{"id":94232,"date":"2021-05-30T21:03:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T01:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=94232"},"modified":"2021-05-30T21:07:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T01:07:22","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-may-28th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=94232","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, May 28th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, May 28th, 2021&#8230;but before we begin, in the event you&#8217;re unaware of how Google manipulates what content you&#8217;re permitted to peruse, courtesy of James Nichols, consider the results of a recent search by a Tom Elliott for the latest on Rand Paul using <em>DuckDuckGo<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/E2OzspUWQAEv1vy.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94223\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/E2OzspUWQAEv1vy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/E2OzspUWQAEv1vy.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/E2OzspUWQAEv1vy-300x192.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<em>Bing<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/E2OzrTDWYAMS-0L.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/E2OzrTDWYAMS-0L.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/E2OzrTDWYAMS-0L.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/E2OzrTDWYAMS-0L-300x260.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and <em>Google<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/E2OzuqjXMAkg7pp.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/E2OzuqjXMAkg7pp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/E2OzuqjXMAkg7pp.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/E2OzuqjXMAkg7pp-300x188.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>You don&#8217;t think such censorship has real-world impact?\u00a0 Watch this Tucker Carlson video, THEN&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-YbRNgBg9Og\" 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;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>think again<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Any questions<\/em><\/span>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, anyone interested in preserving the Founders&#8217; gift of the 2nd Amendment needs to know the straight skinny on 46*&#8217;s nominee to head the ATF (those pressed for time can skip ahead to the 3:25 mark):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uzS4xMm0RkY?start=0&amp;end=237&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>For those too young to remember, the ATF is part of the same alphabet soup that brought America the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vsjUqXWv-zI\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Ruby Ridge<\/em><\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/r-dcZaPTKdQ\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Branch Davidian<\/em><\/span><\/a> massacres, where the full weight of the federal government was brought mercilessly down upon completely innocent bystanders in the relentless&#8230;and highly suspect&#8230;pursuit of just two people: Randy Weaver in the former, David Koresh the latter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of guns, David Chipman must certainly be disappointed the <em>Journal<\/em>&#8216;s reporting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/san-jose-shooter-was-previously-questioned-by-law-enforcement-over-hatred-of-workplace-11622142384?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the San Jose shooter used handguns<\/em><\/span><\/a> rather an AR-15 variant.\u00a0 The <em>Journal<\/em> went on to note Cassidy was questioned by U.S. Customs back in 2016 regarding some rather unusual reading materials he brought back from the Philippines, including \u201cbooks about terrorism and fear and manifestos\u2026as well as a black memo book filled with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lots of notes<\/em><\/span> about how <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he hates the VTA<\/em><\/span>\u201d, sentiments of which his first wife was fully aware&#8230;along with the fact he wanted to kill people at work.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/but-wait.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94254\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/but-wait.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/but-wait.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/but-wait-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>The Journal couldn\u2019t immediately determine whether the border officials\u2019 findings <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>were shared<\/em><\/span> with the VTA or local law enforcement <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>before<\/em><\/span> the shooting. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">A spokeswoman for the VTA <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>referred questions to<\/em><\/span> the Santa Clara Sheriff\u2019s Department.<\/span> Spokespeople for the Santa Clara Sheriff\u2019s Department and San Jose Police Department <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>didn\u2019t immediately respond<\/em><\/span> to comment requests.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Customs and Border Protection, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>declined to comment<\/em><\/span> on the specifics of the case, citing the continuing investigation of the shooting.<\/span> She said the department started an internal review in February <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">which includes &#8216;efforts to ensure law enforcement personnel have the tools and training to identify behavioral indicators associated with targeted violence and policy to improve information sharing with our partners<\/span><\/em>.&#8217;<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith told reporters Thursday investigators <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>haven&#8217;t yet found any evidence indicating a possible motive<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5b82rn.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94255\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5b82rn.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5b82rn.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5b82rn-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>At least Cassidy saved taxpayers the cost of a trial, endless appeals and the cost of keeping him alive for the next 30 years.\u00a0 If he escaped justice in this life, he&#8217;ll certainly won&#8217;t in the next.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of justice&#8230;or perhaps more accurately, just desserts, in forward from James Nichols, <em>FOX<\/em> informs us an&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/atlanta-defund-the-police-backer-has-car-stolen-by-kids-in-broad-daylight-reports\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800080;\">Atlanta &#8216;defund the police&#8217; backer has car stolen &#8212; by kids in broad daylight<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/download-5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94258\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/download-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/download-5.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/download-5-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Better than Brown&#8217;s car being stolen right in front of his eyes is how he represented his interaction with the supposedly pre-teen thieves:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The councilman described the kids as being <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">between ages 6 and 12<\/span><\/em>, FOX 5\u00a0reported.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8220;One kid was in the driver\u2019s seat.<\/span> Ben [Community &#8220;leader&#8221; Ben Norman] attempted to open the door to get him out of the car. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">He <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fought with Ben<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I then engaged<\/em><\/span> and tried to get him out of the car. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>three other kids<\/em><\/span> were trying to figure out <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>how to get in the car or stay out of the car<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> He started to hit on the gas,&#8221; Brown said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Brown added that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he held on to the car in an attempt to stop them<\/em><\/span> and was dragged about a block down the road before letting go.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>&#8220;As he started to speed up, and I knew that if I had not let go, I knew I probably could have killed myself because he was going so fast, I would have started to tumble. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>I would have hurt him<\/em><\/span>,&#8221; the councilman said<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Still, the best is this mayor-wanna-be&#8217;s plan to deal with the skyrocketing crime in Atlanta, where the rates of homicide and shootings are up 52% and 40% respectively from this time last year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Brown <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>doesn&#8217;t plan on filing charges<\/em><\/span> against the kids, who he says\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>acted out\u00a0of desperation<\/em><\/span>, Atlanta&#8217;s WSB-TV reported. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8220;This is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>generational poverty issue<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> These kids, it\u2019s 12:30 in the afternoon.<span style=\"color: #333399;\"> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Why aren\u2019t they in school<\/span><\/em>?<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Why aren\u2019t we enforcing systems to ensure that if they are not in school, they\u2019re in recreational centers<\/span><\/em>?&#8221; he said.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>One only wonder at the keen intellect behind such counterproductive positions and mind-numbing questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It should also be noted Antonio&#8217;s under indictment on several federal fraud charges related to lying about his income on applications to obtain loans and credit cards used for personal purchases.\u00a0 Which means his car might not have been stolen, but rather <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>repossessed<\/em><\/span>!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>\u00a0relates how&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/bidens-experience-isnt-translating-into-preparation\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Biden&#8217;s experience isn&#8217;t translating into preparation<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/download-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94172\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/download-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/download-4.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/download-4-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>When President\u00a0Joe Biden\u00a0was elected, supporters argued few candidates were better prepared for the White House: eight years as vice president, 36 years in the Senate, and stints as chairman of the Foreign Relations and Judiciary committees.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Since taking office<\/em><\/span>, Biden has been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>caught flat-footed<\/em><\/span> by several developments: the surge of migrants at the\u00a0border, the uptick in inflation, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and splits among congressional Democrats on how to deal with the Middle East, with a growing faction in the House increasingly outspoken in its criticism of the Jewish state<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, the <em>Editorial Board<\/em> at the <em>WSJ<\/em>\u00a0weighed in on\u00a0Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/hijacking-a-plane-to-snatch-a-blogger-11621806173?mod=MorningEditorialReport&amp;mod=djemMER_h\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Hijacking a Plane to Snatch a Blogger<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/hijacking-a-plane-to-snatch-a-blogger-11621806173?mod=MorningEditorialReport&amp;mod=djemMER_h\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">The Belarus dictator orders his military to divert a civilian flight<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5ard7r.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94179\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5ard7r.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5ard7r.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5ard7r-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The implications of this state-sponsored hijacking aren\u2019t pretty. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A head of state used his military to order the diversion of a civilian flight between two European Union countries.<\/span> His government lied about a bomb threat. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">And then it snatched a political opponent who was working in exile.<\/span> If this is allowed to be a precedent <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>without consequences<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>expect more such hijackings for the purpose of making political arrests<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Imagine how <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Vladimir Putin or North Korea<\/em><em> might interpret this<\/em><\/span> as a license to intercept civilian planes.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The risks of an accident are high, especially if a pilot refuses to cooperate with the hijacking government\u2019s orders. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Will the government then shoot the plane down?<\/span> After the Belarus stunt, many pilots may refuse to believe claims of a bomb threat in the future.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lithuania protested the hijacking and demanded that the EU and NATO respond. Germany demanded an explanation from Belarus, and Poland\u2019s prime minister called it a \u201creprehensible act of state terrorism.\u201d<\/span> But Belarus isn\u2019t an EU member, and it isn\u2019t clear what Europe will be able or willing to do. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Barring any commercial flights to and from Minsk would be a start, but that would be too easy<\/em>.)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Rogue nations and their leaders are getting more brazen, and the world is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>fast becoming a more dangerous place<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Particularly rogue nations in close orbit with Vladimir Putin, with who 46* still plans to meet in Geneva next month.\u00a0 There <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>couldn&#8217;t<\/em><\/span> be any correlation between Lukashenko&#8217;s brazenness and the utterly corrupt and addled occupant of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5are0n.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5are0n.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5are0n.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5are0n-300x197.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;the Oval Office.\u00a0 As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/bidens-toothless-response-to-the-state-run-hijacking-in-belarus\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20210525&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Jim Geraghty so accurately opined<\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Why do these authoritarian regimes not fear the consequences of their actions? <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Because in so many cases, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>there are no consequences<\/em><\/span> to those actions, or at least <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not significant ones<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The modern \u201cinternational order\u201d envisioned by the center-left <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>doesn\u2019t really offer<\/em><\/span> any international order.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>The international order envisioned by President Biden and German chancellor Angela Merkel and most other Western leaders is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ultimately toothless<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>prioritizes the illusion<\/em><\/span> of stability and order \u2014 and attempts to sweep outrageous and dangerous actions such as the Belarusian hijacking under the rug \u2014 over the short-term difficult actions that might create genuine stability and order in the long term.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>The world is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>full<\/em><\/span> of bullies, who will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>continue<\/em><\/span> bullying others <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">until they learn a hard lesson about consequences<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Something tells us The Groper <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>won&#8217;t be<\/em><\/span> their instructor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>BTW, it&#8217;s more than curious some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/saturday-night-live-avoids-any-biden-impersonations-four-months-into-his-presidency\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>four months into his presidency, SNL has yet to do a skit involving 46*<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of incredible coincidences,\u00a0<em>The Daily Caller<\/em> reports&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"mb-6 xl:mb-10 leading-tight font-oswald font-medium\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/23\/3-wuhan-lab-scientists-hospitalized-2019-us-intel\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Three Wuhan Institute Of Virology Scientists Were Hospitalized In November 2019<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/download-1-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94174\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/download-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/download-1-1.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/download-1-1-300x129.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Three researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) were reportedly hospitalized with an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unknown infection<\/em><\/span> in November 2019.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">The researchers were hospitalized around the time COVID-19 is believed to have begun circulating in China, according to a United States intelligence report<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/intelligence-on-sick-staff-at-wuhan-lab-fuels-debate-on-covid-19-origin-11621796228?redirect=amp#click=https:\/\/t.co\/iWDjjtqA3Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">obtained by the Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The report raises new questions about the origins of the virus, which some researchers, intelligence officials, and politicians believe is likely to have escaped from the WIV.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">The Chinese government claims that doctors diagnosed the<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/17\/covid-19-year-recap-discovery-lockdowns-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">first<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">COVID-19 infection on Dec. 8, 2019, but<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/society\/article\/3074991\/coronavirus-chinas-first-confirmed-covid-19-case-traced-back\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reporting<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">from the South China Morning Post suggested that the first infection was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>really diagnosed on Nov. 17<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/2017-2021.state.gov\/fact-sheet-activity-at-the-wuhan-institute-of-virology\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State Department fact sheet<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">sheet\u00a0released\u00a0on Jan. 15 claimed that \u201cseveral researchers inside the WIV became sick in autumn 2019, before the first identified case of the outbreak.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">The symptoms were reportedly consistent with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>both<\/em><\/span> COVID-19 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and common seasonal illnesses<\/span><\/em>.\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The fact sheet did not provide information about the number of sick researchers, or more exact dates of infection.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Dr. Shi Zhengli, a lead researcher on bat-based coronaviruses at WIV,<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/04\/02\/coronavirus-leaked-wuhan-institute-virology-richard-ebright-shi-zhengli\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">denies<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">that COVID-19 escaped from her lab, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>although she previously said<\/em><\/span> that she did \u201cnot slept a wink for days\u201d over <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>concerns that it originated with her team<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As Jim Geraghty notes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/the-circumstantial-evidence-at-wuhan-lab-keeps-growing\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20210524&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>at his Morning Jolt<\/em><\/span><\/a>,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>if this previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report is accurate, the Wuhan Institute of Virology had three hospitalizations either simultaneously or in rapid succession. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">This means that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one of three things<\/em><\/span> happened.<\/span> Either <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>three employees<\/em><\/span> of the WIV caught a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>particularly virulent common seasonal illness<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bad enough<\/em><\/span> to put healthy adults in the hospital, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>right before<\/em><\/span> the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> completely unrelated to that outbreak; <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">their illness <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was<\/em><\/span> connected to their work at the WIV, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but<\/em><\/span> what they caught was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> SARS-CoV-2;<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>or<\/em><\/span> they caught SARS-CoV-2 and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">were the first cluster of COVID-19 cases<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Not-So-Great-Escape-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94247\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Not-So-Great-Escape-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Not-So-Great-Escape-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/The-Not-So-Great-Escape-1-300x146.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Yes<\/em><\/span>, this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span> circumstantial evidence, but the circumstantial evidence <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">keeps piling up higher and higher<\/span>.\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>As Geraghty notes in a later column, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/05\/the-considerable-if-circumstantial-evidence-of-a-wuhan-lab-leak\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">now a metaphorical Himalayan mountain range of circumstantial evidence<\/span><\/a>&#8220;<\/em>.)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">And as we all know,<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Chinese government<\/span> would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">never lie<\/span> about this virus,<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/23940984.360159\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmF0aW9uYWxyZXZpZXcuY29tL3RoZS1tb3JuaW5nLWpvbHQvY2hpbmFzLWRldmFzdGF0aW5nLWxpZXMv\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30B077b9f6b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">except for all the times it did<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5aqrkk.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94157\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5aqrkk.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5aqrkk.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5aqrkk-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sorry, Xi, we know you&#8217;ve got 46* and a significant part of our country&#8217;s elite in your pocket, but from where we&#8217;re sitting&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-opqUSOUDQY?start=56&amp;end=59&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>In an earlier incarnation, 46* might well have been talking about the truth behind the origins of the Wuhan virus when he observed&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OOdQCfJBxaM?start=7&amp;end=10&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>BTW, this should serve as a reminder to those who waxed righteously indignant over the sometimes coarse and boorish conduct of The Donald, he hardly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/now\/aides-joe-biden-describe-president-104340409.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pioneered such behavior<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, we offer up a tentet of items certain to appeal to inquiring Conservative minds:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). Writing at <em>American Greatness<\/em>, Julie Kelly correctly suggests it&#8217;s high time <a href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2021\/05\/24\/time-to-confront-the-u-s-capitol-police-about-its-january-6-lies\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the U.S. Capitol Police were called to account for the lies they spread about the January 6th riot<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, including, but not limited to, the circumstances of Ashlee Babbitt&#8217;s murder and why their official statements about Brian Sicknick&#8217;s death included the fire extinguisher fable they knew to be false.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). If we ever needed another reason not to watch the NBA,\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/76ers-doc-rivers-attendance-numbers\" class=\"broken_link\">76ers&#8217; Doc Rivers comment on reported attendance numbers certainly provided it<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<strong>&#8220;<em>I can\u2019t believe that was 10,000, 11,000 [people]. There\u2019s no way. I think we\u2019re counting like the Republicans because it felt like 30,000 people in the stands<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0 To which we can only respond if Doc thinks the math is off now, wait until those attempting to add up the figures are products of what <a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/woke-educators-release-letter-declaring-objective-math-a-form-of-white-supremacy\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Progressives propose as the newest math<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). <em>The Washington Free Beacon<\/em> tells us <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/apple-employees-condemn-israel-but-remain-silent-on-companys-use-of-chinese-slave-labor\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a group of Muslim employees at Apple is\u00a0pushing\u00a0the tech giant to publicly condemn Israel&#8217;s &#8220;illegal occupation&#8221; of the Gaza Strip following a recent spate of violence caused by the terrorist group Hamas<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>. &#8220;<\/strong><strong>These same employees, however, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have yet<\/em><\/span> to speak out about the treatment of Uyghur Muslims in China, where Apple\u2019s supply chain is largely located. Up to one million Uyghurs are imprisoned in &#8220;reeducation camps&#8221; in the western province of Xinjiang, and a recent\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/seven-apple-suppliers-accused-of-using-forced-labor-from-xinjiang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">report<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0found photo and documentary evidence that seven Apple suppliers use Uyghur forced labor to make iPhone parts.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). As <em>USA Today<\/em> recorded, <em>King&#8217;s Island<\/em> amusement park outside Cincinnati issued the following announcement after\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/felt-rough-fights-unruly-guests-193734139.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">shutting down early after multiple fights broke out among roving gangs of profane and &#8220;unruly guests<\/span>&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;<strong><em>The safety of our guests and associates is always our top priority. On Saturday, the decision was made to close the park 30 minutes early due to unruly behavior and altercations <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">involving a number of teenagers<\/span>. This behavior did not align with our park\u2019s values, and was not the experience we want any guest to have while visiting Kings Island<\/em>.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Soooo,&#8230;rather than having a single one of these &#8220;unruly guests&#8221; (of indeterminate ethnicity) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>arrested<\/em><\/span> when police arrived, the park deprived <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>law-abiding, peaceful paying patrons<\/em><\/span> of the full value of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>their<\/em><\/span> entrance fees, thus holding <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no one<\/em><\/span> responsible for their reprehensible behavior.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>This is the same problem presented by Lukashenko&#8217;s state-sponsored hijacking of the Ryanair flight, or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/southwest-airlines-flight-attendant-teeth\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>recent incident on a San Diego-bound Southwest flight<\/em><\/span><\/a>: absent some sort of swift and meaningful punishment, what&#8217;s to prevent these &#8220;guests&#8221; from acting any differently when they next visit the park&#8230;or another Southwest passenger&#8230;or another tin-pot dictator?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a law <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/desantis-signs-bill-to-fine-social-media-companies-that-censor-politicians\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=23944223\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>empowering Florida\u2019s election commission to punish tech companies that engage in censorship with financial penalties<\/em><\/span><\/a>. As <em>NRO<\/em> reports, &#8220;It imposes a maximum fine of up to $250,000-per-day fine for \u201cdeplatforming\u201d any candidate for statewide office and a $25,000-per-day fine for deplatforming candidates for non-statewide offices. It also allows Floridians the right to file lawsuits against companies that violate the policy and earn compensation for damages.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Kevin Williamson tells us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-tuesday\/keeping-up-with-nikole-hannah-jones\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=TUE_20210525&amp;utm_term=Tuesday-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>while the denial of tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of the deliberately deceitful 1619 Project,\u00a0will make some Conservatives feel like they&#8217;ve won something, they haven&#8217;t<\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;<em><strong>As usual, our focus on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">personality<\/span> in question \u2014 on the hate object with a face and a name \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">leads us astray<\/span>. As an ideological and cultural matter, how much does it really matter <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">who<\/span>, exactly, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sits in the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism<\/span>? Because the chances are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">104 percent<\/span> that the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is going to be a semi-maniacal ideologue of approximately the Hannah-Jones kind in any case<\/span>. The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ideology<\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">built into the position<\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">so is the bias<\/span>. They <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">aren\u2019t<\/span> going to hire Charles Murray. The Associated Press is going to go <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">right on being<\/span> a biased and at times incompetent organization <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">with or without [noted anti-Semite] Emily Wilder<\/span>.<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(7). In a related item,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>the Great Geffoir recommends Peter W. Wood&#8217;s\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1620: A Critical Response to the 1619 Project<\/span>\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">as a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">must-read<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 You can learn more about Wood&#8217;s response to the 1619 Project&#8217;s blatant distortions of the historical record at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com\/fpm\/2021\/05\/1620-critical-response-1619-project-danusha-v-goska\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Front Page Magazine<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/nbm43.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94165\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/nbm43.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/nbm43.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/nbm43-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE<\/em><\/span>: Though we ordered a copy earlier this week, curiously enough Amazon won&#8217;t be delivering it until mid-July.\u00a0 Just another thing that makes you go, &#8220;Hmmmm&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(8). The great Stilton Jarlsberg noted prison guards Tova Noel and Michael Thuma cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid jail time in which they confessed to falsifying the records of their watch on Jeffrey Epstein.\u00a0 They failed to to check on him as required, finding it preferable to nap and play on their computers&#8230;anything to drown out the screams coming from Epstein&#8217;s cell.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Guard-Dooty-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94184\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Guard-Dooty-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Guard-Dooty-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Guard-Dooty-1-300x144.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>No word yet on what all the security cameras were doing while the guards were literally laying down on the job.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(9). The runner-up for our <em>Quote of the Day<\/em> was this deceitful explanation from Wretched Gretchen posing as an apology:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>\u201c<em>Throughout the pandemic, I\u2019ve been committed to following public health protocols. Yesterday, I went with friends to a local restaurant. As more people arrived, the tables were pushed together. Because we were all vaccinated, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we didn&#8217;t stop to think about it<\/span>. In retrospect, I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should have<\/span> thought about it. I am human. I made a mistake, and I apologize<\/em>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>A whopper we felt deserving of this meme:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5aqubq.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94245\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5aqubq.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5aqubq.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5aqubq-300x167.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(10). Jen Psaki would have us believe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/white-house-biden-fitness-psaki-trouble-keeping-up\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>46* is so fit she has trouble keeping up with him<\/em><\/span><\/a>, which reminds us of the breakup scene from Stripes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GbVaisNPgh4?start=49&amp;end=56&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>Thus does a propagandist who&#8217;d make Joseph Goebbels blush, who <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">already<\/span><\/em> had a credibility factor\u00a0close to zero, dive deep&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bullshit-meter-gif-11.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94215\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/bullshit-meter-gif-11.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;into red figures.<\/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\/afb052721dAPR20210527054502.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94238\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb052721dAPR20210527054502.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb052721dAPR20210527054502.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb052721dAPR20210527054502-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb052621dAPR20210526044510.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94239\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb052621dAPR20210526044510.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb052621dAPR20210526044510.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb052621dAPR20210526044510-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94240\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-15.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-15-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MC_Beetlejuice_web20210524120000.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94159\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MC_Beetlejuice_web20210524120000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MC_Beetlejuice_web20210524120000.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MC_Beetlejuice_web20210524120000-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94160\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-13.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-13-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/eee.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94161\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/eee.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/eee.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/eee-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb052421dAPR20210524054507.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94162\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb052421dAPR20210524054507.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb052421dAPR20210524054507.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/afb052421dAPR20210524054507-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ddd-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94163\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ddd-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ddd-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ddd-1-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lisa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94202\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lisa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lisa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lisa-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-27-21-at-8.02-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94242\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-27-21-at-8.02-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-27-21-at-8.02-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Image-5-27-21-at-8.02-AM-211x300.jpeg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls1-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94189\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls1-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls1-1-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94190\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls2-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls2-1-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls3-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94192\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls3-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/balls3-1-300x293.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Speed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/speed-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94166\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/speed-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/speed-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/speed-2-292x300.png 292w\" 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\/shannnon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94167\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shannnon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shannnon.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shannnon-296x300.png 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and this one we scored ourselves&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hunter-biden-nashville-gas-station.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hunter-biden-nashville-gas-station.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hunter-biden-nashville-gas-station.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hunter-biden-nashville-gas-station-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hunter-biden-nashville-gas-station-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with these little bon mots from Ed Hickey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image045.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94196\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image045.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image045.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image045-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image036.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94197\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image036.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image036.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image036-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94198\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-14.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/aaa-14-257x300.png 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hickey-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94227\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hickey-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hickey-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hickey-1-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image043.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94199\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image043.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image043.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image043-300x273.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with this from the <em>UPI<\/em> via <em>White House Dossier<\/em>, as a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline montserrat bold\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Odd_News\/2021\/05\/21\/Guinness-World-Records-Sanaa-Hiremath-largest-mental-arithmatic-mental-multiplication\/8381621614375\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Florida 11-year-old earns world record for mental math<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Florida-11-year-old-earns-world-record-for-mental-math.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94152\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Florida-11-year-old-earns-world-record-for-mental-math.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Florida-11-year-old-earns-world-record-for-mental-math.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Florida-11-year-old-earns-world-record-for-mental-math-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>An 11-year-old Florida girl earned a Guinness World Record for mental math when she solved a 12-digit multiplication problem without a calculator, pen or paper. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sanaa Hiremath, who was diagnosed with autism\u00a0at age 2, started showing an unusual aptitude for math when her parents started to home-school her, mother Priya Hiremath said<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If only Sanaa could explain to 46* why his <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>spending<\/em><\/span> numbers will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never add up<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Video of the Day<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ami Horowitz is at it again, this time raising funds for Hamas to perpetrate terror attacks against Israel&#8230;and these educated idiots are actually ON BOARD with it!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KiygZkPh7R4\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tales of The Darkside<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you think thing&#8217;s are bad here, they&#8217;re even worse in Sweden. Consider this a glimpse of your future if Americans don&#8217;t pull their heads out of their keisters.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iERLyAxddVE\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>On the Lighter Side<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Enjoy this great bit of satire forwarded by G. 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