{"id":100215,"date":"2022-02-22T19:48:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T00:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=100215"},"modified":"2022-02-22T19:48:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T00:48:41","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-february-21st-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=100215","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, February 21st, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Monday, February 21st, 2022…and can anyone tell us why these imbeciles are all wearing<\/em><\/span> masks outside<\/em><\/span>…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…when they were undoubtedly just maskless<\/em><\/span> when they dined together inside<\/em><\/span>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday past, we had to file an application for a grading permit at the county office complex, and despite the County Executive recently lifting his second<\/em><\/span>\u00a0unnecessary mask mandate, everyone entering the building was required to be masked.\u00a0 Worse still, the young lady who met with me declined to shake hands despite having a bottle of hand sanitizer on her desk, blaming it on “this COVID thing”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This meme from Balls says it all:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This insanity has to stop<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

P.S. To enter the county offices, rather than showing your driver’s license as previously required, you now must sign in on a touch screen and provide not only your name but your email and cell number<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Seriously<\/em><\/span>…for what purpose<\/em><\/span>?!?\u00a0 Guess presenting a photo ID was determined to be racist.<\/strong><\/p>\n

P.S.S. A valid driver’s license<\/em><\/span> showing proper residency is required to access\u00a0the county dump<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, here’s The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

First up, courtesy of\u00a0The Corner<\/em>, Nate Hochman reports the…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trudeau Government Moves to Make Expanded Surveillance Powers over Financial Transactions \u2018Permanent<\/span><\/a>\u2019<\/span><\/h1>\n

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“As all eyes were trained on the aggressive police sweep of the Ottawa trucker convoy this week, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s administration was quietly<\/em><\/span> moving to implement a sweeping expansion of surveillance power<\/em><\/span> at the federal level.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Trudeau government\u2019s financial war against the truckers has been<\/span>\u00a0covered<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0at<\/span>\u00a0length<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/span> But one underreported<\/em><\/span> aspect of this broader assault on Canadian civil liberties is the effort to bring crowdfunding and payment service providers \u2014 two of the most prominent routes for financial transactions on the Internet \u2014 under the\u00a0permanent<\/i><\/span>\u00a0control of a centralized government authority.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

…All this, of course, flies in the face of Trudeau\u2019s promise<\/em><\/span> that the Emergencies Act powers would be temporary<\/em><\/span>. When he announced his invocation of the order, he promised<\/em><\/span> the Canadian people that his expanded authorities would \u201cbe time-limited, geographically targeted, as well as reasonable and proportionate to the threats they are meant to address.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0Not a single part of that sentence has proved to be true<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>“<\/p>\n

If anyone’s wondering why we’re focused on developments in the Great White North, it’s because we guarantee<\/em><\/span> Progressives here at home are watching as well…and carefully calculating just how much of Trudeau’s lawlessness America will tolerate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next, in a absolutely mustn’t miss<\/em><\/span>\u00a0commentary you have to read to believe, Andy McCarthy details the incestuous nature of what’s awaiting the Special Counsel, as he says…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Welcome to the Swamp, Mr. Durham<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

For the special counsel, the prosecution of Democratic lawyer Michael Sussmann in a Washington, D.C., courtroom will not be a home game<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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Now you understand why this…<\/strong><\/p>\n