{"id":33283,"date":"2015-09-24T22:04:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T02:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=33283"},"modified":"2015-09-24T22:04:15","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T02:04:15","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-september-23rd-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=33283","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015…and the utterly suicidal insanity of contemporary Progressivism…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Nuclear Selfies<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

Tehran provides its own samples from Parchin. The IAEA is pleased<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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…continues.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

First up, in<\/strong>\u00a0the And Then There Were 14<\/em>\u00a0segment, the Washington Examiner<\/em>‘s Byron York details how…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott Walker’s own limitations did him in<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

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“It’s easy to say Scott Walker dropped out of the Republican presidential race because he ran out of money. But he ran out of money because of his own limitations as a candidate \u2014 limitations that have been in plain sight for quite a while<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

Holy unpreparedness, Batman; it’s shades of Rick Perry in 2012! \u00a0And though, unlike Perry, we’re truly sorry to see Scott go (not to mention we’re out $500!), he has no one to blame but himself; mainly because Walker’s always been his own closest counsel.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, back at the ranch with the remaining Republican herd, in the interests of objective reporting, we feature John Hawkins offering what he terms…<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Conservative Case Against Carly Fiorina<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

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“Carly Fiorina is surging right now in the GOP Presidential primary and it\u2019s easy to see why many conservatives like her. She\u2019s had a couple of strong debate performances where she\u2019s tossed out good lines, she\u2019s the first woman to lead a Fortune 50 business and she\u2019s portraying herself as an \u201coutsider\u201d in a year when conservatives are justifiably sick of politicians.<\/p>\n

Let me paint a different<\/span> picture of Carly Fiorina and explain why other than Jeb Bush, she\u2019s the candidate I\u2019d least like to see get the nomination<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em>…”<\/p>\n

So, at least according to Hawkins, as Ricky Ricardo might have said, “Caaaarly…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With all due respect to Hawkins, NRO<\/em>‘s Jim Geraghty paints a different picture:<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, Actually, Carly Ran as a Conservative in 2010<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

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“…With no previous elected office, Fiorina has no voting record to evaluate. It\u2019s no surprise that fans of [Chuck] DeVore, a state assemblyman from Irvine with sterling credentials as a retired National Guardsman and Reagan-era Pentagon appointee, feel they were beaten out by a Joanie-come-lately who loaned her own campaign $1 million and outspent him nearly three-to-one.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But on several of conservatives\u2019 biggest issues \u2014 gay marriage, abortion, and gun rights \u2014 Fiorina took bold, outspoken stances that put her to the right of previous leading California Republicans such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Pete Wilson.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proudly pro-life,\u201d Fiorina told the California Republican Assembly state convention. \u201cMarriage is between a man and a woman.<\/span> My husband owns lots of guns. I will defend the rights of the unborn and I will never turn my back on the values we hold so dear<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span>…”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

And would Hawkins really<\/em><\/span> prefer Jim Gilmore, George Pataki, Rand Paul, Rick Santorum, Chris Christie, Mike Huckleberry or\u00a0Donald Trump<\/em><\/span> over Carly Fiorina?!? \u00a0Somehow, we doubt it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Turning now to our coverage of Francis The Talking Fool’s first visit to Washington, MRC TV<\/em>‘s Craig Bannister offers\u00a0further proof the pope’s off his red rocker:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pope Blames Refugee Crisis on ‘God of Money,’ ‘Socio-Economic System That Is Bad, Unjust<\/span><\/a>‘<\/span><\/h1>\n

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“<\/span>In an interview with Portugal-based Radio Renascen\u00e7a aired yesterday, Pope Francis declared that the current refugee crisis in Europe is being caused by a \u201cbad, unjust\u201d socio-economic system that worships \u201cthe god of money<\/em><\/span>.\u201d\u00a0(And here we thought it was a blood-thirsty Muslim fanatics…<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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…decapitating those with whom they disagree!)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

…Pope Francis said that refugees from rural areas are being \u201cdeforested\u201d and driven into big cities:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy are \u2018favelas\u2019 (shantytowns) formed in big cities?\u201d It\u2019s the people who come from the country because they have been deforested<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0They have made a mono-cultivation. They have no work, and they go to big cities.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>(What were they…lumberjacks?!?)<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ultimately, the world \u201cis at war against itself, the Pope declared:<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, the world is at war, is at war against itself. <\/strong><\/span>That is, the world is at war — as I say — a war in parts, piecemeal. But it is also at war against the earth, because it\u2019s destroying the earth, that is, our common home.<\/span> The environment, the glaciers are melting.<\/span> In the Arctic, the polar bear goes increasingly northward to survive.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>”\u00a0<\/em>(Undoubtedly due to the polar ice cap being even larger than in 1979, which was a record.)\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And when his holiness isn’t condemning the evils of the economic system which has lifted billions from poverty, he’s busy…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…cozying up to Communist dictators with the blood of untold thousands on their hands.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For those wondering where this woefully uninformed shepherd will go next, Shubhankar Chhokra has the answer, courtesy of NRO<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pope Francis Is Wrong about Air Conditioning<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

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“Alla you Wops, get offa da lawn!”<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

“…\u201cA simple example [of harmful habits of consumption] is the increasing use and power of air-conditioning,\u201d Francis writes.<\/strong><\/span> \u201cThe markets, which immediately benefit from sales, stimulate ever greater demand. An outsider looking at our world would be amazed at such behavior, which at times appears self-destructive.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

But ironically, Francis probably penned his disapproval in a well-ventilated corner of his residence, Domus Sanctae Marthae, which has air conditioning<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Two years ago, Francis broke with tradition when he became the first pope since 1903 to forgo the papal apartments for newer, more modest accommodations in Domus Sanctae Marthae, an adjacent building erected in 1996 to house cardinals during papal conclaves. In line with Francis\u2019s image as the \u201cpeople\u2019s pope,\u201d a Vatican spokesman said the pope wanted a more \u201csimple living arrangement.\u201d Simple, yes, but air-conditioned<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The pope isn\u2019t just being a tad hypocritical here \u2013\u00a0he\u2019s being short-sighted.<\/strong><\/span> Air conditioning is an exemplar of modern ingenuity, but it\u2019s also a mechanical thermoregulatory product that\u2019s often put to conservative ends \u2014 for instance\u00a0to preserve\u00a0important artifacts of the past. In fact, right next to the air-conditioned Domus Sanctae Marthae is the Vatican Secret Archives, which conserves\u00a0invaluable documents spanning millennia by controlling the microclimate in which they are housed.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

And next door to the Archives is the Sistine Chapel, where just a year ago the Vatican installed a new air-conditioning system to preserve the deteriorating, centuries-old frescoes while accommodating existing tourist traffic.<\/strong> <\/span>Director of\u00a0Vatican Museums Antonio Paolucci wrote in the Vatican newspaper L\u2019Osservatore Romano that officials had to either limit access to the chapel in order to reduce the amount of dust and carbon dioxide brought in from the outside\u00a0or find a technological solution. The Vatican\u2019s decision to do\u00a0the latter, according to Paolucci, allowed the Sistine Chapel \u201cto breathe again.\u201d<\/p>\n

More valuable than a tool to preserve objects, of course, air conditioning is a tool to preserve lives<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Two years ago, the National Bureau of Economic Research published a study concluding that air conditioning reduced heat-related deaths in the United States by 80 percent<\/span> and could save even more lives in hotter, often poorer countries<\/span><\/em><\/strong>…”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Wrong? \u00a0Francis ain’t never been RIGHT…<\/strong><\/p>\n