{"id":94379,"date":"2021-06-06T19:35:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T23:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=94379"},"modified":"2021-06-06T19:35:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T23:35:16","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-june-4th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=94379","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, June 4th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, June 4th, 2021&#8230;and we interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring this important announcement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline montserrat bold\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Odd_News\/2021\/06\/02\/FDA-cicadas-seafood-allergies-warning\/3601622667069\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FDA warns don&#8217;t eat cicadas if you have seafood allergies<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ggg.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94372\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ggg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ggg.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ggg-286x300.png 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wyKQe_i9yyo?start=70&amp;end=71&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where would we be without the FDA and the rest of the overfunded, overpaid federal bureaucracy?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, owing to the fact our golf game was postponed and we don&#8217;t watch outdoor sporting events during thunderstorms, here&#8217;s an unexpected edition of\u00a0<em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, since we&#8217;re on subject of the unexpected, overfunded and overpaid, can we assume, the book&#8217;s title notwithstanding&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/43702775-9640605-image-a-1_1622561064999.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/43702775-9640605-image-a-1_1622561064999.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/43702775-9640605-image-a-1_1622561064999.jpeg 302w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/43702775-9640605-image-a-1_1622561064999-216x300.jpeg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;neither Faux Chi nor his publisher <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>expected<\/em><\/span> the good doctor&#8217;s &#8220;ten lessons on truth, service and the way forward&#8221; to be accompanied by what Jim Geraghty, in an absolutely\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>MUST-READ<\/em><\/span> installment of his <em>Morning Jolt<\/em>, accurately describes as a rain incoming ordnance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/lab-leak-bombshells-drop-death-threats-cover-up-and-more\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20210603&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lab-Leak Bombshells Drop: Death Threats, \u2018Cover-Up,\u2019 and More<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/lab-leak-bombshells-drop-death-threats-cover-up-and-more\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20210603&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>U.S. State Department: Don\u2019t \u2018Open a Can of Worms\u2019 on the COVID-19 Origin<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\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;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Credit where it\u2019s due:<\/span>\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2021\/06\/the-lab-leak-theory-inside-the-fight-to-uncover-covid-19s-origins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vanity Fair\u00a0magazine appears to have found one of the smoking guns of this entire abominable story of the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333399;\">, suggesting that in early 2020, some corners of the federal government <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">explicitly discouraged a full investigation into how the pandemic started<\/span><\/em>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>A months long\u00a0Vanity Fair\u00a0investigation, interviews with more than 40 people, and a review of hundreds of pages of U.S. government documents, including internal memos, meeting minutes, and email correspondence, found that conflicts of interest, stemming in part from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">large government grants supporting controversial virology research<\/span>, hampered the U.S. investigation into COVID-19\u2019s origin at every step. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">In one State Department meeting, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">officials seeking to demand transparency from the Chinese government<\/span> say they were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">explicitly told<\/span> by colleagues <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> to explore the Wuhan Institute of Virology\u2019s gain-of-function research, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">because it would bring unwelcome attention to U.S. government funding of it<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>In an internal memo obtained by\u00a0Vanity Fair,\u00a0Thomas DiNanno, former acting assistant secretary of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">State Department\u2019s Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance<\/span>, wrote that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">staff from two bureaus<\/span>, his own <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span> the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">warned\u201d leaders within his bureau \u201cnot to pursue an investigation into the origin of COVID-19<\/span>\u201d because it would \u201c\u2018<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">open a can of worms\u2019 if it continued<\/span>.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Are you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>kidding<\/em><\/span> me?<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Whose side are they on<\/em><\/span>?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>As officials at the meeting discussed what they could share with the public, they were advised by Christopher Park, the director of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">State Department\u2019s Biological Policy Staff in the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not to say anything<\/span> that would point to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">U.S. government\u2019s own role in gain-of-function research<\/span>, according to documentation of the meeting obtained by\u00a0Vanity Fair.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Some<\/span> of the attendees were \u201cabsolutely floored,\u201d said an official familiar with the proceedings. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">That <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">someone in the U.S. government<\/span> could \u201cmake an argument that is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">so nakedly against transparency<\/span>, in light of the unfolding catastrophe, was\u2026<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">shocking and disturbing<\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #333399;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>Park, who in 2017 had been involved in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lifting a U.S. government moratorium on funding for gain-of-function research<\/span>, was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not the only official<\/span> to warn the State Department investigators against digging in sensitive places. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">As the group probed the lab-leak scenario, among other possibilities, its members were repeatedly advised not to open a \u201cPandora\u2019s box,\u201d said four former State Department officials interviewed by\u00a0Vanity Fair.<\/span>\u00a0The admonitions \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">smelled like a cover-up<\/span>,\u201d said Thomas DiNanno, \u201cand I wasn\u2019t going to be part of it.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">This<\/span><\/em>&#8230;is evidence that the seemingly hyperbolic conspiracy theories <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are true<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>High-level U.S. government officials recognized<\/em><\/span> that gain-of-function research \u2014\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/the-nih-gain-of-function-research-decision-wasnt-partisan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which was controversial even among virologists<\/a><\/span><\/em>\u00a0\u2014 that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they had indirectly funded<\/em><\/span>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">may well have been the cause of the worst global pandemic since 1918<\/span><\/em>, killing millions. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">U.S. government laboratories hadn\u2019t been doing the research of going into caves and mines in remote corners of China, collecting virus samples from bats, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and figuring out how to make those viruses more dangerous and contagious<\/span><\/em>, but the U.S. government had\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">partially paid for it<\/span>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>And they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>feared the consequences<\/em><\/span> of that disclosure <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so immensely<\/em><\/span>, they concluded <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the public could not be informed<\/span><\/em> about this.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The story gets <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even more shocking<\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>For most of the past year, the lab-leak scenario was treated <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not simply as unlikely or even inaccurate<\/span> but as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">morally out-of-bounds<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">In late March, former Centers for Disease Control director Robert Redfield <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">received death threats from fellow scientists<\/span> after telling CNN that he believed COVID-19 had originated in a lab.<\/span> \u201cI was threatened and ostracized because I proposed another hypothesis,\u201d Redfield told\u00a0Vanity Fair.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201cI <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">expected<\/span> it from politicians.<\/span> I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">didn\u2019t expect<\/span> it from science.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Hypothesis: If someone is so upset about a theory you\u2019ve offered that they threaten to kill you over it, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your theory is probably right<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Nobody makes death threats over contentions that the moon is made of green cheese.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Then there\u2019s this simple, clear, illuminating point from a professor who\u2019s been ahead of the curve on this from the start:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>Dr. Richard Ebright, board of governors professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Rutgers University, said that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">from the very first reports of a novel bat-related coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan<\/span>, it took him \u201ca <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nanosecond<\/span> or a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">picosecond<\/span>\u201d to consider <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a link to the Wuhan Institute of Virology<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Only <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">two other labs in the world<\/span>, in Galveston, Texas, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, were doing similar research.<\/span> \u201cIt\u2019s not a dozen cities,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">three places<\/span>.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Three places in the world<\/em><\/span> are doing this kind of research on coronaviruses in bats, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and a novel coronavirus most similar to those found in bats causes a global pandemic that started in one of those three places<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>What are the odds<\/em><\/span>?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5a0lxc.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93935\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5a0lxc.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5a0lxc.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5a0lxc-288x300.jpeg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Think about it.\u00a0 This all comes back to the highest-paid federal bureaucrat, a guy who:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In 2012 <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.asm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1128\/mBio.00359-12\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stated in writing the potential benefits of such research was worth the risk of a global pandemic<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/as-coronavirus-crisis-deepens-trump-and-fauci-form-complicated-bond-11585682074\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Talked Trump into destroying not only the American economy<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> but his chances for reelection, and The Donald was ignorant enough to let him.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Was <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/katiepavlich\/2021\/06\/02\/it-sure-looks-like-fauci-has-been-lying-about-the-wuhan-lab-leak-n2590339\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>told early on the COVID-19 virus bore signs of &#8220;engineering<\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8220;<\/span>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/spencerbrown\/2021\/06\/02\/fauci-emails-n2590347\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Knew NO NUMBER of ordinary masks were effective against the Wuhan virus<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Never missed a chance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com\/fpm\/2021\/06\/new-emails-cast-light-faucis-coronavirus-cover-daniel-greenfield\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>appear in front of a camera or sing the praises of the ChiComs and the WHO<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>At one time or another took both sides of every possible issue involving the Wuhan virus&#8230;from China&#8230;CHINA!!!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/news\/536044-bill-gates-dismisses-crazy-conspiracy-theories-about-him-and-fauci\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Has had numerous meetings and calls with Bill Gates<\/em><\/span><\/a>, who last time we looked, never graduated college let alone medical school, but who stood to profit Faux Chi both personally and professionally.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tucker nails it in this recent video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yp6btJhS66c?start=0&amp;end=677&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark well Faux Chi&#8217;s words in the excerpt below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yp6btJhS66c?start=325&amp;end=348&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>You&#8217;ll note he said, &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>totally consistent<\/em><\/span>&#8220;; not &#8220;indicative of&#8221;, &#8220;suggesting&#8221; or any other term or phraseology allowing for an alternative.\u00a0 He deliberately and with malice aforethought said &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>totally consistent<\/em><\/span>&#8220;.\u00a0 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\/i2nuPVTU4Z4\" 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>Here&#8217;s the juice in meme form courtesy of Balls Cotton:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Balls1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94387\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Balls1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Balls1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Balls1-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, we offer seven more items specially selected for inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1).\u00a0<em>The Hill<\/em>\u00a0reports The Gang Who Still Can&#8217;t Shoot Straight has finally reacted to a problem that&#8217;s existed for decades, as the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/556419-rnc-warns-it-will-advise-presidential-candidates-against-future-debates-if\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>RNC warns it will advise Republican presidential candidates against participating in future events if the Commission on Presidential Debates doesn&#8217;t make changes<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><strong>&#8230;you know, like naming rankly partisan members of the MSM as &#8220;moderators&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Rich Lowry tells us\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/06\/how-southlake-texas-won-its-battle-against-critical-race-theory\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=24040524\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how Southlake, TX won its battle against the truly bigoted junk science that is critical race theory<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). As much as we wish it were possible, something tells us <a href=\"https:\/\/conservativeplaylist.com\/2021\/06\/03\/mike-lindell-presents-absolutely-9-0\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the My Pillow guy hasn&#8217;t come up with grounds for the SCOTUS to overturn the results of the 2020 election<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, particularly as our go-to-expert for all things computer says PCAP can be faked.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). A 13-year-old girl\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/murdering-ubereats-driver-carjacking\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pleaded guilty to felony murder in the killing of an UberEats driver during a carjacking in the Washington Navy Yard back in March<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Her 15-year-old female accomplice took a similar deal back in May.\u00a0 Under the terms of their plea arrangements, both will be loosed upon an unsuspecting world upon turning 21.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). In a related item,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/aoc-answer-violent-crime-stop-building-jails\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">AOC says the answer to violent crime is to stop building more jails<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). The <em>WSJ<\/em>&#8216;s Kim Strassel recounts how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/bidens-agenda-hits-a-senate-wall-11622759292?mod=opinion_lead_pos9\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>46*&#8217;s agenda has hit a wall in the Senate\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>in the form of parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough<\/em><\/span>, who has, at least for now, killed Chucky&#8217;s plan to evade the filibuster via &#8220;reconciliation&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(7).\u00a0<em>FOX<\/em>\u00a0informs us <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/the-largest-ship-in-the-iranian-navy-has-caught-fire-and-sank-in-the-gulf-of-oman-under-unclear-circumstances\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Iran&#8217;s largest warship caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Oman<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5c13nf.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94410\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5c13nf.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5c13nf.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5c13nf-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Largest &#8220;naval vessel&#8221;?\u00a0 Maybe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02iran-ship-videoSixteenByNine3000.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94415\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02iran-ship-videoSixteenByNine3000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02iran-ship-videoSixteenByNine3000.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/02iran-ship-videoSixteenByNine3000-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Largest &#8220;warship&#8221;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1otTZq6UzLM?start=192\" 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>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\/06\/bbb-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94362\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bbb-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bbb-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bbb-1-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ccc.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94363\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ccc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ccc.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ccc-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_FireMonkeys_web20210528020118.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94397\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_FireMonkeys_web20210528020118.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_FireMonkeys_web20210528020118.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_FireMonkeys_web20210528020118-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bbb-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94398\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bbb-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bbb-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bbb-2-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ccc-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94399\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ccc-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ccc-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ccc-1-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ddd.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ddd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ddd.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ddd-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94401\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-2-300x245.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_LongWeekend_web20210602120000.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94402\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_LongWeekend_web20210602120000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_LongWeekend_web20210602120000.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_LongWeekend_web20210602120000-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94364\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-1-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/afb060221dAPR20210602054502.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94359\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/afb060221dAPR20210602054502.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/afb060221dAPR20210602054502.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/afb060221dAPR20210602054502-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-2-21-at-8.08-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94354\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-2-21-at-8.08-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-2-21-at-8.08-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-2-21-at-8.08-AM-300x260.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s three from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94391\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls2-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94392\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls3-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94393\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls4.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls4-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with these from Brenda Berry&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/brenda-berry.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94361\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/brenda-berry.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/brenda-berry.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/brenda-berry-196x300.png 196w\" 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\/06\/IMG_7102001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94394\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_7102001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_7102001.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_7102001-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Breeze:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Breeze.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94395\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Breeze.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Breeze.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Breeze-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Breeze-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a week with another sordid story involving gross stupidity and a complete lack of judgment straight from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, as <em>FOX<\/em>\u00a0recounts some more of that sh*t you just can&#8217;t make up:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/florida-boy-shot-dad-paintball-drive-by\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Florida boy, 10, is shot after dad agreed to take him on paintball &#8216;drive-by&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"sub-headline speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff6600;\">Maimi boy expected to recover after being shot, run over<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/43751585-9642317-image-a-45_1622652903349.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94407\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/43751585-9642317-image-a-45_1622652903349.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/43751585-9642317-image-a-45_1622652903349.jpeg 275w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/43751585-9642317-image-a-45_1622652903349-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>A <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">10-year-old<\/span><\/em>\u00a0Miami\u00a0boy was shot after his father took him on a faux drive-by shooting with a paintball gun \u2014 and a frightened homeowner returned fire with real bullets, according to authorities. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Michael Williams, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">26<\/span><\/em>, allegedly <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">gave in to his son\u2019s pleas late Sunday to take him on a paintball &#8220;drive-by shooting<\/span><\/em>,&#8221; where police said the boy fired off the unlethal <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>&#8220;unlethal&#8221;: sorta like &#8220;nonlethal&#8221;<\/em>)<\/span> rounds into a crowd gathered in the front yard of an Opa-locka home, the\u00a0Miami\u00a0Herald reported.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>But the homeowner, identified as Gregory Barns, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">thought the gunfire was real<\/span><\/em> and that &#8220;he and his family were under attack&#8221; \u2014 leading him to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">return fire with a real round<\/span><\/em>, striking the boy, police said.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The youngster, who was not publicly identified, was <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">then<\/span><\/em> run over by his father\u2019s van after being shot and losing his balance<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seeing as two nights later Florida law enforcement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/florida-boy-12-shootout-volusia-sheriff-deputies-attempted-murder\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">engaged in a gun battle with a 12-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, Mr. Barns can hardly be faulted for believing he was under fire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reports Mr. Williams, who, if our math is correct, fathered his son at age 16, has been removed from consideration for Father of the Year to make room for George Floyd remain unconfirmed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Video of the Day<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Domenech provides a profile of Dr. Faux Chi which differs slightly from the MSM&#8217;s glowing assessment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xIDI2p5Pyn8\" 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>Listen as Dr. Faux Chi refuses to recognize the reality NOTHING in the People&#8217;s Republic of China is not COMPLETELY CONTROLLED BY THE CHICOMS!!! The man is either hiding something or utterly naive. Either way, he should be fired, lose his pension AND face criminal charges.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MRC TV video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/embed\/560580\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>On the Lighter Side<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phil Mickelson shows why he&#8217;s always been a fan favorite.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4-BDE21cdKc\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, June 4th, 2021&#8230;and we interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring this important announcement: FDA warns don&#8217;t eat cicadas if you have seafood allergies &nbsp; \ufeff Where would we be without the FDA and the rest of the overfunded, overpaid federal bureaucracy?!? Now, owing to the fact our golf game was postponed and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1988,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94379"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94431,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94379\/revisions\/94431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}