{"id":105587,"date":"2022-12-04T22:12:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T03:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=105587"},"modified":"2022-12-04T22:12:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T03:12:53","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-december-2nd-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=105587","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, December 2nd, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, December 2nd, 2022&#8230;and fellas, there&#8217;s 22 shopping days left before Christmas.\u00a0 But before we begin, <em>FOX<\/em> informs us on Wednesday\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-gop-votes-congressional-earmarks-pet-projects\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>House Republicans\u00a0voted overwhelmingly to maintain the practice of using\u00a0congressional earmarks\u00a0for pet projects when they take power in January<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/download-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105565\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/download-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/download-1.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/download-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/download-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SHhrZgojY1Q?start=472&amp;end=479&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"240\" 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>It consequently warms our heart, and likely chills Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/republicans-opposing-mccarthy-take-miracle-earn-vote-speaker\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>a good number of House Republicans say they&#8217;re prepared to vote against him for Speaker<\/em><\/span><\/a> unless their demands for significant rules changes and major spending cuts are met.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As Romina Boccia notes at <em>NRO<\/em>, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/12\/its-time-for-congress-to-ban-earmarks\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202022-12-01&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it&#8217;s high time Congress put an end to earmarks<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>permanently<\/em><\/span>!\u00a0 And there&#8217;s no chance of Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s the least bit interested in doing so, for, as the <em>Journal<\/em>&#8216;s Kim Strassel records, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-gop-spending-poseurs-budget-house-republicans-leader-congress-taxpayer-federalism-wasteful-11669934943\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>he, along with at least 157 other members of the House GOP, are spending poseurs<\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Self-awareness isn\u2019t one of the modern GOP\u2019s strong suits, as House Republicans proved again this week. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">If the party is still confused as to why voters didn\u2019t trust them in greater numbers, it might consider that it isn\u2019t trustworthy.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Leader\u00a0Kevin McCarthy\u00a0in September unveiled to great fanfare the party\u2019s Commitment to America, which vowed that Republicans would \u201ccurb wasteful government spending\u201d that feeds inflation and the national debt. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Hundreds of Republican candidates stormed their districts, waving Commitment pocket cards and pronouncing on fiscal discipline and oversight.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Then came Wednesday\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>first test<\/em> <\/span>of whether this was all hot air, and it turns out <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a fleet of dirigibles wouldn\u2019t have held the gas<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">California Rep.\u00a0Tom McClintock\u00a0moved to repeal the recent party rule allowing earmarks. The caucus routed his motion, voting it down <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>158-52<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Commitment to America? <span style=\"color: #333399;\">More like Commitment to Spoils<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: While earmarks don&#8217;t necessarily put money directly into a Congressman&#8217;s pocket, they do contribute substantially to an individuals odds of reelection.\u00a0 Though it&#8217;s clear the vast majority of these civic-minded, dedicated public servants don&#8217;t leave Congress as millionaires by chance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up on the last <em>Gouge<\/em> of the week, another far wiser and infinitely more Conservative McCarthy, that being Andy, recounts&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/11\/the-oath-keepers-verdicts-correct-the-record-on-january-6\/?bypass_key=MExSdFF2a0JieXJQQXo0SHpNZ0hWUT09Ojphbk5JYzNFMlVuTmtjelZtTm5NemFYWlRXa0ZTUVQwOQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202022-11-30&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Oath Keepers Verdicts Correct the Record on January 6<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__subtitle\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/11\/the-oath-keepers-verdicts-correct-the-record-on-january-6\/?bypass_key=MExSdFF2a0JieXJQQXo0SHpNZ0hWUT09Ojphbk5JYzNFMlVuTmtjelZtTm5NemFYWlRXa0ZTUVQwOQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202022-11-30&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The jury concludes that there was a spontaneous riot at the Capitol, rather than an elaborate plot to make war on the United States<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/capitol-hill-protests-010621-8-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105574\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/capitol-hill-protests-010621-8-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/capitol-hill-protests-010621-8-copy.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/capitol-hill-protests-010621-8-copy-300x175.png 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>I<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span class=\"small_caps\">t<\/span>\u00a0wasn\u2019t an elaborate, multilayered plot. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It wasn\u2019t democracy hanging by a thread.<\/span> It was a mob run amok, a riot. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It was dangerous for those on the scene, and it was notorious because it happened at the Capitol instead of, say, on the streets of Minneapolis.<\/span> But it was a spontaneous, chaotic, nearly pointless tantrum that had no chance of achieving even the nebulous, short-term aim of preventing Congress from counting state-certified electoral votes, much less of overthrowing America\u2019s constitutional order.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Oh, and to hear prosecutors tell the story of January 6, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Donald Trump had precious little to do with the whole thing<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>These are the only logical conclusions to draw from the verdicts returned Tuesday afternoon by a jury in deep blue Washington, D.C. T<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">he panel acquitted three of the five Oath Keeper defendants whom the Justice Department overheatedly charged with\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/18\/2384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">seditious conspiracy<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 the crime of agreeing to levy war against the United States, or to forcibly oppose its authority.<\/span> The jury did return seditious-conspiracy convictions against the Oath Keepers\u2019 national leader, Stewart Rhodes, and his confidant, Kelly Meggs, who headed up the loose-knit organization\u2019s Florida chapter.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> Yet jurors acquitted Rhodes on a charge of conspiracy to disrupt the January 6 joint session of Congress \u2014 the objective that, according to prosecutors, drove the seditious conspiracy.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>On the other hand, all five defendants \u2014 Rhodes and Meggs, along with Kenneth Harrelson, Jessica Watkins, and Thomas Caldwell \u2014 were convicted of what should have been the main charge in the case:\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the actual obstruction of a congressional proceeding<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Like the superfluous seditious-conspiracy charges, obstruction carries a potential penalty of 20 years\u2019 imprisonment; by itself, it would have provided more-than-adequate punishment for the defendants\u2019 actions.<\/span> Unlike conspiracy, actual obstruction need not entail a plan, much less a serpentine scheme to destroy our republic. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Again, it was a better fit for what happened at the Capitol on January 6, which was chaos.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The verdicts seem irrational, but that is because the prosecution was irrational<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If this kangaroo court prove one thing it&#8217;s that for all Trump&#8217;s faults, which are numerous, inciting insurrection wasn&#8217;t among them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, though this latest offering from the <em>Journal<\/em>&#8216;s Holman Jenkins is well worth your time&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"crawler css-bsrkcm-Box e1vnmyci0\">\n<h1 class=\"css-1hch5ce-StyledHeadline e1ipbpvp0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\">Zero-Covid and Xi Jinping\u2019s Deal With the Devil<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"css-mosdo-Dek-Dek e1jnru6p0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">China\u2019s lockdown strategy was aimed at helping a new Mao consolidate power<\/span>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Untitled-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105607\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Untitled-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Untitled-2.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Untitled-2-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;it was this snippet somewhat unrelated to the headers which got our attention:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>I doubt Mr. Xi drinks deeply of the mentality of the Western media, whose zero-Covid delusions amounted to indulgence in the prerogative of the harlot through the ages. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Western politicians weren\u2019t asking what made the most sense for society, but what made the most sense for themselves at a specific moment, in terms of career preservation.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>President Trump extended his social-distancing guidance in March 2020 based on polls that showed the public, however unrealistically, wanted and expected to be spared the virus altogether<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Those who fail to grasp almost all our completely counterproductive response to the genetically-altered coronavirus which was either loosed or slipped loose from a government lab in Wuhan, China was based on politics rather than science hasn&#8217;t been paying attention.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of the completely counterproductive, courtesy of <em>NRO<\/em>, Christian Schneider details how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/12\/colleges-turn-to-segregation-to-solve-racial-ills\/?bypass_key=NTFvZG5hN3UvVVVSMHRBdnpUOUhhdz09OjpRaTlWWWtzcmNHazJjVk50TVVNcmQwVnNXVlJRWnowOQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202022-12-01&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">Colleges Turn to Segregation to Solve Racial Ills<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #008000;\">*<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/12\/colleges-turn-to-segregation-to-solve-racial-ills\/?bypass_key=NTFvZG5hN3UvVVVSMHRBdnpUOUhhdz09OjpRaTlWWWtzcmNHazJjVk50TVVNcmQwVnNXVlJRWnowOQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202022-12-01&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Everything old, and bad, is new again \u2014 and still bad<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>* <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Self-imagined<\/em><\/span> &#8220;racial ills&#8221;!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/190521_graduation-1250x650-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105608\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/190521_graduation-1250x650-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/190521_graduation-1250x650-copy.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/190521_graduation-1250x650-copy-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Y<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span class=\"small_caps\">ears\u00a0<\/span>from now, students of American history will be taught of the era when college students were kept from living near one another because of the color of their skin.<\/span> When separate graduation ceremonies were held for students of color because of a group\u2019s unease with the commingling of the races. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">When students were kept out of colleges because of their ethnicity.<\/span> And when governors openly questioned the learning abilities of schoolchildren of color.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>The history books covering this era, however, won\u2019t be talking about the Jim Crow South or George Wallace\u2019s 1963 declaration urging \u201csegregation now, segregation forever.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>They will, instead, be referring to the last five years, in which colleges have begun\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/woke-college-are-backing-segregation-now-tomorrow-and-forever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">separating students by race<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0out of concern that it might damage the \u201cmental health\u201d of non-white students if they are forced to interact with white students.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>What was once discarded as an embarrassing remnant of the Jim Crow era has now become de rigueur on college campuses, returning in the form of \u201caffinity groups,\u201d racially separate housing arrangements, and segregated theatrical performances<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Consider the\u00a0view expressed in this tweet from <em>Libs of Tik-Tok<\/em>\u00a0video forwarded by the lovely Shannon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you\u2019re hanging out with black people and want to invite a white person you need to make sure to get permission because not everyone feels comfortable with white people and their shenanigans <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GnundAdfGl\" class=\"broken_link\">pic.twitter.com\/GnundAdfGl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1597709400395112448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"broken_link\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>If such educated idiots are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>right<\/em><\/span>, it makes all <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>these<\/em><\/span> people&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/supporters-rights-placards-Washington-DC-August-28-1963-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/supporters-rights-placards-Washington-DC-August-28-1963-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/supporters-rights-placards-Washington-DC-August-28-1963-copy.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/supporters-rights-placards-Washington-DC-August-28-1963-copy-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/segregation-protest-public-domain-e1357376046603-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/segregation-protest-public-domain-e1357376046603-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/segregation-protest-public-domain-e1357376046603-copy.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/segregation-protest-public-domain-e1357376046603-copy-300x129.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GWM5N2JDVRE6TJT3E2ZMR3HTA4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105602\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GWM5N2JDVRE6TJT3E2ZMR3HTA4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GWM5N2JDVRE6TJT3E2ZMR3HTA4.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GWM5N2JDVRE6TJT3E2ZMR3HTA4-300x158.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Columbia_1961-MLK_Story_640.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105604\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Columbia_1961-MLK_Story_640.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Columbia_1961-MLK_Story_640.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Columbia_1961-MLK_Story_640-300x154.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wrong<\/em><\/span>, and these guys&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lindabrownsegregation-2-1280x905.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105603\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lindabrownsegregation-2-1280x905.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lindabrownsegregation-2-1280x905.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/lindabrownsegregation-2-1280x905-300x212.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;just somewhat ahead of their time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a second shot of the juice in cartoon form:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/008f9af8-2332-4c4d-ae56-56ae8adae686-5512AS-MLK-Johnson-color4-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105605\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/008f9af8-2332-4c4d-ae56-56ae8adae686-5512AS-MLK-Johnson-color4-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/008f9af8-2332-4c4d-ae56-56ae8adae686-5512AS-MLK-Johnson-color4-copy.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/008f9af8-2332-4c4d-ae56-56ae8adae686-5512AS-MLK-Johnson-color4-copy-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, here&#8217;s a septet of special selections certain to pique the interest of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). In some more of that sh*t you just can&#8217;t make up, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/saraharnold\/2022\/12\/01\/katie-hobbs-office-threatened-county-board-with-arrest-if-they-didnt-certify-results-n2616629\"><em>members of the Republican-led Mojave County Election Board were threatened with arrest by Arizona State Elections Director Kori Lorick if they didn&#8217;t certify results<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0declaring victory for Lorick&#8217;s boss, Dimocrat Katie Hobbs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). <em>NRO<\/em> reports <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/who-renames-monkeypox-virus-citing-fears-of-racism\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=29825916\"><em>the WHO will be renaming monkeypox as \u201cmpox\u201d moving forward due to fears the original name could be misconstrued as insensitive and racist<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 Two thoughts immediately come to mind: (i). This move is certain to have as little effect on racism as the Washington Bullets becoming the Wizards impacted gun violence and the Redskins renaming benefited American Indians; and, (ii). Can it be mere coincidence the name monkeypox only became insensitive or racist when the disease escaped the confines of Third World Africa and spread almost exclusively amongst First World gay men?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). T<\/strong><strong>he <em>WSJ<\/em> Editorial Board relates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/americans-are-losing-trust-in-the-military-reagan-institute-survey-11669848047?mod=trending_now_opn_1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the disturbing decline in America&#8217;s faith in her Military leaders<\/em><\/span><\/a>, largely owing to the patent politicization and wokeness of the senior officer corps.\u00a0 Hmmm&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O8EITu5ZYo8\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/milley.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105596\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/milley.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/milley.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/milley-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;imagine THAT!\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). In a related item from <em>FOX<\/em>,\u00a0 the U.S. Naval Academy has confirmed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>it\u00a0denied all requests for religious exemptions from the WuFlu vaccine<\/em><\/span>, while at the same time refuting claims unvaccinated midshipmen were denied their diplomas.\u00a0 So much ado over a group of young people who didn&#8217;t need it not wanting to receive something that didn&#8217;t work.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). Jim Geraghty chronicles the launching of\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/sam-bankman-fried-launches-his-biggest-boldest-effort-to-lie-his-way-out-of-trouble\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20221201&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Sam Bankman-Fried&#8217;s biggest, boldest effort to lie his way out of trouble<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Two snippets stood out; First:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;<em><strong>And<\/strong><strong> then there\u2019s this exchange:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><p><em><strong>SORKIN:\u00a0Sam, help me with this. On Nov. 7, you tweeted, and then deleted a tweet, that said: \u201cFTX has enough to cover all client holdings, we don\u2019t invest client assets, even treasuries. We have been processing all withdrawals and will continue to be.\u201d You then deleted that tweet and literally just moments ago, you told me that it was on Nov. 7 that things took a turn.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>BANKMAN-FRIED:\u00a0Yep.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>SORKIN:\u00a0Were you telling the truth?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>BANKMAN-FRIED:\u00a0Things were changing fast.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><strong>Yeah, I\u2019m just going to mark that one down as a \u201cNo, I was not telling the truth.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>And second:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<em><strong>I think\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkhammer\/status\/1598314136961781766\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">Mary Katharine Ham has a good argument<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0that, \u201cThe media is more hostile to [Elon] Musk for spending his own money than to SBF for losing a couple billion in people\u2019s life savings.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). We don&#8217;t know which is worse, 46* claiming all these union workers are ignorant as hell&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bpJIN7wJF4Q\" 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;or the bobblehead nodding behind him!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(7). The more things change&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6pZpjhYHqZY?start=0&amp;end=92&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;the more they remain the same:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Doocy: &#8220;Kevin McCarthy says that he invited president Biden down to the border. How does the president RSVP? We know the president has never been down to the border.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>KJP: &#8220;He&#8217;s been to the border.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Doocy: &#8220;When did he go to the border?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>KJP: &#8220;He is taking action.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KbYghf1pul\">pic.twitter.com\/KbYghf1pul<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1598051710500757504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Progressives: they lie but once&#8230;and that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>continually<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/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\/12\/mc_antfauci_web-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105589\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/mc_antfauci_web-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/mc_antfauci_web-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/mc_antfauci_web-800x0-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/afb113022dAPC-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/afb113022dAPC-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/afb113022dAPC-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/afb113022dAPC-800x0-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MC_Smooshed_web-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105569\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MC_Smooshed_web-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MC_Smooshed_web-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MC_Smooshed_web-800x0-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/aaa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105590\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/aaa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/aaa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/aaa-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/aa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105591\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/aa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/aa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/aa-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105592\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/a.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/a-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ftx.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105570\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ftx.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ftx.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ftx-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/donald.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105571\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/donald.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/donald.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/donald-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-30-22-at-1.17-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105563\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-30-22-at-1.17-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-30-22-at-1.17-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Image-11-30-22-at-1.17-PM-300x211.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Image-12-1-22-at-10.30-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Image-12-1-22-at-10.30-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Image-12-1-22-at-10.30-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Image-12-1-22-at-10.30-AM-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a week with this sage suggestion from Ed Hickey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hickey11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105562\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hickey11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hickey11.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hickey11-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hickey11-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>As almost every husband learns early on in every marriage, you can be wrong even when you&#8217;re right.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video of the Day<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Though we had a link to it in our last edition, this Tucker expos\u00e9 of Apple&#8217;s complicity in the ChiCom&#8217;s crackdown on peaceful protests is deserving of another look.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aHJ_tzgTZn0\" 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>Hey, what could go wrong?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fvtWvbsLAI4\" 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 Dimmer Side<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the INCREDIBLE circular logic of an illegal alien advocating for &#8220;rights&#8221; which don&#8217;t exist.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3MXRygwAzkI?start=0&amp;end=217&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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, December 2nd, 2022&#8230;and fellas, there&#8217;s 22 shopping days left before Christmas.\u00a0 But before we begin, FOX informs us on Wednesday\u00a0House Republicans\u00a0voted overwhelmingly to maintain the practice of using\u00a0congressional earmarks\u00a0for pet projects when they take power in January. \ufeff It consequently warms our heart, and likely chills Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s, a good number of House 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