{"id":109858,"date":"2023-05-25T19:45:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T23:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=109858"},"modified":"2023-06-08T15:24:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T19:24:07","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-may-24th-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=109858","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, May 24th, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, May 24th, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, demonstrating it&#8217;s still clinging to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/blms-revenue-dropped-88-percent-2022-self-enrichment-scandals-infighting-money\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Black Lies Matter&#8217;s false narrative of systemic racism<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, this past weekend the NAACP\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/leahbarkoukis\/2023\/05\/22\/naacp-issues-travel-warning-n2623528\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida for what the group claims is Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019s \u201caggressive attempts to erase Black history\u201d and rein in DEI programs in state schools<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Florida under Ron DeSantis has become hostile to Black Americans and in direct conflict with the democratic ideals that our union was founded upon. He should know that democracy will prevail because its defenders are prepared to stand up and fight. We&#8217;re not backing down, and we encourage our allies to join us in the battle for the soul of our nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In fact, Florida has become <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so<\/em><\/span> hostile to Blacks DeSantis Press Secretary Jeremy Redfern noted&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109831\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-12.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-12-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with the inconvenient truth Leon Russell, the NAACP&#8217;s Chairman of the Board, currently resides in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Tampa<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>The only hostility we can sense is coming from the NAACP, an organization so hypocritical and corrupt it&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nI67dSs3dXU?start=8&amp;end=10&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>Meanwhile, the <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/rebeccadowns\/2023\/05\/23\/theres-been-yet-another-florida-travel-advisory-n2623623\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>LGBQRSTUVWXYZ+ lobby was quick to pile on,<\/em><\/span><\/a> noting&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;While not a blanket recommendation against travel nor a call for boycott, the travel advisory outlines the devastating impacts of laws that are hostile to the LGBTQ community, restrict access to reproductive health care, repeal gun safety policies, foment racial prejudice, and attack public education by banning books and censoring curriculum in order that prospective travelers or residents can make the best decisions for themselves and their families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As <em>Townhall.com<\/em>&#8216;s Rebecca Downs so tellingly observed of the statement, &#8220;It&#8217;s worth wondering what is even the point, then, other than to make themselves heard and remain relevant.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Or, based on the statement, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>irrelevant<\/em><\/span>!\u00a0 Just so we understand this, racist Black radicals and LGBTQ+ activists are advising their followers to avoid Florida, and this is&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>what<\/em><\/span>?&#8230;supposed to make the Sunshine State <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>less<\/em><\/span> appealing to the rest of the country?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, courtesy of <em>Townhall.com<\/em>, Kurt Schlichter is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>somewhat harsh<\/em><\/span> as he accurately assesses&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/kurtschlichter\/2023\/05\/22\/the-gops-festival-of-losers-n2623507\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The GOP\u2019s Festival of Losers<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-7.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109833\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-7.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-7-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"isPasted\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;The obvious reaction to the bizarre idea that Chris Christie will soon enter the 2024 GOP primaries and then win the general election \u2013 \u201c<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Fat chance<\/em><\/span><\/strong>! \u2013 is accurate on every level. The rotund Republican has <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>zero support<\/em><\/span><\/strong> among the base, having missed his window a <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">decade ago<\/span><\/em><\/strong> and having gone on to become one of those Republicans whose <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>primary function<\/em><\/span><\/strong> is to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>trash other Republicans<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u2013 <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a chubby chimp dancing for dimes as the MSNBC organ grinders play<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. Why is he running? Delusion? Narcissism? Greed? Who <em>knows<\/em>? Who <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cares<\/em><\/span><\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We\u2019ve talked about Nikki Haley before. Remember her? She\u2019s still running for vice president, er, president. I spoke to about 150 conservative women in Washington state the other night and mentioned her. Her support was <em>zero<\/em>. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Nada<\/em><\/span>. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Nil<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. Yet now the aforementioned Pillsbury Doughcandidate and a few other no-hopers are joining her in spending tens of millions to top out at 3%.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Add Mike Pence to the Footnote Force, about 20 years after the last election where his brand of milquetoast\u00a0Weekly Standard\u00a0weakness had any resonance.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;I will not dignify maple syrup sap Chris Sununu by pretending his nascent candidacy is a thing. Then there\u2019s Tim Scott, the favorite of everyone who thinks Mike Pence is too fiery and aggressive&#8230;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;Here&#8217;s the test \u2013 if you think we <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should not<\/em><\/span><\/strong> dismantle the FBI because the problem is a few bad apples, you are <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>impotent and unfit to lead<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. Get back in the rear with the camp followers and help with the cooking \u2013 we need a guy who will pick up his saber, yell \u201cFollow me!\u201d and charge.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;Why do Christie and Scott and Pence think they can win? Presidential politics is weird because <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>otherwise sensible people become deluded into imagining that they have a chance<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. These guys have <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no chance<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. They are losers. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">That<\/span>&#8216;s the &#8220;somewhat harsh&#8221; part!<\/em>)<\/strong><\/span> They are Connor Roy in\u00a0Succession, but at least Connor is amusing; these guys are just embarrassing.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Here\u2019s the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>reality<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u2013 this is a race between <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, who is widely-expected to make it official soon. There\u2019s <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no one else<\/em><\/span><\/strong> in the Octagon. It\u2019s these two, and here\u2019s the thing \u2013 it\u2019s not about policy. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Despite<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Trump attacking every win DeSantis has in Florida, DeSantis\u2019s agenda <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the base\u2019s agenda and if DJT vanquishes RDS then he will immediately adopt it again. Sure, this leaves all his minions who have been fulminating about the Florida governor being too mean to Disney and Bud Light tossed <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>under the bus<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, but <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if you befriend Trump<\/em><\/span><\/strong> you <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>gotta know<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that\u2019s where you\u2019ll go eventually<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">No, this race is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span><\/strong> about policy because <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that\u2019s<\/em><\/span><\/strong> been decided. Our policy is to destroy the left. We had the choice of a sissy Pence peace or war, and we chose war. Think back to the Kavanaugh thing \u2013 can you imagine any candidate except Trump or DeSantis not folding like a house of cards when the ruling caste wagged its finger? Maybe Vivek, though I\u2019m not sure he was even able to drive when the Kavanaugh thing went down.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">No, the GOP\u2019s decision in 2024 is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>solely<\/em><\/span><\/strong> over the identity of the general who will take command. Will it be the cold, calculating, ruthlessly effective RDS, or the unstoppable juggernaut <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(<em>Unstoppable&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">except<\/span> when he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stops himself<\/span>&#8230;which is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all-too<\/span> frequently!<\/em>)<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 well, except for ridiculous tangents to call Rosie O\u2019Donnell \u201cHorseface\u201d \u2013that is Donald Trump? Both will rain down destruction upon our enemies \u2013 Ron the precision\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/GngE2wTqAuw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hellfire<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0and Don the massive\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1n8XOe_MtnA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MOAB<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">So, the real difference between the two is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>electability<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u2013 that is, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who is most likely to win in the general election<\/em><\/span><\/strong>? The polls are all over the place and useless 18 months out, but we do have <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some<\/em><\/span><\/strong> indicators. The 2020 election, and subsequent ones, show Trump has a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sub-majority ceiling<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That\u2019s a problem<\/em><\/span><\/strong> and it\u2019s <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not likely to change<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u2013 he threaded the needle once and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>maybe<\/em><\/span><\/strong> he can do it again, but <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hoping to get lucky twice<\/em><\/span><\/strong> is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not a plan<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. The fact is that some people, including Republicans who should know better, irrationally hate him and will <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never<\/em><\/span><\/strong> vote for him. Of course, some Republicans will never vote for anyone else. We know both guys hate wokeness, communism, crime and all the other aspects of the Democrat agenda. What we <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>need to know<\/em><\/span><\/strong> is how they each propose to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>win<\/em><\/span><\/strong> in <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>PA, GA, AZ, MI, and WI<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This race is about winning and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only<\/em><\/span><\/strong> about winning. And that\u2019s why Christie, Pence, and Scott won\u2019t really be in the race even after they get into it. It\u2019s <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Ron or Don<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, and I\u2019m voting for whichever one wins the nomination. I just hope he can pull it off in November.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice in cartoon form:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109850\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-13.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-13-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>And despite anything he says, Trump has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no plan<\/em><\/span> to win <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span> of those five states, having done all he could to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lose<\/em><\/span> them for the GOP in 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, writing at <em>NRO<\/em>, John Fund relates how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/05\/the-left-gaslights-us-on-san-franciscos-problems\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20230522&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">The Left Gaslights Us on San Francisco\u2019s Problems<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/05\/the-left-gaslights-us-on-san-franciscos-problems\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20230522&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Primitive projection has become all too frequently a substitute for political debate in this country<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/homeless-san-francisco-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109820\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/homeless-san-francisco-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/homeless-san-francisco-copy.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/homeless-san-francisco-copy-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;E<\/span><span class=\"small_caps\">lon Musk<\/span>\u00a0lived in San Francisco until late 2021, when California\u2019s lockdown policies, a serious uptick in crime rates, and a general decline in the quality of life prompted him to move Tesla to Texas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">He hasn\u2019t regretted the decision. He recently commented on a Twitter feed about eleven major San Francisco retailers, including Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Whole Foods, closing their stores this year alone. \u201cSo many stores shuttered in downtown SF. Feels post-apocalyptic,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cThe philosophy that led to this bleak outcome will be the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>end of civilization<\/em><\/span><\/strong> if extended to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Musk\u2019s comments have prompted a backlash from progressives, who claim he <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>has it all wrong<\/em><\/span><\/strong> about San Francisco. Last month, in the wake of the murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee, it was discovered that he was killed by someone he knew, not as part of a random act of violence. Miguel Almaguer, the local correspondent for NBC, reported that \u201cSan Francisco leaders fired back at Musk,\u201d insisting that \u201cthe tragedy that unfolded could have happened anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Indeed, San Francisco district attorney Brooke Jenkins lashed out at Musk for calling the city\u2019s crime \u201chorrific.\u201d She said Musk\u2019s tweets were \u201creckless and irresponsible\u201d and \u201cserved to mislead the world and their perceptions of San Francisco.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Just for the record: San Francisco <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lost 7.5 percent of its population between April 2020 and July 2022<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, a rate of decline <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unprecedented<\/em><\/span><\/strong> among major U.S. cities, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>including Detroit<\/em><\/span><\/strong> in its worst days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Lee Ohanian, an economist at Stanford\u2019s Hoover Institution, has calculated that San Franciscans face about a 1-in-16 chance each year of being a victim of property or violent crime. That makes it \u201c<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more dangerous than 98 percent of US cities<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, both small and large. To put this in perspective, Compton, California, the infamous home of drug gang turf wars, and which today remains more dangerous than 90 percent of all US cities, is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>almost twice as safe as San Francisco<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">If <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span><\/strong> doesn\u2019t sound like <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>civilization being threatened<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, I don\u2019t know <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>what does<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Because of this record, the Left is pulling out all the stops in trying to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>distract attention<\/em><\/span><\/strong> from the damage San Francisco\u2019s progressive policies have caused. Keith Humphreys, a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, had the gall to author last year in the\u00a0<em>San Francisco Chronicle<\/em>\u00a0an article headlined \u201cSoft-on-crime liberalism isn\u2019t fueling San Francisco\u2019s drug crisis. Libertarianism is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This is what is called the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>politics of projection<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u2014 accusing others of one\u2019s own flaws \u2014 and it\u2019s being used by the Left <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>everywhere<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, from explaining how inequality has grown under President Biden to accusing Republicans of opposing energy development by voting against the Green New Deal&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a second shot of the juice: They cannot <em>ever<\/em> admit their policies are responsible for the ruin inflicted on America&#8217;s urban centers, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ever<\/em><\/span>!.\u00a0 Because were they admit they&#8217;ve lied about one thing, it would call into question, and subsequently expose, the lies they&#8217;ve told about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>everything else<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of lies, <em>Best of the Web<\/em> records the fabrications formulated by&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"css-1hch5ce-StyledHeadline e1ipbpvp0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/wokesters-in-search-of-nonbinary-birds-1d65ed47?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wokesters in Search of Nonbinary Birds<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"css-jiugt2-Dek-Dek e1jnru6p0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/wokesters-in-search-of-nonbinary-birds-1d65ed47?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Another dispatch arrives from the exciting frontiers of politicized science<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-1-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109861\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-1-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-1-1-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The politicization of formerly respected scientific publications is one of society\u2019s more\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink el06won0\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/do-scientists-regret-not-sticking-to-the-science-a3da3f17?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"link\">disturbing recent trends<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0and it seems that <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">yet another<\/span><\/em><\/strong> periodical is willing to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>surrender its claim to authority<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0Laura Helmuth, Editor in chief of Scientific American, recently\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink el06won0\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurahelmuth\/status\/1658952315032698883?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"link\">tweeted<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>White-throated sparrows have four chromosomally distinct sexes that pair up in fascinating ways<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>P.S. Nature is amazing<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>P.P.S. Sex is not binary<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Other Twitter users <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>were not impressed<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. Ms. Helmuth\u2019s missive now carries an attachment from Twitter:<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>Readers added context they thought people might want to know<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>White-throated sparrows have <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2 sexes<\/span><\/strong> with <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">4 unique chromosome combinations<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>There are <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">still just 2 sexes<\/span><\/strong> that produce either sperm or eggs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>The female types are the white-striped females and the tan-striped females. The male birds are white-striped males and tan striped males.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">One can debate whether and how Twitter should address errors in user comments, but it\u2019s clear that the operators of the social media platform are not the only ones raising an objection to the claim of a sparrow with four sexes. \u201cIt\u2019s just incredible how far [Scientific American]&#8211; a periodical I admired &#8212; has fallen from its mission to provide accurate, clear, and vivid coverage of science,\u201d\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink el06won0\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NAChristakis\/status\/1659249465591750656?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"link\">observes<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Yale professor of social and natural science Nicholas Christakis<\/span><\/em><\/strong>, who is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also<\/em><\/span><\/strong> a physician.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Dr. Christakis\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink el06won0\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/whyevolutionistrue.com\/2023\/05\/18\/once-again-ideology-distorts-science-the-editor-in-chief-of-scientific-american-flubs-big-time-wrongly-asserting-that-sparrows-have-four-sexes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"link\">points to a post<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0on the Why Evolution Is True website maintained by Jerry Coyne, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>an emeritus professor of ecology and evolution at the University of Chicago<\/em><\/span><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>The tweet Helmuth put up this week&#8230; <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">distorts biology<\/span><\/strong>\u2014in particular the work of scientists who spent <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">years<\/span><\/strong> studying the genetics and mating behavior of white-throated sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis). This is an interesting bird because both males and females <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">show two forms<\/span><\/strong> (this is a \u201cpolymorphism\u201d), with <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one form<\/span><\/strong> having a tan crown stripe and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the other<\/span><\/strong> a white crown stripe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>The forms also differ in their parental behavior and courtship&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">The post reviews some of the relevant research and then sums it up:<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>Just <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">two sexes<\/span><\/strong>, and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">every ornithologist knows this<\/span><\/strong>. Even if each morph mated only with its own kind, so that there was total reproductive isolation between the forms and they would, in effect, be two species, there would <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">still<\/span><\/strong> be <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">just two species<\/span><\/strong>, with <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">each<\/span><\/strong> having <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">two sexes<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>Now the popular press has mistaken this system for the phenomenon of \u201cfour sexes\u201d, which is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">just flat wrong<\/span><\/strong>. The <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">biological definition of sex<\/span><\/strong> involves <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what kind of gamete you make<\/span><\/strong>, and here there are <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">only two<\/span><\/strong>. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Females make and lay eggs<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">males make sperm<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Seems<\/span><\/em><\/strong> fairly straightforward, so perhaps a determined band of woke bird-watchers will now set off into the wilderness searching for an animal species that is <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">just as confused about gender as human magazine editors<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. But this seems unlikely, as such an approach would necessarily <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>require empirical evidence<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">In defense of Ms. Helmuth, her tendentious tweet linked to a muddled story from <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Audubon Society editor Kenn Kaufman<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, who seems to have <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>added<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to the confusion by writing that it\u2019s \u201c<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>almost<\/em><\/span><\/strong> as if the White-throated Sparrow <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>has four sexes<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u201d and then just a few sentences later sloppily claiming:<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em>The resulting effect is that the White-throat <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really does<\/span><\/strong> operate as a bird with four sexes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">It <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really doesn\u2019t<\/span><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Perhaps this is not so much a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>problem in science<\/em><\/span><\/strong> as a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>problem among the people who write about science<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. For those inclined to give Ms. Helmuth the benefit of the doubt and assume her errors are not driven by political bias,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink el06won0\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurahelmuth\/status\/1660996252639559683?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"link\">she\u2019s tweeting today<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0about a new opinion piece <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>calling for reforms at the Supreme Court<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that for <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some reason<\/em><\/span><\/strong> appears in her magazine called <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Scientific American<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Sometimes it seems like today\u2019s science media <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>really does<\/em><\/span><\/strong> operate as a species with <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just one point of view<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span> through blinders with rose-colored glass inserts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a triple-shot of the juice: We cannot imagine anyone becoming editor of even a formerly-distinguished publication like <em>Scientific American<\/em> without <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some<\/em><\/span> background in &#8220;science&#8221;; And we cannot imagine anyone with even a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>minimal<\/em><\/span> background in science not being able to differentiate between four chromosome combinations and two sexes.\u00a0 That Laura Helmuth seems unable&#8230;or perhaps more accurately&#8230;un<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">willing<\/span><\/em>\u00a0to do so tells us this isn&#8217;t a question of science, but of journalistic integrity, a quality Ms. Helmuth possesses in no discernible quantity.\u00a0 Or she&#8217;s dumber than a box of rocks and has no business editing anything.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, here&#8217;s another sextet of special selections certain to pique the interest of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/women-removed-from-california-high-school-track-event-for-protesting-against-male-participation-in-girls-sports\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=river&amp;utm_content=more-in-tag&amp;utm_term=second\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Security removed members of the group Women Are Real from California state championship track-and-field qualifier session on Sunday<\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>The women picketing the event were removed after bringing attention to the fact that a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>male athlete<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, Athena Ryan, had taken a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>female runner\u2019s spot<\/em><\/span><\/strong> in the state championship by finishing second in the \u201cGirls 1600m\u201d event. The security guard who removed the protesters said <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he didn\u2019t have a problem with their activism<\/em><\/span><\/strong> but that <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">signs were only permitted outside the event<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. However, according to members of Women Are Real, other signage <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was<\/em><\/span><\/strong> permitted at the event and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they<\/em><\/span><\/strong> were the only group removed.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One women found our \u201cProtect Female Sports\u201d banner disgusting and offensive. Note the secretive thank you\u2019s and a high-five by a female athlete at the end. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SF_TERF_CENTRAL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SF_TERF_CENTRAL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XxtraEstroGenny?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@XxtraEstroGenny<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/icons_women?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@icons_women<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveWomensSports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaveWomensSports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4SHwXYxJI6\">pic.twitter.com\/4SHwXYxJI6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WomenAreReal (@WomenAreReals) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WomenAreReals\/status\/1660238993882226688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 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>No, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span> harpy doesn&#8217;t have a problem!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). Writing at <em>NRO<\/em>, Will Swaim relates how, were its account of the historical experience of Blacks in the once-Golden State an essay response to a test, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/05\/the-california-reparations-commission-fails-state-history\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202023-05-21&amp;utm_term=WIR-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the California Reparations Commission would fail miserably<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3).\u00a0<em>The Washington Free Beacon<\/em> reports self-proclaimed &#8220;climate moderate&#8221; Joe Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/joe-manchin-says-hes-a-climate-moderate-he-just-voted-to-confirm-radical-energy-nominee-who-wants-to-kill-the-coal-industry\/?utm_source=actengage&amp;utm_campaign=FreedomMail&amp;utm_medium=email\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>just voted to confirm a radical DOE nominee who is INTENT ON KILLING THE COAL INDUSTRY and on the record stating both air travel and meat consumption may have to be curtailed to fight climate change<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Not that Manchin&#8217;s eventual Republican opponent will use this against in 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). Breeze Gould forwarded this item which purports to answer the question\u00a0<\/strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/who-is-air-force-gen-charles-q-brown-jr-likely-replacement-gen-milley-joint-chiefs-staff-chair\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Who is Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr, likely replacement for Mark Milley as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><strong>\u00a0when Thoroughly Modern Milley retires in September, having done all the damage to he could do America&#8217;s defense posture after his appointment by Trump. We were struck by two sections of the article: (i):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;However, following the death of George Floyd, Brown\u00a0released an <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>emotional video<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0that detailed <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>his<\/em><\/span><\/strong> experiences <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>navigating racial prejudice in the military<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, saying he had lived in &#8220;two worlds&#8221; and was often the only African American in the room, either as a pilot or a commander, and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>facing questions about his qualifications<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, which <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he<\/em><\/span><\/strong> ascribed to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>racism<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. The move \u2013 a bold one taken shortly after receiving his promotion from then-President Trump \u2013 did not mar his confirmation, which the Senate unanimously approved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>And, (ii):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">He later would say that he gave himself a &#8220;C&#8221; rating for his ability to implement change. Brown would inherit a difficult task: The military also has to worry about trying to\u00a0hit its recruitment targets\u00a0\u2013 goals that the branches have failed to achieve over the past two years, with data suggesting that they will fall short again this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>As regards (i), we invite you to watch Brown&#8217;s &#8220;emotional video&#8221;&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UjPco68usEo\" 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 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;and see if <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you too<\/em><\/span> get the impression Brown&#8217;s problems were all either of his own creation or in his own mind.\u00a0 As for (ii), an general officer who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rates himself<\/em><\/span> a &#8220;C&#8221; for his ability to implement change is hardly someone we&#8217;d deem qualified to head a Military in <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">dire need<\/span><\/em> of change, and that right soon!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2023\/05\/22\/nc-governor-declares-emergency-over-school-choice-bill\/?utm_source=TDS_Email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MorningBell\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>declaring a state of emergency over Republicans&#8217; veto-proof passage of a school choice bill<\/em><\/span><\/a>, North Carolina&#8217;s Dimocratic governor obliquely observed,\u00a0&#8220;Their private school voucher scheme will pour your tax money into private schools that are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unaccountable to the public<\/em><\/span>&#8220;, conveniently ignoring an almost complete lack of accountability in America&#8217;s public schools are the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>very reason<\/em><\/span> the pro-school choice movement has gained so much momentum so quickly, and seeming to forget he sent <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>his own<\/em><\/span> children to private school.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6).\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ben-crump-deletes-viral-tweet-branding-pregnant-nurse-racist-after-lawyer-steps-in\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Ben Crump has deleted a viral tweet branding Sarah Comrie, a pregnant White nurse, racist after her lawyer steps in<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<strong>and stated, &#8220;<\/strong><strong>There are reasons defamation laws exist, and we plan to pursue that.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ben.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109815\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ben.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ben.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ben-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>We report, you decide:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hD_VzqOaZzY\" 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 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Comrie&#8217;s experience prompted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/05\/white-women-beware\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=river&amp;utm_content=more-from-author&amp;utm_term=first\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Rich Lowry to offer a special message from the Karen Prevention Project<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/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\/cb052223dAPC-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109862\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cb052223dAPC-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cb052223dAPC-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cb052223dAPC-800x0-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaa-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109864\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaa-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaa-7.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaa-7-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aa-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109863\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aa-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aa-9.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aa-9-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb052323dAPR-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109865\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb052323dAPR-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb052323dAPR-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb052323dAPR-800x0-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109866\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-14.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/a-14-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaaa-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109867\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaaa-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaaa-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aaaa-3-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MC-FettFood-web-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109868\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MC-FettFood-web-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MC-FettFood-web-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MC-FettFood-web-800x0-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb052223dAPC-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109825\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb052223dAPC-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb052223dAPC-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/afb052223dAPC-800x0-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_0515-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109826\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_0515-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_0515-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_0515-800x0-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jarlsberg-Gazette-5_23-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109852\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jarlsberg-Gazette-5_23-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jarlsberg-Gazette-5_23-2.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Jarlsberg-Gazette-5_23-2-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-10.44-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109822\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-10.44-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-10.44-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-10.44-AM-300x256.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Speed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Attach0-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109843\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Attach0-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Attach0-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Attach0-2-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with five from <em>The Patriot Post<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.51-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109836\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.51-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.51-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.51-PM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.51-PM-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.53-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109842\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.53-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.53-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.53-PM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.53-PM-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.51-PM-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109837\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.51-PM-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.51-PM-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.51-PM-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.51-PM-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.52-PM-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109838\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.52-PM-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.52-PM-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.52-PM-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.52-PM-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.52-PM-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109839\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.52-PM-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.52-PM-2.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.52-PM-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.52-PM-2-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.52-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109840\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.52-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.52-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.52-PM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Image-5-22-23-at-2.52-PM-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with yet another strange story straight from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, and this just in from southern Maryland, where a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/maryland-guardian-arrives-stolen-vehicle-take-custody-teens-arrested-auto-theft-police-say?dicbo=v2-NDnKtHf\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Maryland guardian arrives in stolen vehicle to take custody of teens arrested for auto theft<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-headline speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/maryland-guardian-arrives-stolen-vehicle-take-custody-teens-arrested-auto-theft-police-say?dicbo=v2-NDnKtHf\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Police in Charles County, Maryland, arrested several in connection to three stolen vehicles<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7mpzvy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109845\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7mpzvy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7mpzvy.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7mpzvy-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;The\u00a0Charles County Police Department\u00a0said officers patrolling in Waldorf, Maryland, at about 1 p.m. on May 16 saw two Hyundai vehicles in front of a business. A computer check revealed they were reported stolen. When the officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop, the drivers of the two vehicles sped off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">At the same time, a dispatcher took a 911 call about a group of suspects that entered a business and stole merchandise before fleeing in two vehicles that matched the cars the officers were attempting to stop.\u00a0<picture><\/picture>The suspects got out of the vehicles at a Park and Ride lot and attempted to hide, though the officers were ultimately able to apprehend them without any further incident.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">From the two vehicles, police arrested 18-year-old Deshaun Deamonte Whitaker and 21-year-old Vincent Lee Alston, both of Washington, D.C., who were both charged with theft, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and rogue and vagabond&#8230;Four juveniles were also arrested and charged with theft and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Police said a female guardian was set to pick up the four juveniles, but the guardian and two other females arrived in what appeared to be <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>another<\/em><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em> stolen vehicle<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, which left after the three women were dropped off at the police station. Officers located the vehicle on a nearby street, which reportedly had a broken back window and steering column damage. When the officer ordered everyone out of the vehicle, the driver fled, nearly hitting one of the officers. All the occupants got out of the vehicle after the driver drove a short distance, and it was determined the vehicle was stolen from another jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Anthony Matthew Stewart, 19, of Washington, D.C., was driving the vehicle and arrested after a brief chase on foot. He was charged with\u00a0first- and second-degree assault, unauthorized use of a vehicle and providing a false name to police. Stewart also reportedly had active warrants for his arrest. Also in the vehicle were three juveniles who were apprehended. One of the juveniles, a 16-year-old boy, had active arrest warrants, and a 13-year-old girl was reported missing from another county. All three juveniles were charged with theft and unauthorized use of a vehicle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The three women who picked up the four juveniles earlier that day \u2013 Carlisa Monnae Blackeney, 18, of Washington, D.C., and Mahkiyh McQuinn-Woodly, 18, of Hagerstown, Maryland \u2013 were charged with theft, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, providing a false name, and rogue and vagabond&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Something tells us no one in this crew has a degree in rocket surgery, as the only &#8220;major&#8221; these delinquents have ever pursued is in crime.<\/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>Konstantin Kisin offers the truth about slavery Progressives don&#8217;t want you to hear or your kids to know.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p5C1hXUlre0\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" 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>Time has revealed every one of the people featured in this video compilation as either a liar or a parroting propagandist ignorant of the facts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zI3yU5Z2adI\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>On the Heavier Side<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>This clip courtesy of the incomparable Stilton Jarlsberg demonstrates the truth of the old adage, if you thought you had a bad day, it could have been worse!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jwHJnJ5BIjw?start=38\" 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 Wednesday, May 24th, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, demonstrating it&#8217;s still clinging to Black Lies Matter&#8217;s false narrative of systemic racism, this past weekend the NAACP\u00a0issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida for what the group claims is Gov. 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