Don't know if I'll get anything written tonight, I am quite unhappy with Microsoft.

Available on Amazon print and kindle, this is what's been taking up my attention for quite a while now.  Current events, WWIII, Civil War 2.0, all of it.  The B-side is an analysis of comic-book history, centered around the "multiverse" as a way for corporations to define their Intellectual Property and a very in-depth analysis of Steve Ditko's long-range plans for Spider-Man.  With great power, there must come even greater memes.
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□ [“Rand Paul Announces Vote to Hold Dr. Fauci in Contempt of Congress"]

Well this was the big news today.  Fauci refused to say anything, he just plead the Fifth.  The autopen pardon means he can't be punished for any crime he committed the years covered.  He could molest children, shoot down aircraft, use the "N" word, Congress can't do anything about it.  But that means he's required to answer their questions.  It also means he has to tell the truth and he knows that'll make him look bad.  Or it would if the left paid any attention to it.  I haven't even checked leftist websites and I know they see nothing wrong with this.

His lawyer tried to cause problems and take over his testimony but that's really not a good idea when the client is taking the 5th.  So he was removed.  I doubt it made a difference, he was just putting on a show.  Looking at some comments by the Senators, I have to wonder if some of them were doing that too, trying to sound tough even though nothing's going to happen.

They do point out a number of Fauci's lies, RFK Jr. brings up his abuse of animals for "testing."  The point out 7000 people a year are dying from the covid vaccine and how Fauci ignored all the warnings.  Trump was asked about this because of course he was.  He can't say much, he has to make himself look good which isn't easy on this topic.  He does make it clear that he's not going to do anything about the autopen that signed a pardon for Fauci.  *Maybe* you can make a case but he makes it clear that a pardon is a very very big deal and it doesn't sound like anything worth fighting about.

But this might just be an initial step.  The message was put out for state AGs to investigate Fauci.  That pardon doesn't do anything about the states, it's just for the federal government.  So this will be a reminder that there are different levels of government, each with their own interests.  Florida has already announced it will start an investigation.  They'll have evidence too.  A lot of people will defend Fauci but we'll see how effective they can really be.

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