{"id":94503,"date":"2021-06-13T20:22:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T00:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=94503"},"modified":"2021-06-13T20:23:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T00:23:04","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-june-11th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=94503","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, June 11th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, June 11th, 2021&#8230;but before we begin, the Leftists running Loudoun County, VA heard from the voice of experience recently, as a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/virginia-xi-van-fleet-critical-race-theory-china-cultural-revolution-loudoun\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800080;\">Virginia mom who survived Maoist China eviscerated the school board&#8217;s critical race theory push<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-headline speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/virginia-xi-van-fleet-critical-race-theory-china-cultural-revolution-loudoun\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff6600;\">Xi Van Fleet said Cultural Revolution began when she was 6, pitted students against one another and their teachers<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5cuoqi.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94506\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5cuoqi.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5cuoqi.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5cuoqi-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The Cultural Revolution began when she was 6 years old, she said, and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">immediately pitted students and teachers and against one another<\/span><\/em> by hanging &#8220;Big Posters&#8221; in hallways and the cafeteria where students could write criticisms <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>against anyone deemed ideological impure<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;One of the teachers was considered bourgeoisie <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>because she liked to wear pretty clothes<\/em><\/span>,&#8221; Van Fleet said.<\/span> &#8220;So the students <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>attacked her and spit on her<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">She was covered with spit\u2026and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pretty soon it became violence<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>&#8220;I can\u2019t really just say what I mean, even though the other side can say whatever,&#8221; she said. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;To me, and to a lot of Chinese, it is heartbreaking that we <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">escaped communism<\/span><\/em> and now we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>experience communism here<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>In her speech to the school board, which officials made her shorten to fit the one-minute limit, she drew <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">direct parallels<\/span><\/em> between what she saw back then in China and what she sees in the United States today.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;The Communist regime used the same critical theory to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>divide<\/em><\/span> people,&#8221; she said.<\/span> &#8220;The only difference is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they used class instead of race<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>She said she witnessed students and teachers &#8220;turn against each other&#8221; during the pogrom and saw schools change their names &#8220;to be politically correct.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>&#8220;We were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>taught to <\/em><em>denounce our heritage<\/em><\/span>, and Red Guards <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>destroyed anything that is not communist<\/em><\/span>\u2026statues, books and anything else,&#8221; she continued.<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> &#8220;We were also encouraged to report on each other, just like the Student Equity Ambassador program and the bias reporting system.&#8221;<\/span><u><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>&#8220;This is indeed <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the American version of the Chinese Cultural Revolution<\/span><\/em>,&#8221; she said. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8220;The critical race theory <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>has its roots in cultural Marxism<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> It should have <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no place<\/span><\/em> in our school.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Or <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anywhere<\/span><\/em> in the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Founding Fathers&#8217; America<\/span><\/em>, for that matter.\u00a0 The Amerika envisioned by 46* and Kommielaa is another matter altogether.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/race.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94556\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/race.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/race.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/race-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now,<\/strong><strong>\u00a0here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5rsZfcz3h1s?start=109&amp;end=115&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;we lead off the day with an item from the\u00a0<em>Morning Jolt<\/em>\u00a0in which Jim Geraghty recounts&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/californias-endless-emergency-11623255577?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">California\u2019s Endless \u2018Emergency<\/span><\/a>\u2019<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/californias-endless-emergency-11623255577?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Gov. Newsom clings to extraordinary powers even while announcing \u2018reopening<\/span><\/a>.\u2019<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94505\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/download-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">As this column is being written the website of the federal Centers for Disease Control<\/span>\u00a0<a class=\"icon none broken_link\" href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_dailytrendscases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shows<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">two straight days <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">without a single Covid-19 death<\/span><\/em> in the state of California. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Just like everywhere else in the U.S., the widespread availability of vaccines plus natural immunity has caused a welcome collapse in Golden State coronavirus cases.<\/span> But that doesn\u2019t mean that California\u2019s Democratic governor is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>willing to relinquish his emergency powers<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The\u00a0editorial board\u00a0of the <em>Orange County Register<\/em> observes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em>In his State of the State speech in March, Newsom vowed that California is \u201cnot going back to normal.\u201d <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Now we are seeing the mechanism he had in mind.<\/span> California will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">remain<\/span> in a state of emergency, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">under one-man rule<\/span>, until the disease has \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">vanished<\/span>,\u201d a goal that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">may well be unattainable<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>By any measure\u2014case rate, fatality rate, hospitalizations, hospital capacity, available vaccines\u2014the conditions that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">prompted<\/span> Newsom\u2019s emergency declaration in March 2020 have abated&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>The governor has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">moved the goalposts again<\/span>, this time <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">clear off the field and out of the stadium<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>But this is no game, as the <em>Register<\/em> wisely notes, adding:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em>Newsom has issued <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more than 50 executive orders<\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">suspended, amended or changed hundreds of laws<\/span> affecting schools, elections, public access to government meetings, public contracts, debt collections, welfare payments, homelessness programs and more. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">When the state of emergency is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ended<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all executive orders issued under it are null and void<\/span>, and the governor <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">loses<\/span> the power to impose new emergency orders unilaterally.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>In Sacramento, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">it\u2019s good to be the king<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">it\u2019s not so good for the citizens<\/span><\/em> of the nation\u2019s most populous state.<\/span> \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>When will<\/em><\/span> California\u2019s state of emergency <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stop<\/span><\/em> being an emergency?,\u201d\u00a0asks\u00a0the editorial board at the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em>. The <em>Times<\/em> notes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">California\u2019s Emergency Services Act <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">doesn\u2019t detail<\/span> when an emergency declaration <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">should be made or terminated<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">.<\/span> It leaves it up to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">discretion of the governor<\/span> to determine what constitutes an emergency <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span> to decide when it\u2019s over. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The only imperative is that the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">latter<\/span> happens \u201cat the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">earliest possible date<\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">conditions warrant<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>&#8230;he is holding on to the broad emergency powers that allow him to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">unilaterally suspend and alter laws, curtail people\u2019s private movements and award no-bid contracts<\/span>, an authority Newsom has used at times <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to direct state dollars to his campaign donors<\/span>.<\/em><span style=\"color: #008000;\"> (<em>Among others!<\/em>)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/sbr060721dAPR20210605034510.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94552\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/sbr060721dAPR20210605034510.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/sbr060721dAPR20210605034510.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/sbr060721dAPR20210605034510-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Indeed, the crisis that gripped the state just a few months ago <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is gone<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The <em>Times<\/em> editorialists note that a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">continuing<\/span><\/em> official \u201cemergency\u201d allows California to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>keep drawing on federal Covid funding<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But even Californians who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>aren\u2019t<\/em><\/span> federal taxpayers should ask whether it\u2019s worth continuing infringements on their liberty<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unfortunately, the majority of Californios are highly ovine in nature.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>And as Eli Wallach so famously noted in his role as Calvera in The Magnificent Seven&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DcmzHtokiMw?start=108&amp;end=113&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of incompetent individuals the world would be better off without, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Charlie Cooke wonders&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/06\/what-use-is-chris-cuomo-to-cnn\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-06-07&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What Use Is Chris Cuomo to CNN<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__subtitle\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/06\/what-use-is-chris-cuomo-to-cnn\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-06-07&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Andrew Cuomo\u2019s little brother is a continuous embarrassment to the cable-news network that employs him. So why does he still have a job<\/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\/06\/5cgn62.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94488\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5cgn62.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5cgn62.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5cgn62-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>A<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span class=\"small_caps\">t<\/span>\u00a0this point in the proceedings, one is tempted to conclude that\u00a0Chris Cuomo\u00a0must have laced CNN\u2019s corporate offices with dynamite and informed the powers that be that, if he goes, they go, too. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">What else could explain the network\u2019s eternal tolerance for being embarrassed and degraded by the man?<\/span> Here, at the tail end of his long experiment in deficiency, Cuomo resembles nothing more keenly than the inadequate tee-baller who gets to stay in past eight or nine strikes because his uncle coaches the team. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">His ratings are poor.<\/span> His insights are vacuous.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> His conduct is a permanent source of ignominy.<\/span> All the perfumes of Albany could not sweeten this little man. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cWhat\u2019s in a name?\u201d inquired Shakespeare.<\/span> Little did he know.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It is unclear why Cuomo was selected by CNN to begin with.<\/span> He\u2019s a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lawyer<\/span><\/em> who <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">knows nothing of the law<\/span><\/em>; a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>journalist<\/em><\/span> who <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">knows nothing of journalism<\/span><\/em>; an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>American<\/em><\/span> who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>knows nothing of America<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">His temper is third-rate, his interests are bewilderingly narrow, he possesses no discernible sense of shame or self-knowledge, and the opinions he proffers are so ruthlessly subordinated to expedience that hypocrisy is his default mode.<\/span> Ralph Waldo Emerson\u2019s maxim that \u201ca foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds\u201d was meant as an extolment of the virtues of personal growth. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Cuomo seems to have taken it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>literally<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>Watching Chris Cuomo work is a little like watching a man jump out of an airplane without a parachute and then become irrationally angry at those who tell him he\u2019s going to die. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In 2015, in response to a debate over the wisdom of cartoons depicting Mohammed, Cuomo submitted\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/axySl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">on Twitter<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/span>that \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hate speech is excluded from protection<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span> \u201cDont just say you love the constitution,\u201d he added belligerently. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cRead it.\u201d<\/span> Having been told by figures from across the political spectrum that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this was nonsense from start to finish<\/em><\/span>, Cuomo dug in his heels. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cI will keep saying one word,\u201d\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/7DH8B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">he contended<\/a><\/em><\/span>: \u201cchaplinsky.\u201d<\/span> Thus was a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>misdescription of American law<\/em><\/span> transmuted into a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>misdescription of American history<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Not only has the\u00a0<em>Chaplinsky\u00a0<\/em>ruling <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>been effectively overturned<\/em><\/span>; it did <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> deal with \u201chate speech\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in the first place<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Rarely<\/em><\/span> have confidence and ability been so <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>perfectly mismatched<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s life once again imitating art, this time courtesy of Fredo Cuomo and his namesake in <em>Godfather Part 2<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Weaop_aiTg?start=57&amp;end=65&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, Cuomo&#8217;s dear departed father plumbed the deepest depths of Progressive political hypocrisy when, at the same time he claimed, though personally opposed to abortion, he couldn&#8217;t impose his morals upon New Yorkers, he had no such compunction when it came to overriding the will of the majority of his state&#8217;s voters and banning capital punishment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, the\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/federal-prosecutors-subpoena-material-related-to-andrew-cuomo-s-book-11623106947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Wall Street Journal has reported<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Prosecutors working for the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn asked for communications related to Mr. Cuomo\u2019s October 2020 book, \u201cAmerican Crisis,\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>including contracts and materials used to pitch the book to publishers<\/em><\/span>, the people said. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">They said the subpoenas <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">indicated prosecutors are interested in nursing-home issues in the book<\/span><\/em>, which more broadly recounted the governor\u2019s response to the pandemic.<\/span><\/span>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>THIS<\/em><\/span> is\u00a0<em>CNN<\/em>\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnns-jeffrey-toobin-addresses-zoom-masturbation-scandal-awkward-return\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Toobin addresses Zoom masturbation scandal in awkward return to network: &#8216;I wasn&#8217;t thinking<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8216;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5cuw50.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94518\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5cuw50.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5cuw50.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/5cuw50-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Once more demonstrating if it weren&#8217;t for double standards, Jeff Zucker&#8217;s network would have no standards at all.\u00a0 Toobin either has pictures of Zucker with a donkey in Tijuana, or there&#8217;s a dramatic dearth of biased chief legal analysts.\u00a0 And can anyone say &#8220;White privilege&#8221;?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, five more items certain to stimulate inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). Jeff Bezos is putting his mouth where his money is, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/amazon-founder-jeff-bezos-to-be-on-blue-origins-first-human-space-flight-11623066174?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Amazon founder had declared he&#8217;ll be on the first crewed flight of Blue Origin\u2019s Shepherd spacecraft<\/em><\/span> scheduled for July 20th.\u00a0 As Jim Freeman observed at <em>Best of the Web<\/em>, &#8220;The moment may also remind a few of those observers of the irony that Mr. Bezos, a sort of living\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a class=\"icon none\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/jeff-bezos-and-america-11596059096?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testament to American liberty<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0and American exceptionalism, owns a Beltway newspaper\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a class=\"icon none\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/bezos-beijing-and-the-washington-post-11596584456?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enamored of central planning<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Bezos is one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tax-exempt-group-favors-higher-rates-on-taxpayers-11623355049?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">those particularly selfish individuals<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> who&#8217;ve enjoyed all the benefits of America&#8217;s unique environment without feeling his lessers deserve the same opportunity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). <em>The Washington Free Beacon<\/em> via <em>White House Dossier<\/em> tells us <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/palestinian-government-pays-42000-to-family-of-terrorist-who-killed-israelis\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at the same time 46* is\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/palestinian-government-pays-42000-to-family-of-terrorist-who-killed-israelis\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>restarting taxpayer aid to the &#8220;Palestinians&#8221;, the terrorists who control Gaza are paying $42,000 to the families of those who kill Israelis<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). While The\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Donald may really believe Kelly Loeffler, David Perdue and he will all soon be &#8220;reinstated&#8221; to office, a second item from\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Charlie Cooke echoes what we&#8217;ve written repeatedly as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/06\/maggie-haberman-is-right\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=WIR%20-%20Sunday%202021-06-06&amp;utm_term=WIR-Smart\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he details why there&#8217;s not a snowflakes chance in Hell of it happening<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). If you&#8217;ve ever wondered whether the IRS or any other branch of the federal bureaucracy would violate your privacy to advance Progressives&#8217; political plans, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-partisan-bureaucracy-11623362896?mod=opinion_lead_pos8\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the WSJ&#8217;s Kim Strassel says the answer is<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hqAVuE524Gk?start=70&amp;end=73&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>P.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/06\/we-cant-trust-the-irs\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-06-08&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Charlie Cooke agrees with her<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). Dr. Faux Chi takes narcissism to a whole new level <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/juliorosas\/2021\/06\/09\/fauci-takes-his-selfimportance-to-a-whole-new-level-n2590751\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>after telling NBC<\/em><\/span><\/a>, &#8220;It\u2019s very dangerous&#8230;because a lot of what you\u2019re seeing as <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">attacks on me<\/span><\/em> quite frankly are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>attacks on science<\/em><\/span> because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all<\/em><\/span> of the things that I have spoken about <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">consistently<\/span><\/em> from the very beginning have been fundamentally based on science.&#8221;\u00a0 &#8220;Consistently&#8221;&#8230;&#8221;fundamentally based on science&#8221;: Yeah&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/yeahright-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94495\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/yeahright-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/yeahright-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/yeahright-1-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Like saying we needn&#8217;t wear masks, then admitting to lying so as to not create a panic, then saying the more masks the better even as\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the science<\/em><\/span>\u00a0clearly indicated anything but an N95 mask was about as useful as a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/screendooronsubmarine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94496\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/screendooronsubmarine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/screendooronsubmarine.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/screendooronsubmarine-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;not to mention masks of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span> kind were\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">never needed<\/span><\/em>\u00a0by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>healthy<\/em><\/span> individuals in the first place.\u00a0 As <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/mattvespa\/2021\/06\/09\/what-a-stanford-epidemiologist-said-about-fauci-after-his-email-fiasco-couldnt-be-more-accurate-n2590713\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Stanford epidemiologist Jay Bhattacharya recently noted<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span>, Faux Chi&#8217;s &#8220;credibility is entirely shot&#8221;.<\/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\/06\/ramirez1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94548\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ramirez1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ramirez1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ramirez1-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.12-PM-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94546\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.12-PM-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.12-PM-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.12-PM-2-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/biden.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94557\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/biden.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/biden.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/biden-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_BidenGovernance_web20210607110252.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94558\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_BidenGovernance_web20210607110252.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_BidenGovernance_web20210607110252.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_BidenGovernance_web20210607110252-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/cross.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94559\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/cross.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/cross.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/cross-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/fff.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94560\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/fff.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/fff.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/fff-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kkkk.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94561\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kkkk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kkkk.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kkkk-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kkk.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94562\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kkk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kkk.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kkk-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/afb060721dAPR20210607044504.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94563\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/afb060721dAPR20210607044504.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/afb060721dAPR20210607044504.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/afb060721dAPR20210607044504-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94564\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-4.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-4-300x211.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_Manchin_web20210610120245.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94550\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_Manchin_web20210610120245.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_Manchin_web20210610120245.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MC_Manchin_web20210610120245-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Go-Directly-To-Yale-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94528\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Go-Directly-To-Yale-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Go-Directly-To-Yale-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Go-Directly-To-Yale-1-300x145.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-7-21-at-7.48-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94529\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-7-21-at-7.48-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-7-21-at-7.48-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-7-21-at-7.48-AM-300x232.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-10-21-at-8.33-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94530\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-10-21-at-8.33-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-10-21-at-8.33-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-10-21-at-8.33-AM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-10-21-at-8.33-AM-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-9-21-at-8.14-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94532\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-9-21-at-8.14-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-9-21-at-8.14-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-9-21-at-8.14-AM-300x244.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this string from Mark Foster&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-9.50.10-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94570\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-9.50.10-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-9.50.10-PM.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aaa-9.50.10-PM-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.11-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94539\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.11-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.11-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.11-PM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.11-PM-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.11-PM-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94540\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.11-PM-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.11-PM-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.11-PM-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.11-PM-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.12-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94541\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.12-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.12-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.12-PM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Image-6-8-21-at-1.12-PM-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with these from Speed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/speed-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94521\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/speed-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/speed-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/speed-1-300x151.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;the lovely Shannon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/shannon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94522\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/shannon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/shannon.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/shannon-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hickey.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94523\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hickey.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hickey.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hickey-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hickey-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Marcus Aurelius&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Marcus-Aurelius.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94524\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Marcus-Aurelius.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Marcus-Aurelius.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Marcus-Aurelius-300x288.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and last, but certainly not least, Balls Cotton:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94533\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balls-269x300.png 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image000005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94536\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image000005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image000005.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image000005-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image000005-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image004.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94543\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image004.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image004.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image004-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ggg-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94544\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ggg-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ggg-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ggg-1-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a week with a forward from Steve Armour confirming Kommielaa&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Putting-The-Vice-in-Vice-President-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94525\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Putting-The-Vice-in-Vice-President-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Putting-The-Vice-in-Vice-President-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Putting-The-Vice-in-Vice-President-1-300x145.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;is as popular abroad&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image001.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image001-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;as she is at home:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kommielaa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94554\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kommielaa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kommielaa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kommielaa-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. We apologize for not publishing on Wednesday, but after a long day working around mi casa, we drove to the Mountaineer State to watch our eldest help coach the Spring Mill High School Cardinals into the finals of the West Virginia lacrosse championship to be held Saturday, June 12th.\u00a0 Better than the contest itself was the post-game activity, consisting of a prayer which included the vanquished:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/prayer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/prayer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/prayer.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/prayer-300x151.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>When did the country go so far off the rails that such positive activities are banned while other savage displays&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YOodxFEybRI\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;are encouraged?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Video of the Day<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ami Horowitz elicits the twisted logic and tortured thinking of vaccinated people still sporting masks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OeLwScoOoYM\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Tales of The Darkside<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Balls Cotton forwarded this video of a dedicated environmentalist who&#8217;s finally grasped the realities of renewable energy. As they say in Maine, ya caan&#8217;t get thare from heah.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N-yALPEpV4w\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>On the Lighter Side<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Courtesy of Tom Bakke, another strange tale from the Cold War which should send a little chill up the spine of those like us who lived and served through it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T0BINjztAT8\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, June 11th, 2021&#8230;but before we begin, the Leftists running Loudoun County, VA heard from the voice of experience recently, as a&#8230; Virginia mom who survived Maoist China eviscerated the school board&#8217;s critical race theory push Xi Van Fleet said Cultural Revolution began when she was 6, pitted students against one another and their [&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-94503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94503","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=94503"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94623,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94503\/revisions\/94623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}