{"id":107909,"date":"2023-03-09T17:45:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T22:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=107909"},"modified":"2023-03-09T17:45:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T22:45:45","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-march-8th-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=107909","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, March 8th, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, March 8th, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, discussing the perilous state of the Republic with TLJ over another delicious dinner brought to mind this line from Bryan Brown in <em>Breaker Morant<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z1Z4O6SQMx8?start=2095&amp;end=2098&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>While Merrick Garland and Chris Wray busy their departments chasing what they dutifully deem the greatest threat to America, Christians and White Nationalists, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>actual<\/em><\/span> terrorists, <span style=\"color: #000000;\">both foreign <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> domestic,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/who-attacking-planned-police-training-center-atlanta-dubbed-cop-city-why\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">struck again in Atlanta<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum\u00a0said the violence seen on Sunday marked a &#8220;significant escalation&#8221; in violence and the number of suspects involved.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8220;This wasn\u2019t about a public safety training center.<\/span> This was about anarchy, and this was about an attempt to destabilize. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">And we are addressing that quickly,&#8221; Schierbaum told reporters Sunday.<\/span> &#8220;Actions such as this will not be tolerated. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">You attack law enforcement officers, you damage equipment, you are breaking the law.<\/span> This was a very violent attack that occurred this evening.&#8221;<span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u00a0Schierbaum said he has been clear on what a protest is versus violence, and that &#8220;legitimate protests&#8221; would have the &#8220;the full protection of the Atlanta Police Department.&#8221;<\/span><picture><\/picture><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Instead, Schierbaum said\u00a0the incidents on Sunday were &#8220;criminal activity.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8220;This is not a protest.<\/span> This is criminal activity. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">And the charges that will be brought forth will show that,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Both Schierbaum and [Georgia Attorney General Chris] Carr have highlighted to the media this week that the majority of suspects detained on Sunday were not from the state of Georgia, let alone Atlanta. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Out of the 23 charged, two were from the Peach State.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>&#8220;So this is a national network, an international group of people that are organized to come to our state to undermine a public safety training center,&#8221; Carr said<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which begs the question of both Garland and Wray&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3W4Zf8Za0FE\" 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><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Now<\/span><\/em>, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We open with some thoughts on the initial release of the January 6 videos.\u00a0 First, Tucker Carlson was the wrong courier to deliver this message, particularly in light of recent revelations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/merchants-of-lies-betrayers-of-trust\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>his gross misconduct as part of FOX&#8217;s Stealgate<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Had we been Kevin McCarthy, we&#8217;d have chosen a herals of unimpeachable credibility; Brit Hume comes immediately to mind.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Still, it requires a willful suspension of reason to view this video of the Capitol Police calmly escorting a behorned imbecile through the Capitol&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Opy7MLGAPBk?start=161&amp;end=327&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>&#8230;and reach Mitch McConnell&#8217;s curious conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J79grno_1CY?start=58&amp;end=80&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>For the record, here&#8217;s the Capitol Police chief&#8217;s letter, erroneously entitled &#8220;Truth &amp; Justice&#8221;:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FqojNe2WcAYHJxW.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107945\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FqojNe2WcAYHJxW.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FqojNe2WcAYHJxW.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FqojNe2WcAYHJxW-204x300.jpeg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>So many half-truths and misrepresentations, so little time.\u00a0 We&#8217;d love to have the Chief respond to the following three questions under oath:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(i) Whose fault was it your officers were outnumbered?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(ii) &#8220;De-escalation tactics&#8221;; Is that what you call Michael Byrd&#8217;s interaction with Ashli Babbit&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZQaeg1d82Lo?start=172\" 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>\u00a0&#8230;a response which came without warning and imminent threat to Byrd&#8217;s body or person?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(iii) Outside of your absurdly foolish &#8220;common sense&#8221; fallacy, what MEDICAL evidence, if any, can you offer in support of your claim Brian Sicknick&#8217;s January 6 exertions directly resulted in his death the next day?\u00a0 Your honor, counsel is introducing unprovable assertions which DO NOT constitute evidence!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice, in the form of two more thoughts: One, in the interest of fairness, Michael Byrd didn&#8217;t know what Ashli Babbit had in her backpack; then again, he could have&#8230;and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should<\/em><\/span> have&#8230;fired a warning shot prior to using deadly force.\u00a0 Two, by the same token, if one chooses to define the attempt by a minority of the trespassers to disrupt the certification of the electoral votes as an &#8220;insurrection&#8221;, must one not, in fairness, term a conspiracy on the part of Dimocrats, the MSM, DOJ, FBI, Facebook and Twitter to change the outcome of the election an &#8220;insurrection&#8221;&#8230;or at the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>very least<\/em><\/span> a concerted effort to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>steal<\/em><\/span> it?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Just sayin&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item detailing deliberate deception at the highest levels of government, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Caroline Downey recounts how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/fauci-prompted-scientific-paper-purporting-to-debunk-covid-lab-leak-theory-emails-show\/?utm_source=recirc-&amp;utm_medium=blog-post&amp;utm_campaign=river&amp;utm_content=top-bar-latest&amp;utm_term=first\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Fauci \u2018Prompted\u2019 Scientific Paper Purporting to Debunk Covid Lab-Leak Theory, Emails Show<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7dlraf-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107902\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7dlraf-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7dlraf-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7dlraf-1-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>On Sunday, the GOP-led House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic revealed that the nation\u2019s leading epidemiologist in February 2020\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41591-020-0820-9\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">directed and approved a paper<\/a>\u00a0titled, \u201cThe Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2,\u201d which he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>later cited<\/em><\/span> to cast the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/02\/eyes-wide-shut-the-covid-origins-story\/\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">lab-leak theory as a myth<\/a><\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u201cNew evidence released by the Select Subcommittee today suggests that Dr. Fauci \u2018<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>prompted<\/em><\/span>\u2019 the drafting of a publication that would \u2018<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>disprove<\/em><\/span>\u2019 the lab leak theory, the authors of this paper <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>skewed available evidence to achieve that goal<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> Dr. Jeremy Farrar <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>went uncredited despite significant involvement<\/em><\/span>,\u201d a\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023.03.05-SSCP-Memo-Re.-New-Evidence.Proximal-Origin.pdf\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">memo from the committee read<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>On February 1, 2020, Fauci, then director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Francis Collins, then director of the National Institutes of Health, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>held a call with several scientists to discuss the origins of the virus<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A group of evolutionary virologists on the call informed Fauci and Collins that Covid may have stemmed from a lab accident and may have been genetically engineered, according to the memo.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Three days later<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>four<\/em><\/span> of the experts who attended that meeting drafted a research document, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>which was forwarded to Fauci upon completion for editing and approval<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The paper, later published in\u00a0<em>Nature Medicine<\/em>, argued that Covid had \u201cmutations\u201d that supported the explanation that it had been transmitted to humans from animals.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>One of the four authors, Dr. Kristin Andersen, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>admits<\/em><\/span> in a cover email sent to\u00a0<em>Nature\u00a0<\/em>that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Fauci \u201cprompted<\/em><\/span>\u201d the paper\u2019s drafting <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in order to \u201cdisprove\u201d the lab-leak theory<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cThere has been a lot of speculation, fear-mongering, and conspiracies put forward in this space.<\/span> [This paper <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was] Prompted by Jeremy Farrah [sic], Tony Fauci, and Francis Collins<\/em><\/span>,\u201d Andersen wrote in the email, released Sunday by the House committee.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In April, 2020, Fauci addressed reporters at a White House press conference alongside former president Trump, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pointing to the paper as justification<\/em><\/span> for his belief that the lab-leak theory was a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>far-fetched conspiracy<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Fauci <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>did not acknowledge his own role<\/em><\/span> in commissioning the paper and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>feigned ignorance<\/em><\/span> as to the identities of its authors.\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cThere was a study recently where a group of highly qualified evolutionary virologists looked at the sequences \u2026 in bats as they evolve and the mutations that it took to get to the point where it is now is totally consistent with a jump of a species from an animal to a human,\u201d Fauci said at the time.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u201cSo, the paper will be available. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I don\u2019t have the authors right now<\/em><\/span>, but we can make it available to you,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Fauci told\u00a0<em>National Geographic<\/em>\u00a0a month later that Covid \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could not have been<\/em><\/span> artificially or deliberately manipulated.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">This month, the\u00a0Department of Energy\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/waiting-for-the-media-mea-culpa-on-the-lab-leak-theory\/\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">assessed<\/a>\u00a0that Covid most likely originated from a laboratory leak, according to a classified intelligence report included in an update to a 2021 document by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines\u2019s office.\u00a0<\/span>The FBI arrived at the same conclusion with \u201cmoderate confidence\u201d in 2021, according to declassified intelligence report. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bureau\u00a0director Christopher Wray\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/fbi-director-says-covid-most-likely-emerged-from-chinese-lab-leak\/\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">went on the record<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span> with Fox News Tuesday with that opinion<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>While some,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/how-scientists-got-the-covid-lab-leak-wrong-wuhan-institute-of-virology-wet-market-theory-virus-china-hubei-psychology-hypothesis-99a9481b?mod=opinion_lead_pos5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>like the author of this commentary in the Journal<\/em><\/span><\/a>, acknowledge mistakes were made but refuse to ascribe malice aforethought to the errors, it&#8217;s our opinion the sheer volume of patent prevarications and deliberate deceptions Dr. Faux Chi disseminated establishes a clear pattern beyond any reasonable doubt, just as a desire to conceal his direct involvement in funding the gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology that produced and then unleashed the COVID-19 on an unexpecting world furnishes motive.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Yo, Tony&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-opqUSOUDQY?start=57&amp;end=59&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a second shot of the juice:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Truly there are lies, damned lies and then there&#8217;s any utterance from anyone remotely connected with Progressive politics.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As regards not only everyone involved in the COVID cover-up, but the January 6th committee, the Biden clown car and the Dimocratic Party in its entirety: Christ might well have been speaking to directly to them when he said in John 8:44:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;<em>You belong to your father, the devil,\u00a0and you want to carry out your father\u2019s desires.\u00a0He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies<\/em>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ve all sinned and come short of the glory of God, but\u00a0Faux Chi, Biden, Obama, Kerry, Kommielaa, Hillary, Cheney, Kinzinger, Schumer, Pelosi, they&#8217;re a breed apart as described by George Macready in <em>Paths of Glory<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yanTCsWUBFg?start=99&amp;end=106&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>They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2022-02-21\/donald-trump-barack-obama-bill-clinton-rich-ex-presidents\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>reap without sowing any crop of value<\/em><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/bidens-disgraceful-rhetoric-627a352b?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>foster and spread hate and division<\/em><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2019\/01\/30\/new-york-abortion-law-liberal-leaders-celebration-death-life-column\/2670049002\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>actively advocate for the unrestricted murder of the unborn<\/em><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/html\/black-family-40-years-lies-12872.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>heedlessly and needlessly destroy lives<\/em><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/lockdowns-reduced-covid-19-mortality-by-2-study-finds-lockdowns-should-be-rejected-out-of-hand\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">inflict unnecessary pain and suffering<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/david-webb-climate-change-is-the-religion-of-the-left-prosperous-america-is-satan\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>worship creation rather than the Creator<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 They leave nothing in their wake but desolation and destruction, and all for the purpose of acquiring personal power and possessions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/china-corruption-hunter-biden-laptop-expose-11657033803\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>selling out their country and countrymen for cash<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ll allow Staff Sergeant Barnes to express the complete and utter contempt we hold for all such individuals:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RbbIrIGpyf0?start=4\" 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>Next, in the first of a series of national security articles, the\u00a0<em>Journal<\/em>\u00a0accurately assesses&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"css-1lvqw7f-StyledHeadline e1ipbpvp0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-military-china-taiwan-russia-great-power-conflict-481f7756?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The U.S. Is Not Yet Ready for the Era of \u2018Great Power\u2019 Conflict<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"css-mosdo-Dek-Dek e1jnru6p0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ffcc00;\">Since 2018, the military has shifted to focus on China and Russia after decades fighting insurgencies, but it still faces challenges to produce weapons and come up with new ways of waging war<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/im-736108.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107923\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/im-736108.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/im-736108.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/im-736108-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Clint Hinote returned from a deployment in Baghdad in the spring of 2018 to a new assignment and a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>staggering<\/em><\/span> realization.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">A classified Pentagon wargame simulated a\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink exk4ewm0\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/china-military-us-taiwan-xi-11666268994?mod=article_inline\" rel=\"noopener noreferer\" data-type=\"link\">Chinese push to take control of the South China Sea<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The Air Force officer, charged with plotting the service\u2019s future, learned that China\u2019s well-stocked missile force had rained down on the bases and ports the U.S. relied on in the region, turning American combat aircraft and munitions into smoldering ruins in a matter of days. <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">\u201cMy response was, \u2018Holy crap.<\/span> We are going to lose if we fight like this,\u2019\u201d he recalled.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">The officer, now a lieutenant general, began posting yellow sticky notes on the walls of his closet-size office at the Pentagon, listing the problems to solve if the military was to have a chance of\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink exk4ewm0\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-to-expand-troop-presence-in-taiwan-for-training-against-china-threat-62198a83?mod=article_inline\" rel=\"noopener noreferer\" data-type=\"link\">blunting a potential attack from China<\/a><\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span> \u201cI did not have an idea how to resolve them,\u201d said Lt. Gen. Hinote. <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">\u201cI was struck how quickly China had advanced, and how our long-held doctrines about warfare were becoming obsolete.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of ChiCom concerns, also from <em>Journal<\/em>, we learn the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"evxsf2b0 css-456klt-StyledHeadline-BigTopHeadline-BigTopHeadline e1ipbpvp0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><a style=\"color: #ffcc00;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/pentagon-sees-giant-cargo-cranes-as-possible-chinese-spying-tools-887c4ade?mod=Searchresults_pos1&amp;page=1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pentagon Sees Giant Cargo Cranes as Possible Chinese Spying Tools<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"css-k5f7gy-Dek-Dek-BigTopDek e10dsoc81\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Equipment at U.S. ports could pose risk of surveillance or sabotage, officials say; China says concerns are \u2018paranoia-driven<\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107921\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-300x190.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong>U.S. officials are growing concerned that giant Chinese-made cranes operating at American ports across the country, including at several used by the military, could give Beijing a possible spying tool hiding in plain sight.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Some national-security and Pentagon officials have compared ship-to-shore cranes made by the China-based manufacturer,\u00a0ZPMC, to a Trojan horse. <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">While comparably well-made and inexpensive, they contain sophisticated sensors that can register and track the provenance and destination of containers, prompting concerns that China could capture information about materiel being shipped in or out of the country to support U.S. military operations around the world.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The cranes could also provide remote access for someone looking to disrupt the flow of goods, said Bill Evanina, a former top U.S. counterintelligence official.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">\u201cCranes can be the new Huawei,\u201d Mr. Evanina said, referring to the Chinese telecom giant\u00a0Huawei Technologies\u00a0Co., whose equipment\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink exk4ewm0\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/huawei-export-licenses-could-be-revoked-by-u-s-567c998d?mod=article_inline\" rel=\"noopener noreferer\" data-type=\"link\">U.S. officials have effectively banned<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0after warning that it could be used to spy on Americans.<\/span> \u201cIt\u2019s the perfect combination of legitimate business that can also masquerade as clandestine intelligence collection.\u201d Huawei has said its products aren\u2019t a national-security risk.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">A representative of the Chinese Embassy in Washington called the U.S. concerns about the cranes a \u201cparanoia-driven\u201d attempt to obstruct trade and economic cooperation with China.<\/span> \u201cPlaying the \u2018China card\u2019 and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>floating<\/em><\/span> the \u2018China threat\u2019 theory is irresponsible and will harm the interests of the U.S. itself,\u201d it said<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yeah,&#8230;this from the guys who just floated a spy balloon over just about every sensitive military installation in the U.S&#8230;with a little help&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6165eba1e3a8d80018037857-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107922\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6165eba1e3a8d80018037857-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6165eba1e3a8d80018037857-copy.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6165eba1e3a8d80018037857-copy-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;from their friends!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, the <em>Morning Jolt<\/em>\u00a0considers the possibility&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/could-a-ban-on-tiktok-really-happen\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20230307&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Clock Is Ticking on TikTok<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1670298909-638ebd1d944ac.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107933\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1670298909-638ebd1d944ac.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1670298909-638ebd1d944ac.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1670298909-638ebd1d944ac-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Should the U.S. government ban TikTok from the phones of private U.S. citizens?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The app is already\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/tiktok-will-be-banned-on-government-devices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">banned from devices owned and operated by the federal government<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>A bipartisan Senate bill that\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/03\/06\/new-bipartisan-senate-tiktok-bill-will-be-unveiled-tuesday.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">will be introduced today<\/a>\u00a0aims to \u201cgive the president the authority to respond to threats posed by TikTok and companies like it.\u201d <span style=\"color: #800000;\">A separate Senate bill,\u00a0cosponsored by Maine independent senator Angus King and Florida Republican senator Marco Rubio, would ban the app outright; TikTok would be allowed to continue to operate if the company relocated or were sold to a friendly nation.<\/span> Twenty states have banned TikTok from state-owned devices \u2014\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><em><a style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/03\/red-states-are-taking-the-lead-to-protect-teens-from-big-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">mostly red states<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpb.org\/news\/2023\/01\/23\/members-of-congress-sign-for-tiktok-despite-security-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">And yet<\/a><\/em><\/span>, \u201cAt least 32 members of Congress \u2014 all Democrats and one independent \u2014 as of early January had TikTok accounts, according to a review by States Newsroom. . . . At least half either currently sit or have previously served on committees dealing with foreign affairs, the U.S. military, investigations and national security.\u201d<\/span> As of this morning, Vermont senator\u00a0Bernie Sanders, New Jersey senator\u00a0Cory Booker, Pennsylvania senator\u00a0John Fetterman, Minnesota representative\u00a0Ilhan Omar, Michigan representative\u00a0Rashida Tlaib, and New York representative\u00a0Jamaal Bowman\u00a0still have Tik Tok accounts, among others. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>appears<\/em><\/span> to have pulled her content.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Way to go<\/em><\/span>, members of Congress. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">This thing is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>too dangerous<\/em><\/span> to carry into the Pentagon, but you\u2019re <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>keeping it<\/em><\/span> on your personal phone because you\u2019re afraid you might miss the latest dance craze that\u2019s going viral.<\/span> And if the last three years of our lives have taught us anything, hasn\u2019t it been that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anything<\/em><\/span> that comes to us from China and \u201cgoes viral\u201d probably isn\u2019t good for us?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Back in 2021, the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tiktok-algorithm-sex-drugs-minors-11631052944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">Wall Street Journal\u00a0published a terrifying expos\u00e9<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0about how its reporters logged into TikTok as underage users, and were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>gradually exposed to more and more sexual material, outright pornography, and drug-related content<\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>TikTok served one account registered as a 13-year-old at least 569 videos about drug use, references to cocaine and meth addiction, and promotional videos for online sales of drug products and paraphernalia. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Hundreds of similar videos appeared in the feeds of the Journal\u2019s other minor accounts.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>TikTok also showed the Journal\u2019s teenage users more than 100 videos from accounts recommending paid pornography sites and sex shops. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Thousands of others were from creators who labeled their content as for adults only.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Still others <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">encouraged<\/span> eating disorders and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">glorified<\/span> alcohol, including depictions of drinking and driving and of drinking games.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">This led to strong suspicions that the TikTok algorithm aims to steer people toward salacious content, because the numbers indicate that keeps the user\u2019s attention the longest.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Oh, by the way<\/em><\/span>, apparently the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Chinese version<\/em><\/span> of TikTok shows kids <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>completely different material<\/em><\/span> \u2014 wholesome, educational material. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">You <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can\u2019t find<\/em><\/span> the sex and drugs on the Chinese version.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Tristan Harris, co-founder of Center for Humane Technology,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><em><a style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0j0xzuh-6rY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">said this when speaking to\u00a060 Minutes\u00a0last fall<\/a><\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>In <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">their<\/span> version of TikTok, if you\u2019re under 14 years old they show you science experiments you can do at home, museum exhibits, patriotism videos and educational videos, and they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">also<\/span> limit it to only 40 minutes per day. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Now they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">don\u2019t ship<\/span> that version of TikTok to the rest of the world so it\u2019s almost like they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">recognize<\/span> that technology is influencing kids\u2019 development, and they make their domestic version a spinach version of TikTok, while they ship the opium version to the rest of the world.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>He also\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><em><a style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/american-kids-youtube-star-astronauts-survey-2019-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">pointed to a 2019 survey<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0in which 56 percent of Chinese children ages eight to twelve said they wanted to be an astronaut when they grow up, while the most common answer among U.S. kids that age was \u201cvideo blogger or Youtuber,\u201d at 29 percent.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">This isn\u2019t just another app; this is effectively a state-run Chinese company deliberately trying to mess up the minds of our teenagers.<\/span> And by golly, that\u2019s not Xi Jinping\u2019s job! <span style=\"color: #800000;\">We American parents can mess up the minds of our teenagers <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just fine on our own<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Absent an unshakeable faith God is firmly in control, a well-justified fear for America&#8217;s future might well prove incapacitating.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, here&#8217;s another sextet of special selections certain to sate the curiosity of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). <em>Townhall.com<\/em> reports <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/spencerbrown\/2023\/03\/07\/two-americans-kidnapped-in-mexico-now-found-dead-n2620301\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>two of the four missing Americans kidnapped just over our uncontrolled southern border were found dead, a third alive and wounded while the fourth is fair condition<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 We thought it worth noting the entire attention the Biden clown car paid this unprovoked attack on U.S. citizens:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>Q\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Can you speak to the incident involving four U.S. citizens in Mexico who have come under gunfire and have been kidnapped and how the administration may be able to get information out of Mexico or what the status of that is right now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>MS. JEAN-PIERRE:\u00a0 So, I have a statement here that I want to read out to all of you:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><em><strong>We are closely following the assault and kidnapping of four U.S. citizens in Matamoros, Mexico.\u00a0 These sorts of attacks are unacceptable.\u00a0 Our thoughts are with the families of these individuals, and we stand ready to provide all appropriate consular assistance.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>U.S. law enforcement is in touch with Mexican law enforcement.\u00a0 The Departments of State and Homeland Security are also coordinating with Mexican authorities.\u00a0 And we will continue to coordinate with Mexico and push them to bring those responsible to justice.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>And, again, our hearts with \u2014 are with the families.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>Q\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Any early indications as to the circumstances or any efforts to try to locate these Americans?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>MS. JEAN-PIERRE:\u00a0 Don\u2019t have anything to share outside of what I just laid out.\u00a0 Clearly, we want to be really careful here.\u00a0 There are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>privacy concerns<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 And so, I don\u2019t want to share too much about the information on how we\u2019re moving forward or even the individuals.\u00a0 We just want to be really mindful on that.\u00a0 But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>clearly<\/em><\/span>, we\u2019re <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>on top of this<\/em><\/span><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Yeah,&#8230;like you were Xi&#8217;s spy balloon, East Palestine, Afghanistan, inflation, etc., etc., etc., ad nauseam, ad infinitum.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). A Minnesota court has inexplicably determined\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/madelineleesman\/2023\/03\/07\/transgender-powerlifting-lawsuit-n2620290\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>USA Powerlifting must allow mentally-ill men to compete in its women\u2019s division<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3).\u00a0Demonstrating a significant segment of the population knew better than public health bureaucrats, a new study claims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/covid-19-shocker-parents-lied-kids-sickness-status-broke-quarantine-rules-study-finds\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">some 25.9% of parents during the pandemic lied about their kids\u2019\u00a0COVID test results\u00a0to prevent the children missing school and other activities<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 By suggesting &#8220;the parents&#8217; failure to adhere to public health measures <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>may<\/em><\/span> have hampered efforts to limit the spread of COVID, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>possibly<\/em><\/span> contributing to COVID 19-related morbidity and mortality&#8221;, the study&#8217;s authors demonstrate they&#8217;re still clinging to disproven misinformation, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> science.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). Speaking of junk science, courtesy of our energy correspondent Jeff Foutch, <a href=\"https:\/\/subscriber.politicopro.com\/article\/eenews\/2023\/03\/07\/tiktok-opposition-to-oil-project-builds-as-biden-mulls-decision-00085745\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Politico reports opposition to an Alaskan oil project on ChiCom controlled TikTok has been building as 46* while Biden awaits orders from Beijing<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 As Jeff incredulously observed, &#8220;So now we allow idiots on TikTok to dictate energy policy?!?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). Hey, what could go wrong <a href=\"https:\/\/foxbaltimore.com\/news\/local\/proposed-bill-would-prevent-anyone-under-25-with-being-charged-with-felony-murder\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>if Maryland passed a law proposed by Dimocrat Charlotte Cruchfield prohibiting anyone under age 25 from being charged with felony murder<\/em><\/span><\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;<strong>Republican Susan McComas believes the bill, if passed, would lead to a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>spike<\/em><\/span> in crime. \u201cIf this bill passes, you\u2019re going to have kingpins, you\u2019re going to have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>gangs <\/em><em>use juveniles to do their dirty work<\/em><\/span>&#8220;, said McComas.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Okay, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>OTHER<\/em><\/span> than that?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). We can only assume John Kerry is either disinterested in anything outside of flying via private jet&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kerry.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107929\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kerry.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kerry.png 520w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kerry-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;or when you marry a widowed gazillionaire ketchup heiress, $15,000,000 ceases to mean that much.<\/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\/2023\/03\/desantis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107927\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/desantis.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/desantis.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/desantis-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afb030623dAPC-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107896\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afb030623dAPC-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afb030623dAPC-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afb030623dAPC-800x0-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cb030723dAPR-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107924\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cb030723dAPR-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cb030723dAPR-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cb030723dAPR-800x0-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107925\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a-3-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MC_FettMeme_web-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107926\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MC_FettMeme_web-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MC_FettMeme_web-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MC_FettMeme_web-800x0-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-6-23-at-11.40-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107891\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-6-23-at-11.40-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-6-23-at-11.40-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-6-23-at-11.40-AM-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-7-23-at-11.55-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107903\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-7-23-at-11.55-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-7-23-at-11.55-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-7-23-at-11.55-AM-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this from <em>The Patriot Post<\/em>, a meme with whose theme we thoroughly agree:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-6-23-at-11.59-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107892\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-6-23-at-11.59-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-6-23-at-11.59-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-6-23-at-11.59-AM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-6-23-at-11.59-AM-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with yet another sordid story straight from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, courtesy today of an Buckeye who, upon conducting a quick cost-benefit analysis, determined Grandma had outlived her usefulness:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/ohio-woman-guilty-drowning-grandmother-kitchen-sink-avoid-nursing-home\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\">Ohio woman guilty of drowning grandmother in kitchen sink to avoid putting her in nursing home<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-headline speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008080;\">Suspect pleads guilty to killing grandmother in November, after a doctor recommended the elderly woman be placed in a costly nursing home<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Untitled-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107888\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Untitled-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Untitled-2.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Untitled-2-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Police said the day before Heidi Matheny drowned her grandmother, she took her to a doctor\u2019s appointment and was told she needed to be placed in a nursing home, which Heidi Matheny told police she could not afford.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>She also allegedly told police insurance would not cover the cost of putting her grandmother in a nursing home.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The two women had ice cream together at the elderly woman\u2019s apartment before Heidi allegedly moved behind her grandmother as she washed dishes and dunked her head into the water until the bubbles stopped, police said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Heidi Matheny also allegedly told police she moved her grandmother to the bathtub to ensure she was dead.<u><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>&#8220;It\u2019s nothing that she did,&#8221; Matheny told police. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">&#8220;She\u2019s not\u2026She\u2019s not the perfect freaking grandma.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not having made Ms. Matheny&#8217;s grandmother, we can&#8217;t speak to her character.\u00a0 We can, however, conclude Heidi doesn&#8217;t exactly fit the textbook definition of the perfect freaking granddaughter.<\/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>As John Stossel shows us, not all students in the Progressive indoctrination systems which are our public schools, colleges and universities drink the Communist Kool-Aid.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZKMkyCk03xM\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/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>In this clip from the Rubin Report, you&#8217;ll learn two things: Just how hypocritical Progressives have become, and precisely why Dimocrat Katie Hobbs refused to debate Kari Lake.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h3fNKzuJ8Q8\" 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>On the Righter Side<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Courtesy of Prager U., Alex Epstein explains the true nature of the crisis climate hysteria has created.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vEFmVgjdLfs\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" 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