{"id":28991,"date":"2015-01-13T19:50:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T00:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=28991"},"modified":"2015-01-13T19:50:38","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T00:50:38","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-january-12th-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=28991","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, January 12th, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Monday, January 12th, 2015…but before we begin, a little taste of what’s eventually coming to a town, city, county, state and country near you…just as soon as Progressives run out of other people’s money:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Venezuelans Throng Grocery Stores Under Military Protection<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

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“Shoppers thronged grocery stores across Caracas today as deepening shortages led the government to put Venezuela\u2019s food distribution under military protection.\u00a0Long lines, some stretching for blocks, formed outside grocery stores in the South American country\u2019s capital as residents search for scarce basic items such as detergent and chicken…”<\/p>\n

Interior Minister Carmen Melendez said yesterday that security forces would be sent to food stores and distribution centers to protect shoppers.\u00a0\u201cDon\u2019t fall into desperation — we have the capacity and products for everyone, with calmness and patience<\/em>. The stores are full<\/em><\/span>,\u201d she said on state television.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Yeah, “the stores are full”:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rrrrriiiight! \u00a0Is there anyone reading this who CAN’T imagine Obama or Holder looking straight at a camera under similar circumstances and selling an identical lie without batting an eye…and the MSM verifying it?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, here’s The Gouge!<\/strong><\/p>\n

First up, the\u00a0Washington Examiner<\/em>\u00a0summarizes our thoughts on the Charlie Hebdo massacre:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Violence must never edit what may be said<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

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“…There is no need to glorify Charlie Hebdo to see how this attack tests the mettle of western liberal democracies. Are the people of the West serious about protecting free speech, or not? Whether they find the magazine content amusing or offensive, neither Americans nor Europeans should ever accept a precedent that lets violence and threats dictate what can and cannot be said in public<\/span><\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

…For westerners to bow to the violent agents of theocracy who conducted the attack in Paris, or to anyone else hoping to dictate by force what others can and cannot say, is to place the freedom of speech at the mercy of the most sensitive and least mentally stable person in every room. All manner of opinion can be tolerated.<\/span> Violence in answer to an argument or joke can never be tolerated<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>.”<\/p>\n

Neither should campus “speech” codes, shouting down invited speakers or racial demagogues of any stripe, political persuasion or…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…color!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a related item, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper details the true<\/em><\/span> nature of the greatest threat to Western civilization; and it’s NOT<\/em><\/span> anthropogenic global warming:<\/strong><\/p>\n