{"id":108061,"date":"2023-03-14T19:02:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T23:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=108061"},"modified":"2023-03-14T19:02:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T23:02:16","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-march-13th-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=108061","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, March 13th, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, March 13th, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, can it only be coincidence <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/energy-secretary-granholm-claims-us-learn-china-climate-change\" class=\"broken_link\"><em><strong>Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm claims the U.S. can &#8220;learn from what China is doing on climate change<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/span><\/em>\u00a0<strong>at the same time <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/juliorosas\/2023\/03\/10\/commerce-secretary-the-us-does-not-want-to-decouple-from-china-n2620476\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Commerce Secretary Gina Raimonda is singing the praises of continued trade with the ChiComs<\/em><\/span><\/a>?!?\u00a0 And it can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only<\/em><\/span> be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>another<\/em><\/span> amazing coincidence, as\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/commerce-secretarys-husband-is-top-executive-at-tech-firm-funded-by-chinese-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Free Beacon simultaneously reports<\/a><\/em><\/span>, Raimondo&#8217;s husband is a top executive at a venture capital firm backed by the Chinese government?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It almost as if Hunter and the &#8220;Big Guy&#8221; never collected tens of millions of dollars from <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/china-boxed-america-out-of-south-china-sea-military-d2833768?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>America&#8217;s most implacable adversary<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Or like the WuFlu&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/china.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108041\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/china.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/china.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/china-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;never happened.\u00a0 O<\/strong><strong>r, as Kentucky Congressman Tom Massie opines&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The absolute knots you must tie yourself into to maintain the formerly approved opinions on Covid origins and mask mandate efficacy and school closures. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XAkP1VlFN8\">https:\/\/t.co\/XAkP1VlFN8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkhammer\/status\/1634905475946012673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;&#8230;How much kool-aid does one have to drink to believe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anything<\/em><\/span> this man says?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Michael Brendan Dougherty wonders&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/03\/what-if-ron-desantis-is-less-crazy-than-donald-trump\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What If Ron DeSantis Is LESS Crazy Than Donald Trump<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7e99dw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108080\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7e99dw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7e99dw.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7e99dw-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The fact is, no one can quite agree on what Ron DeSantis following Donald Trump means. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Some who loved Trump\u2019s iconoclastic campaign for president are even more enthusiastic about DeSantis in 2024.<\/span> They see him as an extension of Trump \u2014 more energetic, more competent, and more electable. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">In some cases, they see him as more populist \u2014 on Covid restrictions and vaccines.<\/span> Other Republicans are going to support DeSantis enthusiastically because for them, DeSantis represents a bridge away from Trump and Trumpism. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">In their mind he\u2019s a figure who can unite the party.<\/span> He excites some populist and nationalist Republicans while simultaneously reopening the future leadership of the party to non-populist, non-nationalist factions. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">At the same time, there are Republicans who still find DeSantis <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>too<\/em><\/span> Trumpy to tolerate.<\/span> Or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> Trumpy <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>enough<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">But what if it\u2019s just simpler than all this?<\/span> I know it\u2019s nuts to posit this, but what if Trump\u2019s \u201ccraziness\u201d was an electoral drag? <span style=\"color: #333399;\">What if that\u2019s what drove people to embrace Ted Cruz as a potential alternative?<\/span> What if it\u2019s what drove suburban women away from the GOP, since Trump seemed both crude and unstable? <span style=\"color: #333399;\">What if that explains why Trump did worse among white men in 2020?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>What if voters want competence in the execution of policy and administration, and they want someone who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>demonstrates self-possession<\/em><\/span>?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>If all that were true, and we turned our eyes to Ron DeSantis, what would we expect to see?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Well, it might look like Ron DeSantis in 2022 and 2023 \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>uniting<\/em><\/span> his <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>entire<\/em><\/span> party, holding the affluent suburbs, and even making inroads in the cities while cruising to reelection in a year when other Republicans struggled. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">It would mean <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>absolutely<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/ron-desantis-sets-1-million-goal-donor-events-ahead-2024-bid-rcna72831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">eye-popping fundraising numbers<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/span> It might mean that the Republican Party can benefit from political realignment on one side of the political spectrum \u2014 gaining a larger share of working-class voters of all races, while holding a reunion party on the other side, reaching back into the country clubs, and winning more of the white voters it shed in 2020.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Crazy as it sounds.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, the <em>Journal<\/em>&#8216;s Dan Henninger explores the possibility of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"css-1hch5ce-StyledHeadline e1ipbpvp0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/joe-manchin-for-president-2024-election-primary-west-virginia-trump-biden-rematch-recognition-e888ce6a?mod=opinion_featst_pos2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Joe Manchin for President<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"css-mosdo-Dek-Dek e1jnru6p0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">If Donald Trump and Joe Biden are the 2024 presidential nominees, the West Virginia senator\u2014or someone\u2014will get into the race.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7e9bmh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108082\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7e9bmh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7e9bmh.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7e9bmh-300x200.jpg 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: #333399;\"><strong>If\u00a0Joe Biden\u00a0and\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0weren\u2019t running, the race to the 2024 presidential election would be the wide-open, competitive contest many Americans say they want and, on the available evidence, aren\u2019t going to get.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Joe Biden looks to have decided he didn\u2019t spend a half century trenching through politics to become a lame duck two years after replacing his I-get-around Corvette with Air Force One.<\/span> Even most Democrats\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\/biden-appears-set-to-run-in-2024-but-many-democratic-voters-have-doubts-b71a48ad?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"link\">don\u2019t want him to run<\/a><\/em><\/span>, but Mr. Biden has frozen his party\u2019s field\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>for now<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Mr. Trump as a former president is merely shrinking the GOP field, with former Maryland Gov.\u00a0Larry Hogan\u00a0saying Sunday he\u2019ll stay out rather than contribute to a Republican \u201cmulticar pileup.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>New Hampshire\u2019s high-energy Republican Gov. Chris Sununu\u00a0said over the weekend\u00a0he might run, but would get out fast if it was clear in the early primaries he had no chance, rather than let Mr. Trump win as in 2016 against a large, divided field.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">What\u2019s halfway between a frozen and fluid field?<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Slush<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Which brings us to Sen. Joe Manchin, politics\u2019 man of mystery<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span>..&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sorry, but we wouldn&#8217;t vote Joe Manchin in as West Virginia Pit Bull catcher, let alone President.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, also courtesy of the <em>WSJ<\/em>, Aharon Friedman details why&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"css-1hch5ce-StyledHeadline e1ipbpvp0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/yellens-global-minimum-tax-would-be-a-boon-for-beijing-european-union-state-owned-exemption-defense-china-aa33350?mod=opinion_lead_pos6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Yellen\u2019s Global Minimum Tax Is a Boon for Beijing<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"css-mosdo-Dek-Dek e1jnru6p0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The proposed world-wide levy would exempt state-owned entities at the expense of capitalist competitors<\/span>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7e99l4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108081\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7e99l4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7e99l4.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7e99l4-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The U.S. Constitution specifies that Congress, not unelected bureaucrats or foreign adversaries, is in charge of crafting our nation\u2019s tax laws. <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">As the American people awaken to the geopolitical and economic threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party, that protection makes more strategic sense than ever.<\/span> Yet Treasury Secretary\u00a0Janet Yellen\u00a0is turning this bedrock principle on its head by writing a global tax code with the help of European bureaucrats that would redound to the benefit of Beijing. <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">If enacted, the new rules would violate international law <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> harm U.S. security.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>So far 142 countries have orally agreed to a global tax code known as Pillar Two. <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">Under the framework developed by the Organization for Economic Coordination and Development, the new code would impose a 15% minimum book tax on large multinational companies.<\/span> Although Congress has thus far resisted Ms. Yellen\u2019s request to enact Pillar Two, the Treasury secretary is now presenting an ultimatum: Impose the tax increases, or watch foreign countries seize American revenue.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-block=\"doNotPrint\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>This is because of a central feature of Pillar Two that punishes low-tax nations that don\u2019t comply with its rules. The global tax code does so through its \u201cundertaxed profits rule,\u201d which purports to allow countries to \u201ctax\u201d\u2014that is, to confiscate the assets of\u2014a covered company on the grounds that an affiliate\u2019s taxes are too low in any other country.<span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"> The global tax code thus eliminates each country\u2019s authority to make its own tax law and prioritizes increased corporate taxation over economic growth.<\/span> Never mind that such provisions violate international law <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> existing treaties\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>including<\/em><\/span> with the U.S.\u2014that prevent countries from taxing activities to which they have no connection. <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">Yet rather than threaten to impose countermeasures on countries that attempt to tax American affiliates, Ms. Yellen is encouraging such taxation as a way to coerce Congress into accepting Pillar Two.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-block=\"doNotPrint\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The complex rules benefit low-margin companies and exempt governmental entities carrying out so-called governmental functions. <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">According to the OECD, that\u2019s supposed to be a \u201cbroad term,\u201d including public infrastructure and defense.<\/span> The practical effect of these exemptions is to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>favor companies that emphasize social activism over profits<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>as well as state-owned enterprises<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at the expense of capitalist competitors<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">This will benefit countries that take a broad view of government power, especially China, where President\u00a0Xi Jinping\u00a0is expanding state-owned enterprises under a plan known as \u201cthe state advances, the private sector retreats.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-block=\"doNotPrint\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>These rules especially harm American security. <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">In the U.S., for example, defense contractors are private-sector companies and would thus be subject to the global tax code.<\/span> If their tax rates dropped below the OECD minimum\u2014say, because of research tax credits\u2014other countries, including China, would tax them on American operations. <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">Defense contractors in China and in some European countries, on the other hand, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are owned by their governments<\/em><\/span> and would be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>exempt and strategically advantaged<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-block=\"doNotPrint\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Pillar Two\u2019s framework undermines U.S. security with two additional provisions. <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">First, it establishes a special exemption for companies operating in fewer than seven countries.<\/span> Beijing <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>especially lobbied for this condition<\/em><\/span>, which it will doubtless exploit given the opaqueness of the relationships between companies close to the Communist Party. <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">Second, the framework mandates an expansive information-sharing regime among countries that have adopted the global tax code.<\/span> Providing such detailed information on American defense and tech companies to the likes of China would deliver sensitive proprietary information directly into the hands of our enemies.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-block=\"doNotPrint\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Another<\/em><\/span> fundamental flaw is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>trusting China to abide by the rules<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The West has little reason to take China\u2019s word that it will do so, or to trust the books of Chinese companies operating under Beijing\u2019s thumb. <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">Does anyone think Mr. Xi and his affiliates will share sensitive information on Chinese companies, especially those in defense and tech, or allow other countries to tax their Chinese operations?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-block=\"doNotPrint\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The global tax code is also likely to push low-income countries toward state-owned foreign investment\u2014such as China\u2019s Belt and Road initiative, which itself encroaches on nations\u2019 sovereignty while sapping their natural resources. <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">The framework targets low-income countries that offer favorable tax treatment to attract foreign money.<\/span> American companies and other private firms seeking to build infrastructure in such countries will doubtless reconsider, as the OECD encourages other governments to tax these companies\u2019 affiliates\u2014via the undertaxed profits rule\u2014to counter their favorable treatment.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-block=\"doNotPrint\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">Upholding international law that respects each country\u2019s right to make its own domestic policy is crucial given Beijing\u2019s threats to other nations\u2019 sovereignty.<\/span> It\u2019s also imperative that our policy makers respect Congress\u2019s sole authority over our tax law. <span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">The global tax code <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>clearly violates<\/em><\/span> these principles.<\/span> As Ms. Yellen testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee Friday, lawmakers would do well to ask whether she will defend U.S. sovereignty by threatening to impose countermeasures on undertaxed-profits-rule action or continue to flout the Constitution.<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-block=\"doNotPrint\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Janet Yellen is the poster child who exemplifies the decidedly UN-American nature of the Obama&#8217;s third Administration.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, here&#8217;s another septet of special selections certain to pique the interest of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1).\u00a0The Biden clown car announced Sunday evening\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/republicans-unveil-effort-boost-energy-production-fast-track-permitting-process\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>it is indefinitely blocking 16 million acres of federal land and water in Alaska from\u00a0future fossil fuel drilling<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 &#8216;Cause who wants cheap energy?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). Courtesy of <em>NRO<\/em>, Becket Adams records how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/03\/media-completely-lose-the-plot-of-the-supreme-court-student-loan-case\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202023-03-12&amp;utm_term=WIR-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the MSM has completely lost the plot of the SCOTUS student-loan case, as its coverage has little if anything to do with the law and\/or the Constitution<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Once more do Progressives attempt to force feelings to override facts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-mosdo-Dek-Dek e1jnru6p0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/03\/red-cross-provides-maps-to-illegals-sharing-where-to-cross-border-and-providing-helpful-tips\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Thus does the American Red Cross<\/em><\/span><\/a> join <em>Catholic Charities<\/em> on our\u00a0<em>Paulie Gatto Memorial List of<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jh13Xd2loto?start=73\" 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;<em>Charities We&#8217;ll Never Again Support<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4).\u00a0<\/strong><strong>A pair of transgender activists are facing assault charges for attacking a GOP lawmaker and a state trooper at the Oklahoma state Capitol <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/miacathell\/2023\/03\/10\/oklahoma-state-capitol-trans-activist-arrest-n2620209\">after the state&#8217;s House of Representatives passed legislation that would ban &#8220;gender-transition procedures&#8221; from being performed on children<\/a><\/em><\/span>:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>&#8220;<em>20-year-old Savanna Grace Mitchell\u2014a five-foot, three-inch biological female identifying as a transgender man\u2014and 21-year-old Austin Allen Ross\u2014a six-foot, one-inch biological male identifying as a transgender woman<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5fbe074f-0e02-4fee-aefe-98d20865c2da-1052x615.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108051\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5fbe074f-0e02-4fee-aefe-98d20865c2da-1052x615.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5fbe074f-0e02-4fee-aefe-98d20865c2da-1052x615.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5fbe074f-0e02-4fee-aefe-98d20865c2da-1052x615-300x176.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>&#8230;<em>are lovers and apparent partners in crime<\/em>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Some<\/em><\/span>\u00a0may not be able to tell a book by its cover, but to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>us<\/em><\/span>, and likely <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you<\/em><\/span>, these two literally <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">scream<\/span><\/em> psychosis!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Which brings us to a point we discussed this morning with TLJ: Never in our 67+ years can we remember such perversion taking hold on so many so quickly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>We&#8217;re neither a psychologist nor did we stay in a Holiday Inn Select last night, but here&#8217;s our&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/doctor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108078\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/doctor.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/doctor.png 345w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/doctor-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;armchair diagnosis of the problem: There&#8217;s a significant portion of the public with significant mental health issues, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>largely<\/em><\/span> if not <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>exclusively<\/em><\/span> the result of Progressive indoctrination at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>every level<\/em><\/span> of our education system.\u00a0 Consider this forward from R.B. Diffenderffer <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/03\/10\/federal-judge-censured-dei-dean-law-students-stanford\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>detailing the inexcusable rudeness and intolerance 5th Circuit Court Judge Kyle Duncan recently encountered at Stanford Law<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 As R.B. noted:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;<strong><em>Law schools are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">supposed<\/span> to teach critical thinking. Lawyers must represent their clients and sometime takes points of view that may not be consistent with their own world view. I am absolutely <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">shocked and amazed<\/span>\u00a0this type of snowflake conduct is allowed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span> sanctioned at Stanford. Forty years ago this would have been a hilarious Saturday Night Live skit<\/em>.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>We&#8217;d respectfully suggest it would have been a source of humor a mere ten years ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>But we digress.\u00a0 Simply put, the miseducated <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cannot know<\/em><\/span> what they were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never taught<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Our point is, a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>significant portion<\/em><\/span> of the Progressive population is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>completely ignorant<\/em><\/span>, and under the influence of conditioning, a form of mass hysteria, which manifests itself any and every time the latest Liberal cause du jour rears its ugly head.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>From the junk science of anthropogenic global warming to defunding the police, CRT and DEI to the &#8220;right&#8221; of biologic males to compete in women&#8217;s sports, the unrestricted slaughter of the unborn to\u00a0<em>Black Lies Matter<\/em>, regardless of the issue, their reaction is immediate, violent and utterly intolerant of dissent.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7e995p.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108079\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7e995p.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7e995p.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7e995p-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). Writing at <em>NRO<\/em>, Ryan Mills records how\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/ex-cops-warn-of-tyre-nichols-repeat-as-police-departments-ditch-education-honesty-standards\/?bypass_key=T1lYOSt6VWNIRnVsUGdyb3FRY2wzUT09OjpVa2hZWW1JMU1UVllUR05WTlhoVmJVWkNNMGhHWnowOQ%3D%3D?utm_source%3Demail&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=30796669&amp;utm_source=Sailthru\"><em>ex-cops warn of Tyre Nichols repeat as police departments ditch education and honesty standards<\/em><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 Hey, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>what<\/em><\/span> could go <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wrong<\/em><\/span>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). In an article one might assume from its title came from <em>The Onion<\/em> or <em>The Babylon Bee<\/em>, the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> truly turns science and logic on their heads explaining\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/environment\/newsletter\/2023-03-09\/white-drivers-are-polluting-the-air-breathed-by-l-a-s-people-of-color-boiling-point\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how White and affluent drivers are polluting the air breathed by L.A.\u2019s people of color<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108050\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-copy.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-copy-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>If only Whites and affluent Angelenos could avoid the impact of the homeless as easily as they do auto emissions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(7). As Conservative writer Doug Powers declared after watching this clip&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Karine Jean-Pierre attempted to explain the Biden administration&#8217;s non-existent border policy and it did not go well <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m7fgx6WWEG\">pic.twitter.com\/m7fgx6WWEG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1634373012404273153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2023<\/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>&#8230;&#8221;Emptier words have never been spoken by anybody not named Kamala Harris.&#8221;<\/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\/a-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108066\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a-5.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a-5-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108042\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108043\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/12.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/12-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MC_Sweep_web-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108046\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MC_Sweep_web-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MC_Sweep_web-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MC_Sweep_web-800x0-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0428-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108044\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0428-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0428-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0428-800x0-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lisa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108045\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lisa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lisa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lisa-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108047\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/11.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/11-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-10-23-at-10.00-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108034\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-10-23-at-10.00-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-10-23-at-10.00-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-10-23-at-10.00-AM-247x300.jpeg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these little bon mots from Balls&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Balls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108073\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Balls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Balls.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Balls-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;the lovely Shannon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shannon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108074\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shannon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shannon.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shannon-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Mark Foster&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Foster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108075\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Foster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Foster.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Foster-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Wink Martindale&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/wink.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108076\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/wink.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/wink.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/wink-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with these from <em>The Patriot Post<\/em>\u00a0via Ed Hickey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/01GV7JFS52FYYX5XZF9XG4KMCN.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108063\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/01GV7JFS52FYYX5XZF9XG4KMCN.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/01GV7JFS52FYYX5XZF9XG4KMCN.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/01GV7JFS52FYYX5XZF9XG4KMCN-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/01GV7JFS52FYYX5XZF9XG4KMCN-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/01GV7JS3TT478TMDXRHTZSY975.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108065\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/01GV7JS3TT478TMDXRHTZSY975.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/01GV7JS3TT478TMDXRHTZSY975.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/01GV7JS3TT478TMDXRHTZSY975-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/01GV7JS3TT478TMDXRHTZSY975-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/01GV4YSY3BNQBJYR6EE6EWCXJC.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108064\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/01GV4YSY3BNQBJYR6EE6EWCXJC.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/01GV4YSY3BNQBJYR6EE6EWCXJC.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/01GV4YSY3BNQBJYR6EE6EWCXJC-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/01GV4YSY3BNQBJYR6EE6EWCXJC-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-10-23-at-11.57-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108048\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-10-23-at-11.57-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-10-23-at-11.57-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-10-23-at-11.57-AM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Image-3-10-23-at-11.57-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 one more titillating tale torn from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, courtesy today of another misleading headline from <em>FOX<\/em>, which misinforms us&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/canadian-catholic-student-arrested-charged-saying-men-women-different-embarrassing\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Canadian Catholic student arrested, charged after saying men, women are different<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tucker-Canadian-Catholic-school-student-arrested-for-saying-men-and-women-are-different-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108077\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tucker-Canadian-Catholic-school-student-arrested-for-saying-men-and-women-are-different-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tucker-Canadian-Catholic-school-student-arrested-for-saying-men-and-women-are-different-copy.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tucker-Canadian-Catholic-school-student-arrested-for-saying-men-and-women-are-different-copy-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>&#8220;Female students complained to me that they were concerned because males were using their washrooms. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">This turned into a debate at the school.<\/span> I stated my opinion on it, and I used Scripture to back it up,&#8221; Alexander\u00a0said. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">&#8220;They removed me from the building <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>for the remainder of the year<\/em><\/span> and, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>when I attempted to attend class<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I was arrested and charged<\/em><\/span>,&#8221; he continued.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Alexander said he pointed out the school&#8217;s Christian identity, claiming that he took a related discussion to school administrators who refused to hear him out. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">Attorney James Kitchen joined the conversation Friday, discussing with Fox News the &#8220;limited&#8221; legal recourse available for representing Alexander&#8217;s free speech rights, saying Canada&#8217;s &#8220;much weaker&#8221; constitution is a hurdle to overcome.<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;There seems to be, culturally and legally, much less respect for individual rights and freedoms and much more interest in government having the power to do what it wants,&#8221; he said<\/span><\/strong>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Seems to be&#8221;?!?\u00a0 How about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no doubt whatsoever<\/em><\/span>!!!\u00a0 Then again, that&#8217;s Canada, though without question Progressives yearn to see similar First Amendment restrictions put in place here.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But here&#8217;s the juice: Young Master Alexander wasn&#8217;t arrested for correctly claiming men and women are biologically dissimilar; That&#8217;s why he was kicked out of school.\u00a0 He was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>arrested<\/em><\/span> when he trespassed while attempting to return.\u00a0 So why the misleading headline?\u00a0 Isn&#8217;t being expelled from school for stating irrefutable scientific truths <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bad enough<\/em><\/span> without adding inaccurate and unnecessary embellishments?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We report, you decide.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Video of the Day<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Though he&#8217;s been known to stretch the truth a bit, when Tucker&#8217;s right, he&#8217;s right.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Od2xo18vrQU\" 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>Progressives: They lie but once, and that continually.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ea5QhwrK3Oc\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>On the Lighter Side<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meet our favorite police officer, excepting of course, Officer Mike.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TamkARbDguI\" 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 Monday, March 13th, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, can it only be coincidence Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm claims the U.S. can &#8220;learn from what China is doing on climate change&#8220;\u00a0at the same time Commerce Secretary Gina Raimonda is singing the praises of continued trade with the ChiComs?!?\u00a0 And it can only be another amazing coincidence, 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