The Daily Gouge

It’s Friday, March 29th, 2019…but before we begin, here’s another sign a significant number of Americans don’t know their a*s from their elbow, including “journalist” Ann Schmidt, who penned this report: Keanu Reeves helps fellow flight passengers after emergency landing in California, social media shows   “Come with me; I will take you to Burbank […]

It’s Wednesday, March 27th, 2019…but before we begin, we interrupt our regularly scheduled programming for this news bulletin: Dem Sen. Tom Udall announces he won’t seek re-election in 2020   “I see these next two years as an incredible opportunity,” Udall said. “Without the distraction of another campaign, I can get so much more done […]

It’s Monday, March 25, 2019,…and here’s The Gouge! First up, as you’ve undoubtedly learned, over the weekend, Bill Barr delivered to Congress a summary of what amounts to a complete nothing-burger:  Barr Delivers ‘Principal Conclusions’ of Mueller Report to Congress    “Special counsel did not find anyone with the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with […]

It’s Friday, March 22nd, 2019…but before we begin, the WSJ‘s Kim Strassel reveals… What FBI’s Counsel Told Congress Baker’s testimony shows Comey wasn’t being fully candid about the dossier.   Welcome to Washington:  Like Sodom and Gomorrah before him, Comey’s is a stench that rises to Heaven…though we’ve no doubt, if stink rises, when […]

It’s Wednesday, March 20th, 2019, the first day of spring and the vernal equinox…but before we begin, here’s a rather intriguing forward from George Lawlor we thought deserving of analysis and comment: Deaths of Ferguson activists lead some to believe something sinister is at play   “The sometimes-violent deaths of a half-dozen men linked to the […]

It’s Monday, March 18th, 2019…but before we begin, consider this photo taken at Union Station early Friday morning by our youngest son Travis: A woman had evidently become lost, so lost she ended up on the tracks, despite there being no roadways remotely close to her final destination.  (We asked Travis whether it might have […]

It’s Friday, the Ides of March 2019…and in honor of the Romans, whose Republic lasted some 500 years, and their Empire almost 1,500 longer, we catalogue signs of the imminent decline and fall of Western Civilization, as evidenced by the views of these hopelessly naive innocents…  …and the rise of one of the most […]

It’s Wednesday, March 13th, 2019…but before we begin, writing at Townhall.com, Beth Baumann termed this quote from AOC “delusional”: “We should not be haunted by the specter of being automated out of work,” she said, The Verge reported. “We should be excited by that. But the reason we’re not excited by it is because we live in a society […]

It’s Monday, March 11th, 2019…but before we begin, in honor of the great Thomas Sowell, we offer a couple random thoughts on the passing scene.  Thought #1 was occasioned by the following headline: Texas mom, 28, abandoned 5 kids to take trip to Myrtle Beach, SC   It occurred to us, if these children have […]

It’s Friday, March 8th, 2019…but before we begin, as this video forwarded by Ed Harvey confirms, anti-Christian bigotry is alive and well in America:  Any question had the teacher required a Muslim student to remove her hijab she’d be looking for alternative employment?!? In a related item, as Victor Garcia reports at FOX News… […]