SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT:

DO BLACK LIVES ACTUALLY MATTER? – FROM FOX:   At least eight people have been killed and 34 were injured in shootings across Chicago this weekend, reports said.  The youngest victim, Dajon Gater, 15, was killed on the city's West Side Friday night. Gater was standing on a front porch when two males approached him and fired, striking him in the head, FOX 32 Chicago reported. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital, police said.  At least two other people were fatally shot Friday, following an incident at an East Garfield Park convenience store.  Police said a male was in an argument with a woman, 23, when he started shooting at her and an 18-year-old male who was with her. The woman, identified as Destiny Nunez, suffered a gunshot wound to the torso and was pronounced dead at a local hospital, officials said. The other victim, Adrian Navarro, was struck multiple times in the torso and leg. Navarro was transported to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.  Another normal weekend in Chicago, with many black lives taken or ruined.  Notice the interest of the political left.  Notice the tough questions being asked of the black leadership.  The mayor is a woke fool who won't take questions from white reporters, and who responded to a "no confidence in her" declaration from a Chicago police organization by calling it a badge of honor.  There is no movement to throw her out. 

A BIT OF BOTHER – FROM EPOCH TIMES:   Auditors who are examining votes in Windham, New Hampshire, may have discovered why initial results showed a discrepancy in the vote count for a Democrat candidate.  Republicans in Windham, New Hampshire won all four seats in the legislative election on Nov. 3, but a Democrat candidate, Kristi St. Lauren, requested a recount, which was granted because she lost by just 24 votes.  However, during a hand recount, it was revealed that she didn’t lose by 24 votes. Instead, the effort revealed that the GOP candidates had actually received 300 additional votes, while St. Laurent lost 99 votes.  An audit was carried out to determine why there was a discrepancy in the initial results and the recount tally. Now, the auditors involved in the process have said that they may have discovered the reason why.  “We now have experimental confirmation that if the contest is undervoted, a fold through a vote target can create a vote. None of the 65 ballots [were] marked for St. Laurent, but the machines interpreted 25 of the folds as votes for her,” wrote the Twitter account, WindhamNHAuditors, which is operated by auditors Harri Hursti, Mark Lindeman, and Phillip Stark. It later clarified that it was 75 votes, not 65 votes.   What a great way to conduct a modern election.  How inspiring!  With developments like these, a good argument can be made to audit the entire 2020 election result nationally.  But it won't happen. 

May 24, 2021