{"id":33249,"date":"2015-09-22T18:19:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T22:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=33249"},"modified":"2015-09-22T18:19:46","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T22:19:46","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-september-14th-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=33249","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, September 14th, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, September 14th, 2015&#8230;but first, a<\/strong><b>\u00a0frank confession: though thankfully NOT suffering from&#8230;\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A4B0pLDqYqI\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;a case of &#8220;The Monday&#8217;s&#8221; (for which we&#8217;d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>deserve<\/em><\/span> to get our ass kicked!), we fear we&#8217;re rather symptomatic of a bout of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Dimocratic-induced Depression<\/em><\/span>\u00a0(DID). \u00a0Unlike the unreasoned responses and irrevocable irrationality associated with BDS&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bush_derangement_syndrome.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33209\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bush_derangement_syndrome.jpg\" alt=\"bush_derangement_syndrome\" width=\"400\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bush_derangement_syndrome.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/bush_derangement_syndrome-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;DID<em> is\u00a0<\/em>manifested by occasional anxiety regarding the heading the Founding Father&#8217;s Republic is being steered; not only in terms of who&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6a00d83451af9f69e20134880edb65970c-500wi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33211\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6a00d83451af9f69e20134880edb65970c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"6a00d83451af9f69e20134880edb65970c-500wi\" width=\"350\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6a00d83451af9f69e20134880edb65970c-500wi.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6a00d83451af9f69e20134880edb65970c-500wi-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;is at the helm, but the status of those specifically tasked with correcting the captain&#8217;s&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/boehner_mcconnell1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33212\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/boehner_mcconnell1.jpg\" alt=\"John Boehner\" width=\"400\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/boehner_mcconnell1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/boehner_mcconnell1-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;egregiously errant course. \u00a0Which only serves to reinforce the truth of the old adage, &#8220;Lead, follow&#8230;or GTF out of the way!&#8221; \u00a0It&#8217;s time for both of these fossilized career politicians to GTF out of the way; better yet, for the Republican Party to show them the door!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s The Gouge!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re in the midst of a severe spell of DID, today&#8217;s edition will be short and sweet; in fact, comprised of four items epitomizing the state of the nation made inevitable by some 50 years of Progressive policies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibit &#8220;A&#8221;, courtesy of <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s David French&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\">The Pentagon Throws the Book at Bowe Bergdahl<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6176451435_47987fa75e_z-2-338x450.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33201\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6176451435_47987fa75e_z-2-338x450.jpg\" alt=\"6176451435_47987fa75e_z-2-338x450\" width=\"275\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6176451435_47987fa75e_z-2-338x450.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6176451435_47987fa75e_z-2-338x450-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>It looks like the Obama administration may have traded five high-ranking Taliban prisoners for someone who was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">worse<\/span> than a deserter<\/strong><\/span><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>Military prosecutors have reached into a section of military law seldom used since World War II in the politically fraught case against Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier held prisoner for years by the Taliban after leaving his post in Afghanistan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #d99032;\"><strong><em>Observers wondered for months if Bergdahl would be charged with desertion after the deal brokered by the U.S. to bring him home. <span style=\"color: #808000;\">He <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">was<\/span> \u2014 but he was also charged with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">misbehavior before the enemy<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a much rarer offense that carries a stiffer potential penalty in this case<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #d99032;\"><strong>Misbehavior before the enemy violates Article 99 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice and includes grotesquely dishonorable behavior, including\u00a0running away, \u201cshamefully\u201d abandoning any place that it is his \u201cduty to defend,\u201d \u201ccowardly conduct,\u201d or endangering the safety of his unit through his own \u201cdisobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct.\u201d<\/strong><\/span> The maximum penalty is death, but it\u2019s highly unlikely that the Army will seek to execute Bergdahl. Life imprisonment, however, is much more realistic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Given what we know about this case, Article 99 is an appropriate charge. As he knew \u2014 as everyone knew who served downrange \u2014 the military will launch a massive search for any soldier missing in action. Not only is there a moral imperative not to leave a fallen comrade, prisoners in enemy hands would likely be tortured, exploited for intelligence information, then executed (on film) in the most brutal way possible. <span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>While the military apparently disputes the allegation that soldiers died searching for Bergdahl, he unquestionably put his brothers-in-arms at immense risk.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Next up is an Article 32 hearing on September 17.<span style=\"color: #d99032;\"><strong> More evidence will emerge during the court-martial proceedings, but thus far I\u2019ve seen nothing to contradict the charge and much evidence to support the prosecution. <span style=\"color: #808000;\">In the meantime, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>five Taliban commanders were unavailable for comment<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>They were too busy plotting the deaths of American soldiers and civilians<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thus Bowe Bergdahl will almost&#8230;&#8221;almost&#8221; hell&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most<\/em><\/span> assuredly cost additional Americans their lives. \u00a0And with the extra $150 billion they just handed the Iranians, Der Obafuhrer&#8217;s Dimocratic sycophants in the Senate ensure The Dear Misleader is the gift that keeps on giving many years into the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All of which makes, as Mike Mukasey details at the <em>WSJ<\/em>, what follows a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most<\/em><\/span> monumental task:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/cleaning-up-after-the-obama-teams-iran-deal-1442183127\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">Cleaning Up After the Obama Team\u2019s Iran Deal<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/cleaning-up-after-the-obama-teams-iran-deal-1442183127\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Show Tehran the ways it may lose what it won at the gaming tables in Vienna<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Obama-Broom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33185\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Obama-Broom.jpg\" alt=\"Obama Broom\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Obama-Broom.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Obama-Broom-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u2018We couldn\u2019t have negotiated a better deal.&#8217; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">That is one of the two pillars of the Obama administration\u2019s argument in favor of its nuclear arrangement with Iran, the other being, \u201cthere\u2019s no alternative but war.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span> Those two propositions appear to have won the day\u2014at least with enough Democrats in Congress to prevent a vote disapproving of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The Iran deal remains deeply unpopular with the American public and with the Republican majority in Congress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Over the past few months, the two propositions regarding the deal left opponents sputtering a catalog of its numerous defects.<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong> But it must be admitted that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the first proposition<\/em><\/span>\u2014\u201c<em>we couldn\u2019t have negotiated a better deal<\/em>\u201d\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is plainly true<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Gen. Michael Hayden, a former CIA director, has suggested an immediate congressional authorization for the use of force if Iran violates the deal; beefing up U.S. defenses in a meaningful way; and perhaps providing Israel with the Massive Ordnance Penetrator.<\/strong><\/span> This \u201cbunker buster\u201d could penetrate even the underground Iranian enrichment facility at Fordow, which is suitable principally for creating an atomic weapon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Has the Tehran regime ever done anything to suggest that Iran will yield to that kind of pressure<\/em><\/span>?<\/span> The evidence is slim, but there is some. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">On Jan. 20, 1981, <em>as the resolute Ronald Reagan was sworn in to succeed Jimmy Carter<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the Iranians released the 52 U.S. hostages who had been seized in 1979 at the U.S. Embassy<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">However, <em>before Iran can respond to a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">credible<\/span> threat of force<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>there must be a U.S. administration with enough steel to do more than talk about whether a vague military option is on or off a metaphoric table<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <em>That is assuredly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> the current \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we<\/span>.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2014_08-dumb-and-dumber-kerry-obama-foreign-policy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33213\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2014_08-dumb-and-dumber-kerry-obama-foreign-policy.jpg\" alt=\"2014_08-dumb-and-dumber-kerry-obama-foreign-policy\" width=\"275\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2014_08-dumb-and-dumber-kerry-obama-foreign-policy.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2014_08-dumb-and-dumber-kerry-obama-foreign-policy-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Unfortunately, as history proves, security from Islamic terror for both Israel and the United States&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/haifaattacked.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/haifaattacked.gif\" alt=\"haifaattacked\" width=\"400\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/article-2035503-006B50B300000258-411_964x1065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33215\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/article-2035503-006B50B300000258-411_964x1065.jpg\" alt=\"article-2035503-006B50B300000258-411_964x1065\" width=\"400\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/article-2035503-006B50B300000258-411_964x1065.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/article-2035503-006B50B300000258-411_964x1065-271x300.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;is no laughing matter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also from\u00a0<em>NRO.<\/em>..<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Fiorina: Actually, Clinton Did \u2018Stop and Think\u2019 About Her Server<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Hillary3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33184\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Hillary3.jpg\" alt=\"Democratic presidential candidate Clinton looks through teleprompter before discussing the Iran nuclear agreement in Washington\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Hillary3.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Hillary3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Earlier this week, Hillary Clinton\u00a0suggested that she did not\u00a0put a lot of thought into her e-mail system while Secretary of State. Asked about this claim on\u00a0Face the Nation,\u00a0Carly Fiorina\u00a0struck a skeptical tone:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong><em>I don\u2019t think it\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">plausible<\/span> for her to say, \u2018Oh, I wasn\u2019t paying any attention.\u2019\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">She clearly was paying attention<\/span>. <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Fiorina noted that one does not just fall into such an arrangement:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">It takes a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lot<\/span> of work <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to install a private server system in your basement<\/span>.<\/span> I<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">t takes a lot of work to make sure that you are having the right connections to conduct both personal and professional business over that system<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Fiorina also pointed out that Clinton had hired a professional to set up the system:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">We know<\/span>, for example, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that she hired into the State Department a political operative who had done IT work on her campaign and for her PAC<\/span>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">That IT operative was paid $5,000<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not by taxpayers<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but by Mrs. Clinton herself<\/span> to do IT work on that basement server.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">That actually takes a lot of work<\/span>.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>As <em>Hope n&#8217; Change<\/em> observes, at the time <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>she<\/em><\/span> had her <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>illegal private server<\/em><\/span>\u00a0installed, Hillary&#8217;s legendary laser-like focus and peerless Progressive intellect <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must<\/em><\/span> have been targeted elsewhere:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Charmin-Offensive-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33204\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Charmin-Offensive-1.jpg\" alt=\"Charmin Offensive 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Charmin-Offensive-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Charmin-Offensive-1-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this sordid story of pure perversion, courtesy of<em>\u00a0FOXNews.com<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2015\/09\/13\/30k-reward-for-perps-who-tortured-shetland-pony\/?intcmp=hplnws\" class=\"broken_link\">$30G reward offered in hunt for perps who tortured Shetland pony<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pony-png.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33182\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pony-png.png\" alt=\"pony-png\" width=\"350\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pony-png.png 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pony-png-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;The brutal torture death of a beloved Shetland pony in Idaho has ignited outrage among animal advocates, who are offering a $30,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case, Reuters reported.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Patches, a small, aging Shetland pony who called Rupert, Idaho, home, was often tethered to a tree in the front yard of owner Daniela Lopez\u2019s home so that neighborhood kids could pet him.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>But Lopez\u2019s three young kids, and her soon-to-be-born fourth child, won\u2019t be able to pet the pony any longer after Patches was beaten, stabbed and mutilated by someone on Sept. 5.<\/strong><\/span> Patches was euthanized the following day. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Police are still looking for the perpetrators<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever seen a more vicious attack on an animal,\u201d Idaho Humane Society state director Lisa Kauffman said in a press release. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>\u201cTo be beaten, tortured, mutilated and then left to die in immense pain is the work of an individual you want behind bars. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">You do not want this person living next to you or in your community.<\/span><\/strong> <strong>This crime deserves a first offense felony conviction, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but since animal cruelty in Idaho is a misdemeanor unless it\u2019s the person\u2019s third offense, this person, when caught, may not get the punishment they deserve<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Patches was euthanized <em>after someone cut the rope tethering the pony to his tree<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>attached him to a vehicle and dragged him for more than a mile on asphalt roads and down a gravel bank<\/em><\/span>, according to Lopez\u2019s <em>Go Fund Me<\/em> page. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">The Humane Society release said the perpetrator cut off the pony\u2019s genitals and stabbed him \u201cin numerous areas with a sharp object.\u201d<\/span> He was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>left to die<\/em><\/span> and could barely stand by the time he was found in the morning<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;re gonna go out on a limb and suggest we not only wouldn&#8217;t want this person living in our community, let alone next to us; we don&#8217;t believe this person should continue to live <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at all.<\/em><\/span>..<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any time<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anywhere<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us back to our original point. \u00a0Think about it: these <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>aren&#8217;t<\/em><\/span> isolated events. \u00a0Crimes against cops are a common commodity&#8230;the rule of law a joke&#8230;heretofore commonly-held Judeo-Christian moral principles disregarded in favor of amorality and anarchy. \u00a0Meanwhile, the most intolerant religion on the planet is afforded both tolerance and, in fact, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>favor<\/em><\/span> by the political party <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pretending<\/em><\/span> to promote the interests of those most antithetical&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/98f55e2b612a856d84a0c4321889b329.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33217\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/98f55e2b612a856d84a0c4321889b329.jpg\" alt=\"98f55e2b612a856d84a0c4321889b329\" width=\"300\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/98f55e2b612a856d84a0c4321889b329.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/98f55e2b612a856d84a0c4321889b329-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;to Islam&#8217;s principles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s <em>1984<\/em>, baby; truly <em>The World Turned Upside Down<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/54.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33218\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/54.jpg\" alt=\"54\" width=\"400\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/54.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/54-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>And:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/obama-woe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/obama-woe.jpg\" alt=\"obama-woe\" width=\"400\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/obama-woe.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/obama-woe-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>On the Lighter Side&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/RAMFclr-091315_800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33196\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/RAMFclr-091315_800.jpg\" alt=\"RAMFclr-091315_800\" width=\"462\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/RAMFclr-091315_800.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/RAMFclr-091315_800-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cb091015dAPR_A20150911114523.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33176\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cb091015dAPR_A20150911114523.jpg\" alt=\"cb091015dAPR_A20150911114523\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cb091015dAPR_A20150911114523.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cb091015dAPR_A20150911114523-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lb0911cd20150910031324-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33178\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lb0911cd20150910031324-1.jpg\" alt=\"lb0911cd20150910031324 (1)\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lb0911cd20150910031324-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lb0911cd20150910031324-1-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/payn_c13503220150910120100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/payn_c13503220150910120100.jpg\" alt=\"payn_c13503220150910120100\" width=\"462\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/payn_c13503220150910120100.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/payn_c13503220150910120100-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cb090915dAPR20150909114641.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33192\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cb090915dAPR20150909114641.jpg\" alt=\"cb090915dAPR20150909114641\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cb090915dAPR20150909114641.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cb090915dAPR20150909114641-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sk091015dAPR20150910084535.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33195\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sk091015dAPR20150910084535.jpg\" alt=\"sk091015dAPR20150910084535\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sk091015dAPR20150910084535.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/sk091015dAPR20150910084535-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lb0910cd20150909074143.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33193\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lb0910cd20150909074143.jpg\" alt=\"lb0910cd20150909074143\" width=\"462\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lb0910cd20150909074143.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lb0910cd20150909074143-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/download4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33198\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/download4.jpeg\" alt=\"download\" width=\"450\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/download4.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/download4-253x300.jpeg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/download-13.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33187\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/download-13.jpeg\" alt=\"download (1)\" width=\"492\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/download-13.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/download-13-300x266.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/download3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/download3.jpeg\" alt=\"download\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/download3.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/download3-300x240.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s wishing us a speedy recovery!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Monday, September 14th, 2015&#8230;but first, a\u00a0frank confession: though thankfully NOT suffering from&#8230;\u00a0 &#8230;a case of &#8220;The Monday&#8217;s&#8221; (for which we&#8217;d deserve to get our ass kicked!), we fear we&#8217;re rather symptomatic of a bout of Dimocratic-induced Depression\u00a0(DID). \u00a0Unlike the unreasoned responses and irrevocable irrationality associated with BDS&#8230; &#8230;DID is\u00a0manifested by occasional anxiety regarding the 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