{"id":110379,"date":"2023-06-18T21:45:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T01:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=110379"},"modified":"2023-06-18T21:45:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T01:45:37","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-june-16th-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=110379","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, June 16th, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, June 16th, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, just when we&#8217;d about given up on America&#8217;s youths&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hu8tX2BAD1k?start=16&amp;end=18&amp;\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;a group of Massachusetts middle schoolers give us hope for the future, as&#8230;,<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Parents, teachers, and school administrators are furious with a group of students for protesting &#8220;Pride Day&#8221; at their school.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of wearing rainbow clothes, these students showed up wearing American flag apparel, chanting &#8220;my pronouns are USA!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GsvaAasVUU\">pic.twitter.com\/GsvaAasVUU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1669005086167560194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>That apart, of course, from our absolute, undying trust in the guiding hand of Almighty God.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In another example of rising opposition to wokeness,\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em> is reporting&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/starbucks-to-pay-25-million-to-white-manager-fired-after-viral-arrest-of-two-black-men\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=31794040\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #339966; text-decoration: underline;\">Starbucks to Pay $25 Million to White Manager Fired after Viral Arrest of Two Black Men<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7phovp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110357\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7phovp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7phovp.jpg 318w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7phovp-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;On Monday, the jury ruled that Starbucks had violated Shannon Phillips\u2019s federal civil rights and a New Jersey law that prohibits discrimination based on race when the company <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>fired her<\/em><\/span><\/strong> amid fallout from the incident, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>solely because she was white<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. The jury ordered Starbucks to pay the former manager <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">$600,000 in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages<\/span><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The firing happened amid outcry sparked by an April 2018 incident at a Rittenhouse Square Starbucks that began when two black men sat a table without ordering anything. The men were waiting for a third person to arrive when one of them asked to use a restroom.\u00a0The employees refused and eventually asked the men to leave. When they refused to leave, the employees called police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The incident caused widespread backlash and led Starbucks to temporarily <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">close 8,000 stores<\/span><\/em><\/strong> while store managers underwent training to address \u201c<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unconscious bias<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Phillips\u2019s lawsuit accused the company of punishing her <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><em> other white employees<\/em><\/span><\/strong> near Philadelphia after the incident, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>despite having not even been involved in the situation<\/em><\/span><\/strong>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sounds like Starbuck&#8217;s senior executives are the ones in need of training to address &#8220;unconscious bias&#8221;, as well as the advisability of withholding judgement until all the facts are in.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, on the occasion of Father&#8217;s Day this Sunday, writing at\u00a0<em>The Patriot Post<\/em>, Mark Alexander recounts&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"text-3xl font-bold text-blue-600 leading-tight py-2\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/patriotpost.us\/alexander\/71475?mailing_id=7551&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=pp.email.7551&amp;utm_campaign=alexander&amp;utm_content=body\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Cultural Consequences of Fatherless Homes<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"leading-tight pb-4 italic\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/patriotpost.us\/alexander\/71475?mailing_id=7551&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=pp.email.7551&amp;utm_campaign=alexander&amp;utm_content=body\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The lack of fathers in families is the common denominator for cultural entropy, and it manifests most notably in urban violence<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7ph9rp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110342\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7ph9rp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7ph9rp.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7ph9rp-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c<em>The foundation of national morality must be laid in private families. In vain are schools, academies, and universities instituted, if loose principles and licentious habits are impressed upon children in their earliest years<\/em>.\u201d -John Adams, 1778<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Most who have observed the urban protests and riots in recent years, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ostensibly<\/em><\/span><\/strong> in response to the manufactured assertion of \u201c<span style=\"color: #000000;\">systemic racism<\/span>,\u201d see masses of discontented young people who are emotionally moved by their feelings about what they are told is \u201cinjustice.\u201d In the darkness of some major urban centers, these raging youth hordes have acted out violently, the result of identifying with\u00a0Black Lives Matter\u00a0or the Antifa movement\u00a0of self-styled \u201canti-fascist\u201d fascists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But I\u2019ve seen <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>something else<\/em><\/span><\/strong> in those masses and hordes, something that actually evokes a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sense of compassion<\/em><\/span><\/strong> for these lost souls. What I see is mostly young people, regardless of color or creed, who have been <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>deprived<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of a sufficient level of stability in their formative years. Thus, they\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lack the courage<\/em><\/span><\/strong> required\u00a0to resist becoming emotionally incontinent pawns of\u00a0leftist political ideologues, their\u00a0Leftmedia echo-chambers, and the agitators who incite insurrection identity groups.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">What I see are large numbers of people across the nation who have something in common beyond their congregational cause du jour: They <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>did not have<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the\u00a0stability of the healthy and functional family\u00a0that all children <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">deserve<\/span><\/em><\/strong> \u2014 most likely due to the lack of a father or an\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>effective<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0father in their home. Rarely is the lack of fatherhood <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more evident<\/span><\/em><\/strong> than in the\u00a0<strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">abject urban violence<\/span><\/em><\/strong>, and the inconvenient truth that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the vast majority of that violence is\u00a0black-on-black<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Even in the most stable of families, life can be difficult. Young people struggle and sometimes take paths that are self-destructive. Fortunately, many have family members who will toss them a lifeline and bring them back into the fold. But if the lives of young people who had the benefit of stable families are sometimes difficult, many (<em>not all<\/em>) young people who grow up in broken families face <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>almost insurmountable obstacles<\/em><\/span><\/strong> \u2014 psychologically, emotionally, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span><\/strong> socially. If they\u2019re fortunate, they\u2019ll cross paths with a guardian angel who will endeavor to lead them onto the path of personal responsibility required for a productive life. Many, though, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>won\u2019t be<\/strong><\/em><\/span> so fortunate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Annually, on Father\u2019s Day, the third Sunday in June, millions of Americans of all ages are <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reminded<\/span><\/em><\/strong> that they grew up in homes <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>without<\/em><\/span><\/strong> fathers. Many <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also<\/em><\/span><\/strong> recognize that this absence has had a significant influence on their lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For much of history, it was not uncommon for children to have one parent \u2014 having lost the other to childbirth, disease, war, or occupations that took them far away from the home. But those families typically lived near <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>other family members<\/em><\/span><\/strong> who could stand in the gap. Unfortunately, the United States today <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ranks high<\/em><\/span><\/strong> among nations with children growing up in single-parent homes without the benefit of extended family. In the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>vast majority<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of these cases, the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>single<\/em><\/span><\/strong> parent is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the mother<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, and the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>absent<\/em><\/span><\/strong> parent is the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>biological father<\/em><\/span><\/strong> who <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>elected<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to abandon them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This elective rejection by fathers, the result of divorce or of dissociating from the mother, is an <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>epidemic<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. And the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>consequence<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of this epidemic on children, and the future of Liberty, is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dire<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;Perhaps most presciently, John Adams warned, \u201cHow is it possible that children can have any just sense of the Sacred Obligations of Morality or Religion if, from their earliest Infancy, they learn their mothers live in habitual infidelity to their fathers, and their fathers in as constant infidelity to their mothers?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Today, that timeless advice has been largely discarded \u2014\u00a0at an <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">enormous price<\/span><\/em><\/strong> to families and society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;for <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tens of millions<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of American children growing up in fatherless homes, the consequences of that void are enormous. Here\u2019s the hard data on the number of American children without fathers in their homes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>Between 2014-18, the share of families\u00a0headed by single parents\u00a0was <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">75%<\/span><\/strong><\/em> among <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>African American<\/em><\/span><\/strong> families, <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">58%<\/span><\/em><\/strong> among <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Hispanic<\/em><\/span><\/strong> families, <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">37%<\/span><\/em><\/strong> among <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>white<\/em><\/span><\/strong> families, and <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">21%<\/span><\/em><\/strong> among <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Asian<\/em><\/span><\/strong> families<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>According to the latest Census Bureau data, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">19.7 million children, more than one in four,\u00a0live without a father\u00a0in the home<\/span><\/strong>. Consequently, there is a fatherless factor in <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nearly all social ills<\/span><\/strong> facing America today.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>According to additional Census Bureau data, among children who were part of the \u201cpost-war generation,\u201d <\/em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">87.7%<\/span><\/strong><em> grew up with two biological parents who were married to each other. Today, only <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">68.1%<\/span><\/strong> will spend their entire childhood in an intact family. Based on the number of premarital births and high divorce rate, the proportion of children living with just one parent <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rose from 9.1% in 1960 to more than 30% today<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">As\u00a0Thomas Sowell observed: \u201cMany successful political careers have been built on giving blacks \u2018favors\u2019 that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>look good<\/em> <em>on the surface<\/em><\/span><\/strong> but do <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lasting damage in the long run<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. One of these \u2018favors\u2019 was the welfare state. A vastly expanded welfare state in the 1960s <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>destroyed the black family<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, which had <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>survived centuries<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of slavery and generations of racial oppression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The consequences of growing up without a father in the home are <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>staggering<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, as noted in this graphic:<\/p>\n<div class=\"image\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/01EX5C449N8NXX1Y5EMAHZKJHA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110343\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/01EX5C449N8NXX1Y5EMAHZKJHA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"1077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/01EX5C449N8NXX1Y5EMAHZKJHA.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/01EX5C449N8NXX1Y5EMAHZKJHA-129x300.jpg 129w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/01EX5C449N8NXX1Y5EMAHZKJHA-439x1024.jpg 439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Notably, absent or ineffective fathering is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also<\/em><\/span><\/strong> associated with\u00a0gender disorientation\u00a0and other pathologies that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the Left endeavors to normalize<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;Ironically, two of our most notable fatherless presidents have <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>propagated<\/em><\/span><\/strong> those policies:\u00a0Bill Clinton\u00a0and\u00a0Barack Obama. These\u00a0Democrat Party\u00a0protagonists, and those in power today, continue to undermine the\u00a0third pillar of Liberty, which is marriage and family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">On this Father\u2019s Day, let us pay tribute to the irreplaceable and inseparable institutions of marriage and fatherhood \u2014 and to the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>importance<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of a father\u2019s love, discipline, provision, and protection for his family. Every day of the year, let those of us who are fathers encourage other fathers to be accountable for their marriage and their children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men, as our dear, departed mother on a number of occasions observed directly to us, &#8220;Tommy, the best thing you can do for your boys is to love their mother.&#8221;\u00a0 Sage advice from a very wise, great Christian woman, wife, mother and friend.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, the <em>Morning Jolt<\/em> reports&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/the-truth-about-covids-origin-is-coming-out\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20230615&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">The Truth about Covid\u2019s Origin Is Coming Out<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/the-truth-about-covids-origin-is-coming-out\/?lctg=547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20230615&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ffcc00; text-decoration: underline;\">U.S. Investigators: Covid\u2019s \u2018Patient Zero\u2019 Was a Wuhan Institute of Virology Researcher<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110355\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-6.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-6-300x223.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Michael Shellenberger, Matt Taibbi, and Alex Gutentag\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/public.substack.com\/p\/first-people-sickened-by-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">write on their Substack,\u00a0Public<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>According to multiple U.S. government officials interviewed as part of a lengthy investigation by Public and Racket, the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">first people infected by the virus<\/span><\/strong>, \u201cpatients zero,\u201d included <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ben Hu<\/span><\/strong>, a researcher who <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">led the WIV\u2019s \u201cgain-of-function\u201d research on SARS-like coronaviruses<\/span><\/strong>, which increases the infectiousness of viruses. . . .<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>Now, answers increasingly look within reach. Sources within the US government say that three of the earliest people to become infected with SARS-CoV-2 were Ben Hu, Yu Ping, and Yan Zhu. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">All<\/span><\/strong> were members of the Wuhan lab suspected to have leaked the pandemic virus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>As such, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not only<\/span><\/strong> do we know there were WIV scientists who had developed COVID-19-like illnesses <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in November 2019<\/span><\/strong>, but <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">also<\/span><\/strong> that they were working with the closest relatives of SARS-CoV-2, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span><\/strong> inserting gain-of-function features <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">unique to it<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>When a source was asked <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how certain<\/span><\/strong> they were that these were the identities of the three WIV scientists who developed symptoms consistent with COVID-19 in the fall of 2019, we were told, \u201c<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">100%<\/span><\/strong>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Way back in the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/2017-2021.state.gov\/fact-sheet-activity-at-the-wuhan-institute-of-virology\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">closing days of the Trump administration<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>, the U.S. State Department published a \u201cfact sheet\u201d declaring:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>The U.S. government <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">has reason to believe<\/span><\/strong> that several researchers inside the WIV became sick in autumn 2019, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">before<\/span><\/strong> the first identified case of the outbreak, with symptoms consistent with both COVID-19 and common seasonal illnesses. This raises <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">questions<\/span><\/strong> about the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">credibility of WIV senior researcher Shi Zhengli\u2019s public claim that there was \u2018zero infection\u2019 among the WIV\u2019s staff and students of SARS-CoV-2 or SARS-related viruses<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A few months later, in May 2021, a report by the\u00a0<em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>\u2019s Michael R. Gordon, Warren P. Strobel, and Drew Hinshaw\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\/intelligence-on-sick-staff-at-wuhan-lab-fuels-debate-on-covid-19-origin-11621796228\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">offered more details<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>Three researchers from China\u2019s Wuhan Institute of Virology became sick enough in November 2019 <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that they sought hospital care<\/span><\/strong>, according to a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">previously undisclosed<\/span><\/strong> U.S. intelligence report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Wuhan Institute of Virology\u2019s <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">first<\/span><\/em><\/strong> report on the outbreak, published February 3, 2020, and entitled, \u201cA pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin,\u201d was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-020-2012-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>written in part by Ben Hu and Yan Zhu<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0The two men, who <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">knew<\/span><\/em><\/strong> that they had been working with viruses <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">either identical or extremely similar to this one<\/span><\/em><\/strong>, and who had been <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hospitalized<\/em><\/span><\/strong> with pneumonia-like symptoms <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>right before the pandemic started in their own neighborhood<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, had the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>audacity<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to write, \u201c<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Most<\/em><\/span><\/strong> importantly, strict regulations <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>against the domestication and consumption of wildlife should be implemented<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Why did\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2020\/01\/27\/coronavirus-covid19-dont-blame-bat-soup-for-the-virus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">so many people first believe that this was a case of someone eating bat soup<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>? Because the Chinese government <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wanted<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the world to believe that. And <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one<\/em><\/span><\/strong> of the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>many reasons<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the Chinese government wanted the world to focus on wet markets was because <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the Wuhan Institute of Virology had an awful lot of military scientists around for an allegedly civilian institution working on public health<\/em><\/span><\/strong>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Holy cow!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7phl7r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110346\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7phl7r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7phl7r.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/7phl7r-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>NRO\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">goes on to provide additional information on those State Department cables<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/state-department-cables-suggest-covid-outbreak-could-have-been-contained-if-ccp-didnt-pursue-cover-up\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=31801151\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>noting in another item<\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Months after the onset of the Covid pandemic, State Department officials came to the conclusion that the outbreak <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could have been contained<\/em><\/span><\/strong> had Chinese Communist Party officials <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>acted to prevent<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the viral spread <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rather than trying to conceal its existence<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, according to newly released cables. The heavily redacted cables, obtained by the public-health transparency group\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/usrtk.org\/covid-19-origins\/cables-wuhan-institute-of-virology-classified-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">U.S. Right to Know<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span>, were sent from July 2020 to January 2021 and include the heading: \u201cInitial Outbreak Could Have Been Contained in China if Beijing Had Not Covered It Up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The cables appear to have been sourced through the American Institute in Taiwan, which functions as a de facto U.S. embassy. They appear to confirm\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/virus-outbreak-health-ap-top-news-international-news-china-clamps-down-68a9e1b91de4ffc166acd6012d82c2f9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">previous reporting by the Associated Press<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>, which found that Chinese officials waited six days after they confirmed a highly contagious, potentially lethal coronavirus had originated in the country to warn the public. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Instead<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, Wuhan held a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>massive celebration for tens of thousands of people<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, likely <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>accelerating<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the rate of transmission. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>During that week<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, in which Chinese citizens were in the dark about the virus spreading across the country, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>over 3,000 people were infected<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, according to internal documents reviewed by the AP and an expert analysis of\u00a0retrospective infection data. In <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>30 days<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, the virus expanded from the Hubei province, home to the capital of Wuhan, <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to the rest of mainland China<\/span><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The newly released cables further indicate that <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>CCP leaders<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, rather than local officials, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>led<\/em><\/span><\/strong> the effort to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>censor information<\/em><\/span><\/strong> about the viral outbreak, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>particularly<\/em><\/span><\/strong> when the accounts <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>called Beijing\u2019s leadership into question<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/usrtk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FL-2022-00075-April-2023-Production-ccp.pdf\" data-testid=\"standard-link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one cable<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>, the State Department assesses that Beijing \u201cordered\u201d party members to <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">obfuscate<\/span><\/em><\/strong> regarding the source of the virus. A leaked directive, cited in the cable, allegedly <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>confirmed<\/em><\/span><\/strong> that the regime <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>restricted disclosure of virus information<\/em><\/span><\/strong>. Another heading states that Chinese president Xi Jinping <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tried to claim no responsibility for the coverup and refused transparency throughout the crisis<\/em><\/span><\/strong>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A characteristic he shares with his American puppet:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gv032521dAPR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110369\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gv032521dAPR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gv032521dAPR.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gv032521dAPR-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>All of which means Drs. Faux Chi and Birx, Rochelle Walensky, Peter Daszak (who funneled Faux Chi&#8217;s monies to the ChiComs),\u00a0Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and every other public health bureaucrat and politician involved in the funding for, and covering up of, Beijing&#8217;s altogether irresponsible gain-of-function research as well as the ChiCom&#8217;s exclusive culpability for the pandemic, should be, quite literally, put against a wall <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and shot<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And no, unlike Joe, who means exactly the opposite when he says it&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LIzMvOtctkE\" 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>Though we&#8217;d settle for life with the possibility of parole in the Florence, CO supermax.\u00a0 BTW, does it not tell you something about Biden when he so frequently feels it necessary to assure his audience he&#8217;s not joking?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, here&#8217;s another septet of special selections certain to sate the curiosity of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). While we appreciate the idea&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GpQVh0J3F0\">pic.twitter.com\/GpQVh0J3F0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anna Paulina Luna (@realannapaulina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realannapaulina\/status\/1668716116728791041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky makes a valid point:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/massie.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110334\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/massie.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/massie.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/massie-300x153.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). Writing at <em>The Patriot Post<\/em>, Nate Jackson sagely suggests <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>government \u201cpride\u201d displays arguably represent an \u201cestablishment of religion\u201d because the gender movement has become a cult<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). In a related item, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Caroline Downey relates the sordid story of a mentally-unstable teenage girl who, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/sexually-abused-by-her-father-teen-sought-help-but-was-steered-into-medical-transition\/?bypass_key=QnJKemdsTjhWZVBOZ3dZdXR5WWs0dz09OjpaVFpwVlN0TFRVTTVlbEpyVmxWaVJVVnVRMDUwWnowOQ%3D%3D?utm_source%3Demail&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=31801860&amp;utm_source=Sailthru\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>while seeking treatment for the sexual abuse she&#8217;d suffered at the hands of her alcoholic father, was steered into genital mutilation<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Editor\u2019s Note<\/span><\/em>:\u00a0<i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">This is the fourth installment in a series on individuals who have \u201cdetransitioned\u201d in the wake of gender-related medical interventions. Read the first three installments\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-detransitioners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">here<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">.\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). Cinemark Holdings, Inc. announced the closing of its downtown\u00a0San Francisco\u00a0theater, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>becoming the latest major firm to high-tail it out of the troubled California city<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). Rather than cooperating with a lawful investigation into its manifestly unlawful repression of National Merit Scholarship notifications, the Fairfax County school superintendent recently notified families <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/rebeccadowns\/2023\/06\/14\/virginias-largest-school-district-is-shamelessly-fighting-subpoena-over-national-merit-investigation-n2624495\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the school system is taking legal action so as to not comply with a subpoena from the Virginia Attorney General&#8217;s office<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). Speaking of those unwilling to cooperate with lawful inquiries, <em>Best of the Web<\/em> details how, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/remember-when-biden-said-he-was-cooperating-with-the-classified-documents-probe-86da6025?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>far from his promised cooperation, Biden and his legal team continue to do everything in their power to delay the investigation into Biden&#8217;s classified documents scandal<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Thus, with every passing day, does the difference between the circumstances of The Donald and Biden diminish.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(7). Since we&#8217;re on the subject of the most corrupt President in American history, here&#8217;s a gaffe only Joe could generate:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BIDEN: &#8220;We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p3yvuaupsF\">pic.twitter.com\/p3yvuaupsF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1669187098371391490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/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\/06\/aa-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110363\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aa-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aa-6.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aa-6-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/a-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110364\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/a-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/a-5.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/a-5-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MC_JHU_web-800x0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110365\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MC_JHU_web-800x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MC_JHU_web-800x0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MC_JHU_web-800x0-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110358\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa-4.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa-4-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/biden-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110359\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/biden-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/biden-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/biden-1-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110367\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa-5.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/aaa-5-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-6-15-23-at-12.32-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110347\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-6-15-23-at-12.32-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-6-15-23-at-12.32-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Image-6-15-23-at-12.32-PM-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Breeze Gould&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Breeze1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110335\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Breeze1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Breeze1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Breeze1-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Breeze2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110336\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Breeze2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Breeze2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Breeze2-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Speed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Speed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Speed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Speed.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Speed-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Speed1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110348\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Speed1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Speed1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Speed1-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Speed2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Speed2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Speed2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Speed2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Speed2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Mark Foster&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster1-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster1-1-300x261.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110351\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster2-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110352\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster3-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster3-1-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster4-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110353\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster4-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Foster4-1-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and the lovely Shannon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shannon-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110376\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shannon-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shannon-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shannon-2-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shannon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110361\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shannon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shannon.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shannon-289x300.png 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it wrap on an administrative note: As we&#8217;ll be spending a long weekend with TLJ&#8217;s eldest sister Jackie, we&#8217;ll be radio silent on Monday and likely Wednesday.\u00a0 So &#8217;til Friday&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GLUNypEfrFQ?start=86&amp;end=88&amp;\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Video of the Day<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Stossel reveals why Chris Rufo is so despised by dark, woke forces of The Left.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G4lCNRnNofg\" 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>The great VDH sums up the true cost of The Left&#8217;s version of &#8220;equality&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7H5m9u_gASU\" 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>Dave Rubin calls a spade a spade&#8230;or perhaps more accurately, a dude a dude. Note well Will Thomas&#8217;s assertion you&#8217;re either all-in actively affirming the transgenders&#8217; psychoses, or you&#8217;re transphobic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U6g3GqhLvVU\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, June 16th, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, just when we&#8217;d about given up on America&#8217;s youths&#8230; \ufeff &#8230;a group of Massachusetts middle schoolers give us hope for the future, as&#8230;, Parents, teachers, and school administrators are furious with a group of students for protesting &#8220;Pride Day&#8221; at their school. Instead of wearing rainbow clothes, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1988,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110379"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110425,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110379\/revisions\/110425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}