{"id":93737,"date":"2021-05-16T17:37:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T21:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=93737"},"modified":"2021-05-16T17:37:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T21:37:27","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-may-14th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=93737","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, May 14th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, May 14th, 2021&#8230;but before we begin, allow us to offer some random thoughts on the ever-worsening passing scene:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Random Thought (A<\/span>)<\/em>. TLJ suggested the Colonial Pipeline shutdown should <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at least<\/em><\/span> lead Americans to conclude we need more pipelines, to which we promptly responded, &#8220;No, The Left will claim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-energy-secretary-on-gas-crisis-if-you-drove-an-electric-car-this-would-not-be-affecting-you?itm_source=parsely-api%3Futm_content%3Dnews&amp;utm_campaign=daily_shapiro&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsmi=127059895&amp;utm_source=housefile\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">it&#8217;s a clear indication an immediate and total shift to electric vehicles is in order<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0 Hat tip to The Boss for the linked article which proves our point.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Random Thought (B<\/span>)<\/em>. Any question Hamas would never have attacked Israel if The Donald still occupied the Oval Office?\u00a0 Or perhaps there&#8217;s something about releasing $235M of aid to terrorists with no strings attached that just brings out the worst in them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93744\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-8.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-8-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Random Thought (C<\/span>)<\/em>. Demarcus Adams, Jarius Brunson and Brandon Miller, three Black soldiers stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/news\/local\/2021\/05\/11\/fort-campbell-tennessee-soldiers-charged-guns-chicago-shooting\/5042500001\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>have been arrested in connection with an illegal weapons pipeline which supplied the guns used in a number of shootings in Chicago<\/em><\/span><\/a>, at least one of which was fatal.\u00a0 Based on the following April 7th text exchange, it&#8217;s not hard to figure out the enterprise was gang-related:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>Miller: \u201c<em>We gotta hold this shit together ima still play the back role g I ain\u2019t never turning my back on gang whatever got going on y\u2019all ina door wit me stand on business ima stand on my business to make sure mfs got what they need<\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Chicago phone number: \u201c<em>Sayless<\/em>.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Miller: \u201c<em>We gone win this *war* we losing the battle but this a marathon not a race<\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>We can only assume Mr. Miller meant &#8220;sprint&#8221;, as a marathon is still a race.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>So while our new SecDef is focused on rooting out <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>White<\/em><\/span> supremacists in our Armed Forces (i.e., any <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">White<\/span><\/em> male with Conservative political beliefs), in an eerie replay of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2016\/01\/fast-furious-obama-first-scandal\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Obamao&#8217;s Fast &amp; Furious fiasco<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, the illicit activities of three <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Black<\/span><\/em> soldiers have claimed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>actual<\/em><\/span> lives.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>BTW, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/fbi-gang-assessment-us-military-2011-10\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>gangs infiltrating<\/em><\/span><\/a> our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/gang-members-military-weapons-2011-12\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Armed Forces<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0has been a problem dating back decades.\u00a0 Funny Lloyd Austin isn&#8217;t concerned about gangbangin&#8217; supremacists of color.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Random Thought (D<\/span>)<\/em>. Though we recognize the results of the 2020 election cannot be overturned, we&#8217;ll <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never<\/em><\/span> believe multiple efforts by Dimocrats to impose illegal, last-minute election law alterations, or to exclude Republican observers from the vote counting in cities such as Philadelphia, Atlanta and Detroit, or the zero-dark-thirty flood of nearly 100% ballots for Biden in various states <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>didn&#8217;t involve and weren&#8217;t intended<\/em><\/span> to perpetrate electoral fraud on a massive scale.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Random Thought (E<\/em><\/span>). We&#8217;re glad to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/cdc-to-ease-indoor-mask-wearing-guidance-for-vaccinated-people\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=23834950\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the CDC has finally grasped<\/em><\/span><\/a> what the rest of us, unschooled though we are in the complex sciences of epidemiology and virology, understood to be the case <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>months ago<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Which fairly screams the question, <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/rebeccadowns\/2021\/05\/13\/what-about-listening-to-the-science-states-and-companies-wont-commit-to-cdc-guidelines-granting-more-freedom-n2589436\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>if all our supposed leaders are &#8220;following the science&#8221;, why isn&#8217;t this policy nationwide<\/em><\/span><\/a>?!?\u00a0 We note 46*&#8217;s contribution to the announcement of this long-overdue milestone was to warn us the pandemic will not come to an end until it is tackled <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>globally<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Trust us, this is another way of saying his handlers don&#8217;t WANT this to end.\u00a0 And the timing <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can&#8217;t<\/em><\/span> have anything to do with attempting to distract from The Groper&#8217;s ineptitude in dealing with all his various and sundry crises.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Random Thought (F<\/span>)<\/em>. Ya gotta love <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/katiepavlich\/2021\/05\/12\/john-kerry-justifies-uyghur-slave-labor-for-the-sake-of-building-solar-panels-n2589316\"><em>John Kerry&#8217;s response to a question regarding the ChiComs using Uyghur slave labor to fabricate solar panels as recorded by Townhall.com&#8217;s Katie Pavlich<\/em><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 After first admitting it&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>precisely<\/em><\/span> what&#8217;s happening, Kerry attempts deflection by lamely stating, &#8220;That&#8217;s not my lane. My lane is very specifically is to try and get the Chinese to move what we need to do with respect to climate itself.&#8221;\u00a0 Hey, it&#8217;s &#8220;not his lane&#8221;, and he&#8217;s a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>REALLY<\/em><\/span> important guy on a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>REALLY<\/em><\/span> important mission.\u00a0 And he only has&#8230;what,&#8230;ten years now to save the planet?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Millions of the Uyghurs WISH they had that long.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>P.S. We wish <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>for once<\/em><\/span> some Republican would question Kerry&#8217;s climate change myth <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in its entirety<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Random Thought (G<\/span>)<\/em>. We were struck by Mayor Pete&#8217;s response to a CNBC host&#8217;s question regarding whether infrastructure shouldn&#8217;t be limited to the types of things within his purview as Secretary of Transportation.\u00a0 You can view the entire clip, as it&#8217;s not very long, but t<\/strong><strong>he <em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Money Quote<\/span><\/em>\u00a0comes at the 2:02 mark, at which point Pothole Pete clearly confirms he&#8217;s living in an alternate reality:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uqrI1lGf9ew\" 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><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Sure<\/em><\/span> we&#8217;ve got a $100 trillion, &#8217;cause in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Pete&#8217;s world<\/em><\/span>, all we need to do is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>print it<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!\u00a0 And be sure to make it to the end, &#8216;cuz we saved the best for last.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, the\u00a0<em>Morning Jolt<\/em>\u00a0responds to 46*&#8217;s continuing illegal immigration prevarications with an emphatic&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/government-stats-dont-lie-biden-is-getting-it-wrong-across-the-board\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20210512&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">NO, Mr. President, This Is NOT the Usual Seasonal Migration<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93684\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-7.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-7-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>I told you,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/biden-faces-a-wall-of-blinking-red-lights\/?itm_campaign=headline-testing-biden-faces-a-wall-of-blinking-red-lights&amp;itm_medium=headline&amp;itm_source=nationalreview&amp;itm_content=Biden%20Faces%20a%20Wall%20of%20Blinking%20Red%20Lights&amp;itm_term=Biden%20Faces%20a%20Wall%20of%20Blinking%20Red%20Lights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">back on April 19<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>, that this month\u2019s immigration numbers were going to be high, and represent a blinking red light. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">On May 4, I\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/no-nothing-happened-to-the-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reminded Jen Rubin<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0that no, nothing \u201chappened\u201d to the border crisis, the media just stopped discussing it.<\/span> On Monday,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/the-federal-governments-own-statistics-are-undermining-bidens-arguments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I pointed out that the federal government\u2019s official statistics were undermining Biden\u2019s argument that what Americans were seeing on the border was just a routine seasonal pattern<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cThe truth of the matter is, nothing has changed,\u201d President Biden insisted in his press conference on March 25.<\/span> \u201cIt happens every single, solitary year: There is a significant increase in the number of people coming to the border in the winter months of January, February, March. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">That happens every year.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>I\u2019m sorry, Mr. President, but that is a load of bull. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It is not a regular seasonal pattern to break a two-decade-old record\u00a0<em>two months in a row<\/em>.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In the month of April, U.S. Customs and Border Protection caught 178,622 individuals attempting to cross the U.S.\u2013Mexico border<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>, one month after they had caught an eye-popping 173,348 individuals.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Biden told NBC News that he \u201cinherited a Godawful mess\u201d from Trump at the border, but in January, CBP had <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only 78,443 encounters<\/em><\/span> at the southern border.<\/span> The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>first big jump<\/em><\/span> came in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>February<\/em><\/span> when it rose to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>101,120<\/em><\/span>, and then it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>continued rising<\/em><\/span> into March. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Hey, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>what happened in late January<\/em><\/span>?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>These are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cold, hard numbers<\/em><\/span> which <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>prove that Biden\u2019s assessment<\/em><\/span> of the situation in late March <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was <\/em><em>completely wrong<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Whether or not Biden <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wanted<\/em><\/span> to tell Central America that the border is open, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">his first moves on immigration<\/span><\/em> \u2014 halting construction of border fencing,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/new-biden-rules-for-ice-point-to-fewer-arrests-and-deportations-and-a-more-restrained-agency\/2021\/02\/07\/faccb854-68c6-11eb-bf81-c618c88ed605_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">new guidelines to ICE agents<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0to sharply curb arrests and deportations, an attempted moratorium on deportations, proposing a path to citizenship \u2014 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all<\/span><\/em> sent a signal to migrants <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> human traffickers that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the door was wide open and everyone was welcome<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>There is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">only one way<\/span><\/em> that people in the poorest and most isolated communities in Central America will <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">disbelieve<\/span><\/em> the false promises of human smugglers and coyotes and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>understand<\/em><\/span> that the border is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not open<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It requires the U.S. president to send a clear signal, loudly, frequently, and publicly, that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>U.S. immigration laws are still enforced<\/em><\/span>, and that those caught crossing the border illegally <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>will be criminally charged and quickly deported<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yeah, fat chance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Charlie Cooke recounts what happens when a biased press, overeager for any hint of dirt on a rising Republican, runs with a story they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>know to be false<\/em><\/span>, as he tells the twisted tale of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header article-header--full\" data-component=\"articleHeader\">\n<div class=\"article-header__inner\">\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/05\/rebekah-jones-the-covid-whistleblower-who-wasnt\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=blog-post&amp;utm_campaign=river&amp;utm_content=most-popular&amp;utm_term=first\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\">Rebekah Jones, the COVID Whistleblower Who Wasn\u2019t<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"section-content--primary\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<h3 class=\"article-content\" data-component=\"iframeEmbed\"><span class=\"article-header__subtitle\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/05\/rebekah-jones-the-covid-whistleblower-who-wasnt\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=blog-post&amp;utm_campaign=river&amp;utm_content=most-popular&amp;utm_term=first\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The former dashboard manager alleges a vast data conspiracy in Florida; not a word of it is true<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"article-header__remixd-player \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59gkx6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93725\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59gkx6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59gkx6.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59gkx6-300x181.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>That&#8217;s Rebekah Jones on the left, Theranos&#8217; Lyin&#8217; &#8216;Lizbeth Holmes on the right.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>T<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span class=\"small_caps\">his<\/span>\u00a0is a story about Rebekah Jones, a former <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dashboard manager<\/em><\/span> at the Florida Department of Health (FDOH), who has <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">single-handedly<\/span><\/em> managed to convince millions of Americans that Governor Ron DeSantis has been fudging the state\u2019s COVID-19 data.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">When I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>write<\/em><\/span> \u201csingle-handedly,\u201d I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>mean it<\/em><\/span>, for Jones is not\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one<\/em><\/span>\u00a0of the people who have advanced this conspiracy theory but rather is\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the\u00a0person<\/span><\/em> who has advanced this conspiracy theory.<\/span> It has been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>repeated<\/em><\/span> by others, sure: by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>partisans across the Internet<\/em><\/span>, by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unscrupulous Florida Democrats<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Is there a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">different<\/span> variety?!?<\/em>)<\/span> such as Nikki Fried and Charlie Crist, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>on television<\/em><\/span>, by <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>GASP!!!<\/em>)<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>MSNBC in particular<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>flows<\/em><\/span> from a single place: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Rebekah Jones<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> To understand <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span> is to understand the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>whole game<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">This is about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Jones<\/em><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Jones alone<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> If <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>she<\/em><\/span> falls, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it<\/em><\/span> falls.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>And\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>boy<\/em><\/span>\u00a0does it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>deserve<\/em><\/span> to fall<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59eic4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93699\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59eic4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59eic4.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59eic4-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you say, &#8220;Russian collusion&#8221; or &#8220;Dan Rather&#8221;, boys and girls?\u00a0 We KNEW you could!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of scam artists, also courtesy of\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em>, Phil Klein writes&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header article-header--full\" data-component=\"articleHeader\">\n<div class=\"article-header__inner\">\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/05\/bidens-honeymoon-is-over\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-05-13&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Biden\u2019s Honeymoon Is Over<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-content\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-component=\"iframeEmbed\"><span class=\"article-header__subtitle\" style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/05\/bidens-honeymoon-is-over\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-05-13&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">It\u2019s still early, but this week demonstrated that there\u2019s more to a successful presidency than simply slapping on a mask and avoiding late-night tweeting<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59gsjb.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93729\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59gsjb.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59gsjb.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59gsjb-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">M<\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span class=\"small_caps\">any\u00a0<\/span>conservatives have observed this week that with a\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/biden-denies-enhanced-unemployment-benefits-contributed-to-lagging-jobs-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poor unemployment report<\/a><\/span><\/em>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/inflation-soars-as-biden-pushes-for-4-trillion-in-more-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inflation on the rise<\/a><\/em><\/span>,\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/biden-says-u-s-needs-to-train-more-people-in-cyber-security-amid-gas-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a gas crisis<\/a><\/span><\/em>, and\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/05\/biden-has-emboldened-israels-enemies\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=homepage&amp;utm_campaign=river&amp;utm_content=featured-content-trending&amp;utm_term=second\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Middle East in turmoil<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Let&#8217;s not forget an uncontrolled southern border, a rising China, nuclear Iran and deliberately divisive social agenda!<\/em>)<\/span>, Joe Biden\u2019s presidency is starting to look <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a lot like Jimmy Carter\u2019s<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Taken <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">literally<\/span><\/em>, this is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>obviously<\/em><\/span> premature.<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> The Colonial Pipeline has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>already<\/em><\/span> resumed operations.<\/span> Israel and Hamas won\u2019t be fighting at this level of intensity <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>forever<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">And two concerning economic reports <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>do not<\/em><\/span> constitute a longer-term trend.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>That having been said, this week <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>has<\/em><\/span> been an indication that the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>honeymoon period<\/em><\/span> of the Biden presidency is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>coming to an end<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A grace period, we must note, his predecessor was never granted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>EnvironMental Moment<\/em><\/span>, courtesy of the <em>WSJ<\/em> via Jeff Foutch, Mark Mills reveals the truth behind&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/bidens-not-so-clean-energy-transition-11620752282\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Biden\u2019s Not-So-Clean Energy Transition<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/bidens-not-so-clean-energy-transition-11620752282\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\">The International Energy Agency exposes the hidden environmental costs and infeasibility of going green<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #003300;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/im-336643.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/im-336643.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/im-336643.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/im-336643-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The International Energy Agency, the world\u2019s pre-eminent source of energy information for governments, has entered the political debate over whether the U.S. should spend trillions of dollars to accelerate the energy transition favored by the Biden administration. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">You know, the plan to use far more \u201cclean energy\u201d and far less hydrocarbons\u2014the oil, natural gas and coal that today supply 84% of global energy needs.<\/span> The IEA\u2019s 287-page\u00a0<a class=\"icon none\" style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/the-role-of-critical-minerals-in-clean-energy-transitions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>\u00a0released this month, \u201cThe Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions,\u201d is devastating to those ambitions. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">A better title would have been: \u201cClean Energy Transitions: Not Soon, Not Easy and Not Clean.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The IEA assembled a large body of data about a central, and until now largely ignored, aspect of the energy transition: It requires mining industries and infrastructure that don\u2019t exist. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Wind, solar and battery technologies are built from an array of \u201cenergy transition minerals,\u201d or ETMs, that must be mined and processed.<\/span> The IEA finds that with a global energy transition like the one President Biden envisions, demand for key minerals such as lithium, graphite, nickel and rare-earth metals would explode, rising by 4,200%, 2,500%, 1,900% and 700%, respectively, by 2040.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">The world <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">doesn\u2019t have the capacity to meet such demand<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> As the IEA observes, albeit in cautious bureaucratese, there are no plans to fund and build the necessary mines and refineries. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">The supply of ETMs is entirely aspirational.<\/span> And if it were pursued at the quantities dictated by the goals of the energy transition, the world would face daunting environmental, economic and social challenges, along with geopolitical risks.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">The IEA stipulates up front one underlying fact that advocates of a transition never mention: Green-energy machines use far more critical minerals than conventional-energy machines do.<\/span> \u201cA typical electric car requires six times the mineral inputs of a conventional car, and an onshore wind plant requires nine times more mineral resources than a gas-fired power plant,\u201d the report says. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u201cSince 2010, the average amount of minerals needed for a new unit of power generation capacity has increased by 50% as the share of renewables has risen.\u201d<\/span> That was merely to bring wind and solar to a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">10% share<\/span><\/em> of the world\u2019s electricity.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">As the IEA notes dryly, the transition is a \u201cshift from a fuel-intensive to a material-intensive energy system.\u201d<\/span> That means a shift away from liquids and gases whose extraction and transport leave a very light footprint on the land and are transported easily, cheaply and efficiently, and toward big-footprint mines, the energy-intensive transport of massive amounts of rocks and other solid materials, and subsequent chemical processing and refining<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In other words&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p6V2Ew1M0sE?start=72&amp;end=74&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>Moving on, we submit for your perusal a septet of selections sure to pique the interest of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). Writing at <em>NRO<\/em>, Douglas Carr proposes a way <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/05\/how-lawmakers-could-respond-to-mlbs-georgia-boycott\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-05-11&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>lawmakers could respond to MLB&#8217;s Georgia Boycott<\/em><\/span><\/a> which might even garner some Dimocratic support, provided Progressives are serious about taxing billionaires.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). Though we find Marc Thiessen&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/05\/07\/cheney-was-more-loyal-trumps-agenda-than-stefanik-trump-only-cares-about-loyalty-him\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">take on the Liz Cheney kerfuffle<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0of interest, centering as it does around the rather intriguing factoid Liz was in synch with The Donald (93%) far more frequently than Elise (78%), what we find <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more<\/em><\/span> interesting is Thiessen, like Cheney,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still<\/em><\/span> describes the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>brief occupation<\/em><\/span> of the Capitol as an &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>insurrection<\/em><\/span>&#8220;, just as he similarly continues to claim Trump was somehow responsible, a belief most outside the Beltway don&#8217;t share.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). And the Biden bennies just keep on coming, as <em>NRO <\/em>reports\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/consumer-price-index-sees-largest-yearly-increase-since-2008-as-evidence-of-inflation-mounts\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=23820099\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>consumer prices saw their largest yearly jump since 2008, as evidence of inflation mounts<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It&#8217;s like this meme from Speed so pointedly observes:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/speed-5.56.17-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93730\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/speed-5.56.17-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/speed-5.56.17-PM.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/speed-5.56.17-PM-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2021\/04\/30\/china-largest-carbon-emitter-playing-biden-kerry-fools-column\/4856403001\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Though we understand Senator Barasso&#8217;s point<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, the ChiComs aren&#8217;t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>playing<\/em><\/span>\u00a0Joe Biden, they&#8217;re <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>paying<\/em><\/span>\u00a0Joe Biden&#8230;along with a lengthy list of other American luminaries who&#8217;ve put personal profit above their nation&#8217;s security.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). Courtesy of our expert Gary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/colonial-pipeline-ransomware-attack-everything-you-need-to-know\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>here&#8217;s e<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>verything you need to know about the Colonial Pipeline attack<\/em><\/span>, including the fact <em>DarkSide<\/em> has claimed responsibility for the catastrophic ransomware outbreak.\u00a0 In the meantime, while Charlie Cooke rightly considers\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the White House\u2019s approach to the assault on a critical piece of actual infrastructure to be baffling<\/span><\/em><\/span>,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Bloomberg just reported\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/colonial-pipeline-paid-hackers-5-million-ransom-report\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=23832894\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Colonial paid DarkSide a nearly $5 million ransom in untraceable cryptocurrency within hours of the cyberattack<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 All of which leaves Jim Geraghty wondering, &#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryloverspage.com\/poets\/kipling\/dane_geld.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hasn\u2019t ANYBODY in this administration read Kipling\u2019s\u00a0Dane-Geld<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>? What do you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>think happens<\/em><\/span> when people hear you\u2019re willing to pay a ransom?&#8221;\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a hint: None of it&#8217;s good.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). As this forward from George Lawlor tells us, someone in Mike DeWine&#8217;s office has a flair for innovation, as <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ohio&#8217;s governor announced a $1M lottery for vaccinated citizens.<\/span> &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/ohio-gov-mike-dewine-lottery-vaccinated-citizens\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Starting next Wednesday, adults who have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and are at least 18 years old, may enter a lottery that will provide a $1 million prize each Wednesday for five weeks<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0 Not to be outdone, 46* has offered any girls between the ages of 8 and 13 who get the vaccine a chance to win an all-expense paid trip on Amtrak to join him in his pool the next time Dr. Jill&#8217;s out of town.*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>*<em>The total number of winners will depend upon how often Dr. Jill goes out of town<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(7). Turning from the good to the bad and ugly, Michigan&#8217;s Wretched Whitmer is at it again, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/a-pipeline-a-public-official-and-a-private-jet-11620937954?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>attempting to exercise powers her own Dimocratic attorney general says she doesn&#8217;t have to seize the profits of a Canadian pipeline passing through the Straits of Mackinac if they don&#8217;t shut down operations<\/em><\/span><\/a>, all because the 60-year-old pipeline <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>might<\/em><\/span> spring a leak.\u00a0 No word on whether Wretched plans to force Delta Airlines to cease all flight in and out of Detroit because one of their aircraft <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>could<\/em><\/span> crash.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>This couldn&#8217;t have anything to do with Wretched attempting to divert attention from her refusal\u00a0<\/strong><strong>to come clean about who footed the bill for the private jet she took to visit her father in Florida in violation of her own COVID\u00a0<\/strong><strong>travel advisory?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/edIi6hYpUoQ?start=374&amp;end=376&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>Inquiring minds also have to wonder whether Whitmer has the faintest understanding a going concern would infinitely prefer to slug it out in court and risk losing some portion of its net profits rather than shutting down and losing its entire stream of revenue.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>As Jim Freeman noted, echoing what we&#8217;ve so often observed, i<\/strong><strong>f politicians like Wretched Gretchen didn\u2019t have double standards, they&#8217;s have no standards at all.<\/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\/hama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93706\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hama.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hama.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hama-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb051321dAPR20210513044505.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93707\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb051321dAPR20210513044505.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb051321dAPR20210513044505.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb051321dAPR20210513044505-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MC_MiddleEast_web20210512124602.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93676\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MC_MiddleEast_web20210512124602.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MC_MiddleEast_web20210512124602.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MC_MiddleEast_web20210512124602-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bbb-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93674\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bbb-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bbb-4.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bbb-4-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb051221dAPR20210512044508.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93675\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb051221dAPR20210512044508.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb051221dAPR20210512044508.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb051221dAPR20210512044508-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MC_Outta_Gas_web20210513120000.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93723\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MC_Outta_Gas_web20210513120000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MC_Outta_Gas_web20210513120000.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MC_Outta_Gas_web20210513120000-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cb051221dAPR20210512014504.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93677\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cb051221dAPR20210512014504.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cb051221dAPR20210512014504.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cb051221dAPR20210512014504-300x227.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93678\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-6.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-6-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/alg051221dAPR20210512024504.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93679\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/alg051221dAPR20210512024504.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/alg051221dAPR20210512024504.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/alg051221dAPR20210512024504-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bbb-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93721\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bbb-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bbb-5.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bbb-5-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-12-21-at-8.59-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93672\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-12-21-at-8.59-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-12-21-at-8.59-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-12-21-at-8.59-AM-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-13-21-at-7.49-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93698\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-13-21-at-7.49-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-13-21-at-7.49-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-13-21-at-7.49-AM-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Breeze&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/breeze1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93668\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/breeze1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/breeze1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/breeze1-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/breeze2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93669\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/breeze2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/breeze2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/breeze2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FB_IMG_1620531166299.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93670\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FB_IMG_1620531166299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FB_IMG_1620531166299.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FB_IMG_1620531166299-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FB_IMG_1620590003226.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93671\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FB_IMG_1620590003226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FB_IMG_1620590003226.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FB_IMG_1620590003226-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93686\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ggg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93712\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ggg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ggg.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ggg-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image000001-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93714\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image000001-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image000001-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image000001-2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93715\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls-1-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image000000-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93716\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image000000-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image000000-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image000000-1-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fff.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fff-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;the lovely Shannon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shannon1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shannon1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shannon1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shannon1-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shannon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93697\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shannon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shannon.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shannon-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and last, but never least, Major Jon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/jon.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93717\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/jon.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/jon.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/jon-300x182.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with our\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Heresy<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Section<\/em><\/span>, courtesy today of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, who, in a blinding moment of unaccustomed honesty admitted when it comes to the cheapest, least environmentally-damaging way to transport the petroleum products and natural gas on which our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>entire civilization depends<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59gmy6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93726\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59gmy6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59gmy6.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59gmy6-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>To which The Groper&#8217;s degenerate son responded&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59gncw.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93727\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59gncw.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59gncw.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59gncw-300x180.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reports Granholm will be hauled before the Grand High Climate Inquisitor first thing Monday&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59h6rk.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93769\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59h6rk.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59h6rk.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/59h6rk-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;remain unconfirmed&#8230;but highly likely.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. If we might impose upon you, please forward <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Gouge<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0to a right-thinking friend.\u00a0 No, we won&#8217;t claim you&#8217;ll die, or your finances will drastically dry up if you don&#8217;t.\u00a0 After all, 46* will take care of the latter regardless.\u00a0 We&#8217;re just trying to increase our circulation, and there&#8217;s no one a Conservative trusts more than a like-minded acquaintance.\u00a0 In any event, we&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C7WeZbRbxwg?start=28\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/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>Ben Shapiro gives us an accurate assessment of the latest Hamas terrorist assault on the sovereign state of Israel, the only truly functioning democracy in the Middle East.\u00a0 The clip is a bit lengthy, but it&#8217;s well worth your time to get the facts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/njEeRTekraU\" 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>As if America&#8217;s enemies didn&#8217;t already have reason enough to dismiss our resolve.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MIYGFSONKbk\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/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>Everything you wanted to know about tree crickets&#8230;but didn&#8217;t care enough to ask!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/video-api.wsj.com\/api-video\/player\/v3\/iframe.html?guid=39A5AA8C-A6CC-44B9-942C-E7498E19BCE8\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" 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<\/div>\n<\/header>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, May 14th, 2021&#8230;but before we begin, allow us to offer some random thoughts on the ever-worsening passing scene: Random Thought (A). 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