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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

In memory of Rob Reiner,

Again, let us pray 🙏 for Rob Reiner, who passed away on December 14, 2025.

ROB REINER, THE DIRECTOR OF ICONIC FILMS, HAS DIED

His big break came as Michael "Meathead" Stivic in the sitcom "All in the Family." Also, the director of "Stand By Me!"

I dedicate playing the song, "Stand By Me" by Ben. E. King to his memory. It's one of my favorite tear-jerkers. 🥲

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwZNL7QVJjE

On a cheerier note, I would like to begin the day with a little about Purgatory.

In The Bible it says, "all her sins, 1 Corinthians 3:11-15 (fire testing works) and Catholic in, Revelation 21:27

Catholic teaching, Purgatory is a place or condition of temporal punishment for those who, departing this life in God's grace, are not entirely free from venial faults, or have not fully paid the satisfaction due to their transgressions.

Protestants; Hebrews 10:10-14 (Christ's one sacrifice perfects believers) and Colossians 2:13

But Purgatory can mean the process, event, or place of purging of sins. The literal meaning is any purging of sins. Even when those alive are repenting. Protestants don't actually argue Purgatory on Earth. Rather, Purgatory is when you die or on judgment day.

"All her sins were forgiven, and she would not need to go to Purgatory.

I don't know about that or what, when, and where Purgatory is; in a different dimension? Parallel universe? Part of the evolutionary process is transforming or EVOLVING human beings from physical beings into spirit or energy beings? Whatever the hypothesis, I love the song, "500 Miles," and it lights a world of hope in my heart.

YES, I WALKED THE FIVE HUNDRED MILES, AND I M DAMNED HAPPY I DID.

Who is Cynthia a-k-a, The Fairy Lady?

I guess to the world, probably just another old bag, one of those that made this world the mess it is in. That's what the younger generation thinks. We left them with a broken-down mess to fix. Well, not I, says the cat. I'm French, Metis, and an old Hippie, Baby Boomer, Peace Child, born in 1945, but I had nothing to do with dumping waste, chemicals, toxins, and other garbage all over the place.

I DON'T GO FOR THAT NAZIISM 💩 If you are thinking about flying the crooked cross flag, ya better learn the history about what atrocious things these beasts did during the Second World War. Learn the history, then when you're done, I believe you will be looking for a deal on rope, a cord of wood, and a cauldron to boil us some Trumpo the Typo Stew.

The Gate To Heaven

I know the gate will be open when I get there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbNlMtqrYS0

Let's say, using my sick stomach as an example, lately it's been a constant pain in the butt; it sucks up too much energy from me, so it is beginning to affect all my daily activities. But if that's part of my ticket past Purgatory, straight to heaven, it's worth it. Done enough suffering here. I certainly don't want to suffer anymore after I leave this place of pain.

That will be about it from me here in the Newsroom. Thank you for reading the News.

BREAKING NEWS

‘Buy Canadian’ policy takes effect, changing rules for federal procurement

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The federal government’s ‘Buy Canadian’ policy took effect Tuesday and Ottawa says it will fundamentally change the way it purchases goods and services. Announced earlier in the fall, the strategy is meant to ensure Canadian products and workers are prioritized in federal procurement decisions to help protect Canadian industries.

It applies to the government’s new major projects and housing offices, defence procurement, and community infrastructure projects funded by the federal government. The first stage of the policy, which came into effect Tuesday, requires that contracts valued at $25 million or more prioritize Canadian businesses and materials. It’s expected to expand to cover all contracts valued at $5 million and more by the spring.

The policy also requires that Canadian steel, aluminum and wood products manufactured or processed in Canada be used in construction and defence projects requiring at least $250,000 in materials. It’s a measure to support industries hit hard by U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war. Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound said the federal government is “putting Canadian workers and industries first” and will help to ensure Canadian supply chains remain strong.

“This policy creates demand across the country, from steelworkers in Hamilton to aluminum producers in Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean and lumber mills in La Tuque and Prince George, while giving clear advantages to suppliers who invest, innovate and produce here at home,” Lightbound said in a media statement. “It’s a major step toward stronger supply chains, good jobs and a more resilient Canadian economy.”

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Updated: December 16, 2025 at 3:30PM EST

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Mark Carney Just Did Something in Washington That Left Trump SPEECHLESS

Mark Carney just walked into a room full of Washington's political elite and did something that nobody saw coming. Within minutes, people who were ready to write him off as weak were giving him a standing ovation.

This is the story of how Canada's new prime minister turned what could have been a complete humiliation into one of the smartest diplomatic moves we've seen in years. And honestly, the way he pulled this off should have every politician in Washington taking notes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENZMR8J3p3w

THIS IS THE BEST NEWS FOR CANADA SINCE THE INVENTION OF THE MODEL T FORD

AMERICAN NEWS:

GOP centrists choose nuclear option in fight with Mike Johnson over Obamacare

In a stunning blow to Speaker Mike Johnson, four GOP lawmakers on Wednesday agreed to back a Democratic push to extend pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies.

Those four GOP centrists — New York Rep. Mike Lawler and Pennsylvania Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Ryan Mackenzie and Rob Bresnahan — have officially opted for what they have been describing as the nuclear option. By signing onto Democrats’ procedural maneuver to force a floor vote on their proposed three-year extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries now has the 218 signatures needed guarantee a vote under discharge petition rules. That floor vote cannot be forced until January, however, under those same rules.

Those same four centrists have criticized Democrat’ plan as flawed. But in a sign of desperation, the typically leadership-aligned centrists chose to defy Johnson and sign onto Democrats’ push rather than allow the enhanced subsidies to expire at year’s end...

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PUBLISHED Dec 17, 2025, 10:21 AM ET - 17 min ago

Trump expected to sign executive order reclassifying marijuana, easing restrictions on the drug

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Thursday that would reschedule marijuana to a lower drug classification — a move that would ease federal restrictions, though it would not mean full legalization, according to a source familiar with the planning and a senior White House official.

The order would reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I drug, which the Drug Enforcement Administration defines as having “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse,” to a Schedule III drug, which the DEA defines as having “a moderate to low potential for physical and psychological dependence,” sources said. That reclassification could have implications for research of marijuana or use for medical purposes.

The White House official warned that while the signing was planned for Thursday, that timing could shift. Trump himself previewed that the issue was on his radar Monday, telling reporters he was considering reclassification “very strongly.” “We are considering that because a lot of people want to see it — the reclassification, because it leads to tremendous amounts of research that can’t be done unless you reclassify. So, we are looking at that very strongly,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office...

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PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2025, 7:37 PM ET - 15 hr ago

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With American alcohol back on NSLC shelves, what are the top sellers?

Liquor corporation's U.S. product inventory mostly consists of spirits and wine

In the first week that American alcohol was back on shelves in the province, the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation sold about $3 million worth of the products, representing about 20 per cent of the remaining U.S. inventory. About $14 million of American product was pulled from the shelves back in March as part of Nova Scotia's response to the ongoing trade war with the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump has also infuriated many Canadians with his talk of Canada becoming the 51st American state...

The NSLC announced earlier this month that it would resume selling American products, with an expected $4 million in proceeds going to charity, although that amount is contingent on all of the American stock being sold.

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• Impact on American alcohol producers:

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Posted: Dec 17, 2025 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENZMR8J3p3w

 

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Land of Whispering Pines

May Great Spirit bless 🙏

I got up this morning feeling a little more energetic than I have been for the past while. I put away all the clean dishes in the dishwasher, then made coffee, and here I am. Is the stomach still OK? Naaaaa, dum-dum stomach is not done picking on me yet. Now that I am sitting, I can still feel the faint background nausea trying to make its entry.

Sometimes I wish I had a big knock-out pill 💊 so I could sleep through this boring nauseated stomach stuff, sometimes wish I could jump out the window, screaming in frustration for the world to kiss my ever-lovin' arse. How would you like to be cursed with a 12 months of the year 24 - 7 hangover? 🤢 🤮

I'm going to take five and be back to finish the news. That was about 15 minutes, and I napped for about ten minutes before I even left the chair. Whatever kind of bug this is, it must be a super bug with fangs and claws, and it's stuck to my back, like in the horror movies. The monkey on my back that just won't let go. HEY THERE, MR. or MRS. MONKEY, what will you do when you don't have my CARCAS to pick on anymore?*_

At least for now, the stomach disturbance is remaining mild, CROSSING MY FINGERS, and making the sign of the cross, and if I had the Bible handy, I would stuff it under the couch cushion, sit on it, and pour a bucket of Holy Water on me if I thought it would work! Jees! I wish I were pregnant; at least I'd be suffering for a reason. Or someone take me to Australia to see The Witch Doctor. 👿🪶

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

TODAY's DISCUSSION:

Nazzi America

The trend to Naziism in America doesn't seem to be abating much, if any; it actually appears to be encouraged, as it would seem, looking from this side of the border with my field glasses. Or at least not much of a struggle by the people that could do something, THE USELESS DUNCE CADET (Gestapo) CONGRESS. About as useful as a bucket of maggots. 🪣 🦠 🐛 🪰 There's going to be a lot of people hurting beginning this winter; if the trend continues, the entire country will be a disaster area COME SPRING. A country can't govern itself without its people governing it; the people are the government, or are supposed to be a government for the people. So, who's running the show? They closed all the gov. services. Trumpo the Typo hasn't a clue what he's doing, probably needs an aide to help him change his diaper.

HOW LONG CAN YOU SURVIVE IN A TENT AT - Even - 15° C, no food or water, no food banks, no shelters, no soup kitchens, I can foresee a massive problem with break and entry. When people get desperate, they will break in for survival. Maybe you haven't watched enough disaster movies to see how quickly that can come down in a disaster. Or how about Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana? Did you follow up on the complete story? I even read the book. Douglas Brinkley's

"The Great Deluge." I believe that the average American has more pride than to be humiliated like that.

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About getting emaciated from eating little because of a constant upset stomach, I guess I'm a good candidate for joining the emaciated. Gee, I could make money on the side by playing metallophone. All I have to do is lift my shirt and let someone play the metallophone on my ribs with those little sticks called mallets. I figured if I have to leave here, I may as well do my best to end it with a BANG! with my poop shooter a blazin. 🔥 💩 👉 💨

Thank you for allowing me to vent a little. Now on to the discussion of the day. Thank you for reading the Tree House News.

BREAKING NEWS:

Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles says president ‘has an alcoholic’s personality’ and much more in candid interviews

The White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, delivered a series of unusually candid and at times unflattering assessments of President Donald Trump, his second-term agenda and some of his closest allies in a series of wide-ranging interviews with Vanity Fair published Tuesday.

Across more than 10 interviews, Wiles spoke frankly about working for Trump, saying the president “has an alcoholic’s personality,” despite being known as a teetotaler. She acknowledged the president’s appetite for revenge, conceding many of his second-term actions were driven by a desire for retribution. Wiles suggested Trump was pursuing regime change in Venezuela through his boat-bombing campaign, contradicting official justifications for the strikes. And she described several controversial areas where the president ignored her advice, including on deportations and pardons.

The comments, made in conversations over the past year with author Chris Whipple, are striking both in candor and topic. Wiles — who claimed Tuesday that her words were taken out of context in a “hit piece” — is known inside the White House as a careful operator with few internal detractors, unlike the men who held the job in Trump’s first term. She has retained Trump’s confidence in part by running a functional West Wing that doesn’t attempt to constrain the president’s impulses.

Trump regularly refers to his top aide as the “most powerful woman in the world,” with the ability to influence global affairs in a single phone call. While she is a near-constant presence during his meetings and public appearances, her public remarks during Trump’s second term in office have been limited to a handful of friendly interviews...

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Updated Dec 16, 2025, 11:52 AM ET - Updated 2 min ago

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America’s job market just got some troubling news

What we're covering here:

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• The US economy lost 105,000 jobs in October and added 64,000 jobs in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. The unemployment rate rose to a four-year high of 4.6% last month.

• Almost all economic reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau have been delayed due to the historically long federal shutdown, which hamstrung data collection.

• The October report now marks the first time in almost eight decades that a monthly snapshot has not included the unemployment rate.

• The Census Bureau also reported October retail sales remained flat, the lowest reading in five months.

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10 min ago

How the shutdown affected Tuesday's jobs data

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47 min ago

Here's what Wall Street is saying about the jobs data

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Updated 12:04 PM EST, Tue December 16, 2025

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Flashbacks and triggers: Epstein survivors wait in the dark for DOJ to release the files

When a cache of photos seized from Jeffrey Epstein’s Gmail account and laptop was made public last week, one in particular stopped Dani Bensky in her tracks. It was a photo of Epstein in his office — a room that held many dark memories for Bensky. She remembered the large mahogany desk and a picture frame — though not the art that was in it. She also found herself looking for signs of a taxidermied tiger that Epstein had kept in that office.

Sharlene Rochard immediately recognized one of the rooms in another batch of photos released earlier this month, taken on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean. At the same time that Rochard was transported back to the abuse she had suffered on Little Saint James years ago, other more seemingly trivial details stood out to her too, like a table that wasn’t in the same spot as she had remembered.

And for Jess Michaels, seeing Epstein’s infamous 50th birthday book had triggered a disturbing flashback. In it was a drawing of several women massaging various parts of Epstein’s body....

• ‘There was a phone. I know I called somebody’:
• ‘We were telling the truth all along’:

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PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2025, 5:00 AM ET - 7 hr ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Damaged homes collapsing in Gaza, trapping families under rubble following winter storm

Aid groups, authorities warn of further collapses occurring with no other means for shelter

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Families in Gaza face an agonizing choice following last week's winter storm: endure exposure in tents after floods destroyed encampment shelters along with their possessions, killing one baby due to exposure — or shelter in storm-damaged buildings that could collapse without warning.

A two-storey home in northwest Gaza City was the latest to partially collapse Tuesday, trapping a family underneath the rubble, killing a man and seriously injuring a family of five, local authorities say. The latest collapse comes as authorities warned a day earlier that more weakened buildings are at risk of falling as strong winds and heavy rain persist in Gaza.

Abu Rami Al-Husari, 46, said his brother and nephews were in the Hamid Junction in northwest Gaza City when the top floor of a two-storey home they were sheltering in, which had been damaged by Israeli bombing in the war, caved in on them...

• Rescue crews working with basic equipment:
• New tents urgently needed:

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Dec 16, 2025 11:49 AM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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Canadian delegation, including MPs, denied entry into West Bank

Updated8 minutes ago

Group of 30 Canadians was blocked from entering at crossing in Jordan

The Latest

• A delegation of 30 Canadians, including six members of Parliament, was denied entry into the occupied West Bank early today.
• The move came after each delegate was asked to sign a form declaring they acknowledge they are a threat to public safety, which they declined to do, according to a spokesperson for the National Council of Canadian Muslims.
• The group was denied for 'security reasons' after it arrived at the crossing 'without prior co-ordination,' said COGAT, the Israeli Defence Ministry agency that oversees civilian affairs in the Palestinian territories.
• he group is on a sponsored travel trip organized by a Canadian registered non-profit charity organization, the Canadian Muslim Vote.
• The goal of the three-day trip was to meet with displaced Palestinians, with stops in the West Bank and Israel.

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12 minutes ago

NDP MP Jenny Kwan calls basis for denial 'completely unacceptable'

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Updated December 16, 2025 - 13 minutes ago

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TRUMP ORDERED TO TESTIFY Under Oath: Judge REJECTS FINAL Appeal | Rachel Maddow

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

🙏"THANK YOU, G-d, GREAT SPIRIT!!!🙏

 

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Good morning. This time, I didn't get up until 7:55 AM, a little later than my norm, but I didn't fight it. I guess after being sick for so long, it just feels nice to savor these feel-nothing times. I lie back in my comfy bed and feel nothing except cozy and warm under the blanket, "heaven!" No more torture, right, so it felt like no less torture than in a torture chamber for me. At least for now, it seems like I have been released from the torture chamber, and I pray forever. Just take it easy the next couple of days, but begin doing some of my usual routines.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

COVID and FLU

Again, I wish to warn about the importance of getting your shots. Below is my personal experience of the hell one goes through with those new strains of bugs they have out there today. I got one that may have messed up the rest of my life, and it's not nice. Please read.

I am again a good example of how much you can get sick from these superbugs. They're not like back in our day, two days in bed, drink lots of fluids, eat chicken noodle soup, and so on; these can put you on your arse for weeks or in your grave. I MEAN, YOU GET SICK, THE GRAND MAL PUKES AND ALL, depending on whether you get a shot or not.

Between the ages of 5 and 65, the shot should protect you from the flu by almost 90% without it; you get the full impact, and also, unfortunately, those under five are vulnerable. For older people, the shots being only half effective, they can still get terribly sick, like I was; you just get incredibly sick, you just don't croak. I darn well came close to it, three times now, but I'm still here. Grand mal pukes are not funny; they're a strain on your entire body, leaving you weak and trembling like a leaf in the wind. You get nauseous just thinking about food. Once you get into the hallucinating, like you're looking around the room, which appears to be wavering like underwater, and all those sickly colors, and your entire digestive system and bowels go offline except the sick stomach, which is still low rumbling in the background seeking to spray lunch. This is the same result I had with the flu and COVID before. That's just to mention a few effects from the bug.*_

DUMB ARSE NON VAXERS! may your arses BE CURSED! Better yet, I hope your buttholes fall out, and may you burn up in 👹🔥along with the flu bug 🦠 ya bunch of non-vaxing dum-dum knuckle dragging 🧌 cockroaches 🪳🪳🪳! Just keep it to yourself, eh! May you feel every bit of the pain I went through, ya nincompoop non-vax, heartless, selfish bunch of creeps that would condemn their own children to die from this cursed scourge that has befallen humanity.

Just had another flare-up, like riding the roller coaster of nausea through the valleys of puke in hell. I do hope it fades enough to finish my news. Enjoy it, non-vaxers, I HAVE NO USE FOR YOU! HAVE LOTS OF FUN, you're no more than puke lovers and sadists, and you love pain, inflicting it on others and yourself, ya sick morons, non-vaxers.

I took some extra antacid and some ginger capsules, along with my regular prescription meds. Now, all I can do is sob and just pray and hope my day isn't a complete mess again, like being the mouse hiding in the corner of the couch again, waiting for the storm to hit. I'm at the end of my rope and resigned to the Great Spirit four nights ago, in silent prayer, I prayed for the suffering to end or take me away. I'm useless this way. WATCHA WAITING FOR! I've been praying for 20 years for healing of my stomach, but nothing, just gotten worse. LET'S GET IT OVER WITH! GREAT SPIRIT, I'M SICK OF BEING SICK!

Please folks, if you would, I believe I need a little help. It appears as though GREAT SPIRIT can't hear me. Pray For Me, Thank You.

☹️ 🥺 😢 😭 😳 🥵 😥

My prayers seem like old firecrackers with no fizz in the wick. Let your prayers be the fizz in the wick that gets to the firecracker, 🙏 🧨 thank you.

I can see a trend here, since the tooth removal, the stomach disorder is like a frog, it only feels good while airborne between hops. The prescribed stomach meds just aren't quite controlling it; sometimes they do, and other times not, which makes my life miserable. Right now, I am getting a reprieve, for how long, I don't know; the torture chamber master seems to have taken leave for now. I have also read that this flu can linger with you for several weeks. If so, I pray I'm at the ending part.

BREAKING NEWS:

Inside the White supremacist compound hiding in plain sight

TELLICO PLAINS, Tennessee

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In east Tennessee, at the end of a winding dirt road, a mother glances into the woods she roamed as a child.

It’s a deep and dramatic vista: a patchwork of pines and oaks disappearing into an endless Blue Ridge mountain range.

“We used to ride four wheelers all through the woods,” said the woman, who spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity due to fears for her safety. “We had secret hiding places, we’d just be gone for hours … our parents wouldn’t even know where we were.”

But things are different now.

“I’m afraid to let my own kids do the same things I did,” said the mother of three, who sternly warns her kids: “Whatever you do, don’t go to that side. Because I don’t know what they’re going to do.”

“(They’re) making us all scared to leave our houses.”

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Updated Dec 15, 2025, 10:35 AM ET - Updated 54 min ago

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That's all we need is more Swastika-waving bunch of knock-off knuckle-dragging offshoots of Trumpo the typo's Dunce Brigade. Dunce National Guard, Dunce FBI Dunce Armed Forces.

"HAKENKREUZ AMERIKA! ✋ 🪖 "Cmon, Hill Folks, it's time to take out the toys from the woodsheds and barns!"

As anti-ICE Nativity scenes spark outrage, faith leaders grapple with politics at the pulpit

Charlotte, North Carolina

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In the week since a Nativity scene was installed outside of the Missiongathering Church here in Charlotte, Pastor Andrew Shipley said he’s often found himself doing a double take. Not to reflect on the kneeling statues of Mary and Joseph as they gaze upon baby Jesus – instead, it’s the figures looming over the Holy Family that Shipley said gives him pause.

This year, statues of tall men clad in all black with masks drawn up to hide their faces are disrupting the serenity of the church’s Nativity scene. The figures – dressed in flak jackets emblazoned with the acronym for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs, as if preparing to make an arrest...

• A reflection of a polarized society:
• Prince of peace, forced to flee:
• Pastor at the center of ‘The War on Christmas’:
• Caught between government and gospel:

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PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2025, 6:00 AM ET - 6 hr ago

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The solution to America’s affordability problem might be broken, too

The best way to fix Americans’ cost-of-living problem is to give workers bigger raises, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said last week. The problem: That solution looks broken, too. The US job market has been stagnant in recent months, and paycheck growth has been falling steadily for more than three years. We’ll get a clearer picture Tuesday when the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the delayed October and November jobs reports.

Affordability has remained issue No. 1 in poll after poll, despite more than a year of relatively normal inflation and over two years of wage growth outpacing price hikes. That’s because Americans haven’t yet adjusted to the price shock from a few years ago, when inflation surged to a four-decade high. Economists, business leaders and politicians have debated the best solution to make America’s cost-of-living feel affordable again, including increasing health care and housing subsidies and reducing tariffs...

Wage growth vs. inflation

Paychecks are outpacing inflation

But the gap is narrowing, indicating that while workers are still seeing real gains, the advantage is shrinking as price growth remains persistent and wage increases begin to moderate.

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Updated Dec 15, 2025, 8:10 AM ET - Updated 4 hr ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Canadian politicians, police seek to reassure public after Bondi Beach attack at Hanukkah event in Australia

Australian government already moving to tighten already strict gun laws

The Latest

• Politicians and police in major Canadian cities including Montreal and Toronto are seeking to reassure their Jewish communities in the wake of the attack on a Jewish holiday event in Australia.
• Australian federal and state governments agreed to immediately overhaul the country's already tough gun control laws after the Sunday shooting on Sydney's Bondi Beach.
• At least 15 people were killed, including a 10-year-old girl, a rabbi and a Holocaust survivor. Almost 40 people are in hospital.
• Police said the only suspects are a 50-year-old man, who was shot and killed by police, and his 24-year-old son, who is in a coma.
• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that Australia's main domestic spy agency had investigated the son for six months in 2019.

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33 minutes ago

'We're not going to stand down'

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Montreal's Jewish community gathers for Hanukkah

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Updated December 15, 2025 - 35 minutes ago

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More Canadians head to Mexico for winter getaways

Vacation travel to U.S. down as Canadian tourists make strategic decisions on where to spend time, money

Charles Birt and Merilee Mollard are doing what many other Canadians have decided to do — pulling the plug on their annual trip to Texas and opting to travel in Canada and Mexico instead. They usually spend weeks or even months at a trailer park in Weslaco, Texas, about 10 kilometres from the Mexican border.

But not this year.

"Since the election of Trump and the insults that he placed on our country, 51st state and all of that garbage, we decided that no, we're not going to spend money down there," Birt said.

WATCH | Canadians say 'Hola' to Mexico in reaction to Trump moves:

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Dec 15, 2025 6:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 8 hours ago

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Doctor Mike vs 20 Anti-Vaxxers | Surrounded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o69BiOqY1Ec

 

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning, This time it is morning, I slept till 7:00 AM. I know it will be early afternoon before my publication hits Social Networks, but for right now, I am feeling reasonably well. If I continue to improve, I believe that all the time I was ill before and after the teeth extraction, and then my partner wasn't feeling her best either during that time, a little correlation there, maybe.

Continued from yesterday's discussion on:

Health minister says she worries about U.S. public health decisions harming Canadians

I believe this topic to be of significant importance to get my thoughts in ahead of the anti-vaxer phenatics this year. DON'T BE A LOSER, GET YOUR VACCINE. It nearly killed me that last time, too.

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A new influenza A(H3N2) virus subclade J.2.4.1, also recently renamed "H3N2 subclade K," was identified by CDC in August 2025.

This year's vaccine still offers crucial protection, especially against severe illness, hospitalization, and death from emerging variants like H3N2 subclade K*_

Flu Symptoms Last Way Longer Than You May Think, According to a Doctor

Then come the symptoms: a fever, a stuffy or runny nose, achy muscles, constant coughing, pounding headaches, and a general feeling of total wipeout.

The earliest symptoms typically include a fever, chills, muscle and body aches, and fatigue. Then, you may notice other symptoms such as a sore throat and dry cough. The fever can last two to four days, while other symptoms can last for up to a week. “You may not feel totally up to speed for more than -->two weeks,”<-- Dr. Poland says.*

While you may be able to treat a flu at home with plenty of rest, fluids, and OTC pain relievers, see a doctor if your fever continues to rise, you don’t feel better within three to five days of first noticing your symptoms, you have shortness of breath, and/or you cough up green sputum.

Forty-five thousand people die of the flu in the U.S. each year.

I came very close to being one of the statistics, or at least came close to another hospital trip

It appears I have survived the worst of it, and I'm relieved of that. I was thinking all kinds of scary stuff. I know I have GERD, and I believe the flu kinda flared up the symptoms, making them seem like my stomach was in its death throes. The weakest point in my body is my stomach. COVID took to my stomach well too when I got it, thank G-D I had my shots or I wouldn't be here typing this out. Today I dedicate this most crucial message in my News Group

STOP LISTENING TO THE GARBAGE BELOW THE BORDER

Morons, fake news, liars, deceivers, conspirators, greedy, corrupt, science haters, and a bunch of CLOWNS running the show.

WE ARE CANADIAN, AND WE ARE PROUD TO BE CANADIAN. WE MAKE OUR OWN CHOICES. WE DON'T NEED THE EXAMPLE FROM THE DUNCE CADETS ACROSS THE BORDER. If those buttholes across the border want to die horribly without a shot, they will. That's their choice, and they get what they asked for. Keep their virus 🦠 infected bag 🧳 of 💩 away from me. I can't feel sorry for dum-dums that don't believe in science, KNUCKLE DRAGGERS, that's what America's problem is, too many morons and knuckle draggers running the show.

Another thing we don't want is to privatize medical care, in which the Province pays doctors for all of the procedures you may need. For some procedures with long waiting times, you go to private providers, and some thief catches on really quickly how to steal a few extra bucks by billing the Province and the patient, too. Private is OK for people who have money. If it were all that good, there would not be any problems with the cost of healthcare in America, where they fear having a healthcare system like Canada's because, to them, it's socialism.

💉 🦠 🧪 🧬 🩺 GET SMART - GET THE SHOT 🩺 🧬 🧪 🦠 💉

BREAKING NEWS:

Person of interest in custody in Brown University shooting after CNN witnesses police activity at hotel

What We Know So Far

• A person of interest is in custody in connection with yesterday’s shooting at Brown University, officials said this morning. The shooting, which happened during a final exam review session at the private Ivy League university, left two students dead and nine others injured.

• A law enforcement source says the person of interest was detained at a hotel in Coventry, Rhode Island. A CNN crew saw a large police presence gather at the hotel before officers moved in on a room, banging on the door and calling for the person to come out. Coventry is a town outside Providence, where the university is located.

• The community can “breathe a little easier” this morning, the Providence mayor said. A shelter-in-place order has been lifted for the campus, where all remaining classes, exams and projects are canceled, according to the university...

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• The community can "breathe a little easier" this morning, the Providence mayor said. A shelter-in-place order has been lifted for the campus, where all remaining classes, exams and projects are canceled, according to the university...

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16 min ago

"What are all these cops doing here?" Hotel guest describes early morning apprehension

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Updated 9:40 AM EST, Sun December 14, 2025

- CNN -

At least 11 killed in shooting which targeted Australia's Jewish community at Bondi Beach

What We're Covering

• At least 11 people have been killed in a shooting targeting the Jewish community on Australia's Bondi Beach, police say. The attack took place as hundreds gathered to celebrate the first day of Hanukkah, and has been declared a terrorist incident. The victims include an Israeli citizen, according to the country's foreign ministry.

• Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the attack as "an act of evil, antisemitism, terrorism that has struck the heart of our nation" and said that "an attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian." Israeli officials reacted with horror and anger, with several accusing the Australian government of allowing a surge in antisemitism.

• Police also confirmed that there are two known suspects — one is dead while the other is in a life-threatening condition in hospital. Officers have secured and removed explosive devices found in a nearby vehicle.

5 min ago

One Israeli killed and another injured in attack

More To Read:

Updated 9:57 AM EST, Sun December 14, 2025

- CNN -

CANADIAN NEWS:

Hanukkah shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach that killed at least 11 deemed a terrorist attack

*Hundreds had gathered at the beach for Jewish Hanukkah celebrations*

At least 11 people were killed and more than two dozen injured in a shooting by two gunmen at a Jewish holiday event at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday. Australian police have deemed the shooting a terrorist attack and are working to determine whether others were involved.

One suspected gunman was dead and another in critical condition, authorities said. A police officer is also among the dead, and another was injured, New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon confirmed at a news conference with New South Wales Premier Chris Minns...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media during a press conference following a shooting at Bondi Beach, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Dec. 14, 2025.

WATCH | Witness describes 'traumatic' scene at Bondi Beach:

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Posted: Dec 14, 2025 6:41 AM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

- CBC -

Hollywood streaming bidding war, high steaks beef prices and grandparent scams: CBC's Marketplace cheat sheet

The consumer news you may have missed this week

• Paramount Skydance makes $108B US hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery after Netflix move:

WATCH | Netflix bid raises concerns:

Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile bid worth $108.4 billion US for Warner Bros. Discovery, throwing a wrench into a proposed $72-billion US equity deal with Netflix in a last-ditch effort to create a media powerhouse that would challenge the dominance of the streaming giant.

• Quebec man accused in Regina' grandparent scam' now also charged in Saskatoon frauds:
• The steaks are high: When beef could finally become cheaper to buy:

WATCH | How much more will groceries cost in Canada in 2026?:

Regina's grandparent scam

GOOD FOR YOU! KEEP CATCHING THOSE CROOKS! - THE SCOURGE OF WE, THE PEOPLE'S MONEY!

⚠️ WORD OF CAUTION! ⚠️

Especially older people on fixed incomes, BLOOD SUCKERS, that's why I don't look at the ads, and I stay away from anything that promises to get you rich overnight. I got all that telemarketing advertising stuff on blocked calls; otherwise, my home would sound like an office, with the phones in each room constantly ringing. NO THANKS!

Anyway, I'm happy where I am. I don't need anybody else's money.

You don't get money by giving it away to thieves. And the other moronic stuff they try to sell you on, like, for example, the Bitcoin 💩, I believe you would be better off taking that money to a casino; you would probably have a better chance playing Bingo and come out with your purse a little fatter than when you went in. At least with the casino and the Bingo, you know what you're dealing with. 🅰️ 🃏

🙏Well, that will be about it for today, no further Earth-shattering news to report today. LET US PRAY THAT THE LIGHT OF PEACE WILL SOON ARISE 🌄 🙏

The Flu Vaccine: Explained

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