{"id":98442,"date":"2021-11-18T20:40:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T01:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=98442"},"modified":"2021-11-18T20:40:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T01:40:34","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-november-17th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=98442","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, November 17th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, November 17th, 2021&#8230;but before we begin, one Malik Austin recently appeared at a Fort Worth-area school board meeting to defend the teaching of Critical Race Theory and tell parents opposed to the deliberately-divisive Marxist ideology&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fort-worth-parents-claim-pro-crt-father-threatened-them\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">He&#8217;s got 1,000 soldiers &#8220;locked and loaded<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UuV5NtCD3t4?start=2053&amp;end=2144&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>Dude, this is TEXAS; EVERYBODY is armed!!!\u00a0 Which gives you and your &#8220;1,000 soldiers&#8221; as much chance as Travis and Bowie&#8217;s bunch had at the Alamo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Charlie Cooke bids us&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/10\/welcome-to-the-joe-biden-challenge\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Welcome to the Joe Biden Challenge<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399;\">!<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/10\/welcome-to-the-joe-biden-challenge\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">All you have to do is name a\u00a0<i>single<\/i>\u00a0thing the leader of the free world can do competently. Hard, isn\u2019t it<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">?<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98427\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden-1.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden-1-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>R<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span class=\"small_caps\">oll\u00a0<\/span>up, roll up, roll up, for there are prizes to be won! <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">That\u2019s right, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it\u2019s time for the Joe Biden Challenge.<\/span> And all you need to do to win the big game is, wait for it . . . name a\u00a0<em>single\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 yes, a\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">single<\/span> \u2014<\/em>\u00a0thing that this president has demonstrated himself to be good at since he took office back on January 20.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">There are a few rules, caveats, and provisos here, of course.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">First<\/span><\/em>, this is a game of absolutes, so you can\u2019t use any relative words such as \u201cbetter,\u201d \u201cpreferable,\u201d or \u201cimprovement.\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">If he\u2019s not good at it in a vacuum, it doesn\u2019t count.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Second<\/span><\/em>, we\u2019re talking about President Biden \u2014 you know, the man in charge \u2014 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">so you can\u2019t skirt the inquiry by shouting \u201cbut Donald Trump<\/span><\/em>!\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">And, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">third<\/span><\/em>, this is not a matter of whether you agree or disagree with the president\u2019s political views, or whether you voted for him in the 2020 election given the choices that were on offer.<\/span> It\u2019s much, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>much<\/em><\/span> simpler than that. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">To win the game, you just have to find a\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">single\u00a0concrete virtue that Joe Biden brings to the table<\/span><\/em> as the head of the executive branch of the federal government. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any other position<\/span> he&#8217;s occupied in his self-serving career.<\/em>)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Tough, right? <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">He\u2019s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span><\/em> an ideas guy \u2014 indeed, it\u2019s hard to conceive of a politician less likely to arrive at a coherent solution.<\/span> He\u2019s <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span><\/em> an independent thinker. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">He <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">doesn\u2019t<\/span><\/em> sit above the fray.<\/span> And he\u2019s more of a rambler than a listener, all told. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">As a communicator, he\u2019s just <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>awful<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> His speech is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">incomprehensible<\/span><\/em>, his briefs are <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rarely mastered<\/span><\/em>, and, on the rare occasions on which he has been permitted to try, he has proven <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unable to answer questions in an apprehensible manner<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">He has access to the bully pulpit, yes.<\/span> But he has <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no idea how to use it<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">He is utterly, completely,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unusually<\/em><\/span>\u00a0unpersuasive<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">those<\/span><\/em> are his <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">best<\/span><\/em> qualities!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item from the <em>Morning Jolt<\/em>,\u00a0Jim Geraghty details why, if Biden&#8217;s bad, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/what-ails-kamala-harris\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20211115&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kommielaa&#8217;s even worse<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Then again, what should one expect from a woman who owes her position to having repeatedly assumed certain other positions as she clawed her way up the political ladder.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, in the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Your Tax Dollars at Work<\/em><\/span> segment,\u00a0<em>FOX<\/em> informs us how a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/texas-lawmaker-uncovers-secret-operation-migrants-us-abandoned-hotels\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Texas lawmaker uncovers a secret operation to move migrants across the U.S., house them in abandoned hotels<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-headline speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/texas-lawmaker-uncovers-secret-operation-migrants-us-abandoned-hotels\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The migrants were reportedly given packets on how to get past TSA and enroll kids in schools<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5ug66l.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98461\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5ug66l.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5ug66l.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5ug66l-300x189.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>During an appearance on\u00a0&#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221;\u00a0Monday, Gooden said that he was contacted by a whistleblower from San Diego who provided him with details on the kind of information the nonprofit groups were providing to the migrants.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Texas representative subsequently hopped on a plane and discovered that abandoned hotels in the California city were being utilized as shelters for the migrants.<\/span> Some of the locations he mentioned included SeaWorld, The Four Points by Sheraton and a Ramada Inn.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;I managed to get in the gates, I demanded entry once and was refused.<\/span> I talked a guard into letting me in on another occasion and when I was in there I saw busses pulling up, probably about 100 migrants over an hour got off of these busses,&#8221; said Gooden.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>G<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ooden said that upon arrival the migrants were &#8220;welcomed by people with open arms&#8221; before being processed,\u00a0tested for COVID\u00a0and then handed packets.<\/span>\u00a0&#8220;This packet is what I received from the whistleblower a few weeks ago,&#8221; said Gooden. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;And these packets detail how to go to the airport,\u00a0how to get past TSA\u00a0without any identification, how to enroll your children in schools and assimilate in whatever community you desire to go in.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Gooden indicated that the biggest propagators of this operation were the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Catholic charities of San Diego and the Jewish Family Association<\/span><\/em>, nonprofits with prominent donors &#8211; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">including<\/span><\/em> AT&amp;T, Bank of America <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span><\/em> the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">federal government<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which of course fairly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>screams<\/em><\/span> the question <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>why<\/em><\/span> said &#8220;abandoned hotels&#8221; aren&#8217;t already being utilized to house homeless American citizens?!?\u00a0 As we said, your tax dollars at work.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Needless to say, had we been inclined to contribute to the either of the non-profits mentioned before this story broke, we certainly wouldn&#8217;t now.\u00a0 As indicated by the meme accompanying the headline, these people&#8217;s concept of charity reminds us of one of our favorite scenes from <em>High Plains Drifter<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lC2JaIyunVo?start=1&amp;end=48&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>And in the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>EnvironMental Moment<\/em><\/span>, writing at <em>AEI<\/em>, Steven Koonin correctly concludes&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"post-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/politics-and-public-opinion\/its-time-to-cancel-the-climate-crisis\/?mkt_tok=NDc1LVBCUS05NzEAAAGAwjoZrf0qYUTP4JxFMvd799CxtKZli1J5d3V3gWk7pS12Qcf05R3SpY03DtyRzQrirRiITD9OqaCIRrkCcD_IagfPVj1__tg1xTL1nHf43w\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">It\u2019s time to cancel the climate crisis<\/span><\/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\/P19ywkobLX8?start=1\" 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;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>After two weeks of continuously pressing the panic button in Glasgow, the climate-alarmed departed the 26th\u00a0UN climate conference (better known as COP26), despondent at missing the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">latest<\/span><\/em> \u201clast best chance\u201d to save the planet.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">While the apocalyptic rhetoric used by politicians and activists to describe the changing climate has outpaced reality, there is some good news: First, science tells us that there is no crisis and we have ample time to respond to a changing climate.<\/span> Second, terms such as \u201cexistential threat,\u201d \u201cclimate catastrophe,\u201d or \u201cclimate disaster\u201d <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">aren\u2019t found anywhere<\/span> <\/em>in the\u00a0most recent UN assessment of the science. <span style=\"color: #003300;\">The phrase \u201cclimate crisis\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>does\u00a0appear<\/em><\/span>,\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">once<\/span><\/em> \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> as scientific finding, but as a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">description of how the media have increased the alarm<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>There is, however, an urgent need to quell the hysteria with a factual check before hasty \u201cclimate action\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>causes<\/em><\/span> more damage than it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>averts<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Though stopping the insanity would rob us of the laughs provided by the sheer lunacy of moments like John Kerry flying to Iceland via private jet to accept an award for fighting climate change.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this quintet of items which should proved of interest to inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). ICYMI,\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Jack Crowe reports t<\/strong><strong>he judge presiding over Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s murder trial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/judge-in-kyle-rittenhouse-trial-dismisses-firearm-possession-charge\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=25708775\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">has dismissed a lesser weapons charge which held that the 17-year-old was too young to legally carry the AR-15<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> he used to shoot three people during the riots in Kenosha, WI last year.\u00a0Judge Bruce Schroeder commented in the courtroom last week that the law delineating the misdemeanor charge could be too difficult for an \u201cordinary citizen\u201d to understand, observing\u00a0\u201cI have been wrestling with this statute with, I\u2019d hate to count the hours I\u2019ve put into it, I\u2019m still trying to figure out what it says, what\u2019s prohibited. I have a legal education.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). In a related item also courtesy of <em>NRO<\/em>, Michael Brendan Dougherty records <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/11\/what-rittenhouses-crying-means-to-psychos\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-11-15&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><em>what Rittenhouse&#8217;s crying means to psychos<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, as advanced degrees haven&#8217;t stopped many &#8220;media experts&#8221; from openly suggesting, &#8220;I<\/strong><strong>n a fair and non-racist society, Rittenhouse would have been killed before he turned 18.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). <em>Best of the Web<\/em> relates how a relatively obscure mayoral election in the Rust Belt dealt\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/a-buffalo-saber-to-the-socialist-heart-11637095885?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A Buffalo Saber to the Socialist Heart<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, as The Left discovers their ideas just aren&#8217;t popular, even in a Left-leaning city.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). Writing at <em>Substack.com<\/em>, Michael Scellenberger explains\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelshellenberger.substack.com\/p\/why-wokeism-is-a-religion\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Why Wokeism Is A Religion<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/balls1-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98456\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/balls1-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/balls1-2.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/balls1-2-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;as well as providing this helpful primer for understanding Progressivism paganism at its most primitive:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/https___bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com_public_images_13d916eb-0db4-476b-aa19-6540243afb60_4500x4171.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98444\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/https___bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com_public_images_13d916eb-0db4-476b-aa19-6540243afb60_4500x4171.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/https___bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com_public_images_13d916eb-0db4-476b-aa19-6540243afb60_4500x4171.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/https___bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com_public_images_13d916eb-0db4-476b-aa19-6540243afb60_4500x4171-300x278.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). Consider a graphic <em>FOX<\/em> recently featured&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dignity.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98454\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dignity.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dignity.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dignity-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;then <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/students-react-to-removal-of-hallway-bathroom-doors-at-travis-early-college-hs\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">read the story<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0at a less sensational source and ask yourself, as 90% of the school&#8217;s drug offenses have been occuring in the restrooms, and all the stalls still have doors and are not visible from the hallways, how was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span> student&#8217;s &#8220;dignity flushed away&#8221;, or their privacy stripped?!?\u00a0 Funny, we seem to recall nary a door on any restroom in any airport we&#8217;ve used in the last 40 years.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>We were, however, amused by the comment of one senior, who, with a certain amount of indignation, expressed the view, &#8220;They didn\u2019t really inform anybody that it was going to happen, so it\u2019s not really fair to just take it away and not let everybody get an opinion in on it.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Which recalled a dressing down Kirk gave a rather ratey subordinate with the temerity to offer an unasked-for, unneeded opinion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/waH-ARWSMBI?start=19&amp;end=24&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>Though there&#8217;s something to be said for the more forceful and direct approach Matthew\u00a0McConaughey employed in <em>U-571<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PCCyhQMI9dk?start=131&amp;end=136&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>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\/11\/afb111321dAPC20211113044502.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98428\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/afb111321dAPC20211113044502.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/afb111321dAPC20211113044502.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/afb111321dAPC20211113044502-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98465\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden2-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98464\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden-2-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/aaa-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98429\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/aaa-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/aaa-6.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/aaa-6-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/aria_c18646520211115120100.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98467\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/aria_c18646520211115120100.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/aria_c18646520211115120100.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/aria_c18646520211115120100-300x181.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98466\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/biden3-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/balls4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98452\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/balls4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/balls4.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/balls4-300x269.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/afb111521dAPC20211115064505.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98430\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/afb111521dAPC20211115064505.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/afb111521dAPC20211115064505.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/afb111521dAPC20211115064505-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bbb-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bbb-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bbb-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bbb-3-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MC_blahblahblah_web20211115011401.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98432\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MC_blahblahblah_web20211115011401.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MC_blahblahblah_web20211115011401.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MC_blahblahblah_web20211115011401-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Image-11-15-21-at-7.17-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98421\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Image-11-15-21-at-7.17-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Image-11-15-21-at-7.17-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Image-11-15-21-at-7.17-AM-281x300.jpeg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Image-11-16-21-at-7.56-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98457\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Image-11-16-21-at-7.56-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Image-11-16-21-at-7.56-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Image-11-16-21-at-7.56-AM-300x181.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/balls3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98451\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/balls3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/balls3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/balls3-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/balls2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/balls2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/balls2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/balls2-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Ed Hickey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/305C1FF8933546179D831C1C6D51019D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98446\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/305C1FF8933546179D831C1C6D51019D.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/305C1FF8933546179D831C1C6D51019D.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/305C1FF8933546179D831C1C6D51019D-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hickey.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98447\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hickey.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hickey.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hickey-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1943103789AC41D3981AC376A372FAF7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98448\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1943103789AC41D3981AC376A372FAF7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1943103789AC41D3981AC376A372FAF7.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1943103789AC41D3981AC376A372FAF7-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/B24024F3970C43FFB8619A42AE6818B1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98453\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/B24024F3970C43FFB8619A42AE6818B1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/B24024F3970C43FFB8619A42AE6818B1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/B24024F3970C43FFB8619A42AE6818B1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with an administrative note: We apologize if we failed to include certain submissions, or provide proper attribution for those we did.\u00a0 As per <em>Aol<\/em>&#8216;s instructions, we updated our email service Tuesday afternoon, immediately after which every email in our Inbox vanished into the ether.\u00a0 Working later that evening, we found four forwards had gone straight to our\u00a0Trash.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our IT department has promised to look into the matter later today.<\/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 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tucker details all the deliberate disinformation endemic in the attempted lynching of Kyle Rittenhouse.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e2AbfDlhOyc?start=0&amp;end=907&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 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>With a few simple name changes, this clip from Atlas Shrugged gains greater pertinence with every passing day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zN6JV2GXyvg\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/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 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>For those too young to have grown up with The Avengers, here&#8217;s a tribute to Diana Rigg, one of the sexiest ladies ever to grace a television screen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/idtYckLIZnI?start=30\" 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 Wednesday, November 17th, 2021&#8230;but before we begin, one Malik Austin recently appeared at a Fort Worth-area school board meeting to defend the teaching of Critical Race Theory and tell parents opposed to the deliberately-divisive Marxist ideology&#8230; He&#8217;s got 1,000 soldiers &#8220;locked and loaded&#8220; &nbsp; \ufeff Dude, this is TEXAS; EVERYBODY is armed!!!\u00a0 Which gives 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