{"id":72390,"date":"2019-08-15T20:08:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T00:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=72390"},"modified":"2019-08-15T20:08:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T00:08:48","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-august-14th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=72390","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, August 14th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, August 14th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, we present yet another example of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Progressive hypocrisy personified, courtesy today of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>youngest<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dumbest<\/em><\/span>\u00a0Cuomo, which is, courtesy of the great Stilton Jarlsberg&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cuomos-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72292\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cuomos-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cuomos-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cuomos-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Cuomos-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sayin&#8217;\u00a0something<\/span><\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zvwyZBla3AA\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Just to refresh your memory, as Bill Meisen reminded us, here&#8217;s what Fredo had to say about the Covington Kids:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>During his \u201cclosing argument\u201d segment, Cuomo accused the group of teenagers of being \u201cunduly provocative\u201d and questioned the whereabouts of the chaperones and why they were wearing MAGA hats. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">He then <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>singled out<\/em><\/span> Nick Sandmann, <em>who he said <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">made a choice to get into a \u201cstandoff\u201d with Phillips<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>\u201cThat was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> a good choice. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Was it <em>legal<\/em>?<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Sure<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>That\u2019s not <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">my<\/span> test and it shouldn\u2019t be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the<\/span> test<\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Here\u2019s mine<\/em><\/span>: if <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span> were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>my<\/em><\/span> son, who happens to go to a great Catholic school, would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I<\/em><\/span> like what he did? <span style=\"color: #333399;\">If <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I<\/em><\/span> were there, would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I<\/em><\/span> have allowed the kids to be in that situation?<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>No<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">There was a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>disrespect at play<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>doesn\u2019t work for me<\/em><\/span> in these circumstances,\u201d Cuomo said<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did he follow his own advice, let alone pass his own test?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1otTZq6UzLM?start=192\" 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>There you have Progressive morals and ethics in a nutshell: they&#8217;re <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>purely situational<\/em><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never binding upon themselves<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>More importantly, Cuomo delivered his profanity-laced tirade in front of his wife and 9-year-old daughter.\u00a0 Way to set an example&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lCs7qjJzoDg?start=108&amp;end=109&amp;\" 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>We found it particularly telling, again as Mr. Meisen noted, Cuomo had to tell the guy precisely &#8220;who he was&#8221;: &#8220;I&#8217;m an anchor at <em>CNN<\/em>!&#8221;\u00a0 Yeah, Fredo, you&#8217;re an anchor at <em>CNN<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2X9E9n6GHC8?start=0&amp;end=8&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><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;which is likely why the guy <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>didn&#8217;t know<\/em><em> who or what you were<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It should also be noted Cuomo had no problem <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1161099192355475456\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>with guests on his show using the n-word in reference to The Donald<\/em><\/span><\/a>, nor does the threat posed by a single individual referring to you as &#8220;Fredo&#8221; in a public setting remotely approach that of a late-night mob&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vCBPdt4iLrQ\" 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>&#8230;specifically threatening physical harm.\u00a0 Ben Shapiro put it best:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z1wWbNP4MS0?start=225&amp;end=340&amp;\" 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>And as G. Trevor so insightfully observed, this yet another example of The Left taking a word, in this case a proper noun, unrelated to racism and declaring it an ethnic slur.\u00a0 Fredo was the cowardly, unintelligent, underachieving scion of notable father, which is exactly what Chris Cuomo happens to be.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seriously, like Chelsea Clinton before him, can anyone imagine Cuomo landing a\u00a0<em>CNN<\/em> gig if his name was Chris Smith and his father had been a pipefitter in Poughkeepsie?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Still, t<\/strong><strong>wo things are certain: (1) for a group which supposedly eschews violence, The Left certainly has no problem threatening same whenever it suits them; and (2) Chris will henceforth be universally referred to as &#8220;Fredo&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So, congratulations, Fredo&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t152CB9-T3U?start=7\" 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>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w_VpaUGdy7U\" 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>Here&#8217;s another presentation of the same event with a slightly different accent:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lN5vv4Tbbww\" 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>At the outset, let&#8217;s get a couple of facts straight which bear directly on the subject at hand: (1) Epstein had served time before, so it&#8217;s not like he was crawling the walls because he was locked up for the first time; and (2) contrary to his &#8220;sworn&#8221; statement denying <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ever<\/em><\/span> having travelled on the <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2019\/07\/everything-we-know-about-jeffrey-epsteins-private-islands.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Lolita Express<\/em><\/span><\/a> to the<em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2019\/07\/everything-we-know-about-jeffrey-epsteins-private-islands.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">Island of Sin<\/span><\/a><\/em>, the passenger manifests from Epstein&#8217;s private pedophile transport lists Clinton as a passenger <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qr7WFZoMRSg\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>27 times<\/em><\/span><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2016\/may\/14\/bill-clinton-ditched-secret-service-on-multiple-lo\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>sans Secret Service escort<\/em><\/span><\/a> on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>multiple occasion<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>here&#8217;s the juice<\/em><\/span>: the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>real takeaway<\/em><\/span> from Epstein&#8217;s assisted-suicide&#8230;above and beyond the reasonable doubt created by his 13-month sentence for acts of depravity which would have had <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>us<\/em><\/span> behind bars for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>life<\/em><\/span>, the absolution granted Hillary for her private email server or the lack of any serious consequence for Obama&#8217;s\u00a0<em>DOJ<\/em>&#8216;s attempt to overturn the results of a lawful presidential election&#8230;is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>confirmation<\/em><\/span> of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the existence of a two-tiered system of justice within the United States<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>One for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>them<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/7y32j.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72322\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/7y32j.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/7y32j.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/7y32j-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comey-firing-exceptional-fire-more-unaccountable-government-officials.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72323\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comey-firing-exceptional-fire-more-unaccountable-government-officials.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comey-firing-exceptional-fire-more-unaccountable-government-officials.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/comey-firing-exceptional-fire-more-unaccountable-government-officials-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/649220852.0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72324\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/649220852.0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/649220852.0.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/649220852.0-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/images.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72325\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/images.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/images-300x181.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and one for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>The Deplorables<\/em><\/span>&#8230;i.e., the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rest of us<\/em><\/span>&#8230;which includes all those who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>think<\/em><\/span> their Liberal bonafides ensure their enshrinement in the coming Socialist Nirvana.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Unfortunately, truth <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span>, as Yeats wrote, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>outcome<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>inevitable<\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world<\/strong><\/span>..&#8221;<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zaQlAHptguM?start=47\" 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>Next up, courtesy of Jeff Foutch and <em>BizPac Review<\/em>, Tom Tillison details&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bizpacreview.com\/2019\/08\/12\/trumps-decision-to-enforce-rules-that-deny-green-cards-to-the-welfare-dependant-has-dems-fired-up-784800?utm_source=Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=BPR%20Email&amp;utm_campaign=DMS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Trump\u2019s decision to enforce rules that deny green cards to the welfare-dependant has Dems fired up<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/37xcfj.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72273\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/37xcfj.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/37xcfj.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/37xcfj-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>In an effort to ensure that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>immigration serves America\u2019s interests<\/em><\/span>, rather than being a detriment, the Trump administration announced a new rule that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>would enforce an existing policy, which may deny\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">green<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">cards<\/span><\/em><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>\u00a0for immigrants who use public benefits<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>As expected, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the Democrat Party and their media allies<\/em><\/span>, who use immigration as a wedge issue to stir anger in voters, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are having a fit<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Acting Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli said on Monday in a press conference that\u00a0<em>consideration for green cards and residency in the United States will now be determined based on a person\u2019s potential to be either <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">self-sufficient<\/span> or a \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">public charge<\/span><\/em>,\u201d which Cuccinelli described as \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>an individual who receives one or more public benefits<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cPublic charge is now defined in a way that ensures <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the law<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>meaningfully enforced<\/em><\/span>,\u201d he said.<\/span> Cuccinelli added,\u00a0\u201c<em>President Trump\u2019s administration is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reinforcing the ideals of self-sufficiency and personal responsibility<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>Imagine that<\/strong><\/em><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>No wonder Progressives are so&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9PNvLESU0EE?start=1&amp;end=6&amp;\" 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>&#8230;fired up!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of what fires up The Left, writing at <em>The Hill<\/em>, Victor Davis Hanson asks and answers the question&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/civil-rights\/456803-why-target-tucker-carlson-its-part-of-the-lefts-war-on-the-right\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Why target Tucker Carlson? It&#8217;s part of the left&#8217;s war on the right<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/bs-fe-zontv-tucker-carlson-culture-war-20190313.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72274\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/bs-fe-zontv-tucker-carlson-culture-war-20190313.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/bs-fe-zontv-tucker-carlson-culture-war-20190313.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/bs-fe-zontv-tucker-carlson-culture-war-20190313-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Why is Carlson then targeted and especially singled out among conservative commentators?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>I think there are additional force multipliers to the furor against him.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>His show enjoys <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>spectacular<\/em><\/span> ratings.<\/strong> <\/span>Once signature anchorman Bill O\u2019Reilly left Fox, few imagined that Carlson or anyone else could resurrect O\u2019Reilly\u2019s time-slot audience. Carlson did. And it bothers the left that his MSNBC and CNN competitors do not resonate with the public to the same degree. That he brings in guests with opposite opinions and debates them is not seen in progressive circles as anything to be emulated \u2014 especially when leftist guests are not shy in expressing often extreme views.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Second, Tucker is an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>idiosyncratic<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>orthodox<\/em><\/span>, conservative.<\/strong><\/span> He has voiced concern over the role of the Koch brothers and support for the use of tariffs to force China to trade reciprocally and fairly. The Never Trump movement especially dislikes Carlson\u2019s views.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Lots of other Republicans do not appreciate his criticism of optional military engagements or the ubiquitous role of the U.S. military abroad. Often, his on-air conservative guests are as critical and as criticized as liberal ones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Nor is his support for much of Trump\u2019s populist economic agenda consistent with doctrinaire free-market economics. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>And the net result is that Carlson\u2019s leftist opponents rightly believe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he is not always supported by conservatives and thus can be isolated as a heretic and outlander<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Passions certainly are cresting, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the hatred<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still not really proportional<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Conservatives are not swarming the homes of liberal anchors or congressional leaders.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Republicans in the House are not tweeting out the names and employers of those who donate to Biden or Sen.\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Kamala Harris<\/span>.<\/span> Conservatives are not organizing boycotts of companies whose board members support Warren.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Hollywood is not releasing new movies that portray conservatives hunting down and killing liberal elites, and conservative celebrities are not voicing creative ways of shooting, stabbing or decapitating liberal political figures.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Republican leaders<\/em><\/span> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not alleging<\/em><\/span>\u00a0that the 2017 shooting\u00a0of Rep.\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Steve Scalise<\/span>\u00a0(R-La.) and the recent tragedy in Dayton <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are the direct results of the polarizing and often shrill rhetoric of Sanders and Warren<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>And progressive hosts on the major networks and cable news channels are not targeted for boycotts and firings for their often blunt views, as is now once again the case with Tucker Carlson.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If all&#8217;s fair in love and war, the same holds true for Progressive politics, &#8216;cuz it&#8217;s truly&#8230;<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xOnYk70oTlc?start=77&amp;end=80&amp;\" 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>One wonders when the likes of George Will, Bill Krystal, Jonah Goldberg and Max Boot will come to realize it. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, as Bill Meisen informed us, when he wasn&#8217;t actively engaging his gay base&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/EB3_1FIXoAAyvti.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72296\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/EB3_1FIXoAAyvti.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/EB3_1FIXoAAyvti.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/EB3_1FIXoAAyvti-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Pete Buttgag took the opportunity to inadvisably ignore the cardinal rule of trial lawyers: never ask a question the answer to which you don&#8217;t already know:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The Democrat was campaigning at the Iowa State Fair when a woman approached him and said she met Kennedy in 1968, according to a tweet from a <em>CNN<\/em> producer.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u201cI shook Robert Kennedy\u2019s hand in 1968,\u201d the woman told him.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Buttigieg responded: \u201cSo you\u2019re good luck?\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u201cNot really\u2014 he was shot a month later,\u201d the woman said<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fRs0OqV4uSc\" 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>And in the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>EnvironMental Moment<\/em><\/span>, courtesy again of Jeff Foutch and <em>Watts Up With That<\/em>, Larry Hamlin maintains, in view of the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2019\/08\/10\/democratic-party-wrongheaded-climate-alarmism-time-to-revisit-the-stupid-party\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">Democratic Party wrongheaded climate alarmism \u2013 time to revisit \u201cThe stupid party<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u201d<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/climate-change_2018-12-14T120111Z_891796840_RC1C5C660D50_RTRMADP_3_CLIMATE-CHANGE-ACCORD-1024x723.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72246\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/climate-change_2018-12-14T120111Z_891796840_RC1C5C660D50_RTRMADP_3_CLIMATE-CHANGE-ACCORD-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/climate-change_2018-12-14T120111Z_891796840_RC1C5C660D50_RTRMADP_3_CLIMATE-CHANGE-ACCORD-1024x723.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/climate-change_2018-12-14T120111Z_891796840_RC1C5C660D50_RTRMADP_3_CLIMATE-CHANGE-ACCORD-1024x723-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nLS5jWRbBkM?start=39&amp;end=41&amp;\" width=\"400\" height=\"282\" 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><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 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The so-called \u201cdebates\u201d of the Democratic Party Presidential hopefuls have allowed these individuals to display their extraordinary lack of knowledge and colossal ignorance of the world\u2019s energy, emissions and climate realities.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>The global energy, emissions and climate alarmist deceptive and dishonest propaganda claims this Presidential election cycle compared to the last such cycle in 2015-2017 can be properly characterized as \u201cit\u2019s worse than we thought\u201d to borrow a much overused phrase from the climate alarmism community.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>inane energy and emissions concepts<\/em><\/span> contained in the Green New Deal along with other related climate alarmist antics supporting this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>absurdly<\/em><\/span> costly, ineffective and unnecessary scheme <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are totally loony<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">During the prior Presidential election cycle which commenced in 2015 Dr. Judith Curry wrote an excellent article <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>highlighting the inappropriate politicalization of climate change issues by \u201calarmist in chief\u201d President Obama<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> She laid out her criticisms of the anti-science approach employed by the Democrats in addressing climate issues instead of that Party undertaking a science-based discussion.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><a style=\"color: #003300;\" href=\"https:\/\/judithcurry.com\/2015\/03\/24\/the-stupid-party\/\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Dr. Curry\u2019s article<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<strong>was appropriately titled \u201cThe stupid party\u201d<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8230;<strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Democratic Party and its media propaganda interpreters are dishonestly concealing critically important energy, emissions and climate information from the American public<\/span><\/em> including:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><em>Failure <\/em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Editor&#8217;s note<\/span>: we&#8217;d term these not as <em>failures<\/em>, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>deliberate deceptions<\/em><\/span>!)<\/span><em> to acknowledge that climate models grossly exaggerate and overstate the impact of atmospheric CO2 levels on global temperatures thus demonstrating that these models are hopelessly flawed.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Failure to utilize realistic assumptions regarding future economic impacts of climate change and instead utilizing worst case outlier presumptions that are built upon nothing but alarmist driven speculation and conjecture in an effort to drive up supposedly related climate change costs to unrealistic levels.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><em>Failure to acknowledge and deliberately concealing the fact that the world\u2019s developing nations have assumed complete control of existing and future global energy use and emissions outcomes.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Failure to acknowledge and deliberately concealing the fact that the U.S. and EU cannot change the course of future global energy use and emissions growth \u2013 the world\u2019s developing nations exclusively determine that future global energy use and emissions will continue to rise.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><em>Failure to acknowledge that the Paris Agreement has already demonstrated its complete inability to serve any meaningful purpose in addressing future global energy use or emissions \u2013 the Agreement contains no emission reduction commitments from the developing nations.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Failure to acknowledge that the EU abandoned its once proudly and loudly hyped politically driven goal of being committed to carbon neutrality by 2050.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><em>Failure to acknowledge that the Green New Deal is a massively costly and useless politically contrived proposal which has been rendered irrelevant because the world\u2019s energy and emissions dominant developing nations have committed to future fossil energy use and emissions growth.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Failure to acknowledge that the Green New Deal requirement of 100% renewable energy electricity leading to zero emissions is technically and fatally flawed because it fails to address the need for backup fossil generation required due to the unreliability inherent in renewable operation.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><em><strong>Failure to utilize global data which clearly establishes that coastal sea level rise is not accelerating and that 30 year old alarmist\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2019\/03\/13\/ca-sea-level-rise-alarmist-study-ignores-30-years-of-noaa-data-with-no-coastal-sea-level-rise-acceleration\/\" class=\"broken_link\">claims regarding such acceleration are flawed<\/a><\/strong><\/span><strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Failure to utilize UN IPCC data, conclusions and findings that extreme weather is not driven by global warming CO2 emissions.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>It\u2019s up to <em>WUWT<\/em> readers to evaluate the conduct and climate policy utterances of the Democratic Party Presidential candidates and media manipulators <em>and make their <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">own<\/span> determination as to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">which political party<\/span> should be awarded the title of \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The stupid party<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To borrow a phrase from Fred Rogers, &#8220;Boys and girls, can you say, &#8216;Prevaricating Progressive poltroons&#8217;?!?\u00a0 We <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>knew<\/em><\/span> you could!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/37yprs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72316\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/37yprs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/37yprs.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/37yprs-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item forwarded by Mark Foster, writing at the <em>WSJ<\/em>, the <em>Manhattan Institute<\/em>&#8216;s Mark Mills reminds the EnviroNazis&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><a style=\"color: #003300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/if-you-want-renewable-energy-get-ready-to-dig-11565045328\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">If You Want \u2018Renewable Energy,\u2019 Get Ready to Dig<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/if-you-want-renewable-energy-get-ready-to-dig-11565045328\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Building one wind turbine requires 900 tons of steel, 2,500 tons of concrete and 45 tons of plastic<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/37x6qq.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72255\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/37x6qq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/37x6qq.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/37x6qq-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Democrats <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dream<\/em><\/span> of powering society entirely with wind and solar farms combined with massive batteries. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Realizing<\/em><\/span> this dream would require <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the biggest expansion in mining the world has seen and would produce huge quantities of waste<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Renewable energy<\/em><\/span>\u201d is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>misnomer<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Wind and solar machines and batteries are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>built<\/em><\/span> from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nonrenewable materials<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>And<\/em><\/span> they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wear out<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Old equipment must be decommissioned, generating <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>millions of tons of waste<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The International Renewable Energy Agency calculates that solar goals for 2050 consistent with the Paris Accords <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>will result in old-panel disposal constituting more than double the tonnage of all today\u2019s global plastic waste<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Consider <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some other<\/em><\/span> sobering numbers:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><em>A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">single<\/span> electric-car battery weighs about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1,000 pounds<\/span>.<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fabricating one<\/span> requires <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">digging up, moving and processing more than 500,000 pounds of raw materials somewhere on the planet<\/span>.<\/span> The alternative? <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Use <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">gasoline<\/span> and extract <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one-tenth as much total tonnage<\/span> to deliver <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the same number of vehicle-miles over the battery\u2019s seven-year life<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><em>When electricity comes from wind or solar machines, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">every unit of energy produced, or mile traveled, requires far more materials and land than fossil fuels<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">That physical reality is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">literally visible<\/span>: A wind or solar farm <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stretching to the horizon<\/span> can be replaced <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">by a handful of gas-fired turbines, each no bigger than a tractor-trailer<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><em>Building <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one wind turbine<\/span> requires <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">900 tons of steel<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2,500 tons of concrete<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">45 tons of nonrecyclable plastic<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Solar power<\/span> requires <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">even more cement, steel and glass<\/span>\u2014not to mention <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">other metals<\/span>.<\/span> Global silver and indium mining will jump <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">250%<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1,200%<\/span> respectively over the next couple of decades <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to provide the materials necessary to build the number of solar panels<\/span>, the International Energy Agency forecasts. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">World demand for rare-earth elements\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">which aren\u2019t rare but are rarely mined in America<\/span>\u2014will rise <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">300% to 1,000% by 2050 to meet the Paris green goals<\/span>.<\/span> If electric vehicles replace conventional cars, demand for cobalt and lithium, will rise more than <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">20-fold<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">That <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">doesn\u2019t count<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> batteries<\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">back up<\/span> wind and solar grids.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Last year a Dutch government-sponsored study concluded that <em>the Netherlands\u2019 green ambitions <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">alone<\/span><\/em> would consume <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a major share of global minerals<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u201cExponential growth in [global] renewable energy production capacity <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is not possible with present-day technologies and annual metal production<\/em><\/span>,\u201d it concluded<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Yet another &#8220;thing that makes you go &#8216;Hmmmm'&#8221;&#8230;and causes Socialists to change the subject&#8230;or call you a &#8220;racist denier of settled science&#8221;!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/afb081219dAPR20190812064508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72278\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/afb081219dAPR20190812064508.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/afb081219dAPR20190812064508.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/afb081219dAPR20190812064508-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Untitled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72279\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Untitled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Untitled.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Untitled-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/abortion.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72256\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/abortion.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/abortion.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/abortion-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/afb081019dAPC20190809124511.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72257\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/afb081019dAPC20190809124511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/afb081019dAPC20190809124511.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/afb081019dAPC20190809124511-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cb081019dAPR20190809094511.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72258\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cb081019dAPR20190809094511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cb081019dAPR20190809094511.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/cb081019dAPR20190809094511-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kelley-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72259\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kelley-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kelley-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kelley-1-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/seating.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72260\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/seating.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/seating.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/seating-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/varvel-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72261\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/varvel-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/varvel-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/varvel-2-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/currency.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72263\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/currency.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/currency.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/currency-300x253.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-10-at-8.56.12-PM-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72234\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-10-at-8.56.12-PM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-10-at-8.56.12-PM-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-10-at-8.56.12-PM-1-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-13-19-at-9.01-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72264\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-13-19-at-9.01-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-13-19-at-9.01-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-13-19-at-9.01-AM-300x215.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-12-19-at-8.09-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72233\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-12-19-at-8.09-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-12-19-at-8.09-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-12-19-at-8.09-AM-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-2-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72238\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-2-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-2-2.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-2-2-300x240.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-8.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72239\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-8.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/download-8-257x300.jpeg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/screw-this.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72240\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/screw-this.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/screw-this.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/screw-this-273x300.png 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this memorable meme from Mark Tapscott&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FB95IMG951565702362463.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72237\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FB95IMG951565702362463.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FB95IMG951565702362463.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FB95IMG951565702362463-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FB95IMG951565702362463-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with these corkers from Balls Cotton:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image003.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72242\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image003.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image003.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image003-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-13-19-at-1.52-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72266\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-13-19-at-1.52-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-13-19-at-1.52-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-13-19-at-1.52-PM-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hits.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72297\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hits.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hits.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hits-251x300.png 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-13-19-at-2.00-PM-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-13-19-at-2.00-PM-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-13-19-at-2.00-PM-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-13-19-at-2.00-PM-2-300x103.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-13-19-at-2.00-PM-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72268\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-13-19-at-2.00-PM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-13-19-at-2.00-PM-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Image-8-13-19-at-2.00-PM-1-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>another tear-jerker of a story involving a big, bad airline and the fury of a customer scorned:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/children-american-airlines-13-hour-delay\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Children on American Airlines flight not fed, given medication during 13-hour delay, parents claim<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC_5648-678x381.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72271\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC_5648-678x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC_5648-678x381.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC_5648-678x381-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Parents in Washington and Oregon are angry at\u00a0American Airlines, claiming the airline did not notify them of a 13-hour delay on a flight from Charlotte, N.C., to Portland, Ore., that their children were on Friday.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Kristie Hoyt, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a mother of\u00a0one of the unaccompanied minors returning home from a summer camp for children with a genetic disorder called neurofibromatosis<\/em><\/span>, claimed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>she<\/em><\/span> had to contact <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the airline<\/em><\/span> crew to find out what was happening with the flight \u2013 and that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no one<\/em><\/span> contacted <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>her<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Hoyt said the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>children on the flight were not given dinner and were unable to take their medications, as they are required to take them with a meal<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #008080;\">She also shared that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some<\/em><\/span> of the children <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>did not have access to their medication<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>which was stored in a checked bag under the plane<\/em><\/span>,\u00a0KATU\u00a0reported. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Sooo&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">whose<\/span> fault was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that<\/span>; not to mention, can we assume\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">those<\/span> kids didn&#8217;t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">need<\/span> dinner?!?<\/em>)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>American Airlines told Fox News in a statement that the flight experienced a \u201cmechanical delay that caused it to remain in Charlotte overnight.\u201d The flight departed for\u00a0Portland Saturday morning<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Having been on the receiving end of airline ineptitude on a number of occasions, we readily acknowledge every carrier in the country has room for improvement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>However, we&#8217;ve had it up to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>here<\/em><\/span> with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>whiny, overindulged adults<\/em><\/span> who expect <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>others<\/em><\/span> to assume responsibility for tasks <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they themselves<\/em><\/span>\u00a0should be completing.\u00a0 Far be it from us to tell Ms. Hoyt how to raise her children, but, sorry, if <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>our kid<\/em><\/span> had health issues which required regular medication, we&#8217;d be willing to bet Hillary&#8217;s a*s (which is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>very large<\/em><\/span> wager <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>indeed<\/em><\/span>!) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we&#8217;d<\/em><\/span> be on the flight <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>with them<\/em><\/span>, rather than consigning their care to the faceless representatives of a mammoth corporate bureaucracy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since this article raises\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so<\/em><em> many questions<\/em><\/span>, and we&#8217;ve <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>such little time<\/em><\/span>, we&#8217;ll limit ourself to three interrogatories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). Did Ms. Hoyt <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>really<\/em><\/span> expect the cabin crew to ensure her child received their medication when flight attendants aren&#8217;t even allowed to hand out ibuprofen to adults with headaches?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). Did Ms. Hoyt <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ever<\/em><\/span> bother to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>check<\/em><\/span> the status of her child&#8217;s flight, or did she just show up at the airport and wait all night waiting for it to arrive?\u00a0 Again, if we had an unaccompanied minor with a medical condition we&#8217;d at least be proactively checking for status updates on a regular basis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). Given her evident unfamiliarity with the potential pitfalls of contemporary flying, we&#8217;re left wondering when <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was<\/em><\/span> the last time Ms. Hoyt enjoyed the increasing volume and decreasing convenience of America&#8217;s commercial air transport system.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wake up and smell the reality, you benighted, self-absorbed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>boob<\/em><\/span>&#8230;and escort <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>your own<\/em><\/span> dang children!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, August 14th, 2019&#8230;but before we begin, we present yet another example of\u00a0Progressive hypocrisy personified, courtesy today of the youngest and dumbest\u00a0Cuomo, which is, courtesy of the great Stilton Jarlsberg&#8230; &#8230;sayin&#8217;\u00a0something: Just to refresh your memory, as Bill Meisen reminded us, here&#8217;s what Fredo had to say about the Covington Kids: &#8220;During his \u201cclosing [&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-72390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72390","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=72390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72391,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72390\/revisions\/72391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}