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Argus Hamilton's Rogue Report

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By Argus Hamilton

Published Jan. 30, 2024

Argus Hamilton's Rogue Report

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The White House is set to square off with Texas over Texas' refusal to take down barbed wire barriers blocking migrants from entry. Critics claim barbed wire is inhumane, but I think they're missing the point Texas is trying to make. Barbed wire is not inhumane if you don't try to climb over it.

Ohio passed a law banning trans-gender women from participating in women's sports in Ohio schools and colleges. The next day, trans-gender swimmer Lia Thomas filed a suit against the U.S. Olympic Committee to be allowed to swim on the U.S. Women's Olympic swimming team. That took balls.

John Kerry blamed the widespread resistance to climate change measures on disinformation last week. Climate change activists don't gain support by vandalizing museums. After a paint attack by climate protestors on the Mona Lisa Sunday, the masterpiece is being re-classified as a Jackson Pollock.

USA Today reports a developer is planning to build the nation's tallest skyscraper in Oklahoma City. It would be 1750 foot-tall office building. Oklahoma is not content joining the Southeastern Conference and playing Alabama, Texas and LSU every year, they want to add Al Qaeda to the schedule.

President Biden spoke in South Carolina Saturday to celebrate elevating the state to first place in the Democratic Party's 2024 calendar of events. Joe looked the audience in the eye and declared that goats are like mushrooms, because if you shoot a duck, I hate toasters. And that's his stump speech.

Senator Joe Manchin is on a listening tour of South Carolina to weigh third-party chances while Gavin Newsom is also there, campaigning as if he were the nominee. I see why. The current choices are a former president who could face several sentences and the current president who can't speak one.

The White House is set to square off with Texas over Texas' refusal to take down barbed wire barriers blocking migrants from entry. Critics claim barbed wire is inhumane, but I think they're missing the point Texas is trying to make. Barbed wire is not inhumane if you don't try to climb over it.

The White House is set to square off with Texas over Texas' refusal to take down barbed wire barriers blocking migrants from entry. Critics claim barbed wire is inhumane, but I think they're missing the point Texas is trying to make. Barbed wire is not inhumane if you don't try to climb over it.

The New York Times questioned the necessity of providing expensive medical care to preserve the lives of aging gorillas in zoos around the world on Saturday. Coincidentally the same day, Belfast Zoo's beloved gorilla Delilah died at the age of sixty. In lieu of flowers, her family asks that you send bananas.

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