{"id":105271,"date":"2022-11-06T18:01:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T23:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=105271"},"modified":"2022-11-06T18:01:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T23:01:35","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-november-4th-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=105271","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, November 4th, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, November 4th, 2022&#8230;but before we begin, <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/leahbarkoukis\/2022\/11\/02\/why-new-questions-are-being-raised-about-bidens-health-n2615346\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Townhall.com presents a recent photo of 46*&#8217;s hand<\/em><\/span><\/a> which is raising very legitimate questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Not making a diagnosis here, but those marks on Mr. Biden&#8217;s hand do resemble the residua of punctures. Usually blood draws are done from the antecubital (inside of elbow) vein. Intravenous lines are often inserted in the hands.<\/p>\n<p>Anything we need to know? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ENI0lX9Nwv\">https:\/\/t.co\/ENI0lX9Nwv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nan Hayworth, M.D. (@NanHayworth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NanHayworth\/status\/1587602866583535618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bidens-hand.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105202\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bidens-hand.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bidens-hand.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bidens-hand-300x289.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reports Biden initially thought his thumb was gone&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6zfnh2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105266\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6zfnh2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6zfnh2.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6zfnh2-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;proved unfounded, yet understandable considering Joe&#8217;s increasingly frequent incidents of incoherence and flights of fantasy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/liar-liar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105260\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/liar-liar.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/liar-liar.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/liar-liar-193x300.png 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BIDEN: The reason I accidentally said &#8220;the war in Iraq&#8221; is to blame for inflation is because &#8220;that&#8217;s where my son died.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1UanbSgX4B\">pic.twitter.com\/1UanbSgX4B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1587550049814577152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beau was an Army JAG officer who spent time in Iraq, but he died from brain cancer at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, <em>NRO<\/em> reports&#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=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/11\/chinese-diplomat-cornered-and-berated-congressional-aide-at-other-embassies-events\/?bypass_key=cjFjVmRhbGkrTGVlR2RudDhZa1NIdz09OjpMM1JVVTFkdlQwRkxNVmxDY0hOaldWbzNUV1pxWnowOQ%3D%3D?utm_source%3Demail&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=29567092&amp;utm_source=Sailthru\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Two recent incidents shed light on Beijing\u2019s escalating campaign to intimidate Congress over Taiwan<\/span><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/11\/chinese-diplomat-cornered-and-berated-congressional-aide-at-other-embassies-events\/?bypass_key=cjFjVmRhbGkrTGVlR2RudDhZa1NIdz09OjpMM1JVVTFkdlQwRkxNVmxDY0hOaldWbzNUV1pxWnowOQ%3D%3D?utm_source%3Demail&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=29567092&amp;utm_source=Sailthru\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Chinese Diplomat Cornered and Berated Congressional Aide at Other Embassies\u2019 Events<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fa-china-7-full-pg-taiwan-claw-final-web.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105205\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fa-china-7-full-pg-taiwan-claw-final-web.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fa-china-7-full-pg-taiwan-claw-final-web.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fa-china-7-full-pg-taiwan-claw-final-web-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span class=\"drop\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"drop\">C<\/span><span class=\"small_caps\">hinese\u00a0<\/span>diplomats have escalated their bullying of Congress over Taiwan, in one case even sending personnel to harass a congressional aide at gatherings hosted by the embassies of other countries,\u00a0<span class=\"small_caps\">National Review<\/span>\u00a0has learned.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">These incidents, reported here for the first time, mark a new escalation of the sort of Wolf Warrior\u2013diplomacy pursued by China\u2019s embassy in the United States.<\/span> Highly unusual in themselves, the interactions follow other stepped-up efforts in recent months to aggressively push Beijing\u2019s line on U.S. soil, including the\u00a0embassy\u2019s collaboration\u00a0with a since-fired congressional aide to arrange meetings for Chinese diplomats with other Hill staffers.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The incident with the congressional aide occurred at a recent event hosted by the embassy of a Southeast Asian country.<\/span> The aide was standing with a group of people when a Chinese diplomat approached, singling him out, as the aide told NR on condition of anonymity. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Chinese diplomat, a member of the embassy\u2019s political team, told the congressional aide that his boss\u2019s support of Taiwan would cause a war and that this lawmaker would be responsible for it.<\/span> The diplomat\u2019s complaints grew so aggressive and loud that others nearby stepped away from the conversation. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The interaction lasted about a half hour.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Then, two weeks later, at an event hosted by a different embassy in Washington, the same Chinese diplomat, accompanied by his deputy, approached that aide again with similar complaints. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The staffer told NR that he viewed the two incidents as attempts at coercion and intelligence-gathering.<\/span> China\u2019s embassy in Washington did not respond to an email asking about its cornering of congressional staff at other embassies\u2019 events.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The aggressive nature of these tactics, given the current political environment, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is puzzling<\/em><\/span>, Michael Sobolik, a former Senate foreign-policy staffer who is now a fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council, told NR<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>&#8220;The aggressive nature of these tactics, given the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>current political environment<\/em><\/span>, is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>puzzling<\/em><\/span>&#8220;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>&#8220;Puzzling&#8221;&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6z8gwm.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105215\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6z8gwm.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6z8gwm.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6z8gwm-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>REALLY<\/em><\/span>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, just when you thought The Left couldn&#8217;t get any more repugnant,\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em> relates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/npr-broadcasts-ghastly-audio-of-woman-getting-abortion\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=29584819\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>NPR actually broadcast the audio of a woman undergoing an abortion<\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I almost didn&#8217;t want to tweet this but it&#8217;s something everyone needs to know. NPR on the radio this morning played audio of a woman getting an abortion. You can hear the vacuum turning on, crying, moaning, and the doctor telling her it&#8217;s done.<\/p>\n<p>Warning: It&#8217;s tough to listen to. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nlSNz0m5Ka\">pic.twitter.com\/nlSNz0m5Ka<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1588223254799548416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>As Greg Price tweeted&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/greg-price.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105243\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/greg-price.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/greg-price.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/greg-price-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Truer words&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mc_parrot_web-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105249\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mc_parrot_web-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mc_parrot_web-800x0.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mc_parrot_web-800x0-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;were never written, as The Left\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>truly are<\/em><\/span>\u00a0disciples of death.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, writing at <em>AEI<\/em>, Fred Hess suggests&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/op-eds\/scotus-may-end-race-based-admissions-preferences-congress-should-do-same-for-wealth-based-preferences\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">As the Supreme Court Considers Affirmative Action\u2019s Future, Legacy Admissions Also Need to End<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6z8bkp.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-105207\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6z8bkp-300x292.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6z8bkp-300x292.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6z8bkp.jpeg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>It\u2019s time for the Court to decide whether the law of the land means what it says. Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/USCODE-2010-title42\/pdf\/USCODE-2010-title42-chap21-subchapV.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">states<\/a><\/em><\/span>: \u201cNo person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin,<em>\u00a0be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination<\/em>\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Harvard and UNC collect <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>huge sums of federal funding each year<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Their admissions practices need to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>comport with federal law<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>A Court ruling to that effect, though, would only address <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one<\/em><\/span> of the ways in which college admissions practices play favorites and stifle opportunity. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Those who\u2019ve voiced concerns about affirmative action need to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also<\/em><\/span> take on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>legacy and wealth-based admissions<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>After all, defenders of affirmative action have a point when they argue that legacy admissions give special treatment to the already-advantaged. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Harvard data, for instance,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2021\/10\/28\/high-time-to-end-legacy-admissions\/#:~:text=Between%202014%20and%202019%2C%20the,%2Da%2Dmillion%20dollar%20households.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reveal that<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0the institution admits\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one-third<\/em><\/span>\u00a0of legacy applicants.<\/span> Since the school\u2019s overall acceptance rate was 6% in 2014, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>family connections<\/em><\/span> boost admissions chances by <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more than 500%<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">This amounts to the worst kind of stacked deck, one stacked in favor of the fortunate.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Legacy admissions should be ended \u2014 period. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">College officials complain that such a shift will make it tougher for them to shake down alumni for donations, but it\u2019s not clear why that justifies violating equal opportunity in order to aid the fortunate.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>It\u2019s also time for college officials to stop padding college coffers by selling seats to the kids and grandkids of wealthy donors. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">At Harvard, connections to a big donor boost a student\u2019s chances of admission\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2018\/10\/18\/day-three-harvard-admissions-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">by a factor of\u00a0nine<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The Harvard lawsuit illuminated some of the unsavory ways in which campus officials shake down potential donors. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">In one\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2018\/10\/18\/day-three-harvard-admissions-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealing note<\/a><\/em><\/span>, a high-ranking campus official observed that one applicant\u2019s family, which had given Harvard $8.7 million over time, had lost its wealth.<\/span> The official sighed, \u201cI don\u2019t see a significant opportunity for further major gifts,\u201d but added that there was \u201can art collection which conceivably could come our way.\u201d<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>There&#8217;s an easy solution to Harvard&#8217;s dilemma: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>stop accepting federal funding of any kind<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 This will leave the university free to pick and choose who passes through its hallowed halls in any way, shape or form it chooses.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In the meantime, for the very reason this video clip from Tucker relates&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_T9GwpuAKIg\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;we&#8217;re not going to be entrusting our health, let alone our life, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/exclusive-new-report-accuses-uncs-medical-school-of-putting-politics-before-patients\/?bypass_key=b2VCOTQrMTZYNldXYXdwdmk0dGV2UT09OjpWRUo2ZG1aMVNXVkdkQzlQVUhsYVRtdGFSRVpRUVQwOQ%3D%3D?utm_source%3Demail&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=29571059&amp;utm_source=Sailthru\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>to any medical professionals remotely connected to the University of North Carolina School of Medicine<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, as he lists all the problems Biden <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>didn&#8217;t<\/em><\/span> inherit, Jim Geraghty wonders&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/democratic-officials-know-theyre-the-incumbents-right\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20221102&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Democratic Officials Know They\u2019re the Incumbents, Right<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399;\">?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cassidy_bidenpollnumber2-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-105217\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cassidy_bidenpollnumber2-copy-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cassidy_bidenpollnumber2-copy-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cassidy_bidenpollnumber2-copy-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cassidy_bidenpollnumber2-copy.png 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>One of the problems facing the Democratic Party in the 2022 midterm cycle is that it is the incumbent party, but it acts and sounds as if it doesn\u2019t want to believe that it is the incumbent party.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Today in the\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/11\/01\/election-2022-latest-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">the headline is<\/a><\/em><\/span>, \u201cBiden says Democratic election wins will bring \u2018fundamental shift\u2019 on economy.\u201d<\/span> But the Democrats <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>already are<\/em><\/span> in the White House and enjoy majorities in the House of Representatives and a de facto majority the Senate. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">You could argue that the reason they\u2019re in so much trouble as the midterm elections approach is because they\u2019ve <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>already brought about<\/em><\/span> a \u201cfundamental shift on the economy.\u201d<\/span> Democrats passed, with few or no Republican votes, the American Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Over in\u00a0<em>The Nation<\/em>, the headline on Katrina Vanden Heuvel\u2019s column is, \u201c<a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/in-this-time-of-polycrisis-the-midterms-are-more-critical-than-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">In This Time of \u2018Polycrisis,\u2019 the Midterms Are More Critical Than Ever<\/a>.\u201d<\/span> She explains that \u201cpolycrisis\u201d is \u201cthe word historian\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/498398e7-11b1-494b-9cd3-6d669dc3de33?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">Adam Tooze uses<\/a>\u00a0to describe multiple, simultaneous systemic crises that intensify as they collide, resulting in dire and deadly disruptions.\u201d<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> She lists off high food prices, climate change, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Covid-19, and inflation as elements of the \u201cpolycrisis.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>I wasn\u2019t familiar with the term \u201cpolycrisis\u201d until I read her column, but I figure that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if you\u2019re the incumbent party<\/em><\/span>, you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>really don\u2019t want to preside over one of those<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">In fact, you might say that the whole point of government is to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>avoid<\/em><\/span> a polycrisis.<\/span> The argument in\u00a0<em>The Nation<\/em>\u00a0is that things <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>under this<\/em><\/span> administration and these Democrats in Congress <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have never been worse<\/em><\/span>, which is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>why they need to stay in power<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/dccc-chairman-maloney-struggles-to-put-away-mike-lawler-in-flashing-warning-sign-for-dems\/?bypass_key=bVpOT2tWWGxhNXBKblFnYVJycERIUT09OjpTRTFhTkVVeWVVUmthRWRoVTFsalRWZEtjRkpLWnowOQ%3D%3D?utm_source%3Demail&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=29568842&amp;utm_source=Sailthru\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NRO&#8217;s Brittany Bernstein reports<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, no seat is seemingly safe for Socialists this election cycle:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Democrats have been caught by surprise in New York\u2019s 17th congressional district, where state assemblyman Michael Lawler is putting up a stronger fight than they expected against Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Sean Patrick Maloney.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Last week, the\u00a0<em>Cook Political Report\u00a0<\/em>shifted the race from \u201clean Democrat\u201d to \u201ctoss up.\u201d<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> That the newly redrawn district is competitive has come as a shock, given that President Joe Biden won the area by ten points in 2020.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>If Lawler defeats Maloney, it would be the first time a Republican has defeated the chair of the DCCC in 40 years<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which is why\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/spencerbrown\/2022\/11\/01\/voters-explain-why-theyre-voting-republican-for-the-first-time-this-november-n2615309\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>this series of tweets from first-time Republican voters featured at Townhall.com<\/em><\/span><\/a> spells trouble for every member of the Biden clown car, particularly the comments of one Left-leaning Independent:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>I don&#8217;t recognize that Democrat party anymore. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The party I used to support stood for liberal values like free speech &amp; now pushes harder and harder for censorship.<\/span> I will continue to vote Republican until every pro-lockdown Democrat is out of office. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">I will continue to vote Republican until every pro-perversion Democrat is out of office.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wow!\u00a0 Guess Joe Rogan may be right:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xh3UYNohWLg?start=28&amp;end=65&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><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>Then there&#8217;s this octet of specially-selected items certain to pique the interest of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). This headline at the <em>National File,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalfile.com\/fbi-asks-judge-to-delay-seth-rich-laptop-release-for-66-years\/\">FBI Asks Judge to Delay Seth Rich Laptop Release for 66 Years<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><strong>prompted G. Trevor to wonder what could the corrupt, disgraced law-breaking bureaucracy be trying to hide <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>now<\/em><\/span>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). In the event you have absolutely nothing to do, no outside interests whatsoever, no life at all, you&#8217;ll be dying to learn\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/baggate-creates-worldwind-cornhole-cheating-scandal\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the &#8220;BagGate&#8221; cheating scandal is being touted as one of the greatest controversies in the history of the sport of cornhole<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong>.\u00a0 &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>One<\/em><\/span> of the greatest&#8221;; Which we guess means there&#8217;ve been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>others<\/em><\/span>!\u00a0 And no, this isn&#8217;t satire from <em>The Babylon Bee<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). Writing at <em>Unherd.com<\/em>, Nick Harris reminds us <a href=\"https:\/\/unherd.com\/thepost\/greta-thunberg-throws-her-lot-in-with-the-anti-capitalist-left\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the latest screed from the EnviroNazis&#8217; favorite expert on anything and everything<\/em><\/span><\/a> confirms our contention, you scratch a Green&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/THE-GREEN-RED-AXIS-OF-EVIL2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105241\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/THE-GREEN-RED-AXIS-OF-EVIL2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/THE-GREEN-RED-AXIS-OF-EVIL2.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/THE-GREEN-RED-AXIS-OF-EVIL2-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;you&#8217;ll find a Red!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). In a rare moment of sanity, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/madelineleesman\/2022\/11\/03\/court-rules-beauty-pageant-can-exclude-transgenders-n2615411\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the Miss USA beauty pageant cannot be forced to allow biological males who identify as transgender women to compete<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). In a follow on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/10\/a-pandemic-amnesty-hell-no\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202022-10-31&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">an earlier item detailing Progressives&#8217; pleas for forgiveness<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> for their deliberately destructive lockdown measures&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Balls3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105255\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Balls3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Balls3.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Balls3-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/donsurber.blogspot.com\/2022\/10\/judas-goat-conservatives.html?m=1\"><em>this article from Don Sturber courtesy of Speed<\/em><\/a><\/span> highlights another group undeserving of any absolution for their sins.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). The <em>Morning Jolt<\/em> asks and answers the question, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/who-failed-paul-pelosi\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20221103&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">who failed Paul Pelosi<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(7). Writing at <em>NRO<\/em>, Casey Mulligan reveals how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/11\/biden-has-bungled-fossil-fuel-policy\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20221102&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>a\u00a0<span class=\"small_caps\">range<\/span>\u00a0of Biden&#8217;s policies raised the cost of extracting and processing fossil fuels in the United States<\/em><\/span><\/a>, squandering historic export opportunities for domestic industries while adding utterly unnecessary pain at the pump.\u00a0 Yeah,&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/biden-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105109\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/biden-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"353\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/biden-2.png 353w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/biden-2-252x300.png 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>As <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/non-drama-election-midterms-voters-democracy-apocalyptic-biden-speech-obama-gas-prices-threat-turnout-senate-house-11667510884\"><em>Kim Strassel observes at the Journal<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<strong>It used to be that if a president scheduled prime-time air to warn the nation of a \u201cthreat\u201d to \u201cdemocracy,\u201d from \u201cdark forces,\u201d that has placed everything from our \u201cpersonal freedoms\u201d to the \u201crule of law\u201d \u201con the ballot\u201d\u2014he\u2019d be referring to something like World War II, and get a listen. The Biden speech got a shrug. Voters have sat through this apocalyptic movie many times now, and know its anticlimactic ending. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Besides<\/em><\/span>, they\u2019re busy <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>searching for spare change to cover the rising grocery bill<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(8). This now-deleted tweet makes one question&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>seriously<\/em><\/span> question&#8230;whether there&#8217;s a sentient adult working in the White House:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WOAH &#8211; The White House *deleted* its tweet after Twitter placed a fact-check disclaimer on it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1XJKnjRG5V\">pic.twitter.com\/1XJKnjRG5V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JosephWulfsohn\/status\/1587834194423595009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/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\/11\/aa-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105244\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aa-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aa-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aa-1-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/a-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105245\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/a-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/a-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/a-2-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/afb110322dAPC-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105246\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/afb110322dAPC-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/afb110322dAPC-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/afb110322dAPC-800x0-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bok.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105247\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bok.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bok.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bok-300x239.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sk110322dAPR-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sk110322dAPR-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sk110322dAPR-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sk110322dAPR-800x0-300x235.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mc_terriblos_web-500x310.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mc_terriblos_web-500x310.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mc_terriblos_web-500x310.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mc_terriblos_web-500x310-300x221.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aa-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/a-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105226\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/a-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/a-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/a-1-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_0269-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105227\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_0269-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_0269-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_0269-800x0-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cb110122dAPC-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105228\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cb110122dAPC-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cb110122dAPC-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cb110122dAPC-800x0-300x227.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/payn_c19409720221101103101-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105229\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/payn_c19409720221101103101-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/payn_c19409720221101103101-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/payn_c19409720221101103101-800x0-300x202.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105213\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/a.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/a-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-2-22-at-8.58-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105212\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-2-22-at-8.58-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-2-22-at-8.58-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-2-22-at-8.58-AM-300x211.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-3-22-at-9.45-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105248\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-3-22-at-9.45-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-3-22-at-9.45-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-3-22-at-9.45-AM-300x262.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from <em>The Patriot Post<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-10-31-22-at-2.06-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105208\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-10-31-22-at-2.06-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-10-31-22-at-2.06-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-10-31-22-at-2.06-PM-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-10-31-22-at-2.06-PM-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-10-31-22-at-2.07-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105209\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-10-31-22-at-2.07-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-10-31-22-at-2.07-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-10-31-22-at-2.07-PM-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-10-31-22-at-2.07-PM-300x300.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\/11\/james-patrick.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105211\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/james-patrick.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/james-patrick.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/james-patrick-282x300.png 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Balls Cotton:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Balls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105256\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Balls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Balls.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Balls-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Balls-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Balls2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105257\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Balls2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Balls2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Balls2-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/balls4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105258\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/balls4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/balls4.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/balls4-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ll add a hearty &#8220;AMEN!!!&#8221; to that last one.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with yet another sordid story straight from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, and this just in from the Hawkeye State:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/iowa-teenagers-accused-killing-spanish-teacher-over-bad-grade\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Iowa teenagers accused of killing Spanish teacher over bad grade<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Willard-Noble-mugshot-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105219\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Willard-Noble-mugshot-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Willard-Noble-mugshot-copy.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Willard-Noble-mugshot-copy-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Two\u00a0Iowa high school students\u00a0killed their Spanish teacher last year <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>as retaliation for receiving a bad grade<\/em><\/span>, prosecutors said in court documents on Tuesday.<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"> The documents reveal a possible motive in the case for the first time since the teenagers \u2014 Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale \u2014 were arrested in November 2021.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">The boys, who were 16 at the time, face murder charges for the death of their 66-year-old teacher Nohema Graber.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-105220\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled-2-249x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled-2-249x300.png 249w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled-2.png 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">According to investigators, Miller had met with Graber on November 2, 2021, to discuss his poor grade in her class.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">The teacher drove later that day to a park where she was known to take daily walks after school. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Witnesses reported seeing her van leaving the park less than an hour after she arrived with two males in the front seat.<\/span> The van was left at the end of a rural road and a witness later picked up the two boys as they walked to town on the same road, investigators said.<picture><\/picture><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Graber&#8217;s body was found at the park the next day underneath a tarp, wheelbarrow and railroad ties.<\/span> She had been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>beaten to death with a baseball bat<\/em><\/span>, according to investigators, and one of the teenagers <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bragged about the incident on social media<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">In\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">s<\/a>peaking to police, Miller said he was frustrated over Graber&#8217;s teaching methods and how his grade in her class was lowering his GPA.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>A witness provided <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>photos<\/em><\/span> to investigators of a Snapchat conversation with Goodale that reveals &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Goodale&#8217;s admissions that he acted in concert with another person to bring about Graber&#8217;s death<\/em><\/span>.&#8221; <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">The witness said Goodale made comments <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>implicating himself and Miller by name<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>But Miller&#8217;s lawyer, Christine Branstad, claims four search warrants <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>were issued illegally<\/em><\/span> in part because &#8220;law enforcement <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>failed to provide information to the issuing magistrate to show the informant is reliable or that the information from the informant should be considered reliable<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two thoughts immediately come to mind: First, these two are a waste of whatever resources the state will spend keeping them alive even a moment longer than is necessary to secure their convictions and sentencing.\u00a0 Second, we&#8217;re under the impression, given the DOJ\/FBI&#8217;s actions associated with obtaining the Russiagate FISA warrants, not only does law enforcement <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not need<\/em><\/span> to demonstrate an informant and\/or their information is reliable, they can intentionally and repeatedly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>mislead<\/em><\/span> the issuing magistrate on the matter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And if young Master Miller thought his Spanish grade was bad, he&#8217;s about to learn what it means to be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>proper<\/em><\/span> &#8220;F&#8221;&#8216;d!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UwVHFDAdWL8?start=119&amp;end=121&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>Most definitely.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Video of the Day<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tucker highlights why the stakes couldn&#8217;t be higher on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eMcXx_Fh9dQ\" 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;\"><em><strong>Tales of The Darkside<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>As contributor Nick noted, this is one of the very few funny skits SNL&#8217;s done in the last 6 years. We&#8217;d normally use this as an <em>On the Lighter Side\u00a0<\/em>entry, but it so accurately depicts the choices the Dims will face in 2024, for them it&#8217;s decidedly UNfunny!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/46WZfo1yFkI\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">On the Lighter Side<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You&#8217;ll love this <em>Top Gun<\/em> takeoff from our middle son Mike.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w3rQ3328Tok\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, November 4th, 2022&#8230;but before we begin, Townhall.com presents a recent photo of 46*&#8217;s hand which is raising very legitimate questions: Not making a diagnosis here, but those marks on Mr. Biden&#8217;s hand do resemble the residua of punctures. Usually blood draws are done from the antecubital (inside of elbow) vein. 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