{"id":88956,"date":"2021-01-05T17:23:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T22:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=88956"},"modified":"2021-01-05T17:24:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T22:24:42","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-january-4th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=88956","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, January 4th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, January 4th, 2021&#8230;but before we begin, we&#8217;d appreciate you joining us in prayer for our good friend Doug Trogdon who&#8217;ll be undergoing cancer surgery this morning: skill and guidance for the surgeons, healing for Doug.\u00a0 He&#8217;s already licked it once, but it&#8217;s returned in a more serious form requiring a 7-1\/2 hour procedure, and he can use every bit of divine assistance which can be brought to bear.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We lead off the first full week of January 2021 with the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><em>MSM bias&#8230;WHAT bias?!?<\/em><\/span> segment, as, in a forward from James Nichols, we learn how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/new-york-times-falls-for-bizarre-trump-conspiracy-theory-quietly-scrubs-from-site\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #666699; text-decoration: underline;\">The\u00a0<i>New York Times<\/i>\u00a0falls for bizarre Trump conspiracy theory, quietly scrubs from site<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/c00d436c-3f2f-4adc-a0b6-63d6ab469eea.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88892 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/c00d436c-3f2f-4adc-a0b6-63d6ab469eea.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/c00d436c-3f2f-4adc-a0b6-63d6ab469eea.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/c00d436c-3f2f-4adc-a0b6-63d6ab469eea-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">It should not be this easy for a conspiracy theory to make its way into the pages of the most powerful newspaper in the United States.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Yet <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">it is<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">The\u00a0<i>New York Times\u00a0<\/i>this week promoted <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a deranged, easily debunked rumor<\/span><\/em> that President Trump\u2019s Oct. 8<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1314252606110412806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video address to senior citizens<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">was shot inside a studio and\u00a0digitally manipulated<\/span><\/em>\u00a0to make it appear as if it was recorded on the White House lawn.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The paper <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">then<\/span><\/em>\u00a0stealth-edited the article <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to remove its initial attempt to legitimize\u00a0this bizarre rumor<\/span><\/em>. <\/span><span style=\"color: #666699;\">There is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no<\/span><\/em> editor\u2019s note <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">explaining<\/span><\/em> the changes.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">And don\u2019t hold your breath waiting for an apology or even a concession from the\u00a0<i>New York Times<\/i>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #666699;\">In fact, the way things are going over there,\u00a0the since-amended report will <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">probably<\/span><\/em>\u00a0win\u00a0a Pulitzer Prize.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The White House released Trump\u2019s address to senior citizens at 1:13 pm on Oct. 8.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Political commentators, including MSNBC\u2019s Chris Hayes, and other assorted anti-Trump \u201cresistance\u201d types, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">immediately<\/span><\/em> pounced, claiming the footage <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">obviously<\/span><\/em> was shot in front of a green screen.<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> The White House, their conspiracy theory-mongering suggested, is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">trying<\/span><\/em> to make Trump, who was diagnosed last week with COVID-19, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">appear<\/span><\/em> healthier and peppier than he really <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>But Trump <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">clearly appeared in-person<\/span><\/em> on the White House lawn, said multiple individuals with knowledge of audio and video editing<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The truth being evidenced by <em>The Times<\/em> deep-sixing its initial report with no explanation.\u00a0 This comes as no surprise considering the way the MSM <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lauded<\/span><\/em> any and every aspect of Groper Joe&#8217;s behavior&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JCe_zAgdmxs?start=1288&amp;end=1560&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>&#8230;and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">criticized<\/span><\/em> anything The Donald did&#8230;n<\/strong><strong>otwithstanding the fact, as Stilton Jarlsberg recorded&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4sblvo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88896\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4sblvo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4sblvo.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4sblvo-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Trump <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">was<\/span><\/em> often his own worst enemy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, courtesy of the Claremont Institute&#8217;s <em>American Mind<\/em>\u00a0via Speed Mach, Peachy Keenan not only suggests the winners for a number of appropriate 2020 awards, but some&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"tam__single-header\">\n<div class=\"tam__single-header-inner\">\n<div class=\"tam__single-header-title\">\n<h1 class=\"bell-name-num\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/americanmind.org\/salvo\/new-years-revolutions\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">New Year\u2019s Revolutions<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"bell-name-num\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u2018<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/americanmind.org\/salvo\/new-years-revolutions\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tis not too late to seek a newer world<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/c79ad177366b157ceb40c3827986cd4e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88902\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/c79ad177366b157ceb40c3827986cd4e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/c79ad177366b157ceb40c3827986cd4e.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/c79ad177366b157ceb40c3827986cd4e-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Say Hello to My Little Friends<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">My <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">74 million new friends<\/span><\/em>, that is.<\/span> They <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can\u2019t<\/span><\/em> kill or cancel us all, but they\u2019ll <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">try<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Make no mistake<\/span><\/em>, if <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they could<\/span><\/em> press a button and vaporize us to the last breeding pair, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they would not hesitate<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> In my former corporate stooge day jobs, many a normie lib would confide their wish that flyover people would \u201cjust die already.\u201d<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> This is commonly discussed at their homes; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you know<\/span><\/em>, the houses with the \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">We believe in kindness\u201d signs on the lawns<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> They <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>absolutely hate you<\/em><\/span> and do not want your unity, only your terrified silence. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But our massive size is our strength.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>They\u2019re gonna need a bigger virus<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>And Now, Some Awards<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>It wouldn\u2019t be an end-of-the-year article without awards. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Here are just a few, just for fun<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fun they <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">are<\/span><\/em>, and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">well worth<\/span><\/em> your time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In two related items, <em>Townhall.com<\/em>&#8216;s Scott Morefield recounts&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/scottmorefield\/2021\/01\/01\/a-year-of-lies-the-top-seven-myths-of-2020-n2582424\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A Year Of Lies: The Top Seven Myths Of 2020<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/download-1-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88943\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/download-1-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/download-1-2.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/download-1-2-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;while, courtesy of Windi Grimes, <em>The Babylon Bee<\/em>\u00a0offers its&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/the-babylon-bees-predictions-for-2021\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ffcc00; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #666699; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">Predictions For 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/article-7686-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88941\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/article-7686-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/article-7686-2.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/article-7686-2-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>It&#8217;s official: 2020 was the worst year ever, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">except<\/span><\/em> for almost all the other years in human\u00a0history! <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Will 2021 be a better year?<\/span> Take a look at the Babylon Bee&#8217;s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">official<\/span><\/em> list of infallible predictions for next year and decide for yourself!<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning from the infallible to all-too imperfect, as all those he&#8217;s offered to date have only highlighted his own incompetence,\u00a0<em>Best of the Web<\/em>&#8216;s Jim Freeman recommends Fredo&#8217;s older brother Sonny&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/cuomo-needs-a-new-excuse-11609449491?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Cuomo Needs A New Excuse<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/cuomo-needs-a-new-excuse-11609449491?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">The governor cited population density among the reasons for New York\u2019s Covid struggles. How will he explain a slow vaccine rollout<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/download-1-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88875\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/download-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/download-1-1.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/download-1-1-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Politicians and media pundits have often blamed the population\u00a0density\u00a0of New York City for the country\u2019s highest per capita Covid death tolls in New Jersey and New York. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Now they need to explain the slow pace of vaccinations.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Around two out of every thousand people in New York and New Jersey have died with Covid this year, roughly double the rate in Florida and Texas. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">By placing <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">strict limits on individual liberty<\/span><\/em> while <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">also failing to prioritize the protection of the elderly<\/span><\/em>, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D.) has achieved the ignominy of presiding over <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>both<\/em><\/span> the highest per capita Covid death rate <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span><\/em> the\u00a0nation\u2019s highest unemployment rate.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>It\u2019s a remarkable occurrence that New Jersey joblessness exceeds even the pain in states like Hawaii and Nevada which rely heavily on the hospitality and travel industries. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">New Jersey\u2019s unemployment rate is also much higher than Florida\u2019s.<\/span> Across the Hudson River from the Garden State, New York\u2019s grim stats have been <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">almost as awful<\/span><\/em> as New Jersey\u2019s. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Maybe it\u2019s all about the highly populated metro area.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>One might assume that population density would be <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more help than hindrance<\/span><\/em> in a vaccination campaign, but\u00a0according to data\u00a0from the federal Centers for Disease Control, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">New Jersey and New York have barely been able to climb to the level of mediocrity<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The vaccination effort has only recently begun and perhaps reporting lags around the holidays are obscuring the full story.<\/span> But so far the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">national leader<\/span><\/em> in administering Covid vaccinations is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">West Virginia<\/span><\/em>. Perhaps Mr. Murphy and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D.) can learn from the Mountain State example.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>WAJR radio\u00a0reports\u00a0from Morgantown:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>Officials now say the first round of the two-part COVID-19 vaccine has been administered at all 214 nursing homes and long term care facilities.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Director of Professional Regulatory Affairs for the West Virginia Pharmacy Board and associate professor of pharmacy at WVU, Krista Capehart coordinated the effort.<\/span> On MetroNews Talkline Capehart said it was a monumental effort, but one the medical community in the state was prepared to execute.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>\u201cIt\u2019s been a tremendous effort- team work, setting up the infrastructure and the framework to be able to do this,\u201d West Virginia really is a close knit community.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>Under the West Virginia model, the two week wait period following authorization was used to energize and prepare the network of people to get the job done before <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">some<\/span> states have even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">started<\/span> the process.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Bluefield Daily Telegraph has <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more good news<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> \u201cOn Jan. 19, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all<\/span><\/em> elementary and middle school students <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can return to school five days a week<\/span><\/em>,\u201d\u00a0reports\u00a0Charles Boothe, who reports on a press conference held by Gov. Jim Justice (R., W.Va.):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>\u201cWe have got to get our kids back in school,\u201d he said, adding that students are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">safer in schools<\/span> because COVID transmission rates are extremely low among students, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">especially<\/span> those under 15 years old.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>Justice said virtual learning has been tried and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">does not work<\/span>&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cThe research shows it is safe to restore the in-person learning model for parents that chose this option for the children,\u201d [State Superintendent of Schools Clayton] Burch said.<\/span> \u201cWe also know students are suffering because of the lack of in-person instruction&#8230;student social and emotional well-being has suffered, and one-third of our students have received failing grades in at least one core subject area. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">We simply have to get our students back in school, in-person\u2026There is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no substitute<\/span> for engaging students <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in person<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>When key mitigation strategies are followed, it is safe for them to be in school, he added, and much more is now known about the virus than when the pandemic began.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>Burch said Justice understands that the school safety data is \u201cundeniable,\u201d referring to studies in the nation as well as in other countries.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Compared with New Jersey and New York, the governance of West Virginia seems almost like heaven.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Proof that a store-bought smile doesn&#8217;t convey effectiveness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of Socialist hypocrisy and ineptitude&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/chicago-teachers-union-sarah-chambers-teacher-ctu\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Chicago Teachers Union leader under fire for pushing remote schooling while vacationing in Caribbean<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88881\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guess where scientists say you&#8217;re <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">even safer<\/span><\/em>, Sarah?\u00a0 In a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">classroom<\/span><\/em>&#8230;around <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">children<\/span><\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving from children to the child-like,\u00a0<em>FOX News<\/em>\u00a0informs us the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/minneapolis-prosecutors-george-floyd-trial-involving-ex-officers-seek-postponement-citing-covid-19\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Minneapolis prosecutors in George Floyd trial seek delay, citing coronavirus<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/yeahright.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88884\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/yeahright.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/yeahright.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/yeahright-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>More likely it&#8217;s a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">complete lack of evidence<\/span><\/em>, and they need more time to come up with a narrative&#8230;or &#8220;event&#8221;&#8230;to absolve themselves <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span><\/em> George Floyd of any responsibility for this manufactured fiasco.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>EnvironMental Moment<\/em><\/span>, courtesy today of Ed Hickey and <em>Real Clear Energy<\/em>, third-generation auto dealer Jeff Pohanka highlights&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearenergy.org\/articles\/2020\/12\/29\/electric_vehicles_and_their_drawbacks_654808.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008000;\">Electric Vehicles and Their Drawbacks<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4sfye7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88935\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4sfye7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4sfye7.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4sfye7-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>EVs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB10001424127887324128504578346913994914472\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">start<\/span><\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <em>their lives with a larger carbon footprint than gasoline vehicles<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Another question is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how<\/span><\/em> these batteries will be charged, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">since electricity mostly comes from non-renewable energy sources such as coal, natural gas, and nuclear energy<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Some speculate that EV costs will decline with mass production, and that battery-charging times will be reduced with newer technologies. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">If this <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">does not<\/span><\/em> occur, then affordability, lack of range, and charging times will be major handicaps.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Besides the extra cost to purchase an EV and the larger carbon footprint, the greatest drawback by far will be <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what to do with all those hours spent waiting while one\u2019s car is charging<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Given the wait times Mr. Pohanka&#8217;s experienced, we&#8217;d recommend some light reading&#8230;like <em>War and Peace<\/em>!<\/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\/2021\/01\/293882_image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88947\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/293882_image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/293882_image.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/293882_image-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88948\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb-300x238.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88949\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-2-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/293893_image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88950\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/293893_image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/293893_image.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/293893_image-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ccc.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88951\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ccc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ccc.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ccc-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_1770.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88879\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_1770.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_1770.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_1770-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88904\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-1-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/expertcreddead2webcr-1-1-21_orig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88876\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/expertcreddead2webcr-1-1-21_orig.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/expertcreddead2webcr-1-1-21_orig.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/expertcreddead2webcr-1-1-21_orig-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-1-21-at-11.50-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88877\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-1-21-at-11.50-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-1-21-at-11.50-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-1-21-at-11.50-AM-300x194.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these two from our eldest son Jon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/jon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88899\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/jon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/jon.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/jon-155x300.png 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/135291837_10100575448274498_6782566828678832741_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88929\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/135291837_10100575448274498_6782566828678832741_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/135291837_10100575448274498_6782566828678832741_o.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/135291837_10100575448274498_6782566828678832741_o-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with this string of humor from Breeze Gould&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/C00E9D6E233C4545803E6EBA5EE2C423.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88924\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/C00E9D6E233C4545803E6EBA5EE2C423.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/C00E9D6E233C4545803E6EBA5EE2C423.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/C00E9D6E233C4545803E6EBA5EE2C423-300x290.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/49571F6D268D4E66AB38A1107BF88AC0.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88923\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/49571F6D268D4E66AB38A1107BF88AC0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/49571F6D268D4E66AB38A1107BF88AC0.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/49571F6D268D4E66AB38A1107BF88AC0-300x294.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/FCA16D4D4B3D4531AADA788F6DA6FDDB.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/FCA16D4D4B3D4531AADA788F6DA6FDDB.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/FCA16D4D4B3D4531AADA788F6DA6FDDB.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/FCA16D4D4B3D4531AADA788F6DA6FDDB-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/FCA16D4D4B3D4531AADA788F6DA6FDDB-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/E2C5D73BB76348299CF4F2FC86DAEF30.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88925\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/E2C5D73BB76348299CF4F2FC86DAEF30.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/E2C5D73BB76348299CF4F2FC86DAEF30.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/E2C5D73BB76348299CF4F2FC86DAEF30-270x300.png 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/FAC9C68EBD0B4996A506C89492EFAE0D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88926\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/FAC9C68EBD0B4996A506C89492EFAE0D.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/FAC9C68EBD0B4996A506C89492EFAE0D.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/FAC9C68EBD0B4996A506C89492EFAE0D-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/F9C609B39751462A8FCF923C6F6CAFBC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88927\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/F9C609B39751462A8FCF923C6F6CAFBC.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/F9C609B39751462A8FCF923C6F6CAFBC.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/F9C609B39751462A8FCF923C6F6CAFBC-300x297.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;as well as this single from Speed Mach:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Resized_IMG_9820.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88931\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Resized_IMG_9820.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Resized_IMG_9820.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Resized_IMG_9820-267x300.jpeg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with yet another sordid story straight from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, courtesy of a recently-deceased Minnesotan of Somalian descent:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/minneapolis-pd-body-cam-officer-shooting\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Minneapolis police release recordings of Dolal Idd shooting by police<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-headline speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/minneapolis-pd-body-cam-officer-shooting\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The shooting occurred during a traffic stop for a felony warrant<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gBTPdCtjBxY?start=43\" 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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>Fast-forward to the 43-second mark for the actual incident.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The Minneapolis Police Department on Thursday released\u00a0body camera footage of the\u00a0shooting\u00a0death of Dolal Idd, the first police killing since George Floyd died during an encounter with officers in May.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Idd&#8217;s father, Bayle Gelle, of Eden Prairie, identified his 23-year-old son as the man shot Wednesday evening at a gas station <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">during a traffic stop for a felony warrant<\/span><\/em>, the\u00a0Star Tribune\u00a0reported.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">witnesses reported\u00a0the Idd fired first<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">Body\u00a0camera footage from\u00a0one officer&#8217;s point of view <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">shows the driver of a white sedan\u00a0attempting to flee<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> The motorist collides\u00a0with a squad car as an officer points a weapon at the vehicle <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and screams, &#8220;Hands up, police<\/span><\/em>!&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Gelle told the newspaper his son was the motorist killed by police.<\/span> &#8220;The <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">police<\/span><\/em>, they are <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">brutality<\/span><\/em>,&#8221; he said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Online court records showed a string of minor traffic charges against Idd, a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">felony theft conviction in 2018<\/span><\/em> and a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">felony drug conviction in 2017<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The records also included a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>misdemeanor conviction in 2019 for carrying a pistol in a public place<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">The Star Tribune reported that charges in the case said Idd fired a gun in the basement shower of his parents&#8217; home in suburban Eden Prairie with two children sleeping nearby.\u00a0<\/span>Idd, a Somali-American, was <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">later arrested<\/span><\/em> with a handgun that had been <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reported stolen in North Dakota<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yes, but&#8230;&#8221;the police, they are brutality&#8221;.\u00a0 Sorry, pal:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0xHe1zkABYo?start=80&amp;end=83&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>Better yet, go back and sell it in Somalia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>The Video of the Day<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong>With their usual 20\/20 vision and irreverent brand of humor, the Hodge Twins call it as they see it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jglwoWCaOrA?start=115&amp;end=317&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>Tales of The Darkside<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>One honestly has to wonder why Ron Johnson would appear on Chuck Todd&#8217;s show: no one who supports him watches it, and he&#8217;s never going to change the views of those who do. Like Groper Joe, Chuck&#8217;s a really nice guy&#8230;as long as you don&#8217;t call him out for his lies and misrepresentations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MRC TV video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/embed\/556525\" 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>Courtesy of G. 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