Ancient Mosaic

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This story was found on CNN.com and it’s about an ancient mosaic found buried under Rome.  It’s gorgeous!

From the article:

Rome, Italy CNN  — 

A five-year dig into the side of Rome’s Palatine Hill yielded treasure last week when archaeologists discovered a deluxe banquet room dating from around the first or second century BC, featuring a sizable, intact and brightly colored wall mosaic.

Estimated to be around 2,300 years old, the work is part of a larger aristocratic mansion, located near the Roman Forum, that has been under excavation since 2018.

Almost five meters long (16.4 ft) and featuring depictions of vines, lotus leaves, tridents, trumpets, helmets and mythological marine creatures, the mosaic scene was painstakingly created using mother of pearl, shells, corals, shards of precious glass and flecks of marble. The piece is framed by polychrome crystals, spongy travertine, and exotic, ancient Egyptian blue tiles.

What makes this discovery “unmatched,” said archaeologist Alfonsina Russo, head of the Colosseum Archaeological Park in charge of the site, is not only the incredible conservation of the mosaic, but its decoration which also features celebratory scenes of naval and land battles likely funded — and won — by an extremely wealthy aristocratic patron who commemorated the victories on their walls.

The intricacy of the mosaic’s depictions of victory have surprised the team working on the project. They show a coastal walled town with lookout towers and loggias — which Russo said could be an ideal or a real-life location — sitting atop a cliff designed with pieces of travertine rock. Scenes of sailing ships with raised sails also feature, alongside depictions of mythical sea monsters swallowing enemy fleets.

Archaeologists are trying to ascertain whether the delicate — and expensive, for the time — coral branches used in the display came from the Mediterranean or the Red Sea (the nearest and most common oceans used by Romans to extract materials). A rare bluish glass paste also featured in the design likely came from the ancient Egyptian city of Alexandria, the team believe.

“This banquet hall, which measures 25 square meters (270 square foot), is just one space within a ‘domus’ (the Latin word for house) spread on several floors,” Russo told CNN in an interview. “In ancient times, when powerful noble families inhabited the Palatine Hill, it was customary to use rich decorative elements as a symbol to show-off opulence and high social rank.”

The chamber, deemed a “jewel” by Russo, was an outdoor banquet hall overlooking a garden, likely used during summer to entertain guests.

Such an elaborate space would also have been used to impress guests with water games, which were very popular amongst nobility at the time. “We have found lead pipes embedded within the decorated walls, built to carry water inside basins or to make fountains spout to create water games,” said Russo.

Marco Rossi, professor of Roman antiquities and head of the mosaic lab at Rome’s Università degli Studi di Roma Tre pointed out that these summer banquet rooms were not only somewhere that hosts and guests would go to relax but also used by the mansion owner as a signifier of their wealth and rank.

“Mosaics are usually found on floors, but this runs across the entire front wall and has been incredibly well-preserved,” said Rossi of the piece. “It’s not been ruined by the weight of debris — as can happen to some mosaics on the ground — and despite being delicate, it hasn’t so much as chipped across the centuries.”

The discovery of an entire wall mosaic is extremely rare, Rossi added, not least because these pieces are more delicate than those for the floor which were designed to be walked upon and withstand pressure.

The location of the grand home has also helped the wall’s preservation, scientists believe. Positioned on the side of Rome’s famous Palatine Hill and subsequently covered over by centuries of mud and earth as the land has moved, the structure and treasures within it have been protected from the air and light by layers of ground.

While this new discovery still has a lot of secrets to reveal — why the property was abandoned and how long ago, for example — Russo believes there is one mystery archaeologists could perhaps solve: The identity of its owner, likely a Roman senator.

“The person was so rich they could afford to import such precious elements from across the empire to decorate this mansion,” Russo said. “We have found nothing so far to shed light on their identity, but we believe more research might enable us to pinpoint the noble family.”

Russo and her team aim to open the space to the public in early January. “We (will) continue to dig the other layers and areas of this evocative place (to try to discover more),” she said. “It is really an incredible display of Roman luxury.”

SOURCE: CNN.COM

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  1. Morning All!
    cloudy this morning, feels like rain coming.
    the hummers are draining the feeders rapidly (I’m sure some is evaporating as well) but i still only have the one grosbeak dancing on the railing for his jelly.

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    1. Morning, Pat! Interesting open – they had some mad skills back in those days! Wheezer was sleeping on my chair this morning – I managed to get a quick scratch on her head w/o her attacking me, along with a silent “mew” in greeting. But I’m not pushing my luck! LOL

      Sunny and humid this morning; temp is only 66 but it feels warmer with the humidity. Maybe the hummers are stocking up for their migration, altho it’s a bit early yet.

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      1. Morning Filly!
        i amazed most that these were SHELLS and relatively untouched or broken!
        i forget–can she mew out loud? have you heard her?
        yeah, we’ve had hummers into the first week of October one year…but yeah…this would be early

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  8. this is just absurd and disgusting!! FEMA is not about immigration. saying it is doesn’t make it so. funneling taxpayer monies to liberal states (for the bureaucratic JOBS this creates to “manage” the programs) only to have those immigrants leech into other states who do not get the fancy jobs and $$ to provide for them is THEFT! this is NOT FEMA’S PURPOSE!
    article

    Beginning in 2023, cities around the U.S. began to receive funds from FEMA to alleviate the orchestrated, growing, and unaffordable financial burden on taxpayers in regards to the invasion of third world migrants coming for welfare—it’s called the “Shelter and Services Program” and it’s costing us an arm and a leg.

    For FY 2023, the program cost $363.8 million; just one year later, the invoice had nearly doubled, shooting up to $650 million. Now, government officials, from the local levels to Washington D.C.’s are asking for as much as three billion dollars for FY 2025. Here’s the story, from a report by Tom Gantert at The Center Square:

    FEMA program for migrants grows along with border crisis

    FEMA’s Shelter and Services Program is another indicator of the growing impact of the arrival of millions of foreign nationals in the U.S. since President Joe Biden took office.

    The program provides grants to communities for the expenses they will incur for handling migrants. There were 14 states, including Washington D.C., that received the first tranche of money in fiscal year 2023.

    The funding for the program has increased from $363.8 million in fiscal year 2023 to $650 million in fiscal year 2024. Now, city officials and politicians are asking it be funded by as much as $3 billion.

    Another way of looking at the one-year increase? A 725% surge. If that kept up for 2026, we’re looking at $21.7 billion. 2027? $157.1 billion. Obviously, this is not only unsustainable, it’s disgusting.

    FEMA is marketed as the federal government’s “disaster relief” agency, but taxpayers from across the nation are gouged, and further indebted, to cover the living expenses of millions of people who have absolutely no right to be in our nation. The real disaster relief we need is a closed border, and a mass deportation of every last illegal alien living, working, or occupying space in this nation. Mass migration from the third world to the first world never benefits the host nation, it destroys it.

    Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution defines “treason” as this:

    Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.

    Seems like FEMA officials are giving “aid” and “comfort” to enemies of the United States—how else do you describe violent Latin gangs, Mexican cartels, Islamist jihadis, and Chinese communists?

    Looks like we’ve got yet another federal agency that needs to be completely dismantled and parceled out, back to the states of course.

    https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/07/just_one_year_after_its_creation_fema_migrant_program_nearly_doubles_in_cost.html

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  9. Hmmmm…..glad it’s not an issue for me any more.

    Just The News: “A recently released study finds over a dozen toxic chemicals in tampons, which puts users at potential risk for harmful metal exposure. The study by University of California, Berkley researchers was published July 3 and found 16 such chemicals including arsenic, cadmium and lead.

    Potentially millions of women each month use tampons from several brands, according to a summary of the study, which found 52–86% of people who menstruate in the U.S. use cotton or rayon tampons.

    “Our findings point towards the need for regulations requiring the testing of metals in tampons by manufacturers,” the researchers said in the conclusion of their nine-page study.

    UC Study.pdf

    “Tampons are of particular concern as a potential source of exposure to chemicals, including metals, because the skin of the vagina has a higher potential for chemical absorption than skin elsewhere on the body,” the team of nine researchers also said.

    They also concluded the metals found could increase the risk of cancer, dementia, infertility and other issues. “Although toxic metals are ubiquitous and we are exposed to low levels at any given time, our study clearly shows that metals are also present in menstrual products and that women might be at higher risk for exposure using these products,” said study co-author Kathrin Schilling. 

    The study analyzed organic and non-organic tampons, used to absorb menstrual blood in the vagina, from the United State and United Kingdom. The researchers also said that there is no requirement to test tampons for chemical contaminants and that the Food and Drug Administration recommends only that tampons not contain two dioxin compounds or pesticide residues.

    “Despite this large potential for public health concern, very little research has been done to measure chemicals in tampons,” said UC Berkeley researcher and lead author Jenni A. Shearston.

    The FDA responded Tuesday to the study, saying it is under agency review.

    “All studies have limitations,” said agency spokeswoman Amanda Hils. “While the chemical method used indicates these metals are present in the tampons tested in the laboratory, the study does not assess whether any metals are released from tampons when used in the body.

    “It also does not address whether any metal, if released, can be absorbed into the vaginal lining or, subsequently into the bloodstream. We plan to evaluate the study closely, and take any action warranted to safeguard the health of consumers who use these products.”

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  10. Duh!!! SMH

    Just The News: “A rural fire station in Maine remains out of commission nearly two months after being heavily damages by lithium-ion battery fire. Multiple lithium ion batteries that were charging caught fire in May at the Stacyville fire station, according to the Bangor Daily News

    No firefighters were in the building at the time of the incident, but the fire damaged the station, three fire trucks and gear. 

    The fire left the department without any usable equipment, and the station remains unable to respond to calls, the Daily News also reports. The department is navigating the insurance process, and fire departments in neighboring communities are responding to calls in Stacyville while the process is complete.” 

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  11. EXCERPT: “Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is leading a 23-state coalition of attorneys general opposing another Biden administration regulation on home appliances, this time on washing machines.

    They did so as the U.S. House is poised to vote on two bills this week that would restrict Biden administration regulations on dishwashers and refrigerators, among other household appliances. Republicans say the regulations will only further drive up costs and make them less affordable than they already are, The Center Square reported. House Democrats have been encouraged to vote against the bills, arguing they are a political ploy.

    A new U.S. Department of Energy regulation on washing machines is the “latest overreach into the livelihoods of middle-class Americans,” Moody said. The administration is now “weaseling its way into laundry rooms in an attempt to further its radical energy policies by implementing harmful and costly standards on washing machines.”

    The AG coalition sent a letter to DOE Secretary Jennifer Granholm, asking her to abandon a new rule the DOE promulgated or “proceed with notice and comment rulemaking” before enacting it…..”

    https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/23-state-coalition-challenges-new-federal-regulations-washing-machines

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  12. Just The News: “A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that demonstrators cannot march or protest through a security zone that surrounds the Republican National Convention next week. GOP leaders will gather in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from July 15 to July 18, for the national convention where former President Donald Trump will officially become the Republican nominee for president.

    The American Civil Liberties Union and the Coalition to March on the RNC 2024 filed a lawsuit against the city last month, claiming the security perimeter violates their rights to free speech because it does not bring them close enough to the Republican leaders, the Associated Press reported. The protesters have asked the judge to establish a parade route for them that would put them within view of the convention center. 

    U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig said the First Amendment does give them the right to protest, but that it “does not allow them to protest or parade in any way they choose.” He also claimed the security perimeter around the Fiserv Forum, where the convention will be held, makes sense for the event.

    “The vast majority of the resulting security plan is a reasonable and valid time, place, and manner regulation on speech,” Ludwig ruled.

    Demonstrators are allowed to protest in designated areas and along an established protest route that are located approximately five blocks from the convention center. The security perimeter blocks public access to the event, but attendees will be given credentials.

    Ludwig did rule against the city on one issue related to the convention, by determining that the city overstepped when approving speaker and demonstration applications based on the applicant’s criminal history.”

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  13. Just The News: “Legislation that partly dismantles “squatters rights” in Pennsylvania will head to the governor’s desk after a brief stumbling block.

    Under the soon-to-be law, squatters could face a defiant trespass charge if they don’t vacate a property after being told to do so by the owner. Doing so safeguards homes and investments quickly and effectively without wading through needless red tape, said prime sponsor Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie.

    He said the “escalating problem … strikes at the heart of justice and fairness” and can pose safety threats. One such incident in his district, Laughlin said, saw two homes razed and two more damaged from a fire that squatters started.

    “This is one example of the personal and emotional ordeal that countless families and individuals face when they find their homes and investments under siege,” he said. “Under our current legal framework, too many property owners are exposed, struggling against a system that doesn’t fully shield their rights or protect their homes.”

    The Senate unanimously passed the bill on June 12 and the House followed suit on Tuesday – even though some lawmakers said it didn’t go far enough to protect homeowners.

    Rep. Donna Scheuren, R-Gilbertsville, said on the chamber floor that she’d vote for the bill, despite its exclusion of her amendment to give law enforcement more authority to evict squatters on the spot.

    “This issue seems to infuriate every rational person across our commonwealth and as legislators, I feel its our duty to continue to work on common sense solutions that put our homeowners rights before the criminals,” she said.”

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  14. JMO, but this is why ALL religion should be kept out of public schools. If you want a religious education for your child, enroll your child in a religious school! You cannot discriminate against particular “religions,” whether you think it’s a “valid” religion or not.

    Just The News: “Satanists in Florida have volunteered to serve as school counselors after GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation permitting religious chaplains to serve in those roles in public schools due to a shortage of personnel.

    DeSantis signed the legislation in April, at which time he indicated that Satanism was not a legitimate religion and its adherents would not be permitted to fill such vacancies under the law.

    “Nothing in the text of the bill serves to exclude us, and no credible interpretation of the First Amendment could,” a cofounder for The Satanic Temple said in a statement to The Hill. “Should a school district now choose to have chaplains, they should expect Satanists to participate as well.”

    A spokesperson for The Satanic Temple, Lucien Greaves, criticized the governor’s approach. “Either entirely ignorant of the most basic fundamentals of constitutional law, or too incompetent to care, DeSantis fails to recognize that it is not the place of the government to confer unique rights to one religious identity while denying them to another,” Greaves said. 

    DeSantis previously indicated that Florida would not play “games” and “[w]e’re going to be using common sense.” Many school districts said they would not implement the plan when DeSantis signed the bill, according to the Tampa Bay Times.”

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      1. ALL religion should be kept out of public schools. This actually makes my point: that any group can claim to be a “religion” and for those people in the group, that may be valid in their eyes.

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  15. Just The News: “Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines issued a warning on Wednesday about “concerning Iranian activity” in the U.S. related to protests against the war in Gaza. “In recent weeks, Iranian government actors have sought to opportunistically take advantage of ongoing protests regarding the war in Gaza, using a playbook we’ve seen other actors use over the years,” Haines said in a public statement released on Wednesday.

    “We have observed actors tied to Iran’s government posing as activists online, seeking to encourage protests, and even providing financial support to protesters,” she added.

    Haines noted that while the “freedom to express diverse views, when done peacefully, is essential to our democracy,” it is also “important to warn of foreign actors who seek to exploit our debate for their own purposes.”

    Haines said some Americans “who are being targeted by this Iranian campaign may not be aware that they are interacting with or receiving support from a foreign government.”

    Haines shared advice for the general public regarding influence efforts conducted by Iran. “We urge all Americans to remain vigilant as they engage online with accounts and actors they do not personally know,” she said.”

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  17. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/vladimir-putin-awards-pm-modi-russias-highest-civilian-honour-for-outstanding-service-101720531209084.html

    Our Take: (Here we have a Christian leader bestowing a Christian accolade to a Hindu leader.)

    People forget how the fateful day of the Sword Dance (May 20, 2017) began. Trump received Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honor—the gilded Collar of the Order of Abdulaziz Al Saud—from King Salman.

    (Here we have a Muslim leader bestowing a Muslim accolade to a Christian leader.)

    The Order of Abdulaziz Al Saud was established on March 20, 1971, by King Faisal, half-brother of the current king. We know now that ten years before—in 1961—a secret meeting was held between President JFK and then-Crown Prince Faisal. JFK conveyed to the Crown Prince the idea that investing the Royal Family’s wealth in his people, and thus providing the conditions for their individual prosperity, would not only create a middle class, but would build Saudi Arabia up as a great world power—which would also secure the bonds of trust between the people and the House of Saud.

    JFK instilled in the mind of Faisal that the Saudi Royal Family could only be truly great if the people of their Kingdom were also great, and three years later, when Faisal became king, he honored the conversation he had with the late president by implementing a 10-point plan of social reforms that included the abolition of slavery and universal healthcare funded by the Royal Family. (Yes, the president who fought against communism encouraged socialism in a country with very unique circumstances.)

    King Faisal was assassinated in 1975, most likely by the same people who assassinated JFK twelve years prior.

    The current Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is the spiritual successor of Faisal, just as President Donald Trump is the spiritual successor of JFK. Both men seek prosperity and greatness for their people, and both men are deeply despised by the same forces that opposed their predecessors.” — GhostofBasedPatrickHenry

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  19. “Confirmed: New Evidence Shows CIA worked alongside al Qaeda sympathizers in Somalia”

    CIAGATE, JUL 10, 2024

    ARTICLE VOICEOVER

    EXCERPT: “Just over a year ago we told you about Chanda Creasy, a courageous yoga coach, who had previously managed to work with militants in Africa, making her way up to the position of special assistant to CIA director on global operations.

    Recently we found new details of Chanda’s trip to Somalia in 2009, corroborating our assumptions about her role as a case officer who maintained arms/money supplies to local warlords. We strongly recommend you to read our previous articles for a refresher.

    This one: CIA: Black Market of Arms Trade. Part 1

    And this one: How an “average” Yoga Coach Managed to Become a Head of CIA Division Responsible for Arms Transfers to Militants in Africa and Middle East

    First of all, it is worth saying that the CIA began its expansion in Somalia around 1960s, using an extensive set of tools of political influence, such as kidnapping, operating black sites, promoting Somali politicians and funding warlords. Specifically, the last point was seen as a way to avoid re-sending American troops after the Black Hawk Down incident….”

    https://ciagate.substack.com/p/confirmed-new-evidence-shows-cia

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  20. “A US military pier, built two months ago at the astronomical cost of more than three hundred twenty million fucking dollars, as a way to bring sea-borne humanitarian aid into Gaza, is to be permanently dismantled within a few days, because they never could get it to work. It appears there was never any consideration before-the-fact for the ‘climate effects’ on this boondoggle. 

    The Associated Press (AP) reported that the pier, which has had to be moved repeatedly to avoid bad weather, would be reconnected to the Gaza coastline on Wednesday but would operate for just the next few days before being disassembled by the US army and navy.

    Over its two months in operation, about 8,800 metric tons of aid has been unloaded off the pier, about 500 truckloads, equivalent to a single day of deliveries before the war began.”

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      1. All of these women on TV, for the most part, keep getting more and more and more plastic surgery! A lot of them don’t look like themselves any more!

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  23. Teacher’s Union President spent $8500. of union dues at a salon – !
    https://x.com/amuse/status/1810724900081897896

    Bet that’s not all she spent – bet she’s used the money for vacations, clothes, houses, cars, etc.
    There’s a pattern here. BLM President, GA Prosecutor, and many more African American officials are stealing funds entrusted to them for their own personal benefit.

    h/t – Doug Ross – Top 20 Tweets – http://directorblue.blogspot.com

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      1. Howdy, Miss Pat – Heading back to the Village as soon as I can load up. Feel like Daniel in the lions’ den or the fiery furnace. I guess I need the refining fire. It is helping me to learn patience, seeing how much I needed to grow and learn, etc.

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  26. Remains of Beryl headed across the Great Lakes into the NE today, which will cool things down a bit but after that, there is a heat advisory in the entire NE.

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  28. and what languages are traffic signs IN??? MORONS!

    sync

    July 10, 2024 10:31 am

    More than 128,000 newly licensed drivers were on Massachusetts roads in the past year, and officials linked the surge to the one-year anniversary of a law allowing illegal immigrants to apply for licenses.

    The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles said Monday, July 8 it has issued 183,825 new learner’s permits and 128,079 new driver’s licenses since the so-called Work and Family Mobility Act took effect July 1, 2023.

    Permit tests are now offered in 35 languages, and the Registry of Motor Vehicles said telephone and in-person help is available in more than 100 languages. To keep up with demand spurred by the driver’s-licenses law, the Registry said it hired 250 new employees, extended weekday service hours and offered appointments on Saturdays, and opened additional road test locations in Holyoke, Revere, Cambridge, Franklin, Worcester, and Brockton.

    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/07/10/july-10th-2024-presidential-politics-resistance-day-1269/

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  29. This time I did my walkabout BEFORE it got hot! Pulled the grass out of the CA Poppies, re-routed some vines on the trellis, refilled the WP block and seed feeder…..again….I only had to add a little bit of jelly. Still no word from Jason….I hope they’re ok….

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  30. Well, that feels good! I was able to get the west lily bed weeded as well as the Tiger lilies before the sun came around to that side of the house. That will be one less thing hanging around in the back of my mind and no more guilt for letting it go.

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    1. i was out at the garden myself. last year, we had a bad storm that knocked a bunch of the last tomatoes off the plants and we just let them deteriorate into the soil. this year a tomato plant came up on its own! I know this because it’s in the cinder block where i planted the marigolds. lol
      when i was weeding i thought the leaves looked like tomato leaves so i left it alone. there a yellow flower on it and it smells like a tomato plant!
      nature finds a way!

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      1. Plants are amazingly hardy! That happened to me one year – I neglected to pull a ripe tomato and the seeds fell outside the bin onto the ground – the next year, I had a volunteer tomato plant! LOL

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  37. Just The News: “Missouri GOP Attorney General Andrew Bailey said Wednesday he’s filing a lawsuit again President Biden’s executive order last month requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to ban conversion therapy and expand access to gender-affirming treatment.

    Bailey argues the order illegally forces healthcare providers to perform harmful gender “transitions.”

    “The federal government cannot force doctors to mutilate children. And the American people should not have to foot the bill,” Bailey posted on X.

    Missouri is joined in the suit with Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and the American College of Pediatricians. 

    The president’s executive order, more specifically, calls on DHHS to clarify that federally funded programs cannot offer conversion therapy, the practice that attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, and work on a public information campaign about the practice, according to Politico.” 

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  40. lost internet for a bit. poured like crazy–but the sun was still out. couldn’t find a rainbow though!

    the 3 deer that hang around together–the dog, a smaller buck and a female are taking turns in the woodshed…LOL

    the birds are loving it–they can swoop down and take the flies right off the deer

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  41. i just looked up and saw this little gray/white bird sitting on the railing next to the jelly. he looked dazed. he started cheeping and cheeping, looking all around. then he hopped INTO the jelly feeder and nibbled a bit then flew into the tree off the deck.

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  43. The Akh

    July 10, 2024 4:28 pm

    BREAKING: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has officially signed the WORST election overhaul bill into law. This law will stop local officials from conducting recounts to investigate fraud and when fraud occurs, they have to call on the George Soros DAs & Attorney General… pic.twitter.com/TPkTMcfgkm

    — George (@BehizyTweets) July 10, 2024

    Totally against the MI constitution, but that never stops them. Doubtful any republicans have the spine to challenge this before the election. After the election, it will be too late and everybody knows it. WI and MI are done.

    To those in WI and MI, vote your asses off, but just damn you are so behind the 8 ball.

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  45. I don’t expect them to be honored, just like they ignore other subpoenas!!!

    Just The News: “The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed three White House staffers on Wednesday alleging they are “running interference” for President Joe Biden over his perceived mental decline.

    House Oversight Chairman James Comer issued the subpoenas for Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Oval Office Operations Ashley Williams, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the First Lady Anthony Bernal, and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Annie Tomasini.

    “The White House has shielded three key aides from testifying about President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents and now we’ve learned through reporting these same aides are also seeking to cover up President Biden’s declining cognitive state inside the White House,” Comer said in a statement.

    “President Biden is clearly unfit for office, yet his staff are trying to hide the truth from the American people. Key White House staff must come before our committee so we can provide the transparency and accountability that Americans deserve,” he added. The three aides will be required to testify in front of the committee.”

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  46. Made it safe to the Village. Tomorrow, I drive Sally and her Dad to medical appointments.

    Love the mosaic wall – especially that they used sea shells. Makes me want to try it – I’ve never made a mosaic, even a paper one. I’ve seen pretty table top mosaics made of broken china and small tiles and other items. Also love pebble mosaics.

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  48. “Thirty candidates are chosen for interviews at Oscar Mayer headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin every year, and twelve people are chosen. Over 300 people have been Oscar Mayer Hotdoggers. According to “Saucy Spence” (a company spokesweiner), the lucky chosen Hotdoggers “attend a two-week “Hot Dog High” where they receive a gigantic binder with a ton of information.” They learn how to deal with the public, the media, any protests they might encounter (I know, hard to believe, but not everyone loves hot dogs), what kind of behavior they’re expected to exhibit when not on the job and so much more!” 

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  50. Mark Paoletta
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    This is Democrat lawfare against their adversaries, like they’re doing to @realDonaldTrump
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    sends letter asking AG to prosecute Thomas & @AOC
    seeks to impeach Thomas & Alito. Left wants to destroy Court. Nov 5th can’t come soon enough w/ reelected Pres. Trump.
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