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White House sez wear a mask, I wear a mask. But I don’t expect to get hired as a mask consultant.<\/p>\n

For the record: I’ve been wearing masks for several weeks.\u00a0 In my March 24 Daily Caller oped on Pandemic Security Theater<\/strong><\/a>, I wrote: “Before granting politicians any more powers, we should recognize how the pandemic became a fiasco in part due to federal follies and falsehoods. The feds urged people not to bother wearing facemasks<\/a> but widespread use of surgical masks could have \u201cflattened the curve.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

White House sez wear a mask, I wear a mask. But I don’t expect to get hired as a mask consultant. For the record: I’ve been wearing masks for several weeks.\u00a0 In my March 24 Daily Caller oped on Pandemic Security Theater, I wrote: “Before granting politicians any more powers, we should recognize how the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1288,2284,509,2318,2313],"class_list":["post-14491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cigar","tag-coronavirus","tag-humor","tag-mask","tag-pandemic"],"yoast_head":"\nComplying with White House Orders for a Pandemic Mask - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"White House sez wear a mask, I wear a mask. 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