{"id":96106,"date":"2021-08-22T20:11:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T00:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=96106"},"modified":"2021-08-22T20:11:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T00:11:09","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-august-20th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=96106","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, August 20th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, August 20th, 2021&#8230;and though exhausted, we&#8217;re&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WKK2W7iTmu4?start=164&amp;end=165&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>But before beginning, you&#8217;ll indulge us as we offer a few favorite photos from our trip&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5634.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96111\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5634.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5634.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5634-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_1010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96112\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_1010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_1010.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_1010-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_1170.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96113\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_1170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_1170.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_1170-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5084.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96114\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5084.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5084.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5084-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5435.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96115\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5435.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5435.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5435-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5104.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96117\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5104.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5104.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5104-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5621.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96118\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5621.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5621.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5621-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5487.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96116\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5487.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5487.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5487-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5680.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96119\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5680.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_5680-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/P8150034.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96120\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/P8150034.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/P8150034.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/P8150034-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with a brief observation on the last leg of the long journey home.\u00a0 Touching down early in\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Philadelphia, we breezed through customs (baggage claim was another story), and easily scored an Uber to the Wilmington, DE Amtrak station\u00a0(which, thanks to him funneling a generous donation from taxpayers to the overfunded, underperforming National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 46* got the station named after himself).\u00a0 Arriving well in advance of our 6:17 PM departure, we decided to take an earlier train.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Imagine our surprise when the ticket agent informed us, having made our reservation more than 14 days in advance, our tickets had been purchased at a reduced fare the railroad wouldn&#8217;t honor for an earlier train.\u00a0 So if we wanted to catch the 5:27 Northeast Regional to BWI station rather than the same train leaving some 50 minutes later, we&#8217;d have to pay <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>triple the cost<\/em><\/span>, despite the fact the 5:17 had plenty of open seats in business class.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>However<\/em>, were we willing to travel in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>coach<\/em><\/span>, we not only could ride the 5:27, but get a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>refund<\/em><\/span> for the fare difference between business and coach.\u00a0 So while this federally-owned money pit was unwilling to let TLJ and us occupy open seats on an earlier train unless we ponied up 3X the cost, they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>were<\/em><\/span> willing to charge us <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>less<\/em><\/span> money for a seat little different from what we&#8217;d reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As they say, it&#8217;s a helluva way to run a railroad, only it&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>your<\/em><\/span> tax dollars they&#8217;re pissing away.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, in a world seemingly gone crazy in the three weeks we&#8217;ve been gone, and an <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/mattvespa\/2021\/08\/18\/abc-news-interview--biden-n2594383\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>increasingly insensate nitwit<\/em><\/span><\/a> at the helm of the ship of state, here&#8217;s a long-overdue edition of\u00a0<em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, everything you need to know about the complete and utter&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nL6IWZhLdSM?start=91&amp;end=93&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;that is 46*&#8217;s handover of Afghanistan to the Taliban, and then some.\u00a0 As reader Bill Meisen noted, there hasn&#8217;t been a pull-out so bungled by a Biden since Hunter got that stripper pregnant.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Consider the following Biden boners which defy any and all sense, military or common: (1).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/08\/why-did-the-united-states-abandon-bagram-airfield\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20210819&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Abandoning the only secure airbase in the country by literally turning off the power and leaving in the middle of the night without bothering to inform the new Afghan commander<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0; (2). Pulling out the troops before the civilians; (3) Leaving billions of dollars of weaponry and equipment of every description in the hands of one of America&#8217;s most implacable foes; (4) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-afghanistan-taliban-safe-passage-kabul-airport\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Depending on this same enemy to grant U.S. citizens safe passage for evacuation<\/em><\/span><\/a>; and, (5). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/intel-agencies-warned-of-afghan-collapse-as-biden-publicly-downplayed-possibility\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=24769002\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Ignoring unambiguous intelligence assessments which accurately forecast what was to follow<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">,&#8230;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zfaHS8Q9lic\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>then LYING abo<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zfaHS8Q9lic\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>ut same<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0And these are just the tip of the iceberg.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s almost as if the people conducting this circus of disorder&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96084\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image006.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image006-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_4298.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96085\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_4298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_4298.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_4298-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;are <span style=\"color: #000000;\">possessed of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/08\/no-american-military-leader-should-ever-say-what-lloyd-austin-said\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-08-19&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>no experience whatsoever pertinent to the problem at hand<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on the subject of the Biden clown car&#8217;s rapidly accelerating descent into disorder, consider these two exceptional installments of the\u00a0<em>Morning Jolt<\/em>\u00a0which sagely suggest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/something-is-wrong-with-the-president\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20210819&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Something Is Wrong with the President<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0while at the same time\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/the-biden-illusion-crumbles-to-dust\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>The Biden Illusion Crumbles to Dust<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Charlie Cooke accurately asserts&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header article-header--full\" data-component=\"articleHeader\">\n<div class=\"article-header__inner\">\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/08\/biden-took-ownership-of-the-disastrous-afghanistan-withdrawal-months-ago\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-08-17&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Biden Took Ownership of the Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal Months Ago<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/08\/biden-took-ownership-of-the-disastrous-afghanistan-withdrawal-months-ago\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-08-17&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The sitting president\u2019s own words make clear that he had control over the details of this process, before botching it completely<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/download-1-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96008\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/download-1-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/download-1-3.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/download-1-3-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;while, courtesy of the <em>WSJ<\/em> via Keith Calcote, Dan Crenshaw exposes what we consider&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/endless-wars-neocon-biden-afghanistan-withdrawal-kabul-taliban-terrorist-jihadist-11629209389?mod=opinion_lead_pos7\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">The \u2018Endless Wars\u2019 Fallacy<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/endless-wars-neocon-biden-afghanistan-withdrawal-kabul-taliban-terrorist-jihadist-11629209389?mod=opinion_lead_pos7\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">There are many options between nation building and giving up, and we had found a good one in Afghanistan before President Biden abandoned it<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #008000;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden-afghanistan-04-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96058\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden-afghanistan-04-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden-afghanistan-04-1.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden-afghanistan-04-1-300x136.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The U.S. presence in Afghanistan was meeting the original strategic goal of denying a safe haven for terrorists and preventing another 9\/11. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">The 18 months before withdrawal saw <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no U.S. combat deaths<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Does that really sound like \u201cendless war\u201d in any traditional sense? <span style=\"color: #008000;\">More important, does it sound <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>better or worse<\/em><\/span> than the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>current outcome<\/em><\/span>?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Mr. Biden\u2019s decision was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>reckless and unnecessary<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Policy aside, there wasn\u2019t even political pressure to take such thoughtless action.<\/span> The facts on the ground <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>didn\u2019t warrant a hasty withdrawal<\/em><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>intelligence predicted<\/em><\/span> the Taliban would eventually take over. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Even worse, this decision was made <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>as the spring fighting season began<\/em><\/span>, all but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>guaranteeing<\/em><\/span> a Taliban offensive emboldened by the knowledge of an imminent U.S. withdrawal and a collapse of morale by our Afghan allies in uniform and in government.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>America didn\u2019t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lose<\/em><\/span> a war, or even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>end<\/em><\/span> one. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">We <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>gave up on a strategic national-security interest<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> We <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>gave up on our Afghan allies<\/em><\/span>, expecting them to stave off a ruthless insurgency without our crucial support, which came at minimal cost to us. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">This administration\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>actions are heartless<\/em><\/span>, its <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>justifications nonsensical<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The consequences are dire for innocent Afghans and for America\u2019s prestige. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Twenty years after 9\/11, I pray they don\u2019t become equally dire for Americans at home.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abandoning Afghanistan essentially denies the existence and reality of global jihad, not to mention eliminating an effective springboard for fighting it.\u00a0 Which is why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/putin-rebuffed-u-s-plans-for-bases-near-afghanistan-at-summit-with-biden-11629398848\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Putin&#8217;s refusal to grant Biden&#8217;s request for the basing of U.S. forces in Central Asia<\/em><\/span><\/a> undercut efforts to act against new terrorist dangers after his ignominious Afghanistan rout.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5k6kr7.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96129\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5k6kr7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5k6kr7.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5k6kr7-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: Reading the first of Churchill&#8217;s six volume <em>The Second World War<\/em>, we realize Biden is no different than Neville Chamberlain.\u00a0 He may want peace, but they don&#8217;t.\u00a0 Thus does The Groper maintain his perfect record of being on the wrong side of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>every<\/em><\/span> policy and issue since entering public office.\u00a0 And y<\/strong><strong>ou can add <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/MC_BloodyHands_web20210817120000.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96025\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/MC_BloodyHands_web20210817120000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/MC_BloodyHands_web20210817120000.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/MC_BloodyHands_web20210817120000-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;blood to that already on Biden&#8217;s hands from the tens of millions of babies he&#8217;s happily helped slaughter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But as <em>FOX<\/em> informs us, at least&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/taliban-promises-protect-womens-rights-with-catch\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">The Taliban promise to protect women&#8217;s rights<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5k0hp7.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96041\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5k0hp7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5k0hp7.jpeg 338w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5k0hp7-241x300.jpeg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yeah&#8230;within the tenets of Islam and Sharia Law.\u00a0 In other words, women have the right to remain silent&#8230;permanently if need be.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related photo forwarded by Speed, we see&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/speed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96039\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/speed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/speed.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/speed-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us to\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Idiots on Parade<\/em><\/span>, courtesy today of a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/kabul-afghanistan-colorado-family-stranded\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">Colorado family stranded in Afghanistan after flight home is canceled<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-headline speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><a style=\"color: #003300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/kabul-afghanistan-colorado-family-stranded\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The father told FOX 31 that his wife and children were visiting family when the Taliban invaded<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5k6a6s.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96098\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5k6a6s.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5k6a6s.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5k6a6s-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The father, who wished to remain anonymous, said his wife called him on Saturday and said that the Taliban was all over the city,\u00a0FOX 31\u00a0reported. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">She and her children were apparently visiting family in Afghanistan when the Taliban invaded.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The man said that his wife wanted to come home, so he booked a flight through Turkish Airlines for Sunday, according to FOX 31. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Unfortunately, the flight was canceled several hours before it was scheduled to depart.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>&#8220;My wife and my daughters for now are hiding in a house in Kabul,&#8221; the concerned father told FOX 31. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">He continued, &#8220;I think it\u2019s chaos.<\/span> There are a lot of lives in danger.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Fellow Coloradan Patrick Allen is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces colonel who served in Afghanistan.<\/span> After being contacted by the father, he\u2019s trying to help bring the family home. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">So far, he\u2019s reached out U.S. Representative Jason Crow for help<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colonel Allen should be helping the anonymous father find a good psychiatrist, as anyone who&#8217;d send their family to visit to Afghanistan of late needs their head examined.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of those in dire need of a mental acuity assessment, the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/biden-administration-extends-transportation-mask-mandate-through-january-18\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=24777495\"><span style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\">Biden Administration is Extending its Transportation Mask Mandate Through January 18<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Arizona2520Republican2520Chants2520I2520Cant2520Breathe2520at2520Anti-Face2520Mask2520Rally2520gq2520june25202020.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96097\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Arizona2520Republican2520Chants2520I2520Cant2520Breathe2520at2520Anti-Face2520Mask2520Rally2520gq2520june25202020.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Arizona2520Republican2520Chants2520I2520Cant2520Breathe2520at2520Anti-Face2520Mask2520Rally2520gq2520june25202020.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Arizona2520Republican2520Chants2520I2520Cant2520Breathe2520at2520Anti-Face2520Mask2520Rally2520gq2520june25202020-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Marty Cetron, the CDC official who signed the mask order, told Reuters last month that the transit mask mandate has been effective.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u201cMasks are really powerful and we should make sure they\u2019re part of our arsenal,\u201d Cetron said.<\/span> \u201cThe truth is that the unvaccinated portion that\u2019s out there is extremely vulnerable.\u201d<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Would it be too much to ask the clown car which is the 46* Administration to provide us <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span> scientific data which <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>validates<\/em><\/span>\u00a0such a conclusion?\u00a0 As Noam Blum noted in our <em>Quote of the Day<\/em> featured at the top of the page, this is nothing more than the government making it safer for the unvaccinated to remain so at the expense of those who&#8217;ve taken the shot(s).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BTW, do we care\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/440-students-florida-district-quarantined-school-2453c339-65a5-4c6c-9432-12d28bbc9c85.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">440 students in a Florida school district have been quarantined two days into the school year<\/span><\/a><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rgXESVtWX3U?start=196&amp;end=198&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>The better to achieve herd immunity, my dear, which is the only way we&#8217;ll ever put this scamdemic behind us.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of scams, Jim Geraghty highlights&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/what-bidens-vaccination-plan-gets-wrong\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20210730&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800080;\"><strong>The Problems with Biden\u2019s New Vaccination Plans<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/afb073021dAPC20210730064506.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96086\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/afb073021dAPC20210730064506.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/afb073021dAPC20210730064506.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/afb073021dAPC20210730064506-300x221.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Biden then announced that despite what he\u2019d just said, in two-thirds of America\u2019s counties, people\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>did<\/em><\/span>\u00a0need to wear a mask, even if they were vaccinated, because the CDC fears that vaccinated people may spread the virus to people who are unvaccinated. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Biden likes to ad-lib from the presidential lectern, and he often just blurts out things that sound right to him, regardless of whether they\u2019re actually true.<\/span> It\u2019s not the biggest deal in the world when Biden claims, \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/rnc-fact-checks-biden-driving-214300127.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">I used to drive an 18-wheeler<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>,\u201d and no one has any idea whether he\u2019s remembering, exaggerating, or perhaps imagining past experiences. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">But the American president is not supposed to just wing it when he\u2019s making announcements as important as this one about the pandemic.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Biden warned that, \u201cWe\u2019re seeing a spike in cases because of this new form, this new variant, called the Delta variant.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Except&#8230;the Delta variant <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>isn\u2019t really that new<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> It was first detected in the U.S. in April,\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">made up more than 30 percent of new cases in the U.S. by June 19<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em>, and accounted for 62 percent of all new infections shortly before the July 4 holiday. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">You know,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/02\/us\/politics\/biden-coronavirus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">the holiday weekend where Biden announced America\u2019s \u201cindependence from the virus<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0We would expect a much more contagious version of the virus to become the most common form quickly.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Biden said, \u201cWe need to wear masks to protect each other and to stop the rapid spread of this virus as we work to get more people vaccinated.\u201d<\/span> Those of us who are vaccinated are being asked to take additional action to protect people who will not take any action to protect themselves or us. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">This is akin to telling the public to drive less frequently because a segment of the population drives recklessly.<\/span> That approach might mitigate the consequences a bit, but it doesn\u2019t really address the root of the problem \u2014 and it limits the freedom of the responsible to indulge the irresponsible.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The administration, the CDC, the country, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> the world have a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>real problem<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The people who are unvaccinated and thus most vulnerable to the virus are also among the folks who are least willing to wear masks to protect themselves \u2014 and least willing to obey public-health guidance in general. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one segment<\/em><\/span> of Americans <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>won\u2019t listen<\/em><\/span> to the administration and the CDC, the administration and CDC are asking <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the rest of us<\/em><\/span> to make further changes to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">our<\/span><\/em> behavior<\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">White House chief of staff \u2014 and, some Republicans argue, the de facto prime minister \u2014 Ron Klain declared on Twitter that the administration is prioritizing a mask mandate instead of a vaccine mandate because, \u201canyone who starts vaccination today isn\u2019t fully protected from the virus for six weeks.\u201d <span style=\"color: #333399;\">(Whether he realizes it or not, he\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>talking down<\/em><\/span> the benefits of the vaccines.<\/span> Yes, two shots are much better against the Delta variant,<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillyvoice.com\/first-covid-19-shot-effective-pfizer-moderna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">but getting one shot gives you at least some protection<\/a><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Even if it\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just 33 percent protection<\/em><\/span>, would you rather have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span> for the first few weeks or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>zero percent protection<\/em><\/span>?)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Klain continued, \u201cAlso, CDC is concerned that even vaccinated people MIGHT transmit Delta: you are masking to slow the spread.\u201d <span style=\"color: #333399;\">If that sounds familiar, it\u2019s because on March 16, 2020, the White House of the previous administration unveiled the slogan, \u201c<\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov\/articles\/15-days-slow-spread\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">15 Days to Slow the Spread<\/a><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">.\u201d<\/span> One year, four months, and 14 days <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>later<\/em><\/span>, you\u2019re being asked to put the mask on again, to \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>slow the spread<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Recall how Joe Biden and his team were described upon their return to the halls of power in Washington:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/1b751d3e-e410-4e81-af75-775312cfeb62\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">The\u00a0Financial Times<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">:<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0\u201c<em>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">grown-ups<\/span> are back in charge in Washington<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/biden-cabinet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Vogue<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>:<\/em>\u00a0\u201c<em>Joe Biden\u2019s Cabinet Picks Send a Clear Message: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Adults<\/span> Are Back in Charge<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2020\/11\/24\/joe-bidens-team-of-careerists-440177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Politico<\/a><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>:<\/em> \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ivy League credentials and long Washington experience<\/span> set the tone for his administration<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/19\/us\/politics\/biden-cabinet-picks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The\u00a0New York Times<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a><em><span style=\"color: #333399;\">: \u201cBiden\u2019s cabinet is, well, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">mature<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>You don\u2019t have to love the outgoing Trump team to recognize that selecting a team of \u201cmature\u201d \u201cexperienced\u201d \u201cgrown-ups\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>may just amount to exchanging one set of problems for another<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Biden and Klain and CDC director Rochelle Walensky and the rest <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don\u2019t really seem like reassuring \u201cmature\u201d \u201cexperienced\u201d \u201cgrown-ups<\/em><\/span>.\u201d <span style=\"color: #800080;\">They seem like <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>befuddled bureaucrats<\/em><em> who have just a handful of go-to moves in every circumstance<\/em><\/span>: <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">throw money at the problem<\/span><\/em>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">create more paperwork and procedures<\/span><\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and implement new rules upon everyone in hopes that it will alter the behavior of a particular group<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving to <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>Matters Military<\/em><\/span>, we learn the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/navy-charges-sailor-bonhomme-richard-fire\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Navy has charged a sailor in connection with the fire that destroyed USS Bonhomme Richard<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-headline speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/navy-charges-sailor-bonhomme-richard-fire\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The sailor was a member of the ship&#8217;s crew, the Navy said<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USS-Bonhomme-Richard-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96003\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USS-Bonhomme-Richard-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USS-Bonhomme-Richard-3.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USS-Bonhomme-Richard-3-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The\u00a0fire\u00a0caused billions of dollars worth of damage on the amphibious assault ship, which raged over four days and was the Navy&#8217;s worst U.S. warship fire outside of combat in recent memory.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">The ship was eventually decommissioned.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Repairing it would have cost $2.5 billion to $3 billion and take five to seven years, said Rear Adm. Eric H. Ver Hage of the Navy Regional Maintenance Center said at the time<\/span><\/strong>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Any chance said sailor had a connection with the ChiComs?\u00a0 No doubt the NIS and FBI are hotly pursuing this angle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/yeahright.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96089\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/yeahright.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/yeahright.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/yeahright-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/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\/08\/afb081821dAPR20210818054508.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96043\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/afb081821dAPR20210818054508.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/afb081821dAPR20210818054508.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/afb081821dAPR20210818054508-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/afb081721dAPR20210817054504.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96044\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/afb081721dAPR20210817054504.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/afb081721dAPR20210817054504.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/afb081721dAPR20210817054504-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/MC_BlackHawkDown_web20210819120000.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96090\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/MC_BlackHawkDown_web20210819120000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/MC_BlackHawkDown_web20210819120000.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/MC_BlackHawkDown_web20210819120000-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/afb081921dAPR20210819044504.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96094\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/afb081921dAPR20210819044504.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/afb081921dAPR20210819044504.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/afb081921dAPR20210819044504-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96093\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden2-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96048\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96045\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden3-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96092\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden22.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden22.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/biden22-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aaa-31.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96009\" 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-8-7-21-at-10.22-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96050\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-8-7-21-at-10.22-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-8-7-21-at-10.22-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-8-7-21-at-10.22-AM-300x247.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-8-17-21-at-8.29-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96051\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-8-17-21-at-8.29-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-8-17-21-at-8.29-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-8-17-21-at-8.29-PM-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-8-17-21-at-8.58-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96052\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-8-17-21-at-8.58-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-8-17-21-at-8.58-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-8-17-21-at-8.58-PM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Image-8-17-21-at-8.58-PM-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/balls1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96030\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/balls1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/balls1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/balls1-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96031\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls-267x300.png 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96032\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls2-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96033\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls3-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96034\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls4.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls4-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96035\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls5.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls5-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96036\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls6.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Balls6-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Mark Foster&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/foster2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96102\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/foster2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/foster2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/foster2-300x297.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/foster1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96103\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/foster1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/foster1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/foster1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/foster1-300x300.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\/08\/IMG_4262.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96054\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_4262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_4262.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_4262-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shannon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96069\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shannon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shannon.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shannon-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shannon2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96070\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shannon2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shannon2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/shannon2-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Speed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96056\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image017.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image017-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96057\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image013.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image013-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/speed-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96071\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/speed-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/speed-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/speed-1-300x218.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and last, but certainly never least, Ed Hickey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96065\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image012.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image012-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96066\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image009.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image009-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with another sordid story straight from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, courtesy today of an&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/oklahoma-mom-arrested-12-year-old-daughter-gives-birth\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Oklahoma mom arrested after police say family threw baby shower for 12-year-old impregnated by 24-year-old<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5i1oud.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95992\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5i1oud.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5i1oud.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/5i1oud-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/download-10.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95993\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/download-10.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/download-10.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/download-10-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The family allegedly saw <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nothing wrong<\/em><\/span> with the 12-year-old being <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sexually abused by an adult<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">&#8220;The investigation revealed that the victim&#8217;s mother and family members were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>aware<\/em><\/span> of the relationship between the victim and Miranda-Jara,&#8221; police said.<\/span> &#8220;The family <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>permitted<\/em><\/span> the relationship, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>there are photos<\/em><\/span> of the family <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>throwing a baby shower<\/em><\/span> for the victim and the suspect.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Savor the fruits of moral degeneracy Dimocrats have long sown.\u00a0 One thing&#8217;s for certain: The baby&#8217;s going to have a serious set of eyebrows!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/but-wait.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96062\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/but-wait.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/but-wait.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/but-wait-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>In this case, a twisted tale which even left our jaded mind reeling, as we learn the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/maryland-aunt-children-dead-car-traffic-stop-months\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Maryland aunt of children found dead in car during traffic stop drove around with them for months<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-headline speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/maryland-aunt-children-dead-car-traffic-stop-months\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The bodies of the children were found as the car was being prepared to be towed<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5k5hud.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96064\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5k5hud.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5k5hud.jpeg 349w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/5k5hud-249x300.jpeg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Nicole M. Johnson, 33, faces multiples charges, including neglect and first-degree child abuse that resulted in the death of a child under the age of 13, for the deaths of Joshlyn Johnson, 7, and 5-year-old Larry O\u2019Neil, both siblings. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">She was initially pulled over at 11 p.m. by officers from the Baltimore County Police Department&#8217;s Essex precinct for speeding.<\/span> The vehicle had <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>fake paper tags from West Virginia and was unregistered and uninsured<\/em><\/span>, Fox affiliate\u00a0WBFF-TV\u00a0reported.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">The bodies of the\u00a0children were found\u00a0as the car was being prepared to be towed.<\/span> When Johnson went to the trunk of the car to gather her belongings, an officer smelled &#8220;the unmistakable odor of decomposition,&#8221; according to the news outlet. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">When she removed a plastic sheet and trash bag, the officer <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>noticed maggots<\/em><\/span> in the bag and told her to remove the blankets inside the bag, which revealed a suitcase.<\/span> In the luggage was the body of one of the children.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Johnson attempted to run and was caught a short time later. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">The other child was found in the plastic bag, authorities said.<\/span>\u00a0One of the children had been in the trunk of the vehicle <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>since May 2020<\/em><\/span>, according to court documents reported by the station<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>But if you think Nicole&#8217;s bad, consider the sister who entrusted her with the children.\u00a0 Sorry, but if there were ever a compelling case for forced sterilization&#8230;followed by slow suffocation&#8230;these two women are it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. We are decidedly fatigued, so trust you&#8217;ll forgive any typos or other errors.\u00a0 Our editorial powers are indeed diminished.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Video of the Day<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>If 46* has lost CNN, he&#8217;s TRULY in trouble.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MRC TV video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/embed\/562854\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" 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>Tucker highlights the ever-increasing inanity of Biden&#8217;s buffoonery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PqzEhbAWCHM\" 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>After 1:23 of meaningless meandering and patent pandering, South Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace educates Texas State Rep. 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