{"id":77164,"date":"2020-01-23T19:25:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T00:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=77164"},"modified":"2020-01-23T19:25:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T00:25:17","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-january-22nd-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=77164","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020…but before we begin, meet the Oxycontin of oxymorons, Police Chief William McManus, who, in the wake of a shooting at a bar in San Antonio’s River Walk<\/em><\/span><\/a>, the city’s popular nightspot and tourist attraction which left two dead and five injured, had the chutzpah to say…<\/strong><\/p>\n

“…In regards to the safety of the Mission Reach area of the River Walk, the River Walk is safe<\/em><\/span>. Always has been<\/em><\/span>, always will be<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>“<\/p>\n

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We must also note police pursued the perp without disseminating a description, which is more than a bit curious, as the article linked above reported a “manhunt” in progress.\u00a0 Granted, our law enforcement experience is largely limited to television and movies, but aren’t manhunts manifestly more efficacious when the predators provide an accurate description of the prey?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unless, of course, the politics of “diversity”…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…trump the interests of public safety.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since we’re on the subject of predators,\u00a0FOX News<\/em>\u00a0offered this account of…<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Cusack at Bernie Sanders rally: World has ’10-12-year window’ to stop climate change, ‘predatory capitalism<\/span><\/a>‘<\/span><\/h1>\n

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“…The 53-year-old actor declared that billionaires were \u201cgetting nervous,\u201d while the corporate media were \u201cconfused\u201d about Sanders\u2019 campaign.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(That makes TWO of us!<\/em>)<\/strong> <\/span>\u201cAnd, it seems like every conceivable power structure on earth is trying to kill or derail our movement, but we\u2019re still here,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He then decried a form of capitalism he dubbed \u201cpredatory capitalism<\/em><\/span>,\u201d which \u201ctakes our lives<\/em><\/span>…our labor<\/em><\/span>, our spirt<\/em><\/span>, our air and water<\/span>, even our earth<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/span> He continued, \u201cBernie respects us enough to tell the truth<\/em><\/span>, the hard truth<\/em><\/span>: We have a 10-to-12-year window<\/span><\/em> to radically transform our energy systems, or climate change, predatory capitalism, and endless war economies will rob us of the right to any future at all<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

Wasn’t it AOC who hit us with that particular “hard truth”?<\/strong><\/p>\n

No matter.\u00a0 Cusack concluded by telling the screaming mob of 12 people in attendance…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Okay, we made that last part up…but like Progressives’ worst charges against The Donald, it’s what he was thinking<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

First up, we check in on the latest results from the Big Government model Bernie and his fellow Chavistas hope to put into practice from sea to shining sea, all across the soon-to-be fruitless plains:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Puerto Rico fires two more officials after Hurricane Maria aid found unused amid current earthquake aftermath<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

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“…An online blogger, Lorenzo Delgado, posted a live video Saturday showing the warehouse filled with water bottles, cots, baby food and other basic supplies<\/em><\/span> that had apparently been sitting there since Hurricane Maria battered the U.S. territory in September 2017<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A group of people then broke into the warehouse<\/em><\/span> and began distributing supplies to those affected by the earthquake<\/em><\/span> that killed one person and caused damage across Puerto Rico\u2019s southern region, The Associated Press reported.<\/span> More than 7,000 people remain in shelters across the island as strong aftershocks continue<\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

Rest assured said supplies…like those liberated by the New Orleans looters in the wake of Hurricane Katrina…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…or in the Armpit of the East Coast following the Freddie Gray riots…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…were distributed fairly<\/em><\/span> and equally<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 After all, what mother couldn’t<\/em><\/span> use<\/em>…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…2,000<\/em><\/span> baby wipes?\u00a0 It’s not like those\u00a0beb\u00e9s are going to clean their own<\/em><\/span> backsides!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s the juice: government is never<\/em><\/span> either the lowest-cost<\/em><\/span> or most-efficient<\/em><\/span> provider of anything<\/em><\/span>…including America’s Military.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a related item regarding another Big Government success story, as detailed at Jim Freeman’s\u00a0Best of the Web<\/em>,\u00a0CNBC<\/em>\u00a0is reporting Elizabeth Warren wants to create a Justice Department task force to investigate Trump administration corruption<\/span><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To which Freeman responded, yeah…should be up and running by July 2016<\/span><\/em>!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking of\u00a0Big Government success stories, consider this from\u00a0NRO<\/em>‘s The Corner<\/em>, as Jim Geraghty offers his observations on the…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gun Owners Rally in Richmond . . . and the Predictions of Violence Look Like Panic<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

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“The national media did it again<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

NBC News<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>: \u201cAs gun rights rally looms in Virginia, Richmond residents fear another Charlottesville<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Many<\/em><\/span> say they\u2019ll be staying as far away as possible from a demonstration they worry will turn violent<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Axios<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span>: \u201cAs Richmond braces for hate<\/em><\/span>, Americans say<\/em><\/span> race relations are getting worse<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This morning, MSNBC anchor Craig Melvin\u00a0declared that<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0\u201cright now thousands of gun-rights activists, white nationalists<\/em><\/span>, militia groups<\/em><\/span>\u201d were \u201call swarming<\/em><\/span> the Virginia state capitol in Richmond.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>