{"id":64098,"date":"2018-10-25T16:12:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T20:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=64098"},"modified":"2018-10-25T16:12:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T20:12:19","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-october-22nd-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=64098","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, October 22nd, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Monday, October 22nd, 2018&#8230;but before we begin, courtesy of Dave Ward, a video so funny we&#8217;re willing to risk the wrath of TLJ but headlining it:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cpRdDCMzYsE\" 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>Just in case you&#8217;re wondering, as we married <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>far<\/em><\/span> above our head, we&#8217;d have gone with &#8220;A&#8221; before the questioner ever got to &#8220;B&#8221;!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, courtesy of\u00a0<em>The Washington Times<\/em>, this forward from Jeff Foutch demonstrates the latest manufactured\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>&#8220;<\/em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/5851574662001\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>migrant&#8221; caravan<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span> isn&#8217;t the only way Progressives are looking to use illegal aliens to subvert The Constitution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"page-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2018\/oct\/18\/texas-democrats-ask-noncitizens-register-vote\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Texas Dems ask noncitizens to register to vote, send applications with citizenship box pre-checked<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2kmynj.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64021\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2kmynj.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2kmynj.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2kmynj-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The\u00a0Texas Democratic Party\u00a0asked non-citizens to register to vote, sending out applications to immigrants <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>with the box citizenship already checked \u201cYes<\/em><\/span>,\u201d according to new complaints filed Thursday asking prosecutors to see what laws may have been broken.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The Public Interest Legal Foundation alerted district attorneys and the federal Justice Department to the pre-checked applications, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and also included a signed affidavit from a man who said some of his relatives, who aren\u2019t citizens, received the mailing<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cThis is how the\u00a0Texas Democratic Party\u00a0is inviting foreign influence in an election in a federal election cycle,\u201d said\u00a0Logan Churchwell, spokesman for the PILF, a group that\u2019s made its mark policing states\u2019 voter registration practices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Texas secretary of state\u2019s office said it, <em>too<\/em>, <em>had gotten complaints <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">both from immigrants and from relatives of dead people<\/span> who said they got mailings asking them to register<\/em>.<\/span> Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to investigate. \u201cIf true there will be serious consequences,\u201d he said<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yeah,&#8230;that&#8217;s what Republicans <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>always<\/em><\/span> say, even though the vast majority of Americans&#8230;as well as most <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>legal<\/em><\/span> immigrants&#8230;are on the side of Lady Liberty:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/are-not.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64022\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/are-not.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/are-not.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/are-not-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, it&#8217;s the SS\/DD, as House Republicans once again fail to effectively enforce the authority granted them under the Constitution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/nellie-ohr-invokes-spousal-privilege-avoiding-questions-on-steele-dossier\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">Nellie Ohr invokes spousal privilege, avoiding questions on Steele dossier<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/data_KeRPF-WaNQ3R9L1p70xTgl0cHBEbdlZsQW9F5Y-8S7uhiZavA4PmWe8Aed55Rl0g54sPiZo1iAE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64023\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/data_KeRPF-WaNQ3R9L1p70xTgl0cHBEbdlZsQW9F5Y-8S7uhiZavA4PmWe8Aed55Rl0g54sPiZo1iAE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/data_KeRPF-WaNQ3R9L1p70xTgl0cHBEbdlZsQW9F5Y-8S7uhiZavA4PmWe8Aed55Rl0g54sPiZo1iAE.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/data_KeRPF-WaNQ3R9L1p70xTgl0cHBEbdlZsQW9F5Y-8S7uhiZavA4PmWe8Aed55Rl0g54sPiZo1iAE-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Nellie Ohr, the wife of Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, claimed spousal privilege on Friday in order to avoid certain questions from House Republicans about the controversial anti-Trump dossier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>While describing her <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">as cooperative<\/span> in the voluntary appearance<\/em>, Republican and Democratic lawmakers told Fox News that Ohr took spousal privilege, which Republicans said did not allow them to get to core questions about the salacious dossier, and how it got into the hands of the FBI<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How on earth could Republican lawmakers characterize Ohr invoking spousal privilege as &#8220;cooperative&#8221;?!?\u00a0 And WTF wasn&#8217;t she there <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>under subpoena<\/em><\/span>, which would allow Speaker Ryan to incarcerate Ohr in the House jail should she refuse to answer questions?!?\u00a0 Yeah,&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/yeahright.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64047\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/yeahright.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;see &#8220;Lerner, Lois&#8221; and &#8220;Boehner, John&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this insightful expos\u00e9\u00a0<\/strong><strong>from the <em>WSJ<\/em>, as David Gelernter relates&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-real-reason-they-hate-trump-1540148467\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Real Reason They Hate Trump<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-real-reason-they-hate-trump-1540148467\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">He\u2019s the average American in exaggerated form\u2014blunt, simple, willing to fight, mistrustful of intellectuals<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #800000;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ED-AY022_GELERN_M_20181019163641.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ED-AY022_GELERN_M_20181019163641.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ED-AY022_GELERN_M_20181019163641.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ED-AY022_GELERN_M_20181019163641-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>Every<\/em> big U.S. election is interesting, <em>but the coming midterms are fascinating for a reason most commentators forget to mention: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Democrats have no issues<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong> <\/span>The economy is booming and America\u2019s international position is strong. In foreign affairs, the U.S. has remembered in the nick of time what Machiavelli advised princes five centuries ago: Don\u2019t seek to be loved, seek to be feared.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The contrast with the Obama years must be painful for any honest leftist. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Now THAT&#8217;S a bird of rare plumage!<\/em>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>For future generations, the Kavanaugh fight will stand as a marker of the Democratic Party\u2019s intellectual bankruptcy, the flashing red light on the dashboard that says \u201cEmpty.\u201d <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The left is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">beaten<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Which is why they continually seek to illegally import more voters!<\/em>)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-read-next-mobile\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">This has happened before, in the 1980s and \u201990s and early 2000s, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but then the financial crisis arrived to save liberalism from certain destruction<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> Today leftists <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>pray<\/em><\/span> that Robert Mueller will put on his Superman outfit and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>save them again<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>For <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>now<\/em><\/span>, though, the left\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>only issue<\/em><\/span> is \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>We hate Trump<\/em><\/span>.\u201d <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>This is an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">instructive hatred<\/span>, because <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what the left hates about Donald Trump<\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">precisely what it hates about America<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> The implications are <em>important<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and painful<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SABO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64029\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SABO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SABO.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SABO-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Mr. Trump lacks constraints because he is filthy rich and always has been and, <em>unlike other rich men, he <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">revels<\/span> in wealth and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">feels no need to apologize<\/span>\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ever<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">He <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never learned<\/em><\/span> to keep his real opinions to himself <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>because he never had to<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> He <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>never learned<\/em><\/span> to be embarrassed that he is male, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>with ordinary male proclivities<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Sometimes he has treated women disgracefully, for which Americans, left and right, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>are ashamed of him<\/em><\/span>\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>as they are of JFK and Bill Clinton<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>But my job as a voter is to choose the candidate <em>who will do best for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">America<\/span><\/em>.<span style=\"color: #333399;\"> I am sorry about the coarseness of the unconstrained average American that Mr. Trump conveys.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>That coarseness is unpresidential and makes us look bad to other nations<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>On the other hand, many of his opponents <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">worry too much about what other people think<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> I would love the esteem of France, Germany and Japan. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>But I don\u2019t find myself losing sleep over it<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em>The difference between citizens who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hate<\/span> Mr. Trump and those who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can live with him<\/span>\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">whether they love or merely tolerate him<\/span><\/em>\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>comes down to their views of the typical American<\/em><\/span>: the farmer, factory hand, auto mechanic, machinist, teamster, shop owner, clerk, software engineer, infantryman, truck driver, housewife. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>leftist intellectuals<\/em><\/span> I know say they <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>dislike<\/em><\/span> such people <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>insofar as they tend to be conservative Republicans<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama know their <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>real<\/em><\/span> sins. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">They know how appalling such people are, with their stupid guns and loathsome churches.<\/span> They have no money or permanent grievances to make them interesting and no\u00a0Twitter\u00a0followers to speak of.<span style=\"color: #333399;\"> They skip Davos every year <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>and<\/em><\/span> watch Fox News.<\/span> Not even the very best has the dazzling brilliance of a Chuck Schumer, not to mention a Michelle Obama. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>In truth they are dumb as sheep<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Mr. Trump reminds us <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>who<\/em><\/span> the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">average American really is<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Not<\/em><\/span> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>average<\/em> <em>male American<\/em><\/span>, or the <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">average white American<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> We know <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>for sure<\/em><\/span> that, <em>come 2020<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>intellectuals will be dumbfounded at the number of women and blacks who will vote for Mr. Trump<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">He might be realigning the political map: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>plain average Americans of every type<\/em><\/span> vs. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>fancy ones<\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Many left-wing intellectuals are counting on technology to do away with the jobs that sustain all those old-fashioned truck-driver-type people, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>but they are laughably wide of the mark<\/em><\/span>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">It is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>impossible<\/em><\/span> to transport food and clothing, or hug your wife or girl or child, or sit silently with your best friend, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>over the internet<\/em><\/span>.<\/span> <em>Perhaps that\u2019s obvious,<\/em> <em>but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to be<\/span> an intellectual means <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nothing is obvious<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Mr. Trump is no genius, <em>but if you have mastered the obvious and add common sense, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you are nine-tenths of the way home<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> (Scholarship is fine, but the typical modern intellectual cheapens his learning with politics, and is proud to vary his teaching with broken-down left-wing junk.)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>This all leads to an important question\u2014one that will be dismissed indignantly today, but not by historians in the long run: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Is it possible to hate Donald Trump but not the average American<\/em><\/span>?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>Those who voted for Mr. Trump, and will vote for his candidates this November, <em>worry about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the nation<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not its image<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The president deserves our respect because Americans deserve it\u2014<em>not such fancy-pants extras as network commentators, socialist high-school teachers and eminent professors, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but the basic human stuff that has made America great, and is making us greater all the time<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If we might invoke the memory of the late, great Rodney Dangerfield, Trump is part the embodiment of Thornton Mellon taking on the elitist Professor Philip Barbay in <em>Back to School<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/byJCcMJZElg?start=64\" 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;and part Monte Capuletti confronting the snobbish and effete Clive Barlow\u00a0in <em>Easy Money<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6eE4VrSURb4?start=59\" 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 other words, he&#8217;s John Q. Average Citizen&#8230;or at least the way John Q. Average Citizen <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>wishes<\/em><\/span>\u00a0he was!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/stuck.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/stuck.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/stuck.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/stuck-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mle181018c20181018011350.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64026\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mle181018c20181018011350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mle181018c20181018011350.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mle181018c20181018011350-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/We_Believe_Women20181018030054.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64027\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/We_Believe_Women20181018030054.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/We_Believe_Women20181018030054.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/We_Believe_Women20181018030054-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/moon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/moon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/moon.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/moon-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Image-10-19-18-at-10.27-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Image-10-19-18-at-10.27-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Image-10-19-18-at-10.27-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Image-10-19-18-at-10.27-AM-300x278.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-1-8.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63990\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-1-8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-1-8.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-1-8-300x283.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-2-8.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63991\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-2-8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-2-8.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-2-8-300x252.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-12.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63992\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-12.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-12.jpeg 492w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download-12-300x291.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this series of rather humorous memes courtesy of Brendan Clark, Larry Hoffman, Balls Cotton and our sister-in law Amy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0079.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63996\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0079.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0079.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0079-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0080.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63997\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0080.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0080.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0080-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63998\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image001.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image001-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63999\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image002.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image002-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64032\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image001-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image001-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image001-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64033\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image005.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image005-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64034\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image007.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image007-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64035\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image013.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image013-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image0014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64036\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image0014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image0014.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image0014-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64037\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image015.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image015-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/last-of-the-mohicans.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64038\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/last-of-the-mohicans.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/last-of-the-mohicans.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/last-of-the-mohicans-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/843E7FEFE7744ED4AEC3D01503B28FDF.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64030\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/843E7FEFE7744ED4AEC3D01503B28FDF.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/843E7FEFE7744ED4AEC3D01503B28FDF.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/843E7FEFE7744ED4AEC3D01503B28FDF-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/142B7F95C0DE4A3B9B7C16977AA325DD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64031\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/142B7F95C0DE4A3B9B7C16977AA325DD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/142B7F95C0DE4A3B9B7C16977AA325DD.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/142B7F95C0DE4A3B9B7C16977AA325DD-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on to another sordid story straight from the pages of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>The Crime Blotter<\/em><\/span>, we learn of a&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"section-theme-background-indicator publication-font\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/monkeys-kill-man-tree-bricks-13448752\">Man, 72, killed by group of aggressive &#8220;rogue&#8221; monkeys throwing bricks at him from tree<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2klrhe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2klrhe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2klrhe.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2klrhe-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;A man has been &#8216;stoned to death&#8217; by a group of &#8220;rogue&#8221; monkeys who threw bricks at him from a tree, according to reports. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Dharampal Singh, 72, suffered head and chest injuries in the attack and was later pronounced dead in hospital. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">Mr Singh was collecting pieces of dry wood when the group of monkeys launched their attack on Thursday.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">It is believed the monkeys had <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>armed themselves<\/em><\/span> with bricks they had collected earlier from a run down building nearby in Tikri, Uttar Pradesh.<\/span> <em>Villagers have repeatedly complained that aggressive monkeys in the area <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">have made their lives hell<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but the animals are a protected species so little can be done<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;Mr Singh\u2019s brother Krishnapal\u00a0told The Times of India: &#8220;Monkeys threw more than 20 bricks at Dharampal on Thursday. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>&#8220;Thrown from quite a height, the bricks were enough to kill him. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">These rogue monkeys are the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>real culprits<\/em><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>must pay for it<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em>Mr Singh&#8217;s family <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">has lodged a formal complaint<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">named monkeys as the accused<\/span> but police insisted <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they cannot prosecute monkeys<\/span> and have declared Mr Singh\u2019s death was an accident<\/em>. <span style=\"color: #008080;\">Chitwan Singh, station officer at Doghat police station, said: &#8220;How can we register the case against monkeys?<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>This will make us a laughing stock<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Deadly attacks by monkeys have been on rise throughout the country and wildlife experts say that rhesus macaques are usually to blame &#8211; although it is not clear which breed attacked Mr Singh.<\/span> Back in 2007 the deputy mayor of India&#8217;s capital of Delhi died after being attacked by a horde of wild monkeys<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, since we&#8217;re on the subject of malevolent mammals of undetermined heredity, we&#8217;ll call it a day with\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>News of the Bizarre<\/em><\/span>, as we learn&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/real-estate\/the-white-house-is-haunted-jenna-bush-hager-saysthe-white-house-is-haunted-jenna-bush-hager-says\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008080; text-decoration: underline;\">The White House is haunted, Bush daughter says<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>It <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>was<\/em><\/span>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/haunting.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64004\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/haunting.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/haunting.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/haunting-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;but only for eight years!\u00a0 Unfortunately, the effects of the demonic presence continue to curse the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll be undergoing a medical procedure on Tuesday which will likely prevent our publishing on Wednesday (if you got all that).\u00a0 So until Friday&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GLUNypEfrFQ?start=86\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><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<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Monday, October 22nd, 2018&#8230;but before we begin, courtesy of Dave Ward, a video so funny we&#8217;re willing to risk the wrath of TLJ but headlining it: \ufeff Just in case you&#8217;re wondering, as we married far above our head, we&#8217;d have gone with &#8220;A&#8221; before the questioner ever got to &#8220;B&#8221;! 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