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Anewly released database of gender transition procedures on children reveals at least 418 patients in Illinois received such treatment since 2019. Billing to insurance companies totaled at least $644,000. The Stop The Harm Database from the national group Do No Harm analyzed billing codes from insurance companies in regards to gender transition and youth.

13 October 2024 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time St Edward The Confessor Catholic Church, Syosset, NY Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingWisdom 7:7-11I esteemed Wisdom more than sceptres or thronesI prayed, and understanding was given me;I entreated, and the spirit of Wisdom came to me.I esteemed her more than sceptres and thrones;compared with her, I held riches as nothing.I reckoned no priceless stone to be her peer,for compared with her, all gold is a pinch of sand,and beside her silver ranks as mud.I loved her more than health or beauty,preferred her to the light,since her radiance never...

U.S. — Doug Emhoff boasted today that he could literally slap a woman in the middle of 5th Avenue and he wouldn't lose any votes for his wife, Kamala. "I can just slap a woman in the face, right in public, and they'll still love me," said Emhoff. "I'm the icon of masculinity, haven't you heard?" Emhoff went further, bragging he could have an affair, impregnate a nanny, force her to have an abortion, and the media would still praise him as a paragon of virtue. "Women, you can slap them, knock them up, they just let you do it,"...

... Although states are taking strides to increase base pay for workers, it is still not enough. In California, the living wage for an adult with no children is $27.32 and is $61.58 for an adult with two children. Further, the value of the federal wage is at its lowest point since 1956, although businesses are within the financial means to pay significantly more. These drastically low wages have critical effects on equality in the U.S., with women being considerably overrepresented in low-wage jobs. Not only will increasing the minimum wage help ensure all workers earn a living wage, but...

Saudi Arabia condemns “in the strongest terms” Israel’s decision to turn the Jerusalem headquarters of the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency into apartments. Last week, the Israel Land Authority said it was preparing plans to turn the Ma’alot Dafna complex into 1,440 housing units, after telling UNRWA it must evacuate the premises. The Saudi Foreign Ministry notes in an English-language statement “the Kingdom’s rejection of the continued blatant Israeli violations of international laws and resolutions…and its systematic political and military targeting of the United Nations agencies and its relief organizations. “The Kingdom also rejects the continued endangerment of the lives of...

Americans have always been able to make their own guns, even without serial numbers, but various anti-liberty/gun jurisdictions are considering changing that. “Ghost guns” are very much like “assault weapons” in several significant ways. They don’t exist in firearm nomenclature. They’re the invention of anti-liberty/gun Democrats/socialists/communists (D/s/cs), and they describe any gun, or in the case of “ghost guns” any gun part or group of parts, D/s/cs want to ban. Both are used in an insignificant number of crimes. The most common application of the term describes homemade guns without serial numbers. Americans have always been able to make their...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed Sunday that it had discovered a Hezbollah terrorist hiding in a tunnel amid stockpiles of weapons, as fellow terrorists retreated north rather than face advancing Israeli forces in direct combat. The IDF has encountered remarkably little resistance as its ground troops press forward across the border, after targeting Hezbollah outposts and weapons caches with artillery and airstrikes. However, the Hezbollah tunnel infrastructure is significant enough to present the threat of terrorists lying in wait and striking from the rear.

President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will deliver remarks at a rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona on Sunday, October 13, 2024, at 2:00PM MDT. President Trump will highlight Kamala Harris' devastating policies that have wreaked havoc on Arizonans from the border to their wallets. For nearly four years, Kamla Harris' economic policies have put unnecessary stress and pressure on Arizona families. Arizona's inflation is at 22.1% — forcing families to pay an additional $1,199 a month. Since Kamala Harris took office, Arizonans have spent $11,254 more on transportation, $5,742 more on energy, $4,131 more...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman urged international organizations Sunday to respond to a claim that several Ukrainian prisoners of war were executed in Russia’s Kursk region, where Kyiv had launched an incursion in August. DeepState, a Ukrainian battlefield analysis site close to Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, said Russian troops shot and killed nine Ukrainian “drone operators and contractors” on Oct. 10 after they had surrendered. Dmytro Lubinets said on Telegram that he sent letters to the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding the claim, calling it “another crime committed by the Russians.”

Donald Trump's teenage granddaughter Kai is set to showcase her skills on popular YouTube channel Good Good Golf. The 17-year-old, who has a handicap of 0.2 and is the daughter of Donald Trump Jr and his wife Vanessa, posted a selection of images and clips alongside Good Good star Garrett Clark. 'Just having fun,' Trump captioned the post on Instagram, which showed her enjoying a round with Clark.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told his Israeli counterpart, Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, that Israel needed to “pivot” to a “diplomatic pathway” in Lebanon, despite stunning Israeli advances against Hezbollah. The statement came after Israel acknowledged that two United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) “peacekeeping” soldiers had been injured by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fire in southern Lebanon. The IDF said it had been firing on Hezbollah terrorists near a UNIFIL position. Later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the United Nations to withdraw UNIFIL troops from Lebanon, as Hezbollah was using them as “human shields.”

Catching up after the power and internet outage due to Hurricane Milton Explanation: Five bright comets are compared in these panels, recorded by a coronograph on board the long-lived, sun-staring SOHO spacecraft. Arranged chronologically all are recognizable by their tails streaming away from the Sun at the center of each field of view, where a direct view of the overwhelmingly bright Sun is blocked by the coronagraph's occulting disk. Each comet was memorable for earthbound skygazers, starting at top left with Comet McNaught, the 21st century's brightest comet (so far). C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, approaching its perihelion with the active Sun...

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (10/13/24)[Prayer]Names and Titles of God the Holy Spirit (Witness) John 1: 32-3332 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. 33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.King James Version________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS

Iran, Hamas, and other Iran-sponsored terrorist groups have targeted Israel and the U.S. for destruction for years. But somehow, our intelligence experts never caught wind of all these meetings by Hamas for years where they planned the attack on Israel. Secret Documents Show Hamas Planned Oct. 7 for Years, Delayed Massacre As They Begged for AlliesThe New York Times reported Saturday that they had obtained minutes from secret Hamas meetings that were seized by the Israeli military, and they provide some stunning — and concerning — revelations. The intel comes from the minutes of 10 planning meetings by Hamas leaders...

Progressive filmmaker Michael Moore called on President Biden to use his remaining time in office to enact a host of liberal policies “with a simple stroke or two of your presidential pen.” “Some people are now calling you a ‘lame duck’ president — but then it occurred to me today: You’re not done,” Moore wrote. “You’ve still got 100 days left in office!” “You don’t answer to anyone,” he added. “For the first time in over 50 years, you don’t have to campaign for anything. You are the opposite of lame, Joe. And you are not a duck.” “The Supreme...

Assessment based on activism, prescriptions for puberty blockers and 'procedures' on kids.. A new database has revealed the "Dirty Dozen," the 12 "worst-offending" hospitals in America for inflicting transgender agenda injuries on children. And Mat Staver, the chief of Liberty Counsel, which has battled the leftist, and unscientific, ideology that males can be turned into females and vice versa, said, "Mutilating children for profit is criminal. It is biologically impossible to change one's gender. "The insanity of gender ideology and greed has made a mockery of the medical profession's duty to 'do no harm.' There are only two genders, and...

Incorrect arm positioning during BP measurements can overestimate readings by up to 6.5 mmHg, according to a Johns Hopkins study. The findings emphasize the need for proper arm support to ensure accurate hypertension diagnosis. Investigators suggest that not following arm support guidelines during blood pressure screening could have a substantial clinical impact. A study conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine found that common methods of positioning a patient’s arm during blood pressure (BP) screenings can significantly overestimate the readings, potentially leading to misdiagnosis of hypertension. In a report on the study, which was recently published in JAMA Internal Medicine,...

Can't believe no one has a thread going on the Starship launch. They just caught the booster in the chopsticks! Awesome! Starship is in orbit and will be doing a soft landing in the Indian Ocean in about 15 minutes.

Spacex Successfully launched and returned the booster!

Prices for generators, transformers, and other utility components are soaring. Hurricane Helene (and now Milton) will make the problem worse.. The reports about the damage caused by Hurricane Helene and the amount of water dumped on the region by the storm are gobsmacking. Last week, my friend, Jimmy Fortuna, an energy industry executive who lives in Asheville, sent me a text. He said, “Brother, I’m telling you, it’s like God’s own bulldozer went down these mountains and valleys. Maybe it did. Whole sections of town in Asheville and some whole towns in the mountains around us turned into mud flats.”...