{"id":91660,"date":"2021-03-28T17:11:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T21:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=91660"},"modified":"2021-03-28T17:12:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T21:12:59","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-march-26th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=91660","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, March 26th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Friday, March 26th, 2021…but before we begin, the WSJ<\/em>‘s Kim Strassel <\/strong>offers this spirited defense of the MSM’s continued attacks on Wisconsin senator Ron Johnson:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yellow Journalism Turns Blue<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Ron Johnson is under attack from a press that\u2019s abandoned honesty and fairness<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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“…What\u2019s this all about?<\/span> From the Times story, it amounts to this: Mr. Johnson has refused<\/span><\/em> to brand everyone present in Washington on Jan. 6 as \u201cinsurrectionists\u201d; he\u2019s continued<\/em><\/span> to note that last year\u2019s Black Lives Matter protests led to rioting, looting, arson and death;<\/span> he held hearings<\/span><\/em> on treatments for Covid and 2020 election integrity; and he\u2019s declined<\/em><\/span>, for now, a Covid vaccine, given he had the disease last year<\/span><\/em> and decided to let others go before him.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

None<\/span><\/em> of this is remotely conspiratorial<\/span><\/em> or even controversial<\/span><\/em>. Mr. Johnson\u2019s real offense<\/span><\/em> is refusing to roll over to the progressive and public-health police<\/span><\/em> and continuing to ask tough questions<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

The coordinated assaults on Ron Johnson are a perfect example of a fact of contemporary life Daniel Francis recently observed: We live in age where we’re forced to care about things that don’t matter, and to ignore things that do…as with 46*’s softball game masquerading as a press conference<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

P.S. If you didn’t catch (Thanks, Shannon!)\u00a0Mark Steyn’s take on The Groper’s embarrassing presser on Tucker last night<\/em><\/span><\/a>, it’s well worth watching, as is\u00a0Tucker’s own analysis<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Is it any wonder the Little Rocket Man launched two ballistic missiles<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> yesterday?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, here’s The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

First up, in what will come as a real shocker given the China lobby’s ongoing efforts to obscure the provenance of the original, the WSJ<\/em> reports on…<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Dubious Origins of Long Covid<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

Echoes of chronic fatigue in the effort to blame the coronavirus for a host of questionable symptoms<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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“‘Long Covid,’ or post-Covid syndrome, is an emerging condition that has attracted great media attention\u2014and now<\/span><\/em> federal funding. The National Institutes of Health last month\u00a0announced\u00a0a $1.15 billion initiative to research the \u201cprolonged health consequences\u201d of Covid-19 infection.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The topic deserves serious study. Some<\/span><\/em> patients, particularly older ones with co-morbidities, do<\/em><\/span> experience symptoms that outlast a coronavirus infection.<\/span> But such symptoms can also be psychologically generated or caused by a physical illness unrelated to the prior infection<\/span><\/em>. Long Covid is largely an invention of vocal patient activist groups<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Legitimizing it with generous funding<\/span><\/em> risks worsening the symptoms the NIH is hoping to treat<\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

Which is precisely what led to so many deliberately misdiagnosed cases of COVID-19.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Moving on from phony infirmities to make-believe money, Best of the Web<\/em>‘s Jim Freeman highlights the highly combustible combination of…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Biden and the Trillions<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

Democrats hope he\u2019ll emulate the man who created the last great inflation<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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“…Until Covid<\/span><\/em>, $5 trillion<\/span><\/em> was larger than the entire annual federal budget<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Do we hear $6 trillion<\/em><\/span>?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Axios crew says that academics are encouraging the big guy to think even bigger:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

President Biden recently held an undisclosed East Room session with historians<\/span> that included discussion of how big is too big \u2014 and how fast is too fast \u2014 to jam through once-in-a-lifetime historic changes to America.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This column seems to have forgotten the Biden 2020 campaign promise to \u201cjam through\u201d massive changes on partisan votes.<\/span> Wasn\u2019t his argument against Bernie Sanders that a Biden presidency would\u00a0not<\/span><\/em>\u00a0operate this way?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

These days Mr. Biden doesn\u2019t even seem to need much encouragement to endorse reckless expansions of government.<\/span> According to the Axios report:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The historians\u2019 views<\/span> were very much in sync with his own<\/span>: It is time to go even bigger and faster than anyone expected<\/span>.<\/span> If that means chucking the filibuster and bipartisanship, so be it<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

Sorry, but who would consult historians about an issue of economics?\u00a0 As The Boss observed, one might as well meet with a group of Hollywood celebrities and get their<\/span><\/em> thoughts.\u00a0 There’s no doubt their minds would align with Biden’s, not to mention their understanding of fiscal matters approximating that of the historians.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Turning from the uninformed to the purposefully prevaricating, the\u00a0Morning Jolt<\/em>\u00a0tells us how…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andrew Cuomo Reveals We\u2019re Not Really All in This Together<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

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“New York governor Andrew Cuomo, March 31, 2020: \u201cWe still see people coming out who don\u2019t need to be out. Even for essential workers, people have to be careful.<\/span> And again, I\u2019ve been trying to communicate that. Everyone, everyone is subject to this virus.<\/span> It is the great equalizer. I don\u2019t care how smart, how rich, how powerful you think you are.<\/span> I don\u2019t care how young, how old. This virus is the great equalizer.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cuomo might be<\/span><\/em> the most arrogant and entitled governor in the country<\/span><\/em>, but if that doesn\u2019t seem like a remarkable label, gaze at Sacramento, Springfield, Lansing, or Richmond and contemplate his competition<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Because while Cuomo was telling New Yorkers that the virus was the \u201cgreat equalizer\u201d and invoking the clich\u00e9 that \u201cwe\u2019re all in this together,\u201d\u00a0he and his administration were pushing his family members and closest associates to the front of the line for testing<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, CNN’s gone a full 24 hours without reporting on the latest scandal involving their rapidly falling star<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If this corruptocrat isn’t impeached and imprisoned, it will be the biggest miscarriage of justice since Bill and Hillary skated on Jeffrey Epstein’s Clintonside.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next, we submit for your perusal eight more items carefully selected to challenge the inquiring mind:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

(1). Courtesy of James Nichols, Axios <\/em>informs us the\u00a046* Administration expelled just 13% of illegal immigrant families in the past week<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Keepin’ ’em out or lettin’ ’em in: Which is it, Groper<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n

(2). The Babylon Bee<\/em> provides the nine advantages of female soldiers<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, none of which actually enhances unit effectiveness, combat readiness or national security.\u00a0 But who’s counting, and…<\/strong><\/p>\n