{"id":97849,"date":"2021-10-31T17:33:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T21:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=97849"},"modified":"2021-10-31T17:34:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T21:34:07","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-october-29th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=97849","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, October 29th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, October 29th, 2021&#8230;but before we begin, for anyone still operating under the delusion those in positions of power view their subjects with anything but complete and utter contempt, we offer a photo of Michigan&#8217;s Wretched Gretchen Whitmer blatantly violating D.C.&#8217;s mask mandate earlier this week&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5s6m9g.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97840\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5s6m9g.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5s6m9g.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5s6m9g-300x209.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with this video in which a hot mike revealed the true feelings of the president of the Los Alamitos school board for a mother who took time from her busy schedule to voice her heartfelt and legitimate concerns:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sIufr8juTT4\" 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>Wake up and smell the derision, America!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ffmhcph_oPs\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the contempt with which Progressives view loyal, law-abiding, patriotic Americans<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, the <em>Journal<\/em> is reporting the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-administration-in-talks-to-pay-hundreds-of-millions-to-immigrant-families-separated-at-border-11635447591?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">U.S. is in Talks to Pay Hundreds of Millions to Families Separated at Border<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-administration-in-talks-to-pay-hundreds-of-millions-to-immigrant-families-separated-at-border-11635447591?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Government is considering payments of $450,000 per person affected by Trump administration\u2019s zero-tolerance policy in 2018<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/download-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97843\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/download-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/download-4.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/download-4-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The Biden administration is in talks to offer <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>immigrant<\/em><\/span> families that were separated during the Trump administration around $450,000 a person in compensation, according to people familiar with the matter, as several agencies work to resolve lawsuits filed on behalf of parents and children who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>say the government subjected them to\u00a0lasting psychological trauma<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The U.S. Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services are considering payments that could amount to close to $1 million a family, though the final numbers could shift, the people familiar with the matter said.<\/span> Most of the families that crossed the border illegally from Mexico <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to seek asylum<\/em><\/span> in the U.S. included one parent and one child, the people said. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Many families would likely get smaller payouts, depending on their circumstances, the people said.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>The total potential payout could be $1 billion or more<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>So at the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">same time<\/span><\/em> 46* is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>taking<\/em><\/span> our money through the shortages and inflated prices he&#8217;s created, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span><\/em> proposing to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>take even more<\/em><\/span> with his proposed tax increases while saddling our progeny with perpetual, unpayable debt, he&#8217;s trying to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>give it<\/em><\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>criminal foreign nationals<\/em><\/span> who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>illegally entered our country<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We should also note the three glaring inaccuracies in the five short sentences above: (i) These <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>aren&#8217;t<\/em><\/span> &#8220;immigrants&#8221;, they&#8217;re ILLEGAL immigrants; (ii) The &#8220;government&#8221; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>didn&#8217;t<\/em><\/span> subject them to\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anything<\/em><\/span>, rather they <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">subjected themselves<\/span><\/em> to whatever they experienced; and, (iii) They <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">weren&#8217;t<\/span><\/em> &#8220;asylum seekers&#8221;, but dirt-poor peasants looking to take advantage of a better life north of the border.\u00a0 Thus does the reporting of the <em>Journal<\/em> differ almost completely from its editorial page.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: As a Navy classmate we spoke with earlier today observed, Biden is essentially proposing to provide illegal aliens the same benefits accorded a military officer who honorably served his country for 20 years, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>far more<\/em><\/span> than any enlisted retiree.\u00a0 Sorta puts this incredible insult\u00a0into proper perspective, no?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Or, as this meme from Balls Cotton puts it:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image000002-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97852\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image000002-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image000002-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image000002-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of incredibly misguided, purely political Progressive policies,\u00a0<em>The Washington Free Beacon <\/em>relates a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"mb-3 text-red font-serif text-xl md:text-4xl\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/white-house-gender-equity-plan-calls-for-elimination-of-cash-bail\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">White House \u2018Gender Equity\u2019 Plan Calls for Elimination of Cash Bail<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-excerpt\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/white-house-gender-equity-plan-calls-for-elimination-of-cash-bail\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">United States saw unprecedented murder spike in 2020, according to FBI data<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/procrime.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97838\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/procrime.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/procrime.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/procrime-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>As the country faces an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unprecedented murder spike<\/em><\/span>, President Joe Biden is claiming that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>eliminating cash bail for violent criminals is critical to promoting &#8220;gender equity and equality<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JsBysD68Sgs?start=29&amp;end=31&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">A 42-page report from the White House Gender Policy Council entitled the &#8220;National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality&#8221; outlines a &#8220;whole of government&#8221; approach to ending so-called inequality between men, women, and transgender people.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Among<\/span><\/em> the critical steps necessary to remedy disparities between these groups, the White House <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>alleges<\/em><\/span>, is working to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>overturn cash bail<\/em><\/span>, a legal mechanism that proponents say helps keep violent criminals off the street. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8220;We will work to end cash bail and reform our pretrial system, recognizing the harm these processes cause, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>particularly for Black women and families<\/em><\/span>,&#8221; the report says. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>As Elizabeth Warren would say, HOW?!?<\/em>)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The Biden administration&#8217;s decision to push for a radical criminal justice reform measure\u2014even as broad swaths of the public say they are concerned about rising violence\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>reflects the political tensions of an increasingly unpopular president who feels compelled to placate his party\u2019s radical base<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Polling from the summer showed crime emerging as a top issue for voters, and some Democrats blamed rioting during Black Lives Matter protests for their poor down-ballot performance last November.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>According to FBI data, the country saw a nearly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>30 percent increase<\/em><\/span> in homicides in 2020. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Such a jump was the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">largest in one year since the federal government started collecting crime statistics<\/span><\/em> in the 1960s.<\/span> Overall, violent crime increased 5 percent.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Advocates of maintaining cash bail policies point to cities such as Chicago and New York City, which eliminated the practice for most offenses <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and saw murders and shootings rise above the national average<\/em><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0One study\u00a0by researchers at Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton universities concluded that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pretrial release increases the likelihood of rearrest before the offender&#8217;s trial by 37 percent<\/em><\/span>, as well as the chance the alleged criminal <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>misses their court date<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yet another counterproductive Progressive policy whose impact will never be felt by those imposing it, but instead will fall on those they purport to support.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, in an item courtesy of Keith Calcote related to the Bill Whittle video accompanying our <em>Quote of the Day<\/em> at the top of the page, the Editorial Board at the\u00a0<em>WSJ<\/em>\u00a0details the Dimocrats&#8217;&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/fly-by-night-taxation-democrats-congress-tax-hikes-ron-wyden-joe-biden-11635371820?mod=opinion_lead_pos1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Fly-by-Night Taxation<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/fly-by-night-taxation-democrats-congress-tax-hikes-ron-wyden-joe-biden-11635371820?mod=opinion_lead_pos1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">The Democratic tax show has become a tragi-comedy of errors<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #800080;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211002_USD001_0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97837\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211002_USD001_0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211002_USD001_0.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211002_USD001_0-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>There\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never<\/em><\/span> been anything like this, and we\u2019ve been around a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>long time<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Democrats are writing tax policy for a $22 trillion economy <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">on the fly<\/span><\/em>, floating new tax increases willy-nilly, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">with little thought to the consequences and no time for public debate<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>One day<\/em><\/span> it\u2019s an increase in tax rates on corporations and the affluent. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>But wait<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span> doesn\u2019t have the votes.<\/span> How about a carbon tax? <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That<\/em><\/span> won\u2019t fly <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">either<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Hey, there goes\u00a0Jeff Bezos. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let\u2019s tax <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>him<\/em><\/span> and 699 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">other<\/span><\/em> billionaires.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>It polls well<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Everyone<\/em><\/span> hates billionaires!\u00a0<\/span>Oh, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span> may be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unconstitutional<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">We <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still<\/em><\/span> need money, so let\u2019s try a 15% corporate minimum tax\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>though be sure to exempt investments in green energy and other pet progressive ideas<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> So it will have to be a minimum tax on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some<\/em><\/span> companies but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not others<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Bring on the Gucci Gulch lobbyists, campaign checkbooks at the ready.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>And don\u2019t forget to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cut<\/em><\/span> taxes for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some of the rich<\/em><\/span> by restoring the state and local tax deduction, though only for two years. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Need those New York and New Jersey House votes.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Then let\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rush<\/em><\/span> to get all of this \u201cframework\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>agreed to by Thursday<\/em><\/span> so President Biden can have something to boast about at the global climate gabfest that will do nothing that matters about the climate.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What a spectacle<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>For a century<\/em><\/span> Democrats have been the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>party of higher taxes<\/em><\/span>, but at least they paid <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">some<\/span><\/em> attention to the policy merits. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Tax writers Dan Rostenkowski and Lloyd Bentsen were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>serious people<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">This crowd<\/span><\/em> has <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no clue<\/span><\/em> what the consequences of their proposals will be, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and they don\u2019t much care<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">This is the rotten tax policy you get <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>when a party is scrambling and desperate to pass legislation that is increasingly unpopular as more Americans discover what\u2019s in it<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>familiar<\/em><\/span> tax increases that people <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">understand<\/span><\/em> are proving to be a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>hard sell<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">So Democrats are rummaging through the attic of bad socialist ideas to find some way to pretend they are paying for their multi-trillion-dollar spending blitz.<\/span> The <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">best result<\/span><\/em> would be for the entire farce to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>collapse from its own dead weight<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You know, like&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dOsgQ6wR8e4?start=16&amp;end=30&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 as this next item from <em>Real Clear Politics<\/em> via George Lawlor suggests, how can one expect a cogent, reasoned approach to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anything<\/em><\/span> from a government nominally run by the personification of malevolent stupidity Charles Lipson calls<\/strong><strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2021\/10\/28\/doh_biden_146641.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">D&#8217;oh Biden<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/606e8b96497a3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97836\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/606e8b96497a3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/606e8b96497a3.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/606e8b96497a3-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">So much<\/span><\/em> has gone wrong <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so quickly<\/em><\/span>, it\u2019s hard to remember we are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only nine months<\/em><\/span> into Joe Biden\u2019s presidency. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Less than one-third of the country<\/em><\/span> now thinks America is \u201con the right track,\u201d according to the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/other\/direction_of_country-902.html\" class=\"broken_link\">RealClearPolitics average of polls<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>.<\/span> That\u2019s a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dramatic deterioration<\/em><\/span> since last spring, and a disturbing one, not only for the Biden and his party but for the country. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Three developments are driving this collapse in confidence.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>First, Biden is pursuing a self-proclaimed strategy to \u201ctransform\u201d America <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>despite his campaign promises to bring the country together, stress bipartisanship, and restore comity and normality<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">That\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> what he\u2019s done.<\/span> He\u2019s tried to force big, progressive changes, a strategy that was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>bound<\/em><\/span> to be divisive <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>since he didn\u2019t campaign on that platform or win a congressional mandate to pursue it<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Second, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all<\/span><\/em> Biden\u2019s major policies <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">so far have failed<\/span><\/em> \u2014 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">some spectacularly<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> He can point to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no<\/em><\/span> major triumphs to offset them. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Third, Biden himself has been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unable<\/em><\/span> to mount an <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">effective, coherent defense<\/span><\/em> of his administration and its priorities.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The cumulative result is a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sharp decline<\/span><\/em> in public approval, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">especially<\/span><\/em> among independents. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Biden won the White House because he carried their votes, or <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">perhaps<\/span><\/em> because Donald Trump <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lost them<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Now, with Trump gone and Biden standing alone, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">only one in four<\/span><\/em> independents approve of the job he\u2019s doing in the Oval Office. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>And they likely haven&#8217;t ventured out of their homes since the WuFlu first hit.<\/em>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Instead of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>heeding<\/em><\/span> those red flags, the Biden administration is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>plowing ahead, undeterred<\/em><\/span>, as the disasters <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">mount<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> What the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">public sees<\/span><\/em> are <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rising prices, bottlenecked supply chains, an open Southern border, and a bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">They<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> see<\/span><\/em> a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wobbly president who seems overwhelmed by a sea of troubles<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>What worries the White House <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">now<\/span><\/em> is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more<\/span><\/em> than the gaffes, confusion, failed policies, and sinking poll numbers. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">It is the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">public\u2019s growing conviction that Biden is simply not up to the job<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> As his <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">policies<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">crash and burn<\/span><\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>he refuses to change directions or acknowledge he is pursuing a divisive agenda far different from the one he ran on<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">As <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">questions mount<\/span><\/em>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he dispatches aides to parry them while he remains incommunicado<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>It is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span><\/em> a happy picture. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">President<span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0(<em>&#8220;46*&#8221; to us!<\/em>)<\/span> Biden\u00a0has <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">squandered<\/span><\/em> the public\u2019s trust and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">morphed<\/span><\/em> from his carefully constructed image as Good Ol&#8217; Scranton Joe into something closer to a fumbling, incompetent cartoon character: <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">D\u2019Oh Biden<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;re of the opinion he&#8217;s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">always<\/span><\/em> been &#8220;D&#8217;Oh&#8221;, not &#8220;Joe&#8221;; He just wasn&#8217;t in the public eye a sufficient length of time to demonstrate the true degree of his ineptitude.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And The Groper isn&#8217;t the only Socialist shying away from prying eyes, as <em>The Washington Free Beacon<\/em> records&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"mb-3 text-red font-serif text-xl md:text-4xl\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/dem-candidates-in-virginia-ban-cameras-from-public-campaign-events\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff6600;\">Dem Candidates in Virginia Ban Cameras From Public Campaign Events<\/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\/FyrIeadl0AY\" 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>It&#8217;s as this adage forwarded by Balls says:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image000003-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97860\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image000003-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image000003-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image000003-1-300x282.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, we offer a septet of items specially selected for inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Caroline Downey tells us, despite\u00a0the <em>National School Board Association <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">apologizing<\/span><\/em> for the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/school-board-group-asks-biden-to-review-whether-parent-confrontations-over-crt-constitute-domestic-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0which served as the predicate for a DOJ task force formed to investigate non-existent threats to school-board members by parents, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/garland-refuses-to-dissolve-school-board-task-force-despite-national-school-board-group-apology\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=25484408\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Attorney General Merrick Garland is refusing to disband it<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). The <em>WSJ<\/em>&#8216;s Kim Strassel recounts though 46* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/climate-glasgow-spending-corporate-handouts-reconciliation-cop26-build-back-better-11635452923?mod=opinion_featst_pos2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>promised Progressives his budget bill would finally deliver them their long-sought climate stick, what they\u2019re getting instead is the same old carrot: corporate welfare<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 And the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>EnviroNazis<\/em><\/span> are&#8230;a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">titch<\/span><\/em>\u00a0ticked!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). Having gone from ahead by 5% to behind by 8%, it&#8217;s been revealed\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Terry McAuliffe&#8217;s campaign spent nearly $60,000 to hire a high-profile attorney known for masterminding election-related legal challenges,<\/span>\u00a0someone who, as Jonathan Turley wrote, has been &#8220;accused of lying to the media, advancing rejected conspiracy theories&#8221; and is &#8220;currently involved in a major federal investigation that has already led to the indictment of his former partner&#8221;.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/team-mcauliffe-emails-reveal-effort-to-kill-this-fox-news-story\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">When FOX sent the McAuliffe&#8217;s campaign a request for comment, they scrambled to &#8220;kill&#8221; the story, according to emails mistakenly sent to FOX<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Nothing to see here, Virginia&#8230;please move along.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). As\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Phil Klein suggests, even scaled down, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/10\/build-back-better-framework-the-bad-and-the-ugly\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-10-28&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Biden&#8217;s Build Back Better framework STILL represents a reckless expansion of the welfare state<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, and some of it may end up permanent.\u00a0 And why on earth does Joe need to wear a mask <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/biden-pelosi.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97867\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/biden-pelosi.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/biden-pelosi.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/biden-pelosi-300x175.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>but not <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">there<\/span><\/em>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Biden-Maskless-Leaving-Restaurant.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97868\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Biden-Maskless-Leaving-Restaurant.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Biden-Maskless-Leaving-Restaurant.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Biden-Maskless-Leaving-Restaurant-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). Jim Geraghty writes how, despite his repeated promises to the contrary&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NLTR35Z8n7w?start=69&amp;end=75\" 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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/biden-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97819\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/biden-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/biden-3.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/biden-3-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;when he&#8217;s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not forcing them<\/span><\/em> to pay unnecessarily higher prices for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/thanksgiving-dinner-prices-rising\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>food<\/em><\/span><\/a>, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/energy-environment\/541833-as-gas-prices-soar-americans-can-blame-joe-biden\" class=\"broken_link\">energy<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span> and every other commodity, 46* is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/joe-bidens-great-big-tobacco-tax-hike\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20211027&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>pummeling the poor with tax increases<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Yeah, we have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>his word<\/em><\/span>&#8230;as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a Biden<\/em><\/span>!\u00a0 You know, the family that lies, cheats, steals, extorts, smokes crack and sleeps with their brother&#8217;s widow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). In another story related to the Biden crime family, the <em>Conservative Brief<\/em>\u00a0carries Jack Posobiec claim <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/report-53480\/\">&#8220;Doctor&#8221; Jill Biden has been inquiring how to remove a sitting Vice President<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dr-jill.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97834\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dr-jill.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dr-jill.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dr-jill-300x138.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;Over the summer, Posobiec also intimated that there is a growing amount of friction between Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Reportedly, Jill Biden became intensely upset with Harris during the Democratic debates in 2019, when she attacked husband Joe Biden over his stances regarding forced busing to schools in the 1970s as a means of achieving desegregation, as well as his close working relationship with Democratic segregationists in the Senate.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Even more so than Hell, Dimocratic politics hath no fury like a faux-doctor woman scorned.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(7). Couldn&#8217;t happen to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/andrew-cuomo-charged-with-sex-crime-in-albany-city-court\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=25501717\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more-deserving fellow<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to <em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MC_DrEvil_web20211028094100.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97864\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MC_DrEvil_web20211028094100.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MC_DrEvil_web20211028094100.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MC_DrEvil_web20211028094100-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/aaa-13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97812\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/aaa-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/aaa-13.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/aaa-13-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/afb102821dAPR20211028044507.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97863\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/afb102821dAPR20211028044507.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/afb102821dAPR20211028044507.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/afb102821dAPR20211028044507-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/kelley-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97829\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/kelley-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/kelley-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/kelley-2-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/aaa-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97861\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/aaa-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/aaa-14.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/aaa-14-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bbb-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97813\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bbb-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bbb-9.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bbb-9-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cb102821dAPC20211027074527.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97830\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cb102821dAPC20211027074527.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cb102821dAPC20211027074527.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cb102821dAPC20211027074527-300x227.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MC_Garland_web20211027122051.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97814\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MC_Garland_web20211027122051.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MC_Garland_web20211027122051.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MC_Garland_web20211027122051-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cross.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97862\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cross.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cross.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cross-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-10-27-21-at-9.25-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97804\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-10-27-21-at-9.25-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-10-27-21-at-9.25-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-10-27-21-at-9.25-AM-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-10-28-21-at-8.05-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97827\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-10-28-21-at-8.05-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-10-28-21-at-8.05-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-10-28-21-at-8.05-AM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-10-28-21-at-8.05-AM-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s some inflation-related bon mots from Mark Foster&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mime-attachment2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97805\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mime-attachment2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mime-attachment2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mime-attachment2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/foster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97806\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/foster.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/foster.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/foster-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mime-attachment6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97807\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mime-attachment6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mime-attachment6.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/mime-attachment6-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with these from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image000000-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97808\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image000000-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image000000-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image000000-1-300x276.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/baldwin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97869\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/baldwin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/baldwin.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/baldwin-300x296.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image000001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97855\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image000001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image000001.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image000001-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image000001-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97854\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/balls-3-300x83.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and the perfect stocking stuffer for the inquiring Conservative mind in your life brought to you by the lovely Shannon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_6025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97865\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_6025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_6025.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_6025-300x261.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, regarding the Holidays, we&#8217;ll call it a month with a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">must-see<\/span><\/em> Tucker Carlson segment which doesn&#8217;t bode well for travel or gift-giving over Thanksgiving and Christmas:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oq4xILmPZ9c\" 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>It&#8217;s one thing for the clown car which is the 46* Administration to deliberately harm its own workers, but quite another for Southwest Airlines, what was once the model of efficiency and corporate culture in America.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. We know, when it comes to <em>The Gouge<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0WvfeVCIBbE?start=191&amp;end=192&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>What we DO request is you forward us on to ten&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only ten<\/em><\/span>, mind you&#8230;of your likeminded racist, misogynistic, transphobic, homophobic, reactionary friends, thus aiding us in our effort to enlighten a world descending into Dimocratic darkness.<\/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>For those still requiring further proof Dimocrats are the party of evil, this should serve as the clincher.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nHlqiChzcsk?start=0&amp;end=204&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Tales of The Darkside<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there any depth to which these people won&#8217;t sink?!? Hint: That was a rhetorical question.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yl1AcKAZIos?start=48&amp;end=137&amp;\" 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>Submitted for your perusal, two species of lyin&#8217; asses: The absolute lyin&#8217; ass on the left, and the lyin&#8217; horse&#8217;s ass on the right.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h_kxP-mhNpc\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, October 29th, 2021&#8230;but before we begin, for anyone still operating under the delusion those in positions of power view their subjects with anything but complete and utter contempt, we offer a photo of Michigan&#8217;s Wretched Gretchen Whitmer blatantly violating D.C.&#8217;s mask mandate earlier this week&#8230; &#8230;along with this video in which a hot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1988,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97849"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97945,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97849\/revisions\/97945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}