "And now, at this moment of profound change, we bear the same responsibilities and we should have the same ambitions as those who came before us." "We know we need to act now. Invest now. Precisely when it's hard," he added. "We are charting an economic strategy to move Canada from reliance to resilience, from uncertainty to prosperity."

A noteworthy part of the plan is to pause the electric vehicle (EV) mandate, a demand by the auto industry. The strategy waives the mandate for the 2026 model year and launches a 60-day review of the policy...

• Helping workers:

_UpdatedCanada delaying plan to force automakers to hit EVs sales targets

Liberal MPs form environmental caucus as some want stronger climate focus from Carney

• A strategic response fund:
• Buy Canada policy:

Amid tariffs and falling sales, is Canada's EV mandate doomed?

Carney doesn't expect immediate tariff relief after 'good conversation' with Trump

• Helping businesses with cash flow:

Helping the agricultural and seafood sectors

Ottawa to send MP with Sask. Premier Scott Moe on China trade trip

Canola farmers weigh options as Chinese tariffs bite

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CBC News · Posted: Sep 05, 2025 11:14 AM EDT | Last Updated: 33 minutes ago

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Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

Well, it's nice with bright sun outside in my green space. A little cool, but lovely to just sit here at the kitchen table, looking out at the still mostly green trees across from my green space. Some of the trees are starting to look like a tired green, and even the leaves on a few bushes here and there are beginning to change color. We had ample rain here in the Niagara Peninsula and close to seasonal temperatures, just one and a half hours difference in daylight, about the exact equinoxes of September 22 and March 20. And the plants seem to know instinctively when it's time to change color, even when the climate is still moderate.

Now throw in Climate Change. Weather patterns are going nuts! And you wonder why? How would you react if someone poked you in the eye with a stick?

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

My Take on Climate Change:

That's an example of how Mother Nature feels and heals herself. She follows a pattern like a circulatory system, like our veins. She considers the atmospheric pressure changes, adjusting her garments for the upcoming colder climate, and circulates it all around to maintain balance in all her children's life cycles. When she gets out of balance, it's not unlike when you catch a cold. Don't you get it? The ENTIRE PLANET is a living organism. It is finite, but if managed correctly by humanity, it can be in harmony and plentiful for all. Have you heard of a mother who would let her children down?

But if the children are misbehaving and or doing bad things, Mama will punish! Back in my day, changing diapers wasn't just because the diaper was 💩

THE ONENESS

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ONENESS:

The quality of being one; singleness

The quality of being one; singleness. Uniqueness. Sameness; identity. Unity of thought, feeling, belief, aim, etc.; agreement; concord. A strong sense of closeness or affinity; union.

SPIRIT OF NATURE?:

In the spirit of nature, everything is connected. To bring the natural system into balance, a new economy that is sustainable and respects the limits of natural resources and the functions of ecosystems is fundamental.

ONENESS - SCIENTIFIC TERM:

In scientific terms, "oneness" is not a formal theory but a concept suggested by modern physics, particularly quantum mechanics, which shows that the universe is not made of independent parts but is a complicated, interconnected web of relations where even observers are part of the whole. This idea is also reflected in the theory that all matter is a manifestation of energy and that the universe shares common atomic origins from the Big Bang, implying a single, fundamental origin and interconnectedness.

ONENESS IN SANSKRIT:

The Sanskrit word for "oneness" can be expressed in several ways, with Aikyam (ऐक्यम्) being a primary term meaning oneness, unity, and harmony. Other related Sanskrit terms for oneness include ekatva (एकत्व), aikātma (ऐकात्म्य), and aikātva (ऐकात्म्य), which convey similar meanings of unity, identity, and the concept of a single self or soul.

Thank you for reading the news.

BREAKING NEWS:

America’s job market flashes yet another warning sign about the economy

What We're Covering Here

• The US economy added just 22,000 jobs last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The unemployment rate rose to 4.3% from 4.2%.

• Friday’s report is the first data under a new leader at the BLS, after President Donald Trump fired the previous one for producing data that Trump baselessly claimed must be “a scam.” Just 73,000 positions were added in July and previous monthly totals were substantially revised down.

• Friday’s data was far worse than expected, with economists having forecast around 76,500 jobs added in August.

• It’s the latest snapshot of the US economy under Trump’s aggressive trade agenda, as inflation continues to tick up and there are now more unemployed people than jobs for them...

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6 min ago

Stocks rise, bonds rally after weaker-than-expected jobs report reaffirms rate cut hopes

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20 min ago

Several industries lost jobs last month

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28 min ago

What this all means for the Fed

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32 min ago

The unemployment rate just ticked up

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36 min ago

Is it possible to fake the jobs data?

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Health care, which employs just 15% of US workers, is driving job growth

The US job market is being propped up primarily by ongoing employment gains in the health care industry.

That sector, which has attributed for the lion’s share of overall job growth this year, added 46,800 jobs in August. The industry, however, accounts for only 15% of overall US employment, BLS data shows.

“For 85% of workers, they’re not seeing a lot of the jobs added,” Kory Kantenga, LinkedIn’s head of economics Americas, told -CNN- this week.

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Updated 9:48 AM EDT, Fri September 5, 2025...

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Tesla proposes Elon Musk pay package that could make him the world’s first trillionaire

Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, could become the first trillionaire after the Tesla board unveiled a massive new pay package for its CEO to keep his focus on the troubled EV maker.

The package would grant him additional shares of Tesla stock if the company is able to grow far beyond its current value, with a market capitalization far greater than any company has ever approached. Musk’s previous pay package, which added significantly to his massive wealth, also laid out ambitious growth plans that once appeared to be a reach – but which Tesla proved able to reach easily.

The new pay package could grant Musk 423.7 million additional shares of Tesla stock. Those shares would be be worth $143.5 billion at today’s stock value. But Musk would get those shares only if the value of Tesla stock increases significantly in coming years. The company stock would need to reach an overall value of $8.5 trillion for Musk to get all the shares, significantly above the current market capitalization of $1.1 trillion and roughly double the current market value of Nvidia (NVDA), the current most valuable company on the market...

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Updated Sep 5, 2025, 8:15 AM ET - Updated 1 hr 52 min ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Carney to pause EV mandate, trigger a review: sources

The move comes as the industry has struggled under U.S. tariffs

Prime Minister Mark Carney is delaying a plan to force automakers to hit minimum sales levels for electric vehicles next year, according to sources knowledgeable of the plans.

*The move comes as the industry has struggled under U.S. tariffs*

Sources, who spoke on the condition they not be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said the EV mandate will be put on pause as the government reviews the policy.

AnalysisCan the ZEV mandate survive political pressure and industry objections?

Amid tariffs and falling sales, is Canada's EV mandate doomed? ...

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Canadian economy bled 66,000 jobs in August as unemployment rate hit its highest since 'pandemic days'

Unemployment rate rose to 7.1%

Canada's unemployment rate reached nearly its highest point since 2016 as the economy shed 66,000 jobs in August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points in August to 7.1 per cent, a level last seen in May 2016 if the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 were excluded, the data agency said.

The unemployment rate, or the number of people unemployed out of the total population, has been rising consistently this year, up from a 6.6 per cent rate in January. The figures are more dire than some economists had predicted — a Reuters poll ahead of the release predicted a gain of 10,000 jobs and the unemployment rate to rise to 7 per cent.

Unemployment rate in Canada

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Canada's economy shed over 40,000 jobs in July, partly offsetting earlier growth

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Posted: Sep 05, 2025 8:40 AM EDT | Last Updated: 22 minutes ago

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I believe that will be enough sad news for one day. Let us pause for a moment to PRAY!

🙏

for those who are trapped in this maelstrom of dysfunctionality and confusion created by one hateful, bizarro, insane, and crazed Hitler-loving person

BIZARROMERICA! Lady Liberty 🗽😪 cries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTF6iP1SGuw

 

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Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

It's not as bright up here in my green space this morning, overcast skies, and a little cool. Just one of those days, thinking if the Sun came out, it would be so much brighter and warmer. But hey, can't complain too much, we need the rain. It did rain some last night. The rest of this week is expected to be much cooler, with temperatures in the mid-sixties to low seventies. A trend towards more seasonal temperatures with sunshine is anticipated for the following week, beginning on Tuesday, September 9th. It appears to be storming up for a good downpour as I sit here.

🙏Let us all pause to pray:🙏

I pray they are getting this rain in the Northwest and East of Ontario, as well as wherever else there are wildfires.

Let us also pray for all the homeless who will be thrown to the elements on the street this coming winter in America.*_ "AMEN!"

_*Well, so much for the local weather for now, how about Ukraine? I haven't monitored their weather before. It's sunny and 79°F in Kyiv, Ukraine. The cold has not set in yet; from my last observations, there is only a discrepancy of an average of 5°F. Kyiv is at least 5 degrees warmer on average than here on the Niagara Peninsula in Southern Ontario.

It's a good reminder for those who are trying to survive in tents in the middle of winter. I fear the same for many Americans this year.

Average lows in Kyiv, Ukraine are 21°F or -6°C

Average lows for Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada: 18°F or -7.8°C

Compare to Simcoe County, where I used to live, in central Ontario.

17°F or -8.3°C. The temperatures, although slightly different by 3 or 4 degrees, they are all well below the freezing mark. Kyiv, Ukraine, being the warmest of the three places mentioned above, is still well below freezing, even with a difference of almost 8 degrees. None is very suitable for tent living in the winter. ❄️🌬💨⛺️

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

SpaceX Dragon Capsule Returns with 6,700 Pounds of Next-Gen Technology!

Join us as we explore the incredible return of SpaceX's Dragon capsule, which brought back 6,700 pounds of advanced technology from the ISS! Discover the groundbreaking MISSE-20 project that tests material durability in space, the revolutionary Astrobee-REACCH robots designed for satellite servicing, and the innovative OPTICA imaging technology. Plus, learn how the Story Time from Space initiative is inspiring the next generation of scientists and explorers. Don't miss out on the future of space exploration and technology!...

View Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUfJVei1a-g

It is so crucial that humanity continue these experiments, and that will be the pathway to overcoming the limitations of space travel. The ADVANCEMENT OF HUMANITY REACHING FOR THE STARS is at stake. As an evolving species, it is essential that we spread out into the cosmos.

This is why it is so crucial that science NOT be mixed with POLITICS. It would be much easier to merge religion, spirituality, and quantum physics as one, with the ∞ Quanta. Science! Not Kink Orange Pus Bag himself and his band of thieves and lying Dunce Brigade that we have today for lawmakers, OUTLAWMAKERS! and the supreme court on their knees kissing KINK ORANGE PUS BAG'S ring.

I'M NOT A RING KISSER, and neither was I ever a flag-waver. I used to feel at home no matter what flag was flying over my head. Now I fly one flag with pride, 🍁

I Rest My Case. 🙇‍♀️🛏💼

BREAKING NEWS:

With no end in sight, National Guard troops deployed to DC grow weary

With each phone call home, the troops describe a mission unlike any other.

One soldier from Tennessee told his father that from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. every day, his only task is to walk around Chinatown. Another service member from Mississippi told a loved one that she’d been repeatedly cursed at while on patrol. During a call to his wife, a guardsman from Louisiana said there was confusion about what the military was actually doing there. “We haven’t gotten critically low on morale, but we’re falling fast,” said one soldier who, like others quoted in this story, spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak to the media and feared reprisal.

Of the more than 2,200 National Guard soldiers President Donald Trump deployed to Washington, DC, last month, in addition to a wave of federal law enforcement, roughly 1,300 are from out of state. Guard members on the DC mission and their relatives who spoke to CNN said they left behind civilian jobs and children to serve – a sacrifice they understood when they enlisted...

• ‘Yeah, this is crazy’:

Members of the South Carolina National Guard ride a Metro train on August 26.

• A unique mission:
• ‘National gardeners’:

Members of the West Virginia National Guard on patrol at the World War II Memorial on August 27

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PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2025, 5:00 AM ET - 4 hr ago

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Trump asks Supreme Court to save his emergency tariffs

President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to step into the fray over his emergency tariffs, putting the centerpiece of his economic agenda in the hands of the justices who have mostly backed his sweeping view of executive power, according to a copy of the appeal obtained by CNN.

Trump is pressing the justices to overturn a lower court ruling that found his administration acted unlawfully by imposing many of his sweeping import taxes, and he has framed the case in existential terms. “The stock market needs the tariffs, they want the tariffs,” Trump said Tuesday in the Oval Office, asserting that an adverse decision would mean “devastation for our country.”

The case once again raises fundamental questions for the court about a president’s power to act unilaterally and without explicit authority from Congress. Trump’s critics note that the last president to raise tariffs under similar circumstances was Richard Nixon, and Congress later pared back the president’s power.

The lower court’s decision, the Trump administration argued to the Supreme Court, “would, in the president’s view, unilaterally disarm the United States and allow other nations to hold America’s economy hostage to their retaliatory trade policies.”

• Trade agreements and tariff revenue at stake:

This story has been updated with additional details.

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Updated Sep 3, 2025, 10:37 PM ET - Updated 11 hr ago

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RFK Jr. testifies in hearing about Trump’s health care agenda

What We're Covering:

• NOW:

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying before a Senate committee about the president’s health care agenda. Yesterday, over 1,000 current and former agency employees accused Kennedy of endangering public health and called for his resignation.

• Ukraine call: President Donald Trump is speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this morning as momentum to end Russia’s war in Ukraine stalls.

• Epstein controversy: GOP Rep. Thomas Massie said he and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene “are willing to name names” on any list compiled by survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse. Trump dismissed the furor, even as women who said they’d been abused by Epstein called for action.

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Ousted CDC director: There is a "deliberate effort to weaken" the US public health system

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First lady Melania Trump will host AI education event at the White House

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Updated 10:19 AM EDT, Thu September 4, 2025

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Trade deficit shrinks to $4.9B in July as energy, vehicle exports rise

Canada's trade deficit is shrinking, but still bigger than this time last year, according to Statistics Canada

Canada's trade deficit narrowed in July as overall exports rose, especially driven by outbound shipments of crude oil and passenger cars to its biggest trading partner the United States, Statistics Canada said on Thursday.

Its merchandise trade deficit, or deficit from trading in goods, in July was at $4.94 billion, smaller than last month's $5.98 billion, but much higher than the same period last year, according to Statistics Canada's data. Overall exports rose by 0.9 per cent to $61.86 billion in July while imports slowed 0.7 per cent to $66.8 billion, the agency said...

Merchandise trade with the U.S. Chart:

How Canada's imports and exports have changed since Trump

• More exports of energy, vehicles:

Some Indigenous businesses in Canada halting exports to U.S. amid Trump tariffs regime

Most of Canada's retaliatory tariffs are gone. Now what?

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Posted: Sep 04, 2025 9:49 AM EDT | Last Updated: 44 minutes ago

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As hunger grows in Gaza, warnings that starvation hits the most vulnerable first

Choking off food simply dooms Gaza's most vulnerable, experts say

As Israel continues to issue strenuous denials, the daily, ongoing count of people in Gaza either dead or dying from malnutrition suggests the famine in the territory is taking a deeper hold. In the last two weeks since the world's foremost authority on food insecurity declared a famine in Gaza City, 70 people have died of hunger, according to local health authorities.

One of them was 17-year-old Ahmed Ali Al-Batniji...

• Pre-existing condition:
• Starvation sets in:

Famine conditions exist in Gaza City, UN-backed hunger monitor says in report

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

• 'Cannot target starvation':
• Tragic end:
• Famine denial and misleading claims:

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

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"Quit howling about it like a bunch of hound dogs lost in the dark forest! Find the Master Intruder and DO SOMETHING! Especially little chief warlord and his little pile of 💩🦠 maggots, eh!"

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