{"id":93291,"date":"2021-05-06T17:29:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T21:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=93291"},"modified":"2021-05-06T17:29:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T21:29:21","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-may-5th-cinqo-de-mayo-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=93291","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, May 5th, Cinqo de Mayo 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hola!\u00a0 It&#8217;s Wednesday, May 5th, Cinqo de Mayo 2021&#8230;but before beginning, indulge us, por favor, as we offer a few random thoughts on the passing scene.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Random Thought One: What are the odds this August 31, 2020 tweet from the uncle of Brandon Mitchell, &#8220;Juror #52&#8243;&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/appeal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93215\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/appeal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/appeal.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/appeal-266x300.png 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/f1df3d-20210428-brandon-mitchell-400.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93216\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/f1df3d-20210428-brandon-mitchell-400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/f1df3d-20210428-brandon-mitchell-400.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/f1df3d-20210428-brandon-mitchell-400-300x161.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;will be forming part of Derek Chauvin&#8217;s appeal?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hqAVuE524Gk?start=70&amp;end=73&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>Whether the applicable courts, aware of the explosive significance of such a revelation find it constitutes grounds for appeal is another matter.\u00a0 BREAKING NEWS: <a href=\"http:\/\/BREAKING NEWS: Chauvin's counsel just appealed, with onincluding\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Floyd&#8217;s attorney just filed an appeal<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Random Thought Two: Is anyone else struck by the inescapable irony and inconsistency of an administration\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/biden-heeds-complaints-lifts-refugee-cap-62500-2021-05-03\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">granting political asylum to supposed refugees who fled to America to escape the despotism<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/03\/house-gop-slams-biden-proposal-to-send-cash-across-border\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">very same governments to which it&#8217;s proposing to send hundreds of millions in cash<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Random Thought Three: In response to this CIA promotional video, &#8220;<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/X55JPbAMc9g\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I am a woman of color, I am a mom, I am a cisgender millennial who has been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8220;, we&#8217;d suggest the politically-correct powers-that-be have seemingly forgotten the CIA, like our Military, is an organization tasked with protecting America, NOT promoting Progressive inclusion and diversity initiatives.\u00a0 Thus its only criteria for hiring should be whether or not the applicant is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>best suited<\/em><\/span> to perform whatever duties they&#8217;re expected to complete.\u00a0 In other words, the only pertinent question when it comes to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any<\/span><\/em>\u00a0organization concerned with national security is&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/525PM43mrG8?start=108&amp;end=113&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>As Harry Callahan observed in <em>Magnum Force<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hXm54srOXro?start=73&amp;end=79&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><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>But when Progressive politicians and the spineless paper-pushers at the Pentagon place a higher value on political correctness than force effectiveness, someone&#8217;s going to pay the price for their misguided policies, as this clip from <em>The Enforcer<\/em> reminds us:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PdysW4Pw_SE?start=73\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><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>Said price may well have been inadvertently paid of late by a young Black male <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>whose reluctance to be arrested<\/em><\/span> precipitated an encounter in which a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">26-year-veteran female officer<\/span><\/em> <em>somehow<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>someway<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/55o09c.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-92454\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/55o09c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/55o09c.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/55o09c-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;discharged her Glock after inexplicably mistaking it for her Taser.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And lastly, Random Thought Four: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/jordan-biggs-fbi-answers-fisa-violations-declassified-fisc-opinion\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Given the latest revelation the Bureau continues to abuse the FISA surveillance program<\/em><\/span><\/a>, does <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anyone<\/span><\/em> out there trust Chris Wray&#8230;or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anyone else<\/em><\/span> at the FBI <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">or<\/span><\/em>\u00a0DOJ&#8230;any farther than you can throw Hillary?!?\u00a0 Ouch, our back!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, owing to the sheer volume and pace of events, here&#8217;s a somewhat extended edition of\u00a0<em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Michael Brendan Dougherty explains how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/05\/covid-19-rewired-our-brains\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20210503&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">COVID-19 Rewired Our Brains<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-content\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-component=\"iframeEmbed\"><span class=\"article-header__subtitle\" style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/05\/covid-19-rewired-our-brains\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20210503&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">It\u2019s time for a mass deprogramming<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image000003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93285\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image000003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image000003.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image000003-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image000003-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Y<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span class=\"small_caps\">ou\u00a0<\/span>probably know someone who never got COVID but whose whole life was transformed by the pandemic; it now has a meaning. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">They were <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the most<\/span><\/em> cautious, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the most<\/em><\/span> locked down, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the most<\/span><\/em> disgusted by \u201cdeniers\u201d in the White House or in their extended family.<\/span> They didn\u2019t see their adult parents for over a year. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">They refused in-person-learning options for their kids.<\/span> The pandemic warped their relationship to their neighbors, whom they now <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>treated as vectors of disease<\/em><\/span>, and even as moral cretins <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>because they did yard work without a mask<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">They posted their second \u201cFauci ouchie\u201d on Instagram a month ago.<\/span> But they are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still<\/em><\/span> double-masking or even putting goggles on their children, even infants, because they read something about COVID spreading through their eyes. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">still<\/span> not going to church, despite making repeated trips to grocery stores, home improvement centers and other retailers.<\/em>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">At some point, the pandemic \u2014 the provisional and practical judgments in favor of caution that can justify restrictive behaviors \u2014 became an unshakeable moral purpose.<\/span> Actual weighing of risks went out the window: There\u2019s a deadly disease out there; my actions can contribute to the end of the disease or to its spreading in perpetuity.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">It\u2019s as if a circuit has been fused<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> While caution and restrictive behavior <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can<\/em><\/span> be justified by a conscience <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>informed by the risks<\/em><\/span>, the human mind <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can also<\/em><\/span> make calculations <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>based on superstition<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one frighteningly common one<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the equation of science with truth, fear with realism, and caution with virtue<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>And this faulty equivalence of truth, fear, and caution doesn\u2019t afflict only individuals or the environment of major cities. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">It afflicts our institutions.<\/span> It is why the Centers for Disease Control can get\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/american-federation-of-teachers-union-influenced-cdc-on-in-person-learning-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bullied by the teachers\u2019 union<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0into delaying its recommendation to fully reopen schools. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The teachers\u2019 unions have no public-health expertise, no special knowledge of epidemiology<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> What <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they had<\/em><\/span> on their side was a pervasive reflex that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more<\/span><\/em> caution can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never be wrong or harmful<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Along with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">gargantuan<\/span> contributions to Progressive politicians!<\/em>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The association of danger with permissiveness has warped the \u201cexpert class\u201d that is supposed to inform the public.<\/span> Throughout the pandemic, public-health officials have betrayed their view that they do not trust the public with good news; they seem to fear that an inch given will be a mile taken. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">And so, even during one of the most successful vaccine rollouts in the world, CDC director Rochelle Walensky warned of \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/biden-cdc-director-fears-impending-doom-of-another-covid-surge-right-now-im-scared\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impending doom<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u201d just a month ago.<\/span> But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no doom was in the offing<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And the expert class has also corrupted itself.<\/span> The short circuit of the pandemic has led to a dramatic tightening of groupthink among public-health pundits. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">One would normally expect that a variety of experts would come up with a variety of recommendations, precisely because, like everyone else, they value the risks differently.<\/span> But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>instead<\/em><\/span>, public-health pontificators have tried to guard their authority with an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ersatz sheen of unanimity<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">When Dr. Martin Kulldorff expressed his view that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the pause<\/em><\/span> of Johnson &amp; Johnson\u2019s vaccine <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>would do more harm than good<\/em><\/span>, the CDC <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>threw him off<\/em> <\/span>its vaccine-safety advisory committee.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Four days later<\/em><\/span>, Johnson &amp; Johnson\u2019s vaccine <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was made available again<\/em><\/span>, but the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>visible dissent was too much to abide<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/04\/28\/cdc-punishes-superstar-scientist-for-covid-vaccine-recommendation-the-cdc-followed-4-days-later\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kulldorff had pioneered<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0many of the processes by which the CDC <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>detects the safety of vaccines<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">B<\/span><\/span>ut he had expressed his view that the urge to vaccinate everyone\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartinKulldorff\/status\/1371638485686358018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was as superstitious<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0as being anti-vaccine. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Twitter, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>preposterously<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>put a misinformation tag on this tweet<\/em><\/span>, based on the superstition that there is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only one valid<\/em><\/span> \u201cexpert\u201d answer \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and no valid debates<\/em><\/span> among experts.<\/span> Kulldorff\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>worst<\/em><\/span> crime, apparently, was expressing his views <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in person in the presence of Governor Ron DeSantis<\/em><\/span> of Florida.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>used to think<\/em><\/span> that the COVID era would snap to a close once vaccines removed the danger from the most vulnerable \u2014 and that the human urge to connect would assert itself dramatically in a new roaring \u201920s.<\/span> Now I\u2019m <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not so sure<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>significant portion of the public<\/em><\/span> and some of our leading institutions have internalized <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>entirely new habits of thought and life<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The circuit between truth, science, fear, and caution and virtue <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>needs to be unwired<\/em><\/span> \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and reprogrammed<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;d suggest just as&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XvxAMCJe7ak?start=0&amp;end=5&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;so too do the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fears<\/span><\/em> fabricated by the ruling elites to rule and control the masses.\u00a0 The over-the-top reaction to the Wuhan scamdemic proves K had it right:\u00a0While certain <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">individual persons<\/span><\/em>\u00a0may be smart&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w2ppyMUlXfM?start=27&amp;end=31&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>BTW, they&#8217;re trying to move the Wuhan goalposts once again, as <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/mattvespa\/2021\/05\/03\/oh-so-now-herd-immunity-cannot-be-obtained-n2588870\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the Old Grey Nag has begun suggesting the country may NEVER achieve herd immunity<\/em><\/span><\/a>, conveniently conflating complete eradication with gaining current control.\u00a0 It&#8217;s almost as if the paper of record is unaware variants of the Hong Kong flu, along with most every other virus in recorded history, are rarely if ever totally eliminated rather than simply managed via updated vaccines and&#8230;drumroll please&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>herd immunity<\/em><\/span>!\u00a0 It&#8217;s why the annual flu vaccine is an ever-changing cocktail designed to combat whatever virus variants pose the greatest threat <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at that time<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">also<\/span><\/em> why the poliovirus, which was once for all practical purposes deemed eliminated, is staging a comeback of sorts due to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>fears<\/em><\/span> of certain anti-vaxer parents.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: The unprecedented lockdowns were not only both unnecessary and life-destroying, but in many respects unconstitutional, the\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">most<\/span><\/em> unconstitutional component being prohibitions against religious gatherings.\u00a0 But when many\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Christians<\/span><\/em>\u00a0demonstrated they didn&#8217;t trust the God who created the universe to protect them from a man-made microbe by meekly complying with such edicts at the same time &#8220;peaceful protestors&#8221; were permitted to seize control of our streets to demonstrate and destroy and liquor stores declared &#8220;essential businesses&#8221;, elected officials and health bureaucrats at <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">every<\/span><\/em> level of government <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">quickly realized they were onto something<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 Meaning this won&#8217;t be the last time they try it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item concerning the brainwashing of America forwarded by Keith Calcote, courtesy of the <em>WSJ<\/em>, John Ellis correctly concludes the proper response to the transparent propagandists masquerading as erudite educators is&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/sorry-prof-were-cutting-you-off-11619974459?mod=hp_opin_pos_1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sorry, Professor, We\u2019re Cutting You Off<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/sorry-prof-were-cutting-you-off-11619974459?mod=hp_opin_pos_1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Funding higher education now means subsidizing the political activists who have hijacked it<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/im-332948.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93206\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/im-332948.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/im-332948.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/im-332948-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">An advanced society functions by creating a series of institutions, telling them what it wants them to do, and funding them to do it.<\/span> Institutions like the police, fire departments, courts and schools do the jobs society creates them to do. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">But one American institution\u2014higher education\u2014has decided to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">repurpose itself<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> It has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>set aside<\/em><\/span> the job given to it by society and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>substituted a different one<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Higher education <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>had<\/em><\/span> a cluster of related purposes in society.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Everyone benefited<\/em><\/span> from the new knowledge it developed and the well-informed, thoughtful citizenry it produced. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Individual students benefited from the preparation they received for careers in a developed economy.<\/span> Yet <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">these days<\/span><\/em>, academia has decided that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>its primary purpose is the promotion of a radical political ideology<\/em><\/span>, to which it gives the sunny label \u201csocial justice.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">That\u2019s an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>enormous detour<\/em><\/span> from the institutional mission granted to higher education by society\u2014and a problem of grave consequence.<\/span> For the purpose that academia has now given itself happens to be the only one that the founding documents of virtually all colleges and universities take care to forbid pre-emptively. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">The framers of those documents understood that using the campuses to promote political ideologies would destroy their institutions, because ideologies would always be rigid enough to prevent the exploration of new ideas and the free exercise of thought.<\/span> They knew that the two purposes\u2014academic and political\u2014aren\u2019t simply different, but polar opposites. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">They <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can\u2019t coexist<\/em><\/span> because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the one erases the other<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The current political uniformity of college faculty illustrates the point. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">It meets the needs of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>substitute<\/em><\/span> purpose very well, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but only by annihilating the authorized one<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Analytical thinking requires exploring a range of alternatives, but political crusades require the opposite: exclusive belief and commitment. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">That\u2019s how far off course academia has gone in its capricious self-repurposing.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>This illicit conversion of a vital social institution to an alien use deprives all Americans of the benefits of a properly functioning system of higher education. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">It also means that a destructive and long since discredited political ideology is now using colleges and universities to gain a degree of influence over society that it could never have achieved at the ballot box.<\/span> That\u2019s election interference on a scale not remotely matched by anything that was alleged in the 2020 election.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">When academia\u2019s astonishing message to society is, \u201cWe\u2019ll take your money, but we\u2019ll do with it what we want, not what you want,\u201d the response ought to be simple: \u201cNo you won\u2019t.\u201d<\/span> The question is, can the millions of people who make up that wonderful abstraction called \u201csociety\u201d act in a way that is sufficiently concerted and organized to deliver the message effectively? <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Many have already made a good start.<\/span> But <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the rest need to join<\/span><\/em> if we are ever again to have college campuses that <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">aren\u2019t as academically incompetent as they are politically malevolent<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Or the nation&#8217;s thousands of K-12 public school systems, for that matter.\u00a0 Fortunately, in a sign that bodes well not only for Texas, but\u00a0<\/strong><strong>the country as a whole, <a href=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.com\/2021\/05\/03\/restoration-of-our-union-southlake-texas-shows-the-way-organized-families-win-2-school-board-seats-2-city-council-seats-and-mayor-turnout-tripled\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in landslide in which 3X as many cast ballots as usual, voters in the city of Southlake elected a slate of candidates for their school board, city council and mayor<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> who ran on a platform of cancelling plans to introduce the Marxist misrepresentations of the <em>1619 Project<\/em> and critical race theory into district schools.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/had-enough-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93258\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/had-enough-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/had-enough-2.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/had-enough-2-300x181.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, courtesy of <em>The Hill<\/em> via James Nichols, we turn to a subject who not only represents a toxic blend of incompetence and malevolence, but adds in a healthy measure of <em>non compos mentis<\/em>, as Joe Concha insightfully suggests&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/551375-bidens-poor-tv-ratings-against-trump-is-exactly-what-this-administration\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Biden&#8217;s poor TV ratings against Trump is exactly what this administration wants<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qGjpo3pVtEg?start=128&amp;end=143&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Trump saw big ratings as a sign\u00a0of\u00a0big love.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Truth was\u00a0(and still is) that\u00a0the former &#8220;Apprentice&#8221; star and real estate mogul was a modern version of the late Howard Cosell, who in a\u00a01970s TV\u00a0Guide poll was voted as\u00a0simultaneously\u00a0the most liked and disliked man in America.<\/span> That\u00a0sums up the ratings explosion during the Trump presidency,\u00a0in which\u00a0a rising tide (OK, a tsunami) lifted all\u00a0media\u00a0boats in terms of ratings and clicks, to heights we may\u00a0never see\u00a0again.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">So, it was no surprise to see\u00a0<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">President Biden<\/span>&#8216;s ratings fall far short of Trump&#8217;s in the viewership\u00a0department after he\u00a0finally gave an address to\u00a0a joint session\u00a0of Congress.<\/span> The differential was <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">staggering<\/span><\/em>: For Trump&#8217;s 2017 address to a Joint session, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">48 million<\/span><\/em> people\u00a0tuned in. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">For Biden&#8217;s address,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just 27 million<\/em><\/span>\u00a0tuned in.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>For a guy who received\u00a0more votes\u00a0than any other presidential candidate in U.S.\u00a0history, it would seem <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>on the surface<\/em><\/span> that this would be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>seen internally<\/em><\/span> as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bad news<\/em><\/span> for Team Biden.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">But this\u00a0seems to be\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>exactly what they want<\/em><\/span>: a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>stealth presidency<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> One that is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tightly\u00a0scripted in taking the protagonist off the stage\u00a0while\u00a0maintaining all of the power he has\u00a0as a &#8220;Leader of the Free World<\/em><\/span>&#8221; whose party <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also\u00a0happens<\/em><\/span>\u00a0to have\u00a0control of the House and Senate. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Despite the promises we heard at the beginning of this administration that Biden would be the most honest, transparent president we&#8217;ve seen in modern times, the plan <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>appears<\/em><\/span> to be to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>avoid being the center of attention<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Given how poorly this president does when speaking away from a teleprompter, it is understandable\u00a0why, although it doesn&#8217;t remotely excuse avoiding accountability and scrutiny<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Overall, during Biden&#8217;s\u00a0first 100 days, MSNBC has\u00a0seen its viewership drop from an average of 1.3 million viewers in the last week of January to 868,000.<\/span> CNN has\u00a0plummeted\u00a0from 1.2 million viewers on average to just 749,000.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">On the online and print side, it&#8217;s the same deal, with\u00a0clicks down significantly\u00a0at most publications.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>So, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">while relatively few\u00a0Americans\u00a0are paying attention<\/span><\/em>, Biden and Congress are looking to pass <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some of the biggest spending packages in U.S.\u00a0history in a short period of time<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Out of sight, out of mind.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the captain currently piloting\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>our<\/em><\/span> ship of state is out of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>his<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, we offer ten more items specifically selected for inquiring Conservative minds:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>(1). Courtesy of our daughter-in-love Liz, the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> informs us even as 46*&#8217;s spiritual leaders continue to ignore what the Bible clearly states,<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/pelosi-archbishop-denies-catholics-can-support-abortion\"><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pelosi\u2019s<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> archbishop correctly denies one can be a practicing Catholic while supporting abortion<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/583hvx.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93238\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/583hvx.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/583hvx.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/583hvx-300x156.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Here&#8217;s another shot of the juice: The unrestricted slaughter of the unborn is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">completely antithetical<\/span><\/em> to what <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Scripture teaches<\/em><\/span>, and while <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some<\/em><\/span> who advocate for it may&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>may<\/em><\/span>, mind you&#8230;have a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, it doesn&#8217;t change the fact they&#8217;re promoting a pagan practice which was, is and always will be an utter and complete abomination, a stench in the very nostrils of God.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). Writing at White House Dossier, Rebekah Koffler relates how 46*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehousedossier.com\/2021\/04\/30\/biden-wants-to-expand-money-losing-amtrak-with-80b-taxpayer-infusion\/?awt_a=8WOd&amp;awt_l=6Oa_r&amp;awt_m=3Vze8zSe4ITM1Od\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>wants to expand money-losing Amtrak with ANOTHER $80B taxpayer-funded cash infusion<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LwUTvwuEvaA?start=7\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Amtrak hemorrhages cash while providing subpar service&#8230;so <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">naturally<\/span><\/em>, 46* wants <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more of it<\/span><\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). If\u00a0<em>WaPo<\/em> &#8220;fact-checker&#8221; Glenn Kessler exerted the same effort exposing the patent falsehoods contained in the claims of Barack Obama and Joe Biden as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/npr-wapo-glenn-kessler-defend-tim-scott-piece\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he did Tim Scott&#8217;s recollections of his family history<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, he&#8217;d have time for little else.\u00a0 Kessler&#8217;s latest assault on the truth confirms what we already knew: You <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>literally<\/em><\/span> cannot trust <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a word<\/em><\/span>\u00a0his rag prints, as its pages, from front to back, including its sports section, are packed with Progressive propaganda presented as impartial reporting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). Tucker Carlson provides us with <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-Wpd82iBnjg\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more of that sh*t you couldn&#8217;t make up if you tried<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, as we learn House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is bunking with <em>Google<\/em> lobbyist and nominally-independent pollster Frank Luntz.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). As <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WuX0yORVLYw\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>this YouTube clip of Kommielaa<\/em><\/span><\/a> demonstrates, what&#8217;s often most important isn&#8217;t what they show you, but what they edit out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). Speaking of things they won&#8217;t show, an item from <em>Business Insider<\/em> forwarded by Jeff Foutch informs us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/electric-car-owners-switching-gas-charging-a-hassle-study-2021-4?r=US&amp;IR=T&amp;mc_cid=03126aeeec\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">new research shows\u00a01 in 5 electric vehicle owners in California switched back to gas because charging their cars is a hassle<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(7). As Jim Geraghty notes, despite what The Left and their MSM shills would have you believe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/why-democrats-cant-get-what-they-want\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20210504&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the dirty little secret of American politics right now is not that progressives can\u2019t get 60 Senate votes to pass their agenda; it\u2019s that they often can\u2019t get 50<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Thus all these articles denouncing the filibuster are so much Dimocratic misdirection, seeing Mitch hasn&#8217;t used it even once.\u00a0 As Geraghty goes on to observe, &#8220;Sometimes the dominant media narrative is set on autopilot, and then you go up to the cockpit\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YEsiTGo6VI4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and realize no one\u2019s flying the plane<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(8). But as this item from Balls Cotton relates, sometimes having no one at the controls is better than a corrupt flight crew&#8230;as certainly seems to be the case with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoutdoorwire.com\/features\/63b1841d-608a-4740-93df-b7fa15c20495\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Wayne LaPierre and the leadership of the NRA<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 To borrow a favorite phrase of The Left, &#8220;Hey hey, ho ho, Wayne and Friends have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>got to go<\/em><\/span>!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(9). In a positive sign for Texas Republicans in 2022 and America as a whole in 2024, <em>Best of the Web<\/em> records <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/is-texas-becoming-more-republican-11620076489?mod=MorningEditorialReport&amp;mod=djemMER_h\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">two GOP candidates won a special election Saturday for a vacant House seat in what was in 2020 a competitive district The Donald only won by three points<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong>.\u00a0 What&#8217;s worse for future Dimocratic hopes is results indicate Hispanics continue to trend Republican, despite an Hispanic female (D) candidate&#8217;s presence in the field.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(10). But just as every coin has two sides, other voters seem content to live under tyranny, provided, of course, the tyrants represent a particular political party&#8230;and continue to hand out free stuff&#8230;purchased with other people&#8217;s money.\u00a0 To wit, and just in time for the wedding season, in a complete 180 from her recent loosening of unnecessary Wuhan restrictions, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/03\/dc-mayor-bowser-bans-dancing-at-weddings-its-insane\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">D.C. mayor Muriel Bowwow just banned dancing during weddings<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> based on her stated belief it leads to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">behavioral changes<\/span><\/em>&#8230;such as <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">touching<\/span><\/em>!\u00a0 We&#8217;ll allow Florida&#8217;s Ron DeSantis to retort:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_lmbnXqx0TU?start=1988&amp;end=2019&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>We seem to recall health experts concluding <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>over a year ago<\/em><\/span> the Wuhan virus was NOT transmitted by physical contact, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but hey<\/span><\/em>, what to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they<\/span><\/em> know?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Contributor James Nichols used the occasion of Bowwow&#8217;s latest edict from on high to recall an old joke: Why don&#8217;t Southern Baptists have sex standing up?\u00a0 &#8216;Cuz it might lead to dancing.\u00a0 And after that, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">card playing<\/span><\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to <em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bbb.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93230\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bbb.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bbb.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bbb-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93231\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ccc.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93233\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ccc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ccc.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ccc-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93234\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-1-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb050321dAPR20210503054504.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93235\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb050321dAPR20210503054504.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb050321dAPR20210503054504.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb050321dAPR20210503054504-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bbb-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93236\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bbb-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bbb-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bbb-1-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93247\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-2-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93282\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-3-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Meating-Out-Justice-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93208\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Meating-Out-Justice-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Meating-Out-Justice-2.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Meating-Out-Justice-2-300x144.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-3-21-at-7.43-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93209\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-3-21-at-7.43-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-3-21-at-7.43-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-3-21-at-7.43-AM-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-4-21-at-7.27-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93251\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-4-21-at-7.27-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-4-21-at-7.27-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-4-21-at-7.27-AM-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from the lovely Shannon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/THINGS1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93211\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/THINGS1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/THINGS1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/THINGS1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/THINGS1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shannon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shannon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shannon.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shannon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shannon-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2889.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93310\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2889.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2889.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_2889-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93212\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image1-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93213\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-4-21-at-2.15-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-4-21-at-2.15-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-4-21-at-2.15-PM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-4-21-at-2.15-PM-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with one more from the man who put the &#8220;M&#8221; in F=MA showing the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">worst<\/span><\/em> President in American history visiting the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">third-worst<\/span><\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/E0gkdddXIAE6nV5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93289\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/E0gkdddXIAE6nV5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/E0gkdddXIAE6nV5.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/E0gkdddXIAE6nV5-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The question isn&#8217;t what&#8217;s with the photo&#8217;s funhouse distortion, but rather, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">where<\/span><\/em> are everyone&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>masks<\/em><\/span>?!?\u00a0 More importantly,\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">why<\/span><\/em>, particularly in light of Mayor Bowwow&#8217;s prohibition against dancing-&#8217;cause-it-leads-to-touching, is Dr. Jill in <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">skin-to-skin contact<\/span><\/em> with Jimmy the C.?!?\u00a0 Though if they just sat down after a torrid tango, it <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">would prove<\/span><\/em> Muriel Bowwow&#8217;s point.\u00a0 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Most importantly<\/span><\/em>, why isn&#8217;t The Groper sniffing Rosalyn&#8217;s hair?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with <span style=\"color: #eb9515;\"><em>News of the Bizarre<\/em><\/span>, and this just in from Poland courtesy of the <em>New York Post<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"postid-18092847\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/04\/28\/army-major-drugged-bitten-by-strippers-at-club-in-poland\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #eb9515; text-decoration: underline;\">Army major drugged, bitten by strippers at off-limits club in Poland<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gdansk-club-08.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93201\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gdansk-club-08.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #eb9515;\"><strong>The commander of a US Army aviation battalion has reportedly resigned <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>after its \u201cdrugged\u201d executive officer was bitten on the nipples by strippers at an off-limits club<\/em><\/span> \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and went AWOL for two days<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #808000;\">The drunken escapade involving the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade\u2019s \u201cNo Mercy\u201d battalion occurred during a nine-month rotation in Poland when about 40 members of the Apache chopper unit traveled to Gdansk to visit World War II battlefields,\u00a0Stars and Stripes reported.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb9515;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>At the end of the first day, the unit ate dinner at The Legendary White Rabbit Saloon, where they celebrated their sergeant major\u2019s 40th birthday, but several members went to other bars and became \u201cheavily intoxicated\u201d before returning to their hotels, the military paper reported. <span style=\"color: #808000;\">Some of the soldiers \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>including the battalion\u2019s XO, Maj. Matthew Conner<\/em><\/span> \u2014 reportedly ended up at the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>off-limits<\/em><\/span> Club Obsession, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>where patrons are scammed out of thousands of dollars after consuming drinks spiked with drugs<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb9515;\"><strong>One officer told investigators that during the ride back to Powidz after the fateful excursion, Conner said he received several lap dances and that strippers \u201cbit his nipples to keep him awake, and repeatedly had his credit card swiped,\u201d according to the report.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb9515;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">The pilot showed the soldiers in the car driven by Fix several receipts adding up to 50,000 \u2014 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">though it was unclear whether the money was in dollars or local currency, which would amount to about $13,000<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Conner \u201calso expressed a belief that the champagne he had been given at the club had been laced\/drugged,\u201d the report cited by Stars and Stripes said<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Immediately after which Major Conner went from XO to ex-XO.\u00a0 Almost as good as the story is the reaction of a DoD spokesman at a press conference subsequent to the debauchery:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jj_83bxEwIw?start=30&amp;end=79&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>We don&#8217;t know which surprises us more: That a reporter could honestly believe such an event would adversely impact U.S. relations with Poland, or that a Pentagon spokesman wouldn&#8217;t be aware it had occurred.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.\u00a0 Until the Coca-Cola Company seriously changes its ways&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/coke.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93311\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/coke.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/coke.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/coke-300x292.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;any Conservative, ourselves included, purchasing their products is helping fulfill the apocryphal prediction often attributed to Lenin: &#8220;The Capitalists will\u00a0sell us the rope with which we will hang them.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Video of the Day<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speed forwarded this Sharyl Attkisson account of Ashli Babbitt&#8217;s murder at the hands of a plain-clothes Capitol Police lieutenant, which, undoubtedly because the victim was a White Trump supporter, has generated no outrage from the usual sources. BTW, the assertions by the former Baltimore deputy police commissioner are beyond laughable, something on which the attorney didn&#8217;t touch.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CUmuLplZzos\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/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>Brit Hume weighs in on the recent election results in Texas. FYI, we took the time to edit this clip&#8217;s ending so you didn&#8217;t have to endure listening to a Sean Hannity promo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iLBnUkE8h9Y?start=0&amp;end=219&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>On the Lighter Side<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Though funny, it&#8217;s pathetically funny, primarily because it shows the doddering old man purportedly running the country can&#8217;t even recall what grade these kids are in. Still, we had to laugh as he introduced his wife as &#8220;Doctor Biden&#8221;, as if her having a night school PhD would somehow impress them, and the responses of the kids are priceless, particularly towards the end.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ckVLfYjBqoA\" 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hola!\u00a0 It&#8217;s Wednesday, May 5th, Cinqo de Mayo 2021&#8230;but before beginning, indulge us, por favor, as we offer a few random thoughts on the passing scene. Random Thought One: What are the odds this August 31, 2020 tweet from the uncle of Brandon Mitchell, &#8220;Juror #52&#8243;&#8230; &#8230;will be forming part of Derek Chauvin&#8217;s appeal? \ufeff [&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-93291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93291","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=93291"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93386,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93291\/revisions\/93386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}