{"id":101427,"date":"2022-04-24T19:22:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T23:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=101427"},"modified":"2022-04-24T19:22:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T23:22:20","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-april-22nd-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=101427","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, April 22nd, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Friday, April 22nd, 2022…and here’s The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today, we trust you’ll indulge us if, rather than serving up our standard fare, we offer what the great Thomas Sowell entitled: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

(1). In a recent conversation with Daniel Francis regarding the efforts by the California and Maryland state senates to enact legalized infanticide, our learned lawyer put the concept into proper perspective.\u00a0 Absent the support system which provides each of them food, water, shelter and all the other necessities of modern life, as well as protection from all the hazards associated therewith, how many of those sponsoring or backing these abominable bills could survive the 28 days given newborns deemed not of long-term viability if denied same?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Think about it: No Safeway, no Giant, no Trader Joe’s, no Uber Eats, no Door Dash, no PG&E, no BG&E, no roof, no walls, no heat, no a\/c, and most importantly of all, NO WATER!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Watching Woman in Gold<\/em><\/span><\/a> the other day for the umpteenth time, we were once again mystified by the mindset which could have allowed the atrocities the movie chronicled.\u00a0 That is, only until we acknowledged the kinship between 1930s\/40s Nazis and those ardently advocating for infanticide today.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

(2). There’s no doubt Dimocrats are going to do their best to steal the upcoming election, which is another reason they so desperately<\/span><\/em> want to maintain<\/em><\/span> the mask mandate.\u00a0 Count on COVID mounting a comeback just prior to the election to aid their efforts to reinstitute the fraudulent polling practices which gave Joe Biden more votes than registered voters.\u00a0 In a preview from Townhall.com<\/em>, Spencer Brown takes us\u00a0Inside the Left’s $80 Million Dark Money Attempt to Take Over Local Elections<\/a><\/span>.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hey, if you ain’t cheatin’ you ain’t tryin’!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

(3). The heartening results of our latest poll notwithstanding, we remain mystified by the love affair so many continue to have with The Donald, a candidate who was never anything more than a stop-gap measure in opposition to Hillary.\u00a0 Yes, he accomplished much in office, despite being under merciless, largely manufactured attacks from every side 24\/7.\u00a0 But he’s served his purpose, and it’s time to back other candidates with all of his strengths but none of his considerable shortcomings.
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(4). Reading the latest by the Brownstone Institute<\/em>‘s Jeffrey Tucker entitled The Unmasking of America<\/em><\/span><\/a>, we were struck by this curious comment contained therein:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Even so, one sensed that for two years Americans had been seething. It became clear by the summer of 2020 when George Floyd protests<\/span> spread across the country. A just cause, to be sure<\/span>, but also finally a chance for the locked down to<\/span> get out of their homes, see their friends,<\/span> and blow off some steam<\/span><\/em>.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Protests”…”just cause<\/em>“…”a chance for the locked down to<\/em>…see their friends, blow off some steam<\/em><\/span>“?!?\u00a0 Sorry, but on what planet was Tucker residing while much of Minneapolis and other of America’s urban centers descended into rioting, looting, anarchy and arson?!?\u00a0 \u00a0As we noted this past Monday<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0regarding\u00a0The Washington Free Beacon<\/em>‘s Matt Continetti “consistently conflating legitimate opposition<\/em>\u00a0to ILLEGAL immigration and open borders with hostility towards LAWFUL immigration across closely-controlled national boundaries”, we never cease to be amazed at the ability of otherwise intelligent Conservatives to offer up such senseless statements.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

(5). In recording\u00a0the era of masking has ended<\/em><\/span><\/a>, allowing Americans yearning to breath free their Constitutional right to do so, the Morning Jolt aptly noted:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“At this point, putting on a mask feels like catering to someone else\u2019s hypochondria<\/span>…As always, if you want to wear a mask, you can. But it was never reasonable<\/span> to expect your fellow citizens to wear masks for years and years<\/em>.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Still, for Joe Biden, it’s a matter of principle<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Yeah, the principle of unlimited, unconstitutional government control over every aspect of your life.\u00a0 It’s worth noting, in classic 46* fashion, the Dimocrats’ Demented Uncle in the Attic managed to confuse his mask mandate with the Title 42’s last vestige of border control<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n