{"id":56724,"date":"2018-02-13T21:03:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T02:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=56724"},"modified":"2018-02-13T21:03:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T02:03:08","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-february-2nd-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=56724","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, February 2nd, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, February 2nd, 2018&#8230;but before we begin, courtesy of Arthur Seeligson, a brief campaign announcement from Oprah Winfrey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/db180111_Oprah-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56621\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/db180111_Oprah-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/db180111_Oprah-small.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/db180111_Oprah-small-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Hi, I&#8217;m Oprah. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>I&#8217;m the spokesperson<\/em> <em>for Weight Watchers<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but can&#8217;t control my weight<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>I tell <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you<\/span> how to run your marriage<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but I can&#8217;t commit to marriage<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <em>I tell <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you<\/span> how to raise your kids <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but I don\u2019t have any<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">I am <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">very<\/span> spiritual, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but don\u2019t go to any church or identify as Christian<\/span>.<\/span><\/em> <em>Even though <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I knew<\/span> about Weinstein and the casting couch, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I was silent<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but<\/span> I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">support<\/span> the Me too movement<\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>I am racist <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to the core<\/span>, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">blacks<\/span> can\u2019t really <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">be<\/span> racist, so <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that<\/span> doesn\u2019t count<\/em>.<\/span> I\u2019m black <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> female, so I check <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all<\/em><\/span> the boxes. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>I praised Denmark <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">for their Socialism<\/span>, though I am a billionaire <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">due to Capitalism<\/span>, the economic system that allowed a dirt poor child from Mississippi to rise to world renowned fame and wealth<\/em>.<\/span> The first time I openly endorsed a presidential candidate it was a black one, Obama. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Before a black candidate, I was not political.<\/span> <em>Vote for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">me<\/span>, and I will give you transformational change, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the kind you got from Obama<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yeah,&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span> oughta work!\u00a0 So here&#8217;s to Oprah in 2020:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-08-at-11.09.37-AM-620x583.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56630\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-08-at-11.09.37-AM-620x583.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-08-at-11.09.37-AM-620x583.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-08-at-11.09.37-AM-620x583-300x282.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Oprah-nibbles-Weinsteins-ear.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56631\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Oprah-nibbles-Weinsteins-ear.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Oprah-nibbles-Weinsteins-ear.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Oprah-nibbles-Weinsteins-ear-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bring it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>on<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s The Gouge!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We lead off the first edition of February with a few random thoughts on Trump&#8217;s SOTU address.\u00a0 First, just as you can tell a lot about a man by the friends he keeps, so too America can learn all it needs to know about Progressives by the things they won&#8217;t applaud:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qd_a6ilbNLQ\" 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>Which includes their reaction to Trump&#8217;s rather stirring explanation as to why <em>true<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>America-loving patriots<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<em>always<\/em>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>stand<\/em><\/span> for the National Anthem:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iNR1ZXzu5ow\" 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>But if the reaction of the Dims was bad, the MSM&#8217;s analyses were worse, with MSDNC&#8217;s Chris Matthews and Joy Reid, as usual, leading the lowing herd, as Tucker Carlson observes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b4PhF_tqkjA\" 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>All which is part and parcel to why, courtesy of George Lawlor, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Heather Wilhelm sees Liberals as what she terms&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/455998\/democratic-party-2018-midterm-congressional-elections-blue-wave-predictions-agenda-anti-trump\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hapless in Democratland<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/455998\/democratic-party-2018-midterm-congressional-elections-blue-wave-predictions-agenda-anti-trump\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">\u2018Can\u2019t stand church and family? Neither can we! Vote for the Democrats in 2018!\u2019 It\u2019s mi<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">nd-boggling, isn\u2019t it<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-2-1-18-at-8.18-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56595\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-2-1-18-at-8.18-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-2-1-18-at-8.18-AM.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Image-2-1-18-at-8.18-AM-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;As America edges closer to the 2018 midterm elections, expect to hear a growing herd of weirdly confident political pundits talk about a coming and inevitable \u201cblue wave\u201d \u2014 you know, the overwhelming mass election of Democrats to Congress that\u2019s sure to come as a response to the presidency of Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>This very well <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>might happen<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It also very well <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>might not<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span> When it comes to the current rush of breezy \u201cblue wave\u201d chatter, I\u2019m reminded of a simple lesson that even the biggest knucklehead in politics should have learned by now. It\u2019s a truth that applies not just to politics, but to life, so take heed: Unless you\u2019re Nostradamus and can trick a bunch of people by waving around a dramatic-looking beard and some mystical-sounding quatrains, don\u2019t go around making broad and overly confident predictions. They might end up making you look\u00a0daffy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>History is full of terrible predictions uttered by smart and prominent people \u2014 \u201cStock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau,\u201d from an economist in October 1929, is one particularly amazing specimen \u2014 so perhaps we shouldn\u2019t be too harsh.<\/strong><\/span> The urge to predict is clearly hard to resist. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>But there\u2019s a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>second<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>simpler<\/em><\/span> reason to tread carefully around blue-wave predictions for this fall, <em>and it is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">this<\/span><\/em>: <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Strangely<\/span>, the Democratic party\u2019s strategy for 2018 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">seems to revolve around reminding people how happy they are that Democrats aren\u2019t in charge<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Chuck-Schumer-Mexico-First-America-Last.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56639\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Chuck-Schumer-Mexico-First-America-Last.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Chuck-Schumer-Mexico-First-America-Last.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Chuck-Schumer-Mexico-First-America-Last-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>Mexico&#8230;El Salvador&#8230;what&#8217;s the difference?!? After all, according to Joy Reid, MS-13 doesn&#8217;t exist!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Witness prominent left-leaning responses to Trump\u2019s State of the Union address, which earned an impressive 75 percent approval rating in a CBS News poll. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Eight out of ten<\/em><\/span> of the viewers in the poll \u201c<em>felt that the president was trying to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">unite<\/span> the country, rather than <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">divide<\/span> it<\/em>,\u201d and \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">two-thirds<\/span> said the speech <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">made them feel proud<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span> Sure, we can argue about the policy implications of the address, but that\u2019s been true for almost every State of the Union in the history of the nation. (\u201cFree\u201d community college! The magical \u201ccreation\u201d of hundreds of thousands of jobs! An army of hydrogen cars!) In short, it was a well-written, well-delivered speech.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Perhaps that sounds boring to you, so it\u2019s high time for some hyperventilation.<\/span> Over to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you<\/em><\/span>, Democrats!<\/strong> <\/span>CNN\u2019s Sally Kohn called the speech \u201cscary\u201d and \u201cterrifying.\u201d Elizabeth Warren tweeted that she attended only because she wanted its horrors \u201cburned into my eyes.\u201d <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But it was perhaps MSNBC\u2019s Joy Reid who took the cake, tweeting out a bizarre and amazing word salad trashing various American institutions: \u201cChurch&#8230;family&#8230;police&#8230;military&#8230;the national anthem&#8230;Trump trying to call on all the tropes of 1950s-era nationalism.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> The goal of this speech appears to be to force the normalization of Trump on the terms of the bygone era his supporters are nostalgic for.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(She left out mom and apple pie!)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Ah, I can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">see<\/span> the campaign posters <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">now<\/span><\/em>: \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Can\u2019t stand church and family<\/em><\/span>? <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Neither can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we<\/span><\/em>!<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Vote for the Democrats in 2018<\/em><\/span>!\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">mind-boggling<\/span>, isn\u2019t it?<\/span> I mean, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>come on, people<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Pretending<\/em><\/span> to be a normal human being <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can\u2019t really be that hard<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lb180201c20180131100953.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56615\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lb180201c20180131100953.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lb180201c20180131100953.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lb180201c20180131100953-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Or maybe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it can<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Look<\/em><\/span>, if you will, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at the Democratic party\u2019s leading lights<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(Dim bulbs though they be!)<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>There\u2019s Nancy Pelosi<\/strong><\/span>, America\u2019s favorite rich lady from San Francisco, who has somehow decided to combat the increasingly popular GOP tax cut by going around telling Americans that the extra $1,000 in their pocket equates to \u201ccrumbs.\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>There\u2019s Bernie Sanders<\/strong><\/span>, who might start yelling at you about socialism at any moment. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>There\u2019s Planned Parenthood\u2019s Cecile Richards<\/strong><\/span>, whose retirement sparked excited speculation about a future run for office, perhaps even in Texas! (This is kind of hilarious, given what happened the last time the Democrats ran an abortion zealot for governor in Texas, but again, it\u2019s almost as if they\u2019re trying to lose.) <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>There\u2019s the astoundingly cynical Kirsten Gillibrand<\/strong><\/span>, a former tobacco lawyer and gun-rights defender magically transformed into a passionate #MeToo sexual-harassment crusader \u2014 complete with a recent (and convenient) spurt of indignation directed at Bill Clinton, whom she was perfectly happy to pal around with when he was helping her campaign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Then there\u2019s Hillary Clinton, <em>who\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(like a bad case of The Clap)<\/span><em> simply <\/em><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">will not go away<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Many Democrats will tell you that none of this really matters; all that matters, they insist, is that they are not Donald Trump.<\/span> (As a reminder, Donald Trump won the presidency largely because he was not Hillary Clinton.)<\/strong><\/span> \u201cThere is absolutely nothing the Democrats could do that would be dumber than setting aside their criticisms of President Trump to focus solely on some \u2018affirmative\u2019 agenda,\u201d wrote Paul Waldman in Wednesday\u2019s Washington Post. Anger against President Trump, he argues, is all the Democrats need. When you think about it, maybe he\u2019s right.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">When you look at the party\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>actual agenda<\/em><\/span> \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>voting against tax cuts, cheerleading for abortion, rooting for government regulations, fighting against school choice, fixating on identity politics, and so on and so forth<\/em><\/span> \u2014 <em>things <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">aren\u2019t<\/span> very pretty<\/em>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Perhaps it is best to look away<\/span>.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong> &#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of things from which it&#8217;s best to look away&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bear01_3906_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56643\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bear01_3906_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bear01_3906_01.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bear01_3906_01-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;as Jim Freeman notes at <em>Best of the Web<\/em>, here&#8217;s a headline from <em>The Daily Caller<\/em> which might well have been ripped from the front page of most newspapers&#8230;outside of <em>The New York Times<\/em> and the <em>WaPo<\/em>&#8230;back in 1998:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/01\/30\/hillary-clinton-burns-strider-statement\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Hillary Clinton Offers New Excuse For Allegedl<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">y Shielding Sexual Harasser<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/23rqks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/23rqks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/23rqks.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/23rqks-300x129.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hillary: can&#8217;t live <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>with her<\/em><\/span>, can&#8217;t <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>shoot her<\/em><\/span>&#8230;though Bill&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>undoubtedly<\/em><\/span> been tempted <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>repeatedly<\/em><\/span> since the day they first met.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, the <em>WSJ<\/em>&#8216;s Kimberly Strassel\u00a0offers a primer in&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/memo-reading-for-nonpartisans-1517530297\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Memo Reading for Nonpartis<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">ans<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/memo-reading-for-nonpartisans-1517530297\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">Ignore the spin. When the document goes public, her<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">e\u2019s what to look for<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #008000;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/sk020118dAPR20180201084510-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56635\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/sk020118dAPR20180201084510-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/sk020118dAPR20180201084510-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/sk020118dAPR20180201084510-1-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>The White House looks set to release the House Intelligence Committee memo on 2016 government surveillance abuses, <em>which means the attacks on the document by Democrats, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the media <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800080;\">are going to get wilder<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">To help navigate through the spin, here\u2019s a handy guide for what to look for, and what to ignore<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Mostly, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ignore what is certain to be a nonstop shriek that this memo is out of context, that it omits facts or cherry-picks data or makes unfair allegations<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">You know, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sort of like what Democrats and the media did this past year in their \u201cRussia investigation<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/span> The difference <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>here<\/em><\/span> is that <em>the memo <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">only needs to provide a few facts for the country to understand if there was FISA abuse<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rest<\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">noise<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>As to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2018\/02\/01\/comey-rips-weasels-and-liars-invokes-joe-mccarthy-in-twitter-rant.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Progressives&#8217; latest and most desperate attempts to prevent public disclosure of facts inquiring minds want to know<\/em><\/span><\/a>, Kim Strassel and Brit Hume offer, given what&#8217;s since transpired, these rather prescient observations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/kimberly.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56636\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/kimberly.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/kimberly.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/kimberly-295x300.png 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/brut.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56637\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/brut.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/brut.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/brut-300x125.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Did we mention the fact Jim Comey is a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/23sx2g.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56654\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/23sx2g.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/23sx2g.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/23sx2g-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;an incredibly traitorous, deceptive bag of douche?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Environmental Moment<\/em><\/span>, writing at <em>NRO<\/em>, Benjamin Zycher reports the utter uselessness behind&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/455979\/washington-carbon-tax-pointless-counterproductive?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-01&amp;utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">A Washington State Carbon Tax: All Pain, No Ga<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;\">in<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/455979\/washington-carbon-tax-pointless-counterproductive?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-01&amp;utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\">Even with unrealistically positive assumptions<\/span><span style=\"color: #003300; text-decoration: underline;\">, the benefits would be minuscule<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #003300;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DU2FyQzW0AE-uA6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DU2FyQzW0AE-uA6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DU2FyQzW0AE-uA6.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DU2FyQzW0AE-uA6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>With respect to Washington governor Jay Inslee\u2019s renewed proposal for a \u201ccarbon\u201d tax on that state\u2019s greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions, <em>a number to keep closely in mind is: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2\/1000 of a degree<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><em>That would be the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">global temperature effect in the year 2100<\/span> if Washington were to reduce its GHG emissions to zero <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">immediately<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That<\/em><\/span> figure comes from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s climate model<\/em><\/span>, <em>under a set of assumptions <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that exaggerate<\/span> the effects of emissions reductions<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Obviously, the effect of the governor\u2019s proposed tax <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>would be vastly smaller<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> And by the way, the governor\u2019s proposal <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>would not apply to jet fuel<\/em><\/span>, as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Boeing<\/em><\/span> is the state\u2019s largest private employer.<\/strong><\/span> Even with that glaring concession to political reality, Inslee apparently still believes that the state should make itself a moral example and \u201cmark the way.\u201d Sorry, but the federal bureaucracy until Donald Trump assumed the presidency was way ahead of him. <span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Implementation of the Obama administration\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>entire package<\/em><\/span> of climate policies <em>would have reduced temperatures <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">by 25\/1000 of a degree<\/span><\/em>, while the Paris agreement, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>if implemented fully<\/em><\/span>, would yield <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a reduction of 17\/100 of a degree<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Those effects<\/em><\/span>, by the way, <em>would be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">too small to be measured reliably<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>And so Inslee\u2019s claim that his proposed tax would \u201csave our children\u201d from droughts, flooding, fires, and other \u201cexistential threats\u201d is\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(Like everything else about the junk science of anthropogenic global warming)<\/span>\u00a0preposterous<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;Willie Sutton, who robbed banks because \u201cthat\u2019s where the money is,\u201d would be proud. Whatever Inslee\u2019s spending preferences for the revenues, interest-group competition within the legislature guarantees that good intentions would yield quickly to ordinary pork-barrel politics. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>With no prospect of environmental improvement and little of real beneficial spending<\/em><\/span>, what <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span> the rationale for a tax on \u201ccarbon?\u201d<\/span> Why not on <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">zucchini<\/span><\/em>?<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Think about it: 17\/100 of a degree in temperature reduction&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at best<\/em><\/span>&#8230;in exchange for untold trillions of dollars in lost productivity.\u00a0 And all to promote sources of &#8220;clean energy&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/conncarroll\/2014\/04\/04\/clean-energy-isnt-clean-n1818239\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">which are anything BUT<\/span>\u00a0clean<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oewMbg8wFQU?start=2\" 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>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/batshit-bernie.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56634\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/batshit-bernie.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/batshit-bernie.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/batshit-bernie-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/gv020118dAPR20180201044536.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56617\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/gv020118dAPR20180201044536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/gv020118dAPR20180201044536.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/gv020118dAPR20180201044536-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sbr013118dAPR20180131054521.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56583\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sbr013118dAPR20180131054521.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sbr013118dAPR20180131054521.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sbr013118dAPR20180131054521-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/gmc15547820180131080100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56584\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/gmc15547820180131080100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/gmc15547820180131080100.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/gmc15547820180131080100-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Nada.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56585\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Nada.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Nada.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Nada-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/gv013118dAPR20180131054510.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/gv013118dAPR20180131054510-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/holb_c15546120180131120100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56587\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/holb_c15546120180131120100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/holb_c15546120180131120100.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/holb_c15546120180131120100-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/grammys.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56588\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/grammys.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/grammys.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/grammys-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Image-1-31-18-at-8.02-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56575\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Image-1-31-18-at-8.02-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Image-1-31-18-at-8.02-AM.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Image-1-31-18-at-8.02-AM-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/013118.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/013118.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/013118.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/013118-300x129.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/download-1-11.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56579\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/download-1-11.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/download-1-11.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/download-1-11-300x240.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/download-2-7.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56580\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/download-2-7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/download-2-7.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/download-2-7-300x249.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/download-16.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56581\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/download-16.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/download-16.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/download-16-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this series of memes forwarded by Mark Foster:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image002-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56613\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image002-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image002-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image002-1-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56607\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image003.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image003-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56608\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image004.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image004-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56609\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image007.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image007-300x291.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56610\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image008.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image008-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56611\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image009.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image009-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image011.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56612\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image011.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image011.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image011-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, just to show you criminal perversion knows no particular race, color, religion or sexual preference, we&#8217;ll call it a week with yet another sordid story straight from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">featuring two of Maryland&#8217;s finest:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline head1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2018\/02\/01\/children-forced-to-eat-dog-feces-beaten-locked-up-in-maryland-home-2-women-arrested-police-say.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Woman, live-in girlfriend charged with forcing children to eat dog feces in new &#8216;house of hor<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">rors<\/span><\/span><\/a>&#8216;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517507599364.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56620\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517507599364.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517507599364.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517507599364-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Three children lived in a Maryland &#8220;house of horrors&#8221; in which they were beaten, assaulted with a stun gun and forced to eat dog feces while locked away by two women, police said Wednesday. <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Amanda R. Wright, 29, and her live-in girlfriend, 25-year-old Besline Joseph, were arrested Wednesday morning after police began investigating possible child abuse at the Mardela Springs home on Jan. 26,\u00a0FOX45 Baltimore\u00a0reported.<\/span><\/strong> Three children \u2014 ages 8, 9, and 10 \u2014 were found in the home and removed by Child Protective Services officials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Police said Joseph and Wright were beating the children since last summer. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">The couple would allegedly beat the children with their bare hands, extension cords, belts and sticks.<\/span> The children were so badly beaten they suffered bloody noses, cuts and bruises, police said. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">But the alleged assaults didn\u2019t stop there.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Wright and Joseph would also injure the children with a stun gun<\/em><\/span>, officials said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The children were also allegedly forced to eat dog feces, and the only other items they received were bread, water and oatmeal.<\/span> <\/strong>They were also reportedly locked in closets or the house\u2019s basement. <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>The couple instilled fear in the children by threatening to kill them if they told anyone about the allege<\/strong><\/span>d abuse, FOX45 reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Wright and Joseph were charged with first-degree child abuse, second-degree child abuse, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, neglect of a minor, stalking, use of a dangerous weapon with intent to injure and false imprisonment&#8230;causing ingestion of a bodily fluid, preventing\/interfering with report of suspected child abuse or neglect, and conspiracy to commit first-degree child abuse.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If either Wright or Joseph <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ever<\/em><\/span> sees <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span> light <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>other than that which soft breaks through the bars of a jail cell<\/em><\/span> will be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>more<\/em><\/span>\u00a0than <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>either one<\/em><\/span> of them <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>deserves<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then again, as Will Munny so eloquently observed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OuvEJ-U1UDc\" 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>After all, this bein&#8217; the People&#8217;s Dimocratic Republic of Maryland, they&#8217;ll probably give this depraved Dynamic Duo an award for LBGTUVWXYZ courage under adverse circumstances.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ll be heading down to Puebla, Mexico tomorrow on a missions trip with our church, and likely won&#8217;t be back in the saddle until Wednesday, February 14th.\u00a0 So, &#8217;til Valentine&#8217;s Day&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GLUNypEfrFQ?start=86\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, February 2nd, 2018&#8230;but before we begin, courtesy of Arthur Seeligson, a brief campaign announcement from Oprah Winfrey: &#8220;Hi, I&#8217;m Oprah. I&#8217;m the spokesperson for Weight Watchers but can&#8217;t control my weight. I tell you how to run your marriage but I can&#8217;t commit to marriage. 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