{"id":54056,"date":"2022-12-07T13:54:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T18:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=54056"},"modified":"2022-12-09T18:44:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T23:44:45","slug":"the-libertarian-penchant-for-bs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2022\/12\/the-libertarian-penchant-for-bs.html","title":{"rendered":"A Libertarian Penchant for BS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>This video sounds sane, but &#8216;tiz not my cuppa. <br>As one of S\/U&#8217;s indefatigable staff of thousands says, <br>&#8220;Slickish until it\u2019s obvious what the agenda is.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fauci Forced To Answer COVID Questions By Judge\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/36Aft4wxfac?start=38&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The staffer, himself a physician, adds: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>There is no mention of the dissolution of the <a href=\"https:\/\/oig.justice.gov\/coronavirus\">Office for Pandemic Response Oversight <\/a>that Obama created and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-ap-top-news-virus-outbreak-barack-obama-public-health-ce014d94b64e98b7203b873e56f80e9a\">Trump dismantled<\/a>. 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