{"id":109725,"date":"2023-05-21T16:55:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T20:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=109725"},"modified":"2023-05-21T16:55:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T20:55:14","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-may-19th-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=109725","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, May 19th, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, May 19th, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, our lying&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/katiepavlich\/2023\/05\/17\/fbi-director-is-hiding-the-biden-bribery-document-behind-sources-and-methods-n2623378\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">FBI Director Explains Why a Key Biden Bribery Document Isn&#8217;t Being Turned Over<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7m1ls6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109679\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7m1ls6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7m1ls6.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7m1ls6-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Testifying in front of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies last week, FBI Director Christopher Wray was asked why the Bureau has failed to turn over a key document that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>allegedly<\/em><\/span><\/strong> shows President Joe Biden taking bribes from a foreign actor during his time as vice president.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;I can&#8217;t speak to the specific document. We are committed to working collaboratively with both committees but we <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also<\/em><\/span><\/strong> have to balance sources and methods and ongoing investigations,&#8221; Wray said under questioning from Republican Senator Bill Hagerty. &#8220;I really can&#8217;t get into the specifics here.&#8221;&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What?!?\u00a0 Sorry, but as we understand things, certain members of the House and Senate can view any documents the President is privy to provided it&#8217;s done in a SCIF (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: This is deliberate dissimulation, patent prevarication and manifest mendacity.\u00a0 In other words, Wray is lying through his teeth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us to this video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: FBI agents Ashley Roberts and Kathleen Brown showed up at the childhood home of pro-life activist Elise Ketch. The agents asked to speak with Ketch, who is a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PAAUNOW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PAAUNOW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the Ring security camera footage, first obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailySignal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Dailysignal<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QoY2HL9ytA\">pic.twitter.com\/QoY2HL9ytA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryMargOlohan\/status\/1658908256432005131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our vision of the FBI growing up was the men and women portrayed on the television show starring Efram Zimbalist, Jr., Phillip Abbott and William Reynolds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wy_0_PzLfJ0\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" 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>Honest, hard-working, scrupulously impartial.\u00a0 In reality, t<\/strong><strong>he FBI is a federal bureaucracy rotten to core, composed of completely corrupt apparatchiks we&#8217;d frankly be tempted to spit on should they come to our door.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LPGO_IsNLvs?start=8&amp;end=10&amp;\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released an interim report detailing how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fbi-employees-security-clearances-revoked-speaking-out-politicized-rot-house-report\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>FBI employees who\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>spoke out against the &#8220;politicized rot&#8221; within the bureau were suspended or had their security clearances revoked<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>We&#8217;ve said it before, we&#8217;ll say it again: The entire, rotten organization needs to be dismantled and rebuilt from the ground up under strict supervision and greatly diminished powers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aCbfMkh940Q?start=7\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" 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>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, Jim Geraghty tells us&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/if-you-liked-wuhans-viral-research-youll-love-their-ai-experiments\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20230517&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">If You Liked Wuhan\u2019s Viral Research, You\u2019ll Love Its AI Experiments<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"nr-heading\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/if-you-liked-wuhans-viral-research-youll-love-their-ai-experiments\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20230517&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dangerous Developments in China<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/satellite-orbit-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109691\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/satellite-orbit-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/satellite-orbit-copy.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/satellite-orbit-copy-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3217055\/china-scientists-carry-out-rule-breaking-ai-experiment-space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">From the\u00a0South China Morning Post<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><em>Chinese researchers say an\u00a0artificial intelligence\u00a0machine was given temporary full control of a\u00a0satellite\u00a0in near-Earth orbit, in a landmark experiment to test the technology\u2019s behaviour in\u00a0space.\u00a0<\/em><em>For 24 hours the Qimingxing 1, a small Earth observation satellite, was directed by a ground-based AI, without any human order, assignment or intervention, according to a paper published in the journal Geomatics and Information Science of Wuhan University.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The research team, led by Wang Mi from the university\u2019s State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, said the aim of the experiment was to see what the AI would do of its own accord.\u00a0<\/em><em>The scientists said the AI picked a few places on Earth and ordered the Qimingxing 1 to take a closer look. No explanation was given for why the technology may have selected the locations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>One targeted area was Patna, an ancient city by the Ganges River in northeast India, which is also home to the Bihar Regiment \u2013 the Indian Army unit that met China\u2019s military in a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/multimedia.scmp.com\/infographics\/news\/world\/article\/3091480\/China-India-border-dispute\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">deadly encounter<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0in the Galwan Valley in the disputed border region in 2020.\u00a0<\/em><em>Osaka, one of Japan\u2019s busiest ports which occasionally hosts US Navy vessels operating in the Pacific, also ranked highly in the AI\u2019s list of interests.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis approach <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">breaks the existing rules<\/span><\/strong> in mission planning,\u201d said Wang and his colleagues in their paper published on April 3.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Oh, Wuhan, haven\u2019t you <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>already<\/em><\/span><\/strong> given the world <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">enough<\/span><\/em><\/strong> through scientific experiments that \u201cbreak the existing rules\u201d? Accidentally spilling the Andromeda Strain <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wasn\u2019t enough<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, so <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>now<\/em><\/span><\/strong> you have to go and try to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>invent SkyNet<\/em><\/span><\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(By the way, it says something about our modern world that a few months into the Covid pandemic, the nuclear powers of India and China could have their militaries get into a border skirmish that\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world-report\/articles\/2020-06-16\/dozens-killed-as-india-china-face-off-in-first-deadly-clash-in-decades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">killed anywhere from 35 to 43 Chinese troops and 20 Indian troops<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>, and it was barely noticed or discussed on this side of the world.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For those wondering about the sourcing, the\u00a0<em>South China Morning Post<\/em>\u00a0is technically an independent newspaper in Hong Kong, but one with a well-established, non-antagonistic relationship with the Chinese government. The newspaper has been described as \u201con the leading edge of China\u2019s efforts to project soft power abroad\u201d by\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/03\/31\/world\/asia\/south-china-morning-post-hong-kong-alibaba.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">the New York Times<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span>, and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2020\/08\/scmp-hong-kong-china-media\/614719\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">The Atlantic\u00a0reported<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0that \u201cconcerns have been raised over the newspaper\u2019s ethics, and its willingness to cooperate with Beijing.\u201d Rose L\u00fcqiu Luwei, a professor of journalism at Hong Kong Baptist University, told the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1985102\/chinas-crackdown-on-jack-mas-alibaba-reaches-hong-kongs-scmp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">publication\u00a0Quartz\u00a0that<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u201cthe top management is already indirectly controlled\u201d by the Chinese government. In other words, if you see news in the SCMP, it is very likely that the Chinese Communist Party wants you to see that news.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But satellite control isn\u2019t the only area where Chinese-sponsored and -controlled institutions are racing ahead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2023\/03\/why-china-has-an-edge-on-artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">recent Harvard University symposium concluded<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0that China is setting itself up to be a kind of global arms dealer in the race to apply AI to government surveillance and control \u2014 the best friend of every autocratic regime on the planet&#8230;Basically, if an AI program has a potential military or national-security application, the Chinese government wants to use it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00a0&#8230;But hey, I\u2019m sure the Chinese state-sponsored research and experiments in the military applications of artificial intelligence are <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a lot<\/em><\/span><\/strong> more careful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nothing to worry about here, folks&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xt_Kn4DggPg?start=105&amp;end=136&amp;\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" 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;other than the fact our Commander-in-Chief, the same clown who let a ChiCom spy balloon transit the country gathering intelligence on some of the nation&#8217;s most secretive sites, is emasculating our Military, crippling our economy and dividing our citizenry at the same time he&#8217;s undeniably on the payroll of our greatest foreign foe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of 46*, the Editors at <em>NRO<\/em>\u00a0accurately assess the true nature of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/05\/the-biden-family-business\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202023-05-17&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\">The Biden Family Business<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7m71i2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109740\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7m71i2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7m71i2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7m71i2-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;O<\/span><span class=\"small_caps\">n<\/span>\u00a0May 21, 2014, then\u2013Vice President Joe Biden, in his role as Obama administration point-man for American policy with respect to several countries, including Romania, delivered a speech in Bucharest, admonishing the prime minister and other Romanian officials that \u201ccorruption is a cancer.\u201d He warned that allowing public corruption to fester \u201ccan represent a clear and present danger not only to a nation\u2019s economy, but to its very national security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/bidens-used-web-of-shell-companies-to-conceal-foreign-cash-bank-records-obtained-by-house-gop-reveal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">Investigations<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0currently being pressed by House Republicans raise worrisome indications that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Biden\u00a0may have\u00a0failed to heed his own advice<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">That is the upshot of a 36-page\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Bank-Memorandum-5.10.23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">interim report<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0issued by the House Oversight Committee led by Chairman James Comer (R., Ky.). Thanks to Biden administration <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>stonewalling<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, the committee\u2019s probe is still at an early stage. In the president\u2019s <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>first two years<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, for example, Treasury Department practices were <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>altered to deny the GOP minority access<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to over 150 Suspicious Activity Reports filed by banks in connection with Biden family transactions. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Until<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Republicans took control of the House and its <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>subpoena power<\/em><\/span><\/strong> in January, House GOP efforts stalled, with investigators left to rely on the yeoman\u2019s work of Senators Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R., Wis.), relying on information derived from Hunter Biden\u2019s infamous laptop and whistleblowers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Still, as the interim report details, after a perusal of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just a fraction of the relevant data<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, his family members and their associates have hauled in <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>over $10 million<\/em><\/span><\/strong> from foreign nationals and their related companies since Biden\u2019s days as Obama administration vice president. These <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>include<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Gabriel Popoviciu, a businessman convicted of bribery in Romania and relatedly investigated by British authorities. He poured <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>over $1 million<\/em><\/span><\/strong> into Biden family accounts <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even as the then\u2013vice president lectured Bucharest about corruption<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Romanian payments to the Bidens fit a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>disturbing pattern replicated in Ukraine, China, and elsewhere<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. The source of the funds was a corrupt foreigner, in some cases likely a tool of a foreign state. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Vast<\/em><\/span><\/strong> sums of money were <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>first<\/em><\/span><\/strong> transferred from a company controlled by the source to a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>corporate shell controlled by a Biden crony<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, such as James Gilliar or, in the Romanian transactions, Robinson Walker. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Over time, and after taking a cut<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, the crony would transfer funds to accounts <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>controlled by Biden family members<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Often, those family members were the now-president\u2019s famously erratic son Hunter and Joe\u2019s brother, Jim, a consultant-of-all-trades. House investigators have identified as many as <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nine Bidens<\/em><\/span><\/strong> on the receiving end of money transfers, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>including minor children<\/em><\/span><\/strong> and such figures as Hallie Biden (a school counselor, who is the widow of the president\u2019s late son Beau and was later the paramour of Hunter), <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who can have performed no conceivable services in exchange for these payments<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. Given the pattern of how public corruption works around the globe, the people making the payments <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must have expected<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that they were investing in <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>official favor<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That<\/em><\/span><\/strong> is the most alarming fact in the pattern. It is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>easy<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to see large sums of foreign-source money coming the Bidens\u2019 way. The bank records <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don\u2019t lie<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. What\u2019s <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not apparent<\/em><\/span><\/strong> is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any legitimate value received in exchange<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. There are no obvious assets, commodities, or services as one would expect to find when <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>legitimate<\/em><\/span><\/strong> transfers of exorbitant sums are exchanged in business transactions. The <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only apparent item of value<\/em><\/span><\/strong> is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>potential access to Joe Biden and his influence over American policy<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">As a result, the payments resemble what investigators <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>frequently find in examining criminal enterprises<\/em><\/span><\/strong>: conspirators forever grappling with the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>challenge of concealing where the money is coming from, how much of it there is, and who is getting it<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. By receiving big foreign payments \u2014 <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>such as millions from Popoviciu and entities closely connected to the Xi regime and the Chinese Communist Party<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u2014 the Biden cronies conceal the source from view. Meantime, the Biden family used at least 20 corporate shells \u2014 mainly limited liability companies (LLCs), <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>15 of which Hunter Biden set up while his father was vice president<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. These entities establish bank accounts. With the use of numerous accounts, the big payments are divided and staggered into smaller, less conspicuous transfers doled out over time. The labyrinthine structure and payout complexities \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>t<\/em><\/span>he kind you <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don\u2019t tend to see<\/em><\/span><\/strong> in even big-dollar transactions that are on the up and up \u2014 raise colorable suspicion of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>money laundering<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Of course, whether criminal laws have been violated is a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>second-order issue<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. As then\u2013Vice President Biden told the Romanians, public corruption can become a profound national-security problem. The <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>question is<\/em><\/span><\/strong> what shady foreigners and corrupt regimes, <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">some of them hostile to the United States<\/span><\/em><\/strong>, believe they were <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>buying<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">It has long been known that the Biden family did its most lucrative wheeler-dealing with China. In just the year between 2017 and 2018, the Bidens received <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>$6 million<\/em><\/span><\/strong> from\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/10\/a-collusion-tale-the-bidens-and-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">CEFC, a Chinese conglomerate<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 or, better, an <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>agent of China dressed up as a conglomerate<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Again<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, there was <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no apparent exchange of value<\/em><\/span><\/strong> other than <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>potential access to Joe Biden<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u2014 <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unless<\/em><\/span><\/strong> you count the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>$1 million<\/em><\/span><\/strong> paid to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Hunter<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to serve as a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>defense lawyer<\/em><\/span><\/strong> (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span><\/strong> his area of legal practice) to represent <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Patrick Ho<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, whom he famously referred to in a laptop recording as the \u201c<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>f***ing spy chief of China<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.\u201d When the Justice Department prosecuted and convicted Ho for foreign corruption, it disclosed that there had been relevant national-security surveillance under FISA. <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Not long after that<\/span><\/em><\/strong>, China <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>apprehended<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Hunter\u2019s main CEFC partner, Ye Jianming, formerly a globally renowned tycoon and Xi prot\u00e9g\u00e9 but one <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who has not been seen publicly since<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">CEFC bore <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all the classic earmarks<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of a Chinese influence operation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Predictably<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, the\u00a0media\u2013Democratic\u00a0complex is doing its best to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bury<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the House Republican findings. They deserve <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more attention<\/em><\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>further investigation<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can say <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span> again.\u00a0 Can you spell &#8220;treason&#8221;, boys and girls?\u00a0 We <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>knew<\/em><\/span> you could!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>EnvironMental Moment<\/em><\/span>, energy correspondent Jeff Foutch forwarded an item from <em>Bloomberg<\/em>\u00a0we initially took to be a parody:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline__699ae8fb\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-05-15\/south-africa-beats-climate-goal-as-blackouts-slash-emissions#xj4y7vzkg?leadSource=uverify%20wall?leadSource=uverify%20wall\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008000;\">South Africa Beats Climate Goal as Blackouts Slash Emissions<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"headline__699ae8fb\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-05-15\/south-africa-beats-climate-goal-as-blackouts-slash-emissions#xj4y7vzkg?leadSource=uverify%20wall?leadSource=uverify%20wall\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #003300;\">South Africa emissions are falling, ahead of a 2025 target as power plant breakdowns are reducing industrial activity<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7m700t.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109728\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7m700t.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7m700t.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7m700t-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;South Africa is <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ahead<\/span><\/em><\/strong> of its target for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Regular breakdowns<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of the coal-fired power plants that supply <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more than 80% of South Africa\u2019s electricity<\/em><\/span><\/strong> mean that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>less carbon dioxide<\/em><\/span><\/strong> is being pumped into the atmosphere and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"South Africa Is its Own Worst Enemy, Central Bank Governor Says\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-05-10\/south-africa-is-suffering-from-self-inflicted-wounds-central-bank-governor-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">daily rotational cuts<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0of more than 10 hours a day are <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>further<\/em><\/span><\/strong> limiting emissions from factories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cIt\u2019s <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unintentional<\/em><\/span><\/strong>,\u201d Crispian Olver, the executive director of South Africa\u2019s Presidential Climate Commission, said in an interview in Johannesburg on Monday. \u201cWe reckon we are <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>well within the range<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u201d of meeting the 2030 target, he said. \u201cIt\u2019s <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>very difficult<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to recommend the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>decommissioning<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of power stations in the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>middle of an energy crisis<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.\u201d&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a second shot of the juice: Only an utter idiot&#8230;or a Progressive Kool-Aid addict&#8230;could report such disastrous news as a positive development.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, here&#8217;s an octet of items certain to sate the curiosity of inquiring Conservative minds:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). In a sign the fat lady hasn&#8217;t even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>begun to warm up<\/em><\/span>, in response to The Donald&#8217;s assertion a six-week abortion ban is &#8220;too harsh&#8221;,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/05\/influential-iowa-pro-life-activist-says-its-finally-time-to-turn-the-page-on-trump\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Horse%2020230517&amp;utm_term=horserace-smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>an influential Iowa pro-life activist says it\u2019s finally time to &#8220;turn the page&#8221; on Trump<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). Watch this and then ask yourself&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pride knows no bounds <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ford?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ford<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f3EZA9mgZJ\">pic.twitter.com\/f3EZA9mgZJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Caroline (@carolinecwilder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carolinecwilder\/status\/1658883217082941443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 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;who do these woke imbeciles think buys their trucks?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/saraharnold\/2023\/05\/17\/obama-suggests-us-should-confiscate-law-abiding-americans-guns-n2623398\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>I<\/em><em>n his call for Australian-style gun bans in the U.S.<\/em><\/span><\/a>, the Dear Misleader failed to mention the existence of the 2nd Amendment granting law-abiding Americans the constitutional right to possess firearms, instead deceptively suggesting gun rights have become an &#8220;ideological&#8221; and &#8220;partisan issue.&#8221;\u00a0 He also failed to mention Australians were unable to oppose the draconian measures their political class put in place during the pandemic, measures which would have been unconstitutional in the States, largely because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only the government<\/em><\/span> had guns.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>This from a multi-millionaire community organizer whose family enjoys taxpayer-funded lifetime, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>heavily armed<\/em><\/span> Secret Service protection.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). In a welcome sign of some sanity in even the most Progressive precincts, some <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>82%<\/em><\/span> of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Portland<\/em><\/span> voters\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/portland-voters-overwhelmingly-reject-ballot-measure-to-use-tax-dollars-on-lawyers-for-residents-facing-eviction\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=31513626\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">soundly rejected a proposal on Tuesday that would have levied a new tax on county residents to pay for free lawyers for tenants evicted by their landlords<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Yes, that&#8217;s the Portland at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers&#8230;in Oregon; Will wonders never cease?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). Meanwhile, six years after the fact and despite Durham&#8217;s inescapable conclusions, Adam Schiff is still doggedly reciting the same spurious claims:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Loathing the \ud83c\udf4a man.<br \/>\nNo democrat did more to sell SpyGate and collusion than Adam Schiff.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a personal vendetta.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of hours were devoted to peddling Russian collusion to the American people.<\/p>\n<p>And he\u2019s still at it. Even after Durham exposed the deep state scalawags. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jbU74MpNSY\">pic.twitter.com\/jbU74MpNSY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tosca Austen (@ToscaAusten) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToscaAusten\/status\/1658676123314667522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 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>&#8220;Loathing&#8221; doesn&#8217;t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>begin<\/em><\/span> to describe the level of contempt in which we hold this horrid human.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Here&#8217;s a triple shot of the juice in meme form, courtesy of Ed Hickey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey7-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109729\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey7-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey7-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey7-1-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6).\u00a0<em>Slate<\/em>\u00a0records\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2023\/05\/dianne-feinstein-health-return-to-senate.html?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20230517&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a brief, concerning conversation with Dianne Feinstein in which the senator seems not to remember her 2-1\/2 month absence from the Capitol<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-word-count=\"48\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/clhqq485x001q3b6unol2xms1@published\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aa-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109700\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aa-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aa-7.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aa-7-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-word-count=\"48\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/clhqq485x001q3b6unol2xms1@published\">&#8220;&#8230;It was about a minute later that I encountered Feinstein coming off an elevator, sitting in a wheelchair and flanked by staff. It\u2019s been hard to find the senator since her return; she\u2019s kept her movements mostly to the least-populated passageways and skipped luncheons and non-urgent committee hearings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-word-count=\"7\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/clhqq4870001r3b6ufsxhsj91@published\">I asked her how she was feeling.\u00a0\u201cOh, I\u2019m feeling fine. I have a problem with the leg.\u201d A fellow reporter staking out the elevator\u00a0asked what was wrong\u00a0with the leg. \u201cWell, nothing that\u2019s anyone concern but mine,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-word-count=\"25\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/clhqq4895001u3b6uggwucm9h@published\">When the fellow reporter asked her what the response from her colleagues had been like since her return, though, the conversation took an odd turn.\u00a0\u201cNo, I haven\u2019t been gone,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-word-count=\"1\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/clhqq48aj001w3b6uiu71euiy@published\">OK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-word-count=\"10\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/clhqq48be001x3b6u563a9dvq@published\">\u201cYou should follow the\u2014I haven\u2019t been gone. I\u2019ve been working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-word-count=\"14\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/clhqq48cn001y3b6uue8m6nwu@published\">When asked whether she meant that she\u2019d been working from home, she turned feisty. \u201cNo, I\u2019ve been here. I\u2019ve been voting,\u201d she said. \u201cPlease. You either know or don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-word-count=\"21\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/clhqq48e700203b6une7j99cu@published\">After deflecting one final question about those, like Rep. Ro Khanna, who\u2019ve\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/politics\/silicon-valley-congressman-ro-khanna-senator-dianne-feinstein-resign\/\">called<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0on her to resign, she was wheeled away&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109712\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-5.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-5-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Feinstein desperately clinging to power reminds us of the story of Aragorn and Arwen in <em>Appendix A<\/em>\u00a0to Tolkien&#8217;s classic\u00a0<em>The Return of the King<\/em>, which offers additional details of their relationship after the book&#8217;s conclusion.\u00a0 Though he had a lifespan three times that of ordinary men, Aragorn felt his time drawing to a close, and as he had the ability to choose the moment of his passing, he had determined to do so while he was still in possession of all his faculties.\u00a0 Arwen, however, begged him to cling to life, to which his response was:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;<strong><em>Take counsel with yourself, beloved, and ask whether you would indeed have me wait until I wither and fall from my high seat unmanned and witless.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Which is evidence Aragorn was either a Conservative&#8230;or J.R.R. just couldn&#8217;t imagine a politician becoming so addicted to power!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of the clearly mentally-impaired&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">John Fetterman participates in a Senate Banking Committee hearing with the former CEO of Silicon Valley Bank. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uKILMfuilN\">pic.twitter.com\/uKILMfuilN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1658517113848332292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 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>Though we&#8217;re certainly no fan of this crook from Silicon Valley Bank, how&#8217;s he supposed to answer such a meandering, unintelligible question?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Congratulations, Pennsylvanians: You elected the very <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>antithesis<\/em><\/span> of a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>statesman<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Then again, if The Donald hadn&#8217;t endorsed Dr. Oz&#8230;?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(7). And if you need a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>real<\/em><\/span> laugh, check out this torrid tale of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/dei-nonprofit-imploded-black-activist-accused-white-counterpart-racism-she-wasnt-paid-more\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>what happens when white women insert themselves into what should be Black-led organizations<\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8220;, as inevitably &#8220;White supremacy and emotional abuse get masked under kindness.&#8221;\u00a0 Particularly when the &#8220;Black-led organization&#8221; is founded by two <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>equal<\/em><\/span> partners, one White, the other Black.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(8). Speaking of laughs,\u00a0Samuel Brinton, the former Biden administration energy official fired last year after attempting to steal luggage from an airport, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>was arrested this week as a \u201cfugitive from justice<\/em><\/span>\u201d.\u00a0 Actually, he stole someone else&#8217;s luggage <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>twice<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>first<\/em><\/span> time he protested his innocence, claiming he&#8217;d picked up the wrong bag by mistake&#8230;despite having <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not checked any luggage<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Hey, a mistake <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anyone<\/em><\/span> could make; After all, who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wouldn&#8217;t<\/em><\/span> want to stand\u00a0and wait around at baggage claim despite not having checked any luggage?!?<\/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\/05\/MC_BidenTrike_web-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109703\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MC_BidenTrike_web-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MC_BidenTrike_web-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MC_BidenTrike_web-800x0-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bg051623dAPR-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109693\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bg051623dAPR-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bg051623dAPR-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bg051623dAPR-800x0-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb051723dAPR-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109694\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb051723dAPR-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb051723dAPR-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb051723dAPR-800x0-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaa-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109695\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaa-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaa-6.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaa-6-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cb051623dAPC-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109696\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cb051623dAPC-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cb051623dAPC-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cb051623dAPC-800x0-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaaa-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109697\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaaa-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaaa-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaaa-2-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sk051723dAPR-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109698\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sk051723dAPR-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sk051723dAPR-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sk051723dAPR-800x0-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wplbe230517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109699\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wplbe230517.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wplbe230517.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wplbe230517-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109701\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-8.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-8-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-17-23-at-11.21-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109702\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-17-23-at-11.21-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-17-23-at-11.21-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-17-23-at-11.21-AM-300x193.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-18-23-at-8.05-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109748\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-18-23-at-8.05-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-18-23-at-8.05-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-18-23-at-8.05-AM-300x203.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this instant classic from Speed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Speed-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109755\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Speed-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Speed-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Speed-1-290x300.png 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with these from the lovely Shannon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FwIhteyXgAAVnYY.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FwIhteyXgAAVnYY.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FwIhteyXgAAVnYY.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FwIhteyXgAAVnYY-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FwIhteyXgAAVnYY-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Shannon-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109706\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Shannon-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Shannon-3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Shannon-3-181x300.jpg 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Shannon2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109707\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Shannon2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Shannon2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Shannon2-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Shannon2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109717\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Shannon2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Shannon2-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Shannon2-1-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Ed Hickey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109731\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey1-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey1-1-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109732\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey2-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey2-1-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109733\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey4.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey4-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109734\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey3-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109735\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey5.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Hickey5-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/donald.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109736\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/donald.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/donald.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/donald-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>As for that last one, though there&#8217;s no proof of his guilt, by his own words The Donald is capable of having done it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we apologize at the outset for darkening your day with a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>truly<\/em><\/span> sordid story straight from the pages of <em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The Crime Blotter<\/span><\/em>, and the tale of an Arizona couple with special seats awaiting them in Hell:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/arizona-mother-boyfriend-allegedly-beat-2-year-old-boy-death-police\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\">Arizona mother, boyfriend allegedly beat 2-year-old boy to death<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-headline speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/arizona-mother-boyfriend-allegedly-beat-2-year-old-boy-death-police\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff6600;\">Arizona couple Leilah Lopez and Johnny Brazell II originally said a dog attacked the child<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-design-85-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-design-85-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-design-85-copy.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-design-85-copy-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;When officers arrived, they found numerous bruises across the boy&#8217;s body, including swollen and bruised eyes, a bruised head and skull fractures. The boy also had no pulse.&#8221;These injuries were determined to be consistent with child abuse,&#8221; the Glendale Police Department said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital. According to police, Brazell and Lopez told inconsistent stories about the child being attacked by a dog before Brazell admitted to beating him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Upon further questioning and investigation, Brazell admitted to killing the child,&#8221; police said. &#8220;Brazell indicated he had <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hit the child multiple times with a leather belt while dangling him in the air by his leg<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.&#8221; &#8220;At one point, Brazell admitted to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dropping him on his head onto a hardwood floor<\/em><\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>swinging the child\u2019s body into objects within the room<\/em><\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">striking his head\u00a0against some furniture<\/span><\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; the statement added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The suspects were reportedly unconcerned about their crimes. The boy was breathing shallowly for a time, but the couple did not call 911 until he could no longer breathe. &#8220;Neither suspect showed any obvious remorse for their actions,&#8221; court documents\u00a0obtained by FOX 10 Phoenix\u00a0said. &#8220;They discussed leaving the state to California, and it is known that both have significant ties and family in California, as well as the means to travel there.&#8221; &#8220;Both Brazell and Lopez agreed to lie to police, paramedics and the hospital about what had occurred,&#8221; the police statement added.<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The couple was booked into jail after their arrests. They are being held on $1 million cash-only bonds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Allegedly&#8221; our a*s; They <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>confessed<\/em><\/span>!\u00a0 This is a case which calls not for the death penalty, but as slow and painful a demise as possible&#8230;along the lines of <em>Pulp Fiction<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A6zqu_9Sb7w?start=6\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" 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>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>Fang Fang&#8217;s boy toy offers an obscure tweet into evidence, and is subsequently washed away by a flood of video testimony to the truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IjIEuw3AzXY\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Tales of The Darkside<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>When you can&#8217;t define a term in your own resolution, you obfuscate fact with patent bullsh*t.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w8W4Qyfi43A\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>On the Lighter Side<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>In an encore performance, enjoy what is certainly one of the funniest SNL skits of the Bill Hader years, perhaps even of all time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xez7kGgEg-U\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, May 19th, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, our lying&#8230; FBI Director Explains Why a Key Biden Bribery Document Isn&#8217;t Being Turned Over &nbsp; &#8220;Testifying in front of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies last week, FBI Director Christopher Wray was asked why the Bureau has failed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1988,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109725"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109809,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109725\/revisions\/109809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}