{"id":78260,"date":"2020-02-27T19:14:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T00:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=78260"},"modified":"2020-02-27T19:14:21","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T00:14:21","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-february-26th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=78260","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, February 26th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, February 26th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, G. Trevor recently related how his wife and he had recently enjoyed the five-part <em>HBO<\/em> docudrama <em>Chernobyl<\/em>, and we were struck by the shocking comparison just waiting to be drawn between the deadliest nuclear power disaster in history and the latest outbreak of the coronavirus.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Think about it: the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the People&#8217;s Republic of China&#8230;Chernobyl and the coronavirus&#8230;two totalitarian states more than willing to sacrifice an unknowable number of innocent lives to preserve a fabricated image of social superiority and scientific advancement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And now, one of two major political parties in the greatest country God ever shed His grace upon is about to nominate a fellow traveler as its candidate for President of the United States.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3pu9ja.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78204\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3pu9ja.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3pu9ja.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3pu9ja-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W_Sj8UNn0wQ?start=254\" 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>P.S. Though we&#8217;re not technically watching the &#8220;debate&#8221;, Bill Meisen has kept us updated on the unfolding clusterf*ck.\u00a0 So, immediately upon the shouting match reaching matters Military, Bill noted Lieawatha was refusing to reveal on which side of the Little Bighorn her\u00a0Great Great Grandpappy with the high cheekbones fought.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In any event, here&#8217;s the juice, also courtesy of Mr. Meisen:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_0040.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78209\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_0040.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_0040.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_0040-300x218.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, courtesy of again of G. Trevor and <em>BizPacReview<\/em><\/strong><strong>, what can only be classified as yet another case of <em>Arkancide<\/em>, as an&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizpacreview.com\/2020\/02\/22\/obama-administration-whistleblower-found-dead-of-reported-gunshot-wound-889937\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Obama administration whistleblower found dead of reported gunshot wound<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/See-Something-Cover.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78205\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/See-Something-Cover.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/See-Something-Cover.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/See-Something-Cover-300x221.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Haney&#8217;s untimely demise, particularly when viewed in context with the innumerable other acquaintances of the Clintons and Obamas who&#8217;ve come a cropper, brings to mind one of our favorite lines from <em>Diamonds Are Forever<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7bBvtL9vl-c?start=40&amp;end=46&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on the subject of Phil Haney&#8217;s curiously-coincidental departure, consider the following <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/williammarshall\/2020\/02\/24\/goodbye-amigo-and-rest-in-peace-patriot-n2561774\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">submitted by our Uncle Cliffy<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, in a follow-up to our earlier observation Conservatives <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should welcome<\/em><\/span> a Sanders-inspired take-over of the Dimocratic Party, writing at\u00a0<em>Townhall.com<\/em>, Kevin McCullough suggests&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/kevinmccullough\/2020\/02\/23\/stop-it-people-democrats-deserve-bernie-sanders-n2561751\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Stop It People! Democrats Deserve Bernie Sanders<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">!<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Feeling-the-Bernski-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78134\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Feeling-the-Bernski-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Feeling-the-Bernski-1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Feeling-the-Bernski-1-300x143.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Face it, barring some radical recalibration, John F. Kennedy was the last moderate Democrat our society will likely see.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">From economic policy\u2014be it taxes, government control and regulation\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>every Democratic administration since Kennedy got oppressively worse<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But why is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anyone<\/em> <em>surprised<\/em><\/span>?<\/span> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">why<\/span> are\u00a0Conservatives\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bemoaning<\/span> the fact?!?<\/em>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>increasingly noxious worldview<\/em><\/span> that says \u201ctake more from people who earned it\u201d and forcibly redistribute it to \u201cthose who haven\u2019t\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>had to eventually lead somewhere<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Apply that same idea to policies on the judiciary, immigration, national security, and social framework values <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and the fault lines pretty much reveal themselves<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Democrats have for decades (since JFK) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>admired<\/em><\/span> godless socialism.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">They gift wrap it up in supposed compassionate humanism.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">But they are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>literally<\/em><em> embracing authoritarian philosophies that have extinguished millions of lives<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> They\u2019ve also <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lied about what it all means<\/em><\/span>\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>especially during election cycles<\/em><\/span>\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>knowing<\/em><\/span> that middle of the road Americans <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wouldn\u2019t quite be able to stomach it<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In 2020 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Democrats can no longer lie to voters<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>The base<\/em><\/span> has moved <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>their party<\/em><\/span>, Bernie Sanders speaks openly\u2014even cavalierly\u2014to what they\u2019ve come to expect, and he is now undefeated through the first three contests.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">He has actually\u2014to date\u2014won <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>two\u00a0more<\/em><\/span>\u00a0states than he had by this point <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in the 2016 cycle<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">And he is poised for blowout after blowout on Super Tuesday (California and Texas among them.)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">But listen carefully, Americans, conservatives, independents and Republicans should\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>welcome<\/em><\/span>\u00a0his ascendency, because <em>at the very least<\/em>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">it\u2019s honest<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Elections by nature <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should<\/em><\/span> serve as referendums on ideas.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Carter and Clinton <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pretended<\/em><\/span> to be middle of the road <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but stacked our judiciary with radicals<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Obama <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pretended<\/em><\/span> to be the president of the \u201cpurple states of America,\u201d but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he himself was a radical<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>surrounded<\/em><\/span> by a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cabinet of radicals<\/em><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>These administrations <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>despised<\/em><\/span> the will of the American people while <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>claiming<\/em><\/span> to advance it.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>In 2020, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a Trump\/Sanders contest will make the most honest, direct, and open debate our political body has observed in many decades of what ideas actually mean<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Should<\/em><\/span><em> people <\/em><em>get to keep what they earn<\/em>?<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should<\/em><\/span> they <em>be forced to give $7 out of every $10 they earn to a centralized \u201cKremlin\u201d that will then dole out \u201cfree benefits\u201d to the people<\/em> (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>usually<\/em><\/span> on the basis and preference of the whim of those in power)?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Does<\/span> the United States Constitution protect the right of free speech, particularly religious speech?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Do<\/span> the people of the United States truly have the protected right to defend themselves by keeping and bearing firearms?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Should<\/span> we empower the government to overtake the people\u2019s decisions and lives?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should<\/span> we empower the person to become the best that they can fully be?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>These are <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">just a handful of the contrasts that a Trump\/Sanders head-to-head will give us<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>force<\/em><\/span> the American attention span to a place we only rediscovered in 2016.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It will be a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>thorough debate<\/em><\/span> between a man <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who\u2019s never held a private-sector job<\/em><\/span>, and a man <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who\u2019s kept 104 campaign promises in his first job in politics<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">America should <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>welcome it<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>fistfight of ideas<\/em><\/span>, slugging it out <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>as though everything in the future depended on it<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it does<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s been 31 years since Reagan won the Cold War, so most people 50-and-under haven&#8217;t a clue as to what the Soviet Union and Communism is all about.\u00a0 This ties in so well with China and the coronavirus: Millennials don&#8217;t understand a lot of bad sh*t (SARS, MERS, coronavirus) comes out of Communist China, whose inhabitants eat what are to us incredibly distasteful dishes&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/23773278-0-image-a-12_1579784331717.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78223\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/23773278-0-image-a-12_1579784331717.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/23773278-0-image-a-12_1579784331717.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/23773278-0-image-a-12_1579784331717-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and whose densely-populated 1.4 billion urban inhabitants&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/200218100020-david-culver-shanghai-coronavirus-exlarge-169.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/200218100020-david-culver-shanghai-coronavirus-exlarge-169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/200218100020-david-culver-shanghai-coronavirus-exlarge-169.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/200218100020-david-culver-shanghai-coronavirus-exlarge-169-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;present a perfect breeding ground for plague and pestilence.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>You<\/em><\/span> tell <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>us<\/em><\/span>: why the heck should <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we care<\/em><\/span> if the Dimocratic Party goes the way of the Whigs, the Federalists and the Know-Nothings?!?\u00a0 It will be replaced by a plethora of splinter, special-interest parties, putting responsible Republicans in a position to preserve the Constitution and the Founders&#8217; Republic.\u00a0 This is somehow <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bad<\/em><\/span> for America?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, Jim Geraghty&#8217;s recent edition of the\u00a0<em>Morning Jolt<\/em> deserves to be presented in its entirety, painting as it does&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/bernie-sanderss-long-career\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bernie Sanders\u2019s Long Career<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/bernie-sanderss-long-career\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>People Will Discuss \u2018Ancient History\u2019 When the Nominee Is an Ancient Candidate<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/millenials-socialism-bernie-sanders-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78146\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/millenials-socialism-bernie-sanders-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/millenials-socialism-bernie-sanders-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/millenials-socialism-bernie-sanders-1-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>As winter turns to spring, and as spring turns to summer, prominent Democrats and left-leaning public voices <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will try to gaslight you<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Some of the Democrats who are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most worried<\/em><\/span> about nominating Bernie Sanders <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>right now<\/em><\/span> will bury their doubts and objections down deep <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and insist that anyone who isn\u2019t on board is some sort of unthinking lunatic<\/em><\/span>, or that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not being<\/em><\/span> a Sanders supporter <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must reflect a complete endorsement of everything Donald Trump has done as president<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>One of the arguments you are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>certain to hear<\/em><\/span> in defense of Sanders, when others criticize his past stances and statements, is a variation of: \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Why are you bringing up all this ancient history<\/em><\/span>?\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3qasvv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3qasvv.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3qasvv.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3qasvv-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>correct<\/em><\/span> answer is: \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Because you guys nominated an ancient candidate<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">You notice nobody\u2019s talking about what Pete Buttigieg did in the 1980s.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Bernie Sanders was born three months before the attack on Pearl Harbor.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">This means Sanders was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>28 years old<\/em><\/span> when he wrote: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/19529378.397557\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubW90aGVyam9uZXMuY29tL3BvbGl0aWNzLzIwMTUvMDcvYmVybmllLXNhbmRlcnMtdmVybW9udC1mcmVlbWFuLXNleHVhbC1mcmVlZG9tLWZsdW9yaWRlLw\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30B73fad05b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The manner in which you bring up your daughter with regard to sexual attitudes may very well determine whether or not she will develop breast cancer<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Sanders was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>30 years old<\/em><\/span> when he wrote<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/19529378.397557\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubW90aGVyam9uZXMuY29tL3BvbGl0aWNzLzIwMTUvMDUveW91bmctYmVybmllLXNhbmRlcnMtbGliZXJ0eS11bmlvbi12ZXJtb250Lw\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30B9ea25fad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his infamous op-ed about women\u2019s rape fantasies<\/a><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>He was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>31 years old<\/em><\/span> when he decided that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>George McGovern was too centrist for him<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">He was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>32 years old<\/em><\/span> when he discussed<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/19529378.397557\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZG9jdW1lbnRjbG91ZC5vcmcvZG9jdW1lbnRzLzIxNTc0NjQtbW92ZW1lbnR2b2w2Lmh0bWw\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30B4acd3c02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eating placentas with a new mother on a Vermont commune<\/a><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\">.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cHow long after the birth <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>were you eating the afterbirth<\/em><\/span>?<\/span> Don\u2019t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all<\/em><\/span> mammals eat the afterbirth?\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">He was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>33 years old<\/em><\/span> when he<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/19529378.397557\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaHVmZnBvc3QuY29tL2VudHJ5L2Jlcm5pZS1zYW5kZXJzLXVuZW1wbG95bWVudF9uXzc0NzEwNTY\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30Baff14633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ran for a U.S. Senate seat while collecting unemployment benefits<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/19529378.397557\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlZGFpbHliZWFzdC5jb20vd2hlbi1pcmFuLXRvb2stYW1lcmljYW5zLWhvc3RhZ2UtYmVybmllLWJhY2tlZC1pcmFucy1kZWZlbmRlcnM\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30B96de0213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sanders was 38 when he joined the Socialist Workers Party<\/a><\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\">and became its presidential elector in Vermont for the 1980 election.<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> The Socialist Workers Party\u2019s candidate declared of the American hostages in Iran, \u201cwe can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>be sure<\/em><\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>many of them are simply spies<\/em><\/span>&#8230;or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>people assigned to protect the spies<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>He was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>39 years old<\/em><\/span> when he was elected mayor and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>received \u201chis first steady paycheck<\/em><\/span>.\u201d (Think about how many steady paychecks <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you<\/em><\/span> had collected by age 39, or how many you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>will<\/em><\/span> collect if you\u2019re younger than 39.)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>He was a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>40-year-old<\/em><\/span> mayor when he declared <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at a United Way fundraiser<\/em><\/span>, \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I don\u2019t believe in charities<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">He was a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">44-year-old<\/span><\/em> mayor when he told the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> that he espouses \u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/19529378.397557\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGF0aW1lcy5jb20vYXJjaGl2ZXMvbGEteHBtLTE5ODUtMDQtMjgtdnctMjE1OTUtc3RvcnkuaHRtbA\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30Bdc00900e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">traditional socialist goals \u2014 public ownership of oil companies, factories, utilities, banks, etc<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\">.\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">He was the same age when he asked, \u201cWe\u2019re spending billions on military.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Why can\u2019t we take some of that money to pay for thousands of U.S. children to go to the Soviet Union<\/em><\/span>?\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Balls-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78176\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Balls-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Balls-1.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Balls-1-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">That was the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>same year<\/em><\/span> Sanders traveled to Nicaragua and attended the rally led by Daniel Ortega. For what it\u2019s worth,<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/19529378.397557\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV3c3dlZWsuY29tL215dGhzLWNvc3QtZGVtb2NyYXRzLXByZXNpZGVudGlhbC1lbGVjdGlvbi01MjEwNDQ\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30Bd3a77024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kurt Eichenwald reported<\/a><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The Republicans also had video of Sanders at a 1985 rally thrown by the leftist Sandinista government in Nicaragua where half a million people chanted, \u201cHere, there, everywhere\/the Yankee will die,\u201d while President Daniel Ortega condemned \u201cstate terrorism\u201d by America.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sanders said, on camera, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">supporting the Sandinistas was \u201cpatriotic<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Sanders was a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>46-year-old<\/em><\/span> mayor when he decided that the University of Vermont Medical Center was no longer a tax-exempt institution in the eyes of the city and<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/19529378.397557\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2V2ZW5kYXlzdnQuY29tL3Zlcm1vbnQvd2hhdC1hLTE5ODctdGF4LWJhdHRsZS1zYXlzLWFib3V0LWJlcm5pZS1zYW5kZXJzL0NvbnRlbnQ_b2lkPTI4MTkzMDk\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30B62b363e4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sent the hospital a tax bill for $2.9 million<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333399;\">.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sanders declared, \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>There are a heck of a lot of people up there making a heck of a lot of money<\/em><\/span>,\u201d when a Superior Court judge ruled against the city on all counts, and the state supreme court ruled against the city as well.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">He was at least <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>47 years old<\/em><\/span> when he declared: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/19529378.397557\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aW1lLmNvbS80MjQ5MDM0L2Jlcm5pZS1zYW5kZXJzLWFsdGVybmF0aXZlLW1lZGljaW5lLWNhbmNlci8\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30B4108c7d9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I have my own feelings about what causes cancer and the psychosomatic aspects of cancer<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/19529378.397557\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ292dHJhY2sudXMvY29uZ3Jlc3Mvdm90ZXMvMTAzLTE5OTQvaDQxNg\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30Bbde245e7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">In 1994, then-53-year-old congressman Bernie Sanders voted for the crime bill<\/a><\/em><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2014 you know, the one everyone keeps giving Joe Biden grief about.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The crime bill that created 60 new death penalty offenses under 41 federal capital statutes, the one that eliminated higher education for inmates, authorized boot camps for delinquent minors, and created fifty new federal offenses, including membership in a gang, and three-strikes provisions.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bernie Sanders was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>57 years old<\/em><\/span> when, as a congressman,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/19529378.397557\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGV4YXNtb250aGx5LmNvbS90aGUtZGFpbHktcG9zdC93aGF0LXlvdS1zaG91bGQta25vdy1hYm91dC1iZXJuaWUtc2FuZGVycy1jb250cm92ZXJzaWFsLXZvdGUtZm9yLWEtcHJvamVjdC10aGF0LXdvdWxkLWhhdmUtYnJvdWdodC10b3hpYy13YXN0ZS10by1zaWVycmEtYmxhbmNhLw\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30B0a4397d5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>he tried to get nuclear waste from Vermont dumped in Sierra Blanca, Texas<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> a small, extremely poor, and mostly Latino town, which brought charges of \u201c<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/19529378.397557\/aHR0cDovL3NvY2lhbC1lY29sb2d5Lm9yZy93cC8xOTk4LzEwL3RoZS10ZXhhcy12ZXJtb250LW1haW5lLW51Y2xlYXItZHVtcC1icmluZ2luZy1lbnZpcm9ubWVudGFsLXJhY2lzbS1ob21lLw\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30Baa1a2bc6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">environmental racism<\/a><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201d:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>On May 11th, about a dozen activists met with Sanders at his office. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The delegation included two University of Vermont students who had just completed a thorough analysis of the scientific arguments in support of the Texas dump; they found <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">numerous unanswered questions<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more than a few outright falsehoods<\/span> in the proponents\u2019 arguments.<\/span> Several participants in the meeting were astonished by the \u201cindependent\u201d congressman\u2019s vehement and unrelenting support for shipping nuclear waste 2400 miles to West Texas. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It was the best site geologically, he claimed, much better than having nuclear waste scattered across the country, and besides, how dare we accuse Bernie Sanders of environmental racism?<\/span> The August meeting with the Texas delegation featured Sanders <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at his most obstinate<\/span>, insisting that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he\u2019d done the right thing<\/span> and that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he was no longer interested in the issue now that the compact bill had passed the House<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/19529378.397557\/aHR0cDovL2FyY2hpdmUuYm9zdG9uLmNvbS9uZXdzL2xvY2FsL3Zlcm1vbnQvYXJ0aWNsZXMvMjAwNi8wOS8yMS9zYW5kZXJzX3ZvdGVfb25fYW1iZXJfYWxlcnRfZW1lcmdlc19hc19rZXlfY2FtcGFpZ25faXNzdWUvP3Jzc19pZD1Cb3N0b24uY29tKyUyRitOZXdzKyUyRitMb2NhbA\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30B86604775\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Bernie Sanders was 62 years old when he voted against creating the Amber Alert system<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> contending \u201cits sentencing provisions were an unconstitutional intrusion by Congress, taking power that should rest with the judiciary.\u201d <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The bill passed the House 390 to 24 and the Senate 98\u20130.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>None<\/em><\/span> of these are the actions or statements <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>of a confused, rebellious teenager<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Yes, they date back to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>five decades ago<\/em><\/span>, but the candidate has been around f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>or almost eight decades<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>He was a grown man when he said and did these things, and they aren\u2019t so easily dismissed as youthful naivete and indiscretions<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3qavr7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78196\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3qavr7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3qavr7.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3qavr7-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s remember&#8230;lest anyone forget&#8230;Bernie and his bride spent their 1988 honeymoon in the USSR; after all, wasn&#8217;t every newlywed couple back then just dying to get into Yaroslavl?!?\u00a0 Dying to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>get out<\/em><\/span>, yes&#8230;sometimes <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>literally<\/em><\/span>; dying to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>get in<\/em><\/span>&#8230;not so much.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of matchless material for Trump campaign commercials, also courtesy of his\u00a0<em>Morning Jolt<\/em>, Jim notes recent Sanders statements indicate electoral math may not be Bernie&#8217;s strong suit, as he provides The Donald Exhibit &#8220;A&#8221;&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/bernie-sanderss-long-career\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Hey, Who Needs to Win Pennsylvania, Anyway<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399;\">?<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3qaxb0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78197\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3qaxb0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3qaxb0.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3qaxb0-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The Democrats appear to be on the verge of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unofficially conceding the state of Pennsylvania in 2020<\/em><\/span>, nominating a man who pledges to ban fracking.<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Don\u2019t take it from me,<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/elections\/2020\/02\/fracking-debate-among-democrats-causes-tremors-in-battleground-pennsylvania.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>take it from Democrats in the Keystone State<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Exhibit &#8220;B&#8221;:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/bernie-sanderss-long-career\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Hey, Who Needs to Win Florida, Anyway<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">?<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Badges.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78198\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Badges.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Badges.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Badges-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The Democrats appear to be on the verge of unofficially conceding the state of Florida in 2020, nominating<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlxThomp\/status\/1231741641465192449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a man who believes that Fidel Castro doesn\u2019t get enough credit for all the good things he did<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A huge tip of the hat to the incomparable Stilton Jarlsberg for the <em>Treasure of the Sierra Sanders<\/em> rip-off.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of the repercussions of Socialism ascendant, in today&#8217;s installment of the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>EnvironMental Moment<\/em><\/span>,\u00a0<em>FOX News<\/em> informs us&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8216;<a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/liberal-maryland-enclave-seeks-to-ban-fossil-fuels-as-part-of-sweeping-climate-plan\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Berkeley of the East&#8217; seeks to ban fossil fuels as part of sweeping climate plan<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/takoma-park-seal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78166\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/takoma-park-seal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/takoma-park-seal.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/takoma-park-seal-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/takoma-park-seal-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>A small\u00a0Maryland\u00a0enclave known as the \u201cBerkeley of the East\u201d has devised a bold climate plan <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that would ban gas stoves, leaf blowers and water heaters, according to a report<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Liberal Takoma Park\u2019s action plan, which would also close\u00a0gas pipelines <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">none<\/span> of which <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">actually pass through<\/span> this bastion of EnviroFascism!<\/em>)<\/span> and force gas stations to relocate,\u00a0is designed to eliminate fossil fuels <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to help save the planet<\/em><\/span>, The Washington Post reports.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The town of 17,000 just outside Washington, D.C.,\u00a0first burnished its liberal credentials nearly four decades ago by declaring itself a \u201cnuclear-free zone.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>non-binding plan<\/em><\/span> is expected to be adopted by Takoma\u00a0Park\u2019s City Council on March 4.<\/span> But the Post reports that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even in a city where<\/em><\/span>, as one resident put it, \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the political spectrum spans Bernie to Warren<\/em><\/span>,\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>there are detractors<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u201cThe number of times the word \u2018<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>require<\/em><\/span>\u2019 is used in this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is stunning<\/em><\/span>,\u201d said resident Maxine Hillary at a public hearing last week, according to the paper.<\/span> During her remarks, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>she criticized the fossil fuel ban as \u201cinsensitive and draconian<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Hillary also took aim at the resolution\u2019s call to make <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>composting mandatory<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Don\u2019t tell me what to do with my table scraps<\/em><\/span>,\u201d she told lawmakers, according to the paper.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Takoma Park officials said <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the cost to the average homeowner could reach $25,000<\/em><\/span>, the Post reported.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Supporters include the Committee on the Environment, an advocacy\u00a0group made up of Takoma Park residents.<\/span> John Ackerly, who is a co-chair, <em>was quoted by the Post as saying that <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he has been \u201cshocked\u201d by some friends and neighbors skeptical of the plan, with some expressing fears of an impending &#8216;LED police<\/em><\/span>&#8216;.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Imagine <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span>!\u00a0 To mangle a phrase from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_L._Petigru\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>James L. Petigru<\/em><\/span><\/a>, Takoma Park&#8217;s too small for a country, but perfectly-sized for an insane asylum!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, despite this 17,000-person sanitarium seeking to save the planet by banning pipelines which don&#8217;t exist, our next item from Jeff Foutch informs us the world&#8217;s two largest carbon-spewers don&#8217;t seem to share their concerns, as&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartland.org\/news-opinion\/news\/china-and-india-rejecting-renewables-for-coal-fired-futures\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #003300;\">China and India Are Rejecting Renewables for Coal-Fired Futures<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chinoindia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78199\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chinoindia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chinoindia.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chinoindia-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bernie-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78201\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bernie-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bernie-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bernie-3-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/afb022420dAPR20200224054509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78156\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/afb022420dAPR20200224054509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/afb022420dAPR20200224054509.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/afb022420dAPR20200224054509-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/aria_c17179320200223120100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78159\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/aria_c17179320200223120100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/aria_c17179320200223120100.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/aria_c17179320200223120100-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/kelly-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78160\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/kelly-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/kelly-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/kelly-2-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bok.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78178\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bok.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bok.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bok-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cross-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78179\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cross-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cross-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cross-2-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/payne-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/payne-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/payne-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/payne-1-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/stiglich-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78161\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/stiglich-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/stiglich-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/stiglich-3-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-24-20-at-8.56-AM-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78158\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-24-20-at-8.56-AM-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-24-20-at-8.56-AM-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Image-2-24-20-at-8.56-AM-1-300x282.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/swamp-gas.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78151\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/swamp-gas.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/swamp-gas.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/swamp-gas-300x273.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/call-in-sick-lose-the-war.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78152\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/call-in-sick-lose-the-war.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/call-in-sick-lose-the-war.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/call-in-sick-lose-the-war-278x300.jpeg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/it-has-a-built-in-pedometer.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78153\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/it-has-a-built-in-pedometer.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/it-has-a-built-in-pedometer.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/it-has-a-built-in-pedometer-300x279.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/thats-probably-true.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78154\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/thats-probably-true.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/thats-probably-true.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/thats-probably-true-252x300.jpeg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this series of memes from Mark Foster&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78168\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster1-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78169\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster2-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78170\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster3-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78171\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster4.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster4-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78172\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster5.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster5-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78173\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster6.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster6-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78174\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster7.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/foster7-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with this one from Balls Cotton:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/balls-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78191\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/balls-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/balls-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/balls-1-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a day with yet another titillating tale torn from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, courtesy today of an Absolut ass:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelpulse.com\/news\/airlines\/united-passenger-assaults-air-marshal-says-she-wants-to-stab-everyone.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">United Passenger Assaults Air Marshal, Says She Wants to &#8216;Stab Everyone<\/span><\/a>&#8216;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/0db39854-bad9-4d3e-8c0b-8a68fbb78f53-large16x9_Planelady.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78192\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/0db39854-bad9-4d3e-8c0b-8a68fbb78f53-large16x9_Planelady.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/0db39854-bad9-4d3e-8c0b-8a68fbb78f53-large16x9_Planelady.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/0db39854-bad9-4d3e-8c0b-8a68fbb78f53-large16x9_Planelady-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;An apparently intoxicated woman faces charges \u2013 including assault of a federal air marshal \u2013 after causing a major disturbance Saturday aboard a United Airlines flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Washington-Dulles International Airport. The woman, identified as Dana Ghazi Mustafa of North Carolina, faces a maximum penalty of eight years in prison if convicted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>She <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>first<\/em><\/span> was found in the lavatory attempting to smoke after crew members were alerted that a smoke detector in the bathroom had been activated. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">She was escorted back to her seat without incident,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/north-carolina-woman-allegedly-assaulted-air-marshal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a<\/a>ccording to Fox News.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>After flight attendants saw her crying, Mustafa said she was flying home to see family following the death of a loved one in a drunk driving incident \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>which she later admitted was a lie<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">So the crew moved her to a more comfortable seat, which apparently was a problem as she allegedly punched the seatback television and threw a coin at the bulkhead.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Finally, she <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>again<\/em><\/span> tried to enter the restroom and was seen with a lighter in her hand. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">Flight attendants tried to stop her but she managed to get into the lavatory but could not close the door.<\/span> Two federal air marshals then jumped into action; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the woman repeatedly kicked the air marshals until she was subdued and handcuffed, seated next to the marshals for the remainder of the flight<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>The marshals found a half-empty liter of Absolut vodka in her bag<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Mustafa said <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>she was allowed<\/em><em> to drink<\/em><\/span> her duty-free bottle of vodka <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>on a previous flight<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Mustafa also threatened to stab the air marshal and said: &#8220;I&#8217;m going to stab everyone on the plane then kill myself.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I&#8217;m Palestinian<\/em><\/span>! <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That&#8217;s how we get down<\/em><\/span>,&#8221; according to court documents.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>At least she got that last part right!.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, February 26th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, G. Trevor recently related how his wife and he had recently enjoyed the five-part HBO docudrama Chernobyl, and we were struck by the shocking comparison just waiting to be drawn between the deadliest nuclear power disaster in history and the latest outbreak of the coronavirus. 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