{"id":98679,"date":"2021-12-12T19:54:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T00:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=98679"},"modified":"2021-12-12T19:54:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T00:54:57","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-december-10th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=98679","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, December 10th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, December 10th, 2021&#8230;but before we begin, a brief explanation is in order.\u00a0 First, allow us to express our sincere and heartfelt appreciation for all the email inquiries we received regarding our extended period of radio silence.\u00a0 While we usually take a day or two off around Thanksgiving, a number of distractions, not the least of which were preparing to close on a major real estate transaction and personally helping to complete the yet-unfinished kitchen remodel from Hell, prevented us from putting together a complete publication.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Again, we were truly touched by your expressions of concern.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. It&#8217;s been another long day, so we apoligize&#8230;<em>apolagize<\/em>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>apologize<\/em><\/span> in advance for any typos we missed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So, without further ado, we&#8217;re&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QOkSvLqkafU?start=10\" 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 once again, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, courtesy of\u00a0<em>Townhall.com<\/em>&#8216;s K<\/strong><strong>atie Pavlich, we present incompetence personified, as&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/katiepavlich\/2021\/11\/23\/bidens-energy-secretary-has-no-idea-how-much-oil-americans-need-n2599575\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Biden\u2019s Energy Secretary Has No Idea How Much Oil Americans Need<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-9-21-at-6.41-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98667\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-9-21-at-6.41-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-9-21-at-6.41-PM.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-9-21-at-6.41-PM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-9-21-at-6.41-PM-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Truth be told, none of them knows the difference between&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/thumbnail_IMG_0175-2-696x439.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98694\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/thumbnail_IMG_0175-2-696x439.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/thumbnail_IMG_0175-2-696x439.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/thumbnail_IMG_0175-2-696x439-300x189.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Clueless doesn&#8217;t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>begin<\/em><\/span> to describe this clown car, from the driver on down to the very&#8230;if you&#8217;ll forgive the play on words&#8230;bottom:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/buttgag.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98698\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/buttgag.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/buttgag.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/buttgag-261x300.png 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And since we&#8217;re on the subject of prominent people playing the common folk for fools, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/jussie-smollett-found-guilty-of-staging-hoax-hate-crime\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=25990342\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">our confidence in the country&#8217;s two-tiered system of justice just went up a notch<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, this headline tells anyone with an ounce of common sense the core beliefs and principles&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FFIGHoHUUAQbuQ0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98700\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FFIGHoHUUAQbuQ0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FFIGHoHUUAQbuQ0.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FFIGHoHUUAQbuQ0-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FFIGHoHUUAQbuQ0-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;at the heart of <em>Black Lies Matter<\/em>:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/black-lives-matter-jussie-smollett-support\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Black Lives Matter stands in solidarity with Jussie Smollett: \u2018We can never believe police<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u2019<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-headline speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/black-lives-matter-jussie-smollett-support\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">BLM leader Melina Abdullah called trial a &#8216;white supremacist charade<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&#8216;<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/download.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98673\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/download.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/download.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/download-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Kevin Williamson knocks it out of the park as he urges thinking Americans to&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header article-header--full\" data-component=\"articleHeader\">\n<div class=\"article-header__inner\">\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-tuesday\/reject-magical-thinking-on-abortion\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=TUE_20211207&amp;utm_term=Tuesday-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Reject Magical Thinking on Abortion<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-tuesday\/reject-magical-thinking-on-abortion\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=TUE_20211207&amp;utm_term=Tuesday-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Abortion Rights and Human Shields<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5xbj8p.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98687\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5xbj8p.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5xbj8p.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5xbj8p-300x159.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>To <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>believe the story<\/em><\/span> the abortion-rights advocates tell you, you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have to believe in magic<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>There\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no magic<\/em><\/span> required on the pro-life side.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That\u2019s<\/em><\/span> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>real<\/em><\/span> source of our long disagreement.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">In its most basic version, the pro-life position is easy to understand, requiring <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no special intellectual training<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no religious commitment<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no mysticism<\/em><\/span>, and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nothing you\u2019d really even call a philosophy<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> What <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we believe<\/em><\/span> is that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you don\u2019t kill children who haven\u2019t been born<\/em><\/span> for the same reason <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you don\u2019t kill children who have been born<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">That\u2019s it<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> There isn\u2019t some magical event that happens <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at some point<\/em><\/span> during the pregnancy that transforms the unborn child from a meaningless lump of cells to a meaningful lump of cells. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Modern, literate people don\u2019t need the medieval doctrines of \u201cquickening\u201d or \u201censoulment\u201d (or some half-assed, modern, secular repackaging of those ancient superstitions) to know that the unborn child is an unborn child \u2014 we have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>biology, genetics<\/em><\/span>, and, for those who need to see with their own eyes, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">imaging technology<\/span><\/em> for that.<\/span> The human organism that you hold in your arms six months <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>after<\/em><\/span> birth is the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>same<\/em><\/span> organism it was six months <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>before<\/em><\/span> birth. It isn\u2019t a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>different<\/em><\/span> organism \u2014 it is only a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>little older<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">It is true that the child six months after conception isn\u2019t fully developed \u2014 and neither is a 19-year-old.<\/span> We have a natural, predictable, reasonably well-understood process of individual development. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">There is no magic moment, no mystical transformation, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the people who tell you that there is are peddling superstition and pseudoscience<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on the subject, might we suggest Ramesh Ponnuru&#8217;s account of how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/12\/phony-abortion-history-returns-to-the-supreme-court\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=right-rail&amp;utm_content=top-stories&amp;utm_term=third\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Progressives have brought phony abortion history back to the Supreme Court<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>from <em>The Washington Free Beacon<\/em>, we learn&#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\/homeland-security-diversity-and-inclusion\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">While Border Crossings Are at an All-Time High, the Homeland Security Department Is Prioritizing \u2018Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399;\">.\u2019<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-excerpt\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #326932;\"><a style=\"color: #326932;\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/homeland-security-diversity-and-inclusion\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DHS puts DEI ahead of &#8216;customer experience&#8217; and &#8216;cybersecurity<\/span><\/a>&#8216;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5xbaur.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98674\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5xbaur.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5xbaur.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5xbaur-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>As patrol agents are overwhelmed with an all-time high number of crossings at the southern border, the Department of Homeland Security is prioritizing &#8220;diversity, equity, and inclusion&#8221; (DEI) in the 2022 fiscal year, according to documents reviewed by the\u00a0<em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #326932;\"><strong>In a November report that outlined initiatives for agencies such as Customs and Border Protection, DHS listed compliance with federal regulations as first among six &#8220;priorities.&#8221; <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The second was &#8220;diversity, equity, and inclusion&#8221;\u2014above &#8220;customer experience&#8221; and &#8220;cybersecurity.&#8221;<\/span> The department sent the report to staff members following a town hall-like meeting, during which agency heads emphasized to staff the importance of DEI efforts.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>That ranking concerned at least one senior DHS official, who criticized leadership for focusing on left-wing political initiatives while the southern border &#8220;remains a shit show.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>All of which means the DHS is no different than the other organization whose primary task is America&#8217;s defense, which, as this commentary from <em>U.S. Defense Watch<\/em> forwarded by Breeze Gould informs us, is completely permeated by the cancer of political correctness:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #51663f; text-decoration: underline;\">While America Sleeps<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-6-21-at-7.27-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98677\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-6-21-at-7.27-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-6-21-at-7.27-AM.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-6-21-at-7.27-AM-300x279.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #51663f;\"><strong>There\u2019s an ancient Chinese proverb from 400 B.C., \u201cwhen an enemy is woke; first laugh at his strange ways, then kill him.\u201d <span style=\"color: #e3a820;\">In today\u2019s military, him can also be replaced with her, it, or whatever pronoun the sailor, soldier, Marine, air person is identifying with at that moment.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #51663f;\"><strong>Across the world our enemies are on the move. <span style=\"color: #e3a820;\">China is conducting the biggest military buildup in the Pacific since Japan in the 1930\u2019s.<\/span> Putin is eyeing the Ukraine like Wily Coyote at an all you can eat Roadrunner buffet. <span style=\"color: #e3a820;\">Kim Jong Un is back to his old ways \u2013 conducting missile tests because he knows Trump\u2019s promises of Miami real estate deals and South Beach babes are long gone\u2026The Iranians continue to foment terrorism across the world as they routinely play chicken with the US Navy and win.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #51663f;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>The country looks for leadership and finds none. <span style=\"color: #e3a820;\">A President with applesauce in his brain, who falls asleep at the podium after digesting his 3PM roast beef dinner special at Denny\u2019s<\/span>. As he prepares to pardon the Thanksgiving Turkey, he can\u2019t find one, because there are no truckers to deliver it.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #e3a820;\"><strong>We have a Vice President who looks, acts and sounds like she just ingested a lungful of helium, a Vice President whose greatest political achievement was yelling \u2018bread for the workers\u2019 from her stroller at a 1967 Pot for Peace March at Berkeley.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #51663f;\"><strong>To pump out the disinformation to a weary public and a room of mask clad subdued journalists, is a press secretary who looks like Raggedy Ann\u2019s evil twin and has all the charm of a boa constrictor, as she condescendingly responds to anyone who would dare question the actions of the most incompetent presidential administration in living memory.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #e3a820;\"><strong>\u201cWhere have you gone, Ronald Reagan? Our nation turns a lonely eye to you\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #51663f;\"><strong>Combine all this with a nation where less than one percent of the population has ever served in uniform. <span style=\"color: #e3a820;\">Most Americans have a very limited understanding of military history and operations, and they\u2019ve naturally given all responsibility for the nation\u2019s defense to the people whom we pay for their unique experience and knowledge \u2013<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #51663f;\"><strong>America\u2019s senior military leaders \u2013 aka the Merchants of Featherdom\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #51663f;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #e3a820;\">It is the responsibility of those military leaders to warn us of dangers ahead on the road.<\/span> Unfortunately, our senior leaders are <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">mentally and spiritually AWOL<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #e3a820;\"><strong>In the Pentagon, General Milley looks on with apparent disregard and scorn as one debacle piles up after another on his watch, the worst being our disgraceful exit from Afghanistan, in what will one day be looked at as one of the greatest strategic military blunders since the Sixth Army took a construction detour south towards a place called Stalingrad.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #51663f;\"><strong>This week\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/09\/01\/taliban-throws-victory-parade-with-us-military-equipment\/\">the Taliban<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0celebrated running us out of Afghanistan by putting on a military parade with our equipment.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #e3a820;\"><strong>What\u2019s Chinese for Bagram Air Base, General Milley?<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on the subject, we suggest, courtesy of Balls Cotton, <a href=\"http:\/\/wellalldieasmarines.net\/2021\/12\/my-open-letter-to-commandant-berger\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">this open letter to the Commandant of the Corps from a lowly 36-year Marine vet<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 SPOILER ALERT: He doesn&#8217;t pull any punches.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of sh*t shows, as <em>NRO<\/em> reports, the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #e3a820;\">NYC Council Passes Measure Allowing Noncitizens to Vote in Municipal Elections<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5xblus.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98696\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5xblus.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5xblus.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5xblus-300x224.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meaning, of course, now, just like freeloading native-born or naturalized citizens,\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">non-citizens<\/span><\/em> can\u00a0 vote themselves access to federal tax dollars taken from taxpayers&#8217; pockets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, we present a sextet of items certain to pique the interest of inquiring Conservative minds:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). In another victory for sexual predators over women&#8217;s rights, <em>NRO<\/em> is reporting <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">another<\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/male-inmate-sexually-assaulted-female-in-washington-womens-prison-former-guard-says\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=25789649\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">male inmate sexually assaulted a female prisoner after his transfer to a Washington women\u2019s prison<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Persian messenger in <em>300<\/em> had it right:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Prc1UfuokY?start=106&amp;end=107&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>(2). Since we&#8217;re on the subject of madness, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/dozens-of-examples-offer-an-answer-to-the-what-if-rittenhouse-was-black-hypothetical\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-11-22&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NRO features a link to a Twitter thread in which Amy Swearer offers answers to dozens of questions asking &#8220;What IF Rittenhouse was BLACK?<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong>&#8220;.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/gv112321dAPC20211122114505.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98703\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/gv112321dAPC20211122114505.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/gv112321dAPC20211122114505.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/gv112321dAPC20211122114505-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Again, SPOILER ALERT: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>NO DIFFERENCE<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). Though we understand Charlie Cooke&#8217;s point when he writes\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/12\/biden-is-losing-his-grip-on-the-democratic-party\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-12-09&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Biden is losing his grip on the Democratic Party<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, we&#8217;d suggest Biden&#8217;s never had a grip on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anything<\/em><\/span>&#8230;other than the shoulders, necks and hair of unsuspecting women.\u00a0 He&#8217;s a place-holder, the candidate of last resort who needed the intervention of the ChiComs with their WuFlu to have even the faintest chance of winning the presidency.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). Remember when presidential wanna-be Martin O&#8217;Money lowered the crime rate and raised test scores while mayor of Baltimore by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/bs-xpm-2006-02-11-0602110456-story.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>changing crime criteria<\/em><\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/bs-xpm-2006-08-16-0608160209-story.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lowering the passing grade by 10 points<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>?\u00a0 Well, writing at\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em>, Dominic Pino relates how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/12\/shipping-shenanigans-cant-erase-the-continuing-crisis-at-our-ports\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=river&amp;utm_content=top-bar-latest&amp;utm_term=second\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">46* hasn\u2019t fixed the port crisis \u2014 ships are just being counted differently<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). As <em>The Epoch Times<\/em> reports, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/mkt_breakingnews\/nih-no-documents-available-on-removal-of-gain-of-function-definition-from-website_4147680.html?utm_source=newsnoe&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=breaking-2021-12-09-1&amp;mktids=fec0ce9be1d2fb3bc63298780fec2dea&amp;est=7MBKHNSGk%2BLNxLGkiEvsFGzGAbkfui%2B1SxWGGKQzh5WUOfWyXG6btzpyaVWKVzb9zw%3D%3D\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>n<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>o documents exist explaining why officials decided to remove the definition of \u201cgain-of-function research\u201d from the NIH website<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll recall the site <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>used to include a 232-word definition of the research<\/em><\/span>, but<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/nih-removes-language-on-gain-of-function-from-website-amid-criticism-over-funding-chinese-research_4067379.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">it was removed<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> around the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>same time<\/em><\/span>\u00a0the agency disclosed that research it funded in China\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/newly-released-documents-show-nih-funded-gain-of-function-research-in-china-experts_4061437.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">met the definition<\/a><\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Which was then infamously denied by the greatest scam artist since Bernie Madoff.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). Since we mentioned Dr. Faux ChiICYMI, if ever there was a reason to put two behind Tony&#8217;s ear, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/11\/anthony-fauci-i-am-the-science\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202021-11-29&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>this is it<\/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\/12\/cross.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cross.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cross.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cross-300x238.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/free.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/free.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/free.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/free-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/xi.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98706\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/xi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/xi.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/xi-300x211.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dio.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98709\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dio.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dio.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dio-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/aaa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98708\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/aaa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/aaa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/aaa-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MC_WindBlows_web20211124112200.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98707\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MC_WindBlows_web20211124112200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MC_WindBlows_web20211124112200.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MC_WindBlows_web20211124112200-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ccc-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ccc-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ccc-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ccc-3-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bbb-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98641\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bbb-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bbb-6.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bbb-6-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/aaa-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98642\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/aaa-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/aaa-11.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/aaa-11-300x238.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/equity.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98643\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/equity.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/equity.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/equity-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-2-21-at-8.21-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98668\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-2-21-at-8.21-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-2-21-at-8.21-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-2-21-at-8.21-AM-241x300.jpeg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-11-29-21-at-8.04-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98670\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-11-29-21-at-8.04-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-11-29-21-at-8.04-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-11-29-21-at-8.04-AM-300x223.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-7-21-at-9.12-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98669\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-7-21-at-9.12-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-7-21-at-9.12-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-7-21-at-9.12-AM-300x198.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Then there&#8217;s these from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/balls1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98688\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/balls1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/balls1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/balls1-300x269.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Speed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/speed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98690\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/speed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/speed.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/speed-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/speed-300x298.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hickey.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98697\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hickey.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hickey.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hickey-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and last, but certainly never least, Brenda Berry:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/brenda.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98691\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/brenda.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/brenda.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/brenda-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/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>John Schneider offers a Colt .45 primer for those so unschooled in single-action handguns to believe Alec Baldwin&#8217;s demonstrably demented claim he never pulled the trigger on the set of Rust&#8230;the darn thing JUST WENT OFF!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SwYvvTu-UYM\" 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>From the video vault, we offer a classic installment of Ami Horowitz exposing the ignorance of educated idiots.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7zSaW69YFAg?start=1\" 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><strong>This video from G. 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