{"id":89355,"date":"2021-01-17T19:34:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T00:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=89355"},"modified":"2021-01-17T19:34:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T00:34:46","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-january-15th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=89355","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, January 15th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, January 15th, 2021&#8230;but before we begin, Jamie Raskin was recently named one of the House impeachment managers, and we were curious as to what district he misrepresents.\u00a0 Meet Maryland&#8217;s 8th congressional district&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Maryland_US_Congressional_District_8_since_2013.tif.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89302\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Maryland_US_Congressional_District_8_since_2013.tif.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Maryland_US_Congressional_District_8_since_2013.tif.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Maryland_US_Congressional_District_8_since_2013.tif-300x144.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;gerrymandered to ensure the tyranny of the Socialist majority in a small fraction of the Montgomery County over the far more Conservative citizens in huge swaths of Carroll and Frederick Counties.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of Socialists, in his latest video, Ami Horowitz uncovers how they define &#8220;unity&#8221; and &#8220;compromise&#8221;.\u00a0 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Spoiler Alert<\/span><\/em>: it ain&#8217;t exactly right out of Webster&#8217;s&#8230;at least <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not yet<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GfVonCvvC04\" 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>We can&#8217;t remember where we found this quote, but it&#8217;s a dead-on, balls accurate explanation as to why we&#8217;re in a war with Progressives for our nation&#8217;s future:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dimocrats.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89306\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dimocrats.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dimocrats.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dimocrats-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item of Liberal lunacy featured at\u00a0<em>FOX News<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/nj-rep-sherrill-says-unidentified-congress-members-led-reconnaissance-tours-prior-to-capitol-attack\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">NJ Rep Mikie Sherrill says unidentified lawmakers led apparent &#8216;reconnaissance&#8217; tours prior to Capitol attack<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/f58cff6a792e2fef4464763ad6a64639-travel-images-indiana-jones.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/f58cff6a792e2fef4464763ad6a64639-travel-images-indiana-jones.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/f58cff6a792e2fef4464763ad6a64639-travel-images-indiana-jones.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/f58cff6a792e2fef4464763ad6a64639-travel-images-indiana-jones-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>&#8220;I also intend to see that those members of Congress who abetted him, those members of Congress who had groups coming through the capitol that I saw on Jan. 5 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">for reconnaissance for the next day<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #808000;\">Those members of Congress who incited the violent crowd.<\/span>\u00a0Those members of Congress that attempted to help our president undermine our democracy, I&#8217;m going see that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they&#8217;re held accountable<\/span><\/em>,&#8221; Sherrill\u00a0said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">The congresswoman <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">didn&#8217;t name<\/span><\/em> any of the lawmakers, or offer additional details into <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what qualified their actions to be &#8220;reconnaissance<\/span><\/em>.&#8221;<\/span> It&#8217;s not clear <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how<\/span><\/em> she determined that the &#8220;reconnaissance&#8221; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">was connected to the riots the following day<\/span><\/em>, according to Politico.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Her office did not immediately respond to an after-hours email from Fox News<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>No doubt the Congresswoman&#8217;s proof is about as damning as Adam Schiff&#8217;s non-existent evidence of Trump&#8217;s collusion with Russia.\u00a0 Then again, maybe it&#8217;s in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Mystery_of_Al_Capone%27s_Vaults\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Al Capone&#8217;s vault<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">very<\/span><\/em> disturbing development forwarded by Balls Cotton, as the\u00a0<em>The Hill<\/em>\u00a0informs us the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/533921-joint-chiefs-denounce-sedition-and-insurrection-of-capitol-attack\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #808000; text-decoration: underline;\">Joint Chiefs denounce &#8216;sedition and insurrection&#8217; of Capitol attack<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000000-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89313\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000000-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000000-2.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000000-2-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Even an addled American should recognize such a statement from our Military&#8217;s &#8220;leaders&#8221; is&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6MU7Ljz0EDE?start=8&amp;end=10&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;for as <em>White House Dossier <\/em>accurately observed, it&#8217;s in fact quite&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong><em>Unprecedented. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">We <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">already<\/span> have intelligence that is politicized.<\/span>\u00a0Politicized military is the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">last thing<\/span> America needs. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Defense\u00a0&#8220;<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>nomenklatura&#8217;\u00a0clearly are trying to make\u00a0sure that they remain &#8220;hirable&#8221; by the\u00a0Beltway Bandits, after they retire from their cushy\u00a0government jobs.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4tvnng.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89359\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4tvnng.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4tvnng.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4tvnng-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Funny, we can&#8217;t remember the JCS issuing a similar statement when, in no particular order, the Obama\/Biden Administration: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/billflax\/2012\/10\/18\/benghazi-four-americans-died-obama-lied-and-the-press-complied\/?sh=17e15086225c\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sacrificed four Americans in Benghazi (Tyrone Woods, Glen Doherty, Chris Stevens and Sean Smith) to maintain the illusion of a successful foreign policy immediately PRIOR TO to the 2012 election<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">promised the leader of one of America&#8217;s most implacable foes more flexibility AFTER said 2012 election<\/span><\/em><\/span>&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/fast-and-furious-gunman-sentenced-to-life-for-2010-killing-of-border-patrol-agent\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sold the gun to a Mexican drug cartel that killed Border Patrol agent Brian Terry<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-sent-cash-to-iran-as-americans-were-freed-1470181874\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>secretly sent pallets of cash to Iran<\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2016\/11\/14\/13577464\/obama-farewell-speech-torture-drones-nsa-surveillance-trump\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">executed Americans without benefit of trial or any due process<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/epochtimes.today\/attorney-general-says-new-strzok-notes-described-obama-white-house-meeting\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and engineered what amounted to an attempted coup against its duly-elected successor<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For that matter, we can&#8217;t recall them expressing the least amount of concern when a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">mob<\/span><\/em> outside the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">White House<\/span><\/em>, angered over a Black career criminal in Minneapolis offing himself with an overdose of fentanyl, grew <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">so<\/span><\/em> violent and threatening, for the first time in history\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/a2326518da6b25b4509bef1ec85f5d7f\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the Secret Service felt it necessary to move the President to an underground bunker normally reserved for a terrorist attack<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: Such a letter isn&#8217;t indicative of military leaders deserving of respect, but rather repugnant political animals worthy only of contempt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A couple other quick comments on the subject:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1) <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/congress\/three-critical-questions-about-capitol-siege-remain-unanswered\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Reports continue to percolate<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, including at <em>CNN<\/em>, suggesting those who attacked the Capitol pre-planned their assault, which would mean Trump <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">couldn&#8217;t possibly be responsible<\/span><\/em> for inciting them to violence.\u00a0 Add to that the fact &#8220;the official timeline of events constructed by the New York Times through videos shows\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/01\/12\/us\/capitol-mob-timeline.html\" class=\"broken_link\">protesters began breaching the perimeter of the Capitol a full 20 minutes before Trump finished his speech<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>&#8221; and it appears the latest charges levied against The Donald are as&#8230;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">trumped up<\/span><\/em>&#8230;as all the others.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2) A close friend who was on the mall between the White House and the Washington Monument said even given their proximity to Trump, they couldn&#8217;t understand a word he was saying.\u00a0 Which begs the question how anyone immediately in front of the Capitol could be incited to violence by the words of a speaker they could not possibly hear.\u00a0 And <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">please<\/span><\/em>, don&#8217;t tell us they were they all listening to Trump&#8217;s speech on their cell phones.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Though to be fair, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">as the Journal&#8217;s Kim Strassel notes<\/span><\/em><\/span>, the recent actions of Corporate America prove the Pentagon isn&#8217;t the only source of craven, profit-seeking, PC-inspired cowardice.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of political animals willing to sacrifice anyone or anything in their relentless pursuit of personal power and wealth, are we the only one&#8230;besides Balls Cotton and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shipwreckedcrew\/status\/1349836047912370176\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ShipWreckedCrew<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;who finds it more than curious, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">now<\/span><\/em>, in the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">midst<\/span><\/em> of the cold and flu season&#8230;not to mention the supposed <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">height<\/span><\/em> of the pandemic&#8230;it&#8217;s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">suddenly okay to dine indoors in New York and Chicago<\/span><\/em>?!?\u00a0 It <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can&#8217;t<\/span><\/em> have anything to do with Trump leaving office next Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">some more<\/span><\/em> of the juice: Cuomo, de Blasio and Lightfoot\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all<\/span><\/em>\u00a0deserve to be&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/run-out-of-town.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89364\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/run-out-of-town.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/run-out-of-town.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/run-out-of-town-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For those who&#8217;ve misplaced their spectacles, that&#8217;s tarred, feathered and run out of town on a rail!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, writing at\u00a0<em>City Journal<\/em>, William Voegeli offers an honest assessment&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/about-whataboutism-and-political-hypocrisy\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">About \u201cWhataboutism<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201d<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/about-whataboutism-and-political-hypocrisy\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"subtitle\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">When turnabout is never fair play<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/nancy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89339\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/nancy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/nancy.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/nancy-300x85.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Many things are complicated\u2014but not everything. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">If<\/span><\/em> you condemned the Antifa\/Black Lives Matter violence that took place around the country in 2020, as all conservatives did, then you <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">must<\/span><\/em> condemn the Trumpist <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">riot<\/span><\/em> at the U.S. Capitol in 2021.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Period<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Suppose, however, you spent last summer applauding the riots, or dissembling about them, or dismissing them.<\/span> In that case, to deplore last week\u2019s violence credibly is not so simple. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">If you demand that your political adversaries adhere to a principle, but exempt people whose cause you endorse from having to comply, then that preference you enjoy boasting about is not really a principle.<\/span> It is not a standard of conduct applicable to all, in other words, but just another rhetorical device used for political combat.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">If you\u2019re Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, for example, a question in July about mobs toppling statues in public spaces\u00a0elicited\u00a0not a denunciation but a koan: \u201cPeople will do what they do.\u201d<\/span> Indeed, people will do what they do. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Some people, for example, will break into the Capitol and occupy the Speaker\u2019s office.<\/span> But limiting oneself to the serene observation that this is what they do would constitute a grave failure to repudiate an offense against law, order, and democracy.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Nikole Hannah-Jones, who won a Pulitzer Prize for creating the\u00a0<i>New York Times<\/i>\u2019s \u201c1619 Project,\u201d also expressed equanimity and even pride regarding last year\u2019s unrest.<\/span> \u201cIt would be an honor,\u201d she\u00a0said, if the burning police stations and looted stores came to be described as the \u201c1619 Riots.\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In any case, \u201cDestroying property, which can be replaced, is not violence.\u201d<\/span> Hannah-Jones went on to\u00a0explain, \u201cAny reasonable person would say we shouldn\u2019t be destroying other people\u2019s property, but these are not reasonable times.\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Reasonable people also say that mobs should not overrun the seat of government or be gratified if someone calls that assault the \u201c1776 Riots.\u201d<\/span> But if declaring \u201cthese are not reasonable times\u201d changes everything, then the loophole devours the rule, or even <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the idea of having rules<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">When protesters surrounded a Seattle police station, forcing officers to evacuate it, and declared the adjacent area an \u201cautonomous zone,\u201d mayor Jenny Durkan was\u00a0reassuring: \u201cDon\u2019t be so afraid of democracy.\u201d<\/span> Civic and political leaders in Philadelphia were equally non-judgmental about the shattered glass and boarded stores on their streets. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cI don\u2019t think we need to be parsing whether there needs to be looting,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0one city council member.<\/span> Rioting was \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>understandable but regrettable<\/em><\/span>,\u201d Jesse Jackson\u00a0said\u00a0in June, a quasi-criticism <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no one would think<\/span><\/em> to apply to the Capitol Hill mob.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In the wake of last week\u2019s riot, formulations like these have become deeply embarrassing.<\/span> What is to be done? <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">One option would be for the people who put them forward, and their many political allies, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to admit the obvious<\/span><\/em>: since riots are bad\u2014<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">utterly, always, and everywhere<\/span><\/em>\u2014justifying them, or praising them with faint damns, is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">also<\/span><\/em> colossally irresponsible.<\/span> The people who set last summer\u2019s fires, looted stores, or assaulted motorists and pedestrians <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should be condemned<\/span><\/em>, and the people who made excuses for their behavior <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should be ashamed<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Reader, you are borne through life with a sunnier view of human nature than I if you are dismayed that no such apologies or retractions have yet been offered<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Truth<\/em> is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">truth<\/span><\/em>: immutable, unchangeable and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span><\/em> subject to the vagaries of contemporary culture.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of prevaricating Progressive poltroons, as the <em>New York Post<\/em>\u00a0reports&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"postid-17017158\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/01\/09\/russian-dissident-alexei-navalny-blasts-twitter-for-trump-ban\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Russian dissident Alexei Navalny blasts Twitter for Trump ban<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000000-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89361\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000000-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000000-3.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000000-3-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The judgement of Navalny, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">so<\/span><\/em> vociferous a critic of Barack&#8217;s buddy Vlad&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MNxEDomUlXw?start=3&amp;end=14&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;he barely survived a Kremlin-ordered assassination attempt, deserves <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">far more<\/span><\/em> weight than <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">most<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 Particularly that of Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, Jeff Zucker, Joe Biden or any <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">other<\/span><\/em> member of the American Dimocratic Socialist establishment.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And while <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the editorial board at the WSJ may buy into the Twitter founder&#8217;s spin<\/span><\/em><\/span>,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>his words, as recorded by\u00a0<em>Project Veritas<\/em>\u00a0courtesy of Balls Cotton, say otherwise:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rq6kmV03syw\" 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>Moving on, the incomparable\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stiltonsplace.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Stilton Jarlsberg<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> offers a helpful primer for those confused about what&#8217;s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really<\/span><\/em> driving Dimocrats to establish a new standard for venality:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Double-Indignity-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89298\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Double-Indignity-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Double-Indignity-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Double-Indignity-1-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>While many Americans wonder what the Big Honkin&#8217; Deal is, what with President Trump <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">clearly innocent<\/span> <\/em>of the named charges and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">already out the door in a few days<\/span><\/em>, it turns out that there are little-known ramifications of a kind never before seen in American political history. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Ramifications known only to Constitutional scholars and, in our case, day-drinkers.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Because if a President is impeached twice and convicted, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">his name and visage<\/span><\/em> is to be <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stricken<\/span><\/em> from all public records, and the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">original opposing candidate<\/span><\/em> &#8211; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hillary Clinton<\/span><\/em>, in this case &#8211; will be <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">digitally inserted into the history books<\/span><\/em>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Oath-of-Orifice-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89299\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Oath-of-Orifice-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Oath-of-Orifice-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Oath-of-Orifice-1-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Biden &amp; Harris would still take office as scheduled (by the Chinese), but Mrs. Clinton would at\u00a0<i>least<\/i>\u00a0have an <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">imaginary term<\/span><\/em> on paper <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span><\/em> in the digital cloud.<\/span> And this would be a pretty sweet deal for Hillary who, besides becoming the first woman president, would also be able to take credit for a wildly revitalized economy, a term with no new wars, and such remarkable foreign policy successes that Nobel Peace Prize nominations have been stacking up.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">President Hillary would also be heralded for having rebuilt the military, restored American jobs, and bringing unparalleled improvement to every metric of the lives of minorities and the working class.<\/span> And when the going got tough when a pandemic hit, it was digitally-inserted Hillary who bravely and presciently shut down our nation&#8217;s borders and instituted a vaccine-development program which would produce successful results on a timetable that every expert said would be impossible. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">All accomplishments that the Democrats will lustily cheer as historic successes for their party.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Yes, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that<\/span><\/em> Hillary Clinton was one\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><i>hell<\/i><\/span>\u00a0of a virtual president alright.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, quite fittingly, to <em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/afb011321dAPR20210113054506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/afb011321dAPR20210113054506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/afb011321dAPR20210113054506.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/afb011321dAPR20210113054506-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ccc-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89334\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ccc-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ccc-5.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ccc-5-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89333\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-14.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-14-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89318\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-13.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-13-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/afb011221dAPR20210112034535.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89319\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/afb011221dAPR20210112034535.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/afb011221dAPR20210112034535.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/afb011221dAPR20210112034535-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89321\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb-7.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb-7-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89335\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb-8.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb-8-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MC_EchoChamber_web20210114011534.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89336\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MC_EchoChamber_web20210114011534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MC_EchoChamber_web20210114011534.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MC_EchoChamber_web20210114011534-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sk011421dAPR20210114064505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89337\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sk011421dAPR20210114064505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sk011421dAPR20210114064505.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sk011421dAPR20210114064505-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Remain-Silenced-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89304\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Remain-Silenced-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Remain-Silenced-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Remain-Silenced-1-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-13-21-at-8.16-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89305\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-13-21-at-8.16-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-13-21-at-8.16-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-13-21-at-8.16-AM-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-14-21-at-9.38-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89330\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-14-21-at-9.38-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-14-21-at-9.38-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-14-21-at-9.38-AM-300x253.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s two from the lovely Shannon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_1151.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89341\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_1151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_1151.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_1151-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Shannon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89331\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Shannon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Shannon.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Shannon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Shannon-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;another from Geoff Griffith&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/geoff.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89332\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/geoff.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/geoff.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/geoff-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and this series from Balls Cotton:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89342\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-15.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-15-300x269.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bigtech.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89343\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bigtech.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bigtech.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bigtech-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000007.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000007-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image0009000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89378\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image0009000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image0009000.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image0009000-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000008.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000008-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a week with <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em>The Law of Easily Foreseen Consequences<\/em><\/span> segment, as we learn&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joebiden.com\/lgbtq-policy\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Biden promises that on his first day in office he&#8217;ll require all schools receiving federal funding to let transgenders play on the sports teams and use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their gender identities<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4tvvut.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4tvvut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4tvvut.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4tvvut-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Were we the bitter type&#8230;or not possessed of the spirit of Christian charity&#8230;we&#8217;d wish all those who voted for this doddering old fool might live to see every one of their female offspring&#8217;s athletic careers derailed by the impact of such all-too-predictable Progressive preposterousness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Video of the Day<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jim Jordan tells it like it is as he describes Progressives as they are.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tc31f7UIeCU\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/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>Tucker highlights the hypocrisy of Big Tech.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GlNDFAU_Eik\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">On the Lighter Side<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As Michael Knowles recounts, the asininity of the average Progressive never ceases to amaze!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zh0HnTM6KkM\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, January 15th, 2021&#8230;but before we begin, Jamie Raskin was recently named one of the House impeachment managers, and we were curious as to what district he misrepresents.\u00a0 Meet Maryland&#8217;s 8th congressional district&#8230; &#8230;gerrymandered to ensure the tyranny of the Socialist majority in a small fraction of the Montgomery County over the far more 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