{"id":60771,"date":"2018-06-26T20:30:21","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T00:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=60771"},"modified":"2018-06-26T20:30:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T00:30:26","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-june-25th-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=60771","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, June 25th, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, June 25th, 2018&#8230;but before we begin, we&#8217;re compelled to comment on this little dust-up:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline head1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2018\/06\/23\/sarah-sanders-booted-so-restaurant-could-uphold-certain-standards-co-owner-says-report.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Sarah Sanders booted so restaurant could uphold &#8216;certain standards,&#8217; co-owner says: report<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/douchepumps.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60690\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/douchepumps.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/douchepumps.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/douchepumps-300x253.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DgZlpngXcAIaNvV.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60687\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DgZlpngXcAIaNvV.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DgZlpngXcAIaNvV.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DgZlpngXcAIaNvV-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>First of all, <em>one <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">must<\/span> consider <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the source<\/span><\/em>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">particularly<\/span> when<\/em> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the source<\/span><\/em> <em>in question <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">runs a restaurant in an incredibly Leftist enclave<\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">has been known to protest sporting a pink pussy hat<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">That being said<\/span>, Stephanie Wilkinson is simply <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the inevitable product of decades of Progressive political-correctness<\/span>, as exemplified by this Tracey Ullman spoof, courtesy of our the younger of our three sons, Travis and Michael<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YPjXcEOZkY4\" 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>This snippet from her\u00a0<em>WaPo<\/em> interview is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>particularly telling<\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>Wilkinson told The Washington Post that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>her staff had called her to report Sanders was in the restaurant<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">She cited several reasons, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>including the concerns of several restaurant employees who were gay and knew Sanders had defended Trump&#8217;s desire to bar transgender people from the military<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Tell me what you want me to do<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">I can ask her to leave,&#8221; Wilkinson told her staff, she said.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">&#8220;They said yes.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>We can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>just picture<\/em><\/span> Chuck Koskinos calling Tommy Jacomo at home to report some Republican luminary had frequented the Washington Palm.\u00a0 Tommy would have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>first<\/em><\/span> asked Chuck <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>how much Ouzo he&#8217;d had<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>then<\/em><\/span> told him <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>to make certain to sell them on either the Silver Oak or the Lakoya<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>after<\/em><\/span> which he&#8217;d advised him to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>either do his job or find alternative employment<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Forgetting for the moment this\u00a0embarrassing episode <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is representative<\/em><\/span> of an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>astonishing<\/em><\/span> lack of civility and outright disdain for legitimate opposing opinions exhibited <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>almost exclusively by The Left<\/em><\/span>,<em> inquiring minds are left wondering<\/em>\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how does the presence of the White House<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">spokeswoman<\/span>\u00a0serving a President who recognizes the adverse impact of transgenders to the cohesiveness and combat effectiveness of U.S. Military units present <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any kind of threat to gay restaurant employees<\/span><\/em>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sorry, but if Progressive politics have moved into the gutter&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cb062218dAPR20180623124520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60675\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cb062218dAPR20180623124520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cb062218dAPR20180623124520.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cb062218dAPR20180623124520-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;the likes of Lexington, VA and Stephanie Wilkinson are fast approaching the outfall.\u00a0 Meanwhile, given the local politics, it&#8217;s our opinion this entire episode is nothing more than a sordid publicity stunt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s The Gouge!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, since we&#8217;re on the subject of Progressive hypocrisy and double-standards,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Juan Williams demonstrates why we no longer watch <em>FOX News<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/276156879\" 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>With the exception of Bret Baier&#8230;and the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>possible<\/em><\/span> exception of Laura Ingraham&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>FOX<\/em><\/span> is all about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>maximizing ratings<\/em><em> at the cost of reasoned debate<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0 We for one will no longer be party to promoting their percentage of viewership&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>period<\/em><\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By the way, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>for the record<\/em><\/span>, we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>don&#8217;t find<\/em><\/span> the separation of children from parents&#8230;or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>NON<\/em><\/span>-parents&#8230;attempting to enter the United States <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>illegally<\/em><\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><em>at all<\/em><\/span> abhorrent.\u00a0 But <em>that&#8217;s<\/em> just <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">us<\/span><\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item,\u00a0<em>Townhall.com<\/em>&#8216;s Matt Vespa trumpets another <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>conveniently unreported truth<\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/mattvespa\/2018\/06\/21\/hey-liberal-media-canada-also-detains-migrant-children-and-separates-them-from-n2492814\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Hey, Liberal Media, Canada Also Detains Migrant Children And Separates Them From Their Parents. Are They Nazis Too<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399;\">?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/gettyimages-978181214.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60664\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/gettyimages-978181214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/gettyimages-978181214.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/gettyimages-978181214-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-19.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60663\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-19.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-19.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-19-300x125.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>It\u2019s becoming increasingly clear that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Democrats care more about illegal aliens than Americans<\/span>, but that\u2019s for another time<\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">My<\/span><\/em> question is <em>when will the Left <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">go after Canada<\/span><\/em>?<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>They<\/em><\/span> detain migrant children. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>They\u2019ve<\/em><\/span> separated them from their parents.<\/span> And in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>some<\/em><\/span> cases, <em>they\u2019ve detained these <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">for months at a time<\/span><\/em>.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> My God\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>most of North America is Hitler<\/em><\/span>, or <em>something <\/em>(via\u00a0CBC News):<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p><em>\u2026<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Canada has also detained migrant children \u2014 and in some cases, has restricted access to their asylum-seeking parents \u2014 despite its stated policy to do whatever possible to avoid it.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>Last year, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">151<\/span> minors were detained with their parents in Canadian immigration holding centres.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Eleven others were held in custody unaccompanied by an adult, according to the Canada Border Services Agency.<\/strong> <\/span>The CBSA would not speculate on the circumstances surrounding why a minor was unaccompanied.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230;<strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The Canadian holding centres, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">which are off limits to the public<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">resemble medium-security prisons<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">They are surrounded by razor-wire fences and kept under surveillance by guards.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>There are three such facilities across Canada, in Vancouver, Toronto, and Laval, Que. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>In <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">some<\/span> provinces, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">asylum seekers are detained in prisons<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A recent McGill University study found that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">detention can be a &#8220;frightening experience&#8221; for children, leaving them with &#8220;psychiatric and academic difficulties long after detention<\/span>.&#8221;<\/span>\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">As opposed to life back in Central America.<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">)\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>Inside, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">boredom<\/span> is &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pervasive<\/span>,&#8221; as children are often left &#8220;idle, sleeping or lying on the couches for long periods during the day.&#8221; <\/em><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(<em>In contrast to all the fun they were having back home or trekking across most of Central America!<\/em>)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The minors detained last year spent an average of 13 days in custody, but the time period can vary <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">significantly<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The study recounts how, in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one<\/span> instance, a six-year-old girl detained for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">more than six months<\/span> asked her parents, &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Are they gonna keep us here permanently<\/span>?<\/strong><\/span>&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>To which the parents <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should<\/span> have replied, &#8220;Shut up, or they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">might<\/span> send us <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">back to El Salvador<\/span>!&#8221;<\/em>)<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>tried<\/em><\/span> to claim the high ground criticizing Trump\u2019s immigration enforcement agenda, saying, \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>This<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> how we do things <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in Canada<\/em><\/span>.&#8221; <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>Yeah\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you do<\/span><\/em>, bro, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>so<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/8cb29d4bbde96f0a84eca857b77b2d30.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60679\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/8cb29d4bbde96f0a84eca857b77b2d30.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/8cb29d4bbde96f0a84eca857b77b2d30.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/8cb29d4bbde96f0a84eca857b77b2d30-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Progressives<\/em><\/span>: they lie <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but once<\/em><\/span>&#8230;at <em>that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">continuously<\/span><\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>With all due respect to the efforts of those committed to defending America&#8217;s sovereignty and border security, what measures are in place to prevent&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pKcXx4PxGvE\" 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;this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>same event<\/em><\/span> (minus the subtitles) from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>reoccurring<\/em><\/span> on our southern border?\u00a0 If Dimocrats have their way, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NOT A D*MN THING<\/span><\/em>!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on the subject of the threat posed by porous international boundaries, as\u00a0<em>FOX News<\/em> reports&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline head1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2018\/06\/22\/ms-13-gang-members-including-10-illegal-immigrants-charged-in-deaths-virginia-teens.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MS-13 gang members, INCLUDING 10 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, charged in deaths of Virginia teens<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2crkd8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60677\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2crkd8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2crkd8.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2crkd8-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Eleven MS-13 gang members \u2013 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all of whom<\/span> are illegal immigrants <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">except one<\/span><\/em> \u2013 <em>are facing <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">life in prison<\/span> after being <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">charged in the kidnappings and deaths of two teens<\/span> whose bodies were dug up in a Virginia park last year<\/em>. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The ages of the male gang members charged Friday ranged from 20 to 27.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>All of them<\/em><\/span> <em>are from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">El Salvador<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BUT-WAIT-THERES-MORE.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60661\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BUT-WAIT-THERES-MORE.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BUT-WAIT-THERES-MORE.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BUT-WAIT-THERES-MORE-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/timothymeads\/2018\/06\/22\/previously-deported-illegal-alien-accused-of-raping-deaf-woman-n2493599\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Illegal Alien Previously Deported for Dealing Drugs Accused of Raping Deaf Woman at Gunpoint in 1996<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2crixe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60662\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2crixe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2crixe.jpg 312w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2crixe-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nothing to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>see here<\/em><\/span>,&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>please feel free<\/em><\/span> to focus on either the separation of children from the families <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>or<\/em><\/span> the Mueller investigation!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, courtesy of the <em>WSJ<\/em>, Jason Riley recounts&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/my-lazy-summer-as-a-public-employee-1529449487\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">My Lazy Summer as a Public Employee<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/my-lazy-summer-as-a-public-employee-1529449487\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Baltimore\u2019s utility workers are in hot water for loafing on the clock. That brings back a few memories<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pretend.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60667\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pretend.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pretend.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pretend-300x290.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix byline-wrap\">\n<div class=\"comments-count-container\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;One summer during college in the early 1990s, I landed a cushy job reading residential water meters for the local utility. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em>The pay was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">excellent<\/span>\u2014thank <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you<\/span>, taxpayers\u2014and I enjoyed working outdoors in the warm weather<\/em>. <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>But what made the job <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">so memorable<\/span> was the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">minimal work requirements<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Each morning after we\u2019d punched in and donned our uniforms, a half-dozen of us summer hires\u2014mostly college kids like me who had gotten the job via our parents\u2019 connections\u2014would pile into a utility van. Waiting behind the wheel was a genial old-timer named Hank, who drove us to the assigned neighborhood, where we would walk house-to-house recording the meter readings.<span style=\"color: #000080;\"> <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Once we finished our routes<\/em>, Hank told us that first morning, <em>the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rest<\/span> of the day <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">was ours<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Typically, it took only about two hours<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em>The upshot was that we spent <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">most<\/span> of the summer <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">devising creative ways to kill entire afternoons<\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not a few late mornings<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span> We\u2019d read, nap, hit the beach, shoot hoops, catch a movie, play video games and engage in various other activities that I\u2019m almost certain fell outside the job description for a water-meter reader. After we\u2019d decided on a plan, Hank would drop us off and disappear until it was time to return the van to the dispatcher and punch out for the day.<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>My recollection is that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no one on my crew ever asked questions or feared getting caught<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> And the summer workers on other crews, we eventually learned, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>were up to the same antics<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">When I told my <em>father<\/em> what was going on, <em>he just laughed and recounted the old joke about why government employees don\u2019t look out the window in the morning<\/em>.<\/span> (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>So they\u2019ll have something to do in the afternoon<\/em><\/span>.)<\/strong> <\/span>For a summer, it felt like I was living the punch line.<span style=\"color: #000080;\"> <strong><em>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">real joke<\/span>, though, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is on the local taxpayers<\/span>, who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fund<\/span> all the featherbedding<\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that<\/span> joke <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">never gets old<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em>Last week, Baltimore\u2019s inspector general revealed that over a 20-month period, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">city meter readers earned $120,000 while loafing on the clock<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span> \u201cFor over a year, Baltimore\u2019s water meter readers would get a list of jobs at the beginning of their shifts,\u201d the Baltimore Sun reported. \u201cWhen they were done, workers either drove around aimlessly or went home instead of getting more work to do.\u201d <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Investigators used GPS records from work vehicles to catch the errant employees, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but their behavior was an open secret among supervisors<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> As the Sun explained: \u201c<em>Investigators learned that Department of Public Works, which employed the meter readers, had an unofficial policy <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">condoning the practice<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Yes, $120,000 is chump change in a city the size of Baltimore, which passed a $2.8 billion budget earlier this month.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>But you\u2019d be a fool to think that meter readers in Baltimore are the only public employees gaming the system<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">In <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>government<\/em><\/span>, <em>where there is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no profit motive<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">agencies tend to be monopolies<\/span>, a bloated workforce can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">help politicians win votes<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">placate special-interest groups<\/span>, such as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">labor unions<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <em>Whether hiring more people <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">makes sense economically<\/span> is often <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">an afterthought for a mayor or governor<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span> Private employers, held accountable by shareholders and the need to remain competitive, don\u2019t have the same luxury. Cities like Baltimore and New York continue to spend more money to hire more workers to perform more tasks, even though neither city is experiencing explosive population growth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>If\u00a0<em>Target<\/em>\u00a0operated this way, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rivals<\/span> would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">eat its lunch<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Yet city officials in Baltimore can <em>simply <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">apologize<\/span><\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>promise to do better<\/em><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>then move on<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Even the meter readers probably won\u2019t face serious consequences<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Prosecutors had <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">considered<\/span> bringing charges but eventually <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">decided not to<\/span>, the Sun reported, \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">because the workers appeared to have the approval of the department<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/span> <em>Ah, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">memories<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Turning to a related item forwarded by long-time reader\/first-time contributor Bill Kreisl, who informs us of the facts of the <em>Fitzgerald<\/em> collision which cost the lives of seven U.S. sailors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2018\/06\/17\/tip-pentagon-covering-up-fact-that-female-officers-nearly-sank-navy-ship\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\">Pentagon Covering Up Fact That Female Officers Nearly Sank Navy Ship<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/USS_Fitzgerald_Navy_Accident.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60681\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/USS_Fitzgerald_Navy_Accident.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/USS_Fitzgerald_Navy_Accident.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/USS_Fitzgerald_Navy_Accident-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>During the early weeks after the <em>USS Fitzgerald<\/em> was speared by a lumbering Philippine container ship, <em>it was noteworthy that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the captain and a couple of admirals were publicly named<\/span><\/em>, but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>not<\/em><\/span> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>actual officer in charge, the officer of the deck<\/em><\/span>. (OOD) <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>other<\/em><\/span> person who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>should<\/em><\/span> have kept the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Fitz<\/em><\/span> out of trouble <em>is the person in charge of the combat information center, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the Tactical Action Officer<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That<\/em><\/span> individual is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>supposed<\/em><\/span> to be monitoring <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the combat radar<\/span><\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">which can detect a swimmer at a distance of two miles<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Not until <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>a year later<\/em><\/span>, <em>when the final reports are made public <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and the guilty parties have been court-martialed<\/span>, does <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the truth come out<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><em> The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">OOD<\/span> was named <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sarah<\/span>, and the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tactical Action Officer<\/span> was named <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Natalie<\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they weren\u2019t speaking to each other<\/span>!!!<\/em> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tactical Action Officer<\/span> would <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">normally<\/span> be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in near constant communication with the OOD<\/span>, but there is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no record<\/span> of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any communication<\/span> between them <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that entire shift<\/span><\/em>!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Another<\/em><\/span> fun fact: <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">In the Navy that won WWII<\/span>, the damage control officers were usually some of the biggest and strongest men aboard, able to close hatches, shore up damaged areas with timbers, etc<\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">The <em>Fitz<\/em>\u2019s damage control officer was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>also<\/em><\/span> a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>woman<\/em><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>she never left the bridge<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <em>She handled the aftermath of the accident <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">remotely<\/span>, without<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> lifting a finger herself<\/span><\/em>!<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Look it up: The OOD was Sarah Coppock, Tactical Action Officer was Natalie Combs<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em>When I noticed last year that they were doing all they could to keep the OOD\u2019s name out of the headlines, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I speculated to my son<\/span> that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">it<\/span> was a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">she<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Turns out <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all the key people<\/em><\/span> (except <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one<\/em><\/span> officer in the CIC) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>were female<\/em><\/span>!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Indeed<\/em><\/span>, I did some searching, and<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/05\/08\/officer-of-the-deck-during-fatal-fitzgerald-collision-pleads-guilty-at-court-martial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lt. Coppock pleaded guilty<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><em>to dereliction of duty<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2018\/05\/11\/fitzgerald-collision-hearing-brings-ships-radar-problems-focus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Lt. Combs faced a hearing last month<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">In an 11-hour hearing, prosecutors painted a picture of Lt. Irian Woodley, the ship\u2019s surface warfare coordinator, and Lt. Natalie Combs, the tactical action officer, as failing at their jobs, not using the tools at their disposal properly and not communicating adequately.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">They became complacent with faulty equipment and did not seek to get it fixed, and they failed to communicate with the bridge, the prosecution argued.<\/span> Had they done those things, the government contended, they would have been able to avert the collision.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">That two of the officers \u2014 Coppock and Combs \u2014 involved in this fatal incident were female suggests that discipline and training standards have been lowered for the sake of\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201c<\/span><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2015\/12\/obama-pentagon-women-combat-disastrous-decision\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">g<\/span>ender integration<\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\">,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">which was a major policy push at the Pentagon during the Obama administration<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>It could be that senior officers, knowing their promotions may hinge on enthusiastic support for \u201cgender integration,\u201d are reluctant to enforce standards for the women under their command.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>This was the story of Kara Hultgreen,<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aIS1WNXCgq8\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>the Navy pilot who died in a 1994 F-14 crash<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>(<em>Due solely, politically-correct attempts to place the blame elsewhere, to her inadequate aviation skills<\/em>)<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em>Investigation showed that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hultgreen<\/span> had been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">allowed to proceed in her training after errors that would have meant a washout for any male pilot<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">But the Clinton administration was pushing for female fighter pilots, which resulted in a competition between the Navy and Air Force to put women into these combat roles.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>We witnessed the same process in the approval of Black fighter crews back in the early &#8217;80&#8217;s; and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">yes<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we<\/span> will testify <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to the truth of our recollections under oath<\/span>!!!<\/em>)<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">It is not necessary to believe that <em>(a) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">women shouldn\u2019t be fighter pilots<\/span><\/em>, in order to believe <em>(b) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lowering standards for the sake of quotas is a bad idea<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <em>Of course, you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">may<\/span> believe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">both<\/span> (a) and (b), <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but it is (b) that gets people killed<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">It seems obvious that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the Pentagon<\/em><\/span> (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> the liberal media) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>sought to suppress full knowledge of what happened to the\u00a0Fitzgerald\u00a0in the immediate aftermath of the June 2017 incident that killed seven sailors, in the same way the details of Kara Hultgreen\u2019s death were suppressed<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Though <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anyone<\/span> who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">actually flew<\/span> the F-14A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">knew<\/span> what happened <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">at a glance<\/span>!<\/em>)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\">It took investigative reporters like Rowan Scarborough of the\u00a0<em>Washington Times<\/em>\u00a0a lot of hard work to find out what actually happened to Hultgreen.<\/span> Let\u2019s hope <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>other reporters<\/em><\/span> will dig into what\u2019s happening in our military with the \u201cgender intergration\u201d agenda at the Pentagon <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>now<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>inappropriately<\/em><\/span> enough, to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/strzok.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60647\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/strzok.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/strzok.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/strzok-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Caged-600-CDN20180622024918.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60670\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Caged-600-CDN20180622024918.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Caged-600-CDN20180622024918.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Caged-600-CDN20180622024918-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/gv062218dAPR20180622074510.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60671\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/gv062218dAPR20180622074510.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/gv062218dAPR20180622074510.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/gv062218dAPR20180622074510-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/lb180621c20180621070604.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60672\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/lb180621c20180621070604.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/lb180621c20180621070604.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/lb180621c20180621070604-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/schumer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60673\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/schumer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/schumer.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/schumer-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/payn_c15824920180621120100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60674\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/payn_c15824920180621120100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/payn_c15824920180621120100.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/payn_c15824920180621120100-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Image-6-22-18-at-8.17-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60648\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Image-6-22-18-at-8.17-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Image-6-22-18-at-8.17-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Image-6-22-18-at-8.17-AM-300x205.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-1-10.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60641\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-1-10.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-1-10.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-1-10-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-2-9.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60642\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-2-9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-2-9.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-2-9-300x274.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-3-6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60643\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-3-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-3-6.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-3-6-289x300.jpeg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-18.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60644\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-18.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-18.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/download-18-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these two memes forwarded from our eldest son Major Jon in Kuwait&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/35864561_1476594712444385_2222105182894817280_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60659\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/35864561_1476594712444385_2222105182894817280_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/35864561_1476594712444385_2222105182894817280_n.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/35864561_1476594712444385_2222105182894817280_n-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Balls Cotton, from far closer to home:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image001-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60658\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image001-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image001-2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image001-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image001-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in a cross between the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em>Stupid Is As Stupid Does<\/em><\/span> segment and another sordid story straight from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, this week&#8217;s Darwin Award goes to&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2018\/06\/23\/new-video-shows-woman-trying-to-resist-youtube-stunt-that-killed-boyfriend.html\" class=\"broken_link\">New video shows woman trying to resist YouTube stunt that killed boyfriend<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ptsyoqgImHU?start=100\" 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>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a day with this forward from Bill Meisen, as we present Sharyl Attkisson&#8217;s&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharylattkisson.com\/2018\/06\/19\/50-media-mistakes-in-the-trump-era-the-definitive-list\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008080; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">50 Media Mistakes in the Trump Era: The Definitive List<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2cp6i0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2cp6i0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2cp6i0.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2cp6i0-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>As Mr. Meisen so insightfully observed, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>amazingly<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>none<\/em><\/span> of these \u2018<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>mistakes<\/em><\/span>\u2019 inured to Trump&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>benefit<\/em><\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2cp6pz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60651\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2cp6pz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2cp6pz.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2cp6pz-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Can anyone recall <em>Time<\/em> running a <em>similar cover<\/em>, let alone <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2018\/06\/23\/ashamed-comey-weighs-calling-himself-canadian-rips-trump-border-actions-during-ireland-visit.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Jim Comey having a sudden and convenient fit of conscience<\/em><\/span><\/a>, when <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>their Dear Misleader<\/em><\/span> was engaging in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>same<\/em><em> activities<\/em><\/span>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1otTZq6UzLM?start=192\" 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>We rest our case!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Monday, June 25th, 2018&#8230;but before we begin, we&#8217;re compelled to comment on this little dust-up: Sarah Sanders booted so restaurant could uphold &#8216;certain standards,&#8217; co-owner says: report &nbsp; First of all, one must consider the source, particularly when the source in question runs a restaurant in an incredibly Leftist enclave, and has been known 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