Bits & Bytes

NIH: On Thursday, National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Lawrence Tabak finally admitted to Congress that U.S. taxpayers did, in fact, fund gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China in the months and years before the COVID-19 pandemic.

He and Fauci have both been saying for years that this never happened. And it certainly should not have happened, particularly during the years when it was specifically banned by federal law. BUT, says Tabak, the gain-of-function research the NIH approved and used our money to helped fund wasn’t the BAD kind. Really!

And I suppose we can all take your word on that, right? ::eyeroll:: CLICK https://rumble.com/v4vnqg3-nih-official-admits-taxpayers-funded-gain-of-function-research-in-wuhan-aft.html to hear then and now.

• https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/nih-director-admits-taxpayers-funded-gain-of-function-research-in-wuhan-four-years-after-covid-pandemic-began/

POLITICAL DIVIDE: A Maryland court just ruled that parents do not have the right to opt their K-5 kids out of LGBTQ indoctrination in public schools.

The Louisiana state legislature just approved a bill requiring the Ten Commandments be posted in every single classroom.

• https://notthebee.com/article/appeals-court-maryland-parents-cannot-opt-k-5-kids-out-of-lgbtq-education-classes
• https://notthebee.com/article/louisiana-passes-law-requiring-the-ten-commandments-be-displayed-in-every-classroom

SENTENCED: David DePape (44) has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for his assault on Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/man-who-attacked-nancy-pelosis-husband-receives-prison-sentence-5652169

TRANS: A study entitled “Risk of Suicide and Self-Harm Following Gender-Affirmation Surgery” was published in Cureus on April 2, 2024. It reported on the results of research, funded in part by the NIH, that examined health care data from more than 90 million patients across the U.S.

From this data, they isolated adults aged 18-60 who had attempted or committed suicide and divided them up by (a) those who had had so-called “gender affirmation” surgery, (b) those who had had a tubal ligation or vasectomy, and (c) those who had had neither.

They found that those who had had so-called “gender affirmation” surgery were five times more likely to self-harm than those who had had tubal ligation or vasectomy and twelve times more likely than those who had had neither.

• https://notthebee.com/article/new-study-risk-of-suicide-increases-12x-after-gender-affirming-surgery-and-is-anyone-surprised
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38699117/

TRUMP: Michael Cohen, who has done prison time for lying under oath, has been exposed as a man who is willing to ::gasp:: lie under oath. Cohen was the only real witness the prosecution had. After Trump’s lawyer trashed him on Thursday, the prosecution rested. On Friday, the Trumps were allowed to attend Barron’s high school graduation ceremony in Florida. The trial is expected to last a couple more weeks as the defense does their thing.

George Washington law professor, Jonathan Turley, wrote, “Even hosts and commentators on CNN are now criticizing the prosecution and doubting the basis for any conviction. The question is whether the jury itself is realizing that they are being played by the prosecution.”

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-lawyers-scored-win-against-witness-in-new-york-trial-legal-analysts-say-5652148

GRAMMY NOTES: I’m with him. I’m not longing for the days when a woman couldn’t show an ankle or leave the house with a baby bump. But Cheese Louise … could we PLEASE go back to NOT appearing in public with our various intimate cracks and bulges on display?! Especially at Mass. Catholic priests are celibate, for crying out loud.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://x.com/tim_brannigan/status/1791036919477891191 cuz LOL ::snort:: too funny!

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