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Virginia Senate Democrats voted to kill Republican governor Glenn Youngkin's proposed gas tax holiday even as the state's average gas price inches back up to four dollars. All 11 Democrats on the Finance and Appropriations Committee voted Wednesday against Youngkin's proposal, which would have waived the Old Dominion's gas tax for 90 days. One Republican, state senator Emmett Hanger, joined the Democrats to block the tax holiday, 7News DC's Nick Minock reported. Virginians last week showed up at the state Capitol to express their support for the proposal. "This is something that is common sense," one person told the House...

More than two months after a video of a woman confronting employees at Wi Spa for allowing the naked man to walk into the women's only section went viral, The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Darren Merager of Riverside County was “charged Monday with five counts of indecent exposure” and an arrest warrant has been issued in his name. The publication noted that “Merager has been a registered sex offender since 2006, as a result of convictions for indecent exposure in 2002 and 2003, according to the LAPD.”

"NPR refers to polarizing media as if they’re making an anthropological discovery of a new and alien phenomenon"

‘I think if I had it to do again, I would have brought in the military immediately,’ he said.

GRM Daily Search for NEWS Athletes are arriving at the Olympic Village in Japan ahead of the Tokyo Olympics to find “anti-sex” beds. According to Spanish news outlets, athletes are starting to arrive at the accommodations ahead of the 23rd of July start of the Olympics and due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, athletes will be discouraged from engaging in any unnecessary social mixing or close interaction, including sexual intercourse. The “anti-sex” beds are reportedly made from cardboard and they are designed to only be able to withstand the weight of one person. The beds are expected to break with...

If this is inappropriate for this Blog I am sorry...let me know. But, I just had to share it for a start to the weekend. A little relevant levity at the end of a brutal week.