{"id":104504,"date":"2022-10-03T19:27:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T23:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=104504"},"modified":"2022-10-03T19:27:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T23:27:55","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-september-23rd-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=104504","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, September 23rd, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, September 23rd, 2022&#8230;but before we begin&#8230;the lovely Shannon forwarded this video of the recently-demoted Don Lemon being schooled on the history of slavery:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EAlmWkyT5mo\" 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 even a broken clock is occasionally right, Bill Maher expands on Lemon&#8217;s lesson:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/schuzjknjYE?start=2\" 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: Chattel slavery has existed throughout recorded history, infecting every culture on every continent, and still exists today in significant portions of Africa and Asia.\u00a0 Even the sainted American Indians, their mythical bucolic existence before the arrival of pale-faced firewater traffickers notwithstanding, enslaved their conquered enemies.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anyone who claims otherwise is either ignorant of history, misinformed of the facts or pushing a divisive political agenda.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s a somewhat abridged edition\u00a0<em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, in yet another unforced embarrassment for the United States, having proved unable to manage a timely arrival to Elizabeth II&#8217;s funeral&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"dcr-125vfar\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2022\/sep\/19\/joe-biden-forced-to-wait-for-seat-after-apparent-late-arrival-at-queens-funeral\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Joe Biden is forced to wait for seat after apparent late arrival at Queen\u2019s funeral<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2022\/sep\/19\/joe-biden-forced-to-wait-for-seat-after-apparent-late-arrival-at-queens-funeral\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">US president and first lady had to wait as procession of George and Victoria Cross-holders went ahead of them<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/download-1-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104510\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/download-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/download-1-1.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/download-1-1-300x234.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>He may be the world\u2019s most powerful man but the apparent late arrival of the US president,\u00a0Joe Biden, and his wife, Jill, was not allowed to disrupt the finely tuned choreography of the late Queen\u2019s funeral.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Rather than being ushered immediately to their seats on their arrival at Westminster Abbey, the first couple, aged 79 and 71, had to be gently told they would need to stand and wait as a procession of George and Victoria Cross-holders went ahead of them down the nave of the abbey.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Perhaps as a consequence of opting out of the buses taking other leaders from the assembly point at Royal Hospital Chelsea, the Bidens were also given seats 14 rows back in the south transept of the abbey<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Or perhaps, as is far more likely, because the incredibly self-centered First Couple showed up 30 minutes late.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>If history is any indicator, this demented deviant will be late to his own funeral, which we hope is very soo&#8230;never mind.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item of utter national embarrassment involving the greatest threat, foreign <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">or<\/span><\/em> domestic, to America&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">US President Joe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Biden?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Biden<\/a> provoked a great reaction while attending the memorial service of the late British Queen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Elizabeth_II?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Elizabeth_II<\/a>, after he used a cue card again to help him remember what he would write in the condolence letter.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Britain?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Britain<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v4tghiS3FU\">pic.twitter.com\/v4tghiS3FU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u062e\u0627\u0644\u062f \u0627\u0633\u0643\u064a\u0641 (@khalediskef) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/khalediskef\/status\/1571847573899513857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>What a corrupt, decrepit, old&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N-lZYqCnEXA?start=19&amp;end=20&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>Speaking of Progressive putzes, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Charlie Cooke makes a convincing argument&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/09\/elizabeth-warren-is-trump-in-professors-clothing\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202022-09-22&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Elizabeth Warren Is Trump in Professor\u2019s Clothing<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/09\/elizabeth-warren-is-trump-in-professors-clothing\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202022-09-22&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rather than the academic expert she pretends to be, Warren is a demagogic, narcissistic browbeater<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6ud5j4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104511\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6ud5j4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6ud5j4.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6ud5j4-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>E<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span class=\"small_caps\">lizabeth Warren<\/span>\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexthomp\/status\/1558080939544256514?s=21&amp;t=YTjdzLJ6NhIxLF3HYhRKmA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">believes<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em>\u00a0that she is treated differently than are many other American politicians because she is a woman. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">For once, Warren is correct: Were she a man, people would be far more likely to see her for who she actually is \u2014 which, once one gets past her pseudo-academic affect and poll-studied indignation, is Donald Trump in a Harvard professor\u2019s pantsuit.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Warren is a little more refined than Trump \u2014 and, as a result, she is more transparent in her artifice. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">But the ingredients are the same.<\/span> She is a bully who seeks office for its imprimatur. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">She is an egomaniac who responds well to praise.<\/span> (In 2019, a simple endorsement was sufficient to get her to propose that \u201cblack trans and cis women, gender-nonconforming, and nonbinary people are the backbone of our democracy,\u201d which is a sentence that nobody else has ever constructed, or will ever again construct, in English.) <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">And, because she is a narcissist, she is incapable of admitting her mistakes \u2014 even when not doing so means adopting intellectual positions that would have made Prospero blush.<\/span> At root, Warren is a shell, an opportunist, an actor. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">She was white, then she was Native American, then she was white again.<\/span> She was a Republican, then she was a Democrat. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">She was against money in politics, until that money\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2020\/02\/20\/elizabeth-warren-flip-flops-on-super-pac-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">began to follow her, rather than her opponents<\/a><\/em><\/span>, and, suddenly, she favored it.<\/span> Her life story is malleable and Gatsbyesque, with the only consistent narrative being that she, Elizabeth Warren, is the hero of the age.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">In truth, the only surprise here is that it has taken so long for Warren to expose herself for who she really is \u2014 not an expert, but a browbeater.<\/span> And, as a browbeater, her favorite themes are uncannily similar to one Donald J. Trump\u2019s. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Ruminating upon Georgia\u2019s 2018 gubernatorial election recently, Warren referred to\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/senwarren\/status\/1375276181034045441?s=21&amp;t=5pjEwHQblE4ZWDeqe_HiuQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">the duly elected victor<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0in that race as \u201cthe Republican who is sitting in Stacey Abrams\u2019 chair.\u201d<\/span> Attempting to reopen a box that has long been closed, Warren continues to insist that \u201cMichael Brown was murdered by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo.\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">In the course of her many unhinged post-<em>Dobbs<\/em>\u00a0rants, Warren has lamented that, in America, crisis-pregnancy centers \u201coutnumber abortion clinics,\u201d and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2022\/07\/14\/elizabeth-warren-wants-to-shut-down-all-of-the-countrys-crisis-pregnancy-centers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">declared<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0that \u201cwe\u201d \u2014 by which she apparently meant whichever part of the American government she next seeks to imbue\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2020\/06\/opinion-analysis-court-strikes-down-restrictions-on-removal-of-cfpb-director-but-leaves-bureau-in-place\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">with dictatorial powers<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 \u201cneed to shut them down here in Massachusetts, and we need to shut them down all around the country.\u201d<\/span> The Supreme Court displeases her?<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/06\/26\/warren-supreme-court-abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">She calls for packing it<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The filibuster is inconveniencing her?<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/elizabeth-warren-calls-eliminating-senate-filibuster-legislation-n991301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">She calls for nuking it<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Her preferred candidate didn\u2019t win the Democratic primary? <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The race was \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-41850798\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">rigged<\/a><\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span> As for free speech? <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">That, apparently, is a right she should enjoy but others shouldn\u2019t.<\/span> Speaking directly to Amazon last year, Warren\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amazonnews\/status\/1375529101931520007?s=21&amp;t=Eg7kEFu1XV5KTdHZGQYojQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">confirmed<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0that her aim was \u201cto break up Big Tech so you\u2019re not powerful enough to heckle senators with snotty tweets.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Sprinkle in a little random capitalization, add in some exclamation points, and append an incongruous \u201cThank you!\u201d to their tails, and all of these statements could have been written by Donald Trump \u2014 who must presumably be kicking himself for not having thought to soften the edges of his boorishness by prepending the word \u201cprofessor\u201d to his name.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And since Charlie mentioned Stacey Abrams, just when we thought Progressives couldn&#8217;t plumb the depths of deception any deeper, this outsized sore loser who&#8217;s never missed a meal on the campaign trail&#8230;or any other day in her life&#8230;proves us wrong, as she now unconvincingly claims&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/stacey-abrams-claims-fetal-heartbeats-manufactured-to-help-men-control-women\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=29135214\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Six-Week Fetal Heartbeats \u2018Manufactured\u2019 to Help Men Control Women<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pLJved2xQr0\" 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>Ignoring, of course, the well-over 30 million <em><u>unborn women<\/u><\/em> slaughtered <em><u>by women<\/u><\/em>\u00a0under the tender auspices of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, here&#8217;s a quintet of selections specially chosen for inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). Jim Geraghty details how, when\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/welcome-to-schrodingers-pandemic\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=blog-post&amp;utm_campaign=river&amp;utm_content=top-bar-latest&amp;utm_term=first\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><u>Grandpa gets confused, the president\u2019s words and his administration\u2019s actual policies are no more than distant cousins<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/a>, as Biden and his handlers appear oblivious to the fact if, as he told\u00a0<em>60 Minutes<\/em>, &#8220;The pandemic is over&#8221;, &#8220;a bunch of his administration\u2019s policy and budgetary priorities \u2014 including the student-loan-forgiveness plan! \u2014 are based on the premise that the pandemic is not over.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). Who knows?\u00a0 If the Biden clown car repeats the same patent prevarication enough times&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fh9fpFmltQs\" 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=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;perhaps their dream will come true&#8230;but we wouldn&#8217;t bet on it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Dan McLaughlin records <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/09\/the-pollster-who-thinks-its-happening-again-for-republicans\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202022-09-21&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><u>if Robert Cahaly of Trafalgar is right&#8230;again, Democrats could be in for a rough November across the map<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). The <em>Morning Jol<\/em>t relates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshbarro.com\/p\/gavin-newsom-is-gross-and-embarrassing\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><u>Josh Barro&#8217;s total takedown of California&#8217;s clown who would be king<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>&#8220;Gavin Newsom <em><u>looks<\/u><\/em> like the kind of guy who would have\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/la-pol-ca-governors-race-gavin-newsom-affair-20180207-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">an affair with the wife of his close friend and campaign manager<\/a><\/em><\/span>. Or\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kltv.com\/story\/5557162\/mayor-mchotties-new-girlfriend-half-his-age\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">who, when he was 39 and mayor of San Francisco, had a girlfriend who was too young to drink<\/a><\/em><\/span>. Or\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/california\/story\/2020\/11\/13\/newsom-faces-backlash-after-attending-french-laundry-dinner-party-1336419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">who would dine with a group of 12 at The French Laundry just hours after warning Californians not to gather for the holidays due to COVID<\/a><\/em>. Or who would marry Kimberly Guilfoyle. Or who would pose with Guilfoyle like this on Ann Getty\u2019s rug. . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/asswipe.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104517\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/asswipe.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/asswipe.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/asswipe-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>Of course, Newsom <em><u>looks<\/u><\/em> like that kind of guy because he\u00a0<em><u>is<\/u><\/em>\u00a0that guy. He <em><u>did<\/u><\/em> all those things!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). Even as a lame duck, <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/spencerbrown\/2022\/09\/22\/lame-duck-liz-cheney-just-handed-democrats-another-victory-n2613469?utm_campaign=rightrailsticky1\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u>Liz Cheney&#8217;s proven she&#8217;s as useful to her constituents<\/u><\/span><\/em><\/a>\u00a0as a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/screendooronsubmarine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104516\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/screendooronsubmarine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/screendooronsubmarine.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/screendooronsubmarine-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/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\/09\/aaa-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104499\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/aaa-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/aaa-4.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/aaa-4-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MC_Over_web.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104494\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MC_Over_web.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MC_Over_web.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MC_Over_web-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MC_Voice_web.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104490\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MC_Voice_web.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MC_Voice_web.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MC_Voice_web-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MC_SupplyChain_web.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104491\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MC_SupplyChain_web.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MC_SupplyChain_web.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MC_SupplyChain_web-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Image-9-16-22-at-9.04-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104492\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Image-9-16-22-at-9.04-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Image-9-16-22-at-9.04-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Image-9-16-22-at-9.04-AM-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cb092222dAPC.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104495\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cb092222dAPC.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cb092222dAPC.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cb092222dAPC-300x227.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/sk092222dAPC.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104496\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/sk092222dAPC.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/sk092222dAPC.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/sk092222dAPC-300x232.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/afb092222dAPC.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104497\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/afb092222dAPC.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/afb092222dAPC.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/afb092222dAPC-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Image-9-22-22-at-8.42-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104498\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Image-9-22-22-at-8.42-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Image-9-22-22-at-8.42-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Image-9-22-22-at-8.42-AM-233x300.jpg 233w\" 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\/09\/Balls4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls4.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls4-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104481\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls5.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls5-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104478\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls1-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls2-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104479\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls2-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls2-2-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls32.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104483\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls32.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Balls32-300x297.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Speed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Speed1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104484\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Speed1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Speed1-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Speed1-1-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;James Patrick&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Crilley1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104485\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Crilley1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Crilley1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Crilley1-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hickey1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104488\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hickey1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hickey1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hickey1-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hickey.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104489\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hickey.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hickey.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hickey-300x271.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;as well as a couple keepers from\u00a0<em>The Patriot Post<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Patriot-Post1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104486\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Patriot-Post1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Patriot-Post1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Patriot-Post1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Patriot-Post1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Patriot-Post2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104487\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Patriot-Post2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Patriot-Post2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Patriot-Post2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Patriot-Post2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with an administrative note.\u00a0 If September has been busy, our October is booked solid, with a golf trip the first week, our youngest son&#8217;s wedding the second, our 45th Naval Academy reunion the third and our niece&#8217;s nuptials the fourth.\u00a0 All of which means, though we won&#8217;t cease transmitting, our offerings will be somewhat sporadic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/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>Jesse Watters puts The Left&#8217;s incoherent response to Ron DeSantis&#8217;s brilliance into proper perspective.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-lSSCPdDh-8\" 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>Ya gotta love a guy who drives Progressives absolutely batsh*t crazy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iYfh4Pua06A\" 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>McGloverable knocks it out of the park!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DEDjtTkRw1Q\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, September 23rd, 2022&#8230;but before we begin&#8230;the lovely Shannon forwarded this video of the recently-demoted Don Lemon being schooled on the history of slavery: \ufeff Proving once again even a broken clock is occasionally right, Bill Maher expands on Lemon&#8217;s lesson: \ufeff Here&#8217;s the juice: Chattel slavery has existed throughout recorded history, infecting every 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