{"id":104950,"date":"2022-10-25T18:53:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T22:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=104950"},"modified":"2022-10-25T18:54:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T22:54:08","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-october-24th-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=104950","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, October 24th, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, October 24th, 2022&#8230;but before we begin, in yet another example of life imitating art, in this case, one of our favorite lines from <em>The Godfather<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/USCEsv39FvY\" 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>&#8230;Xi Jinping&#8217;s preplanned, forcible removal of his predecessor\u00a0<\/strong><strong>from the\u00a0closing ceremonies of the ChiCom Party Congress&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Early drama: Hu Jintao seen being led out soon after reporters are led into the main hall <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pRffGZF60I\">pic.twitter.com\/pRffGZF60I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Danson Cheong (@dansoncj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dansoncj\/status\/1583663702896967680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;in which Xi was given a third term as president is yet another reason every citizen of Taiwan needs to be ready, willing and able to&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9FnO3igOkOk?start=114&amp;end=116&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><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>As Gordon Chang sagely suggests&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XViEZ5HHae4\" 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><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;it&#8217;s time for anyone interested in saving their skin to leave Communist China.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And a word to the wise in Taipei: Don&#8217;t depend on Biden&#8217;s politically-correct Milleytary&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1629130051480.jpg.7645dd1136e015396a411281260b951c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104923\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1629130051480.jpg.7645dd1136e015396a411281260b951c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1629130051480.jpg.7645dd1136e015396a411281260b951c.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1629130051480.jpg.7645dd1136e015396a411281260b951c-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;to chamber a round in your defense.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of our thoroughly modern Milleytary, in an item from Hillsdale College&#8217;s <em>Imprimus<\/em>\u00a0forwarded by Balls Cotton, retired LTGEN Tom Spoehr, director of the Heritage Foundation&#8217;s Center for National Defense records&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title title-single\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imprimis.hillsdale.edu\/the-rise-of-wokeness-in-the-military\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #808000;\">The Rise of Wokeness in the Military<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/0c9e1ff3-6ee9-4234-ae76-236468b80e96.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104922\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/0c9e1ff3-6ee9-4234-ae76-236468b80e96.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/0c9e1ff3-6ee9-4234-ae76-236468b80e96.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/0c9e1ff3-6ee9-4234-ae76-236468b80e96-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Complaints by veteran soldiers about younger generations who lack discipline and traditional values are as old as war itself. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Grizzled veterans in the Greek phalanx, Roman legions, and Napoleon\u2019s elite corps all believed that the failings of the young would be the ruin of their armies.<\/span> This is not the chief worry of grizzled American veterans today. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The largest threat they see by far to our current military is the weakening of its fabric by radical progressive (or \u201cwoke\u201d) policies being imposed, not by a rising generation of slackers, but by the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>very leaders charged with ensuring their readiness<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Wokeness in the military is being imposed by elected and appointed leaders in the White House, Congress, and the Pentagon who have little understanding of the purpose, character, traditions, and requirements of the institution they are trying to change. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The push for it didn\u2019t begin in the last two years under the Biden administration\u2014nor will it automatically end if a non-woke administration is elected in 2024.<\/span> Wokeness in the military has become ingrained. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">And unless the policies that flow from it are illegal or\u00a0<i>directly<\/i>\u00a0jeopardize readiness, senior military leaders have little alternative but to comply.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Woke ideology undermines military readiness in various ways. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">It undermines cohesiveness by emphasizing differences based on race, ethnicity, and sex.<\/span> It undermines leadership authority by introducing questions about whether promotion is based on merit or quota requirements. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">It leads to military personnel serving in specialties and areas for which they are not qualified or ready.<\/span> And it takes time and resources away from training activities and weapons development that contribute to readiness.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Wokeness in the military also affects relations between the military and society at large. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">It acts as a disincentive for many young Americans in terms of enlistment.<\/span> And it undermines wholehearted support for the military by a significant portion of the American public at a time when it is needed the most<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a double shot of the juice: First, this a PURPOSEFUL push by Progressives to create a Military loyal not to the Constitution, but the Dimocratic Party, which intends it as a means to suppress internal opposition to its dictates; Second, his lack of effort to slow, let alone reverse, the tide of wokeness constitutes in our mind one of The Donald&#8217;s greatest failures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, as <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Andy McCarthy details, much of America is on tenterhooks&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/10\/waiting-for-durham\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%20New%202022-10-22&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Waiting for Durham<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/10\/waiting-for-durham\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%20New%202022-10-22&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">The special counsel\u2019s looming report is the only chance the American people will ever get to hold the Clinton campaign and the FBI accountable for Russiagate<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #0000ff;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6y0e6m.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104953\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6y0e6m.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6y0e6m.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6y0e6m-300x175.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>S<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span class=\"small_caps\">pecial counsel John Durham<\/span>\u00a0performed\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/10\/john-durham-exposed-the-fbis-misconduct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">a valuable public service<\/a>\u00a0by bringing to cold, stark light\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/durham-in-danchenko-trial-the-elephant-in-the-room-is-the-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">the FBI\u2019s Russiagate abuses<\/a>\u00a0and the imperative that the bureau \u2014 its reputation in tatters \u2014 be subjected to intense congressional scrutiny and reform. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Nevertheless, the prosecutions by which he has thus far made his record could be its ultimate undoing.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>In a four-year investigation, Durham has established collaboration \u2014 mostly of the nod-and-wink variety \u2014 between Hillary Clinton\u2019s 2016 campaign and the government\u2019s law-enforcement-and-intelligence apparatus, in an effort to baselessly frame Donald Trump as a clandestine agent of the Kremlin. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">What grates is that, far from being held accountable, the significant participants are still celebrated.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then, later on in the commentary, McCarthy makes an interesting argument:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">To be sure, Durham\u2019s apparent failures \u2014 not just the acquittals but the lack of prosecutions of Russiagate\u2019s prime movers \u2014 are simply the nature of the beast.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">As I explained in my 2019 book about the Trump\u2013Russia investigation,<\/span>\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">government abuses of power do not readily lend themselves to redress by criminal prosecution.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\">They <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>cannot<\/em><\/span> \u2014 at least, not if we want to have national security <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and the rule of law<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">You don\u2019t need me to tell you that.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Just have a look at surging crime in every American city that has consigned itself to the tender mercies of the progressive prosecutors and defund-the-police activists typical of one-party Democratic governance.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">If we convey to cops the message that they could be vilified, disciplined, and even prosecuted for the judgment calls they make in enforcing the law, then we get passive policing and rampant crime.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Widen the lens and we find no difference when it comes to national security.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">If fear of abuse induces us to clamp down on the government\u2019s counterintelligence powers, our spy agencies will be hamstrung in probing the ambitions of malign regimes and foreign terrorists \u2014 in gathering the intelligence that is vital to protecting the homeland and American interests around the world.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>We have learned this the hard way<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>While we understand Andy&#8217;s point, we can easily divorce future national security interests from the present-day convictions of rogue federal officials in the interests reinforcing the equal application of the rule of law.\u00a0 Otherwise, regardless of Durham&#8217;s evidence of endemic corruption in the DOJ, the takeaway from three years of what in the eyes of most was a fruitless investigation is confirmation America has a two-tiered justice system which ensures abuse of power at the highest levels of government is beyond prosecution, not to mention conviction.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For those wondering where such corruption of abuse of power ends, it&#8217;s no where in sight, as the results of a <em>Journal<\/em> investigation clearly indicates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"evxsf2b0 css-456klt-StyledHeadline-BigTopHeadline-BigTopHeadline e1ipbpvp0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/covid-washington-officials-stocks-trading-markets-stimulus-11666192404?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">As Covid Hit, Washington Officials Traded Stocks With Exquisite Timing<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"css-k5f7gy-Dek-Dek-BigTopDek e10dsoc81\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/covid-washington-officials-stocks-trading-markets-stimulus-11666192404?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Some sold in January 2020 when the government began mobilizing against the threat. Others bought shares as a market-rescue plan was taking shape<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6y0fgy.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104955\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6y0fgy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6y0fgy.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6y0fgy-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Federal officials working on the government response to Covid-19 made <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>well-timed financial trades<\/em><\/span> when the pandemic began\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>both<\/em><\/span> as the markets <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>plunged<\/em><\/span> and as they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>rallied<\/em><\/span>\u2014a Wall Street Journal investigation found.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>In January 2020, the U.S. public was largely unaware of the threat posed by the virus spreading in China, but health officials were on high alert and girding for a crisis.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>A deputy to top health official\u00a0Anthony Fauci\u00a0reported 10 sales of mutual funds and stocks totaling between $157,000 and $480,000 that month. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Collectively, officials at another health agency, Health and Human Services, reported 60% more sales of stocks and funds in January than the average over the previous 12 months, driven by a handful of particularly active traders.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>By March, agencies across the government were working on wide-reaching measures to prop the economy and markets. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Then-Transportation Secretary\u00a0Elaine Chao\u00a0purchased more than $600,000 in two stock funds while her agency was involved in the pandemic response and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>her husband<\/em><\/span>, Republican Sen.\u00a0Mitch McConnell, was leading negotiations over a giant, market-boosting stimulus bill.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>And as the government was devising a loan package <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>aimed specifically<\/em><\/span> at helping companies including\u00a0Boeing\u00a0Co. and\u00a0General Electric\u00a0Co., a Treasury Department official <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>involved in administering the aid<\/em><\/span> acquired shares of both companies.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Federal officials owned millions of dollars of stock in industries most affected by the pandemic and the government\u2019s response.<\/span> About <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>240 officials<\/em><\/span> at health agencies and at the Pentagon, a key player in the vaccine rollout, reported owning a total of between $9 million and $28 million in stocks of drug, manufacturing and biotechnology companies that won federal contracts related to Covid-19 in 2020 and 2021, the Journal\u2019s analysis found.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Nearly 400 officials across 50 agencies reported owning stocks in airline, resort, hotel, restaurant and cruise companies in early 2020, the review found.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>March<\/em><\/span>, every major agency was drawn into the pandemic response. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">That month was the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most active<\/em><\/span> for trading by officials across the federal government, including at HHS, in\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink exk4ewm0\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/government-officials-invest-in-companies-their-agencies-oversee-11665489653?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferer\" data-type=\"link\">the Journal\u2019s analysis of financial disclosure forms for about 12,000 officials spanning 2016 to 2021<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Federal officials reported more than <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>11,600 trades<\/em><\/span> that month, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>44% more<\/em><\/span> than in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span> other month in the analysis.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The health agencies didn\u2019t respond to requests for comment.<\/span> A Pentagon spokeswoman said most defense personnel don\u2019t work on matters affecting large defense contractors or affecting the finances of private companies, and said the department is \u201ccommitted to preventing conflicts of interest.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Ethics officials certified that the employees identified by the Journal were in compliance with these rules.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t worry; As Joe Isuzu once guaranteed America&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b_1ASmweXYs?start=180&amp;end=182&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Besides, what could <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>possibly<\/em><\/span> lead you to believe you can&#8217;t trust the word of a federal bureaucrat?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Think about it: In the midst of a public health crisis we were told threatened to cripple the country&#8230;a pandemic <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so<\/em><\/span> lethal it required, we were assured, heretofore unthinkable unconstitutional restrictions to be placed upon the body politic by <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">federal bureaucrats<\/span><\/em> purportedly working tirelessly to rescue the Republic from ruin&#8230;<em>hundreds<\/em>, <em>if not <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">thousands<\/span><\/em> of these same bureaucrats&#8230;you know, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more-equal<\/em><\/span> animals&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>somehow<\/em><\/span> found the time to make a profit off the misery their edicts inflicted on the rest of us.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And please don&#8217;t say there ought to be a law against it, &#8217;cause there is!\u00a0 But like federal prohibitions against illegal immigration and the corrupt practices of Jim Comey and many other senior DOJ officials, they&#8217;re <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just not being enforced<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So, their assurances of legality notwithstanding, government ethics officials can&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SGCJFkVM35A?start=17&amp;end=28&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of corruption at the highest levels of government, writing at his <em>Morning Jolt<\/em>, Jim Geraghty breaks down&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/how-biden-invited-his-own-midterm-rebuke\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_221020&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How Biden Invited His Own Midterm Rebuke<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6y0qjl.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104967\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6y0qjl.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6y0qjl.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6y0qjl-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Since taking office, Biden\u2019s had plenty of warnings that his policies and approach to the job were steering his party toward a midterm debacle, from the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/a-five-alarm-fire-for-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">2021 off-year elections<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0to his\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/biden-approval-rating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">historically low job-approval rating<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/other\/direction_of_country-902.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">persistently terrible numbers on the right track\/wrong track direction-of-the-country question<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">As far as we can tell, Biden has ignored these warning signs, convinced that, somehow, he\u2019ll find a way to excite the Democratic base enough to mitigate all of those irked independents and Republicans.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">But more often, once Biden makes a decision, he subsequently rejects all evidence that he\u2019s made a mistake.<\/span> In fact, there\u2019s something cyclical about Biden\u2019s bad decision-making. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Because he sees adjusting course as a de facto admission that his earlier decision was wrong, he tends to stick with the bad decision or the unconvincing spin, hoping the situation will get better by itself.<\/span> Inflation is transitory. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The border is secure.<\/span> \u201cShelves are not empty.\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Afghanistan is stable.<\/span> This weekend, after yet another month of inflation near the 40-year high, he insisted that the economy is \u201cstrong as hell.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">So, this coming November, Republicans may well win back the House and Senate and a slew of governorships, with big implications down-ticket, and Biden may <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still<\/em><\/span> not change course much;\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/10\/14\/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-democratic-congressional-campaign-committee-reception\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">he may genuinely believe<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0that \u201cit\u2019s fair to say we\u2019ve got more done in the first two years than \u2014 than any president in the past has.\u201d<\/span> (George Washington, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan, and maybe even George W. Bush and Barack Obama would like a word. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">And in terms of greatest challenges faced in their first two years, I think Abraham Lincoln takes the gold, with Bush having a strong case for the medals podium.)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>One other reason losing control of Congress may not faze Biden much is that, for much of his presidency, he has simply <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>enacted the policies he wanted<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dared the courts to stop him<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/joe-biden-is-a-lawless-rogue-who-has-yet-again-violated-his-oath-of-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">As our Dan McLaughlin summarized<\/a><\/em><\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">He did not have the power to make national housing laws, yet he\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/08\/joe-biden-is-daring-brett-kavanaugh-to-do-his-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">decreed<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u00a0that landlords could not evict deadbeat tenants.<\/span> He did not have the power to make national medical decisions, yet he\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/supreme-court-strikes-workplace-vaccine-mandate-except-for-health-care-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">ordered<\/a><\/span>\u00a0every workplace to mandate vaccinations<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">. He did not have the power to appropriate hundreds of billions of dollars to pay off college debts, but he did that, too.<\/span> The courts have struck down the first two of those flagrant violations of his oath, and only the search for a proper party with standing to sue presents any real risk that they will not strike down the third.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Heck, if Republicans win control of Congress, will Biden even notice?<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More importantly, regardless of whether Republicans win control of Congress, will Biden even know what year it is?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, here&#8217;s a sextet of specially selected items guaranteed to pique the interest of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). <em>NRO<\/em> reports\u00a0Hispanic voters are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>far more likely<\/em><\/span> than white Democrats to say the southern border is \u201cnot secure\u201d \u2014 and less likely to say it\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><i>is<\/i><\/span>\u00a0secure \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/exclusive-hispanics-more-likely-than-white-democrats-to-say-border-not-secure-by-double-digit-margins\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=29467420\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">according to a new survey from the Republican polling firm WPA Intelligence<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). <em>Best of the Web<\/em> explains why, as the &#8220;reporting&#8221; of\u00a0<em>CNN<\/em> and the <em>WaPo<\/em>\u00a0confirm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-one-little-problem-with-a-washington-post-story-11666384201?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>it\u2019s easy to completely misrepresent the findings of a scientific study regarding precipitation and increased greenhouse gas concentrations when you don&#8217;t actually read it<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3).\u00a0An &#8220;expert&#8221; at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcci.com\/article\/des-moines-iowa-police-investigating-report-of-mountain-lion-sighting\/41724325#\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>now says the &#8220;possible mountain lion&#8221; in Des Moines was really someone&#8217;s house cat<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Which begs the age-old question, where WOULD WE BE without experts?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). As this video forwarded by Nick confirms, if one married up Hillary&#8217;s words with the actions of Biden and Barry&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hillary is right. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yqv4DSAFoh\">pic.twitter.com\/Yqv4DSAFoh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maze (@mazemoore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mazemoore\/status\/1574209737792561153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 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;for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>once<\/em><\/span> in her lying life, she&#8217;d actually be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>telling the truth<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). In two related items,\u00a0<em>Townhall.com<\/em>&#8216;s Derek Hunter recounts (i) how <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/derekhunter\/2022\/10\/18\/the-left-is-losing-whats-left-of-their-collective-mind-n2614626\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>The Left is losing what little is left of its collective mind<\/em><\/span><\/a>, and (ii) as Daniel Francis so insightfully observed decades back, <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/derekhunter\/2022\/10\/23\/to-know-who-democrats-are-look-at-what-they-accuse-republicans-of-being-n2614879\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>if you want to understand who Progressives are, look at what they accuse Conservatives of being<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). Speaking of the groupthink which dominates Progressivism, in\u00a0<\/strong><strong>what should come as a shock to no one,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/activist-sacheen-littlefeather-exposed-sisters-reported-fraudulent-native-american-identity-lie\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the sisters of Sacheen Littlefeather revealed the late activist was a liar and a fraud, as she had nary a drop of Native American blood whatsoever<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/faker.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104909\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/faker.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/faker.png 287w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/faker-205x300.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8220;<strong>&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Trudy Orlandi and Rosalind Cruz shared that they are not ethnically Native American and that they identify as &#8220;Spanish.&#8221; <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Littlefeather, the sisters said, was born Marie Louise Cruz but changed her name after rediscovering what she purportedly believed was her Native American heritage and becoming active in protests as a young woman.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Orlandi said, &#8220;It&#8217;s a lie; My father was who he was. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">His family came from Mexico. And my dad was born in Oxnard.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;Littlefeather&#8221; ordering a beef burrito and frijoles refritos for her awards dinner should have been a dead giveaway.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Thus does Marie Louise Cruz posthumously join the ranks of other notable lying race hustlers like Canada&#8217;s White-bread Carrie &#8220;Morning Star Bear&#8221; Bourassa&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/carrie-bourassa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104911\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/carrie-bourassa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/carrie-bourassa.png 370w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/carrie-bourassa-264x300.png 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;Ward &#8220;Heap Big Pile of Buffalo Sh*t&#8221; Churchill&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ward_Churchill.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104912\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ward_Churchill.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ward_Churchill.jpeg 315w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ward_Churchill-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;Lizzie &#8220;Lieawatha&#8221; Warren&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lieawatha.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104913\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lieawatha.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lieawatha.png 281w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/lieawatha-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;Rachel &#8220;I&#8217;m Black AND Indian&#8221; Dolezal&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/150612092018-rachel-dolezal-split.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104914\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/150612092018-rachel-dolezal-split.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/150612092018-rachel-dolezal-split.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/150612092018-rachel-dolezal-split-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;and last but not least, Jessica &#8220;Blacks Eat Kosher Too!&#8221; Krug:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jessica_Krug_Barstow_Yearbook.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104915\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jessica_Krug_Barstow_Yearbook.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jessica_Krug_Barstow_Yearbook.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jessica_Krug_Barstow_Yearbook-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>At least Oscar de Corti, who Madison Avenue cast in the role of one of the most recognizable Indians of our generation&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/iron-eyes-cody.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104916\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/iron-eyes-cody.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"339\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/iron-eyes-cody.jpeg 339w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/iron-eyes-cody-242x300.jpeg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;never lied about his Italian descent.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us to, no pun intended,\u00a0<em>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lighter<\/span> Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/a-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104927\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/a-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/a-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/a-2-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/afb102122dAPR-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/afb102122dAPR-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/afb102122dAPR-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/afb102122dAPR-800x0-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sk102022dAPR-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104929\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sk102022dAPR-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sk102022dAPR-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sk102022dAPR-800x0-300x231.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sk102322dAPR-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104930\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sk102322dAPR-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sk102322dAPR-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sk102322dAPR-800x0-300x239.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cb102222dAPR-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104931\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cb102222dAPR-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cb102222dAPR-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cb102222dAPR-800x0-300x227.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaaaa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104932\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaaaa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaaaa.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaaaa-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaaa-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104933\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaaa-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaaa-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaaa-1-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MC_gabbard_web-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104934\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MC_gabbard_web-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MC_gabbard_web-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MC_gabbard_web-800x0-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sk102122dAPR-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104935\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sk102122dAPR-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sk102122dAPR-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/sk102122dAPR-800x0-300x238.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aa-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104936\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aa-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aa-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aa-2-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaa-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104937\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaa-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaa-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaa-2-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Boston-Baked-Beings-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104945\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Boston-Baked-Beings-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Boston-Baked-Beings-1.jpeg 464w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Boston-Baked-Beings-1-300x145.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these from Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hickey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104926\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hickey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hickey.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hickey-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hickey-300x300.jpg 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\/2022\/10\/Speed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104938\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Speed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Speed.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Speed-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;the lovely Shannon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Shannon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104939\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Shannon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Shannon.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Shannon-254x300.jpg 254w\" 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\/10\/Balls1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104940\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Balls1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Balls1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Balls1-300x297.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/balls2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104941\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/balls2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/balls2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/balls2-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/balls3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104942\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/balls3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/balls3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/balls3-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Balls4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104943\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Balls4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Balls4.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Balls4-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with yet another sordid story straight from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, as police in Clearwater, FL say a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/tampa-man-showed-no-remorse-allegedly-killing-clearwater-bicyclist-tire-iron-police-say\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\">Tampa man &#8216;showed no remorse&#8217; after allegedly killing Clearwater bicyclist with tire iron<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/killer-and-victim.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104908\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/killer-and-victim.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/killer-and-victim.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/killer-and-victim-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>[Jermaine] Bennett <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>above left<\/em>)<\/span> reportedly admitted to attacking [Jeffrey] Chapman <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>above right<\/em>)<\/span> more than 10 times with a tire iron because &#8220;the ills of society had gotten to him,&#8221; Walek said. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">Clearwater police said the incident was &#8220;totally random&#8221; and Chapman <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was not targeted<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> &#8220;It was a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>chance encounter<\/em><\/span> that turned deadly while the victim was simply trying to ride his bike home,&#8221; Walek said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Bennett reportedly &#8220;showed no remorse for his actions&#8221; and went to work at Insight Family Eye Care in Wesley Chapel after allegedly killing Chapman.<\/span> Clearwater police are also looking for a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>second suspect<\/em><\/span> in the attack described as a slender man between 6 feet tall and 6 feet, 2 inches. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s only a matter of time until we get you,&#8221; Walek said while encouraging the second suspect to come forward.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>&#8230;Police said it is not clear why Bennett and the second suspect were in the Clearwater area<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This story is noteworthy <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> for what it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>says<\/em><\/span>, but what it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>doesn&#8217;t<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 For example, after viewing the map below, consider the Black Mr. Bennett, a Tampa (bottom right) resident who worked in Wesley Chapel (top right) traveled <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at least<\/em><\/span> 30 minutes out of his way to Clearwater (bottom left) for his &#8220;totally random&#8221; encounter with the White Mr. Chapman.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/chapel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104910\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/chapel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/chapel.png 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/chapel-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then ponder when police fail to include race in their description of a wanted individual, there&#8217;s little question as to what it is.\u00a0 So now you have two Black males involved in the reportedly random killing of a White male one of them drove 30 minutes out of his way to bludgeon to death with a tire iron.\u00a0 Lastly, view this recent clip from Tucker&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mNGsZ5I2juA\" 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>&#8230;then hazard a guess as to why Bennett and his accomplice <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>might<\/em><\/span> have taken their frustrations over the &#8220;ills of society&#8221; out on a random White guy.\u00a0 Any questions?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1otTZq6UzLM?start=192\" 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>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 Stossel details the difference between the Makers and the Takers. Spoiler Alert: The latter are addressed in verse 10 of chapter 3 of Paul&#8217;s Second Epistle to the Thessalonians.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u8ms8fdv7OI\" 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>Jesse Watters highlights a storyline intelligent Pennsylvanians ought to know&#8230;which leaves over half the state in the dark.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/45nsBVqRfCc\" 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>Enjoy Episode 1 of Matt Walsh&#8217;s <em>Who&#8217;s the Biggest A-hole<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zL8pcO_4f4w\" 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, October 24th, 2022&#8230;but before we begin, in yet another example of life imitating art, in this case, one of our favorite lines from The Godfather&#8230; \ufeff &#8230;Xi Jinping&#8217;s preplanned, forcible removal of his predecessor\u00a0from the\u00a0closing ceremonies of the ChiCom Party Congress&#8230; Early drama: Hu Jintao seen being led out soon after reporters are [&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-104950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104950","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=104950"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105034,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104950\/revisions\/105034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}