{"id":95561,"date":"2021-07-20T18:59:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T22:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=95561"},"modified":"2021-07-20T18:59:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T22:59:17","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-july-19th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=95561","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, July 19th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, July 19th, 2021&#8230;but before beginning, we offer the conclusion to a recent column by Andy McCarthy, three short paragraphs of insightful commentary Conservatives would do well to heed:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">If Republicans are going to have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span> chance of stopping the ruinous Democratic reign by winning in 2022 and 2024, they must <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>stop relitigating<\/em><\/span> the lost presidential election of 2020.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Trump will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never<\/em><\/span> let that go, but Republicans <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have to<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #008080;\">Keep in mind: across the nation, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>down-ballot<\/em><\/span> conservative Republicans <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>significantly outperformed Trump<\/em><\/span> \u2014 whereas in Georgia, Trump <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>single-handedly<\/em><\/span> cost Republicans the Senate seats they needed to stop Biden\u2019s demolition of the economy and conveyor-belt appointment of woke-progressive judges and bureaucrats.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Donald Trump <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cannot win<\/em><\/span> the presidency again. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">He is popular in a number of places, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>poison<\/em><\/span> in most others.<\/span> The former president will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never again<\/em><\/span> have what he\u2019d need to win a national election:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/magazine\/2020\/11\/02\/trump%E2%80%88yes\/#slide-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the reluctant support of doubters<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0who, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>for the sake of stopping Democrats<\/em><\/span>, were willing to take a chance on his flawed character. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">Had it not been for Trump\u2019s bizarre post-election performance, culminating in the disgraceful Capitol riot, congressional Republicans would be in a position to stop Democrats <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>right now<\/em><\/span> \u2014 we wouldn\u2019t be looking at another three to six trillion dollars down the drain (along with a\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/07\/democrats-new-amnesty-gambit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stealth amnesty plan<\/a><\/em><\/span>, a potential\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/03\/pelosis-h-r-1-is-an-authoritarian-outrage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal takeover of elections<\/a><\/em><\/span>, and anything else on the progressive wish-list that they can manage to slam past the Senate parliamentarian).<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The reasons for Trump\u2019s political rise and the many positive aspects of his presidency hold important lessons for Republicans. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">But those positive aspects <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>mainly involved enabling conservative advisers and subordinates to implement policy<\/em><\/span> \u2014 often <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>against<\/em><\/span> his instincts, which are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not conservative<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The future of the party <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>has to be conservative<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">If the future is Trump, it will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no longer be<\/em><\/span> the conservative party, and it will be in the wilderness for a very long time.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>At the risk of offending some who still consider an individual as flawed and divisive as The Donald the answer to America&#8217;s problems, we&#8217;d offer the same advice Indiana Jones&#8217;s father gave him&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nGTEXqudVJM?start=91&amp;end=100&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;as well as remind you the list of potential GOP candidates for 2024, including but not limited to&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-16.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95557\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-16.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-16.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-16-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;is one heckuva lot stronger <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> more Conservative&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>genuinely<\/em><\/span> Conservative&#8230;<\/strong><strong>than 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, the great Victor Davis Hanson relates the term the Socialist animals far more equal than others no longer utter:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2021\/07\/14\/class-the-word-we-dare-not-speak\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Class\u2014the Word We Dare Not Speak<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"mb-5 text-lg font-light text-center text-gray-400 lg:mx-16 md:text-xl font-byline md:mb-10\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2021\/07\/14\/class-the-word-we-dare-not-speak\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #808000; text-decoration: underline;\">The Left does not wish to admit it has become the party of wealth<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #808000;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Rich-Democrats3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95573\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Rich-Democrats3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Rich-Democrats3.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Rich-Democrats3-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>How often during the last year of woke, have middle- and lower-class Americans listened to multimillionaires of all races and genders lecture them on their various pathologies and oppressions?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Million-dollar-a year university presidents virtue signal on the cheap their own sort of \u201cunearned white privilege.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0Multimillionaire Meghan Markle and the Obamas, from their plush estates, indict Americans for their biases. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Former Black Lives Matter founder and cultural Marxist Patrisse Khan-Cullors Brignac decries the oppressive victimization she and others have suffered\u2014from one of her four newly acquired homes.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Do we need another performance-art sermon on America\u2019s innate unfairness from a Hollywood billionaire such as Beyonc\u00e9, Jay-Z, or Oprah Winfrey\u2014or a multimillion-dollar-per year Delta Airlines or Coca-Cola CEO?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">During the 1980s cultural war, the Left\u2019s mantra was \u201crace, class, and gender.\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Occasionally<\/em><\/span> we still hear of that trifecta, but the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>class<\/em><\/span> part has now <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>increasingly dropped out<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #808000;\">The neglect of class is ironic given that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dozens<\/em><\/span> of recent studies conclude <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>class differences are widening as never before<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Middle-class incomes among all races have stagnated and family net worth has declined. <span style=\"color: #808000;\">Far greater percentages of rising incomes go to the already rich.<\/span> Student debt, mostly a phenomenon of the middle and lower classes, has hit $1.7 trillion dollars.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">States like California have bifurcated into Medieval-style societies. <\/span>The state\u2019s progressive coastal elite can boast of some of the highest incomes in the nation.<span style=\"color: #808000;\"> But in the more conservative north and central interior nearly a third of the population lives below the poverty line, explaining why <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one of every three American welfare recipients lives in California<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>California\u2019s heating and cooling, gasoline, and housing\u2014the stuff of life\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are the highest in the continental United States<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #808000;\">Most of these spiraling costs are attributable to polices embraced by an upper-class elite\u2014in Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and marquee universities\u2014whose incomes shield them from the deleterious consequences of their utopian bromides.<\/span> The poor and middle class have no such insulation.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>So why are we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not talking<\/em><\/span> about class?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>First, we are watching historic changes in political alignment.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">The two parties are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>switching<\/em><\/span> class constituents.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Sixty-five percent<\/em><\/span> of Americans making <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>over $500,000<\/em><\/span> are now Democrats. <span style=\"color: #808000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Seventy-four percent<\/em><\/span> of those who earn <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>under $100,000<\/em><\/span> are Republicans.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Gone<\/em><\/span> are the days of working people voting automatically Democratic or Republicans caricatured as a party of stockbrokers on golf courses.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">The Left does not wish to admit <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it<\/em><\/span> has become <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the party of wealth<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> All too often its stale revolutionary speechifying sounds more like penance arising from guilt than genuine advocacy for the middle class of all races.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">America is a plutocracy, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> a genocracy.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Wealth<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not race<\/em><\/span>, now more likely ensures one power, influence and the good life. <span style=\"color: #808000;\">In the pre-Civil Rights past, race was often fused to class, and the two terms were logically used interchangeably to cite oppression and inequality.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>But such a canard is fossilized<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #808000;\">And so are those who desperately cling to it.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The more the elites scream their woke banalities, the more they seem to fear that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>they<\/em><\/span>, not most Americans, are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the real privileged, the coddled, the pampered<\/em><\/span>\u2014and sometimes the victimizers.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not &#8220;sometimes&#8221;; ALL the time.\u00a0 Hells bells, if the likes of Patrisse&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e7X01_j_oDA?start=128&amp;end=130&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;Cullors can amass sufficient wealth in four short years to purchase four homes, and Fat Stacey, despite what must be an incredibly massive monthly food bill, go from deeply in debt in 2018 to owning two homes today, there&#8217;s an awful lot of money to be by convincing a group of people they are unfairly and inequitably downtrodden and aggrieved, then pretending to advocate for them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning from words you can&#8217;t speak to those you can&#8217;t write, Jim Geraghty offered this insightful observation in his <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/the-who-director-makes-an-about-face-on-chinas-covid-narrative\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_210716&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Friday Morning Jolt<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Balls2-1.38.56-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95594\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Balls2-1.38.56-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"402\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Balls2-1.38.56-PM.png 402w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Balls2-1.38.56-PM-287x300.png 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>By the way, on that question of fascism,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/jen-psaki-just-escalated-the-conservative-war-with-big-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said yesterday<\/a><\/em><\/span>: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cWe\u2019ve <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>increased disinformation research and tracking<\/em><\/span> within the Surgeon General\u2019s office.<\/span> We\u2019re <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>flagging problematic posts<\/em><\/span> for Facebook that spread disinformation.\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">And Facebook is presumably then removing them.<\/span> People argue about\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/fascism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">the definition of fascism<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0all the time, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one critical element<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the suppression of freedom of expression and dissent by the government and private institutions operating in tandem<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>much tougher<\/em><\/span> to make the argument, \u201cStop treating this like government censorship, Facebook is a private company and private entity, it can decide what material is acceptable and what material should be removed,\u201d when Facebook starts making those decisions based on communications from the federal government.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If Mark Milley would pull his head out of his a*s, put his country before his career for a moment and pay attention,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>he might come to comprehend which political party and President actually approximate the actions and policies of the Nazis, and appreciate the wisdom of one of our two greatest Presidents, as forwarded by Balls Cotton:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/balls1-8.27.58-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95599\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/balls1-8.27.58-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/balls1-8.27.58-PM.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/balls1-8.27.58-PM-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of General Milley, courtesy of <em>American Thinker<\/em> via James Nichols, Andrea Widburg suggests&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/the_chairman_of_the_joint_chiefs_of_staff_is_straight_out_of_dr_strangelove.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #808000;\">The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is straight out of Dr. Strangelove<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/EWNvTLbWsAM6AU9.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95567\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/EWNvTLbWsAM6AU9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/EWNvTLbWsAM6AU9.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/EWNvTLbWsAM6AU9-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gw365.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gw365.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gw365.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gw365-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>In Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s 1964 black comedy\u00a0<em>Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb<\/em>, the engine for the plot is Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper, a United States Air Force general, who goes completely off his rocker and launches a nuclear weapon at the Soviet Union.\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\">We may have our own, real-life General Ripper in the form of General Mark Milley, a product of the Ivy League and now chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0However, unlike General Ripper, who had the Russkies in his sights, General Milley is pretty sure that\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you<\/em><\/span>\u00a0are the enemy<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>One of the women Bill Clinton raped has it right, as Juanita Broaddrick offers undeniable, photographic&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pussy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95572\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pussy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pussy.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pussy-300x279.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sorry, but elevating Milley will always stand to Trump&#8217;s eternal discredit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of the discredited, former JCS chairman and Obama lackey Mike Mullen deserves special mention for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/mike-mullen-joint-chiefs-mark-milley-coup-trump-173956238.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stating as fact a feeling purportedly held by Mark Milley following the 2020 election<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Retired Adm. Mike Mullen, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Sunday that it was \u201cincredibly disturbing\u201d that reports detailed a top U.S. general\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fears<\/span> that Donald Trump, in the waning days of his presidency, would attempt to use the military to\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link broken_link\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/top-us-general-feared-trump-145221282.html\" ylk=\"slk:stage a coup;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" rapid_p=\"36\" v9y=\"1\">stage a coup<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or take action against Iran.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><strong>\u201cI <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">think<\/span> the reporting, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">from what I understand<\/span>, has been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pretty accurate<\/span>,\u201d Mullen said on CBS\u2019s \u201cFace the Nation<\/strong><\/em><\/span>&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Having neither first-hand knowledge of Trump&#8217;s state of mind nor any facts to support Milley&#8217;s &#8220;belief&#8221;, Mullen&#8217;s assessment is baseless hearsay and would never be admitted into evidence in a court of law.\u00a0 He&#8217;s demonstrating a blind faith in a form of appeal to a false authority, akin to someone quoting an inaccurate news article appearing in an otherwise reputable source, then someone else saying the story must be true, its errancy notwithstanding, because they read it in the same supposedly reputable source.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It should also be noted Moon never weighed in on either the reporting or the &#8220;incredibly disturbing&#8221; nature of Hillary&#8217;s private email server, the Russian collusion hoax, his boss using all the resources of the federal government to spy on his successor or the contents of Hunter&#8217;s laptop.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It seems senior flag and general officers have <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">very<\/span><\/em> strict standards for expressing outrage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, writing at the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, Michael Barone details&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/joe-bidens-big-lie\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Joe Biden&#8217;s big lie<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MC_DeadVoters_web20210715125240-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95570\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MC_DeadVoters_web20210715125240-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MC_DeadVoters_web20210715125240-1.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MC_DeadVoters_web20210715125240-1-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Did you know that black people are not going to be allowed to vote in America anymore? <span style=\"color: #008000;\">At least in states controlled by Republicans. <\/span>Sounds a bit unlikely, but that\u2019s a conclusion you might have come to if you took seriously\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a class=\"Link broken_link\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/07\/13\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-protecting-the-sacred-constitutional-right-to-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what President Joe Biden was saying<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0in Philadelphia Tuesday.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Biden decried Republicans\u2019 proposed changes in election laws as \u201cthe 21st-century Jim Crow assault\u201d that tries \u201cto suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair and free elections, an assault on democracy.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>This is<\/em><\/span>, to be polite, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unhinged nonsense<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As Hans von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow at The Heritage Foundation explains, &#8220;<\/strong><strong>There are a lot of partisan political issues out there, but election integrity <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>shouldn\u2019t be one of them<\/em><\/span>. How can we verify every legal ballot, while also making sure that as many people as possible have the opportunity to vote? Here\u2019s a hint: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we\u2019ve already done it<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yR0Bs52l4nA\" 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>Hans is FAR too kind when he says it Dimocratic opposition to common-sense voter legislation makes one wonder at the motives of those opposed.\u00a0 There&#8217;s NO DOUBT what their motives are: Winning elections through MASSIVE BALLOT FRAUD!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All of which puts 46* on a par with Jack Palance&#8217;s character in <em>Shane&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V1l3TboL5MI?start=53&amp;end=56&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and certainly deserving of his fate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>International News of Note<\/em><\/span>, the <em>Morning Jolt<\/em>\u00a0outlines (with a little help from the incomparable Stilton Jarlsberg)&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/irans-giant-middle-finger-to-the-biden-administration\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20210714&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">Iran\u2019s Giant Middle Finger to the Biden Administration<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gvse5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95549\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gvse5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gvse5.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gvse5-300x206.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>&#8220;At some point, the Biden administration will have to stop letting the Iranians urinate on its shoes while it\u2019s inviting them to further negotiations about their nuclear program. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tehran <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is not interested<\/em><\/span> in making concessions, and it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is not interested<\/em><\/span> in changing its behavior.<\/span> The mullahs think the Biden administration is a bunch of na\u00efve suckers, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and they don\u2019t really hide their contempt<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">For starters, the U.S. must not make concessions to<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/13\/nyregion\/iran-masih-alinejad-kidnapping.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">regimes that plot to kidnap American citizens who dare criticize that regime<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Foreign policy can be complicated, but in the end, it boils down to incentives, deterrents, and consequences.<\/span> Right now, the Iranians don\u2019t even fear the consequences of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>launching a plot to\u00a0kidnap an American citizen off the streets of New York<\/em><\/span>\u00a0for being an outspoken critic of the regime.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iran&#8217;s offer can be accurately summed up in this cartoon from Michael Ramirez:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95525\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-14.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-14-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>STILL<\/em><\/span> 46* and his associate appeasers continue to treat with these barbarians as if their intentions were peaceful.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, just when you thought Liberal lunacy had reached the limits of even contemporary psychology, courtesy of Jeff Foutch,\u00a0<em>Salon<\/em>&#8216;s Amanda Marcotte takes it to a level far beyond current reality, as she reaches the incredible conclusion&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2021\/07\/15\/of-course-the-gop-is-spreading-covid-19-for-political-gain--its-been-their-playbook-for-decades\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Of course the GOP is spreading COVID-19 for political gain \u2014 it&#8217;s been their playbook for decades<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2021\/07\/15\/of-course-the-gop-is-spreading-covid-19-for-political-gain--its-been-their-playbook-for-decades\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Before deliberately spreading COVID-19, Republicans boosted sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section class=\"writer-container writer-app-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"writer_info_wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gw65e.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95578\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gw65e.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gw65e.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gw65e-300x203.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">After months of sliding downwards, COVID-19 transmission rates are now beginning to creep back up.<\/span> The reasons for the backslide\u00a0given in the media are often biological \u2014 lots of talk about how the delta variant is more contagious, for instance \u2014 but\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this surge<\/em><\/span> was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>much more political<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">From <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the moment<\/em><\/span> that President Joe Biden stepped into the White House, Republican leaders have understood that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he will be blamed<\/em><\/span> if the pandemic <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>isn&#8217;t\u00a0brought under control<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> And so they&#8217;ve set out to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sabotage<\/em><\/span> his efforts by <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">encouraging their followers to risk their own health and reject getting\u00a0vaccines in an effort\u00a0to get the COVID-19 numbers up<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The GOP&#8217;s\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pro-virus campaign<\/span><\/em> has been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wildly<\/em><\/span> successful<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ms. Marcotte, a senior politics writer at <em>Salon<\/em>\u00a0is perhaps better known as the author of the runaway non-seller <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/2464\/9781510737457\" class=\"broken_link\">Troll Nation: How The Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters Set On Rat-F*cking Liberals, America, and Truth Itself<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Though it&#8217;s too big to be a stocking stuffer, it&#8217;s the perfect means of igniting your yuletide glow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, we offer a septet of specially selected items certain to appeal to inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). In an action clearly calculated to reclaim her Conservative credentials&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> hopefully secure the Veep slot in 2024 should The Donald do the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unthinkable and inadvisable<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/noem-says-shes-counting-on-trump-running-again-in-2024\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">South Dakota governor Kristi Noem says she\u2019s &#8220;counting&#8221; on Trump running again in 2024<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). Obviously possessed of more moral courage than Kristi Noem, <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/landonmion\/2021\/07\/17\/virginia-school-board-votes-to-reject-state-education-departments-transgender-policy-n2592689\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the Russell County, VA school board voted unanimously to reject the state Education Department&#8217;s policy<\/em><\/span><\/a> requiring not only teachers and administrators to call students by pronouns reflecting their chosen gender identity rather than what God assigned them at birth, but also permission to use whatever locker room or bathroom their psychotic condition dictates on a given day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). The horrid harpy who stood outside a Virginia middle school last week and expressed the wish opponents of Critical Race Theory should die <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/rebeccadowns\/2021\/07\/17\/the-naacp-leader-who-said-let-them-die-about-opponents-of-crt-is-now-answering-for-it-n2592687\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">has resigned as Vice President of Training at the Virginia PTA<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 However, she&#8217;s yet to resign her posts as Vice President of the Fairfax County NAACP or Vice President of Communications for the Fairfax County PTA.\u00a0 In the meantime, we get the message both groups are sending by continuing any association with her\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>loud and clear<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4).\u00a0A Facebook Oversight Board member, former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/07\/16\/fb-oversight-member-says-free-speech-is-not-an-absolute-human-right\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">said Thursday &#8220;free speech is not an absolute human right&#8221; when determining if content should be censored<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>. &#8220;It has to be balanced with other human rights,&#8221; she said, without specifying which &#8220;other human rights&#8221; those might be, though the unfettered right to slaughter the unborn is undoubtedly among them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). Writing\u00a0<\/strong><strong>at <em>Best of the Web<\/em>, in response to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>another<\/em><\/span> federal prosecutor delaying the wheels of justice last year in favor of <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">yet\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">another<\/span><\/em> Dimocrat, Jim Freeman rightly wonders\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/is-there-ever-a-good-time-to-investigate-bidens-11626465523?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Is There Ever a Good Time to Investigate Bidens<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>&#8230;or, for that matter, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span> prominent Progressive?<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gw6g3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95580\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gw6g3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gw6g3.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gw6g3-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). And in the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Sports Section<\/em><\/span>, <em>Townhall.com<\/em>&#8216;s Leah Barkoukis tells us <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/leahbarkoukis\/2021\/07\/16\/nfl-black-national-anthem-n2592637\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the NFL is doubling down on its social justice activism seen during the 2020 season and will play \u201cLift Every Voice and Sing,\u201d also referred to as the black national anthem, prior to the Star Spangled Banner before major events this season<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/sandmann.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95518\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/sandmann.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/sandmann.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/sandmann-300x125.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Like we needed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>another<\/em><\/span> reason not to watch the NFL.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(7). Turning from things we can live without to people we don&#8217;t miss, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/navy-christens-ship-for-late-john-lewis-on-the-1-year-anniversary-of-his-passing\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the Navy recently held a christening ceremony for the USNS John Lewis<\/em><\/span><\/a>, during which Nancy Pelosi, evidently knowing more about navel lint than naval vessels, observed, &#8220;It&#8217;s fitting that we honor John Lewis with this formidable ship, because John Lewis was a warrior.&#8221;\u00a0 The <em>Lewis<\/em> is a non-commissioned replenishment oiler which carries only defensive weaponry.\u00a0 As one wag observed, &#8220;A ship full of gas: How fitting for that bag of hot air.&#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\/07\/MC_BreyerWontRetire_web20210716122050.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95575\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MC_BreyerWontRetire_web20210716122050.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MC_BreyerWontRetire_web20210716122050.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MC_BreyerWontRetire_web20210716122050-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-17.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-17-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95511\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-13.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-13-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bbb-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95512\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bbb-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bbb-6.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bbb-6-300x241.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Picture1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95527\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Picture1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Picture1-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95539\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-15.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-15-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cb071521dAPR20210715124504.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95513\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cb071521dAPR20210715124504.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cb071521dAPR20210715124504.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cb071521dAPR20210715124504-300x227.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Picture11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95528\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Picture11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Picture11.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Picture11-300x138.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Picture31.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95529\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Picture31.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Picture31.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Picture31-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Picture21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95530\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Picture21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Picture21.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Picture21-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DEM-ographics-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95514\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DEM-ographics-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DEM-ographics-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DEM-ographics-1-300x144.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Knock-Knock-Jokers-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95515\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Knock-Knock-Jokers-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Knock-Knock-Jokers-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Knock-Knock-Jokers-1-300x145.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-7-16-21-at-7.02-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95516\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-7-16-21-at-7.02-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-7-16-21-at-7.02-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Image-7-16-21-at-7.02-AM-290x300.jpeg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Geoff Griffith&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/geoff1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95540\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/geoff1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/geoff1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/geoff1-300x296.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/geoff2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95541\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/geoff2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/geoff2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/geoff2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/geoff3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95542\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/geoff3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/geoff3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/geoff3-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/geoff4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95543\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/geoff4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/geoff4.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/geoff4-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Balls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95552\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Balls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Balls.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Balls-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image000002-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95586\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image000002-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image000002-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/image000002-2-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and the lovely Shannon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_4070.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95587\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_4070.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_4070.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_4070-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_4070-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap where we kicked it off, with a poignant piece in which the great Victor Davis Hanson offers a child&#8217;s introduction to the realities of life and death:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/a-childs-garden-of-animals-barnicide\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">A Child\u2019s Garden of Animals: Barnicide<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gtvi6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95537\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gtvi6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gtvi6.jpeg 272w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5gtvi6-194x300.jpeg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Can&#8217;t say why, but that brought a tear to our eye.\u00a0 Perhaps because, like Roy Batty in <em>Blade Runner&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NOW4QiOD-oc?start=1&amp;end=7&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>&#8230;being far closer to the end than the beginning gives us a better understanding of the value of innocent life, regardless of genus and species.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/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>Ron DeSantis demonstrates he&#8217;s (a) as combative as The Donald without the baggage and tweets; (b) fully in command of the facts; and, (c) speaks in complete, intelligible sentences. Trump needs to get out of the way and then campaign for the eventual Republican nominee, whomever it may be.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bp3yQGAgJI8\" 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>John Stossel reveals why many contemporary entrepreneurs have discovered what Naval Aviators in our time knew all too well: it&#8217;s often easier to beg forgiveness than to ask permission.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gNFyLGlR-0w\" 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 our youngest Travis, meet Norm Hiccup: He&#8217;s the king&#8230;or, as in the case of the male New Zealand weightlifter and Connecticut sprinters who inexplicably take pride beating women and girls, QUEEN&#8230;of the unequal contest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ipvesqJP1e4\" 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 Monday, July 19th, 2021&#8230;but before beginning, we offer the conclusion to a recent column by Andy McCarthy, three short paragraphs of insightful commentary Conservatives would do well to heed:\u00a0 &#8220;&#8230;If Republicans are going to have any chance of stopping the ruinous Democratic reign by winning in 2022 and 2024, they must stop relitigating the [&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-95561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95561","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=95561"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95652,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95561\/revisions\/95652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}