{"id":59677,"date":"2018-05-22T21:43:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T01:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=59677"},"modified":"2018-05-22T21:43:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T01:43:24","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-may-21st-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=59677","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, May 21st, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, May 21st, 2018&#8230;but before we begin, we found this headline from <em>USAToday<\/em> rather ironic:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"module-position-Q4Hu2wKqCqs\" class=\"longformcovertop-bucket longform-headline-module longform-longform-headline-module\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2018\/05\/17\/america-gilded-age-excesses-extremes-mansions-homeless-trump\/610748002\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\">In the second Gilded Age, the mansions get bigger, and the homeless get closer<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BN-LL945_PALISA_P_20151127154748.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59603\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BN-LL945_PALISA_P_20151127154748.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BN-LL945_PALISA_P_20151127154748.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BN-LL945_PALISA_P_20151127154748-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcome to Los Angeles, the City of Angels, hotbed of Progressive hypocrisy and surreal sanctum of Hollywood excess.\u00a0 Where <em>this<\/em> could you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>yours<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/efb3a0c9-1c5e-465d-abe2-f070147dc24b_750x422.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59605\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/efb3a0c9-1c5e-465d-abe2-f070147dc24b_750x422.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/efb3a0c9-1c5e-465d-abe2-f070147dc24b_750x422.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/efb3a0c9-1c5e-465d-abe2-f070147dc24b_750x422-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;for a cool $<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>500,000,000<\/em><\/span><em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>T<\/strong><strong>hough more <em>modest<\/em> accommodations in close proximity\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are<\/em><\/span> available&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ROAQ2BMTMJB6NHKNPES5MRST5Q.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59606\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ROAQ2BMTMJB6NHKNPES5MRST5Q.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ROAQ2BMTMJB6NHKNPES5MRST5Q.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ROAQ2BMTMJB6NHKNPES5MRST5Q-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;just down the hill.\u00a0 Then again, as has been proven repeatedly, <em>patient buyers<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can<\/em><\/span> always wait for the occasional&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BN-WO477_3jYoh_OR_20171212204246.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59607\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BN-WO477_3jYoh_OR_20171212204246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BN-WO477_3jYoh_OR_20171212204246.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BN-WO477_3jYoh_OR_20171212204246-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;fire sale!\u00a0 Bottomline, we find it incredibly hypocritical <em>USAToday<\/em>, as reliable a provider of Progressive propaganda as the MSM offers, would fail to mention <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anywhere<\/em><\/span> in its article the folks occupying the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>vast majority<\/em><\/span> of the mansions in and around L.A. which abut the homeless encampments are Far Leftists, in both their political leanings <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> social views.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We can only assume a quick risk\/reward analysis indicated it&#8217;s still better to face the occasional firestorm resulting from out-of-control cooking conflagrations&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/la-me-bel-air-fire-homeless-20171213.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59611\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/la-me-bel-air-fire-homeless-20171213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/la-me-bel-air-fire-homeless-20171213.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/la-me-bel-air-fire-homeless-20171213-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;than inviting those doing the cooking to dinner inside walls protected by sophisticated security and oftentimes armed guards.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oh, and lest we forget, unless we missed something (like any display of RACISM or RACIAL PROFILING!!!) here&#8217;s the latest&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PmnfnUnW63E\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;in a seemingly endless stream of proven false claims of racism inspired by the most divisive President since Abraham Lincoln, and perpetuated by an entire industry of hustlers whose livelihood depends upon the preservation of the myth America remains a racist society.\u00a0 Though it should be noted, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unlike B. Hussein<\/em><\/span>, Honest Abe&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Obama-Lincoln-slavery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59619\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Obama-Lincoln-slavery.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Obama-Lincoln-slavery.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Obama-Lincoln-slavery-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;was divisive in a purely positive fashion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, given we have guests for dinner, here&#8217;s a somewhat abbreviated installment of The Gouge!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, John Brennan provides additional evidence why he&#8217;s known as the&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ufsdVxxsMug?start=27\" 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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/brennan-repeats-history.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59622\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/brennan-repeats-history.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/brennan-repeats-history.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/brennan-repeats-history-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/brennan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58746\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/brennan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/brennan.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/brennan-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note the dates on the tweets:\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>exactly like<\/em><\/span> Andy McCabe, Brennan&#8217;s not only an a*shole, but a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lying<\/em><\/span> a*shole at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that<\/em><\/span>!\u00a0 That this a*sclown was given positions of ever-increasing authority speaks directly to the moral and ethical bankruptcy of the Obama Administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>That is, unless <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-44187838\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the results of the latest Venezuelan election<\/em><\/span><\/a> accurately represented the will of the people!\u00a0 Please note how the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>ABC<\/em><\/span> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/news\/2018\/05\/vote-venezuela-election-opposition-boycott-180520140059710.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Al Jazeera<\/em><\/span><\/a> reports didn&#8217;t significantly vary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, writing at the <em>WSJ<\/em>, Kimberly Strassel, who, to the best of our knowledge, was first to suggest Hillary would be given a walk because Obama had repeatedly communicated with her over her private email server, asks another intriguing question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"article_header module\">\n<div class=\"zonedModule\" data-module-id=\"17\" data-module-name=\"article.app\/lib\/module\/articleHeadline\" data-module-zone=\"article_header\">\n<div class=\"wsj-article-headline-wrap \">\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/was-trumps-campaign-set-up-1526598374\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Was Trump\u2019s Campaign \u2018Set Up<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2019?<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/was-trumps-campaign-set-up-1526598374\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">At some point, the Russia investigation became political. How early was it<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ersil-ooz9-the-obama-doj-and-fbi-worked-to-spy-30854726.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ersil-ooz9-the-obama-doj-and-fbi-worked-to-spy-30854726.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ersil-ooz9-the-obama-doj-and-fbi-worked-to-spy-30854726.png 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ersil-ooz9-the-obama-doj-and-fbi-worked-to-spy-30854726-261x300.png 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes appeared on \u201cFox &amp; Friends\u201d Tuesday, where he provided <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a potentially explosive hint<\/em><\/span> at what\u2019s driving his demand to see documents related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s Trump-Russia probe. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cIf the campaign <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was<\/em><\/span> somehow <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>set up<\/em><\/span>,\u201d he told the hosts, \u201c<em>I think <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that<\/span> would be a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">problem<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Or an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>understatement<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Mr. Nunes is still getting stiff-armed by the Justice Department over his subpoena, but this week his efforts <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>did force the stunning admission that the FBI had indeed spied on the Trump campaign<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>This came in the form of a Thursday New York Times apologia in which government \u201cofficials\u201d acknowledged that the bureau had used \u201cat least one\u201d human \u201cinformant\u201d to spy on both Carter Page and George Papadopoulos. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The Times slipped this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">mind-bending fact<\/span> into <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the middle of an otherwise glowing profile of the noble bureau<\/span>\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and dismissed it as no big deal<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6MU7Ljz0EDE?start=8\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But there\u2019s more to be revealed here, and Mr. Nunes\u2019s \u201cset up\u201d comment points in a certain direction. Getting to the conclusion requires thinking more broadly about events beyond the FBI\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Think of the 2016 Trump-Russia narrative <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>as two parallel strands<\/em><\/span>\u2014one <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>politics<\/em><\/span>, one <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>law enforcement<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>political side<\/em><\/span> involves the actions of Fusion GPS, the Hillary Clinton campaign and Obama officials\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all of whom were focused on destroying Donald Trump<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>law-enforcement strand<\/em><\/span> involves the FBI\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and what methods and evidence it used in its Trump investigation<\/em><\/span>. <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">At <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">some point<\/span> these strands <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">intersected<\/span>\u2014and one crucial question is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how early that happened<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>In other words, what did Obama know&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wolfe030517l.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59598\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wolfe030517l.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wolfe030517l.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wolfe030517l-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-fbi-informant-who-wasnt-spying-1526854417\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>and when did he know it<\/em><\/span><\/a>?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Maybe&#8230;just <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>maybe<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline head1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2018\/05\/20\/trump-to-demand-justice-probe-whether-feds-spied-on-campaign-for-political-purposes.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Trump to &#8216;demand&#8217; Justice probe whether feds spied on campaign for political purposes<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/trump-order.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59602\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/trump-order.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/trump-order.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/trump-order-300x151.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;we&#8217;re on the road to finding out.\u00a0 Though, given the The Donald hasn&#8217;t been <em>able<\/em>, if indeed he&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>willing<\/em><\/span>, to force the <em>DOJ<\/em> to cooperate with Congress doesn&#8217;t leave us awash in optimism this command will be obeyed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After all, We <em>know<\/em>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>KNOW<\/em><\/span>, without <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>any<\/em><\/span> scintilla of doubt&#8230;Obama was aware Hillary was using a private email server to avoid FOIA requirements, because he communicated with her through it on numerous occasions. Yet she and her minions remain beyond the reach of justice, thanks to Jeff Sessions and House Republicans who, while they continue to talk tough, are incredibly short on any kind a meaningful action.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So here&#8217;s to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you<\/em><\/span>, Jeff, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/judiciary\/388549-stopping-robert-mueller-to-protect-us-all\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Secretary of the Recusal<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0who enabled all of this to be put in motion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G2Hgj3hDM5w\" 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>In a related item, <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Andy McCarthy details why&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2018\/05\/clinton-email-trump-russia-probes-justice-department-double-standards\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202018-05-19&amp;utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">In Politicized Justice, Desperate Times Call for Disparate Measures<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2018\/05\/clinton-email-trump-russia-probes-justice-department-double-standards\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Saturday%202018-05-19&amp;utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">FBI director Comey and the Obama Justice Department applied a double standard in their handling of the Clinton-email and Trump\u2013Russia investigations<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #800080;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FBI.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59589\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FBI.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FBI.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FBI-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>If <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you or I<\/em><\/span> <em>had set up <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">an unauthorized private communications system for official business for the patent purpose of defeating federal record-keeping and disclosure laws<\/span><\/em>; <span style=\"color: #800080;\">if <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we<\/em><\/span> had <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>retained and transmitted thousands of classified emails on this non-secure system<\/em><\/span>;<\/span> if <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we<\/em><\/span> had <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>destroyed tens of thousands of government records<\/em><\/span>; <span style=\"color: #800080;\">if <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we<\/em><\/span> had <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>carried out that destruction while those records were under subpoena<\/em><\/span>;<\/span> if <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we<\/em><\/span> had <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lied to the FBI in our interview<\/em><\/span> \u2014 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">well, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we\u2019d be writing this column from the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Yet, in a feat of dizzying ratiocination, Director Comey explained that to prosecute Mrs. Clinton would be to hold her to a nitpicking, selective standard of justice not imposed on other Americans<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: James Comey is as much a traitor to his country as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the Rosenbergs<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/10\/16\/deal-for-bowe-bergdahl-looks-worse-and-worse\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Bo Bergdahl<\/em><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/contributions\/matt-walsh-bradley-manning-is-still-a-traitor-and-hes-also-still-a-man\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Bradley Manning<\/em><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/contributions\/matt-walsh-bradley-manning-is-still-a-traitor-and-hes-also-still-a-man\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Benedict Arnold<\/em><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aldrich_Ames\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Aldrich Ames<\/em><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Hanssen\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Robert Hanssen<\/em><\/span><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Anthony_Walker\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the Walkers<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we for one<\/em><\/span> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unafraid<\/em><\/span> to put Andrew McCabe, Rod Rosenstein, Barack Hussein Obama, Cheryl Mills, Huma Abedin, James Clapper, John Brennan, Hillary Clinton <em>and everyone\/anyone else who facilitated or cooperated in what is the most corrupt act of unconstitutional subterfuge ever perpetrated in our nation&#8217;s history <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in the same category as Comey<\/span><\/em>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of lying Liberals, as Tim Meads notes at\u00a0<em>Townhall.com<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/timothymeads\/2018\/05\/20\/elizabeth-warren-boldly-pledges-to-never-take-money-from-a-group-that-has-never-donated-to-her-n2482434\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Elizabeth Warren Boldly Pledges to Never Take Money from a Group that Has Never Donated to Her<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2anrpj.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59590\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2anrpj.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2anrpj.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2anrpj-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the Native American* Democrat from Massachusetts, has boldly pledged to refuse to accept donations from the National Rifle Association. <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><em>Which really does not change <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anything<\/span> because, according to\u00a0OpenSecrets.org, <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the NRA has never donated to Sen. Warren in the first place<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Still, Sen. Warren is being praised for this decision announced via\u00a0NowthisNews.com\u00a0in which she proudly proclaims, &#8220;It&#8217;s time we strip the NRA of its stranglehold over our children&#8217;s lives.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Atta girl, Liawatha!\u00a0 No word from Warren whether she will likewise refuse contributions from the manufacturers of bows and arrows, tomahawks, scalping knives and\/or firewater.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which bring us to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/If-guns-are-the-problem.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59620\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/If-guns-are-the-problem.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/If-guns-are-the-problem.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/If-guns-are-the-problem-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/rocket-man.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59582\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/rocket-man.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/rocket-man.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/rocket-man-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/yanny.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59583\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/yanny.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/yanny.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/yanny-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/holb_c15758020180518120100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59579\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/holb_c15758020180518120100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/holb_c15758020180518120100.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/holb_c15758020180518120100-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/lb180518c20180517090617.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59580\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/lb180518c20180517090617.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/lb180518c20180517090617.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/lb180518c20180517090617-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MS-MEDIA-13-600-CDN20180518020441.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59581\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MS-MEDIA-13-600-CDN20180518020441.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MS-MEDIA-13-600-CDN20180518020441.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/MS-MEDIA-13-600-CDN20180518020441-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cb051918dAPR20180518024516.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59618\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cb051918dAPR20180518024516.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cb051918dAPR20180518024516.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cb051918dAPR20180518024516-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-5-18-18-at-7.23-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59577\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-5-18-18-at-7.23-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-5-18-18-at-7.23-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-5-18-18-at-7.23-AM-300x254.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cb051818dAPR20180518014508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59585\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cb051818dAPR20180518014508.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cb051818dAPR20180518014508.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cb051818dAPR20180518014508-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/30415620_886330271574529_9037659867178860544_n.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59578\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/30415620_886330271574529_9037659867178860544_n.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/30415620_886330271574529_9037659867178860544_n.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/30415620_886330271574529_9037659867178860544_n-202x300.jpeg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-1-6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59573\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-1-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-1-6.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-1-6-278x300.jpeg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-2-6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59574\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-2-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-2-6.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-2-6-300x277.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-11.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59575\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-11.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-11.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-11-269x300.jpeg 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a day with yet another titillating tale torn from the pages of <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, and this just in from <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>the Sunshine State<\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline head1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2018\/05\/17\/florida-woman-smiles-in-mugshot-after-dui-crash-that-killed-mother-officials-say.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Florida woman smiles in mugshot after DUI crash that killed mother<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/say-cheese.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59570\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/say-cheese.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/say-cheese.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/say-cheese-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>As TLJ is so want to observe, you should <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>always<\/em><\/span> look your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>best<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/header>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Monday, May 21st, 2018&#8230;but before we begin, we found this headline from USAToday rather ironic: In the second Gilded Age, the mansions get bigger, and the homeless get closer &nbsp; Welcome to Los Angeles, the City of Angels, hotbed of Progressive hypocrisy and surreal sanctum of Hollywood excess.\u00a0 Where this could you yours&#8230; &#8230;for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1988,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59677","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=59677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59678,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59677\/revisions\/59678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}