{"id":29660,"date":"2015-02-17T17:59:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T22:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=29660"},"modified":"2015-02-17T17:59:41","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T22:59:41","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-february-16th-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=29660","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, February 16th, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, February 16th, 2015&#8230;and here&#8217;s The Gouge!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, another random act of culture, courtesy of the would-be Caliphate:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"Copenhagen Shooting Suspect Killed by Police\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/danish-police-kill-suspect-in-copenhagen-shootings-1423989155?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Copenhagen Shooting Suspect Killed by Police<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"Copenhagen Shooting Suspect Killed by Police\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/danish-police-kill-suspect-in-copenhagen-shootings-1423989155?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">Police Believe Gunman Was Behind Saturday\u2019s Shootings at Cafe, Synagogue<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/BN-GY750_0214de_J_20150214114322.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29590\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/BN-GY750_0214de_J_20150214114322.jpg\" alt=\"BN-GY750_0214de_J_20150214114322\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/BN-GY750_0214de_J_20150214114322.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/BN-GY750_0214de_J_20150214114322-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;For a second, the 50-strong audience didn\u2019t pay much attention, thinking it was some firecrackers, Agnieszka Kolek, a Polish artist and free-speech activist who was present, said in a telephone interview.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But the gunfire intensified and bullets began piercing through the windows, spreading panic inside the cafe. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>Curtains prevented participants from seeing their assailant <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but \u201cwe heard him shout \u2018Allahu akbar<\/span><\/em>,\u2019 \u201d Ms. Kolek said<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good thing guns are essentially banned in Denmark! \u00a0<\/strong><strong>Oh,&#8230;and the assassination in the Copenhagen synagogue only hours after the free speech rally killing remain, at press-time&#8230;unconnected&#8230;at least according to The Obamao&#8217;s kindred spirits in the Danish police.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, as\u00a0<em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s\u00a0Andrew McCarthy observes&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"Folks Do The Randomest Things\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/398362\/folks-do-randomest-things-andrew-c-mccarthy\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"article_title\" style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Folks Do the Randomest Things <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"Folks Do The Randomest Things\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/398362\/folks-do-randomest-things-andrew-c-mccarthy\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008000;\"><span class=\"article_subtitle\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Some random observations on random acts of non-Islamic violence. <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/random-vioence.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29598\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/random-vioence.png\" alt=\"random vioence\" width=\"400\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/random-vioence.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/random-vioence-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;I<\/span> don\u2019t understand why folks are giving President Obama and his spokes-minions such a hard time over his insistence that Ahmedy Coulibaly, the terrorist who just happened to be Muslim committing terrorism that had nothing to do with Islam, was just \u201crandomly\u201d picking out folks in Paris to kill when he randomly came upon a grocery that just happened to be Jewish and, coincidentally, to have Jews in it, whom he randomly killed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sure, we know Coulibaly called a French TV station during the siege, said he was loyal to the Islamic State that has nothing to do with Islam, and that he picked this kosher market because he was targeting Jews. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">But you can\u2019t believe everything you hear on TV \u2014 just ask Brian Williams.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">By the way, have you ever flipped randomly through Islamic scripture?<\/span>\u00a0I just happened to land on sura 5:82 \u2014 wasn\u2019t looking for anything in particular, you see \u2014 and found that it says: \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Strongest among men in enmity to the Believers wilt thou find the Jews and pagans<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, in an item just dripping with irony, the <em>Puffington Host<\/em> informs us&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" title=\"Obama's Anti-Extremist Strategy Criticized As Wrongly Singling Out Muslims\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2015\/02\/13\/muslims-white-house-summit-extremism_n_6680952.html?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067&amp;ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000058\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Obama&#8217;s Anti-Extremist Strategy Criticized As Wrongly Singling Out Muslims<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cair-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29599\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cair-1.jpg\" alt=\"cair-1\" width=\"400\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cair-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cair-1-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>&#8220;Islam does not encourage the pursuit of knowledge outside of itself, and it has sometimes been referred to as \u201cthe religion which has produced nothing but religion\u201d&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;As the White House prepares to host a three-day summit next week on countering violent extremism, <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>many high-profile Muslim and religious groups argue that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the administration&#8217;s efforts have unfairly singled out Muslims and the Islamic faith<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In the days leading up to the summit, Muslim Advocates said it has &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>serious concerns about the government\u2019s track record of treating extremist violence as though it were an exclusively Muslim problem<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/span> The prominent civil rights and legal advocacy group, which will be represented at the White House event, <em>said the government&#8217;s efforts on extremism send &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a dangerous signal to members of the public that their Muslim neighbors are a threat<\/span><\/em>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wait&#8230;the Islamic Underground is supposedly sniping at the guy who won\u2019t even use the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>term<\/em><\/span> &#8220;Islamic terror&#8221;?!? \u00a0If you&#8217;ll forgive the phrase&#8230;and with apologies to Will Shakespeare&#8230;folks, something&#8217;s rotten in Denmark&#8230;and it ain&#8217;t the corpses of the latest two victims of The Religion of Peace.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is classic Islamic misdirection, obfuscation and prevarication. \u00a0And for those who don&#8217;t get our point yet remain<\/strong><strong>\u00a0interested in a deeper understanding of what Islam in general, and CAIR specifically, are all about should take the time to visit <a title=\"The Myths and Lies of Islam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.knightscrusaders.com\/Knights_Crusaders\/The_Myths_And_Lies_Of_Muhammed.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Knights Crusaders.com<\/em><\/span><\/a>. \u00a0Talk about an eye-opener; things are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>DEF<\/em><\/span>initely not what The Dear Misleader and his Islamist allies would have you believe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But thankfully, we can all&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2jqQsDklQEM\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>For as the <em>WSJ<\/em> informs us,\u00a0in yet another incredible coincidence&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"Iran's Supreme Leader Sends Obama New Letter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/irans-ayatollah-sends-new-letter-to-obama-amid-nuclear-talks-1423872638\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">Iran\u2019s Ayatollah Sends New Letter to Obama Amid Nuclear Talks<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"Iran's Supreme Leader Sends Obama New Letter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/irans-ayatollah-sends-new-letter-to-obama-amid-nuclear-talks-1423872638\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Tone Described as \u2018Respectful\u2019 but Noncommittal on Cooperation Against Islamic State<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DJPCqUhSRbY?start=80\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Mr. Khamenei\u2019s ambiguity about his willingness to strike a landmark deal has left U.S. officials waging little more than a guessing-game.<\/span> This unsophisticated art mostly involves picking apart the supreme leader\u2019s speeches to try to decipher his state of mind.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u201cYou don\u2019t know how important it is for the supreme leader of Iran to actually write a letter to the U.S.,\u201d said a second former U.S. official briefed on the correspondence.<\/span> \u201cIt\u2019s a sign he recognizes the country.\u201d<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>No, it&#8217;s a sign he views U.S. officials in general, and this Administration in particular, with&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Hassan-Rohani-and-Ayatollah-Ali-Khameni.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29616\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Hassan-Rohani-and-Ayatollah-Ali-Khameni.jpg\" alt=\"Hassan Rohani and Ayatollah Ali Khameni\" width=\"400\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Hassan-Rohani-and-Ayatollah-Ali-Khameni.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Hassan-Rohani-and-Ayatollah-Ali-Khameni-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8230;<em>complete and utter <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">contempt<\/span><\/em>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Allow us to assist the benighted butt-breaths in Foggy Bottom and the White House in deciphering Mr. Khamenei&#8217;s state of mind as regards both Israel and the United States:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/israel_atomic_bomb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29580\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/israel_atomic_bomb.jpg\" alt=\"israel_atomic_bomb\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/israel_atomic_bomb.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/israel_atomic_bomb-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s the same set of circumstances which existed in 1979&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/iran_was_not_jimmy_carters_fault-460x307.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29617\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/iran_was_not_jimmy_carters_fault-460x307.jpg\" alt=\"iran_was_not_jimmy_carters_fault-460x307\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/iran_was_not_jimmy_carters_fault-460x307.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/iran_was_not_jimmy_carters_fault-460x307-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;except <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>THAT<\/em><\/span> Ayatollah didn&#8217;t possess a nuclear bomb, let alone the missiles with which to deliver it. \u00a0But hey, who needs\u00a0<\/strong><strong>a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"A Shrinking Defense Budget Imperils Missile Defense\" href=\"http:\/\/www.realcleardefense.com\/articles\/2014\/03\/24\/a_shrinking_defense_budget_imperils_missile_defense_107147.html\">missile defense system<\/a><\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And there&#8217;s 23 long months before the cavalry&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/0120_big.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29618\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/0120_big.gif\" alt=\"0120_big\" width=\"350\" height=\"536\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;can even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>begin<\/em><\/span> to ride to the rescue!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Moving on, the latest on Williamsgate, courtesy first of Peter Kann writing at the\u00a0<em>WSJ<\/em>, who suggests there are certain&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"Things a War Correspondent Should Never Say\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/peter-kann-things-a-war-correspondent-should-never-say-1423872391\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Things a War Correspondent Should Never Say<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"Things a War Correspondent Should Never Say\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/peter-kann-things-a-war-correspondent-should-never-say-1423872391\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What was Brian Williams doing recounting his supposed experiences in the first place? That\u2019s bad form.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/brian-williams-misremembers-memes_15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29583\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/brian-williams-misremembers-memes_15.jpg\" alt=\"brian-williams-misremembers-memes_15\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/brian-williams-misremembers-memes_15.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/brian-williams-misremembers-memes_15-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Amid all the breathless media coverage of the fall of NBC\u2019s rock-star anchor, Brian Williams , perhaps one postscript remains to be added. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The banished anchor\u2019s problem was not just that he exaggerated and lied about his brief foray into a war zone; <em>it is that he chose to talk about it\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">frequently and egocentrically<\/span>\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at all<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Mr. Williams is symptomatic of larger social trends where traditional virtues like modesty and privacy have given way to the spotlight of self-promotion, where even lives too pedestrian for the paparazzi become an endless series of selfies.<\/strong><\/span> But, lest we descend too deeply into pop psychology, <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><em>the larger blame belongs with Mr. Williams himself <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and the hubris of an anchorman who lacked the anchor of common sense and self-restraint<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>But as Victor Davis Hanson notes over at <em>NRO<\/em>, the problem isn&#8217;t exclusive to either Williams or <em>NBC<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"Brian Williams' Truth Problem\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/398416\/brian-williamss-truth-problem-and-ours-victor-davis-hanson\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800080;\"><span class=\"article_title\">Brian Williams\u2019s Truth Problem, and Ours <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"Brian Williams' Truth Problem\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/398416\/brian-williamss-truth-problem-and-ours-victor-davis-hanson\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"article_subtitle\" style=\"color: #008080; text-decoration: underline;\">The NBC anchor\u2019s lies are symptomatic of a culture in which truth has become relativized. <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/brian-williams_star-trek.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29597\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/brian-williams_star-trek.jpg\" alt=\"brian-williams_star-trek\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/brian-williams_star-trek.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/brian-williams_star-trek-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;The Greek word for truth was <em>aletheia\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 literally \u201cnot forgetting.\u201d <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Yet that ancient idea of eternal differences between truth and myth is now lost in the modern age.\u00a0<\/span>Our lies become accepted as true, <em>but only depending on how powerful and influential we are<\/em> \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>or how supposedly noble the cause for which we lie<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29596\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Obama-smiling-on-phone-92676927366-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Obama-smiling-on-phone-92676927366-300x180\" width=\"350\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Obama-smiling-on-phone-92676927366-300x180.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Obama-smiling-on-phone-92676927366-300x180-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Allow us to contrast figments of Williams&#8217; imagination\/ego with the mindset of a genuine hero.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Back in the summer of 1975, between our Youngster and 2nd-Class years at the Naval Academy (that&#8217;s sophomore and junior years to you landlubbers!) we spent a week playing Marine down at Quantico. \u00a0The officer in charge of the Midshipman detail was a Lt. Col. Walt Boomer, destined to become Lt. Gen. Walter Boomer, commander of the Marine Forces which liberated Kuwait during the First Gulf War. \u00a0You know&#8230;when former Naval Aviator George H.W. Bush lost his nerve and left the removal of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>OTHER<\/em><\/span> Hussein&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/602316_original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29619\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/602316_original.jpg\" alt=\"602316_original\" width=\"272\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/602316_original.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/602316_original-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;to his son.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We entered the Quantico O-Club after what seemed (at least at the time!) a long, sleepless two days and one night in the field, to encounter not only what was the best-tasting beer we&#8217;ve ever downed&#8230;a bottle of Miller High-Life&#8230;but Lt. Col. Boomer, sporting what we immediately recognized as two&#8230;count &#8217;em, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>TWO<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Silver Star\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silver_Star\">Silver Stars<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>FYI: they don&#8217;t give these out to just anybody, let alone <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>TWO<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Never one to be shy, even amongst our seniors, we inquired as to the circumstances of Colonel Boomer&#8217;s first Silver Star. \u00a0His humble response was a simple, &#8220;Well, we got into a little trouble one time.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hardly one to be easily dissuaded, we followed up with an interrogatory regarding the events surrounding the second. \u00a0&#8220;Well,&#8221; was his laconic reply, &#8220;we got into a little bit <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more<\/em><\/span> trouble.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>We didn&#8217;t to need to ask about two Bronze Stars, but simply stated, &#8220;Let me guess; you got into a little bit\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more<\/em><\/span> trouble?!?&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>You get the point: when it comes to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>REAL<\/em><\/span> heroes, the story isn&#8217;t about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>them<\/em><\/span>, nor do they feel the need to provide those who haven&#8217;t been there the gory details.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brian Williams is, like Hillary, both a liar and what we term an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>experience vampire<\/em><\/span>: they burnish their reputations and resumes off the perils experienced by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>others<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If such a character flaw should prove fatal to an evening news anchor, whose only real exposure to danger is misreading a teleprompter, how much more so to an utterly unaccomplished woman seeking the highest office in the land?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in the <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Environmental Moment<\/span>, here&#8217;s a real shocker:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"Study: Global warming skeptics know more about climate science\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/science\/2015\/02\/12\/study-global-warming-skeptics-know-more-about-climate-science\/?intcmp=latestnews\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008000;\">Study: Global warming skeptics know more about climate science<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/al-gore.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29575\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/al-gore.jpg\" alt=\"al-gore\" width=\"293\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/al-gore.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/al-gore-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Are global warming skeptics simply ignorant about climate science?\u00a0Not so, says a forthcoming paper in the journal Advances in Political Psychology<i><\/i>by Yale Professor Dan Kahan. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>He finds that skeptics score about the same (<em>in fact slightly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">better<\/span><\/em>) on climate science questions.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The study asked 2,000 respondents nine questions about where they thought scientists stand on climate science.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>On average, skeptics got about 4.5 questions correct, whereas manmade warming believers got about 4 questions right.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0One question, for instance, asked if scientists believe that warming would \u201cincrease the risk of skin cancer.\u201d Skeptics were more likely than believers to know that is false&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proof yet again Liberals aren&#8217;t totally ignorant; they just know so many things that aren&#8217;t so.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/al-gore-didnt-invent-the-internet-but-he-did-make-up-global-warming.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29579\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/al-gore-didnt-invent-the-internet-but-he-did-make-up-global-warming.gif\" alt=\"al-gore-didnt-invent-the-internet-but-he-did-make-up-global-warming\" width=\"400\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of the anthropogenic global warming scam, here&#8217;s the latest from it&#8217;s kissing West Viriginia cousin, the alternative vehicle hoax:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"The Tesla Paradox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-tesla-paradox-1423786534?tesla=y\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\">The Tesla Paradox<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"The Tesla Paradox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-tesla-paradox-1423786534?tesla=y\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Visions of a $700 billion market cap but still living off subsidies.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/obama-atm-insert-taxpayer-funds-here-free-money-machine-america-atm-sad-hill-news.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-29576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/obama-atm-insert-taxpayer-funds-here-free-money-machine-america-atm-sad-hill-news-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"obama-atm-insert-taxpayer-funds-here-free-money-machine-america-atm-sad-hill-news\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/obama-atm-insert-taxpayer-funds-here-free-money-machine-america-atm-sad-hill-news-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/obama-atm-insert-taxpayer-funds-here-free-money-machine-america-atm-sad-hill-news.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Elon Musk isn\u2019t known for modesty, and this week the Tesla Motors CEO laid out his ambition to grow 50% a year and deliver a stock valuation in 10 years of $700 billion\u2014the current valuation of Apple, the world\u2019s most valuable company. <span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>So why does Tesla, which is already valued at about $27 billion, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>still need so much taxpayer welfare<\/em><\/span>?<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short answer: they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don&#8217;t<\/em><\/span>. \u00a0The <em>Journal<\/em> editorial ends by suggesting, &#8220;Turn off the taxpayer tap, Mr. Musk. It would earn you more friends for the long haul.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We simply wish Musk would put his <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>own<\/em><\/span> money where his mouth is, along with every other green scam artist.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, on the Lighter Side&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mrz021315dAPR20150213124623.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29585\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mrz021315dAPR20150213124623.jpg\" alt=\"mrz021315dAPR20150213124623\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mrz021315dAPR20150213124623.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mrz021315dAPR20150213124623-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/RAMclr-092413-negotiate-IBD.jpg.cms_.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29613\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/RAMclr-092413-negotiate-IBD.jpg.cms_.jpeg\" alt=\"RAMclr-092413-negotiate-IBD.jpg.cms\" width=\"462\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/RAMclr-092413-negotiate-IBD.jpg.cms_.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/RAMclr-092413-negotiate-IBD.jpg.cms_-300x212.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/north20korea20iran20nuclear20tests20obama20joke20cartoon_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29614\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/north20korea20iran20nuclear20tests20obama20joke20cartoon_1.jpg\" alt=\"north20korea20iran20nuclear20tests20obama20joke20cartoon_1\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/north20korea20iran20nuclear20tests20obama20joke20cartoon_1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/north20korea20iran20nuclear20tests20obama20joke20cartoon_1-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/obama-fire-hydrant-putin-dog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29615\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/obama-fire-hydrant-putin-dog.jpg\" alt=\"obama-fire-hydrant-putin-dog\" width=\"462\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/obama-fire-hydrant-putin-dog.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/obama-fire-hydrant-putin-dog-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/81_15996620150213041320.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29572\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/81_15996620150213041320.jpg\" alt=\"81_15996620150213041320\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/81_15996620150213041320.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/81_15996620150213041320-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/payn_c12770020150213120100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29571\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/payn_c12770020150213120100.jpg\" alt=\"payn_c12770020150213120100\" width=\"462\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/payn_c12770020150213120100.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/payn_c12770020150213120100-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/image0031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29564\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/image0031.jpg\" alt=\"image003\" width=\"462\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/image0031.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/image0031-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Grey-Expectations-Sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29565\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Grey-Expectations-Sm.jpg\" alt=\"Grey Expectations Sm\" width=\"500\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Grey-Expectations-Sm.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Grey-Expectations-Sm-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FiftyShadesBiden-Sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29566\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FiftyShadesBiden-Sm.jpg\" alt=\"FiftyShadesBiden Sm\" width=\"500\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FiftyShadesBiden-Sm.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FiftyShadesBiden-Sm-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Calendar-Girl-Sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29567\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Calendar-Girl-Sm.jpg\" alt=\"Calendar Girl Sm\" width=\"500\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Calendar-Girl-Sm.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Calendar-Girl-Sm-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/download-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29586\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/download-1.jpeg\" alt=\"download (1)\" width=\"500\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/download-1.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/download-1-300x262.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/download-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29587\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/download-2.jpeg\" alt=\"download (2)\" width=\"450\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/download-2.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/download-2-240x300.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/download.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29588\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/download.jpeg\" alt=\"download\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/download.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/download-300x240.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Monday, February 16th, 2015&#8230;and here&#8217;s The Gouge! First up, another random act of culture, courtesy of the would-be Caliphate: Copenhagen Shooting Suspect Killed by Police Police Believe Gunman Was Behind Saturday\u2019s Shootings at Cafe, Synagogue &nbsp; &#8220;For a second, the 50-strong audience didn\u2019t pay much attention, thinking it was some firecrackers, Agnieszka Kolek, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1988,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29660","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=29660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29661,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29660\/revisions\/29661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}