{"id":64776,"date":"2018-11-18T17:44:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T22:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=64776"},"modified":"2018-11-18T17:44:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T22:44:58","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-november-16th-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=64776","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, November 16th, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, November 16th, 2018&#8230;but before we begin, as Katie Pavlich notes at\u00a0<em>Townhall.com<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/katiepavlich\/2018\/11\/13\/hamas-just-launched-300-rockets-into-israel-n2535877\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">Hamas Just Launched More Than 300 Rockets Into Israel, International Community is Silent<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8878604099993640360no.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64701\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8878604099993640360no.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8878604099993640360no.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8878604099993640360no-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of people the world could do without,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/mattvespa\/2018\/11\/14\/oh-here-we-go-jeff-flake-holding-up-trumps-judicial-nominees-until-senate-vote-n2535974\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Jeff Flake<\/em><\/span><\/a> can go&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ku1Ase0LiaI?start=5143\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" 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>Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.\u00a0 As for Flake&#8217;s odds of securing the nomination for President from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span>\u00a0political party, let alone the GOP, they&#8217;re about the same as a snowflake surviving the heat where he&#8217;s headed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oh,&#8230;and while <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Broward County missed the deadline for submitting recounted ballots by two minutes<\/em><\/span>, thus invalidating results which would only have padded Rick Scott&#8217;s lead (the person tasked with forwarding the recount claimed, &#8220;he had a hard time uploading the results because he wasn\u2019t familiar with the website used to send them to the secretary of state&#8221;), here&#8217;s the Palm Beach County recount center 18 hours before the Thursday deadline:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DsAgfRYU8AAmMjG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64724\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DsAgfRYU8AAmMjG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DsAgfRYU8AAmMjG.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DsAgfRYU8AAmMjG-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Maybe we can get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/38206\/florida-elections-supervisor-threatens-arrest-ashe-schow\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Susan Bucher<\/em><\/span><\/a> and Brenda Snipes seats on either side of Jeff Flake!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, the editorial board at the <em>WSJ<\/em>\u00a0opines on&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/amazons-golden-fleecing-1542230916\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">Amazon\u2019s Golden Fleecing<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/amazons-golden-fleecing-1542230916\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The rich company takes New York politicians for a subsidy ride<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mle181115c20181115122646.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64696\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mle181115c20181115122646.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mle181115c20181115122646.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mle181115c20181115122646-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>We <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rarely<\/em><\/span> agree with socialist Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but she\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>right<\/em><\/span> to call billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies for Amazon \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>extremely concerning<\/em><\/span>.\u201d <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">These handouts to one of the richest companies in the history of the world, with an essentially zero cost of capital, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is crony capitalism at its worst<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;It\u2019s hard to blame Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos for accepting what politicians give him, though we wonder if he isn\u2019t a tad embarrassed. The man who was able to buy the Washington Post for the equivalent of pocket money hasn\u2019t made more political friends outside of New York and Virginia with this subsidy sweepstakes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>The worst actors here are the politicians who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pose<\/em><\/span> as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>job creators<\/em><\/span> but are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>essentially job buyers<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo once famously said he\u2019d change his name to Amazon Cuomo if the company located in New York, but he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>didn\u2019t need<\/em><\/span> to pay such a Queens ransom. <\/span>Google and other companies have created thousands of jobs in New York without similar subsidies, and Amazon might well have done the same given the city\u2019s intellectual capital.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Mr. Cuomo says the state will make money from Amazon despite the subsidies, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span> depends on Amazon\u2019s decisions and long-term success.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">The Governor also says he had to offer subsidies to compete against states that don\u2019t have an income tax, though <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span> admission <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>underscores the state\u2019s lack of tax competitiveness<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Mr. Cuomo <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">taxes New Yorkers<\/span> at confiscatory levels, giving <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">himself<\/span> more money to spend<\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Then he turns around and takes credit for sparing powerful interests from those taxes<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>In New York they call this a racket, and with good reason<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span> One of Mr. Cuomo\u2019s closest pals was convicted recently in the \u201cBuffalo Billion\u201d scandal as he and others sought to profit from the Governor\u2019s subsidy scheme to invest $1 billion in the Buffalo area. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Amazon\u2019s case is aboveboard, but it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still<\/em><\/span> amounts to a company with a market capitalization of nearly $800 billon <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>getting paid to create jobs it would have created somewhere anyway<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item also courtesy of the <em>Journal<\/em>, Holman Jenkins details how, unlike tigers, the techie young have begun biting the hands of the elders who feed them:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/google-confronts-its-bolsheviks-1542154075\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">G<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">o<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">o<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">g<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">l<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">e<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"> Confronts Its Bolsheviks<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/google-confronts-its-bolsheviks-1542154075\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Political activists inside the company take aim at the white males at the top<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/im-36733.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64719\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/im-36733.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/im-36733.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/im-36733-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;We may have to refine our theories of creative destruction. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>America\u2019s big tech companies\u2014Google in particular\u2014suddenly seem less at risk from nascent competitors than from the politicization of their own employees.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Google\u2019s leaders conspicuously put their tails between their legs in response to employee protests set off by reports that executives were allowed to leave with nest eggs intact after being accused of inappropriate sexual conduct.<\/span><\/strong> Companies obviously need to police bad behavior, but Google execs might have pointed out that nobody, not even the protesting workers, would be happy if their accrued pay and benefits could be denied them on the say-so of a coworker. Plus these are contractual matters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>A more telling loss of control was Google\u2019s surrender to mau-mauing employees when it walked away from a Pentagon deal to develop algorithms to speed the extraction of meaningful information from hours of mostly useless drone footage, as well as a chance to participate in a 10-year project to build out the military\u2019s cloud infrastructure.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>It should not have to be pointed out that the technological drift of recent decades has been to make war-fighting <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>less lethal<\/em><\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>noncombatants and U.S. troops<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Or that the purpose of a powerful military is to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>deter<\/em><\/span> war.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Or<\/em><\/span> that Google et al. will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>themselves<\/em><\/span> be prime military targets on tomorrow\u2019s cyber battlefield.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The Google protests have been led by a group calling itself the Tech Workers Coalition, whose avowed purposes are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ideological<\/em><\/span> rather than strictly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>work-related<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It got its start helping the Teamsters<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a class=\"icon none\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/news\/11679302\/in-a-direct-challenge-to-their-employers-tech-workers-begin-to-organize?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">organize<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">subcontractors who operate Silicon Valley\u2019s employee shuttle buses.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">They want <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>politics<\/em><\/span> to be in control of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>business<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> That <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>includes<\/em><\/span> deciding which products and services will be developed.<\/strong><\/span> According to San Francisco\u2019s KQED, the activist group is reluctant even to name its \u201cfounders\u201d due to the word\u2019s \u201cnegative associations with what they call the capitalist-driven ethos that has become pervasive in Silicon Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Organized labor usually is in favor of anything, including Pentagon contracts, that means work for employees. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">But the goal <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>here<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>power<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Notice an irony here: Google\u2019s bosses are shielded from any challenge coming from disappointed shareholders by a special voting-rights lockup.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> This was justified at the time of Google\u2019s initial public offering as protecting management\u2019s ability to make brave, long-term decisions without concern for short-term market reaction.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Now<\/em><\/span> management seems to be in need of some bravery to defend the company\u2019s long-term interests against a small band of employees who feel entitled to substitute their political hobby horses for their employer\u2019s business priorities.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, writing at his\u00a0<em>Morning Jolt<\/em>, Jim Geraghty gives us a glimpse of life under the all-powerful, completely-controlling government which is the stuff of Progressive dreams:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>No, Government Is NOT\u00a0\u2018The Things We Choose To Do Together\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-1-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64652\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-1-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-1-4.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-1-4-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>It\u2019s a small miracle that I don\u2019t explode in rage every time I hear the insipid phrase, \u201cGovernment is simply the name we give\u00a0to the things <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we<\/em><\/span> choose to do <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>together<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span> It is often attributed to Barney Frank, the former Democratic representative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I<\/em><\/span> didn\u2019t choose to pour bleach on food for homeless people, did <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you<\/em><\/span>?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>The Kansas City Health Department <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">threw away and poured bleach on food meant for homeless people<\/span><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The food was going to be distributed by a group called Free Hot Soup KC. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The\u00a0Kansas City Star said\u00a0that the food, which included home-cooked chili, foil wrapped sandwiches and vats of soup, was destroyed on Sunday, Nov. 5, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">during a coordinated sting<\/span> at several parks where volunteers had gathered.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>The Health Department said the group did not have a permit and was putting people at risk.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>\u201cE. coli or salmonella or listeria <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can<\/span><em> grow in the food,\u201d department director Rex Archer said. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cAnd then you give that to homeless people who are more vulnerable, they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Sorry, &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will<\/span>&#8221; or &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">might<\/span>&#8220;?!?<\/em>)<\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> end up in the ER and even die from that exposure.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">mayor<\/span> also <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">agreed<\/span> with the Health Department, tweeting that \u201cRules are there to protect the public\u2019s health, and all groups must follow them, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no exceptions<\/span>.\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">END<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Really<\/em><\/span>? <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>This<\/em><\/span> was the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only option<\/em><\/span>?<\/span> There was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no way<\/em><\/span> a city inspector could <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>examine<\/em><\/span> the food?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--center ad-unit--inline\"><\/aside>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>And they\u2019ve got \u201ccoordinated sting operations\u201d aimed at programs to feed the homeless<\/em><\/span>?<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>What<\/em><\/span>, is there no <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>real<\/em><\/span> crime in Kansas City anymore? <span style=\"color: #008000;\">All the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>other<\/em><\/span> problems in the city are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>solved<\/em><\/span>, the only <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>real<\/em><\/span> issue left to tackle <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are these dangerous freelance unregulated programs to feed the hungry<\/em><\/span>?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: for some 11 years, TLJ and we have been part of a ministry at church which feeds the bodies and spirits of the homeless at a shelter in Baltimore every 3rd Saturday from October to March.\u00a0 Trust us: ingesting food contaminated with E. coli, salmonella or listeria is the absolute <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>LEAST<\/em><\/span> of their worries.\u00a0 And unless the Kansas City Health Department can point to family members of these volunteers who recently contracted a home-grown bacterial infection, we&#8217;d be willing to bet the kitchens in which these foods were prepared are cleaner than those of most restaurants.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is just another egregious example of the Nanny State at its worst&#8230;or, from the Progressive perspective, its <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>best<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in the <em>Emily Litella Memorial &#8220;Never mind&#8221;<\/em> segment, aka the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Environmental Moment<\/em><\/span>, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Jack Crowe informs us&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/climate-scientists-discover-error-in-major-ocean-warming-study\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Climate Scientists Discover Error in Major Ocean-Warming Study<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/polarbearschilling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64697\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/polarbearschilling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/polarbearschilling.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/polarbearschilling-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Two researchers have been forced to issue a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>major correction<\/em><\/span> to a recent study indicating oceans have been warming at a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>significantly higher rate<\/em><\/span> than previously thought due to climate change.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The paper, published October 31 in the scientific journal\u00a0<em>Nature<\/em>, suggested ocean temperatures have risen roughly 60 percent higher than estimated by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). <span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>But, after errors in the authors\u2019 methodology were identified, they realized their findings were roughly in line with those of the IPPC, after all.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The researchers\u2019 alarming findings were uncritically reported by numerous mainstream-media outlets but Nic Lewis, a mathematician and popular critic of the consensus on man-made climate change, quickly identified errors.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u201cThe findings of the&#8230;paper were peer reviewed and published in the world\u2019s premier scientific journal <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and were given wide coverage in the English-speaking media<\/em><\/span>,\u201d\u00a0Lewis wrote\u00a0in a critique of the paper.<\/span> \u201cDespite this, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a quick review of the first page of the paper was sufficient to raise doubts as to the accuracy of its results<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Ralph Keeling, a climate scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography who co-authored the paper, said he and his partner,\u00a0Laure Resplandy of Princeton, quickly realized the implications of their mistake once Lewis pointed it out. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u201cWhen we were confronted with his insight it became immediately clear there was an issue there,\u201d he said. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u201cWe\u2019re grateful to have it be pointed out quickly so that we could correct it quickly.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>After correcting their mistake, Keeling said their research indicates oceans are warming only <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>slightly<\/em><\/span> faster than previously thought, not <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dramatically<\/em><\/span> faster as they initially reported<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In other words, though their error was so basic a critic detected it in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>first page<\/em><\/span> of their report, we&#8217;re to assume <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the rest<\/em><em>\u00a0of it<\/em><\/span> is dead on, balls accurate.\u00a0 Yeah,&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/yeahright-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64716\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/yeahright-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this scientific bombshell from yet another NASA climate expert, brought to us by Bill Meisen:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #003300;\">Lack of sunspots to bring record cold, warns NASA scientist<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gw-science-sun.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64714\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gw-science-sun.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gw-science-sun.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gw-science-sun-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wait a minute&#8230;you mean the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Earth<\/em><\/span> can be impacted by <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">solar activity<\/span><\/em>?!?\u00a0 Who&#8217;d have ever DREAMED a little thing like <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the Sun<\/em><\/span>, a fusion reactor some 864,337 miles in diameter and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>by far the most important source of energy for life on the planet<\/em><\/span>, could impact our climate, weather and surface temperatures to such a degree?!?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us once more to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Socialism20181114011556.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64738\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Socialism20181114011556.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Socialism20181114011556.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Socialism20181114011556-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/afb111318dAPR20181113124626.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64664\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/afb111318dAPR20181113124626.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/afb111318dAPR20181113124626.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/afb111318dAPR20181113124626-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mle181113c20181113013910.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64665\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mle181113c20181113013910.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mle181113c20181113013910.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mle181113c20181113013910-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/aria_c16133720181113120100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64666\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/aria_c16133720181113120100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/aria_c16133720181113120100.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/aria_c16133720181113120100-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gv111218dAPR20181113054510.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64667\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gv111218dAPR20181113054510.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gv111218dAPR20181113054510.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gv111218dAPR20181113054510-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sk111418dAPR20181113024506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64735\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sk111418dAPR20181113024506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sk111418dAPR20181113024506.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sk111418dAPR20181113024506-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cb111418dAPR20181114124505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64736\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cb111418dAPR20181114124505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cb111418dAPR20181114124505.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/cb111418dAPR20181114124505-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/payn_c16133320181113120100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64737\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/payn_c16133320181113120100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/payn_c16133320181113120100.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/payn_c16133320181113120100-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/To_Be20181113020617.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64739\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/To_Be20181113020617.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/To_Be20181113020617.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/To_Be20181113020617-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sbr111518dAPR20181115024508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64740\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sbr111518dAPR20181115024508.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sbr111518dAPR20181115024508.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sbr111518dAPR20181115024508-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-15-18-at-7.55-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64734\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-15-18-at-7.55-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-15-18-at-7.55-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-15-18-at-7.55-AM-300x208.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-14-18-at-8.53-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64690\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-14-18-at-8.53-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-14-18-at-8.53-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-14-18-at-8.53-AM-300x292.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-6-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64654\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-6-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-6-1.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-6-1-300x221.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-8.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64655\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-8.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-8-300x279.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-9.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64656\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-9.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-9-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-7.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64658\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-7.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download-7-300x266.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these three memorable memes forwarded by Mark Foster:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-14-18-at-11.10-AM-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64687\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-14-18-at-11.10-AM-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-14-18-at-11.10-AM-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-14-18-at-11.10-AM-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-14-18-at-11.10-AM-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-14-18-at-11.10-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64688\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-14-18-at-11.10-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-14-18-at-11.10-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-14-18-at-11.10-AM-300x201.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-14-18-at-11.09-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64689\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-14-18-at-11.09-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-14-18-at-11.09-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Image-11-14-18-at-11.09-AM-267x300.jpeg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we mark the passing of a true &#8220;comic&#8221; genius:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/payn_c16133520181114120100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64684\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/payn_c16133520181114120100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/payn_c16133520181114120100.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/payn_c16133520181114120100-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"author-byline\">\n<p><strong>Though the Marvel movies never appealed to us, and as the great <a href=\"http:\/\/stiltonsplace.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Stilton Jarlsberg notes<\/em><\/span><\/a>, &#8220;the comic books themselves have taken a hard left political turn and are now primarily vehicles for the wish fulfillment of their Social Justice Warrior writers and artists&#8221;, we fondly remember spending many a happy hour as a kid living the adventures of the various Marvel superheroes, and dreamed of being Spiderman.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a recent edition of his <em>Morning Jolt<\/em>, Jim Geraghty reprinted this two-paragraph essay Lee penned in the back of the 81st edition of <em>Fantastic Four<\/em> back in December of 1968:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Let\u2019s lay it right on the line. Bigotry and racism are among the deadliest social ills plaguing the world today. But, unlike a team of costumed super-villains, they can\u2019t be halted with a punch in the snoot, or a zap from a ray gun. The only way to destroy them is to expose them \u2014 to reveal them for the insidious evils they really are. The bigot is an unreasoning hater \u2014 one who hates blindly, fanatically, indiscriminately. If his hang-up is black men, he hates ALL black men. If a redhead once offended him, he hates ALL redheads. If some foreigner beat him to a job, he\u2019s down on ALL foreigners. He hates people he\u2019s never seen \u2014 people he\u2019s never known \u2014 with equal intensity \u2014 with equal venom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cNow, we\u2019re not trying to say it\u2019s unreasonable for one human being to bug another. But, although anyone has the right to dislike another individual, it\u2019s totally irrational, patently insane to condemn an entire race \u2014 to despise an entire nation \u2014 to vilify an entire religion. Sooner or later, we must learn to judge each other on our own merits. Sooner or later, if man is ever to be worthy of his destiny, we must fill our hearts with tolerance. For then, and only then, will we be truly worthy of the concept that man was created in the image of God \u2015 a God who calls us ALL \u2015 His children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Pax et Justitia, Stan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peace and Justice, indeed&#8230;provided Progressives remember &#8220;ALL&#8221; includes Whites, Christians, Jews and Conservatives of every race, color, creed and religion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RIP, Stan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, November 16th, 2018&#8230;but before we begin, as Katie Pavlich notes at\u00a0Townhall.com&#8230; Hamas Just Launched More Than 300 Rockets Into Israel, International Community is Silent &nbsp; Since we&#8217;re on the subject of people the world could do without,\u00a0Jeff Flake can go&#8230; \ufeff Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.\u00a0 As for Flake&#8217;s odds [&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-64776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64776","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=64776"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64778,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64776\/revisions\/64778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}