{"id":98956,"date":"2021-12-23T18:31:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T23:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=98956"},"modified":"2021-12-23T18:35:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T23:35:13","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-december-22nd-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=98956","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021&#8230;and though there&#8217;s only THREE shopping days until Christmas, can you even <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">begin<\/span><\/em> to imagine the hue and cry which would have resulted had the following been set forth in one of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Trump&#8217;s tweets<\/em><\/span>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>We are intent on not letting Omicron disrupt work and school for the vaccinated.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> You&#8217;ve done the right thing, and we will get through this.<\/span> For the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">un<\/span><\/em>vaccinated, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you&#8217;re<\/span><\/em> looking at a winter of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>severe illness and death for yourselves, your families, and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">REALLY<\/span><\/em>?!?\u00a0 First, let the complete text of the comment sink in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FHChTtbXwAInCFX.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98976\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FHChTtbXwAInCFX.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FHChTtbXwAInCFX.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FHChTtbXwAInCFX-300x254.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Then<\/em><\/span> review the reality as recounted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/articles\/2021\/12\/the_covid_scam_the_progressive_path_to_power_and_tyranny.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">retired physician Deane Waldman in the December 20th edition of The Gouge<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>, and subsequently swallow\u00a0this regurgitated shot of the juice:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hickey1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98839\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hickey1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hickey1-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hickey1-1-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Lastly<\/em><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most seriously<\/em><\/span>,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>consider the fact the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ONLY<\/span><\/em> way 46* and his a*sclown of an Administration will allow the Omicron (<em>not to mention an inevitable and lengthy list of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">follow-on<\/span> variants, which curiously <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">won&#8217;t<\/span> include &#8220;Xi&#8221;!<\/em>) <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NOT<\/span><\/em> to disrupt school and work for the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fully-vaccinated<\/span><\/em> (<em>that is, based on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">whatever<\/span> Dr. Faux Chi pronounces the term &#8220;fully&#8221; to mean <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">on a particular day<\/span>!<\/em>) is if <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they<\/span><\/em> behave as if they were <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">never vaccinated in the first place<\/span><\/em>!!!\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Hell&#8217;s bells<\/em><\/span>: As if the vaccination Trump funded <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">never existed at all<\/span><\/em>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">C&#8217;mon<\/span><\/em>, America: <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">WAKE UP AND SMELL THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL TYRANNY<\/span><\/em>!!!\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>And <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Christians<\/span><\/em>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">stop cowering in fear<\/span><\/em> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>start living the power of your faith<\/em><\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-21-21-at-7.25-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98975\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-21-21-at-7.25-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-21-21-at-7.25-AM.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-21-21-at-7.25-AM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-21-21-at-7.25-AM-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Or do you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not believe<\/em><\/span> God&#8217;s sovereignty extends to a virus manufactured by the Communist Chinese with funding from the <em>NIH<\/em>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of the most American-hating Administration since The Obamao left office, in a forward from Jeff Foutch,\u00a0<em>Frontpage<\/em> <em>Magazine<\/em>&#8216;s\u00a0Daniel Greenfield informs us why&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com\/fpm\/2021\/12\/biden-wont-stand-china-or-russia-only-america-daniel-greenfield\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Biden Won\u2019t Stand Up to China or Russia, Only to America<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"subhead\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com\/fpm\/2021\/12\/biden-wont-stand-china-or-russia-only-america-daniel-greenfield\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">The Summit for Democracy shows how much Biden and Kamala hate the USA<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/download-5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98963\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/download-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/download-5.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/download-5-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Biden convened his Summit for Democracy &#8220;to renew democracy at home and confront autocracies abroad\u201d. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">But in the speeches by Biden and Kamala Harris, neither could think of a single foreign autocrat or enemy they wanted to confront.<\/span> Instead they bashed America.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">While China and Russia waged a concerted propaganda campaign against the summit, they need not have worried.<\/span> Not only did Biden and Kamala refrain from slighting Putin or Xi, but when the Taiwanese delegate displayed a map in which Taiwan was marked in a different color, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">her feed was cut off and an apologetic message was displayed disavowing Taiwan\u2019s existence<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>&#8220;Any opinions expressed by individuals on this panel are those of the individual, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States government,&#8221; the democracy summit clarified.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The censorship occurred during a session on &#8220;countering digital authoritarianism<\/span><\/em>&#8221; to helpfully remind everyone that the Biden administration and its Big Tech allies are digital authoritarians.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">The Zoom Democracy Summit wasn\u2019t actually about democracies.<\/span> The Biden administration didn\u2019t reach out to the leaders of some democracies while inviting brutal thugs like Pakistan\u2019s Khan. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Khan, fresh from praising the Taliban takeover, was persuaded by his Chinese allies not to call in.<\/span> Taiwan, which was allowed to attend, was not allowed to even imply that it was a separate nation from Communist China despite the fact that its independence is democratic.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Taiwan\u2019s leaders are chosen in free elections.<\/span> China\u2019s leaders are Communist apparatchiks. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">When a democracy summit censors democracies when they make this point, then what\u2019s it for?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Biden used the Summit for Democracy to pitch his Build Back Better pork sandwich. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Foreign leaders and diplomats must have been confused to hear Biden falsely talk up BBB as \u201can extraordinary investment in our people and our workers\u201d as if he were addressing Ohio Dems.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Confronted with an international forum, Biden and Kamala could think of nothing else than to spout generalities written by their overpaid speechwriters before pivoting to a pitch for their partisan pork along with some of the same old attacks on their Republican political opponents.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>There could hardly have been a clearer message to world leaders that the Biden administration <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>doesn\u2019t have<\/em><\/span> a foreign policy, doesn\u2019t want a foreign policy, and couldn\u2019t care less about the world unless there\u2019s a clause ensuring that 10% of the world will be held in trust for the big guy.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The only enemies that Biden and his people can conceive of use an elephant as their symbol and pledge allegiance to the United States, instead of taking a knee at the anthem.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Russia and China <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">weren\u2019t worried<\/span><\/em> before the summit.<\/span> They\u2019re <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">worried even less<\/span><\/em> now<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And if <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Russia and China<\/em><\/span> are even less worried than before, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">46* and Kommielaa<\/span><\/em> care even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>less<\/em><\/span> about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you<\/em><\/span>\u00a0than they ever have&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>assuming that&#8217;s even possible<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nothing<\/em><\/span> is less, as <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s David Harsanyi relates, than&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/12\/aocs-grasp-of-american-governance-is-a-farce\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=right-rail&amp;utm_content=top-stories&amp;utm_term=second\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">AOC\u2019s Grasp of American Governance<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__subtitle\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/12\/aocs-grasp-of-american-governance-is-a-farce\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=right-rail&amp;utm_content=top-stories&amp;utm_term=second\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Build Back Better\u2019s failure was predicated on Biden\u2019s ill-conceived decision to cast his lot with the hard Left<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lEm1xZsB37E?start=32\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of patent Progressive prevarication, there are lies, <em>bald-faced lies<\/em>, and then there are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the lies of slavish, self-serving Socialist apparatchiks<\/em><\/span>, such as when&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/outgoing-nih-director-wuhan-lab-leak-theory-omicron\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Outgoing NIH director Francis Collins dismisses Wuhan coronavirus lab-leak theory as a \u2018distraction\u2019 on his last day in office<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/liar-liar.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98944\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/liar-liar.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/liar-liar.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/liar-liar-300x170.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Outgoing National Institutes of Health Director\u00a0Dr. Francis Collins\u00a0told Fox News on Sunday that he&#8217;s &#8220;sorry&#8221; the\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wuhan lab-leak theory<\/span><\/em>\u00a0has become such a &#8220;huge distraction&#8221; for the country, despite there being &#8220;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no evidence<\/span><\/em>&#8221; to support it<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>No evidence <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at all<\/span><\/em>&#8230;except for the fact a <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">demonstrably insecure lab<\/span><\/em><\/span> in Wuhan, China, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/wait-how-many-coincidences-does-the-natural-spillover-theory-require\/\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one of only THREE facilities ON THE PLANET conducting gain-of-function research on coronaviruses<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span> was located in the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">same city<\/span><\/em> in which the &#8220;Wuhan virus&#8221; originated.\u00a0 Oh,&#8230;and the ChiCom&#8217;s <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/the-chinese-cdc-went-dark-on-their-u-s-counterparts\/\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">repeated attempts to cover up<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span> the WuFlu&#8217;s origins.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Not to mention a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>n<\/em><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>ew poll finds 72% of Americans believe the WuFlu originated in self-same Wuhan lab<\/em><\/span>&#8230;and <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2021\/10\/nih-admits-funding-risky-virus-research-in-wuhan\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the NIH&#8217;s own admission it funded said gain-of-function research<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who are you going to believe: The lies of The Left or the facts standing right in front of your lying eyes?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this quartet of items certain to pique the interest of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). There&#8217;s undeniable evidence the\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/ccp-paid-dc-radio-station-4-4-million-to-broadcast-propaganda\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>CCP paid a D.C. radio station $4.4 million to broadcast ChiCom propaganda<\/em><\/span><\/a>, as <em>Potomac Media Group<\/em>\u00a0repeatedly aired content from <em>China Global Television Network<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). An\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Alabama judge has been removed from the bench for terming a fellow jurist an &#8220;Uncle Tom&#8221;,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/alabama-judge-removed-from-bench-uncle-tom\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>along with numerous other ethics violations<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Jefferson County Judge Nakita Blocton also called another judge a &#8220;fat b*tch&#8221;, as well as another employee a &#8220;heifer&#8221;.\u00a0 Talk about a Black calling the pot a kettle!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3).\u00a0<\/strong><strong>The fact a mother said <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/mattvespa\/2021\/12\/20\/so-some-third-grade-instructor-thought-it-was-fine-to-reenact-scenes-from-the-ho-n2600832\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a librarian made her 3rd-grader participate in a Holocaust reenactment, THEN told her students NOT to tell their parents<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0is only in keeping with what we&#8217;ve seen thus far in the hallowed halls of America&#8217;s Leftist-dominated halls of public education.\u00a0 This is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>woke system<\/em><\/span> gone <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>COMPLETELY<\/em><\/span> off the rails.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). In a related item, if you&#8217;ve ever wondered at the nature of college &#8220;education&#8221; in America, the fact <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/harvard-professor-charles-lieber-found-guilty-of-six-counts-related-to-china-payments-11640128133?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a prominent Harvard professor has been found guilty of lying about his ties to the ChiComs<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span> should tell you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all you need to know<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). And just when you thought The Left couldn&#8217;t get any weirder, <em>Newsbusters.org<\/em>&#8216;s Matt Philbin reports certain\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/matt-philbin\/2021\/12\/20\/quidditch-leagues-change-name-because-jk-rowling-isnt-woke\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Quidditch leagues are changing their names because J.K. Rowling isn&#8217;t woke enough<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 That, and a little trademark issue with Warner Brothers.\u00a0 Still, as the author noted, this <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really is<\/span><\/em> the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Golden Age of Stupid<\/span><\/em>.<\/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\/biden-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98942\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/biden-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/biden-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/biden-1-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/aaa-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98980\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/aaa-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/aaa-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/aaa-3-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/afb122021dAPR20211220064504.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98981\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/afb122021dAPR20211220064504.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/afb122021dAPR20211220064504.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/afb122021dAPR20211220064504-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bbb-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98982\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bbb-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bbb-4.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bbb-4-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bernie.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98983\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bernie.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bernie.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bernie-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/faux-chi.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98984\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/faux-chi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/faux-chi.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/faux-chi-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MC_BBB_buried_web20211220011033.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98986\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MC_BBB_buried_web20211220011033.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MC_BBB_buried_web20211220011033.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MC_BBB_buried_web20211220011033-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/joe-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98985\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/joe-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/joe-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/joe-1-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/naughty.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98987\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/naughty.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/naughty.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/naughty-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-20-21-at-9.09-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98941\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-20-21-at-9.09-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-20-21-at-9.09-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-12-20-21-at-9.09-AM-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Ed Hickey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hickey2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98972\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hickey2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hickey2.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hickey2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hickey2-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hickey1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98973\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hickey1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hickey1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hickey1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hickey1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Sports Section<\/em><\/span>, and this reminder from <em>FOX<\/em>\u00a0why their blatantly biased coverage hasn&#8217;t caused us to miss Tiger <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even one iota<\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/tiger-woods-charlie-record-pnc-championship-finish\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Tiger Woods, son Charlie set impressive record in 2nd-place PNC Championship finish<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-headline speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/tiger-woods-charlie-record-pnc-championship-finish\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">The Woods narrowly lost to John Daly and his son<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/tiger-woods-john-daly-1024x576.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/tiger-woods-john-daly-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/tiger-woods-john-daly-1024x576.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/tiger-woods-john-daly-1024x576-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Woods and his 12-year-old son strung together <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a tournament-record 11 consecutive birdies<\/em><\/span> and pushed John Daly and his son John Daly II, a freshman golfer at Arkansas, to the finish.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">The Woods duo\u2019s birdie streak ended on the final hole of the tournament, which gave the Daly bunch some wiggle room in case they faltered.<\/span> Team Daly two-putted for birdie on the 18th hole for a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">57<\/span><\/em> and set <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">their own tournament record<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>There you have it: Tiger and his son come in <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">second<\/span><\/em> courtesy of an &#8220;impressive&#8221; streak\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">almost<\/span><\/em> as meaningful as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lZ1G3kCVK8I\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CPG&#8217;s legendary &#8220;8 Straight Pars to Glory&#8221; on the Mexican Mini-Tour<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5ypsz6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98961\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5ypsz6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5ypsz6.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5ypsz6-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;while John Daly and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">his<\/span><\/em> son shoot a tournament record 15-under par <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to win<\/span>.<\/em>..<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5ypstl.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98962\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5ypstl.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5ypstl.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/5ypstl-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;yet <em>FOX<\/em> deems it somehow appropriate to highlight the former rather than the latter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">why<\/span><\/em> we&#8217;d rather <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not see or read<\/span><\/em> about the guy, no matter <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>how good<\/em><\/span> a golfer he <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">was<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 Just sayin&#8217;.<\/strong><\/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>Jesse Watters highlights how Joe Biden, the very personification of the Peter Principle, has finally run out of luck.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qkGxyfpex8A?start=0&amp;end=300&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Tales of The Darkside<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Yes, Erin Marquis of The New York Times, there IS a Hell, but God doesn&#8217;t send people there because they defend the 2nd Amendment rights of their fellow citizens. Advocating for abortion on the other hand&#8230;!?!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xw20oTPRr6M\" 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>Even though Fresno State held on for the win, these are the plays that make college football fun.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9-0-_6K9OXc\" 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, December 22nd, 2021&#8230;and though there&#8217;s only THREE shopping days until Christmas, can you even begin to imagine the hue and cry which would have resulted had the following been set forth in one of Trump&#8217;s tweets?!? &#8220;We are intent on not letting Omicron disrupt work and school for the vaccinated. 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