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Elon Musk to Help Reduce Cost of Living Crisis

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This is not a real picture of the event. Danny Enright (3 Minute Read)   Donald Trump signed an executive order today called “The Gift of Elon”.  It announced that Elon Musk will pay every American man, woman and child $1000 in April.  This is meant to act as a buffer against expected price impacts of the worldwide tariffs that the US is implementing on April 2, 2025.  Trump’s call upon the richest man in the world to share some of his wealth is expected to cost Musk a one time payment of  $340 billion.   Musk, who was in the Oval office during the announcement, was unaware of the contents of this latest Executive Order and lunged towards the President to “give him a hug”, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.  Two secret service members intercepted Musk’s intended embrace, and while holding his hugging arms behind his back, walked him out of the Oval office as he danced back and forth, fondly shouting to President Tru...

Cost of Earworms in Canada is Rising

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Danny Enright (3 minute read) SOCAN, the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, is being accused of hostile behaviour towards Canadians. With the recent mandated introduction of computer chips into the brains of all Canadians (see in depth story “Only Someone Without a Computer Chip in Their Brain Wonders if It’s a Good Idea to Have a Computer Chip in Their Brain”), they’re now charging a fee when Canadians hear a song in their heads. SOCAN, a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 175,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers, is tasked with tracking the number of times and places the works of its members are performed so that money can be collected to be distributed to members.   Some are criticizing the aggressive the tactics of SOCAN’s techniques, including the 2017 raid on a Sarnia, ON kindergarten classes for singing “I’s the B’ye”, and the trial of a half dozen Saskatoon seniors’-home choi...