{"id":106593,"date":"2023-01-17T17:05:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T22:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=106593"},"modified":"2023-01-17T17:05:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T22:05:15","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-january-16th-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=106593","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, January 16th, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, January 16th, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, rewatching the clip of Peter Doocy confronting Joe Biden over his mishandling of classified materials, we noticed something peculiar:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Il8R4BEhrjo?start=18&amp;end=56&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>Namely Biden&#8217;s lack of his usual combativeness when presented with inconveniently irrefutable facts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No &#8220;C&#8217;mon man&#8221;:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yjjoGjh9xM8?start=44\" 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>No<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0asinine challenge to a push-up contest:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fbEJpr4A9mQ?start=5&amp;end=13&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>(We&#8217;ve always wondered how utterly sycophantic one must be to applaud such stupidity.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No &#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">You&#8217;re a d*mn liar!<\/span>&#8220;:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MrL4Pcz-DiQ?start=22&amp;end=24&amp;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>No &#8220;Don&#8217;t try me, pal!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KPig-AllQe8?start=44&amp;end=57&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>Just a pregnant pause, followed by the stumbling recitation of what&#8217;s on his cue cards.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And now we learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/five-more-pages-of-classified-documents-discovered-at-president-bidens-home\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=30254615\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>yet ANOTHER five classified documents were found<\/em><\/span><\/a>, not in his locked garage, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but in his home<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 Furthermore, <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/saraharnold\/2023\/01\/14\/jim-jordan-demands-merrick-garland-explain-the-handling-of-the-biden-docs-n2618293\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>according to sources at least 10 of the documents recovered thus far were marked &#8220;top secret&#8221;, with another source claiming\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>some of the material can expose Biden\u2019s criminal activity with Hunter<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Curiouser and curiouser.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;re of the opinion Hank Johnson, despite being half-witted, is half-right.\u00a0 Biden IS being set up, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-dem-says-no-doubt-biden-classified-docs-scandal-embarrassment\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just not by Republicans<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 As noted previously, something tells us Joe&#8217;s puppet master is growing tired of tugging his strings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Michael Dougherty records&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/01\/the-adverse-effects-of-lying-during-a-pandemic\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800080;\">The Adverse Effects of Lying during a Pandemic<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/01\/the-adverse-effects-of-lying-during-a-pandemic\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Too often, public-health experts assume that the public wants a projection of perfect confidence<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\">*<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>*An assumption\/explanation with which we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wholeheartedly<\/em><\/span> disagree.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/download-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106555\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/download-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/download-2.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/download-2-300x167.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>T<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span class=\"small_caps\">he<\/span>\u00a0Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)\u00a0<a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/coronavirus-covid-19\/press-release\/more-than-4-in-10-republicans-and-a-third-of-parents-now-oppose-schools-requiring-children-to-get-vaccinated-for-measles-and-other-illness-up-since-the-covid-19-pandemic-began\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">reported recently<\/a>\u00a0that 28 percent of adults express hesitancy about the vaccine for Measles, Mumps, and Rubella.<\/span> That number represents a significant surge. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Among parents of school-aged children, suddenly, the number believing that the MMR vaccine should be a requirement for enrollment in school dropped twelve percentage points.<\/span> Forty-four percent of Republican-leaning independents, up from 22 percent a few years ago, said that the decision for a child to receive an MMR vaccine should be left to their parents, not to schools or the state.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>This is the adverse effect of public-health officials\u2019 behavior during the pandemic, when our institutions fed us a toxic cocktail of confusion, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>deliberate manipulation<\/em><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>outright lying<\/em><\/span>, and also <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>endorsed censorship of contrary opinion<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Upon reflection, the mercy is that those KFF numbers aren\u2019t much, much worse.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>All the hassle that parents received during the pandemic \u2014 the fears they had about losing their jobs due to mandates, or losing their child\u2019s place in school due to vaccination requirements \u2014 could be easily associated with the era of hysteria and misinformation spread by public authorities whom we usually trust to be sober and judicious.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>This also naturally occasions harder questions and conspiratorial musings: If a public-health authority is recommending a vaccine I know my child doesn\u2019t need, what am I to make of the radical expansion of the childhood-vaccine schedule in recent years? <span style=\"color: #800080;\">If a bunch of people denounced as psychos and conspiracy theorists <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>turned out to have been right<\/em><\/span> during the pandemic, and our major authorities <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>turned out to have been wrong<\/em><\/span>, why shouldn\u2019t I listen to the FDA-skeptics such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. more often?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: This was the subject of a long conversation we recently had with TLJ.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>There&#8217;s liars, d*mn liars, and then there&#8217;s Dr. Faux Chi and company.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Nothing<\/em><\/span>\u00a0we&#8217;ve been told by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anyone<\/em><\/span> in the government or MSM regarding the scamdemic can be trusted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of d*mn liars, Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin has revealed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What started off as allegations of one of our most prominent schools, has revealed a systematic problem. Now, there are news reports that seven schools in NOVA have delayed notifying Virginia students of their academic achievements. This is unacceptable. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KyrYEwZeLt\">https:\/\/t.co\/KyrYEwZeLt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Glenn Youngkin (@GovernorVA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovernorVA\/status\/1614332864018931713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item resulting from Liberal lunacy, this forward from Nick highlights the effects of encouraging lawless behavior:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Aldi is not playing around on the steaks &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tlAEVXzFa0\" class=\"broken_link\">pic.twitter.com\/tlAEVXzFa0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WallStreetSilv\/status\/1614063797949317121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"broken_link\">January 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, the <em>Journal\u00a0<\/em>records how&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"crawler css-bsrkcm-Box e1vnmyci0\">\n<h1 class=\"css-1lvqw7f-StyledHeadline e1ipbpvp0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/yellen-calls-on-congress-to-raise-debt-limit-11673630279?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Yellen Calls on Congress to Raise Debt Limit<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"css-mosdo-Dek-Dek e1jnru6p0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/yellen-calls-on-congress-to-raise-debt-limit-11673630279?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Treasury secretary warns the government could become unable to pay its bills after early June<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/77kz35.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/77kz35.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/77kz35.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/77kz35-300x278.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\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Treasury Secretary\u00a0Janet Yellen\u00a0called on Congress to\u00a0raise the debt ceiling\u00a0as soon as possible, warning that the government could become unable to pay its bills after early June.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>In a formal letter sent to party leaders in Congress, Ms. Yellen said the government would\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\/debt-ceiling-looms-as-central-challenge-for-divided-congress-11671858671?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferer\" data-type=\"link\">hit the roughly $31.4 trillion borrowing limit<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0on Jan. 19, when the Treasury Department will begin implementing so-called extraordinary measures to manage the government\u2019s cash flow.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>\u201cWhile Treasury is not currently able to provide an estimate of how long extraordinary measures will enable us to continue to pay the government\u2019s obligations, it is unlikely that cash and extraordinary measures will be exhausted before early June,\u201d Ms. Yellen wrote to Congressional leaders.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which provides the perfect segue for this warning from <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Kevin Hassett:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/01\/congress-should-prepare-for-a-historic-showdown\/?bypass_key=VzZZRndZVE9pOW5aWTJtWG94K0NvQT09OjpkbmhXYjJWMlMwZ3ZibTVJYjFsdWNXaFFkMUpsUVQwOQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202023-01-12&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Congress Should Prepare for a Historic Showdown<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/01\/congress-should-prepare-for-a-historic-showdown\/?bypass_key=VzZZRndZVE9pOW5aWTJtWG94K0NvQT09OjpkbmhXYjJWMlMwZ3ZibTVJYjFsdWNXaFFkMUpsUVQwOQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202023-01-12&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Fiscal-policy brinkmanship might be the only thing that can save us from catastrophe<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/77f0da.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106548\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/77f0da.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/77f0da.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/77f0da-300x150.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>I<span class=\"small_caps\">t\u00a0<\/span>is astonishing how far and how rapidly the financial situation in the United States has deteriorated. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Perhaps we have grown accustomed to the wailing about debt and deficits, but it has not always been so.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>When Ronald Reagan took office, government debt held by the public was about $650 billion.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> The few liberals who still bother to criticize his presidency will concede that he won the Cold War, defeated inflation, and started a long-lasting economic boom, but his profligate defense spending \u2014 they will be quick to add \u2014 increased the national debt by a then-unprecedented amount.<\/span> By the time Reagan left office, debt held by the public had indeed jumped,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/FYGFDPUN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">to about $2 trillion<\/a><\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Back then, liberals told us that the $1.4 trillion addition to the national debt threatened calamity.<\/span> The fact that Reagan\u2019s total effect over eight years was smaller than that of the \u201cInflation Reduction Act\u201d highlights just how much times have changed.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">We have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>spent<\/em><\/span> our way into a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>colossal mess<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> After all the stimulus and other spending, debt held by the public is more than ten times the level with which Reagan left us, at\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/FYGFDPUN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">about $24 trillion<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0(though adjusting for inflation would somewhat lower this increase). <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">If that number sounds familiar, it\u2019s because it is similar to our recent levels of GDP, meaning that we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>owe almost an entire year\u2019s national income<\/em><\/span> because of our runaway spending<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yellen&#8217;s warning of impending doom is life imitating art, in this case one of our favorite scenes from <em>Christmas Vacation<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7SHyX3UC1A8?start=155&amp;end=166&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>How House Republicans handle this will demonstrate the commitment of spendaholic Kevin McCarthy to reining in his Congressional spendthrifts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, as Jim Geraghty details, it was a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Heck of a Morning,\u00a0<i>Axios<\/i><\/span>!<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/77hlqq.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106557\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/77hlqq.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/77hlqq.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/77hlqq-300x175.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/12\/buttigieg-faa-transportation-crises\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" testid=\"standard-link\" class=\"broken_link\">Elsewhere at\u00a0Axios<\/a><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">, the usually reliable Josh Kraushaar and Alexi McCammond look at the recent spate of transportation crises as a series of unfortunate events that could unfairly derail the future ambitions of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">\u201cButtigieg has in several cases been the victim of circumstances that predated his time in office \u2014 such as the ancient computers and infrastructure that appeared to contribute to the FAA disaster.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Okay, except some of Buttigieg\u2019s problems are a consequence of his own actions and statements. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">He accepted the job, made the decision to\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/er-this-is-pete-buttigieg-were-talking-about-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">go on paternity leave for two month<\/a>s<\/em><\/span> as the backlog at West Coast ports worsened, chose to\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/why-does-pete-buttigieg-keep-using-taxpayer-funded-private-jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">fly on private jets as the nation\u2019s airports experienced a summer of delays<\/a><\/em><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/pete-buttigieg-took-husband-to-sporting-event-in-netherlands-on-military-jet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">chose to travel to a sports event in the Netherlands with his husband on a chartered military jet<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>, and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/the-freight-rail-strike-crisis-is-averted-for-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">chose to do a series of public events and television appearances that sounded more like an extension of his presidential campaign<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0than the usual low-profile secretary of transportation schedule.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Nobody made Buttigieg appear on James Corden\u2019s\u00a0<em>Late Late Show\u00a0<\/em>last September to discuss air-travel delays, where\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6FlD6fHq8-g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">he pledged to the host<\/a><\/em><\/span>, \u201cI think it\u2019s going to get better by the holidays.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Why<\/em><\/span> is Buttigieg getting so much grief for air travel not getting better?<\/span>\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Because he went on national television and pledged it was going to get better<\/span>!<\/em>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">And it\u2019s\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/was-buttigieg-asleep-at-the-switch-for-southwest-airlines-holiday-implosion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">not just conservatives and Republicans who are saying he\u2019s underqualified for the job and flopping in his duties<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>As I wrote last September, U.S. secretaries of transportation are a bit like brake lines, offensive lines, and power lines \u2014 you only pay much attention to them when they don\u2019t work.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>But what can one expect from a former mayor of a small, failing city whose only qualification for running the Department of Transportation is his homosexuality.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, here&#8217;s sextet of special selections certain to sate the curiosity of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). It&#8217;s Andy McCarthy&#8217;s expert assessment the spineless, hyper-partisan Merrick Garland, backed into a corner by his own short-term political calculations,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/01\/garland-left-himself-no-choice-on-biden-special-counsel\/?bypass_key=MDVJZEV2TWw0VS8zOVhyUFZRcTJhQT09OjpNSEUwYXl0bFdGRkhhVnB5TjFkR09FOURNbXBXUVQwOQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202023-01-14&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>was forced to make the right call at the behest of his handpicked prosecutor<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2).\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/national-hockey-league-to-host-minority-only-career-conferences\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=30250229\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">The administration of Governor Ron DeSantis quickly called out the apparent discrimination<\/span><\/em><\/a> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>we&#8217;d suggest &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">blatantly obvious<\/span>&#8221; versus merely &#8220;apparent&#8221;<\/em>)<\/span> in a new\u00a0diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)\u00a0initiative called the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/national-hockey-league_the-nhl-is-proud-to-announce-its-first-ever-activity-7017220020015349760-ZB5i\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop\" data-testid=\"standard-link\">Pathway to Hockey Summit<\/a><\/em><\/span>. scheduled for February 2nd in Fort Lauderdale. The event is exclusive to\u00a0female, black, Asian\/Pacific Islander, Hispanic\/Latino, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, and\/or disabled registrants. In a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>separate<\/em><\/span> line item the NHL welcomed veterans as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\u201c<em><strong>Discrimination of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any sort<\/span> is not welcome in the state of Florida, and we do not abide by the woke notion that discrimination should be overlooked if applied in a politically popular manner or against a politically unpopular demographic. We are fighting all discrimination in our schools and our workplaces, and we will fight it in publicly accessible places of meeting or activity. We call upon the National Hockey League to immediately remove and denounce the discriminatory prohibitions it has imposed on attendance to the 2023 \u2018Pathway to Hockey\u2019 summit.<\/strong><\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Good for Ron and shame on the NHL, which again demonstrates a total lack of awareness of and respect for its fan base.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). Based on the following, we&#8217;d recommend boycotting any property owned the Ghermezian family of Edmonton, Alberta.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I automatically assumed this was overseas, but it&#8217;s right here in America. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q79eUCG7xh\">pic.twitter.com\/Q79eUCG7xh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Mason (@LivingGodsTruth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LivingGodsTruth\/status\/1613556181460475904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2023<\/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>(4).\u00a0The CDC announced Friday that it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/cdc-investigating-safety-concern-linked-to-pfizer-covid-vaccine\/?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=breaking&amp;utm_campaign=newstrack&amp;utm_term=30247648\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">investigating a \u201csafety concern\u201d linked to the use of the updated Pfizer Covid vaccine\u00a0booster\u00a0in seniors<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/24GoZHci7b4?start=1\" 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>(5). Just when we thought The Left couldn&#8217;t get any crazier, the powers-that-be at USC proved us wrong, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/the-usc-trojans-come-out-of-the-locker-room-and-line-up-on-the-practicum\/?utm_source=recirc-mobile&amp;utm_medium=homepage&amp;utm_campaign=river&amp;utm_content=featured-content-trending&amp;utm_term=second\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>this forward from The Boss conclusively demonstrates<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/The fact that many people take this sort of stuff dead seriously reveals a major cultural problem in American middle-class life.\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>As Wilfred Reilly notes at NRO<\/em><\/span><\/a>, &#8220;T<span style=\"color: #000000;\">he fact that many people take this sort of stuff dead seriously reveals a major cultural problem in American middle-class life<\/span>.&#8221;\u00a0 He&#8217;s right about that, as we honestly find it impossible to imagine anyone has time to ponder such inanities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). Sorry, but with his Bureau burning down around him, how does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/davos-2023-bigwigs-return-swiss-mountains-amid-economic-crunch\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Chris Wray find the time to jet off to Switzerland for the Davos Forum<\/em><\/span><\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6).\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Writing at the <em>Weekend Jolt<\/em>, Judson Berger offers the prescient warning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-weekend-jolt\/grab-your-spatulas-this-fight-isnt-over\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=20230114_Weekend_Jolt&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>w<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>e haven\u2019t heard the last of the stove banners<\/em><\/span>., which his <em>NRO<\/em> colleague Jack Crowe described as a \u201ca gun grab for people who like to cook.\u201d\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the kicker: The banners have no plan <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>WHATSOEVER<\/em><\/span>\u00a0how to generate the electricity to power the electric appliances which will replace those powered by the cleanest burning, most plentiful fuel on the planet.\u00a0 As this meme forwarded by Hickey points out:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106566\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image001.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image001-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/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\/2023\/01\/clueless.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106551\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/clueless.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/clueless.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/clueless-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sk011523dAPR-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106597\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sk011523dAPR-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sk011523dAPR-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sk011523dAPR-800x0-300x231.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106553\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a-7.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a-7-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cb011323dAPR-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106540\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cb011323dAPR-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cb011323dAPR-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cb011323dAPR-800x0-300x227.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cb011223dAPC-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106541\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cb011223dAPC-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cb011223dAPC-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cb011223dAPC-800x0-300x227.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aa-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106598\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aa-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aa-4.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aa-4-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106599\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a-8.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a-8-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MC_Doggonit_web-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106542\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MC_Doggonit_web-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MC_Doggonit_web-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MC_Doggonit_web-800x0-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Image-1-13-23-at-2.01-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106543\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Image-1-13-23-at-2.01-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Image-1-13-23-at-2.01-PM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Image-1-13-23-at-2.01-PM-300x226.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\/2023\/01\/Speed1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106577\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Speed1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Speed1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Speed1-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Speed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106537\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Speed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Speed.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Speed-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;James Patrick&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/JIMMEEE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106538\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/JIMMEEE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/JIMMEEE.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/JIMMEEE-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Major Jon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Major-Jon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106539\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Major-Jon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Major-Jon.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Major-Jon-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Rick Page&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image003.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106578\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image003.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image003.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image003-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/img-0.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106579\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/img-0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/img-0.png 460w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/img-0-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/img-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106580\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/img-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/img-9.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/img-9-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/img-12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106581\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/img-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/img-12.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/img-12-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;Ed Hickey&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hickey1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106587\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hickey1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hickey1-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hickey1-1-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hickey2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106588\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hickey2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hickey2-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hickey2-1-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Balls Cotton:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/balls1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106582\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/balls1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/balls1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/balls1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/balls1-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Balls3-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106584\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Balls3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Balls3-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Balls3-1-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Balls4-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106585\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Balls4-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Balls4-1.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Balls4-1-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Balls2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106583\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Balls2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Balls2-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Balls2-1-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a day with further evidence the depths to which the Biden criminal cartel will go haven&#8217;t even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>begun<\/em><\/span> to be plumbed, as Jonathan Turley reports on a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2023\/01\/15\/the-importance-of-being-biden-how-hunter-reached-seeking-to-bar-daughter-from-using-his-surname\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">New low for Hunter Biden: Fighting to prevent daughter with ex-lover from using his last name<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/77lfyz.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106605\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/77lfyz.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/77lfyz.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/77lfyz-300x158.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>In Oscar Wilde\u2019s\u00a0&#8220;The Importance of Being\u00a0Ernest,&#8221; the main character\u2019s search for his true name comes to a head when he finally demands &#8220;would you kindly inform me who I am?&#8221; <span style=\"color: #008080;\">In an astonishing filing this week,\u00a0Hunter Biden\u00a0answered that question for his four-year-old daughter Navy Joan and effectively declared &#8220;you are no Biden.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Hunter Biden\u2019s disgraceful treatment of his daughter has long been on display in Arkansas where he denied being her father, fought paternity, and was\u00a0threatened with contempt\u00a0of court over his failure to supply needed documents.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>After DNA testing was forced by a court,\u00a0Hunter was found to be the father\u00a0but he continued to resist efforts to force him to pay child support and supply financial records.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Recently, Hunter\u2019s ex-lover Lunden Roberts\u00a0sought to have a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hunter-bidens-ex-stripper-lover-requests-change-their-childs-last-name-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">surname change\u00a0for her daughter<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span>\u00a0to Biden. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">Even after his long and abusive treatment of his daughter in court, Hunter Biden\u2019s opposition is breathtaking.<\/span>\u00a0 He opposes his daughter using his name and says that, if she does, she will never have a &#8220;peaceful existence.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<div id=\"desktop_desk-art-opin-lb2\" class=\"ad gam\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-iu=\"lb2\" data-ad-size=\"728x90,300x250,320x50,300x50,1x1,fluid\" data-ad-lz=\"1\" data-hot-unit=\"\" data-ad-init=\"1\" data-google-query-id=\"COb2t-G8yvwCFaQOiAkdbpkM_w\" data-ad-slot-rendered=\"1\" data-rendered-size=\"1x1\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/4145\/fnc\/desk\/art\/opin\/lb2_0__container__\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Of course, Biden did not feel that way with his other four children.<\/span> They are all true Bidens and living peaceful existences. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">It is only Navy Joan who he does not want to bear the family name.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"subheading\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Hunter\u2019s concern for Navy Joan\u2019s peaceful existence is a bit odd since he has reportedly\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2022\/nov\/28\/biden-family-christmas-stockings-exclude-hunters-o\/\" class=\"broken_link\">never even seen his daughter<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em>\u00a0after fighting for years to deny his paternal status and child support.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"subheading\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>While living in\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/secret-service-paying-30k-month-malibu-mansion-protect\/story?id=83821498\">a luxurious mansion in Malibu<\/a><\/em><\/span>, Hunter continued to fight his obligations under child support and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/09\/14\/hunter-biden-tries-to-lower-child-support-payments-claiming-financial-hardship\/\">requested<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0in September 2022 to have the payments lowered, bemoaning how his \u201cfinancial circumstances\u201d were difficult for him.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #800000;\">The public\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/secret-service-paying-30k-month-malibu-mansion-protect\/story?id=83821498\">pays more for his security<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0in his mansion than he does in\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/14\/hunter-biden-trying-to-lower-child-support-for-4-year-old-love-child\/\">monthly support for his daughter<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"subheading\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Hunter is asking Circuit Court Judge Holly Meyer to deny Navy Joan the ability to use her father\u2019s surname and claiming that it is in her best interest. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">The filing is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so<\/em><\/span> self-serving and transparently dishonest that it does what was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>once thought impossible<\/em><\/span>: reach <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a new low for Hunter<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> All of his reported selfies having sex and doing drugs with prostitutes were shocking. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">His\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2022\/06\/16\/thats-now-in-the-hands-of-the-fbi-newly-obtained-texts-by-hunter-shed-light-on-gun-controversy\/\">attacks on his former sister-in-law<\/a><\/em><\/span>,\u00a0Hallie Biden, widow of the deceased brother (with whom Hunter later had a romantic relationship), were appalling.<\/span> However, the craven effort to deny this child his name reaches a level of cad that stands <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unrivaled<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"subheading\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The position of Hunter in court has been disgraceful, but the media has largely ignored the matter.<\/span> It has also ignored the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>utter<\/em><\/span> lack of support from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>President Joe Biden and the First Lady<\/em><\/span>, who tellingly\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2022\/nov\/28\/biden-family-christmas-stockings-exclude-hunters-o\/\" class=\"broken_link\">omitted a stocking for Navy Joan<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0as one of their grandchildren. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">(The dog and cat did receive stockings).<\/span> There is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>no record<\/em><\/span> that Joe or Jill Biden have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ever<\/em><\/span> sought to meet, let alone embrace, their grandchild. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">The President <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>has<\/em><\/span>, however, sought to\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10882957\/Joe-Biden-REFUSES-provide-security-Hunters-lovechild-Navy-Joan.html\">deny the child security protection<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0(despite his son\u2019s concern for her \u201cpeaceful existence\u201d).<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"subheading\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Joe Biden has\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2020\/01\/08\/past-due-court-declares-hunter-biden-the-father-of-child-in-arkansas\/\">long campaigned<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0against \u201cdeadbeat Dads\u201d but when a Fox reporter asked about Hunter\u2019s refusal to pay child support, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>President Biden snapped at him<\/em><\/span> and refused to answer the question on the \u201cpersonal matter.\u201d <span style=\"color: #800000;\">(The media <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also<\/em><\/span> ignored Hunter\u2019s deadbeat dad record in\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2021\/04\/09\/the-hunter-biden-reclamation-project-jimmy-kimmel-is-the-latest-to-embrace-hunters-scandal-spin\/\">fawning interviews<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0about this \u201cbravery\u201d in writing a book on his life)<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>That&#8217;s one piece of human excrement who didn&#8217;t fall far from his stinking sphincter of a father.\u00a0 And Dr. Jill seems to have married into the perfect family.<\/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>Rand Paul knocks it out of the park paying homage to a lesson taken to heart by Davey Crockett. WOW!!! Here&#8217;s to Horatio Bunce! BTW, Paul says nothing whatsoever about Pelosi.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SJMxcIvQNW8?start=0&amp;end=526&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><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Tales of The Darkside<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ami Horowitz gets a Mexican citizen&#8217;s assessment of the many educated asses in America.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/98hzoa_z3-s\" 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=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>On the Lighter Side<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Club Pro Guy at the top of his game!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EbfdHXpVQfM\" 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, January 16th, 2023&#8230;but before we begin, rewatching the clip of Peter Doocy confronting Joe Biden over his mishandling of classified materials, we noticed something peculiar: \ufeff\ufeff Namely Biden&#8217;s lack of his usual combativeness when presented with inconveniently irrefutable facts. No &#8220;C&#8217;mon man&#8221;: \ufeff No\u00a0asinine challenge to a push-up contest: \ufeff (We&#8217;ve always wondered [&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-106593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106593","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=106593"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106685,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106593\/revisions\/106685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}