{"id":103654,"date":"2022-08-09T18:27:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T22:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=103654"},"modified":"2022-08-09T18:27:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T22:27:13","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-august-8th-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=103654","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, August 8th, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, August 8th, 2022&#8230;but before we begin, another sign the woke apocalypse is upon us, as an&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"css-l52ekw e1ttcx5v0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/80-year-old-woman-banned-from-community-pool-after-complaining-man-watching-little-girls-undress-in-shower-room-report?utm_campaign=dw_newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=housefile&amp;utm_content=non_member\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">80-Year-Old Woman Is Banned From Community Pool After Complaining Man Watching Little Girls Undress In Shower Room<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220801_120455-scaled-e1659457134370-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103645\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220801_120455-scaled-e1659457134370-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220801_120455-scaled-e1659457134370-copy.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220801_120455-scaled-e1659457134370-copy-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>[Julie]\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Jaman told the city council, as can be seen\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/thedistance.substack.com\/p\/woman-80-banned-from-the-city-pool?r=uglk&amp;s=w&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web\">here<\/a><\/em><\/span>, \u201cMy experience after having my swim was hearing a man\u2019s voice in the women\u2019s dressing area and seeing a man in a woman\u2019s swimsuit <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>watching little girls pull down their bathing suits<\/em><\/span> in order to use the toilets in the dressing room.<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"> I reacted by telling him to leave, and the consequence is that I have been banned from the pool.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>\u201cThere is no signage informing women the shower room is now all-gender and what that means, nor have parents been informed of what they can expect with these new policies,\u201d she declared. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">\u201cThe Y has not provided any dressing shower room options for women who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>do not want to be exposed to men<\/em><\/span> who identify as women.<\/span> It is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unconscionable<\/em><\/span> that the YMCA would implement these new policies without clearly informing pool patrons and parents.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>She concluded, \u201cThe YMCA, the city, the police and sheriffs, the parents, the professionals who assist victims of voyeurism, peeping Toms, pedophilia and assault need to come together figure too out how to make the new policies work for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all<\/em><\/span> pool patrons, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not just one group<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">How to keep children, who are less able to discriminate, safe.<\/span> It is ironic that women who discriminate when a situation threatens their safety or their children \u2014 a message from our ancestors \u2014 are now accused of discrimination as if they have made someone else a victim.<\/strong><strong>\u201d<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcome to the Progressives&#8217; brave, new world, a world with no morals, no prohibitions against the most depraved behavior; A world completely antithetical to the principles upon which the greatest country on the planet was founded.\u00a0 A world in which, as this Bill Maher monologue demonstrates, insanity is the norm, and self-destructive behavior not only encouraged, but celebrated:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yfiWjnStE3w\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>This segment from <em>FOX<\/em> featuring Joe Concha offers another aspect to the issue:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nPZGFDiAeOE\" 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>One would have thought the dramatically disparate impact the WuFlu had on overweight Americans would have conclusively demonstrated the dangers of obesity, but no; At least, not to Progressives far more interested in power than the health and well-being of ordinary citizens.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: As we&#8217;ve detailed before, obesity is a particular problem with Americans &#8220;of color&#8221;, the very constituents&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/18_0579_02-medium.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103634\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/18_0579_02-medium.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"820\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Progressive pretend to protect.\u00a0 Any questions?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, writing at <em>NRO<\/em>, Arthur Herman details&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/08\/americas-taiwan-test\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202022-08-05&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">America\u2019s Taiwan Test<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__subtitle\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/08\/americas-taiwan-test\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202022-08-05&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Forty years of failed U.S. policy have led to this precarious moment for the embattled island democracy. Thankfully, it\u2019s never too late to change course<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Z5ZXQ3SXFZMDXERVVJZHW2E5JA.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103646\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Z5ZXQ3SXFZMDXERVVJZHW2E5JA.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Z5ZXQ3SXFZMDXERVVJZHW2E5JA.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Z5ZXQ3SXFZMDXERVVJZHW2E5JA-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>S<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span class=\"small_caps\">peaker Nancy Pelosi<\/span>\u2019s visit to Taiwan was a watershed event, and not just because it\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/china-conducts-largest-ever-live-fire-missile-exercise-near-taiwan-after-pelosi-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">provoked<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0an angry military response from Beijing that threatens to renew fears of a shooting war breaking out over that embattled island democracy.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> It also marked a point of no return for America\u2019s 42-year-old policy of refusing to recognize our Taiwanese allies as an independent nation.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>In deciding how to handle U.S.\u2013Taiwan and U.S.\u2013China relations going forward, we have to confront head-on the many major failures of American China policy since the passage of the Taiwan Relations Act in 1979. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">As China launches missiles into the Taiwan Strait and our relations with Beijing sour, it\u2019s clear that a new era is upon us \u2014 and understanding how we got here is the key to knowing how we should proceed.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>In the end, policy follows events, not vice versa. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In 1996\u20137, Chinese leaders used the humiliation of two U.S. carrier groups cruising the Taiwan Strait with impunity to reassess their entire thinking about geopolitics and China\u2019s place in the world.<\/span> Today, we need a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>similar reassessment<\/em><\/span> of our four decades of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>failed policy<\/em><\/span> toward China and Taiwan. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thankfully, as the Chinese themselves have shown, it is never too late to change course.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, f<\/strong><strong>ormer\u00a0SecDef Mark Esper\u00a0said the U.S. needs to &#8220;update&#8221; its Taiwan policy, echoing our earlier comment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/former-defense-secretary-esper-advises-american-policy-toward-taiwan-needs-update-outlived-usefulness\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>after 50 years, the &#8220;One China&#8221; policy pioneered by Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter has &#8220;outlived its usefulnes<\/em><em>s<\/em><\/span><\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0Esper warns\u00a0China wants to displace\u00a0the U.S. as the world\u2019s top power by the year 2049, and one step in meeting that challenge is updating policies toward Taiwan.\u00a0 Esper added, &#8220;The fundamental tenets, I think, have been overcome by history. But more importantly, maybe, the Chinese are trying to change the status quo with regard to Taiwan through coercion. And I think that demands a firmer, more resolute response by the United States. But to do so, it begins with an updated policy.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This at the same time the nation is essentially rudderless with an addled Chinese asset at the helm of the ship of state.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/biden.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103648\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/biden.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/biden.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/biden-300x289.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, as the ChiComs continue to amass military might against our allies in the Far East, back home, the forces of political correctness and wokeness continue their assault on America&#8217;s means to oppose Xi Jinping and his evil intentions, as Terence Pell relates at <em>NRO<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/shut-up-the-us-air-force-explained-facebook-rynearson-bass-discrimination-public-forum-lawsuit-11659630925?mod=MorningEditorialReport&amp;mod=djemMER_h\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Shut Up, the U.S. Air Force Explained<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"css-mosdo-Dek-Dek e1jnru6p0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/shut-up-the-us-air-force-explained-facebook-rynearson-bass-discrimination-public-forum-lawsuit-11659630925?mod=MorningEditorialReport&amp;mod=djemMER_h\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">After a lawsuit, the service reverses a misguided effort to ban the public from criticizing its policies online<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6p7d9i.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6p7d9i.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6p7d9i.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6p7d9i-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thanks to the efforts of a veteran pilot, the Air Force reversed a misguided effort to ban online criticism of its policies by members of the public.<\/span> Justice Department lawyers have agreed that Air Force websites and pages won\u2019t remove posts or ban users based on their point of view.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Richard Rynearson, a retired Air Force command pilot and field-grade officer, was banned from an official Air Force\u00a0Facebook\u00a0page because he criticized a post by Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force\u00a0Joanne Bass.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Mr. Rynearson believed that Air Force leadership was prioritizing cultural sensitivity issues to such a degree, it was corrupting the strength and character of the Air Force, and that our military leaders had become hostile to critics of these policy directions.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In November 2020, Sgt. Bass published a post on her official Facebook page encouraging readers to reflect on the things for which they were thankful.<\/span> Mr. Rynearson replied that he was thankful that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>other<\/em><\/span> branches of the military were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>concentrating on conducting warfare<\/em><\/span> so that the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Air Force<\/em><\/span> could concentrate on \u201cmaking sure we all feel good about ourselves\u201d and that \u201cnobody is offended or feels like a victim.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sgt. Bass objected to Mr. Rynearson\u2019s comment and within hours deleted all his comments from the page and banned him from commenting further there.<\/span> Mr. Rynearson tried to contact her office to have the ban rescinded. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">He alerted Sgt. Bass that blocking him from an official government Facebook page violated the First Amendment, but she didn\u2019t respond.<\/span> After repeated attempts to resolve the issue, Mr. Rynearson decided to pursue legal action<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sounds to us like the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Farce got her feelings hurt.\u00a0 Poor baby.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And when the Pentagon isn&#8217;t sacrificing combat readiness and effectiveness for feelings, as\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Maj. Gen. James Eifert, commanding general of the Florida National Guard notes at the <em>WSJ<\/em>, it&#8217;s enforcing completely outdated, unnecessary policies which reduce invaluable manpower at a time of record low recruitment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/vaccine-mandate-puts-national-security-at-risk-involuntary-termination-armed-forces-military-covid-pandemic-lockdowns-11659645396?mod=MorningEditorialReport&amp;mod=djemMER_h\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">The Vaccine Mandate Puts National Security at Risk<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"css-mosdo-Dek-Dek e1jnru6p0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/vaccine-mandate-puts-national-security-at-risk-involuntary-termination-armed-forces-military-covid-pandemic-lockdowns-11659645396?mod=MorningEditorialReport&amp;mod=djemMER_h\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #d98f3b; text-decoration: underline;\">The Pentagon\u2019s rigid Covid policy may lead to the discharge of 1,000 guardsmen I command<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #d98f3b;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6p7dll.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103641\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6p7dll.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6p7dll.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6p7dll-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>I\u2019ve never been more worried about the future of the U.S. armed forces than I am right now. <span style=\"color: #d98f3b;\">I say that as a concerned citizen who has served for more than 40 years, the last three of which have been as the adjutant general of the Florida National Guard.<\/span> One of the military\u2019s most foundational duties is to recruit and retain men and women willing to defend their country. Unfortunately, current federal policy is rendering that goal unattainable.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #d98f3b;\">Take the Defense Department\u2019s rule that all service members receive a Covid vaccine.<\/span> The Army secretary\u2019s deadline for all reserve component soldiers to be vaccinated expired on June 30, leaving almost 40,000 National Guard members and 20,000 Army Reservists nationwide at risk of involuntary termination.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #d98f3b;\">While the Pentagon suggests that military readiness is at risk with anything less than \u201cmaximum vaccination,\u201d it\u2019s vital that we consider the real consequences of enforcing its mandate.<\/span> My Florida National Guard formations face the potential loss of about 1,000 unvaccinated guardsmen out of 12,000 total airmen and soldiers. <span style=\"color: #d98f3b;\">That leaves us shorthanded as our state enters hurricane season, while more than 1,000 soldiers and airmen are also deployed on federal missions around the world.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Since March 2020, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">even before<\/span><\/em> the vaccine, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>none<\/em><\/span> of my military units have suffered <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any reductions in readiness<\/em><\/span> as a direct result of the virus. <span style=\"color: #d98f3b;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only loss<\/em><\/span> in military readiness we\u2019ve experienced has been the result of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>quarantine requirements, wholesale base lockdowns, travel restrictions and training cancellations<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Sound policy <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must<\/em><\/span> be more beneficial than detrimental; the military\u2019s Covid mandate <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>decidedly isn\u2019t<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #d98f3b;\">The benefits of vaccination are limited.<\/span> Existing vaccines don\u2019t prevent transmission of the dominant variants. <span style=\"color: #d98f3b;\">And the virus has become less capable of rendering severe clinical outcomes, while effective treatments are now available for those who do get sick.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Even at its worst, Covid posed far less of a threat to young, healthy military cohorts than it did to other populations.<span style=\"color: #d98f3b;\"> There have been only 95 U.S. service-member deaths attributed to Covid from a total military population of 2.154 million.<\/span> That\u2019s a mortality rate of 0.004%\u2014and a case-survival rate of 99.98%, based on the 421,807 infections the Pentagon has reported as of July 1. <span style=\"color: #d98f3b;\">By contrast, the military\u2019s suicide rate during 2020 was about seven times as great (0.027%).<\/span> Any loss of life is regrettable\u2014but shouldn\u2019t our military be able to accomplish its missions while accepting a health risk this small?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #d98f3b;\">I was a passionate proponent of vaccine mandates in the military when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first reported high efficacy rates and low chances of adverse side effects.<\/span> I wanted my guardsmen safe, and I wanted them to return quickly to a normal training environment. <span style=\"color: #d98f3b;\">But the circumstances <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have changed<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The vaccines\u2019 efficacy appears to be shorter-lived than once thought, and adverse side effects have been more widely reported. <span style=\"color: #d98f3b;\">As our knowledge of risk changes, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>shouldn\u2019t our policy change with it<\/em><\/span>?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yes, it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 But not in America&#8217;s thoroughly modern&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5e49jcg3npc91.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103661\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5e49jcg3npc91.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5e49jcg3npc91.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5e49jcg3npc91-300x203.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Milleytary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, here&#8217;s a septet of items specially selected for inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). Courtesy of <em>AEI<\/em>, former DIA lead analyst for al-Qaeda senior leadership Klon Kitchen takes us through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/articles\/killing-zawahiri-how-the-cia-hunts-monsters\/?mkt_tok=NDc1LVBCUS05NzEAAAGGDGvAnlHuZCloRARzuTzqQmtok8cbyiiBL-yGIQOZFzaOc_fXI56brWhc6E0l7pH7onVBHseVuXpryZsVvLsmLdH3SWY7oAMod2Affp0WTDk\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>how the CIA hunts monsters like Ayman al-Zawahiri<\/em><\/span><\/a>, fleshing out the\u00a0<\/strong><strong>authorities, the process, and the technology of killing the al-Qaeda leader.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). We&#8217;re second to none in our support for an independent Taiwan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/japan-calls-on-china-to-end-military-exercises-around-taiwan-11659664032?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>but when did it become the purview of the Speaker of the House to dictate foreign policy<\/em><\/span><\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). Michael Brendan Dougherty wonders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/08\/the-leader-of-the-opposition\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202022-08-05&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>will Conservatives look back on the last two years and longer and recognize that DeSantis was their leader even while Trump was still in office<\/em><\/span><\/a>?\u00a0 We can&#8217;t say, but we&#8217;re greatly heartened by the results of our poll near the top right of the page.\u00a0 And as for Liz Cheney&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OQ_g6NOo7yo?start=20&amp;end=23&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>&#8230;dad too!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). As <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Kevin Williamson correctly concludes, Washington&#8217;s endless appetite for the fruits of others&#8217; labor notwithstanding, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-tuesday\/at-some-point-youve-paid-enough-taxes\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=TUE_20220802&amp;utm_term=Tuesday-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>at some point, you HAVE paid enough taxes<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5).\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/mars-wrigley-apologizes-china-snickers-ad-called-taiwan-country\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Mars Wrigley has issued an\u00a0apology to China<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0because of an ad campaign for a limited edition candy bar which said it was\u00a0<\/strong><strong>only available in the &#8220;countries&#8221; of South Korea, Malaysia, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Taiwan<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Thus does the candy giant join the ranks of the hopelessly hypocritical, including, but by no means limited to, Apple, the NBA, LeBron James and he-man John Cena, whose off-camera courage extends only as far as his bank account:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z88zeQ25pjQ\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). View this video, then consider&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A bunch of middle schoolers owned this woke teacher when she asked for their pronouns \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fP823BTfvX\" class=\"broken_link\">pic.twitter.com\/fP823BTfvX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1554945658951413760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"broken_link\">August 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>this<\/em><\/span> is who&#8217;s teaching <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>your<\/em><\/span> children and\/or grandchildren.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(7). She might well have instructed this product of Liberal indoctrination:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DOOCY: &#8220;Why is the president bragging today about gas prices?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>JEAN-PIERRE: &#8220;Because it has gone down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>DOOCY: &#8220;It&#8217;s still $1.72 higher than when he took office?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YBDnuTSvmg\">pic.twitter.com\/YBDnuTSvmg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1555628691052531712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/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\/2022\/08\/aa-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103642\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aa-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aa-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aa-2-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sk080522dAPC20220804084504.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103617\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sk080522dAPC20220804084504.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sk080522dAPC20220804084504.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sk080522dAPC20220804084504-300x245.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aaa-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103618\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aaa-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aaa-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/aaa-2-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/afb080522dAPR20220805054504.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103619\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/afb080522dAPR20220805054504.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/afb080522dAPR20220805054504.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/afb080522dAPR20220805054504-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/a-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103620\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/a-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/a-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/a-2-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mc_gopprimaries_web20220805115100.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103623\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mc_gopprimaries_web20220805115100.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mc_gopprimaries_web20220805115100.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mc_gopprimaries_web20220805115100-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Speed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Speed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103621\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Speed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Speed.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Speed-288x300.png 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Balls:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103636\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls2-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls2-1-300x263.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103662\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000008.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000008-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103663\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000001.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000001-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000000-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103664\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000000-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000000-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000000-1-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103637\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls1-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Balls1-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103665\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000004.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image000004-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a day with yet another story straight from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, and this update on the Paulie P. charade:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ysccBCuwdDY?start=0&amp;end=841&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><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>The fix, ladies and gentlemen, is DEFinitely <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in<\/em><\/span>!<\/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><strong>First, demonstrating how much network television we view, we didn&#8217;t know Jane Pauley was still on the air. Second, whatever she&#8217;s smokin&#8217;, must be some REAL good sh*t!<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Human extinction&#8221;&#8230;right.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MRC TV video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/embed\/572892\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" 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>Chris Wray finds evidence senior FBI officials deliberately covered up damaging information on the Biden crime family &#8220;deeply troubling&#8221;. Biased bureaucrats like Wray are why it&#8217;s SO important for Republicans to take back Congress in November.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VvxlGKJDLqs\" width=\"420\" height=\"235 frameborder=\" 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>Dick Cheney makes a hilariously desperate attempt to resuscitate his daughter&#8217;s flatlined political career.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ro8rkZ4HQZQ\" 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 Monday, August 8th, 2022&#8230;but before we begin, another sign the woke apocalypse is upon us, as an&#8230; 80-Year-Old Woman Is Banned From Community Pool After Complaining Man Watching Little Girls Undress In Shower Room &nbsp; &#8220;&#8230;[Julie]\u00a0Jaman told the city council, as can be seen\u00a0here, \u201cMy experience after having my swim was hearing a man\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1988,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103654"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103724,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103654\/revisions\/103724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}