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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning, peeps! I do pray you are all well and blessed on this mild and, for now, beautiful sunrise morning. It is supposed to be a rainy day today, then turning colder again for, well, wet, damp, grey, mid-thirties type of weather for a few more days, according to the weather map for March, it's supposed to get back to above 50° F until about the end of the month or the beginning of April 😝🤢🤮_

The weather 🌫️ sounds like Trumpo The Typo's lump of carrion meat 🪰🪱🪳🥩 for a heart. G-d bless his rotten heart, or should I say, brain. It is as though he is possessed by destroying anything that has the word " democracy " in it, as if it were a blasphemous word. BEWARE OF OUR NEW ORANGE GOD. He is about to rewrite his own Ten Commandments 🎃⛑️✏️📜

PUT THAT IN YOUR HAT AND SMOKE IT! ⛑️🦯🌪️

☮️✊~ VIVE LA RESISTANCE ~✊☮️

Well, folks, that's my commentary for today. Thank you again for visiting the Newsroom and reading the Tree House News 🏡 It's now time for Today's Discussion.

OPPOSITION?

Where is the Opposition? Where I live, I get most of all the major news networks, yet I mostly hear the noise emanating from the pack of hounds from Baskerville, the Right Wingnuts barking loudly, trying to frighten everyone about the bad Democrats and scare all who hear out of their boots! Well, maybe they can hold a boot sale afterwards from boots left by the Left Wingnuts 🪽⚙️ You know, the Right Wingnuts, are like nuts in a large briefcase 🫘🧳 the nuts are poison, they're a dime a dozen, good bait for Democratic squirrels 🐿️

But Democrats don't make much of a howl except for the odd grumble that gets through on the major newscasts, maybe a couple times through the week. WHAT KIND OF HAPPY 💩 IS THIS? APPARENTLY, THEY GAVE UP ON BEING THE LOYAL OPPOSITION!

WHERE 🎵🎶 OH WHERE 🎵🎶 HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE! ♪♫♭

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI3QVsW30j0

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*Question: What is the meaning of Opposition?*

🔹AI Overview

*Opposition* refers to strong disagreement, resistance, or disapproval, often involving conflict, protest, or being on the opposite side in a contest or political setting. Key synonyms include resistance, objection, oppositionism, antagonism, conflict, and competition. Usage examples include:

Political: "

Disagreement: "

Competition: "

*Detailed Breakdown of "Opposition"*

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*BIG BREAKING NEWS:*

**Why U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats have Canada ‘between a rock and a hard place’**

DND has no plans to alter Caribbean mission, but experts say changes are needed

Canada’s Department of National Defence says it will continue a long-standing operation with the U.S. Coast Guard to capture drug smugglers in the Caribbean, despite a string of deadly U.S. airstrikes in the region.

Operation Caribbe — ongoing since 2006 — sees the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force partner with the U.S. Coast Guard to find and stop suspected drug boats in the Caribbean, taking any detainees to the U.S. to face prosecution. The U.S. Air Force has taken a much different approach in recent weeks, bombing four suspected drug boats and killing 21 people.

Canadian officials are now distancing themselves from those attacks, saying they have nothing to do with Canadian military or intelligence personnel in the region...

WATCH | CBC's Eli Glasner breaks down the controversy around the U.S. Strikes:

• EXCLUSIVE Canadian tech helped U.S. strike alleged Venezuelan drug boats: report

• U.S. military kills 11 in strike on alleged drug boat leaving Venezuela, Trump says

• Canada must avoid Venezuela, says professor:
• Detainees low-level cartel members:

Posted: Oct 10, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: October 10, 2025

- CBC News -

They should put the capital letters M.F.L. under Trumpo The Typo's name, for Major F'n Lunatic.

Where have all the flowers gone? Where is the love and compassion, the empathy? Did Elon kill the Empathy? Must there be only hurting, sadness, and tears? Who killed the laughter, who has slain the beauty and colors of flowers, the butterfly fluttering by, and the softness and tenderness of nature, like a loving mother with a babe in arms?

Not a soldier in the dirt of a battlefield with bombs detonating all around, while you lie there in a foxhole, squirming in excruciating pain of a gutshot! I can quite imagine that scene in my mind; that is the way I felt when I had my appendix blow up in me last year. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO PEOPLE, UNNECESSARILY, just to please or impress the other World Leading Demented Sadistic Psychopathic Dictator #1. F'n Tootin 💩 Putin!

BREAKING NEWS CON.

US will end war with Iran ‘on our timeline,’ Hegseth says

Global oil giant warns of looming catastrophe as Trump gives mixed messages on Iran war.

Here's The Latest

• War timeline: The US will not relent in its war with Iran until “the enemy is totally and decisively defeated,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, adding this will be done on the US’ timeline. His remarks came after President Donald Trump made contradictory statements on when the war will end.

• Trump on new leader: Trump said he doesn’t believe Mojtaba Khamenei, whom Iran has tapped to succeed his father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, can “live in peace.” The new supreme leader has yet to release a video message or written statement.

• New strikes: Israel launched a “broad wave” of strikes in the Iranian capital of Tehran overnight. One resident told CNN of “constant shelling” while another said “it felt like one of the worst nights so far.”

• Oil crisis: The world’s top oil exporter has warned there could be “catastrophic consequences” for the world’s markets should the Iran war continue to disrupt access to the Strait of Hormuz.

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7 min ago

US military burned through more than $5B worth of munitions in first 2 days of war

More To Read:

Updated 10:44 AM EDT, Tue March 10, 2026

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51 min ago

Iran's new supreme leader is still nowhere to be seen

Nearly 48 hours since being appointed as the third supreme leader of the Islamic Republic in Iran’s history, Mojtaba Khamenei is nowhere to be seen.

No video message has been put out from him addressing the crowds of supporters that have gone onto the streets across Iran to pledge their allegiance to him, nor has a written statement been issued by him or his office. State media has relied on archive footage to introduce him to the audience, and state propaganda networks have heavily relied on AI video and stills to create an image of an all-wise leader who rightly inherits the mantle of leadership.

The main mural at Vali Asr Square in Tehran, long a canvas for the official state narrative, now shows a young Khamenei receiving an Iranian flag from his slain father as Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Revolution, looks on approvingly. The message is deliberate: a seamless passing of the torch. What it conspicuously avoids is any reckoning with the central contradiction at its heart, a father-to-son succession in a system born from revolution against hereditary monarchy.

One clue in the new leader’s absence may come from state media reports that he too has been injured in what’s being dubbed the “Ramadan War.” Perhaps his reported injuries have prevented him from appearing on video, though that wouldn’t explain the lack of a written statement. Another factor could be the disappointment expressed by US President Donald Trump in Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment following his father’s assassination. Asked Monday if the new supreme leader has a target on his back, Trump responded that he didn’t want to say...

55 min ago

Why Iran's chokehold on this crucial waterway is such a problem

Updated 10:44 AM EDT, Tue March 10, 2026

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Canadian Coast Guard captain fired for 'willfully' ignoring distress call: labour board

Former captain maintains he did nothing wrong, says he was 'railroaded'

The Canadian Coast Guard fired one of its captains on the grounds he "willfully" ignored a distress call about a sinking boat in cold and choppy P.E.I. waters, according to a recently posted federal labour board decision.

"His misconduct was significant, both in terms of the reputation of the coast guard and the consequences for public safety," notes the decision from the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board, which was made public last week. The case dates back to May 13, 2024, when the mussel boat Knot a Chance ran aground on a sandbar in the infamously dangerous Malpeque Harbour channel and started taking on water in rough seas. Another vessel tried to help and sent a mayday call, according to the decision ...

• Fired captain feels 'railroaded':
• Captain reduced volume of mayday call: decision:

WATCH | Fishing boat takes on water:

• Callaghan says rescue would have been dangerous:
• 'No higher authority' than to save lives:

Posted: Mar 10, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

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Iran war sparks energy crisis

The world could face one of the most severe shocks to energy markets since the 1970s as we enter week two of the war in the Middle East.

The strait of Hormuz, the artery for 20 per cent of the world’s oil and gas, has been effectively shut down. Qatar, which makes up one fifth of the world’s liquefied natural gas exports, has stopped production of LNG after Iran struck two of its sites. In the aftermath natural gas prices spiked in Asia and Europe. Jim Krane, a fellow in Middle East Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is here to talk through the high stakes. Jim also reported for the Associated Press in the Middle East for years.

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Posted: Mar 10, 2026 6:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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Based on search results, there is no direct Snopes article specifically addressing "Mint Mobile" as a hoax or scam.

Trump Says Hormuz Safe With US Navy, Putin Warns Oil Flow Could Halt Within A Month | Watch

By Mint:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSEi5wl_03Q

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good Monday morning to everyone! I would like to begin the morning with a short prayer of my own, if you don't mind a Martian praying 👽 "I pray that today will be better than yesterday, which was better than the day before yesterday. Now, just do the best you can, one day at a time.

🌄🌞🌅

It is going to be a nice sunny day out today, a little on the windy side though, but who cares? I'm not going out GOLFING or something like that. If I took up an outdoor sport, I would like to find a nearby crossbow range. I used to be pretty good with both a crossbow and a bow and arrow, more so with the bow and arrow.

I had a homemade bow and arrows. For the bow, I used a willow branch soaked in the lake for several days, held down under the water with stones. I whittled the thick end to the same tapering thickness as the tapering smaller end, then *gradually* curved both ends using the twine I salvaged from store packages. After the taut twine had stretched, I waxed it with candle wax and let it dry.

The arrows and arrow tips were made from filed-off nails, nails I had nailed into holes drilled into the big end of a stick I was using for an arrow shaft. Then I would nail the nail into the hole, whittle down the stick, wind electric tape around the end of the stick, cut it to the right length, notch the back end of the shaft, and voila, an arrow! They would stick in a tree and could easily take down squirrels if I had a desire to do so, which I didn't.

This was when I was around 10ish years old. Na! I wouldn't think of killing anything except for maybe a couple of frog casualties when showing off to other kids. I liked doing mostly target practice, like, pine cones, a piece of bark, trees, especially the knots in birch trees made good targets; tree stumps, and of course, tin cans were the most fun; the nail would go right through the can <- -- 🥫-- {

That was just one of the things I picked up on how to build stuff just from reading magazines, books, fiction, non-fiction, imagination, adventure, and discovering there was lots of adventure in reality. Still, I spent a lot of time back then reading pocket novels, books from bookstores and libraries, etc., my silent teachers. So this narrative establishes one thing: even back then, I was playing survivalist, adventurer, and discoverer, like when I used to play Robinson Crusoe on his lost island, I had my own island on the other side of the lake.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Imagination and Ingenuity

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🔹AI Overview

Question: What is the meaning of Ingenuity?

Ingenuity is the quality of being clever, original, and inventive, particularly when solving difficult problems or adapting to challenges with limited resources. It involves using imagination and resourcefulness to devise new methods or create, often described as a combination of skill, brilliance, and practical creativity.

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Key Aspects of Ingenuity:

• Problem-Solving: The ability to find clever, often unconventional solutions to tough, complex, or mundane problems.
• Creativity & Invention:
• Resourcefulness:
• Intellectual Sharpness:

Examples in Context:

• Human Ingenuity:

Practical Application:

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Question: Imagination

🔹AI Overview

Imagination is the cognitive ability to form mental images, sensations, or concepts not currently perceived through the senses, functioning independently of immediate external input. It enables creativity, problem-solving, and empathy by allowing humans to simulate future scenarios, recall past experiences, and visualize possibilities beyond reality.

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<- This last part could be my own words to describe this psychological phenomenon.

• Cognitive Function: It is essential for learning, allowing individuals to mentally simulate situations to acquire knowledge without direct experience.
• Creativity and Innovation:
• Mental Imagery:
• Power of Visualization:
• Developmental Tool:

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BREAKING NEWS:

Israel resumes strikes on Iran as oil prices surge

Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as his successor.

Here's The Latest:

• On the ground: Israel has started a “wide-scale wave” of strikes against what it says is regime infrastructure in three areas of Iran. Turkey said NATO air defenses shot down another Iranian missile as it entered Turkish airspace, and Gulf nations also reported overnight strikes.

• Oil prices soar: G7 finance ministers are meeting today to discuss the potential joint release of strategic reserves as oil surged past $100 per barrel, a four-year high. Meanwhile, Bahrain’s national oil company declared force majeure as the war continues to threaten energy sites.

• Iran’s new leader: Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba Khamenei has been named the next supreme leader. US President Donald Trump previously said Mojtaba would be an “unacceptable” choice and Israel vowed to target any successor.

• School strike: New video appears to confirm a US airstrike targeted a naval base next to an Iranian school. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US was “still investigating” while Trump cast blame on Iran.

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10 min ago

We are now in the biggest oil disruption in history, analysis shows

More To Read:

Updated 9:47 AM EDT, Mon March 9, 2026

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ANOTHER CAN OF FLESH-EATING WORMS 🥫 🧛‍♂️🪱🪱🪱

Most European leaders have tiptoed around Trump’s war with Iran. Not Spain’s PM

Most European leaders have trodden a fine line between offering limited support for US military action against Iran and warning of a regional conflagration.

Not Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. He has been outspoken in his criticism of US strikes, provoking anger and threats from the White House. But rather than back down, Sánchez and his government have doubled down. Spain has significant trade and investment ties with the United States and a fellow member of NATO. Last year 4 million Americans visited the country. And just this month, Amazon said it would expand its investment in data centers in Spain to total nearly $40 billion...

• Europe’s minefield:
• Trade matters:

There is another dimension to Sanchez’s hostility toward American influence. For years he and his family have been the targets of abuse on social media, and he has railed against US tech firms for not doing enough to combat hate speech. ...

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Updated Mar 8, 2026, 12:45 PM ET - 21 hr ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Canadian military personnel identified on white supremacist dating site

CBC News visual investigations unit identified more than 200 Canadians in leaked data

WARNING: This story contains racist, antisemitic and violent language.

Members of the Canadian Armed Forces had accounts on a white-only dating site that promoted white supremacist ideology, a CBC News visual investigation found. The website WhiteDate, launched in 2017, explicitly marketed itself as a white-only dating platform, welcomed white supremacist and neo-Nazi members and has been referred to as "Tinder for Nazis" by an extremism expert and international media.

In December, an anonymous hacker known as Martha Root shut down WhiteDate and published its data, exposing thousands of users from around the world on a site called OKStupid...

WATCH | How we identified Canadian military members on WhiteDate:

• Whites-only site:
• Uncovering military members on WhiteDate:
• Several known white supremacists also identified:

Posted: Mar 09, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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How are MPs passing so many bills without voting?

Half the bills passed in the House this session have cleared 3rd reading without a head count

MPs don't officially have to vote in order to pass bills in the House of Commons and it appears to be happening more frequently than usual this session of Parliament. Passing legislation "on division" allows members of Parliament to approve bills without having to register their support or their disapproval.

It essentially means that the parties don't agree on the piece of legislation in question, but don't feel the need to have a head count on who supports it and who doesn't. Instead MPs just agree to allow it to go through...

• How many bills have passed third reading on division?:
• Why is it happening with such frequency this session?:

WATCH | Carney's budget passes confidence vote:

• Liberals' omnibus budget bill passes final hurdle in the House of Commons

• Liberals accept Conservative proposals to limit 'immense' cabinet powers in budget bill

• Analysis If question period is 'broken,' is anyone going to fix it?

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Posted: Mar 09, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 39 minutes ago

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Exposing the Canadian military on ‘Tinder for Nazis’

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

 

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BREAKING:

ANOTHER ROCKET SCIENTIST ON THE BLOCK:

Who is Jim Cantrell?

Jim Cantrell (born October 5, 1965) is an American entrepreneur, mechanical engineer and road racer. He is the CEO and co-founder of Phantom Space Corporation, which aims to build space transportation technology.

What did Jim Cantrell have to do with Elon Musk's SpaceX?

🔹AI Overview

Jim Cantrell was a critical early advisor, consultant, and part of the founding team of SpaceX in 2002. As an expert in aerospace and Russian rocket technology, he served as Elon Musk's industry mentor, helped with initial business development, and was instrumental in shaping the company's direction after assisting Musk in trying to purchase Russian rockets.

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Question: What did Jim Cantrell have to do with Elon's Starship?

🔹AI Overview

Jim Cantrell did not work on the development of the modern Starship vehicle, as he left SpaceX in 2002 shortly after its founding. However, he was instrumental in the origins of SpaceX, which eventually led to the development of Starship, by serving as a key mentor and consultant during Elon Musk's initial attempts to enter the space industry in 2001–2002.

Wikipedia

His involvement in the early days of SpaceX included:

• Advising on Russian Rockets: Musk approached Cantrell in 2001 for help purchasing Russian ICBMs for a planned Mars mission, acting as an expert consultant.
• Mentoring and Education: Cantrell helped educate Musk on rocket science and industry players, famously lending him textbooks that Musk reportedly never returned.
• Forming the Initial Team: Cantrell was on the founding team and helped establish the company, often described as a mentor to Musk in the early days.
• The "Pivot" to In-House Production:

Cantrell left in 2002 because he did not share Musk's intense, long-term passion for colonizing Mars at the time. He currently leads Phantom Space Corporation.

Wikipedia

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Phantom Space Corporation

🔹AI Overview

Phantom Space Corporation is a Tucson, Arizona-based aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider founded in 2019/2020 by industry veterans, including former SpaceX employee Jim Cantrell. It aims to "democratize space access" by mass-producing low-cost satellites and the Daytona launch vehicle to provide rapid, affordable space transportation and data services.

 

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BREAKING:

🔹AI Overview

SNOPES

Immigrantdefenseproject-org (Immigrant Defense Project - IDP) is a legitimate, reputable non-profit organization focused on legal advocacy, not a traditional news media outlet.

Amazon: Stop Powering ICE’s Deportation Machine

Amazon Web Services is a prime driver of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) incarceration and deportation

regime by providing ICE with a host of data storage services. Along with other major tech corporations, Amazon has built a

revolving door with the US government to entrench Silicon Valley's role in expanding the acceleration of ICE's surveillance,

data accumulation, arrest, imprisonment, and deportation of immigrants. ICE cannot wage its war against immigrants

without the critical infrastructure support provided by tech corporations like Amazon.

How does Amazon fuel mass deportation?

The Amazon Cloud: DHS relies heavily on Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its primary cloud storage. In fact, Amazon has

evolved from being a one-stop shop for consumers to the biggest broker of cloud storage space on the planet. By using

AWS cloud storage services, DHS is able to store, sort, and share huge amounts of information used to target immigrants

in its growing tech enforcement portfolio. AWS’s cloud service allows ICE and DHS to:

● Collect, store, and organize a massive repository of information on immigrants, their friends and family: ICE

purchases and collects unprecedented amounts of information on immigrants and the people connected with them.

This includes biometric (facial, iris, etc.) and personally identifiable information collected by ICE and CBP officers,

DMV data, license plate and other tracking data, utility bills, business and property data, healthcare provider

information, cell phone records, location tracking social media accounts, and much more.

● Scour Regional, Local, State, and Federal Databases to build profiles to surveil, track, and ultimately deportimmigrants: The Trump administration’s prioritization of targeting immigrants en masse has accelerated ICE’s acquisition of massive amounts of data and spurred on the enlistment of tech companies to develop solutions for

data accumulation and analysis...

● Undermine Sanctuary City policies through unprecedented data sharing among all levels of law enforcement...

Amazon gets richer from ICE's deportation machine by:

● Further entrenching the "cloud industrial complex" — a lucrative public-private partnership between industry

lobbyists, key federal legislators, tech executives, and former tech-executives-turned-government officials and vice

versa...

● Supporting the development of systems that allow the US government to target and punish en masse those which

the Trump Administration has deemed "undesirable—immigrants...

This is why we're targeting Amazon

It’s time to hold Amazon accountable for its outsized share in building the deportation machine, and demand that they stop. It won’t be easy—Amazon makes billions from these contracts...

We can force Amazon to stop helping DHS and ICE target immigrants if enough of us call them out, stay engaged, and keep the pressure on. For more info & the report Who’s Behind ICE: Tech Companies Fueling Deportation

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- https // www-immigrantdefenseproject-org -

 

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May Great Spirit bless all 🙏

Prayer Time 🙏

First order of the day, I pray for a happy Sunday morning to you all!! Secondly, I pray that you all have a safe, happy day, and that the Great Spirit be with you and guide you in making the right choices on this day, March 8th, 2026. Thank You.

As for the weather 🧑‍💼⛅️ it's a return to grey skies and cool temperatures 😝 I guess today is going to be another one of those LED-lit, 💡 sunny-day indoors 🛋️ day. Well, at least we get one more hour of grey day ☁️ today than yesterday's grey day and the day before's grey day, but yesterday's grey day was much warmer ♨️. I would sooner have a warm ♨️ grey day than a cold 🥶 damp 💧 grey 🌫️ day. Hey! Maybe I just discovered the planet 🪐 where the Greys 👽live, eh!

Other than the idle prattle above, there isn't much else going on here in the Newsroom except taking a break for coffee, then back to the Discussion for the day. Thank you for reading the Tree House News 🏡 My imaginary staff much appreciates it, and I ALSO THANK YOU!

🤡🦸‍♀️🦸🦸‍♂️🦹‍♀️🥷👽🧚‍♀️🦄🧛‍♀️☢️🧟🎸🗿"Dum - dum!" PROTEST!📢🍁

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

PROTEST - PROTESTING:

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🔹AI Overview

Protest is a formal declaration, statement, or gesture of objection, disapproval, or dissent against policies, actions, or, in some contexts, to affirm a position. Protesting, or demonstrating, is the act of engaging in such public expression to influence opinion or policy.

Key Aspects of Protesting

• Definition: It is a public act of objection, ranging from individual statements to mass demonstrations, aimed at challenging social, economic, or political issues.
• Purpose: Protests are organized to raise awareness, influence public opinion, or pressure authorities to change policies.
• Legal Protections (Canada): The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees freedoms of opinion, expression, and peaceful assembly.
• Limitations: Rights are not absolute; they do not protect violence, destruction of property, or illegal activities.
• Locations: Legally, protests often occur on public sidewalks, in parks, or outside government buildings, provided they do not block access or create undue safety risks

Wikipedia:

Protesting often involves collective action, such as marches, rallies, or demonstrations, and can sometimes be categorized as civil resistance or nonviolent resistance when part of a sustained campaign.

PROTESTS:

The right of the people to peacefully assemble is in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The framers of the Constitution didn't place the right to peaceably assemble further down the list of rights because it is not a privilege granted by the government, nor is the right to petition the government for the redress of grievances. The text of the First Amendment is below:

First Amendment

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Protests are held worldwide, often to the disappointment or irritation of a government. The gathering of people to show their disapproval of a government action is "bad optics" for the regime.

Recent protests in France over disputes between unions and management have drawn remarkable crowds and shut down the entire nation for days, until the disputes were resolved. Another protest against the French government's action to increase the minimum retirement age by two years brought forth seas of protestors throughout France. Some protestors in Paris became violent and destroyed property, going so far as to set fire to the occupied home of a government official!

Massive daily protests have successfully brought down governments whose officials did not serve the people first.

Protests are a gathering of people, almost always dissatisfied with a government action. Frequently, the government shows its displeasure by shooting a water cannon into the crowd, releasing chemical irritants, beating the protestors with clubs or batons, and dragging some off to arrest. Be careful if you're in a protest, and be prepared for opposition.

P.K.

PRESENT REGIME 🍌⚔️ - 👎🎃🤡🥵🤢🫟😝

BREAKING NEWS:

Critical infrastructure targeted in new phase of war with Iran

Meanwhile, Iranian hardliners say the country's next supreme leader has been chosen, though a name has not yet been announced

Here's The Latest:

• Fresh attacks: Israel launched a new onslaught targeting Tehran’s energy resources overnight. -

A CNN team in the Iranian capital has observed blackened rainwater and reported from a burning oil depot. Meanwhile, countries across the Persian Gulf reported a wave of attacks by Iran, including on a Bahraini desalination plant and fuel depot in Kuwait.

• New leader: The body tasked with choosing Iran’s next supreme leader has reached a decision, several members told state media. Israel’s military has vowed to target the successor to late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

• Climbing death toll: The civilian death toll in Iran has surpassed that of last year’s 12-day war. Israel has reported its first military deaths of the war, saying two soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon.

• Trump dismisses threats: US President Donald Trump brushed aside threats from Iran’s top security official, saying “I couldn’t care less.” Tehran’s own messaging has sent mixed signals about its approach to the escalating war.

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9 min ago

Energy secretary says US has "no plans" to target Iran's oil industry

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Updated 10:41 AM EDT, Sun March 8, 2026

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China warns ‘flames of war’ spreading and calls on US to help manage differences ahead of Xi-Trump meeting

Beijing/Hong Kong

— China’s top diplomat cast his country as a defender of peace and stability as war in Iran rages, while striking a conciliatory tone towards the United States ahead of a highly anticipated summit between the two nation’s leaders.

“This was a war that should never have happened, and a war that benefited no one,” Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, said at a Sunday news briefing on the sidelines of the annual assembly of China’s rubber-stamp legislature. Wang, touting China as “the world’s most important force of peace, stability and justice,” reiterated Beijing’s call for an immediate ceasefire to “prevent the situation from escalating and avoid the spillover and spread of the flames of war.”

“All parties should return to the negotiating table as soon as possible and resolve their differences through equal dialogue,” he added...

• A confident China:

• “two-faced approach”

• validated its hardball strategy

• Board of Peace

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Updated Mar 8, 2026, 1:34 AM ET - 8 hr ago

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After Iran and Venezuela, Kim Jong Un must decide how to handle Trump

Last weekend, North Korean state media condemned the United States and Israel for launching a “war of aggression” against Iran, but did not report the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with dozens of members of Iran’s top leadership.

That omission was not accidental. North Korea’s political system is built around the near-mythic authority and invulnerability of its leader. Publicly broadcasting the violent removal of another supreme leader would introduce a dangerous precedent. It would remind North Korean citizens that even the most powerful figure in a tightly controlled state can be tracked, targeted and eliminated. That is not a narrative Pyongyang has any incentive to circulate at home.

Indeed, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be asking himself if the time has come to pick up the phone and call US President Donald Trump. As the US and Israel press on with their military campaign that plunged the Middle East into crisis, Kim and his small circle of party and military officials who oversee national security are undoubtedly analyzing every aspect of the US military operation. And they are certainly taking note of Trump’s ability to pivot quickly from diplomacy to force. Trump is expected back in Asia later this month for a summit with China’s Xi Jinping...

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PUBLISHED Mar 7, 2026, 8:44 PM ET - 13 hr ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Millions of Americans can now claim Canadian citizenship by descent. But they have to prove it

Bill C-3, which came into effect Dec. 15, removes first-generation limit for citizenship

Amid rising tensions in the United States, many Americans are looking to Canada — and their roots — for a possible way out. Lynn Rutman, a Cape Cod, Mass., resident with family ties to Quebec and Nova Scotia dating back centuries, said she’s worried about the political situation in her country, citing recent events surrounding controversial immigration enforcement policies and long-standing ideological divides.

“It's not just me, many of us are concerned,” she said.

She’s now one of thousands who have begun the process of applying for proof of Canadian citizenship following recent changes to Canada’s citizenship rules. Prior to Bill C-3, An Act to Amend the Citizenship Act (2025), citizenship by descent for those born abroad was limited to the first generation.

But now, Canadian citizenship is being retroactively granted to people born before the new law came into effect on Dec. 15, 2025, who would have been citizens if not for the first-generation limit. “We feel like we want that Plan B so that we know we have a place to go in the event that things get even worse here,” Rutman said, “which you know, you see it's getting worse by the day.” ...

• New pathway to citizenship:
• Over 3,000% growth in requests for certified documents:
• Historical ties to Quebec:
• Canadians at heart:

Mar 08, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 25 minutes ago

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Northern Manitoba mobile MRI unit parked in Thompson, struggling to keep staff, associations say

Snag in requests for proposals process has kept facility from heading to The Pas, provincial spokesperson says

A mobile MRI unit intended to serve patients in two northern Manitoba communities has been parked in Thompson and is struggling to retain staff, according to two associations representing technologists in the province. The provincial government launched the mobile MRI unit in Thompson last June, with plans for it to rotate between that northern city and The Pas — about 300 kilometres to the southwest — later in 2025.

Dayna McTaggart, the provincial manager for the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists Manitoba, works as a medical radiological technologist in The Pas. McTaggart said the mobile unit hasn't yet visited her town of nearly 6,000, with patients left relying on the MRI facilities in Thompson or Dauphin, also about 300 kilometres from The Pas...

• 60% vacancy rate: union leader:
• Wait times lower at mobile MRI unit:

Posted: Mar 08, 2026 7:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

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