Why do I feel compelled to start every Morning Sixpack with "Oh boy!"?

Because the world is whacky, that's why.

Let's see: Israel is always fighting Hamas. I always think this is the new beginning of WWIII.

A gas pipeline was hacked (by Russians) and has caused the shutdown of dozens of gas stations.

And a man and tiger evaded police over the weekend.

Make sure you read the PS this morning. It's worth it. It's a link to a fascinating story about how Trump and company made the "Big Lie" believable to a bunch of dummies.

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Man with Tiger Evade Police (Texas, of course)

Victor Hugo Cuevas, 26, was taken into custody Monday night and charged with evading arrest, but the whereabouts of the tiger were still unknown, the Houston Police Department said on Twitter.

“Anyone with information on the tiger is urged to contact HPD Major Offenders,” the police said in a tweet.

Eyewitness videos taken Sunday show the tiger sprawled on the lawn of a home on Ivy Wall Drive in West Houston.

The tiger, which is classified as an endangered species, then got up and roamed into the street as onlookers took videos of it from a distance, and one off-duty sheriff’s deputy who lives in the neighbourhood drew a handgun.

Cuevas, who officials said was the tiger’s owner and who had been leasing the home, emerged from the residence to corral the tiger. He kissed it as he led it away, a video shows. A lawyer for Cuevas said Monday that he was not the tiger’s owner.

When the police arrived, Cuevas was in a Jeep Cherokee with the tiger, according to the authorities, who said the driver got away after a brief pursuit.

Obviously, if you see a Cherokee with a big tiger in it, it would be good to call us,” Ronald Borza, a commander with the Houston Police Department, said at a news conference Monday afternoon before Cuevas was taken into custody.

Oh, and the man, Cuevas, was wanted for murder. I know, minor detail.

An arrest warrant shows that Cuevas is charged with murder in a July 2017 fatal shooting of a man in the parking lot of a sushi restaurant in Richmond, Texas.

Cuevas, of Richmond, was released on $125,000 bond last December pending trial, according to court records.

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See? It's a whacky whacky world. OH BOY!

Get the rest of the Morning Sixpack here.

Make it a great day!

Bill

🍺 PS - Buy me a beer to keep the Daily Grind News open for business (unlike all those East Coast gas stations suffering from a fuel shortage)

🧨 PPS - READ THIS. It's a long read, but worth your time. It tells how an obscure little company made up a lot of bullshit that spread like wildfire among the QAnon crowd that eventually bubbled up right to the tippy top of the US government.