{"id":103599,"date":"2022-08-07T17:37:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T21:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=103599"},"modified":"2022-08-07T17:37:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T21:37:27","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-august-5th-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=103599","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, August 5th, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, August 5th, 2022&#8230;and 43 years and 1 day ago, a beautiful young Pensacola gal made us the luckiest guy in the world.\u00a0 So here&#8217;s to TLJ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aaaa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103585\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aaaa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aaaa.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aaaa-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What more can you say about a lady who free-climbed El Cap&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3295.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103583\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3295.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3295.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_3295-169x300.jpeg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;except, men dig her, chicks wanna be like her!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WE INTERRUPT OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING FOR THE LATEST ON AMERICA&#8217;S TWO-TIERED JUSTICE SYSTEM, COURTESY OF JESSE WATTERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Pgx_oL_5bo?start=0&amp;end=353&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>Proving, once again, if it weren&#8217;t for double standards, Dimocrats would have no standards whatsoever.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, some thoughts from our physician on <\/strong><strong>Paxlovid, Pfizer&#8217;s treatment for the WuFlu.\u00a0 Biden took it after initially contracting COVID and had a recurrence mere days\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>after<\/em><\/span> taking Paxlovid.\u00a0 Dr. Faux Chi took it after initially contracting the virus he helped create and also had a recurrence mere days\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>after<\/em><\/span> taking Paxlovid.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Out of 20 patients for who our doctor prescribed Paxlovid, 3 had recurrences of COVID mere days after taking Paxlovid, while 1 out of the other 150 patients who contracted and did NOT take Paxlovid had a recurrence, and that some four weeks later.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which begs the question <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>why<\/em><\/span> is the MSM <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> reporting this?!? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103496\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"323\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls2.png 323w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls2-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>As the incomparable Stilton Jarlsberg observed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Co-Joe-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103455\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Co-Joe-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Co-Joe-1.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Co-Joe-1-300x145.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>the cartoon above isn&#8217;t that funny since it reminds us that the &#8220;vaccines&#8221; aren&#8217;t, and that as miracle drugs go, Paxlovid is about as impressive as a birthday magician pulling a quarter from behind a 5-year-old&#8217;s ear. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Although in fairness, the magician once did that trick in the Oval Office and Joe Biden is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><i>still<\/i><\/span> regularly checking his ears for more change.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next,\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Kevin Williamson offers some intriguing insight regarding&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header article-header--full\">\n<div class=\"article-header__inner\">\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/08\/signs-of-the-times\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=right-rail&amp;utm_content=top-stories&amp;utm_term=second\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Signs of the Times<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"section-content--article-content\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<h3 class=\"article-header__subtitle\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/08\/signs-of-the-times\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=right-rail&amp;utm_content=top-stories&amp;utm_term=second\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The truth about those yard signs advertising diversity and open-mindedness is that all of them really mean the opposite: \u2018No Trespassing<\/span><\/a>.\u2019<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/we-believe-yard-sign-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103546\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/we-believe-yard-sign-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/we-believe-yard-sign-copy.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/we-believe-yard-sign-copy-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span class=\"drop\">I\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"small_caps\">live<\/span>\u00a0in one of those neighborhoods where every third house has a political sign of some kind in the yard: Lots of \u201c<span class=\"small_caps\">Beto for Texas<\/span>\u201d signs advertising the sacrificial victim feckless Democrats are going to offer up to the maw of the Texas GOP machine this time around, scads and oodles of those prim, imbecilic \u201c<span class=\"small_caps\">In This House<\/span>\u201d signs, that kind of thing. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">One of my neighbors kept up a big banner reading \u201c<span class=\"small_caps\">Stop Killing Black People<\/span>\u201d for more than a year, but has now taken it down, so I guess that killing black people doesn\u2019t matter three blocks over anymore, or maybe they got bored and wanted a change of scenery.<\/span> They have added some nice planters.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">I hate them all, of course \u2014 all the signs, I mean, not the neighbors.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Partly I hate them because they are such effective advertisements for the ignorance of the general electorate. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">One neighbor has a very large sign in her yard that demands we \u201csay \u2018no\u2019 to demagogues\u201d and blames our political troubles on \u201cdonors and special-interest lobbyists\u201d \u2014 i.e., the sign criticizes demagoguery and then engages in the classic, textbook technique of American demagoguery, insisting that covert moneyed interests rather than genuine good-faith disagreements about values and priorities are behind our differences.<\/span> You see that with demagogues targeting the National Rifle Association all the time: claims that So-and-So voted in favor of the Second Amendment because he got money from the NRA. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The NRA is, in fact, a trivial player in the world of political money<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/orgs\/national-rifle-assn\/summary?id=d000000082\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">946th in donations, 268th in lobbying outlays, 275th in outside spending<\/a><\/span><\/em>)<\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\">, and the power it has it has because it represents a position that millions of Americans strongly endorse \u2014 not the tiny-but-loudmouthed share of Americans on Twitter, but Americans who vote.<\/span> I am sure my neighbor\u2019s heart is in the right place, but she is the kind of mark who makes demagoguery so effective and profitable.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">There were some stereotypical Trump voters down the street until recently \u2014\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Big-White-Ghetto-Stone-Cold-America\/dp\/1621579697\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">textbook dysfunctional white people<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0of the screaming-confrontations-between-bored-police-and-aging-hookers type \u2014 but they are gone, having been priced out of the neighborhood.<\/span> (The tragedy of gentrification is that it doesn\u2019t happen all at once.) <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Their Trump banner went with them.<\/span> The rising tide of gormless lifestyle progressivism has inundated the cities of Texas just as it has the cities of the other states: The Audi People (who used to be the Subaru People before going upscale) and their simpering conformism have come to stay.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The less real diversity there is in the neighborhood, the more the local progressives feel compelled to advertise their\u00a0<em>bona fides<\/em>\u00a0to one another.<\/span> They are simultaneously lobbying for some street closures that would just happen to have the effect of discouraging the poor brown people on the other side of the socioeconomic Berlin Wall a few blocks south of us from walking the same pristine urban streets as their purported benefactors. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The people with the \u201c<span class=\"small_caps\">No Human Is Illegal<\/span>\u201d signs live in a gated community, even if the gates are invisible and the borders are enforced by mortgage bankers rather than by actual patrolmen.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>If you have ever spent any time around anybody who has made a credible run for the U.S. presidency, you will have noticed that there is something wrong with them \u2014 even the good ones, even the ones we like. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">You have to be a little bit cracked to want that job and to put up with the irritation and degradation that seeking high office in the United States entails.<\/span> Presidential candidates are a rare breed, but there is a similar sickness at work in the lives of the yard-sign people. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">There is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>something missing<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>As even the most casual observer will understand, in the lives of many Americans who are not particularly happy or well-adjusted, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>politics has taken the place of religion<\/em><\/span> \u2014 and I do not mean God, who can see to His own interests, but religion in the sense of a community with shared values and a shared story about where we have come from, where we are going, and why things are the way they are at this point in the journey. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Politics isn\u2019t a very good substitute for religion \u2014 setting aside such big questions as truth, there is the fact that politics is an increasingly insular and atomized pursuit that plays out on social media and in narrow, homogeneous social circles composed of people who watch the same television shows and read the same news sources.<\/span> Religion, in the American practice, at least, remains as a matter of form outwardly directed: We go to church, out into the world, where we are obliged to have real-world, unmediated social encounters with people who may be different from us in some important ways.<span style=\"color: #333399;\"> The church congregations have sorted themselves out to a great extent by now, too: I would be surprised if there were more than ten registered Democrats in the church I attend, and I don\u2019t know of one.<\/span> But even with that sorting, there is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>great deal of real diversity<\/em><\/span> \u2014 of experience, of education, of economic condition, of interests, of profession, of origins, etc. \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that exists in a church<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Churches also understand themselves as communities, and unlike the people you \u201cmeet\u201d on social media, the members of your church are people you expect to have continuing, regular, face-to-face interactions with for a long time \u2014 and that changes how you interact with them.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>But even the churches are in on the yard-sign game at this point: There is a very large church down the road from me, belonging to one of the famous old mainline Protestant denominations, that is festooned in gay-pride rainbows, that goes a little bit overboard with Pride Month decorations, and that makes various splendid proclamations about who is welcome there. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Not a word<\/em><\/span> about that Jesus character, of course \u2014 the signs are not about transcendent or eternal considerations but parochial social and tribal ones in the profane here and now.<\/span> \u201c<span class=\"small_caps\">All Are Welcome Here<\/span>\u201d the sign says, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but I\u2019d bet you 30 pieces of the finest silver that they\u2019d crucify Ralph Reed in the churchyard if he showed up on Sunday and gave a sincere account of his religious and political views<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Because the truth about those signs advertising diversity and toleration and open-mindedness is that all of them really say the same thing:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><span class=\"small_caps\">No Trespassing<\/span><\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yeah, &#8220;All Are Welcome Here&#8230;Except Anyone Having Opinions and\/or Feelings Different Than Ours&#8221;.\u00a0 In other words, it&#8217;s life once again imitating art:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_8yrsRv6GZs\" 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>Moving on, the <em>Morning Jolt<\/em> suggests&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header article-header--full\">\n<div class=\"article-header__inner\">\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #333399;\">The Democrats\u2019 Collective-Action Problem<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\">Uncertainty Generates Anxiety, in Life and in 2024 Politics<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/afb080422dAPR20220804024532.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103572\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/afb080422dAPR20220804024532.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/afb080422dAPR20220804024532.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/afb080422dAPR20220804024532-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>On paper, everyone in politics should be focused on the upcoming midterms, not the presidential election two years after that. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">But the increasingly loud speculation and grumbles of discontent reflect a circumstance that Americans haven\u2019t seen since the late 1960s: a first-term president who could conceivably not run for another term.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Biden could choose not to run because of his age \u2014 or, God forbid, his age might make him incapable of performing his duties before then. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(The topic is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/new-york-times-it-is-now-okay-to-talk-about-bidens-age-and-mental-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">no longer taboo<\/a><\/em><\/span>.)<\/span> Biden doesn\u2019t work a full schedule, and the 2024 campaign won\u2019t allow him to do all his appearances remotely through Zoom and Skype calls, as he did the first time around. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A presidential campaign in two years would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>expose<\/em><\/span> all the flaws and weaknesses that the highly unusual circumstances of the 2020 campaign helped <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>obscure<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>If the Democrats nominate Biden again, at this point, he appears likely to be an exceptionally weak candidate.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">His job-approval rating <a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/biden-approval-rating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>is at or near record lows<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/span> It\u2019s been a long while since Biden consistently led Donald Trump in polling of\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-general\/national\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">hypothetical head-to-head matchups<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A recent CNN poll found that\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/26\/politics\/cnn-poll-biden-2024\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">three-quarters of Democrats want the party to nominate someone besides Biden<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>Biden has reportedly told associates,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/administration\/3272281-biden-has-told-obama-hes-running-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">including Barack Obama<\/a><\/em><\/span>, that he intends to run for reelection. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The arguments against Biden\u2019s running again \u2014 at nearly age 82! \u2014 are clear and compelling.<\/span> But Biden\u2019s ego may not allow him to admit that he\u2019s aged out of the job and that he\u2019s performed poorly in it. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">He quite literally has been working his whole life to get into the Oval Office.<\/span> Becoming the first president since Lyndon Johnson to voluntarily not seek another term would represent a de facto admission that he was never well-suited to be president, and was indeed elected because of unusual twists of fate. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">He was nominated because he wasn\u2019t Bernie Sanders, and he was elected because he wasn\u2019t Donald Trump.<\/span> The country never really enthusiastically embraced him as the best option; it only settled for him as the least-damaging option.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">We\u2019re seeing something of a\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/collective-action-problem-1917157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">collective-action problem<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 ironic, since the Democrats are the more collectivist of the two parties.<\/span> Unless something changes soon, Biden\u2019s running for reelection will be a bad idea for the Democrats. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(And even if Biden were to somehow win his reelection bid, the country will be stuck in the same mess we\u2019re in now, just with an even older president.)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>But Biden <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span> going to run unless someone of stature within the party comes out and declares that the emperor has no clothes.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Perhaps more importantly, this particular would-be emperor is not only lacking clothes, but any meaningful cognitive ability.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning from a would-be emperor with no clothes to a fable cut from whole cloth, in today&#8217;s installment of the <em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">EnvironMental Moment<\/span><\/em>, writing at <em>The Epoch Times<\/em>, Patricia Adams and Lawrence Solomon relate&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/the-big-green-lie-almost-everyone-claims-to-believe_4639112.html?utm_source=Opinion&amp;utm_campaign=opinion-2022-08-03&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;est=m%2FEwIslX8wbNyjFzeZaoCLwzHpCccoE9lT778Ify5423SKUXTIi72X%2BVYfOpxAPeog%3D%3D\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008000;\">The Big Green Lie Almost Everyone Claims to Believe<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/brightgreenlies.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103590\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/brightgreenlies.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/brightgreenlies.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/brightgreenlies-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Almost every member of Congress, Democrat or Republican, pays homage to the Big Green Lie. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">So do all the past and remaining Conservative candidates vying to be prime minister of the UK and every candidate currently vying for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada.<\/span> So does virtually all of the mainstream press. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">The Big Green Lie\u2014that carbon dioxide is a pollutant\u2014is so pervasive that even those considered skeptics\u2014including\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/environment\/report\/carbon-tax-would-harm-us-competitiveness-and-low-income-americans-without\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">right-wing NGOs<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/16\/books\/review\/bjorn-lomborg-false-alarm-joseph-stiglitz.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">pundits<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u2014generally adhere to the orthodoxy, differing <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> in their stated belief that\u00a0CO2\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is a pollutant<\/em><\/span> but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only<\/em><\/span> in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>how calamitous a pollutant it is<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Because everyone now participates in the CO2-emissions-are-bad lie, the debate over climate policy hasn\u2019t been over <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>whether<\/em><\/span> a CO2 problem exists but over <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>how urgently<\/em><\/span> CO2 needs to be addressed, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>how<\/em><\/span> it should be addressed. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Do we have eight years left before Armageddon becomes inevitable or decades?<\/span> Do we get off fossil fuels by building nuclear plants or wind turbines? <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Should we change our lifestyles to need less of everything?<\/span> Or should we mitigate this evil\u2014the view of those deemed climate minimalists\u2014by shielding our continents from a rising of the oceans by enclosing them behind sea walls?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">With almost everyone across the political spectrum publicly agreeing that curbing CO2 is a good thing, the debate has been between those who want to do good quickly by reaching Net Zero in 2040 and sticks in the mud who want to slow down the doing of a good thing.<\/span> With discourse careening down rabbit holes, almost everyone gets lost pursuing solutions to Alice-in-Wonderland delusions\u2014and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wasting trillions of dollars in the process<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Until the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.preventionweb.net\/files\/2276_climatechangefinal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2000s<\/a><\/em><\/span>, when\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>climate change<\/em><\/span>\u00a0was still called <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">global warming<\/span><\/em> and the mainstream media still noticed that none of the myriad predictions of a climate catastrophe were being borne out\u2014the polar caps weren\u2019t melting, Manhattan wasn\u2019t about to be submerged, malaria wasn\u2019t infecting the northern hemisphere\u2014many exposed man-made climate change as a hoax.<\/span> The leaked Climategate emails revealed how scientists had conspired to \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/junkscience.com\/michael-mann-defamed-or-defined-by-hide-the-decline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hide the decline<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u201d in temperatures that didn\u2019t conform to their models. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">The claim that\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB10001424052702303480304579578462813553136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">97 percent of scientists<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0supported the global warming theory was exposed as a fraud, as was the claim that the 4,000 scientists associated with the IPCC endorsed its report\u2014those\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ep.probeinternational.org\/2009\/11\/06\/numbers-racket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4,000 hadn\u2019t endorsed it<\/a><\/em><\/span>, and most hadn\u2019t even read it but had merely reviewed parts of the report and often disagreed with what they read.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The claim that the \u201cscience was settled\u201d on climate change never withstood scrutiny. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Scientists around the world signed a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ep.probeinternational.org\/2008\/05\/16\/32000-deniers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series of petitions<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0to dispute that claim.<\/span> The 2008\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/defyccc.com\/oregon-petition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oregon Petition<\/a><\/em><\/span>, spearheaded by a former president of the National Academy of Science and championed by Freeman Dyson, Albert Einstein\u2019s successor at Princeton and one of the world\u2019s most preeminent scientists, was signed by more than 31,000 scientists and experts who agreed that \u201cthe proposed limits on greenhouse gases would harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u2026Moreover, there is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>substantial<\/em><\/span> scientific evidence that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>increases<\/em><\/span> in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>many beneficial effects<\/em><\/span> upon the natural plant and animal environments of the Earth.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>The fantastical claim that CO2 is a pollutant was cut out of whole cloth. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">The\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/defyccc.com\/oregon-petition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2008 statement by the 31,000 experts<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u2014that \u201cthere is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth\u2019s atmosphere and disruption of the Earth\u2019s climate\u201d is as true today as it was then, and as it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>always has been<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>No scientist anywhere at any time<\/em><\/span> has shown that manmade CO2 emissions\u2014aka nature\u2019s fertilizer\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>do any harm to anything<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why, inquiring minds might ask, would so many people of power be willing to waste untold trillions of dollars and destroy the livelihoods of untold billions of the planet&#8217;s people to combat what is effectively a phantom menace?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>It&#8217;s as Tucker details in this snippet from today&#8217;s <em>Tales of The Darkside<\/em> video, accessible through link #3 immediately below our <em>Quote of the Day<\/em> at the top of the page&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Ezj72XUIos?start=311&amp;end=388&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>Here&#8217;s the juice: Like the WuFlu lockdowns and mandates, it&#8217;s all a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>gigantic scam<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>They&#8217;ve got theirs<\/em><\/span>, so they really don&#8217;t give a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ass.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103608\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ass.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ass.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ass-300x246.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;about us, you, the rest of the country, the billions living in grinding poverty throughout the Third World, or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><em>one<\/em><\/span> or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anything<\/em><\/span> else&#8230;outside of protecting their positions of power and preserving their personal wealth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of inquiring minds, here&#8217;s a septet of items guaranteed to pique the interest of those of the Conservative variety:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). Adding further to his 2024 credentials, Ron DeSantis announced Thursday <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/desantis-suspends-rogue-florida-prosecutor-who-pledged-not-to-enforce-state-abortion-law\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=28611998\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he&#8217;s suspending Andrew Warren, the rogue Hillsborough County State Attorney who pledged not to enforce a number of state laws<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>, including a 15-week abortion ban and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/ron-desantis-takes-on-trans-activists\/\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">prohibitions on sex changes for minors<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 As <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Dan McLaughlin writes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/08\/ron-desantis-is-right-on-the-executive-duty-to-enforce-the-law\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202022-08-04&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the good governor is right there&#8217;s an executive duty to enforce the law<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). <em>NRO<\/em> tells us ,i<\/strong><strong>n a letter responding to a constituent, Democratic New York state senator Kevin Parker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/these-are-not-men-dem-n-y-state-senator-dismisses-constituent-concerns-about-trans-sex-abuse-in-prisons\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=28599742\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>dismissed concerns that admitting male inmates into the state\u2019s women\u2019s prisons would\u00a0endanger\u00a0vulnerable female residents<\/em><\/span><\/a>, dismissively declaring that because the male prisoners <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>supposedly<\/em><\/span> identify as transgender, they \u201care not men.\u201d\u00a0 But as Caroline Downey records, they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are<\/em><\/span> men, and they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most certainly do<\/em><\/span> pose a clear and present danger to vulnerable female inmates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). In what should come as a surprise to no one with the faintest clue&#8230;which evidently excludes the majority of West Virginians who continue electing him to office&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/manchin-bankrolled-out-state-donors-one-percent-individual-campaign-donations-west-virginians\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Joe\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Manchin is almost exclusively bankrolled by out-of-state donors, with just 1% of individual campaign donations coming from his &#8220;home&#8221; state<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 We&#8217;re betting when Joe retires in 2024, it won&#8217;t be\u00a0 in the Mountaineer State.\u00a0 Anyone wanna take that bet?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). The <em>Journal<\/em>&#8216;s Dan Henninger makes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-case-for-optimism-crime-prosecutors-boudin-nyc-court-dobbs-west-virginia-epa-schools-teachers-unions-recession-11659560463?mod=MorningEditorialReport&amp;mod=djemMER_h\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the Conservative case for optimism<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong>, noting, &#8220;from rampant crime to closed schools, America\u2019s culture is trying to right itself.&#8221;\u00a0 While we share Henninger&#8217;s optimism, it&#8217;s as guarded as was Churchill&#8217;s when he remarked on the occasion of the British victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein, &#8220;This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is perhaps the end of the beginning.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5).\u00a0According to the <em>WSJ<\/em>, in another display of Sino-subservience, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-delays-minuteman-iii-missile-test-amid-tensions-over-taiwan-11659632951\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Xi Jinping&#8217;s bought-and-paid-for illegitimate President postposed a long-planned, routine test launch of a Minuteman III from Vandenberg Space Force Base<\/em><\/span><\/a> so as not to cause his master any further loss of face.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). The <em>Journal<\/em>&#8216;s Kim Strassel urges you to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/whom-does-aarp-serve-conflict-of-interest-retirees-tax-spend-deal-joe-manchin-chuck-schumer-medicare-drug-prices-11659650860\">ask yourself why the AARP, a group that claims to represent older Americans, is plumping for a provision in the Inflation Exacerbation Act that will take the greatest toll on seniors<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 Follow the money, honey!\u00a0 Yet another reason we&#8217;ll never sign up for any service even remotely connected with AARP.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(7). We&#8217;ll take Biden clown car&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/biden-administration-declares-monkeypox-public-health-emergency\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=28616143\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>latest public-health emergency<\/em><\/span><\/a> seriously when they ban buggery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1275.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103505\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1275.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_1275-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/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\/08\/cb080222dAPR20220801094504.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103555\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cb080222dAPR20220801094504.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cb080222dAPR20220801094504.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cb080222dAPR20220801094504-300x227.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/payn_c19205920220801120100.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103556\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/payn_c19205920220801120100.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/payn_c19205920220801120100.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/payn_c19205920220801120100-300x183.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MC_DontSayPox_web20220803115000.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103557\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MC_DontSayPox_web20220803115000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MC_DontSayPox_web20220803115000.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MC_DontSayPox_web20220803115000-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mc_pelosi_taiwan_web20220802111800.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103558\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mc_pelosi_taiwan_web20220802111800.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mc_pelosi_taiwan_web20220802111800.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mc_pelosi_taiwan_web20220802111800-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aa-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103565\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aa-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aa-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aa-1-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/afb080322dAPC20220803064551.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103566\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/afb080322dAPC20220803064551.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/afb080322dAPC20220803064551.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/afb080322dAPC20220803064551-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/a-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103567\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/a-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/a-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/a-1-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sk080422dAPC20220803084504.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sk080422dAPC20220803084504.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sk080422dAPC20220803084504.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sk080422dAPC20220803084504-300x230.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aaa-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103569\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aaa-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aaa-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aaa-1-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mc_hydra_webfixed20220804020521.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103570\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mc_hydra_webfixed20220804020521.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mc_hydra_webfixed20220804020521.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mc_hydra_webfixed20220804020521-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/monkeypox-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103592\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/monkeypox-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/monkeypox-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/monkeypox-1-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Image-8-3-22-at-9.01-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103553\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Image-8-3-22-at-9.01-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Image-8-3-22-at-9.01-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Image-8-3-22-at-9.01-AM-300x193.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Image-8-4-22-at-9.52-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103554\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Image-8-4-22-at-9.52-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Image-8-4-22-at-9.52-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Image-8-4-22-at-9.52-AM-300x201.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103549\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000000.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000000-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000000-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103550\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls1-292x300.png 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103551\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls2-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls3-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103552\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls3-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls3-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls3-1-297x300.png 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with this photo taken of Pelosi&#8217;s trip to Taipei from the lovely Shannon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6owg0v.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103563\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6owg0v.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6owg0v.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6owg0v-300x244.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with yet another titillating tale torn from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, as <em>FOX<\/em> relates a case of arachnophobia gone wild, as a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/man-who-tried-kill-spider-lighter-sparked-utah-blaze\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\">Man who tried to kill spider with lighter sparked Utah blaze<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/fire.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103560\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/fire.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/fire.png 357w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/fire-255x300.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>&#8220;Suspect arrested in fire east of Springville. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">He told law enforcement he was using a lighter to burn a spider.<\/span> After he was arrested UCSO Deputies found drugs and paraphernalia in his backpack. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">He is being booked into jail,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s office announced on Twitter.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Police told reporters <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they were at a loss for what the man&#8217;s thought process was<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which is pretty much how we&#8217;ve felt about every word spoken and each decision made by both Joe and Kommielaa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. We&#8217;ve another packed weekend ahead (guests in town for our future daughter-in-law&#8217;s wedding shower), so we likely won&#8217;t resume transmission before Wednesday.\u00a0 So &#8217;til then&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GLUNypEfrFQ?start=86&amp;end=87&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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Video of the Day<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen as the White House&#8217;s first Black, lesbian, female Socialist mouthpiece characterizes a SCOTUS decision as &#8220;unconstitutional&#8221;. Yeah, and we&#8217;re not in a recession!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rBBhsn9bf9I?start=1221&amp;end=1268&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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Tales of The Darkside<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>This Tucker segment says it ALL!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Ezj72XUIos?start=0&amp;end=555&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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>On the Lighter Side<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>There&#8217;s lies&#8230;d*mned lies&#8230;then there&#8217;s Joe Manchin! BTW, how does Larry Kudlow find a guy selling his country down the drain for personal gain a &#8220;nice guy&#8221;?!?\u00a0Hey, Mao may have killed some 70 million people, but we heard he was a hit at dinner parties.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E-crnSWF-SM?start=0&amp;end=299&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><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 Friday, August 5th, 2022&#8230;and 43 years and 1 day ago, a beautiful young Pensacola gal made us the luckiest guy in the world.\u00a0 So here&#8217;s to TLJ: What more can you say about a lady who free-climbed El Cap&#8230; &#8230;except, men dig her, chicks wanna be like her! 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