{"id":59798,"date":"2018-05-27T19:56:31","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T23:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=59798"},"modified":"2018-05-27T19:56:37","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T23:56:37","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-may-25th-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=59798","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, May 25th, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, May 25th, 2018&#8230;but before we begin, here&#8217;s all you need to know about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/23582533\/nfl-owners-approve-new-national-anthem-policy\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NFL&#8217;s sorry-ass attempt to stem the bleeding of their fan-base<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Some <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>important details<\/em><\/span> remained <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unclear<\/em><\/span> in the hours after the policy&#8217;s approval, including the specific fine that teams would be subject to and also how the league will define respect for the flag.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good work, NFL.\u00a0 Thus you provide us yet another opportunity to bid Roger Goodell, all the players who kneeled and anyone who even peripherally supported them, a hale and hearty&#8230;<\/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><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/markdavis\/2018\/05\/24\/nfl-solves-nothing-with-new-anthem-guidelines-n2483865?utm_source=TopBreakingNewsCarousel&amp;utm_medium=story&amp;utm_campaign=BreakingNewsCarousel\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>This is far, far too little<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>, and way, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>way<\/em><\/span> too late.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s The Gouge!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, a couple of quick comments on Trump calling off the Singapore summit: (a) it was the right thing to do, particularly in light of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2018\/may\/24\/nkoreans-stood-white-house-advance-team-singapore\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>continued NoKo demonstrations of bad faith<\/em><\/span><\/a>; and, (b) it&#8217;s obvious to us The Donald either wrote or dictated the cancellation letter\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>himself<\/em><\/span>, because it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>reads<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-4c97f6d036.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59732\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-4c97f6d036.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-4c97f6d036.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-4c97f6d036-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>precisely<\/em><\/span> as he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>speaks<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so<\/em><\/span> poorly written, we initially thought it satire along the lines of <em>The Onion<\/em>.\u00a0 Still, however clumsy Trump&#8217;s composition, we&#8217;re pretty certain Kim got his message&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/trump-bird-two.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-59753\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/trump-bird-two-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/trump-bird-two-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/trump-bird-two-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/trump-bird-two.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>loud and clear<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, our favorite Kim, the <em>WSJ<\/em>&#8216;s Kimberly Strassel, correctly identifies the elephant Progressives vehemently continue to deny is standing in the room:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-real-constitutional-crisis-1527201552\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">The Real Constitutional Crisis<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-real-constitutional-crisis-1527201552\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The FBI and Justice Department continue evading congressional oversight<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mqdefault.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59747\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mqdefault.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mqdefault-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Democrats and their media allies are again shouting \u201cconstitutional crisis,\u201d this time claiming President Trump has waded too far into the Russia investigation. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The howls are a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>diversion<\/em><\/span> from the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>actual<\/em><\/span> crisis: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the Justice Department\u2019s unprecedented contempt for duly elected representatives, and the lasting harm it is doing to law enforcement and to the department\u2019s relationship with Congress<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>This intransigence is creating an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>unprecedented toxicity<\/em><\/span> between law enforcement and Congress, undermining what has long been a cooperative and vital relationship. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">It is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also<\/em><\/span> pushing lawmakers <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ever closer to holding Justice Department officials in contempt or impeaching them<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Congress hasn\u2019t impeached a member of the executive branch (presidents excepted) since the 19th century. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Let\u2019s agree such a step would amount to a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>real crisis<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <em>And the pressure to use these tools to get disclosure is growing, as congressional Republicans worry about losing their oversight authority in the midterms, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and suspect the Justice Department is stringing them along for that very reason<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Which is why Mr. Trump was right to order that Justice comply with Mr. Nunes\u2019s demands for documents about the alleged FBI spy Stefan Halper and other information related to the catalyst of this investigation.<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>As president, he has a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>duty<\/em><\/span> to protect the reputation and integrity of the Justice Department\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even from its own leaders<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span> Forcing officials to comply with legitimate congressional oversight is far better than sitting back to watch those same officials singe the institution and its relationship with Congress in a flame of impeachment resolutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Mr. Trump has an even <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>quicker<\/em><\/span> way to bring the hostility to an end. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">He <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>can<\/em><\/span>\u2014and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should<\/span><\/em>\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>declassify everything possible<\/em><\/span>, letting Congress <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> the public <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>see the truth<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That would put an end to the daily spin and conspiracy theories<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It would puncture Democratic arguments that the administration is seeking to gain this information only for itself, to \u201cundermine\u201d an investigation.<\/span> And it would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>end<\/em><\/span> the Justice Department\u2019s\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>self-serving, CYA<\/em>)<\/span> campaign of secrecy, which has done such harm to its reputation with the public and with Congress.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which begs the\u00a0question why doesn&#8217;t Trump just DO IT?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As well as fairly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>screaming<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2ayl9v.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59745\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2ayl9v.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2ayl9v.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2ayl9v-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2aylic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59746\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2aylic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2aylic.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2aylic-300x106.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Only The Donald knows.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By the way, <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/mattvespa\/2018\/05\/24\/facepalm-obama-spy-chief-says-russia-decided-outcome-of-2016-election-n2484098?utm_source=TopBreakingNewsCarousel&amp;utm_medium=story&amp;utm_campaign=BreakingNewsCarousel\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Jim Clapper<\/em><\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectator.org\/john-brennans-plot-to-infiltrate-the-trump-campaign\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>John Brennan<\/em><\/span><\/a>, Jim Comey and many others deserve the fate Old England <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5fmmstl42lo\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>reserved for traitors<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5fmmstl42lo?start=68\" 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><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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2ayswl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59760\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2ayswl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2ayswl.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2ayswl-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2aysxq.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59761\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2aysxq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2aysxq.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2aysxq-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2aysy4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59762\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2aysy4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2aysy4.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2aysy4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next up, courtesy of <em>NRO<\/em>, Dennis Prager accurately assesses&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header article-header--full\" data-component=\"articleHeader\">\n<div class=\"article-header__inner\">\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2018\/05\/trump-animals-comment-ms-13-why-it-offends-left\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-05-22&amp;utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Why the Left Won\u2019t Call Anyone \u2018Animals<\/span><\/a>\u2019<\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2018\/05\/trump-animals-comment-ms-13-why-it-offends-left\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-05-22&amp;utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Anyone who refuses to \u2018dehumanize\u2019 the Nazi physicians is profoundly morally confused<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gangsign.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59734\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gangsign.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gangsign.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gangsign-300x137.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"drop\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>I<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>f you want to understand <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the moral sickness at the heart of leftism<\/em><\/span>, read the first paragraph of the most recent column by\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0columnist E. J. Dionne:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It\u2019s never right to call other human beings \u2018animals.\u2019<\/span> It\u2019s not something we should even have to debate. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">No matter how debased the behavior of a given individual or group, no matter how much legitimate anger that genuinely evil actions might inspire, dehumanizing others always leads us down a dangerous path.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Let\u2019s begin with the first sentence: \u201cIt\u2019s never right to call other human beings \u2018animals.\u2019\u201d <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>This is so self-evident to Dionne that he adds, \u201cIt\u2019s not something we should even have to debate.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Only someone who has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never debated<\/em><\/span> the issue could <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>make<\/em><\/span> such a claim.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">So allow me to debate the assertion.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>In other words<\/em>&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dXinJIvpPOo?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><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>My view is the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>antithesis<\/em><\/span> of Dionne\u2019s. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">As I see it, it is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not right<\/em><\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never<\/em><\/span> call another human being an \u201canimal.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Calling the cruelest among us names such as \u201canimal\u201d or any other \u201cdehumanizing\u201d epithet <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>actually protects humans<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> The word \u201cbeastly\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>exists for a reason<\/em><\/span> and is frequently applied to human beings. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">By rhetorically reading <em>certain despicable people <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">out<\/span><\/em> of the human race, we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>elevate<\/em><\/span> the human race.<\/span> <em>We have declared <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">certain behaviors<\/span> out of line with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">being<\/span> human<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/liberal-logic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59736\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/liberal-logic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/liberal-logic.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/liberal-logic-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/liberal-logic-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Biologically<\/em><\/span>, of course, we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are<\/em><\/span> all human. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">But if \u201chuman\u201d is to mean <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anything moral<\/em><\/span> \u2014 anything beyond the purely biological \u2014 then <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some<\/em><\/span> people <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who have committed particularly heinous acts of evil against other human beings<\/em><\/span> are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> to be considered human.<\/span><\/strong> <strong>Otherwise \u201chuman\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>has no moral being<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(<em>Which is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">exactly<\/span> what Progressives prefer!<\/em>)<\/strong><\/span> We should then not retain the word \u201cinhumane.\u201d What is the difference between \u201che is inhumane\u201d and \u201che is an animal\u201d? Both imply actions that render the person no longer human.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Dionne provides his answer at the end of the paragraph: \u201cdehumanizing others always leads us down a dangerous path.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>He provides not a single argument or illustration for this truly absurd comment<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ms-13-motto.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59737\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ms-13-motto.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ms-13-motto.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ms-13-motto-300x246.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Anyone who refuses to \u201cdehumanize\u201d the Nazi physicians<\/em><\/span> \u2014 who, with no anesthesia, froze naked people for hours and then dropped them in boiling water to rewarm them; put people in depressurized rooms where their eardrums burst, driving them out of their minds from pain; rubbed wood shavings and ground glass into infected wounds; etc. \u2014 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is<\/span>, to put it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">very<\/span> gently, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">profoundly morally confused<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What would Dionne <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have us<\/em><\/span> call those Nazi physicians \u2014 \u201cnot nice,\u201d \u201cbadly flawed,\u201d \u201cevil\u201d? <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Why is rhetorically ostracizing them from the human race \u201ca dangerous path\u201d?<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>He doesn\u2019t have an answer because he lives in the Left\u2019s world of moral-sounding platitudes<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Leftism consists <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>almost entirely<\/em><\/span> of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>moral-sounding platitudes<\/em><\/span> \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>statements meant to make the person making them feel morally sophisticated<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <em>But based on their relative reactions to the sadists of the MS-13 gangs, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I trust Donald Trump\u2019s moral compass more than E. J. Dionne\u2019s<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: the more Progressives defend the indefensible&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2ajzln.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59735\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2ajzln.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2ajzln.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2ajzln-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;the more voters will&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-wntX-a3jSY?start=4\" 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 directly resulting from the insanity of Progressive policies&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2018\/05\/22\/judge-suspect-in-officers-death-one-man-crime-wave.html?intcmp=ob_article_sidebar_video&amp;intcmp=obnetwork\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">3 more teens charged in death of Maryland police officer<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/four-salty-looking-dudes.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59722\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/four-salty-looking-dudes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/four-salty-looking-dudes.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/four-salty-looking-dudes-300x115.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>To borrow a phrase from Harry Callahan&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wSNaPwQqkjU?start=61\" 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;\">&#8220;&#8230;16-year-old Dawnta Anthony Harris, was the first to be charged with first-degree murder. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The slain officer&#8217;s body camera footage clearly shows Harris accelerating the Jeep at Caprio after she tried to apprehend him Monday in the Perry Hall community northeast of Baltimore, prosecutor William Bickel asserted during Harris&#8217; bail hearing Tuesday.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Harris was ordered held without bond at an adult jail by a judge who described him as a &#8220;one-man crime wave<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;The 29-year-old Caprio was run down Monday by a stolen Jeep driven by Harris after she responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle, investigators have said. Harris was apprehended shortly after abandoning the Jeep, which police said had been stolen May 18 in Baltimore. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>According to probable cause statement, Harris admitted as much, telling a detective that he &#8220;drove at the officer.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>According to probable cause statements obtained Wednesday, Harris identified Ward, Matthews and Genius\u00a0\u00a0as the three subjects responsible for the burglary.<\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Matthews and Ward acknowledged committing the burglary, probable cause statements allege.<\/span> Genius\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Not hardly<\/em><\/span>!)<\/span> at first declined to give a statement <em>but later objected to being charged with murder<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>saying he was in the house when the killing occurred<\/em><\/span>, another statement said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Harris, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a ninth-grader<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>had fled house arrest a week before the incident and was still wearing a court-ordered ankle bracelet when he ran down Caprio<\/em><\/span>, authorities said. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Sam Abed, the Maryland Secretary of Juvenile Services, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>said at a news conference that his department had made &#8220;many attempts&#8221; to contact Harris after he went missing from his mother&#8217;s house but was unsuccessful<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The ankle bracelet Harris was wearing Monday<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em> simply indicated whether he was inside or outside his home<\/em><\/span> \u2014 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>it did not track his whereabouts<\/em><\/span>, Shellenberger, the prosecutor, said. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8220;Did the system not work?&#8221; police Chief Terrence Sheridan said. &#8220;It sounds like&#8230;it could have worked better in this particular case.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chief Sheridan has a penchant for understatement; the system not only <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>didn&#8217;t work<\/em><\/span>, it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>completely failed<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And if that&#8217;s not bad enough, as\u00a0<em>CBS<\/em> in Dallas-Ft. Worth reports&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"http:\/\/dfw.cbslocal.com\/2018\/05\/22\/kill-for-phone-and-gaming-device\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kids, 13 &amp; 14 Allegedly Kill Woman For Phone And Video\u00a0Game<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1527027307-30009178_15267785490_r.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59756\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1527027307-30009178_15267785490_r.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1527027307-30009178_15267785490_r.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1527027307-30009178_15267785490_r-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;The two teens had been passing by the apartment when they peered inside and saw a video game console, according to police. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>One of the teens told police they figured the robbery would be an\u00a0easy &#8220;lick.&#8221; <span style=\"color: #800080;\">When they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>kicked in the door<\/em><\/span>, they encountered Gutierrez <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and demanded her phone<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <em>After she turned away, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">she was shot in the back of the head<\/span><\/em>, one boy told police<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And all of this&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all of this<\/em><\/span>&#8230;is primarily the result of counterproductive Progressive policies which have purposefully eviscerated traditional morality, family structure and any sense of personal responsibility.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of those lacking any sense of personal responsibility, this just in from the <em>Charlotte Observer<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article211676059.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">Parents can kick their 30-year-old son out of their home, court rules<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/freeloader.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59704\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/freeloader.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/freeloader.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/freeloader-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>In response to which the parasitic progeny whined he just needs more time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning from the unceremoniously turned out to the ill-advisably invited in, the <em>WSJ<\/em>&#8216;s Dan Henninger highlights the immutable truth revealed by&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/starbucks-homeless-problem-1527114340\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #339966; text-decoration: underline;\">Starbucks\u2019 Homeless Problem<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/starbucks-homeless-problem-1527114340\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">No matter what you do to try to appease unhappy progressives, you will be wrong<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/3d0o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59743\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/3d0o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/3d0o.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/3d0o-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>In the wake of the Philadelphia arrest video, Starbucks headquarters announced last weekend that\u00a0<em>anyone\u00a0<\/em>could use its restrooms without making a purchase.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Anyone<\/em><\/span>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Starbucks\u2019s customers, not yet <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>totally<\/em><\/span> oblivious to the reality of daily life, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tweeted instantly that this would turn many of the stores into homeless shelters and drug dens<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>By Monday, <em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em> reported that Starbucks had issued a revision of its revision of the company\u2019s barista-customer interface:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><em>Under the procedures for handling disruptive guests,\u201d the Journal\u00a0reported, \u201cStarbucks said Monday, managers and baristas should first ask a fellow employee to verify that a certain behavior is disruptive and if it is, respectfully request that the customer stop. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Other examples of disruptive behavior include talking too loudly, playing loud music and viewing inappropriate content.<\/span> The company provided employees with examples of when they should call 911, which includes when a customer is using or selling drugs<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W_Sj8UNn0wQ?start=254\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Starbucks had arrived <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>at the inevitable endpoint of its politicized retailing<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #339966;\">On <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>instinct<\/em><\/span>, Starbucks decided it could <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also<\/em><\/span> be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a homeless shelter<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <em>But <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">then<\/span> the social-media monitors <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">vetoed<\/span> that<\/em>. <span style=\"color: #339966;\">What the Starbucks crucible makes clear is&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>you can\u2019t win<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>No matter <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what<\/span><\/em> you do to try to appease the progressive zeitgeist,\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">it will always be wrong<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Progressive liberalism has become a political Bermuda Triangle, threatening to suck into oblivion anything that comes near it<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/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\/05\/Brennan-DT-60020180523040243.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59725\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brennan-DT-60020180523040243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brennan-DT-60020180523040243.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Brennan-DT-60020180523040243-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cb052418dAPR20180523084505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59726\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cb052418dAPR20180523084505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cb052418dAPR20180523084505.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cb052418dAPR20180523084505-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/lb180524c20180523083030.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59727\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/lb180524c20180523083030.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/lb180524c20180523083030.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/lb180524c20180523083030-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cb052218dBP20180523124506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59728\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cb052218dBP20180523124506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cb052218dBP20180523124506.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cb052218dBP20180523124506-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/root-of-evil.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59766\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/root-of-evil.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/root-of-evil.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/root-of-evil-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mle180523c20180523041444.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59729\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mle180523c20180523041444.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mle180523c20180523041444.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mle180523c20180523041444-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-5-23-18-at-7.34-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59723\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-5-23-18-at-7.34-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-5-23-18-at-7.34-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-5-23-18-at-7.34-AM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Image-5-23-18-at-7.34-AM-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/image001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59724\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/image001.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/image001-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-2-8.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59717\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-2-8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-2-8.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-2-8-274x300.jpeg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-3-5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59718\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-3-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-3-5.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-3-5-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-4-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59719\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-4-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-4-2.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-4-2-300x243.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-6-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-6-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-6-1.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-6-1-300x263.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-13.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59721\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-13.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-13.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/download-13-300x230.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this series of telling t-shirts: see if you can identify which doesn&#8217;t convey the truth of the circumstances as shown:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/add3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/add3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/add3.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/add3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funny-t-shirt-perfect-timing-1-5a6b3309a5483__605.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59706\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funny-t-shirt-perfect-timing-1-5a6b3309a5483__605.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funny-t-shirt-perfect-timing-1-5a6b3309a5483__605.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funny-t-shirt-perfect-timing-1-5a6b3309a5483__605-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funny-t-shirt-perfect-timing-5-5a7038075cc95__605.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59707\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funny-t-shirt-perfect-timing-5-5a7038075cc95__605.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funny-t-shirt-perfect-timing-5-5a7038075cc95__605.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funny-t-shirt-perfect-timing-5-5a7038075cc95__605-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funny-t-shirt-perfect-timing-5-5a7038075cc95__605-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/haha_no_Hahah_No-s390x328-47768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59708\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/haha_no_Hahah_No-s390x328-47768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/haha_no_Hahah_No-s390x328-47768.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/haha_no_Hahah_No-s390x328-47768-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ipeeinthepool-55226.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59709\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ipeeinthepool-55226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ipeeinthepool-55226.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ipeeinthepool-55226-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/t-shirt-29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/t-shirt-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/t-shirt-29.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/t-shirt-29-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/t-shirt-fail-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59711\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/t-shirt-fail-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/t-shirt-fail-15.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/t-shirt-fail-15-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yup, though the young lady to the chick magnet&#8217;s right certainly seems to recognize reality.\u00a0 As for the lassie featured immediately above, she&#8217;s likely on her third pitcher!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in yet another titillating tale torn from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, we present one more 2nd Amendment success story you won&#8217;t hear or read in the MSM, made possible by the wisdom of the Founding Fathers and America&#8217;s continued refusal to consider <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/a76JMYH6KvQ\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>idiotic plans requiring either the sequestration of firearms at shooting clubs or their outright confiscation<\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline head1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2018\/05\/24\/man-opens-fire-inside-oklahoma-restaurant-before-armed-citizen-shoots-kills-him-police-say.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Man opens fire inside Oklahoma restaurant before &#8216;armed citizen&#8217; shoots, kills him<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/4C9B0A1100000578-5769727-image-m-30_1527211041947.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/4C9B0A1100000578-5769727-image-m-30_1527211041947.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/4C9B0A1100000578-5769727-image-m-30_1527211041947.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/4C9B0A1100000578-5769727-image-m-30_1527211041947-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chalk up another one for the good guys.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In closing, here&#8217;s wishing you and yours a safe and happy Memorial Day.\u00a0 However you plan to enjoy the weekend, please remember those who offered that last full measure of devotion&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2aymz9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2aymz9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2aymz9.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2aymz9-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;to provide it, as well as their loved ones and those, including our eldest son, Major Jon McKee, who are currently answering the call and manning the wall.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, May 25th, 2018&#8230;but before we begin, here&#8217;s all you need to know about the NFL&#8217;s sorry-ass attempt to stem the bleeding of their fan-base: &#8220;Some important details remained unclear in the hours after the policy&#8217;s approval, including the specific fine that teams would be subject to and also how the league will define 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