{"id":89900,"date":"2021-01-31T17:31:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T22:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=89900"},"modified":"2021-01-31T17:31:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T22:31:25","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-january-29th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=89900","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, January 29th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, January 29th, 2021&#8230;but before beginning, we offer three brief random thoughts on the passing scene, the first occasioned by a point Jim Geraghty made in a recent installment of his <em>Morning Jolt<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0regarding the continued presence of National Guard troops around the Capitol:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">All<\/span><\/em> members of Congress, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">their staffs<\/span><\/em>, and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anyone<\/span><\/em> who works in the U.S. Capitol complex should be able to work in a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">safe and secure environment<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shouldn&#8217;t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>everyone<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">everywhere<\/span><\/em>&#8230;have the right to work, operate a business or exercise their First Amendment rights in a safe and secure environment, shielded from the violent acts and intentions of\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>true<\/em><\/span> domestic terrorists and insurrectionists?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vkhu9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89870\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vkhu9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vkhu9.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vkhu9-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vrmsw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vrmsw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vrmsw.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vrmsw-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vkg6b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89872\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vkg6b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vkg6b.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vkg6b-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vkiqx.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89873\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vkiqx.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vkiqx.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vkiqx-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vrpra.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89936\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vrpra.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vrpra.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vrpra-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/download-1-13.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89937\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/download-1-13.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/download-1-13.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/download-1-13-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notwithstanding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/dhs-issues-national-terrorism-alert-for-domestic-extremists-11611770893?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Biden DHS assessment<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> boobs like these&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/5ff89f2747f58.image_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89862\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/5ff89f2747f58.image_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/5ff89f2747f58.image_.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/5ff89f2747f58.image_-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/5ff625e6d184b30018aad624.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89863\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/5ff625e6d184b30018aad624.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/5ff625e6d184b30018aad624.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/5ff625e6d184b30018aad624-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/adam-johnson-podium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89864\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/adam-johnson-podium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/adam-johnson-podium.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/adam-johnson-podium-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/d31a3f7ec2d009b14a13941f9a7809cc1d-police-treament-difference.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89865\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/d31a3f7ec2d009b14a13941f9a7809cc1d-police-treament-difference.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/d31a3f7ec2d009b14a13941f9a7809cc1d-police-treament-difference.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/d31a3f7ec2d009b14a13941f9a7809cc1d-police-treament-difference-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;constitute a clear and present danger <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to anyone<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The second occurred to us while reading Stilton&#8217;s words featured as our <em>Quote of the Day<\/em>.\u00a0 Joe Biden hasn&#8217;t had an <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">original<\/span><\/em> thought <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in his life<\/span><\/em>&#8230;outside of new and innovative ways he can use his office to feather the beds of his family&#8230;with the customary 10% going to the Big Guy.\u00a0 He&#8217;s a mere puppet, and, like the legendary dimwit Governor William J. Le Petomane, he&#8217;ll <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">quite literally<\/span><\/em> sign <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anything put in front of him<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NzbhbetwYFU?start=34&amp;end=47&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;by his handlers.\u00a0 And while The Obamao\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">may<\/span><\/em> be <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">involved<\/span><\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/afb012821dAPR20210128074517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89918\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/afb012821dAPR20210128074517.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/afb012821dAPR20210128074517.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/afb012821dAPR20210128074517-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UkZ1MuLDfWY?start=47&amp;end=71&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;we frankly believe him to have been a puppet himself, so there&#8217;s no way he&#8217;s holding the bars at the ultimate end of\u00a0 46*&#8217;s strings, which likely run through Susan Rice.\u00a0 Barry served his purpose, and at this point is of limited use those to truly in control.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Third, while Trump certainly had his flaws&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vro1d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89930\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vro1d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vro1d.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vro1d-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;did any of them <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">remotely<\/span><\/em>\u00a0approach the Progressive idol who not only perjured himself&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vrop3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89931\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vrop3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vrop3.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vrop3-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;but lied directly to the American people about having been serviced in the Oral Office by a subordinate?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Just sayin&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, courtesy of <em>American Greatness<\/em> courtesy of Speed, Paul Gottfried explains how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u2018<a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2021\/01\/26\/multiracial-whiteness-is-the-latest-leftist-branding-iron\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Multiracial Whiteness\u2019 Is the Latest Leftist Branding Iron<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"mb-5 text-lg font-light text-center text-gray-400 lg:mx-16 md:text-xl font-byline md:mb-10\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u201c<a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2021\/01\/26\/multiracial-whiteness-is-the-latest-leftist-branding-iron\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">White nationalist\u201d and \u201cwhite supremacist\u201d serve the same function in our denatured republic as \u201crunning dog of capitalism\u201d did in Maoist China or \u201cparasitic capitalist\u201d did in the Third Reich<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/imrs-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89877\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/imrs-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/imrs-copy.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/imrs-copy-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Fraser Myers recently asked at\u00a0<i>Spiked<\/i>\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how<\/span><\/em> blacks and Latinos <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">could vote<\/span><\/em> for Donald Trump and in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some<\/em><\/span> cases <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>enthusiastically<\/em><\/span> join demonstrations for him, given the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">supposedly obvious fact<\/span><\/em> that that Trump is a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">white supremacist<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">According to Myers, New York University professor Cristina Beltr\u00e1n answered this troubling question in the\u00a0<i>Washington Post<\/i>\u00a0in a memorable gloss on \u201cwhiteness\u201d:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Whiteness<\/span> is the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">politics of aggression, exclusion, and domination<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">And\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">multiracial\u00a0whiteness<\/span> reflects an understanding of whiteness as a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">political colour<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not simply a racial identity<\/span>.<\/span> It is a \u2018<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">discriminatory worldview<\/span> in which <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">feelings of freedom and belonging<\/span> are produced through <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the persecution and dehumanisation of others<\/span>.\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">And so <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">now<\/span><\/em> we understand.<\/span> \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Whiteness<\/span><\/em>,\u201d or what Beltr\u00e1n elsewhere designates as \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>multiracial whiteness<\/em><\/span>,\u201d <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">does not refer exclusively<\/span><\/em> to Caucasians as opposed to black people or to some other race. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">It is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">holding a \u201cdiscriminatory worldview<\/span><\/em>\u201d that causes someone to engage in the \u201cdehumanization\u201d of others.<\/span> This <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">may be<\/span><\/em> what President Biden (or his speechwriter) had in mind <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">when he went after \u201cwhite nationalists\u201d but conveniently forgot to mention Black Lives Matter and Antifa as persistent hellraisers<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">And <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">white supremacists<\/span><\/em> are people we should <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ostracize and strip of their rights<\/span><\/em> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">because<\/span><\/em> they practice dehumanization.<\/span> Moreover, the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">disease of \u201cwhiteness<\/span><\/em>\u201d has befallen <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nonwhites as well as biological whites<\/span><\/em>, and we would do well to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reeducate<\/span><\/em> these bigoted nonwhites, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">particularly<\/span><\/em> the ones who wore MAGA hats and voted for Trump.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Allow me to make another point that may strike some readers as strange.<\/span> The main struggle in which we are now engaged as a society and civilization <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>has little to do with race<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Blacks<\/span><\/em>, like Muslims in Europe, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have an assigned function that comes from those higher up in the food chain<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Their job is to aid the cultural Left as an auxiliary force<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">They are there <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to help predominantly white elites crush and humiliate other whites<\/span><\/em>, a.k.a. the Deplorables or\u00a0<i>les Ploucs<\/i>\u00a0in France.<\/span> Therefore, minority members who misbehave should be <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">severely disciplined<\/span><\/em>, lest <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">others<\/span><\/em> in their ranks insist on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>their<\/em><\/span> own thoughts.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The cat is finally out of the bag about the identity of supposed \u201cwhite supremacists.\u201d<\/span> We are <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not speaking here<\/span><\/em> about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>white people<\/em><\/span> who set out to do harm to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nonwhites<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">We are describing <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>those whom financially secure leftists are out to debase and ruin<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> And they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don\u2019t have to be white to become targets<\/em><\/span> of these leftists, since \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">whiteness\u201d is not primarily about skin color<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">It refers to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">those whom the powerful classify as \u201cdehumanizers<\/span><\/em>,\u201d and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>therefore<\/em><\/span> set out <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to dehumanize<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Terms like \u201cwhite nationalist\u201d and \u201cwhite supremacist\u201d serve the same function in our denatured republic as \u201crunning dog of capitalism\u201d did in Maoist China or \u201cparasitic capitalist\u201d did in the Third Reich. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">They are terms that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the powerful<\/span><\/em> apply to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">those whom they deem enemies of their \u201cunified\u201d regime<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Presumably, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Joe Biden in his newest incarnation opposes \u201cwhiteness<\/span><\/em>\u201d in the same way as Professor Beltr\u00e1n and\u00a0<i>Spiked<\/i>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">This branding iron is reserved for the opponents of an advancing leftist agenda.<\/span> And this new form of denigration couldn\u2019t have come at a better time, or so our rulers might imagine. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Since American whites have been beleaguered with talk about white privilege and systemic racism, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">it may be easy to frighten them into submission by condemning them as white supremacists<\/span><\/em>.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Like our sister and brother-in-law<\/em>)<\/span> Members of other races will naturally <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>avoid contact with carriers of the whiteness bacillus<\/em><\/span>, which has now spread even to nonwhites. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Beltr\u00e1n\u2019s \u201cmultiracial whiteness\u201d will <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">soon find a place<\/span><\/em> in the rhetoric of our socially radical rulers.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Of <em>that<\/em> you be can be <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">certain<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item again courtesy of <em>American Greatness<\/em> via Speed,\u00a0the great\u00a0Victor Davis Hanson takes us on a journey down&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2021\/01\/24\/the-river-of-forgetfulness\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The River of Forgetfulness<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"mb-5 text-lg font-light text-center text-gray-400 lg:mx-16 md:text-xl font-byline md:mb-10\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2021\/01\/24\/the-river-of-forgetfulness\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Before we are all reprogrammed, remember for a bit longer that the reset of memory and truth is not just a political agenda, but a holistic effort to redefine our past, present, and future<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Burning-flag_840x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89827\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Burning-flag_840x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Burning-flag_840x480.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Burning-flag_840x480-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Riotous, rogue Trump supporters who broke into the Capitol on January 6 were <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">properly and widely condemned by conservatives<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">They were <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">somewhat<\/span><\/em> reminiscent of the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">mobs of fanatic leftists and union members<\/span><\/em> that a decade ago <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stormed the Wisconsin state capitol at Madison<\/span><\/em>, or the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">unpunished hundreds of rioters<\/span><\/em> who created havoc on Washington, D.C. streets during the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Trump 2017 inauguration<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> We <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">expect<\/span><\/em> the Capitol stormers will be punished, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> in the lax fashion of the latter two groups that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>were not<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Within a few days, the talking points were finalized that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all<\/span><\/em> of Donald Trump\u2019s supporters deserved blame for the violence. <\/span>That riot, the Trump defeat, and the loss of the Senate have greenlighted left-wing talk of \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2021\/01\/22\/deprogramming-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">deprogramming<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>,\u201d \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/01\/14\/msnbcs-joy-reid-calls-for-de-baathification-of-the-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">de-Baathification<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>,\u201d \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2021\/01\/can-trumps-cult-of-followers-be-deprogrammed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">re-educating<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>,\u201d and \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/growing-calls-media-trump-supporters-043043589.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" link=\"external\" class=\"broken_link\">reprogramming<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u201d <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">half the country<\/span><\/em> to ensure they <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">think correctly and act properly<\/span><\/em> from now on \u2013 the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">exact methodology<\/span><\/em> of such brain rinsing apparently <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to be announced later<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">So we are beginning a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">great reprogramming of America<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> The construction of Trump and all of his supporters as abettors, terrorists, seditionists, and traitors is certainly proving useful. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">After the Capitol conundrum, we have seen over the past two weeks a coordinated and synchronized effort by Amazon, Twitter, and Google to destroy Parler, a small conservative-friendly rival to their social media and internet monopolies.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">More<\/span><\/em> of such humanitarian taking care of business <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will follow<\/span><\/em> \u2013 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all as preemption for the most leftwing agenda in a half-century<\/span><\/em> now rolling out<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ve said it before, we&#8217;ll say it again: the only thing standing between the Socialists and their utopian Amerika is the 2nd Amendment&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/330px-Minute_Man_Statue_Lexington_Massachusetts_cropped-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89942\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/330px-Minute_Man_Statue_Lexington_Massachusetts_cropped-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/330px-Minute_Man_Statue_Lexington_Massachusetts_cropped-1.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/330px-Minute_Man_Statue_Lexington_Massachusetts_cropped-1-181x300.jpg 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and those willing to defend it.\u00a0 This sh*t will <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">truly<\/span><\/em> get real when serious attempts are made to disarm us.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, for those who think the promises of Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin to preserve the sanctity of the filibuster are the end of the story, the <em>WSJ<\/em>&#8216;s Kim Strassel suggests you think again, as there&#8217;s the issue of&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-senates-byrd-call-11611875698?mod=opinion_lead_pos9\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Senate\u2019s Byrd Call<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-senates-byrd-call-11611875698?mod=opinion_lead_pos9\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">Manchin and Sinema have to do more if they\u2019re serious about saving the filibuster<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vrjeo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89921\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vrjeo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vrjeo.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vrjeo-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sorry, right Byrd, wrong rule!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of reasons to think again, the following from Biden&#8217;s nominee for Secretary of Commerce should put to rest any illusions massive tax increases aren&#8217;t in EVERY working American&#8217;s future:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cDx_aN0HQJk?start=70\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Though you can rest assured the Big Tech, Wall Street and corporate elites <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">won&#8217;t<\/span><\/em> be paying their fair share of the increases.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in today&#8217;s installment of the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>EnvironMental Moment<\/em><\/span>, writing at\u00a0<em>St. Paul Research<\/em>, Byron King tells us&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulresearch.com\/2021\/01\/26\/theres-something-about-biden-and-pipelines\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008000;\">There\u2019s Something About Biden\u2026and Pipelines<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89848\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image001-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image001-1-300x90.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>On <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nov. 13, 1973<\/span><\/em>, a freshman Senator from Delaware named Joe Biden <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">voted against building the Alaska Pipeline<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>On Jan. 20, 2021, that same Joe Biden \u2014 now President of the United States \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>revoked a permit to build an oil pipeline from Alberta, Canada into the U.S.<\/em><\/span>; namely, the Keystone XL.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Here we have <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">two major energy infrastructure projects<\/span><\/em> separated by <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nearly 48 years<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Yet <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>both<\/em><\/span> are distinguished by Biden\u2019s opposition.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Let\u2019s look at the two pipelines \u2014 Alaska and Keystone XL \u2014 in the context of time, history, strategy, energy, the environment\u2026 and by what <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Biden\u2019s long-term opposition tells us<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Let\u2019s also look at what it means to you\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>First, a few words about pipelines. <span style=\"color: #003300;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Most<\/span><\/em> of them are buried and out of sight.<\/span> But a map illustrates <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the scope<\/em><\/span> of America\u2019s underground pipe grid, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Transportation.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Joe Biden may or may not like it, but America is crisscrossed by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>over 200,000 miles<\/em><\/span> of pipelines.<\/span> They go <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">everywhere<\/span><\/em>. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pipeline.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89847\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pipeline.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pipeline.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pipeline-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">They carry crude oil, natural gas and refined products<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You know, just the crude oil, natural gas and refined products on which <em>almost every aspect of modern life <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">depends<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 But <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span><\/em> the\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really<\/span><\/em> important stuff&#8230;like <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">renewable energy<\/span><\/em> generated by <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">solar panels<\/span><\/em>&#8230;when the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sun shines<\/span><\/em>&#8230;and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">windmills<\/span><\/em>&#8230;when the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wind blows<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related, even more shocking revelation, Jeff Foutch forwarded this analysis from\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Watts Up With That<\/em>? in which Willis Eschenbach offers the cold, hard facts which expose the lies at heart of what are, in reality&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><a style=\"color: #003300;\" href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2021\/01\/27\/bright-green-impossibilities\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bright Green Impossibilities<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/fossil-fuel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89893\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/fossil-fuel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/fossil-fuel.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/fossil-fuel-300x279.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>To summarize: to get the world to zero emissions by 2050, our options are to build, commission, and bring on-line either:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em>\u2022\u00a0One 2.1 gigawatt (GW, 10<sup>9<\/sup>\u00a0watts) nuclear power plant each and every day until 2050, OR<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><em>\u2022\u00a03000 two-megawatt (MW, 10<sup>6<\/sup>\u00a0watts) wind turbines each and every day until 2050\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">plus<\/span>\u00a0a 2.1 GW nuclear power plant every day and a half until 2050, assuming there\u2019s not one turbine failure for any reason, OR<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em>\u2022\u00a096 square miles (250 square kilometres) of solar panels each and every day until 2050\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">plus<\/span>\u00a0a 2.1 GW nuclear power plant<\/em> <em>every day and a half until 2050, assuming not one of the panels fails or is destroyed by hail or wind.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>I sincerely hope that everyone can see that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any<\/span><\/em> of those alternatives are <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not just impossible<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">They are <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pie-in-the-sky, flying unicorns, bull-goose looney impossible<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Finally, the U.S. consumes about <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one-sixth<\/span><\/em> of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>total<\/em><\/span> global fossil energy. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">So for the U.S. to get to zero fossil fuel by 2050, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">just divide all the above figures by six<\/span><\/em>\u2026and they are <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">still<\/span><\/em> flying unicorn, bull-goose looney impossible.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Math. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Don\u2019t leave home without it<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, if the EnviroNazis get their way, we wish those purchasing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/science\/1972486\/following-californias-mandate-gm-plans-to-stop-making-gasoline-cars-by-2035\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all these future electric vehicles<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">good luck<\/span><\/em> finding <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the capacity to charge them<\/span><\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In other words, as anyone with a lick of common sense&#8230;or the faintest interest in the facts&#8230;can tell you&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cantgetthere-250x164.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89949\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cantgetthere-250x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cantgetthere-250x164.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cantgetthere-250x164-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Still, such impossibilities don&#8217;t prevent the likes of Pete Buttgag from suggesting those laid off by 46*&#8217;s axing of the Keystone pipeline should just get <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">different<\/span><\/em> jobs&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WTiKjZi3iVc?start=51&amp;end=86&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;as if oil workers can make a seamless transition to auto assembly or plumbing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Or John Kerry from framing Black Lung as a disease unaddressed by current OSHA requirements in today&#8217;s coal mines, and that oil workers making $90,000-$100,000 annually should gladly transition to solar technician positions paying $50,000\/year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tCun786fqDM\" 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>Or Gina McCarthy, former Obamao EPA administrator and current &#8220;climate advisor&#8221; to Groper Joe claiming, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">incredibly<\/span><\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vl36y.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89926\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vl36y.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vl36y.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4vl36y-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: In the world of 46*, Kommielaa Harris, Pete Buttgag, John Kerry (who, Tom Cotton noted, owns a private jet, a 76-foot yacht and several mansions, giving him the carbon footprint of a small nation) and Gina McCarthy, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">none<\/span><\/em> of who has <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ever<\/span><\/em> had <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>meaningful<\/em><\/span>\u00a0employment in the private sector <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in their\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lives<\/span><\/em>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">good jobs<\/span><\/em>, like taxpayer dollars, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">grow on trees<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So let&#8217;s kill our economy, at least what&#8217;s survived the scamdemic, so Progressives can sleep better at night, stay in power and ensure the Big Guy continues to skim his 10%.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We don&#8217;t what&#8217;s worse: Kerry admitting even if the U.S. went to zero emissions tomorrow it wouldn&#8217;t make a difference, or McCarthy suggesting killing the Keystone pipeline doesn&#8217;t require sacrifice and is somehow related to recovering from the Progressive-promoted Wuhan virus crisis.<\/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\/MC-Biden-Union-Betrayal_web20210127013456.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89883\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MC-Biden-Union-Betrayal_web20210127013456.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MC-Biden-Union-Betrayal_web20210127013456.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MC-Biden-Union-Betrayal_web20210127013456-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/afb012721dAPR20210127074504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89884\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/afb012721dAPR20210127074504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/afb012721dAPR20210127074504.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/afb012721dAPR20210127074504-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ccc-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89924\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ccc-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ccc-10.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ccc-10-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-27.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89885\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-27.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-27.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-27-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cb012721dBP20210127034504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89886\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cb012721dBP20210127034504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cb012721dBP20210127034504.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cb012721dBP20210127034504-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ddd-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89887\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ddd-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ddd-6.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ddd-6-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb-20.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89922\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb-20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb-20.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb-20-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-29.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89923\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-29.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-29.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-29-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb-19.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89888\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb-19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb-19.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bbb-19-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-27-at-12.07.47-AM-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89867\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-27-at-12.07.47-AM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-27-at-12.07.47-AM-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-27-at-12.07.47-AM-1-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Trans-Mission-Trouble-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89868\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Trans-Mission-Trouble-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Trans-Mission-Trouble-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Trans-Mission-Trouble-1-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-27-21-at-8.31-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89850\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-27-21-at-8.31-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-27-21-at-8.31-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-27-21-at-8.31-AM-300x251.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-28-21-at-8.43-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89909\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-28-21-at-8.43-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-28-21-at-8.43-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-28-21-at-8.43-AM-300x274.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/462.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89915\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/462.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/462.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/462-285x300.png 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000001-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89916\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000001-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000001-3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000001-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image000001-3-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image0001000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89914\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image0001000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image0001000.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/image0001000-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;two more from Breeze Gould&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/breeze.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89912\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/breeze.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/breeze.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/breeze-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/breeze2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89913\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/breeze2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/breeze2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/breeze2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/breeze2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and three bits of lockdown-inspired gallows humor from Ed Hickey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-28-21-at-9.12-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89906\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-28-21-at-9.12-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-28-21-at-9.12-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-28-21-at-9.12-AM-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-28-21-at-9.12-AM-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-28-21-at-9.11-AM-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89907\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-28-21-at-9.11-AM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-28-21-at-9.11-AM-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-28-21-at-9.11-AM-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-28-21-at-9.11-AM-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-28-21-at-9.11-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89908\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-28-21-at-9.11-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-28-21-at-9.11-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Image-1-28-21-at-9.11-AM-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>And last, but certainly not least, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with two memes from Speed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-28.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89911\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-28.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-28.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/aaa-28-300x253.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cagers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-89897\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cagers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cagers.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cagers-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latter of which got us thinking: Wait until male cagers lacking the abilities necessary for the NBA or foreign professional leagues and possessed of no other marketable job skills realize they can continue making a living playing hoops by identifying as women and dominating the WNBA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Again, just sayin&#8217;.<\/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>On the occasion of 46* enabling the rest of the world join America in the unrestricted slaughter of the unborn. We particularly like him calling out his own church leaders for failing to bring Groper Joe to account for his apostasy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P4YHDMIUZHU\" 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;\"><strong><em>Tales of The Darkside<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>More sh*t you can&#8217;t make up, courtesy of L.A. city council member Kevin de Leon. And to think this clown was once the most powerful Dimocrat in the California state senate. You may remember de Leon going full retard with his ghost gun claim back in 2014: https:\/\/youtu.be\/wgpRY8E25Vw?t=11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FB4P84Pi1ds\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>On the Lighter Side<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>If Groper Joe hosted a game show.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X_mOHRWal3g\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, January 29th, 2021&#8230;but before beginning, we offer three brief random thoughts on the passing scene, the first occasioned by a point Jim Geraghty made in a recent installment of his Morning Jolt\u00a0regarding the continued presence of National Guard troops around the Capitol:\u00a0 &#8220;All members of Congress, their staffs, and anyone who works in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1988,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89900"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90013,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89900\/revisions\/90013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}