{"id":101335,"date":"2022-04-19T18:54:30","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T22:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=101335"},"modified":"2022-04-19T18:54:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T22:54:36","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-april-18th-tax-day-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=101335","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, April 18th, Tax Day 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, April 18, Tax Day 2022&#8230;and yes, we&#8217;re&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QOkSvLqkafU?start=10\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>But before we begin, one brief thought on the passing Conservative scene.\u00a0 Though we generally enjoy most everything <em>The Washington Free Beacon<\/em>&#8216;s Matt Continetti offers up, we&#8217;re always dismayed by him consistently conflating (including, but by no means limited to,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/12ft.io\/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.commentary.org%2Farticles%2Fmatthew-continetti%2Fconservative-factionalism%2F&amp;mkt_tok=NDc1LVBCUS05NzEAAAGDxnzpcdNQXzAv3uTlECgTs5E3yxCEs0IKEWD0PNUe67wiaJsXiSYidiZ63z--UPJujKqxJ1n5-Z3zfm7GsQr8aqFPFG1N7j5nRuS-8iSx3CM\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-return-of-the-old-american-right-11649430434?st=dgbppteoot6ktyv&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink&amp;mkt_tok=NDc1LVBCUS05NzEAAAGDtwpICR-INl03Hvf1c738yZ2k7XFD48uNO41hr0MTfwy6F_EvfQIWtg6fRDNfmE78gwqLvBAMtHqUSm3NVZQQCRHxD6bA0DuMfVmoxA5COdI\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>legitimate opposition<\/em><\/span> to ILLEGAL immigration and open borders with hostility towards LAWFUL immigration across closely-controlled national boundaries.\u00a0 No one we know, The Donald and Ron DeSantis included, opposes <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">measured amounts<\/span><\/em> of LEGAL immigration, and we&#8217;re frankly at a loss to explain the continued confusion of Continetti and a number of other Conservative scribes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, since we mentioned\u00a0<em>The Washington Free Beacon<\/em>, in its pages one Charles Lehman reaches an unequivocal conclusion we came to years ago:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"mb-3 text-red font-serif text-xl md:text-4xl\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/yes-the-media-bury-the-race-of-murderers-if-theyre-not-white\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Yes, the Media Bury the Race of Murderers\u2014If They\u2019re Not White<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-excerpt\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/yes-the-media-bury-the-race-of-murderers-if-theyre-not-white\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Free Beacon analysis shows how homicide coverage downplays the race of minority offenders<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/mc-suspect-web20220415114200.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101355\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/mc-suspect-web20220415114200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/mc-suspect-web20220415114200.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/mc-suspect-web20220415114200-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Yes<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">A\u00a0<em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>\u00a0review of hundreds of articles published by major papers over a span of two years finds that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">papers downplay the race of non-white offenders<\/span><\/em>, mentioning their race <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>much later<\/em><\/span> in articles <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>if <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at all<\/span>!!!<\/em>)<\/span> than they do for white offenders.<\/span> These papers are also three to four times more likely to mention an offender&#8217;s race at all <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">if he is white<\/span><\/em>, a disparity that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">grew<\/span><\/em> in the wake of George Floyd&#8217;s death in 2020 and the protests that followed.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The\u00a0<em>Free Beacon<\/em>\u00a0collected data on nearly 1,100 articles about homicides from six major papers, all written between 2019 and 2021.<\/span> Those papers included the\u00a0<em>Chicago Tribune<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Los Angeles Times<\/em>,\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em>,\u00a0<em>San Francisco Chronicle<\/em>, and Minneapolis&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Star-Tribune<\/em>\u2014representatives of each paper <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">did not return<\/span><\/em> requests for comment for this article. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">For each article, we collected the offender&#8217;s and victim&#8217;s name and race, and noted where in the article the offender&#8217;s race was mentioned, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">if at all<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The data suggest an alarming editorial trend in which major papers <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">routinely omit information from news reports<\/span><\/em>, presenting readers with a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>skewed picture<\/em><\/span> of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who does and doesn&#8217;t commit crime<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">These editorial choices are part and parcel with the &#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/07\/10\/889773113\/reckoning-with-race-in-journalism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">racial reckoning<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>&#8221; that swept newsrooms in the wake of Floyd&#8217;s murder, which saw journalists dramatically overhauling crime coverage <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to emphasize the view that the criminal justice system is racist at the root<\/span><\/em>\u2014<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">perhaps<\/span><\/em><\/span> at the expense of honesty about individual offenders&#8217; crimes<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1-2-1-2048x1280.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101318\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1-2-1-2048x1280.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1-2-1-2048x1280.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1-2-1-2048x1280-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Perhaps<\/span><\/em>&#8220;?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aaa-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101364\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aaa-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aaa-1.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aaa-1-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Case in point:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/man-los-angeles-fatally-stabbed-random-unprovoked-la-attack-on-facetime-brother\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Man in LA fatally stabbed in &#8216;random and unprovoked&#8217; attack while on FaceTime with his brother<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/LA-Fatal-Stabbing-Suspect-1-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101319\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/LA-Fatal-Stabbing-Suspect-1-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/LA-Fatal-Stabbing-Suspect-1-copy.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/LA-Fatal-Stabbing-Suspect-1-copy-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Police say the suspect has been described as <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">male<\/span><\/em> and wearing a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">black fisherman hat<\/span><\/em> with marijuana leaves, a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">turquoise t-shirt<\/span><\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>light-colored shorts<\/em><\/span> with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dark shoes<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As opposed to sporting a dark face and arms, both of which are infinitely tougher to change than, say, a hat, shirt, shorts or shoes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In what can only be pure coincidence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wltx.com\/article\/news\/crime\/report-shooting-inside-columbiana-centre\/101-5704a316-69ed-4e7f-baf3-3e97c3069e6a\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reports of the Columbiana Centre mall shootings<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0ALSO omitted the race of the gunmen, though with a little digging we are able to introduce you to Mr. Jewayne Price&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/jewaybe.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-101348\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/jewaybe-276x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/jewaybe-276x300.png 276w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/jewaybe.png 387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one<\/span><\/em> of <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">three<\/span><\/em> suspected shooters.\u00a0 Anyone care to guess the race of the remaining two?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/but-wait.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101368\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/but-wait.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/but-wait.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/but-wait-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><strong>Apparently, a<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>South Carolina\u00a0judge set a $25,000 bond for Jewayne, allowing the suspect, if he posts the minuscule bond, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/south-carolina-mall-shooting-suspects-bond-set-at-25000-can-go-to-work-with-ankle-monitor\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to be held under\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">house arrest and allowed to travel to and from work while wearing an ankle monitor<\/span><\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As we&#8217;ve repeatedly observed in the past, it&#8217;s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">almost<\/span><\/em> as if&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>gasp<\/em><\/span>!!!&#8230;law enforcement doesn&#8217;t want the perps apprehended, and when arrested, not to suffer any meaningful consequences for their crimes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All of which is par for the course for a crowd, as\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Rich Lowry accurately assesses, whose nominal leader&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/04\/joe-biden-is-not-normal\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202022-04-15&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Joe Biden Is Not Normal<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/04\/joe-biden-is-not-normal\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202022-04-15&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A funny thing happened on the way to renewed normality<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0zAUt2CwCqw?start=20&amp;end=37&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>It\u2019s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not normal<\/span><\/em> for a president to say things flagrantly at odds with his own administration\u2019s position, but there was Joe Biden the other day saying that Vladimir Putin is committing genocide in Ukraine.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>It\u2019s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not normal<\/span><\/em> for a president to be such a tepid performer that it\u2019s very difficult for him to command a stage.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>It\u2019s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not normal<\/span><\/em> for a president to misspeak so routinely that it almost seems strange when he gets it right.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>It\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not normal<\/em><\/span> for a president to shovel trillions of dollars into a growing economy, and then still want to spend trillions more when it\u2019s clear that inflation is a real problem.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>It\u2019s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not normal<\/span><\/em> for a president to want to suppress U.S. oil and gas production at the same time he begs OPEC to pump more.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>It\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not normal<\/em><\/span> for a president to open the floodgates for illegal migration at the southern border and pretend that if he doesn\u2019t call the ensuing deluge a \u201ccrisis,\u201d it somehow isn\u2019t.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>It\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not normal<\/em><\/span> for a president to abandon his long-standing support for the Senate filibuster to try to pass a no-hope Democratic voting bill and warn of looming autocracy if the legislation doesn\u2019t pass.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>It\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not normal<\/em><\/span> (or shouldn\u2019t be) for a president to extend an eviction moratorium that he knows is illegal.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>It\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not normal<\/em><\/span> for a president to abandon Americans in a foreign country after his withdrawal of U.S. forces, against the advice of his generals, leads to a hostile force rapidly sweeping to power.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>It\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not normal<\/em><\/span> for a president\u2019s son and brother to get millions of dollars in easy money from a company that is a cat\u2019s-paw of the Chinese government.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>It\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not normal<\/em><\/span> for a first-term president to be on the verge of becoming a lame duck because almost no one believes his assurances that he\u2019s going to run again (only 41 percent of Democrats in a recent\u00a0<em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>\u00a0poll say they think Biden will run in 2024).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It\u2019s a badly divided country at a time of growing threats abroad and of declining faith in U.S. institutions.<\/span> These are serious challenges that it would take deft, farsighted presidential leadership to overcome. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Instead, what\u2019s on offer isn\u2019t even above-average presidential leadership, and that\u2019s not going to change.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>For Joe Biden, this rocky, uninspired performance is indeed the norm.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: it&#8217;s life once more imitating art&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C9Pw0xX4DXI?start=6&amp;end=74&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;the only difference being, in our current life, Dr. Frankenstein&#8217;s reaction represents the American public&#8217;s realization Socialists and their MSM shills conspired to place what they knew to be an abnormal brain in the White House.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, this graph forwarded by Jeff\u00a0 Foutch should put to rest Progressive propagandist&#8217;s attempts to portray inflation&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Foutch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Foutch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Foutch.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Foutch-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;as a Putin problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This meme courtesy of Speed puts matters in a perfectly proper perspective:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/speed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/speed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/speed.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/speed-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, we offer a quintet of items specially selected for inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). Charlie Cooke highlights the tenuous grip on reality displayed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/04\/the-cnn-catastrophe\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202022-04-13&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a cable &#8220;news&#8221; network that doesn&#8217;t reach 1 million viewers in prime time believing they could cajole 15 million people into PAYING to watch its content online<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). Courtesy of our old buddy Chink, the <em>WSJ <\/em>reveals\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ukraine-military-success-years-of-nato-training-11649861339\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the secret behind Ukraine\u2019s military success: Years of NATO training which have been transformed a once-rigid, Soviet-style force into a modern army that thinks on the move<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). Writing at <em>NRO<\/em>, Andrew Follett informs us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/04\/biden-brings-identity-politics-to-the-moon\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20220401&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"drop\">J<\/span><span class=\"small_caps\">oe Biden\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0NASA has found a way to inject woke identity politics into the space agency\u2019s plans to return to the moon by explicitly pledging to select only astronauts of certain genders and races<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>. This while ignoring why the rocket that will carry said PC astronauts was <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">five years late<\/span><\/em> and\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/03\/01\/nasa-auditor-warns-congress-artemis-missions-sls-rocket-billions-over-budget.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eight times more expensive<\/a><\/span><\/em> than\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/03\/01\/nasa-auditor-warns-congress-artemis-missions-sls-rocket-billions-over-budget.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original estimates<\/a><\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 Thus does Biden\u2019s team deliberately distract from real costs concerns by mouthing meaningless mumbo jumbo about gender and race.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). <em>Townhall.com<\/em>&#8216;s Spencer Brown reports <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/spencerbrown\/2022\/04\/01\/house-democrats-block-fourth-gop-attempt-to-restart-american-oil-and-gas-projects-n2605348\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">House Democrats once again blocked a Republican bill to reopen U.S. energy projects to combat the skyrocketing cost of fuel<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">direct result<\/span><\/em> of the Biden clown car&#8217;s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">idiotic, unachievable<\/span><\/em> anti-fossil fuel agenda.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). The <em>Morning Jolt<\/em> suggests <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/disney-is-fighting-a-losing-battle\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20220401&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Disney is fighting a losing battle in which it never should have engaged<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>The company, in short, finds itself engaged in a game it simply cannot win. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">On one side is some number of its own employees \u2014 we do not even know if it\u2019s a majority or simply a very loud faction \u2014 berating the company for not \u201cdoing enough\u201d to stop this law, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">as if Disney had been elected to run the state of Florida<\/span>.<\/span> On the other side is Florida\u2019s government, its vocal governor <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">who is insusceptible to bullies<\/span>, and \u2014 important to note \u2014 <\/strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/mom-disney-florida-children-kristan-hawkins\" class=\"broken_link\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">some not insignificant portion of its\u00a0customers<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Let\u2019s leave aside the silliness of the notion that Disney has some moral obligation to bully Florida\u2019s legislators and governor into enacting the company\u2019s preferred social agenda.<\/span> Focus on what Iger is saying \u2014 and what Chapek and Disney have also said \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">about the law itself<\/span>. This is a law, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">again<\/span>, that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">forbids teaching sexual topics<\/span> such as \u201cgender identity\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to children between the ages of four and nine<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>For all their blathering, not a single Disney executive has attempted to explain what precisely is so \u201charmful\u201d and \u201cimmoral\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">about that<\/span>.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>We hardly need note our thoughts on the subject:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6I6TrGedUn8?start=224&amp;end=228&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to <em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sk041722dAPC20220415084505.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101356\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sk041722dAPC20220415084505.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sk041722dAPC20220415084505.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sk041722dAPC20220415084505-300x244.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aaaa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101359\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aaaa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aaaa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aaaa-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/afb040122dAPR20220401054508.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/afb040122dAPR20220401054508.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/afb040122dAPR20220401054508.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/afb040122dAPR20220401054508-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sk040122dAPR20220331084503-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101357\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sk040122dAPR20220331084503-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sk040122dAPR20220331084503-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sk040122dAPR20220331084503-1-300x216.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bbbiden.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101310\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bbbiden.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bbbiden.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bbbiden-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/afb033022dAPR20220330044504.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101303\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/afb033022dAPR20220330044504.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/afb033022dAPR20220330044504.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/afb033022dAPR20220330044504-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101358\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aa-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cb041622dAPC20220416124502.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101362\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cb041622dAPC20220416124502.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cb041622dAPC20220416124502.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cb041622dAPC20220416124502-300x227.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101361\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/a.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/a-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cb040122dAPR20220401124508.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101311\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cb040122dAPR20220401124508.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cb040122dAPR20220401124508.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cb040122dAPR20220401124508-300x227.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aaa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101312\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aaa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aaa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/aaa-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sk033122dAPR20220330074505.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101302\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sk033122dAPR20220330074505.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sk033122dAPR20220330074505.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sk033122dAPR20220330074505-300x236.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Image-4-1-22-at-7.05-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101301\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Image-4-1-22-at-7.05-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Image-4-1-22-at-7.05-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Image-4-1-22-at-7.05-AM-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Image-4-8-22-at-4.25-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Image-4-8-22-at-4.25-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Image-4-8-22-at-4.25-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Image-4-8-22-at-4.25-PM-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Image-4-14-22-at-9.22-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Image-4-14-22-at-9.22-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Image-4-14-22-at-9.22-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Image-4-14-22-at-9.22-AM-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Image-4-15-22-at-10.09-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101346\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Image-4-15-22-at-10.09-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Image-4-15-22-at-10.09-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Image-4-15-22-at-10.09-AM-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hickey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101342\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hickey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hickey.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hickey-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;the lovely Shannon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/shannon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101351\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/shannon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/shannon.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/shannon-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Balls Cotton:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/balls.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101352\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/balls.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/balls.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/balls-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/balls2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101353\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/balls2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/balls2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/balls2-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>If the humor in the last one isn&#8217;t immediately evident, think &#8220;B-4&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with the <em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Progressive Propaganda Page<\/span><\/em>, courtesy today of a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/rebeccadowns\/2022\/04\/17\/math-assignment-in-missouri-teaches-children-about-maya-angelous-past-of-sexual-a-n2605968\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Math Assignment in Missouri Teaching Children About Maya Angelou&#8217;s Past of Sexual Abuse, Work as Prostitute<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/maya.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101328\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/maya.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/maya.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/maya-275x300.png 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it any wonder so many kids today are mathematically challenged?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Video of the Day<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jesse Watters AGAIN tells it EXACTLY like it is!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pD9pVsYVGIU\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Tales of The Darkside<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tucker&#8217;s right: NO ONE has EVER seen ANYTHING like this before, and it took the likes of Joe<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Biden to provide such an INCREDIBLY embarrassing spectacle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j58Bx0Ebppw?start=181end=306&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>On the Lighter Side<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Another classic video from Ami Horowitz.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>We were struck by the fact so many respondents suddenly had to go to class when confronted with the glaring inconsistency in their 2nd Amendment thoughts, once again proving a refusal to engage in reasoned debate is the last refuge of those unable to defend their positions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gwZQiu_GV-8\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Monday, April 18, Tax Day 2022&#8230;and yes, we&#8217;re&#8230; \ufeff But before we begin, one brief thought on the passing Conservative scene.\u00a0 Though we generally enjoy most everything The Washington Free Beacon&#8216;s Matt Continetti offers up, we&#8217;re always dismayed by him consistently conflating (including, but by no means limited to,\u00a0here and here) legitimate opposition to 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