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history, royals, the economy and threatens to continue all the way through Christmas

and beyond, it is just now being reported that transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg

has been on paternity leave for the past two months and has no plans of coming back to

work anytime soon. Everything. And I really mean everything about this story is wrong,

sad and ridiculous. Broadcasting live from clown world, I'm Michael Knowles. This is the

Michael Knowles show.

Welcome back to the show. My favorite comment Friday is from Open Eye, who says,

let's not forget, magic Johnson literally got to play basketball while HIV positive.

Yes, that's true, but basketball players who have already had the woofloo, who have

already recovered from the Wuhan cough, they're not allowed to play if they don't get the

vaccine. Kyrie Irving, for instance, he doesn't get to play unless he gets the vaccine,

but if you have one of the worst diseases in modern history, that's totally fine. That's

no big deal because at least you don't have the symptoms of a mild cold in most cases.

This crazy techno tyranny is enough to make you want to lock down all your information,

which is why I would strongly recommend you check out ExpressVPN. Big tech is more powerful

than most countries are and they profit by exploiting your personal data. It is time to

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