While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” the district court of Shawnee County, kansas hands down Department for Children and Families v. Marotta, requiring William Marotta to pay child support to a lesbian couple because the artificial insemination they conducted, using Marotta’s sperm, was not performed by a physician.

       [added 8/15/2022]

       Fifty-eight-year-old Brenda Sewell dies in the Sherman County, kansas Jail.  Sewell was arrested for possession of marijuana that she obtained in colorado, in an effort to see if it would help with her several physical maladies.  Sewell suffered from fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren’s syndrome, thyroid disease, high blood pressure and Hepatitis C.  She was denied access to her prescription medications during the period of her three days of incarceration.

       [added 8/15/2022] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.