{"id":79919,"date":"2020-04-16T17:04:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T21:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=79919"},"modified":"2020-04-16T17:04:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T21:04:23","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-april-15th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=79919","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, April 15th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, April 15th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, kudos to this clip from <em>Troy<\/em> tweeted by Liz Harrington of the RNC in response to The Dear Misleader&#8217;s belated endorsement of his increasingly-demented &#8220;friend&#8221; Joe Biden:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R72KBdgRTD4?start=193&amp;end=203&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>Note: Obama referred to the Increasingly Crazy Uncle in the Dimocratic Attic as a &#8220;friend&#8221; rather than a &#8220;good friend&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning from some very carefully chosen words to deliberately dissimulating wordsmithing, the U.K.&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Daily Mail<\/em>\u00a0recently offered up this piece of purely anti-Trump propaganda, reporting the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8216659\/CIA-warns-workforce-potentially-dangerous-effects-Malaria-drug.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">CIA &#8216;warns its workforce of potentially fatal side-effects&#8217; of Malaria drug that was hailed by Donald Trump as a &#8216;game changer&#8217; in the battle against Covid-19<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8216659\/CIA-warns-workforce-potentially-dangerous-effects-Malaria-drug.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Sudden death is one of the suspected side effects of hydroxychloroquine<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8216659\/CIA-warns-workforce-potentially-dangerous-effects-Malaria-drug.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Trump has repeatedly hailed the drug during his White House daily briefings<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8216659\/CIA-warns-workforce-potentially-dangerous-effects-Malaria-drug.html\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">But his top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci has cautioned against it<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/a66dc7e1-6c75-456c-ae9a-7fccf16cfcfe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79843\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/a66dc7e1-6c75-456c-ae9a-7fccf16cfcfe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/a66dc7e1-6c75-456c-ae9a-7fccf16cfcfe.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/a66dc7e1-6c75-456c-ae9a-7fccf16cfcfe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>CIA employees have been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>privately warned<\/em><\/span> against taking an anti-malaria drug hailed by\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0as a &#8216;game changer&#8217; in the war on\u00a0coronavirus.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Sudden death<\/em><\/span> is one of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>suspected side effects<\/em><\/span> of\u00a0hydroxychloroquine, according to the intelligence agency in a memo to its workforce posted online.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Despite<\/em><\/span> a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lack of medical evidence<\/span><\/em>, the President has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>heavily promoted the drug<\/em><\/span> as a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>possible<\/em><\/span> treatment for Covid-19, which has killed 23,675 and infected\u00a0588,421 in the United States.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But amid <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>positive noises<\/em><\/span> surrounding the drug emerging from the daily White House press briefings, Langley made <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>its<\/em><\/span> concern clear.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Hydroxychloroquine is &#8216;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not recommended<\/em><em>\u00a0to be used<\/em><\/span> by patients <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>except by medical professionals prescribing it<\/em><\/span> as part of ongoing investigation studies,&#8217; according to the advice seen by the\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a class=\"class broken_link\" style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/trump-hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus-cia\/2020\/04\/13\/54129d64-7dba-11ea-8013-1b6da0e4a2b7_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">Washington Post<\/a><\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>advice<\/em><\/span>, posted on March 27<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><em>in response to CIA staff queries<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">, noted that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>possible<\/em><\/span> side effects include &#8216;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sudden cardiac death<\/em><\/span>&#8216;<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>So does the little blue pill.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>More importantly, note the advice was offered &#8220;in response to CIA staff queries&#8221;.\u00a0 Forgetting for the moment\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no one<\/em><\/span>&#8230;other than those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/arizona-woman-fish-tank-cleaner-trump-democrat\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>idiots in Arizona<\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;should <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ever<\/em><\/span> consider taking <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span> prescription medication&#8230;let alone fish tank cleaner&#8230;without <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>first<\/em><\/span>\u00a0consulting a physician, what does it tell you about the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lack<\/em><\/span> of intelligence at the CIA that its staff wouldn&#8217;t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>already<\/em><\/span> understand <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>EVERY<\/em><\/span>\u00a0drug has possible side effects, often\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>including\u00a0death<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sideeffects.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79844\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sideeffects.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>our<\/em><\/span> personal favorite, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rectal bleeding<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which just goes to prove, at least in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this<\/em><\/span> case, the name Central Intelligence Agency is a&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hydroxy<\/em><\/span>moron.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning for a moment from more complex oxymorons to simple morons, those still interested in seeing Hillary and her henchwomen swing should take heart in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/04\/justice-department-declines-to-support-blocking-hillary-clinton-deposition\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-04-14&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>latest from Andy McCarthy<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, courtesy of <em>American Thinker<\/em> via Mark Foster, Dan Sobieski details how the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/articles\/2020\/04\/brits_deem_wuhan_virus_lab_origin_credible.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Brits Deem Wuhan Virus Lab Origin Credible<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/download-1-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79802\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/download-1-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/download-1-2.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/download-1-2-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>As British Prime Minister Boris Johnson struggles with his own case of the Wuhan virus, the British equivalent of President Trump\u2019s virus task force <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no longer dismisses out of hand<\/em><em> the South China University study saying the virus likely leaked from nearby viral research labs as some tinfoil hat conspiracy theory<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Boris Johnson&#8217;s British government now has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>official doubts<\/em><\/span> that the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>accepted conventional wisdom<\/em><\/span> that the virus s<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pontaneously combusted from an obscure bat sold at a nearby \u201cwet market<\/em><\/span>\u201d but which is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in fact indigenous to a region some 900 kilometers distant from Wuhan<\/em> <em>that the locals do not in fact consume as food<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">seriously considering<\/span><\/em> the at least <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>equally likely possibility<\/em><\/span> that the Wuhan virus\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>escaped from one of the nearby viral research labs<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Britain\u2019s Cobra commission are not the only experts outside of China questioning the bat theory as a too-convenient explanation pushed by a Chinese government that to this date does not allow outside inspection of the\u00a0 labs which might show their\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8188159\/Did-coronavirus-leak-research-lab-Wuhan-Startling-new-theory-no-longer-discounted.html\">culpability and criminal negligence<\/a>\u00a0in the global pandemic:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>American biosecurity expert Professor Richard Ebright, of Rutgers University&#8217;s Waksman Institute of Microbiology, New Jersey, said that while the evidence <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">suggests<\/span> Covid-19 was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">created<\/span> in one of the Wuhan laboratories, it could <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">easily have escaped from there while it was being analysed<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>Prof Ebright said he has seen evidence that scientists at the Centre for Disease Control and the Institute of Virology <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">studied the viruses with only &#8216;level 2&#8217; security<\/span> &#8212; rather than the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">recommended level 4<\/span> &#8212; which &#8216;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">provides only minimal protections against infection of lab workers<\/span>&#8216;.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>He added: &#8216;Virus collection, culture, isolation, or animal infection would pose a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">substantial risk of infection of a lab worker<\/span>, and from the lab worker <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">then the public<\/span>.&#8217;<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>He concluded that the evidence left &#8216;a basis to rule out [that coronavirus is] a lab construct, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no basis to rule out a lab accident<\/span>&#8216;.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">As noted, a study by the South China University of Technology concluded that COVID-19 &#8216;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>probably&#8217; originated in the Wuhan Center for Disease Control<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Curiously<\/span><\/em>, shortly after its publication, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the research paper was removed<\/em><\/span> from a social networking site for scientists and researchers.<\/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;\">It is doubtful the CCP <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>approved posting of the study or sanctioned it<\/em><\/span> judging by the fact that it was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pulled almost immediately<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">That suggests that in the age of global social media <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it temporarily slipped through the cracks<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was pulled<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> because it was a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lie<\/em><\/span>, but because it contained <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>an embarrassing truth<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Editor&#8217;s Note<\/em><\/span>: Based upon numerous articles we&#8217;ve read and videos we&#8217;ve viewed, the science behind Professor Ebright&#8217;s conclusion COVID-19 is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> a laboratory construct is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>far<\/em><\/span> from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>settled<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For those interested in an updated timeline of The Donald&#8217;s response to the Wuhan virus, we recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/bethbaumann\/2020\/04\/13\/heres-the-timeline-of-the-trump-administrations-response-to-the-wuhan-coronavirus-n2566851\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Beth Baumann&#8217;s at\u00a0Townhall.com<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, across the thin strip of salt water separating 1.4 billion enslaved Chinese from their 24 million unfettered counterparts&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/taiwan-releases-december-email-showing-unheeded-warning-to-who-about-coronavirus\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Taiwan releases December email to WHO showing unheeded warning about coronavirus<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/3wo6pw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79854\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/3wo6pw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/3wo6pw.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/3wo6pw-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The\u00a0World Health Organization (WHO)\u00a0is under fire after Taiwan\u00a0released the contents of a December email inquiring about the person to person spread of\u00a0COVID-19, saying it was instead <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ignored<\/em><\/span> by WHO and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>denied adequate information to fight the virus<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Taiwan is accusing WHO of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>downplaying the severity and spread of the coronavirus in an attempt to pander to China<\/em><\/span> even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>after<\/em><\/span> Taiwan sounded the alarm <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>about at least seven cases of atypical pneumonia\u00a0that they were aware of in Wuhan where the virus originated<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>When asked about the cases by the media, Taiwan said China&#8217;s health authorities said &#8220;the cases were believed not SARS; however samples are still under examination, and cases have been isolated for treatment,&#8221; according to the contents of an email <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sent by\u00a0Taiwan&#8217;s Center for Disease Control and Prevention to the WHO on Dec. 31<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8220;I would greatly appreciate it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if you have relevant information to share with us<\/em><\/span>,&#8221; the email said.<\/span> Taiwan is located\u00a0about 80 miles off China&#8217;s coast but\u00a0has declared itself\u00a0an\u00a0independent nation for over 70 years. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">China, however,\u00a0has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>refused to acknowledge Taiwan&#8217;s sovereignty<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>consistently fights to bring them back under Beijing&#8217;s control<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Misery just LOVES company!<\/em>)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>As a result, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>China has successfully persuaded the WHO to exclude Taiwan from the organization<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Soooo&#8230;it&#8217;s the &#8220;World Health Organization&#8221;, absent the entire &#8220;world&#8221;&#8230;along with, if the Wuhan virus is any indicator, the &#8220;health&#8221; part.\u00a0 Which makes the WHO like <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>every other arm<\/em><\/span> of the U.N.: simply another parasitic one-world-government &#8220;organization&#8221;&#8230;feeding largely off U.S. largesse.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, Breeze Gould forwarded the following from <em>Real Clear Politics<\/em>, as Bill Bennett and Seth Leibsohn reveal the Wuhan virus is&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2020\/04\/06\/an_advantaged_disease_indeed_142867.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">An Advantaged Disease, Indeed<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/download-2-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79855\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/download-2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/download-2-1.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/download-2-1-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>As you know, the coronavirus\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if<\/em><\/span> you catch it, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> get very sick\u2014is a terrible thing to go through and you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>may<\/em><\/span> even die. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The virus and the fear of it are sorely testing our medical capacity in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some<\/em><\/span> places.<\/span>\u00a0 And the body count <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>will<\/em><\/span> get much worse this week, right before Easter.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The heroic efforts and sacrifice of many doctors, nurses, and volunteer civilians <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are<\/em><\/span> all notable and praiseworthy.<\/span> \u00a0Millions of Americans <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are<\/em><\/span> pulling together. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">We all <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>know<\/em><\/span> this.<\/span> \u00a0But do you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>know <\/em><em>the odds<\/em><\/span> of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span> American <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>getting<\/em><\/span> this virus?\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>One would<\/em> <em>think<\/em><\/span> that number is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>easily known or available<\/em><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0 It\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lot of digging<\/em><\/span> into various municipal data portals reveals, based on the population tested, that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rates can vary<\/em><\/span> from, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at most<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>eight-tenths of a percent in New York City<\/em><\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>two-one-hundredths of a percent in Phoenix<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Did you know <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the chances of recovery<\/em><\/span> from the coronavirus are about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>98%<\/em><\/span>\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if<\/em><\/span>\u00a0you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>catch it<\/em><\/span>?\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Did you know <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">there are models showing 50% of the population may have already had it, never knew they had it, and recovered<\/span><\/em>?<\/span>\u00a0 Again, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one would<\/em> <em>think<\/em><\/span> this data would be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>widely available and reported<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">It <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>isn\u2019t<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> What <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span> presented widely are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>numbers and warnings that scare and frighten us<\/em><\/span>, and we are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>now being conditioned to a lot of panic and speculation<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">But part of the reason we are getting conditioned to a lot of panic is because of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wide range of speculation about other numbers we accept as our new fright-inducing reality<\/em><\/span>, an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>increasingly confusing and frenzied set of numbers<\/em><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0 And the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>normalization of our panic<\/em><\/span> is having <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dire consequences<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>augurs for even worse<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>officials and media<\/em><\/span> have warned us of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>2 million deaths in the United States<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Then <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>200,000 deaths<\/em><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0 Then <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>100,000 to 240,000<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #333399;\">This needs <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to stop<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> There have been a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>total<\/em><\/span> of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>68,000 coronavirus deaths worldwide<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #333399;\">And we are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>told<\/em><\/span> we will see, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just in America<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>three to four times that number<\/em><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Does that even pass the plausibility test<\/em><\/span>?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Is it too much to ask for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some perspective<\/em><\/span> with numbers we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>do know about<\/em><\/span>, numbers <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>which have never shut down our country<\/em><\/span>, much less <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a church or synagogue<\/em><\/span>, much less <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>entire industries<\/em><\/span>; numbers <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>which have never restricted travel or put this nation into one big frenzy<\/em><\/span>?\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">In <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any given month<\/span><\/em> in America, we lose about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>54,000<\/em><\/span> Americans to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>heart disease<\/em><\/span>; <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>50,000<\/em><\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cancer<\/em><\/span>;<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>14,000<\/em><\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema<\/em><\/span>; <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>12,000<\/em><\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>stroke<\/em><\/span>;<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>10,000<\/em><\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Alzheimer\u2019s<\/em><\/span>; <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>7,000<\/em><\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>diabetes<\/em><\/span>;<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>5,600<\/em><\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>drug overdoses<\/em><\/span>; <span style=\"color: #333399;\">and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>4,700<\/em><\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>influenza and pneumonia<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Since February<\/em><\/span>, in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>America<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>coronavirus<\/em><\/span>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>9,500<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0Where is the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sympathy<\/em><\/span> for the victims and families of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>those other causes of death<\/em><\/span>?\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>daily<\/em><\/span> mortality count?<\/span>\u00a0 The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>blaring<\/em><\/span> headlines?\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>upending<\/em><\/span> of the country?<\/span>\u00a0 We hear almost <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nothing<\/em><\/span> about them.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Those deaths give us <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>over 157,000 deaths a month<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> \u00a0Given <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all that is being done<\/em><\/span> about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one<\/em><\/span> cause of death, COVID-19, it turns out this is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>very advantaged disease<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>indeed<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">And we will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in time<\/em><\/span> develop a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>vaccine<\/em><\/span> for it, not to mention <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more and more good news coming in the short term<\/em><\/span> about treatments from other extant medicines <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">like hydroxychloroquine<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>The MSM&#8217;s bloviating to the contrary notwithstanding!<\/em>)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>But there is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The president\u2019s instincts to re-open this country as soon as possible <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are right<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">This country is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not prepared<\/em><\/span> for a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">worsening of all the other social harms and deaths<\/span><\/em> brought on by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>an incredibly overwrought, self-induced, hysteria and panic that doesn\u2019t parse<\/em><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0 It <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>better be<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #333399;\">But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>remember<\/em><\/span> with all the nonprofits, volunteer, and self-help communities organized to address these problems <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>being shuttered and harmed, direly and financially<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>be prepared for massive social failure<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more death<\/em><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>This<\/em><\/span> is what happens <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>when sanity is at discount and hysteria reigns supreme<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>This<\/em><\/span> is what happens <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>when societies get used to pandemonium<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span> As bad as the coronavirus <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span>, and it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><em> bad<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unless<\/em><em> we arrest the frenzy and panic mongering<\/em><\/span>, we should <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>be prepared<\/em><\/span> for things <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>worse<\/em><\/span> than the virus.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>every other<\/em><\/span> government initiative is subject to a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cost-benefit analysis<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Why should our response to COVID-19 &#8220;crisis&#8221; be any <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>different<\/em><\/span>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Again&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/download-2-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79855\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/download-2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/download-2-1.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/download-2-1-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>In <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>other<\/em><\/span> words, Orange Man <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>BAD<\/em><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must be stopped<\/em><\/span> at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all costs<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>up to and including<\/em><\/span> the economic well-being of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>vast majority of the country<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Sorry, but we&#8217;re not buying what so many are so eager to sell us, namely&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MMBh-eo3tvE\" 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>As Tucker notes&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6NjCitwKJSQ\" 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>For a comparison of the rapidly decreasing benefits of the current lockdown versus its skyrocketing economic cost, we recommend the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/what-would-we-do-without-experts-11586891072?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">latest installment of Best of the Web<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Health Section<\/em><\/span>, courtesy today of our brother Rob, Kenya&#8217;s <em>Star<\/em> highlights the resourcefulness of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"header-primary-title order-2\">\n<h1 class=\"article-title article-title-primary\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-star.co.ke\/covid-19\/2020-04-12-lamu-women-cover-faces-with-bras-as-mask-prices-soar\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Lamu women cover faces with bras as mask prices soar<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"header-tertiary-title order-3\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<h3 class=\"article-title article-title-tertiary\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-star.co.ke\/covid-19\/2020-04-12-lamu-women-cover-faces-with-bras-as-mask-prices-soar\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Face masks sold for Sh100 to Sh200 even after state ordered not more than Sh20 for mask<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/unnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79803\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/unnamed.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/unnamed-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Women in some parts of Lamu <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have resorted to using their bras as face masks<\/em><\/span> owing to the hiked prices of masks.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">But masks, even made of brassieres, are supposed to be used only once and then discarded for reasons of hygiene.<\/span> Could they be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>boiled and reused<\/em><\/span>? <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Surely<\/em><\/span> there are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>health issues<\/em><\/span> here.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Ya <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">THINK<\/span>?!?<\/em>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>And masks are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>supposed<\/em><\/span> to fit <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>snug<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Might <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>42D<\/em><\/span> be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>too large<\/em><\/span>?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>That would depend on the size of one&#8217;s head&#8230;and\/or nose.<\/strong><\/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\/04\/hope-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79833\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hope-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hope-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hope-1-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cross-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79827\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cross-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cross-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cross-3-300x242.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/afb041320dAPR20200413044506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79828\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/afb041320dAPR20200413044506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/afb041320dAPR20200413044506.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/afb041320dAPR20200413044506-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/biden-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79829\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/biden-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/biden-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/biden-1-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/goodwyn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79830\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/goodwyn.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/goodwyn.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/goodwyn-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79831\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/kelley-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79832\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/kelley-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/kelley-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/kelley-2-300x238.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-4-14-20-at-7.57-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79809\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-4-14-20-at-7.57-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-4-14-20-at-7.57-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-4-14-20-at-7.57-AM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Image-4-14-20-at-7.57-AM-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thats-a-lot-of-add-ons.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79810\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thats-a-lot-of-add-ons.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thats-a-lot-of-add-ons.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thats-a-lot-of-add-ons-300x219.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/seems-legit-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79811\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/seems-legit-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/seems-legit-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/seems-legit-1-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/what-a-great-idea.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79812\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/what-a-great-idea.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/what-a-great-idea.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/what-a-great-idea-300x264.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/today-pez.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79813\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/today-pez.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/today-pez.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/today-pez-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this classic meme from Brenda Berry&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/92513635_184316406357471_5320514364258648064_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79816\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/92513635_184316406357471_5320514364258648064_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/92513635_184316406357471_5320514364258648064_o.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/92513635_184316406357471_5320514364258648064_o-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with one from our sister-in-law Amy&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/amy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79845\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/amy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/amy.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/amy-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;a string from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/balls.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79823\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/balls.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/balls.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/balls-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/balls1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79821\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/balls1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/balls1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/balls1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/balls1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/balls2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79822\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/balls2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/balls2-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/balls2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/balls2-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thumbnail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79826\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thumbnail.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thumbnail-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image000000002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79824\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image000000002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image000000002.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image000000002-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/biden-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79846\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/biden-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/biden-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/biden-2-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;five more from Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79847\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey2-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79848\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey2-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey2-3.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey2-3-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey2-3-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey3-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79849\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey3-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey3-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey3-1-300x150.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey4-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79850\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey4-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey4-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey4-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey4-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79851\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey5.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey5-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hickey5-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and last, but certainly not least, three from Speed Mach:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/speed1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79814\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/speed1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/speed1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/speed1-300x261.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/speed-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79815\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/speed-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/speed-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/speed-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/speed-1-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/speed-11.04.40-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79852\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/speed-11.04.40-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/speed-11.04.40-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/speed-11.04.40-AM-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, since we&#8217;re on the subject of the shallow end of the gene pool, 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 Keith Koffler, as a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/news\/crime_police\/article_807b7042-7a9a-11ea-8f8a-9754a77be4ba.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Colorado Woman walked into New Orleans airport fully nude, arrested after refusal to leave<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Mariel-Vergara-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79805\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Mariel-Vergara-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Mariel Vergara, 27, of Pueblo, Colo., <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was completely nude when she walked into the airport and made her way to the Spirit Airlines ticket counter<\/em><\/span> on Friday night, April 3, authorities said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">A deputy dispatched to the scene noted that Vergara <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>had already put on a dress by the time he arrived<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> But she was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still<\/em><\/span> violating public decency laws <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">because she had on no underwear, and the dress was too short to cover her genitals<\/span><\/em>, the Sheriff&#8217;s Office said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Airline officials told Vergara <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>she wouldn&#8217;t be able to travel due to her attire<\/em><\/span> &#8212; or lack thereof.<\/span> She was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>asked to leave<\/em><\/span> the airport, but Vergara <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>refused<\/em><\/span>, the Sheriff&#8217;s Office said. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">Vergara ignored deputies&#8217; orders to leave the airport and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>scuffled with them<\/em><\/span> as she was being taken into custody<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scuffling with the police&#8230;sans underwear.\u00a0 Guess who&#8217;ll be the star of the featured video at the 2020 Jefferson Parish Sheriff&#8217;s holiday office party?!?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, April 15th, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, kudos to this clip from Troy tweeted by Liz Harrington of the RNC in response to The Dear Misleader&#8217;s belated endorsement of his increasingly-demented &#8220;friend&#8221; Joe Biden: \ufeff Note: Obama referred to the Increasingly Crazy Uncle in the Dimocratic Attic as a &#8220;friend&#8221; rather than a &#8220;good 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