{"id":110090,"date":"2023-06-06T19:30:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T23:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=110090"},"modified":"2023-06-06T19:30:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T23:30:30","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-june-5th-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=110090","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, June 5th, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, June 5th, 2023&#8230;and as we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can&#8217;t begin<\/em><\/span> to tell you just how abject Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s debt-relief surrender was, this tweet from Chip Roy&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image000000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110085\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image000000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image000000.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image000000-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and video clip of Rand Paul should give you an idea:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-qIkBDa1M5M\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>McCarthy&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>always<\/em><\/span> been a spendaholic, so his acquiescence despite dealing from a hand of strength doesn&#8217;t surprise us.\u00a0 What <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>does<\/em><\/span> come as a shock is the number of otherwise intelligent Conservatives\u00a0who&#8217;re chalking this one up in the win column.\u00a0 Reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/kevin-mccarthy-earns-the-speakership-house-gop-debt-ceiling-negotiation-c87ee7f1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Kim Strassel&#8217;s commentary praising Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s &#8220;victory<\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/columns\/the-secret-to-mccarthys-success\/?utm_source=actengage&amp;utm_campaign=FreedomMail&amp;utm_medium=email\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Matt Continetti&#8217;s offering the secret to McCarthy&#8217;s success<\/em><\/span><\/a>, then listening to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FaRH8bhF7yI\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Jim Lankford&#8217;s summary of what&#8217;s ACTUALLY IN the legislation<\/em><\/span><\/a>, we&#8217;re left scratching our head as to what part of this bill they find praiseworthy?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice, courtesy of <em>Best of the Web<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong class=\"css-11kxzt3-Strong e1ofiv6m1\" data-type=\"emphasis\"><em class=\"css-i6hrxa-Italic e1ofiv6m0\" data-type=\"emphasis\">Bye-ku for Default (for the Time Being)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Bipartisanship:<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Agreement by D and R<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">On taking from U.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><em class=\"css-i6hrxa-Italic e1ofiv6m0\" data-type=\"emphasis\">&#8211;Anonymous<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s<em> The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, courtesy of our energy correspondent Jeff Foutch, the <em>Manhattan Contrarian<\/em> asks and answers the question&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1685722871127_471\" class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-content-field=\"title\"><a id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1685722871127_470\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manhattancontrarian.com\/blog\/2023-5-31-are-there-any-democrats-left-who-are-not-fully-on-board-with-the-agenda-of-the-radical-left\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Are There Any Democrats Left Who Are Not Fully On Board With The Agenda Of The Radical Left<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7o1cab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110063\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7o1cab.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7o1cab.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7o1cab-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;A phenomenon of politics on the Left as practiced today is that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>new and ever more radical orthodoxies continually pop up<\/em><\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>demand<\/em><\/span><\/strong> adherence from <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all<\/em><\/span><\/strong> members of the faith. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>No longer<\/em><\/span><\/strong> is the common agenda just a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>simple commitment to more government spending<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to enhance perceived justice and fairness in society. Instead, a list of new demands for government actions grows ever longer and more extreme. Examples: <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>de-funding of police and reducing prosecution of many crimes<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to decrease conviction and incarceration rates of criminals; <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>forcibly<\/em><\/span><\/strong> transforming the generation of electricity, and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>then<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the transportation system, and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>now<\/em><\/span><\/strong> agriculture, in the name of the <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">weird pagan climate cult<\/span><\/em><\/strong>; <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>promoting Critical Race Theory<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, including the concepts that our society is \u201csystemically racist\u201d and pervaded by \u201csystems of oppression,\u201d and that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all persons of the white race are racists and oppressors by reason of their skin color<\/em><\/span><\/strong>; <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>promoting gay and trans sexual practices to elementary school students<\/em><\/span><\/strong>; and many more such.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Many long-time Democrats of my acquaintance consider themselves political moderates, although generally supportive of government efforts to uplift the poor through spending and programs. But the internal councils of the Democrats are now <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">dominated by radicals demanding complete loyalty to the full agenda<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. Thus the question is, if you vote for <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Democrat for public office, do you <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>inevitably<\/em><\/span><\/strong> get someone who will go along with <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>every single element of the most radical agenda of the Left<\/em><\/span><\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I think that the answer is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>yes<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Consider a few examples&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;The reasons why every single Democrat votes radical Left when called upon could be simple or complex. Undoubtedly, there are various forms of \u201cparty discipline\u201d in play, like plum committee assignments or premium pay perks in the legislature. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Also<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, if you <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don\u2019t play along<\/em><\/span><\/strong> you are likely to get <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>primaried by a radical leftist in the next election cycle<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, and the primary electorate is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dominated<\/em><\/span><\/strong> by the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most radical elements of the party<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But whatever the reasons, the lesson is clear: <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>every single Democrat in a legislature will vote for whatever the radical Left wants<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, writing at <em>NRO<\/em>, Becket Adams highlights how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/06\/progressives-keep-revealing-what-they-really-think-about-norms\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202023-06-04&amp;utm_term=WIR-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Progressives Keep Revealing What They Really Think about Norms<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/06\/progressives-keep-revealing-what-they-really-think-about-norms\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202023-06-04&amp;utm_term=WIR-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #333399;\">For the opposition, it\u2019s not\u00a0<i>what<\/i>\u00a0Trump did. It\u2019s that\u00a0<i>he<\/i>\u00a0did it<\/span><\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110086\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-2.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-2-300x186.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;L<\/span><span class=\"small_caps\">eft-wing\u00a0<\/span>opposition to the Trump administration was <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rarely<\/em><\/span><\/strong> about <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>principle<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0It was <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">usually<\/span><\/em><\/strong> about <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>power<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Put another way, Trump\u2019s critics didn\u2019t object so much to\u00a0<em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>he did, but to the fact that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they<\/em><\/span><\/strong> weren\u2019t the ones with the power <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to do it<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. For all the talk about lawfulness, norms, decency, etc., Democrats and Democratic-aligned interests keep proving that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they don\u2019t care all that much for lawfulness, norms, decency, etc<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">They seem to care <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that they are seated <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at the head of the table<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">That Democrats and members of the press themselves <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>promote<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the sort of lawlessness they claimed to oppose during the Trump administration was on display yet again in the recent fight over the national debt. To wit, certain members of the press and Democrats argued that Section 4 of the 14th Amendment grants the president the power to borrow and spend as he pleases <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>regardless<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of whether Congress extends the debt ceiling \u2014 as in, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>regardless of whether the branch with the power of the purse has any say<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. Throughout this process, they were <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>asking explicitly<\/em><\/span><\/strong> for Biden to do an end run around Congress, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>encouraging him<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to issue debt <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not approved by Congress<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, which <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>alone<\/em><\/span><\/strong> has the power \u201cto borrow Money on the credit of the United States,\u201d and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all in explicit violation of the Constitution and the president\u2019s oath of office<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">It was an <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>exceptionally<\/em><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em> short-sighted, dangerous, and even dim-witted proposal<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, one that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen herself <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>claimed would trigger a \u201cconstitutional crisis<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u201d should the president attempt it. But <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you<\/em><\/span><\/strong> try telling this to the \u201c<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>norms\u201d crowd<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. They were <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>awfully excited<\/em><\/span><\/strong> there for a moment at the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>prospect of executive lawlessness<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Indeed, though the debt-ceiling deal has been passed, and we\u2019ve moved on from yet another fiscal showdown, we\u2019re <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still<\/em><\/span><\/strong> left with the stench of the partisan desperation that came before, including the calls for the president to waltz himself into a \u201cconstitutional crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;In Congress, Trump\u2019s loudest and most frequent critics, the ones who spent much of the years 2015 through 2020 declaring their great love for law and democracy and beating their chests about threats thereto, drafted letters <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>demanding<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that Biden invoke the so-called 14th Amendment option. Five senators, Democrats Tina Smith of Minnesota, Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey of Massachusetts, and Jeff Merkley of Oregon, and independent Bernie Sanders of Vermont, circulated a letter <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>recommending<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that Biden prepare to deploy the congressional \u201cworkaround.\u201d On social media, Democratic senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island also called on Biden to invoke the 14th Amendment. In the House, 66 Democratic representatives, including Pramila Jayapal, Ilhan Omar, Jamaal Bowman, Katie Porter, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jerrold Nadler, and Sheila Jackson Lee, sent a similar letter to the president, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pleading<\/em><\/span><\/strong> with him to make their jobs <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even more irrelevant<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Begging<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the chief executive to ignore Congress in favor of One Weird Trick that former President Obama <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>himself<\/em><\/span><\/strong> dismissed as a nonstarter during 2011 budget negotiations, and all of it in <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>clear violation of the language of the Constitution and even the purpose of the three separated branches<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, is not exactly what one would expect from the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>same people<\/em><\/span><\/strong> who spent the Trump years <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>weeping and wailing about our beloved \u201cnorms<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.\u201d Indeed, the 14th Amendment solution in <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Republican<\/em><\/span><\/strong> hands, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>particularly<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Trump\u2019s, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>would earn weeks of negative coverage, congressional condemnation, and maybe even another round of impeachment<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Then again, as is obvious by this point, much of the opposition during the Trump years was <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never about<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u201cnorms\u201d and lawfulness. It was always about \u201c<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we\u2019re<\/em><\/span><\/strong> not in power, and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that\u2019s<\/em><\/span><\/strong> a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>There&#8217;s lies, d*amned lies&#8230;and then there&#8217;s anything uttered by a Progressive politician or their MSM shills.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, speaking of rank duplicity, Jim Geraghty offers the sordid details of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/the-spectacular-corporate-hypocrisy-on-gay-rights-and-uganda\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20230602&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">The Spectacular Corporate<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"> Hypocrisy on Gay <span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">Rights<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\"> and Uganda<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/the-spectacular-corporate-hypocrisy-on-gay-rights-and-uganda\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20230602&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ffcc00; text-decoration: underline;\">Words vs.<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\"> Deeds during<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Pride Month<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110066\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-1-300x182.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Up until a few days ago, in the country of Uganda, it was literally a crime to identify yourself as gay, lesbian, transgender, or nonbinary \u2014 a crime that carried a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Now, I don\u2019t really care how you feel about gays or lesbians or anyone else, as long as you follow the law. Maybe you see nothing wrong with it at all. Maybe you find that way of living to be opposed to the Bible or some other holy teaching. I hope you treat everyone you encounter with kindness and respect, not because I think gays and lesbians deserve to be treated with kindness and respect, but because\u00a0<em>everyone<\/em>\u00a0deserves to be treated with kindness and respect. Lord knows, there aren\u2019t enough of those virtues in this world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But left, right, or center, I\u2019d like to think that we could all agree that if you say, \u201cI\u2019m gay,\u201d your government\u2019s response should not be to\u00a0<em>put you in prison for two decades.<\/em>\u00a0(For perspective, here in the United States, as of 2016, \u201cPersons sentenced for murder or non-negligent manslaughter served an average of 15 years in state prison before their initial release,\u201d\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/bjs.ojp.gov\/content\/pub\/pdf\/tssp16.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Uganda modified its recent laws punishing homosexuality, and so it\u2019s no longer a crime to say you\u2019re gay. But it is\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ugandan-lawmakers-amend-anti-lgbt-bill-criticized-by-u-s-6ff67e37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">still a crime to exhibit any form of homosexual desire<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>Existing, colonial-era law in Uganda already allows life sentences for homosexuality, but no one has been convicted of consensual same-sex relations since the country gained independence from Britain in 1962. The new bill reaffirms that punishment and allows prison terms of up to five years for actions such as touching another person \u201cwith the intention of committing the act of homosexuality.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Uganda <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also kept<\/em> <\/span><\/strong>the provision that included a \u201cdeath sentence for what it calls \u2018aggravated homosexuality,\u2019 acts that include same-sex intercourse with a minor or an HIV-positive person convicted for the second time for intercourse with someone of the same gender.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;Add it all up, and Uganda looks like a deeply troubled country beset by poverty, instability, violence, lack of infrastructure, insufficient educational and economic opportunities, corruption, and ineffective government policies. And in this light, gay and lesbian Ugandans start to look like a very convenient scapegoat for the state. (For example, the challenges connected to the country\u2019s high birthrate are really not the fault of the country\u2019s gays and lesbians.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">With so many problems, you might wonder who would want to do business in a place like Uganda. The answer turns out to be quite a few multinationals:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coca-cola.co.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">Coca-Cola<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dnb.com\/business-directory\/company-profiles.unilever_(uganda)_ltd.78ecfe0d9afc2b452cbdee13db26e0c5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">Unilever<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diageo.com\/en\/news-and-media\/stories\/2021\/uganda-breweries-75-years-of-inclusion-and-innovation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">Diageo<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citigroup.com\/global\/about-us\/global-presence\/uganda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">Citibank<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hilton.com\/en\/hotels\/klakrgi-hilton-garden-inn-kampala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">Hilton<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marriott.com\/en-us\/hotels\/ebbsi-sheraton-kampala-hotel\/overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">Sheraton<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0hotel chains and . . . wait for it . . .\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/sustainablefoodlab.org\/evolution-of-anheuser-busch-inbevs-nile-breweries-limited-smallholder-sourcing-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">Anheuser-Busch InBev<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Yes<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, the same company that is seeing plummeting sales of Bud Light over the perception that it jumped into the culture wars in the United States <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also<\/em><\/span><\/strong> operates breweries, factories, and distribution networks <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in a country that criminalizes homosexuality<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. Call me crazy, but I <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">think<\/span><\/em><\/strong> I see some <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">inconsistencies<\/span><\/em><\/strong> there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">So far, there is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no sign<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that any U.S. or multinational company is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rethinking<\/em><\/span><\/strong> its decisions to do business in Uganda, despite the country\u2019s enactment of laws that will put a person in prison for five years for attempting to have homosexual sex.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">You don\u2019t have to look too far to find social or cultural conservatives who dislike or even seethe about \u201cPride Month,\u201d as many chain stores suddenly put up giant rainbows in every display and window. It\u2019s a free country, and you can feel about this phenomenon any way you like. But I\u2019d argue that the most compelling objection to corporate America\u2019s Pride Month is that it represents big companies\u2019 support for the rights of gays in the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cheapest and most consequence-free way possible<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For several years now, sharp-eyed observers have noticed that many multinational corporations add\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/identities\/pride-logo-middle-east-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">rainbows to their logos in the West, but keep them unchanged in the Middle East<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>, where governments and the populaces are <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>much less supportive<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of gay rights. In <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2019\/04\/27\/five-men-beheaded-saudi-arabia-gay-according-confessions-extracted-torture-9328194\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">gay men get executed after their confessions are extracted during torture<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>. The list of\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-saudi.net\/business-center\/links-usa.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">U.S. companies doing business in Saudi Arabia is like the Fortune 100<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-04-27\/how-lgbtq-life-in-china-has-gotten-tougher-under-xi-quicktake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Gays in China are subject to<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u201ccensorship, surveillance and intimidation, at times even detention by police.\u201d Just about\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/ask\/answers\/021015\/how-many-multinational-corporations-operate-china.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">every major multinational corporation operates in China<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never<\/em><\/span><\/strong> speaks out against the policies of the Chinese government. You know who\u2019s got four \u201csourcing centers\u201d located in China?\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/corporate.target.com\/about\/locations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">Target<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0You know, the big box-store company that\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/target-knew-of-satanist-inspired-merchandise-when-it-partnered-with-lgbt-brand-designer-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">signed up a design company with a line of Satanist-inspired merchandise to help create the store\u2019s 2023 \u201cPRIDE\u201d collection<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">You know where <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>else<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Target has a sourcing center?\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humandignitytrust.org\/country-profile\/pakistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">Karachi, Pakistan, where<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u201csame-sex sexual activity is prohibited under the Penal Code 1860, which criminalizes acts of \u2018carnal knowledge against the order of nature\u2019. This provision carries a maximum penalty of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>life imprisonment<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.\u201d Target <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also<\/em><\/span><\/strong> operates a sourcing center in Jakarta, Indonesia, where\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2021\/01\/28\/77-lashes-gay-couple-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">gay men get publicly flogged for violating Sharia law<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Big multinational corporations <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>love<\/em><\/span><\/strong> standing up for gay rights,\u00a0<em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">as long as it means more people buying their stuff<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em>They are <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span><\/strong> interested in standing up for gay rights <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if it might cost them something<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Big American companies will throw their weight around in\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/press-releases\/200-major-u-s-companies-oppose-anti-lgbtq-state-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">opposition to all kinds of state laws<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>, from restrictions on explicit materials in school libraries to limitations on hormone treatments, but <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>then<\/em><\/span><\/strong> turn around and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>avert their eyes<\/em><\/span><\/strong> from governments that\u00a0<em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">literally execute people for being gay<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em>Disney <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>objects<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to Florida\u2019s new Parental Rights in Education law. The company also has no problem\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/disney-ice-first-time-saudi-170935554.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">staging \u201cDisney on Ice\u201d in Saudi Arabia<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>. Not that long ago,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/variety\/2014\/07\/22\/Saudi-court-sentences-homosexual-to-jail-lashes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">a Saudi court sentenced a man<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to 450 lashes for \u201csetting up a Twitter account to promote and practice homosexuality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">What this demonstrates is that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>vast swaths<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of corporate America <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have no fundamental, principled objection to violent anti-gay views<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, as long as the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>profits are high enough<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. Apparently, c-suite executives\u2019\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>real<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0objection to the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">American<\/span><\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em> opponents of gay rights<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span> is that they <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>aren\u2019t a sufficiently lucrative market<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. And in this light, the gay and lesbian communities of the West <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>look gullible<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not triumphant<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. Slapping a rainbow on the corporate logo on the website is the minimal-effort way to \u201csupport\u201d the protection of the rights of gays and lesbians. It takes, what, five minutes for the graphics and website teams to do that? How much time and effort does it take for any clothing brand to put \u201cPRIDE\u201d on its shirts? How many of those \u201cPRIDE\u201d garments are <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>actually created, sourced, assembled, or distributed in countries where it is illegal to have pride in being gay or lesbian<\/em><\/span><\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The United States, and many countries, have seen dramatic changes in attitudes toward gays and lesbians over the course of my lifetime. There are still divisions and impassioned arguments. But I\u2019d like to think that there\u2019s a big, broad, bipartisan majority that believes that people shouldn\u2019t be\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>killed<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0for being gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or anything else, and that nobody deserves to be put in prison for it, either. \u201cStop killing gay people for being gay\u201d seems like a really reasonable request. And while the U.S. can\u2019t control other countries or force them to adopt better human-rights policies, we <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>do<\/em><\/span><\/strong> have a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>considerable<\/em><\/span><\/strong> amount of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>economic and diplomatic influence<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>exercising<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that influence would require U.S. and multinational corporations to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>reevaluate their existing business practices all over the globe<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, from Uganda to China to Saudi Arabia to Pakistan to Indonesia. And <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>apparently<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, that\u2019s just <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>too darn inconvenient<\/em><\/span><\/strong> for boards of directors to even contemplate, much less actually do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">So, I would say no one should grind their teeth at the ubiquitous rainbows in store windows in June. When you see them, keep in mind that they\u2019re the easiest, cheapest, shallowest, most minimally consequential way for big companies to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>appear<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to support gay rights, while <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never having to contemplate<\/em><\/span><\/strong> how they could <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>actually<\/em><\/span><\/strong> stand up for some of the most oppressed people in the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We must disagree with Jim&#8217;s use of the term &#8220;American <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>opponents<\/em><\/span> of gay rights&#8221; highlighted in red above.\u00a0 No one we know objects to members of the ever-expanding LGBTQRSUVWXYZ+ community enjoying <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the same rights as others<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 What we&#8217;re <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>opposed to<\/em><\/span> is granting them\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>special<\/em><\/span> rights and privileges\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> afforded others, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>particularly<\/em><\/span> heterosexual White males&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaaaa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110054\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaaaa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaaaa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaaaa-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;as well as the unconstitutional requirement not only to accept but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>celebrate<\/em><\/span>\u00a0their perversions and\/or psychoses.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of the impact of corporate wokeism,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/jpmorgan-downgrades-target-stock-amid-backlash-over-lgbt-merchandise\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=31674544\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Target\u2019s stock was downgraded on Thursday by JP Morgan, the largest bank in the United States<\/em><\/span><\/a>, amid a consumer backlash over the store\u2019s LGBTQRSUVWXYZ+ product campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in today&#8217;s installment of the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>EnvironMental Moment<\/em><\/span>, in a letter to the editor of the <em>Journal<\/em> opinion page again forwarded by energy correspondent Jeff Foutch, one David Hoopman offered a concise commentary wondering&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"crawler css-bsrkcm-Box e1vnmyci0\">\n<h1 class=\"css-1hch5ce-StyledHeadline e1ipbpvp0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/green-energy-transition-climate-power-blackout-26fa670c\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Why Incur So Much Pain for No Climate Gain<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"css-jiugt2-Dek-Dek e1jnru6p0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u2018<a style=\"color: #003300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/green-energy-transition-climate-power-blackout-26fa670c\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Green\u2019 policies mean that power outages may be coming your way<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110020\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-300x158.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\">My only quibble with \u201c<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\/north-american-electric-reliability-corporation-nerc-summer-assessment-power-blackouts-green-energy-2ddc6510?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"link\">Your Coming Summer of Blackouts<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u201d (Review &amp; Outlook, May 27) is its reference to \u201cthe green-energy transition,\u201d as if this transition were well under way. The Energy Information Administration might differ. It<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink el06won0\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/tools\/faqs\/faq.php?id=527&amp;t=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"link\">expects<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0worldwide reliance on electric generation from coal to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>remain unchanged<\/em><\/span><\/strong> over the next three decades, while reliance on natural gas <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>increases<\/em><\/span><\/strong> modestly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">A major reason might be that prehistoric energy sources like wind and solar can be counted on to perform as needed <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only between a third and a quarter of the time<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never mind<\/em><\/span><\/strong> their environmental downsides\u2014<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>extractive mining, extravagant land-use requirements, etc<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. To <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>voluntarily<\/em><\/span><\/strong> depend on them for all our energy requirements is to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>consent to returning to a Medieval\u2014and dirtier\u2014economy<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">This is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>probably irrelevant<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to comfortably situated members of the full-time environmental movement, interested mainly in harvesting taxpayer subsidies and immune to any serious personal inconvenience, but it\u2019s a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sure path to misery for the working classes<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. This can be attested to by Germans whose <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>mandated \u201cgreen-energy transition<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u201d has them paying the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>highest electricity prices in the world for no detectable benefit to the climate<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One correction: It&#8217;s not a question of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>whether<\/em><\/span> power outages &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>may<\/em><\/span>&#8221; be coming your way, as, in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>many<\/em><\/span> areas, they&#8217;ve <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>already<\/em><\/span> arrived.\u00a0 Just ask, having both experienced the impact of utterly ill-advised power policies, any Texan or Californian.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, we offer another sextet of special selections certain to pique the interest of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). A few dozen mentally-ill individuals <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/madelineleesman\/2023\/06\/03\/trans-people-are-crowdfunding-to-leave-florida-n2623998\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>give Americans yet another reason to move to Florida<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). Courtesy of Marcus Aurelius&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just when I thought nothing good is happening in America these days I stumbled upon this heart warming video&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/securitycamera?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#securitycamera<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/porch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#porch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/porchpirate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#porchpirate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/goodnews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#goodnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/justice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#justice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yUrF6K806g\">pic.twitter.com\/yUrF6K806g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mrgunsngear (@Mrgunsngear) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mrgunsngear\/status\/1664768462059712512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 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>(3). Once again, though the story suggests, &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>The individual behind the information that\u00a0then-Vice President Joe Biden\u00a0was involved in a criminal bribery scheme with a foreign national is a &#8220;highly credible&#8221; FBI confidential human source who has been used by the bureau in multiple investigative matters dating back to the Obama administration<\/em><\/span>&#8220;, we&#8217;ll believe it when Biden&#8217;s indicted or impeached.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). In a forward from <em>Judicial Watch<\/em> via Jeff Foutch we&#8217;re informed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/migrant-gangbanger-in-foster-home\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>federal authorities placed a migrant who sports tattoos displaying affiliation with the famously violent Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), in a foster home with other children<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 This <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">despite<\/span><\/em> the teenager having <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>raped and murdered<\/em><\/span> an Maryland woman last summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). In what he terms &#8220;no ordinary foreign policy stumble,&#8221; Darrell Issa says the Biden clown car&#8217;s latest misstep marked &#8220;a concession demanded by the Chinese and granted by a White House and State Department willing to bend&#8221;, noting, &#8221; It\u2019s a major coup for Xi, and America\u2019s position in the world just got weaker \u2013 where it matters most.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Is the Biden Administration sending senior officials to China as we remember the anniversary of the massacre in Tiananmen Square? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5IGUcj2cAO\" class=\"broken_link\">https:\/\/t.co\/5IGUcj2cAO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Darrell Issa (@repdarrellissa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/repdarrellissa\/status\/1665089064620503042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 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>Few parties in the history of the planet have received the returns Xi Jinping&#8217;s investment in the Biden family has produced.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). <em>Townhall.com<\/em>&#8216;s Guy Benson informs us, following in the footsteps of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>another incredibly despised and inept politician<\/em><\/span>, former criminal-coddling San Francisco D.A. Chesa Boudin has found a new home in&#8230;<em>drumroll <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">please<\/span><\/em>&#8230;academia:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Welcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chesaboudin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@chesaboudin<\/a>! As founding executive director of Berkeley Law\u2019s new Criminal Law &amp; Justice Center (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BerkeleyLawCLJC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BerkeleyLawCLJC<\/a>), Boudin sees an exciting opportunity to build on his work of transforming the criminal legal system in profound ways. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Eo6jMkHf3s\">https:\/\/t.co\/Eo6jMkHf3s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UC Berkeley Law (@BerkeleyLaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BerkeleyLaw\/status\/1663907466814341121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<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\/06\/afb060223dAPC-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110084\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/afb060223dAPC-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/afb060223dAPC-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/afb060223dAPC-800x0-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sellout.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110052\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sellout.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sellout.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sellout-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110053\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa-1-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aa-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110057\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aa-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aa-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aa-1-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/afb060123dAPC-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110056\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/afb060123dAPC-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/afb060123dAPC-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/afb060123dAPC-800x0-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaaa-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110055\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaaa-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaaa-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaaa-1-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Biden-running.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110051\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Biden-running.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Biden-running.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Biden-running-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/biden.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110081\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/biden.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/biden.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/biden-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cb060323dAPR-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110082\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cb060323dAPR-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cb060323dAPR-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cb060323dAPR-800x0-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sk060123dAPC-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110059\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sk060123dAPC-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sk060123dAPC-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sk060123dAPC-800x0-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/payn_c19857020230601040046-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110058\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/payn_c19857020230601040046-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/payn_c19857020230601040046-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/payn_c19857020230601040046-800x0-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-6-2-23-at-10.46-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110080\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-6-2-23-at-10.46-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-6-2-23-at-10.46-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-6-2-23-at-10.46-AM-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from the lovely Shannon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shannon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110072\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shannon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shannon.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shannon-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Andy Meyers&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Andy-Meyers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110073\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Andy-Meyers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Andy-Meyers.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Andy-Meyers-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Balls Cotton:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Balls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110079\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Balls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Balls.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Balls-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Sports Section<\/em><\/span>, as we pay homage to one of the greatest lacrosse legends of all time:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usalaxmagazine.com\/college\/men\/ithaca-head-coach-jeff-long-retires-after-36-seasons\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ithaca Head Coach Jeff Long Retires After 36 Seasons<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Longman.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110071\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Longman.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Longman.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Longman-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Ithaca College men\u2019s lacrosse head coach Jeff Long announced Thursday that he is retiring after 36 seasons. Long\u00a0is the winningest coach in program history and boasts a\u00a0record of 362-182 \u2014 which ranks 11th all time across all divisions of\u00a0college lacrosse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cThis has simply been an incredible journey that has lasted more than half of my life span,\u201d Long said in a statement. \u201cThe quality of life that my family and I have experienced South Hill and in the Ithaca Community is second to none. With 31 seasons of women\u2019s soccer and 36 seasons of men\u2019s lacrosse under my belt, I could not ask for anything more from Ithaca College. I walk away with fond memories, forever relationships, extremely proud of being a Bomber\u00a0and with no regrets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Long became Ithaca\u2019s head coach in 1988 and transformed the Bombers\u00a0into a top contender.\u00a0His teams had 19 seasons of 10 or more wins, including a program-record 20 victories in 2016. That season, the Bombers reached the No. 1 ranking in the USILA Top 20\u00a0and advanced to the third round of the NCAA Division III tournament. Long was named\u00a0the Empire 8 coach of the year six times (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2014\u00a0and 2016) and\u00a0was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2009. He was inducted into the Ithaca College Hall of Fame in 2010. Ithaca\u00a0won four Empire 8 championships and made 10 NCAA appearances under Long.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Before Ithaca, Long worked as an assistant coach at Virginia. Long\u2019s first head coaching job was at Navy, his alma mater, where\u00a0he worked one year with the \u201cB\u201d team and another season with the preparatory school unit. Long was then an assistant at Norfolk Academy for a year before moving to Alfred, where he worked as a graduate assistant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Long was a three-time All-American at Navy and is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Navy\u2019s career points and assists leader and played in four NCAA tournaments with the Mids. Long played on U.S. national teams in 1978 and 1986.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We played against Jeff in high school, and with him all four years at Navy, though in practice we might as well have been wearing different jerseys.\u00a0 He was a fierce competitor who drove himself relentlessly; And as we had to guard him every day in practice, we in turn were forced to keep up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The highest compliment we can ever pay Jeff is to acknowledge we never would have developed into the defenseman we were had he not enabled us to hone our game to the point playing on most any other Division I attackman was a cakewalk.\u00a0 We <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wish<\/span><\/em> Longman all the best, &#8217;cause he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was<\/em><\/span> the the best.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Video of the Day<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dennis Prager puts &#8220;Pride Month&#8221; into proper perspective, and he NAILS it!!!; i.e., TOTALLY UNDESERVING of of your attention, let alone CELEBRATION.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BRqlDuW5arc?start=54&amp;end=697&amp;\" 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>Ben Shapiro lists the worst woke corporations, none of which deserve your business.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LEPOZH9_fyg\" 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>J.R.R. Tolkien answers a question we ourselves have previously posed. 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