{"id":88478,"date":"2020-12-22T16:35:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T21:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=88478"},"modified":"2020-12-22T16:35:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T21:35:52","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-december-21st-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=88478","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, December 21st, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, December 21st, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, in keeping with the spirit of this cartoon courtesy of the incomparable Stilton Jarlsberg, if America were an airline&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r4bat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88482\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r4bat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r4bat.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r4bat-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;we&#8217;d be shorting the stock.\u00a0 For, as Red so eloquently observed in <em>Platoon<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RTVPcr4YgJA?start=54&amp;end=58&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>Though unlike John McGinley&#8217;s classic character, to mangle a phrase from the Bard, if <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we&#8217;re<\/span><\/em> marked to die, we plan on precipitating the passing of as many Progressives to the infernal regions as possible prior to our departure for paradise.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, during a recent viewing of the opening installment of <em>PBS<\/em>&#8216;s <em>Battlefield<\/em> series on the Vietnam War, we were struck by the disparate treatment accorded the North and South Vietnamese regimes, as exemplified by these three clips:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n62-l6kYBzA?start=1689&amp;end=1722&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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n62-l6kYBzA?start=2004&amp;end=2080&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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n62-l6kYBzA?start=2286&amp;end=2401&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>All of which immediately brought to mind one of our favorite movie scenes ever:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k9DO26O6dIg?start=33&amp;end=84&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>This is not to argue the government of Ngo Dinh Diem and his infamous sister-in-law Madame Nhu&#8230;along with almost\u00a0each one which followed&#8230;wasn&#8217;t both hopelessly corrupt and far from ideal.\u00a0 But <em>PBS<\/em>&#8216;s portrayal of the North Vietnamese Communists as a coalition of disparate patriots united by their love of peace and human rights is indefensibly inaccurate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>More importantly, it ignores the fact after<em>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">invading<\/span><\/em> the South&#8230;a existential threat the South never posed to the North&#8230;and successfully reuniting a country initially separated as a result of <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Diem&#8217;s<\/span><\/em> refusal to hold elections, the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Vietnamese Communists<\/span><\/em> have <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">never<\/span><\/em> allowed <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">free elections<\/span><\/em>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">opposition political parties<\/span><\/em> or <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">liberty of any kind<\/span><\/em>&#8230;outside of the freedom to accept Party control over every aspect of one&#8217;s life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VcQUUU1GQSg\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">moderate view of the fate awaiting those who didn&#8217;t toe the Communist line<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 And this doesn&#8217;t count those who, as in Cuba following <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">another<\/span><\/em> reportedly <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">benign<\/span><\/em> Socialist revolution, were executed outright or chose to risk their lives fleeing the country by sea.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4D7cPH7DHgA?start=164&amp;end=167&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>Yeah,&#8230;only if you either never learned or were misinformed as to the history of the Vietnam War in the first place.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And, which is what made us think about the <em>PBS<\/em> series in the first place, about as good a deal as <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Progressives&#8217; push to prioritize distribution of the Wuhan vaccines by race<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9070555\/Half-states-want-prioritize-black-Hispanic-people-vaccine-rollout.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">,<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9070555\/Half-states-want-prioritize-black-Hispanic-people-vaccine-rollout.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">this article from the U.K.&#8217;s Daily Mail<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> via George Lawlor informs us.\u00a0 Again, what&#8217;s contained in the story <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">isn&#8217;t accurate reporting but political propaganda<\/span><\/em>, for <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nowhere<\/span><\/em> in this rather lengthy account replete with numerous numbers, graphs, charts and statistics does it mention the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">actual<\/span><\/em> reason COVID-19 has killed a greater proportion of Blacks than Whites: Namely, the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">significantly<\/span><\/em> higher obesity rate among American Blacks&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/non-hispanic-white-adults-by-state-2011-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88465\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/non-hispanic-white-adults-by-state-2011-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/non-hispanic-white-adults-by-state-2011-13.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/non-hispanic-white-adults-by-state-2011-13-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/non-hispanic-black-adults-by-state-2011-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88466\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/non-hispanic-black-adults-by-state-2011-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/non-hispanic-black-adults-by-state-2011-13.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/non-hispanic-black-adults-by-state-2011-13-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;with all the accompanying comorbidities which are the coronavirus&#8217;s\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">real<\/span><\/em> killers.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">highlighting<\/span><\/em> what\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">essentially<\/span><\/em> amounts to a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lifestyle choice<\/span><\/em> would be <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">judgmental and racist<\/span><\/em>&#8230;as well as tantamount to political suicide.\u00a0 So <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to hell with the truth<\/span><\/em>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>long live the COVID cover-up<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of The Left&#8217;s love affair with the twin tenets of totalitarianism and disinformation, here are a couple responses to <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/bronsonstocking\/2020\/12\/18\/yangs-call-for-proofofvaccination-barcodes-should-worry-all-freedom-loving-americans-n2581837\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Andrew Yang&#8217;s latest brainstorm<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-16.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88408\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-16.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-16.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-16-300x133.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88409\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-9.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-9-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item regarding the Wuhan virus, the <em>WSJ<\/em> recently reported the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/covid-2020-12-18\/card\/UQoMylKlaE9LtNjJguaB\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">U.K. Says New Variant of Coronavirus Is 70% More Transmissible Than Original<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/al2z7t3M9Og?start=3&amp;end=7&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>And you know what?\u00a0 Even if the same &#8220;scientists&#8221; who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aier.org\/article\/how-wrong-were-the-models-and-why\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">got it so wrong the first time<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0have somehow managed to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">belatedly get it right<\/span><\/em>&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_FdvXl5GAes?start=8&amp;end=10&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>As <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/bronsonstocking\/2020\/12\/19\/drug-overdoses-skyrocket-amid-coronavirus-lockdowns-n2581848\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Townhall.com&#8217;s Bronson Stocking reminds us<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, though the lockdowns haven&#8217;t <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">meaningfully limited<\/span><\/em> the spread of the virus, their decidedly destructive impacts have <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">certainly<\/span><\/em> proved materially and adversely detrimental to the mental <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span><\/em> physical health of those subjected to them.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: This stopped being about <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">protection<\/span><\/em> a long,\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">long<\/span><\/em>\u00a0time ago; now it&#8217;s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all about control<\/span><\/em>!!!\u00a0 And if you think the passing of this manufactured emergency spells the last time Progressives will try to frighten the public into granting them unconstitutional powers, we call your attention to this scene from <em>Dirty Harry<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Y-_-6sxXRI?start=173&amp;end=182&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><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>Does anyone <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really believe<\/span><\/em> Progressive politicians are any different?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seriously, Magoo?\u00a0 Surely you <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">don&#8217;t mean<\/span><\/em> the same beneficent public servants whose counterproductive Great Society policies have destroyed uncounted American families and individuals&#8230;who wasted some $<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">53 trillion<\/span><\/em> in treasure on an <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">utterly futile<\/span><\/em> War on Poverty&#8230;whose slavish devotion to abortion has seen the slaughter of tens of millions of unborn infants&#8230;whose Gaia worship led to the wholly-unnecessary banning of DDT and the subsequent deaths of untold millions in the Third World&#8230;and who most recently left four of their countrymen to die in Benghazi so as to not risk adversely impacting the reelection of a Progressive President, then had no problem destroying an entire economy, not to mention the lives and businesses of hundreds of millions, to prevent the reelection of his successor.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yeah, THOSE Progressive politicians!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of those who would do anything to advance their political policies and power, courtesy of <em>The American Spectator<\/em> via George Lawlor, Melissa Mackenzie reveals the MSM&#8217;s new standard for covering a story: it must be&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title pf-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spectator.org\/election-democrats-blue-dress-proof\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Blue Dress Proof<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"title pf-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/spectator.org\/election-democrats-blue-dress-proof\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What it takes to get the media to believe a Democrat did wrong<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-2-7.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88425\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-2-7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-2-7.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-2-7-300x188.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"first-char\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>F<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>or a damaging story about a Democrat to be true, DNA must be found on a blue dress. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">There must be Blue Dress Proof\u2122.<\/span>\u00a0 It\u2019s not enough to have a witness and a victim. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It\u2019s not enough to have a computer, a cache of validated emails, thousands of affadavits signed under the threat of perjury.<\/span> There must be actual DNA, videotaped evidence. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">If the bad guy is a Democrat, there must be Blue Dress Proof.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>For a damaging story about a Republican to be true, nothing has to be true at all. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Third-hand hearsay about hookers and pee, a smile on a face, or a sarcastic tweet or phrase taken out of context can make even the most absurd conclusion be portrayed as fact and conveyed as truth in perpetuity.<\/span> If the bad guy is a Republican, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no proof is needed<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88490\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-12.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-12-300x261.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Hunter Biden, the China-compromised<\/span> (<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/ace.mu.nu\/archives\/391720.php\">to the tune of a request of 10 million smackers<\/a><\/span><\/em>)<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">, Russian oligarch\u2013payoff taking, crack pipe\u2013smoking, naked-picture havin\u2019 Democrat has been given every benefit of the doubt.<\/span> The media and technology companies forbade mentioning the story before the election.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">No one<\/span><\/em> who watched CNN or NBC or MSNBC or read the\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0or the\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">knew about the story<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Those on Twitter whose tweets weren\u2019t throttled or blocked outright were called names by the media. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The story, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">which had witnesses, corroboration, and evidence<\/span><\/em>, was deemed a conspiracy theory.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/trevor-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88438\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/trevor-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/trevor-1.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/trevor-1-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>It\u2019s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all true<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The DOJ and FBI <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">knew<\/span><\/em> it was all true, and, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">shockingly<\/span><\/em>, the intelligence agencies that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">leaked like 30-year-old sieves throughout<\/span><\/em> the Trump administration <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">miraculously learned how to keep a secret for over a year<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> They <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stayed mum<\/span><\/em> through <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the primaries<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">They were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>quiet<\/em><\/span> through <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the presidential election<\/span><\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>while sitting on a laptop full of emails, images, and texts of Biden corruption<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221; <strong>*<em>Hat tip to the lovely Shannon and G. Trevor for the Babylon Bee and Trump-Biden memes<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Case in point as, courtesy of <\/strong><strong><em>The Washington Free Beacon<\/em>, we learn&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"heading text-2xl md:text-4xl text-black\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/dem-tapped-to-run-interior-smeared-covington-students\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Dem Tapped to Run Interior Smeared Covington Students<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\" text-1xl md:text-2xl subtitle mt-0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/dem-tapped-to-run-interior-smeared-covington-students\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Rep. Deb Haaland accused Covington students of &#8216;hate&#8217; and &#8216;intolerance<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8216;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4qzv8h.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88429\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4qzv8h.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4qzv8h.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4qzv8h-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Rep. Deb Haaland (D., N.M.), a freshman congresswoman and one of two Native-American women in Congress, accused the high school students of &#8220;hate&#8221; and &#8220;intolerance&#8221; in January 2019 after a selectively edited video clip of an encounter between pro-life student activists and counter-protesters in Washington, D.C., went viral.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8220;This Veteran put his life on the line for our country,&#8221; Haaland\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDebHaaland\/status\/1086662398071566337\">said<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em>\u00a0of Nathan Phillips, a Native-American activist who confronted the Covington Catholic students.<\/span> &#8220;The students&#8217; display of blatant hate, disrespect, and intolerance is a signal of how common decency has decayed under this administration.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Haaland followed up her accusations with a second\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DebHaalandNM\/status\/1086816902255599616\">tweet<\/a><\/em><\/span>, saying,\u00a0&#8220;A Native American Vietnam War veteran was seen being harassed and mocked by a group of MAGA hat-wearing teens.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Except<\/span><\/em>, as you&#8217;ll recall, Nathan Phillips <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">never served<\/span><\/em> in Vietnam, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">neither was he harassed nor mocked<\/span><\/em> by the Covington Catholic contingent.\u00a0 Rather, it was the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">other way around<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 Which means&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-3-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88428\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-3-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-3-3.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-3-3-300x210.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>As for Haaland, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/udlObJBcBeg\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">like Mayor Pete&#8217;s homosexuality<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, the only apparent asset and experience she&#8217;ll bring to the Department of the Interior is her American Indian ancestry.\u00a0 Which begs the question why Liawatha&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-20.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88515\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-20.png 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-20-250x300.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;wasn&#8217;t offered the job?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning from Princess Moonbat to the Land of Fruits &amp; Nuts, courtesy of the <em>WSJ<\/em> via Jim Fassio, Hank Adler reveals&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/a-california-plan-to-chase-away-the-rich-then-keep-stalking-them-11608331448?mod=opinion_lead_pos6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #333399;\">A California Plan to Chase Away the Rich, Then Keep Stalking Them<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/a-california-plan-to-chase-away-the-rich-then-keep-stalking-them-11608331448?mod=opinion_lead_pos6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">A proposed wealth tax would apply for a decade to anyone who spends 60 days in the state in a single year<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r2vca.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88449\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r2vca.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r2vca.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r2vca-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Each year this tax net would gather up a new crop of taxpayers for the next decade. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The range of people it proposes to ensnare is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">staggering<\/span><\/em>: every student attending college in California, anyone having a major medical procedure at a California hospital and needing an extended in-state recovery period, and those who spend two months in California away from New York or London winters.<\/span> Under California tax law, there is no distinction between a nonresident from Minnesota and a nonresident from Dubai.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Assembly Bill 2088 proposes <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">calculating<\/span><\/em> the wealth tax based on <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">current world-wide net worth each Dec. 31<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> For part-year and temporary residents, the tax would be proportionate based on their number of days in California. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The annual tax would be on current net worth and therefore would include wealth earned, inherited or obtained through gifts or estates <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">long before and long after leaving the state<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The proposed wealth tax would fall on a star high-school or college athlete who grows up in California but becomes a wealthy professional <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in another state after graduation<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">It would grab a scientist who develops a drug to cure cancer <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">years after leaving California<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> A grandchild <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">who spent a single summer surfing<\/span><\/em> in Southern California would be subject to the tax. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">It would include <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anyone returning home to a foreign country<\/span><\/em> after 60 days in California.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Imagine the child of a Saudi prince being asked to pay a California wealth tax <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">during college and for nine years after graduation<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of Progressives who believe there exists a magical, bottomless well from which they can draw any amount of money at any given time, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Kyle Smith expands upon his earlier commentary concerning the paucity of non-M.D. Jill Biden&#8217;s dissertation, as he details&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/12\/the-contradictions-and-conceptual-errors-of-jill-bidens-garbage-dissertation\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-12-18&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">The Contradictions and Conceptual Errors of Jill Biden\u2019s Garbage Dissertation<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-content\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-component=\"iframeEmbed\"><span class=\"article-header__subtitle\" style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/12\/the-contradictions-and-conceptual-errors-of-jill-bidens-garbage-dissertation\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-12-18&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">Walk with me through the vapid pages of her 20,000-word piece of litter-box lining<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r2wqx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r2wqx.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r2wqx.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r2wqx-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>J<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span class=\"small_caps\">ill Biden\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0embarrassing 2006 dissertation, which I mocked\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/12\/jill-bidens-doctorate-is-garbage-because-her-dissertation-is-garbage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em>\u00a0and extensively quoted\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/12\/jill-bidens-garbage-dissertation-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>, is essentially a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">weakly argued 20,000-word op-ed<\/span><\/em> that offers <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">zero<\/span><\/em> hard evidence for her policy proposals, which are that Delaware Tech (her employer at the time) should beef up its Wellness Center, add a student center, and offer lots of counseling and mentorship to students in order to increase retention rates, which she says were about two-thirds at her institution, about par for community colleges.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Everything is based on anecdotes or soft data, such as the results of insipid surveys she sent out asking Delaware Tech students whether they agreed with her ideas.<\/span> Surprise! <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Students would like a student center to be built.<\/span> But <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">so what<\/span><\/em>? <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Wouldn\u2019t students say yes to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any<\/span><\/em> proposed amenity?<\/span> Students would likely say yes to a new screening room, tennis court, or fro-yo lounge, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but that doesn\u2019t mean these would be wise uses of the institution\u2019s money<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How much<\/span><\/em> would a student center <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cost<\/span><\/em>?<\/span> Biden <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">doesn\u2019t say<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Would the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">benefit<\/span><\/em> be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>worth<\/em><\/span> the cost?<\/span> Biden <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is silent<\/em><\/span> on the question. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Even <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">if<\/span> <\/em>a student center <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">were<\/span><\/em> worth the cost, would <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">some other<\/span><\/em> potential use of that money be <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">even more worthwhile<\/span><\/em>?<\/span> The question <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">never crosses Biden\u2019s mind<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Biden simply proceeds from the assumption that the world is a place of unlimited resources for things <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">she wants<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Whatever<\/span><\/em> additional time, money, and effort are required <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will magically appear<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">This <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is not<\/span><\/em> a scholarly approach<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>While certainly not scholarly, it <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is<\/span><\/em>, in keeping with the actions of California&#8217;s lawmakers, consistent with Socialists&#8217; disdain for cost-benefit analyses and their belief in the inexhaustible nature of wealth.<\/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\/12\/ddd-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88458\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ddd-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ddd-7.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ddd-7-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88419\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-17.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-17-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MC_Fauci_Grinch_web20201218012553.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88423\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MC_Fauci_Grinch_web20201218012553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MC_Fauci_Grinch_web20201218012553.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MC_Fauci_Grinch_web20201218012553-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88420\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-10.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-10-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cb121820dAPR20201218014542.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88421\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cb121820dAPR20201218014542.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cb121820dAPR20201218014542.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cb121820dAPR20201218014542-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ccc-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88422\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ccc-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ccc-6.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ccc-6-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88459\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-11.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-11-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88460\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-18.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-18.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-18-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ccc-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88461\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ccc-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ccc-7.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ccc-7-300x234.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mle201219c20201219123923.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88462\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mle201219c20201219123923.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mle201219c20201219123923.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/mle201219c20201219123923-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Inka-Dinka-Doh-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88412\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Inka-Dinka-Doh-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Inka-Dinka-Doh-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Inka-Dinka-Doh-1-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-12-18-20-at-8.26-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88418\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-12-18-20-at-8.26-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-12-18-20-at-8.26-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-12-18-20-at-8.26-AM-300x227.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000003-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88414\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000003-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000003-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000003-1-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000000-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88415\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000000-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000000-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000000-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000000-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/balls-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88416\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/balls-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/balls-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/balls-1-300x242.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88491\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-19.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-19-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/balls1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88454\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/balls1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/balls1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/balls1-300x239.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/balls2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88455\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/balls2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/balls2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/balls2-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/balls4-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88456\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/balls4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/balls4-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/balls4-1-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with one from Brendan Clark:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/clark-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88452\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/clark-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/clark-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/clark-1-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with this\u00a0<em>Reuters<\/em>\u00a0report on the efforts of a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"Headline-headline-2FXIq Headline-black-OogpV ArticleHeader-headline-NlAqj\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/china-kungfu\/chinese-iron-crotch-kung-fu-masters-fight-to-preserve-a-painful-looking-tradition-idUSKBN28J2A6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">Chinese \u201ciron crotch\u201d kung fu master&#8217;s fight to preserve a painful-looking tradition<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sCwj7BX63yI?start=0&amp;end=38&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Wang Liutai is no ordinary kung fu master. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">The 65-year-old from a village in central China practises a unique and excruciating-looking strand of martial arts coined \u201ciron crotch kung fu\u201d.<\/span> Its most famous technique involves a steel-plate capped log, 2 metres (6.5 feet) in length and weighing 40 kilograms (88 pounds) <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that swings through the air and smashes into a man\u2019s crotch<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\u201cWhen you practise iron crotch kung fu, as long as you push yourself, you will feel great,\u201d said Wang, head of the Juntun Martial Arts Academy.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Wang, who has been practising the technique for around half a century and has <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">two children<\/span><\/em>, insists that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">with the correct methods and sufficient practice<\/span><\/em>, it <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">does not hurt<\/span><\/em> and has <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no effect on fertility<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Five thoughts come immediately to mind: (1) <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Forget<\/span><\/em> its effect on <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fertility<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>(unless they have neither milkmen nor mailmen in China), we&#8217;d like <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mrs<\/span><\/em>. Wang&#8217;s observations on the <em>Iron Crotch<\/em>&#8216;s impact on <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">performance<\/span><\/em>; (2) The <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">initial<\/span><\/em> encounter <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">has<\/span><\/em> to be at least\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">somewhat<\/span><\/em>&#8230;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">uncomfortable<\/span><\/em>; (3) Any question\u00a0<em>Iron Crotch<\/em> training is part of the ChiComs&#8217; efforts to genetically engineer a super warrior?; (4)&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/171FURqSIQc?start=14&amp;end=21&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>And, (5) this story requires we pay homage to the memory of Iron Balls McGinty:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/itv0SoMFZ7E\" 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>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video of the Day<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qwIx4SOb--o\" 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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The shilling is truly shameless. In all seriousness, if Hunter&#8217;s the smartest man Joe Biden knows perhaps Kamala Harris IS a preferable President.\u00a0 But then, it&#8217;s been that way ever since Slick Willy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tales of The Darkside<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Courtesy of James Nichols, Oklahoma&#8217;s Jim Lankford hits the issue of voter fraud squarely on the head. Absent any consequences WHATSOEVER, this problem is here to stay, and it will ALWAYS benefit one party.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EXminByXWq4?start=302&amp;end=391&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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>On the Lighter Side<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Hodge Twins lend their usual politically-incorrect humor to another faux &#8220;first&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/giDmpAw05ps?start=108&amp;end=603&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><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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Monday, December 21st, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, in keeping with the spirit of this cartoon courtesy of the incomparable Stilton Jarlsberg, if America were an airline&#8230; &#8230;we&#8217;d be shorting the stock.\u00a0 For, as Red so eloquently observed in Platoon&#8230; \ufeff Though unlike John McGinley&#8217;s classic character, to mangle a phrase from the Bard, if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1988,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88478"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88591,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88478\/revisions\/88591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}