{"id":88593,"date":"2020-12-24T17:43:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T22:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=88593"},"modified":"2020-12-24T17:43:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T22:43:29","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-december-23rd-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=88593","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, a recent email from Balls Cotton brought to mind a Christmas story of a rather different variety.\u00a0 And therein hangs our tale:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UOqtn4DZerA?start=0&amp;end=17&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>A long time ago, at a Naval Air Station far, far away&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/siwpn14IE7E?start=0&amp;end=17&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;there existed the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Baranek-5a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88546\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Baranek-5a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Baranek-5a.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Baranek-5a-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;known around the world today as <em>Top Gun<\/em>.\u00a0 One December, in keeping with the best traditions of Naval Aviation at the time, the men of <em>Top Gun<\/em> hit upon the ideal format for commemorating their particular spirit of the Season, selecting a card which read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88533\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image001-1.jpg 302w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image001-1-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>But <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">like<\/span><\/em>\u00a0a box of chocolates, the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">surprise<\/span><\/em> was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>inside<\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88534\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image002.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image002-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Needless to say <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">everyone<\/span><\/em> up the chain of command&#8230;most especially a certain influential admiral&#8217;s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wife<\/span><\/em>&#8230;appreciated what every red-blooded Naval Aviator and NFO found <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hilariously<\/span><\/em> funny.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So endeth <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">this<\/span><\/em> Christmas story.\u00a0 And while no one&#8217;s career was <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">permanently<\/span><\/em>\u00a0impacted by the ensuing brouhaha, Heaven help anyone foolish enough to attempt such humor in our current climate poisoned by political-correctness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We lead off the mid-week edition with two items well worth that\u00a0most precious commodity: your time.\u00a0 First, in yet another <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">absolutely must-read offering<\/span><\/em> at\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em>, the great Victor Davis Hanson asks and answers&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header article-header--full\" data-component=\"articleHeader\">\n<div class=\"article-header__inner\">\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/12\/where-did-the-new-mad-left-come-from\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Where Did the New Mad Left Come From<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">?<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"article-header__subtitle\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/12\/where-did-the-new-mad-left-come-from\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Utopianism is age-old, as are its tragic consequences \u2014 and we haven\u2019t seen the worst yet<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/police-protest-nyc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/police-protest-nyc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/police-protest-nyc.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/police-protest-nyc-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Second, echoing Rand Paul&#8217;s recent speech of the floor of the Senate which is featured as our <em>Video of the Day<\/em>, accessible through link #2 immediately beneath our <em>Quote of the Day<\/em> at the top of the page, courtesy of\u00a0<em>Townhall.com<\/em>&#8216;s Cortney O&#8217;Brien&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/cortneyobrien\/2020\/12\/22\/sen-rick-scott-explains-his-no-vote-on-covid-relief-n2581965\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sen. Rick Scott Explains His &#8216;No&#8217; Vote on COVID Relief<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-1-11.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-1-11.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-1-11.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-1-11-300x156.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, as <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jim Freeman suggests at Best of the Web<\/span><\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>despite his own vaccination experience, Mr. Biden is still talking as if there\u2019s a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">huge<\/span><\/em> problem <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he<\/span><\/em> will be called upon to solve.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">According to\u00a0a Bloomberg report on <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Washington\u2019s latest massive goring of taxpayers<\/span><\/em>, Mr. Biden seems to think there\u2019s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">much more<\/span><\/em> Covid spending <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to come<\/span><\/em>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Biden on Sunday said he applauds Congress\u2019s bipartisan agreement, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but he described the package as providing \u201ctemporary relief<\/span>.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">\u201cThis action in the lame duck session is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">just the beginning<\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Our work<\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">far from over<\/span>,\u201d Biden said in a statement including other actions his administration plans to take.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(<em>You know, &#8216;cuz<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fuxrL8KmtNU?start=4&amp;end=6&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><em>\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Immediately<\/span>, starting in the new year, Congress will need to get to work on support for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">our<\/span> COVID-19 plan, for support to struggling families, and investments in jobs and economic recovery.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The economy is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">awash<\/span><\/em> in money; politicians just need to let people <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">use it<\/span><\/em>.<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Americans suffering economically<\/span><\/em> are <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">suffering from shutdowns<\/span><\/em>, which <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">never worked as intended<\/span><\/em>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">inflicted enormous collateral damage<\/span><\/em> and are <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">now becoming untenable with the arrival of vaccines<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Washington\u2019s work is over<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And for those interested, writing at <em>NRO<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/12\/why-trumps-election-fraud-lawsuits-flopped\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20201221&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">John Fund presents an excellent analysis of why Trump&#8217;s election lawsuits failed<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, concluding:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Abuses, incompetence, and, yes, alleged fraud made the 2020 election suspect.<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"> Too bad Trump <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">exaggerated<\/span><\/em> his claims, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">failed to address<\/span><\/em> some of the election\u2019s ticking time bombs in court\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>before<\/em><\/span>\u00a0the election, and took on lawyers <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">unsuited to the task<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Those<\/span><\/em> errors, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">plus<\/span><\/em> the fact that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the media and courts often didn\u2019t do their jobs<\/span><\/em>, doomed his effort.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Since Fund raised the subject of a media not doing its job, courtesy of\u00a0<em>The Hill<\/em>\u00a0via James Nichols, Joe Concha details how, in keeping with its non-coverage of the Biden family corruption scandal&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/national-security\/530640-for-ny-times-no-news-is-fit-to-print-about-rep-swalwell-and-a-spy\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">For The NY Times, no news is fit to print about Rep. Swalwell and a spy<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88538\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-21.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-21-300x285.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>If you&#8217;re a New York Times subscriber who also watches the broadcast network evening news and considers that your news diet, there&#8217;s a very good chance you\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/new-york-times-eric-swalwell-chinese-spy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">haven&#8217;t heard<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0about Rep.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Eric Swalwell<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(D-Calif.) and his ties to an accused Chinese spy a few years ago.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">To review why this is absolutely worthy of coverage, Swalwell\u2019s interaction with the alleged spy known as Fang Fang included,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/china-spy-california-politicians-9d2dfb99-f839-4e00-8bd8-59dec0daf589.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">according to Axios<\/a><\/em><\/span>, Fang placing an intern in Swalwell&#8217;s office and helping to fundraise for his 2014 reelection campaign.<\/span> In 2015, the FBI provided Swalwell a &#8220;defensive briefing&#8221; to warn him of the threat she appeared to pose.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>So, the first obvious question is this: Given <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how easily<\/span><\/em> Swalwell was duped, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">why<\/span><\/em> did House Speaker\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Nancy Pelosi<\/span>\u00a0(D-Calif.) <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">shortly thereafter<\/span><\/em> place him on the House Intelligence Committee, which <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">oversees the CIA<\/span><\/em> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>therefore has access to the highest level of sensitive, classified\u00a0information<\/em><\/span>?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>The New York Times <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">doesn&#8217;t seem to care<\/span><\/em> about getting an answer to that question.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Of the biases we see in major media, the sin of omission is one that seems to occur\u00a0only when the protagonist\u00a0of a major story has a (D) next to his or her name.<\/span> So, when the New York Times, which has a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">whopping 7 million subscribers<\/span><\/em> and is considered the country&#8217;s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">most influential publication<\/span><\/em>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">doesn&#8217;t see<\/span><\/em> the Swalwell story <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">as a story at all<\/span><\/em>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">it tells you just as much about its moral compass as it does its editorial decisions<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ain&#8217;t much<\/span><\/em> in either\u00a0instance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, some disappointing but unsurprising news, as the\u00a0<em>WSJ<\/em>\u00a0relates&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/barr-says-he-won-t-appoint-special-counsel-to-probe-hunter-biden-vote-fraud-11608567231?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Barr Won&#8217;t Appoint Special Counsel to Probe Hunter Biden, Vote Fraud<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/barr-says-he-won-t-appoint-special-counsel-to-probe-hunter-biden-vote-fraud-11608567231?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Attorney general says he believes the investigation into President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s son is \u2018being handled responsibly and professionally<\/span><\/a>\u2019<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r78rl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88551\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r78rl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r78rl.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r78rl-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seriously?!?\u00a0 Even <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">were<\/span><\/em>\u00a0any probes into the Biden family&#8217;s corruption &#8220;being handled responsibly and professionally&#8221; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">today<\/span><\/em>, Barr certainly understands said handling would continue only until January 20th, when any <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">further<\/span><\/em> investigations&#8230;be they responsible, professional or of the Russia-collusion style&#8230;will be quietly and permanently terminated, and Hunter will walk.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then again, assuming he&#8217;s not somehow setting up the appointment of a special counsel by his short-term successor, Barr&#8217;s decision is in keeping with the treatment afforded <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">every other Biden<\/span><\/em>, as this item from the <em>New York Post<\/em> details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"postid-16844283\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/12\/19\/caroline-biden-gets-no-jail-time-after-dui-guilty-plea\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Joe Biden\u2019s niece Caroline gets no jail time after DUI guilty plea<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r796g.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88552\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r796g.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r796g.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r796g-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The walk-free plea continues a long Biden family tradition of avoiding jail time.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/07\/11\/joe-bidens-family-has-a-long-rap-sheet\/\">A Post investigation in July<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">found <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at least eight other<\/span><\/em> busts of Bidens resulted in wrist slaps<\/span><\/strong>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For those interested, the <em>Post<\/em> also offers this <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/article\/hunter-biden-china-timeline-business-ties\/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&amp;utm_medium=site%20buttons&amp;utm_campaign=site%20buttons\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">timeline of Hunter&#8217;s China contacts<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning now to our continuing coverage of what\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we<\/span><\/em> believe has become the Wuhan virus &#8220;casedemic&#8221;, courtesy of\u00a0<em>Stilton&#8217;s Place<\/em>, the incomparable Mr. Jarlsberg highlights the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/stiltonsplace.blogspot.com\/2020\/12\/no-escape-claus.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">No Escape Clause<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/No-Escape-Claus-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/No-Escape-Claus-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/No-Escape-Claus-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/No-Escape-Claus-1-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>A Christmas crisis has been averted thanks to Dr. Anthony Fauci, who bravely flew all the way to the North Pole to\u00a0<i>personally<\/i>\u00a0vaccinate Santa Claus after having the jolly old elf sign a few liability forms waiving legal recourse if things went sideways.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fauci disclosed this exciting adventure during<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2020\/12\/19\/fauci-says-santa-visit-safely-i-vaccinated-santa-claus-myself\/3973020001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a special CNN\/Sesame Street town hall broadcast<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">meant to reassure the nation&#8217;s children that Santa would not be a superspreader on Christmas Eve, sliding down chimneys and coughing on everything while dropping off presents which might as well be labeled &#8220;you&#8217;ll be dead by New Year&#8217;s.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>CNN clearly picked the right man for the broadcast, as Dr. Fauci has <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a\u00a0lot<\/span><\/em>\u00a0of experience <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">spinning fantastic tales and trying to pass them off as true<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Who can forget his whimsical assertion that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">surgical masks are dangerous for the general public<\/span><\/em>?<\/span> Or that China was &#8220;transparent&#8221; and a big, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">big<\/span><\/em> help in fighting Covid-19?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Other wink-wink-nudge-nudge storytime favorites from the Fauci canon include his assertion that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hydroxychloroquine is ineffective<\/span><\/em> in the early-stage treatment of the virus, and is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>super-duper dangerous besides<\/em><\/span>. <\/span>And that SARS-CoV-2 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">just popped up naturally<\/span><\/em> and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><i>didn&#8217;t<\/i><\/span>\u00a0come from Satan&#8217;s workshop in Wuhan, China. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Or his imaginative fable that the hastily approved (and wildly profitable) drug Remdesivir does<i>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any damn thing at all<\/span>!<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">As always<\/span><\/em>, Fauci&#8217;s fables are designed <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to make himself<\/span><\/em> the hero of the story. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Of course, if he just told kids that &#8220;Santa doesn&#8217;t get sick like people do,&#8221; he wouldn&#8217;t have been able to talk about his trip to the North Pole&#8230;and the magic horse he rode in on.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>We share Stilton&#8217;s low opinion of Dr. Faux Chi, a self-serving charlatan for whom we hold nothing but&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xaVD3iBz7CU?start=164&amp;end=171&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>Speaking of self-serving government officials we&#8217;d suggest perform an unnatural act on themselves&#8230;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span><\/em> the horse they rode in on&#8230;as you&#8217;ve likely learned, the <em>New York Post<\/em>\u00a0also recently informed us&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"postid-16868185\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/12\/20\/birx-went-to-florida-on-thanksgiving-despite-her-travel-warnings\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\">Dr. Birx went to Delaware with family on Thanksgiving despite her travel warnings<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r6v1m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88531\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r6v1m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r6v1m.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4r6v1m-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Dr. Deborah Birx traveled with family out of state over Thanksgiving weekend \u2014 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">disregarding her own advice to stay home and not gather during the holidays<\/span><\/em>, according to a report.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">White House coronavirus response coordinator<\/span><\/em>\u00a0was joined by <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">three different generations of family<\/span><\/em> at one of her vacation properties on Fenwick Island in Delaware on Nov. 27, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">just one day after the Thanksgiving holiday<\/span><\/em>,\u00a0the Associated Press reported.<\/span>\u00a0The group \u2014 which included her husband Paige Reffe, a daughter, son-in-law and two young grandchildren\u00a0\u2014 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">were from two separate households<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Birx \u2014 who has a home in Washington D.C. and another in Potomac, Maryland \u2014 defended the trip saying that she needed to take care of winterizing the property before a potential sale.<\/span> \u201cI <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">did not<\/span><\/em> go to Delaware for the purpose of celebrating Thanksgiving,\u201d\u00a0Birx said in a statement. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">She argued the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">members of the trip belong to her \u201cimmediate household<\/span><\/em>,\u201d though acknowledged that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they live in separate homes<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JFvujknrBuE?start=3\" 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=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Birx had urged people in the days leading up to Thanksgiving to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">keep gatherings to \u201cyour immediate household<\/span><\/em>.\u201d <span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I\u00a0don\u2019t like it<\/span><\/em> to be <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any<\/span><\/em> number,\u201d Birx\u00a0said on CNN\u2019s \u201cNew Day.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0\u201cBecause you\u00a0know, if you say it can be <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ten<\/span><\/em>,\u00a0and it\u2019s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">eight<\/span><\/em> people from <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">four\u00a0different families<\/span><\/em>, then that\u00a0probably is not the same degree\u00a0of safe as <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ten<\/span><\/em> people from your\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">immediate household<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Birx said that at the time that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">every<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> American<\/span><\/em> is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">obligated to make sacrifices<\/span><\/em> to stop the spread of the virus<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You get the picture:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3eYPSmHUkzU?start=52&amp;end=54&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>Just not by those in positions of power and influence&#8230;like\u00a0Dr. Birx&#8230;or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/mask-mischief-11595625179\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dr. Faux Chi<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pelosi-san-francisco-hair-salon-owner-calls-it-slap-in-the-face\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the Speaker of the House<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;the governors of <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/politics\/2020\/11\/newsom-dinner-california-medical-lobby-french-laundry-pandemic\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">California<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoaklandpress.com\/news\/gretchen-whitmers-husband-pleaded-to-get-boat-in-water\/article_4f7c48b0-9f7d-11ea-b46a-97cd4bed6eae.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Michigan<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/coronavirus\/ct-coronavirus-pritzker-family-whereabouts-20200515-rx5qkabrabg67j3dfkllbowntu-story.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Illinois<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;the mayors of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/philadelphia\/jim-kenney-indoor-dining-photo-maryland-philadelphia-mayor-coronavirus-20200831.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Philadelphia<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/heatherknight\/article\/S-F-Mayor-London-Breed-had-her-own-French-15767506.php\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">San Francisco<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/news\/coronavirus\/im-out-in-the-public-eye-mayor-lightfoot-gets-haircut-amid-social-distancing-orders\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Chicago<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/12\/02\/austin-mayor-threatens-residents-with-lockdown-while-vacationing-in-cabo\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Austin<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;not to mention the mentally-handicapped, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-unmasked-11598028791\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">future President<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span><\/em> a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/21\/chris-cuomo-scolded-for-not-wearing-a-mask-in-his-apartment-building\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">current cable television personality<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;just to name <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a few<\/span><\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-1-9.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88536\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-1-9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"323\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-1-9.jpeg 323w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-1-9-231x300.jpeg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/holiday-travel-will-happen\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20201221&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Jim Geraghty noted at his Morning Jolt<\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>If you will be traveling to see loved ones this week for Christmas, and anyone suspiciously asks what you\u2019re doing or where you\u2019re going, just answer, \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I\u2019m going to winterize one of my properties<\/span><\/em> before I sell it. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">My family will be joining me for a meal while I\u2019m there<\/span><\/em>, and we will be there for <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">50 hours or so<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subsequent to this story breaking, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/dr-birx-announces-she-will-retire-after-holiday-travel-controversy\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=22463032\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NRO has confirmed Birx will be stepping down<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, &#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">citing <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the criticism<\/span><\/em> she received over the weekend for\u00a0traveling\u00a0to visit her relatives over the holidays, violating <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">her own<\/span><\/em> coronavirus guidelines.<\/span>&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Just so you understand, she&#8217;s NOT resigning because of <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what she did<\/span><\/em>, only because the violation of her own guidelines <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">was criticized<\/span><\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So here&#8217;s the inevitable question <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">inquiring minds<\/span><\/em> are asking: if the threat posed by the Wuhan virus is as serious as Birx and the other hypocrites mentioned above would have us believe, would they\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really<\/span><\/em> risk their own lives <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span><\/em> the lives of their families by ignoring restrictions they&#8217;ve mandated for others?!?\u00a0 We for one <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>think not<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88584\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-14.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-14-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/afb122120dAPR20201221054504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88554\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/afb122120dAPR20201221054504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/afb122120dAPR20201221054504.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/afb122120dAPR20201221054504-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88567\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-22.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-22.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/aaa-22-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MC_NotAgain_web20201221064013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MC_NotAgain_web20201221064013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MC_NotAgain_web20201221064013.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MC_NotAgain_web20201221064013-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ccc-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88585\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ccc-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ccc-8.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ccc-8-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-12-21-20-at-9.28-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88556\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-12-21-20-at-9.28-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-12-21-20-at-9.28-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Image-12-21-20-at-9.28-AM-300x271.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\/image000000-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000000-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000000-3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000000-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000000-3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000004-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88577\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000004-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000004-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000004-1-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000005-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88578\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000005-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000005-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000005-2-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88579\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-13.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-13-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bbb-13-300x298.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88580\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000009.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image000009-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with one from Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hickey-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88527\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hickey-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hickey-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/hickey-2-258x300.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and two more from Brendan Clark:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/brendanclark-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88581\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/brendanclark-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/brendanclark-copy.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/brendanclark-copy-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/brendanclark2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88583\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/brendanclark2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/brendanclark2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/brendanclark2-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>News of the Politically Correct<\/em><\/span>, courtesy today of Virginia&#8217;s Governor Blackface, who ordered the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/robert-e-lee-statue-removed-from-capitol\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=22450790\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Robert E. Lee Statue Removed from U.S. Capitol Building<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-1-10.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88549\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-1-10.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-1-10.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/download-1-10-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Were Governor Blackface <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">truly<\/span><\/em>\u00a0committed to taking important steps forward for the Commonwealth and the country, he&#8217;d resign from office.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Video of the Day<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Though we may not always agree with him, Rand Paul is squarely on target this time! The entire 10-minute video is well worth watching, and can be accessed here: https:\/\/youtu.be\/ziRh3ghjfZ0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ziRh3ghjfZ0?start=386&amp;end=&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Tales of The Darkside<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Admiral Brett Giroir, MD, provides a response the MSDNC shill wasn&#8217;t quite expecting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MRC TV video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/embed\/556400\" 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><strong>Whatever color flight suits this Hawkeye&#8217;s aircrew were wearing prior to this pass, they were all brown when it was over. Witness why carrier aviators always cob the power as soon as their wheels touch the deck.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r-EHwYOfY94?start=16\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020&#8230;but before we begin, a recent email from Balls Cotton brought to mind a Christmas story of a rather different variety.\u00a0 And therein hangs our tale: A long time ago, at a Naval Air Station far, far away&#8230; &#8230;there existed the&#8230; &#8230;known around the world today as Top Gun.\u00a0 One December, [&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-88593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88593","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=88593"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88663,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88593\/revisions\/88663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}