DIY: How to Make a Braided Rug

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If you’re like me, you hate to waste anything…translation: I might be able to use THIS some day!  Well, today’s the day!  You can easily and fairly quickly make braided rugs for your home using fabric scraps, old clothing, sheets, even rope, jute or sisal. 

You can make either a continuous braided rug—generally round or oval shape

or you can make a square or rectangular one. 

Let’s start with the continuous braided rug first.  Begin by cutting your fabrics into 2-inch wide strips.  Depending on the pattern or look you want, sew the ends together to form long, long strips which you then roll into balls—like yarn. You’ll need 3 balls. 

To start the braid, sew the ends of the 3 balls together (this can all be done by hand—no sewing machine required) in a “T” shape.

Fold the ends over to begin braiding.  At this point, I use a binder clip (a clothespin will do) to attach the braid to a clip board or table if you like.  Continue braiding the 3 balls until you reach the end of the fabric balls.  At this point you can attach more fabric to each ball end or you can sew the three ends together and begin a new braid using different colors. 

When you think you have enough braid or braids to make your rug, you can begin forming it. For a round rug, form a circle with the end of the braid and stitch in place by hand.  (This can be sewed on a sewing machine, but I find that method more cumbersome when the rug gets a little larger.) Continue coiling the braid around the center and stitching in place.  When you come to the end of the braid, if your rug is the size you want, tuck the ends of the braid under the rug and stitch in place. If it’s not large enough yet, simply sew another braid to the end of the first one and continue coiling and sewing.

If you’d like an oval rug, you’ll start with a straight length of braid as the center and coil the remaining braid around that.

For a square or rectangular rug, make a bunch of braids which are similar in length. Lay the braids side-by-side, pin them together and sew them to keep them in place.  To make a tasseled look, leave a uniform length of each fabric free as you start the make the braids. Hand stitch those pieces together at that point and begin to make the braids.  Do not braid the entire length of fabrics–stop braiding leaving the exact same length as you did at the beginning.

Braided rugs are very versatile, and different looks can be achieved using different materials.  This rug utilizes fabric and rope, and uses glue instead of sewing the coils together.

If you find this is a craft you enjoy, you can also buy braiding helpers which fold the fabric as you braid to ensure there are no frayed edges or threads showing on your braids.

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  1. Good morning y’all! Thanks for the braided rug tips, never know when we may have to do things for ourselves like that.

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    1. Morning CM!
      recycling…sort of!
      I’ve seen them made from wool suits found at thrift stores…denim jeans…t-shirts…even plastic bags!

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  7. governor hairdo showed at the wh for a tour after ultra maggot left—optics, optics, optics
    this is who the left wants to run in 2024…

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  11. Missouri & Louisiana AG’s granted discovery. looking into ultra maggot and his administration concerning “misinformation”

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  12. Turley says they should sue…I agree…
    FTA
    The Border Patrol agents who were exonerated last week of charges they whipped migrants in a September 2021 incident could sue for defamation and denial of due process, says George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley.

    An investigation by Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility concluded there was “no evidence” that “any agents struck — intentionally or otherwise — any migrant with their reins.”

    Despite the finding by their agency, four Border Patrol agents are still being suspended.

    “There are two different potential areas for litigation,” Turley told Just the News on Wednesday. “First, the agents can appeal the findings and seek other relief for a denial of due process. Second there are possible defamation claims against various public figures and press for the false claims. The videotape undermines the good-faith basis for the claims, particularly after the first 24 hours. However, many states have redaction statutes requiring notice to newspapers and media to allow for corrections.”

    The investigation into the agents was “not about protecting migrants,” Turley wrote in his column in The Hill Friday. “It is about protecting a president.”

    The Border Patrol agents’ union chief responded to the situation on Fox News earlier this week. Border Patrol doesn’t “have the resources right now to do what’s necessary to secure the border, to protect the American public,” said National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd. “And now we’re taking several agents out of the field on suspension for doing absolutely nothing wrong.”

    The agents found themselves in a precarious situation facing an “unprecedented” number of migrants, said Judd. “And yet, this administration is looking to scapegoat them because President Biden was wrong,” he continued. “He was wrong when he accused them of a criminal act, so they had to trump something up — which was an administrative violation — to put them on suspension. It’s wrong to see that that’s happening in this country. It should never happen in the greatest country in the world.”

    https://justthenews.com/accountability/turley-cbp-agents-could-sue-defamation-denial-due-process-following-whipping

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  14. Morning! Sorry I disappeared yesterday…..things were slow and my butt was hurting so I moved to my recliner for a bit for some padding. Duh! Fell asleep and didn’t wake up until 9 pm! Interesting about how to make rag rugs…..but I’ll just go buy one, thanks! LOL

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  15. Entire Article (except for Tina Peters’ letter, which is 5 pages long – read it @ link):

    “We are headed for a recount in the race for Secretary of State in Colorado.

    The initial results of that race were astonishing: a little-known employee of Mark Zuckerberg’s private election charity named Pam Anderson took temporary leave from that position to run in the most important election integrity race in Colorado (and a GOP primary no less) as a write-in candidate — and somehow managed to win the race by 15 points (even though she trailed Tina Peters by 20 points in the polls) with no money and no visible support from Republicans.

    That’s right: a no-name Zuckerberg charity stooge was the beneficiary of a 35 point polling swing in a GOP primary!
    Isn’t that convenient? Don’t forget: Colorado uses Dominion Voting System machines. Here is Tina Peters’ official letter requesting a recount.
    —————–
    The federal government’s cybersecurity agency (CISA) released a bulletin to all state election officials who use Dominion Voting System machines to alert them that nine software issues needed to be addressed immediately — because the machines were vulnerable to hacking and manipulation.

    Did state election officials in Colorado bother to fix those machines before the primary races? The Colorado county clerks I talked with last week told me: no.

    Don’t forget to read my two previous articles on this race — which have now gained nationwide attention.”

    https://emeralddb3.substack.com/p/here-comes-a-recount-in-colorado

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  16. FDA Authorizes ‘Traditional’ Novavax COVID Vaccine, But Critics Question Safety Claims

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today granted Emergency Use Authorization to the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine. Portrayed as a more “traditional” vaccine that could sway the unvaxxed, some experts said it’s not as “safe” as FDA claims.

    https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-authorize-traditional-novavax-covid-vaccine-safety-claims/

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  17. so it’s the illegal part they don’t wanna focus on…but here’s the thing…deporting these foul animals is not the answer–they will merely march back across the border. castration is an answer. that 10 year old had her innocence ripped from her–sauce for the goose…
    FTA

    Every…illegal alien[] is an outlaw—and the thing about outlaws is that, once you start down that road, why stop? You’ve already abandoned societal norms—and, if you’re from some remote region in Mexico, Guatemala, or Africa, your norms may well be very different, especially when it comes to a man’s right to have sexual congress with any boy, girl, or animal that catches his eye.

    In North Carolina, where a database tracks child rapes by illegal aliens, 135 illegal aliens were arrested just in the first six months of 2022 and charged with 465 pedophile sex crimes. That’s just in one state.

    And therein lies the real issue with this case: It’s not that a young Ohio child was exactly three days over the legal deadline for an abortion, justifying a dramatic race across the border; it’s that some young, male illegal aliens have a propensity for pedophilia (including, frequently, incest) and that Biden is flooding our nation with these rootless, morals-free young men who live the lives of outlaws.

    https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/07/the_tenyearold_rape_victim_story_just_got_stranger.html

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  18. legislators need to stop working remotely and get their butts back to work in person
    FTA
    It is not surprising that the same legislators who closed schools, workplaces, and churches are some of the very last people in the country going back to work in person. But many are legislating remotely while working another job, eating in a restaurant, vacationing, or distracted at home. Some turn their cameras off, so you don’t know what they are up to. It is long past time legislators join their constituents who have gone back to work in person.

    “You made me miss roll call because I couldn’t unmute, because you were fu*king cussing.” Kentucky Sen. Denise Harper (D-Jefferson) screamed to her husband, as well as everyone else who was listening to her unmuted argument piped into a committee room over Zoom. Some mistakes are more than simply an embarrassing hot mic situation, however.

    On July 1, THC-infused food and beverages became legal to make, sell, and consume in Minnesota. The bill’s author, Rep. Heather Edelson (D-District 49) testified that she was merely adding child safety protections to currently legal products, telling HHS committee members that the products “are on the shelves in every single one of your communities, and this bill would require child safety packaging, ban packaging that targets kids, and require the products to be sold to those 21 or older.” But her bill actually legalized previously banned intoxicating THC in food and drinks.

    “That doesn’t legalize marijuana — we just didn’t do that, did we?” Sen. Jim Abeler (R-35) asked as the amendment carrying the language was slipped into a 475-page omnibus bill. Rep. Tina Liebling (D -26), his Democratic counterpart, said, “Oh, are you kidding? Of course you have. No, just kidding.” The two legislators were not in the same city at the time. Neither of the two chairs seem to grasp that they were legalizing untaxed, unlicensed, and basically unregulated THC products in candy, beer, and snacks with zero appropriation, leaving a large mess for local governments and police to clean up.

    https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/07/legislators_need_to_meet_in_person.html

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  19. From Unseen1 on Twitter:

    “I’m going to tell a story. Take from it what you will.

    In 1973, the SCOTUS decided to impose their will on the people of the country. Some thought it was a great thing and avoided the messy democratic thing. Others were pissed off. This led to a major fracture in American society. The wound never healed. 19 years later realizing the shaky ground they were on the SCOTUS tried to “fix” and “strengthen” the total clusterfuck they made back in 1973. In the end all they did was create clusterfuck ver 2.0.”

    More: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1547400629169127425.html

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  24. Entire Article @ BB: “The phone number associated with Hunter Biden’s “Pedo Peter” contact, found on the first son’s iCloud account, is Natalie Biden’s, Breitbart News has learned. There does not appear to be any explanation for the “Pedo Peter” monicker.

    Natalie, 17, is one of President Joe Biden’s seven grandchildren. Natalie is Hunter’s niece and the daughter of his late brother Beau and wife Hallie, with whom Hunter was romantically involved after Beau’s death. Natalie is most well-known for her videos on the Chinese-controlled Tiktok platform. According to the platform, Natalie has 101.8 million views on her videos.

    The “Pedo Peter” phone number was previously thought to be from Hunter’s iPhone, but Breitbart News’s forensic analysis of Hunter’s digital footprint shows the contact alias is from Hunter’s iPad, which appears to belong to Joe Biden’s grandchild named Hunter. Joe Biden’s grandchild named Hunter is the son of Hallie.

    “I’m going to the boys b-ball game instead of practice because my teeth hurt so bad :sob: so that you don’t haft to pick me up at 3:00,” a text from the grandchild’s iPad reads to a contact named, “mom.” The contact name “mom” matches the phone number of Hallie.

    Joe Biden’s contact alias listed on the same iPad device is “Pop Biden,” the iCloud backup shows. Speculation had previously alleged the “Pedo Peter” contact alias referred to Joe Biden. The “Pedo Peter” contact alias first made headlines from a reported hack by 4chan users into Hunter Biden’s personal iCloud account on Sunday. Screenshots of the leaked data from the iCloud revealed unverified imagines of illicit activities with prostitutes and drug possession.”

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  25. EXCERPT: “The lawsuit provides several examples of truthful information that was censored by social media companies who later admitted the content was truthful or credible, including:

    The Hunter Biden Laptop Story: As the lawsuit notes, the New York Post published a story in October of 2020 detailing the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop that was abandoned in a Delaware computer repair shop, which included compromising pictures and emails. Twitter locked the New York Post’s main Twitter account and blocked other users from publishing the link to the story as it was “potentially harmful.” Now, 17 months later, the New York Times and the Washington Post have both quietly published stories that acknowledge the truth and veracity of the New York Post’s original reporting.

    The Lab Leak Theory: The lawsuit also cites Facebook’s censorship of posts that theorized that COVID-19 could have been leaked accidentally from a biotech lab in Wuhan, China. The suit states, “On information and belief, Dr. Anthony Fauci, a senior federal government official, coordinating with others, orchestrated a campaign to discredit the lab-leak hypothesis in early 2020… At the same time as he was orchestrating a campaign to falsely discredit the lab-leak theory, Dr. Fauci was exchanging emails with Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, regarding the control and dissemination of COVID-19 information.” Facebook then expanded its content moderation to censor posts that made claims that COVID-19 was lab or man-made. Only after a large number of major media outlets confirmed that the lab-leak theory was a possibility did Facebook stop censoring user posts related to the lab-leak theory.

    The Efficacy of Masks: The lawsuit notes, Twitter’s “COVID-19 misleading information policy,” as of December 2021, noted that Twitter will censor (label or remove) speech claiming that “face masks … do not work to reduce transmission or to protect against COVID-19,” among many other restrictions. Other platforms had similar policies. Both Senator Rand Paul and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis were censored by Youtube for questioning the efficacy of masks. Further, the lawsuit cites a New York Post article that states, “When Scott Atlas, a member of the Trump White House’s coronavirus task force, questioned the efficacy of masks last year, Twitter removed his tweet.” Now, a growing body of science shows that masks, especially cloth masks, are ineffective at stopping the spread of COVID-19, and can impose negative impacts on children.

    https://amgreatness.com/2022/07/13/judge-grants-attorneys-general-of-missouri-louisiana-discovery-in-collusion-case-against-top-biden-officials-social-media-companies/

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  26. Fucking Twitter – there is a Chip Roy Tweet embedded in the article but every time I try to open it, I get the “Something went wrong” BS!!!!

    Entire Article: “House Democrats appear to be unconcerned about the optics of shutting down an effort to increase penalties for child sex traffickers in an election year. On Wednesday, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee unanimously shot down such a measure.

    “A question about his amendment first,” Congressman Ken Buck (R-CO) said. “I want to thank Mr. Roy for this common sense amendment that deals with the overall issue, as opposed to trying to piecemeal this out. And I suspect we won’t deal with the overall issue if we continue to piecemeal this out.”

    “But Mr. Roy, can you think of any circumstance in which an individual induces, coerces, controls a child and forces that child into the sex trade, where that individual, that defendant, that criminal doesn’t deserve 15 years in prison?” Buck asked.

    “I cannot, no,” Congressman Chip Roy (R-NC) answered. “I can appreciate the question from the gentleman. He is, too, a former prosecutor who prosecuted for a lot longer than I did. And I appreciate his recognition of that truth. I mean, as a father of two, as a former prosecutor, it defies all belief, all common sense that you would say that someone who traffics a child in the sex industry — actually puts a child into that environment for that child to be sexually abused — that that individual should not have a minimum sentence or 15 years,” he added.

    “I don’t think there is a prison, a hole underneath a prison, deep enough to throw that individual in,” Buck commented. Rep. Chip Roy produced the documents demonstrating that the House Judiciary Committee’s Democrats indeed rejected the measure.”

    More: https://beckernews.com/it-defies-all-belief-house-dems-block-measure-increasing-penalties-for-child-sex-traffickers-45812/

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  28. Entire Article @ NYPost: “Over 40 people are unaccounted for and more than 100 homes have been damaged or destroyed after devastating floods ripped through western Virginia on Wednesday, officials said.

    Torrential rain, which began on Tuesday and lasted through early Wednesday morning, caused flash flooding in Buchanan County, as well as widespread power outages and damages to roads and other infrastructure, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management said.

    The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office said in a Wednesday afternoon statement that 44 people, including children, in the Whitewood area were “unaccounted for” after their loved ones were unable to immediately get into contact with them. “This does not mean the person is missing, it means we are attempting to reach and locate the person and check on their wellbeing,” the sheriff’s office said.

    No fatalities have been confirmed. Over 100 homes were damaged or destroyed during flooding, department officials estimated. Officials said accessing the remote area in the wake of the destruction was thwarting search-and-rescue efforts as many roadways are blocked by landslides and approaches to bridges are washed out.

    Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency in response to the floods.

    “We are deeply saddened to learn that another flood has impacted a community still recovering from last year’s flood,” Youngkin said in a statement. “In the wake of the devastation, I want Virginians in Buchanan County to know that we are making every resource available to help those impacted by this storm.

    Last year, one person was killed after serious flooding caused by the remnants of a hurricane washed away homes. This flooding event was less severe, but covered a much larger area, officials told reporters at a news conference.

    In eastern Tennessee, severe thunderstorms prompted the evacuation of more than 400 people from a campground on the Little Pigeon River. No injuries were reported in the Tennessee flooding, but vehicles and debris from the Greenbrier Campground were washed downstream by floodwaters, Sevier County Assistant Mayor Perrin Anderson told news outlets.”

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    1. we had flash flooding last year–some NY town, not far from here was severely flooded. homes along the river were GONE…
      one young Amish farmer bought land along the river and we watched him last spring work those stretches–removing all the rocks and tree stumps and then he planted pumpkins–the floods washed all his pumpkins all over town.
      we saw him yesterday out working those same fields and he’s got some pumpkin flowers coming up. we’re going buy a bunch from him this fall

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      1. We had really bad flooding a few years ago – not here where I live but close by – when all the ice on the river started breaking up and we got a ton of rain. A lot of people got flooded out with a lot of bridges – several on my normal route to Norfolk and west.

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        1. there was a really nice mobile home that washed off it’s base…ended up smashed against a large tree–it’s still there…
          the community had a special trash pickups for all the large things people couldn’t salvage–sofas, matressess, recliner. residents who were cleaning up had stuff out for weeks and someone in the community (wanted to remain anonymous) paid for several days of local haulers to take the stuff.

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  30. EXCERPT: “It never fails to amaze me how the same people who rail against the alleged “perils” of capitalism are usually among the first to partake in it when it suits their purposes – political, social, or otherwise. Such has apparently been the case in New York City and Santa Monica, California, the two places where “Eat the Rich” popsicles are being sold (for a limited time) this week.

    The Brooklyn-based MSCHF, which is the same “artist collective” that was responsible for the controversial blood-filled “Satan shoes” back in 2021, designed popsicles in the forms of billionaires Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Jack Ma ostensibly on grounds that they will “start a conversation,” according to a report from CBS News.

    Per Bloomberg News, the food truck in NYC that made the ice-cold concoctions available to the city’s residents sold out of Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg popsicles on Monday. In a video tweet shared Tuesday, Reuters helpfully pointed out that you “can take a bite out of capitalism” by buying the popsicles. Not mentioned in the text of the tweet but noted in the video itself is that the price of the frozen treat – which one customer in the video pointed out is “creamy” with a “strawberry” flavoring – is… $10: (Tweet won’t load)

    Independent journalist Talia Jane interviewed the “ice cream man” who was hired to sell the treats to eager consumers. He told her he was “being paid well” for his services: (again, Tweet won’t open)

    https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2022/07/13/the-jokes-write-themselves-after-price-of-eat-the-rich-anti-capitalism-popsicles-is-revealed-n594342

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  32. Just got done with my morning walk-about; pruned more of the Willow tree, pulled weeds, watered; checked out the peaches again – OMG – TONS!!!! I like to do this stuff early while it’s still cool. For the first time, I saw a male Oriole allow 3 pale yellow/gray females to eat with him on the jelly feeder. When they flew off, 2 of them followed him up into the Ash tree. I’m guessing they are his fledglings because they NEVER do that except for their mate. And they only have one mate every year. And Jake is galloping thru the house, sliding on the rugs! SMH

    EXCERPT: “Around 90% of birds are monogamous[1], which means they only have one mate at a time. However, although monogamous, most of these birds will change their partner in every breeding season. And one great example is the orioles. But, do orioles mate for life?

    Oriole birds don’t mate for life. They are, however, monogamous, but their partners will change in every breeding season. In this article, we’re going to dive deeper into how orioles mate, discussing their mating habits and nesting behavior. So, if you’re curious to know more about how these birds reproduce, read on…”

    https://www.birdinformer.com/do-orioles-mate-for-life/

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    2. Officials in San Diego County have issued an alert after three people have suffered documented fatal overdoses from a new form of the drug fentanyl know as carfentanil. It would only take 2 mg of fentanyl to cause a deadly overdose meanwhile it would only take .02 mg of carfentanil to have the same fatal results, CBS Sacramento reported.

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  36. By Stephen Frank: “The woke left has lost its mind. They have melted down. Birthing Person? As if a male could have a baby. Just because a person wears men’s clothes, does not stop them from being a woman and getting pregnant. If you need tampons in a boys bathroom, that means you are allowing girls to use the boys bathroom. Do you know of any male that needs a tampon?

    So let us have some fun and play along with this mental illness. This article changes the name of songs and groups—getting rid of that trigger word—MOTHER.

    Please add your suggestions in the comment section of the article. I will start with this:

    Change the Name “Mama’s and Papa’s” to “Birthing People and Sperm Donor—Mama Cass is now Birthing Person Cass.

    “Fox has several more, other funny offerings, but I suggest we take it one step further and apply the standard to Hollywood. The TV show “How I Met Your Mother” could be, “How I Met the Human Who Carried You in Its Womb.” The classic Danny DeVito-Billy Crystal flick “Throw Mama From the Train!” could be “Throw That Menstruating Person off the Emissions Producing Transportation Device!”
    —————-
    From Bob Hoge @ RedState:

    “Amidst the absurdity of the Left’s assault on our language, Fox News has helpfully assembled a new list of names for songs that have “mother” or “mama” in the title. The story comes after news that the behemoth teachers union, the National Education Association (NEA), has re-defined the term “mother” to “birthing person,” to be more “inclusive.” They’re not alone: other wokesters like Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer have taken to calling women “menstruating people,” which seems odd, seeing as not all women menstruate (heard of menopause, Gretchen?).

    Anyway, it would seem a good time to look at the language in the music world, and hit the delete button on any word that might in some way offend some person in some place. ABBA would be the hardest hit, of course, since one of their most famous songs, “Mama Mia!”, led to a smash Broadway play and several successful movies despite its non-inclusive title. Fox recommends changing it to “Menstruating Person Mia!” However, I would point out that according to the NEA, it should be “Birthing Person Mia!” Pretty catchy, actually.

    Another classic sure to need a name change is Waylon Jennings’ & Willie Nelson’s “Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys.” This outrage cannot stand. Fox suggests some new lyrics to the classic:

    ‘Birthing parents, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys / ‘Cause they’ll never stay home and they’re always alone / Even with someone they love.’

    Actually, isn’t the term “cowboys” offensive? I hadn’t thought of it until just this moment, but it’s clearly true. Thus the new title needs to be “Birthing people, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowpeople.”

    The 2003 hit “Stacy’s Mom” by Fountains of Wayne needs to get overhauled too. There would be nothing sexier and more rock ‘n roll than a young man lusting after Stacy’s “birth parent.”

    Fox has several more, other funny offerings, but I suggest we take it one step further and apply the standard to Hollywood. The TV show “How I Met Your Mother” could be, “How I Met the Human Who Carried You in Its Womb.” The classic Danny DeVito-Billy Crystal flick “Throw Mama From the Train!” could be “Throw That Menstruating Person off the Emissions Producing Transportation Device!”

    It all sounds so stupid—and yet many of the things we’re witnessing right before our eyes are just that dumb, and most of them we simply couldn’t have imagined just a few short years ago. When a Supreme Court nominee can’t even say what a woman is in her—its —confirmation hearings, you know we’re in trouble.

    Clinical psychologist and best-selling author Dr. Jordan Peterson, recently booted from Twitter for “deadnaming” acting person Ellen/Elliott Page, delivered an absurdio ad reductio on July 1 of what’s happening to our language. While he’s actually quite serious, he delivers the logical endpoint that our new language overlords want, and it is comedy gold (if you’re pressed for time, start around the midpoint at 8:38):

    In April I wrote a parody piece for RedState where I joked about how woke terms have clouded the meaning of language, making things more confusing. In the dystopian fantasy, I get grilled by a Disinformation Board agent named Nina:

    She glares at me. “Section 5 of the Speech Act specifies that the word ‘racist’ shall apply to anyone we disagree with. That’s another year for you.” She points to the gentleman sitting next to her. “Now, go with them for your booking.”

    I’m confused. “Go… with him? Or them?” I ask, indicating the agents in the back.

    Her face turns an angry shade of crimson. “I was quite clear,” she says, again pointing to the agent sitting next to her. “I said go with them. But now I’m angry. Go with them instead.”

    All of this would be comedy if we weren’t actually seeing things like this happening all around us—people losing their jobs for misgendering someone, even unintentionally, parents being called “transphobic” or “homophobic” for suggesting that maybe 9-year-olds should wait a bit before getting hormones and surgery to transition into a different gender. Or sex? Which is it? I get so confused.

    We need to stop keeping quiet about this assault on our language and the meanings of words, and one way to fight back is through humor. Kudos to Fox writer Kerry J. Byrne, and to Dr. Jordan Peterson, for being among those pointing out that the emperor has no clothes.

    In fact, the emperor is totally naked and is stark raving mad.”

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  37. hubby brought in the camera card from the trail cam…raccoons making the mess on the deck again…this time with babies in tow. they jumped in our ash bucket and then with their ash covered feet–they walked all over the adirondak chairs and loveseat! they destroed the liquid ant bait traps…seriosuly WTH??? how could THAT possibly attract them?
    then they dug in my rock catcus pot again–little stones everywhere…and ate the mouse bait clean up.
    hubby’s gonna trap and kill them…they’ve been leaving poop everywhere again…sigh

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  39. It looks like my ploy to put pots in front of the 2 Clematis in the west bed is working to keep the roots cool. The one on the left that really looked bad has 2 new leaves on it – the other one is good, too. Yessss!!!!!

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    1. This is according to WAPO, Bob Woodward, and Robert Costa dated March 24 – allegedly, this was a text sent from Ginni to Mark Meadows.

      “Watermarked ballots in over 12 states have been part of a huge Trump & military white hat sting operation in 12 key battleground states. Biden crime family & ballot-fraud co-conspirators (elected officials, bureaucrats, social media censor mongers, fake stream media reporters, etc., are being arrested and detained for ballot fraud right now & over coming days will be living in barges off GITMO to face military tribunals for sedition.”

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  42. copied from tcth…true or not…I dunno at this point

    signer56
    July 14, 2022 10:56 am

    Why no story on Denis McDonough arrest by Special Forces in Las Vegas. He’s been arrested for Treason and also subverted 50 billion from Veterans Affairs to the Ukraine!!! Huge huge story! The media silenced it!

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  43. Entire Article: “Law enforcement in Montgomery County, Maryland, warned the public on Wednesday night that police will enforce laws against disturbing the peace at protests outside the homes of US Supreme Court justices. The county police posted on Twitter, “MCPD supports the first amendment right to protest, however, anyone violating the disorderly conduct statute may be subject to arrest. Applicable laws regarding protests in Montgomery County have been added to the MCPD website.”

    The department added on its website, “The Montgomery County Department of Police is committed to preserving the First Amendment rights of all individuals. There are content-neutral Montgomery County Code and Maryland Law provisions that restrict protesting and assembling in a private neighborhood, as well as disturbing the peace.”
    According to Maryland’s common laws regarding protests and disruptive assemblies:

    · A person may not willfully and without lawful purpose obstruct or hinder the free passage of another in a public place.

    · A person may not willfully act in a disorderly manner that disturbs the public peace.

    · A person may not willfully fail to obey a reasonable and lawful order that a law enforcement officer makes to prevent a disturbance to the public peace.

    · A person who enters the land or premises of another, whether an owner or lessee, or a beach adjacent to residential riparian property, may not willfully … disturb the peace of persons on the land, premises by making an unreasonably loud noise, or act in a disorderly manner.

    · A person from any location may not, by making an unreasonably loud noise, willfully disturb the peace of another … on the other’s land or premises, in a public place.

    Activists outside the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh posted in response to the warning, “We’re here at Kavanaugh’s to fight for our basic right to bodily autonomy. Tonight, Montgomery County Police are telling us we cannot chant, drum, or make any loud noise as we exercise our First Amendment Rights.”

    Tonight, Montgomery County Police are telling us we cannot chant, drum, or make any loud noise as we exercise our First Amendment Rights.”

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  44. Entire Article @ DC: “A father of two is waiting for the New York State Department of Financial Services to decide whether he’s allowed life-saving surgery for a rare disease. Anthony Di Laura, 35, is suffering from Pseudomyxoma Peritonei, a disease that is attacking the organs in his abdomen, according to ABC 7. He was diagnosed shortly before finding out that he and his wife, Jackie Cucullo, were expecting their first baby together in 2020, the outlet continued.

    After three surgeries to remove the diseased tissue, including his appendix and part of his stomach, Di Laura was told that it was found to be cancerous, so he underwent seven month of chemotherapy, Insider reported. Neither the surgeries nor the chemotherapy were successful in fighting the cancer and disease.

    His doctors recommended that hospice may be his best option, ABC 7 continued. Cucullo found a doctor at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Anil Vaidya, in Ohio who successfully performed a multi-organ transplant procedure on a patient suffering from the same disease, Fox 59 reported.

    Di Laura was approved for the surgery in April, but was told by his insurance company, Empire BlueCross BlueShield, that he’d been denied, ABC 7 continued. The insurance company claimed that the surgery was “investigational,” leading doctors at the clinic to write to Empire. (RELATED: Apparently It’s Easier To Get Bladder Surgery And Botox Than To Pee During Long Drives To The Hamptons)

    “Medical studies do not show that this surgery is safe or will improve your short or long-term health if there has been this type of spread. We also got an opinion from a doctor outside of our health plan. This doctor treats people with your condition. This doctor agrees that medical studies do not show that this surgery is safe or will improve your short or long-term health,” Empire wrote in the denial letter to Di Laura, ABC 7 continued.A father of two is waiting for the New York State Department of Financial Services to decide whether he’s allowed life-saving surgery for a rare disease.

    Anthony Di Laura, 35, is suffering from Pseudomyxoma Peritonei, a disease that is attacking the organs in his abdomen, according to ABC 7. He was diagnosed shortly before finding out that he and his wife, Jackie Cucullo, were expecting their first baby together in 2020, the outlet continued.

    After three surgeries to remove the diseased tissue, including his appendix and part of his stomach, Di Laura was told that it was found to be cancerous, so he underwent seven month of chemotherapy, Insider reported. Neither the surgeries nor the chemotherapy were successful in fighting the cancer and disease.

    His doctors recommended that hospice may be his best option, ABC 7 continued. Cucullo found a doctor at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Anil Vaidya, in Ohio who successfully performed a multi-organ transplant procedure on a patient suffering from the same disease, Fox 59 reported.

    Di Laura was approved for the surgery in April, but was told by his insurance company, Empire BlueCross BlueShield, that he’d been denied, ABC 7 continued. The insurance company claimed that the surgery was “investigational,” leading doctors at the clinic to write to Empire. (RELATED: Apparently It’s Easier To Get Bladder Surgery And Botox Than To Pee During Long Drives To The Hamptons)

    “Medical studies do not show that this surgery is safe or will improve your short or long-term health if there has been this type of spread. We also got an opinion from a doctor outside of our health plan. This doctor treats people with your condition. This doctor agrees that medical studies do not show that this surgery is safe or will improve your short or long-term health,” Empire wrote in the denial letter to Di Laura, ABC 7 continued.

    Empire denied the surgery three times, so Di Laura was forced to contact New York’s Department of Financial Services for help and is currently waiting for a response, ABC 7 reported. They’re expecting to hear a response in the coming days, the outlet noted.

    The family has started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for the surgery, which could cost anywhere from $500,000 to $1,000,000 if Di Laura is forced to pay out of pocket, ABC 7 noted.”

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  45. Entire Article @ DC: “A Houston-area superintendent who implemented critical race theory-inspired strategies in two school districts resigned on Monday, according to a report from the Houston Chronicle.

    Clear Creek Independent School District (CCISD) Superintendent Eric Williams is taking a school board-approved leave of absence from July 12-31 to help care for an ill family member in Virginia, the Houston Chronicle reported. Williams will return to work as superintendent emeritus on Aug. 1 and his permanent retirement goes into effect on Jan. 31, 2023, six months earlier than expected.

    The school board voted to appoint former superintendent Karen Engle to hold Williams’ position in the interim effective Jan. 31, 2023. Williams joined CCISD in January 2021 after working in Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia for more than six years, according to a local news report. Williams received a litany of push-back from both CCISD and Loudoun County parents after leaked emails showed the superintendent admitting the district teaches the principles of critical race theory.

    Leaked emails obtained by the Daily Caller show William admitting that some of Loudoun County’s plans “align with the ideology of CRT.” Williams perpetuated programs at CCISD such as “Leader in Me” and “Character Strong” that parents say focused on character development instead of “reading, writing, math, etc.,” which they feel is the true job of the public school system.

    Under William’s tenure, school counselors were reportedly encouraged to share information about students’ gender transition desires to a private LGBTQ advocacy group instead of parents, according to a letter from America First Legal.

    CCISD parents told the Daily Caller that they never wanted Williams as their superintendent. Mother Kari Larson said she believes Williams was brought in to promote the district’s “social justice” agenda. CCISD parents worked in tandem with anti-critical race theory activists groups in Loudoun County to call for the end of Williams’ leadership, the Daily Caller learned.

    The CCISD Board of Trustees commended Williams for his leadership within the district.

    “Dr. Williams built on our previous efforts with personalized learning,” board president Jay Cunningham said. “He collaborated with others to establish Robotics, Coding, and Computational Thinking immersion programs at three of our elementary schools. And he engaged staff members in taking steps now to address financial challenges relating to declining state revenue.”

    Clear Creek Independent School District’s spokesperson said “no” when asked whether parental pushback played a role in William’s decision to resign.”

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  48. Dear Grandson:

    I have become a little older since I saw you last, and a few changes have come into my life since then. Frankly, I have become a frivolous old gal. I am seeing five gentlemen every day.

    As soon as I wake up, Will Power helps me get out of bed. Then I go to see John. Then Charlie Horse comes along, and when he is here he takes a lot of my time and attention.

    When he leaves, Arthur Ritis shows up and stays the rest of the day. He doesn’t like to stay in one place very long, so he takes me from joint to joint. After such a busy day, I’m really tired and glad to go to bed with Ben Gay.

    What a life. Oh yes, I’m also flirting with Al Zymer.

    Love, Grandma
    ———————-
    THE STAGES OF SUCCESS

    At age 4 success is…not peeing in your pants.
    At age 12 success is…having friends.
    At age 16 success is…having a drivers license.
    At age 20 success is…having sex.
    At age 35 success is…having money.
    At age 50 success is…having money.
    At age 60 success is…having sex.
    At age 70 success is…having a drivers license.
    At age 75 success is…having friends.
    At age 80 success is…not peeing in your pants
    ———————-
    An elderly looking gentleman, (mid-nineties) very well dressed, hair well-groomed, great looking suit, flower in his lapel, smelling slightly of a good aftershave, presenting a well-looked-after image, walks into an upscale cocktail lounge.

    Seated at the bar is an elderly looking lady. The gentleman walks over, sits alongside her, orders a drink, takes a sip, turns to her, and says, “So tell me, do I come here often?”
    ———————-
    A man was out walking one day and went by a retirement home. As he passed the front lawn, he saw nine old ladies basking in the sun in lounge chairs. When he looked closer he realized that they were all stark naked. He went to the door and rang the bell. When the director answered the door, the man asked if he realized there were nine naked old ladies lying in the sun on the front lawn. The director said, “Yes” and went on to explain that the old ladies were all retired prostitutes living at the retirement home, and they were having a yard sale.

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  49. The mother-in-law stopped unexpectedly by the recently married couple’s house. She rang the doorbell and stepped into the house. She saw her daughter-in-law standing naked by the door. “What are you doing?” she asked.

    “I’m waiting for my husband to come home from work.,” the daughter-in-law answered. “But you’re NAKED!” the mother-in-law exclaimed. “This is my Love Dress.” the daughter-in-law explained. “Love Dress? But you’re naked!”

    “My husband loves me to wear this dress! It makes him happy and it makes me happy. I would appreciate it if you would leave because he will be home from work any minute.” The mother-in-law was tired of all this romantic talk and left. On the way home, she thought about the Love Dress. When she got home she got undressed, showered, put on her best perfume and waited by the front door.

    Finally, her husband got home. He walked in and saw her standing naked by the door. “What are you doing?” He exclaimed. “This is My Love Dress.” she replied. “Needs ironing,” he said.

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  50. A trial is taking place in Mississippi. The defendant is a sweet grandmotherly type.

    Defense Attorney: What is your age?
    Little Old Woman: I am 86 years old.
    Defense Attorney: Will you tell us, in your own words, what happened to you?
    Little Old Woman: There I was, sitting there in my swing on my front porch on a warm spring evening when a young man comes creeping up on the porch and sat down beside me.
    Defense Attorney: Did you know him?
    Little Old Woman: No, but he sure was friendly.
    Defense Attorney: What happened after he sat down beside you?
    Little Old Woman: He started to rub my thigh.
    Defense Attorney: Did you stop him?
    Little Old Woman: No, I didn’t stop him.
    Defense Attorney: Why not?
    Little Old Woman: It felt good. Nobody had done that since my Abner passed away some 30 years ago.
    Defense Attorney: What happened next?
    Little Old Woman: He began to rub my breasts.
    Defense Attorney: Did you stop him then?
    Little Old Woman: No, I did not stop him.
    Defense Attorney: Why not?
    Little Old Woman: Why, Your Honor, his rubbing made me feel all alive and excited. I haven’t felt that good in years!
    Defense Attorney: What happened next?
    Little Old Woman: Well, I was feeling so spicy that I just spread my old legs and said to him, “Take me, young man, Take me!”
    Defense Attorney: What happened? Little Old Woman: That’s when he yelled, “April Fool!” And that’s when I shot the son of a bitch!

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