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<\/p>\nThis is the 71st week that the Metropilitan has been streaming full operas free of charge nightly, and it is the last week of this program. I am sad to see it go, but hopeful that they will be able to hold the complete season they are planning startin gin September. What with the Delta and Lambda variants, that appears to me to be far from certain. In any event, I watched “Tales of Hoffmann” last noght, and plan to watch “A Masked Bsll” Sunday night, which will be the very last one to appear.<\/p>\n
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\nQuote – \u201cNancy Pelosi\u2019s handpicked Democratic panel members all have one thing in common: none of them took part in the riot,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cWithout an equal number of rioters on the panel, we\u2019ll never get to hear both sides of this thing.\u201d
\nClick through for the rest.<\/a> Sure, that’s why we included Al Qaeda members on the 9\/11 commission – oh, wait.
\nRelated story – Kevin McCarthy Proposes Removing January 6th from Month of January<\/a><\/p>\n
\nQuote – Despite the box\u2019s markings labeling the contents a \u201cprop,\u201d the FBI said that the components could have formed a deadly weapon. \u201cThe resulting explosion from an IED of this type could cause property damage, personal injury and\/or death,\u201d Christopher Rigopoulos, of Quantico\u2019s explosives unit, wrote. Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Aloi called that conclusion \u201chighly relevant\u201d to the judge\u2019s pending ruling on whether to revoke Robertson\u2019s conditions of release.
\nClick through for story.<\/a> This dude had better get sentenced to longer than months.<\/p>\n
\nQuote – Whitehouse said they asked \u201cwhy the FBI failed to contact witnesses whose names were provided to the FBI as possessing \u2018highly relevant\u2019 information; how involved the Trump White House was in narrowing the scope of the investigation; whether the FBI had used a tip line in previous background investigations to manage incoming allegations and information regarding a nominee; and more.\u201d
\nClick through for details.<\/a> This is s “No s**t, Sherlock” story … but Senator Whitehouse does have a way with facts.<\/p>\n
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