{"id":96629,"date":"2021-09-12T19:56:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T23:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=96629"},"modified":"2021-09-12T19:56:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T23:56:22","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-september-3rd-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=96629","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, September 3rd, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, September 3rd, 2021&#8230;but before we begin, consider the following on 46*&#8217;s photo-op in front of the caskets containing those he killed from reader and fellow veteran Urey Patrick (emphasis ours):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;Biden wasn\u2019t there <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>for them<\/em><\/span> &#8211; he was there <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>for the cameras and his manufactured self-image<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/download.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96651\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/download.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/download.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/download-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>When you are the Commander-in-Chief facing the newly Gold Star parents of troops lost because of decisions and policies that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you<\/em><em> enacted<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you take it<\/em><\/span>. \u00a0You stand there with the bodies of their sons and daughters and let <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>them vent<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you take it<\/em><\/span> &#8211; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>their grief<\/em> <\/span>is on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you<\/em><\/span>. \u00a0You <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>owe<\/em><\/span> them that. \u00a0You <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>do not<\/em><\/span> \u201cme too\u201d them with hackneyed stories of your son who died of cancer years ago and how bad you feel too &#8211; you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are not<\/em><\/span> a Gold Star parent and you should <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>stop playing one on TV<\/em><\/span>. And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you don\u2019t campaign against them<\/em><\/span> on social media and through your PR outlets.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is the same self-serving slop The Groper&#8217;s served up\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">numerous times<\/span><\/em> following the death of his first wife.\u00a0 He mischaracterized the circumstances of her demise\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so often<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>repeatedly<\/em><\/span> insinuating the driver of the truck <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Neilia Biden swerved into<\/em><\/span> was drunk <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>when he was not<\/em><\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newarkpostonline.com\/news\/local\/daughter-of-man-in-72-biden-crash-seeks-apology-from-widowed-senator\/article_6c9a477e-63be-561b-b771-1330b4cda02d.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>his family demanded an apology<\/em><\/span><\/a> from the demented dissimulator.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since a picture&#8217;s worth a thousand words, here&#8217;s an illustrated shot of the juice:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/aaa-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96652\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/aaa-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/aaa-2.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/aaa-2-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ve never wished anyone eternity in Hell&#8230;before.\u00a0 But this complete a*sclown is sorely trying our patience.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, in what is a small but clear victory for life, liberty and the eventual pursuit of happiness by the unborn,\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em> informs us the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/texas-fetal-heartbeat-bill-takes-effect-after-supreme-court-declines-to-act\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=24916074\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">Texas Becomes First State to Implement Fetal Heartbeat Law after Supreme Court Declines to Act<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9UaJAnnipkY?start=110\" 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>46* <a href=\"http:\/\/den-slams-supreme-court-decision-on-texas-heartbeat-law-unconstitutional-chaos\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=24930961\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">immediately claimed<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, &#8220;The Texas law will significantly impair women\u2019s access to the health care they need, particularly for communities of color and individuals with low incomes.&#8221;\u00a0 After all, ain&#8217;t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>everything<\/em><\/span> about color?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And of course,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Nancy the Red&#8230;with blood from tens of millions of unborn infants&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pelosi-pledges-roe-v-wade-vote-after-supreme-court-allows-texas-abortion-law-to-go-into-effect\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">promptly promised legislation codifying infanticide<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You should understand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/09\/supreme-court-gets-it-right-on-texas-abortion-law\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-09-02&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the ruling does not in anyway impact Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/span><\/a>, but rather\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/20pdf\/21a24_8759.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denied a request<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0by Texas abortionists for emergency relief against the Lone Star State statute.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To borrow a phrase from the late, great Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, &#8220;Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>perhaps<\/em><\/span>, the end of the beginning.&#8221;\u00a0 We can only hope&#8230;and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pray<\/span><\/em>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that continually<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, in our continuing coverage of the greatest self-inflicted defeat in American history, Jim Geraghty wonders&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"nr-heading\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/the-americans-joe-biden-left-behind\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_210901&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Who Are the Americans Still in Afghanistan<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5lpi3r.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96622\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5lpi3r.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5lpi3r.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5lpi3r-300x175.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/31\/us\/politics\/usa-residents-in-afghanistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">reports<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0that \u201cat least hundreds of U.S. citizens and potentially thousands of green card holders . . . are stranded in\u00a0Afghanistan.\u201d <span style=\"color: #333399;\">For obvious reasons, news organizations are not eager to report the full names and locations of Americans and green-card holders in Afghanistan.<\/span> There\u2019s no need to make the Taliban\u2019s work easier.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Right now, somewhere in Afghanistan, there\u2019s a U.S. green-card holder who was living in Maryland earlier this year.<\/span> He had worked with the Americans, done <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>excellent work<\/em><\/span>, and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/state-department-leaving-green-card-holders-behind-in-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">qualified for a green card<\/a><\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Green-card holders are granted authorization to live and work in the U.S. on a permanent basis.<\/span> They\u2019re often on the last step before applying for U.S. citizenship.<span style=\"color: #333399;\"> As\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/the-united-states-has-a-duty-to-its-green-card-holders-too\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlie Cooke summarized<\/a><\/em><\/span>, \u201cit\u2019s not a visa.<\/span> It\u2019s not a temporary permission slip. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">It\u2019s permanent residency.\u201d<\/span> During the evacuation, the U.S. State Department said that the evacuations of citizens <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span><\/em> of green-card holders were <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">both<\/span><\/em> top priorities, although green-card holders <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>quickly disappeared<\/em><\/span> from administration statements and statistics\u00a0 thereafter.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">This green-card holder is married and had six children; his wife\u2019s parents did not want her moving with him to the U.S., so the husband and father moved to America and sent money back to support his family.<\/span> In early August, this green-card holder could see the Taliban were advancing quickly, and he went back to Afghanistan to try to get his wife and six children out.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>My reader, who has been trying to get this green-card holder out, had to tell him that the last U.S. flight had departed Kabul International Airport:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>I told him about 5 a.m. Kabul time (on the 31st) that the U.S. military had left early during the night and would not be there today, the 31<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">st<\/span>, the last day,\u201d my reader said. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201cI couldn\u2019t decipher his reaction.<\/span>\u00a0It was either quiet rage or a silent crushing of his spirit. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">I read the report from [the State Department] that they will work diplomatic channels to get the rest of the \u2018<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">American citizens<\/span>\u2019 out.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Legal permanent residents<\/span> sound like they are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">screwed again<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">We shake our heads in amazement.<\/span>\u00a0The effort from State so far on his case and others has been a goose egg.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #333399;\">It\u2019s a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">massive fail<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>However,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/u-s-state-department-to-green-card-holders-still-in-afghanistan-keep-a-low-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the U.S. State Department did send this green-card holder an e-mail with the helpful advice to \u201ckeep a low profile<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>.\u201d\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\">The e-mail recommended, \u201cMake contingency plans to leave when it is safe to do so that do not rely on U.S. government assistance.\u201d<\/span> Over on the State Department website, under a section labeled, \u201cWhat the Department of State Can and Can\u2019t Do in a Crisis,\u201d the department writes, \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>If<\/em><\/span>\u00a0there are no commercial options available,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span>\u00a0if we have consular officers at the embassy or consulate,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span>\u00a0if the conditions permit, we may help <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>U.S. citizens<\/em><\/span> identify possible transportation options\u201d <span style=\"color: #333399;\">(emphasis in original)<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As the meme we created indicates, were Hunter and the Big Guy willing to charge individuals for evacuation, similar to how the Nazis profited from allowing Jews to emigrate from Germany, trust us, they&#8217;d have tried it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning now to the scamdemic, writing at <em>NRO<\/em>, Michael Brendan Dougherty records&#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\/09\/the-crumbling-justification-for-vaccine-passports\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-09-01&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">The Crumbling Justification for Vaccine Passports<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/09\/the-crumbling-justification-for-vaccine-passports\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-09-01&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">New findings are weakening the rationale for segregating people based on their vaccination status<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800080;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Vaccine-Mandates.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96613\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Vaccine-Mandates.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Vaccine-Mandates.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Vaccine-Mandates-300x175.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>A serious attempt to impose a heavily restrictive vaccine-passport system nationwide would mean excluding people from activities they\u2019ve <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">already been doing the past 18 months<\/span><\/em>, even as the danger of the pandemic to our medical institutions is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>less now<\/em><\/span> than it was in the past. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">It would inspire and harden a resistance movement similar to the one France is undergoing.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>psychological exhaustion<\/em><\/span> with the pandemic is now <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>very real<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">What the United States needs is some kind of reassurance that the COVID era <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can come to an end<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> That \u201cnormal life\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>will return<\/em><\/span> and that the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>risks<\/em><\/span> of living life in a biological world with a functioning human society will be shifted back onto <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>individuals, families, and free institutions<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Eighteen months of moving goalposts has made each new development \u2014 in the variants of the disease, or in the studies done on the effect of vaccination \u2014 a fresh trial and stress.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Reassurance of a return to normal life is something that the Danish government provided its citizens throughout the pandemic and just delivered in the past week. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Denmark tried a corona passport for nonessential services.<\/span> But it is now ending all COVID restrictions, including the passport. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">And it\u2019s important to note that even though Denmark has vaccinated a higher percentage of its eligible population than the United States has, it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>did not wait<\/em><\/span> for daily cases to drop to their lowest-ever levels <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>before<\/em><\/span> declaring that the virus was no longer \u201ca critical threat to society.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That<\/em><\/span> is what <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must be<\/em><\/span> the standard \u2014 the standard that justified the beginning of pandemic restrictions. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">A novel virus has the potential to overwhelm a health-care system, as we saw in Lombardy and Wuhan, and nearly in New York and London, in the first months of this crisis.<\/span> That threat is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nearly over<\/em><\/span>. And it is a reason why we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should not<\/em><\/span> be building an invasive and constitutionally dubious system of internal passports <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>now<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fact is, we&#8217;ve stopped frequenting any business which requires us to don a mask.\u00a0 Furthermore, our boycott won&#8217;t end with that of the scamdemic&#8230;assuming it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ever<\/em><\/span> ends.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in what contributor The Boss accurately terms a shock coming from a Dimocrat, writing at the <em>Journal<\/em>, Joe Manchin explains&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/manchin-pelosi-biden-3-5-trillion-reconciliation-government-spending-debt-deficit-inflation-11630605657?mod=hp_opin_pos_1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Why I Won\u2019t Support Spending Another $3.5 Trillion<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/manchin-pelosi-biden-3-5-trillion-reconciliation-government-spending-debt-deficit-inflation-11630605657?mod=hp_opin_pos_1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Amid inflation, debt and the inevitability of future crises, Congress needs to take a strategic pause<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/im-395235.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96619\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/im-395235.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/im-395235.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/im-395235-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s see how long Manchin&#8217;s opposition lasts; or, perhaps what is more likely, what his price is&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5lpgpv.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96620\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5lpgpv.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5lpgpv.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/5lpgpv-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;for dropping it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, here&#8217;s another septet of special selections sure to pique the interest of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). As <em>WSJ<\/em>&#8216;s Bill McGurn notes, &#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">g<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">reat presidents appeal to the better angels of our nature&#8221;<\/span>, which leaves out Joe Biden, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/joe-biden-cynicism-afghanistan-withdrawal-bagram-kabul-bombing-taliban-9-11-11630356746?mod=MorningEditorialReport&amp;mod=djemMER_h\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">who bets on cynicism<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). Courtesy of <em>American Greatness<\/em> via the Geffoir, the great VDH asks\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2021\/09\/01\/is-our-military-woke-broke-or-both\/\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Is Our Military Woke, Broke or Both<\/span><\/em><\/a>?<\/strong><\/span><strong>, &#8220;as somehow our new woke Pentagon is hell-bent on losing the trust of the American people\u2014along with the wars it fights abroad.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). In a rare burst of sanity from the Land of Fruits and Nuts, a\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/california-teacher-pledge-allegiance-pride-flag-removed-from-classroom\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>California teacher who removed Old Glory from her classroom and suggested students pledge allegiance to the rainbow pride flag has been removed from the classroom<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). Transitioning from sanity to insanity, in a column entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-reconciliation-entitlements-global-competitiveness-corporate-tax-hike-income-death-11630619861?mod=opinion_featst_pos1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Biden&#8217;s Second Surrender<\/em><\/span><\/a>, the <em>WSJ<\/em>&#8216;s Kim Strassel explains why &#8220;t<\/strong><strong>he Democrats push for a hike in corporate taxes that would be a gift to the Chinese&#8221;.\u00a0 46*: Like the Bush family, he&#8217;s the gift&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1K8-kNuDgoA?start=167&amp;end=170&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Provided, of course, you&#8217;re a non-citizen or an enemy of freedom.\u00a0 Better yet, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>both<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). According to <em>FOX<\/em>, neither\u00a0<em>CNN<\/em>, <em>MSNBC<\/em>, <em>ABC<\/em>, <em>CBS <\/em>nor\u00a0<em>NBC<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnn-msnbc-abc-cbs-nbc-avoid-biden-phone-call\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>reported on Biden&#8217;s bombshell phone call urging Afghan prez to push stability &#8220;perception<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>&#8220;<\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/span> \u00a0Then again, you have to first <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>be<\/em><\/span> a reporter to report.\u00a0 We seem to recall Trump being impeached over a far less sinister phone conversation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). Speaking of The Donald, his claim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/trump-says-has-never-seen-21414052\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>he&#8217;s never seen stupidity like Biden&#8217;s Afghanistan debacle<\/em><\/span><\/a> leads us to believe he&#8217;s never scanned a summary of his own tweets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(7). In a related item of the pot calling the kettle black, in a question we&#8217;ve often asked regarding him, while hammering\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/hannity-white-house-chief-of-staff-klain-afghanistan-biden\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>White House chief of Ron Klain as delusional for touting the disastrous Afghanistan evacuation as a success<\/em><\/span><\/a>, Sean Hannity asked &#8220;Is he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this much<\/em><\/span> of an idiot?&#8221;\u00a0 Coming from Hannity, that&#8217;s the voice of extensive experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to The <em>Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/aaa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96602\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/aaa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/aaa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/aaa-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bbb-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96635\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bbb-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bbb-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bbb-1-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/gorell.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/gorell.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/gorell.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/gorell-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/aaa-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96636\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/aaa-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/aaa-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/aaa-1-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bbb.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96603\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bbb.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bbb.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/bbb-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MC_Future_web20210901120000.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96604\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MC_Future_web20210901120000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MC_Future_web20210901120000.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MC_Future_web20210901120000-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/afb090121dAPR20210901034519.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96605\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/afb090121dAPR20210901034519.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/afb090121dAPR20210901034519.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/afb090121dAPR20210901034519-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ccc.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96606\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ccc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ccc.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ccc-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cb090121dAPR20210901024505.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96607\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cb090121dAPR20210901024505.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cb090121dAPR20210901024505.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cb090121dAPR20210901024505-300x227.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bad-Dismount-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96608\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bad-Dismount-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bad-Dismount-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bad-Dismount-1-300x145.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Kabulshit-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96637\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Kabulshit-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Kabulshit-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Kabulshit-1-300x201.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Image-9-1-21-at-8.12-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96609\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Image-9-1-21-at-8.12-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Image-9-1-21-at-8.12-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Image-9-1-21-at-8.12-AM-300x220.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Speed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/speed1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96598\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/speed1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/speed1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/speed1-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/speed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96634\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/speed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/speed.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/speed-300x273.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\/09\/shannon2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96599\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shannon2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shannon2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shannon2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shannon1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shannon1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shannon1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shannon1-255x300.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shannon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96633\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shannon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shannon.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shannon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shannon-300x298.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Jeff Foutch&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/foutch.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96649\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/foutch.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/foutch.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/foutch-300x288.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and last, but certainly never least, a mix of wit and wisdom from Ed Hickey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Image664.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96654\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Image664.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Image664.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Image664-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96653\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image017.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image017-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image017-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Image685.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96656\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Image685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Image685.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Image685-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-96655\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image016.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image016-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/image016-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;re authoritatively informed Balls Cotton underwent successful surgery and is recovering nicely.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s wishing him a speedy and complete recovery, and hoping he&#8217;ll resume his frequent contributions to our columns in the very near future.<\/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>\u00a0<strong>Newt calls the clown car as it is, Symptomatic of a sickness: Socialism<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eVlPJcgRCj8\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Tales of The Darkside<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Claiming his disastrous retreat went exactly as planned, Biden takes credit for a spectacular success while blaming The Donald for a phenomenal failure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5-VNgPqMey4\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>On the Lighter Side<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Thompson: NOT an inexpensive habit, particularly these days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5j491fJURRo?start=0&amp;end=66&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; 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